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forum: Food & Drink Subscribe to forums RSS #1 Wed 20 Jun 12 7:24pm Member since Thu 03 Nov 11 GRRRRRRR steaks!! I must be the cruddest cook in the world! I cannot seem to get a steak right. When doing in a pan/griddle I've gone from overcooking it in 3 minutes flat to still being there getting rid of pints of blood after 15 minutes, both identical in thicknesses! Trying griddle with no oil to a pan with butter etc. I've tried the softness test, used a food thermoometer, none of it works! 140 degress is meant to rare or medium, when I put the thermo into the middle it doesnt even go past 120! Then I cut steak open and it's overdone!!!!!!! Duff thermometer or duff user??? Anyway this time I decide to go down the marinade route and soaked the steak for half hour in oil, crushed garlic, paprika, thyme, salt, pepper etc. I later discover that all you taste is garlic. When using garlic in a marinade I see no point using ANYTHING else whatsoever because garlic is ALL you can taste! Anyway I then read it's best to sear for 2 mins in a pan then put pan in oven for 5 mins or so. First off the oven temperature is meant to be 500F, a setting we don't even effing well have on most ovens! Secondly, I tried this method, pan in oven first, get out onto hob to sear steak. This took more like 25 second per side not 2 minutes!! Then into oven on around 220c because I also had wedges cooking. After so long is when I have this thermometer problem constantly reading 120c and no more and the steak is like 15cm thick tops!! (Thermo also tested in hot water worked fine upto 160 or so). Turns out it's way overdone and now tough as old boots. GOD HOW DO U GET THIS RIGHT?!??!!??! Last edited by marlow77 (Wed 20 Jun 12 7:26pm) Likes (0) #2 Wed 20 Jun 12 9:10pm Forum super champ Occupation avoiding housework From The land of song. Member since Tue 04 Oct 05 Re: GRRRRRRR steaks!! Hmmm ... Now bear in mind you have a vegetarian telling to how I cook steak for my family ( if nothing else it makes a good story !) * get the steak you are going to cook to room temperature before you start to cook it . * oil the steak ( and not the pan ! ) you don't need to marinade it in oil , just dribble a little oil over steak and rub all over the steak. * pan should be hot , I use a griddle pan and get it 'smoking' hot . The steak gives a sizzle as it hits the pan . I then turn the heat down just a fraction , hardly at all , just enough to maintain a steady heat of the metal the pan is made from. I don't move the steak at all for a while , to start with it sticks a little to the pan but when it's ready to move you will find that it has become unstuck and it easy to lift and turn . I turn then steak , but leave it cooking on the same side. * after a short while I then turn the steak over . And I repeat the process . * to tell if the steak is cooked ... :Take your forefinger and press it against your forehead , that is what a well done steak feels like if you press it in the centre . :Take your forefinger and press it against the cernter of your chin , that is what a medium steak feels like if you press it in the centre . : Take your forefinger and press it against your cheek , that is what a rare steak feels like if you press it in the centre. Next really important stage is to rest the steak for a few minutes , this relaxes the meat fibers and allow some reabsorbtion of the meat juices. This will also stop the bloods running over the plate . When steaks cook , they need room around them otherwise they start to steam with the juices that can't evaporate in the pan , so don't be tempted to fill the pan and cook all steaks at one go. I season the steak with a little pepper after I have turned it over do I season the side that had already been cooked . If I am to add salt that's done at almost the end of cooking. When choosing steak , make sure you get one with a marbling of fine veins of fat running through it , that way the steak will be tastier and moist. I never marinade a steak but may add a sauce to the plate at the end . Hope this helps .. Other people have different methods of cooking steak but this is what I do for my family and it works every time. Likes (0) #3 Wed 20 Jun 12 11:26pm Forum super champ Member since Fri 04 Apr 08 Re: GRRRRRRR steaks!! mummz those testing forefingers got me thinking about face creams...dont ask me why hmm that is a whole new method to me so please excuse... smile I agree with mummz when the steak has to be at room temperature, at least 1 or 2 hours. I add a little oil and butter to a hot pan..butter for the taste and oil so that the butter doesnt burn. Pepper the two sides of the steak, no salt. Put it onto the pan, if it doesn't sizzle its because the pan is not hot enough so take it back out until the pan is ready. Once the meat placed in the pan, flatten it down and dont move it so that the juices caramelize and form. Too often, we tend to want to move the meat and it is often an error. Wait 2 to 4 mins until one side is brown and then turn it over, at this stage you can salt the browned meat a little. Do the same with the other side and spoon over the juices from the pan so that the meat wont dry. When the second side is browned, turn again to heat through. Take the steak out of the pan and cover it in cooking foil to rest and also until the blood leaves all the fibers...a trick for me as i like steak medium (pink) but not bloody. Otherwise it can be served directly with all the juices from the pan. If the meat is very thick, do the same thing, then finish cooking at lower heat so that heat reaches the center of your piece of meat. Turn when half cooked. Cover with the juices more regularly otherwise the steak will be a lot dryer. Test it with a knife, if its still pink its edible. If not you'll have a new pair of shoe soles. As mummz says, make sure that you choose the meat with 'marbling of fine veins of fat running through it , that way the steak will be tastier and moist'. Good luck big_smile Likes (0) #4 Thu 21 Jun 12 10:01am Forum champ Occupation Why is the Rum always gone???! From out to lunch Member since Sat 07 Jan 06 Re: GRRRRRRR steaks!! first a few questions.. did you really mean 15 cm thick or was it 15mm?.... 15 cm is getting into roast territory certainly challenging to do with the method you described. what exact cut of beef are you using? This will have a great impact on how tender it is and how it tastes. what kind of thermo are you using? Some can take upwards of 40 to 50 secs to get an acurate reading . there are different thoughts about salting. Personally I like to aggresively salt immediately before the meat goes into the pan. It helps with crust formation . The caveat to this is that you need to cook the steak no more than 3 mins max after you have salted it or alternately let it rest for at least 45 mins after being salted . The rest will let the juices that the salt pulled out become reabsorbed into the meat taking the salt quite deep into the fibers as compared to surface seasoning. This will give you a seasoned but not perceptably salty steak. I have tried salting after cooking or when mostly cooked and the flavour has a more pure salt taste than salting before . I have been converted to the flip often philosophy. This is after the initial wait til the steak releases naturally from the pan of course. Again this is about crust formation ,evenness of cooking and keeping the juices more even thoughout the entire steak. Unless you answer ,I can't really give specific advice on technique without knowing the steak cut , thickness and just what kind of pan you are using. Cast Iron or a heavy duty stainless would be my preferred choice if you don't have access to a bbq grill. The Universe is alive and self aware. Need proof? Look in a mirror. Likes (0) #5 Thu 21 Jun 12 2:41pm Forum super champ Occupation Just being me Member since Fri 28 Mar 08 Re: GRRRRRRR steaks!! A nice cut to try is New York Strip. They are usually fairly even in size and always good. I prefer using the barbecue with wood smoke and lid down. I usually err toward cooking medium when I am trying for medium rare for MrP. I don't bother letting the meat come to room temperature. It may be that cooking from cold is a benefit in my case. When cooking a very thick steak, I preheat the oven to the hottest temperature and place the seared steak in for just a few minutes, maybe 4 - 6 minutes, depending on the size. Presence of bone, fat content, thickness and cut make a difference in cooking times, so keep an eye on it. It's not a big tragedy if you cut a tiny slit into the center and find it too bloody and put it back on. It's much better than overcooking it. Likes (0) #6 Thu 21 Jun 12 3:15pm Forum champ From New York Member since Fri 12 Dec 08 Re: GRRRRRRR steaks!! You've gotten some good tips. The key to cooking steak is searing it correctly, cooking it evenly on both sides and then letting it rest. Make sure that you've chosen a cut of meat that is specifically for steak. The absolute favorite for chefs is the ribeye cut. It remains tender even if you over cook it. Tip: Make sure the steak is at room temperature and the surface is very dry. I do this by allowing the steak to rest nestled in paper towels for about 30 minutes before I cook it. A dry surface ensures a nice crust. Tip: Marinades are ok, but make sure there is no salt in the marinade. Salt draws out the moisture. Tip: Use a dry rub instead, I like to make a little paste with salt/pepper/garlic/dried herbs/paprika sometimes and a touch of olive oil. But I suggest only salt/pepper for the first time you do it since you're very sensitive to overwhelming flavors. Tip: Heat up your pan until smoking. Add a touch of oil and put the steak in. Don't move it around. Do not poke it or prod it with a fork, that just releases the juices you're trying so hard to contain. Leave it alone for 2 minutes. Turn it over and do the same. Tip: To check for doneness do not insert a thermometer. Check it with your finger using mummza's method or mine: Poke the soft cushy skin in your palm under the thumb. That's what rare feels like. Now touch your thumb and forefinger and touch that same cushy part. That's what medium rare feels like. Now touch your thumb to your middle finger, that's what medium feels like. Touch your thumb to your ringer finger, that's medium well and then your pinky is well done. Tip: If you haven't seasoned your steak with anything other than salt/pepper, now is the time you can add a compound butter. Turn off the heat and add a pat of the butter ontop of your steak and let it melt. My favorite is compound butter made with roasted garlic, parsley and scallion. Tip: Transfer to a plate (using tongs, not a fork) and cover with foil for five minutes. Then you can eat it. Likes (0) Powered by PunBB
TED Conversations Trish Hamilton This conversation is closed. Start a new conversation or join one » Modify the U.S. Constitution to include "for citizens." The U.S. Constitution should be updated to include "for all citizens" in the first paragraph whereby the rights of the citizens are protected. No other country guarantees our rights when we go there. Why should we allow others who manage to get into America to have the same rights as the citizens? Do they pay taxes? The world has changed. It is now time to close our borders and unite as Americans. Until the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights is updated to state that only "citizen" rights are protected, then we will continue to have problems. We shouldn't be providing a safe harbor for anyone who gets in. We've lost control of America. We've lost control of our government. We've lost control of our education system. We've lost control of our health care system. Why are we allowing terrorists to have the same rights as American citizens?! I mean, we are ACTUALLY trying terrorists in our court systems! This is treasonous! I love my country! I support our military! This is wrong! America, we need to unite as a people. We need to come together. Updating the U.S. Constitution would be the first step in ensuring the survival of capitalism and America. progress indicator • thumb Jul 20 2012: Freedom and justice for all, not just "us" or special groups. If you don't have freedom and justice for all you don't really have it for anyone. • thumb Jul 25 2012: This is interesting, because I started to wonder what protection, I as a alien would have in the USA. Just to clarify I said alien as in nonresident not EXTRATERESTIAL LIFE FORM. • thumb Jul 20 2012: It's easy to claim special rights, but for most U.S. citizens, their citizenship is merely an accident of their birth, not something that any of us earned in any way. One of the things that makes the U.S. worth loving is its dedication to justice, due process and equality. • Jul 19 2012: Mr. Hamilton, Please note the wording of the fifth amendment to the Constitution of the United States. taken for public use, without just compensation. Note the use of "person" rather than citizen. Our founding fathers chose this word carefully based on the concept that our rights are human rights; that all humans have these rights, regardless of their citizenship. Unfortunately their wisdom is not shared by our current career politicians, or by you. • thumb Jul 19 2012: Please allow for a second opinion. The Constitution is a very well written document. The problem is not that it needs to be ammended it needs less interpertation and more enforcement. Even though there are papers available that explain what the intent was and the conversations that surrounded the writting of the Constitution they are by and large disregarded in favor of political ambition. The Constitution allows for the Federal to engage in four areas and all other powers and decisions were to be administered by the several states. In writings the representatives were volunteers to serve and then return to their states and new representatives come forth. We have allowed the members of congress to become career politicians who have voted themselves priviledges, pay raises, and exemption from the very laws they confer on the citizens thus making them a ruling class. We now face Executive Orders that by pass Congress. That was never the intent of the Constitution. The power plays we are seeing are politics in the truest form. To by pass Congress and make citizens outside of the federal mandates required is to secure voters to ensure party dominance. The most fundamental right is that of the vote and we still maintain that. What is being spoke of is anarchy and that is not the way. The proper way is the return to a Constitutional government and stop the runaway train toward socialism. All the best. Bob. • Jul 21 2012: This topic is very delicate. I agree that this situation has to be addressed. I don't think that changing the constitution will change anything in the US or in the world. I would like to hear comments from experts on this topic. • Jul 19 2012: The Constitution is a mission statement, to all who read it. Its committing itself to a standard. Why would you believe in the words only if they apply only to itself(I am a born-citizen of several generations of born-citizens by the way)? Closing boarders goes both-ways, and you'd be surprised how globalized our country is should those global economic input and outputs were removed. Why should our definition of justice be different for outsiders? The shameful thing is that it is already different. I don't see what good self-pride and conviction does when it is completely internalized. • Jul 19 2012: You are all kidding, right? • thumb Jul 19 2012: We are trying terrorist see there's a problem they are pows taken during a war as enemy combatants why are we trying them ? We are so far out of control what rights we have surrendered we will never get back and damn little chance of getting those that were takein back. With the mistakes previous generations have made and the new generations will make we are about screwed. To many bleedinghearts have to much control. I have said for over 30 years we should shut our borders and pull all troops back to our soil and mined our own bussiness and was toldby many that was wrong thinking theworld wanted and needed US to protect against whatever well here we are loved by few hated bya few more and overrun with politicans that sells.US in a minute. • thumb Jul 18 2012: . quote: 'Why are we allowing terrorists to have the same rights as American citizens?' Oh, I must have got something wrong, I thought this was already solved by Guantanamo Bay ... • thumb Jul 18 2012: Sounds good to me, taking back your constitution from other collective interests seems sensible to me - With due respect to your Supreme Court allowing companies to have the same rights as individuals simply allows some of your citzens to have more than one share of the pot. The fact that this abomination slid in on the backs of human rights legislation (addressing historical unfairness) is actually perverse.- but then I am Canadian and proudly so, and not American. • thumb Jul 19 2012: Aw come on Deb your not a real Canadian you live in Nigera Falls ... Your a boarder hopper and we are glad to have you. I find it very funny that the Supreme Court votes Constitutional issues along party lines. That makes our founding fathers really smart to write a document that would withstand time and align with parties that did not even exist at the time. Awsome. See long answer above. Sippin tea with me and Bobby Magee ... LOL All the best Bob. • thumb Jul 19 2012: Bob! How are you feeling, amigo"? I wonder if you know that there used to be a tea ad in Canada where prominent Brits (like the queen) would sip a cup of tea and discover that it was only available in Canada" The tag line was :"Only in Canada, you say?" The great news and the downside is that most of what we discuss effects us both North America wide. I do love the States and its people. Why do you think I spend so much time on TED? In fact, I am convinced that much of what your founding fathers wrote (with due respect to the French with whom many of those thoughts started) is the pinacle of human political thought even today. Yes, that is the legacy and the horror of it all. I did not ever really see lying as something a tea partier would vote to protect. Can you expand on your answer so that I can understand it better, Bob? Finally, I do live in Niagara Falls Canada but I raised my kids and lived my married life in "the prettiest town in Canada" that is Niagara-on-the-Lake. I moved here to be in my daughter's school district after the divorce so that she could continue her bilingual education. Now I have a house and my daughter goes to school in Quebec. IN closing this answer out, I want you to know how very much I appreciate you and most of the Americans I have met. My former sister in law and her children are people I still love but you sure do have wonkie ideas sometimes! • thumb Jul 19 2012: When did I refer to lying as something a tea partier would vote to protect? "Wonkie". Would the be Willie Wonkie and the chocolate factory. What was the name of the "only in Canada tea"? Your a tea lovin AMERINADAN. All the best. Bob. • thumb Jul 19 2012: Hey there Bob, it is Tetely tea, I think, shall I send you some? Although I loved Willie WonkA and the chocolate factory, Wonkie is a British word and since Canadians followed the biblical edicts against rebelion, we still are aware of those words even though we were awarded our sovereignty without blood shed- how many lives did your independence cost Bob? Was it your civil war that lost the most lives of any combat in history? Still hoping for that expansion along with the answers to my questions. PS I adore Abraham Lincoln too but JP Morgan and some others - not so much and neither did Lincoln. • thumb Jul 19 2012: We have tetely here. I don't kinow where I made the lying statement. Help me to find it and I will respond. • thumb Jul 19 2012: this is the part that I am hoping you will expand upon please, Bob. Are you sugggesting that they were clairvoyant? I agree that sometbing very special happened when those guys were writing those documents. Do you think it was simply a convergence of intelligent minds, the educational system of that time or something else?. I would be fascinated to read what you think. I still do also wish to know if you are well. • thumb Jul 19 2012: I are well. Thanx for asking. I find it interesting that 5 democrats vote one side of the issue and 4 republican appointed supremes vote the other way. One would think that the Constitution would be the focus not the party that appointed you. A good example is the last issue of Obama care. That the federal government can force a individual to purchase anything is beyond me. Further if the person refuses to buy the insurance they will be punished by either jail or a fine. Now the supreme court rename the program a tax. I have completely lost faith in that system. Doesn't anyone understand that the fed will help the states the first year and then bail costing the states trillions of dollars to maintain the program. Can a state file for bankrupcy. Any way thanks for the reply. I am braced for the Ameridain libber to assult the guy that is always right. LOL. See ya. Bob. • thumb Jul 19 2012: Are we referring to the same case, Bob?. I am pasting in the details so we can ensure that we have a constructive dialogue: Alvarez never received Medal of Honor and never served in the m • thumb Jul 20 2012: All right I have my gloves and a hammer and am ready for a construction dialogue. As a retired military member I think those who lie about military honors have no honor and need to be shot ... but I am soft on the subject. However, telling a lie is not a felony and I agree with the court that the Feds are out of line here. If they are serving in the military and wear a non earned medal then it is a offense covered by the UCMJ and they should be punished accordingly by the military. If we punished all politicians that told lies to their constituates then the prison industry would be thriving. There are white lies, grey lies, and damn lies. None punishable.by law. Perhaps the answer is to have each canidate fill out a bio and sign it stating it is true and the punishment for lying on the bio being disqualification from the race. Wish I had a great answer but I don't. It do make me PO'd. Gloves off ... hammer down. All the best. Bob. • thumb Jul 19 2012: That was the end of June Bob and that article was done by Reuters. • thumb Jul 20 2012: Bob I find it disturbing that supreme court judges identify themselves as democrat or republican. What happened to an independant judiciary? Down here our equivalent judges are appointed by agreement between the current PM and the governor general who is the Queen's rep and was generally appointed during the previous PM's time. They also must retire at 70, so generally have fairly short reigns. • thumb Jul 20 2012: I just read some more. I find it equally disturbing that of 9 judges 6 are catholic and 3 are jewish. What about atheists? So much for Jefferson's "wall of seperation between church and state" If your an atheistic cummunist you wouldn't see many friends in the court! • thumb Jul 20 2012: I am a bit surprised by all of this. I am convinced that anyone who lies about something as serious as their military service is a person who has no business having political office. Once the police were allowed to lie to suspects, we began to encounter this slippery slope and lying cannot be defended by the state in my own value system. I was hoping you would illuminate more of the party line assertion, Bob. My own take is that if the Obamma administration was in error about insisting on honest portrayal of one's service record people from the other side of the aisle would take this as an example of the kind of common ground which might lead to greater unity. What would Cappra and other directors who gave the world a vision of 'America the good" have said about what has become of America when lying is enshrined in law?. Someone important (cannot remember who at his moment said that "America is great because she is good, If America ever ceases to be good she will also cease to be great." I think this is what is happening in our time. Thoughts, Bob or anyone? • thumb Jul 19 2012: When it's high time to deconstruct the corporate model, the corporation instead becomes an individual with inalienable rights. Perverse, yes, and utterly disgusting. I felt the same way when Bush "won" his election. Having failed to vote at the time I take 1/299,000,000th responsibility, but a lot of us relearned how to get off our duff and vote (for the remaining good it will do). • thumb Jul 19 2012: V Alexander, Thank you for this comment. I am delighted when anyone who previously neglected their right to vote is stirred to action. For me it means that they relearned some of the power and control over their own lives rather than succoming to 'learned helplessness". The only way to defeat 'leared helplessness' is to just take back the power that was taken from you and apply yourself to the problem. The past is behind and the future is brighter. The way you framed your experience demonstrates a sort of morality tale for the country. Good for you V. Alexander! • thumb Jul 20 2012: Thanks, Debra...once the shame passes, it isn't so bad. :) Not to butt in anywhere, but saw this and just had to pluck it out of context: "... In short, laws such a[s] the SVA only succeed in circumventing our traditional Republican values." :) • thumb Jul 20 2012: Butt in? As you might have noticed i am so excited about the chance to communicate with everyone of these facinating people that i NEVER stand on such ceremony. Delighted to share this time with you!
Armchair sports stars Shaun White, snowboarded I love gaming: it takes my mind off everything. It's the only thing I do that's not totally physical - I snowboard, I skate, I surf. So sitting down to play games is the best feeling. I first appeared in a computer game when I was 13. I think it was called Cool Boarders. I thought it was going to be the coolest thing to be in a game, and it was quite awesome - but I had this image in my head of what it was going to be like and it didn't turn out the same. I figured I'd have this cool character who could do this and do that. Instead, my guy had this awkward haircut, a weird Afro thing going on, and was wearing clothes that I wouldn't wear. You know, in a car game you can choose the red car that's fast but doesn't turn so well, or you can choose the blue car that turns great but goes slow? My guy was the slow guy! It was kind of a bummer. Why would you want to be me in the game? I think the worst thing was playing against friends who were better than me. They would beat me as me. Would you want to be me in a videogame? No. I don't think so. So in my game, Shaun White Snowboarding, you develop your dude, pick the style of clothing, the board you want to ride. Making my own game, I can choose the music, what people say, what people are going to look like. In this game you don't get to play as me, you play as you. And I get to come in and make fun of you the whole time. Snowboarders are difficult to motion-capture, because the sport needs so much space. But Ubisoft wanted to motion-capture everything at one point. You know, even my hair was full of those sensor balls. Most of it was motion-captured walking. I did a lot of walking. I had to ask myself: 'Is my walk cool?' I've had videogame injuries, mainly from throwing the controller against the wall. I had to tape my thumbs once, because I played Tony's game [Tony Hawk's Skateboarding] so much my thumbs were cracking and bleeding. I even played games at the Winter Olympics in 2002. We played a lot of Call of Duty in the Olympic Village. Me and the USA guys, storming Normandy against the Germans. And then we go down to lunch where we see the German team eating and we were like: 'There they are...' It was weird. Jamie Redknapp, TV pundit and former footballer There's so much dead time in football. Hanging around and waiting, especially in the hour or two after dinner when you're at the team hotel. There was normally a tactics meeting at 9pm on a Friday night, so for those couple of hours before that we'd whack a game on. It used to get quite competitive, especially in my Liverpool days. David James, Robbie Fowler, Steve McManaman and me - we all used to play Street Fighter. David James was different class to the rest of us, he knew too many special moves. But I remember he was quoted once as saying it had affected his goalkeeping. They can bite you, computer games, you can get a bit addicted to them - get your mind racing and make you not concentrate enough. But we always did it in moderation, as a bit of fun. It was good for team spirit, getting the boys together, better that than going down the pub for a beer, even if David James did end up in Gamers Anonymous. No, I'm joking. That doesn't exist, does it? Street Fighter carried over into England squads as well. You spend a whole week in a hotel, and you have to break the boredom factor. Monday to Friday and the game's not until the Saturday. There's only so many videos and DVDs you can watch. The current crop of Premier League players are all into playing wirelessly against each other on the team buses. I don't know whether it's football games they play, but they get right into it. It's all very technical now. The Wii, what you can do on that! My little boy was never a fan of golf or anything like that, but when he plays it on the Nintendo he gets right into it. It's a nice way to introduce people to sport without pushing it too hard. I have never enjoyed playing football games. Playing football with your hands doesn't seem right. Maybe they'll invent something where you can use your feet. Maybe that'll be the next big thing. Andy Murray For his inclusion in tennis game Top Spin 3, says Murray, the game developers 'took loads of pictures to base my character on'. The results pleased the console-obsessed Scotsman. 'I'm happy with the size of my calves. They're pretty large.' Lewis Hamilton The F1 driver has an ongoing PlayStation battle with his brother, Nick. 'I cannot help being competitive,' says Hamilton, explaining how he often wins their console duels by playing as his rival Kimi Raikkonen. Now that's hunger. Tiger Woods 'An obscenely confident gamer', according to one opponent, Woods refuses to play as himself in his eponymous golf games. 'It's just too weird,' he has said. Instead, Tiger creates two regular characters: one is a skinny man in cool clothes and another is a character who is 'really big and fat and round'. He gives them both beards because, he says, he can't grow facial hair himself. Today's best video Today in pictures
A look at smart appliances and how they can be integrated in a high-tech home. SMART APPLIANCES: Your home, connected HIGH-TECH: What is a smart appliance, anyway? The flashiest models are prohibitively expensive. The Samsung RF4289HARS touch-screen fridge costs $3,699 (and based on our lab tests, the performance doesn't match the price). RELATED: The business of smart appliances A LOOK BACK: There were smart appliances in the 1950s? GUIDE: How to buy a smart appliance right now If you decide to shop for a smart appliance, you'll run into a handful of seemingly advanced features and options — some worth considering, some not so much. Here's what to look out for: 1. Diagnostics — Many appliances can self-diagnose broken parts. But only a few of them can let their owners know what's wrong through a smartphone app. If it's a serious malfunction, the app can even call customer service and schedule a repair. This is a useful feature, and is even available on some affordable models. 2. Food management — A few high-end fridges can keep track of their contents, and send reminders about expiration dates. But they're labor-intensive, and don't make life much easier. In time, the process will be more automated, but the tech isn't good enough yet. 3. Customizable cycles — Smart washers and dryers let users download settings for additional, specialized laundry cycles. A clever idea, maybe, but doesn't everybody just set it to "Normal" anyway? 4. Smart grid — If and when the infrastructure catches up, most new appliances will be compatible with the smart grid. It should help save consumers a few dollars on each utility bill. 5. Touch-screens — Anything "smart" is supposed to have a touch-screen these days, apparently. But on the appliances we've seen with them so far, they feel like unnecessary, tacked-on gadgetry.
Creating demand versus time-shifting demand I have two really bad habits: an interest in global politics and economics. Given the global economic downturn, there's been plenty to read about in both areas. Recently, I've found an interesting subject in the debate over the 'Cash for Clunkers' program in the United States that has encouraged consumers to trade in their gas guzzling automobiles for more fuel efficient ones. Depending on who you listen to, 'Cash for Clunkers' is an example of Keynesian economics working wonders or it's a wasteful, inefficient government program whose true benefits are overestimated. In the debate, skeptics frequently make an important point: 'Cash for Clunkers' is merely shifting future demand for new automobiles to today, not stimulating new demand. If one believes this to be a valid argument, which I do, the implication is obvious: the program isn't stimulating new auto sales, it's 'borrowing' them from the future. While this point seems lost on many, the idea that demand can be both created and time-shifted is an important one to pay attention to if you run a business. In the context of a business, long-term sustainability generally requires the stimulation of demand for products and services, either from new customers or existing customers. Running a successful business, however, sometimes calls for the time-shifting of demand to meet immediate goals and manage cash flow. Hypothetical example: you run a company that licenses a software product to customers. It should go without saying that you need to sell licenses to build a successful business. That means you have to acquire customers. Without customer acquisition, you're not going anywhere. Once you have a base of customers and have hit a plateau, taking your business to the next level will probably require that you develop new markets. You might do this by adding new products that your existing customers could benefit from or you might do this by finding a new market in which your product has an application. All of this falls under 'creating demand'. Sometimes, however, creating demand isn't all there is to it. Perhaps, for instance, you have quarterly earnings estimates that need to be hit to secure an additional round of financing from an investor or perhaps you have bills coming due at the end of the month and cash flow is tight. Since you have a short-term need to bring in cash, trying to create new demand is probably not the most expedient approach. So you instead look to time-shift demand. This may entail offering a customer a discount on an early license renewal so that you can book revenue this quarter instead of next. Or it may entail giving an existing customer a sweetheart deal on a product it isn't already licensing. In the final analysis, creating demand is all about growing and developing business; time-shifting demand is all about managing and choreographing the business you already have. For business owners, understanding that there's a difference and knowing when each should be employed is a crucial part of building a company that's sustainable over the long haul but that doesn't get lost navigating the short-term obstacles that almost all businesses eventually face. Photo credit: MikeBlogs via Flickr. Topics: Strategy & Operations Add your own Reader comments (3) 1. Rob Mclaughlin Rob Mclaughlin European Web Analytics Specialist at Canon Europe 11:10AM on 20th August 2009 Great post. This is a real challenge in ecommerce - if/when to offer a discount - total monthly revenue vs total quarterly etc... I suppose it points towards the need for CRM based approaches to discounting. It is a great concept to get your head around - knowing that someone will almost definitely buy so working to optimize their purchase date for your business :) 2. Avatar-blank-50x50 Benjy 3:08PM on 21st August 2009 I hadn't really thought of it like that before... but you're dead on. This demand shift is exactyl what the auto makers needed, though, given the cash tied up in languishing inventory and other cash flow issues. Better to sell tomorrow's cars today and see tomorrow than to wait for tomorrow's sale and be gone before the consumer shows up. While the desperate situation of Detroit is one thing, how many other businesses hurt themselves in the long run by training customers to wait for sales/discounts before the end of a quarter, etc? Demand shifts and average price drops, so they have to create more demand just to tread water. 3. Avatar-blank-50x50 Jim Novo 12:51PM on 23rd August 2009 Interactive business models are particularly prone to this demand shifting by their nature, and especially among best customers. This will be "discovered" when the use of control groups becomes common in the testing of online Marketing programs (as it already is offline). A good example is shopping cart recapture programs where discounts are offered. The fact response rates are exceedingly high is not good; it just means most of these respondents would have bought anyway and the company is flushing future margin dollars down the pipe today. Th sad thing is this borrowing from the future (often called subsidy cost in Marketing) is so easy to measure and twist to your financial benefit using a simple controlled test setup. Exclude a random sample from the program, measure incremental response over this control group. You find there is a "most profitable moment" to make such an offer, and it is certainly not when response rates are maximized, which the "faster the better" crowd touts as optimization of cart recapture programs. Optimizing for response under this scenario simply maximizes margin erosion. And I doubt that's what the senior folks in the company had in mind. Sure, if you're coming up to the quarterly targets and want to drive Sales over Profits, by all means, go right ahead and subsidize best customers. But know what you're doing and do it for a reason. Log in to post a comment
Messages in this thread SubjectRe: asm/unistd.h On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 09:06:20AM -0400, Bart Trojanowski wrote: > So you ask: "why not just use a { ... } to define a macro". I don't > remember the case for this but I know it's there. It has to do with a > complicated if/else structure where a simple {} breaks. It's for eating the semi-colon after the macro invocation. [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] \ / ©2003-2011 Jasper Spaans
Okay, this is really really short but it just screamed to be it's own chapter so I let it. I don't like yelling very much. And since one of my friends is screaming for the disclaimer I'm putting it in for once. I don't own Teen Titans. I think we all know that by now, don't we? Beast Boy, Happy and Timid continued down the path through the maze, Beast Boy and Happy doing most of the talking in an attempt to cheer Timid up and keep her apologies down to a minimum. It was kinda working… kinda. "And that time a couple days ago when I told you to grow up and slammed the door in your face, I'm really sorry about that too…" "Dude, that one was kinda my fault anyways, no big!" he said smiling. He was determined not to get agitated with her and to stay up beat. "Yeah!" agreed Happy in an attempt to help, "he was being a goober brain tattle tail!" She crossed her eyes. "Thbbbbbbbbbbbbbbp!" "Dude!" exclaimed Beast Boy, "Watch the spit!" Happy just giggled. Timid looked out ahead. Suddenly she let out an "eek!" and hid behind Beast Boy and Happy. "What's wrong?" asked Beast Boy trying to peer behind him. "We're at the end," Timid whispered in a hushed tone. "Oh, hey! We are!" He marched the group through the portal, causing Timid to shudder. "Why you freakin' Glorple brain?" Happy asked her. "This scares me." Beast Boy looked confused. "How does this- Out of the shadows came two statues with glowing red eyes. "Oh, right, forgot about that part…" Beast Boy nervously confessed. He glanced around as the two statues started to form together. "Come on Brave, where are you…." Beast Boy slid Happy's arm off his shoulder and helped her lean on Timid. If Miss Marine didn't show up soon it was going to be just him against this thing. He braced himself as the statue, now with four arms, began to glare down on him. Suddenly from behind he heard what he'd been waiting for. "Hey Stony!" A green cloaked Raven soared over Beast Boy to hit the statue in the chest, knocking it backwards. "You never learn anything do you, Brick Brains?" She leaped up again. "You can't beat this Green Machine! Raven rocks!" she shouted as she sliced it neatly in half with a mighty kick. "Oh Yeah! Other Ravens! High Fiv- Brave stopped short as she turned around and caught site of Beast Boy. "Brave! Long time no see!" Beast Boy said in greeting, not noticing anything wrong. "As usual, that was totally AWSOME! How do you do that? Is it just- "EEP!" Brave dove behind a bush. Beast Boy looked confusedly at Happy and Timid. "Uhhh… What just happened?" "She just went bush diving!" Happy commented giggling. "Well I know that! But why?" "She looked scared to me…" Timid put in. "Brave?" Beast Boy ventured to peer around the bush, getting down on his knees to Brave's level. She was practically curled up in a ball. "Brave, what's- "Don't look at him and he'll go away, he'll just go away…" Brave repeated this over and over, hands over her ears and her eyes squnched tightly shut. "Is she afraid of me?!" Beast Boy asked backing up slightly in alarm. "Brave's afraid of BB," Happy stated, giggling some more. Beast Boy looked at her and sadly down at Brave. "It's not very funny…" he said quietly. "Brave?" "Don't look at- "Brave!" Beast Boy pulled her hands off her ears and cupped her face in his hands. "Why are you scared of me?" He was on the edge of desperation. "You'll hurt us. You'll see too much, then you'll hate us, then you'll hurt us, and I will not let that happen, I will not!" Determination was back on Brave's face. She may have been scared of Beast Boy but that didn't mean she wasn't going to face him down. "Hurt you? I'd never hurt you, I'm…" "You had better get out of my head, Fanggy, before I'm forced to do something to you." "He's going hate us forever for this!" wailed Timid. "But I can't leave!" Beast Boy pleaded, "I've got to get Happy to Raven! She's sick, see?" He pulled Happy over. "Hi Brave!" "That's why we came here!" Beast Boy explained, "We need your help!" "So if I help you find Raven, you leave?" "I do everything humanly possible to try." "How about Beast Boyly possible?" They shook hands to seal the deal and stood up. "Let's do this people!" Brave shouted as she began to take command. "Beast Boy, you help Hap before T falls over. T? You're rear guard…" It took quite awhile for them to convince Timid that rear guard was really the best place to be. As Beast Boy pointed out, anything new would be in front of them anyways, where Brave was. "But what if we miss something, and it sneaks behind me?" she asked nervously. "What on Earth could you possibly have to worry about in here?" asked Brave. She was a mite touchy, having to help the thing she apparently feared above all else. "Well, Rage isn't very nice…" "If rage shows up, I'll take care of it," Beast Boy said, cutting off any remark Brave could make, "I've dealt with her before." He finished in a very macho way, his chest puffed out. "Yeah, Mope," agreed Happy, "No worries!" She coughed some more, doubling over and almost pulling Beast Boy to the ground. "One thing we need to worry about," said Beast Boy as he helped her up, "We need to get you some help." "Then what are we waiting for?! March!" came Brave's command as she spun around and began the trek forwards. Ooooo... Brave's scared of BB. And I'm not going to tell you why. Mua Haa Ha HA! Seriously, you will find out eventually, all will be revieled in time, but things must continue to get wierder first or else, what fun would that be? Review please! It makes me squeal inside.
Take the 2-minute tour × Recently we had an extended water outage. When water came back, pressure in the lines was much higher. The hot water heater started leaking from the pressure release valve and after flipping it a few times, it didn't stop, so I was prepared to go replace it, but then I accidentally pushed on the end of the pull bar that goes to the valve and the flow stopped. Tried flipping it again, it leaked again, pushed the bar and it stopped. Am I right in thinking the spring is shot, time to replace it? share\|improve this question add comment 2 Answers up vote 3 down vote accepted I would replace the P-T valve regardless, as it sounds questionable. They're about $10-15, plus usually a pipe directing it to the floor or even a nearby floor drain (which you can probably re-use). It's a safety device that prevents your tank from over-pressurizing (which in very extreme cases can actually cause an incredibly powerful explosion -- check youtube for some entertaining mythbusters clips). You also don't want it to trip accidentally, as it will pour a lot of very hot water out and will not stop until the P-T valve shuts itself off automatically (unlikely if it's broken), or someone shuts off an upstream valve. If your floor drain is clogged, or gets overwhelmed, you have a flooded basement/house. share\|improve this answer Yeah with the dying spring (or what I think is the dying spring), the leak already happened. Fortunately for us, the basement is currently unfinished (just demo'd it). And I've seen the mythbusters episode in question, though in this case I'm not concerned about the tank OVER pressurizing - but rather that the valve isn't sealing tightly enough. But yeah, replacement is definitely on the plan now. – The Evil Greebo Sep 14 '11 at 12:38 add comment If your home has high water pressure, then you need to have a pressure regulator valve installed just after the main shutoff, and possibly an expansion tank to handle pressure from the expanding water in the hot water tank once that valve is installed (you would no longer have expanding water going back into the mains once the valve is installed). To find out, pick up a tester from your local HI store, they are relatively cheap: pressure tester If you're outside of the normal 40-65 psi range, then the pressure regulator valve you need will look something like this: pressure regulator valve It can be a DIY job if you are comfortable with cutting and soldering pipes. If, on the other hand, the gauge reads below 65psi when the water tank's TPR is leaking, then it may be going bad. You should also verify that the water heater's temperature is not set too high before replacing this valve. share\|improve this answer We actually have an expansion tank already in place in exactly the right spot, but I do think I'll pick up a gauge and a regulator when I pick up the replacement P-T valve, just to be safe. – The Evil Greebo Sep 14 '11 at 12:39 add comment Your Answer
Take the 2-minute tour × How does one know that a number field $K$ has a maximal abelian extension (unique up to isomorphism) $K^{\text{ab}}$? I've read proofs involving Zorn's lemma that it has an algebraic closure (And that algebraic closures are unique up to isomorphism.) $\bar{K}$ All these proofs involved ideals of the polynomial ring in variables $x_f$, $f$ an irreducible monic polynomial in $K[x]$, but I don't see any obvious way of "restricting" this proof to abelian extensions. I tried proving that such an extension exists using Zorn's lemma: Let $\Sigma$ be the set of all abelian subgroups of $\text{Gal}(\bar{K}/K)$ partially ordered by inclusion. Any chain of subgroups $(G_\alpha)$ has an upper bound, namely, $\bigcup_\alpha G_\alpha$ (which is a [sub]group as each $G_\alpha$ is contained in another), so by Zorn's lemma $\Sigma$ has a maximal element. But I don't have that this element is unique. (and I don't think I proved that $\bigcup_\alpha G_\alpha$ is abelian, either). Additionally, how does $\text{Gal}(K^\text{ab}/K)$ relate to $\text{Gal}(\bar{K}/K)$ ? My incomplete attempt at a Zorn's lemme proof doesn't tell me what the maximal abelian galois group should be, and I don't know many ways of finding abelian subgroups. share\|improve this question Why are you looking at subgroups? The Galois groups of subextensions of $\bar{K} \mid K$ are quotients of the absolute Galois group. – Zhen Lin May 7 '12 at 15:16 Perhaps because I'm naive. :) But is not looking at quotients of $\text{Gal}(\bar{K}/K)$ equiv to looking at the normal subgroups (except that the inclusion is reversed) ? or am I missing something subtle about galois theory? – mebassett May 7 '12 at 15:25 An abelian extension of the base field doesn't correspond to an abelian subgroup but to an abelian quotient. So the maximal abelian extension has Galois group the abelianization of the absolute Galois group. – Qiaochu Yuan May 7 '12 at 15:37 add comment 1 Answer up vote 17 down vote accepted Existence: It's not hard to check that a compositum of abelian extensions is again abelian (the Galois group of the compositum embeds into the product of the individual Galois groups) and the maximal abelian extension of $K$ is precisely the compositum of all such extensions. Once you've constructed an algebraic closure, you don't have to worry about working directly with minimal polynomials. Relation to $\operatorname{Gal}(\overline{K}/K)$: As mentioned in the comments, the Galois group of the maximal abelian extension is just the abelianization of the absolute Galois group. Note that this abelianization process can be trivial (though not for number fields) -- if you start with a finite field, or $\mathbb{R}$, its algebraic closure is already an abelian extension. What it looks like: Remarkably, this is a largely wide open question, and I'll just briefly reference you to the whole branch of number theory known as class field theory. When $K=\mathbb{Q}$, the answer is completely understood (but fairly non-trivial): The maximal abelian extension is the field obtained by adjoining all roots of unity to $\mathbb{Q}$, i.e., the splitting field of the set of polynomials $x^n-1$ for all $n\geq 1$. The Galois group is precisely $\prod \mathbb{Z}_p^\times$, where the product ranges over all primes $p$. (Note this is an uncountable group). There's also an explicit version of such a statement in the case that $K$ is quadratic imaginary, where the maximal extension is obtained by adjoining special values of functions defined on elliptic curves. Beyond those two cases, the state of the art ranges from fairly explicit conjectures (e.g., Stark conjectures for totally real fields, in particular real quadratic fields) to completely unknown. That said, there's lots of neat stuff known about these fields and their Galois groups which falls shy of an explicit construction, but I suspect they lie beyond the scope of the answer you were looking for. share\|improve this answer A very pleasing answer. – Lubin May 7 '12 at 18:43 Yup. If $\alpha,\beta\in K^{ab}$, then the Galois closure of $K(\alpha,\beta)$ is an abelian extension of $K$. – Cam McLeman Jun 26 '13 at 16:24 The Galois group of a compositum of two number fields is a subgroup of the direct product of those two fields (in fact, it's the subgroup that fixes the intersection). The product of abelian groups is abelian, and subgroups of abelian groups are abelian. That's it! – Cam McLeman Jun 26 '13 at 17:44 Maybe the issue is Galois closures? For $\alpha\in K^{ab}$, it's not even true that $K(\alpha)/K$ has to be <i>Galois</i>, let alone abelian. There's also a bit of confusion about the order of the construction. If $\alpha\in K^{ab}$, then the Galois closure of $K(\alpha)/K$ is a subfield of $K^{ab}/K$, so its Galois group is a quotient of an abelian group, so is abelian. Of course, you have to believe $K^{ab}$ already exists to make this argument, which is what I thought was what your question was really about. – Cam McLeman Jun 26 '13 at 18:18 Ah, yes. The compositum of two Galois closures is the Galois closure of the compositum. So since each individual Galois closure is abelian, so is their compositum (by arguments above). – Cam McLeman Jun 26 '13 at 21:19 show 11 more comments Your Answer
Featured Items Software Demos Recommended NEWS Release Date: Oct 17, 2013 Watch all 3 trailers Buy The Stanley Parable Recent updates View all (4) OSX launch December 19th, 2013 Yeah we finally released the game for OSX! You'll only need to validate cache files if you had downloaded the Windows version on OSX -- maybe not even that! Shoot an email to gran.pc@gmail.com if you run into any issues. 36 comments Read more Launch Trailer October 17th, 2013 We've created a brand new launch trailer - Turn up your hype glands, because it's almost here! 33 comments Read more 9/10 - Gamespot 10/10 - Joystiq 10/10 - Destructoid About the Game PC System Requirements • OS: Windows XP/Vista/7/8 • Memory: 2 GB RAM • Hard Drive: 3 GB available space • Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible Mac System Requirements • OS: Mac OS X 10.8 or higher • Memory: 2 GB RAM Helpful customer reviews 965 of 1,104 people (87%) found this review helpful 230 products in account 30 reviews 7.7 hrs on record Perfect piece of art, which could only been made with videogame mechanics. It's hard to explain and not to spoil everything. Just play the demo and if you like the humor - buy it. Posted: November 25th, 2013 Was this review helpful? Yes No 563 of 679 people (83%) found this review helpful 1,118 products in account 40 reviews 3.9 hrs on record The Stanley Parable began life as a mod for Half Life 2 and was recently updated and released on steam with achievements, more story branches and shiny new visuals. It places players in the mundane shoes of Stanley, a corporate desk jockey who is placed in an office in front of a computer where he punches buttons for a living. One day his monitor goes blank and the other corporate drones that he shares the office building with disappear and so begins your Journey as Stanley. Being the dull chap that he is, Stanley himself doesn't offer much ion the area of entertainment, but a charming English narrator provides the personality and humor necessary to make The Stanley Parable an enjoyable experience. The narrator provides player with instructions, becoming almost like a GPS device that has confused itself for a raconteur. Where most games are about following the rules, The Stanley Parable is best enjoyed when breaking them. If the narrator says go right, you will certainly find more satisfaction in taking a left and listening as the narrator's knickers become twisted by your wanton disobedience. By taking these divergent paths you will find yourself faced with one of the game's 15 different conclusions. Each conclusion revels something a bit different about Stanley and they range from conspiratorial to surreal. The game plays a few tricks on you by repeating rooms endlessly or swapping out props on the fly truing an office into an apartment space. All of this is rendered in a simple and clean visual style. The color palette is muted to reflect just what a dull and miserable existence our pal Stanley has and the props are equally generic creating an appropriately stodgy atmosphere. As advertised the texture work adds far more detail than could be found in the original mod and overall the HD remix has much greater visual appeal. So is The Stanley Parable a biting satire of the way in which modern games tell their story by allowing us to control a character on a predetermined path where deviation is punished? Is it a parody of the life of the average key punching office drone? Or, is it just an excuse to have a rather cheeky British man tell us what to do? The answer is that it's all of these... and none of them. It's a game that will give each of it's players a different take away. Each playthrough lasts between 15 minutes and a half hour. This doesn't sound like a lot of playtime, and it isn't but there is a tremendous degree of satisfaction in finding new ways to get the game to react to what you are or, in some cases, are not doing. Seeing all 15 endings without consulting a guide will probably take around 3 hours. These 15 endings are not Mass Effect 3 style endings either—they are wholly unique and there are a couple of treats for gamers to be uncovered. Ultimately, The Stanley Parable will not be everyone's cup of tea, but it holds a very special spot in the gaming landscape. It's a testament to satire and unconventional design as well as manipulating gamer's expectations. In short it's the antithesis of it's key punching dullard protagonist. Posted: November 25th, 2013 Was this review helpful? Yes No 316 of 410 people (77%) found this review helpful 1,284 products in account 71 reviews 27.9 hrs on record The Stanley Parable is a ground-up remake of the cult Half-Life 2 mod and expands it in a dozen directions without altering its fundamentals. It is one of those "first-person walking" games in which you wander around a completely non-violent experience exploring the environment and unravelling the story, like Dear Esther. You are Stanley, an office worker. Stanley has the job to push buttons on command until some day those commands abruptly stop. Stanley is leaving his desk to investigate, his actions are directed by a narrator who guides him through the office facility to discover the truth. The Stanley Parable is a game about walking from A to B. As you approach a pair of doors, the narrator will indicate that Stanley takes the left one. Whether you do and how you decide to follow up your revolt or acquiescence, tilts the game towards wildly different conclusions. A playthrough may only take minutes, but The Stanley Parable has a lot of choices and a lot of different endings. It will take a few hours to see everything and every ending. At each of the game's many intersections, you can follow the narrator's instruction or ignore it and face the consequences of your petty resistance. Each combination of choices leads to something unique. Some of these "endings" are lighthearted, some are absurd and many centre around the narrator's attempts to get back to his story. The Stanley Parable has not the best Source Engine graphics. Many of the environments are bland, but deliberately so. Delightful hidden details show their faces everywhere if you are willing to look. The best part of The Stanley Parable is the voice acting of the omnipotent Narrator. He plays witness to every move which do you make. From a kindly, yet firm, guiding hand at the start of the game to an acerbic wit if you ignore him, the Narrator really adds a soul to the world of The Stanley Parable. I enjoyed the game and I would recommend the game to people who want to try out something different instead of the normal games, but I would advice everyone to try out The Stanley Parable Demo before buying the game. It will tell you nothing about the main game, but you should then be able to decide if the game is something for you or not. If you should still be unsure, you can also try the free mod, to make your final decision. The mod does not actually require Half-Life 2 on PC, only the Source SDK. Sounds 8/10 Graphics 5/10 Gameplay 3/10 Atmosphere 8/10 Posted: November 28th, 2013 Was this review helpful? Yes No 329 of 435 people (76%) found this review helpful 50 products in account 3 reviews 4.5 hrs on record This short review/analysis contains spoilers about the game. Stop reading if you want to have a fresh experience with the game. Everything below is my speculation, don't take them as definitive facts. The Stanley Parable is everything and beyond video games. It's a giant commentary on todays game development philosophy. Throughout its unexpected span and twisty narrative, it has a clear message - there are problems with narrative in video games, which we have not addressed yet. In recent years we have seen a great amount of open world/sand box games. But there hasn't been shortage in linear games with strict control over players actions. Invisible walls or direct threatening by the game if you go off the map, even in scenarios where the level design suggests more freedom than the available and, but not limited to - bugging out the whole game or level by reaching unexpected locations are common practices in multiplayer and even in singleplayer games since decades. The layout of the office (which is briefly explained in the museum, behind the scenes room) is designed and created with the mind that the dialogue and attention span of the player would balance and lead to the first sense of conflict - the two doors. This first dilemma is presented geniously - with a confident and calm voice. At this point the narrator is still following the hardcoded written script. Which is what I describe as the main and simple story the whole Stanely Parable is based around - there is a problem, the protagonist decides to end the tyranny of the evil force and it concludes with a happy ending. The simple story has cartoonish elements. Toward the end of it, it cultivates exaggerated tone and willingly becomes boring, it's purpose is to show the most basic and at the same time intriguing story. But only if the player obeys/follows the steps the given by the narrator. Not obeying the narrative, leads to all sorts of interesting results, which ultimately don't explain the whole picture of The Stanley Parable, which is left to players imagination. The game doesn't feel the need to address any of the questions which the audience asks frantically after playing it. The same happened in the demonstration, particularly in the 'Escape elevator' sequence. Throughout the exploration/ending hunting there are many sections where the nature of narration and design in games is examined and often made fun out of. Many actions, which are not part of the hardcoded script, of the player are directly commentated by the narrator. Like the 'Broom closet' - this room has no place in the whole game. In traditional game narrative it would be a waste of time - there isn't a collectable or extra life and if the player decides to explore it, the game would punish him for doing so. But here, the comedic nature of TSP rewards the player for paying attention to it, even if it is only a piece of dialogue. Achievements are another device with which the The Stanley Parable mocks the current video game industry. Take the 'Click on door 430 five times' for example - a great way to address the ridiculous amount of pointless achievements in some games. Or 'Unachievable' - an obvious phantom which doesn't have a solution. It is created solely that particular part of the player audience grinds through the game, desperately trying to get it. So, how does The Stanley Parable get away with being so rude to every aspect in the modern video game industry, while being part of it? Its complete and constant self awareness makes TSP simply perfect. It is written and executed exceptionally well. It deflects most of the criticism, directed at it, simply by being one. Posted: November 25th, 2013 Was this review helpful? Yes No 453 of 631 people (72%) found this review helpful 219 products in account 5 reviews 0.5 hrs on record Mind-blowing piece of art. Amazing voice acting. The demo alone is more entertaining the majority of AAA titles. Definitely a must buy. Posted: November 25th, 2013 Was this review helpful? Yes No
Kou_Leifoh (Level 10) Needs to stop watching hentai. followed by \| \| Most anime games that come and go tend to be terrible cash-ins that contain gameplay that are below average and can never be as good as other games, because they sell well enough for developers to not give a carp about the quality within those games; you would not believe the amount of times I wanted a Dragon Ball Z fighting game that was good. How long have games based on anime series existed? What are some of the games that anime fans do not know of? I decided to look for a couple of games that are unknown or at least forgotten among a crowd that are paying attention to games like the recent Dragon Ball Z/Naruto fighting games. . . Ugh. And of course, exposed them to the lime-light. Some of the anime series that got chosen to have a game based on will probably surprise you. Astro Boy: Omega Factor We all know Astro Boy, the legendary series that was created by the grandfather of anime/manga, Osamu Tezuka. The results for the Game Boy Advance iteration of Astro Boy surprise many when it first hit the scenes in 2004. A game that's considered as one of the best games to owned for the Game Boy Advance. Sega enlisted well known 2-D developer, Treasure - the same people that are famous for cult hits such as GunStar Heroes and Bangai-O, to grace their talents on this well produce game. The game is loosely based off the 2003 Astro Boy anime series that once aired on Toonami. Omega Factor does featured every character from the Astro Boy canon. The characters are organized in a octagon grid called the Omega Factor, each character's info about their appearance in the Astro Boy series can be viewed. One of the crazy bosses of the game. One of the crazy bosses of the game. Dying is the central theme for this game, as Omega Factor will delver some challenging enemy/boss patterns for you to remember. You will be facing waves of enemies at your disposals and it's up to take them down, beat'em up style; though it's not that simple. Punching enemies mindlessly will not progress you through the game, they will counter-attack while Astro is stuck in his attack animations. You need to pay attention to your enemies on screen to let you know when is the right moment to take it easy on the attacks and focus on dodging away. Astro does have a mid-air dash move that will make him invincible from enemy attacks for a short period of time. Omega Factor is a hybrid of two genres, the one part is beat'em up, as mentioned early, and the second is shoot'em up. Astro will use his jets and his laser in Graduis style shoot'em up levels; bullet-hell is the key word for those levels. flying enemies and a hail storm of bullets will come towards your way while your using Astro laser to bring them down. Omega Factor is the Ultimate Astro Boy to stick with if you're a die hard fan of the series, or it can be appealing to those who are not a fan. 8 Man Okay, I'm a bit of a sucker for sub-par beat'em ups. 8 Man is a short beat'em up that was developed by SNK for the Neo Geo in 1991. The 8 Man series was created by Kazumasa Hirai and Jiro Kuwata in 1963. It was about a police officer that was murdered and brought to life as a cyborg to fight crime. Does that sound familiar? It should, because it was supposedly the inspiration for RoboCop. Since 8 Man's debut, the series would see another anime series and a live action film, I guess this game was released to coincide with the update for the 8 Man series. 8 Man is the pretty standard beat'em up, you move to the right and beat up bad robots, including the Predator. Like many other SNK games, this game presents itself with quite a challenge. Multiple enemies will come out of wood-works making sure you lose your extra life. The speed section. The speed section. Like I said, an enemy that looks like the Predator is in the game. I don't know if that was a character from the 8 Man series, but I have read that the early Neo Geo games had pop culture references in their games, like a Hulk Hogan character appearing in the game Burning Fight. One of 8 Man's powers is that he can run really fast, so there's some levels that involves 8 Man running fast while encountering enemies. Some nice effects are contained in the running levels, like some flashes of animations coming out of 8 Man, and you'll see enemies running in the background or appearing in front of the screen before they jump out and attack 8 Man. A fondness for any type of beat'em ups is all it takes to have some fun with 8 Man, even if it's not the greatest. But if you're a fan of 8 Man, and wanted to try your hand at a 8 Man game, well pretty much this is your only option. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Two of the few games to use Capcom's CPS III arcade hardware, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is one of those hidden gems from Capcom in the arcades in 1999. The series is strictly a manga series that started back in 1987 for Shonen Jump. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure was a series that wasn't well known in the States, so it was a bold move for Capcom bring the fighting game over from Japan. Gameplay provides fast pace frantic action that is reminiscent of a Marvel vs. game, though it's not as simple to get into. Character's can summon out "stands," or a persona, out to perform abilities that a stand alone character can't do, such as double jump. Players mix up hits with the normal character with his or her stand, along with cancelable super moves of course, to perform lengthy devastating combos. Though it's not go to say that combos are easy to pull off like in a Marvel vs. game, they do have a strict timing process to execute. Capcom knows how to make a license fighting game with a good balance of accessibility and depth. The gameplay also includes "Blazing Fist Match," it's when the two personas collide and it's up both players to rapidly hit the attack button to out best one another. An example of the visual style. An example of the visual style. The graphic style is reminiscent of a DarkStalkers game as each of the characters are presented with bold black outlines. And seeing how this is a game based on a manga series, there are tons of comic book style visuals that burst out to capitalizes some of the over the top moments of the game; such as a image of a character that you are playing as will make a brief appearances when a super move is performed, or when a KO is done. To even reference the manga further, the character select screen is a bunch of comic book panels. Capcom released the two games in one disk on the consoles for the PlayStation and Dreamcast. The copy that I own is the Dreamcast version. The game contains the first game and it's update, JoJo's Venture, and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. The second adds more moves and characters over the first game. A third JoJo fighting game was released from Capcom for the PlayStation 2 in Japan, but never sought its release in the States. As for the first two games, they brought exposure for the JoJo Bizarre Adventure series for Western manga fans, and due to the fact that the game was well made, it gave it a bit of a following. Mandatory Network Submissions can take several hours to be approved. Save ChangesCancel
Bankruptcy does not prevent actions to collect assessments Mark Pearlstein Condo Adviser May 11, 2012 Q. I am on the board of a medium-size homeowners association of 150 units. Collection problems make budgeting a definite challenge. One owner has been in bankruptcy for several years and has not paid monthly assessments in more than three years. The association has placed a lien on his property, but we have been advised that the bankruptcy stops all further action on our part. It seems unfair that the other owners must effectively cover the delinquent owner's deficiency while he enjoys all the benefits of the association for free. Does the association have any recourse? A. The bankruptcy filing of a unit owner does not prevent the association from taking legal action to collect assessments. The scope of the association's remedies will depend upon the type of bankruptcy filed by the unit owner, and will require the association to obtain court permission to lift the automatic bankruptcy stay to proceed with its state court collection remedies. If the unit owner files a Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition requiring the debtor to sell his assets, the association is entitled to collect assessments that accrue after the filing if the debtor either resides in the unit or rents out the condominium. If the owner files a Chapter 13 petition, the owner must submit a plan to pay a portion of his debts that arose before the filing. The plan will include the secured claim of the association. The debtor must also pay assessments that accrue after the Chapter 13 filing. In a 2011 case titled In Re Spencer, a Michigan federal court held that the debtor was liable for assessments due before and after the Chapter 13 because he continued to own the unit. If the Chapter 13 debtor fails to meet the payment obligations of his plan or does not pay assessments due after the bankruptcy filing, the board may dismiss the bankruptcy and collect both past due and current assessments. Q. I am in an 80-unit, 20-year-old condominium. Our board has less than one year of financial records. What records exist show a very small amount of reserves. We have had no capital expenditures for the past 10 years, but did have a huge special assessment two years ago. We also have not had an explanation as to why the board decided not to spend the funds collected as a special assessment, and we have not seen any evidence that the money was added to our reserve account. Is it legal to have almost no records? Our board refuses to answer any questions about these issues. Where do we go from here? A. The primary goal of the owners should be to elect a new board of directors. Section 19 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act requires the board to maintain 10 years of financial records. The absence of reserves generally means a violation of Section 9 of the act, as well as your declaration. The fact that the association had a large special assessment may be due to the lack of reserve savings. Section 18(a)(7) of the act requires the board to submit an annual accounting of income and expenses to the owners. This accounting should explain what portions of the reserves were used for capital expenditures or repairs. Q. After many attempts to obtain copies of invoices for elevator service work, I was finally given copies of these documents. Since it was my legal right to review this information, can I recover the legal fees I had to spend to hire an attorney to obtain the invoices? Would I file a claim in small claims court? A. The only means to recover attorneys' fees under Section 19 of the Condominium Property Act is an enforcement action against the association after the board refuses to give the owner requested information. Since you received the documents and did not file a lawsuit, you will have to bear the cost of your legal fees.
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Ford lives up to the hype with the Fusion Hybrid Comments Threshold RE: Nice By whirabomber on 12/24/2008 8:27:58 AM , Rating: 1 On average don't Japanese cars come with longer manufacturer warranties (5 years vs 3 for American cars)? If so, I can see why the extended warranties would be cheaper for Japanese cars. I had one on my Dodge Ram 2500 that was written in a way that the extended warranty took over after 3 years despite the Ram at that time having a 70k power train warranty. My assumption was that if I had been able to keep (lost job, got a lower paying one, gas prices jumped $0.75/gal) past the initial 3 years that if anything went wrong engine/transmission wise the extended warranty company would just say that is covered under the 70k power train warranty and have the dealer fix it. So essentially with the longer Japanese warranties and funny extended warranty "coverage" wording, I can see how Japanese cars cause less of a loss for such companies. I never had an American car I didn't like. I had 2 Japanese cars I didn't: 2k1 Honda Civic which had a factory bug that wasn't going to be fixed - the gas gauge would randomly peg past empty and past full, and a rear window that kept fogging up and required acid washing to remove via a reluctant dealer. The second car was a 90's Nissan Sentra that belonged to my ex. She got what she paid for - tin foil thin body panels, an engine a tad larger than my dad's riding lawn mower (I had to turn the AC off to make speed on exit ramps), and tires that claimed a 60k life but had to be replaced at 25k because they wouldn't stick in the rain (slid sideways down an exit ramp when I hit it going an exceptionally fast 15mph and it was just a spring misting). Of course Japanese cars aren't without their defects and when chronic defects emerge the press gets oddly quiet. For instance the not overly publicized issues with the 2003 Lexus RX330 AWD (not 100% on the year and model) electrical systems requiring several factory recalls, my 2k1 Civic EX "Honda known issue" fuel gauge issue, etc. The media is pretty quite when the Japanese car companies screw up. The media and myself are at odds when it comes to Japanese cars anyways. Every Japanese car I've looked at have boxy boring sterile interiors that lacked any character that are made of materials that reminded me of cheap plastic silverware. Even the "high end" cars like Lexus (woo cheesy wood grain like materials add to the crappy Toyota interiors). The American cars have warm cozy interiors (96 Sunfire's reminded me of a luxury jet fighter interior, 2003 Cougar's was a work of art, and my current ride PT has just enough throw-back design to keep me from getting bored). I guess I just like interesting interiors so that I can enjoy the ride as opposed to the super linear import design (my EX had more straight interior lines than a stack of cardboard boxes). Exterior-wise my views are pretty much the same - all Japanese cars look exactly the same. A 4 Japanese compact looks just like any other 4 door Japanese compact. I don't know how people choose which one to get. My estimate is they just buy from the dealer that has the color they want in stock (Toyota has the shade of blue I want so I'll just buy a Toyota). If I were to commit a crime, I would get a Japanese car to do it. All I would need to do is shave off all the tags, paint it black, and no one could give the police an accurate make or model of the get-away car. American cars I could not get away in. A Chevy looks like a Chevy. A ford looks like a ford. A Chrysler looks like a Chrysler. I couldn't blend in with as well. Each manufacturer and car has enough character to be identified (mostly as the Edge looks like a Lexus SUV clone) as an American car of a specific model. A charger looks like a charger and not like a Taurus or Impala. I'll keep my American fanboy tag and wear it proud. Related Articles
Print 96 comment(s) - last by gstrickler.. on Sep 16 at 6:41 PM Snow Leopard in action looks a lot like OS X Leopard, but its significantly faster, according to Apple. (Source: Apple) The new OS also improves accessibility, adding support for braille wireless accessories for the visually impaired. (Source: Apple) Apple is ready to spread OS X 10.6 to the masses Apple's new operating system, OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard", will beat the company's own launch target of September – an official launch date of August 28 was just announced. The new OS is priced at $29 per license for OS X Leopard users (with additional discounts for bulk license users). Apple notes, "Snow Leopard builds on a decade of OS X innovation and success with hundreds of refinements, new core technologies and out of the box support for Microsoft Exchange." Bertrand Serlet, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering, describes, "Snow Leopard builds on our most successful operating system ever and we’re happy to get it to users earlier than expected. For just $29, Leopard users get a smooth upgrade to the world’s most advanced operating system and the only system with built in Exchange support." The new OS is set to go head-to-head with Microsoft's Windows 7 and delivers many major improvements for Mac users. Over 90 percent of the 1,000 core programs in OS X had their performance tuned and improved, according to Apple. Many -- namely, Finder, Mail, iCal, iChat, and Safari -- were moved from 32-bit into a 64-bit world, which boosts memory performance, among other things. Apple says that its Finder is "more responsive", its Mail client is twice as fast, and Time Machine is 80 percent faster at its initial backup. Apple includes the new QuickTime X and Safari 4 with the OS. Apple says that the new version of Safari is more resistant to plug-in crashes and 50 percent faster at general web browsing (Safari recently received the accolade of being listed by Futuremark as tied with Google's Chrome as the fastest browser). The size of the installation has also been cut in half freeing 7 GB. Apple is pushing a couple of new technologies with Snow Leopard. The first is its Grand Central Dispatch (GCD) a technology designed to optimize multi-core usage. Another new tech is OpenCL, a C-based open standard, which looks to provide heterogenous processing on both GPUs and CPUs. Ironically, one of Apple's biggest selling point with the new OS comes from competitor Microsoft. Apple explains, "Snow Leopard is the only desktop operating system with built in support for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, and it allows you to use Mac OS X Mail, Address Book and iCal to send and receive email, create and respond to meeting invitations, and search and manage contacts with global address lists. Exchange information works seamlessly within Snow Leopard so users can also take advantage of OS X only features such as fast Spotlight searches and Quick Look previews." Unlimited licenses of Snow Leopard are available for $499, half the price of an unlimited pack for Leopard. The new OS will start shipping this Friday to customers that pre-order. has already been holding an unofficial pre-order for the last couple weeks and saw Snow Leopard jump to the top of its software sales charts. Snow Leopard Server will launch on August 28, as well, alongside the new consumer OS. The Server edition comes with Podcast Producer 2 and Mobile Access Server and costs $499 for an unlimited license. Comments Threshold By on 8/24/2009 7:54:41 PM , Rating: 2 I agree it is a good move, but I feel unless you move to newer hardware, you're pretty much SOL. How would you know this for a fact without actually trying Snow Leopard? There is no reason why my Macbook can't address 8GB of ram with a 64-bit OS, but Apple went ahead and made sure to cripple it to only work with a maximum of 2GB of ram, which sucks. I have a laptop that cost $1700 at the time it was purchased, but it was crippled by the company. Dells, HPs, Lenovos, etc with the same hardware from the same period could support 8GB of ram, provided you have a 64-bit OS. Sorry, this claim is simply wrong. From your other posts, there is enough information to identify your exact Macbook model: This MacBook model has GMA950 graphics. Using the list of Intel chipsets at we can eliminate the possibility of 8GB. All the mobile chipsets with GMA950 are codenamed "Calistoga". There is only one Calistoga variant which supports more than 2GB while also having GMA950: the 945GM, which supports 4GB. Does that mean you can really use 4GB on the 945GM? No. If you carefully read the chip's manual: You will find that it doesn't support 64-bit addresses for PCI, so PCI devices are always mapped below 4GB. It has a register, TOLUD, which is used to set the partition point between RAM and PCI address space. Every address below TOLUD is interpreted as a RAM address by the address decoder, and everything above is an access to PCI. The highest possible setting for TOLUD reserves 128MB for the APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller), probably since the APIC is the most essential memory mapped peripheral (a computer without an interrupt controller isn't terribly useful). This means that in theory -- if the OS/machine does not need any use of PCI devices other than the APIC -- a 945GM computer could use as much as 3.875GB of RAM. In practice, of course, reserving more address space for PCI devices is required for a useful machine. You probably wouldn't be able to use things like USB, ATA/SATA, etc. if TOLUD was set to its maximum value. Apple appears to have chosen 1GB as the amount to reserve for PCI, leaving 3GB for DRAM. Apple also chose to only advertise the machine as supporting 2GB, even though their firmware is set up to allow 3GB. Why they did this, I do not know, although I think I have a reasonable guess. The 945GM has a dual-channel memory controller. Installing SODIMMs in size-matched pairs allows it to enable "symmetric mode", which increases performance. That means if you want 3GB without disabling interleave, you are forced to buy two 2GB SODIMMs and waste half of one of them. Apple is not a company which wants to try to explain something as complex as this to a non technical consumer. So you get a bonus over the promised 2GB, provided that you're willing to live with reduced performance (a 1GB+2GB DIMM configuration) or wasted memory (2+2).
geocities stories Ah, GeoCities. Before Yahoo shut it down last year, it was a way for millions of people to create free websites. Launched in 1994, it was one of the first places to offer such a service, and had a big hand in the development of the web. And soon you'll be able to download GeoCities. All 900GB of it.
Essential characteristics of noise Sunday, May 10, 2009 Camera Article At higher light levels, another phenomenon appears. Each pixel has its own analog gain factor, which is directly related to the physical size of certain capacitors. This phenomenon is called Pixel Response Non-Uniformity (PRNU). The resulting noise can be modeled as additive, with a standard deviation proportional to the signal, i.e., . The SNR in the highlight is approximately where is a constant which is characteristic of pixel non-uniformity. This implies that the SNR does not increase further when PRNU becomes the main source of noise (which could always happen because PRNU increases faster than photonic noise). However, sensors always have a saturation value and PRNU is usually not the dominant source of noise at this value. Moreover, PRNU is a fix bias and can be compensated for with a calibration. Color sensitivity is an integral value over the whole curve characteristic. In particular it depends on the noise in highlights. However, it also depends on the sensor’s spectral sensitivities which determines how the sensor can see the colors of the scene.
Was anybody around on RE boards during 2000-2003? #1Vegeta1000Posted 10/4/2012 1:40:32 PM I remember there were lots of complaints about the series getting stale and needing to move into a new direction so why are fans complaining about the new direction the series has taken? #2SamA7XPosted 10/4/2012 1:43:57 PM Because some people are born in this world just to complain. (the "I" in "VII" is a capital "i" not a undercase "L") #3Skurv7Posted 10/4/2012 1:47:27 PM I made a topic about this yesterday, and I'll tell you what I said then. The people complaining are the people who would still be complaining if it was the same and Wesker was the main antagonist with pre-rendered backgrounds...all i can say is don't ask for something you don't want ;) If you know wut i mean. #4orphanjohnPosted 10/4/2012 1:48:06 PM 2 huge complaints I remember from I believe RE4 and 5 was that people wanted zombies back, and new controls that don't handle like a tank. Well they get that and still cry about it. It's called being spoiled. No matter what comes along it will never be good enough, and they just cry for something new and better all over again. PSN: orphanjohn/OrphanFromdabloc Currently playing: Dark Souls, UMvC3, Transformers: FoC, NCAA 13, Resident Evil 6 #5JStewVGMPosted 10/4/2012 1:50:17 PM I don't even read those crap comments. Cry moar is all I say #6Orochi_LedePosted 10/4/2012 1:50:51 PM SamA7X posted... Because some people are born in this world just to complain. #7Duffy12323Posted 10/4/2012 1:54:58 PM Well they did away with tense atmospheric environments. There's no suspense anymore, just running and shooting with no exploration at all. #8Vegeta1000(Topic Creator)Posted 10/4/2012 2:18:41 PM You guys may think that the old-school RE games were constantly praised, but this was not the case. It got plenty of hate as well: - Terrible camera angles (fixed with RECV but came back with RE0). - Tank controls - Poor aiming - Backtracking (worst examples was RECV and RE0) - Fetch puzzles - Terrible save system - Poor voice acting (subjective, but the original RE1 was known to have terrible VA) Most of those problems was fixed with RE4, but then fans complained that the series was no longer survival horror and just a TPS. I disagree. Even though RE4 had more action it still had tense moments, creepy atmosphere, creepy looking enemies, fetch puzzles, and backtracking. RE5 I'd admit, wasn't much like the old ones as far as gameplay goes. It's like it's a lose-lose situation for Capcom because fans are going to complain either way. #9edward18Posted 10/4/2012 2:22:41 PM and as I said I NEVER complained Before you die you see the Tails Doll---Backdrop Observer of the Metroid: Other M board Apparently Edward: Wise Old Sage of Korodai #10Vegeta1000(Topic Creator)Posted 10/4/2012 2:24:50 PM and as I said I NEVER complained Well, you're in the minority.
Personal tools From HaskellWiki < WinHugs Revision as of 11:39, 19 January 2006 by NeilMitchell (Talk \| contribs) Jump to: navigation, search This is a list of bugs and features, and peoples thoughts on them. Please just add things, if it's an opinion on a feature or something, please sign your name. Especially if a feature is important to you, say how important it is and why you think its a good idea. 1 Polish These aren't really bugs, they just need looking at before a final release. Mainly just polishing rough edges and checking for consistency. • Unicode • update the documentation • keyboard accelerators, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V etc. • correctly align and space the options dialog • add more text editor support (as people ask!) 2 Bugs These are things which are accepted as being wrong 2.1 Does Not Work on Windows 98 Active bug, I'm still trying to get Virtual PC and try it out on Win98. 2.2 Excessive Clearing Excessive clearing of previous part of the screen, once it starts to wrap round 2.3 Occasional Screen Glitches I don't know why these happen, the screen code is rather complicated... 2.4 Terminal interaction Inline system calls, i.e. "system dir" returns the results to the terminal, not the WinHugs window. 2.5 Textpad vs DDE Open textpad with new command: C:\Program Files\TextPad 4\TextPad.exe -s %s(%d) (fixes DDE problems on certain systems, opens multiple instances on others...) 2.6 :edit edit starts editing a weird file. Should create a new file in my documents and open that. 3 Enhancements 4 = cpphs support Allow it to compile files with preprocessor directives, by automatically running cpphs on them first. 4.1 Less verbose file listing Should be an option to list all files not in the Hugs directory loaded
User Score Generally favorable reviews- based on 17 Ratings User score distribution: 1. Positive: 16 out of 17 2. Mixed: 0 out of 17 3. Negative: 1 out of 17 Review this tv show 1. Your Score 0 out of 10 Rate this: • 10 • 9 • 8 • 7 • 6 • 5 • 4 • 3 • 2 • 1 • 0 • 0 1. Submit 2. Check Spelling 1. Apr 10, 2011 I really enjoyed the show tonight and from what I have read the 2nd and 3rd will just get better. Apparently the Nazi Regime will be integral to the story. 2. Apr 10, 2011 Everything felt like the original. The complicated individuals and their relationships with one another have been presented skillfully and at a good pace. I loved how upbeat the show is even though there are sad, bad and ugly issues making me upset, mad and disgusted. There is a lot of good in most of the characters with their flaws being brought out just a bit and those you just know you are not going to like but can't wait to see the wreck they make of their lives. It seems one already has made a mess of things and you feel badly that is happened to someone who seemed so nice. Well done. Expand Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critics Critic score distribution: 1. Positive: 14 out of 18 2. Negative: 0 out of 18 1. Reviewed by: Jonathan Storm Apr 11, 2011 It's just a touch of the veddy, veddy humor that helps make everything so delightful before the world intrudes into Masterpiece Classic's revival of Upstairs Downstairs. 2. Reviewed by: Mark A. Perigard Apr 11, 2011 There were moments during the first two episodes in which I wondered if the series was doddering along like a blindfolded Miss Marple. Have faith. Each episode swings in unexpected directions. 3. Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd Apr 11, 2011 While the narrative never quite coheres into a compelling whole, there are enough independently arresting, unexpectedly moving moments to carry you through, hopping from one to the next like stones in a river, on the way to a strenuously tidy conclusion.
Weather Alert! About This Blog Blog of Mass Destruction The GOP Is Getting Even More Extreme By The Reverend Published: April 24, 2009 ....among Texas Republicans, it's 51% approval to 44% disapproval. Call me crazy...but that seems a bit extreme to me. Just because Texas GOP'ers lost the last election, now they want to take their statehood ball and go home? Perry's crazy call for Texas to secede, however, is like the cartoon before the feature film. The Republican Party has now become, from all observable data, the party of torture. It's the damnest thing. For the longest time, because Bush/Cheney and Co. kept a pretty tight totalitarian house, the Republican response to accusations of torture by the Bush administration was simply, and repeatedly, "America doesn't torture." Simple denial. No one could prove otherwise without the threat of a one way trip to Guantanomo, so the "America doesn't torture" mantra was all we ever heard when the topic arose. Now that it is clear that, yes, America did torture and the Bush administration ordered that torture....Republicans are throwing around some really crazy sh*t, I guess, in the hope that America will adopt the practice of torture...or something. Here's what I mean..... I'm hearing two basic "arguments" from rightwing conservatives in defense of Bush/Cheney savagery. 1) It's effective. Torture works. Not only does it work, these extremist Republicans say, but Bush's use of it saved American lives. I blogged yesterday about there being no evidence that torture worked. There's no evidence that torturing Mohammed or Zubaida produced any actionable intelligence. None. In addition, experts in the field unanimously hold that torture produces unreliable information. It's not effective in producing good intel. FBI Director, Robert Mueller, to his great credit, yanked his agents out of those interrogations because he knew torture did not produce reliable intel and that it was illegal. But consider: The information released in the last week informs us that Bush-ordered, Condi-approved torture tactics were used in sequence on detainees. What that means is that when Khalid Shaik Mohammed was being waterboarded 6 times a between those waterworks sessions....other torture tactics were used on him too. Mull that over. Sleep deprivation, stress positioning, slapping, and (my favorite) walling were all, most likely, worked in, in between KSM's every-six-hours of near-death-by-drowning experiences. All that sadistic punishment.....and still no reliable intelligence. I have no misgivings about KSM. He should spend the rest of his life rotting in a federal prison......but I don't want him tortured in my name. 2) "We did it to our own troops, so it can't be torture." The SERE program. Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape. A U.S military program that trains military personnel and private contractors on how to cope with "enemy" torture tactics, should they ever be captured. SERE officials were contacted by Rumsfeld in December, 2001, asking them to train military personnel and private contractors on how to conduct the torture tactics we've now learned about. The even-more-extreme-since-the-election Republicans have been spouting off, repeatedly, that if what we did to Mohammed and Zubaida was torture, then what we did to our own trainees in the SERE program was also torture. The "argument" goes that we wouldn't torture our own guys, and since the SERE program includes training for the waterboard, sleep deprivation, etc.,....that means those tactics are not torture. Do you think that U.S soldiers being trained by SERE were waterboarded 6 times a day for 30 days? As breathtakingly ignorant as the SERE "argument" seems.....I heard it many times from crazy conservative types yesterday. That's why I'm saying.....Republicans are getting more extreme, not less. Let's tackle this stupidity head on, whattya' say? We hire SERE people to train our soldiers to cope with our enemies' potential use of torture tactics against them, should they be captured and detained. What the enemies do, according to the training, is considered to be torture, fully outside of all internationally accepted behavior. The SERE training is not meant to strengthen our soldiers to resist breaking down under torture....everyone breaks down, ask John McCain,'s meant to prepare them for what could happen, so that panic doesn't set in when it does happen, and they can cope, they know what to expect. So, the intent of the SERE training is to prepare our guys so they can cope with illegal torture tactics used against them, should they ever be captured by torturers. What was the objective for using SERE torture tactics on Khalid Mohammed and Abu Zubaida? Were CIA contractors helping KSM and Zubaida by preparing them for potential torture tactics being used against them in the future? Were they preparing them for, say, Egyptian torture tactics? Was that the goal of using those SERE torture tactics down in Gitmo? Of course not. The "interrogators" who used reverse-engineered SERE tactics down in Gitmo were not training anyone. The "interrogators" were, in real life, standing in for our enemies. Our CIA representatives, our Pentagon representatives, became the enemy, the torturers. Not training.....torturing. Republican crazees need to back away from the cliff. Americans rejected the GOP because the GOP has been out of touch with the American people on numerous policy issues. Do Republicans, conservatives, think that these even-more-extreme notions about torture will win over more American voter hearts and minds? Will the future Republican Party actually campaign on the proposition that torture is a valuable "tool" for our military? Will the GOP tell us, as opposed to lily-livered, appeasing Democrats, that if they are elected they will keep us keeping torture on the table? Update: Atrios explains the extremism like only he can.... "The United States doesn't torture, but anyone who opposes torture is un-American." Screen width:
The human form is always full of surprise and delight... Bridesmaids shirts with how many years you have known them on the back \| KLP Photography \| Knoxville Wedding Photography awesome picture! Will have to show my amazing wedding photographer this one. Would be perfect for our beach wedding! you have to watch every second of this. Marry your best friend. oh my gosh this is the cutest thing ever...also a very well made video this is so perfect // I know I've pinned this like 3 times but there's prob someone who hasn't seen it. SO PERFECT. all the girls getting ready- last shot before everyone changes dreaming of the waves high five from the best man during the first kiss After the rehearsal dinner -the last "single girl" kiss-- It'd be neat to have a last picture as an unmarried couple! Such a cute idea! little moments. I want my photographer to capture things like this.
Log in Free trial It's Little Things That Can Make the Difference in Urban Renewal Article excerpt CITIES are improving. Dashing late one evening from a meeting in the centre of Birmingham to the railway station last week, I noticed that there were still people going to and fro long after the shops in the pedestrianised streets had closed. There was a welcoming bustle of activity. This was no longer the bleak city centre I used to know. London is much more satisfying than it was 15 to 20 years ago. Now that Leicester Square, for instance, is closed to traffic, I am glad to recommend it to visitors; in the old days I was ashamed of the place. Not all is gain, however. I was recently in the middle of Liverpool, also in the evening, The area around Lime Street station and St George's Hall is a sort of urban hell - featureless except for a few islands of the old Liverpool still standing, cut through with new roads along which the traffic sweeps, as if fleeing the city, unconnected with what is around it. "Connections are what make successful cities. Unsuccessful cities are unconnected," writes Robert Cowan in a pamphlet on making cities work, echoing the famous opening lines of Anna Karenina - "All happy families resemble one another, but every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." All successful cities connect; all unsuccessful cities are disconnected in their own way. At a recent meeting in Hammersmith in west London, which was part of a participative exercise in finding methods of improving the borough, the focus was largely on re-connecting communities that had been disconnected by major roads. Hammersmith has seven major east- west routes passing through it, not least because it stands between Heathrow airport and the centre of London. Even here the ideal is the connected city. But what to connect? How to connect? The short answer is - ask the real experts. These are not, by the way, architects, planners, road engineers, local government officials and the like, but the people themselves. Residents know exactly what works well, and what doesn't, what is pleasant, what depresses them, how far they have to go for some fresh air, what are the local no-go areas, what could quickly be improved. Thus in Hammersmith and Fulham, where the Architecture Foundation, whose chairman is Richard Rogers, has been working with the local authority to improve nine sites, consultation with local people has been the starting point. The method was to arrange day-long workshops. In attendance were various specialists, as well as members of the design team for the site. Local people turned up in moderate numbers, but there were enough of them to make the exercise meaningful. Between 20 to 40 people participated in each workshop. The inner suburbs of every large town in the land have problems similar to Hammersmith's. How to remove, for instance, the sense of danger that deters people from using the vast area of playing fields and open space called Wormwood Scrubs, a name familiar to most people only as a grim prison rather than as an amenity. …
Persona by Queen Latifah Released: Aug 2009 Label: Flavor Unit Records Billed as the Queen's return to hip-hop and R&B, Persona is way heavier on the R&B, particularly the downtempo, adult variety. So if you're looking for the second coming of All Hail the Queen, this ain't it (with the exception of the haughty "Over the Mountain"). But if the overly earnest "The Light" is any indication, hearing Latifah rap after years in jazz and acting is a bit like hearing your mom rap (albeit a super-hip mom): she just seems more comfortable singing. So while Persona is lackluster in spots, it's also a classy attempt to bridge all her queendoms. Rachel Devitt You're just minutes away from millions of songs. Sign up now.
Age no bar September 22, 2005 Los Angeles Who says old folks don't go to the movies? All too often, Hollywood does because the fans largely responsible for making a film open in first place at the box office are mostly in their teens and 20s. But with The Thing About My Folks, which opened in limited release last Friday, comedian Paul Reiser and actor Peter Falk hope to prove that a movie for older audiences can make money -- and a lot of it. Reiser is 48 and Falk 78. In fact Reiser, co-creator and star of award-winning 1990s television hit "Mad About You," said maybe his film shouldn't even be marketed to people under 40. "This film wasn't made for 15-year-olds," he told Reuters. "I think our slogan should be if you're under 40, you're not allowed to see this movie." While Reiser said he was half-joking, his serious side really wants young audiences to come because they, too, can learn about families and relationships in the comedy in which a middle-aged son (Reiser) and his elderly father (Falk) go on a road trip toward self-discovery. Falk, TV's crusty private detective Columbo, agrees. "Younger kids, they understand that things aren't so perfect with their father or with their mother," he said in a joint interview with Reiser. "They know there's a gap, and if they're interested in finding out more about why they aren't more connected with their parents, they should see the movie," said Falk. "Nicely put," added Reiser. If kids do not turn up, however, Reiser, Falk and the movie's distributor Picturehouse, which is a partnership of New Line Films and HBO Films, are unconcerned for good reason. In recent years, younger people have been going to movie theatres less and turning to video games, the Internet and hundreds of cable TV channels. Ageing baby boomers, whose kids have left home, now make up the fastest-growing movie audience. The number of moviegoers 12 to 39 years old fell slightly in 2004, while audiences 50 and older grew by 11 percent to their highest level in five years, according to the Motion Picture Association of America. Moreover, Picturehouse thinks The Thing About My Folks could become a box office smash like 2002's comedy My Big Fat Greek Wedding. That film cost $5 million to make, and in a long run in theatres sold $241 million worth of tickets in the United States and another $127 million overseas. Greek Wedding did not open huge or top box office charts its opening weekend by drawing teens and 20-year-olds. Instead, it was released in a few theatres and at festivals and earned a loyal following among mature audiences by word of mouth. "The secret to a lot of these films is allowing the time for the movie to breathe a bit (in theatres)," said Picturehouse President Bob Berney. He ought to know. While an executive at IFC Films, Berney spearheaded the marketing of Greek Wedding, and last year at Newmarket Films, he masterminded distribution for Mel Gibson's $612 million worldwide smash The Passion of the Christ. Still, those hits come along once every few years, whereas a summer or holiday season produces several blockbusters. That's why studios covet The War of the World with its invading aliens and flashy special effects over The Thing About My Folks featuring two old guys talking about wives, kids, careers and themselves. After he wrote the script, Reiser took it to every studio in town. Several executives asked him to rewrite it for a younger audience. One said that if Reiser would play the father and make the son an 8-year-old, the studio might fund it. "Somebody said, 'What if they find a suitcase and there's drug money in it.' I said: 'When does that happen? That doesn't happen in real life. That happens in a bad movie, and by the way, you've got plenty of those on your shelf."' Falk laughed. Reiser, who told the story, did not. In fact, Reiser finally decided to make the movie his way. He found backers, hired actors, a crew and a director. With the movie made, he still had no distributor, so he toured The Thing About My Folks around the United States, playing at regional film festivals to good crowds. Reiser is not the first or the only writer, actor or other entertainer to run into problems with ageism in Hollywood. A group of TV writers sued the major US television networks several years ago claiming they were unfairly passed over for jobs in favour of younger writers. After several rulings and appeals, the case remains in Los Angeles Superior Court. Berney's Picturehouse finally acquired The Thing About My Folks following April's Tribeca Film Festival in New York. "I'm feeling very vindicated that, when I see the audiences laughing and being moved, we were right. This movie was worth making," Reiser said. - Reuters
Alec MacGillis -- In the Senate, Small States Wield Outsize Power Network News X Profile View More Activity By Alec MacGillis Sunday, August 9, 2009 Wonder why President Obama is having a hard time enacting his agenda after sweeping to victory and with large congressional majorities on his side? Look to the Senate, the chamber designed to thwart popular will. There is much grousing on the left about the filibuster, the threat of which has taken such hold that routine bills now need 60 votes. Getting less attention is the undemocratic character of the Senate itself. Why, for example, have even Democratic senators been resistant on health-care reform? It might be because so many of the key players represent so few of the voters who carried Obama to victory -- and so few of the nation's uninsured. The Senate Finance Committee's "Gang of Six" that is drafting health-care legislation that may shape the final deal -- without a public insurance option -- represents six states that are among the least populous in the country: Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, Maine, New Mexico and Iowa. Between them, those six states hold 8.4 million people -- less than New Jersey -- and represent 3 percent of the U.S. population. North Dakota and Wyoming each have fewer than 80,000 uninsured people, in a country where about 47 million lack insurance. In the House, those six states have 13 seats out of 435, 3 percent of the whole. In the Senate, those six members are crafting what may well be the blueprint for reform. Climate change legislation, which passed in the House, also faces daunting odds. Why? Because agriculture, coal and oil interests hold far more sway in the Senate. In the House, the big coal state of Wyoming has a single vote to New York's 29 and California's 53. In the Senate, each state has two. The two Dakotas (total population: 1.4 million) together have twice as much say in the Senate as does Florida (18.3 million) or Texas (24.3 million) or Illinois (12.9 million). Was this really what the founders had in mind? One popular story tells of Thomas Jefferson asking George Washington what the Senate's purpose is. "Why did you pour that coffee into your saucer?" Washington asked in return. "To cool it," Jefferson replied. To which Washington said, "Even so, we pour legislation in the senatorial saucer to cool it." A nice tale. But what if the coffee gets so cold that no one bothers to drink it? Or if the Senate takes its coffee black in a country that opted overwhelmingly for sugar and cream? Kent Conrad, Democrat from North Dakota (pop. 641,481, third smallest), chairman of the Budget Committee and one of the Gang of Six, does not see any problem. Asked whether it is appropriate that his vote counts as much as those of senators from states 20 times as large, he was flummoxed. "One would hope that people would support the Constitution of the United States," said Conrad, who was reelected with 150,000 votes in 2006, when Virginia's Jim Webb needed 1.2 million votes to win. "This was the grand bargain that was struck when the Founding Fathers determined the structure and form of the United States Congress." He added: "Are you proposing changing the Constitution?" Well, maybe. Regardless, there's nothing wrong with taking a closer look at how things came to be the way they are. The fact remains that, hallowed as it is, the Senate is as much a product of bare-knuckled, self-interested politics as last week's fight over military earmarks. In Philadelphia in 1787, the smaller states favored the New Jersey Plan -- one chamber with equal representation per state -- while James Madison argued for two chambers, both apportioned by population, which would benefit his Virginia. The delegates finally settled on the Connecticut Compromise, or the Great Compromise. Seats in the lower chamber would be apportioned by population (with some residents counting more than others, of course) while seats in the upper chamber would be awarded two per state. The idea was to safeguard states' rights at a time when the former colonies were still trying to get used to this new country of theirs. But the big/small divide was nothing like what we have today. Virginia, the biggest of the original 13 states, had 538,000 people in 1780, or 12 times as many people as the smallest state, Delaware. Today, California is 70 times as large as the smallest state, Wyoming, whose population of 533,000 is smaller than that of the average congressional district, and, yes, smaller than that of Washington D.C., which has zero votes in Congress to Wyoming's three. The 10 largest states are home to more than half the people in the country, yet have only a fifth of the votes in the Senate. The 21 smallest states together hold fewer people than California's 36.7 million -- which means there are 42 senators who together represent fewer constituents than Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein. And under Senate rules, of course, those 42 senators -- representing barely more than a tenth of the country's population -- can mount a filibuster. CONTINUED 1 > © 2009 The Washington Post Company Network News X My Profile View More Activity
A blog by the magazine's editors and contributors Split on Syria Now up on our homepage are two new pieces about Syria: a Commonweal editorial and a dissent to the editorial by Commonweal's editor, Paul Baumann. As Paul notes in his dissent, there is consensus among the editors about several important things but not about the central question: Is U.S. military action against the Assad regime a good idea? "The Editors"—or a majority of them—think it isn't: [E]ven if a U.S. strike does succeed in getting Assad to stop using chemical weapons, he will likely continue killing indiscriminately with conventional weapons. And what will we do then—allow him to go ahead as long as he keeps the nerve gas locked up? What kind of message would that send? And what will happen to Assad’s chemical-weapons stockpile if our military action leads to victory for the rebels, as it may? After all, we can’t hurt Assad without helping his enemies, and some of his enemies are ours too. In short, good intentions are necessary but not sufficient. We must also consider, insofar as we can, the likelihood of the various possible outcomes. And insofar as we can’t do this, for lack of enough information, we ought to exercise extreme caution. To borrow the language of a failed interventionist, when the known unknowns greatly outnumber the knowns, the United States should hold its fire—especially when there’s no immediate threat to our national security. Paul acknowledges the many risks of military action, but concludes that they are outweighed by the risks of inaction: Will there be unintended casualties? Unavoidably, just as there were in Bosnia and Kosovo. Those limited attacks, however, did bring an end to the larger slaughter, saving tens of thousands of lives. Will Assad use chemical weapons again even if attacked? He well might. On the other hand, if past behavior is any guide, he will certainly use them again if no action is taken against him. Why don’t we stop Assad’s use of conventional weapons to kill indiscriminately? Because there is simply not the political will to intervene in Syria on a large scale. More important, neither is there a plausible military solution to the current conflict. That does not mean, however, that failing to stop one kind of mass killing obliges us to turn away from every mass killing. Assad obviously thinks chemical weapons give him a tactical advantage. If at all possible, he should be deprived of that advantage. Commenting Guidelines A split on Syria? Speaking as a subsciber, I don't think it is a good policy to permit dissenting editorials. The magazine should have one editorial opinion on an issue. Splitting the vote is too much like opting not to take a clear stand. Unless it is done for other issues, it should not be done with this one. Majority vote or consensus but no more dissenting editorials. George: this is not a publication of the USCCB; it is one by and from lay Catholics. Of course dissent should be allowed. And, as far as I am concerned: Baumann -1; Other Editors - 0. Some of the words missing from the editorial -- God, Jesus, Church, Cross, pray, prayer, truth, love, faith, hope, peace, "just war," moral, morality, justice, right, wrong, legal, law, justified, and probably a whole lot of the most relevant considerations. Do I really need to point out what is wrong with that, even if you did come to the right conclusion against the U.S. committing acts of war against Syria. George, Commonweal’s mission is to provide a forum for civil, reasoned debate on the interaction of faith with contemporary politics and culture. To that end, I think that speaking with one voice is counter productive. To make debate possible, on any issue there should be at least two or three opinions, and preferably as many opinions as there are editors. Nicholas Kristof at the NYT has some unusual things to say about Syria. He was against Iraq and Afghanistan, but he's not necessarily against air strikes in Syria. He maintains that limited action sometimes works, as opposed to most wars. (See Kosovo, Mali, Bosnia, etc.) Speaking of editorials, Vladimir Putin had compelling op-ed in the New York Times: A wise and prudent leader injecting some much needed rationality into the discussion. The parallels with Kosova really do not work. Kosova was substantially independent when the Serbian government wanted to "annex" it to its domain. Second, that action was Nato supported. These are huge differences. Further, it is perhaps the fault of the development of the Just War theory that Christians have become so willing to go to war. The history of Christian leaders goint o war is not pretty. The celebration of Charlemagne is really repugnant. We should keep in mind that the architect of the Just War Theory, Augustine of Hippo, had no problem using force against Christians to make them Catholic. Charlemagne certainly followed that notion in offering Baptism or death. Editors - if you have to rely upon and quote from Rumsfeld, that should give you pause about your editorial conclusions? Putin and the NYTimes - actually, well written except for one part that he uses to buttress his argument - he tries to claim that the regime did not use chemical weapons. Please........if your arguments to support your thesis are based upon imagined events, your thesis is weakened. In response to Paul's dissent: I am glad you wrote this. I dont happen to agree, but I think it was a very strong explanation of your position and I'm glad that you laid it out. My biggest concern is that this kind of intervention is happening without a clear sense that we have exhausted all other options. I wish you had addressed that concern as it is a vital element of just war traidition that all other options have been exhausted. The core of your argument I think is when you say: "If there are no consequences for his actions, Assad will be emboldened to use chemical weapons yet again and other rogue regimes will follow suit, eventually threatening basic U.S. security interests. It is hard to see how the UN’s inability to enforce one of the few restraints on war-making that has been observed more in fact than in the breach will strengthen international law or global stability. UN dysfunction cannot be an excuse for inaction." I would respond by saying you are confusing "no military strike by US unilaterally" with "no consequences for his actions"--there are a range of consequences that have and could yet come for his actions, including UN approved military strikes. It seems like you are creating a strawman with your argument that one either supports US unilateral strikes or "no consequences." Also, you seem to say that the UN has already shown an " inability to enforce" and yet their investigation hasn't even been completed! You claim "UN dysfunction", but ignore that one key factor in that dysfunction is the refusal of the United States in this instance to even give the UN a chance to respond. From the very outset Kerry/Obama have treated the UN with contempt in their statements. Is there a precedent for a split editorial decision at Commonweal, with a dissenting opinion? This isn't the Supreme Court, you know. Normally, I would have thought that the task is to write an editorial to which all could sign on in good conscience. This might have displayed two sides to the question, and left it with the note that the editors were unable to reach agreement. That would not have been a bad outcome. What concerns me is the spectre of setting the editor in chief in public opposition to the rest of the editorial board. That opens a can of worms. "A house divided against itself" and all that. Suppose someone wants to influence the editorial policy of the magazine? The first thing you'd do is split up the editors, get one to refuse to agree, and to put out a dissenting opinion. Then the editors are just a bunch of individuals, and Commonweal does not speak with one voice. If they can't agree, why not say so. In the editorial. Any one of the editors is free to write for the magazine under his or her own name. I don't see how you can have an "editorial" from one editor, who disagrees with the rest. Just to forestall the obvious argument that this is suppressing dissent: this isn't about suppressing disagreement, its about what an editorial is and does. I doubt that any editorial group always agrees. I am sure many editorials are printed where all the editors do not agree. Jesus answered the disciples that objected to another group differing even tho they professed to represent Jesus. "He who is not against you is for you." So agreeing to disagree might be more honest and honorable. Dissent that is thought out and prayed over should be respected. Even if we vociferously disagree. Let's keep our eye on the ball: This is not about editorial disagreements at Commonweal. Nor is this about satisfying cable news' insatiable need for dichotomous disagreements and puerile horse race politics. The world is very complicated. Any action in this byzantine Syrian mess will be replete with unintended consequences. President Obama is in the best American tradition of "speak softly, but carry a big stick." Our job is to communicate our views, our hopes and fears, to our elected leaders so that they understand the political costs of whatever they decide. The debate in Congress should accurately reflect the debate among the voters. I think all editorials should be signed. Something coy about withholding the identity of the writer of an opinion piece.
CONTENT WARNING: Torture, abuse, implied rape, sexual situations, character death. This is not a nice fic. You have been warned. AUTHOR'S NOTES: This story was a response to Heliopolis Challenge #1,483, back in 2001. The requirements were: a) Jack becomes the Goa'uld in the Season Three episode 'Into The Fire', b) Hathor makes him kill Daniel and Sam, c) and it has to be S/J! Good Friend Lost --- prologue --- I have taken my host. He is not young, but he is strong. Healthy and knowledgeable in the ways of the Tau'ri. I chose well, indeed. His anger stirs within me, mingled with his fear and his loathing. He has gone from the one who hates to the one who is hated, and he knows what will be the fate of the two with whom he has come here. I will have to be careful of this host, for his mind, like his body, is strong. On the planet of the Tau'ri, he has been trained in the art of battle, and among those trainings are the ways to combat control of the mind. Even as I rise from the place where I was born, I feel his struggle within me and delight in the emotions he feeds me. Anger, fear, horror, pain. They are pleasure to my senses, a heady draught of power. Let him struggle against me if he feels the need. When he sees his friends' deaths, he will know despair in full measure. --- the man who was --- They flung us into a cell together. There's no privacy, but it's better than being separated and wondering what the hell is happening to the other. Sam is pacing restlessly – one of Jack's habits that has evidently worn off on her... Oh God, Jack... Jack is a goa'uld, now. I sit on the floor, trying to blot out the last sight of Jack: lying on the table as the goa'uld parasite enters his body through the neck. The sudden rigidity of the limbs, the horror on Jack's face and the slow, twisted struggle for dominance by host and parasite... Other memories flood in. Meeting Colonel Jack O'Neill for the first time. Watching as the dark eyes travel up and down my form: only a little shorter, but much slighter than he. Seeing his distaste for someone he considers a 'geek'. Looking across the room at him in Abydos after we defeated Ra. Seeing the dark eyes gleam with a measure of respect. I have been measured to Jack O'Neill's measure and not found wanting. Going forth to greet him in the temple as he and the others come through. Hearing the sardonic voice declare, "Hello, Daniel." Exasperation ringing in his voice, we argue about the importance of exploring the Broca Divide. I can see from his eyes that he finds my interest in all things archaeological bewildering, just as he finds Sam's fascination with all things scientific frustrating. The expression on his face as he left me behind on Apophis' ship. The grin on his face when I greeted him in the gateroom. The rough approval of his voice as he hugged me: "Spacemonkey." Pity is in his eyes as he surveys me sobbing in the storeroom where I've taken refuge. "Oh God, look at you! I know what this is. I know what it's like. We'll get through it." He's furious as the General informs us that his orders are to wait until the Salish migrate for the winter, then take the trinium. Sam, Teal'c and myself stand equally angry or horrified, but Jack is the focus of our emotions: frustrated as all hell with the blind idiocy of the orders. His hands reach for paper, pencil, and ruler and he begins drawing with manic intensity. My questions and Janet's go unanswered except for the note he scribbles: SHUT UP AND GO AWAY. Sam and other SGC personnel are dying on a planet burning up with two suns, and the DHD is broken. Jack's knowledge of the builders of the Stargate – the knowledge only I believe he has in his head – is the only thing that can save them. "Describe for me the dress your sister wore last week when I took her out." Only Jack. In Machello's aged body, I can't quite manage a smile, but my reply is as much of a laugh as possible: "I don't have a sister, Jack. And if I did, I wouldn't let you near her." Standing with the look of revulsion on his face as Hathor holds the goa'uld up to his face. It has chosen its host. It has taken its host. "Hello, Dr. Jackson." The harmonics of the voice crawl through Sam and I and we clamber to our feet and stare at the goa'uld who addresses us from beyond the bars. The dark eyes of Jack O'Neill look at us, but the being that stares out from behind them is alien beyond words. There is a smile on its face such as we never saw on Jack. Malicious joy. Without realising it, we've drawn closer together. A united front against the goa'uld. The goa'uld that wears the face of our friend. There is no contact between us, but I feel her shudder as if it was my own body responding. Prickles of cold skitter down the back of my shoulders and arms. Nothing will ever be the same. "This will be so much fun," hisses the goa'uld. "My queen has granted me you two as my personal slaves..." Sam closes her eyes beside me – I see the slow lowering of her lids. Usually when she's nervous or uncertain, her eyes go to Jack. It's more than just reassurance or leadership, he's her barometer, measuring the pressure of the situation. He was her barometer. Not any more. Personal slaves. What kind of slavery? The answer comes a moment later as the guards step into the cell. We struggle. At least, I try; Sam nearly breaks free. As her would-be jailers crumple under her blows, she turns to deal with the Jaffa who holds me captive, but finds herself facing the goa'uld. I see the sudden breathless agony in her eyes as she tries to strike, but her heart isn't in it. Even as she aims for the solar plexus in a move that would leave a human gasping, the goa'uld turns and the blow glances across the ribcage. Its hands grasp her shoulder and wrist and it flings her back against the bars with casual ease. Sam tries to recover, but the goa'uld disables her with a headlock, choking her to insensibility. She folds up, unconscious at its feet. Jack's face looks at me and smiles at my expression of horror. "This host has much knowledge that will prove useful in our fight against the System Lords and the Tau'ri." Everything Jack the hands of Hathor. Everything. From the Air Force military rankings, to GDO codes for the iris across the Earth Stargate; from the address of Sam's house, to the address for the Asgard homeworld. I'm shaking. I'm shaking so hard that my teeth chatter and my knees give way. I'm hauled to my feet as the goa'uld barks a command and another jaffa comes to take Sam. His treatment of her is less than gentle, and he receives a snarled reprimand from the goa'uld. We are taken to a room richly decorated in ancient Egyptian style. My eyes flicker over the walls and furniture, but I am given no time to study the design. They drag me to the wall on the other side of the room, and fasten me into smooth manacles – wrists, ankles, neck. The material is bright as silver, but strong. I tug at the chains, experimentally, and the goa'uld laughs, watching me with dark eyes. Jack's eyes. Sam is laid down on the bed, and the creature takes up what looks like a needle, and injects the contents into her arm. After a moment, her body shudders in reaction to whatever drug they have given her, and she writhes uneasily on the bed but doesn't awaken. Not yet. The goa'uld looks at me, and smiles. "He felt attraction for this woman, did he not?" One hand reaches for the buttons along the shoulder of Sam's top. With one powerful fluid movement it rips the material from her, exposing her flesh to his sight. Cream-coloured material is torn away to reveal creamy pale flesh, and the goa'uld looks upon her hungrily. Understanding of what is about to happen courses through me and my gorge rises in rebellion. I retch wildly, spewing bitter stomach juices to the floor, and the thing laughs at my misery. "Watch, Tau'ri, and remember..." With that, the goa'uld undresses. I can close my eyes, but not my ears. And what I hear will never ever leave me. This time, at least, the goa'uld is not bent on pain, but on pleasure. Sam responds, drugged as she is, to the man she thinks is making love to her. Dear God, if you're out there, if there's anything merciful in you, please-please-please-please-please don't let her remember this. Let the drugs erase this memory from her mind forever, because I'm not sure that Sam can live with it. I don't know that I can live with it. It's over at last, and the creaure rises from the bed, throwing a robe over its nakedness – Jack's nakedness. It comes to stand before me, and smiles – Jack's smile. I have to stop doing this. I know I do. But I can't. I can't look at the body of the man who was my friend – my brother! – and see the thing in him and not think of the man he was. The goa'uld tips my chin up and I look into Jack's eyes, knowing I'm betraying my fear, but unable to hide it. "Now you know what Hathor expects of you, Tau'ri." It watches as my panic rises. "Serve well," it looks to the bed where Sam lies, "And there will be pleasure beyond imagining. If you fail to please...there are other ways that can be used to torment you." It flicks its fingers at the emotionless guards, and they step towards me and unchain me. I try to struggle, but the creature grabs me by the throat and holds me against the wall, cutting off my breath. I clutch at the arm, and look into dark eyes that once regarded me with disdain, respect, amusement, mischief, pity, anger, irritation, concern, friendship. Not any more. It releases me and I drop gasping to the floor. If only it was a nightmare and I could wake up! As they drag me away, the goa'uld turns back to the woman on the bed and smiles. Jack's smile. --- the monster who is --- It's been over two weeks. Eighteen days. My life is simple enough. I wait on Kor'esh, the goa'uld who has taken my friend's body. Hand and foot. He is the master, and I the slave. I serve well. I serve very well. I tried rebelling at first. Small acts of disobedience that were satisfying if not conducive to escape. At first, they beat me, and I lived with the bruises and the aches, and smiled grimly to myself at night. Then Koresh taught me what would be the future price for my disobedience. It got inventive. Dragged to the 'watching post' in its room, I was forced to watch it play bedgames with Sam. When I tried to close my eyes against what I was seeing, the creature threatened it would extend the 'punishment'. After they dragged me away, I spent the night trying to blot the memory out and failing miserably. I'm sorry, Sam! I serve well. I serve very well. Of the two of us, Sam is the more fortunate. They drug her every evening, just before Kor'esh comes to her. The drug renders her incapable of fighting, but more than capable of response. The goa'uld doesn't enjoy an unresponsive partner. It must do something to her memory, too, because she no longer recognises me. Blue eyes stare blankly at me when I am called in to serve the goa'uld, and it hurts. It hurts because we are all that is left to each other after the goa'uld took Jack, and they've taken her from me, too. Jack, Teal'c, and Sam were my family. They were the most important people to me in the galaxy after Sha'ure. Sha'ure is still out somewhere among the stars, trapped in her body as Jack is trapped in his. Teal'c...I don't know what happened to him – only that if he was indeed caught by the goa'uld, he is dead. They would never let the shol'va – the traitor – live. And Sam spends her day sitting on a silk-covered bed, picking at the sheets like a human vegetable, and her nights in bed with Kor'esh. I can't run, even if I wanted to. I can't leave Sam behind. So I serve. One day at a time. Today is different. Something has happened elsewhere, something involving a great deal of yelling and running. Something that takes attention away from one more slave. I am unnoticed. Yesterday, when I saw Sam, I thought I saw the faintest hint of recognition in her eyes before they dragged me away that time. Just a hint. Enough to light the candle of hope. They drug her during the evening. Just before Kor'esh goes to her. I want to kick myself for not realising it sooner. Stupid Dr. Jackson! Your head in the archaeological clouds and no grip on reality! If they need to re-inject the drug because it wears off, then she would be lucid in the afternoon. The late afternoon. Headed towards Kor'esh's private chamber on the ship, nobody gives me a second glance. I move in the shuffle expected of a slave. Too terrified to rebel, too weak to oppose. That's what they think. I won't disabuse them of that notion. Not yet. Not until I find Sam. The doors open with a smooth hiss, revealing the gold-and-white lighting of the bedroom and the huge bed that dominates the chamber. The woman seated on the bed turns sharply, her body tense, bare arms up in defence mode. She stares at me and I stare at her. "Daniel?" The name that nobody else has uttered in nearly three weeks is like a blessing. She recognises me! I'm up on the bed and hugging her without any recollection of getting there. She flinches at the contact for a moment, then hugs me back tightly. I can feel her desperation as clearly as if it is passed through the thin gauze of her clothing. "Sam." "Daniel. Oh, God...Daniel." She's crying and so am I. It's been so long since we've had contact – real contact – with each other. It was bad enough when they told us we were the only one of our team left alive and that everyone we knew was dead. Since that day, the loneliness has been a thousand times worse. She recognises me – but only until they come to give her the drugs. Until Kor'esh comes for her. I don't want to know what it's done to her – I don't. But compassion and friendship and love compel me to ask: " bad is it?" Her voice is a cracked whisper over my shoulder, the thin thread of hysteria winding through it. "I...God,'s Jack – his body, his hands... but it's not... and... and... he uses me... and laughs at me as he... and the drugs... I can't resist them... I can't resist him..." Her body trembles in my arms and I hold her tighter, trying to convey all the sympathy and love I have for her. Do I ask her about what it does to her? Do I make her live through it again, or do I get her to expel it from her soul? She needn't keep secrets from me if they're going to rip her apart in the keeping. "You don't have to be strong for me, Sam." "No," she whispers. "I don't. But I have to be strong for myself...or I'll go mad." She pulls away from me, and as she does so she pulls herself together. For a moment, she is once again the self-possessed Air Force Captain. Then something in her sags a little, and the self-possession rubs away, showing weariness and fear and a haunted look in her eyes. One hand slips into the loose blonde hair and massages her skull gently. "They're giving me drugs of some kind." "I've seen them do it. I'm sorry I can't ..." One hand touches my arm, and she shakes her head. "I know the drugs to do something to my will, but I think they also do something to my memory." Her voice still hasn't risen above the husky whisper. Is it just a need for secrecy, or does Kor'esh require her silence along with her submission? "I...I have these gaps in my day. Like something happened but I can't remember what." There's frustration in her voice. Sam Carter, sharp as a razor blade, isn't used to these kind of lapses. A bitter smile crosses her face and the haunted look slips back in, "Unfortunately the parts I want to forget aren't the things I'm forgetting." No prizes for guessing exactly what she wants to forget. But there's something else gnawing at her. "What is it?" For a moment, I'm not sure she'll share it with me. Then: "Martouf told me once... with the Tok'ra, what one feels, the other feels. He and Lantash, and Jolinar and Rosha, they couldn't distinguish who felt what. Body chemistry influences the mind – and the body chemistry of the host will affect the goa'uld..." Suddenly I realise where she's going. "You're afraid Jack...uh...desired you...and that made the goa'uld..." I trail off. What a mess! I always knew there was chemistry between those two. You'd have to be blind not to see it. The jokes, the smiles, the teasing, the concern. But they're both strong-willed people, professionals who wouldn't let personal issues get caught up in their teamwork. It was both a blessing and a curse. My hand reaches out and catches hers. "Kor'esh would have taken you no matter who his host was." I grip her fingers tightly and receive a similarly fierce grip in return. "If it'd been me..." I wince. "I'd still be doing bedroom duty," she says with a ghost of her own humour again. Then she casts away her own worries and fears and nightmares and looks at me. "Daniel... has Hathor... tried anything on you?" I try to pull my fingers from hers, and she won't let me. Her grip is firm, but not harsh, and her eyes are understanding. It would be much easier if she was revolted by what had happened. "How are you?" Breathe deeply, stay calm, don't think of... Oh God. I can't look her in the eyes and say it, but I have to tell her. She was honest with me, this honesty is owed her in return. "About as together as any person who's been raped." The words are hard and bitter to say. It's a warning to her. She can hide it all she likes, but there are dark and horrible things I know she's hiding from me – the same way I'm hiding those things from her. And, friend though I am, it is a relief to know I don't have to live with the extended knowledge of what the goa'uld does to her each night. In return for that mercy, I won't burden her with any more than the knowledge that my fate hasn't been much better than hers. At least Hathor doesn't keep me chained to the bed. It's horrible enough to be taken against your will... Don't think of it, Daniel! Guilt and horror and anger and shame writhe through me, smearing darkness through my soul. At least, in the SGC, that time, it was my own drugged choice. I was enchanted, she was beautiful to my misted eyes and so... Revulsion came only after I woke from the haze of her spell. No such haze cushions me now. It's Sam's turn to take me into her arms and hold me. Perhaps I should panic at the touch – the intimacy of it. Hathor's touch has scarred me as Kor'esh's has scarred her. The only thing between us is the thin material of her robe and it hides nothing but the texture of the skin beneath. But this isn't a sexual hug, or even a sensual one. It's comfort and therapy from a friend who happens to be female. And the tactile contact is a reminder that we are still here and whole in body if not sound of mind, and we are here for each other. "How are we going to get out of here?" "I don't know that we are, Sam." She nods. No Stargate, no pilots to fly Death Gliders, not even the knowledge of where we are in the galaxy. "Then we blow the ship." It's not our choice of life, but it's our choice of death. "Ummm... I don't suppose you've noticed that we're a little short on C4?" Her smile is faint, and she gives me a look similar to the ones she used to give Jack when he asked a stupid question. "Daniel, anything that creates energy can be made to explode just by shutting off the output. A nuclear reactor forms the basis of a nuclear bomb. A naquadah reactor would be no different." Her teeth gently massage her lower lip, "What's the layout of the ship?" I try to explain to her what I've seen of the ship, drawing diagrams as best I can on the bedsheets linen. It's convoluted, and definitely not to scale, but we recognise a certain similarity from Apophis' ship a year ago. Makes sense. The goa'uld are not inventors. They steal, adapt, and destroy, but they don't create – unless it's havoc, mayhem, pain, and cruelty. Whatever the drugs do to her will and her memory, they haven't destroyed the scientist in her yet. She analyses the layout of the ship, compares it with her memory of Apophis' ship, and comes up with an area that probably holds at least one set of reactors – possibly for the power of the ship. "This isn't going to happen tomorrow, Daniel," she says a moment after determining the most likely point for sabotage. "I...well I can't go anywhere on the ship. You're going to have to be my eyes and ears and hands in this." My smile is grim, "We have time. Kor'esh enjoys holding onto the knowledge Hathor wants of the Tau'ri and the System Lords. She needs him, so he gets special treatment, and he doles out the information like a miser." "Maybe Jack's trying to frustrate the goa'uld," she suggests. "Ska'ara could prevent Klor'el from activating the ribbon device on you in Apophis' ship, and Sha'ure blinded Amonet on Abydos..." It's something that Jack would try to do, of course. Whether he's actually doing it, or Kor'esh is just a contrary bastard, we don't know. But we'll take all the help we can get. "I'd better go," I tell her. "Something happened this afternoon and I was able to slip away..." "...but you don't know how long before they'll miss you." She nods, but I can see she's reluctant to let me go. Truthfully, I'm reluctant to leave her. We're alone on a goa'uld ship, imprisoned, enslaved, abused, and suicidal. It doesn't get a whole lot worse than this. "Go," she tells me after an uncomfortable moment. "See if you can get here tomorrow. I'll..." she looks down and swallows. "I'll still be here." Our arms go around each other like a pair of frightened children and I close my eyes and breathe deeply. I'll be back tomorrow. I'm just about to let go, when the voice comes quietly from the doorway: "Take your hands from her, Daniel." I freeze, and so does Sam. We've tried to tell ourselves it's not Jack speaking – it's not our friend. But this voice carries no harmonic overtones and after nearly a month of hearing only the goa'uld voice, it shocks us. I turn, and he's standing there in the doorway, lean and angry. "Jack?" The word escapes my lips before I can stop it. It's not Jack, I know. Jack might be in there somewhere, but he's not the one doing the speaking, thinking or moving for this body. "Take your hands from Sam, Danny-boy." The threat is ugly and dangerous. I've heard the note in his voice directed at me once before – when he was infected by the virus from the Land of the Dark. Then, as now, I showed basic concern for Sam, and found myself facing a creature in a jealous rage. The danger is now I don't know who I'm facing. Jack, or the creature in his body. Worse still, the creature in Jack's body influenced by Jack's feeling for Sam, but without his restraints. Sam and I look at each other, fear leaping high in our eyes, but refuse to let go. Closer comes the goa'uld, and closer. It reaches the edge of the bed and the eyes flash gold as it reaches in and seizes my throat in a grip of iron. I am torn from Sam's grasp and flung off the bed. Ouch. New bruises on top of the old. I have time to wonder what my punishment will be, when the creature turns to Sam. She's trembling, fear paralysing her as it runs a finger lightly inside her collar. "I will enjoy your punishment, little slave." The harmonics of the goa'uld voice have returned as long fingers stroke down her throat and over her collarbone and she jerks away, revulsion all over her features. It's hand fists in the front of her gown as I launch myself at the goa'uld, pushing ineffectually. It catches my arm, letting go of Sam's. It takes two steps away from the bed, and twists it behind my back, forcing me to my knees. "Do you think to best me, Tau'ri? To touch what is mine?" There is rage in the voice as it hisses. "To take what belongs to your master?" Strong hands crush my arm as I let out a hissing groan of pain. In a minute, if it keeps twisting, I'm gonna have a dislocated shoulder... "Stop!" Sam's voice cuts through the agony, cracking in her desperation. "Kor'esh, please!" "You dare to beg for him?" Her intervention only enrages the goa'uld further. With a single command, he orders the guards in, and I am dragged away, my head turning to meet Sam's terrified gaze until the wall breaks into our line of sight. They chain me up in a cell, arms apart, over my head, my legs trailing on the floor. Not the most comfortable position to be in, but this isn't about comfort. A moment later, the door slides back and a struggling Sam is hauled in by Kor'esh. I catch her eye, and suddenly know what is going to happen. I'm going to be tortured and Sam's going to watch. It's a reverse of what happened when Kor'esh first came to gloat over us in Jack's body. Kor'esh lets her go, and she takes two steps towards me and slams into a force-shield between us. I see the shock on her face and then the terror that overtakes her as Kor'esh comes up behind her and traces a finger down her back. "So you see, little slave. You cannot help him." His hands close over her upper arms and he pulls her back from the force field. Within seconds, a man comes in and the torture begins. It begins as purely physical pain. Outside torment that wears me down until I can't keep the silence I swore to keep and find myself screaming until my vocal chords are raw. It only makes it worse to watch Sam through the force field. She's bitten through her lip, blood staining her mouth, and her fingernails are digging crescents into her palm. Over her shoulder, the face of my friend is visible, watching in unguarded glee as the torture takes it's slow toll on me. I keep telling myself it's his face, not him, but as the pain progresses, I can no longer tell the difference. First beatings, then a whipping. At first I take the weight of my body on my feet, but as time passes and blood trickles down my legs, I begin to hang from my arms. It puts strain on my shoulders, but I'm beyond caring. Everything hurts. Even my gasps for air, futile as a fish out of water, hurt the lacerated muscles of my back. Sam stands there, her arms held behind her back, flinching at each lash, at each blow. Our eyes meet, and I see in them the apology for her helplessness, her guilt at not being strong enough to overcome the goa'uld who laughs over her shoulder. The lashes stop, and I close my eyes at the brief respite knowing without being told that more is coming and that it will be worse. Something cold touches my spine, and I discover how much worse it is. Whatever it is rips through my nerves like a saw through silk. Cancerous pain sears through my muscles and into my raw nerve-endings. It tears through my body, spreading out from the point of contact like a flower: electrifying agony – like a prolonged jolt from a cattle prod. The Goa'uld are the masters of pain. How to cause it, how to inflict it. They can peel back the layers of sanity with breathtaking care, leaving the soft, fleshy suffering ripe for their consumption. And my pain is sweet to the creature who wears the body of my friend like a mask. Time passes and the roaring agony in my body is echoed in the screams that I can't hold in any longer. Still, clear as a snatch of music in a quiet, dark room; I can hear Sam's sobs and the goa'uld's laughter in counterpoint to my cries. At last the torture stops, and I hang limply from the manacles. It's an effort to raise my head and look at the creature who put me here, and the woman he possesses jealously. Sam is fighting the creature again, not the combat fighting of a trained Air Force Captain, but the fists and knees and fingernails of a desperate woman. The goa'uld has her trapped against the wall, and backhands her viciously at the same time as she manages to get her knee hard in its groin. As she goes down, hitting her head on the floor and lying there stunned, the goa'uld rises. It is evidently in pain, for the expression on Jack's face is a stiff grimace, and there is a deadly resolution in the eyes as it brings down the shield and comes to stand before me. A gesture and a sharp barked command sends the torturer away. I let my head hang again, unwilling to see the face of my friend causing such pain. Its finger touches my chin, and the creature says quietly: "I'm sorry, Daniel." Sorry? I almost choke with laughter. The damned goa'uld is sorry? Then it hits me. The words aren't in the goa'uld's voice. With effort, I raise my head, convinced this is a new trick. A new hallucination brought on by tiredness and pain. Then I feel the faint twinge in my chest and stare down at the tide of red pouring from the wound in my chest. Sam screams my name, her voice raw with emotion. I look up into Jack's eyes. Jack's eyes. Grief and guilt and horror and anguish...emotions the goa'uld has never known – only inflicted. But behind them, the determination not to let me suffer any longer. Mercy. Sam screams for me again, her voice trailing into a sob of despair, and Jack's head jerks up with horror spilling across the rugged features as he turns. "God, Carter!" But before he can go to her, his eyes flash bright gold as the creature takes back the body stolen from it – the body it stole eighteen days ago. Fury blossoms forth across its expression – fury that its host managed to overcome it, however briefly. Fury because its enjoyment was muted and cut short. Sam is still sobbing, and Kor'esh strides to her and takes her head in its hands. It looks from her face to mine, and as darkness spreads to my mind, I see the creature bare its teeth in a hiss of malevolence. It twists Sam's head brutally. Her neck snaps like a twig and her head lolls on her shoulder in an unnatural pose. I gather enough energy to breathe her name, a benediction of agony in my lungs as my strength ebbs from me. Then darkness claims me like a lover. - fin -
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Take the 2-minute tour × I have the same problem as many others have reported. When I attend the marriage ceremony, everything goes alright until my turn to answer to Maramal with the option "Yes, I do". After that, Maramal is still speaking but my potential wife is already leaving the temple and ceremony. So... the problem is that I didn't obtain a wedding ring, which I believe is essential to be "married". Also, if I speak to my potential spouse quickly after Maramal's speech while still in the temple, I have no option in conversation for asking her "Where we are going to live?" She just leaves the ceremony and returns to her place. So something is broken that prevents me from getting "married" and completing the marriage quest. I also note that the priests in the temple of Mara are still sitting at their chairs, waiting to finish the ceremony - which causes me to further suspect a glitch. Any suggestions? share\|improve this question add comment 1 Answer As you point out, it seems you are not alone. Marriage Ceremony: During your marriage ceremony, after your spouse gives his/her vows, they will sometimes randomly leave the temple while Maramal is still talking, and will disappear, not to be found anywhere. This can be solved if you quickly leave the ceremony and initiate the conversation with your spouse about where you should live. There are fairly detailed guide here that provides a few details that may help you. As with any such bugs, it may end up that console commands are your only way out. A few things I'd suggest: Be sure to own a house before re-attempting the marriage. It's possible you are not given the "Where do you want to live" dialog if you don't own a house. Since initiating that dialog has fixed the glitch for some folks, owning a home could be key. After the Marriage, the partner will ask where the player wants to live, giving him/her the choice between the partner's house or in The Dragonborn's house, if applicable. Get cold feet and skip the whole ceremony. That may reset somethings and work it out for your next attempt. Wait 24 hours (in game) and try again. If the player misses his Wedding Ceremony, they can approach the intended partner and ask for another chance. Maramal will then agree to host another ceremony, the next day. There are more fish in the sea. Try another lucky lad or lass. The bug may be specific to the NPC you've chosen. Use the console. You may have to do some experimenting. Remember to save before any console witchcraft, as it can create as many bugs as it fixes. The wiki provides several options, but the most appropriate seems to breakup using: completequest 0007431B resetquest 0007431B resetquest 00021382 setrelationshiprank player 4 Then re-propose, and hopefully on the next run through it will work out. I'm summarizing significantly, and I haven't tested this myself, so I strongly suggest you read the Wiki. share\|improve this answer add comment Your Answer
You're watching the biggest chunk of an iceberg breaking off a glacier ever captured on video. It is incredible. That's a 1.75 cubic mile chunk of ice. The most basic way to put that into perspective is to imagine if out of nowhere, a huge portion of the island of Manhattan just snapped off into the ocean. And, like the filmmakers who were lucky enough to capture this amazing spectacle, you happened to catch the event on your camera. All you can say is whoa. [The Guardian]
Nanumba, Nunuma in Ghana Joshua Project has identified the Nanumba only in Ghana Largest Religion Main Language Profile Source: Bethany World Prayer Center Introduction / History The Nanumba are located in eastern Ghana, primarily in the northern part of the Bimbila district, between the White Volta and Oti Rivers. Their language, also called Nanumba, is identical to a Gur language known as Dagbani. Many Nanumba also speak Hausa as a language of trade. Although Nanumba claims to be an independent state, it has always been closely associated with its more powerful sister-state, Dagomba. Due to tribal wars, especially with the Konkomba, the population of Nanumba has recently been reduced significantly. In 1981, the Nanumba voted for the union of British Togo with Ghana and won, sending resentful, angry Konkomba across the border without farmlands. However, the inter-ethnic war cost the Nanumba hundreds of lives. Today, there is still dissension between the two tribes. More recently, there have been violent coups all over Ghana-the worst reported in the country's history. What are Their Lives Like? Most of the Nanumba are farmers. They grow yams, peanuts, and corn on the open grasslands. Most farm work is done by the men; however, the women often assist in harvesting. The Nanumba also have side occupations such as weaving and carving. Crafted items are used for trade and as a means of subsidizing their meager agricultural earnings. Some of the Nanumba men also leave their homes for several months to work on southern cocoa plantations. Hunting and fishing are also important, and the meat is shared among all of the villagers. The Nanumba have a relatively low standard of living. Kerosene stoves are available, but other commodities such as electricity and pure drinking water remain very poor. Water is drawn from a dammed river. This poor system causes bone diseases due to the Guinea worms that are prevalent in the water. The Nanumba live in compact, oval-shaped, walled villages. Each household consists of related men, their wives, and their children. Their round, clay huts must be rebuilt every five years due to rain damage. The villages have no central building. The chief owns the land and leases portions of it to each family. The Nanumba have a large family system, which is divided into hierarchically arranged clan units. The clan elders exercise moral authority over their units. The chief, who can only be the son of a previous chief, controls the judicial system, while the police enforce social control. The society is patrilineal, which means that the line of descent is traced through the males. However, spiritual attributes are recognized matrilineally, or through the females. The most famous festival among the Nanumba is the Yam Festival. During this celebration they enjoy singing and dancing. The Nanumba still wear their traditional clothing. The children go to school when they reach the age of six; however, their primary duties include house work. Today, there is one state college in the Nanumba region. What are Their Beliefs? Most of the Nanumba practice ethnic religions. For many generations, they have practiced idol worship. Their traditional religion teaches that the "high creator" is unapproachable. They worship the spirits of their deceased ancestors as well as spirits of nature. The clan elders are the custodians of their ancestral shrines. Diviners are consulted about major crises or decisions. Some of the Nanumba have become Muslim. Islam has made very little impact on the Nanumba; whereas their neighbors, the Dagomba, have become one of the most Islamized peoples in Ghana. The Nanumba Muslims celebrate festivals of the Islamic calendar, but they do not circumcise their male children. What are Their Needs? Additional missionaries and Christian materials are needed to effectively reach the Nanumba with the Gospel. Medical teams and supplies are also needed to minister to their physical needs. Prayer Points * Pray that God will use the Nanumba believers to share the love of Jesus with their own people. * Ask the Holy Spirit to grant wisdom and favor to any missions agencies laboring among the Nanumba. * Ask the Lord to raise up additional laborers to go into Ghana and work among these people. * Pray that God will open the hearts of the Nanumba leaders to receive the Gospel. * Ask the Lord to raise up strong local churches among the Nanumba. Submit a new profile or correction Submit an update Country Ghana Continent Africa Region West and Central Africa 10/40 Window No Location in Country Northeast Tamale area, as far as Yendi People Group Map Nanumba, Nunuma in Ghana Submit an update People Name General Nanumba People Name in Country Nanumba, Nunuma ROP3 Code 107080 Joshua Project People ID 13950 Indigenous Yes Population in Ghana 59,600 Least-Reached Yes Alternate Names for People Group Nunuma, Submit an update Dagbani: Nanuni 59,555 Submit an update Affinity Bloc Sub-Saharan Peoples People Cluster Gur People Name General Nanumba Ethnic Code NAB56a Submit an update Largest Religion Ethnic Religions 4.0% ( Evangelical 0.80% ) Ethnic Religions Other / Small Christian Segments Other Christian Roman Catholic Map Source: Bethany World Prayer Center Copyrighted ©: Yes Profile Source: Data Sources: Data is compiled from various sources. Read more Get Involved Register ministry activity for this group
Messages in this thread SubjectRe: 2.6.29-rc3: tg3 dead after resume On Sat, 31 Jan 2009, Linus Torvalds wrote: > For a USB host controller, for example, it really could make sense to do > that - just leave all the core host controller stuff running, and the only > thing the "suspend()" callback does is to send the commands to the actual > devices, it doesn't necessarily touch the host controller itself at all. Same is quite likely true of things like video graphics adapters. Again, for all the same reasons. Think about all those fbcon drivers. They will use DMA for things. And again, there are very compelling debugging reasons to not suspend them for real until suspend_late (if even then). \ / Last update: 2009-02-01 01:55 [from the cache] ©2003-2011 Jasper Spaans
3-D printing can bring manufacturing into the home A duck born with a mangled leg in Arlington, Tenn., now has a prosthetic leg that was “printed” on a 3-D printer. Scientists at Princeton University are researching the feasibility of using 3-D printers to create human ears out of organic materials. And some have even designed printable guns and ammunition magazines. 3-D printing is the latest technology trend that is entering the mainstream as prices drop low enough ($2,000 or less) that even individuals can afford such a contraption. And as of this year, people can buy 3-D printers in Oklahoma City, from Maker's Tool Works, led by CEO and founder Jeff Davis. After a period of beta testing, Maker's Tool Works began selling its MendelMax printer for about $1,600 to the public in January. Davis said he has shipped the ready-to-build printer to U.S. cities and to countries such as New Zealand, Australia, Taiwan, Russia, Poland and Switzerland. Previously, this type of technology, known as rapid prototyping, cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Manufacturers used rapid prototype machines to test and tweak objects they had designed before mass-producing them; universities also would use them in architecture or engineering programs. But the 3-D printing process, as Davis recently demonstrated in his office just west of downtown Oklahoma City, is simple: Find a ready-made design available on the Internet, tell the computer to print it and watch the object grow from the base up. Those who want to create their own designs will have to know how to use computer modeling software. Before visitors arrived, Davis downloaded to his computer a pyramidlike design called a broken obelisk, available on the Web, to show them. When they got there, he typed on his computer to start the process, and the 3-D printer machine sitting on his desk nearby beeped and whirred into action. A bright green spool of filament — the plastic used to create the design similar to ink on a paper printer — sat on top of the printer, feeding a heated nozzle used to build the pyramid. Materials for that small of an object cost just a few cents, Davis said. “Literally it starts out with the plastic up top,” Davis explained as the device began drawing the pyramid's green square base on a heated flat surface. “It goes down into the print head, which has a motor in it that pulls it in, and it's very precise so it knows exactly how to control the flow. And it still to me is almost magic.” As the printer created the object one level at a time, Davis showed off other things he had recently printed — a cartoonlike dragon head, a plastic Quadcopter part and a replica of Darth Vader's TIE Fighter from “Star Wars.” Exciting possibilities The possibilities for 3-D printing have many people amazed. Whether they want to use the process for their businesses, homes, school projects, artistic endeavors or hobbies, nearly everyone can think of something they'd like to print from scratch. \| \| by Lillie-Beth Brinkman + show more Trending Now Around the web 1. 1 Class 2A girls: Millwood, Cordell advance 2. 2 3. 3 Michigan 'rape insurance' law goes into effect 4. 4 5. 5 Survey ranks Texas football third behind A&M, Baylor + show more
Take the 2-minute tour × As far as I understand, there are roughly 2 "common" kinds of 2D conformal field theories: 1. Theories that are defined only on the plane, more precisely, on any surface of vanishing genus. Such a theory can be mathematically described by a vertex operator algebra, or by "usual" axiomatic QFT in 2D with the added requirement of conformal invariance 2. Theories defined on arbitrary surfaces. Such a theory can be described e.g. by Segal's axioms In order for a theory of the 1st category to become a theory of the 2nd category, it must pass the test of modular invariance. In my experience, this term usually means that the theory has to be defined in genus 1, i.e. that the would-be torus partition function $$Tr(q^{L_0-\frac{c}{24}}\bar{q}^{\bar{L_0}-\frac{\bar{c}}{24}}) $$ is invariant under the modular group $SL(2,\mathbb{Z})$ What about higher genus? Is the torus condition sufficient to make the theory well defined there? Or does it impose additional conditions? If so, can they be cast into an anologous elegant algebraic form? Have these conditions been proved for CFTs used in string theory? share\|improve this question This is a very good question. Put it in another way: Can representation of modular transformation for torus completely determine a (chiral) CFT? – Xiao-Gang Wen May 27 '12 at 11:53 add comment 3 Answers The modular group $SL(2,{\mathbb Z})$ is generated to $Sp(2h,{\mathbb Z})$, for genus $h$. That's the group exchanging the 1-cycles of the Riemann surface while preserving the intersection numbers (an antisymmetric tensor). Recall that the moduli space of Riemann surfaces is higher-dimensional, namely $(6h-6)$-dimensional (real dimensions) for $h>1$. Quite generally, the modular invariance at $h=1$ guarantees the modular invariance at all finite $h$. share\|improve this answer I know about the higher genus moduli group, but how do you show h=1 modular invariance implies h>1 modular invariance? – Squark Jan 15 '12 at 19:02 Hi Squark, see e.g. sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0370269387909464 - scholar.google.com/… - sorry for not reviewing the papers here – Luboš Motl Jan 18 '12 at 12:22 add comment A higher genus surface can be considered as a connected sum of tori, and the linking cylinder in the connected sum can be replaced by a sum over all the propagating particles. If the theory is modular invariant on the torus, you know that you can do modular transformations on each torus separately, and everything is consistent. It is intuitive that every large diffeomorphism of a high genus surface can be generated using generators each in the individual SL(2,Z)s of the different tori of the connected sum. So by knowing torus modular invariance of the theory, correct for all tori and insertions on the tori, you learn that the large diffeomorphisms are ok. A sketch of a proof: you cut up the torus along loops into pieces homeomorphic to triangles, then consider the image of the loops under diffeomorphism. Restricting to each torus, there is a nonzero intersection number of the image of the loops with the old loops, and you perform a large diffeomorphism whenever this can reduce the intersection number. continue on each torus until you can't go reduce the intersection numbers any further. At this point, the intersection number must be as low as possible, and this means that the curves are isotopic to their original position, so that the diffeomorphism is now continuously connected to the identity. I did not check this in detail (I should), but the main lemma you need--- that you can always reduce a non-minimal intersection number by isotoping the curves to go near one genus, and doing an SL(2,Z) is very plausible. There might also be an easier proof. share\|improve this answer add comment A review reference for the case of superstrings in NSR formalism: http://arxiv.org/abs/0804.3167 I have been told that pure-spinor formalism has gone slightly further on the genus count. share\|improve this answer Thx, but I'm not sure we are talking about the same thing. You are talking about performing integration over the moduli space in higher genus while I am talking about having a CFT well defined in higher genus which is a weaker requirement – Squark Jan 15 '12 at 19:01 add comment Your Answer
Take the 2-minute tour × When I put images on my blog and they get included in social sites like Google plus it seems Google just grabs the first image it finds to include in posts. However I want it to include a specific image on the page. Is there a specific attribute to set for this on the image tags? share\|improve this question add comment 1 Answer up vote 0 down vote accepted First, make sure you set a "Featured Image" for your post. You don't even need to include it in the body of your post, just set the featured image via the "Add Media" button. Then you can add the og:image meta property to the single post header to have other sites pick up this image automatically. The easiest way to do this is to install an SEO plugin like WordPress SEO by Yoast, which will automatically create the "og:image" property along with a few others targeted at other social networks. share\|improve this answer add comment Your Answer
Take the 2-minute tour × I am developing an add-on installer using Installshield 2011 and project type is Basic MSI. I got a requirement where i need to update app.config file; the mentioned app.config is not part of current installer; app.config will be available by installing the base product. And on top of this my add-on installer will update the app.config file. I am using XML File Changes feature provided by Installshield, i have configured it in the following steps: 1. Import the updated app.config file under XML File changes view. 2. Create a new element and assign key and value to it. 3. Repeated 1 and 2 and added 7 to 8 new entries as per the requirement During testing i am seeing that the app.config file has been updated but entries are in single line instead of one below the other. I cannot enable "Format XML after changes" because one of the service which is referenced to app.config is not working and when i revoke the option services runs perfectly. Is there any workaround/option to tell/ask installshield insert xml tag one below the other not in sinlge line using XML File Changes? Thanks, Chetan share\|improve this question add comment 1 Answer up vote 1 down vote accepted If XML Changes isn't formatting the document in a way that's acceptable, you could consider using the Text File Changes which is just a simpler search and replace without understanding the schema of XML. Otherwise options are to check out Windows Installer XML ( you can use the XmlConfig elements found in the Util extension in a merge module and then use that merge module in InstallShield ) or to just write your own custom actions. share\|improve this answer add comment Your Answer
Take the 2-minute tour × Should I put all my methods in one category (I mean for the same kind of object) or should I split them up in many files? (Something like NSStringAdditions vs. NSString+this and NSString+that) share\|improve this question add comment 1 Answer up vote 1 down vote accepted That very much depends. If they are closely related to each other, put them in the same category. If they solve quite different tasks, then splitting them is appropriate. Also, reusing in different projects my be a point to consider. Always treat categories with care, though. Although it is possible to extend existing classes, and in some cases it is justified use, don't abuse them. They come at a cost (performance, flexibility, maintenance). So if you have to decide to split your category, this is most of the time a sign for too much complexity here, and a subclass or other helper class is the better choice. share\|improve this answer I'll keep all of that in mind. – Adam Lee Jul 4 '10 at 10:10 add comment Your Answer
Take the 2-minute tour × I'm trying to extract specific hard coded variables from C source code. My remaining problem is that I'd like to parse array initialisation, for example: #define SOMEVAR { {T_X, {1, 2}}, {T_Y, {3, 4}} } It's enough to parse this example into "{T_X, {1, 2}}" and "{T_Y, {3, 4}}", since it's then possible to recurse to get the full structure. However, it needs to be sufficiently general so as to be able to parse any user defined types. Even better would be a list of regular expressions that can be used to extra values from general C code constructs like #define, enums and global variables. The C code is provided to me, so I have no control over it. I'd rather not write a function that parses it a character at a time. However, it'd be OK to have a sequence of regular expressions. This is not a problem of getting files into MATLAB or basic regular expressions. I'm after a specific regular expression that preserves groupings by brackets. EDIT: Looks like regular expressions don't do recursion or arbitrarily deep matches. According to here and here. share\|improve this question add comment 7 Answers up vote 0 down vote accepted EDIT: Now that the question has been updated, it appears that my previous answer missed the point. I don't know if you've already searched the other regular-expression-related questions on Stack Overflow. On the chance that you haven't, I came across two that may help give you guidance for your problem (which appears to be a problem, at least partially, of trying to match and keep track of opening and closing curly braces): this one and this one. Good luck! share\|improve this answer It's easy enough to write an expression that matches a specific case, but I'm after something general that preserves groupings while separating the list. Thanks anyway. – Nzbuu Feb 13 '09 at 15:36 Ah, I understand better now from your new edit of the question. The problem appears quite a bit more difficult than the example you gave. Unfortunately, no immediate solution springs to mind. – gnovice Feb 13 '09 at 15:50 add comment Have you looked at the following site which provides extensive tutorials and examples on regular expressions :- share\|improve this answer add comment The formal language that defines brace matching is not a regular language. Therefore, you cannot use a regular expression to solve your problem. The problem is that you need some way to count the number of opening braces you have already encountered. Some regular expression engines support extended features, such as peeking, which could be used to solve your problem, but these can be tough to deal with. You might be better off writing a simple parser for this task. share\|improve this answer add comment Maybe vim's syntax file would help in this matter. I'm not sure whether it has those elements you seek (I don't do C), but it's got a whole lot of elements, so it's definitely a starting point. Download vim (www.vim.org), and in vim/syntax/c.vim look around a little. share\|improve this answer add comment I don't think regexps will work on arbitrary C code. Clang allows you to build a syntax tree from C code and use it programatically. That could be readily used for globals, but #defines are handled by the preprocessor so I'm not sure how they would work. cristi:tmp diciu$ cat test.c #define t 1 int m=5; int fun(char * y) float g; return t; int main() int g=7; return t; cristi:tmp diciu$ ~/Downloads/checker-137/clang -ast-dump test.c (CompoundStmt 0xc01ec0 <test.c:6:1, line:10:1> (DeclStmt 0xc01e70 <line:7:2> 0xc01e30 "float g" (ReturnStmt 0xc01eb0 <line:9:2, line:1:11> (IntegerLiteral 0xc01e90 <col:11> 'int' 1))) (CompoundStmt 0xc020a0 <test.c:13:1, line:16:1> (DeclStmt 0xc02060 <line:14:2> 0xc02010 "int g = (IntegerLiteral 0xc02040 <col:8> 'int' 7)" (ReturnStmt 0xc01b50 <line:15:2, line:1:11> (IntegerLiteral 0xc02080 <col:11> 'int' 1))) typedef char __builtin_va_list; Read top-level variable decl: 'm' int fun(char y) int main() share\|improve this answer No external tools, sorry. But I still don't see how that helps me. – Nzbuu Feb 13 '09 at 15:37 add comment I assume you have access to the C code in question. If so, then define two macros: Wrap all the data you want to extract between these macros. When the C code is compiled, they expand to nothing, so they won't harm there. Now you can use a very simple regexp to get the data. share\|improve this answer add comment This regular expression: seems reasonable, but I don't know if it's enough for you. It's littered with \s* to allow arbitrary whitespace between tokens, from C's point of view that's allowable. It will match stuff that looks more or less just your examples; some kind of identifier followed by exactly two digit strings. share\|improve this answer Do you mean this? \{\s\w+\s,\s\{\s\d+\s,\s\d+\s\}\s\}. That only matches this specific example. I'm looking for something more general. – Nzbuu Feb 13 '09 at 15:35 add comment Your Answer
Take the 2-minute tour × I made a symbolic link with the following commmand: ln -s ../test5 I want to remove it now but my rm fails: $ rm -Rf test5/ rm: cannot remove `test5/': Not a directory $ rm test5/ rm: cannot remove directory `test5/': Is a directory $ rmdir test5/ rmdir: test5/: Not a directory $rm -r test5/ rm: cannot remove `test5/': Not a directory $ls -l 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter 8 Jul 20 15:30 test5 -> ../test5/ How can I remove my symbolic link? (Ubuntu 8.10, bash) share\|improve this question add comment 4 Answers up vote 50 down vote accepted Remove the trailing slash: With prompt: $ rm test5 Without prompt: $ rm -f test5 share\|improve this answer add comment Try rm test5 (without the training slash). The slash indicates that 'test5' is a direactory whereas it's actually a file linking to a directory. share\|improve this answer add comment You can run removing the trailing slash: $ rm test5 This will remove the file (i.e. the symlink). Alternatively you may use unlink: $ unlink test5 Again you must omit the trailing slash since you are attempting to unlink the symlink not the directory. share\|improve this answer Why the -Rf ? – Arjan Jul 20 '09 at 13:14 add comment I feel silly asking, but have you tried rm -r? Since it's a symbolic link it shouldn't delete the target. Edit: Just tried it, it's correct Edit 2: rmdir says in its first line of the man page it deletes empty directories. I would think because it's a link it had the directory bit checked on its file properties, but because rmdir doesn't suspect that being the case it spits errors. Just use rm -r share\|improve this answer This will ask me to delete the files in the directory, that's not what I want, I want to delete only the link – Peter Smit Jul 20 '09 at 12:46 The asking was because interactive was defined in my .profile. Added the response to rm -r. It still doesn't work. – Peter Smit Jul 20 '09 at 12:50 You left the trailing '/' that's why it failed – bobby Jul 20 '09 at 12:52 add comment Your Answer
FAQ How do I use IAdaptable and IAdapterFactory? From Eclipsepedia Jump to: navigation, search Adapters in Eclipse are generic facilities for mapping objects of one type to objects of another type. This mechanism is used throughout the Eclipse Platform to associate behavior with objects across plug-in boundaries. Suppose that a plug-in defines an object of type X, another plug-in wants to create views for displaying X instances, and another wants to extend X to add some extra features. Extra state or behavior could be added to X through subclassing, but that allows for only one dimension of extensibility. In a single-inheritance language, clients would not be able to combine the characteristics of several customized subclasses of X into one object. Adapters allow you to transform an object of type X into any one of a number of classes that can provide additional state or behavior. The key players are • IAdapterFactory, a facility for transforming objects of one type to objects of another type.</li> • IAdaptable, an object that declares that it can be adapted. This object is typically the input of the adaptation process.</li> • Adapters, the output of the adaptation process. No concrete type or interface is associated with this output; it can be any object.</li> • IAdapterManager, the central place where adaptation requests are made and adapter factories are registered.</li> • PlatformObject, a convenience superclass that provides the standard implementation of the IAdaptable interface.</li> Adapter factories can be registered either programmatically, via the registerAdapters method on IAdapterManager, or declaratively, via the adapters extension point. The only advantage of programmatic registration is that it allows you to withdraw or replace a factory at runtime, whereas the declaratively registered factory cannot be removed or changed at runtime. Adaptation typically takes place when someone requires an input of a certain type but may obtain an input of a different type, often owing to the presence of an unknown plug-in. For example, WorkbenchLabelProvider is a generic JFace label provider for presenting a model object in a tree or table. The label provider doesn’t really care what kind of model object is being displayed; it simply needs to know what label and icon to display for that object. When provided with an input object, WorkbenchLabelProvider adapts the input to IWorkbenchAdapter, an interface that knows how to compute its label and icon. Thus, the adapter mechanism insulates the client—in this case, the label provider—from needing to know the type of the input object. As another example, the DeleteResourceAction action deletes a selection of resources after asking the user for confirmation. Again, the action doesn’t really care what concrete types are in the selection, as long as it can obtain IResource objects corresponding to that selection. The action achieves this by adapting the selected objects to IResource, using the adapter mechanism. This allows another plug-in to reuse these actions in a view that does not contain actual IResource objects but instead contains a different object that can be adapted to IResource. In all these cases, the code to perform the adaptation is similar. Here is a simplified version of the DeleteResourceAction code that obtains the selected resource for a given input: Object input = ...; IResource resource = null; if (input instanceof IResource) { resource = (IResource)input; } else if (input instanceof IAdaptable) { IAdaptable a = (IAdaptable)input; resource = (IResource)a.getAdapter(IResource.class); Note that it is not strictly necessary for the object being adapted to implement IAdaptable. For an object that does not implement this interface, you can request an adapter by directly calling the adapter manager: IAdapterManager manager = Platform.getAdapterManager(); ... = manager.getAdapter(object, IResource.class); For an excellent design story on why Eclipse uses adapters, see Chapter 31 of Contributing to Eclipse by Erich Gamma and Kent Beck. See Also:
thats what i was going to suggest - if it was only the mail you needed you could have the account automatically fwd all mail to another web-based email. Our old uni network was like that - you could only access emails from the uni comps - but you could set it to fwd all incoming mail which helped me recieve emails even when at home. The only prob being is that if you then reply to the email remember to fill in the address as it will be coming from your work inbox so hit reply and its going to come straight back to you also remember to inform the people you reply to who you are as the email address will be different
How Did Edgar Allan Poe's Mother Die? The death of Edgar Allan Poe on October 7, 1849, has remained strange: the conditions leading up to it are unsure and the source of death is doubtful. Poe, born on January 19, 1809 was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic, considered a member of the American Romantic Movement. Best recognized for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the first American consultants of the short story and is considered the originator of the detective fiction genre Q&A Related to "How Did Edgar Allan Poe's Mother Die?" Edgar Allen Poe's mother perished from tuberculosis when he was only about 2 years old. She was on tour as an actress in Baltimore, Maryland when she passed. Edgar Allan Poe's birth mother was Elizabeth Arnold Poe. She died December 8, 1811, in Richmond, Virginia, of unknown cases (possibly pneumonia). Edgar was two years old when she she died of the red death which is TB. How did Edgar Allan Poe die? Nobody really knows. There are many theories regarding what happened to the famous author and poet, but in the end, his exact cause of death on Oct. 7 Explore this Topic Edgar Allan Poe's father abandoned him when he was young and his mother died of tuberculosis when he was two years old. His foster parents appear to have died ... Edgar Allan Poe came to live with the wealthy Allan family in Richmond after the death of his mother. With no other family to care for him, Poe was taken in but ... Edgar Allan Poe's dark nature can be attributed to his unstable childhood. When he was a young boy, his mother died of tuberculosis and this left him and his siblings ...
Zechariah 10:2; Zechariah 10:4 (The Message) 2 "Store-bought gods babble gibberish. Religious experts spout rubbish. They pontificate hot air. Their prescriptions are nothing but smoke. And so the people wander like lost sheep, poor lost sheep without a shepherd. 4 God will use them in his work of rebuilding, use them as foundations and pillars, Use them as tools and instruments, use them to oversee his work. Link Options More Options
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User Score Mixed or average reviews- based on 5 Ratings User score distribution: 1. Positive: 3 out of 5 2. Negative: 1 out of 5 Review this movie 1. Your Score 0 out of 10 Rate this: • 10 • 9 • 8 • 7 • 6 • 5 • 4 • 3 • 2 • 1 • 0 • 0 1. Submit 2. Check Spelling 1. dooziedreal Feb 2, 2009 The movie was fantastico. I enjoyed every scene of the movie. excellent perfecto. It's motivated me to by the book. I goota get it. It captured al audiences, It wasn't just black. 2. JadeInTheATL Jan 13, 2009 One might expect preachy, but instead just life affirming. With the exception of the Mother-In-Law the characters are realistically written. The script creaks a bit as some scenes don't flow from the narrative but drop in like they were cut and pasted. It could have benefited from a few more re-writes. Bill Duke's direction is a bit choppy at times, but mostly well paced and thankfully unobstrusive. In a way an anti-soap opera, in that characters are not above temptation but are capable of resisting it. A Spanglish-lite. Expand Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critics Critic score distribution: 1. Positive: 3 out of 18 2. Negative: 4 out of 18 1. The film is likable. Its messages, many of them Lord-oriented, are all equally heartfelt. 2. 25 For a film shamelessly trumpeting the importance of staying together through the hard times, Broken makes a disconcertingly convincing case for divorce. 3. Director Bill Duke may believe the message but he never invests himself in the characters or their story, which becomes an illustrated lesson with reflective interludes and comic relief.
MetaFilter posts tagged with JohnCage and music Posts tagged with 'JohnCage' and 'music' at MetaFilter. Sat, 31 Aug 2013 11:22:53 -0800 Sat, 31 Aug 2013 11:22:53 -0800 en-us 60 80 years of electronic music, heard in a selection of 55 tracks by Bleep A bit over a year ago, Warp Record's digital music shop, <a href="">, presented their guide to recorded* electronic music, spanning from 1930 to 2010</a> (also <a href="">as a Facebook timeline</a>, which apparently <a href="">kicked the whole thing off</a>). The overview of recorded electronic music was presented as <a href="">a selection of 55 tracks</a>, almost five and a half hours in full. Part of this presentation was a (now expired) promotional deal to purchase the collection of songs as a lot, but you can still read about each piece of music on Bleep and <a href="!/album/Bleep+A+Guide+To+Electronic+Music/8214796">hear 49 of the tracks in a playlist on Grooveshark</a>. There's more to hear and read below the fold. The selection starts with what is "[a]rgued to be first piece of <a href="">the purely electronic music written expressly for live performance on the Ondes Martenot</a>, an instrument closely related to the Theremin," then transitions through the years of sampling, soundtracks and experimental music, takes to the dance floor in the 1980s, and goes on from there. * <a href="">The <em>full</em> history of electronic instruments go all the way back to 1759 for the 'Clavecin Électrique'</a>, or the Electronic Harpsichord, and earlier still for the elusive <a href="">Denis d’or</a>. The <a href="">history of audio recordings</a> has a <a href="">separate timeline</a>. And of course, there are <a href="">many other notable moments in the history of electronic music</a> that weren't captured in the selection of a mere 55 songs. A couple additional notes, as you read and/or listen to the playlist: The Grooveshark playlist is missing the following 6 tracks, linked here from YouTube: #32 <a href="">LFO - LFO (Leeds Warehouse Mix)</a> #36 <a href="">Autechre - Flutter</a> #42 <a href="">Boards of Canada - Roygbiv</a> (fan-made vid) #43 <a href="">Aphex Twin - Windowlicker</a> (and if you haven't seen it: <a href="">the 10:35 long NSFW video</a>) #50 <a href="">Skream - Midnight Request Line</a> #52 <a href="">Burial - Archangel</a> <a href="">Here's a post about Charanjit Singh's pre-Acid House use of the TR-303 and TR-808</a>, in India in the album <a href="">Ten Ragas To a Disco Beat</a> (<a href="">YT playlist</a>). <a href="">This Divine site clearly states that Love Reaction was made in two versions, one modeled on Tainted Love</a>, unlike the Bleep description which claims it is unclear which came first. Here is <a href="!/s/Love+Reaction+Calypso+Version/3gvoC6?src=5">the "calypso" version of Love Reaction</a>, which can be found on the <a href="">Shoot your Shot</a> compilation that came out a decade after the original Love Reaction, so it's unclear if this is the other original version or a later re-make. You can hear some of the early (1975 and before) tracks played alongside contemporary (experimental) electronic music in <a href="">Bleep Podcast #055</a> with <a href="">Margot Didsbury, who is currently the head buyer for</a>. This podcast comes from <a href="">NTS (Nuts to Soup) community radio</a>, and has a great college radio vibe. The <a href="">Bleep podcasts</a>, now up to #086, come from a variety of sources and feature different hosts, so the music presented is in no way homogeneous.,2013:site.131506 Sat, 31 Aug 2013 11:22:53 -0800 24HourExperience 4hero 808State Actress Afrika AfrikaBambaataa AGuyCalledGerald AphexTwin ArthurRussell ArtOfNoise Autechre Bambaataa Barron BasicChannel BebeBarron Beltram BizzyB Bleep bleepbloopbleep bleepityblip BoardsOfCanada BrianEno BruceHaack Burial Cage CharanjitSingh ClaraRockmore Coldcut Dabrye DaphneOram DinosaurL Divine Drexciya electronic electronicmusic Fennesz FourTet FrankieKnuckles Galaxy2Galaxy GAS Haack IannisXenakis InnerCity InnerzoneOrchestra JamesBlake JDilla JeanJacquesPerrey JeanMichelJarre JoeyBeltram JohnBaker JohnCage KarlheinzStockhausen Knuckles LFO LouisBarron Messiaen Model500 MortonSubotnick music OlivierMessiaen Phuture PierreHenry PierreSchaeffer PopolVuh RobertHood Rockmore Schaeffer SelahCollins Shannon Skream Snd Stockhausen ThrobbingGristle Warp WarpRecords Wiley Xenakis filthy light thief "I have nothing to say, and I am saying it." John Cage, 9/5/1912 - 8/12/1992 In honor of the 100th birthday of iconoclastic composer John Cage (<a href="">previously</a>),<a href=""> NPR asked 33 musicians about the effect Cage has had on their art</a>. The <em>Los Angeles Times</em> has a <a href="">tour</a> of Cage's travels and experiences in his native city. MeFi's own <a href="">speicus</a> has a long and excellent <a href="">essay</a> up at about the performer-composer relationship Cage shared with pianist David Tudor (who premiered, among other Cage works, <em><a href="">4'33"</a></em>). And if you've always wanted to play <a href="">prepared piano</a> and lack an instrument you want to fill with nuts and bolts, <a href="">there's an app for that</a>.,2012:site.119647 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 13:04:37 -0800 4'33 composer composition davidtudor johncage losangeles music piano preparedpiano the_bone Cage Music Walk <i>To celebrate John Cage's centenary, <a href="">10 pieces of music</a> by <a href="">10 different composers</a> have been created, inspired by <a href="">10 places</a> close to the Royal Albert Hall.</i> As part of the <a href="">Proms for 2012</a> (previously: <a href="" title="An intimate evening ... with 6000 friends">2010</a>), the BBC have created a <a href="">Music Walk</a> based on the work of John Cage. Via <a href="">Max Reinhardt</a> of Radio 3's <a href="">Late Junction</a>.,2012:site.117704 Mon, 09 Jul 2012 05:14:47 -0800 alvincurran alwynnepritchard bbcproms claudiamolitor composers daifujikura davidsawer joecutler johncage johnwoolrich judithweir music proms rolfwallin royalalberthall soundintermedia tansydavies timhopkins smcg Cage does Cage <a href="">Nicolas Cage performs John Cage's 4'33"</a>,2012:site.116463 Wed, 30 May 2012 12:52:30 -0800 4'33 cage cages johncage music nicolascage silence elgilito "Everything we do is music." <a href="">John Cage Unbound, A Living Archive</a> is a multimedia exhibition created by the New York Public Library documenting their collection of <a href="">videos</a>, original notes and <a href="">manuscripts</a> of contemporary American composer and music theorist <a href="">John Cage</a> (1912-1992). "Cage believed that, following his detailed directions, anyone could make music from any kind of instrument" so the NYPL is asking visitors how they would bring his music to life, by submitting videos of their own interpretations of Cage’s work for possible inclusion in the archive. For more extensive collections of John Cage resources, see: <a href="">WNYC: A John Cage Web Reliquary</a> and Josh Rosen's <a href="">fan page</a>. <a href="">Wikipedia</a>'s page on him is quite extensive, and notes: <i>"A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde."</i> <a href="">John Cage Database</a> Here's a nice <a href="">playlist on Youtube for some of his works,</a> including (of course) <a href="">4'33"</a> which was highlighted <a href="">previously</a> on <a href="">MeFi</a>.,2012:site.114964 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 07:52:21 -0800 4'33 archive cage composer composers database greenaway johncage joshrosen kostelanetz library manuscript manuscripts music musician nypl petergreenaway recordings reliquary rosen video videos wnyc youtube zarq Trimpin: Musical Sculptor Seattle-based German artist Trimpin makes sculptural musical instruments. He was <a href="">profiled in a mini-documentary by Washington public TV station KBTC</a> a couple of years ago. Here are videos of some other works of art he's created, <a href="">Fire Organ</a>, <a href="">Liquid Percussion</a>, <a href="">Cello, Sensors and Record Players</a>, <a href="">Contraption at Seattle-Tacoma Airport</a>, <a href="">MIDI-controlled Player Piano</a> and <a href="">Sheng High</a>. Kyle Gann wrote <a href="">an essay by that placed Trimpin in the tradition of John Cage, Harry Partch and other avant-garde American musical inventors</a>. The audio of a nearly hour and a half long 1990 interview with Trimpin by Charles Amirkhanian can be <a href="">downloaded from the Internet Archive</a>. Another, <a href="">more light-hearted interview</a> in connection to his show at this year's SXSW, where a documentary about him premiered (<a href="">trailer</a>).,2009:site.81393 Mon, 04 May 2009 13:32:29 -0800 art avantgarde CharlesAmirkhanian HarryPartch JohnCage music sculpture sound soundsculpture Trimpin visualart Kattullus The Music Text Composition Generator <a href="">The P22 Music Text Composition Generator</a> allows any text to be converted into a musical composition. This composition is displayed in musical notation and simultaneously generated as a midi file. The P22 Music Composition Font was proposed in 1997 to the <a href="">John Cage Trust</a> as an accompaniment to the <a href="">John Cage text font</a> based on the handwriting of the composer. The idea was basic and simple-every letter of the alphabet was assigned to a note on a scale. This would allow for any text to be converted into musical notation.,2009:site.78718 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:52:36 -0800 composition JohnCage music notation Sailormom It's the oboes that really brought life to the performance, don't you think? John Cage's <a href="'33%22" title="Wikipedia.">4</a>'<a href="" title="Interesting article by Peter Gutmann, where, among other salient points, he offers: 'I've heard Mozart's dozen mature piano concertos dozens of times each over dozens of years, but right now I can recall only a few of their melodies. I heard the Cage piece just once (and three decades ago), but I remember it so vividly.">33</a>" has been discussed <a href="" title="The 'who-holds-the-copyright-on-silence' flap, from 2002.">previous</a><a href="" title="Not about the piece in question, but another wonderful and very whimsical Cage piece.">ly</a> on MeFi, but you might've missed the <a href="" title="MySpace video. Opens with commentary that's, well, perhaps a little better than what you'd expect for TV... Opening commentary from BBC radio link is better.">full</a> <a href="" title="BBC news article, with some background info on the event and the piece.">orchestral <a href="" title="RealPlayer audio link, from BBC radio. Included here mainly for the brief opening commentary, which is a bit more intelligent and informative than the commentary preceding the televised version.">version</a>.</a> 4'33" has shown itself to be a hugely influential work if only for the fact that so many people <i>know</i> of it. The piece is often referenced in MeFi comments, sometimes appearing in unrelated or only tangentially related threads. Here's a small sampling: <a href="">jpoulos</a>. <a href="">jfuller</a>. <a href="">mr_crash_davis</a>. <a href="">jfuller</a>. <a href="">evanizer</a>. <a href="">skwm</a>. <a href="">kozad</a>. <a href="">wheelieman</a>. <a href="">sotonohito</a>, and immediately following sotonohito's comment in that thread, <b> languagehat</b>, <b>LooseFilter</b>, <b>dydecker</b> and more, in what turns into a lively discussion of this <i>still controversial</i> piece of music.,2007:site.64945 Sat, 22 Sep 2007 18:03:27 -0800 composer johncage music silence surprisinglyPolarizing! flapjax at midnite Very Slowly <a href="">"To play this motif 840 times in succession, it would be advisable to prepare oneself beforehand, in the deepest silence, by serious immobilities."</a> <a href="">Erik Satie</a>'s <a href=""><i>Vexations</i></a> (<a href="">previously</a>) was more-or-less disregarded as an <a href="">unperformable thought experiment</a>, until John Cage staged an <a href="">eighteen-hour performance</a> in 1963. The event cemented Satie's importance in avant-garde music and his <a href="">influence</a> on a <a href="">generation</a> of <a href="">artists</a>. In 2006, several musicians and artists <a href="">performed their own renditions</a>.</a>,2006:site.57371 Sat, 30 Dec 2006 14:00:09 -0800 alvinlucier brianeno enduranceart eriksatie experimental johncage music performanceart ubuweb roll truck roll No, I'm not sure how they get it to not devolve into a wall of feedback... though that'd be pretty rad too. <a href="">A Piano In A Gallery.</a> <a href="">David Cunningham</a> (the guy behind <a href="">The Flying Lizards</a>! Wikipedia because the <a href="">main at-least-quasi-official site's down</a>, but while you wait 16 days for that, why not read <a href="">this interview with Deborah Lizard</a> for your FL Fix</font>) and his new project... <a href="">A Piano In A Gallery</a>. No, he's not actually PLAYING the piano -- the visitors are. It's a sort of similar thing to both <a href="">Brian Eno</a>'s gallery <a href="">work</a> <a href="">with ambient tape</a> <a href="">loops</a> on different time cycles, creating an ever-shifting collage of sound and <a href="">David Byrne</a>'s recent <a href="">Playing The Building</a>. The room is mic'd, and the sound is run through a piano, and amplified, both bringing background noises to the foreground AND creating feedback-style loops, as those sounds are also run into the mics and so forth. So... if you happen to be in <a href="">London....</a> <a href="">[via WFMU]</a></font>,2006:site.53026 Sat, 15 Jul 2006 09:05:19 -0800 4'33 ambient audio avant-garde cartergallery dada experimentation feedback johncage microphone music noise sound Rev. Syung Myung Me As Slow As Possible. <a href="">E and E-sharp will end tomorrow.</a> Only <a href="">631 and a half years to go</a>.,2006:site.51394 Thu, 04 May 2006 11:55:22 -0800 AsSlowAsPossible Halberstadt JohnCage music organ arse_hat Rhythmic Research Fellows <a href="">American Mavericks:</a> Fascinating radio piece about the <a href="">ultra-modernist </a> composers, narrated by Suzanne Vega. [more inside],2006:site.49673 Thu, 02 Mar 2006 12:24:17 -0800 henryCowell johnCage music suicideOnAnAirplane toneClusters Squid Voltaire <a href="">John Cage</a>'s representatives try to <a href="">claim copyright on silence</a>. [Ref: <a href="">4'33"</a>]<br /> Okay.,2002:site.18137 Sat, 29 Jun 2002 14:57:12 -0800 433 copyright johncage music Su
or Connect New Posts All Forums: Posts by MarcusManzoni Yea the G1 does rock, but as soon as the new alienware 17" SLI monster comes out i'm getting it alienware m17x look it up, it's insane. is there a link to the configuration page???? here guys check out this link it says in the first paragraph that both will offer SLI http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4101 I heard the m15x will have sli 8800GTX any confirmation on that yet? I have an asus G1 thats slighty slower T7200 2ghz and 7700 go and mine does all that as well, so you should be rockin like the m17x or m15x coming out from alienware I'm going to be buying a new laptop soon. dont wanna spend over $3,500 want something nice for gaming. i dont care about weight or size, just some help deciding which system. i've been looking at the ASUS G2S but i'm not sure? if you have an oppinion love to hear it. Well the person buying the computer doesn't knoow anything about computers. At all.... He just read he could play games and knows if he spends a shit load of money it has to be ok, but is it his best choice... Hey guys, My friend is spending $2,999 +tax on a new gaming notebook, He wants to get the new XPS, Is this his best option????? It has Geforce 8700 SLI I found an alienware that has 7950GTX SLI... help me out I want him to ge tthe best system possible!!!! What video Card is better in a laptop the "ATI X1700 256MB VRAM" or "Mobility 256MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 PCI-Express 3D Video" How big of a difference if any is there between the two??? New Posts All Forums:
or Connect New Posts All Forums: Posts by kevineugenius The downloads section has firmware for 2 different 9.5mm slotload DVDRW, but no model numbers given for blu-ray drives. Half-way helpful info... So I got an almost fully loaded m6400 for a delightfully low price since it was nearly warranty-less. The guy broke his e1705 and this was it's replacement. I've ordered a second HD and 8gb of RAM, but I'm kind of up in the air about what else I ought to do. First one there is already a thread about... blu-ray drives. All the ones I can find on ebay are 12.5 or 12.7mm, and apparently these machines use 9.5mm. My DVDRW drive is ludicrousy noisy so I'd like to... Just hit the add to cart button in the outlet and scroll to the warranty. As far as I know, all Precisions have a 3-year minimum warranty and everything else has the option for a 1 or 3 year. You could also check for a Latitude D810 graphics card (I want to say x1400?). They're wimpier, but it would get you through for a while until something you REALLY love catches your eye or you can save up enough funds for exactly what you want. Sign up for coupon alerts at some of those bargain hunter sites for the Dell Outlet. Couple weeks ago there was 15% off any outlet Precision, so you could've had a similar setup for around $3k US (depending on selection of course). Do they ship to AU? Not a clue man... Right, the e/dock is just like the d/dock only newer. My thinking is that the m17x has the modular bay drive, just like newer Latitudes and some Precision notebooks have, and it's a really thick beast of a design like the m1730 and m6400. I can't find any pics of the bottom of it, though, to verify if it has a docking connector or not. I see the m17x even uses modular bays like the Dells do. My question is will the m17x or any other Alienware units be able to use e-port expansion bays? The only other explanation I can think of would be that the port on the bottom of the laptop isn't grounding the USB ports on the dock well enough or something, in which case I'm screwed. Maybe I'll "borrow" a low-tech USB m/kb from work and see if it works better. My m1710 is plugged into a D/Dock (the larger one with a PCI slot) which has it's own power cable. If I plug my Microsoft Sidewinder keyboard and mouse into the USB ports on the dock, they will just power off seemingly at random and for random lengths of time, then come back on and work fine. If I plug them straight into the laptop, they work fine. My first thought was that my dock was broken, but I borrowed my dock from work which has had a USB mouse plugged into it... Wall of text crits you for 9001 damage. You die. I would suggest typing out the specs a bit more readably. Other than that, those are killer machines; I'd love to get one for work. Then why is there a list of 1080p supported games and all kinds of people talking about "true" 1080p games? I follow your logic and it had occurred to me as well, though I didn't have the numbers to back my assumption. New Posts All Forums:
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The stupid question is the question not asked Re^5: Neat Debugger tricks (rerun command) by gaal (Parson) on Nov 18, 2005 at 09:14 UTC ( #509713=note: print w/ replies, xml ) Need Help?? in reply to Re^4: Neat Debugger tricks (rerun command) in thread Neat Debugger tricks That's very nice, and has many uses, but isn't what I was wishing for. That's a replay of the complete flow. I want the option to goto an arbitrary line in the code of a running process. Sure, it's not obvious what that means when there are e.g. closures in effect, but I guess that's something to figure out. Comment on Re^5: Neat Debugger tricks (rerun command) Log In? What's my password? Create A New User Node Status? node history Node Type: note [id://509713] and the web crawler heard nothing... How do I use this? \| Other CB clients Other Users? Others perusing the Monastery: (7) As of 2014-03-14 03:53 GMT Find Nodes? Voting Booth? Have you used a cryptocurrency? Results (299 votes), past polls
There's more than one way to do things Comment on I've thought for a while now that browsers probably shouldn't allow POST requests for another domain (especially scripted ones). Unfortunately that would break lots and lots of web applications so the chances of it being implemented are somewhere around zero. One thing that might help a bit is to set up your webserver to prohibit POSTs that don't have a referer header from your trusted site(s). I'm pretty sure there's a way to do that in apache. As far as I know you a malicious site can't fake a referer header* (unless maybe if you allow cross-site XMLHTTP - but all modern browsers prohibit that - right?) Good suggestion on the tokens, by the way. and: <code> code here </code> • Please read these before you post! — For: Use: & & < < > > [ [ ] ] • Log In? What's my password? Create A New User and the web crawler heard nothing... How do I use this? \| Other CB clients Other Users? Others scrutinizing the Monastery: (4) As of 2014-03-14 04:17 GMT Find Nodes? Voting Booth? Have you used a cryptocurrency? Results (300 votes), past polls
SitePoint Sponsor User Tag List Page 2 of 2 FirstFirst 12 Results 26 to 27 of 27 1. #26 SitePoint Wizard co.ador's Avatar Join Date Apr 2009 0 Post(s) 0 Thread(s) Man, I am a shame that I couldn't understand the first tiem it is clear Now I will make an extra effort to avoid you coming to simple language. I understood it I just need to add the other condition to the JOIN. WHERE category_id = ".$idc." As you were going to the steps in the last post, I wonder why not AND instead of WHERE in the INNER JOIN after ON. It seems that the language has change. FROM products INNER JOIN categories ON = products.category_id WHERE category_id = ".$idc." Why not FROM products INNER JOIN categories ON = products.category_id AND category_id = ".$idc." it just a question Mr. From what I understand AND means that both of the conditions need to be true = products.category_id AND category_id = ".$idc.". Now I can see you have put WHERE what's is the underline of changing? The only thing I can figure out is using where to make the sentence Longer in case there is more condition and use AND after where or even have other possibilities and other options to a different query. 2. #27 SQL Consultant silver trophybronze trophy r937's Avatar Join Date Jul 2002 Toronto, Canada 52 Post(s) 2 Thread(s) you ask a very good question yes, in the INNER JOIN query, the category_id = ".$idc." condition can be either in the ON clause or the WHERE clause -- they will produce the same results * however, i prefer to put it into the WHERE clause because when you think about it, it doesn't really define a join condition, but rather a filter condition * except that it makes a very big difference where such a condition is located if it's an OUTER JOIN i hope that as you gain more experience with different types of joins, these questions will become easier \| \| Buy my SitePoint book: Simply SQL "giving out my real stuffs" Posting Permissions • You may not post new threads • You may not post replies • You may not post attachments • You may not edit your posts
Anyway. The refreshing thing about today's show was its clarity. There was relatively little of the layering that the duo have tended to overdo in recent seasons. That allowed strong looks, such as the zip-away parachute dresses, to stand out alone. And what layering there was felt appropriate and specific. Overall, there was an aura of confidence here—unsurprising, given Wainwright and Neville's command of their clothes' vernacular. Let this collection be a reminder to them that all future ones pass the geek-out test.
Our TV Shows Got a Tip? Call TMZ at (888) 847-9869 or Click Here Probation Officer -- Out to Get Lindsay Lohan? No Avatar SLOW NEWS DAY?????!!! My word everything Lindsey who CARES?????? 967 days ago Hey Red Cloud... someone's been blowing smoke up yer azzz. The only ones on Lindsay's side are her mother, father and a few enabling friends, her attorney and her best friend Judge Suckner. The rest of the planet can't stand this beoootch. 967 days ago Ghost Rider Thats what it looks like. 967 days ago Do not have this thing in court any more. You refuse to punish her and continue to let her slide. IF, IF, IF. BS. The California justice system has been telling her for a long time to get her stuff done and she won't do it. Quit wasting the taxpayer's money and just let her go. 967 days ago The judges in this fiasco have prevented the probation dept from doing their job properly time after time, so now they're reduced to throwing crap against the wall knowing nothing will stick anyway. How hard can this be? Anyone as serious as Lohan always claims to be would dive into the community service, counseling and whatever and get it done asap. Instead, she treats it like some snot-nosed little twerp who has to clean her room and doesn't want to. And the judge seems to say 'I'm only going to warn you 470 more times, and then you'll be down to your last 600 warnings'. Your tax dollars hard at work. 967 days ago A law enforcement official gunning for someone? Say it isn't so. (Sorry for the long list. It'd be shorter if there was Any kind of accountability. Kinda like the Zero accountability as demonstrated by the AOC - which continues ripping off the public. With video! (Sorry for the commercial.) 967 days ago I think it is clear the probation officer is out to get her. Let Lindsay be and let her get on with her life. 967 days ago You know, I think John's got it right. The justice system has failed her, yes 'failed' her for not incarcerating her and making her stop her behavior. So, I say cut the ct loose. Don't prosecute her for anything. Let her get drunk and drive off a cliff. Leave her to her own demise. The taxpayers are speaking and we don't want to pay for her to continue going to court and before Judge Sucker, who Lindsay's attorney Shawn Gggolley goes to house parties with and are best buds. Lindsay is her own worst enemy, so let her sentence herself to... herself... for eternity. What a horrible fate! 967 days ago I don't think they are gunning for Lindsay, I think they are sick of her making them look like fools. 967 days ago Yay probation officer. Give it back to Lohan. Judge Sautner doesn't have a clue on Lohan. 967 days ago 967 days ago Maybe they are sick and tired of her *... anyone else would have been put in jail a long time ago. 967 days ago TMZgossip 17 minutes ago don't worry Jay even if Nicole explained it to you, I doubt Yeah ok because you are just an everyday Einstein on here defending loser junkies 24/7 right? The fact is the PO is sick of Lindsay's sht and guess what any member of the public with a fully functioning brain is too. 967 days ago Probation officers deal with criminals all day long. They pretty much know when someone is sincere about changing their behavior or when someone is just giving a big FU to the legal system. This probation officer can see right through Lindsay's BS and wants her to pay for her crimes. I see nothing wrong with that. 967 days ago john smith Does anyone know if the probation officer who is out to get Lindsay by lying is a black woman? 967 days ago Around The Web
Wednesdays 8:00 PM on CW Arrow Review: The Billionaire, The Friend, The Hero by at . Updated at . All of the information we've been clamoring for was revealed on Arrow Season 2 Episode 9. Oliver was plagued by stress-related hallucinations that gave viewers a lot of insight into his character and prepared us for the big reveal at the end. The installment was the perfect setup for the second half of Arrow Season 2, and it was also yet another non-Christmas Christmas episode in what has turned out to be the "thing" this holiday season. It does make it easier, I suppose, for those who binge watch in the middle of summer, for example. The theme of "Three Ghosts" was, of course, a nod to Dickens' A Christmas Carol. What Oliver didn't know was that all of his ghosts weren't in the past at all, and one was manipulating his present. Aha - a Christmas present! Visions of Ghosts While it certainly makes sense to give The Flash his own show, having Barry Allen around was a lot of fun and I'll miss his presence. He was the catalyst for change to the team and when someone can have a positive effect on a tight-knit group, they're always welcome. Although Oliver was dying, he still didn't like Felicity making the decision to reveal his identity to Barry. He was pouty and petulant about it, feeling betrayed. Without Allen, not only would he have died, he wouldn't have gotten his new mask. You have to love the lines the writers gave Barry. Not to tell you how to do your vigilante-ing but the grease paint thing is a poor identity concealer. Really? Who knew? Now if only Oliver would cover that gorgeous jaw line which anyone would recognize a light year away. As Cyrus Gold terrified Starling City, Oliver was seeing ghosts. The first was Shado, and unfortunately we have confirmation of her death. There's no coming back from a bullet to the head. Ivo did that when Oliver "chose" to save Sara by kneeling in front of her instead of Shado. Her island scenes are over, unless he flashes back even further than the timeline he's in now. Shado's ghost wanted him to live and stop placing himself in jeopardy. His second ghost was Slade, who accused him of being Arrow to atone for his own sins, such as allowing Shado and him to die. He didn't buy the BS about his father, and told him he belonged with him, wherever that was. Oliver really gets into his hallucinations. He even threw himself into a display case and broke the sucker. That's commitment. Oliver's third ghost was Tommy, and it was the most surprising. For some reason, I didn't expect him even though there was every reason he should be at the top of the list. Since the first two were from the island, I expected the final visit to be from Robert Queen. Seeing Tommy give the heartfelt speech to his friend wrenched my heart just a bit. The Internet went wild when Diggle was scouting Cyrus Gold and said "Solomon Grundy born on a Monday," and Oliver said he knew the poem, which symbolized the seven stages of death. It's a moniker that Gold adopts in the comics after he dies and comes back as the first comic zombie after being murdered and dumped in Slaughter Swamp. Roy, Thea and Sin were still trying to find out about their friend, but it was all to get Sebastian Blood to give Roy Mirakuru. That's right. Little Roy just became a super soldier. He was out most of the time Arrow was saving his ass, so I'm not sure how much of that he'll remember, but if mayoral candidate Sebastian Blood get to him as I'm expecting (the red hoodie and all that), he's going to have a hell of a nemesis for the Arrow in his new soldier. Roy is still angry at Arrow for shooting him, but he's now healed. The wound was fixed right up after the serum took effect. Thea is behind her guy in his desire to go it alone, which is a far cry from her stance a month earlier. With his new physical presence, her support and Blood's support, things are going to get interesting. Blood was also getting intimate with Laurel, in one more horrible decision on her part. With Lance in the hospital because of Blood and Gold, she was accepting hugs of concern outside his room without knowing that he was the cause of it all. Someday she will, and it will undoubtedly crush her just a bit more as she searches for rock bottom before she can return as a new version of herself. There were two big reveals at the end. I'm not sure which was bigger. One has a large impact on the show and one spins off into The Flash; we'll talk about the latter first. Barry and Felicity had a few moments and he kind of admitted he had feelings for her she didn't return, and he thought she had feelings for Oliver. Once they got all of that out, he was in a hurry to get back to Central City to see the S.T.A.R. Labs particle accelerator turned on. He was late, as usual. Barry was standing in his office, the floor covered in water during a horrible electrical storm with rain pouring down, when he went over to the sky light to pull on some enormous chains. The accelerator exploded, he was struck by lightening and his face was lit up, kind of like Dorian's in Almost Human. There are nanites or something in Barry Allen now. A new superhero was born. Both Barry and Roy were infused with powers tonight, but we won't get to see Barry until he either gets his own series or that falls through and he becomes a part of the Arrow-verse. I'm not sure which one I want more at this point. The second revelation was the discovery of Blood's boss. As expected, a blood donor was at the bottom of the Mirakuru serum. Oliver's ghost was of the present, because Slade Wilson is alive and well, sans one eye, in Starling City. He woke just after receiving his injection on the island and immediately found Shado dead. Hell hath no fury like a super soldier scorned. Slade told Blood Oliver is his friend, and I think he still considers him that, even though he believes he was betrayed. Time doesn't heal all wounds, it gives them time to fester and bring them to the boiling point. The pain between Slade and Oliver will be an ultimate fight. Will these men stray from the fates of their comic characters? Can they be redeemed? With the recent mention of H.I.V.E. and the presence of Deathstroke, it will be interesting to see if they come together in the death of Diggle's brother. Slade may be beyond redemption. Given what they've all been through, are any of them beyond that point? I guess we'll find out. I'm sure there are a hundred other things that happened or are worth discussion that I didn't touch upon. That's your job. Hit the comments and strike up a conversation. Let's get this ball rolling! Editor Rating: 4.8 / 5.0 • 4.8 / 5.0 • 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 User Rating: Rating: 4.9 / 5.0 (147 Votes) Tags: , From Around the Web 32 Comments New Comment Subscribe This was such a great episode and I thought it ended the mid-season point on such a strong note. I love how they brought Slade into the present and laid out the revenge he plans on seeking against Oliver. I think knowing that - knowing he's behind the scene pulling strings to manipulate everyone - ups the tension for the viewer. I really want to know where Isabel fits into this. Is she Slade's "insider" at Queen Consolidated? Is that why she targeted the company? Is that why she seems to be poking into Oliver's relationship with Felicity? (Are you sleeping with her, is she just a friend, etc) It would make sense to me, in a weird way, if it's Oliver/Felicity/Diggle in Team Arrow against Slade/Isabel/Blood on Team Baddie. Weird symmetry there, actually, now that I think about it. I think almost all the characters are coming along nicely and I'm anxious to see what their fates will be the rest of the season -- Quentin, Felicity, Roy, Thea, Oliver, Diggle... all got me on the edge of my seat. And yep, I enjoyed the Oliver/Felicity stuff as well. I find it cool that Arrow is having Felicity working to deny how much she's come to care for Oliver. What's Oliver think? How does he feel? When will he realize it? Looking forward to the show addressing that, too. I laughed when someone in a previous comment mentioned that Arrow doesn't really do "slow" in these areas but really... it's been building since season 1 and right now it's still (largely) unspoken. I mean... the two only just hugged. I've got a show I'm watching with a similar pair and after spending only a few minutes together on screen have kissed and I think they slept together this week. So Arrow with Oliver/Felicity? Actually moving at a pretty slow pace. Sometimes I think they could pick that up with Oliver/Felicity just a smidge. ;) And yes. Yes, I did just use the word "smidge." LOL! So you guys remember the scene where Ivo makes Oliver choose between Shado and Sara and he inadvertently chooses Sara, thereby sealing Shado's fate. What if Slade will seek to recreate that in the season 2 finale? Like maybe he gets Laurel and Felicity side by side and does the exact same thing Ivo did to Ollie on the island. Forcing him to choose? Not saying I want Laurel to die per se but given the fact that she's playing more of a supporting role this season, that could be a viable option... Thoughts? @ Fearless Diva Laurel will be Black Canary in the future. So I doubt the creators will kill her off. @ Fifty As someone pointed out in one of the Arrow after shows for Laurel to become Canary something has to happen that she gets training. She can't just lose her sister and decide to be Canary. I agree. Perhaps canon won't be followed like Tommy. @ isoron It's something to keep in mind that, even though it doesn't come close to the training the other's have had, it's been noted many times Laurel has been training in the martial arts. She handily took down the fellows when she was kidnapped when David Anders guested. We've missed a lot of what she's been doing in the background. Brother Blood has a boss! And the Boss is Slade!! Super Awesome!!! I guess Barry's pilot as Flash would be off the hook as well. Love to see Red Arrow being born. I agree the green and red won't see eye to eye at first but eventually they will partner up. Conveniently I won't say anything about Laurel except HOPE she would play that role better than the current one coz it sucks!!! Finally I watched the episode and I really enjoy it. This series is getting better and better. Good storylines and action. Laurel was much better last season, this season she is like a supportive role only. I like Oliver and Slade as friends but I know Slade is pissed off with Oliver as he believes Ollie is reponsible for Shado's death which is not true, but Ollie feels that guild inside of him that it is starting to eating him. I dont like the idea of Slade become a very lethal enemy to Oliver and harm everyone he cares about cause I knoe he will but I hope Oliver will get thru his senses and make him realize it was not his fault and they can work together as a team btu I believe it will take a bit time before that happens. Slade has this much anger towards Ollie. Poor him. I hope Roy teams up with Oliver and do not go to the dark path and join Slade. It's mostly boring. @ fortyseven And you are mostly a troll. Great review!! So. Much. Happening!!! I really enjoyed this episode. Stephen Amell was on point - the scene where he and Diggle were talking about their ghosts was so well done! Also, for someone playing Green Arrow, he sure has a killer Batman stare-down... Roy Harper - even in the comics and the animated shows - has anger issues. This is an interesting way to explore them. I'm also REALLY looking forward to the return of Barry Allen. I have to disagree with anyone who says Shado's death was lame. Oliver was forced to make a "Sophie's Choice" - that kind of choice defines a person and lives with them forever. I'm betting that this will be a turning point for Oliver; the kind of guilt that comes from this death is more than would come with any heroic sacrifice. It's also a much bigger catalyst for revenge for Slade - Oliver can't really argue that it wasn't his fault, and he'll never believe it wasn't. On another note, I preferred when the Felicity/Oliver thing was a bit more subtle. A slow burn would have been nice. That being said, Arrow's doesn't really do slow, so part of me that is grateful for the pacing and not dragging stories out. Laurel...oh Laurel. What a crap story this poor character's been given. Katie Cassidy - I'm sorry, but I don't think she's very good at playing the broken woman. She was WAY better last season when Laurel was driven, decisive and strong. P.S. Among the five contributors, last week's Round Table predicted almost everything that happened in this episode! PPS. Solomon Grundy!!! I love how great these writers are with throwing names for us comic fans! @ Robin Harry @Robin, in all honesty after reading so much of script playing, reviews and comments on my No.1 TV show i.e. of course Arrow, I feel Laurel would be ending up becoming up the Black Canary at the end of the Season 2. Caty Loitz aka the present Black Canary would be tracked down eventually by Nesa Al Ghul the half sister of Talia Al Ghul girl of Ra's Al Ghul. Roy should go through the normal transition i.e he must turn himself into Arsenal and then eventually become Red Arrow. Batman, Nightwing, and maybe who else will make a cameo in Arrow, only the producers and the best writers know. What say @Carissa? over to you. Arrow is undoubtedly the best superhero TV show ever made and surely the best right now running out there IMHO. Could this show get any better? How well written,I'm impressed. I loved every Barry scene and I was jumping on my couch as I saw his accident coming. And I'm sorry, I don't like Laurel. I hope she becomes a super soldier too, with no emotion. She cries too much. I hate that she keeps bringing Tommy's dead. They were no longer dating. Roy isn't going to be Arrow's nemesis, he is going to be his sidekick, Red Arrow. @ justme I don't think that going to be his first stop. He has some growing up to do before he partners with anybody. He thinks he can do it himself, and will even more now that he's supercharged. Man! Olicity's chemistry was way off the charts in this episode! @ Helena Agreed. It was the best part. @ Helena What chemistry i don't see it but Oliver and Shado hell yes what a crying shame she is killed off
Sprint Cup director John Darby says it is reviewing incident with experts When NASCAR returns to Auto Club Speedway, there likely will be a SAFER barrier on the interior wall smacked by Denny Hamlin's No. 11 Toyota in Sunday's Sprint Cup race. The crash on the last lap after a battle with Joey Logano sent Hamlin to a nearby hospital with a fractured vertebra in his lower back. In a conference call with news media Tuesday, Sprint Cup director John Darby said the area would be reviewed by NASCAR and its coalition of independent safety experts who are employed to make suggestions on track improvements. "If the folks make a recommendation that they think will help ensure the safety there, then I'm sure the speedway follows it," Darby said. Though they are recommendations, which Darby said are from outside experts and not NASCAR, there could be consequences if they aren't completed. Sanctioning agreements hold that tracks risk losing races if they aren't in compliance with NASCAR directives. Because he hadn't seen prior reports for Fontana, Darby said he wasn't sure if a recommendation previously had been made to address the wall hit by Hamlin. He also noted the wall had been in place since the 2-mile oval's 1997 opening and hadn't been identified as a high-risk impact spot, or "it would have probably been different." PHOTOS: Denny Hamlin crash at Auto Club Speedway Show Thumbnails Show Captions Auto Club Speedway spokesman David Talley told USA TODAY Sports via phone Monday that NASCAR was reviewing the incident, and the track would follow any recommendations made by the review. The Sprint Cup series will be back in 2014. The Izod IndyCar Series will hold its season finale there Oct. 19. Darby noted that SAFER barriers were added at Las Vegas Motor Speedway to an interior wall after a heavy impact by Jeff Gordon in 2008, and that a backstretch area at Kentucky Speedway was addressed after a Nationwide race several years ago. "We receive the same (safety) reports (as tracks), but they actually come from the folks that are the best suited to make those recommendations and understand what they are recommending," Darby said. "Nobody's reluctant to do the things that need to be done. But with the same token, it needs to be reviewed by the expert people who know what the heck they are talking about, and the proper directives and follow-ups (are) made." Any additions have been estimated by experts at about $500 per foot, but that aries according to market prices for labor and materials. On Monday night after his release from Loma Linda University Medical Center, Hamlin said he hoped tracks would realize "there's just no safe place that a SAFER barrier shouldn't be. "I'm sure when we go back there will be one there, and it's just unfortunate it takes wrecks like here and what we saw at Watkins Glen (2011) for them to kind of reconfigure these tracks where they need to be safety-wise." Asked why tracks don't have their walls lined completely by the SAFER barrier, Darby said, "all of the venues are evaluated and looked at, at least annually. And if there's trouble areas in a particular venue, then a recommendation is made to see if it can be addressed or a better situation evolved into. "The part of the wall that Denny hit in California, obviously that wall has been there since the racetrack was built. But one of the points that they look at is frequency of impacts, and where the more prevalent points of impact are, and those are addressed first. There's a constant growth of SAFER barriers and closing gates and redesigning gates. It's an evolution." Fox analyst Darrell Waltrip said Hamlin's crash proves, "there is no excuse for not having SAFER barriers all the way around every track. It would have made all the difference in the world for Hamlin at Fontana. That boy wouldn't have a hurt back now if there were SAFER barriers in place there. "We need a SAFER barrier anywhere a car can hit a wall because at 200 mph, cars can go places you never dreamed of, so why take that chance? With Jeff Gordon hitting the wall at Las Vegas, who would have thought a car could hit there? But cars can and will go anywhere, and we keep learning that lesson the hard way." While there should be improvements coming to Fontana, there might not be imminent changes for the Gen 6 car. After five races, Darby said NASCAR only had "scratched the surface" with its new model, which was designed to produce better racing at larger speedways such as Fontana. The next test will be in three weeks at Texas Motor Speedway's 1.5-mile oval, and Darby doesn't seem to be anticipating any changes to the car before that 500-mile race. "Texas is our second look at that style of racetrack," Darby said. "Las Vegas Motor Speedway was the first, and that proved to be a very good race, as well, shattering all kinds of records for lead changes and passes on the racetrack. So Texas, it will be another check in the box. The biggest difference between Las Vegas and Texas is a 500-mile race instead of a 400-mile race, so we'll see how that turns out. "I don't know if I could be much happier right now with the first five races that we've rolled out. The competition has been phenomenal. The races are just fun to watch." Follow Nate Ryan on Twitter @nateryan
Legends describe the Fini as a gigantic, gaping maw, usually filled with grasping tendrils that lash out at any living being to approach. The Fini is said to spawn hordes of grotesque demons to wreak havoc and spread misery. Some tales go further still, claiming that these demons were once people whom the Fini seduced, consumed and then vomited back onto the land, soulless, to attack their own kin. In the tales, the Fini would often be defeated by heroes wielding powerful necromancy, but there are also many instances where the story was left unfinished, suggesting that writers of the time were too idle and unprofessional to complete their work. Since the Fini has not appeared in literature for over a thousand years, it is assumed to be nothing more than religious claptrap, invented in the savage years after the Mist when our ancestors were confused and primitive. The Whisperer in Darkness Wistark
Take the 2-minute tour × I have a strange problem. I installed flash and video download add-on for my firefox browser and I see a bunch of icons in my navigation toolbar. I am not able to remove those bunch of icons by customize option. I disabled the add-on and finally uninstalled it completely, but still I have the bunch of icons placed in my navigation bar. I have a screenshot of it as below. Screenshot Any suggestions on how to get it removed is appreciated. I have Ubuntu 11.10 and Firefox 7.0.1 share\|improve this question add comment 2 Answers up vote 1 down vote accepted 1. Reinstall Flash and video download; 2. Restart Firefox; 3. Select Tools-->Additional Components in Firefox menu; 4. Select the extension tab and browse for Flash and video download; click Preferences; uncheck show toolbar icons. share\|improve this answer add comment You can try deleting your default profile for Firefox. Do make sure you backup your bookmarks (Bookmarks/Show All Bookmarks/Import and Backup/Backup...), and make a list of any extensions you want to reinstall. Close Firefox, go to your home folder and press CTRL + H to see the hidden files. Then navigate to .mozilla/firefox/XXXXXXXX.default. Make a backup copy of it if you like, then delete it and restart Firefox. share\|improve this answer I deleted the default profile as you said. But I am not able to start firefox after that. It says Firefox is already running. But when I go to system monitor, firefox is not listed. I restarted my system and still it reports the same Firefox is already running. So what should I do now? – Vivek Oct 31 '11 at 7:28 I restored the deleted folder from Trash and to my surprise, the bunch of icons disappeared. Thanks for your answer. :) – Vivek Oct 31 '11 at 7:39 add comment Your Answer
Devon's Dissention: My View of the Attitude Era, Part II Use your ← → (arrow) keys to browse more stories Devon's Dissention: My View of the Attitude Era, Part II While the Attitude Era has been part of the last ever "boom" in professional wrestling, and meliorated the oncoming odds in the Monday Night Wars against their biggest competitor in WCW, I have to say that the Attitude Era is just simply: OVERRATED . A while back from my last article, I stated how the Attitude Era was overrated by many wrestling fans who proclaimed it as "the best thing to hit professional wrestling." But due to the length of the article, I've decided to split it into two parts. The Pit of Talent Obscurity Picking up from where I left off, I want to touch upon the talent that sunk into the pit of obscurity. Many wrestling fans hunger for fresh, young talent ready to prove themselves as the next big thing in professional wrestling. But it is always that one person (or group, for that matter) that refuses to pass the torch. That one person or group usually feels insecure about their spot being taken over, and it's only a matter of time before they depart to another company in search of bigger and better things. It's just too bad that when they finally arrive with very high expectations, their dreams are crushed when they discover that nothing has really changed. Let us all remember the slogan WWE has stated on numerous occasions: "You’re nothing before you make it in the WWE. " Many ex-WCW wrestlers (such as Chris Jericho) that squandered around the cesspool of main eventers who were pushing forty and fifty had to learn the hard way. But one talented individual I want to portray in this scenario is Scott Levy, aka Raven. I'm not going to digress into his current status with TNA, questioning why they chose to have him simply sit at home collecting figurative CPCs (Chuck Palumbo Checks), instead of trying to get him involved behind-the-scenes. Instead, I would like to indulge myself in his illustrious career from the sinking ship that was WCW, to the augmented elite company that is WWE. Raven left WCW sometime in 1999 after a dispute with Eric Bischoff during a company meeting. Eric Bischoff told Raven that if he didn't like how things were going, he could leave. Amazingly, Raven was the only one who had the cajones to walk out. He stated in interviews that he "would rather work in a small outfit that was ECW than the hellhole WCW put itself into". After Raven made his departure from ECW following CyberSlam 2000, he arrived in the WWE. During his three-year tenure there, it seems that WWE didn't have anything planned for the guy, as he was merely a shell of what his character was. He was put into a meaningless feud with the Moppy-obsessed Perry Saturn, viciously attacked by Kurt Angle during the Invasion angle, and was demoted to Sunday Night HEAT. The only good thing to come out his career was WWE attempting to appease the hostility growing from Raven—by giving him creative control to develop a storyline based on the movie Se7en, which was later aborted by management. Sex Sells, Wrestling Fails Ah, yes. Who could forget one of the many cornerstones of the Attitude Era? This concept that was developed by the internet wrestling community's long time "friend" Vince Russo, effectively and efficiently abandoned all the hard work that Alundra Blayze did in exchange for respect. The result was a montage of stripteases, bikini contests, evening gown matches, and myriads of provocative attire. No one could argue that if a "wardrobe malfunction" occurred television, an instant ratings boost would follow. But isn't it wrong to exploit the many attractive features of a female for the sake of ratings and revenue? Sex definitely sells, folks. But it can't be argued that the Divas have relied on the use of sex appeal to further their storylines for some significant interest. In my humble opinion, I think it simply devalues and crushes any of the credibility maintained by the network. But let's fast forward into today, where WWE is seemingly trying it's best to drift away from the stereotype of having "blonde-haired, blue-eyed, Barbie shaped" women that lack any ability to wrestle whatsoever, and into establishing some actual credibility for its female employees. While I applaud the WWE for taking steps forward, I fear that a cycle has been bestowed upon the Divas. The "sexploitation" of yesteryear may find its way onto your television screen in the near future, reverting back to the overabundance of the negative stereotyping that has plagued wrestling entertainment in the past. There's only so much shock value we can take. The real lesson to learn here in professional wrestling is to keep everything balanced. There's more to professional wrestling than boobs, blood, and foul language, as conventional wisdom would have you believe. Compelling stories, rivalries, entertaining matches, and characters that are not too "over-the-top" will succeed. I'm just trying to advise fans to stop living in the past—don't misconstrue my opinion of the Attitude Era as the worst thing to hit professional wrestling. We may not know what the future has in store for us, but that doesn't mean we can't strap ourselves along for the ride. Load More Stories Follow B/R on Facebook
Phill Kline has been the large, annoying, festering thorn in the side of Kansas women since 2003, when he was elected as Kansas Attorney General. He made his political career cheered on and funded by, his anti-abortion cronies. Even today, he remains their hero. I’m not just referring to the far right wingy-wing nut fringes. I’m referring to politicians that are still in the statehouse today and jump at any opportunity to defend and in fact, exalt the praises of their “pro-life” poster boy.
Netflix Isn't Doing As Bad As We Thought It WasS Netflix had a pretty bad 2011. And that might be underselling it since the company pretty much destroyed all the goodwill it developed over the years and became a laughingstock. No matter! Netflix just announced its earnings for the fourth quarter of 2011 and things are looking good. To sum it up: Netflix is actually adding streaming customers again. The company added 220,000 net domestic streaming subscribers (total now at 21.67 million) and 380,000 net new international streaming customers (total now at 1.86 million). DVD subscribers, however, plummeted by 2.76 million leaving only 11.17 million people still getting Netflix by mail. But that's all okay because Q1 2012 is looking even better. Netflix is saying that net domestic streaming customers are tracking close to 1.7 million for the quarter, similar to numbers back in Q1 2010. HEY LOOK AT ME NOW. The company is still projecting a loss in Q1 but they beat the Street expectations for Q4 2011, so Netflix stock is going up, up, up. I guess it's time to file away your Qwikster jokes if you hadn't already. [Business Insider]
Take the 2-minute tour × i've saved my icon as a png-32, with transparency checked and tried saving for web but the black background is still there. i've also saved as a nornmal png and still no good. i fixed this about 6 months ago but for the life of me i can't remember now. any help would be great thanks share\|improve this question What device are you using? I've noticed the Galaxy Tab, for example, will add backgrounds to launchers, but seems to make exceptions. – Nathan Fig May 10 '11 at 12:27 You've set your alpha transparency correctly? – Monk May 15 '11 at 6:56 add comment 1 Answer up vote 1 down vote accepted The actual technique will depend somewhat on the application you're using, but it's very easy to do in Gimp (free). You simply add a transparent layer, select the background and then delete it. Here's a link that explains the process: http://www.fabiovisentin.com/tutorial/GIMP_transparent_image/gimp_how_to_make_transparent_image.asp. If you're using a different tool, such as Photoshop, the exact process will of course be slightly different. Hope this helps. share\|improve this answer i'm using 2 samsung galaxy europas for a bluetooth poker app. if anyone wants to try it out, let me know. i'd love some feedback. cheers for the response but it seems to have fixed itself. black background's gone. i did increase the file size again but that didn't work before so i don't think that's what fixed it. thanks. – jakedemus May 11 '11 at 17:23 add comment Your Answer
Further evidence for a sport-specific theory of psychological resilience from elite dressage riding Daniel James Brown, Loughborough University, United Kingdom Theme: Elite performance Poster Number: 23 Program ID: POS-1 Room: Napoleon Over the past few years, there has been a burgeoning interest in the topic of psychological resilience in relation to sport preparation and performance. In the most recent sport resilience study, Fletcher and Sarkar (2012) developed a grounded theory of psychological resilience and optimal sport performance. To further explore resilience in elite sport, the authors acknowledged that “the theory is open to extension and can be tested and modified to accommodate new insights” (p. 676). The purpose of this study was, therefore, to further examine the grounded theory of psychological resilience in a different sample of elite sport performers. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with ten members of the British dressage squad aged 18-23 years (M=20.70, SD = 1.20). Interview transcripts were initially (inductively) analysed thematically to identify repeated patterns of meaning within the data. The emergent themes were subsequently (deductively) categorized based on the aforementioned grounded theory. The stressors experienced by elite dressage riders were categorised into two overarching themes: sport-specific and sport-general stressors. Findings revealed that a positive personality and focus were the most important psychological factors in protecting riders from the potential negative effect of stressors, whereas confidence, motivation, and perceived social support were considered to be less integral in the resilience-stress relationship. Furthermore, while becoming more resilient appeared to lead to better performance, the results also indicated that global well-being was a significant consequence of resilience. Overall, the current study provides support for Fletcher and Sarkar’s (2012) grounded theory of psychological resilience and also highlights certain sport-specific nuances in terms of the relative importance of specific psychological factors and the different outcomes of resilience. From an applied perspective, practitioners should consider the best combination of psychological factors for different sport types when designing resilience training programs. Search abstracts Follow Us: social-btm social-btm social-btm
Hearts of Iron 3 Sprite/Music Packs Now Available There's also a new guide available Paradox Interactive announced the release of new sprite packs for its World War II simulation Hearts of Iron 3. These packs include new ships, airplanes and tanks for the U.S., German, Japanese and Soviet armies. There's also an exclusive Soviet music pack containing over 14 minutes of specially composed music in four separate suites, all created to enrich the atmosphere of the workers republic tireless struggle against fascism. Additionally, Paradox Interactive has released a comprehensive guide to debrief the community on the recent Hearts of Iron 3 1.3 update. Check the press release for details.
Beefy Boxes and Bandwidth Generously Provided by pair Networks RobOMonk The stupid question is the question not asked Re^5: Best practice or cargo cult? by demerphq (Chancellor) on Jun 22, 2006 at 07:44 UTC ( #556854=note: print w/ replies, xml ) Need Help?? in reply to Re^4: Best practice or cargo cult? in thread Best practice or cargo cult? Well there are two reasons why I wouldnt do it this way. The first is that doing this afaict adds a high cost to compiling regexes in the scope where the overload takes effect. The second is that special metasequences like we are discussing can be handled much more efficiently by the regex engine. So for instance a NEOL regop would be a lot more efficient both in terms of storage and execution than the ANYOF regop that [^\n] is converted to. The ANYOF is implemented by a bitmap lookup with flags, meaning it requires more than 32 bytes to represent, and for each character inspected requires a set of bit shifting to do the correct bitmap test. Wheras an NEOL regop would be much faster as it would essentially be a straight character inequality test. Also an NEOL regop would be just 4 bytes iirc. Comment on Re^5: Best practice or cargo cult? Download Code Re^6: Best practice or cargo cult? by diotalevi (Canon) on Jun 22, 2006 at 13:40 UTC This is nothing a little conditional can't cure. From a syntax standpoint, \N is the right symbol to use since \n means "newline" and we have the practice of saying \w\|\W and \s\|\S. I would think you'd either want to shuffle off the unicode name or just not do the work. sub import { if ( $] >= 5.010 ) { # Thanks to demerphq, this is native and the overloading isn't + needed. } else { overload::constant qr => \ &convert; } } ⠤⠤ ⠙⠊⠕⠞⠁⠇⠑⠧⠊ Log In? What's my password? Create A New User Node Status? node history Node Type: note [id://556854] and the web crawler heard nothing... How do I use this? \| Other CB clients Other Users? Others cooling their heels in the Monastery: (6) As of 2014-03-14 00:27 GMT Find Nodes? Voting Booth? Have you used a cryptocurrency? Results (293 votes), past polls
More like this: harry potter, batman and avatar. Fraka-kaka-kaka-kaka-kow! <--- idk why I found this so funny but I laughed really hard! The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. The best line of the entire film. Beautiful! Great quote from LOTR. Greatness comes with a price. The sorcerer cursed with immortality. The queen who lost everything. The Pendragon king trapped in the circle of fate. The High Priestess and her struggle for power. The knight who sacrificed himself for his kingdom. The knight who fell fighting. The knight who wanted his friends to be safe. The knight who was a pawn in a game far bigger than himself. Jared when he played Dean on Gilmore Girls. Hahaha love the supernatural fandom Peter Jackson: "A day after saying goodbye to Gandalf and Tauriel, it was time to farewell Legolas. What a great day it was, with Orlando battling a serious Orc for all 12 hours of shooting - part of the Battle of the 5 Armies for the third Hobbit movie. We said goodbye and couldn't resist making this!" House Catchphrases. 4 incredible rule-bending women. Damn right! Well behaved women seldom make history: geek edition SuperWhoLock. I have an unhealthy obsession with this.
1. Latest News 2. Submit Press Release 1. PR Home 2. Latest News 3. Feeds 4. Alerts 5. Submit Free Press Release 6. Journalist Account 7. PRNewswire Distribution Who Is Measuring Your Job For Carpeting Helps and Tips About Measuring For Wall To Wall Carpet Installation PRLog (Press Release) - Sep. 28, 2009 - I want to talk about something that is very dear to my heart and a problem that runs rampant in the carpet industry. Wrong sizing on you carpet & flooring needs. You know that a store can really make a deal sound so sweet by telling you that the labor is free and the pad is free and the financing is free, when in reality you are really paying for all the above and then some. I've been on many a job over the last 37 years where a store has told the consumer that they have 1125 square feet. After measuring the job it actually took only 875 sf of product to cover the floor. Just think. That person would have paid for 250 sf of product they didn't get. At $ 3.75 sf that is $937.50. That pays for a lot of the free pad and labor and certainly covers the finance charge. You know the average LR-DR-Hall is around 55 sq or 495 sf. That is a good rule of thumb figure. You simply measure the lenght of the room and the width of the room. You measure into the middle of the doorway (or jamb). Then muliply the two figures to get the square feet of the room. Typically add about 8-10 % for seaming and waste to the net square footage. That gives you the total sf. needed to do the job. Remember carpet usually comes in 12 ft. wide rolls. So if you room is 10 x 16 you will need a 12 x 16 . The net square footage is 160 but the actual is 192 sf. Now that is pretty simple don't you think ? But when you get into mupitle rooms it gets a little tricky. You simply do each room seperate and add the rooms together and add the 8-10 % and you would be be close to what the needed material actually will be. By doing this simple little math problem you won't be paying for material you didn't need. I've even found that measuring services ( even the ones the big box stores use ) really get lost in their measurements. They can handle a small job ( like 1 room ), but boy throw in 4 rooms a hall, 10 custom steps and a pattern match and man they are lost. In many cases I've seen the store never call the customer back with a price because they totally underestimated the orginal quote when the customer was in the store. Or they just pile on the yards to make sure they have enough. In any case usually the customer loses. The latter is usually what happens the most and you really got hammered for the Free Stuff (you thought was fee) . Think about this. A carpet installer is usually a independent installer and on his own. You really don't expect him to go to a complete strangers home, take up the old carpet and pad for free, move your furniture for free, then work all day installing the new carpet and pad for free, put all the furniture back for free, then when he and his helper are dead beat tired load up all the old stuff and haul it off for free. Boy do I have a bridge for sale. Heck it's hard to get my crew to find time to install a room in my own home and believe me it's not free. One of the true benefits of buying from a locally owned floor covering professional is just exactly what I'm talking about in the above article. Chances are you are dealing with the owner or his family and when they come to measure they know what they are doing. And when their crew comes they will most likely come with them to go over the job. That's the steps that Judy, Brandon and I take on every job we sell at Home-Based Carpet & Flooring. We know exactly how many sf. each job takes, where the seams are going, what kind of quality seam tape we are using and at the end of the day come back and look at each job with few exceptions. That's the service you should expect and that you certainly deserve. You can contact Judy, Brandon or Greg at http://www.cincinnatifloorings.com or e mail at gkeairns@yahoo.com. You can also visit my blog at http://gregthecarpetman.blogspot.com # # # Family owned carpet & flooring dealer in Cincinnati, Ohio. Excellent certified installation. Carpet, hardwood floors, laminate floors and vinyl tile. We also ship in USA and help arrange iinstallation in your location. Major credit cards and shop @ home --- End --- Click to Share Contact Email: ***@yahoo.com Email Verified Source:Greg Keairns City/Town:Cincinnati - Ohio - United States Industry:Home improvement, Home garden Tags:carpet, carpet installation, measuring for carpeting, flooring, carpet sales Latest Press Releases By “ Trending News... 1. SiteMap 2. Privacy Policy 3. Terms of Service 4. Copyright Notice 5. About 6. Advertise Like PRLog? Click to Share
Pennsylvania school installs D-Link solutions IP surveillance system provide school with wider and faster coverage, increased storage capacity FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CA--(Marketwire - February 10, 2009) - When SUN Area Career & Technology Center was seeking to replace its unreliable, crash-prone analog video surveillance system, it turned to D-Link for sophisticated Internet Protocol (IP) based security cameras and network switches for improved functionality, reliability and clarity without breaking the bank. "The old camera system recorded frames at four to five frames a second, which didn't capture detail very well. It only allowed us to record two weeks of video before archiving, because the drive for that system could store only 60MB," said Tom Gray, network administrator at SUN. "We'd often realize that data was missing because the cameras were down. And it was a proprietary system that took a lot of time and effort to manage." Located in New Berlin, Penn., SUN Area Career & Technology Center offers adult education classes, vocational education, and technical career training to more than 1500 people each year. The facility is dedicated to providing students with the skills needed to compete in today's job market and receive consideration for advanced college placement. When seeking a new security system, SUN took its cue from another school -- Central Penn Institute -- that had recently deployed D-Link cameras and was very happy with the results. "We were impressed with the quality of the network cameras, and we realized we could get the number of cameras we needed with D-Link's pricing," said Gray. "Cost alone made it very attractive for us, especially considering the benefits it provided." SUN purchased 23 D-Link DCS-1110 Power over Ethernet (PoE) network cameras, and networked them using three D-Link DES-3828P PoE managed stackable switches. "The PoE switches allowed us to put the cameras anywhere without worrying about electrical connections," said Gray. The cameras are all high-quality color devices that SUN runs at 10 frames per second for image quality and storage optimization, which he says is "significantly faster" than the old analog system. Gray evaluated network cameras from Sony and Axis Communications. "Budget was a big issue for us," said Gray, "and those options were just too expensive. We could have gone small with the other vendors, but then we wouldn't have been able to purchase the number of cameras we needed for appropriate coverage." "The D-Link cameras are perfect for hallway coverage," said Gray. The school now has reliable, court-quality video as visual evidence for disciplinary infractions. The students know that the cameras are recording 24X7, which helps curb unwanted behavior. With the D-Link system, SUN doesn't need to hire security personnel to monitor surveillance screens. They record everything to a 2TB server that includes five SATA drives in a RAID configuration. The storage can handle an entire school year of recordings. The MPEG files generated by the cameras are easy to copy onto CD or DVD, and can be immediately played back for court, parents or anyone else that has a Microsoft Media Player installed on their computer. "Since we're already network specialists here in the IT department, the whole system is easy to manage," said Gray. "A network-friendly system like D-Link's helps us reduce the amount of time we spend managing equipment. There's really not much that we have to do. That's important when you have so much other work to do supporting the network and the users." This content continues onto the next page...
Obama: Not hesitant on force to defend interests WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says he prefers to use diplomacy to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, but he is making it clear that he won't "hesitate to use force" when necessary to defend the U.S. and its interests. Obama also says in a speech to a pro-Israel organization that "there is too much loose talk of war" these days amid concern about a possible pre-emptive Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear facilities. The president made the remarks at the America Israel Public Affairs Committee's annual policy conference. The address comes one day before a White House meeting with Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Tehran insists its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes.
Technology and the outdoors don't usually mesh well together, but that's something of the past with the iStick Playtime, which allows for phone control without having to physically manipulate the phone. Created by Dew Motion, the iStick Playtime looks and feels like a watch, but does so much more; Bluetooth connectivity and simple design allow it to go anywhere with the wearer. The iStick Playtime allows users to manage the basic functions of an iPhone in a simplistic, streamlined manner. Use voice commands that are connected to Siri to effortlessly control the more complex functions or use the affixed joystick to change music tracks or anything else. The waterproof and scratch-resistant design of the iStick Playtime make it an outdoorsman's best friend.
id summary reporter owner description type status priority milestone component version resolution keywords cc os architecture failure difficulty testcase blockedby blocking related 4353 windows installer: docs should use / in urls, not \ claus "split up from #4292, as requested. Description there was: Documentation cross-links are thoroughly messed up (the urls seem to be missing the package identifier): eg, the Bool in Data.List refer to libraries/Data-Bool.. instead of libraries/base- To reproduce (in Opera 10.61): 1. open Haskell hierarchical libraries HTML documentation (eg, via the startup menu group GHC) 2. navigate to `Data.List` page 3. scroll down to `null` entry 4. click on `Bool` in type signature 5. notice error message (file not found) From looking at the directory structure, it is obvious that there should be a further indirection in the url, namely the package identifier: {{{ base- }}} Step 5 leaves Opera with this url {{{ file://localhost/C:/haskell/ghc/ghc- }}} instead of the correct {{{ file://localhost/C:/haskell/ghc/ghc- }}} On closer inspection, that id is present in the `Data-List.html` url, and the link to `Data-Bool.html` is relative, in the same package/directory. Unfortunately, the `Data-List.html` url itself (from `libraries/index.html`), uses `\` instead of the last `/`, which Opera encodes as `%5C`, which causes the relative link to `Data-Bool.html` to fail (missing package id, which would have been the last path component, which does not get recognized due to missing `/`). Other browsers may behave differently, but my reading of `rfc3986` is that `\` does not separate hierarchical url components, hence there is no guarantee that relative links will work as used here (though, as so often, there is room for interpretation). Replacing the `%5C` with a `/` and reloading `Data-List.html` is sufficient to make the links to `Data-Bool.html` et al work as expected, so the fix would be to get rid of spurious `\`s in hrefs in the docs, especially in `libraries/index.html`. " bug closed normal Documentation 6.12.3 fixed Windows Unknown/Multiple None/Unknown
Loading ... Sorry, an error occurred while loading the content. • Eric Hunting Part 5 - Avalon: In the original TMP Avalon represents the first concerted effort towards extraterrestrial colonization with the location of the Moon chosen Message 1 of 1 , Mar 1 8:35 AM View Source • 0 Attachment Part 5 - Avalon: In the original TMP Avalon represents the first concerted effort towards extraterrestrial colonization with the location of the Moon chosen for its proximity and thus its immediate potential as part of a space based industrial infrastructure. I see planetary and lunar settlement as more concurrent activities with slightly lesser priority than orbital development because they present less economical sources of materials because of a higher transport overhead. However, the Moon suffers less from these problems than Mars or any other planets by virtue of low gravity and so is a logical choice for sooner settlement based on that. Now, there is today a certain conflict in space advocacy circles over whether the Moon or Mars offer the better choice of first colonization efforts. Proponents of an initial Mars colonization base their preference on the notion that Mars offers better prospects of sustainable settlement by offering a much broader spectrum of raw materials. The argument goes that one has all the ingredients for a true extension of civilization on Mars while the Moon is quite limited in its spectrum of raw materials and so any settlement there cannot be self-sustaining. This may be correct but overlooks the fact that no single location in space is economically sustainable because of the tremendous up-front cost of going there and setting up shop. Using current and near-term technology, one simply cannot settle anyplace in the solar system without incurring some kind of tremendous debt that must be paid with whatever resources one can exploit in space. Unfortunately, planetary and lunar sources of materials are inferior to asteroid sources because of the higher cost in their transport. And the gravity eliminates one of the key non-material resources one can exploit in space. So the economic potential of lunar and planetary settlements is a much tougher prospect. But these bodies do have some advantages. They offer generally larger spectrums of materials in closer proximity and lower settlement facilities construction costs thanks to at-hand resources with which settlements can be built. The lunar or planetary settlement thus has more materials closer at hand and so can collect and process them faster and will have a lower cost in the establishment of industrial facilities to process them. These settlements still face the problem of needing to process materials into a very highly refined form to overcome very high transit costs. And nothing they can make is going to be cheap enough to have a lot of value on an Earth market. But they can produce some goods more easily than they can be produced on orbit and deliver them to space locations at lower cost than they can be delivered from Earth. What this suggests is that the initial market -and therefore source of investment- for the lunar and planetary settlement is NOT Earth but rather the community of on-orbit settlements. After that start one must then cultivate a domestic market through industrial diversification -just like the Asgard pattern. A common premise of Lunar and Mars advocacy is the idea that exploratory outposts translate into permanent settlement. But, historically, this has rarely been the case because of the fact that exploratory outposts tend to have their choice of location based on the logistics of staged travel through the wilderness and thus often aren't in optimal locations for resource exploitation. Lunar and planetary exploration is even worse than this because initial landing sights are virtually random -chosen usually for statistical odds on the type of topography derived from orbital remote sensing data. Exploration is critically necessary. But manned exploration is clearly not cost-effective when it is so costly to begin with and obviously can only be temporary. Thus I anticipate a pattern of initial settlement that parallels the MUOL; tele-operated outposts focussed on the tasks of resource assessment followed by the tele-robotic construction of initial permanent settlements and resource utilization infrastructure. This work will largely be the province of the prospecting, mining, and raw materials processing segments of the Asgard industrial community with support from the Foundation CIC. To minimize costs initial robotic exploration and settlement would be based on a three-stage approach; a first wave consisting of the installation of a constellation of telecom and survey satellites followed a small wave of a few initial 'soft' landing vehicles (powered vertical landing vehicles) which establish an outpost by delivering an initial set of fully assembled robots and self-contained systems and then the third continuous support wave conducted by delivery of components by 'rough' landing vehicles ('rocket-chute' delivered air-bag cushioned containers) which are gathered and assembled on-site by the robots delivered in the first wave. Several classes of systems and robots would be used. Power, telecommunications, and 'assembler/service' systems would dominate the self-contained systems and may take the form of individual lander vehicles. Robots would be organized into classes of payload collection and transport (pick-it-up trucks), outside construction, excavation and earth-moving, and exploration. A key type of robot in this stage would be the long range explorer; a self-mobile lab platform with communications systems suited to even direct-to-Earth links in emergencies. These would perform the bulk of survey activities, traveling long distances and deploying and maintaining a web of small self-contained telecom nodes which fan out from the initial outpost to provide multiply redundant telecom links for teleoperation. Even robots need some degree of shelter to maximize their duty life -especially the more critical and delicate multi-purpose units which are relied on for the repair and maintenance of the other systems. Landing vehicles would provide initial shelter but as the on-site-built volume of hardware increases other simple shelters in the form of pneumatic foam rigidized, alloy channel arch, or panelized space frame sheds or huts would be built from bulk delivered components. These structures need not provide for human life support but they do need to provide meteoroid shelter and a reduced dust environment for repair and assembly activities. The configuration of these robotic outposts would take the form of a cluster of initial landers and support structures with a predefined 'drop field' for equipment delivery surrounded by an expanding web of 'roads' defined by chains of telecom nodes, power generation stations, and service component caches. Once sites for permanent settlement and neighboring industrial/mining facilities are identified the initial settlement facilities would likely be established by telerobotic construction using the same types of systems used in the exploration but relocated to these new sites. As with the Asgard scheme, human habitation will be contingent upon issues of telecom latency and the scale of industries established, thus trading continuous local systems maintenance for large subsystem obsolescence. Cost efficiency demands that initial permanent settlement be based on the maximum use of at-hand indigenous resources requiring the lowest amount of processing to exploit. This means one thing; excavated habitats. Marshal Savage was thus quite correct in anticipating Avalon's founding on a kind of excavated habitat system. Where Savage diverges from practicality and his own community ideology, in my opinion, is in the notion of domed homesteads built into existing craters. The water shielded transparent membrane hull is again the sticking point. At the small scale of the individual homestead the degree of shielding by water is inadequate. At the large scale, once again you have the issue of water not being as transparent as anticipated at the kind of thickness where it would provide good radiation shielding. On top of that, in a gravity environment one must use high internal pressures to resist the water mass. This means the very large habitat must use additional structural layers to rigidize the dome without pushing the internal atmospheric pressure too high. This means more structural material and less transparency. The obvious solution is, again, the same kind of hull system proposed for the EvoHab. But this is still not as practical for the initial lunar or planetary settlement because of its high quotient of manufactured components which rely on refined alloys. But these locations offer a much more cost-effective alternative -plain old rock. Excavation is the simplest method of construction and the easiest for robots to perform and produces habitats which are naturally well shielded and need far fewer imported materials and components. To make excavated spaces habitable, one has a choice of using pre-fabricated pneumatic pressure hull modules near-term and application of plastic materials or surface sintering for sealing long-term. With hard rock materials no sealing may be necessary at all, simplifying things to the use of plastic sealed bulkhead units. (note, that when I refer to 'plastic' materials I'm not talking strictly of plastics like epoxy but rather materials that are plastic or semi-fluid in nature when applied, which includes cements and ceramics) Pneumatic hull aside, Savage's basic design concept quite practical for the excavated habitat -though limited in scale. The only difference is that the domed 'outside' area would actually be completely underground as well, relying on light brought in by optical fiber cable from arrays of external heliostats, and habitable space may actually climb the surface of the dome through inverted terracing to maximize space efficiency -a strategy once proposed for some arcology designs. Now, this might seem confining but bear in mind that the reduced gravity on the Moon and Mars allow for the construction of clear-span excavated spaces much larger in area than possible on Earth. So while domes as large as the vast crater domes Savage envisioned may not be practical by excavation, some very large chambers are quite feasible and can be developed incrementally. Lunar and planetary locations also offer some ready-made excavated structures in the form of caves and lava tunnels which greatly reduce the construction cost further and can offer spaces of truly vast area. It has been proposed that Martian lava tubes can be potentially ten times the size of terrestrial equivalents. Large cities could be contained in such spaces. The key limitation of excavated habitats is that locations suitable for safe excavated structures aren't always going to be in convenient proximity to key resources. Optimal locations with both suitable strata with a broad spectrum of nearby resources may be quickly depleted in a first generation of permanent settlement. To exploit other less optimal locations a subsequent wave of development would have to rely on built structures to locate settlement near them. These would be inherently more expensive but costs could be kept low using simple construction methods and architecture that mirrors the architecture of the excavated habitats, only with a built-up rigid shell structure made of indigenous materials. This basically comes down to the development and use of a material called 'regolete'. I use this term to refer to a broad class possible materials with one common set of characteristics; they are derived from regolith materials and take on the plastic and rigid characteristics of conventional concrete or geopolymers. It's difficult to get specific here because right now the chemistry of regolete materials remains a bit speculative. We know that a number of materials like this are theoretically possible but the specific forms they take and their phase-change characteristics still need to be researched. The environment on moons and other planets tends to be difficult for phase-change materials like concrete or polymers. They don't stay plastic for very long due to extremes of pressure or temperature or they don't change phase until very specific conditions occur. And, of course, it's going to be a bit different situation in each location about the solar system. We can, though, predict that regolete will take any of four forms with the choice of possible construction methods based on that. First is the in-situ stabilized regolith. This is the equivalent of cast earth; a mixture of earth in a fairly broad but inert mix of granular materials which is bound into a solid by a small quantity of phase-change material -typically clays as with natural cob or portland cement. Can be used much like conventional concrete in various slip-form, mound form, sacrificial form, or extrusion schemes. It is relatively weak and doesn't often bind well to reinforcement admixtures like polymer, glass, carbon, or alloy fibers due to the inconsistency in the material but is aided by large element reinforcement such as rebar or meshes. This generally means that much larger volumes of the material are needed to afford the same load-bearing performance and a point of diminishing returns on this limits maximum practical structure Next is in-vitro stabilized regolith. The analogy here is compressed earth block. Still a rough mix of materials bound by a small quantity of phase-change material but processed in a way that keeps the phase change process under more specific control and adds the benefits of special processing -like high pressure- to improve material performance. This would most likely be used in the space environment where the limitations of whatever plastic material is used as a binder cannot tolerate ambient environmental conditions, thus requiring the prefabrication of structures in a factory environment. Stronger than in-situ stabilized regolith would be and better able to use reinforcement admixture materials but still relatively weak and cannot be assembled without the addition of some kind of in-situ phase change material as a 'mortar' between components or the use of some kind of mechanical interface to lock pieces together -often both is employed with CEB. This has often been pointed to as a likely construction material for Mars based on experiments with Mars regolith analogy mixtures but construction techniques based on small blocks tend to have high intricacy and complexity which make them more challenging for robots to perform. So it seems much more likely a prospect used with very large prefabricated components that can employ mechanical interfacing to its optimum. For example, factory fabricated modular block and panel systems combing an alloy compression frame integrated into precision blocks and panels of fairly large scale. Or large prefabricated modular structures with formed-in-place pressure-tight interfaces. Again, clear spans will be limited because of weaker strength characteristics but much better than the in-situ stabilized In-situ formed regolete would be the optimal form of this material by virtue of maximum flexibility. This would be a highly refined material which behaves identically to concrete -even in the space environment- and can accommodate reinforcement fiber admixtures as well as larger scale reinforcement elements. In lowered gravity environments, structures as large as Savage's Avalon crater dome become possible with this material and a very broad range of construction methods can be employed that are relatively easy for robots to perform. In-vitro formed regolete. The conventional analogy here is materials such as YTONG autoclaved aerated concrete which must be processed in large autoclaves. Again, the chief benefit is refined materials offering better performance with this factory based approach in production used because the chemistry doesn't accommodate phase-change in the ambient environment. Unlike in-vitro stabilized regolith, this material is less likely to gain as much in structural performance as a consequence of this more controlled production environment because this is a more refined material to begin with. But the controlled factory production environment affords a large diversity of options in features that cannot be performed effectively in-situ. Would favor construction methods based on pre-cast modular components. A variety of construction techniques would be employed with these materials based on their type and the site situation. The most flexible would be those using the in-situ formed materials. Here the simplest technique would be mound-formed structures, a technique deriving from the technique developed for the construction of bunkers and bomb-resistant aircraft hangars built by German forces in WWII. Earth moving equipment would simply excavate around or mound up regolith in the forms of the structures needed and then a rigid shell would be formed by the mass loose pouring of a plastic material -a 'regolete' or regolith derived concrete- reinforced with alloy or carbon fiber. The finished shell would then be dug out, the loose material piled on top to provide further surface cover, and it could be sealed for pressurization using prefab pneumatic shells or application of an impermeable plastic material on the inside. This technique presents diminishing returns in efficiency the larger the structural scale because of the escalating volume of material that must be moved. At a certain scale slip-forming or extrusion based on robotic climbing form or boom positioned systems become more efficient despite their greater technical complexity and would tend to become the method of choice for this form of construction given sufficient regional industrial In-vitro formed materials are limited to prefabrication based on modular components. It is unlikely that the use of small scale block construction akin to contemporary adobe construction methods will prove a practical technique because of the physical complexity and intricacy of the assembly process. However, large precision block and panel systems using formed-in-place connector elements are a strong possibility. These would take the form of large blocks formed with interlocking shapes and which have mechanical connectors formed into them. One example might be a kind of compressed regolith block with a '+' shaped tubular reinforcement frame formed within it and made of alloy, ceramics, or pultruded fiber reinforced plastics. The frame element would have screw socket ports on the ends with two pre-loaded with hex screw pins. When a block is placed adjacent to another its interlocking shape connects it in place and then a key driver is inserted through the frame tubing to drive the pins to engage into the adjacent sockets, mechanically locking the block in place. This approach could be used with a variety of block and panel geometries and thus would allow for the construction of vaults and domes using panels in geodesic shapes. Large precast structures are also possible using habitat structural designs based on cellular geometries, much like that employed by famous Modernist designs such as the Habitat 67 project in Quebec. But, even with such materials, high wall thicknesses will be needed and so this limits this strategy to relatively small-span structures otherwise the modules become too large to be easily transported. Thus this strategy would tend not to be as efficient. However, there is the potential in this concept to construct large span enclosures from assembles of such modules, the individual modules serving as both individual habitat units while ultimately forming a shell enclosure around a large open-span area. Prefab structures would be especially efficient for the construction of enclosed walkways, roadways, railway lines as well as for tunnel construction in granular or otherwise unstable material strata. Simple corrugated arches -also likely made from rolled formed alloys- would be likely for this. Both in-situ and in-vitro materials offer options for light transmitting structures and this presents a key advantage of the built-up structure over the excavated structure. This is accomplished by the inclusion into the structure of fiber optic elements which transmit light from the outside. This is done using either small mass produced optical elements (combined conduit, mini-emmiter, and mini-collector in a single gradient index optic component) or aligned optical fibers formed in place during the construction or in-factory prefabrication process. An existing example of this kind of capability has been demonstrated in a prefabricated cement block product known as Litracon. (short for light transmitting concrete) There is some possibility of making such structures image transmitting as well as light transmitting with more sophisticated optical elements. This allows for the possibility of creating actual rad-sheilded windows of most any thickness. But this may be too expensive for large areas and so one would be limited to a translucent appearence, through with the potential for very high transmission efficiency. It would certainly be sufficient for the creation of a virtual sky appearance. However, light intensity may still need to be supplemented by either artificial light sources or the use of heliostats which effectively compensate for lower light levels by concentrating light from across much larger areas. This is especially critical to farming applications and the creation of Whatever construction approaches are used, we are likely to see the same basic architecture as employed in the excavated structures; 'subtopolis' habitats based on the creation of relatively large clear span indoor spaces as household and community centers surrounded by smaller integrated spaces serving as generic spaces adapted into specific uses by retrofit. An inwardly-focused living environment that radiates around these 'indoor outside' spaces. Windows to the outside will be few and mostly video based. these may be quite comfortable spaces with all the attractions Savage envisioned for Avalon. But there will not likely be any grand views of the stars except by projector. The great transparent crater domes may become a possibility, but probably only with the advent of a robust nanotechnology able to replace regolete with an image-corrected light transmitting diamondoid material -which would develop as a direct evolution of the kinds of construction technologies I've here described. I consider Avalon to be a stage spanning all lunar and planetary colonization as the same basic strategy may apply throughout the solar system. I envision the long term support of these colonies being facilitated by what I refer to as 'cyclic shuttles'; essentially a hybrid of inter-planetary spacecraft and Asgard style orbital colony whose orbit is a perpetual transit orbit between key points in the solar system. These vessels continually travel, picking up and depositing people and goods between these destinations, being serviced by local shuttle vehicles and orbital stations at each location. Travel may not be fast with such vessels but it would be safe and very comfortable and with a regularly scheduled fleet of such vehicles large volumes of traffic can be supported. Eric Hunting [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Author's notes: Well, after having recieved email from the "why do you hate KP?" Club, I felt the need to discuss this story. See, for those of you who yet to enjoy the process, I'm writing an MA thesis. Those of you who have enjoyed the process understand why, this sometimes makes me...cranky. After my fifth reading of British minutes of the House of Common's, I shall probably have to write a story where Ron gets rabies and Kim has to shoot him, otherwise known as Kim Possible: Old Yeller. Unfortunately, the two currently incomplete stories (not counting KP/farscape, which is waiting until I can find time to rewatch season four), require a certain mindset so in the spirit of trying to get back into the swing of things, I'm going to start updating on the following pattern: Memories, Noir, and Senior Yearat least one chapter every two weeks, although it might be short. Memories is plotted for four chapter, so it will probably be finished first. Oh, and one note about Memories: All characters are from the KP cartoon...there are no new characters... of course, reconciling that with what you read... ah, well there's the mystery! Shelly Lu stood at the entrance to Middleton High School. The dark haired girl sighed. How many schools was this? It was hard to remember, they kept fading into the past. Hell, she barely remembered any names from her last school. "Hi!" The voice interrupted her thoughts and Shelly turned to see an attractive African-American girl, standing smiling at her. "You must be Shelly." "Yeah…that's me." She said uncertainly. "Hi, I'm Monique… I'm here to show you around the school." She grinned, "Sometimes things can get a little weird around here." "I've heard." Shelly said, thinking about the news stories. Monique's face grew set. "Yeah…about that. You might not want to, well…you'll understand." She said. Than, with class list in her hands, she and Shelly went exploring for Shelly's first day as a Junior at Middleton High. The day went pretty well. Shelly was a good student, and while her times at schools were very short, she was able to fit in easily with the class work. The students… well they were just students. Some tried to hit on her, her dark hair and curvy figure attracting them, others ignored her…just like every other school. Still, the student body was friendlier than most, she figured. Monique had proven to be a fun girl to be around. "So, what now?" She asked. Monique grinned back at here. "Well, I'm meeting some friends at Bueno Nacho….you want to come along." She paused. "You eat there all the time?" Shelly asked. A Shadow passed over Monique's face. "Not all the time, no…" Then she looked behind Shelly and her eyes widened. Shelly blinked, both at her look and the odd clicking sound she heard. "Why is she here?" Monique wondered. "Uh, nothing, Shelly, hang on, I need to talk to someone." Shelly turned as Monique hurried past her. There was a redheaded girl, hair in a pony tail, wearing a large sweater and long pants, coming down the corridor…slowly. The reason for that was clear, as the two crutches she used to support her body made the clicking noise as she moved. More than that, her body was…hunched, was the only word Shelly could think of, moving slowly as if she was in a wind. Monique stalked towards her and Shelly quickly looked somewhere else. However she could hear fragments of their conversation. "…warned you about this." "…Just had to….something." "…don't need….stop babying…" "…acting like it." The girl finally gave Monique a glare, and spun around, obviously trying to end the conversation…but the gesture was ruined as she lost balance and Monique was the only one who saved her from taking a trip to the floor. Shelly looked around to see if anyone else was going to help, and noticed something. Every other student was deliberately not noticing anything out of the ordinary…and in fact her attention garnered her a few glares. She turned back to her locker and busied herself with the combination. "Hey KP." A cheerful voice came as a blond haired student came around the corner with a wheelchair. Now the girl was glaring at him. "I didn't need…" She started. "Uh-huh…did I ask you a question? Monique, did I ask KP a question?" He said. There was a…naked rodent on his shoulder? Shelly blinked at that. Then she blinked again, and couldn't tear her eyes away from him... or rather his face. One side was normal…but the other side…an eyepatch covered his left eye, and a network of new scars lined that side of his face, pulling his mouth up in a lopsided smile. The girl tried to glare, but ended up looking at the floor and obediently sitting down in the wheel chair. Shelly didn't say anything as the boy looked at Monique. "Thanks Monique, I'll take it from here." "'Kay Ron—are you going to Bueno Nacho?" "We've…had a long day." Ron said, and behind the girl, where she couldn't see him, his one good eye dipped meaningfully. Monique nodded. "Well, see you tomorrow, than." "Who was that?" Shelly asked when Monique came over. "Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable…" Monique said, and Shelly suddenly realized that Monique had tears in her eyes. "Oh My God…" Shelly said in horror. "But…they…the website…" "That's over, Shelly." Monique paused, "Don't ask me why or how…it's not my story to tell." Shelly nodded. "So, uh…ready for Bueno Nacho?" Monique said, forcing cheer into her voice. Shelly nodded, uncertainly, her eyes fixed on the two figures receding down the corridor. To be continued.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English • n. A red Madeira wine, wanting the high aroma of the white sorts, and, when old, resembling tawny port. from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia • n. Same as tent, n. Sorry, no etymologies found. • That vocab difference led to a confusing moment for our Mexican hostess when my husband requested a "tinto" just like he had at her home the day before. Tu preterite form • I drank this yummy Tempranillo-based "tinto" from Spain over the weekend while in Havana, • I don't know about for writing, but I've found that for speaking Spanish, a little cerveza or vino tinto sure makes things easier. Weekend drinking • (Although now with demasiado vino tinto I start mixing French in with Spanish, much to the confusion of my interlocutors.) Weekend drinking • The rich vegetation includes; species of savanna such as nance Byrsonima crassifolia; high altitude forest with chicle Manilkara zapota, 'ramon' or bread-nut tree Brosimum alicastrum, West Indian mahogany Swietenia macrophylla (E), cedar Cedrela odorata, palma de botan (palm) Sabal morrisiana and palma de escobo Chrysophyllum argentearum, 'tinto' lowland forest with Hematoxylum campechianum; wetlands with tule Typha sp. around water bodies. Tikal National Park, Guatemala • En fin, como al presidente nadie puede llevarle la contraria, digamos que se estaban tomando un tinto, de la forma más honesta, sincera, transparente, justa, noble, cristiana y legal que un gobierno como el nuestro puede hacerlo. Conflict Continues Between Uribe and Supreme Court • That in any case the oz (australian) government was already supplying pacific class patrol boats "for free" and that oz was, all by itself, doing its best to blockade bougainville, kill some 10,000 plus people there, for standing up against rio tinto, stopping the panguna mine. Why the Left Dislikes Israel • Where a small, distant, people was fighting against the world's largest mining corporation - rio tinto - to regain their despoiled land! Why the Left Dislikes Israel • Leche, 2 botellas pimienta, no olvidarme carne para hacer a la plancha comida para Muni manteca un vino tinto, ¡de los buenos! lechuga, pero no la criolla miel y huevos para la torta jabón de tocador un paquete de estropajos veruscio Diary Entry • The grenadiers, assured that only barrels of cheap Spanish tinto barred their path, surged forward. Sharpe's Christmas
Bill summaries are authored by CRS. Shown Here: Passed Senate without amendment (11/05/2009) Recognizes the celebration of National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month during November 2009. Honors the heritage and culture of American Indians and Alaska Natives and their contributions to the United States.
Why Renting Makes More Sense than BuyingSmartMoney contributor Jack Hough explains why he believes renting makes more financial sense than buying a home. The short version of his argument: "Businesses are great investments while houses are poor ones, so I'd rather rent the latter and own the former." The article supports that thesis with numbers, comparing the difference in value after inflation of houses versus stocks. As we work through the housing crisis and stare down the barrel of a significant economic slump, making smart money moves is that much more important, and while you may still prefer to aim for ownership despite the author's claims, it's worth knowing and understanding your options. While you're weighing those options, be sure to check out the previously mentioned Rent or Buy Calculator to help determine which is better for you. Photo by Editor B.
10 Things Consumers Don't Understand About Credit Scores Credit card experts debunk common misconceptions about credit scores. Alternative ways to build credit for those who prefer a life without plastic To clear up the confusion, several credit experts spoke at FinCon, a financial conference in St. Louis last week, and debunked misconceptions about credit scores. Here are 10 common things consumers tend to get wrong about their scores. 1. The credit bureaus Experian, TransUnion and Equifax evaluate my credit score. The three bureaus generate credit reports, but they have nothing to do with judging your credit score or advising lenders whether to approve or deny an application. "The credit report does not rate your credit," says Maxine Sweet, Experian's vice president of public education. "It simply lays out the facts of your history." So who determines what your credit score means? Companies such as FICO and VantageScore Solutions evaluate your credit risk level – what lenders use to decide how risky it is to give you a loan – based on your credit report. Separate scoring models have been developed to help businesses predict if a consumer will make payments as agreed, and the credit score is just one factor used in the model. 2. There's only one type of credit score. There are actually many different scores. For example, FICO has several models with varying score ranges. "If you get your FICO score from one lender, that very likely won't be the same score that you would get from another lender, even though they're using the FICO model," Sweet says. Consumers shouldn't focus on the number, she adds. Instead, look at where your score falls on the risk model and what influences that risk. If a lender declines your application or charges you a higher fee because of your risk, it will disclose factors that are negatively impacting your risk, Sweet explains. "Those factors will tell you what behavior you will need to change to change your credit history," she says. [Read: Do's and Don'ts for Building a Solid Credit History.] 3. When I close a credit card, the age of the card is no longer factored into my credit score. The only way you lose the benefit of a card's age is if a bureau removes the account from a credit report, says John Ulzheimer, credit expert at CreditSesame.com. "As long as it's still on a credit report, the credit scoring system still sees it, still sees how old it is and still considers the age in the scoring metric," he says. Take Ulzheimer's father as an example: He uses a Sears credit card he opened in 1976, which is the oldest account on his credit report. "The assumption is if he were to close that card, he would lose that decades-long history of that card and potentially lower his score. That's not true," Ulzheimer says. However, there is one caveat: The score would be lost after 10 years (see No. 4). 4. A credit card stops aging the day I close it. Even when you close an account, the credit card still ages. For instance, if you close an American Express card today, the card will be one year older a year from now. And as explained above, you won't lose the value of the card's age. "Not only does it still count in your score, but it continues to age," Ulzheimer says. However, a closed account will not remain on your credit report forever. The credit bureaus delete them from credit reports after 10 years, according to Sweet. There's just one exception: "If the account is in a negative status, it will be deleted at seven years because we can only report negative account history for seven years," she says.
Canadian tourist Doris Roberts blithely smoked a cigarette as she relaxed at a table under cloudy skies in Times Square on Monday, flicking ashes and scorn at the city's new law prohibiting smoking in pedestrian plazas, as well as in parks and at beaches. A new outdoor smoking ban covers all of New York City's parks and public plazas, including Times Square. WSJ's Hilke Schellmann visited the iconic crossroads for tourists and office workers to see if smokers would take heed of the new law. "It's ridiculous," said Ms. Roberts, 47 years old, of Montreal. "We're outside—we should be able to smoke." Ninety days after Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed into law this most recent expansion of the city's smoking ban, it became illegal on Monday to smoke in the city's 1,700 parks and on its 14 miles of beaches. Smoking is now also prohibited along the city's boardwalks, marinas and pedestrian plazas, such as Times Square. Parks Department officials are authorized to enforce the law and may issue fines of $50 per violation. But city officials say they're hopeful the new ban will be self-enforcing, with most people stubbing out their butts when alerted by passersby or city officials. As of Monday evening, officials said no citations had been issued. The new smoking ban—coming eight years after Mr. Bloomberg convinced the City Council to approve a ban in bars and restaurants and other indoor workplaces—drew a mix of praise and disdain from people in the city's parks and plazas. At Times Square: Brittney Lawson, 20, smokes in the public plaza on Monday, the first day of the city's new smoking ban. She put out the cigarette upon being informed of the ban. Michael Nagle for The Wall Street Journal Karin Almonte, a 31-year-old messenger from Washington Heights, bemoaned the ban as he watched a man wave a wand that spawned giant, translucent bubbles near the bandshell just south of Central Park's Bethesda Terrace. "I have to leave the park to smoke and then come back?" he said incredulously. "It's not fair." "They're using people to make more money," he said, referring to the possibility of getting a ticket. "Maybe in the future, they will say you can't smoke in your own home." Others said they were thankful they could enjoy smoke-free parks. "The smoke really bothers me," said Chris Goodwin, 73, a retired doorman who was resting on a bench near Central Park's Great Lawn. "Tobacco is harmful." Thomas Farley, commissioner of the city's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, played a key role in convincing Mr. Bloomberg to support the expanded ban. He said New Yorkers deserve to enjoy public places free of smoke and cigarette butts. "Smoke-free parks protect all those who visit from the dangers of secondhand smoke and our children can play without getting a lesson on how to smoke," Dr. Farley said. "It is our hope that smokers, most of whom want to quit, will use this as an opportunity make a quit attempt." Mr. Bloomberg was initially hesitant to move forward with the latest ban, but after examining data about the dangers of second-hand smoke, he became convinced it was the right move for the city, according to aides. A sign at the entrance to Bryant Park notifies visitors of a new smoking ban in New York City. Getty Images During his first term in office, the mayor ignited a firestorm of criticism when he proposed and won council approval to ban smoking in bars and restaurants citywide. The measure has since gained widespread acceptance, and Mr. Bloomberg considers it one of the greatest achievements of his mayoralty. Over the years, he has donated hundreds of millions of dollars to encourage people world-wide to quit smoking. The ban doesn't include the sidewalks immediately adjoining parks, squares and public places, officials said. A smoker could easily hop onto a sidewalk to evade a ticket or disapproving remark. A spokeswoman for the city's parks department said the administration is in the process of erecting 3,000 to 4,000 permanent signs to alert people to the new law. The city is also launching a campaign highlighting the new law with ads on television, in the subway and in print media, officials said Monday. In Times Square, where huge billboards catch the eye, few noticed the tiny signs that the city posted about the new smoking ban. One smoker, when asked his thoughts on the new law as he briskly walked through the pedestrian plaza, replied: "Didn't know it existed." Once informed, he took another puff and kept walking. But Debbie Eastwood, a 46-year-old tourist from Manchester, England, quickly stubbed out her smoke when a reporter told her about the new law. "It's probably best for everybody," she said with a laugh. Ms. Eastwood, who is headed to Las Vegas at the end of the week, then asked, with a twinkle of mischievousness in her eye, "Is there a smoking ban there?" Write to Michael Howard Saul at
Take the 2-minute tour × I'm working on a project that uses some icons that are under a Creative Commons license (ND) that forbids modification of the picture. What can I do with this icons as a programmer? Can I modify the looks of the image in the program as long as I don't change anything in the file that contains the icon? Have I modified the image if I put a colored transparent layer over it so the color of the icon changes? share\|improve this question add comment 2 Answers up vote 3 down vote accepted Technically, if your application displays the image changed, it could be considered a derivated work, hence the author would be within his right to sue you. Creative Commons licenses are not software licenses, with differences between static or dynamic linking and such. The same way displaying a copyrighted image might be illegal even if it is not available as a separated file in your application, displaying the ND image changed — other than resizing, I guess — could be considered illegal even if the actual installed file is not changed. Your best shot, as suggested by Doness, would be to ask the author to allow you explicity to include the icon changed in your application, or even better, publicly relicense it under a different, more permisive license (e.g. BY-SA). share\|improve this answer add comment As a simple wikipedia search would have told you, this changes based on the kind of Creative Commons imposed by the original artist In my experience, finished graphics tend to come under the "Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives". In the end, contacting the artist is the best way (which you should do anyway if you use his work somewhere publicly) share\|improve this answer add comment Your Answer
Adam Kennedy > PITA-0.60 > PITA Annotate this POD New 2 Open 0 View/Report Bugs Module Version: 0.60 Source PITA - The Practical Image Testing Architecture The primary focus are the various types of problems that go beyond your individual system and setup. Problems that have typically been a Pain In The Arse to do right. Nightly Testing Alternatively known as Periodic Testing, this involves running the same tests on the same code periodically (for example, nightly) to very that code involving an external or unstable system is still working. Smoke Testing Continuous testing of the head of a rapidly evolving software project directly from the software repository. Platform-Neutrality Testing Testing software packages on a variety of operating systems and configurations to ensure software works across all of them. Hardware Compatibility Testing Testing of software packages involving compiled languages on many different processor architectures to ensure software works on all of them. Dependency Testing Verifying that software works with the language versions it claims to, and that there are no undeclared dependencies, or other problems occuring during recursive dependency installs. Rot Testing "Bit rot" is a phenomenon where software gets new bugs or breaks entirely because of changes to the modules or operating system that the software runs on top of. Rot Testing involves automatically retesting the same software package whenever a new version of one of it's dependencies is released, so that failure due to other people's changes can be detected quickly. Fallout Testing When a software package like perl releases a new version that adds or changes features (or even fixes bugs) there can be thousands of packages and millions of lines of code that will be impacted by the changes. And the more code impacted, more higher chance of causing bugs. Fallout Testing involves testing hundreds or thousands of software packages with a new version of a dependency to verify that changes will not cause damage down-stream. How Does It Work Packages such as Test::More and Test::Builder have worked from the inside out, starting with a single test and working towards more and more-varied types of testing. PITA works from the outside-in. Way outside. The fundamental unit in PITA is an "Image", a virtual hard drive that PITA puts inside a virtual computer with a virtual CPU (of various types) with virtual hardware (of various types). On the Image you can install any operating system you like, just like on real hardware, and set the operating system up with any packages and any languages in any configuration you like, and at the end, install a small piece of software onto the Image that is setup to run at startup time. And then you save the Image. You can create a few or as many of these PITA Images as you like, trade them with other developers or distribute them within your company (licenses permitting). With a set of Images in place, PITA can take a software package and inject it an Image where the image manager executes a testing scheme on the package, captures the results, and spits it out for collection as an XML file. And this process can be repeated over, and over, and over again. It gets repeated as many times as is needed, as often as is needed, on as many packages is necesary, across a set of Images that provide a particular testing solution. This method can distributed or clustered extremely easily, and by introducing flexbility through the use of plugins, PITA can be made to work with multiple emulators (such as VMWare or Qemu) and allow the testing of multiple types of packages (Perl 5, Python, Java, C) or even allow you to define your own specialised testing schemes. And further, it lets you seperate the collection of the results from the analysis of the results. With only enough analysis embedded inside the testing scheme for it to know if and when to abort the testing sequence, a PITA installation will primarily just spit out a whole pile of XML reports. These reports can then be stored and run through analysis routines seperately. And if the analysis code is improved, you can rerun the analysis over old results with minimal effort. How Do I Get Started PITA is currently in development, and not ready for general use. That said, the XML format and object code is completed, the Image Driver API and the Test Scheme Driver API are working, and a proof of concept has been completed. So it works now. It just isn't friendly enough yet. Work is currently underway on the components for managing sets of images, for scheduling and managing the tests to be done, and for implementing basic clustering. PITA is expected to debut with very specific custom solutions for implementing smoke testing for groups like pugs, Parrot, and CPAN. So stay tuned for further news. And if you would like to experiment or play with PITA in the mean time, go ahead. That's why it's on CPAN. Bugs should be reported via the CPAN bug tracker at For other issues, contact the author. Adam Kennedy <>, The Practical Image Testing Architecture ( PITA::XML, PITA::Scheme, PITA::Guest::Driver::Qemu Copyright 2005 - 2011 Adam Kennedy. syntax highlighting:
Take the 2-minute tour × I got the error cannot implicity convert type 'System.Linq.IQueryable<EntityNetimoveis.San_Imovel>' to 'EntityNetimoveis.San_Imovel' An Explicit conversion exists (are you missing a cast ?) This occurs when I try the following code EntityNetimoveis.San2011Entities db = new EntityNetimoveis.San2011Entities(); EntityNetimoveis.San_Imovel im = db.San_Imovel.Where(a => a.Credenciada_Id == 10); What type of conversion I have to do ? share\|improve this question add comment 2 Answers up vote 3 down vote accepted The type of im is an IQueryable<EntityNetimoveis.San_Imovel> because you are running a where query and there might be more than one result. If you want the first result matching your query you should use .FirstOrDefault(). Try changing you code as: EntityNetimoveis.San_Imovel im = db.San_Imovel.FirstOrDefault(a => a.Credenciada_Id == 10); If you want to return more than one entity and process them, lets say using a foreach loop, then you need to change the type of the return value to IEnumerable<Netimoveis.San_Imovel>. See the following example: IEnumerable<EntityNetimoveis.San_Imovel> ims = db.San_Imovel.Where(a => a.Credenciada_Id == 10); The you can use the following: foreach(var im in ims) { // your code goes here share\|improve this answer But I need more than one result, can be millions of registers that has a.Credenciada_Id == 10. I need to save this in Entity.San_Imovel and then I need to do a ForEach. How can I perform this ? – Lucas_Santos Aug 24 '12 at 13:57 Updated my answer – Mennan Kara Aug 24 '12 at 14:05 add comment If the lambda can return more than one record: var imList = db.San_Imovel.Where(a => a.Credenciada_Id == 10).ToList(); share\|improve this answer I have to return all register in my database that has the column Credenciada_Id equals 10. Can be millions of registers, so I need to put in San_Imovel all these registers, and then I'll do a Foreach – Lucas_Santos Aug 24 '12 at 13:55 Is SingleOrDefault supported in Linq-To-Enitities? – Tim Schmelter Aug 24 '12 at 13:55 I have edited my answer – Massimiliano Peluso Aug 24 '12 at 13:57 Exists, but I need to return more then one result. – Lucas_Santos Aug 24 '12 at 13:58 @Lucas_Santos The expression Massimiliano is using will return a List<SanIMovel>. Theoretically, you could leave off the .ToList part and you'd have a IQueryable<SanIMovel>, which implements IEnumerable<SanIMovel>. Both methods will give you more than one result if more than one result exist. – villecoder Aug 24 '12 at 14:00 add comment Your Answer
Take the 2-minute tour × I have a QTreeView subclass (and QAbstractItemModel subclass) which has a nice horizontal header. I would like to add vertical headers (going down the left side) to match. But unlike QTableView which has separate vertical (setVerticalHeader()) and horizontal headers (setHorizontalHeader()), QTreeView only allows a single header (setHeader()). I know that I can just pretend that the leftmost column is the header and render it with a different background color (I don't need the ability to resize or rearrange the rows, so I wouldn't have to implement any of those special behaviors). But that doesn't take into account local styles. For example, on my system the headers have a slight gradient, giving them an almost 3D look. I am therefore looking for either a way to add a proper vertical header (I am guessing it would be a subclass of QHeaderView) or else rendering a header down the leftmost column, but rendering it the Right Way. share\|improve this question add comment 1 Answer up vote 2 down vote accepted Your probably right that you will have to "pretend" but you should be able to draw it to look as good as your horizontal headers. What you need to do is be in charge of the paintEvent for those cells and then use the current style to draw a custom control. Something like: //QWidget* w is the widget who's style you want QPainter painter(this); QStyleOptionHeader opt; opt.state = QStyle::State_None; opt.orientation = Qt::Vertical; opt.state \|= QStyle::State_Vertical; if (w->isEnabled()) opt.state \|= QStyle::State_Enabled; opt.state \|= QStyle::State_Active; w->style()->drawControl(QStyle::CE_Header, &opt, &painter, w); The easiest way to be in charge of a paint event for the cells you want would be to create a custom item delegate and reimplement the virtual void paint ( QPainter * painter, const QStyleOptionViewItem & option, const QModelIndex & index ) const = 0 method. You just gate your painting to the indexes you care about and pass the rest to the super class (see Qt's docs for this class). share\|improve this answer add comment Your Answer
Take the 2-minute tour × This question already has an answer here: I've been trying many ways to calculate the round number of days between two dates, I mean, counting the whole days. An example of what I need: START DATE END DATE Day Count 24/02/2010 16:26 24/02/2010 16:26 1 20/02/2010 18:16 24/02/2010 16:26 5 31/12/2009 20:00 24/02/2010 16:26 56 15/07/2009 20:59 24/02/2010 16:26 225 share\|improve this question You have yet to accept an answer. You haven't posted what you've tried. Do we have a third strike? – Yuriy Faktorovich Feb 24 '10 at 23:00 add comment marked as duplicate by Travis J, jball, Hanlet Escaño, Alex Ford, Intrications Jun 26 '13 at 0:24 3 Answers up vote 21 down vote accepted DateTime's can be subtracted to get a TimeSpan. The TimeSpan has a TotalDays which is the number of days (includes fractional days as well). int DaysBetween(DateTime d1, DateTime d2) { TimeSpan span = d2.Subtract(d1); return (int)span.TotalDays; NOTE Time spans are signed. If d1=1/9/11 and d2=1/11/11, then d1.subtract(d2)=timespan of -2 days. So if you want to use a time span to find out if dates are within X days of each other, you need to take the absolute value of the total days... share\|improve this answer My solution in VB.NET: Dim ts As TimeSpan ts = s.Subtract(DateTime.Parse(h)) Dim days As Integer days = ts.TotalDays + 1 – benoror Feb 24 '10 at 23:09 add comment You can use the subtraction operator on the two instances of DateTime (or DateTimeOffset, as it has the same subtraction operator, and it is the recommended structure to use for date values in .NET) to get a TimeSpan instance. Once you have that, you can call the Days property to get the number of whole days that the TimeSpan represents. If you want the number of whole and fractional days, then look at the TotalDays property. In your specific case, it seems that you want to add 1 to whatever value the Days property returns, as your custom calculation indicates that for two DateTime instances that represent the same value, the result is 1. share\|improve this answer add comment DateTime dtOne; DateTime dtTwo; // to get the total days in between int answer = (dtTwo - dtOne).TotalDays share\|improve this answer TimeSpan.TotalDays returns a double, so you'll need a conversion to int in there. – ChrisF Feb 24 '10 at 23:04 add comment
Take the 2-minute tour × I have float numbers like 3.2 and 1.6. I need to separate the number into the integer and decimal part. For example, a value of 3.2 would be split into two numbers, i.e. 3 and 0.2 Getting the integer portion is easy: n = Math.floor(n); But I am having trouble getting the decimal portion. I have tried this: remainer = n % 2; //obtem a parte decimal do rating But it does not always work correctly. The previous code has the following output: n = 3.1 => remainer = 1.1 What I am missing here? share\|improve this question Shouldn't 3.2 be split into 3 and 0.2? – Surreal Dreams Dec 22 '10 at 18:28 Yes. Typo error – Oscar Dec 23 '10 at 9:21 add comment 6 Answers up vote 71 down vote accepted Use 1, not 2. js> 2.3 % 1 share\|improve this answer Thanks. It works fine. – Oscar Dec 23 '10 at 9:20 You just saved my life :) – Shikiryu Apr 8 '11 at 14:39 Sweet, that simplified a nasty problem for me. – Falkayn Jun 29 '12 at 5:11 add comment var decimal = n - Math.floor(n) Although this won't work for minus numbers so we might have to do n = Math.abs(n); // Change to positive var decimal = n - Math.floor(n) share\|improve this answer If you already have the integer portion, there's no need to call Math.floor() again -- just use the integer portion that you've calculated. – tvanfosson Dec 22 '10 at 18:29 add comment You could convert to string, right? n = (n + "").split("."); share\|improve this answer add comment You could convert it to a string and use the replace method to replace the integer part with zero, then convert the result back to a number : var number = 123.123812, decimals = +number.toString().replace(/^[^\.]+/,'0'); share\|improve this answer True, you could. – I. J. Kennedy Nov 6 '13 at 2:24 add comment How is 0.2999999999999998 an acceptable answer? If I were the asker I would want an answer of .3. What we have here is false precision, and my experiments with floor, %, etc indicate that Javascript is fond of false precision for these operations. So I think the answers that are using conversion to string are on the right track. I would do this: var decPart = (n+"").split(".")[1]; Specifically, I was using 100233.1 and I wanted the answer ".1". share\|improve this answer add comment float a=3.2; int b=(int)a; // you'll get output b=3 here; int c=(int)a-b; // you'll get c=.2 value here share\|improve this answer that doesn't look like javascript to me! – Ch'marr Aug 8 '13 at 1:31 -1. No javascript here, moreover, c = 0 – pckill Feb 3 at 14:53 add comment Your Answer
Take the 2-minute tour × I have a software that communicates with api of a website. How could I increase its functionality to connect to various other api's without touching the code in it? I think the easiest way is to write a proxy that resides between api and softwre translates incoming messages from other api to the base api that this software "understands". Where should I look for more information on implementing this proxy using c#? Thank you for help. share\|improve this question add comment 1 Answer Hmm sounds like one of the Software design patterns you come across every day. I think what fits best with your "proxy" is actually bridge. From sourcemaking - Decouple an abstraction from its implementation so that the two can vary independently. - Publish interface in an inheritance hierarchy, and bury implementation in its own inheritance hierarchy. - Beyond encapsulation, to insulation “Hardening of the software arteries” has occurred by using subclassing of an abstract base class The example in C# is http://sourcemaking.com/design_patterns/bridge/c%2523 However if you just want the proxy design pattern (which imho doesn't suit your problem) is listed here: 1. Proxy Pattern. 2. Proxy Pattern in C#. EDIT: Ok, for a more generalised solution, go with Proxy pattern and look at existing implementations for proxies. You'll find quite a few answers to that answer question on this site: share\|improve this answer Hi, thanks for reply. I thought more of a real proxy server running on local machine to receive a communication from software (which I did not mention much about but is old and complicated, what makes it extremely time consuming to update) and translate these messages to other api and connect with the other api. I found this: codeproject.com/KB/IP/mywebserver.aspx, and thought this could be a base for this server ... am I correct in my reasoning? – Macin Jun 30 '11 at 22:09 add comment Your Answer
Take the 2-minute tour × I've been using the Databinder Dispatch library in a client for a simple REST-ish API. I know how to detect if I get an HTTP response with an error status: Http x (request) { case (200, _, _, content) => successResult(content()) case (404, _, _, _) => notFoundErrorResult case (_, _, _, _) => genericErrorResult But how can I distinguish an error response from a failure to get any response at all, because of an invalid domain or failure to connect? And is there any way to implement a timeout while still using synchronous semantics? If there's anything relevant in the API, I've missed it. share\|improve this question add comment 3 Answers There is also a more elegant way to configure client using Http.configure method which receives Builder => Builder function as an argument: val http = Http.configure(_.setAllowPoolingConnection(true).setConnectionTimeoutInMs(5000)) share\|improve this answer add comment The Periodic Table tells us that >! sets up an exception listener and a recent mailing list thread explains how to set a timeout. All together, then, you might do something like: val http = new dispatch.Http { import org.apache.http.params.CoreConnectionPNames client.getParams.setParameter(CoreConnectionPNames.CONNECTION_TIMEOUT, 2000) client.getParams.setParameter(CoreConnectionPNames.SO_TIMEOUT, 5000) http(req >! { case e => // ... Note that I haven't tested this... share\|improve this answer Thanks... but I don't think the ExceptionListener does what I want. I want to make the HTTP request return some value X if it got exception E. It looks like ExceptionListener doesn't return anything - it's defined as Catcher[Unit]. It just gets called and then Http rethrows the exception. So I think I need to do a try/catch after all, which is what I wanted to avoid. – Eli Bishop Mar 13 '12 at 18:29 add comment In case you are using Dispatch reboot (with AsyncHttpClient as the underlying library) this is how you'd set the client configuration: val myHttp = new dispatch.Http { import com.ning.http.client._ val builder = new AsyncHttpClientConfig.Builder() override lazy val client = new AsyncHttpClient(builder.build()) and then just use this new object as you'd otherwise use http: myHttp((url(baseUrl) <<? args) OK as.xml.Elem).either share\|improve this answer add comment Your Answer
2010 graphic novel by {{Creator/Steph Cherrywell}}. !!''Widgey Q. Butterfluff'' contains the following tropes: * AffectionateParody: Of super-cheery Saturday Morning cartoons, especially those of the 1980s. * AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Widgey's attraction to Buster. * {{Badbutt}}: Buster wishes he was even ''this''. An "evil" Widgey he briefly imagines, however, plays this trope straight. * BrickJoke: Involving Isaac Newton. * DitzyGenius: Professor Schoolbug is a [[{{IncrediblyLamePun}} textbook]] example. * EmbarrassingOldPhoto: We see Lord Meanskull's middle school photo at one point. He apparently had a fuzzstache and was a huge NineInchNails fan. And somehow a living skull had acne. * GirlsHaveCooties: Buster's view of Widgey. [[spoiler: [[{{SubvertedTrope}} Subverted]] ''very'' briefly when he has bizarre insect sex with her, but naturally it [[{{StatusQuoIsGod}} doesn't last.]]]] * GoshDarnItToHeck: Widgey is prone to this. * HyperCompetentSidekick: Lord Meanskull's "Hench-Witches." ''Especially'' [[{{DeadpanSnarker}} Papunya.]] * ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin: '''PILLOWS'''. Not to be confused with ''cushions'', which can be used in moderation by responsible adults. * IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Lord Meanskull. * [[{{OnlySaneMan}} Only Sane Mouse]]: Jolene. * {{Shotacon}}: Widgey, but only because Buster is the only male of their species she's ever met. * SugarBowl: While a lot of the saccharine sweetness is [[{{DeconstructedTrope}} deconstructed]] or [[{{ParodiedTrope}} parodied]], there are still some moments that will make your teeth hurt. * TastesLikeDiabetes: Intentionally so.
Aboriginal deaths in custody numbers rise sharply over past five years Updated May 24, 2013 18:34:18 But there has been a spike in the number Indigenous deaths in custody, in line with an almost doubling of the number of Aboriginal Australians being locked up. The findings come two decades after the landmark Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, which made 339 recommendations for reform - most of which have not been implemented. Around 30,000 people are behind bars, and Indigenous inmates account for a quarter of the prison population but only 2 per cent of the general population. "It hasn't been getting better, it's been getting worse despite, I think, a lot of attempts by governments and agencies to try and bring that down," AIC director Dr Adam Tomison said. The National Deaths in Custody Program Monitoring Report has found Indigenous death-in-custody rates have decreased over the past decade but risen again recently. The report found: • Almost 1,400 deaths in prison custody have been recorded since 1980 • 14 Indigenous people died in prison in 2009-10, the highest number on record • An increasing number of people are dying from heart attack and cirrhosis of the liver • From 2008-11, 33 of the 159 deaths in prison custody were Indigenous prisoners Most of those deaths occur in prisons rather than other forms of custody like juvenile detention and police cells. In 2008-09, 15 Aboriginal people died behind bars. By 2010-11 that number had risen to 21. The AIC report shows that most of these deaths were due to natural causes like cancer and heart conditions. Previously self-harm was the leading cause of deaths in custody. "Prisons need to be aware of the health needs of older prisoners and to make sure that they're addressed to obviously prevent deaths," Dr Tomison said. "That said though, the number of deaths is still too high." NT has the highest rate of Indigenous deaths in custody Based on current statistics, the Northern Territory has the highest rate of Indigenous deaths in custody in Australia. Between 1979 and 2011, there were 32 deaths in custody in the Territory, 24 of which were Indigenous people. The Territory has the highest incarceration rate of Indigenous people in Australia, with 97 per cent of juvenile detainees being Aboriginal. Of adults in prison or other forms of detention, 82 per cent are Indigenous. The Closing the Gap policy is focused on improving those outcomes for Indigenous Australians. Audio: Listen to Martin Cuddihy's report for The World Today (The World Today) The Federal Government says it is supporting state and territory governments with $4.6 billion. But Gracelyn Smallwood, an associate professor at James Cook University and an Aboriginal leader in North Queensland, says a lot of that money does not end up where it is needed. "The infrastructure's very poor and most of the jobs are given to outside consultants which are mostly non-Indigenous people or companies that don't employ people on the ground, which is our local people," she said. "They've abolished the work for the dole scheme, which was at least helping our communities to get some economic development. "Closing the Gap is very, very important from a holistic point of view, and once you start cleaning up poverty then everything will start falling into line. "I'm optimistic that if those recommendations were implemented that we could start closing the gap." Associate Professor Smallwood says if all the royal commission's recommendations had been implemented, "we wouldn't have any deaths in custody and we wouldn't have a massive increase in the incarceration rates nationally". Topics: prisons-and-punishment, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-policy, aboriginal, black-deaths-in-custody, law-crime-and-justice, australia, nt, qld, wa, vic, tas, sa, nsw, act First posted May 24, 2013 15:56:42
Martin Scorsese's "The Wolf of Wall Street" has drawn mixed reviews -- even among the Variety critics. Here, in addition to Scott Foundas' full review, Justin Chang and Peter Debruge offer competing takes. Justin Chang Score: 7/10 In "The Wolf of Wall Street," Martin Scorsese's brilliantly repugnant portrait of retired white-collar crook Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio), you never see any of the victims -- those nameless middle-class masses who paid (and are still paying) for Belfort's crimes. In a movie that spends 179 minutes detailing every Quaalude-popping, hooker-spanking particular of the Stratton Oakmont lifestyle, this is not an insignificant omission, and some are sure to see it as a glaring failure of sympathy. Yet it strikes me as deliberate on the part of Scorsese and scribe Terence Winter, who are less interested in exacting strict cinematic restitution than in bringing you fully into Belfort's boiler-room mindset and allowing you to take the full measure of his moral oblivion. They also trust you've scanned a headline in the past decade. In this context, a passing reference to victims -- which would look like what, a violin-scored montage of poor dupes receiving foreclosure notices? -- wouldn't just be perfunctory; it would be an insult. If "The Wolf of Wall Street" at times feels like an invitation to an orgy, it is just as often slyly, programmatically subversive of the hedonism it ostensibly glorifies. At a certain point in this very funny film, the laughter dies in your throat, and Belfort's ill-gotten gains begin to lose their luster. Marriages crumble. A helicopter falls to earth, a yacht nearly capsizes, and Belfort crashes his Ferrari twice; it's amusing the first time, horrifying the second. And still the movie goes on, swaggering and relentless, building over three increasingly unbearable hours to a withering assessment of the fratboy clowns who were permitted to ransom this country's future. To simultaneously embody and critique a culture of greed is a tricky feat, and Scorsese, with his flair for spinning crooked shenanigans into great, amoral joyrides, isn't always in control of his material. But control isn't the point. A more sober approach would never have allowed for the gonzo feats of physical comedy DiCaprio achieves here (in an OD scene for the history books); nor would it have allowed for this movie's excoriating journey from amusement and arousal to shock and outrage, finally depositing the viewer in a state of nauseated numbness. The consequences may be offscreen, but Scorsese trusts us to recoil from what we see. leonardo dicaprio wolf of wall street Peter Debruge Score: 3/10 The real Jordan Belfort stands 5-foot-7. "The Wolf of Wall Street" makes him 12 feet tall. After serving nearly two years in prison for manipulating the stock market and bilking investors, Belfort went on to become a motivational speaker. "The Wolf of Wall Street" might as well be his motivational speech: a three-hour smorgasbord of sex and drugs, adapted from his memoir and presented as the reward for outwitting the system. Just as Brian De Palma's "Scarface" went on to find a toxic second life -- a caricature of criminal excess turned aspirational success story -- Martin Scorsese's "Wolf" seems destined to inspire a fresh crop of degenerates to ignore its potential cautionary power and embrace the lifestyle it represents. In his book "On Moral Fiction," novelist John Gardner valiantly crusaded on behalf of responsible art, which he argued, "seeks to improve life, not debase it." Whatever momentary amusement Scorsese's improv-addled comedy offers aside, "Wolf" is a vile and poisonous piece of satire directed at an unscrupulous culture of excess. It depicts capitalism gone unconscionably wrong and invites us to party along with the drug-addled rewards of seemingly victimless white-collar criminality. "I'm a former member of the middle class," announces Leonardo DiCaprio's Belfort, delivering his "MTV Cribs"-worthy narration from behind the wheel of a Ferrari while his former-Miller-Lite-model wife's head bobs up and down in his lap. This, unfortunately, is the new American way, where wealth and status matter, but not the dubious means by which they are attained -- a distinction that places Belfort in the same class as Jay Gatsby, another (albeit fictional) millionaire DiCaprio played earlier this year. But "The Great Gatsby" stood for something: a tragic money-can't-buyhappiness fable even Baz Luhrmann's over-the-top theatrics couldn't suppress. Belfort receives his slap on the wrist, but that's not the point. In "Wolf," the criminals not only live like stars, but are actually embodied by them, while the law-abiding chump (Kyle Chandler) takes the subway. leonardo dicaprio wolf of wall street jonah hill Scott Foundas Score: 7/10 Even Gordon Gekko looks like a veritable lap dog compared to Jordan Belfort, the self-proclaimed "Wolf of Wall Street" whose coked-up, pill-popping, high-rolling shenanigans made him a multi-millionaire at age 26, a convicted felon a decade later, and a bestselling author and motivational speaker a decade after that. Now, Belfort's riches-to-slightly-less-riches tale has been brought to the screen by no less a connoisseur of charismatic sociopaths than Martin Scorsese, and the result is a big, unruly bacchanal of a movie that huffs and puffs and nearly blows its own house down, but holds together by sheer virtue of its furious filmmaking energy and a Leonardo DiCaprio star turn so electric it could wake the dead. After going unexpectedly kid-friendly for 2011's "Hugo" (his first PG movie in two decades), Scorsese could hardly have followed with a more dramatic about-face than "Wolf," which skirts the very outer limits of the R rating with its nonstop barrage of drug-fueled decadence, all put across with a sinister smile. In the first reel alone, which aptly sets the tone for what's to come, Belfort (DiCaprio) can be seen snorting coke off a prostitute's backside, getting fellated while driving his white Ferrari, and nearly crashing his private helicopter while high on a homemade cocktail of Quaaludes, Xanax and morphine (the last one "because it's awesome"). If some of the advance hype suggested that "Wolf" was going to be a kind of "Goodfellas" on Wall Street, in reality it's more like the jittery, paranoid third act of that movie stretched out to three hours, starting at a fever pitch and heading toward the nuclear. Read the full review
Radical ideas needed to outdo cameraphones Started Jul 31, 2012 \| Discussions thread ForumParentFirstPreviousNextNext unread Flat view Andrew Butterfield Senior MemberPosts: 2,402Gear list Radical ideas needed to outdo cameraphones Jul 31, 2012 Some camera makers seem to be realising that they have to find ways to differentiate their consumer products from cameraphones. But really, they're not thinking that hard if you ask me. Fast lenses and zoom lenses seem to be about the only things they've come up with so far. And now Nokia has shown you can use a huge sensor to provide zoom, things are looking even more precarious for the compact camera. So I'm surprised we haven't seen some more radical thinking. Camera makers are a bit stuck. They think they can't make a camera that doesn't have a huge LCD on the back, for instance. But who really needs that? Get rid of the LCD and the camera could be a more useful shape and size, and there would be more room for better controls. Many photographers would be happy to use just an EVF if it was good enough. A long-zoom camera with just an EVF could be a radically different shape that would be easier to transport. Or you could have an EVF, and a mini projector for when you want to show your friends your photos. Or let the camera communicate with your phone and use that as the LCD. Have a slot in the back of the camera for an iPhone. Or what about having the EVF detachable, and wireless, so you could set your camera up on the bird table and use the EVF as a remote shutter release. And why haven't we seen a compact camera with a super-wide-angle lens and a tilt-shift mechanism so we can take great architecture shots without converging verticals? I'd love a tilt-shift compact camera. And of course there's the obvious opportunity to have apps on your camera like on your phone. How this hasn't happened yet is beyond me. These are just off the top of my head, but it has to happen or camera makers (particularly ones like Casio whose range of cameras seems very vulnerable to the cameraphone) will find themselves out of the compact market altogether. -- hide signature -- Andrew Butterfield's gear list:Andrew Butterfield's gear list ForumParentFirstPreviousNextNext unread Flat view ForumParentFirstPreviousNextNext unread Keyboard shortcuts: Color scheme? Blue / Yellow
Pennsylvania Attorney General Linda Kelly announced Thursday that Pennsylvania has joined 36 other attorneys general in the largest multi-state consumer protection settlement to be reached with a pharmaceutical company. Kelly said the record $187,047,439.00 settlement was reached with Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a subsidiary of Johnson and Johnson, over allegations that Janssen improperly marketed the atypical antipsychotic drugs Risperdal, Risperdal Consta, Risperdal M-Tab and Invega. Risperdal is an atypical antipsychotic medication commonly used to treat mental illnesses including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and irritability associated with autism. The drug has a number of serious side effects including: hyperglycemia, diabetes, pancreatitis, a heightened risk of neurological problems, cardiovascular complications and weight gain. According to the states, Janssen promoted Risperdal for off-label uses to both geriatric and pediatric populations and specifically targeted nursing home patients for Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, depression, and anxiety. These uses were not FDA-approved nor shown to be safe and effective. Federal law prohibits pharmaceutical manufacturers from promoting their products for off-label uses. After an extensive four year investigation, Janssen agrees to change how it promotes and markets atypical antipsychotics and to stop the false, misleading and deceptive promotion of the drugs. Additionally, the following conditions also apply to Janssen for five-years: • Must disclose the risks in the FDA’s black boxed warnings for atypical antipsychotics in Janssen’s promotional materials; • Require its scientifically trained personnel, rather than its sales marketing personnel, to develop the medical content or scientific communications to address requests for information from health care providers regarding Janssen’s atypical antipsychotics; • Must refrain from providing samples of its atypical antipsychotics to health care providers whose clinical practices are inconsistent with FDA-approved labeling of those atypical antipsychotics;
Before the Lincoln High School prom last Saturday night, 16-year-old Sammi McCasland and seven of her friends -- a total of four couples -- decided to take photos with their smartphones at the Japanese Friendship Garden at Kelley Park. Having duly paid the $6 per vehicle parking fee, the Lincoln students walked toward the bridges and ponds of the friendship garden in search of the right spot for a memory. That's when a San Jose park ranger told them no. "We get there, and she says, 'Do you guys have a permit?' '' remembered Sammi. "We said 'no.' She said, 'No, you can't take pictures.' '' The Lincoln kids, part of a wave of promgoers descending on the garden, waited until the park ranger had gone and then took their shots without benefit of the $100 permit. Witnesses said other students were simply turned away flat. "People were mad,'' Sammi told me. "Everyone was really annoyed and frustrated.'' Is this really policy? Can the City of San Jose -- which, let's face it, takes in a fair amount of taxes from the students and their parents -- really be in the business of stopping kids from taking prom pictures with their cellphones at a public park? Breaking the rules? And if that's so, shouldn't the city's park rangers stop everyone from taking photos, even the tourists who pose on the bridge by the koi fish? Make room at Elmwood Correctional Center: We have massive lawbreaking at the Japanese Friendship Garden. When I ran this episode past Steve Hammack, the deputy director of parks, recreation and neighborhood services, he said the city's policy was clear. "We encourage photography in the park and only require a permit when conducted for the purposes of doing business,'' he wrote me by email. "This situation as you outlined below does not require a permit. I am following up with staff to make sure we are not misrepresenting the requirements for obtaining a permit.'' And that's fair enough. San Francisco, for example, says that permits aren't needed unless the photographer is being paid -- a wedding videographer, for instance. You can see the reasoning behind that: In a paid gig, the city's grounds are being used as a business backdrop. Yet it may not be wholly fair to blame the park ranger here. When you look up the city's policies online ( the rules appear ambiguous. Under the "Photo Permit'' section, the city says, "Photo permits are necessary for any type of photography or filming in all city of San Jose parks.'' Japanese Friendship Garden, Kelley Park Japanese Friendship Garden, Kelley Park (Mercury News archive) But an FAQ for photo permits has this question: "Do I have to have a permit for photos if I'm just visiting the park and snapping a few pictures?'' The answer is "No.'' So it appears that "snapping a few pictures,'' which is presumably what the promgoers were attempting, is not the same as the "any type of photography'' requiring a $100 permit from the city. Now it might be that the park ranger saw a big group of kids arriving at the park and lumped it in with something like a lavish wedding or quinceañera. If so, put up a few signs outlining the policy. It will help the rangers and picture-takers. And save the rest of us from going mad, in both senses.
Now meet the real gay mafia Gay taxis, gay funeral directors: people make money out of keeping homosexuals in a ghetto I've often found it helpful to seek an outsider's perspective on complex issues, and so while pondering the possibility of a gay mafia, I decided to take my sister out for a night at one of London's hottest gay nightclubs. She confirmed my suspicions. In a heavy night of partying, she saw a happy, exciting community that thrives despite being oppressed. She saw the beautiful people, the cutting-edge fashion, the unadulterated fun; she went home in disbelief that we still picket parliament demanding more. A recent survey found that 65 per cent of gay people regularly lied about their sexuality to avoid being beaten up, but in spite of that we've adopted a lifestyle that heterosexuals envy. Pure genius or an own goal? I believe that there is an explanation for the gay lobby's lack of political progress, in changing both the statute book and the hearts and minds of the public. The responsibility lies with a small group of businessmen who have a major financial interest in keeping lesbian and gay people on the fringes of society - where they are most profitable. Welcome to the real gay mafia. Gay business, or the "pink pound" as it has crudely become known, is big business. Richard Branson owns Britain's largest gay nightclub, and hundreds of other investors are opening gay shops, restaurants and bars in the knowledge that fortunes have already been made by tapping into the gay market. Many people believe these companies provide powerful examples of how integrated society has become; how successful and accepted gay people are in Tony Blair's Britain. Not so. Homosexuals need so many exclusively gay businesses precisely because they are not an accepted part of mainstream society. Gay people voluntarily opt out of society in order to escape from homophobic abuse. By using gay taxi firms, gay doctors and even gay funeral directors (look under F in the Gay to Z business directory: there are a dozen in London alone), gays are able to live a life relatively free from prejudice. A significant number of businessmen are trying to stall the progress of gay rights campaigners for as long as possible. A handful of companies are using their financial muscle to penetrate campaigning groups and subtly ensure that all their resources are focused on legal reforms so that social prejudice is left unchallenged. With prejudice left intact, segregation continues and gay businesses thrive and make money. Stonewall, the leading gay rights organisation, has an annual budget approaching £1 million, much of which is raised through the business community. Sponsorship, advertising and corporate fund-raising deals bring in enough revenue to fund a slick campaign, a spacious suite of offices in central London and a regular stream of champagne receptions and events. In return for their generosity, major donors are often rewarded with a place on Stonewall's board of directors and, because the organisation has supporters rather than members, these positions are the only official way to influence Stonewall policy. A quick glance through the organisation's literature will show that yesterday's sponsors are today's decision-makers; and most of those involved have financial interests in lucrative gay businesses. By giving financial donors the only voice in setting the agenda, gay rights organisations have left themselves open to a serious charge of having a conflict of interests. Can it really just be coincidence that most groups are fighting exclusively for legal reforms and ignoring calls to tackle social prejudice, while accepting money from a business community that thrives because of social inequality? In a survey by YouthSpeak, the gay rights youth group which I chaired for a while, it was found that 84 per cent of young people valued social changes over legal reforms, and that over 70 per cent thought that most gay rights organisations put too much emphasis on trying to change laws. This reflected a growing trend in the gay community which recently provoked the formation of several new organisations to focus on social campaigns. Existing organisations have famously clashed with these new groups, and maintain that their own, unsuccessful, attempts to lobby parliament have been the single greatest contribution to the gay rights cause to date. One Stonewall volunteer, who has asked not to be named, said: "You have to bear in mind that gay businesses only exist because of the niche market which is created by gay people being a socially excluded group. If we managed to get ourselves accepted, the gay pubs and shops would probably fold, and Stonewall would lose a large proportion of its funding." The Pink Paper, the leading free gay newspaper, is funded entirely by advertising. One former editor, Andrew Saxton, remembers a series of occasions when advertisers' interests were items for discussion at editorial meetings. "Although our news coverage was never substantially censored, I think there's a fine line between censorship and honest journalism, and I had to fight hard to keep us on the right side of that line." This will not surprise those whose actions provide the gay press with regular stories. Duncan Hothersall is a pivotal figure in Scottish gay politics but has found the gay press to be reluctant to cover events north of the border unless there is a commercial link. "One example was the first Gay Pride march in Scotland which 10,000 people attended," he said. "The Pink Paper only gave it a brief mention, and that focused on the launch of Quentin Crisp's new brand of whisky which was only a small part at the end of the event." Gay Times is widely acknowledged to have far higher editorial standards than its rivals because the £2.50 cover price enables journalists to remain independent from advertisers. The editor, David Smith, believes that his magazine gives a more balanced view than any of the free gay newspapers, but cynics have pointed out that the publisher, Chris Graham Bell, also chairs the Gay Business Association. While Smith insists there is no conflict of interest here, it is surely no coincidence that the magazine features gushing tributes to gay businesses, while barely finding space for campaigns against homophobia in schools or for regional groups involved in the gay rights movement. Perhaps it is naive to talk about a gay rights movement at all; a gay rights industry would be a more accurate description. While ordinary gay people yearn for a day when they can live without fear of violence and discrimination, the gay mafia seems to be profiting, in all senses of the word, from continued inequality. The tragedy of modern gay politics is that those who sit on the gay rights platform are, for whatever reason, allowing their agenda to be dictated by a handful of people who have a vested interest in delaying progress. While political parties must adapt to win the widest support, the role of pressure groups is to maintain an ideological stance and fight the opposition. This is simply not possible when the oppressed and the oppressors become entangled. The ultimate irony of the gay struggle is that true victory demands that gays surrender their gay identity, and with it the gay taxis and funeral directors that provide them with temporary shelter from homophobia. While gay companies insidiously continue to govern the policies of gay rights campaigners and the press, a temporary shelter is all it is possible to achieve.
Beefy Boxes and Bandwidth Generously Provided by pair Networks Bob Keep It Simple, Stupid Re^2: Do you have a middle name? by igoryonya (Acolyte) on Dec 04, 2009 at 07:41 UTC ( #811037=note: print w/ replies, xml ) Need Help?? in reply to Re: Do you have a middle name? in thread Do you have a middle name? In Russia, a middle name is always a father's name with gender endings. For instance, my father's name is Aleksandr, so my Father, hence middle, name is Aleksandrovich, on the other hand, if I was a girl, my father name would be Aleksandrovna. In addition to ovich and ovna endings, there is a variation evich, evna, depending on which name is used. This is just a fun brainstorm, so I, to be quick, only did ovich, ovna. In context with english names: @Michael = ('Michaelovich', 'Michaelovna); my @genderEnding = ('ovich', 'ovna'); my @genderType = ('Male', 'Female'); my $genderSelected = 1; my $fathersName = &promptConsole("What's your father's name"); my $gender = &promptConsole("What's your gender"); for my $gen (qw{m male man boy}){ $genderSelected = 0 if(lc($gender) eq $gen); } print "Since, you are $genderType[$genderSelected], your father (middl +e) name is $fathersName$genderEnding[$genderSelected]\n"; sub promptConsole{ print shift, ": "; my $in = <>; $in =~ s/[\r\n\cM]+$//; return $in; } Pardon me, I've wrote this script after voting without testing as a fun brainstorm :) and I've made a couple of bugs. People messaged me, saying that it's not working, so I've fixed it. I've misspelled sub call to $fathersName and I used <INPUT> instead of <>. I got it mixed up with an other programming language. I don't even remember which one, but here we go, the fixed version. Select or Download Code Log In? What's my password? Create A New User Node Status? node history Node Type: note [id://811037] and the web crawler heard nothing... How do I use this? \| Other CB clients Other Users? Others perusing the Monastery: (4) As of 2014-03-14 01:54 GMT Find Nodes? Voting Booth? Have you used a cryptocurrency? Results (293 votes), past polls
Insuring your business if you're based at home Many small business owners are setting up their business from home. Despite the benefits, there are risks attached so it's important to have insurance cover Cake stall Lacock village Fair Whatever your business, if you're running it from home, you should consider specialised insurance. Photograph: Mr Standfast / Alamy/Alamy Whether you're baking cakes to sell at events, trading products online which you stock in your private property or using the spare bedroom as a makeshift office, there are a number of things to consider when running your business from home. One of the issues sometimes overlooked by small business owners - especially in the early days - is insurance. Your home insurance is unlikely to cover any losses which relate to the business, meaning that your finances could be thrown into turmoil from one day to the next. Jazz Gakhal, head of Direct Line for Business, explains the potential pitfalls of being uninsured: "If there were a storm, flood, fire or any other insured peril, a home insurance policy may provide cover for any personal belongings but not necessarily any relating to the business." Aside from insuring against these risks, there are precautions which can be taken to try and avoid these setbacks, explains Jazz. "For example, if you've invested quite a bit of money in a laptop, printers, photocopiers or any other home office equipment, once you've unwrapped it don't leave the boxes outside. It's a walking advertisement for anyone who walks past the house." If the idea of your home flooding, being caught in a fire or being robbed sounds far-fetched, it's still worth looking into what other areas which a home business insurance package can help with. If you're selling, distributing or manufacturing a product, you may consider taking out product liability insurance, which will cover you if that product were to cause loss or damage to a member of the public, for example if a consumer sustains an injury despite using the product as advised, or if a catering company were to give a wedding reception party food poisoning. Another very common type of insurance, crucial for small business owners, is public liability. This covers you if you have people visiting your premises for any reason. Even if they were to trip and fall on the doorstep, you could still be liable. Jazz explains how these types of insurance work: "Public liability provides cover for you if a customer was visiting your premises and sustained an injury as a result if your negligence, for example tripping on some loose carpet. If you were visiting a customer's premises and caused damage there, such spilling coffee on a customer's computer, the insurance would provide some cover for that too. " And even if you think you're willing to take your chances, some circumstances may legally require you to take out insurance, such as employing staff. Employers' liability cover is not always a requirement, but it's important to find out. Jazz explains that this type of insurance would provide you with cover if your employee was injured during work. "And if the worst happens and your business suffers an insurable loss which is covered under your policy, business interruption cover can provide additional peace of mind. This cover is designed to protect your income whilst you get back on your feet. This is especially important when the income from your home business is an important part of the household cashflow. There are some technicalities to the cover, it's a loss of gross profit section so any savings that your business is making, such as not having to purchase materials, will be taken into account but at the end of the day, any profit you have been making would be covered," says Jazz. Starting up is tough for small businesses, and often running a business from home is a way of keeping your costs down, so these additional expenses can be hard to come to terms with, but the peace of mind which comes with having adequate insurance is worth the extra expense, and you needn't think the cost will be too high. "When a small business owner hears the word 'insurance', there's an automatic assumption that it's expensive,"says Jazz. "But, depending on the business, you could purchase insurance for £60 or £70 and that premium could be spread over 12 months so that there's no interest charge and it's not as expensive as people would assume." When you consider taking out insurance, it's important to consider the severity of the potential claims, rather than the frequency, explains Jazz. "Liability claims can reach tens or hundreds of thousands of pounds, so as a small business owner, would you have the money to compensate the individual? It may be that the actual stock and contents amounts to a figure you could replace but there are certain types of claims which unless your business has reached a large size, you wouldn't be able to cover." Insurance can seem like a minefield of information, but you can find out the basics of what's on offer by checking out Direct Line's website. Jazz advised small businesses to go to, where they can find more in-depth explanations of the different types of cover and the number to call if you'd like to speak to a specialist team. 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Chinese Fossils May Be Evidence of Early Ancestors of Humans Scientists believe fossils found in China could be from relatives of humans. A species reminiscent of humans may have lived in eastern Asia as recently as 11,500 years ago, Australian researchers have found. [Panorama: today in photos.] The fossil skulls have an "unusual mixture of modern human traits … and some unusual features" that are more likely to have come from human ancestors, researchers say. The fossils were orginial discovered in 1989 near the southwestern Chinese city of Mengzi, but have only been recently analyzed "These new fossils might be of a previously unknown species, one that survived until the very end of the Ice Age, around 11,000 years ago," Darren Curnoe, one of the authors of the report, published in the journal PLoS One, said in a statement. The paper says the skulls have an interesting mix of modern human features and archaic ones that were more common on human ancestors. This potentially "late surviving archaic population" likely shared the land with some of China's earliest people. "Alternatively, they might represent a very early and previously unknown migration of modern humans out of Africa," Curnoe said. If that's the case, there are likely few if any modern relatives of the people, because of DNA variances found in the specimens. hey "may not have contributed genetically to living people," he added. [Researchers Reconstruct Prehistoric Giant Penguin.] The specimens have a flatter, wider face than other fossils found of early humans, and vary from fossils found of other archaic species. No archaic species fossils younger than 100,000 years old have been found in eastern Asia, leading researchers to believe that no archaic species lived there before modern humans migrated to the continent from Africa. The discovery puts that hypothesis into question, as early human relatives could have possibly lived there much more recently.
Zero-hit kills 99,922pages on this wiki Forum page Forums: Index World of Warcraft Zero-hit kills Yesterday I was run through some quests by a shadow priest. Because her attack had no animation, it looked like she was killing the mobs just by coming near them. Do any abilities actually do this, and has anyone managed to kill a mob without attacking (or letting it attack, as would have to happen with Thorns and Aura of Retribution)? What's the highest DPS anyone's achieved this way? Rogues think they're hot stuff with their one-shot kills; let's one-up them! --Seahen (talk) 05:28, August 2, 2010 (UTC) Advertisement \| Your ad here Around Wikia's network Random Wiki
x schwab x benghazi English 18 Set Clip Length: obama's so-called red line against syria. the president said this summer that syria's use or movement of chemical weapons could mean u.s. intervention. so outfront tonight, barbara star. how exactly -- how clear is the evidence that they are moving in a new step with chemical weapons. >> it was just over the weekend in the last few days the intelligence began coming in. showing that the assad regime was mixing agents, mixing chemicals to make sarin gas. they're not telling us exactly what the evidence is, but what they are saying is they have multiple sources of intelligence. this suggests possibly some satellite imagery, some phone intercepts, maybe even some human sources on the ground giving them misinformation. >> at this point, what kind of military action might the united states be considering right now? >> when the president of the united states goes out there and makes a strong statement like he did today. >> that's commitment. >> you have to follow up it and do something. >> they're going to watch there carefully. when they see this move, they have to determine rapidly, what the risk, for example, of chemical weapons, nerve gas being used in syria which can literally wipe out thousands of people with one single weapon. the united states has been disengaged. the united states has said if we get engaged and intervene all of these terrible things will happen. everything they said would happen if we intervene have not happened because we didn't. there is an absence of american leadership in the region and i just came from a conference and i talked to these leaders. i know them well. they believe the united states is drawn and week. there are al qaeda training camps and to look at afghanistan where the message is we are leaving, you look at syria where 40,000 people have now been massacred, the upheaval in egypt, the consulate situation in benghazi is more dangerous than ever before and if america doesn't lead, then other people will lead and they are not in america's interest. >> here is the flip side of the argument, which is america used to have reasonably good relations with others. yes, they were dictators. yes they did despicable things. but as senator mc 're starting off agreeing. >>> still ahead on "starting point" the war in syria taken to a whole new level. the dangerous new weapons that are now in play. >>> and a serious scare for justin bieber. details on a reported plot to kill him. that's ahead. prilosec otc. now with a fancy coating that gives you a burst of wildberry flavor. now why make a flavored heartburn pill? because this is america. and we don't just make things you want, we make things you didn't even know you wanted. like a spoon fork. spray cheese. and jeans made out of sweatpants. so grab yourself some new prilosec otc wildberry. 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[ gordon ] but for others, it's all they can afford. every day nearly nine million older americans don't have enough to eat. anything else? no, not today. join me, aarp, and aarp foundation in the drive to end hunger by visiting drivetoendhunger.org. in the drive to end hunger alriwoah! did you get that? and...flip! yep, look at this. it takes like 20 pictures at a time. i never miss anything. isn't that awesome? uh that's really cool. you should upload these. i know, right? that is really amazing. the pictures are so clear. kevin's a handsome devil that phone does everything! search dog tricks. okay, see if we can teach him something cool. look at how lazy kevin is. kevin, get it together dude cmon, kevin take 20 pictures with burst shot on the galaxy s3. >>> welcome back, everyone. a harrowing tale, a reporter and his crew held for five days in syria, no 's now a free man. we'll tell you why coming up. >>> tonight a 360 exclusive from syria. an extraordinary display of bravery. a teenage boy, who risked his life, says he's no hero, that he did what countless others do every day. we're going to show you that in a moment. >>> first, new signs that defeat could be near for al assad's regime. he is losing control of his country and admitted the opposition could win. nato's leader said the regime is approaching collapse. their comments came as opposition groups seized a military base near damascus. syrian state television said at least two dozen civilians were killed in two car bombings outside of damascus. seven children were said to be among those killed in this blast. in a nearby town, eight people, mostly women and children, were reported killed in this bombing according to state television. assad shows no outward signs of backing down and in hot spots civilians are still dying in the crossfire. now that affect incredible courage that was caught on tape. here is auchrwa damon's exclusi report. >> reporter: a fighter slithers across the str of the humanitarian crisis unfolding in syria. lisa sylvester is monitoring that and other stories here in the situation room. what is going on? >> a quarter of the population in syria is in need of food, shelter, medical area or other aid. the situation is, quote, dramatically deteriorating. the u.n. says half a million syrians have fled the civil war and barbara mikulski will become the chair of the senate appropriations committee: mikulski would be the first female to chair that powerful committee. >>> and we have new information on this video. take a look here. this has been causing quite the sensation on the internet. it purports to show a child being taken by an eagle but it t is a hoax. it hasn't stopped it from getting more than a million hits in youtube since being posted last night. and the photo sharing app instagram is backtracking by suggesting it owns photos and can use them without providing compensation. the co-founder says that the language is being removed in the user language. and talk about an uproar, i know a lot of people were buzzing about that saying, wait a minu that slaughtered frin syria. it should not be happening on the streets of the united states. the second amendment does not infringe on the right of hunters. joe manchin said to me, i don't need high capacity magnets, i don't need assault rifles. >> when you say -- so is your issue in the second amendment the word infringement? any law at all that would prevent somebody -- it's two lines long. it's not long. >> not any weapon. the answer is not any weapon. sooner or later the principle abuts against efficacy. that's what i was trying to say to christiane. absence and absolute ban as such they have accomplished in japan. absent that, when you say we're just going to limit assault rifles, i assume that's one of the things you concentrate on in a sensible regulation. what we're talking about specifically in incidents over the past week are premeditated psychopathic killers who will find the weapons they need to perpetuate these crimes. they're like a drunkard. >> you just brought up -- >> almost finished with the point. if you outlaw whiskey will you -- >> perfect analogy. mothers against drunk drivi 's growing in syria. that kind runs against the message that we get orage the ws to put out it has had a successful run against counterterrorism because of the drone strikes. if you start to see al qaeda and libya and all the other countries, you have to start to question whether the policy is successful, right? >> all right. we'll be following this. i guess the testimony will continue without her, which i think is interesting. >> jon wanted to say something. >> i think secretary clinton has a really interesting opportunity here it seems to me. she is leaving. she can be as fully candid, take responsibility, and she's accepted the recommendations. actually talking about what happened nofr you can without compromising sources and methods. people it seems to me -- i think we've seen this in connecticut. i know we see this again and again in stories that tend on to obsess us all too briefly. we all intuitively know this is really difficult. it's difficult to secure embassies and fight terrorists. i disagree with katty a little bit. i think this has been a remarkable run for administration Excerpts 0 to 17 of about 18 results. 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Creature vs. Conference: A Hoya on Why Georgetown Will Win the Big East Use your ← → (arrow) keys to browse more stories It's been said time and time again this season that the Big East is the deepest conference in college hoops. This means that there are a ton a great teams, every conference game is going to be a knock-out battle, and plenty of teams are worthy of walking away with the Big East title. Unfortunately, there can be only one. The Hoyas stand a great chance of threepeating the regular season Big East title this season. Coach John Thompson III has put together a great team capable of stunning the nation (just look at the UConn game) but they do not have experience on their side (look at the Pitt game). There's a lot more to the team then just an adjective, though. Here are the key components: Greg Monroe (Freshman, Center) 13.2 PPG, 2.5 APG, 6.3 RPG, 2.0 SPG—Monroe gained national attention when he stepped up against Connecticut and shut down Hasheem Thabeet at the same time. The freshman phenom leads the Hoyas in steals, blocks, and rebounds per game, and is second on the points list. DaJuan Summers (Junior, Forward) 14.7 PPG, 1.2 APG, 4.2 RPG, 1.3 SPG—The Hoyas' leading scorer, Summers is crucial to the offense and was the only Georgetown player selected to the preseason All-Big East team. He has the ability to shoot outside as well as make some eye-popping dunks over defenders. Chris Wright (Sophomore, Guard) 13.0 PPG, 3.8 APG, 3.4 RPG, 1.3 SPG—After sitting out all of conference play last season with a foot injury, Wright is in the midst of his first full season and is now running the show at point guard. He is incredibly quick, and his points per game would be much higher if he could hit his free throws a little better (he is shooting almost 70 percent, though). Jessie Sapp (Senior, Guard) 7.9 PPG, 2.0 APG, 4.3 RPG, 1.6 SPG—The only senior on the starting squad, Sapp is deadly accurate and is great under pressure. His stats have changed a little bit from last season: his minutes and steals are up, while his points, assists, and turnovers are down. Hopefully he finds his groove soon and can improve his shooting to where it was last year. Austin Freeman (Sophomore, Guard) 12.9 PPG, 2.2 APG, 4.9 RPG, 0.9 SPG—The other sophomore on the squad, Freeman started last season and has improved in almost every category. Freeman is built like a truck, so while he stands at only 6'4", he makes his presence known down low, while also crushing teams from beyond the arc. There is more to winning the Big East individual players, though. Many other factors, some within the control of the team and others outside, also contribute to the success. The following are things that will allow the Hoyas to win the Big East this season: Stellar Defense The Hoyas have held opponents to low-thirty percent from the floor for two seasons now. When they play steady defense and can slow opponents down, they are almost unbeatable. Georgetown's offense is based on patience—they pass the ball around the outside, trying to find holes in the defense and an open shot. In doing so, the theory is that their shot percentage will be much better because of better looks at the basket. Slow The Game Down This goes hand-in-hand with patience and stellar defense, but when both sides come together, the Hoyas slow the game down and can play at their pace. They get better looks at the basket while forcing their opponents into bad shots. One of the things that you cannot change in the midst of a season is your schedule. The Hoyas have both a great and a very tough schedule (welcome to the Big East, right?). They have already faced Connecticut, Pittsburgh, and Notre Dame, and while they were standing 1-2 after those games, these are the only times that they face each-other. This means that they have the rest of the season to play the rest of the Big East and try and climb out of the hole they've put themselves in. Every team will make mistakes along the way. It is important, though, to minimize these mistakes in order to be successful. The Hoyas have a few key things to hone in on: Avoiding Turnovers In games where the Hoyas have struggled, turnovers have been a huge issue. They should not have had problems against Providence, yet 18 turnovers made it a much closer game then it should have been. Against Tennessee the Hoyas turned the ball over 20 times in a losing effort. Cutting down turnovers, especially those that seem to also come a crucial moments, is necessary for the Hoyas to be competitive in the Big East. Grabbing Rebounds While passing the ball around leads to better shots, this is no guarantee that they will go in. The Hoyas seem to forget this sometimes and clear out from under the basket before the shot is made. Case in point: the Pittsburgh game. Georgetown had 17 rebounds, DeJuan Blair of Pittsburgh had 17 rebounds (Pitt totaled 43). Forcing Threes The Hoyas seem to try and match threes against teams instead of playing the game at their own pace. When they do that (see the Memphis game), their stats are down and they look terrible. Avoiding Foul Trouble The Hoyas do not have a deep bench this year, so when they get into foul trouble, they struggle. There have been a few key games when Summers or Monroe have been in trouble and it has hurt the Hoyas. The Georgetown Hoyas have a very talanted team and a lot of potential. 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