\" + parts[1] + \"\";\n\nIf you prefer to use one column for each field, e.g. url for URL and anchorText for the anchor text. Then you need to get the value of another column when formatting the cell. Suppose the grid uses the url field. Then the formatter function may look like below:\n\nfunction(value, rowIndex) {\n var item = grid.getItem(rowIndex); // Get the store item by index, need the reference of the grid.\n var anchorText = grid.store.getValue(item, 'anchorText');\n return \"\" + anchorText + \"\";\nshare|improve this answer\nThanks for the awesome explanation. I ended up using the escapeHTMLInData=\"false\", however.. but will keep the formatter function in mind for later! :) – Paul Dec 1 '10 at 22:48\nAh, escapeHTMLInData='false', I didn't know that before. Thanks for the information. :) – Alex Cheng Dec 2 '10 at 9:38\nadd comment\n\nYour Answer\n\n\n"}}},{"rowIdx":848,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"Take the 2-minute tour ×\n\nFreebase's Python API uses GUIDs that have a set prefix and a zero-padded suffix:\n\n\"guid\":\"#9202a8c04000641f8000000000211f52\" (http://wiki.freebase.com/wiki/Guid)\n\n\"Freebase guids are represented with 32 hexidecimal characters, the first 17 are the graph prefix and the remaining 15 are the item suffix\" (http://tinyify.freebaseapps.com/).\n\nThis format enables the GUID to compress down for short URLs.\n\nHow do you construct GUIDs like this?\n\nshare|improve this question\nadd comment\n\n1 Answer\n\nYou'd need to look at the source for Freebase where it generates that GUID. It's definitely not a standard RFC GUID of any sort.\n\nshare|improve this answer\nI haven't been able to find it -- I don't think that part is public. – espeed Apr 14 '11 at 11:45\n then if you want to build something similarly compatible, take a UUID4 and zero out the appropriate range, or substitute with numbers that make sense in your context. The dirty little secret is that UUIDs are very often just random numbers that are very unlikely to collide. – Paul McMillan Apr 14 '11 at 20:17\nadd comment\n\nYour Answer\n\n\n"}}},{"rowIdx":849,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"Take the 2-minute tour ×\n\nI'm collecting some basic stats from a Google Calendar feed with DOM and Php. I have been trying to get the event endTime using the following:\n\n`$times = $entry->getElementsByTagName( \"when\" );\n $startTime = $times->item(0)->getAttributeNode( \"startTime\" )->value; \n $endTime = $times->item(0)->getAttributeNode(\"endTime\" )->value;`\n\nWhich results in an end time of 04:00:00 for every appointment.\n\nI was trying different things and entered 1 instead of 0 in item() this results in a correct end time, but only three of the 50 appointments are displayed.\n\nMy feed is private, full, ordered by start time, singleevents=true, and start-min/start-max are set.\n\nIs there a different way to get event endTime?\n\nshare|improve this question\nadd comment\n\n1 Answer\n\nup vote 0 down vote accepted\n\nNever did find the answer to this question. Went ahead and went the Zend/Gdata route. Took a little to get up to speed but it works now.\n\nshare|improve this answer\nadd comment\n\nYour Answer\n\n\n"}}},{"rowIdx":850,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"Take the 2-minute tour ×\n\nI thought I had understood the principle of expansion ... but apparently not!\n\n\n\nI thought that the 2 \\expandafter would store \\detokenize and {} resp. and then expand \\a into AAA and \\b into BBB. Therefore after one round of expansion, we would have:\n\n\nand thus the output should be simply \"AAABBB\". But it is not the case. Where is my mistake?\n\nshare|improve this question\nQuestion titles must summaries the question. Please avoid titles which would fit 1000 largely different questions. – Martin Scharrer Jun 9 '12 at 8:58\n\\expandafter jumps over one token, expands once the following one (if it's expandable, otherwise nothing happens) and vanishes. – egreg Jun 9 '12 at 9:20\nYou might be looking for \\expandnext from etextools, which in your case could be used as \\expandnext\\detokenize\\a\\b. – dgs Jun 9 '12 at 10:41\nadd comment\n\n1 Answer\n\nup vote 18 down vote accepted\n\n\\expandafter stores exactly one token. So the expansion order is \\expandafter-\\expandafter-\\a.\n\nAfter this everything is restored and \\detokenize is executed.\n\nThis is the reason why you sometimes see crazy successions of \\expandafter: To reverse the expansion order of n tokens you basically need 2^n-1 \\expandafters. At least you don't need \\expandafter before \\detokenize because it will initiate expansion looking for its argument.\n\n\n\ngives the expansion order you need: \\expandafter-\\expandafter-\\expandafter-\\b. After restoring there is\n\n\\detokenize\\expandafter{\\a BBB}\n\nfinally yielding the desired output.\n\nIn case your're interested in always fully expanding the contents of {} (whatever they are), you can't (in general). Depending on a concrete context, there may be alternatives. So if this answer is not what you were looking for, please elaborate.\n\nshare|improve this answer\nI've found Stephan Bechtolsheim's TUGboat article to be helpful on this topic, maybe you could include it as a reference showing more examples. (@nicolasroy) – dgs Jun 9 '12 at 10:43\nThanks for the info. I simply had a wrong understanding of the expansion process. – nicolas roy Jun 11 '12 at 8:02\nadd comment\n\nYour Answer\n\n\n"}}},{"rowIdx":851,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"View Single Post\nOld 10-30-2012, 05:22 AM #23\nHall Of Fame\nJoin Date: Dec 2009\nPosts: 2,783\n\nWhat I want:\n\n1. Federer (2 slams (Wimby and USO to be the #1 at both)\n2. Rafa (Come back strong, win FO)\n3. Djoko/Murray (whichever wins in Australia)\n4. Djoko/Murray (above reasoning)\n5. Delpo (Hopefully gets the WTF title)\n6. Ferrer (Wins like 7 titles again)\n7. Raonic (Breaks through to the top 10)\n8. Tipserevic (consistency throughout the year)\n9. Tsonga (Does well, at least one GS final)\n10. Peliwo/Dimitrov (Just because)\n\nWhat I think will happen:\n\n1. Djokovic (Wins AO plus finals in some others, like this year)\n2. Murray (Wins some grandslam, close race with Novak for #1, could even be #1)\n3. Federer (Gets to a GS final, maybe wins like Wimby 2012, wins Cincy, maybe the WTF)\n4. Rafa (I hope he wins another slam next year, but I'm not sure how he'll react to the time off)\n5. Delpo (Maybe a slam, maybe a final, maybe anything. I just want him back in the top 5)\n6. Ferrer (How can't you like this guy? I think he'll be consistent enough for a top 6 finish\n7. Tsonga (he can get really hot at times, maybe get to a slam final, maybe some semis, you never know with him)\n8. Berdych (Don't like him, but he's good at tennis)\n9. Raonic (Just missing out on WTF qualification, but its a step forward for my countryman)\n10. Gasquet ( I like the guy, and he can get hot like Tsonga)\n\n\nQuerrey into top 15-20\nBaker into top 30\nPeliwo into top 75-150 (big range, but you never know)\nDimitrov into top 20-30\nBLX PS 95 w/ Mantis Comfort Poly (50), 12.3 oz\nFEDERERNADAL13 is offline Reply With Quote"}}},{"rowIdx":852,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"or Login to see your representatives.\n\n\n\nPublic Statements\n\nTime - Women Are the Only Adults Left in Washington\n\nBy Jay Newton-Small\n\nAt one of the darkest moments of the government shutdown, with markets dipping and both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue hurling icy recriminations, Maine Republican Susan Collins went to the Senate floor to do two things that none of her colleagues had yet attempted. She refrained from partisan blame and proposed a plan to end the crisis. \"I ask my Democratic and Republican colleagues to come together,\" Collins said on Oct. 8. \"We can do it. We can legislate responsibly and in good faith.\"\n\nSenate Appropriations Committee chair Barbara Mikulski, a Maryland Democrat, happened to be standing nearby, and she soon picked up a microphone and joined in. \"Let's get to it. Let's get the job done,\" she said. \"I am willing to negotiate. I am willing to compromise.\" Ten minutes later, a third Senator stood to speak. \"I am pleased to stand with my friend from Maine, Senator Collins, as she has described a plan which I think is pretty reasonable,\" said Alaska Republican Lisa Murkowski. \"I think it is pretty sensible.\"\n\nAs with most anything that happens on C-SPAN, the burst of bipartisan vibes was meant to send a message. But behind the scenes, the wheels really were turning. Most of the Senate's 20 women had gathered the previous night for pizza, salad and wine in the offices of New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat. All the buzz that night was about Collins' plan to reopen the government with some basic compromises. Senator Amy Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democrat, proposed adding the repeal of the unpopular medical-device tax. Senate Agriculture Committee chair Debbie Stabenow suggested pulling revenue from her stalled farm bill. In policy terms, it was a potluck dinner.\n\nIn the hours that followed, those discussions attracted more Senators, including some men, and yielded a plan that would lead to genuine talks between Senate leaders Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell to end the shutdown. The pieces were all there: extending the debt ceiling and reopening the government with minor adjustments to the implementation of Obamacare. No one doubted the origin. \"The women are an incredibly positive force because we like each other,\" Klobuchar boasted to TIME as the negotiations continued. \"We work together well, and we look for common ground.\"\n\nIt's quite an irony that the U.S. Senate was once known for having the worst vestiges of a private men's club: unspoken rules, hidden alliances, off-hours socializing and an ethic based at least as much on personal relationships as merit to get things done. That Senate -- a fraternal paradise that worked despite all its obvious shortcomings -- is long gone. And now the only place the old boys' network seems to function anymore is among the four Republicans and 16 Democrats who happen to be women.\n\nCigars and poker are out. The women's club offers some of the same benefits that came in the original men's version, as well as some updates: mentor lunches and regular dinners, started decades ago by Mikulski, the longest-serving woman in the Senate, but also bridal and baby showers and playdates for children and grandchildren. An unspoken rule among what Collins calls \"the sisterhood\" holds that the women refrain from publicly criticizing one another. And there is a deep sense that more unites them personally than divides them politically. \"One of the things we do a bit better is listen,\" says North Dakota Democrat Heidi Heitkamp. \"It is about getting people in a room with different life experiences who will look at things a little differently because they're moms, because they're daughters who've been taking care of senior moms, because they have a different life experience than a lot of senior guys in the room.\"\n\n\nPerhaps most important, they are showing how to make things happen. \"I am very proud that these women are stepping forward,\" says Senator John McCain, the Arizona Republican. \"Imagine what they could do if there were 50 of them.\"\n\nCivility Above All\nWhatever anyone says, official Washington remains a hidebound city. At the White House and on K Street, women still struggle for the top jobs, and in the House, the sole chairwoman, Candice Miller, leads a committee that oversees the Capitol's in-house staff, cleaning and maintenance, shops and gardens. Inappropriate behavior, casual chauvinism and old-fashioned views of gender roles still pervade everyday life. A Senator waiting to get on an elevator once barked at Klobuchar that it was for Senators only. Her aide informed the man that she was a Senator. As the doors slid closed on his stunned face, Klobuchar quipped with a smile, \"And who are you?\" Almost all the Senate women have stories of being kept out of rooms, clubs, caucuses and huddles, of being patronized, hit on and scolded for abandoning their children. \"Running for Senate, I did get a number of people who would ask, \"What's going to happen to your children?'\" Kelly Ayotte, Republican Senator from New Hampshire, says. \"My husband would be offended by that too.\"\n\nAgainst that backdrop, the private gatherings among the sisterhood are a source of both power and perspective. They occur every few weeks or months, depending on the need. Venues include the Senators' homes -- and occasionally the unlikely confines of the Capitol's Strom Thurmond Room, a space named for one of the chamber's most notorious womanizers. \"We started the dinners 20 years ago on the idea that there has to be a zone of civility,\" says Mikulski. Once a year the group also dines with the female Supreme Court Justices. Dianne Feinstein, who chairs the Select Committee on Intelligence, holds regular dinners for women in the national-security world. Even the female chiefs of staff and communications directors have started regular get-togethers of their own. In April the Senate women breached their no-outsider rule by agreeing to dine at the White House with President Obama. Going around the table, California Senator Barbara Boxer remarked that 100 years ago they'd have been meeting outside the White House gates to demand the right to vote. (\"A hundred years ago, I'd have been serving you,\" Obama replied.)\n\n\nClose political alliances have developed among several of the women. Boxer has taken a special interest in Massachusetts' Elizabeth Warren -- both are liberal firebrands. Democrat Claire McCaskill, who hails from a red state and faced a tough re-election campaign last year, made a point of courting Republican friendships early on. Sometimes those friendships trump party: Ayotte refused to campaign for fellow Republican Todd Akin, McCaskill's opponent in 2012, and pointedly condemned him when he started sharing his theories about how women's biology offers a natural defense against pregnancy from \"legitimate\" rape.\n\nIn private and public, strict rules of civility are enforced. At one recent dinner, Warren brought up antiabortion bills pending in the House, railing against Republicans for their \"war against women.\" Her complaint was greeted with admonitions from her fellow Democrats: We don't talk about partisan issues here. Two of the 20 women are pro-life: Ayotte and Nebraska Republican Deb Fischer.\n\nA Greater Responsibility\nWhen Heitkamp voted against tightening gun laws after the Newtown school shooting, she was unprepared for the backlash, particularly from women's groups. \"A female friend in the Senate said to me, \"You know, it's because they feel you represent all women, not just the women of North Dakota,'\" Heitkamp says. \"And it just clicked for me for the first time. I was, like, \"Oh, now I get it.'\"\n\nMost of the Senators say they feel they speak not just for the voters in their states but for women across America. Over the years they have pushed through legislation that has vastly expanded funding of women's- and children's-health research, testing and treatment. They've passed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and other antidiscrimination laws. And they've won federally mandated maternity and family medical leave. While most of these efforts were driven by Democrats, the women are strongest when they unite on legislation like the Homemakers IRA, which allows tax-deductible contributions to retirement plans by stay-at-home parents.\n\nIn April 2011, at the end of the budget debate, Patty Murray, a Democratic Senator from Washington, got a call at home from majority leader Reid summoning her to the Capitol. It was 11 p.m., and she found a room full of men who'd been working to avert a government shutdown. They said they were close to a deal, but cuts to Planned Parenthood sought by House Republicans were still on the table. Murray, who is the highest-ranking female Senator in leadership, hit the roof. \"Absolutely not,\" she recalls telling them. She organized four press conferences with female members over the next three days to highlight the importance of Planned Parenthood for providing not just abortions but also contraception, mammograms and children's health. The funding was preserved.\n\nThat doesn't mean the women always win. During the immigration-bill markup, Hawaii's Mazie Hirono grilled South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham about college-diploma requirements for new visas. She noted the disparity in female access to education in the developing world. \"Could you share with us how you think that unmarried women would fare under the merit system?\" asked Hirono, who immigrated with her mother to the U.S. as a child. Graham replied that they could come with their families. Hirono, Murkowski and 10 other women introduced an amendment to allot visas to health workers, nannies and those in other traditionally female professions. Though the measure was popular, it failed to get a vote in the Senate.\n\nWhat Hasn't Changed\nMost of the legislation passed by female chairs this year has been gender blind: Stabenow's farm bill, Boxer's transportation and water-resources bill, Murray's budget and Mikulski's appropriations bills. All four of those chairwomen say their success comes from a willingness to deal and a disinclination to grandstand. Stabenow divvied up the farm bill like \"a big sister handing out chores,\" says Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy, a Democrat on the Agriculture Committee. And she was tough: Leahy said he was glad when the bill passed, if only to stop Stabenow \"from calling me in the middle of the night.\" Mikulski is effective, says Reid, because \"everyone's afraid of her.\"\n\n\nCollins and her co-conspirators get the lion's share of the credit for starting the process to break the weeks-long stalemate over government spending and the debt ceiling. \"We need to be pragmatic. This is not going to be a Republican solution or a Democratic solution. This is going to be a solution that is good for the country,\" Murkowski told NBC's Today show on Oct. 16. \"The six women that have been working together do have a good bipartisan solution.\" But even the fate of their bid to end the shutdown was illustrative of how far women have to go in the Senate. Shortly after proposing a basic outline and convening a working group of 12 Senators -- half of them women -- Collins and her crew found the negotiations co-opted by the two party leaders, both male. Though much of the Collins plan became a part of the final talks, particularly the timelines and some small changes to Obamacare, the women no longer had control of the process.\n\n\nBack to top"}}},{"rowIdx":853,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"Take the 2-minute tour ×\n\nsuppose someone sends me a email. if he is not in my contact list, his mail will go in \"Stranger\" label. how to create filter for this this label.\n\nshare|improve this question\nadd comment\n\n2 Answers\n\nup vote 5 down vote accepted\n\nYou can do this:\n\n 1. Go to your contacts\n 2. Choose to compose email to your whole contact list\n 3. Copy the \"To:\" field\n 4. Paste it here: http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2006/08/create-email-blacklist-in-gmail.html\n 5. This will convert the list of emails to from email OR email OR email and so on\n 6. Copy the converted line\n 7. Make new filter\n 8. In the \"Has the words:\"-field write \"-from: {paste here that copied line}\" (without \"\")\n 9. Click Next Step button.\n 10. Choose to add label to this filter\n 11. Finish!\n\nYou can also add whole domains inside like *@domain.com inside the {} just remember to add extra OR between every address.\n\nLittle tricky but should work. I hope this helps! :)\n\nshare|improve this answer\nadd comment\n\nWhen posting your email adress, you could use a different email adress like yourusername+codeword@gmail.com where codeword could be the name of the website you're posting the address (or just a random word you like).\n\nIn the filters, label any email not sent to yourusername@gmail.com (without a code) as stranger (or all emails sent to yourusername+codeword@gmail.com).\n\nUsing multiple email address can be really helpful in tracking where the spam comes from and for blocking it.\n\nshare|improve this answer\nthis wouldn't get mailing lists, since they're to field is their mailing list field. – Rixius Aug 13 '10 at 15:26\nadd comment\n\nYour Answer\n\n\n"}}},{"rowIdx":854,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"\n\n\nLoyola University Chicago colloquially referred to as Loyola is a private Jesuit university located in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1870 under the title St. Ignatius College, it is now the largest Jesuit university in the United States with a total enrollment of 16,040 as of September 12, 2011."}}},{"rowIdx":855,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"Comment: I have to agree here.\n\n(See in situ)\n\nI have to agree here.\n\nThanks for sticking your neck out here. It's unfortunate that's not very popular as shown by your downvotes on the post. We do not have the luxury of trying to figure out a way to sugarcoat this information for sheeple - we just hope they can think for themselves and get it... by doing their own research and seeing a troll for what it really is... a troll.\n\nThere's no guarantee of \"freedom of speech\" at the Daily Paul. Freedom of Speech means you can start up your own website and say whatever you want. However that is now starting to be taken away as the DHS in the last year has taken down something like 1,000 websites.\n\nThe dis-information campaign when someone posts some real truth with actual documented evidence - is absolute lunacy and it doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure out these tools are paid trolls to come in here and try to scare people off the information.\n\nIf I was running this site I would give the trolls a chance to have their say and if they offer nothing of substance - ban their arses so we can start investigating truthful, evidence-backed information.\n\nThe trolls are only pandering to the herd mentality. Those of us who are not part of the herd have enough work on our hands doing actual research then to have to sit there and defend against completely baseless attacks on character - wild presumptions... etc..."}}},{"rowIdx":856,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"Lightning Fast Reflexes: A Study\n\nbased on 10 ratings\nAuthor: Janice VanCleave\n\nA basketball rolls across the street in front of a moving car. The driver must make split-second decisions about what to do. The driver's reaction time, how long it takes for the person to respond, involves special sensory and motor nerve cells that send and receive messages to and from the brain.\n\nIn this project, you will compare reaction times to a visual stimulus and reaction times to an auditory stimulus. You will also explore whether other factors, such as distraction, gender, and age, affect reaction time.\n\nGetting Started\n\nPurpose: To determine your reaction time to a visual stimulus.\n\n\n • table and chair\n • helper\n • yardstick (meterstick)\n\n\n 1. Sit with your forearm on the surface of the table with your writing hand extending over the edge.\n 2. Have your helper position the yardstick (meterstick) with the zero end between, but not touching, your thumb and fingers (see Figire30.1).\n 3. Instruct your helper to release the stick without warning.\n 4. As soon as the stick is released, try to catch it as quickly as possible between your thumb and fingers.\n 5. Record the distance the stick falls and use the following equation to determine your reaction time. See Appendix 5 for a sample calculation.\n\n 6. Record the distance and time calculated for the one trial.\n\n Effect of Stimuli on Reaction Times\n\n\nThe reaction time varies with each individual.\n\n\nYour eye is the stimulus receptor that sees the stick as it starts to fall. It detects the movement of the stick and initiates a signal, a nerve impulse, in the nerve cell to which it is attached. The message is then sent along sensory neurons (special nerve cells that transmit impulses from the stimulus receptor) to the spinal cord. The spinal cord telegraphs the message to the brain, where it is processed. A message is transmitted from the brain down the spinal cord to motor neurons, which cause the muscles in your hand to contract so that your fingers clamp around the falling stick. The time for these impulses to make the complete trip from the stimulus receptor to the motor neurons is called the reaction time.\n\nTry New Approaches\n\n 1. Does practice affect reaction time? Repeat the experiment 10 times. Calculate your reaction time for each trial and plot the data on a graph. Study the graph to determine whether the trend of repeated trials is toward faster or slower reaction times. Explain what accounts for the results.\n 2. Does using your writing hand affect reaction time? Use your other hand and repeat the procedure in the original experiment 10 times. Graph the data and compare the results for both hands.\n 3. Is reaction time affected if you are distracted? Have a second helper ask you simple math problems as you repeat the procedure in the original experiment 10 times.\n 4. How does using an auditory stimulus receptor affect reaction time? Repeat the procedure in the original experiment, but this time close your eyes. Have your helper say \"Go\" when he or she releases the stick. Try to react to the auditory stimulus as quickly as possible by catching the stick. Calculate your reaction times for 10 trials and graph them (see Figure 30.2). The time delay between the helper's releasing his or her fingers and saying \"Go\" is very slight, but you might want to design an experiment that eliminates this delay. One idea would be to have the stick support a lever attached to a bell. When the stick is released the bell rings, notifying you that the stick is falling.\n 5. Does age affect reaction time? Repeat the procedure in the original experiment using a test group of people in good health and of the same gender but of different ages. Test each person 10 times and average the results. Plot the averages on a graph.\n 6. Does gender affect reaction time? Repeat the procedure in the previous experiment using an equal number of males and females, all of whom are in good health and of the same age. Test each person ten times and average the results. Plot the averages on a graph.\nAdd your own comment"}}},{"rowIdx":857,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"Beefy Boxes and Bandwidth Generously Provided by pair Networks vroom\nJust another Perl shrine\n\nComment on\n\nThis actually is easily googleable... if you're deep enough into the Perl culture. Try searching for it under the name \"orcish maneuver\", which will explain not only what the operator is but also exactly how it's being used in this case. (Link is to duckduckgo's first result, which just happens to also be on PerlMonks.)\n\nAlso note that, because of the distinction between truthiness and definedness mentioned in previous replies, you're going to want to use //= instead of ||= in the vast majority of cases unless your code needs to support pre-5.10 versions of Perl.\n\nIn reply to Re^3: ||= (poorly documented?) by dsheroh\nin thread ||= (poorly documented?) by live4tech\n\nand: \n\nIs there a solution or workaround?\n\n\nshare|improve this question\nadd comment\n\n3 Answers\n\nup vote 15 down vote accepted\nipython -i -c \"%run test.py 1 2 3 4\"\n\nEDIT: added -i\n\nshare|improve this answer\nVery nice! Unfortunately, when it exceptions out, it drops me back onto the OS command line, not onto the IPython prompt. Suggestions? – JS. Nov 9 '10 at 20:29\nWell you could just start ipython and then do %run test.py 1 2 3 4 – dr jimbob Nov 9 '10 at 20:30\nActually adding the -i makes it stay in the shell. – dr jimbob Nov 9 '10 at 20:34\nPerfect! Thank you! – JS. Nov 9 '10 at 20:36\n@jimbob If you don't mind me asking, where'd you find the '-i' option? I'm having no luck finding it in 'ipython -help' nor 'ipython.scipy.org/doc/stable/html/interactive/…; – JS. Nov 9 '10 at 20:40\nshow 2 more comments\nipython -- sometest.py 1 2 3 4\nshare|improve this answer\nIt works, but I could not find this in the docs, can you point me to where this is documented? – Daniel Sokolowski Nov 29 '12 at 19:17\nAlso to remain within the interactive shell use ipython -i -- sometest.py 1 2 3 4 syntax. – Daniel Sokolowski Nov 29 '12 at 19:46\nadd comment\n\nI know there's an already accepted solution, but in the most recent version of ipython this won't work. Here's a cut and paste of the command I use to run tornado tests with --autoreload\n\nipython --c=\"%run test.py --autoreload\"\n\nThis is using ipython .11.\n\nshare|improve this answer\nadd comment\n\nYour Answer\n\n\n"}}},{"rowIdx":885,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"Luke 18:31-34 - Interlinear Bible\n\nparadoqhvsetai {V-FPI-3S} ga;r {CONJ} toi'? {T-DPM} e~qnesin {N-DPN} kai; {CONJ} ejmpaicqhvsetai kai; {CONJ} uJbrisqhvsetai kai; {CONJ} ejmptusqhvsetai,\nkai; {CONJ} mastigwvsante? ajpoktenou'sin {V-FAI-3P} aujtovn, {P-ASM} kai; {CONJ} th'/ {T-DSF} hJmevra/ {N-DSF} th'/ {T-DSF} trivth/ {A-DSF} ajnasthvsetai. {V-FMI-3S}\n34 And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them *, neither knew they the things which were spoken .\nkai; {CONJ} aujtoi; {P-NPM} oujde;n {A-ASN} touvtwn {D-GPN} sunh'kan, {V-AAI-3P} kai; {CONJ} h\\n {R-ASF} to; {T-NSN} rJh'ma {N-NSN} tou'to {D-ASN} kekrummevnon ajpj {PREP} aujtw'n, {P-GPN} kai; {CONJ} oujk {PRT} ejgivnwskon ta; {T-APN} legovmena."}}},{"rowIdx":886,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"\n\nIs China playing a clever capitalist or malicious miscreant?\n\n\nI. Once the U.S. Was a Rare Earth Leader\n\n\n\nNeodymium wide\n\n\n\n\nII. Tough Talk\n\n\nRare Earth miner\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIII. Is the U.S. Being Unfair?\n\n\n\n\niPhone 4S\n\n\nSource: Reuters\n\nComments Threshold\n\n\ncheaper to buy full assembly\nBy Yofa on 3/19/2012 5:02:47 PM , Rating: 5\nwhen it's cheaper to get a fully-assembled magnet assembly than it is to just buy the raw material, then yes, there is some unfairness involved.\n\nchina's policies are forcing north-american magnet designers to either pay ludicrous prices for the raw material, or do the right thing business-wise and get the assembly made in china, by a company that gets domestic pricing for the raw material, and shipped over for less than the cost of the raw material.\n\nthat means you're sending over your designs overseas so it can easily be duplicated. and the material still gets exported in the end, so the environmental concern excuse doesn't stand up. it's monopoly tactics.\n\nRE: cheaper to buy full assembly\nBy Goty on 3/19/2012 6:24:43 PM , Rating: 2\nChina does this frequently. Want to do business here? Give us all of your designs so we can make cheap knockoffs and pocket the profits ourselves.\n\nRE: cheaper to buy full assembly\nBy TSS on 3/20/2012 2:07:19 AM , Rating: 3\nSo china is always looking for the best deal for themselves. That's no different then the US or the EU.\n\nI'd argue the fool here would be the person who would rely on somebody else to not do so.\n\nThe fool, in this case, is clearly the US for not keeping the mines operational at a low volume, with the option of scaling it to full production within a short timeframe. Instead i'm sure US presidents loved the possibility of shutting down the mines and getting some good graces from the enviromental movements.\n\nChina's still in the wrong though. Nothing good has ever come from a trade war. They are a new player in the global markets, the last time this happened (the 20's and 30's) they really weren't a significant power.\n\nAnd we all know how that trade war ended.\n\n"}}},{"rowIdx":887,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"\n\nChecks and balances? What checks and balances?\n\n\nI. Cybersecurity Bill - Down, But Not Out\n\n\n\n\n\nHomeland Security\n[Image Source: CyTalk]\n\n\n\nII. Continuing the FDR Legacy\n\n\n\n\n\n\nExecutive orders per year\n[Image Source: Jason Mick/DailyTech]\n\n\nSource: The Hill\n\nComments Threshold\n\n\nRE: I fear for the future...\nBy JPForums on 8/8/2012 11:42:34 AM , Rating: 2\nWhat about instead of money being handed out, they are simply given the food needed to survive - fresh vegetables, fruits, milk, bread. Then if they want to live better, they need to work for it.\n\nUnfortunately, because it would cost more per person to do it that way. I'm almost convinced that it would be cheaper in the end, though, as those who think TV, cigarettes, alcoholic beverages, etc. are indispensable necessities would find a way to work. Also, presuming higher quality food (you said fresh) is provided, some formerly obese recipients could conceivably get themselves back into working shape. Believe it or not, it is hard to shake obesity with the quality of food many welfare recipients eat in the name of saving money.\nI am sure the great majority use the money for what they need, but if even 10% blow the money, it is too much.\n\nHonestly, I thing your estimate is low. While I know people who try to act as responsibly as they can, I see far to many people buying large quantities of Tenderloin, Fillet Mignon, or other pricy items entirely off of their EBT card. I can't even afford to do that and I'm not exactly struggling. There is apparently also a way to pull cash off of the EBT card to buy things you can't purchase with the EBT (for instance, alcohol).\n\nBy anti-painkilla on 8/8/2012 5:19:58 PM , Rating: 2\n\nI would imagine the easiest way is buying something, returning it and being given a cash refund, not sure if they can refund to the EBT card.\n\nRE: I fear for the future...\nBy MentalVirus on 8/8/2012 7:02:55 PM , Rating: 2\nMy parents own a business in the ghetto.\n\nThere is a family of 10 that lived around there who would purchase food (product to sell) for the small local market WITH their EBT card in exchange for cash.\n\nWith 8 kids, we're talking an upward of $2500 in food stamps a month. That's just a bit short of my monthly salary after taxes.\n\nIf that is not the most perfect way of jerking off the system, I don't know what is.\n\n"}}},{"rowIdx":888,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"\n\nWe Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks\n\nDir/scr: Alex Gibney. US. 2012. 127mins\n\nOne of the surprises in We Steal Secrets, the latest nonfiction movie from the ever-prolific filmmaker Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side), is that it’s not the story of Julian Assange. While the infamous white-haired Australian hacktivist and Wikileaks founder is the star of this political documentary thriller, the film expands its reach to feature two important supporting players, most notably Bradley Manning, the US private who leaked massive amounts of classified documents to Wikileaks, as well as Adrian Lamo, the hacker who betrayed Manning’s trust. \n\nFans of Assange might be surprised to find that We Steal Secrets comes down fairly hard on the revolutionary figure, ostensibly blaming him on the organisation’s downfall.\n\nWe Steal Secrets lacks the emotional weight of Gibney’s Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, about child abuse and cover-ups in the Catholic Church, but it has the same high level of exhaustive research and engaging storytelling (though a few minutes could be shaved off the two-hour-plus running time.) \n\nWhen Focus World releases the movie day-and-date on digital platforms and in cineamas in the US, it could generate some moderate interest and sales online, though piracy could be an issue for a film with this subject matter. Likewise, international audiences—particularly in Europe and Australia, where Assange is renown—will also take an interest in the documentary on television and other outlets. (And the material promises to only get more topical, with Manning’s trial date set for this summer.)\n\nGibney follows a largely chronological account of Wikileaks, which conveniently follows the neat narrative trajectory of a classic rise-and-fall story. Beginning even before the founding of the information-sharing website, the film starts off with a terrific pre-title prologue about the early “WANK worm” cyberattack in 1989 against the launch of NASA’s Galileo spacecraft. While no one has ever been held responsible for the computer virus, Gibney, pumping up the intrigue, speculates that Assange may have been involved.\n\nThe movie, then, explores several key incidents in Wikileaks’ ascent, from the releasing of bank documents in Iceland in 2009-2010, which revealed the wide extent of financial corruption within the country, to the dissemination of the infamous U.S. Apache helicopter kill video in Iraq, titled “Collateral Murder,” which fueled anti-war sentiment and brought wider international attention to Wikileaks and Assange, whose reputation seems to build at the same rate as his ego and paranoia.\n\nBut then the film pivots to the story of Manning. A troubled young Midwestern boy with gender identity issues, Manning gets sent to Iraq, despite his superior’s better judgment, and becomes further isolated and disgruntled, while wishing he could be a woman. Gibney effectively employs text messages exchanged between Manning and Adrian Lamo to get into the young soldier’s troubled mind. Manning comes across as a sad and lonely person, using the emoticon of a crying face ;’( and seeking out companionship even if it means getting caught.\n\nReturning to Wikileaks, Gibney recounts other mammoth leaks, from the Afghan and Iraq War logs to the State Department diplomatic cables, while also probing the sensationalistic Swedish rape allegations against Assange that coincidentally erupted at the same time. But the film shrewdly squashes the conspiracy theories and reveals the banal truths behind the sex case.\n\nWe Steal Secrets is impressively researched, including interviews with nearly everyone involved, from a former CIA director to Assange’s second-in-command to one of the Swedish women who accused Assange of rape. However, the filmmakers did not have direct access to Manning, who is in a military prison, and Assange, who is hiding out in Ecuador’s consulate in the UK.\n\nFor a story about “information,” Gibney successfully keeps the story moving, both narratively and cinematically. There’s a great bit, for example, when Manning relates how he exfiltrated hundreds of thousands of documents, while listening to Lady Gaga’s song “Telephone”—which Gibney cranks on the soundtrack along with a dazzling digital display of transferring data.\n\nFans of Assange might be surprised to find that We Steal Secrets comes down fairly hard on the revolutionary figure, ostensibly blaming him on the organisation’s downfall. Still, at the same time, Gibney’s film remains sympathetic to the cause. Indeed, it’s this complexity that makes We Steal Secrets more than just a standard profile of a famous man and his infamous and celebrated mission.\n\nProduction companies: Global Produce, Jigsaw Productions\n\nInternational sales: Universal International\n\nProducers: Alex Gibney, Marc Shmuger, Alexis Bloom\n\nCinematography: Maryse Alberti\n\nEditor: Andy Grieve\n\nMusic: Will Bates"}}},{"rowIdx":889,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"Select your localized edition:\n\nClose ×\n\nMore Ways to Connect\n\nDiscover one of our 28 local entrepreneurial communities »\n\n\nInterested in bringing MIT Technology Review to your local market?\n\nMIT Technology ReviewMIT Technology Review - logo\n\n\n\nThe genomic revolution is being driven by advances in analytical and computational techniques, and George Church has been behind many of them. Starting in the late 1970s, Church helped create the tools, including early software and protocols for DNA sequencing, that eventually made possible the Human Genome Project.\n\nThese days, Church, a professor of genetics at the Harvard Medical School, and his 50-person lab are still finding ways to synthesize and sequence DNA faster and more cheaply. One of his latest interests is synthetic biology, in which researchers design and synthesize biological “parts” that they then incorporate into microbes or cells.\n\nSome anticipated products of synthetic biology: engineered cells that produce novel types of pharmaceuticals, redesigned biological therapeutics that are more effective and safer, and biosensors that can be built directly into cells.\n\nTechnology Review: What is synthetic biology?\n\nGeorge Church: Genetics turned into genomics when you dealt with the whole genome. Biology turns into systems biology when you deal either with the whole of the cell or some fairly large part of it. Genetic engineering turns into synthetic biology when you use what you learn from parts and theory to engineer real systems.\n\nTR: How could synthetic biology help you design more-effective drugs?\n\nGC: Some groups are making cells that sense tumors and respond by producing a toxin. Synthetic biology will help you engineer the cell to home in on the tumor, to recognize the tumor, and, once it is confirmed, to start making a tumor-specific drug.\n\nTR: You and your colleagues recently developed a new way to synthesize DNA. What are the benefits?\n\nGC: It’s about reducing cost at a reasonable accuracy. Right now the cost of synthesizing a base [using conventional technology] is about 10 cents. That’s the current street price for raw oligonucleotides. For synthesizing simple genes, it’s more like $1.30 a base. [Our method] can manufacture oligonucleotides at .01 cent per base.\n\nTR: How will getting the cost down aid synthetic biology?\n\nGC: It means you’re willing to make many more [genetic] constructs. Making more constructs means you’re much more likely to make something that works or something useful.\n\nTR: The new method also allows you to make longer stretches of DNA, right?\n\nGC: Longer stretches are certainly enabled. The implications are that we are getting closer to being able to arbitrarily “program” the millions of base pairs in microbes or billions of base pairs in plants and animal genomes similar to the way that we program computers.\n\nTR: There has been a lot of buzz about a $1,000 personal genome.\n\nGC: That’s sequencing. So we’re off synthesis now.\n\n0 comments about this story. Start the discussion »\n\nTagged: Biomedicine\n\nReprints and Permissions | Send feedback to the editor\n\nFrom the Archives"}}},{"rowIdx":890,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"Found February 12, 2013 on Orlando Magic Daily:\nYes, it is true. The former Magic coach and current NBC Sports Network and Radio analyst was on CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight last night as part of a roundtable discussing all the day's hot-button issues. No, he was not talking about Dwight Howard's future or LeBron James' push for another MVP award. Basketball was not even mentioned. Van Gundy was there for another reason. To talk about Rihanna and the double standard for celebrities? Or how about obesity in America? Gun control? The Pope's resignation? Yes, this is serious. Van Gundy joined a panel with . . . I am not sure who. And it may not have really mattered. All they seemed interested in doing was yelling at each other and talking over each other. Stan certainly seemed a bit like a fish out of water. What he did contribute to the discussion was actually pretty informative and decently researched. He knew he was out of his element. It was either a great moment or a sad moment that Van Gun...\n\nStan Van Gundy was on a CNN panel for some reason\n\n\nHow did Stan Van Gundy end up on CNN?\n\nWhen I was sitting at my computer getting ready to watch How I Met Your Mother, an odd comment came across my Twitter timeline. Like anyone who would hear the news -- whether before or after -- it was strange. Stan Van Gundy is on Piers Morgan Tonight and he is talking about Pope Benedicting XVI's resignation? Is this real life? It was not \"shocking,\" so to...\nToday's Best Stuff\nFor Bloggers\n\n\nCompany Info\nWhat is Yardbarker?\n"}}},{"rowIdx":891,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"id summary reporter owner description type status priority milestone component version resolution keywords cc os architecture failure difficulty testcase blockedby blocking related 7220 Confusing error message in type checking related to type family, fundep, and higher-rank type tsuyoshi simonpj \"(This is related to, but different from, the message which I posted to glasgow-haskell-users mailing list: http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/glasgow-haskell-users/2012-September/022815.html.) GHC 7.6.1-rc1 (; 64-bit Windows) rejects the attached code (Test2.hs) with the following error message: {{{ Test2.hs:24:52: Couldn't match expected type `Y' with actual type `TF (forall b. (C A b, TF b ~ Y) => b)' In the first argument of `f :: (forall b. (C A b, TF b ~ Y) => b) -> X', namely `u' In the expression: (f :: (forall b. (C A b, TF b ~ Y) => b) -> X) u In an equation for `v': v = (f :: (forall b. (C A b, TF b ~ Y) => b) -> X) u }}} I am not sure whether the code is supposed to be accepted or rejected, but even if it is correct to reject the code, this error message does not look right to me. If I am not mistaken, the error message is saying that the type checker expects the argument of `(f :: (forall b. (C A b, TF b ~ Y) => b) -> X)` to have type `Y`, but I cannot think of any reason why it should relate the type `(forall b. (C A b, TF b ~ Y) => b)` with `Y`. The same code is available also at https://gist.github.com/3606856.\" bug closed normal 7.8.1 Compiler (Type checker) 7.6.1-rc1 fixed Unknown/Multiple Unknown/Multiple None/Unknown Unknown typecheck/should_fail/T7220"}}},{"rowIdx":892,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"Shared publicly - \nBehind the scenes with Oakley's AirWave wearable heads up display for skiiers team\n\nWearable computers that are contextual are the next wave. Want a taste of +Project Glass from Google? Check these googles out from Oakley. On Monday I visited Oakley's headquarters and visited with several execs who are doing innovative work on wearable devices.\n\nWe've all heard about wearable computers that are coming, whether the Pebble watch or Google's Project Glass. But here's a team that actually shipped a product: Oakley's AirWave Googles for skiiers and snow boarders.\n\nThis heralds the contextual age where products will make you smarter about what you are doing. These show you where on the mountain you are, where your friends are, how many vertical feet, and a lot more. \n\nIn this video you meet the guy who runs the team and get some inside info about how they, and other products at Oakley were developed.\nAbe Bellini's profile photoDustin Shannon's profile photoBrian Balboa's profile photoEuro Maestro's profile photo\nSounds great ! The age of context is heading our way fast. \nThis is awesome technology, but the interviewer leaves a lot to be desired.\n+Robert Scoble It seems like your question asking about the importance of knowing about you got misunderstood. \n+Euro Maestro yeah, I don't think they quite grokked that one. I should have explained myself better.\n+Euro Maestro +Robert Scoble that was mostly it. On reflection I understand that your question was in the handling of big data generated by the product in both the marketing and privacy angles, and how the company was preparing to use the data. \n\nThe trouble is that in an interview most people can't do the analysis and I think the Oakley folks thought you were only talking about using social networking to direct marketing efforts.\n+Robert Scoble on the other hand, you figured out what will make or break wearable technology. It has nothing to do with generating a hot list for the marketing department from his facebook and G+ contacts, and everything to do with making the presentation of data relevant and inclusive.\nI can see a big future for Oakley in Tactical eyewear!\nI would think it is assumed that the goggles need to have an internet connection to work. That could be a problem in places such as Alaska where many areas that are skied are not in Cellular range.\nCool technology especially for the mountain \nSo cool! I think I need to learn snowboarding. \nGreat interview Robert. These goggles have caught my interest since I saw their announcement a little while ago. Was pretty cool to hear from the guys behind them. Thanks!\nAdd a comment..."}}},{"rowIdx":893,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"Athlete's foot\n\nFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - View original article\n\nAthlete's Foot\nClassification and external resources\nA severe case of athlete's foot\nJump to: navigation, search\nAthlete's Foot\nClassification and external resources\nA severe case of athlete's foot\n\nAthlete's foot (also known as ringworm of the foot,[1] tinea pedis,[1] and moccasin foot[2]) is a fungal infection of the skin that causes scaling, flaking, and itch of affected areas, and in severe cases, swelling and amputation of the foot. It is caused by fungi in the genus Trichophyton. The disease is typically transmitted in moist communal areas where people walk barefoot, such as showers or bathhouses,[citation needed] and requires a warm moist environment, such as the inside of a shoe, in order to incubate.\n\nAlthough the condition typically affects the feet, it can infect or spread to other areas of the body, including the groin, particularly areas of skin that are kept hot and moist, such as with insulation, body heat, and sweat, e.g. in a shoe, for long periods of time. While the fungus is generally picked up through walking barefoot in an infected area or using an infected towel, infection can be prevented by remaining barefoot as this allows the feet to dry properly and removes the fungus' primary incubator - the warm moist interior of a shoe.[3] Athlete's foot can be treated by a very limited number of pharmaceuticals (including creams) and other treatments, although it can be almost completely prevented by never wearing shoes, or wearing them as little as possible.\n\nGlobally it affects about 15% of the population.[2]\n\nSigns and symptoms[edit]\n\nAthlete's foot left untreated.\n\nAthlete's foot causes scaling, flaking, and itching of the affected skin.[4] Blisters and cracked skin may also occur, leading to exposed raw tissue, pain, swelling, and inflammation. Secondary bacterial infection can accompany the fungal infection, sometimes requiring a course of oral antibiotics.[5][6]\n\n\nSome individuals may experience an allergic response to the fungus called an \"id reaction\" in which blisters or vesicles can appear in areas such as the hands, chest and arms. Treatment of the fungus usually results in resolution of the id reaction.\n\n\nMicroscopic view of cultured athlete's foot fungus\n\nAthlete's foot can usually be diagnosed by visual inspection of the skin, but where the diagnosis is in doubt direct microscopy of a potassium hydroxide preparation (known as a KOH test) may help rule out other possible causes, such as eczema or psoriasis.[10] A KOH preparation is performed by taking skin scrapings which are covered with 10% to 20% potassium hydroxide applied to the microscope slide; after a few minutes the skin cells are degraded by the KOH and the characteristic fungal hyphae can then be seen microscopically, either with or without the assistance of a stain. The KOH preparation has an excellent positive predictive value, but occasionally false negative results may be obtained, especially if treatment with an antifungal medication has already begun.[7]\n\nIf the above diagnoses are inconclusive or if a treatment regimen has already been started, a biopsy of the affected skin (i.e. a sample of the living skin tissue) can be taken for histological examination.\n\nA Wood's lamp(black light), although useful in diagnosing fungal infections of the scalp (tinea capitis), is not usually helpful in diagnosing tinea pedis, since the common dermatophytes that cause this disease do not fluoresce under ultraviolet light.[7] However, it can be useful for determining if the disease is due to a nonfungal afflictor.[citation needed]\n\n\nFrom person to person[edit]\n\nAthlete's foot is a communicable disease caused by a parasitic fungus in the genus Trichophyton, either Trichophyton rubrum or Trichophyton mentagrophytes.[11] As the fungus that cause athlete's foot requires warmth and moisture to survive and grow, the primary method of incubation and transmission is when people who regularly wear shoes go barefoot in a moist communal environment, such as a changing room or shower, and then put on shoes.\n\nDue to their insulating nature and the much reduced ventilation of the skin, shoes are the primary cause of the spread of Athlete's Foot.[3] As such, the fungus is only seen in approximately 0.75% of habitually barefoot people. Always being barefoot allows full ventilation around the feet that allows them to remain dry and exposes them to sunlight, as well as developing much stronger skin and causes the fungus to be worn off and removed before it can infect the skin. Also, people who have never worn shoes have splayed toes due to them not being forced to grow firmly pressed together by a shoe. This even further minimizes the chances of infection as it ventilates the warm moist pockets of skin between the third, fourth and fifth toes in shoe-wearing people.[12][11][13][14]\n\nAthlete's Foot can also be transmitted by sharing footwear with an infected person, such as at a bowling alley or any other place that lends footwear. A less common method of infection is through sharing towels. The various parasitic fungi that cause athlete's foot can also cause skin infections on other areas of the body, most often under toenails (onychomycosis) or on the groin (tinea cruris).\n\n\nSince shoes are the primary mode of infection and incubation and since the fungus is almost non-existent in always barefoot cultures due to the prevalence of strong, dry, feet that are very well ventilated, not wearing shoes at all is almost 100% effective in preventing the fungus.[12] People who regularly wear shoes should try to walk barefoot as much as possible in order to prevent infection. Simply remaining barefoot for a few hours after walking through an infected area is usually enough to prevent the fungus growing and wear it off your feet.[3]\n\nWhen moving through an area that is likely to be infected it is important to remember that the fungus requires the foot to remain moist in order to grow. Since fungi thrive in warm, moist environments, keeping feet as dry as possible and avoiding sharing towels aids prevention. Always dry the feet thoroughly if you wish to put on shoes and ensure that both the shoes and socks are clean and dry and have been regularly washed. In shoe-wearers, hygiene and minimization of shoe use play important roles in preventing transmission. Public showers, borrowed towels, and, particularly, footwear,[15] can all spread the infection from person to person through shared contact followed by incubation in a shoe.[15][16]\n\n\nWithout medication, athlete's foot resolves in 30–40% of cases[17] and topical antifungal medication consistently produce much higher percentages of cure.[18]\n\n\nConventional treatment typically involves daily or twice daily application of a topical medication in conjunction with hygiene measures outlined in the above section on prevention. Keeping feet dry and practising good hygiene is crucial to preventing reinfection. Severe or prolonged fungal skin infections may require treatment with oral antifungal medication. Zinc oxide-based diaper rash ointment may be used; talcum powder can be used to absorb moisture to kill off the infection.\n\n\nThe fungal infection may be treated with topical antifungal agents, which can take the form of a spray, powder, cream, or gel. There exists a large number of antifungal drugs including: miconazole nitrate, clotrimazole, tolnaftate (a synthetic thiocarbamate), terbinafine hydrochloride,[4] butenafine hydrochloride, and undecylenic acid.\n\nA solution of 1% potassium permanganate dissolved in hot water is an alternative to antifungal drugs.[19]\n\nThe time-line for cure may be long, often 45 days or longer. The recommended course of treatment is to \"continue to use the topical treatment for four weeks after the symptoms have subsided\" to ensure the fungus has been completely eliminated. However, because the itching associated with the infection subsides quickly, patients may not complete the courses of therapy prescribed.\n\nAnti-itch creams are not recommended, as they will alleviate the symptoms, but will exacerbate the fungus; this is because anti-itch creams typically enhance the moisture content of the skin and encourage fungal growth.\n\nIf the fungal invader is not a dermatophyte, but a yeast, other medications such as fluconazole may be used. Typically, fluconazole is used for candidal vaginal infections (moniliasis), but has been shown to be of benefit for those with cutaneous yeast infections, as well. The most common of these infections occur in the web (intertriginous) spaces of the toes and at the base of the fingernail or toenail. The hallmark of these infections is a cherry red color surrounding the lesion and a yellow thick pus.\n\n\nA number of oral antifungals may be used. For severe cases oral terbinafine or itraconazole has greater effectiveness than griseofulvin.[2] Other prescription oral antifungals include fluconazole.[5] The most common adverse effects from these treatment is gastrointestinal upset.[2]\n\nAlternative treatments[edit]\n\nTea tree oil improves the symptoms but does not cure the underlying fungal infection, according to a double-blind study of 104 patients.[20][21]\n\n\n\n\n 2. ^ a b c d e Bell-Syer, SE; Khan, SM; Torgerson, DJ (2012 Oct 17). \"Oral treatments for fungal infections of the skin of the foot.\". The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 10: CD003584. PMID 23076898. \n 3. ^ a b c Howell, Phd, Dr Daniel (2010). The Barefoot Book. Hunter House. \n 5. ^ a b Gupta AK, Skinner AR, Cooper EA (2003). \"Interdigital tinea pedis (dermatophytosis simplex and complex) and treatment with ciclopirox 0.77% gel\". Int. J. Dermatol. 42 (Suppl 1): 23–7. doi:10.1046/j.1365-4362.42.s1.1.x. PMID 12895184. \n 6. ^ Guttman, C (2003). \"Secondary bacterial infection always accompanies interdigital tinea pedis\". Dermatol Times 4: 23–7. \n 7. ^ a b c Al Hasan M, Fitzgerald SM, Saoudian M, Krishnaswamy G (2004). \"Dermatology for the practicing allergist: Tinea pedis and its complications\". Clinical and Molecular Allergy 2 (1): 5. doi:10.1186/1476-7961-2-5. PMC 419368. PMID 15050029. \n 8. ^ Hainer BL (2003). \"Dermatophyte infections\". American Family Physician 67 (1): 101–8. PMID 12537173. \n 9. ^ Hirschmann JV, Raugi GJ (2000). \"Pustular tinea pedis\". J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. 42 (1 Pt 1): 132–3. doi:10.1016/S0190-9622(00)90022-7. PMID 10607333. \n 10. ^ del Palacio, Amalia; Margarita Garau, Alba Gonzalez-Escalada and Mª Teresa Calvo. \"Trends in the treatment of dermatophytosis\" (PDF). Biology of Dermatophytes and other Keratinophilic Fungi: 148–158. Retrieved 10 October 2007. \n 11. ^ a b \"Athlete's Foot – Cause\". WebMD. 2 July 2008. Archived from the original on 6 March 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2010. \n 12. ^ a b SHULMAN, Pod.D,, SAMUEL B. (1949). \"Survey in China and India of Feet That Have Never Worn Shoes\". The Journal of the National Association of Chiropodists. Retrieved 27 September 2012. \n 13. ^ \"Athlete's foot\". Mayo Clinic Health Center. \n 14. ^ [1] Risk factors for athlete's foot, at WebMD\n 15. ^ a b Ajello L, Getz M E (1954). \"Recovery of dermatophytes from shoes and a shower stall\". J. Invest. Dermat. 22 (4): 17–22. doi:10.1038/jid.1954.5. PMID 13118251. \n 16. ^ Robert Preidt (29 September 2006). \"Athlete's Foot, Toe Fungus a Family Affair\" (Reprint at USA Today). HealthDay News. Archived from the original on 15 October 2007. Retrieved 10 October 2007. \"Researchers used advanced molecular biology techniques to test the members of 57 families and concluded that toenail fungus and athlete's foot can infect people living in the same household.\" \n 17. ^ Over-the-Counter Foot Remedies (American Family Physician)\n 18. ^ Crawford F, Hollis S (18 July 2007). \"Topical treatments for fungal infections of the skin and nails of the foot\" (Review). In Crawford, Fay. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (3): CD001434. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD001434.pub2. PMID 17636672. \n 19. ^ \"Potassium Permanganate\". Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2011. \n 20. ^ Tong MM, Altman PM, Barnetson RS (1992). \"Tea tree oil in the treatment of tinea pedis\". Australasian J. Dermatology 33 (3): 145–9. doi:10.1111/j.1440-0960.1992.tb00103.x. PMID 1303075. \n 21. ^ Satchell AC, Saurajen A, Bell C, Barnetson RS (2002). \"Treatment of interdigital tinea pedis with 25% and 50% tea tree oil solution: a randomized, placebo-controlled, blinded study\". Australasian J. Dermatology 43 (3): 175–8. doi:10.1046/j.1440-0960.2002.00590.x. PMID 12121393. \n\nExternal links[edit]"}}},{"rowIdx":894,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"\n\nOk, that explains it! Thanks!\nI've been wondering about that for some time. Every time I right-click on a 'Youtube' video, the 'About Adobe Flash Player'-thing pops up..."}}},{"rowIdx":895,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"\n\nRe: Next steps for the ARIA syntax discussion\n\nFrom: Charles McCathieNevile \nDate: Sun, 01 Jun 2008 03:01:41 +0200\nTo: elharo@metalab.unc.edu, \"Al Gilman\" \nMessage-ID: \n\nOn Fri, 30 May 2008 16:00:23 +0200, Elliotte Harold \n wrote:\n\n> Al Gilman wrote:\n>> WAI-ARIA could have ridden on namespaces, and *would have* if\n>> namespaces were ready for prime time. But they're not.\n\nI disagree strongly with this characterisation of the issue.\n\nIn SVG, namespaces are a critical part of the ecosystem. In HTML, they are \nsimply not there. In XHTML it seems that people have actually slightly \nmisunderstood the namespaces spec and the many interoperable \nimplementations of that spec.\n\nAnyway, the aria- approach works as implemented with both \nnamespace-unaware HTML, and namespace-reliant SVG. That's the strength of \nthe proposal. The draft is, I hope, going to be changed to clarify that \nARIA attributes should always be \"in no namespace\" to use the 'technically \ncorrect' (but misleading) terminology of the day.\n\nWhat it really means is that the appropriate namespace for these \naria:aria-[something] in a namespace aware environment, but \naria-[something] will work perfectly correctly in both a namespace-reliant \nenvironment, and in a namespace-unaware environment, because of a careful \nand thoughtful design decision in the namespaces specification that allows \nfor the easiest possible transition between the two kinds of environment.\n\n> OK. Seems you are rejecting namespaces in toto because you don't like \n> them.\n\nIn no way. I will ahppily charaacterise a lot of the people who have \nsupported the \"aria-\" syntax in this discussion as people who happen not \nto like namespaces, but as someone who is a strong supporter of \nnamespaces, I think that believing this is about the pros and cons of \nnamespaces per se has got hold of the wrong issue.\n\n> The decision, therefore, comes down to this: how much does following the \n> web architecture matter?\n\nnamespace\" is somehow consdered a more useful phrase despite the \nmisunderstandings it has caused, but I think it is an idiotic piece of \nterminology to continue with). I hope and believe that the PF group are \nabout to correct that error, and therefore have a way of doing ARIA that \nis consistent with actual implementations and the HTML and XML Namespaces \nspecifications and their discernible futures.\n\nAs Anne has pointed out, aria- actually works happily in any spec that can \nsee its way to saying \"attributes whose names start with 'aria-' and whose \nnamespace is the empty string mean exactly what they mean in the ARIA \nspecifications\". In practice, as implementors, by assuming that key specs \n(like SVG or MathML) will say that we get very simple and very effective \nimplementation of very important accessibility improvements. This seems to \nme an ideal result, and a good demonstration that W3C's technologies are \nactually well-designed and valuable for real-world things.\n\n\n\nCharles McCathieNevile Opera Software, Standards Group\n je parle français -- hablo español -- jeg lærer norsk\nReceived on Sunday, 1 June 2008 01:03:15 GMT\n"}}},{"rowIdx":896,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"Switch to Desktop Site\n\nWhy US is calm in wake of Soviet airlift to Syria\n\nAbout these ads\n\nThe United States is reacting calmly to reports of a Soviet airlift of military supplies to Syria.\n\nThe Soviets appear to be moving with too little, too late. The superiority of American weapons used by the Israelis over Soviet arms used by the Syrians has dealt a blow to Soviet prestige in the Middle East.\n\nWashington's main fear at the moment is that the fighting around the city of Beirut will escalate, causing an even greater loss of lives and property in Lebanon than has already occurred. American officials have been cautioning the Israelis not to move beyond the positions they now hold on the outskirts of the Lebanese capital.\n\nIsraeli Embassy officials, for their part, have been denying that Israel has any intention of going into the heart of Beirut. In order to underline its concern in this regard, the Reagan administration on June 15 described as tentative the President's scheduled meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin next week and ordered what amounts so far to a symbolic delay in the delivery of 75 F-16 fighter planes to Israel.\n\nThe administration had formally disapproved of the Israeli invasion, but then began to argue that it could serve as a catalyst for the creation of a new stability in Lebanon and a revival of talks aimed at resolving the Palestinian question.\n\nEgypt's foreign minister, Kamal Hassan Ali, has been in Washington for the past few days, urging the Americans to prepare a new push to resolve the Palestinian problem. The Egyptians fear that if the Israelis stay in Lebanon and no progress is made on the Palestinian issue, it will have a ''radicalizing'' effect on many Arabs and provide the Soviet Union with new openings in the Middle East. At the same time, given the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, they see no alternative to suspending the Egyptian-Israeli negotiations over Palestinian autonomy.\n\n\nPage: 1 | 2"}}},{"rowIdx":897,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"pkgsrc-Changes archive\n\n\nCVS commit: pkgsrc/devel\n\nModule Name: pkgsrc\nCommitted By: wiz\nDate: Wed Nov 5 16:12:38 UTC 2008\n\nModified Files:\n pkgsrc/devel/ncurses: Makefile Makefile.common PLIST distinfo\n pkgsrc/devel/ncurses/patches: patch-ac\n pkgsrc/devel/ncursesw: Makefile\n\nLog Message:\nUpdate to 5.7:\n\nNew features and improvements:\n\n * library\n o new flavor of the ncurses library provides rudimentary\n support for POSIX threads. Several functions are reentrant,\n but most require either a window-level or screen-level\n (This is API-compatible, but not ABI-compatible with\n the normal library).\n o add NCURSES_OPAQUE symbol to curses.h, will use to make\n structs opaque in selected configurations.\n o add NCURSES_EXT_FUNCS and NCURSES_EXT_COLORS symbols\n to curses.h to make it simpler to tell if the extended\n functions and/or colors are declared.\n o add wresize to C++ binding\n o eliminate fixed-buffer vsprintf calls in C++ binding.\n o add several functions to C++ binding which wrap C\n functions that pass a WINDOW* parameter.\n o adapt mouse-handling code from menu library in form-library\n o improve tracing for form library, showing created forms, fields, \n o make $NCURSES_NO_PADDING feature work for termcap interface .\n o add check to trace-file open, if the given name is a\n o several new manpages: curs_legacy.3x, curs_memleaks.3x,\n curs_opaque.3x and curs_threads.3x\n * programs:\n o modified three test-programs to demonstrate the threading\n support in this version: ditto, rain, worm.\n o several new test-programs: demo_panels, dots_mvcur,\n inch_wide, inchs, key_name, key_names, savescreen,\n test_arrays, test_get_wstr, test_getstr,\n test_instr, test_inwstr and test_opaque.\n o add adacurses-config to the Ada95 install.\n o modify tic -f option to format spaces as \\s to prevent\n them from being lost when that is read back in unformatted\n o The tack program is now distributed separately from\n * terminal database\n o added entries:\n + Eterm-256color, Eterm-88color and rxvt-88color\n + aterm\n + konsole-256color\n + mrxvt\n + screen.mlterm\n + screen.rxvt\n + teraterm4.59 is now the primary primary teraterm\n entry, renamed original to teraterm2.3\n + 9term terminal\n + Newbury Data entries\n o updated/improved entries:\n + gnome to version 2.22.3\n + h19, z100\n + konsole to version 1.6.6\n + mlterm, mlterm+pcfkeys\n + xterm, and building-blocks for function-keys to\n xterm patch #230.\n\nMajor bug fixes:\n\n * add logic to tic for cancelling strings in user-defined\n capabilities (this is needed for current konsole terminfo\n * modify mk-1st.awk so the generated makefile rules for linking\n or installing shared libraries do not first remove the library,\n in case it is in use, e.g., by /bin/sh.\n * correct check for notimeout in wgetch.\n * fix a sign-extension bug in infocmp's repair_acsc function.\n * change winnstr to stop at the end of the line.\n * make Ada95 demo_panels example work.\n * fill in extended-color pair to make colors work for\n wide-characters using extended-colors.\n * improve refresh of window on top of multi-column characters,\n taking into account split characters on left/right window\n * modify win_wchnstr to ensure that only a base cell is returned\n for each multi-column character.\n * improve waddch and winsch handling of EILSEQ from mbrtowc by\n using unctrl to display illegal bytes rather than trying to\n append further bytes to make up a valid sequence.\n * restore curs_set state after endwin/refresh\n * modify keyname to use \"^X\" form only if meta has been called,\n or if keyname is called without initializing curses, e.g., via\n initscr or newterm.\n * modify unctrl to check codes in 128-255 range versus isprint.\n \"~\" sequence.\n * improve resizeterm by moving ripped-off lines, and repainting\n the soft-keys.\n * modify form library to accept control characters such as\n newline in set_field_buffer, which is compatible with Solaris.\n * use NCURSES_MOUSE_MASK in definition of BUTTON_RELEASE, etc.,\n to make those work properly with the --enable-ext-mouse\n * correct some functions in Ada95 binding which were using\n return value from C where none was returned.\n * reviewed/fixed issues reported by Coverity and Klocwork tools.\n\n\n * configure script:\n o new options:\n\n control whether static string tables are generated\n as single large strings (to improve startup\n performance), or as array of individual strings.\n control whether shared libraries are relinked\n (during install) when rpath is enabled.\n make explicit whether tic library depends on\n ncurses/ncursesw library.\n override the configure script's check if the\n filesystem supports mixed-case filenames. This\n allows one to control how the terminal database\n maps to the filesystem. For filesystems that do\n not support mixed-case, the library uses generate\n 2-character (hexadecimal) codes for the lower-level\n of the filesystem terminfo database\n builds a different flavor of the ncurses library\n (ncursest) which improves reentrant use of the\n library by reducing global and static variables\n use weak-symbols for linking to the POSIX thread\n library, and use the same soname for the ncurses\n shared library as the normal library (caveat: the\n ABI is for the threaded library, which makes global\n data accessed via functions).\n build with the POSIX thread library (tested with\n AIX, GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, HPUX, IRIX64,\n Solaris, Tru64).\n build/install the tic-support functions in a separate\n\n o improved options:\n\n requires the wide-character configuration.\n ignore option value \"unsigned\" is always added to\n build-fix for redefinition of strndup.\n + accepts a parameter which is the install-prefix\n of a given Berkeley Database.\n + the $LIBS environment variable overrides the\n search for the db library.\n assumed when \"--disable-database\" is used.\n\n * other configure/build issues:\n o build-fixes for LynxOS\n o modify shared-library rules to allow FreeBSD 3.x to use rpath.\n o build-fix for FreeBSD \"contemporary\" TTY interface.\n o build-fixes for AIX with libtool.\n o build-fixes for Darwin and libtool.\n o modify BeOS-specific ifdef's to build on Haiku.\n o corrected gcc options for building shared libraries on\n Solaris and IRIX64.\n o change shared-library configuration for OpenBSD, make rpath work.\n o build-fixes for using libutf8, e.g., on OpenBSD 3.7\n o add \"-e\" option in ncurses/ when generating\n source-files to force earlier exit if the build environment\n fails unexpectedly.\n o add support for shared libraries for QNX.\n o change delimiter in from '%' to '@', to\n extensions to digraphs.\n * library:\n o rewrite wrapper for wcrtomb, making it work on Solaris.\n This is used in the form library to determine the length\n of the buffer needed by field_buffer.\n o add/use configure script macro CF_SIG_ATOMIC_T, use\n the corresponding type for data manipulated by signal\n o set locale in misc/ since it uses a\n o disable GPM mouse support when $TERM does not happen\n to contain \"linux\", since Gpm_Open no longer limits its\n assertion to terminals that it might handle, e.g., within\n \"screen\" in xterm.\n o reset mouse file-descriptor when unloading GPM library.\n * test programs:\n o update test programs to build/work with various UNIX\n curses for comparisons.\n\nTo generate a diff of this commit:\ncvs rdiff -r1.81 -r1.82 pkgsrc/devel/ncurses/Makefile\ncvs rdiff -r1.8 -r1.9 pkgsrc/devel/ncurses/Makefile.common\ncvs rdiff -r1.14 -r1.15 pkgsrc/devel/ncurses/PLIST\ncvs rdiff -r1.17 -r1.18 pkgsrc/devel/ncurses/distinfo\ncvs rdiff -r1.15 -r1.16 pkgsrc/devel/ncurses/patches/patch-ac\ncvs rdiff -r1.4 -r1.5 pkgsrc/devel/ncursesw/Makefile\n\ncopyright notices on the relevant files.\n\nHome | Main Index | Thread Index | Old Index"}}},{"rowIdx":898,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"« Dolphins acquire LT Bryant McKinnie | Main | Mike Sherman addresses the 'play call,' other things »\n\nWhat did the Dolphins get in Bryant McKinnie?\n\nWe've known the for nearly a week the Dolphins have been looking for an offensive lineman in trade and now that they got Bryant McKinnie the question that resonates is, what exactly did they get?\n\n\"He is a proven and experienced player who will be a great addition to the offensive line,\" general manager Jeff Ireland said in a statement.\n\n\"Bryant McKinnie was a good player at one time but he stinks now,\" a former NFL coach told me today.\n\nBryant McKinnie is 34 years old and was once a dominating NFL left tackle. He never allowed a sack at the University of Miami. He had one holding call his entire two seasons at UM -- against Dwight Freeney.\n\nAnd he was outstanding playing for the Minnesota Vikings from 2003 to 2009, including his Pro Bowl selection in '09. But there are other things that mitigate McKinnie being a great player back in the day, so to speak, and even a good player now.\n\nWell, there's the partying for one.\n\nIn October 2005, McKinnie was charged with a misdemeanor for his involvement in the infamous Minnesota Vikings boat cruise scandal that involved hookers and drugs and violence.\n\nOn May 26, 2006, McKinnie pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and being a public nuisance on a watercraft in connection with the Love Boat scandal. He agreed to pay a $1,000 fine and perform 48 hours of community service. The NFL fined McKinnie one game check for the incident.\n\nIn 2008 McKinnie was arrested and charged with aggravated battery, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest after an incident at Miami's Club Space. Police said McKinnie spit in the face of a bouncer when he was removed from the club, then, after heading across the street to another establishment, returned to the club and argued with the bouncer. McKinnie then allegedly shoved his phone in Otero's face before picking up a heavy pole and hitting him. A judge ordered McKinnie to complete 25 hours of community service and anger management classes.\n\nMcKinnie's hard partying is legendary in NFL circles. He's been known for spending $100,000 on a bar tab in one night.\n\nMcKinnie's love of strip clubs is also well known. McKinnie was kicked off the 2010 Pro Bowl roster after partying too much in South Beach and missing practices.\n\nIs he a Joe Philbin-type player? Absolutely not.\n\nBut the Dolphins are desperate. McKinnie can move in as the left tackle -- the position he's played all his professional life -- and they can move Jonathan Martin to right tackle, which is the position he played last year.\n\nMcKinnie, not exactly a try-hard guy so far this year, has nonetheless given up only one sack in 2013. So that is indeed an upgrade.\n\nBut does he come with warts? Yes. \n\n\n\nMandito, We tried \"Philbin type's\" to little success, Lets try something else..\n\nSigns of a desperate team, that were in denial in the off season. denial, lack of talent evaluation, or just plain stubbornness.\n\nI don't see that this trade makes much difference, either to the 2013 season, or the 2014 draft.\n\n7-9 :(\n\nToo little ,way too late!!!!!!!!!!!!!hope tannehill stays alive till next spring\n\nTake him to pure platinum\n\n\nthe warts smells bad?\n\nIreland constructed a poor team, and the team is coached just as poorly.\n\ndoes Mckinnie come along with Sweet pea and Jacoby Jones. lol\n\nNice contract to absorb. So long cap space!\n\nPublicado por: Just FYI | October 21, 2013 at 04:29 PM\n\nJust went and looked it up, the contract is NOT GUARANTEED! The signing bonus was undisclosed (so I'm not sure what we owe in base for the 10 remaining games) The BULK of the 7 Mil. was tied into weight clauses and practice bonuses.\n\n(when you need to just maintain your weight and properly condition for that kind of payday and can't it doesn't seem to bode well for our return on this deal)\n\n\n\nThe fins could rework the contract for Mckinnie and state that for no sacks given up he gets an all expense paid trip to the stripper bar of his choice. If he makes the pro bowl then they buy him a strip club of his own. Small price to pay for protecting your franchise QB\n\nhe should start right away Clabo Sucks Clabo Sucks\n\nAre season is over your guys.\n\nWhat about that guy Dallas Texas we drafted out of Tenn? What the phuc is he doing these days?\n\nMckinnie is coming home so maybe that'll get some inspired play out of him. Anyway, atleast the FO is trying something. why wasn't this done over the bye! this loss to the bills may have been the dagger.\n\nOh hail yeah now we be playoff bound dog!\n\nI demand that She-man call 35 running plays next game, no matter how successful the first 10 are.\n\nBring back Wannstache!!! That dude knew how to call a running play.\n\nBeg Rickie to come out of retirement while we're at it.\n\nThank you Jeff Ireland. Will next year be the year you are capable of identifying a starting offensive linemen after the first round or are we going to keep trading for other teams players?\n\nGuys look at the opposition and see how banged up they are in all areas on defense. No wilfork, mayo, talib or kelly. 4 of their best players out or at 50 percent. this game screams for two te sets and a fb. Fins need to run it and run it some more. this will set up play action to hartline and wallace. eats up the clock and benches the pats best player in brady, and gives the oline confidence while keeping tannehill upright. See the obvious moves here Philbin. Please\n\nAnd why can't Gilligan get onto the field? It seems like in preseason he did better than the other RBs.\n\n\"We have confidence in the guys we have\", Philbin in his presser Today referring to the OLine. Then, 1/2hr later Ireland trades for McKinnie. C'mon, guys, at least coordinate what BS you are going to say, where and when, in order to not look ridiculous and lose whatever respect you might have.\n\nAl I know is Martin should be moving back to the right where he seems more comfortable, especially with the run game. McKinnie will be an upgrade on the left. And Clabo can upgrade the bench.\n\nWe just got better at two positions on the offensive line.\n\nagreed Phins 78. Atleast the FO is making som,e moves to improve the teams most glaring weakness and save our QB's life back there\n\nWheres bill polian?\n\nIt's amazing how miscalculated the talent of this team is. We all knew that the OL was not going to be good. How did Ireland and the coaches not know this! They had all off season to upgrade and of all the tackles out there they judged Clabo to be the best - really? I think that is one of the biggest issues with this organization is talent evaluation. Our OL draft picks have sucked! You can say Pouncey al you want but he was a high 1st rd pick as a center which is not the ideal slot for one and he is not exactly dominating up front this year. Maybe he should focus less on his Free Hernandez advertising and more on blocking his guy! When you lose to Buffalo at home with a practice squad banged up QB and no RB's you know your season is over! Please Ross - clean HOUSE starting with the GM and then the coaches.\n\nThe definition of an idiot is seeing the same results over and over, making no big changes, and thinking something different is going to happen.\n\nMartin was a turnstile at RT last year too, but he's still better than Clabo. Clabo's knees are shot. Guy can hardly move anymore. Sometimes I think the only film Ireland watches on players are their YouTube highlights.\n\nThe Miami Herald People have gone home after their 6 hrs shift.\n\nWhy not add Nate Garner to replace the human jelly fish, J.Jerry at RG ? Is that too logical for these doo-dos ?\n\nThat would improve 3 spots. Tanny just needs AVG linemen to win, not stars. Give the man some time and some running plays and we can go 10-6 still !!!!\n\nYes dolfan29, I'm definitely happy Ireland isn't just sitting on his hands. I would like him to get better at drafting and retaining our own players though. The whole idea, what we were sold, was we had to be patient because they were going to build through the draft.\n\nThe staff is lucky the total whiff by Clabo did not end the season on the spot for Tannehill. First round QB's... at least as judged by this team's front office...should not absorb direct slams from Mario Williams.\n\nAgreed Phins 78. Ive been banging the drum with Ireland and the draft for years. I will give him his just do that his first rounders have become solid or elite players. Its the guys taken in rd's 2 and 3 that i take issue with. Not enough difference makers have come from this area of the draft. I hear so many NFL personnel guys saying the mid rounds of the draft are your meat and potatoes of getting talent to come in and replace aging veterans once their time is up. This IMO has been Irelands biggest mismanagement of the draft year after year. To me if a GM fails in this area of the team rebuild then he needs to go. Look at Jimmy when he was here. Their 4 best defensive players came from round 2 in madison and surtain, taylor in rd 3 and thomas in rd 5\n\n\nPosted by: Vince | October 21, 2013 at 06:08 PM\n\nVince with all due respect think about what you just said. I understand what you're trying to say but I think you missed a couple of points.\n\nYou're saying they should fire everyone and start over because if you keep the same guys who aren't doing as well as you would like it's stupid. Surely the next guy that comes in will fix the issues.\n\nI have to say that is shortsighted. How many coaches have we gone through since Shula? 6 right? 7 if you count Turner. And we have been consistently mediocre the entire time.\n\nYou are suggesting they switch the entire team ,,,AGAIN,,, so we can wait through another rebuild because of philosophical changes. They're not going to keep all of the players, and they certainly won't keep any of the plays. That means back to square one.\n\nWe have done that for 20 years now and you think that all of the sudden it's going to be different this time? How will anything change? The best teams in the league have consistency in the front office and coaching staff. They don't switch everyone out every two years because they haven't won a super bowl.\n\nI;m sorry but what you are suggesting and a couple others have suggested is exactly what has kept us down all of these years. Why don't you guys see this?\n\nThats one move....\n\nI wonder how many turn overs Tanne will be able to have against NE before Philbin goes to the bullpen...\n\nis it 2 INTs and a fumble...\n\n2 Fumbles and a pick 6\n\n2 fumbles....\n\nHow many times a game can Tanne be allowed to turn the ball over with no repercussions....\n\n\nOur leading Rusher (last year) fumbles trying to get some extra yards...and gets benched for the rest of the game...and is in the dog house for the rest of the season...\n\nIf your gonna be a hard @ss...you have to be a equal oppertunity haqrd @ss...they players can tell....\n\nWe should have kept Vontae and Marshall. Wallace is no alpha receiver. Never was. Not worth half his price. Another desperation move by Jeffy.\n\n\nPosted by: Kris | October 21, 2013 at 06:31 PM\n\nWhat a dumbShyt hahaaha.\n\nlol. Also Vince, the phrase is \"the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results\".\n\nHow many times do we change our coaching staff and front office before we are labeled insane? 1 year and 6 games is not enough time for a coaching staff to change everything about a team and come out on top. And don't list the two teams that have done it unless you list the hundreds who haven't. Tweaking is fine, Sherman is expendable.\n\nWhy does Kris hate Tannehill so much? He has a better 3rd down QBR than Luck and leads one of the top redzone offenses in the league.\n\nKris is only happy when he is bitter and negative.\n\nIreland fires Bonamego, the special teams coach.\nIreland fires Pasqualoni, the DC.\nIreland fires Henning the OC (fails to renew contract, same thing)\n\nIreland fires Sparano the HC.\n\nNow it's Clabo who needs to be replaced ?\n\nAt what point does Ireland get replaced ?\n\nThe loss the Buffalo was very disapointing, but not super surprising! This team is in year 2 of it's rebuilding process. This is a very young team, with lots of very good young talent, especially at the QB postion. Experience comes with age & time! The Fins are a mediocure team, which is what most of the NFL teams are now. Another off-season of FA's, decent draft, and the general maturing of the talent we have. Still re-building. Patience & time. Look at SF. They were on the bottom of leaque for several years. Through drafting & time, that team rose to the top. Look for the O-Line and solid power runner to be added via draft & FA. 3 of the 5 OL will be gone. Daniel Thomas, gone. We won a game in Indy that we should have lost, and we lost a game we should have definelty won! That's how it's going to be until this team can rise out of the mediocrity!\n\nTom hahaha yeah that was brutal. I haven't seen a qb get hit that hard in a while. BODY SLAMMED! He had JUST turned around and Williams was like, \"Hey, I'm going to pick you up and Snuka you right now, good luck putting yourself back together\".\n\nThe fact that McKinnie is an upgrade over the current OTs on the roster speaks volumes about Ireland's skill (or extreme lack thereof) as a GM.\n\n\"Is he a Joe Philbin-type player? Absolutely not.\"\n\nI hope McKinnie has a South Beach party to end all parties with 20 strippers and Phibin, Sherman, and Ireland in a wild free for all posted on YouTube.\n\ndoes he have a better record...\n\n\n\nThere are 10 games and so not too late but would have been nice to get him sooner but Ireland at the helm is the reason.....bottom line and it's been said over and over by many that Ireland needs to go away or Ross give total control to the head coach....mind boggling how Ross has no clue as an owner, absolutely terrible.\n\nI was watching the game with my 7yr old son and he says\n\"Hey Dad, whos #77? He really Sucks\"\n\nThe Dolphins will improve when they have a good GM, great Head Coach, and an elite QB. Look at the Colts, Chiefs, Seahawks, and 49ers as examples of what is possible. Ireland has been rebuilding for six years (it's time for the Parcells excuse to be retired insofar as Ireland is concerned). IMHO, the problem is Ireland.\n\nThis sucks. We are once again chancing our tail and barely get an upgrade. Ireland should have been more proactive and tried to get Eugene Monroe. Once again the good teams get the best deals and the Dolphins get crap.\n\nYou all need to get off it. Ross spends money, Ireland has done a pretty good job adding talent to this team, and Philbin is a good coach. We're better off than most. It takes time and CONSISTENCY to build a team that will contend year in and year out - firing Ireland would only set us back another 5 years. We're still a year or two away - try to appreciate the fact that we're competitive again.\n\nWe KNEW that Martin was a liability, and Clabo was the best of a bad FA class - that's why we signed him for only one year. So what? There was nothing we could do about it - there were no good options at tackle during the offseason. Ireland was right on Jake Long - he is not worth the money he got. Albert was not worth the asking price in draft picks OR contract $$, and only time will tell if Lane Johnson can turn it around.\n\nThe next draft will be rich in o-line talent, and it's entirely possible that we'll double up in the early rounds. So- assuming we manage to re-sign Soliai, Starks and Grimes... look to FA and the draft to find tackles, a bell-cow back and a blocking tight end - what's left to fix? Nothing, really.\n\nYou guys seem to believe that there is some mythical coach/GM tandem out there who can snap their fingers and make a playoff team appear out of thin air... it doesn't work that way.\n\nLuck has a better team. And a real oline.\n\nDouble Duh... (using vocabulary not above you)\n\nTeams with talent do not play like the Phins have played the past four or five years.\n\nIreland does not do a good job getting talent. His drafts are very mediocre and to get any FA here the Dolphins had to waaay overpay. That is not a good GM. Keep living in your dream world but the Dolphins are going to be rebuilding in another 4 years, and the cycle begins again.\n\nKris that's not looking at the big picture and you know it. You're saying Philbin should treat a second year qb who makes less than half of what an aging vet makes the same exact way?\n\nTannehill is raw with upside and Bush was aging, expensive, and peaked. Philbin didn't like him for reasons we will never know. That's his decision, we aren't in the locker room.\n\nWhat if we found out that Bush was secretly trying to turn other players against the coach and was constantly complaining about the playbook? Would you be okay that Philbin was fine letting him walk then? We have no clue what happened so you can't sit here and assume Reggie was the poor guy who was wronged by the coach. We have no idea and are just guessing so it's ridiculous to even debate.\n\nHe's a rb, running backs aren't allowed to fumble because they only touch the ball an average of 20 times a game. The qb touches the ball on every single play. Apples and oranges.\n\nI know you never liked Tannehill. You seem to be giddy over the fact he had a bad game, it seems as if you are just waiting to say I told you so. It was one bad game Kris,,,,,RIGHT? Has he played horribly all season or has he put his team in a position to win games with two fourth quarter comebacks? And he was solid in the Ravens game. His two bad games were against Buffalo and New Orleans. Cut the kid some freakin slack.\n\nHow many turnovers is he allowed? Why aren't you saying that about the whole team? Poor Bush. What about our lbers, how many rbs are they going to let gain 8 yards on every catch? How many receivers and te's are they going to leave wide open? How many defensive linemen and lbers are our Rbs going to whiff on? How many dlinemen will the oline let push them around like school girls? How many times does Wallace need to be told where to line up by Gibson? How many times does Reshad Jones get to miss tackles and coverages?\n\nHow many times do ANY of these players get to f$#k up before being replaced? But your bias against Tannehill only wants to hold him accountable for his mistakes. I would have been fine with the calling out of thill if you called all of the other guys who make mistakes out.\n\nMost of those games haven't won a game for our team this year. Tannehill has taken this team on his back at least three times this season, made some great plays when they needed to be made and bailed us out. Hell, he escaped two times on the hail mary and still got a long pass off as he was being hit. IT WAS A HAIL MARY, THEY RUSHED FOUR AND WE HAD 5 PROTECTING! 2 guys came right through even though it was the last play and the oline needed to hold the block. John Jerry whiffed, so he should be punished too? He does it every game after all.\n\n\nBrass Monkey...\n\nTell that to\n\n\n\n\n\nand even ATL who has sustained success....\n\nThose post don't work any more....to much proof otherwise...\n\nYes Kris, football is an individual sport and a teams record is on the qb alone.\n\nSanchez (apparently according to you) took his team to 2 afc east championships.\n\nSo by your logic you would trade Sanchez for Tannehill right? He must be better because the teams record says so?\n\nI agree with earlier criticisms about the management and coaches, but I am not angry over this trade not occurring during the bye. I think that the coaches felt they could work with the personnel they had during the extra week off. The results seemed to be adequate before the fourth quarter sacks. Now, Clabo has had his chance, and is likely going to sit.\n\nOn a separate note, although the Dolphins lost, the resilience to come back after being down 14 is very positive. The fourth quarter sacks lost the game. Now, on to see if McKinnie can be a viable upgrade.\n\nLook, Kris wanted Mallett. Any qb that came here and didn't immediately prove he was god was going to be trashed by Kris. ;)\n\nThe funny thing is I remember Kris giving Henne much more time to prove himself. Tannehill got 5 games this season, Kris barely said a word, then he had one bad game and now Kris wants him in front of a firing squad. lol seriously, come on already!\n\nThe Dolphins only have a limited number of good players (that still are on the team). They are a kicker, punter, one CB, four DL, one center, one TE, two WR (sorry that the $60 million dollar man is not one of them, and a long snapper. The quarterback is iffy at best and a potential bust at worst. The rookies look cute on the bench. The team lacks talent at GM, coaching, and on the field.\n\n\nPhins 78...\n\nthat is always your argument...Sanchez this...and sanchez that...\n\nbottomline...Sanchez DID play in 2 straight AFC championship games...\n\nhow many have the FINS played in the last 20 years....\n\nI would trade tanne for a cup of coffe...if that cup of coffe could QB us to 2 staright AFC championship games...\n\nthe problem with you guys is this...\n\nyou think that just beause the guy gets drafted by the FINS...then you have to have undyingloyalty to him....\n\nbut why...\n\nwhat player in a FINS uniform has done CRAP in 30 years....but yet...they have earned your BLINDtrus in theur inate ability to win between 7..and MAYBE 9 football games on a good year...\n\nNo player...especially a unproven..and now turn over prone QB will get the benifit of the doubt...\n\nI told you about Henne...but I guess you probably made the same Sanchez argument when I was proving you wrong on that one...\n\nLets hope i'm wrong about Tanne....\n\n1 2 3 4 5 »\n\nThe comments to this entry are closed."}}},{"rowIdx":899,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"Would You Ever Dye Your Child's Hair?\n\nNot that I think celebrity parent's always make the best decisions, but Gwen Stefani does seem like a pretty awesome mom to me. She's always photographed spending QT with her boys and she's said they come before her career.\n\nBut I'm wondering about her decision to dye her son Kingston's hair. I thought it was naturally blonde like her younger son, Zuma's, but now I'm not so sure. Here's a pic of Kingston with dark brown locks:\n\nAnd here's a more recent pic of him with noticeably lighter locks:\n\nJust wondering if any other moms out there have dyed their child's hair? If so, why? And is it safe?"}}}],"truncated":false,"partial":false},"paginationData":{"pageIndex":8,"numItemsPerPage":100,"numTotalItems":774229,"offset":800,"length":100}},"jwt":"eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSJ9.eyJyZWFkIjp0cnVlLCJwZXJtaXNzaW9ucyI6eyJyZXBvLmNvbnRlbnQucmVhZCI6dHJ1ZX0sImlhdCI6MTc1NTkxNzcwNiwic3ViIjoiL2RhdGFzZXRzL2NvZGVsaW9uL2RjbG0tYmFzZWxpbmUtMUIiLCJleHAiOjE3NTU5MjEzMDYsImlzcyI6Imh0dHBzOi8vaHVnZ2luZ2ZhY2UuY28ifQ.RbG8JA2rT_x2K2gYUXUNsiiFhi-RlbVwC4CgLKWNHN56JTpvMDJaIGEGwMu_wQSrquyj6KcFRxTBlC424tTRAg","displayUrls":true},"discussionsStats":{"closed":0,"open":1,"total":1},"fullWidth":true,"hasGatedAccess":true,"hasFullAccess":true,"isEmbedded":false,"savedQueries":{"community":[],"user":[]}}">
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From the Spa, dinning, lobby and seating areas the Brown Palace imbues a sense of security while allowing guests the freedom to relax and enjoy the luxurious surroundings. The Brown Palace Hotel has hosted nearly all US presidents since it’s inception in the late 1800’s – Including Heads of State, Kings and Queens from over 50 Countries, numerous dignitaries and celebrities. Including Tzu-Hsi (Empress Dowager) during her trip across the US, who said it was the finest Hotel she had visited. It is considered one of the Grandest Hotels in the US.\n\nForty channels of analog cameras are installed around the lobby, restaurants, check-in areas, and ballrooms. All cameras are managed by a Visao DVR with NUUO H.264 DVR cards & software, featuring NUUO’s innovative I-guard video analysis, intuitive and broad applications that are very useful for hotel surveillance environments. In the main lobby and entrance, foreign and missing object detection react at once with on screen and audio alarms, especially during night hours. Once an \"I-guard event\" is detected it is recorded on all selected cameras in the software and played easily through the graphical user interface (GUI). Finally, another very useful function that deserves mention is \"motion detection\", simple to use and powerful. Select a specific area to detect motion and the software will react to that motion in any one of 8 user defined ways.\n\n\"Before there were only 16 cameras with low quality video in CIF resolution, unreliable operation really straightened our surveillance job, in a grand hotel our mission is to assist to avert any possible fraud or offense before it really occurs , and gladly we did it.\" said Gene Frailey, the chief technical officer of Visao. Hotel management is very happy about the added level of security. Security personnel have expressed great confidence in the new system, and believe it has strengthened their ability to respond to an incident quickly and more efficiently. The Brown Palace anticipates adding 4 external IP PTZ cameras located at the four mains entrances, for additional security during the Democratic National Convention (DNC). DNC VIP guests will stay at the Brown Palace Hotel for the duration of the Convention. The Hotel plans to expand the use of Visao DVRs’ using NUUO cards & Software in the future, adding at least one more DVR this year."}}},{"rowIdx":859,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"Happy about development aid\n\nDespite some gaps in his argument, Charles Kenny's cheerful polemic counters the current development pessimism on aid\n • theguardian.com,\n • Jump to comments ()\nKhasi girls on their way to school india\nAid has enabled many children to get an education, when their parents did not. Photograph: Str/EPA\n\nAfter plenty of aid pessimism, here is a relentlessly cheerful polemic, Getting Better, which is delighting development experts in the US and the UK. Charles Kenny's book celebrates an era of unprecedented human development. Across the globe, millions are now enjoying lives that are markedly better than those of their parents. Not just in China but in Africa and Asia as well, children are not dying at the rate they used to, and they are getting an education when many of their parents did not.\n\nWhile the critics have carped about the failure of aid and plenty of armchair experts have bemoaned the state of Africa, the true picture, Kenny argues, is of huge improvement. And people in Africa and Asia know it, because the proportion of populations in surveyed countries saying they are happy is steadily rising.\n\nEven some of the poorest countries in the world such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti and Burma have infant mortality rates that are lower than any country achieved in 1900. It's been a century of spectacular progress largely due to women's education and public healthcare. Furthermore, this is not just about the spread of technology, says Kenny, but that \"governments are doing a better job at delivering services\", so that \"the most corrupt and inefficient of countries in Africa are still providing services of a quality and extent far in advance of any country in the world prior to the industrial revolution\".\n\nThis is an argument that turns every accepted wisdom about development on its head. It is the much-delayed response to the diatribes such as Dambisa Moyo's Dead Aid or Bill Easterly's The White Man's Burden. It seems to suggest that the problem with contemporary development pessimism is that it has just been too impatient, and has failed to see the bigger picture over the course of the century.\n\nFurthermore, it has been too tightly focused on income growth as the criteria of human development, instead of looking more broadly at human wellbeing indicators such as education and health. Some countries' income growth hasn't been too good, but it would be wrong to concentrate on that when life expectancy, for example, has improved. Basics such as boiling water, vaccines and literacy have transformed lives.\n\nOf course, a handful of countries have gone sharply backwards, such as the much-quoted Zimbabwe and Congo, but these are relatively isolated cases. Set against these failures, is the remarkable achievement of how humanity has escaped Malthus's prediction, increasing food production to feed the burgeoning world population.\n\nBut Kenny has a very serious and really important point to make in all this Panglossian optimism: \"Recognising the success that the world has already experienced gives us some grounds for believing that future development programmes won't go to waste.\"\n\nHe is reminding us of what we should already know, that you won't win the argument to maintain domestic support for aid budgets by telling people that it is all dire. The old fundraising strategy to shock your donor into a guilty lurch to their pocket is a short-term option that leads quickly to compassion fatigue. You can only really persuade people to part with more of their hard-earned cash if you can persuade them that the donation has worked in the past. This is Kenny's attempt to do just that.\n\nKenny takes on development orthodoxy, suggesting that we don't really know how to generate economic growth, so best to keep out of it and stick with what we know works – such as improvements in health, education and good governance with effective justice and taxation systems.\n\nThreaded through Kenny's argument is the refreshing assertion that human beings have proved remarkably effective over the 20th century at reducing suffering and spreading happiness across the developing world. In the development business you simply don't hear this kind of stuff; the charities are too busy campaigning on the horrors of it all, and the development experts are usually too mired in their logframes and complexity theory to be this cheerful.\n\nThere are glaring gaps in his argument, which many bloggers have rightly pointed out. He skips much too quickly over issues of environmental degradation and how they might threaten the developing world's future. There is not much on how future youth bulges could be politically destabilising in rapidly growing slum cities. In fact, Kenny doesn't do much crystal ball gazing at all. But with those crucial caveats, this is an argument that is going to shake up the gloomy consensus that has gathered around development and aid.\n\nBesides, who could possibly disagree with his conclusion: \"Never before has it been more important to understand that there is more to life than money\"? Development has not always been about making people richer, but it has been good at helping millions live longer, with better access to education and better government.\n\nLatest posts\n\nToday's best video\n\nToday in pictures"}}},{"rowIdx":860,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"It's that time of the year when musicians and devotees pay their obeisance to Thyagaraja by participating in the Aradhana festivities with enthusiasm.\n\nThis is the season when every cultural auditorium in south India will be reverberating to melodious Thyagaraja kritis. It is the season of Thyagaraja Aradhana festivities, observed in honour of the the great Vaggeyakara Thyagaraja on his death anniversary. This year would mark 165 years since the vaggeyakara passed away, leaving behind an unparalled, and timeless legacy of Carnatic music.\n\nAs is well-known, the festivities began when Bangalore Nagaratnammal, a Devadasi got a Samadhi of Thyagaraja built on her land on the banks of river Kaveri in Tiruvayur, where Thyagaraja lived most of his life. She not only spent all her money for the shrine and later lived like a yogini, but also appealed to the great names in the field of Carnatic music to gather at this venue and pray to the soul of Thyagaraja on Pushya Bahula Panchami, the first day in second half of Pushya maasam, the day Thyagaraja attained Samadhi.\n\nThroughout the world, ‘Pancharatna Kirtana ganam' is a common factor in the Aradhana festivities. Jagadanandakaraka in Nata; Dudukugala in Gowla; Sandhinchene in Arabhi; Kanakana Ruchira in Varali and the most popular Endaro Mahanubhavulu in Sriragam are the five gems that go to prove Thyagaraja was not just a musician but a great poet too.\n\nVarious organisations design other activities too; like conducting competitions for children in rendition of Thyagaraja compositions. It is heartening to see the participation of children in the Aradhana these days. Another tradition that is still followed is a senior musician dressing up like Thyagaraja and walking along the streets followed by his students, all rendering kritis and collecting bhiksha (alms), a re-enactment of what Thyagaraja did to feed his students at his gurukulam. This came to be known as Ooncha Vrutti. Dr. Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana was often seen performing this Ooncha vrutti for Srirama Gana Sabha and other organisations. So did Nookala's disciple S.K. Venkatachari for Telugu University's Thyagaraja Aradhana Festival, where the students followed him to the statue of Thyagaraja on the Tank Bund.\n\nThe number of sabhas performing the Aradhana is growing by the year. It indicates the growth in the number of young singers taking to Carnatic music.\n\nThe saint's life\n\nThough what is available as the life history of Thyagaraja is not comprehensive , his disciple Sourashtra Venkataramana Bhagavatar opened up our vision about Thyagaraja and a bit of his ancestry, for three generations. We learn that Thyagaraja's father Giriraja Brahmam was a great scholar in Sanskrit and Telugu. He was equally well versed in music and wrote devotional compositions of high philosophic content. Unfortunately all his works, except Maya Nee Vanchana in Kambhoji, were lost. However, his Yakshaganams and padams on kings Sahaji and Sarabhoji are said be available in Tanjavur Saraswathi Mahal (Library). It was also said that Giriraja Brahmam's father Panchanada Brahmam was great scholar in Vedas and Sastras.\n\nThe mystic element of Thyagaraja's life like how he brought a dying man to life and how the Panchayatam, a set of idols of Rama, Lakshmana, Sita and Anjaneya, considered lost, were found in the river Kaveri, and the presence of Anjaneya in his pujas were all creative ideas presented in a film made on the vaggeyakara by Chittoor V. Nagaiah. There were plays too on Thyagaraja like the one written by scholar Chandarala Rama Mohana Rao of Rajahmundry noted Carnatic vocalist M.S. Balasubrahmanya Sarma acting as Thyagaraja. Nidhi Chala SukhamaRara MaaintidakaKanugontini\n\nA sage, Ramakrishnananda Swamy, is said to have taught Thyagaraja ‘Srirama Shadakshari Mantram' and later ‘Narada Mantram' too, chanting which Thyagaraja was able to approach Narada who gave him a fund of musical knowledge, opening new vistas. Thyagaraja divided his time between ‘Srirama Puja' and writing kirtanas. It is said that Lord Sri Rama finally blessed his devotee by appearing in person before him, as referred to in the kirtana Paramatmudu Velige (Vagadeeswari ragam). Thyagaraja lived a principled life of a devotee, circumvented many problems and never lost faith in Rama or his faith in raga, swara and sahitya."}}},{"rowIdx":861,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"Kind Bud\n\nUncle Sam's Medical Pot Project Is Light on Research, Heavy on Compassion\n\nConvinced that using small amounts of pot daily helped ease his discomfort better and without life-threatening side effects, McMahon smoked marijuana illegally for 20 years. Finally, he found a doctor in Iowa, where he lived at the time, who took a special interest in helping him get marijuana legally. He put McMahon through an investigation protocol and a spastic pain evaluation. Then McMahon contacted the people in Iowa senator Charles Grassley's office, and was pleased at their willingness to help.\n\n\nMcMahon keeps his monthly supply with him at all times. As a general rule, he tries to be discreet, in hopes of not offending people or appearing to kids as a recreational pothead. \"I cope with the pain,\" he says. \"Some days are better than others, but if I go more than a few hours without my medicine, I can get myself in trouble.\"\n\n\n\"He called me a motherfucker, called my wife a fucking bitch, and told me to shut my fucking mouth,\" he says. \"They tried to get us to leave by intimidating us. They treated me like a criminal. I am not a criminal. It was one of the worst feelings I've ever had.\"\n\nDespite the intensity of his daily struggles, McMahon describes himself as a \"regular family man who has had to make wide adjustments.\" His voice and appearance are rugged, the heavy toll of years spent at manual labor, for mining companies and large farming operations. Today, he lives quietly on disability insurance at his modest home in an East Texas gated community, and enjoys spending time with his three adult children and seven grandchildren.\n\nHe has a certificate of heroism for participating in the President's Drug Awareness Program in 1990, signed by former first lady and prohibition advocate Nancy Reagan. McMahon is a reluctant hero, and he expresses gratitude to his family, particularly his wife, who has seen the difference cannabis makes. \"If he did not receive the marijuana,\" Margaret says, \"George would probably be dead by now from all the other narcotics he would be taking for pain.\"\n\nIn addition to struggling for survival, McMahon is fighting for the decriminalization of medical marijuana. Since government weed contains only a moderate level of the intoxicant THC, McMahon remains lucid and eloquent. He has traveled the country, speaking with university students and faculty, legislators, physicians, and law enforcement officials—all while smoking 10 joints a day.\n\nThe recent Supreme Court decision to ban the Oakland (California) Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative from distributing medical pot set the campaign back, even as it exposed the government's hypocrisy. According to legal documents, the compassionate program that helps George McMahon was a cornerstone of the cooperative's cause.\n\nNORML's Armentano says the ruling shows the limits of a state-by-state approach toward legalizing marijuana. \"The Supreme Court's decision shows that there are no shortcuts in the game, so efforts should be directed toward Congress,\" he says. \"While the decision is unexpected, it is definitely no shock.\"\n\nFew expect the federal government to start zealously enforcing the law. Consider the ramifications if officials began arresting and incarcerating tens of thousands of patients, breaking apart the families of sick and dying people, and using our tax dollars to prosecute, imprison, and provide medical services to these patients. Politicians want to avoid front-page photos of MS patients with spasmodic arms handcuffed to wheelchairs while relatives sob in the background.\n\nRecent polls indicate 70 to 80 percent of the public approves of medical marijuana being used by the general population. Yet when decriminalization advocates push for reform, the government counters that there simply isn't enough research to warrant the reclassification of a potentially dangerous drug. This call for evidence operates in a circular fashion, as the drug laws themselves have prevented the accumulation of much data. Legitimate scientists who seek to perform controlled studies on cannabis face a daunting bureaucratic gauntlet. Additionally, officials have repeatedly ignored the findings of their own commissioned research panels, which argue that marijuana is a relatively safe substance and has medical applications.\n\n\nGeorge extinguishes his government roach as a blazing sun descends behind him on the lake. It seems unreasonable to him that our nation locks patients in prison, strips them of their voting rights, confiscates their property, and destroys their families, all because it seeks to eradicate a natural herb that has no fatal side effects, was used medically for thousands of years, and is less harmful and addictive than tobacco or alcohol. \"I want people to know that I am just a normal guy,\" he says. \"I'm not an activist, but I do believe that every sick patient in America should be able to make these personal choices without going to jail.\"\n\nThe writer is George McMahon's longtime friend and a fellow advocate for medical marijuana. The two plan to put a portion of the proceeds from this article toward promoting the cause through Patients Out of Time (, an organization McMahon helped found.\n\nAdditional reporting: Taron Flood\n\n« Previous Page\nMy Voice Nation Help\nSort: Newest | Oldest"}}},{"rowIdx":862,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"Snape crossed his arms on his chest and locked eyes with the young woman.\n\n\"Horcruxes are soul fragments, hidden inside object or living beings. They are what keeps the Dark Lord alive. No matter what happens, so long as they remain unharmed, he cannot be destroyed. This is why Dumbledore prepared for his inevitable return all those years.\"\n\n\"So the Potters died for nothing,\" Hermione muttered.\n\n\"They saved their son, which was their main objective,\" Snape said with some bitterness.\n\n\"And you said that living beings can be Horcruxes? Are you thinking about anything in particular?\"\n\n\"Merely a hunch... but I always thought there was something off about Nagini. Even considering that Voldemort speaks Parseltongue, that snake shouldn't behave the way she does. There is something... off about her. Something dark,\" Snape murmured pensively.\n\n\"Are you sure? Is there a way to find out?\" the witch asked eagerly.\n\n\"Probably not without killing it. Which wouldn't be a great loss in any case.\"\n\n\"I suppose so,\" Hermione sighed. \"What else do you know about these Horcuxes? Do you know of any?\"\n\n\"According to the research my masters have conducted, there were probably six total, three of which remain active to my knowledge. There was the diary, which Mr. Potter destroyed... a ring, that the headmaster also destroyed.\"\n\nSnape's grimace didn't escape Hermione.\n\n\"What happened?\"\n\n\"Albus was unequivocally idiotic,\" the professor muttered, staring into nothingness. \"For no apparent reason, he actually tried to wear the ring. It was naturally protected by a curse... and a deadly one, impossible to counter.\"\n\n\"Are you telling me he was going to die? From that curse?\"\n\n\"Sooner or later, certainly. He didn't have more than a few months to live, at best. Such folly... I will never understand what could drive him to do such a thing. Anyway, he destroyed the ring shortly afterwards, that particular Horcrux won't bother anyone again.\"\n\nBut Hermione wasn't fooled by the subject change.\n\n\"So does that mean he asked you to kill him? It was staged, wasn't it? He planned it?\"\n\nThere was such hope in the young witch's voice that Snape couldn't help but pity her. These children would have to learn quickly that the world wasn't fair, heroic or controllable... but in this instance, he couldn't deny that Granger was right. Stupid Gryffindors...\n\n\"Yes. Albus Dumbledore chose his death,\" he answered.\n\n\"And then he let you take the blame for his murder,\" Hermione muttered.\n\n\"For the greatest good, once again,\" Snape said darkly. \"But he knew that I would be unreachable for all prosecution only a few weeks afterward.\"\n\n\"Still,\" Hermione murmured pensively, \"he could have left something for Harry, a note, to tell him...\"\n\n\"I'd thought he would have, yes,\" the professor bitterly replied, \"but he probably didn't have time. It was very... sudden. At any rate, the ring has been destroyed, as well as the locket used to be in that cave.\"\n\n\"But you already knew that, didn't you? Why didn't you tell the Headmaster before he took Harry there?\"\n\n\"I did; he didn't believe me. At that time, Voldemort was aware that Regulus was hunting Horcruxes, and Albus was convinced that he had swapped the locket with another one to trap the lad. He was wrong. Somehow, I believe he also viewed that particular expedition as some kind of initiation...\"\n\nAnd Merlin knew that the old man loved initiations. If it had been up to him, he would gladly have spared his young master from facing the Dark Lord at eleven, or a basilisk at twelve. Despite all the repulsion the boy inspired in him, he was still Lily's son. But no, he had to fulfill his destiny, and so face the worst of creatures so that he could become the arrogant, insolent young man he was now. What a success. And now that they were at the very heart of said destiny, Snape had a nasty suspicion that Dumbledore had been wrong. He hadn't given the boy the right weapons.\n\nFrom what he had seen so far, Potter's best chance laid in the closely knit friendship of his two companions and their collaboration.\n\nAnd, now, his new slave...\n\n\"But the Horcrux, what happened to it?\" Hermione asked, frowning.\n\n\"I destroyed it,\" Snape said. \"Fiendfyre, a simple if extreme method for someone who is familiar with dark magic.\"\n\n\"I am not sure Harry would approve...\"\n\nProbably not... and there were certainly going to be a lot of things that his master wouldn't approve of in the near future. But one way or another, the boy would have to deal with it.\n\n\"There aren't many alternatives,\" the professor explained. \"If, as I understand, you started a hunt for the remaining Horcruxes, you will be forced to use either this option, or an exceptionally potent poison, such as basilisk venom. But I assume Mr. Potter has already researched this.\"\n\n\"I don't know,\" Hermione admitted. \"As you said, everything was fast and confusing. He pretends he doesn't know anymore than what he told us, and I must admit it worries me. What are we looking for, Professor?\"\n\n\"Cursed and well hidden artifacts. Probably objects with some prestige, such as Slytherin's locket. And of course, they are all possessed. Charming outlook, isn't it?\"\n\n\"Well, it's not as if we have a choice,\" the young woman answered with resignation. \"Unless you have a better idea?\"\n\n\"I don't have any ideas, Miss Granger,\" Snape answered. \"I merely serve my master.\"\n\n\"Do I need to ask Harry to order you to think?\" Hermione asked sarcastically.\n\n\"To think is one thing, finding solutions to defeat the Dark Lord on the other hand... for two galleons an hour, that is asking a lot.\"\n\n\"Two galleons an hour? What are you talking about?\"\n\n\"That is the price the late Regulus Black paid to rent me to Lucius. For all the good it did him,\" Snape ranted. \"At that price, or for none, don't hope for more miracles that he got.\"\n\n\"But you've done this already, and you have some knowledge about it... to be honest, in our situation, that is a miracle in itself,\" Hermione sighed. \"Don't take this the wrong way, professor, but you've arrived with perfect timing.\"\n\n\"If you say so, Miss Granger. Do you require anything else?\"\n\n\"No. Yes. Stay here, I'll get the boys... better to tell them directly, after all. Good news is all too rare these days.\"\n\nRaising from her armchair, she walked to the corridor.\n\n\"Ron, Harry? Could you come down for a minute?\" she shouted to the upper level. Immediately the two teenagers ran to meet her, suspicious.\n\n\"What did he do this time?\" Harry demanded, shooting Snape a dark look.\n\n\"I am tempted to say nothing, but that would be disrespectful to the professor,\" Hermione answered dryly. \"Actually, Professor Snape has some interesting information about Horcruxes.\"\n\n\"Hermione!\" Harry shouted, \"Don't tell me you told him about that? I told you it was a secret, a secret Dumbledore confided to me, and you run to tell his murderer? How stupid are you?\"\n\nHe was nearly screaming by the end of his tirade, and both Ron and Hermione frowned disapprovingly.\n\n\"Don't talk to her like that,\" Ron warned, his voice menacing. \"Snape might be your slave, but Hermione isn't and you have no right to treat her like that! We are here to help, remember? And I think it was rather a good idea,\" he added with a nod to the young witch.\n\nHermione smiled at him weakly, relieved.\n\n\"At least wait to know what this is about before you mount your high horse,\" she said. \"And remember that the professor cannot betray you, whatever he thinks about you and you think about him!\"\n\n\"Oh, you can call him Snape,\" Harry sneered, \"because if one thing is sure, as long as I am alive, he will never teach again.\"\n\n\"Harry!\" Hermione shouted, dismayed. But the young man didn't seem to care.\n\n\"What? He's the worst teacher we ever had, you can't say anything else. Merlin, he was the worst teacher ever, incapable of teaching, too busy terrorizing students and taking revenge on kids. Well sorry, professor, but your career as a petty tyrant is over. Next topic?\"\n\nHermione stared at him, mouth agape, unable to say a word. It was finally Snape who broke the silence, apparently unconcerned by the scene that had just happened.\n\n\"The actual topic was indeed Horcruxes, and as Miss Granger mentioned, I happen to have dealt with the objects you are looking for in the past, and even had the opportunity to destroy one. I hope it will be useful.\"\n\n\"Oh, you hope, eh?\" Harry hissed.\n\n\"Harry James Potter!\" Hermione shouted, finally recovering from the shock. \"How dare you? May I know what allows you to act like a complete... complete...\"\n\nBut before the young woman could drop the word, Ron stepped in, putting a hand on her shoulder.\n\"I get it now,\" he said in a quiet voice. \"It's Sirius' room, isn't it? You found something?\"\n\nAt these words, all the anger that seems to inhabit Harry disappeared, leaving him without energy as his shoulders subsided. With a sight, he collapsed on the arm of an armchair and pulled from his pocket a parchment and a torn photograph to Hermione.\nWarily, she took and read the letter, her eyes getting damper with every line. When she finally stopped to look at the picture, her eyes were full of tears.\n\n\"Oh, Harry,\" she said softly, \"I'm sorry. Did you find this upstairs? What about the rest?\"\n\n\"I don't know,\" the young man said, taking the papers back. \"I found them like that. Someone must have...\" Stopping, he turned a suspicious glance in Snape's direction. \"You! You did come here after Dumbledore's death, didn't you?\"\n\nAll the eyes turned to the professor, and for the first time, the three teenagers saw what looked like fear pass on his face. Slowly, Snape reached into his robes to get something he handed to his master, carefully avoiding his eyes.\n\nWith trembling hands, Harry took what he immediately identified as the rest of the letter and the picture. It only took him a moment to read the last paragraph and contemplate Lily's face.\nThen, straightening up, he stepped menacingly toward the professor who had cautiously retreated to the back of the room.\n\n\"You bastard,\" he said in a hoarse voice, wand ready.\n\n\"Harry, no,\" Hermione stopped him. \"Let him explain.\"\n\n\"There is nothing to explain, Miss Granger,\" Snape said, his gaze obstinately fixed on the opposite wall.\n\n\"What did you come here for?\" Harry roared, his wand pointed at the professor's throat. \"Looking for all the information you could give to Voldemort before changing masters?\"\n\n\"No,\" Snape replied, \"Nothing like that. I came to find answers... I didn't find them.\"\n\n\"Answers about what? Who? How dared you steal these documents, destroy a picture of my family?\" Harry said, choking with rage.\n\n\"If you would allow me,\" the wizard said before raising his wand. A quick spell later, the picture was in one piece again. Harry inspected it, suspicious.\n\n\"It doesn't change anything, you still had no right to do that,\" he hissed.\n\n\"Forgive me, master,\" Snape answered in a flat voice.\n\n\"And answer my question, what were you looking for?\"\n\n\"Clues about Horcruxes. Regulus Black's notes. Books.\"\n\n\"Books? What kind of books?\" Harry asked distrustfully.\n\n\"The Black's library once contained a large quantity of books about dark magic,\" Snape said without raising his eyes. No need to provoke the brat any further. \"Original and very precious documents which I was hoping to find.\"\n\n\"And what for, exactly?\" the boy continued.\n\nAt that moment only did the professor raise his eyes to meet Harry's, his expression so anxious that the young man was momentarily thrown off.\n\n\"Please, master, allow me to decline answering that question.\"\n\nHarry opened his mouth to answer, but he was interrupted by Hermione who chose that moment to put a hand on his shoulder.\n\n\"Leave him, Harry. He cannot lie, don't make him keep talking as well. Professor, is this information important for us to know?\" she asked, turning to the man in black.\n\n\"No Miss Granger,\" he answered, his eyes to the floor again.\n\nHermione turned to Harry and shrugged her shoulders with a slight smile.\n\n\"Very well,\" the young man groused. Actually, he was feeling rather nauseous now. All that had transpired, the way the professor had to bend his head, his slumped shoulders, this toneless voice... it felt all wrong. For a second, he wished he was faced with the potion master he had always known: sarcastic, cutting... he shook his head. No. No, he didn't want that, especially after what just happened. \"Do you have anything else in this vein?\" he asked sharply, showing the letter and the picture.\n\n\"No Master,\" the slave answered. \"Only a few books of little value from your parents' library.\"\n\nMaster. Harry considered tell Snape not to use that word, but... changed his mind. Why not, after all? That was what he was now, whether he liked it or not.\n\n\"Where are they? The books, I mean?\"\n\nSnape hesitated for a second before answering reluctantly.\n\n\"I transferred them, as well as everything else I owned, to a house I bought a few years ago in Devon.\"\n\n\"Bought?\" Hermione asked, surprised. \"I thought slaves couldn't own anything?\"\n\nShe blushed, realizing what she had said, but tried not to show her embarrassment.\n\n\"That is true,\" Snape confirmed. \"I got help from Dumbledore for that. The papers were done under a fake name, which would have been necessary anyway. It is a muggle property, unknown to the wizarding world.\"\n\n\"And what money did you buy it with?\" Harry asked skeptically.\n\n\"One year of wages in advance, as well as the money the Potters left me,\" Snape explained. \"When I belonged to your parents, James Potter created a system for selling potions that worked remarkably well. At Lily's request, half of the profits were given to me, and I was able continue after I went to Hogwarts. Also, the house was very cheap, as it was but a ruin when I came into its possession. The place is perfectly habitable today though, I have spent considerable time there in the past few years.\"\n\n\"Then why didn't you take us here when the Death Eater attacked at the wedding?\" Harry exploded. \"What, you were afraid we would invade your private space?\"\nSnape shook his head, visibly annoyed.\n\n\"It is just an old, muggle, stone house, without any particular protection aside from basic spells, Mr. Potter. This place, on the other hand, is protected by Fidelius, a spell far more powerful than the simply muggle-repellants I placed on Mist Shack.\"\n\n\"Mist Shack? Is it its name?\" Harry sneered.\n\n\"Albus' idea,\" the professor said, fighting to contain his irritation.\n\n\"Never mind,\" the young man finally said. \"I suppose we'll be fine here anyways. But I'll keep it in mind. Though... who does the house belong to, now that Dumbledore is dead?\"\n\n\"It's yours,\" Snape said. \"As well as everything inside it.\"\n\n\"Mmm. I don't know what I would do with it. Anyway, don't go back there without telling me first. I want to know where you are.\"\n\n\"Of course.\"\n\nThe voice of the professor was weary, empty of his previous annoyance. Actually, Harry noticed, his eyes were unseeing, his mind obviously some place far away. At Mist Shack, probably. Well, that didn't sit well with him...\n\n\"You will keep guard tonight,\" he said. Then, under the force of Hermione's glare, he added: \"For a few hours at least; I want to ensure that we are safe here. If all seems clear at one in the morning, go to sleep. If you have any doubts, wake me up. Do you need anything?\"\n\nSnape shook his head negatively. The only thing he wanted right now was to be alone, far away from these excitable teenagers, and especially far away from his overly sensitive master.\n\nIt was a bit late to start searching the house again. But once the brats were asleep... Potter hadn't forbidden him from continuing to search for the books, after all. A crucial mistake, really. The boy still had a lot to learn...\nTonight, he would resume his search. The manuscripts had to be here, he knew it... and he wasn't about to let Potter get his hands on them.\n\nNo one besides him would get a chance to see them. He would personally make sure of that.\n\nAhhhh don't you love to hate Harry, eh?\n\nA lot of thanks to Dash11 as usual! And to you all for your reviews, that's the best motivation for writing and translating indeed!"}}},{"rowIdx":863,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"Take the 2-minute tour ×\n\nI tried to enable Bluetooth after installing Bluetooth Manager but it never worked. http://i43.tinypic.com/e3vkh.png I am getting this, and as you can see, the visibility is disabled. I turn on the Bluetooth slider, and nothing happens. The system cannot detect any Bluetooth device nearby nor can any device detect my computer. How do I fix this? Thanks in advance.\n\nshare|improve this question\nadd comment\n\n\nYour Answer\n\n\n\nBrowse other questions tagged or ask your own question."}}},{"rowIdx":864,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"Originally created 03/04/03\n\n'Vexx' has nothing new, but is still fun\n\nPicture a cross between Dennis the Menace and Freddy Krueger and you'll have some idea of what you're dealing with when you sit down to play the darkly amusing \"Vexx.\"\n\nThe star of this new Xbox title, from Acclaim, has a mischievous look in his eyes and a set of amazingly evil slasher claws like the \"Nightmare on Elm Street\" movie monster.\n\nHowever, Vexx is a videogame do-gooder who has vowed to take out Yabu, an evil sorcerer who killed his family and enslaved his world, Astara. He must battle through nine levels to work that bit of magic, solving puzzles and mashing monsters as he goes.\n\n\"Vexx\" is a classic platform game, and our hero displays all the platforming tricks needed, including an extra-high jump and the ability to cling to ledges and pull himself up. Vexx can also swim and climb selected walls, digging his lethal little claws into the face and hauling himself up.\n\nAs with most games in the genre, you have to collect items for various purposes. To move to the next level, you need to acquire a specific number of Shadowraith Hearts, which are hidden around each level and require exploring, jumping, climbing and fighting.\n\nTo make that fighting easier, you can power up your talons with the energy from defeated enemies.\n\nWhile the game doesn't offer any great platforming innovations and shares one of platforming's biggest problems - inconsistent camera angles - it offers a lot of fun for the buck. Vexx is a cute little demon, but he packs a wallop, especially when the talons are fully charged. That lets you touch off a dramatic Talon Blast or use the lightning-quick Talon Dash.\n\nThe creatures you face are not difficult to dispatch, although they frequently come in waves. The bosses are tougher, and appear to have had more thought put into them. The first boss, a sumo wrestler you defeat by forcing him out of the ring three times, gives you a taste of things to come.\n\nThere are also some neat puzzles to deal with, including an underwater maze that will drown you a few dozen times.\n\nIf you find yourself getting bogged down and don't object to using a guide book for help, take a look at the one produced by Prima Games. It's as complete a package as I've seen, and if you can't beat \"Vexx\" with this in hand, you need to turn in your controller.\n\nGraphics get a B. There's plenty of color, and the dreamy backgrounds of floating boulders in outdoor scenes are quite unusual. The enemy creatures are usually more amusing than menacing.\n\nControl gets a B, too. Getting Vexx to do your bidding is easy, and the fighting scheme is easy to master and full of interesting techniques. There are - surprise! - some camera problems, even with the right stick dedicated to adjusting it.\n\nSound gets a C. There's not really much to it, beyond weapons effects, the bleatings and squawks of your foes and some brief musical moments after specific actions.\n\nGive \"Vexx\" a B. I found it to be an entertaining effort, fun to play and sufficiently varied to keep you jabbing buttons to the end.\n\n\"Vexx\" is rated T, for ages 13 and up.\n\nOn the Net"}}},{"rowIdx":865,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"Take the 2-minute tour ×\n\nI really like using ClassNames and memberNames as convention but I am not sure how I would name the file containing a class.\n\nI like making my classes defined in a file with the exact same name as the class. But I also like making php files all lowercase. So I am conflicted.\n\nIf I have a class called ProductGroup should that be defined in ProductGroup.php, productgroup.php, or product_group.php?\n\nI know there is no right answer, so I am looking for what is most common or your opinion of which to use.. which do you use?\n\nshare|improve this question\nadd comment\n\n6 Answers\n\nAt work we use underscores as folder delimiters and name the files exactly the same as the path. The autoloader is very simple, it just has to replace _ with / and add '.php' to the end. ProjectName_Models_ProductGroup() will always reside in ProjectName/Models/ProductGroup.php. It can make for some very long class names, but it doesn't really matter with an IDE.\n\nYou could use the same convention, but just run strtolower() before including the file.\n\nshare|improve this answer\n+1 This is the convention adopted by Zend Framework and seems to be gaining wide acceptance. – bogeymin Oct 11 '10 at 14:56\ndo you mean you name the class exactly the same as the file path? – systemovich Nov 11 '10 at 7:12\n@Geoffery, Yes it is exactly the same except slashes are replaced with underscores. All of our servers run under Linux so capitalization matters and it makes for a very simple autoloader. – Asa Ayers Nov 13 '10 at 2:57\nadd comment\n\nI would typically put a 'ProductGroup' class into a file named 'ProductGroupClass.php', typically stored in a 'classes' directory structure.\n\nshare|improve this answer\nI think that is overkill. Appending class to a file in a directory called classes seems too redundant – Matt Ellen Oct 11 '10 at 13:41\nadd comment\n\nI try to name my files the same as the class name but in lower case. This helps out with autoload functions as well.\n\nshare|improve this answer\nadd comment\n\nI have class files that span applications (\"libraries\"), and class files specific to applications. The libraries get a prefix to minimize the potential for conflicts with any third-party code we might include, ie. at \"My Sweet Company\" we might use the class name \"MSCPerson\" rather than \"Person.\"\n\nWe use CamelCase class names, and class files are named CamelCase.class.php. Most class files have the single class and any class-specific exceptions, but this rule is not set in stone. It's nice to have single-class files for vim's gf feature.\n\nshare|improve this answer\nadd comment\n\nPersonally, I store a class named MyClass in a file called MyClass.class.php, inside a classes directory.\nMy autoload function is then as simple as\n\nfunction __autoload($class) {\n\nThere is no structure inside the classes directory, but in my projects this is never been a problem. If you need to have subdirectories, the method suggested by Asa Ayers is very practical and easy to implement.\n\nshare|improve this answer\nadd comment\n\nI use a modified version of PEAR Coding Standards. As mentioned before it helps with autoloading, and I find it looks a little cleaner and easier to read IMO. Basically what it comes down to is just decide what works for you and stick to it. As long as all the code looks the same, in the end the rest will fall into place.\n\nshare|improve this answer\nadd comment\n\nYour Answer\n\n\n"}}},{"rowIdx":866,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"GOP Finally Punches Back: Hey, Check Out this Democratic 'War on Women!'\n\nGuy Benson\n\n4/12/2012 1:59:00 PM - Guy Benson\n\nSometimes in politics, the best defense is a good offense. As Democrats' invented and utterly mendacious \"war on women\" meme took hold, many Republicans dithered, scarcely able to clearly identify and refute the straight-up lies being spread about their positions. Having sustained substantial damage, the GOP is at last waking up and firing back. Mitt Romney is flipping the script on Democrats, pointing to empirical data showing that Barack Obama's failed economic policies have disproportionately impacted American women:\n\n\nThis is excellent. Here we have the presumptive Republican nominee, flanked by concerned-looking women, actually using the words \"war on women\" to describe the huge jobs deficit American women have suffered under Obama's economy. Here's the campaign fact sheet he consults in the clip, which relies on statistics that Washington Post fact-checkers have deemed to be -- I kid you not -- \"true but false:\"\n\nWe cannot fault the RNC’s math, as the numbers add up. But at this point this figure doesn’t mean very much. It may simply a function of a coincidence of timing — a brief blip that could have little to do with “Obama’s job market.” If trends hold up over the next few months, then the RNC might have a better case. But at this point we will give this statistic our rarely used label: True but false.\n\nTranslation: Yeah, Republicans' math is completely correct, but we don't like it, because of \"blips,\" or something. Politifact has piled on with a \"mostly false\" rating of its own, despite acknowledging the accurate calculation. Journalism. I still bristle at the \"war\" rhetoric here, largely because I don't think it's true that Obama intentionally crafted his policies to hurt women, as that term implies. But this is a classic example of the political 'good for the goose' principle. Democrats fired the first idiotic salvos in this faux \"war,\" so the blowback is on them. One risk here is that Romney's numbers that justify his narrow \"92.3 percent\" claim only deal with the net loss of roughly three-quarters of a million jobs since the president took office. The unemployment rate has been dropping at a glacial rate, but that still represents an improvement Obama can tout. What's critical, then, is to repeatedly address the shrinking labor force, which artificially inflates the employment benchmark. There are millions of so-called \"missing workers\" that simply aren't counted in the monthly U3 figures because they've dropped off the employment grid altogether. If today's labor force were equal to the participation rate Obama inherited, March's unemployment rate would have been just shy of 11 percent. The size of the American work force has plummeted to historic lows on this president's watch.\n\nAnother piece of ammunition Republicans are using to denounce Obama's \"war on women\" is the new Washington Free Beacon report that Kate touched on yesterday. After they went after Romney on equal pay for women issues, it's been revealed that Obama's White House pays its female employees $11,000 less per year, on average, than their male colleagues:\n\n\nAs Allahpundit notes, in all fairness, this gap likely exists due to a series of complex factors, especially the rigid salary structure tethered to seniority. So Obama may be getting a bit of a bum rap here -- but I'd still love to hear the party that started the \"war on women\" food fight explain why so many more men than women happen to hold senior positions in Barack Obama's White House. We're all ears, guys. Now is also probably a good time to remind everyone that this administration has been dubbed a \"hostile workplace\" and a \"boys' club\" by former female employees, and that the president doesn't much care for female company when taking part in his favorite recreational activities. Now that liberals are feeling some heat from the fire they set, they're lashing out and exhibiting signs of pathological denial. Not only is Democrat strategist and frequent White House guest Hilary Rosen demeaning cancer survivor and grandmother Ann Romney, she's also trying to claim that Republicans manufactured the \"war on women\" narrative. Quin Hillyer is floored by the chutzpah of this assertion:\n\nRepublicans are spreading it? Really, Ms. Rosen?? Well then, how does this disinformation specialist explain the following fundraising pitch sent out by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, signed by former Speaker Nancy Pelosi? To quote it: \"The national media and our opponents will use our grassroots fundraising totals to measure the strength of our opposition to the Republicans’ War on Women.\" Last I checked, the congressional committee of the president's party does just about nothing without the imprimatur of the White House or of the White House's minions at the Democratic National Committee. Perhaps something gets by once, but if it reappears again and again, it is clear the White House doesn't object. You see, this was not the first DCCC/Pelosi letter that used the same phrase. Several weeks earlier, there was this one, this time adding the word \"unrelenting\" to the charge. The DCCC even bragged about how much money the letter raised. Or how about when Pelosi called the GOP budget a \"war on women\"? As Erick Erickson of Red State noted this morning, DNC Chair and demagogic congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz is also fond of the expression.\n\nDemocrats are squirming and spinning. It's gotten so bad that Politico has felt compelled to gallop to its preferred political party's defense, explaining in a \"news\" story that Romney's counter-punch on women has been a \"fumble.\" Their evidence? You guessed it: The \"true but false\" garbage from fact-checkers. Which reminds me, wasn't it just a few years ago that liberals were using \"fake but accurate\" information to smear President Bush? Funny how the actual truth seems to take a back seat to the Left's \"larger\" truthiness in contested presidential election cycles."}}},{"rowIdx":867,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"'Salt, Root and Roe'\n\nThe Donmar Warehouse's season at the shoebox-sized Trafalgar Studios aims to shine a light on the talents of its resident assistant directors.\n\nThe Donmar Warehouse’s season at the shoebox-sized Trafalgar Studios aims to shine a light on the talents of its resident assistant directors. It gets off to an impressive start with Hamish Pirie’s tactful, gentle production of “Salt, Root and Roe,” a drama about a pair of septuagenarian Welsh twins, one of whom has Alzheimer’s. Tim Price’s second play draws us into the eerily beautiful North Pembrokeshire coast, and while it traffics heavily in symbols and maritime metaphors, and leaves a few too many plot points dangling, it has a winning tenderness.\n\nIdentical twin sisters Iona (Anna Calder-Marshall) and Anest (Anna Carteret) live together in a farmhouse by the sea. Their father used to joke that he was a merman, and the script is punctuated with interludes of underwater fantasy. When we first glimpse the old ladies, they are playing a game with a jumprope, winding it around their waists and hands, and reeling each other in. It’s an emotionally charged image, evoking the ties that bind them.\n\nSo strong is the siblings’ connection that when Iona, who is fast sinking into dementia, decides she wants to die, Anest (played with an empathic warmth by Carteret) resolves not just to assist her, but to join her in a suicide pact. Anest’s nervy daughter Menna (Imogen Stubbs, touchingly despondent) arrives in panicked response to a farewell letter from her aunt. Will she respect their wishes, letting them go gently into that good night together?\n\nMenna has always felt left out by her mother’s bond with her aunt, and it gradually emerges that she has other problems, too. Her OCD-suffering husband, obsessed with cleanliness, likes her to wear latex gloves and routinely burns their clothes on a bonfire.\n\nCalder-Marshall thoroughly inhabits her role, capturing Iona’s increasing befuddlement and vulnerability, as well as her despairing rage, with an unflinching honesty. Chloe Lamford’s design, with its bulging sails hanging overhead, brings to mind a ship’s rigging, as well the billows the sisters are set on wading into, their pockets weighed down with stones.\n\nIf “Salt, Root and Roe” occasionally verges on the studiedly whimsical, Price finds moments of sprightly, eccentric comedy in the women’s predicament (Iona absent-mindedly drops Menna’s mobile phone into a brimming teapot). The character of Anest could be more finely drawn, and the relationship between Menna and Anest is undeveloped; this might have been a play about mothers and daughters, as much as sisters and the travails of old age. And it’s distinctly fishy that we never see anyone do something as simple as call a doctor. But the play envelops you in its lulling, dreamy rhythms, and proves moving in unexpected ways.\n\nSalt, Root and Roe\n\nTrafalgar Studios, London; 96 seats; £22 $35 top\n\n\nA Donmar Warehouse presentation of a play in one act by Tim Price. Directed by Hamish Pirie.\n\n\nSets and costumes, Chloe Lamford; lighting, Anna Watson; sound and music, Alex Baranowski; production stage manager Tamsin Palmer. Opened Nov. 14, 2011. Reviewed Nov. 16. Running time: 1 HOUR, 40 MIN.\n\n\nIona - Anna Calder-Marshall\nAnest - Anna Carteret\nMenna - Imogen Stubbs\nGareth/Dad - Roger Evans\n\nFiled Under:\n\nFor all variety's headlines, follow us @variety on twitter"}}},{"rowIdx":868,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"Orange weapon copy\n\n#1Dinger16Posted 3/2/2013 10:38:25 AM\n\n* Infinity Pistol\n* Horse Hammer\n* Nuke em\n* Emperor\n* Shreddifier\n* Hellfire\n\n#2PyroHorusPosted 3/2/2013 10:42:59 AM(edited)\n#3Dinger16(Topic Creator)Posted 3/2/2013 10:44:26 AM\nYea that'd be awesome. My gamertag is Copenhagenman16.\n#4KaBoom1322Posted 3/2/2013 11:02:33 AM\nlol.You've tried for the hellfire 1000s of times.\nYou are not entitled to anything in this game.\n#5Dinger16(Topic Creator)Posted 3/2/2013 11:07:27 AM\nYea. I know\n#6killbot357Posted 3/2/2013 11:28:06 AM\nHorse Hammer huh\n\nThat sounds pretty good!\nXBOX GT: illbzo1"}}},{"rowIdx":869,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"Hey guys,\n\nI can see on the other thread that some are recommending applying iodine to skin and checking for absorption. There appears to be quite a bit of confusion on this test and it seems like the test itself is meaningless.\n\nBasically speaking, most of the iodine simply evaporates.\n\nThis really leaves a more simple question, how does one actually test for iodine content?\n\nHere is an article on the matter:\n\nThe bioavailability of iodine applied to the skin"}}},{"rowIdx":870,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"Jump to content\n\n\nThe Surface 'Phone' could actually be a Surface Pocket\n\n • Please log in to reply\nNo replies to this topic\n\n#1 migo\n\n\n Neowinian Senior\n\n • Joined: 02-May 05\n\nPosted 07 October 2012 - 00:37\n\nThe Surface Phone rumours had me scratching my head. Initially I dismissed them because it just didn't make sense, and sounded like someone was just going off on a what-if based on a render (and hey, concept renders are cool). The reason for the Surface was because none of MS' Windows 8 hardware partners were making a good Windows 8, and especially RT, tablet, so they had to make it themselves.\n\nBut that's not the case with Windows Phone, and Microsoft would have known this. Nokia is making a great phone with the Lumia 920 that's being compared against the iPhone 5 and the Galaxy S3. It's a de-facto flagship phone, and the 8X comes in quite nicely right underneath it. It doesn't make sense for Microsoft to try to compete with the Lumia 920 or the 8X (more importantly there's a question whether they actually could, only Nokia, RIM and Motorola make good phone phones, every other manufacturer can make good connected PDAs, but the sound quality in calls and reception leaves much to be desired, so Nokia is the only company that could build them a good Surface Phone).\n\nDespite all these reasons that I'd dismiss the Surface Phone rumours, they're pretty persistent, with several sites saying they have insider information and are quite confident that the rumour is true, so I've tried making sense of it.\n\nApple has long been uncontested with the iPod touch, MS did try with the Zune HD, but only sold it in the states. Samsung made some lacklustre attempts with the Galaxy Player, as did Archos, but I don't think I've seen an ICS or higher Android competitor to the iPod touch. The iPod touch is definitely a big boon to the iOS ecosystem and marketshare. If, for whatever reason, you can't get a phone, or don't want one, but want the apps, the iPod touch is your one option.\n\nA Surface Pocket would provide an alternative to the iPod touch. It would boost WP8 sales where the phones just wouldn't get them. The new iPod touch just went up to $300, so they could even undercut the price selling for $250 (even if they need to go to a 16GB version). It won't outsell the iPod touch out the gate by any means, but it will get WP8 into more hands than would otherwise happen. It'll grow WP8's marketshare without taking sales away from Nokia, HTC and Samsung, and it wouldn't leave investors and consumers confused and worried about phones from Nokia or HTC if MS is making a surface phone. The VaporMg case design would also work just fine with a Surface Pocket, as there's no concern about interfering with the cellular signal.\n"}}},{"rowIdx":871,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"WASHINGTON, May 6— ''The budget document is just a political document,'' said Senator Paul Laxalt. ''As soon as we adopt one, it's quickly forgotten.''\n\nIt is true that old budgets do not make popular bedtime reading. But the annual ritual of adopting a spending plan for the Federal Government tells more about the politics and priorities of Congress than any other event on the legislative calendar. And this week the unsuccessful efforts of the Senate Republicans to adopt a budget have divided them into three unhappy and unyielding factions.\n\nThis fragmentation reflects the evolution of the Republicans from minority to majority status, from outsider to insider. For the last generation, they have been the critics of the legislative process, not the architects of it, and they are not used to the compromise and accommodation that make that process function smoothly.\n\n''It's a different experience for us, so it's been difficult,'' said Senator Richard G. Lugar, Republican of Indiana. Senator Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa, recalled his years as a Congressman and added wistfully, ''It's doggone easy being a member of the minority of the House of Representatives.'' Shift of Power\n\nThe Republicans hold 54 Senate seats, so if the Democrats stay united the loss of just five Republican votes could shift the balance of power to a new coalition. Accordingly, both wings of the party have sensed the chance to exert leverage on the leadership by threatening to defect.\n\nThe right-wing group, which includes perhaps 10 to 15 senators, has three basic tenets: increasing military spending dramatically; trimming domestic social programs as much as possible and defending the 10 percent income tax cut scheduled for July 1. Only such a cut, they argue, can stimulate the economy, while depriving the Government and Congressional liberals of the ability to spend more money.\n\nThe liberal-moderate faction, with five overt adherents and several covert ones, takes the opposite view: hold down military spending increases, protect domestic programs and jettison the tax cut. Otherwise, they maintain, the deficit will swell to monstrous proportions, sending up interest rates and choking off the nation's economic recovery.\n\nThe third group, which might be called the pragmatic conservatives, includes the Republican leadership and more than half of the backbenchers. They are searching for a middle ground but have not yet found one. A Campaign War Cry\n\nIn the 1980 campaign, these differences were submerged under a single war cry: ''We're not the Democrats.'' And in the first two years of the Reagan Presidency, the Republican legislators were bound together by loyalty to their new leader and pressure from the folks back home.\n\nThose pressures have waned, and many Senate Republicans believe their current disagreements stem from a failure of leadership in the White House. But their criticisms are often contradictory.\n\nSenator Grassley, a pragmatic conservative, accuses President Reagan of charting a ''fuzzy'' course for the party and the public. However, the moderates fault Mr. Reagan for being too rigid, particularly on tax matters.\n\nMany lawmakers say the President has lost much of his ability to enforce party unity by rallying public support for his program. As Senator Dan Quayle, Republican of Indiana, put it, the President ''doesn't have the big consensus or mandate'' behind him that he once did.\n\nIn the absence of that consensus, the factions have grown bolder. The conservatives fear the President is drifting toward the middle, and instead of shouting, ''Let Reagan be Reagan,'' their cry is now more like, ''Make Reagan be Reagan.'' Lure of the Middle\n\nThe moderates, in turn, feel the Republican Party must move toward the middle to survive. Many of them never shared Mr. Reagan's faith in ''supply side economics'' and in the notion that large tax cuts would produce recovery. Now they fear that continued devotion to that policy will strangle the aging industrial regions that many of them represent.\n\nAs Senator Charles McC. Mathias Jr., Republican of Maryland, put it, ''The President is frequently caught between the right wing and the right thing.''\n\nAs Senator Laxalt noted, the budget is primarily a political document, and 19 Republican seats are up for re-election. As a result, admitted the Nevada Republican, many lawmakers are ''protecting their political flanks'' by staking out an independent position on the budget.\n\nThe moderates also insist that Mr. Reagan and the Republicans must demonstrate a more humane attitude and convince voters that, as Senator Mathias put it, they ''are not just the party of the rich.''\n\nIllustrations: drawing"}}},{"rowIdx":872,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"Find better matches with our advanced matching system\n\n—% Match —% Friend —% Enemy\n\n\n21 / F / Straight / Single\n\nBarberton, OH\n\nMy Details\n\nLast Online\nYesterday – 9:22am\n5′ 8″ (1.73m)\nBody Type\nLeo, and it’s fun to think about\nRelationship Type\nDoesn’t have kids, but might want them\nHas dogs and likes cats\nEnglish (Fluently), French (Okay)\n\nSimilar Users\n\nMy self-summary\nFirst off I'm going to make my own category..\nYou should NOT message me/ you won't get a reply if:\nYou have a douchy shirtless picture, I'm the type of girl that's after your brain not so much your body (although if they come together that's a major win haha). If you can't speak or spell properly. You had to take English in school, unlike crazy calculus, use it daily! Also, don't b $pellin lik dis! I may jokingly talk like that, but seriously you won't get a response. If you send me a 5 word message, and I'm sure \"hey, sexy\" will probably the first 2, no soup for you! Alright, now that I'm done ripping apart your manhood haha, if you'd like to continue reading feel free. I love having meaningful, thought provoking conversations and I promise I'm kinder than that paragraph made me out to be!\n\nI can be pretty outgoing, but also enjoy some much needed quiet time after dealing with people all day. I'm down to earth and I love surrounding myself with good people. When it's warm out prefer to be outside hiking, kayaking, or just taking my dogs for a walk, but in the winter I become more dormant haha...I'm new to this, I guess I like long walks on the beach and other cliché things too haha\nWhat I’m doing with my life\nI was going to a fancy school for Zoology, but unfortunately I had to take some time off because it got too expensive. Yay private school! Now my work owns my soul haha. But with every fiber of my being, I plan on going back as soon as I can!\nI’m really good at\nMaking people laugh, I'm known to be pretty sarcastic and witty. I love photography and anything artsy fartsy. I'm always honest about everything. I love music and was pretty good at playing the clarinet, I was in a youth symphony when I was in high school. I'm also pretty good at softball and tennis although I don't do either of them much anymore. I can also quote movies like a mofo!\nThe first things people usually notice about me\nI'm very friendly, kind, patient and easy to talk to. Maybe my eyes too\nFavorite books, movies, shows, music, and food\nBooks: Harry Potter, 1984, The Bell Jar, Lord of the Flies, To Kill a Mockingbird. I have this weird hobby where I collect quotes, I know it's not a book but it does have to do with reading haha.\n\nShows: HIMYM, It's Always Sunny, Grey's Anatomy, Face Off, The Office, Workaholics, Supernatural, Sherlock (the BBC one) Doctor Who..the list could go on and on.\n\nMovies: Dodgeball, Good Will Hunting, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Planet Earth, Harry Potter, Fried Green Tomatoes, Cider House Rules, Hannibal...this list is probably longer than the TV Shows haha\n\nMusic: Any kind of music really, except country! ( I can tolerate it, but most of the time I'd like to rip my ears off haha) My family calls me the walking Glee because I can pretty much break out into any song anywhere.\n\nFood: I enjoy any kind of food, and that's no lie. I'm always up for trying new things as well.\nThe six things I could never do without\nHmm..I don't know what to write here without sounding like everyone else. I guess the basic necessities (I'm going to count that as one even though it's like four), peppermint tea, my dog, family and friends, and the final one. Lets go with, what is music for my final answer Trebek.\nI spend a lot of time thinking about\nLife of course, crying about how much I have to pay in student loans haha. Most importantly......who the mother of Ted's children actually is!\nOn a typical Friday night I am\nHanging out with friends doing random things, playing xbox or creeping online, or making that money!!...which of course all goes straight to my student loans.\nThe most private thing I’m willing to admit\nYou don't get paid enough to be my therapist haha\nI’m looking for\n • Guys who like girls\n • Ages 21–24\n • Near me\n • Who are single\nYou should message me if\nIf you'd like to get to know me (that seems pretty obvious because if you didn't want to get to know me then you wouldn't message me I'm just rambling! haha) If you have a great since of humor, and you're just looking for a down-to-earth, easygoing girl.\nHappy Creeping! :)"}}},{"rowIdx":873,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"\nThread beginning with comment 540298\nThe future of onscreen keyboards\nby spiderman on Sat 27th Oct 2012 21:40 UTC\nMember since:\n\nI have a lot of interest in onscreen keyboards and I am a contributor of the Florence Virtual Keyboard project:\nI believe there is a lot of things to improve and that our current onscreen keyboards suck.\nKoreans have it easy but Chinese must use methods like pinyin and wubi which require training. I am currently working on a new input method for Florence where the user could just draw the glyph and it would input a character.\nDevelopment is slow and there are a lot of problems to overcome (GNOME desktop instability, patents to work around, lack of funding, etc) but I believe we can make something better than what currently exists.\nFor latin input, I like dasher. With good training, it's much more effective than an onscreen keyboard.\n\nReply Score: 2"}}},{"rowIdx":874,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"Traveling in your reliable car with no working lamp switch is undesirable. If your Buick Skylark headlight switch acts up, you won't have power over your headlights and this also poses numerous complications specifically if you frequently drive in the evening.\n\nDriving with no control over your system lights under any condition is extremely unsafe and makes your trusty vehicle an disaster ready to happen. 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Do not put off your upgrades anymore and begin looking around our store to see the Buick Skylark headlight switch that you have to have."}}},{"rowIdx":875,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"Article about gay marriage appears to promote it\n\nApr 18 2013 - 3:00pm\n\n\n\nThe April 18 news article, \"WSU psychology professors address gay marriage pros and cons\" spoke volumes about the paper's position on this subject. \n\nThis article did nothing to explain or justify the feelings behind peoples' opposition to gay marriage, but rather, treated the cons as a mere after thought. After taking three short paragraphs to list the cons, the writers and editors then spent an entire newspaper column explaining the pros for gay marriage and reasons why everyone should embrace it. This article was most blatantly unbalanced, and as such should have appeared in the opinion section of your paper. It was hardly qualified for the front page. Is the Standard-Examiner a newspaper or a venue for propaganda? \n\nOne more thought on this subject: Let's give the paper the benefit of the doubt and assume that the event was reported as it played out on the WSU campus. If this is the case, then Azenett Garza and Maria Parrilla de Kokal, failed to attain their stated goal of \"promoting understanding of diverse communities\". If this article accurately reported the event, then the event itself effectively silenced the voice of those who oppose gay marriage, all in the name of diversity. \n\nTo all parties involved in the printing of this article, and in the event I ask: Just exactly how does that promote understanding?\n\nPaul Wakefield\n\nRiyadh, Saudi Arabia\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFrom Around the Web"}}},{"rowIdx":876,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"Sign in with\nSign up | Sign in\nYour question\n\nWhat's the best GPU I can get on an AMD 3500+ 64bit cpu?\n\nLast response: in Graphics & Displays\n\nI recently upgraded to Windows 7 and am running 64bit with 2gb dual channel ram and an antec truepower 600w psu, geforce 7950gt, and an AMD 3500+ 64bit cpu. I think its an MS-7093 motherboard.\nI wanted to get a directx10 or 11 card and was looking at the ATI 4850 but will it just bottleneck?? If so, whats the best ATI GPU that I can run??\n\nMore about : gpu amd 3500 64bit cpu\n\na c 130 U Graphics card\na b à CPUs\n\nAMD 3500+ is a 2.2ghz single-core, right?\n\nI wouldn't run more than an HD5570 on that. My HD4650 is bottlenecked by my E1400 (2x2ghz Celeron).\n\nyea its a 2.2ghz single core.\nso youre saying an hd4850 will run fine on my old processor?\nisnt an e1400 a dual core and therefore faster processor?\nRelated resources\n\nBest solution\n\na c 376 U Graphics card\na b à CPUs\n\nHave you considered replacing the processor/motherboard/ram? For $200 you can get a Athlon II x2, a motherboard to go with it, 2 gigs of DDR2 800 and an HD4670. That processor would be 4ish times faster than your current processor and paired with the HD4670 it will give you much, much, better results in terms of gaming performance. Something like this perhaps;\nFor $100 more you could make it quadcore, 4gigs of ram, HD4850 instead.\na c 376 U Graphics card\na b à CPUs\n\nshaunm138 said:\n\nThat is the opposite of what he is saying. The card he recommended about half as powerful as an HD4850 and will still be limited by your processor in almost all games.\n\nthank you very much jyjjy, you were very helpful. so since i'll be getting a new mobo, cpu, ram, and gpu, i won't have any conflict with any other hardware will i? will the socket matter? None of that stuff matters too much does it...\na c 376 U Graphics card\na b à CPUs\n\nNah, the only conflicts would be if the cpu and ram fit on the motherboard and you would be replacing all the components that might be incompatible with each other.\nOther than that the only concern I can think of would be that the motherboard in that combo only has one IDE port so you will only be able to use two IDE devices(old hard/dvd/cd drives.) I believe there are IDE to SATA adapters if necessary though.\na c 376 U Graphics card\na b à CPUs\n\nYeah, with that setup you will be able to play any game smoothly at reasonably high settings on a monitor with a resolution of 1280x1024 and below.\nA nice part is that processor is basically the lowest end AM3 cpu so it is highly upgradeable. When you have more money you can put a Phenom II x4 in there for another large upgrade.\n\nso i noticed the chipset on the mobo is nvidia...someone told me that its better to run nvidia gpus on nvidia chipsets and not ati...any truth to that?\na c 376 U Graphics card\na b à CPUs\n\nNah, it doesn't matter. The only issue would be if it was an SLI board then you couldn't use 2 ATI cards in crossfire but it only has one PCIe x16 slot so that is irrelevant.\nWhat resolution is your monitor BTW?\n\nOk cool...this is just a quick fix anyway so i can play some games in between finding a job and such...dont see when i'll be using 2 cards anytime soon, maybe when i have the money i'll make a nice rig..\nUnfortunately my monitor resolution is 1680x1050 native im on an LG Flatron 1400:1 contrast 20\" lcd not sure the ms time...\na c 376 U Graphics card\na b à CPUs\n\nWell that card is weaker(8ish% I believe) and more expensive.\nIt is significantly more power efficient and should still be pretty good 1680x1050 however. But I would recommend the $100 one instead;\nIf you can afford it this would be optimal;\nThat's a very nice deal for that card. It is DX11 compatible, extremely power efficient and good even for 1920x1080 if you ever upgrade you monitor or want to game on a 1080p HDTV."}}},{"rowIdx":877,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"Bully for Us\n\nYou talkin' to me, world? You talkin' to me? I'm the only empire around.\n\nThese are the three key elements of Republican belief and election strategy. Bush wants to expand the military into the major instrument in foreign policy. When you come right down to it, there probably is not that much difference between Kerry and Bush on Iraq. Because of tradition, Democrats ought to be able to take the initiative on jobs, but this is difficult because Clinton-Gore basically dissed what's left of the rank-and-file labor movement and scorned the assorted mix of liberals and leftists because they were, as the Democratic Leadership Council never fails to point out, a bunch of sorehead losers who caused the party to crumble during the 1980s. Instead of instituting bold programs to revive manufacturing and directly seeking to stop outsourcing, Clinton introduced a tax write-off here and there.\n\nWomen, on the other hand, hold out real promise for Kerry in the election. In recognition of their importance, the Bush strategists at last week's convention in New York went out of their way to offer a smidgeon of enticement to women, allowing that there was room to discuss abortion within the party and offering up their admiring support for a parade of the plutocratic women of the Bush family at a reception at the Waldorf-Astoria. Laura Bush came forward to explain what a vulnerable guy her husband really is and how much he cares. The press took this as a gesture to married women—who might be wavering because of the war—to see just what a terribly conflicted man her husband has been on this subject.\n\nIn the 2000 election, women represented 52 percent of the total electorate, but the Kerry campaign says 22 million unmarried women didn't vote. The Democratic campaign claims that nearly three-quarters of this group of nonvoters are for Kerry this time around. A survey of Gallup polls over the first half of 2004 shows that registered women voters are pretty much split between Kerry and Bush, with married women tending to favor the president and unmarried women going for Kerry.\n\nOn the face of it, women ought to be fed up with Bush, in part because of his attacks on abortion and stem cell research and his continuing assault on women who don't fit into the social-policy niche of the nuclear family—on all aspects of choices for women, including health care issues and the problem of poverty and ill health among elderly women. In this jobless \"recovery,\" more women than men are unemployed and stay unemployed longer than men. Perhaps the most insidious attacks on women have come from Bush's clever manipulation of government reports, which on issues such as health care simply have cut women out of the loop. Information that might help them figure out matters relating to health has disappeared from federal websites.\n\nThis is one area where Kerry appears to be consistent and focused, and where the DLC, the center left, minorities, and labor—the party's foundations—seem to be united.\n\nAdditional reporting: Laurie Anne Agnese\n\n« Previous Page\nMy Voice Nation Help"}}},{"rowIdx":878,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"Multi-Screen Mania: How Our Devices Work Together\n\nTue, 09/04/2012 - 6:23am\nWith more devices at our disposal, users are finding ways to spread out their tasks between screens, moving from smartphones to PCs and tablets. That’s one of the findings of a new multi-screen study by Google.\n • Working between devices\n\n It turns out that 90 percent of people move between devices to accomplish a task, with virtually all of those people completing their task in one day. The most popular starting point is the smartphone, which is used to gather information, shop online and engage in social networking. In most cases, the tasks are continued on a PC though tablets are also becoming a popular option for continuing social networking and watching videos. Shopping, for example, is a popular task, with 67 percent of respondents moving from screen to screen to complete a purchase.\n\n PCs are becoming the workhorse for more complex duties such as planning a trip and managing finances. About 30 percent of those tasks are carried over to smartphones. Tablets have much less penetration but they are most used to conduct trip planning, online shopping and video viewing with carryover usually extending to a PC. Search is often the link for many tasks, helping users pick up where they left off.\n\n Pivoting between screens\n\n It’s not just sequential use, consumers are also spending a lot of time using devices at the same time. For example, 77 percent of the time when consumers are watching TV, they’re also on another device. The most popular screen combination is the TV and smartphone (81 percent), followed by smartphone/PC and PC/TV (both 66 percent). More than three quarters (78 percent) of simultaneous use is multi-tasking, or tackling two different jobs at the same time such as watching TV while emailing. But 22 percent is complementary use, in which a user begins a task based on what they’re seeing on another screen, for instance looking up an ad or an actor seen on TV.\n\n The smartphone is becoming the go-to device for a lot of tasks because it’s often the most readily available device. But it’s also prompting a lot of new tasks that aren’t planned. Google found that 80 percent of smartphone searches were spontaneous, meaning people began a job based on something they encountered or remembered. That’s very different from PCs, where half of the tasks are planned.\n\n How to capitalize on the multi-screen usage\n\n Jason Spero, Google’s head of Global Mobile Sales & Strategy, said the implications for publishers and marketers is that they need to build their strategies around this multi-screen reality. They need to be everywhere that their customers are and they should present a consistent experience between platforms. If they can, they should consider ways to follow users as they move between devices so they can maintain a seamless experience.\n\n “You have to be there when the customer is looking for you and the customer is looking in a new combination of ways,” Spero said. “There are a series of starting points all along the way and if they have a crummy experience somewhere, then you’re not in consideration.”\n\n Of course, this is largely beneficial to Google, which has been pushing advertisers and publishers to gear up for mobile and has been trying to get a TV platform off the ground. And the insights on how search connects multi-screen usage also boosts the importance of Google’s core product.\n\n But the results are still interesting in painting a picture about how intertwined our device usage is. This may be obvious to some but people these days are really using them all in concert, turning to certain devices when it’s more convenient or more helpful for a specific task. This may present a challenge for marketers and publishers, who have to contend with more screens. But it’s an opportunity as well for companies that understand how to hold on to a user’s attention as it increasingly zips back and forth between devices.\n\n\n\nSeptember 04, 2012\n\n\n\nShare this Story\n\nThe password field is case sensitive."}}},{"rowIdx":879,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"Title: A Far, Far Better Thing\nSeries: DS9-hist\nRating: [R] for implied non-cons, some physical intimacy, and a little\nbit of gore.\nVersion: Beta\nSummary: Based on the rumors of the upcoming \"Wrongs Darker\" (it's not\nreally a spoiler, since I haven't seen the ep) I wrote this amendment to\nmy original story of Kira Nerys' history (\"The Music Makers\"), changing\nthe scene of her mother's death to...this. The subject heading says\nK/Du, and it *is*, just not the K/Du you'd expect. :) This is set in\nthe Federation year 2346 (Card's withdrew in 2368), on Bajor.\n\nA Far, Far Better Thing\n\nIt was a cool room; it was a good day. It was the height of summer, but\nthe air circulators in the basement offices hissed full-blast, and Meru\nfound herself, for the first time in weeks, underdressed for the\nclimate. And she was loving it. It was a hateful place; it was a hateful\ntime. It was war and oppression and the stink of rotting, sweaty bodies\nthat was always there, lingering, painting rings around the edges of the\nsterile basement office. It was blood, and starvation, and the hottest\nsummer in years, decades. It was a time of drought, the lakes sucking\ninward from the bone-dry rocks of shore. It was a time forsaken by the\nprophets, a time of mortals hands bloodied from weapons or slave labor,\na time of many, many more deaths than births. But it was a cool room,\nand it was a good day. She found a smile where she could.\n\nShe was filing, which beat mine work a thousand times over, and she had\nto bite her tongue on more than one occasion to keep from whistling\nwhile she worked. It was enough for her not to be on her knees,\nwhip-lashed, sweating, her lips and eyeballs cracking from dehydration;\nshe felt no compulsion to let her overseers know that she was almost,\n*almost* enjoying herself. She punched in the next access code on her\nlist, began separating files into subdirectories.\n\n\"Who's got 299-blue through 400?\" the Bajoran man at the console beside\nher, Yzak, addressed Meru and the other four workers.\n\n\"I just input the last batch of them now,\" Meru replied. \"I'm in the\ntertiary database in the blue filemanager. Do you need me to find\n\n\"I've got a file which crossreferences something in blue, and Gul\nNamerov wants a hyperlink. Can you upload the directory name to my\nconsole so I can do a search for it?\" Even Yzak's voice sounded chipper\ntoday; last time Meru had worked beside him they'd been digging\nwaste-disposal ditches, and he'd barely uttered two words except to ask\nher to pass the water canteen. Yes, it was a good day.\n\n\"On their way,\" she said, inputting his server name and transferring the\nfile codes to his console.\n\nThere was only one supervisor on duty, a Glin-something-or-other, and he\nwas sitting crosslegged at the desk, reading, not particularly\ninterested in the parley among the slaves. Chatting while they worked\nwas another luxury not to come again in the near future, and the\nBajorans were taking advantage of it.\n\n\"Van Teprim finally gave birth,\" announced a stocky woman at one of the\nwall consoles.\n\n\"Amazing,\" laughed Meru. \"I was beginning to think that baby would\nnever come out. It's been, what, eight months?\"\n\n\"It's a boy,\" the woman, Maiaya, said with a grin. \"An adorable little\ngift from the Prophets. She's calling him Nerys.\"\n\n\"Really?\" Meru chuckled. \"That's my daughter's name! I know it's a\nboy's name, but 'tomorrow' just seemed like the perfect choice for a\nname for the new generation.\"\n\n\"That's what Teprim said,\" Maiaya nodded, chewing her lip as she sorted\nfiles. \"I think it's pretty. How old is your daughter?\"\n\n\"She'll be three in half a moon,\" Meru said. \"She's not talking yet. My\nhusband and I are beginning to wonder if we should be concerned.\"\n\nMaiaya cast a glance in the direction of the supervisor and shook her\nhead, a small enough movement as to be nearly imperceptible. \"No,\" she\nsaid abruptly. \"I wouldn't worry.\" Meru was sure this wasn't what\nMaiaya had intended to say, and the room felt just a bit colder as she\nreturned her focus to the filing in front of her.\n\nSomething beeped. And beeped again.\n\nThe six Bajorans looked up in unison, trying to locate the source of the\nnoise, and the supervisor, upon reading something on his console, stood.\nMeru shuddered despite herself.\n\n\"Aily Maiaya, Kira Meru, Masa Tzo,\" he announced without preamble. The\nthree women in question stood still, waiting for further instructions.\n\n\"Report to launching area five in Singha proper,\" he continued. \"Your\nassignments have been changed.\"\n\n//Okay,// thought Meru, preparing herself mentally for the heat of the\noutdoors. //We're on plasma-unit repair. I've had worse jobs.//\n\nFollowing the guard who had been standing outside the door, the women\nstarted up the spiralling staircase of the sentry office.\n\n\nThat was the last time anyone saw Kira Meru alive. When she didn't come\nhome from work that night, Taban, along with Aily Prem and Masa Jiaka,\nsent out a buzz across the Singha camp to begin a search for their\nmissing wives. A week passed, then two, with the men no more enlightened\nthen they'd been that first summer night. Nerys and Miko didn't quite\nunderstand, but Onep, along with Masa's daughter Laren, understood that\ntheir mothers were dead by Cardassian hands, despite Taban and Jiaka's\nattempts to construct plausible stories to explain the disappearances.\n\nAutumn came but the heat wave never broke. One evening, Onep and Laren\nwere working in the orchards when their overseer informed them that Gul\nNamerov himself wished to speak with them. Before he uttered the words,\nthey knew.\n\n\"I regret to inform you,\" he began in a low, thundering Dakhur dialect,\nheavily accented with the Kardasi hiss, \"that I have received word from\nour shipbuilding facilities in orbit that Kira Meru and Masa Tzo have\ndied. It seems that the Bajoran workers were unable to ration their food\nsupply adequately, and I'm afraid your mothers starved to death before\nany of the overseers were able to procure more supplies. Please relay my\napologies to your families.\"\n\nOnep nodded somberly, but Laren spat at the ground. Onep touched her\n\n\"I understand,\" Namerov continued. \"You blame us. I assure you, the\nofficers assigned to the shipbuilding facilities are committed to caring\nfor their workers. Any problems the Bajorans may have had come from your\nown people's inability to cooperate. Again, however, I offer my sincere\napologies for your loss.\"\n\n\"Thank you,\" Onep managed, and, grabbing Laren's hand, he raced through\nthe orchards to the barracks.\n\n\nShe hadn't seen daylight in what seemed like weeks. The tent was barely\nlarge enough for the three women, and they were forbidden to leave its\nwalls unless summoned, so Meru found herself with a lot of time to\ncontemplate her hatred. They took turns. One night, Meru would be\nsummoned to the prefect's quarters, Maiaya the next, Tzo the next. And\nfor each it was the same. The woman would report to the main building,\nescorted by the on-duty glin. Once inside, she would be asked to remove\nher clothing, and she would be washed thoroughly, head to toe, her hands\nclamped in place behind her while the Cardassian who was sponging her\nogled her starved and bony form with something akin to disgust.\nSufficiently cleansed and scented with vile Cardassian perfumes (which\ntook days to dissipate, at which point it was time to be scrubbed\nagain), she was led, naked and dripping, up the wide stone stairs to the\nprefect's quarters. He was always otherwise engaged -- reading, on a\ncomcall, downloading files -- and he'd wave a hand at the woman, telling\nher to sit down on the bed, he'd be right with her. Between the scent of\nthe perfume and the balmy-to-humid climate Cardassians seemed to prefer,\nshe'd sit, nearly suffocating, goosebumps rising on her exposed flesh.\nWaiting. And then the prefect would finally complete his task -- she was\nalways surprised, and furious, to realize that she'd actually been\n*impatient,* waiting -- and start towards her with grin playing at his\nmouth. \"Well,\" he'd say, without fail, \"what shall we do tonight?\" And\nit was always the same.\n\nAfterward, bruised, sore and bitten, her hips so strained that it hurt\nto walk, she was led downstairs, her insect-ridden garment returned to\nher, and she was tossed back into the tent with the other women, to\nawait her turn again.\n\nThey didn't even know what province they were in.\n\nAfter the first week, the women didn't talk much; they'd run out of\nthings to say. Maiaya had no children, and Tzo and Meru had stopped\nspeaking of theirs; it hurt too much. Once in a while they'd bring up\nthe resistance, speculate on what the brave Bajoran soldiers were up to\nthat would finally liberate this world, but the words were hollow and\nthey knew it. Meru wanted to believe it, but she knew, had known since\nshe named her daughter 'Nerys' that it was tomorrow's generation who\nwould liberate their world, not Meru's own. It was too late for her,\nbut the new generation, the children who were being taken in by the new\nresistance cels that were forming had a chance at living in peace, and\nhaving their world back. But not until then. Not for years.\n\nThey never spoke of their spouses -- Tzo and Meru's husbands, Maiaya's\nwife, left back in Singha -- somehow, that brought it all into focus,\nmade the separation too final, and the horrible violations the prefect\nwas performing on them nightly, too real. Meru prayed to Taban,\nsometimes, begging him to take care of the children, and to forgive her\nfor abandoning them, but when she was lying in bed under the prefect's\nheavy, armored frame, she would talk to herself, talk herself to\ndistraction to avoid letting her mind touch on Taban, alone in the bed\nthey used to share. It wasn't the same. It wasn't the same. What Meru\ndid in the prefect's quarters was no different from any other job she'd\nheld under the mercy of Cardassian overseers; it was a job. And she did\nit. And she never, never let herself think about what this man was doing\nto her, how he was mining her like blasted stone from the inside. Never.\nAnd the women never spoke of it.\n\nSometimes Maiaya would sing -- battle hymns, generally -- and Tzo and\nMeru, both with tin ears, would listen solemnly, unsmiling, as if the\nlyrics in the ancient tongue were some code that, if they could only\ncrack it, would spell their freedom. In an effort to keep them \"shapely\"\n(the glin's words), they were fed quite well, but the food was\nCardassian, pasty and bland, and the women could barely stomach it. Tzo\nwould eat, and Meru and Maiaya would offer her their leftovers, in the\nhopes that the prefect would take a liking to her \"shapely\" form and\nperhaps give her better treatment. But she would come home from her\nencounters as bruised as the other two, and tell the same story they'd\neach been telling, every night.\n\nIt must have been early winter when the on-duty glin came to collect\nMeru for the second night in a row. \"He asked for you again,\" the glin\nexplained. Casting a terrified glance at her compatriots, Kira Meru\nexited out into the foreign-familiar Bajoran night.\n\nAfter the scrubdown, Meru started for the stairs, knowing the drill by\nrote, wanting desperately for it to be over with. \"Not yet,\" the glin\nsaid, clapping a hand on her shoulder and stopping her in her tracks. He\nsteered her back into the atrium where she'd been bathed, and slid open\nthe door to a shiny alloy cabinet. From it, he drew a plaited, wooly\nbundle, which he pressed against Meru's damp breast. \"Put it on,\" he\nsaid. \"Legate's orders.\"\n\nShe shook it out, and saw that it was a robe, cableknit from some\nluxurious wool and belted at the waist with a wide ribbon. She slid her\narms into the sleeves, thankful for the protection from the dank air and\nscrutinous eyes. Warm and shivering, she blinked up at the glin,\nawaiting instruction. \"Go on up,\" he said. \"You know the way.\"\n\n//Alone?// she didn't say, but instead turned on her heel and started\nfor the stairs.\n\nWhen she opened the door to the prefect's quarters, he was waiting for\nher. *He* was waiting for *her*. He was seated on the bed, crosslegged,\nwith a tray of fruit and a bottle of spring wine -- spring wine! --\nbeside him. And he smiled when she walked in. At first she thought she\nwas dead, and was dismayed at the cruel joke the prophets were playing,\nbut the ache in her groin and the teethmarks across her arms and neck\nreminded her that she was very much alive. Her world was growing more\nbizarre by the moment, but she was very much alive.\n\n\"Hello, my dear,\" the legate cooed. \"Please, sit down.\"\n\nUnable to formulate a good reason not to, she complied. \"Yes, sir.\"\n\n\"Please,\" he said. \"Call me Dukat.\"\n\n\"Yes, Legate Dukat,\" she said, furrowing her brow.\n\n\"Dukat,\" he said with a grin. \"Just Dukat.\"\n\nShe merely nodded, petrified. //I should slap him,// she thought, //spit\nin his face, holler to the Prophets for vengeance against all he's done\nto us.// Hating herself for her cowardace, willing herself to feel some\ninstinct other than self-preservation, she sat stock still and waited to\nsee how this would play out.\n\n\"Have some wine,\" he said, pouring a glass and holding it out to her.\n\n//Yes. Have some wine. Dull the pain.// Nodding again, she took the\nglass from him, downed the strong alcohol in one gulp.\n\n\"Tell me about yourself,\" he said, refilling her glass. \"Tell me about\nyour family.\"\n\n\"They're slaves!\" she said before she could catch herself, but Dukat\nmerely shook his head and smiled knowingly.\n\n\"Personally,\" he said, \"I despise the actions that Gul Namerov has taken\nin the Singha facility. Shall I have him replaced?\"\n\n\"He beats people at random; every month he declares what he calls a\n'holiday,' where five innocent people get executed in public. If those\nare grounds for dismissal in this tyrannical culture of yours, I'd say\nreplace him,\" she said, her tongue loosened by the wine and Dukat's\napparent sympathy.\n\n\"That's terrible,\" he said. \"That is no way to train workers who are\nunder your command. He should be nurturing you, helping you learn, and\ngrow. I have no taste for violence,\" Dukat clicked his tongue.\n\n\"But you have no problem with fucking us twice a week!\" Meru spat\nbefore she could stop herself; Dukat's syrupy words cut her to the bone.\nRegretting the outburst immediately, she searched Dukat's face for signs\nof response.\n\nAt first it looked like he would strike her, but then his face fell, and\nhe looked at the floor. \"I regret that,\" he said. \"I'm sorry.\"\n\n\"What's going to happen to them?\" she asked. \"Maiaya and Tzo. I imagine\nI'm to stay here with you.\" She hadn't made that leap until the words\nwere out of her mouth, but as soon as she uttered them she knew they\nwere true. She was to be Dukat's consort; he had chosen her. She\nsupposed she should be flattered, but hate and bile rose in her throat.\n\n\"They will be returned to Singha as soon as I can arrange for transport.\nAnd, yes, you're correct. I'd like for you to live here in headquarters\nwith me; it must have been *anguish* living in that wretched tent all\nthese weeks.\"\n\n\"So why did you order us to live out there?\" she asked.\n\n\"I had to!\" Dukat lost control for a moment, tossing his head, his onyx\nhair swinging wildly around his face. \"Don't you understand? I'm the\nPrefect of this annex! I am in charge of the entire Bajoran project! I\nhad to set a strong example! Half my men are older than I am; I had to\nprove to them that I was to be respected as a leader!\" He slammed his\nfists into his thighs and refused to meet Meru's gaze. \"But I was\nwrong. I know that now. A good leader is respected for his powerful\nmind, not his 'tyrannical' actions, as you so aptly put it. I am an\nintelligent man. A great man. I am the youngest member of the Cardassian\nmilitary ever to be risen to the rank of Legate, and I am a credit to my\ntitle! Centuries from now, when this world takes its stand as a strong\nand powerful part of the great Cardassian Empire, people will remember\nthe name Dukat as the man who began it all. And do you know why?\" Dukat\nlooked to Meru, not really expecting an answer. There was a long pause,\nand Meru tried to take in what Dukat was saying. But his next words\nshocked her. \"Because...I love Bajor.\"\n\n\"What?\" she asked, leaning over to try and catch a glimpse of his face\nas he stared at the floor.\n\n\"I do,\" he said, attempting a laugh which stumbled over the lump in his\nthroat. \"At first, it was just a job. Central Command sends me out here\nand says: 'annex!' But this is a beautiful world; your people are so\ngood, and simple, and kind...under our tutelage, you could learn to\nbecome great, as we have. That's all I want; all I've ever wanted. For\nour two peoples to coexist peaceably.\"\n\nAnd, for a moment, Meru understood. //They want to be more like *us*.\nThey can be enlightened by our peace, our spirituality and wisdom, just\nas they believe we can be enlightened by their power and strength.// For\na moment, it all made sense; the occupation, the resistance, the\nCardassian brutality and slaughter. While she couldn't forgive Dukat for\nwhat his people were doing to her world, she understood that it was the\nProphets' will, to teach the misguided Cardassian race a little of what\nthe Bajorans already understood about peace, and faith, and love. And\nshe was to be their emissary. For a moment, it all made sense, hanging\nabove the bed, above the two of them, shimmering in its crystalline\nperfection. It was the truth; the awful, horrible, genocidal truth. And\na moment was all it took.\n\nMeru reached out and touched Dukat's shoulder, gently. \"I understand,\"\nshe said.\n\nDukat looked up, his face wrought with pain. \"You do?\" he whispered.\n\"You forgive me?\"\n\n\"No,\" she said. \"I don't forgive you. But the Prophets will save your\nsoul. I can help you.\"\n\nDukat reached out, slowly, and traced a finger across Meru's face, the\ntouch so unlike the violent attacks of the previous weeks that Meru\nshuddered. \"Thank you,\" he said.\n\nHe pulled her head toward his, gently. \"Maiaya taught me this,\" he\nwhispered, touching the corner of her mouth with his exploring finger.\n\"She was drunk; I think she threw *me* down that night. She used to\nstruggle, and fight; the other one -- Tzo? -- used to scream, to let out\nthese uncanny high-pitched wails. Only you were resigned, were at peace.\nI could see the faith in you, and the confidence that everything would\nsomeday come right. I respect you for that. But Maiaya did teach me one\nthing about Bajoran custom, and I thank her for that...\" So saying, he\ntipped his head and closed his eyes and pressed his lips to Meru's,\nletting their tongues taste one another, their moist mouths move\n\nMeru sighed, the tenderness of the kiss more moving than she'd\nexpected. She weakened, and allowed herself to fall into Dukat's\nembrace. //Prophets, grant me the courage to help this lonely,\nmisunderstood man....// she thought. And somewhere, on that winter\nnight, the Prophets heard.\n\n* The End *"}}},{"rowIdx":880,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"Interactive NCAA Bracket\n\nPlay Bracket Challenge\n\nSteelers vs. 49ers: The 1984 Classic That Foiled an Undefeated Season\n\nUse your ← → (arrow) keys to browse more stories\nGeorge Rose/Getty Images\n\nWhenever fans in the Steel City reflect on the great tradition of Pittsburgh Steelers football, they're among an elite class. After all, few teams in the NFL have given their loyal followers so many memories, wonderful wins and timeless moments.\n\nThe A-list for most would include the Immaculate Reception, Santonio Holmes' fingertip catch and toe-tapping touchdown in Super Bowl XLIII, Lambert lambasting Cliff Harris and Harbaugh's heart-wrenching Hail Mary attempt at Three Rivers among others.\n\nOne of the proudest moments for the Black and Gold came in an era that isn't remembered as dominant for the City of Champions. In fact, on October 14, 1984, Pittsburgh traveled to Candlestick Park as a shell of the dynasty that had won its fourth Lombardi Trophy less than five years earlier. Lost in the mix of great moments in Pittsburgh sports history, the contest literally may have changed NFL history against all odds.\n\nIn today's game, deep undefeated stretches seem common. Teams finish anywhere from 14-2 to the once unthinkable 16-0, at least one team vying for an undefeated campaign late into December almost annually. In 2009, both the Saints and Colts (who are 0-13 in 2011, ironically) didn't lose until the final month. \n\nDespite some great teams' best efforts, only one team has still accomplished the goal of winning every game. Unlike today, teams didn't go deep into December unblemished in the 80s. The 1985 Bears, who traveled to Miami with a 13-0 record, were rarities. San Francisco could have easily joined the fraternity, if not finished undefeated, if not for Pittsburgh.\n\nThe 49ers, eventual champions, would end Super Bowl Sunday with an 18-1 mark. Their only blemish came against the Men of Steel. The emotionally charged contest is an accomplishment not recalled nearly often enough in western Pennsylvania.\n\nMaking Pittsburgh's disruption of history more impressive was the quality of the opponent.\n\nThe San Francisco 49ers were revolutionizing the passing game. The West Coast offense has become a fancy part of football lingo when Bill Walsh adopted the philosophy from his coordinating days with the Cincinnati Bengals. Refining the offensive system, Walsh implanted the perfect quarterback to exact his vision with Joe Montana.\n\n\n\n\n\nThe defense for the pride of California also had a champion's pedigree. The secondary was stout, with Ronnie Lott making like a Mel Blount for the 80s, alongside other defensive stars such as Erik Wright and Fred Dean . The unit had 51 sacks and 25 interceptions, assuring that if their high-powered offense could overwhelm opponents mostly without having to outscore them in a shootout.\n\nIn your opinion, who was the game's MVP?\n\nSubmit Vote vote to see results\n\n\nThose positive vibes were put on hiatus that mid-October. A former, proud champion came to California to face the new-age face of NFL greatness. With a .500 record and starting backup quarterback Mark Malone, the Steelers were huge underdogs against the sublime pride of the NFL public.\n\n\n\n\nWith odds already stacked against, what would the chances of an upset be in a Malone vs. Montana setup?\n\nGeorge Rose/Getty Images\n\nSlim and none.\n\n\n\nAt last, Joe Montana's offense put together a march of their own. Not to be shut out in the first half, Joe \"Cool\" scampered for a seven-yard score moments before intermission, making the halftime score of 10-7 closer than the dominant Steelers' effort. \n\nWhile Pittsburgh's offense got first downs in the third quarter, drives stalled shortly after the sticks moved. Yet, in a fine showing, the Steelers defense—coordinated by Tony Dungy and led by sack-master Mark Merriweather (15 sacks in '84) and interception machine Donnie Shell (seven)—returned the favor to San Francisco, not allowing the typically rhythmic offense to get its normal poetry into motion. \n\nToward the end of the third quarter, the defense was unable to get pressure on Montana, and the undefeated 49ers started to have their way. After an early afternoon of rest of execution, the approaching evening invited fatigue and execution (of a different kind) with it. San Francisco tied the game to start the fourth quarter.\n\nRick Stewart/Getty Images\n\nThen, after the Steelers offense stalled, which had become a disconcerting habit after halftime, Joe Montana and his deadly attack took to the field again. This time, the Steelers' hopes for an upset took a huge hit. Montana hit Wendell Tyler for the go-ahead score, and the 49ers had overcome a slow start to lead 17-10.\n\nOrder had been reestablished at Candlestick Park, and the world suddenly made sense again to NFL fans. Few were the Steelers fans, despite their deepest hopes for victory, that didn't have self-doubt trickle into their minds. Despite a perfect start that saw everything fall into place for Pittsburgh, San Francisco had turned momentum completely around.\n\nThen, it happened. The offense had a gut check.\n\n\nLeading the way in the contest was Frank Pollard with 24 carried for 105 yards. Most of those were tough-earned, physical, five-yard bursts.\n\n\nThree minutes remained for \"Montana the Maestro's\" magic.\n\nRick Stewart/Getty Images\n\nInstead of magic, hopeful 49ers fans and skeptical Steelers fans got tricked. Right outside linebacker Bryan Hinkle intercepted Montana, returning the football 43 yards deep into Steelers territory. \n\nWhile they couldn't put the game away from near the end zone, the Steelers offense watched as Anderson kicked the ball through the upright from 21 yards away. Pittsburgh led 20-17, but time remained once again, forcing fans to consider Montana for a second time.\n\nThis time, the legendary quarterback answered the call.\n\nWith 1:42 remaining, Montana hit Dwight Clark to the San Francisco 38-yard line, hurried to the line before hitting Earl Cooper, found Cooper again to midfield, and the rhythmic nature of the two-minute drive was frightening to start.\n\nAfter consecutive completions to Earl Cooper, Montana hit his fourth pass and nailed his intended receiver between the numbers- who couldn't hang on for the catch inbounds.\n\nAny reprieve felt by Steelers Country was short-lived as Joe hit Craig for a first down before getting two more completions to Cooper, setting up San Francisco at the Steelers 20-yard line. With seconds left, Ray Wersching came in to attempt a 37-yard field goal. A successful field goal would send the game into overtime, giving the 49ers a shot to improve their record to 7-0.\n\nOnly now do we realize that his miss quite possibly prevented the second-ever undefeated NFL season. As his attempt sailed wide, 49ers fans fell into silence, while the elated Steelers jumped for joy!\n\nEarl Richardson/Getty Images\n\nTheir huge upset propelled Pittsburgh to 4-3. On one of the most underrated games in the history of a great franchise, the team recently removed from greatness beat the best team in the NFL.\n\nThe annals of time haven't recalled the '80s Steelers with fondness, despite their penchant for reaching the postseason and suffering losing seasons a deceptively low three times. Meanwhile, history remembers the 49ers as a legendary squad, rife with talent that knew how to win like men.\n\nThese reflections are, at least to a degree, accurate. Still, history doesn't recall any 49ers teams as undefeated.\n\nAdditionally, on one random Sunday in 1984, those who look back will recall the one day that reputations and prognostications were simply irrelevant. \n\n\nLoad More Stories\n\nFollow Pittsburgh Steelers from B/R on Facebook\n\n\nPittsburgh Steelers\n\nSubscribe Now\n\nWe will never share your email address\n\nThanks for signing up."}}},{"rowIdx":881,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"I IZ SO STUPID~ - Blogs - Bulbagarden Forums\n\nView RSS Feed\n\nBaron Brixius\n\n\nRating: 2 votes, 5.00 average.\nby , 28th May 2012 at 12:26 PM (260 Views)\n1. [x] Forgot to put the lid on the blender, turned it on, and had everything fly out\n2. [x] Gotten your head stuck between the stair rails\n3. [x] Broken a chair by leaning back in it\n4. [x] Had gum fall out of your mouth while you were talking\n5. [x] Choked on your own spit while you were talking\n6. [x] Had people tell you that you are blonde when you're not, or had people tell you that your blonde highlights are going to your head\n7. [x] Been caught staring at your crush by your crush\n8. [x] Have looked for something for at least 5 min then realized it was in your hand\n9. [x] Tried to push open a door that said pull\n10. [x] Tried to pull open a door that said push\n11. [x] Have actually believed someone when they said that they knew how to make a love-potion\n12. [x] Have hit yourself in the process of trying to hit something else\n13. [x] Have tripped and fallen UP the stairs\n14. [x] Have actually exploded marshmallows in the microwave\n15. [x] Have gotten gum stuck in your hair\n16. [x] Had gum fall out of your mouth while trying to blow a bubble\n17. [x] Have had the juice from a mini tomato squirt out and hit somebody else when you bit into it\n18. [x] Have had your drink come out your nose because you were laughing so hard\n19. [x] Have called one of your good friends by the wrong name\n20. [x] Have skinned your toe because you were playing soccer or kickball with flip flops on or you were barefoot\n21. [x] Have put a sticker on your forehead, forgot it was there, and went out in public with it on\n22. [x] Have fallen out of a moving vehicle\n23. [x] Have run into a closed door\n25. [x] Searched for your cell phone while you were talking on it\n26. [x] It has taken you longer than 5 min to get a joke\n27. [x] Have gotten your hair stuck in a blow dryer\n28. [x] Have gotten your hair stuck in a fan\n29. [x] Tripped on a crack in the sidewalk\n30. [x] Said o'clock after saying how many min after the hour, example: 5:30 o'clock, or 6:15 o'clock\n31. [x] After someone told you that there was gum on the ground, you stepped in it\n32. [x] Put on a white shirt even though you already knew it was raining outside\n33. [x] Have ever walked up to a stranger because you thought they were someone else\n34. [x] Ever been kicked out of a grocery store\n35. [x] Touched the stove, the curling iron, a hot pan, etc when its on, even though you knew it was hot\n36. [x] Taken off your clothes to change into something else then accidentally put the old clothes back on\n37. [x] Wondered why something wasn't working then realized it wasn't plugged in\n38. [x] Put the cereal in the fridge, or put the milk in the cupboard\n39. [x] Walked into a pole\n40. [x] Wore two different earrings or shoes by accident/stolen someones shoes by accident\n41. [x] Put your shirt on backwards/inside-out without realizing it, then left your house\n42. [x] Tried to take a picture of someone's eye with the flash on\n43. [x] Gotten a ring stuck on your finger because you put it on even though you knew it was too small\n44. [x] Walked out of the bathroom with toilet paper stuck to your shoe without realizing it\n46. [x] Picked up someone else's drink and drank out of it by accident when your drink was right next to it\n47. [x] Fallen out of your chair while trying to pick something up\n48. [x] Have poked yourself in the eye\n49. [x] Have gotten in the shower with your socks still on\n50. [x] Melted your hairbrush while blow drying your hair\n51. [x] Have done enough stupid things to make a test\n52. [x] Have accidentally stabbed yourself with a pencil\n53. [x] Have sung the wrong verse to a song without realizing it\n54. [x] Have given an odd answer to a question because you didn't hear the question in the first place and didn't feel like asking what it was\n55. [x] Told someone you were the wrong age because you seriously forgot how old you were\n56. [x] Looked into an overhead purposefully while it was on\n57. [x] Got up early and got ready for school/work, then realized that you didn't have school/work that day\n58. [x] Forgot your own phone number\n59. [x] Have tripped on a cord after someone told you to watch out for it\n60. [x] Have ever laughed at a joke that no one else thought was funny\n61. [x] Done the Macarena to the electric slide or vice versa\n62. [x] Said funner then had someone make fun of you for it\n63. [x] Have repeated yourself at least twice in the same sentence\n64. [x] Brought up an inside joke with the wrong person\n65. [x] Didn't do the backside of an assignment because you thought that there wasn't one because you had already looked and forgot that there was another side\n66. [x] Did more work than you had to on an assignment because you didn't read the directions\n67. [x] Corrected someone's grammar/pronunciation then figured out that you were the one that was wrong\n68. [x] Put something in a special place so that you would remember where it was, then forgot where you put it\n69. [x] Put ice in your drink after the glass was full of liquid and had it splash out\n70. [x] Told a lie then forgot what it was that you had said and got caught\n71. [x] When wearing goggles, you pulled them away from your face and let go so that they would come back and snap you in the face\n72. [x] Forgot to make sure that the lamp was off before you replaced the light bulb\n73. [x] Ran into a door jam\n74. [x] Told someone that you hardly ever do stupid things, then immediately did/said something stupid\n75. [x] Told someone to watch out for something, then you were the one that ran into it\n76. [x] Have purposely licked playground sand\n77. [x] Have purposely and repeatedly flicked yourself with a rubber band\n78. [x] Gotten so hyper that someone actually thought you were drunk when you weren't\n79. [x] Have been so hyper you actually scared people\n80. [x] Put duct tape on your body then pulled it off to see if it would hurt\n81. [x] Put duct tape on your hair/someone else's hair then pulled it off\n82. [x] Put a clothes pin/hair clip on your lip, figured out that it hurt, then did it again\n83. [x] Sat and wondered why men dress shirts have a loop on the back\n85. [x] Have gotten a hairbrush stuck in your hair\n86. [x] Used the straw to blow the straw wrapper at someone\n87. [x] Shaved your tongue because you thought your taste buds looked funny\n88. [x] When at a restaurant, you used your spoon to fling stuff at people\n89. [x] Have flung forks at people in a restaurant\n90. [x] Tripped and made the waiter drop the food.\n91. [x] As you are writing, you move your head back and forth with your pen/pencil\n92. [x] Have drawn finger puppets on your fingers then named them\n93. [x] Have wrapped someone in a roll of toilet paper\n94. [x] Have used somebody else's toothbrush without even realizing it wasn't yours\n95. [x] Have started telling a story and forget what you were talking about or what happened in the story\n96. [x] Read a whole book but during the whole book you weren’t even paying attention\n97. [x] You have spelled your own name wrong before\n98. [x] When lying in bed you look for pictures in the texture of the ceiling\n99. [x] Have used your calculator as a form of communication in a class\n100. [x] Have popped a balloon in your mouth\n\nScore: 100!!!\n\nWheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee~ 8D\nTheMissingno. likes this.\n\nSubmit \"I IZ SO STUPID~\" to Digg Submit \"I IZ SO STUPID~\" to del.icio.us Submit \"I IZ SO STUPID~\" to StumbleUpon Submit \"I IZ SO STUPID~\" to Google\n\n\n\n 1. Akuraito's Avatar\n • |\n • permalink\n Lol. :P"}}},{"rowIdx":882,"cells":{"text":{"kind":"string","value":"Memory Alpha\n\n\n36,783pages on\nthis wiki\nThe Explored Galaxy\nThe location of Deneb in \"The Explored Galaxy\" wall chart\n\nDeneb was the primary of the inhabited Deneb system. 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I want to know what the prerequisites are for my application. One is the installed .Net version. How can I know the minimum .NET number necessary to run my application.
I use Visual Studio 2005.
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Go to Properties of your project, then Publish -> Prerequisites. There will be a list of all possible prerequisites. Yours will be checked.
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You can view the version of .NET your application uses (and also change it) in the Project Properties window (Project menu > MyProject properties). Examine the Target Framework dropdown to see which version of the framework your application uses.
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Visual Studio 2005 compiles for .NET 2.0
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In Visual Studio, go to your Project Properties page, on the "Publish" tab use the "Application files" button to view all the prerequisites your application needs, this will include third party components and other dependencies too.
The "References" page shows the list of dependencies too, use the "Unused references" button to remove any unused ones.
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Belfast Telegraph
Thursday 25 December 2014
Source of infection that killed three babies 'unlikely to be identified'
The source of a deadly infection at a hospital that has claimed the lives of three babies is unlikely to be identified, an expert said today.
Although staff are trying to establish how the pseudomonas bacteria entered a neonatal room at the Royal Maternity Hospital in Belfast, this could take some time and it may be eradicated before the origin has been found, according to Stephan Heeb, a senior research fellow at the School of Molecular Medical Sciences.
"The normal way to do it is to take swabs of surfaces," he said. "If they find it's heavily colonised in one area, that would be the source of the infection.
"But that takes some days to do and sometimes it's not even worth trying to find it because the urgency is to end the problem, so in practice what is likely to happen is they will disinfect without actually identifying what the source is."
The hospital's hygiene policy would stipulate that everyone washes their hands and equipment is kept clean, he said.
But it would only take one person failing to follow this to cause the kind of outbreak that has proved fatal on the Belfast hospital's ward, he added.
"The hygiene practice is very difficult to maintain and you just need one person not following that," he said. "It can be someone bringing something in on their shoes.
"What can be done is to try and improve the hygiene conditions but these things will always happen and sooner or later a bacterium slips in so it's a bit difficult.
"It's very hard to have zero risk so these things will happen occasionally. It's important it doesn't happen frequently."
The bacteria needs water to survive and proliferate so its source is likely to be an area where fluids are present, he explained.
Pseudomonas is common, he said, and the biggest cause of death among cystic fibrosis patients.
Burns victims and Aids sufferers are also susceptible to it, and babies at at risk because of their underdeveloped immune systems.
Babies in a neonatal unit who were not being breast-fed would not be receiving antibodies from their mother's milk and so would be even more susceptible, Mr Heeb added.
And he warned that while cleaning the affected room was an "excellent first measure", it was important that any equipment brought from one room to another was sterile and anyone handling suspect equipment washed their hands before entering another room.
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Uganda's General Museveni: Metamorphosis Of A Despot
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Gen. Yoweri Museveni
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A Ruler's Militarism Run Amock In East and Central Africa
Let it be known that the Ugandan ruler Gen. Yoweri Museveni’s problem is not age as some people believe.
His problems include a combination of dangerous adventurism, incompetence, rigidity and dishonesty.
He became president in his early 40s and has been in power uninterrupted since 1986. With experience of 27 years as executive president and still counting and abundant public good will at home and abroad in the early stages, financial and natural resources and highly educated and experienced Ugandans, Museveni should have turned Uganda into a first world country economically, socially and democratically.
At the start of his administration in January 1986, Museveni launched a very popular 10-point program subsequently revised to 15 that promised among other things eradicating poverty, hunger, ignorance, disease and suffering in general; commercializing agriculture and industrializing Uganda within 15 years; periodic free and fair elections that would elect representatives that would be servants and not masters of the people.
He promised a professional military force that would defend the country against external invasion. He promised security of the person and property, elimination of all forms of corruption, cronyism and sectarianism and return of property including land to rightful owners. He promised freedom, justice and equality of all Ugandans. He promised good neighborliness because doing otherwise would destabilize the region.
Soon after becoming president, Museveni abandoned all the promises and embarked on economic and military adventurism in the form of “shock therapy” structural adjustment program when he knew this approach had run into difficulties in Chile, Ghana and elsewhere.
He embarked on military and other forms of interference in internal affairs of other states including in Burundi, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan and currently South Sudan; in the latter case, his intervention on the side of Salva Kiir against Riek Machar's supporters could escalate the war and extend it to neighboring countries. Gen. Museveni's military adventurism has resulted in millions dead, millions wounded, millions displaced and millions of dollars worth of property destroyed.
Because of Museveni’s pursuit of personal "greatness" at the expense of development, Uganda has been classified as a failed state which has become vulnerable to internal and external shocks. Therefore his age at 70 has very little to do with these failures.
If anything it should have been a highly valuable asset. There are many examples which demonstrate that advanced age when combined with competence, patriotism and honesty is an asset and produces excellent results regardless of ideological and even physical differences of leaders.
Here are a few illustrations: Konrad Adenauer a tall man became chancellor of Germany in 1949 at the age of 75. It was his longevity in power, moral authority and exceptional leadership that enabled him to turn Germany around after the devastating impact of the Second World War.
Benjamin Disraeli served Britain as prime minister. He was in his seventies during his last premiership. He used his advanced age, experience and commitment to initiate reforms and policies to inter alia improve slum, factory and farm work conditions.
He believed in progress and improved living standards for all. Ronald Reagan a tall man became president of the United States of America when he was 69 years old. He inherited an economy in recession. He turned it around, sharply reducing unemployment and inflation. He restored a sense of optimism to his nation.
Narasimha Rao became prime minister of India when he was 70 years old at a time when the Indian economy was in deep trouble. With his long experience in the Indian government, capable leadership and a careful selection of advisers including ministers on merit, Rao gathered courage and abandoned many of India’s "old and foolish policies”. He turned the economy around and laid the foundation that has lifted India onto a world stage as a good performer.
Deng Xiaoping a very short man became leader of China at the age of 73. With his long experience in the Communist Party, he knew what had gone wrong. He launched an economic modernization program that also opened China to the outside world. His main focus was ending poverty and gaining China’s recognition on the world stage. It did not matter what methods were used.
He commented: “It does not matter whether the cat is white or black; if it catches mice it is a good cat”. Not least, Nelson Mandela became president of South Africa when he was 75 years old.
He successfully forged South Africa into a rainbow country where many thought it was impossible. In the case of Gen. Museveni, he is being rejected by the majority of Ugandans and increasingly by other Africans and non-Africans alike and urged to step down soonest not so much because he is old but because of his failure at home and his dangerous adventurism abroad.
Eric Kashambuzi is Secretary General,United Democratic Ugandans (UDU)
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The radiation detector known as a Geiger counter uses aclosed, hollow, cylindrical tube with an insulated wire along itsaxis. Suppose a Geiger tube, as it's called, has a1.0-{\rm mm}-diameter wire in a tubewith a 25 {\rm mm} inner diameter. The tube isfilled with a low-pressure gas whose dielectric strength is1.0\times 10^6 {\rm{ V/m}}.
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The return of Silvio Berlusconi
Mamma mia
Italians may come to regret electing Silvio Berlusconi once again
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While the Economist has not always been right on everything, reading this article reminds me why I've been a subscriber of the Economist for the last 25 years. Belrusconi's picture in this article, depicts a facial expression and demeanor, that speaks louder than the article itself. Now, the onus is Belrusconi's to prove the Economist wrong, 'casue till then, like the Economist, myself and millions of Italians still believe, that Berlusconi is not fit to lead or govern.
Serenissimo, Maurizio
if you read the Economist that should probably mean that you are actively looking for grounded and objective opinions. Honestly, things that this newspaper has been quite successful in delivering. So, what have you read in the past years? Just the advertisements? You guys don't get it. The man is simply unfit! He should not be there! Beyond the evident reasons the Economist puts forward, there is the fact that the man did nothing to grow and liberalise the italian economy in the 2001-2006 term. Again, what do you read? Where do you look for information? There are tons of data that show his government did ZERO to reform and modernize the country. He spent the time to solve his personal issues. Again, what do you rely upon to make your opinions? Saying that the alternatives are worse is not an argument, as the man should not be there. I am one of those italians who left the country in the recent years, disgusted by him and by those who keep on believing to his burlesque promises. You will never find a mention of these italians in your "free" press.
I don't believe that The Economist or any one else is implying that Italians who voted for Berlusconi are stupid. Unwise, scared, and cowards perhaps, would be more appropriate nouns. I put the name of Barak Obama , yes I know.., on the voting ballots after crossing all the other names, because none of the politicians on the list in the voting papers, are competent to introduce the reforms necessary to make the "Made in Italy" products competitive overseas, and improve the living standards that Italy so much deserves. Labor, pension, fiscal, bureaucratic, political, REFORMS are needed to bring Italy in line with the G7 countries.I'm skeptical that Berlusconi III will succeed, he lacks the balls to bring forward these badly needed reform. During Berlusconi II regime, he had a tremendous oppotunity with his larger Parliamentary majority to chance everything, and lost it. Instead Berlusconi II and his cronies were enriching themselves further, while the average Italian family's living standard declined. So,Italy became the laughing stock of every conversation amongst the dinner tables of Europe. Berlusconi's propensity to say cazzate ,gaffe, solidified the prevalent notion that Italy is not a serious European partner.The economic challenges facing Berlusconi III are more dire than when he started Berlusconi II, a lot stake is here. Failure to address these economic challenges, Italy could loose it place in the G7 club, also it could risk its ejection ( this would please Bossi) from the Euro zone, and cement Italy into a second tier status within the EU. As we ALL love Italy, lets us wish Berlusconi III good luck, as for my self, I'll keep praying, and my fingers crossed.
Dear Oldwisdom,Do you have a name to suggest in place of Berlusconi that would be good for Italy?We'd appreciate to know your ideas...
A wise man by the name of Indro Montanelli, definitely not left oriented, once said that the Italians needed to be vaccinated against Berlusconi, therefore needed to try him once before deciding to cross him out. Sadly, Montanelli underestimated the ability of Berlusconi to dupe the crowds with his ill sense of humour a subtle use of communication. Also, he overestimated the ability of the Italians to understand when they are being screwed by a clown full of hot air. Did he not marginally lower taxes at the expense of logal governments, did he not increase deficits and national debts... etc... etc? What a saviour!
To those that voted him, on the basis of having no viable alternative, here is a thought on just one case that reveals the mentality of your man: are you prepared to put more public money into Alitalia, a company that failed despite huge public subsidies and is by all means out of the market? Just consider Berlusconi's attitude on this case and ask yourself if this is the champion of liberalism that you want in your wallet for the next five years. I am afraid he is already in people's underpants, so perhaps shifting to their wallet is an improvement. Your choice...
Even if I did not vote for Berlusconi, I agree with Maurizio!
Italians are not stupid.
Simply, they have fear and don't risk enough: it's a pity, but it's perfectly rational.
Supply-side reforms are necessary but menace all insiders: professionals, for-life full-time workers, olygopolist entrepreneurs like Berlusconi himself!
So many people prefer stay relatively poor but secure!!
And stop, please, stop, stop stop to offend dozens of millions of people simply for having a different opinion from yours!
You don't seem living in a democratic world!!!!
Maurizio, I'm one of the millions Italian mafiosi that voted for Berlusconi as well...What stupid people we must be!
Dear SirsI am one of those millions of people that voted for Silvio Berlusconi, blinded by his TV network and by his grip on Italy's media. Given that I am completely stupid and, together with some other millions of Italian mafiosi, I have no clear knowledge of my interests, I will gone on reading your kind magazine and the interesting reader%u2019s comments that bring so vast inspiration to my narrow mind.
I'm not sure if the comments received so far come from real Italian people, or just people that know about Italy only from the Economist.You guys don't like Berlusconi and I might agree with that, but what real alternative did we have?Veltroni? Wasn't he a sponsor of the Prodi government?I think the real problem of Italy is that we have more than half of the Country that contributes almost nothing to development of Italy since the end of the second World war.Not even the great statist of the World would have a chance to get something done in Italy....
for stillme - in the last 50 years (13 competitions) 7 went to South America and 6 to Western Europe. Argentina and Italy both won twice. :-|Is football an opium of the masses, an escape from the chill winds of competition?Has South America had the same corruption issues in professional football as Italy?For Italy - here's hoping (yet again)
"He will lead Rome to the ruins and the Romans will love him for this" (Gladiator by Oliver Scott, 2000)
Quote:"This year Italy's GDP per head has fallen below the EU average for the first time. Next year, it will fall below Greece, after being overtaken by Spain in 2006."Italy won the World Cup in 2006, why should they worry? :-)
Rather that make reforms, Berlusconi will ruin the Italian financial situation by lowering taxes without amministration expenditures decrease and structural expenditures reforms. The italian public debt will blow again...How it is possible that the Italian left wing parties have always such a work to do in equilibrateing public finance after every Berluskoni's legislature end? It is easy to lower taxes without financial cover,it is not responsable and socially descructive.
I am so glad that you have stuck to your gun and you have hit the nail on the head in your analysis of Silvio Berlusconi's fantastic electoral success.Mr Berlusconi keeps on repeating that he is a liberal but he did not carry out any major liberalisations during his previous full term government when he also had a large majority in both houses of parliament.Moreover, his Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti and the Lega Nord partners are mostly anti-globalisation, anti-free trade and Euro sceptics.So let us hope for a miracle for the good of Italy and its citizens! Berlusconi's slogan "I love Italy, I fly Alitalia" will be a good test of his conviction in free trade and market economy.
Italians who supported Berlusconi were clearly upset by foreign news papers like the Economist's interference into Italians domestic politics. Accusing this news paper and others of communism, arrogance, and lack of understanding of Italians politics and Italians. Ironically these sane Italians fail to understand that Italy is part of Europe and has to adhere to treaties and obligations for the privilege to belong to the EU.Berlusconi personifies the puerile nationalism and "Italy for Italians" only immaturity that most insecure Italians exude, without realizing that Italy without Europe will join the banana republics club.
Ok, now that this clown is back in power, everyone should give him a chance to do something meaningful. The first thing would be to let Alitalia collapse and allowed another European carrier set up hubs at Milan-Malpensa or Rome-Fiumicino. Italy really needs a Margaret Thatcher (someone con le palle quadrate) to take on the vested interest and uproot all what ails Italy. Otherwise, it will all be a huge waste of time, money, and effort.
Kenosha Kid
I really cannot believe this jackass is back. I feel like the rest of the world felt when W was re-elected in 2004-as in I want to ask an actual Berlusconi voter what the hell they're thinking.
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GNU R loop speed comparison
March 16, 2013
Recently I had several discussions about using for loops in GNU R and how they compare to *apply family in terms of speed. I have not seen a direct benchmark comparing them so I decided to execute one (warning: some of the code presented today takes long time to execute).
First I have started by comparing the speed of assignment operator for lists vs. numeric vectors in standard for loops. Here is the code:
speed.test <- function(n) {
x1 <- numeric(n)
x2 <- vector(n, mode = "list")
c(system.time(for (i in 1:n) { x1[i] <- i })[3],
system.time(for (i in 1:n) { x2[[i]] <- i })[3])
n <- seq(10 ^ 4, 10 ^ 6, len = 5)
result <- t(sapply(n, speed.test))
par(mar=c(4.5, 4.5, 1, 1))
matplot(n / 1000, result, type = "l" , col = 1:2, lty = 1,
xlab = "n ('000)", ylab = "time")
legend("topleft", legend = c("numeric", "list"),
col = 1:2, lty = 1)
The picture showing the result of the comparison is the following:
As we can see - operation numeric vectors are significantly faster than list, especially for large vector sizes.
But how does this relate to *apply family of functions? The issue is that the workhorse function there is lapply and it works on lists. Other functions from this family call lapply internally.
So I have run the second test comparing: (a) lapply, (b) for loop working on lists and (c) for loop working on numeric vectors. Here is the code:
aworker <- function(n) {
r <- lapply(1:n, identity)
lworker <- function(n) {
r <- vector(n, mode = "list")
for (i in 1:n) {
r[[i]] <- identity(i)
nworker <- function(n) {
r <- numeric(n)
for (i in 1:n) {
r[i] <- identity(i)
run <- function(n, worker) {
compare <- function(n) {
c(lapply = run(n, aworker),
list = run(n, lworker),
numeric = run(n, nworker))
n <- rep(c(10 ^ 6, 10 ^ 7), 10)
result <- t(sapply(n, compare))
par(mfrow = c(1,2), mar = c(3,3,3,1))
for (i in n[1:2]) {
boxplot(result[n == i,],
main = format(i, scientific = F, big.mark = ","))
On the picture below we can see the result. For 1,000,000 elements in a vector lapply is the fastest. The reason it that it executes looping in compiled C code. However for 10,000,000 elements for loop using numeric vector is faster as it avoids conversion to list.
Of course probably on other machines than my notebook the difference in speed would manifest itself for other number of elements in a vector.
However one can draw a general conclusion: if you have large AND numeric vectors and need to do a lot of number crunching for loop will be faster than lapply.
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Google and other advertising companies have been following iPhone and Apple users as they browse the Web, even though Apple’s Safari Web browser is set to block such tracking by default.
How have they been able to do it? Well, first they made Safari think the user was submitting an invisible form associated with the ad.
That technique allowed the companies to then place a “cookie” – a small text file that is stored on the user’s computer and can be used to track online activities. Google disabled its code after being contacted by The Wall Street Journal.
Google’s code, which was placed on certain ads that used the company’s DoubleClick ad technology and was uncovered by Stanford researcher Jonathan Mayer, took advantage of this loophole, as did the code used by the other companies.
In Google’s case, the code was part of a Google feature that allows its “+1” button to be embedded in advertisements. Wall Street Journal technologist Ashkan Soltani analyzed the code further and found that 22 of the top 100 most popular websites installed the Google code on a test computer.
Google said the company tried to design the +1 ad system to protect people’s privacy and did not anticipate that it would enable tracking cookies to be placed on user’s computers.
To put cookies onto Safari, Google’s ads used something called an “iframe,” an invisible container that allows content from one website to be embedded within another site, such as an ad on a blog.
Through this “iframe” window, Google received data from the user’s browser and was able to tell whether the person was using Safari. If he was, Google then inserted an invisible form into the container. The user didn’t see or fill out the form – in fact, there was nothing to “fill out” – but nevertheless, the Google code “submitted” it automatically.
Once the form was sent, Safari behaved as though the user had filled something out intentionally, and the browser allowed Google to put a cookie on the user’s machine.
The cookie Google was placing through this method was associated with the company’s Google+ social network. Last year, Google announced a system that would allow users to click the company’s “+1” buttons on advertisements to indicate that they liked the ad.
But Google faced a problem: Apple’s Web browser Safari blocks most tracking by default and is the most popular browser on mobile devices. That meant that Google wouldn’t be able to check if a user was logged into Google, using a small text file called a cookie.
So Google set up an elaborate system. If the person was logged in to Google+ and had agreed to see the +1 button on ads, the cookie would contain encoded information about that account. If the person wasn’t logged in or hadn’t agreed to see the button, the cookie would still be placed on the computer, but it would be blank.
The cookies were temporary; the blank one was set to expire in 12 hours, and the cookie for logged-in users was set to expire in 24.
Google’s Rachel Whetstone said the temporary cookie served to create a “temporary communication link between Safari browsers and Google’s servers.” She said the goal was to ensure that the information passing between the user’s Safari browser and Google’s servers was anonymous–effectively creating a barrier between a user’s personal information and the web content they browse.
But even the blank cookie could then result in extensive tracking of Safari users. This is because of a technical quirk in Safari that allows websites to easily add more cookies to a user’s computer once the site has installed at least one cookie. Safari allows this so that sites such as the Facebook and Google+ social networks can install cookies in widgets they place around the Web, as long as the user has visited the original site.
But it also meant that if a person received any of the temporary cookies , other Google advertising cookies could be placed as soon as the user saw another Google ad.
Ms. Whetstone said Google did not anticipate that further tracking cookies would be placed. “We didn’t anticipate that this would happen, and we have now started removing these advertising cookies from Safari browsers,” she said. “It’s important to stress that, just as on other browsers, these advertising cookies do not collect personal information.”
Stanford’s Mr. Mayer, who spotted Google’s technique, said, “There are zero legitimate-use cases” for advertisers to use an invisible form to enable tracking that Safari would have otherwise blocked.
An Apple spokesman said: “We are aware that some third parties are circumventing Safari’s privacy features and we are working to put a stop to it.”
An update to the software that underlies Safari has closed the loophole that allows cookies to be set after the automatic submission of invisible forms. Future public versions of Safari could incorporate that update. The people who handled the proposed change, according to software documents: two engineers at Google.
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As is all the rage in the NBA this time of year, the Houston Rockets have made a couple of moves with their D-League affiliate the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, according to a team release.
First, they signed Mike Harris, a 6’6″ swingman who has had earlier stints this season with both the Rockets and the Wizards. Harris has torn up the D-League, averaging 27 points per game and was named D-League player of the month in January.
The other was recalling Jermaine Taylor, the 6’4″ guard who was averaging 20 points per game for the Vipers.
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by gnomeza (#30215966) Attached to: Geek Travel To London From the US — Tips?
If you're travelling to London you ought to know about these:
It's also useful to know that each post code (zip code) is allocated to a small group of houses (say ten-ish) within the same street.
That's accurate enough to navigate using just the house number and post code. So if you wanted directions from, say, the British Museum (WC1B 3DG) to Buckingham Palace (SW1A 1AA) you'd google this: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=WC1B 3DG to SW1A 1AA
Get yourself a London A-Z (Zed ;) - most of the time dead tree maps still beat electronic (and there's no cellphone reception on the Underground).
Get yourself an Oyster Card. It's a significantly cheaper way to travel.
You don't have to register it if perhaps you're sensitive about personal privacy (just remember you're constantly under CCTV surveillance).
CCTV cameras will watch you everywhere Unless you happen to be the victim of a crime, in which case the cameras will be "switched off" or "pointing the other way".
Mobile data is pretty cheap (assuming you have a compatible phone) - pick up a Three or T-Mobile sim at the airport.
Lastly, no geek can be without their coffee fix: try Monmouth Coffee, Flat White or Cafe Amato.
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And indeed, if all you need is large amounts of cheap storage, then an adapter with port multiplier support, like a SiI3132, and two SiI3726s will let you attach up to ten drives per PCIe port.
A decent solution for all that storage you're going to need to backup all that other storage.
(Since, after all, a backup is way more important than availability for that porn collection, right?)
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I am writing a report in Lyx. I have included many images in the report. And I am having bit of problem with the placement of the image in the final report.
1. I include a image in a section and refer it from the middle of the section. And I would expect the image to be placed in the beginning of the section. Is my understanding correct ?
2. I had inserted image with the understanding of (1). This is how the image looks like in the final report. The dark stripe you see in the image is the page border. Please let me know where I could be going wrong.
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I'm not familiar with the lyx package, but I hope that the following won't be too difficult for you to implement in the lyx medium. I take it that the image you are displaying is contained in some external file (of type jpg? eps? pdf? tiff?). In "ordinary" LaTeX, one would include this object in a figure environment -- which can be given a caption and a "label," such that the figure can be cross-referenced elsewhere in the document. The following code fragments may be helfpul for you.
\documentclass{article} % or report, book, memoir, etc.
\usepackage{graphicx} % package that provides the command \includegraphics
\usepackage{epstopdf} % load this package if graphics file has .eps format
\caption{A very complicated looking diagram} \label{fig:diagram}
As Figure~\ref{fig:diagram} makes clear, \ldots
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Thanks Mico, I think it was because of the image itself, it was not formatted properly. I re-designed the image without any whitespace, and I was able to format it as you suggested in your answer. Thank you so much. – www.sapnaedu.in Sep 17 '11 at 16:01
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Every year about this time I look at the non conference schedule with dismay. How can you expect to better yourself when you minimize your preseason play against mostly non top 50 teams-in the friendly confines of being at home? Then, in conference play, the team and fans are shocked when they finish near the bottom.
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Texas Police Hit Organic Farm With Massive SWAT Raid
I didn't see this posted here yet. Apologies if it already has been. This is an outrage
By Radley Balko
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This is a the police would work in a free society
Isn't all this freedom just wonderful.
Do folks...
...in the local community stand up and publicly protest these kinds of abuses, or do they just let it slide? The People need to start making themselves seen and heard in mass numbers every time an outrage like this happens.
Agenda 21/ICLEI...
Arlington, TX is one of the cities that has adopted ICLEI. So I'm not completely surprised. AND Arlington, TX is one of the cities that the FAA has given the PD permission to use drones.
My favorite youtube gardener, John growingyourgreens
with 843 videos, had his house searched a few days ago because he's growing vegetables in his BATHROOM! Didn't they search his name? If they had done that, they would have known all they need to know about him. He goes into warning mode at the end, and shares some 'tips' when the cops goes after you, advising people to exercise your rights or else they'll take then from you. He also compares the cops to vampires - you never let them in your house either.
James Madison
Some lying citizen scragging a hated neighbor.
The criminal police department acted on false information and should be sued for trillions of dollars for being stupid and criminal.
The Police officers their bosses, the judges and any secretarial staff who failed to bloow the whistle.
Plus 10 years in the lockholes for being rotten and destructive apes.
Free includes debt-free!
Cops acting illegally
They should be brought up on charges of false imprisonment, at least! I wonder if there's some way to nail them for covering their name tags - they knew they were doing wrong, and did it anyway!
Yes, it's an outrage, this kind of crap needs to be nipped in the bud, if it's not too late.
Freedom is my Worship Word!
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Big Sky, MT
Big Sky Resort - Peak Course Share
Uploaded By: Danger Hole #8 (Taken 8/2010)
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Great senic views and major elevation changes
2-4 8/15/2010 9/4/2010
Review By: Feli
Played: 10 Reviewed: 10
2 Helpful / 2 Not
Pros: This course is set on the face of a mountain, so you ride the chair lifts up to the starting point. Chair lift is about $20, and you can ride twice... a great day is one trip up for DG then one for mountain biking or hiking down. The views are fantastic as you head down the mountain, but do bring sunscreen and some water. More than anything, bring a camera to take some pics of the amazing moutainscapes. After you do the mountain 9 holes, there's another 9 holes (10th-18th) at the Big Sky base camp which is free... it has chain baskets and is reviewed separately on this site.
Mountain 9 is not a very challenging DG course and it's not very developed, but the big asset is just the location and the scenery. It's a nice course for a lazy day when you just want to relax, see the sights, and take things slowly.
Cons: The tees are improved, but they're still natural with just a number and a few logs or railroad ties at the border. There are no baskets... just wooden poles with some paint on them. The map and course design isn't ideal, but just follow the roads and ski slopes if in doubt.
There's really no obstacles besides the steep decline elevation, but that's enough if there's any wind. You will want some overstable discs... and a spotter in case they get away from you (forests are pretty thick on either side of the ski runs). Most holes are fairly easy birdie chances, but you may go out of bounds or have the winds pull a few tee shots on you.
There's some long grass, but Big Sky is pretty busy with hikers, mountain bikers, and other outdoor visitors, so snake or bear danger is pretty low.
Other Thoughts: This is a fun walk down the mountain. If you're a rec player who is visiting Big Sky and shoots disc for fun and relaxation as much as challenge, then you'll probably appreciate the senic setting at Big Sky. However, if you're a more serious DG player looking for a top notch and challenging course, you might want to take a pass this one.
2 of 4 people found this review helpful.
1 8/14/2010 8/18/2010
Review By: Danger
Played: 86 Reviewed: 70 Exp: 4.6 Years
This review was updated on 9/8/2012
11 Helpful / 2 Not
Pros: -You get to ride a chairlift?
Cons: -All holes are wooden posts painted blue at the top
-Holes are spread out and sometimes hard to find. They are numbered, but the number is on the ground
-Tee pads are natural and uneven
-Course ends 2/3 of the way down the mountain resulting in a long steep walk back to the base area
-Holes are all steep downhill, and much shorter than they could be
-No obstacles, all holes shoot straight down the middle of a ski run
-$19 DOLLARS (plus tax!)
Other Thoughts: The Big Sky Ski Resort peak course is a 9 hole downhill course that works its way from the top of one of the lifts down the mountain. Lodgepole forests surround the wide open ski runs, and never play a role in any of the holes. Beautiful vistas of the surrounding mountain range are the only distraction from the shockingly bad course you are playing.
Hole one begins near the top of the lift and shoots over a ridge to a blind hole just over the ridge. A sign notifies you that the course is 'par 3 for pros and par 4 for ams.' All holes are easily obtainable in 3 shots, so I am pretty sure by 'Am's' they mean 'children.'
Walks between holes sometimes exceed 100 yards, and there are no signs pointing you in the right direction. The HUGE map provided at the base is completely incorrect for the first 4 holes.
There is only one more blind hole on the course, and it is a slightly left turning hole along a relatively flat ski run. Still no trees or obstructions to deal with. The rest of the course are holes down intermediate runs that are quite short considering the amount of land they had to work with.
One disappointing thing was reaching a tee pad, seeing an awesome opportunity for a long downhill shot, then noticing the post about 250-300 feet away, in the middle of the run, in a location that has absolutely no reason behind it. These holes were all short and simple enough that they were just a matter of aiming a putter in the right direction.
Hole after hole of saying "Really?" when arriving to the teepad left for probably the most disappointing round I have ever had. Furthermore, it ends 2/3 of the way down the mountain. We could see some abandoned tee pads on the walk down, and just chucked our discs from them out into the nothing just for fun. This apparently used to be an 18 hole course that was shortened for the installation of a skeet course at the peak. I have no idea why they removed the last few holes working their way back to the base. Probably because at that point you have discovered that you have been scammed out of 19 dollars and change and just want to quit.
The lift ticket allows you to ride the chairlift twice. We didn't even bother because the course was not fun at all. I was really excited for it after reading the review of it in the 18 hole layout. I got excited toward the end... at hole 7, you notice you are still quite a ways up the hill from the bottom. You are thinking 'There have GOT to be some epic downhills coming up!' But no, 2 more lame holes and the course just ends, leaving you in the middle of a ski run far from anything. If you are in the Big Sky area, go play Buckhorn Ridge, which is one of my favorite courses in Montana. Its free and only about 5 miles away.
11 of 13 people found this review helpful.
Big Tosses at Big Sky
1 7/2/2009 7/2/2009
Review By: DiSCRoCKeR
Played: 86 Reviewed: 34 Exp: 13.9 Years
3 Helpful / 0 Not
Pros: This course has some great views to enjoy while throwing a round. Also has some of the biggest downhill throws I have ever thrown. I had a few throws that just flew for 10 seconds or more. The scenic ski lift ride to the top of the mountain where the course starts is pretty amazing. First 9 holes play through the woods around the top and holes 10 - 18 are all downhill, some of which are quite steep.
Cons: You have to purchase a ski lift ticket for $19 to ride up to the top to start the course unlessyou feel like walking it. The course isn't marked very well and most tees aren't numbered. There are only a few baskets as most of the holes are poles with red tops. The baskets they do have are pretty cheap and old. There are no tee pads at all.
Other Thoughts: Considering all the money that this ski resort must bring in they sure haven't invested much into the disc golf course. With some tee pads, signs, and good baskets for all of the holes this course would have gotten a better rating. Definitely worth playing for the intense downhill throws and for the experience of playing on the side of a beautiful mountain.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Hydra-70 Rocket System
Integration Information
HYDRA-70 Rockets are free flight rockets which mate either unitary or cargo warheads with
the MK 66 Rocket Motor. The MK 66 motors use a longer motor tube (than the MK 40/MK 4)
fins are of a spring loaded, wrap-around design and are attached around the circumference of the
single nozzle. The propellant grain is longer and of a different formation than for the MK 40/MK
4, however, the stabilizing rod and igniter are essentially the same design. The MK 66 motors
have a substantially higher thrust, 1335 lbs, and a longer range. The current generation of the MK
66 in use by U.S. Armed Services are the MK 66 MOD 3 for the Army and the MK 66 MOD 2
The RF filter is mounted onto the igniter can and allows the aircraft’s direct current firing pulse to
May 1987 documents the HERO suitability of the MK 66 MOD 3 motor. A brass EMR shield is
used over the fin and nozzle to prevent the DC energy produced by electrical arcing encountered
inventory of available rockets.
MK 26 MOD 0 Initiator bridgewire.
Tabulated data:
Weight, shipped: 13.6 lb Igniter resistance: 0.7 - 2.0 ohms
Burn time: 1.05 - 1.10 sec Propellant Type: Extruded double base,
Average thrust (77 oF): 1300 - 1370 lb ethylcellulose inhibited,
Impulse (77 oF): 1472 lb/sec cartridge loaded
Motor burnout range: 1300 ft (397 m) Propellant Weight: 7 lb
Motor burnout velocity: 2425 fps Propellant Configuration: 8-point internal
Launch spin rate: 10 rps burning star
Velocity at launcher exit: 148 fps Temperature Limits:
Acceleration: 60-70 G (initial), Storage: -65 oF to +165 oF
95-100 G (final) (-53.35 oC to +73.15 oC)
Range, max @ QE 43o Operation: -50 oF to +150 oF
w/ MPSM whd: 11,407 yd (10,426 m) (-45 oC to +64.9 oC)
M151 Warhead
M229 Warhead
Both the M151 and M229 use the M423 Fuze, making them High Explosive Point Detonating
(HEPD) warheads. The M151 uses 2.3 pounds of composition B-4 High Explosive. The 10
pound warhead gains lethality from the nose section which is fabricated using nodular, pearlitic
malleable, or ferritic malleable cast iron. The 17 pound M229 uses 4.8 pounds of composition B-
4 High Explosive. The performance of the M229 is roughly a 50 percent increase in lethal area
over the M151. Temperature limits for storage and firing the M151 and M229 are -65 oF to +150
F (-53.35 oC to +64.9 oC).
The M423 Fuze consists of four major assemblies: firing pin and body assembly; fuze body;
safe and arming (S&A) device; and the booster assembly. The S&A device consists of a rotor
housing assembly and unbalanced rotor assembly, an escapement assembly and set-back weight.
The unbalanced rotor assembly houses the primer and detonator and is maintained in the unarmed
(out-of-line) position. When the rocket motor is fired, sustained acceleration permits the set-back
(inertial mass) weight to move rearward, releasing the unbalanced rotor, which in rotating drives
the escapement and gear assembly to the armed position. The rotor reaches the armed (in line)
position when the rocket has traveled 43 to 93 meters and then is locked into the armed position
by a spring-loaded pin. The rotor will return to the unarmed position if the minimum rocket
energy (product of acceleration and time) is not sensed throughout the arming distance. Upon
impact, the firing pin body walls are crushed between the target and the oncoming fuze body. The
firing pin contained in the firing pin body then impacts the oncoming S&A mechanism within the
fuze body, initiating the explosive train. The explosive consists of the M104 primer, M85
detonator, lead, booster and warhead explosive which are initiated in sequential order. The M423
is used for launch from low speed aircraft. The M427 is a variation used for launch from high
speed aircraft and requires 180 to 426 meters rocket travel to arm. The PD fuzes do not require
an umbilical connection to the launcher.
Tabulated data:
M151 HEPD Rocket w/ MK 66 MOD 3 Motor
DODIC: H583
Hazard Classification: Quantity-Distance Class 1.1, Storage Compatibility Group E
UNO Serial No. 0181
DOT Label "Explosive 1.1E", Proper Shipping Name "Rockets"
M151 Warhead w/ M427
NSN: 1340-00-725-8382
DODIC: H842.
M229 HEPD Rocket w/ MK 66 MOD 2 Motor
NSN: 1340-01-309-8300
DODIC: H642
UNO Serial No. 0181
DOT Label "Explosive 1.1E", Proper Shipping Name "Rockets with Bursting Charge".
an integral fuze, 9 submunitions, and an expulsion charge assembly. The nose cone assembly, a
of 80% M10 double base propellant and 20% Class 6 black powder. The expulsion charge is
stack of submunitions through the nose cone.
The primary cargo warhead fuze is the M439 Fuze. It is a resistance-capacitance electronic
variable time delay fuze. The time delay is remotely set for the desired functioning distance (time)
by charging the circuit from the fire control center, providing a variable range of 0.5 to 7.2
kilometers. The fuze does not have an internal battery; instead energy is supplied from by the
aircraft setter at the time of fuze setting. The energy is stored in a capacitor and will operate the
electronic timer and fire the M84 electronic detonator. The charging cycle takes place
approximately 50 milliseconds prior to rocket motor firing. The fuze begins timing at the first
motion of the rocket and will function at the prescribed time if the Safety and Arming (S&A)
device is armed. The S&A mechanism also prevents the fuze from being charged if it is in the
partially-armed or fully-armed position. The S&A is a mechanical acceleration integrator with an
unbalanced rotor holding the M84 electric detonator and a runaway escapement. An acceleration
greater than 27G is necessary to arm the fuze. The M439 Fuze is a base mounted, forward firing
fuze. The fuze connector cable extends from the fuze, through the warhead in a lengthwise
channel, and exits the ogive for connection to the launcher by an umbilical connector.
The HE, MPSM M73 Grenade consists of a steel body with a fragmenting wall filled with
Composition B explosive incorporating a shaped charge liner, LX14 booster, explosive lead
charge, M230 omnidirectional fuze with M55 detonator, wave shaper, and fabric drag device
(RAD). The fragmenting body produces 10 grain fragments with a maximum velocity of
approximately 5,000 feet per second. The shaped charge sprays lethal fragments nearly horizontal
360 degrees. The submunitions consistently impact within a 40-meter radius of each other.
Submunition self destruct has not been a consideration. EOD procedures obviate the need for self
destruct. Lethality (penetration) is classified and can be made available through licensed
agreement. The performance is roughly a 70 percent (SMCAR-CCH-A Memorandum, 23 Jun
1988) increase in lethal area over the M151.
Tabulated data:
M261 MPSM Rocket w/ MK 66 MOD 3 Motor
NSN: 1340-01-269-1447
DODIC: H165
Hazard Classification: Quantity-Distance Class 1.2, Storage Compatibility Group E
UNO Serial No. 0182
DOT Label "Explosive 1.2E", Proper Shipping Name "Rockets".
Temperature Limits:
Firing: -50 oF to +150 oF
Storage: -50 oF to +160 oF
The M255A1 Flechette Warhead is intended to be used against light material and personnel
targets. The warhead is also a cargo warhead, using the M439 Fuze, and functionally equivalent
to the M261 cargo warhead. At expulsion, 1,179 flechettes separate and form a disk-like mass
which breaks up with each flechette assuming an independent trajectory, forming a repeatable
produce the desired impact and penetration effect on the target.
Tabulated data:
M255A1 Flechette w/ MK 66 MOD 2 Motor
NSN: 1340-01-309-5799
DODIC: H462
Flechette: 60 grain, steel, phosphate coated
Hazard Classification: Quantity-Distance Class 1.4, Storage Compatibility Group G
UNO Serial No. 0191
DOT Label "Explosive 1.4G", Proper Shipping Name Rockets"
The M264 RP Smoke is also a cargo warhead. The warhead is used as a red phosphorus (RP)
filled smoke rocket propelled by the MK 66 motor and functions at a remote settable range from
1000 to 6000 meters. Upon functioning, the M439 Fuze ignites the expulsion mix which
rows of 4 each and are separated by felt pieces impregnated with a phosphine gas adsorbent
mixture, manganese dioxide/cuprous oxide.
Tabulated data:
M264 RP Smoke w/ MK 66 MOD 3 Motor
NSN: 1340-01-289-4719
DODIC: H184
RP: JXS-10 Smoke Composition Pellets, 0.035 kg/wedge (31.5 gms)
UNO Serial No.
DOT Label "Explosive 1.4G", Proper Shipping Name Rockets"
The M257 illuminating warhead consists of an ignition system, flare, main parachute, drogue
feet at 3000 meters downrange. The M257 candle descends at 15 feet per second, burns for
Except for the illuminent, the M278 is identical to the M257 warhead. At the aft end of the
Separation and Drogue Assembly is the Motor Adapter which is the threaded interface for the
launch rocket motor. Inside the adapter is the M442 fuze which initiates the firing sequence for
the M278 flare. The fuze must sense an acceleration of at least 17-22 G for about 1 second prior
to arming. Upon deceleration of the burnt-out rocket motor the armed fuze fires, directing its
output into a 9-second pyrotechnic delay column which in turn ignites a separation charge. The
separation charge produces a rapid increase in pressure inside the motor adapter which is reacted
by a pusher plate on top of the Drogue Housing. This shears 12 holding pins that are evenly
spaced around the circumference of the joint. The pressure also provides an accelerating force for
the flare and a decelerating force for the launching rocket motor with the Motor Adapter
attached. This ensures positive separation for the flare, and a Deflector plate pulls the expended
motor out of the flare flight path. When the Pusher Plate falls into the airstream it pulls the
Drogue Chute out of the aft end of the Drogue Housing. Attached to the shroud line bridle of the
Drogue Chute is a nylon cord which is attached to the Pull Wire “Quickmatch” of a 2-second
delay “Gas Generator.” The Quickmatch ignites the delay, which in turn fires a Secondary
Expulsion charge. This charge functions as the first, producing pressure that shears another set of
12 pins, evenly spaced around the circumference of the flare. Once again the pressure provides an
acceleration/deceleration force to the Drogue Housing and the Candle & Parachute Assembly.
Attached to the Pusher Plate is the cord for the Pilot Chute. As the Pilot Chute deploys, it pulls
the Main Chute assembly out of its housing (Parachute Insert) for Main Chute deployment.
Attached to the Main Chute support cable is a Lanyard that runs through an internal raceway in
the Candle and is attached to the Slider assembly in the Igniter assembly. As the main chute is
deployed, it pulls the Lanyard with a minimum force of 40 pounds. This force shears a shear pin
and moves the slider assembly into the firing position, cocks and releases the firing hammer and
fires the ignition primer. During launch of the Rocket, acceleration forces of at least 17 G for
duration of approximately one second withdrew the weight assembly of the “Zig-Zag” ignition
safe/arm mechanism from its saving position in the slider assembly, allowing Slider movement.
The output of the ignition primer is directed into a cavity containing boron pellets. The fire from
the boron pellets is directed on the forward face of the flare’s illuminant Candle and also on a
small propellant wafer which acts as an ignition booster. The Candle produces light in the near IR
spectrum for about 180 seconds. The main parachute allows for a descent rate of approximately
13 feet per second.
Tabulated data:
M257 Illumination Flare w/ M442 Fuze
Operating temperature limits: -25 oF to +140 oF
(-31.35 oC to +59.40 oC)
Candle composition: Magnesium Sodium Nitrate
Candle weight: 5.44 lb (2.47 kg)
Illumination intensity, visible: 817.19 CP (avg.)
infrared: 250.02 watts/sr (avg.)
Illumination duration: 197.38 sec (avg.)
Function time: 14.23 sec (avg.)
Shipping and storage data:
Storage class/SCG: 1.2 G
DOT shipping class: A
DOT designation: Rocket Ammunition with Illuminating Projectile
Field Storage: Group D
NSN: 1340-01-268-7175
DODIC: H183
UNO Serial No.
M278 IR Flare w/ M442 Fuze
DODIC: H154
UNO Serial No.
the 7-tube launcher continues to use a laminated stack.
experiences from the fire control is 0.06 seconds.
minimize the heat signature of the launcher after rocket firings.
RMS Display Unit RMS Operations Unit
The M138 Rocket Management Subsystem (RMS) is a pilot-operated subsystem that
interfaces with the wing stores subsystem in the helicopter. The RMS operates from power
supplied by the aircraft and consists of one Display Unit and four Operations Units. The RMS
enables the aircraft pilot to select and launch MK 40 or MK 66 rocket motors with the desired
warhead/fuze combination from two or four 7- or 19-tube launchers mounted under the aircraft
stub wings. The RMS automatically senses the quantity and type of launcher installed and
automatically sets its firing sequence to agree with the tube numbering of the launcher on board.
Should one or more launchers be disabled, the RMS will cause the corresponding launcher on the
opposite side of the fuselage to become inactive to maintain in-flight stability by equalizing the
load of unfired rockets.
Rockets are loaded according to type (warhead/fuze) in up to five loading zones, and the types
loaded in each zone are indicated by manually setting five 12-position thumb wheel switches on
the Display Unit panel. The switch positions are marked with two- or three-letter descriptors that
represent the available warhead/fuze configurations. When power is applied to the RMS, it
automatically inventories the rounds loaded in each zone and provides the pilot with a numeric
display of the quantities available for launching from each zone. By setting switches on the face
of the Display Unit, the pilot can select the rocket types to be launched, set the fuzes according to
the tactical situation, and determine the quantities of rockets to be launched in each volley.
Rockets are then launched when the pilot or copilot/gunner squeezes the trigger switch on the
cyclic stick. Should the trigger switch be released before the entire volley has been launched, the
numeric display on the face of the Display Unit is immediately updated to continuously reflect the
quantities of rockets remaining in each loading zone. Refer to TM 9-1090-207-13&P for
additional information pertaining to RMS components.
The primary objectives of the remotely settable fuze concept were to use very inexpensive
components in the fuze itself, eliminate any battery required to run the electronics during the fuze
run time, and accomplish the accuracy goals throughout the total environmental range. The
solution was to select a resistance-capacitance technique wherein relatively inexpensive, broad-
tolerance (+/- 20 percent) components could be used for high-volume production of relatively
inexpensive electronic fuzes. To accurately set the capacitance-charged fuzes for the desired run
time throughout the environmental range requires a compensating setter located in the aircraft.
The setter, immediately prior to launching a rocket, determines the amount of energy required by
the fuze timing capacitor for the component variations existing along with temperature effects to
run the fuze timing circuitry for the range selected. The setter then charges the timing capacitor
and the storage capacitor used as both the power source to run the electronics and the power
source to initiate the pyrotechnic train through initiation of the electric detonator in the fuze
safeing and arming device. The setter must be capable of compensating for 20 percent variations
in component value and for variations in fuze run time due to temperature effects on individual
fuzes. Since each fuze is unique, each fuze must receive a different amount of energy in its timing
sequence, whether it be singles, pairs, or quads, fuzes must therefore receive different amounts of
energy to accomplish the same set time. Therefore, just prior to firing, the individual fuze and its
setter compose an integral subsystem which must perform its function accurately across the entire
environmental spectrum, compensating for inherent errors in individual fuzes.
The Display Unit is a cockpit-mounted line-replaceable unit that presents the pilot with
controls and displays for inventorying and controlling the launching of aerial rockets. It also
contains the power supply and other common circuits necessary for the RMS components to
operate as a subsystem. The Display Unit transmits the electrical command signals selected by the
pilot to the Operations Units. One Operations Unit is used for each launcher and contains the
circuitry that sets the fuzes and the circuitry that provides the rocket motor squib firing pulses for
the rockets loaded into the associated launcher.
Additional description of the RMS is contained in enclosure 1. This is an early system
description as taken from material used for training (extraneous pages have been extracted) of
what eventually became the M138 RMS. It was originally fitted into the AH-1S model of the
Cobra helicopter. The weight of the display unit is 6 pounds and of the operations unit is 2
pounds each. The NSN for the M138 RMS is 1090-01-077-8939. A variation of this system
known as the Armament Management System was fitted into the AH-1G model of the Cobra
helicopter. It uses two zones and was intended as an interim solution for an eventual upgrade to
the M138 RMS.
1.1 & 1.2 Physical Characteristics of the rocket system. The lengths, weights, centers of gravity
and moments of inertia of the various rockets (MK 66) as measured are as follows:
The length of the M261 LWL was previously defined as 66.190" (max). The weight, CG and
moments for the M261 LWL are as follows:
M261 Lightweight Empty Loaded
Weight (lbs.) 82 596
CG aft of nose (in.) 35.8 28.3
CG above center line (in.) 0.78 0.14
CG left of center line (in.) 0.033 0.004
Pitch moment (slug-ft2) 7.12 54.37
Yaw moment (slug-ft2) 7.28 54.52
Roll moment (slug-ft2) 0.629 3.37
Weight, lbs CG from base Moments of Inertia, lb-in2
Rocket Length (inches) Live Fired
Warhead Live Fired (inches) Live Fired Axial Transverse Axial Transverse
MK66 Motor ---- 13.65 6.43 41.750 18.89 15.70 15.80 2032 9.30 1371
M151 9.30 22.95 15.73 55.125 29.96 33.55 26.20 6248 19.70 5008
HE/M423 PD
w/ MK66
M229 16.87 30.43 23.19 65.240 36.55 41.20 37.60 10479 29.60 7840
HE/M423 PD
w/ MK66
M261 13.50 27.15 19.93 66.100 35.26 40.02 29.40 9868 23.30 7595
w/ MK66
M255A1/M439 13.87 27.51 20.34 66.100 35.36 40.00 28.80 9848 22.10 7529
w/ MK66
M257/M442 10.57 24.22 17.00 70.400 34.75 40.04 27.60 10607 21.70 8383
w/ MK66
M264/M439 8.00 21.65 14.43 66.100 30.84 35.11 23.70 7639 17.00 6209
w/ MK66
Physical Characteristics of Rockets
The centers of gravity for the M261 LWL when fully loaded with the following rockets are as
Configuration CG (in. from front) Weight (lbs.)
Empty 35.8 82.0
M151/M423/MK 66 33.1 518
M229/M423/MK 66 27.2 660
M257/M442/MK 66 29.0 542
M264/M439/MK 66 32.4 493
M261/M439/MK 66 28.5 598
M255A1/M439/MK 66 28.4 604
1.3 Aerodynamic data of the M261. Please refer to excerpts of MIL-A-8591 at enclosure 2 for
calculation and modeling methods for aerodynamic loads. An example calculation performed by
Hughes Aircraft, the designer of the LWL, is attached at the back of the enclosure. Airflow
information would be unique to the aircraft platform and should be available from the U.S. Army
Aviation and Troop Support Command (ATCOM).
1.4 Qualification standards. Specifications which control the acceptance of rockets are listed in
the chart below. The specification for the LWL is MIS-34583. The RMS is per enclosure 3.
1.5 Environmental influence to the helicopter. The MK 66 motor can eject the ignition wire upon
launch. On more rare occasions, the MK 66 MOD 2 motor can eject the stabilizing rod upon
launch. Observance of this occurrence indicates that approximately 50 percent are just after the
rocket has left the launcher. The MK 66 MOD 4 motor has a more robust design for the
stabilizing rod that should preclude ejection.
Chemical and thermal effects are taken from IHSP 89-289. Theoretical combustion products
appear in Table IV of this document and is shown below. The exhaust-induced pressure
experienced in each launcher tube is 318 psi, measured near the aft end of the launcher.
2.1 Electrical Interface. The LWL electrical continuity shall be as specified in drawing 13048860
for the M261 launcher (Type II launcher). When a device that selectively simulates the electrical
characteristics of an electrically shorted motor of either the MK 40 or MK 66 type is loaded in a
launcher tube, the total circuit resistance from that launch tube connector pin in connector J1 to
the ground pin in the J1 connector shall not exceed 1 ohm with an applied current of not less than
1 milliampere or not more than 700 milliamperes. Resistance will be tested with both the MK 40
and MK 66 motors. The resistance of the electrical circuits between J2 and P, and J2 and ground
shall not exceed 0.20 ohm with an applied current of not greater than 700 milliamperes. The
insulation resistance between isolated circuits and ground shall be equal to or greater than
500,000 ohms at 500 volts direct current (Vdc). With the negative return connected to pin Z of
connector P, application of the system fuzing signal from the RMS to pins A through V of
connector J2 shall supply fuze set voltage to rockets loaded in tubes 1 through 19 respectively.
With the negative return of ignition circuit connected to pin Y and/or Z of connector J1, the
application of a fire signal of a minimum of 1 ampere for a minimum of 10 milliseconds from the
RMS to pins A through V of connector J1 shall supply ignition voltage to rockets loaded in tubes
1 through 19 respectively.
2.2 Description of the functional sequences. The pilot dials in the rocket type and quantity to be
fired on the RMS. The RMS designates this data to the Fire Control Computer (FCC) of the
aircraft, and the FCC selects the trajectory
data from memory. The electronic fuze setter
in the RMS will set the fuze when the pilot
depresses the firing trigger. The gunner in the
front seat of the Cobra sights in on the target
through the telescopic sight unit and lases to
obtain constantly updated range data. The
aircraft FCC processes this data along with
aircraft speed, relative wind, temperature and
flight characteristics of the rocket, and
computes the point at which the fuze must
function for the intended target. The
computer then presents a solution reticle
through the heads up display (HUD) to the
pilot in the back seat. The pilot must match the solution reticle to the boresight reticle on the
HUD by maneuvering the aircraft and firing the weapon system. The computer continues to
constantly update the solutions as the aircraft moves along. The pilot pitches the aircraft up,
aligns the boresight reticle with the solution reticle and depresses the firing trigger. The fuze
receives the latest ranging data about 50 milliseconds prior to the
rocket motor being fired. The following is a listing of Field Manuals
used in the employment of rockets:
Explosives and Demolitions FM 5-25
Ordnance General and Depot Support Services FM 9-4
Ordnance Ammunition Service FM 9-6
Attack Helicopter Gunnery FM 17-40
Attack Helicopter Operations FM 17-50
2.3 Power consumption. The rocket management system requires
24-28 VDC.
Electromagnetic Environmental Effects (E3) Management, Design, and Test Requirements and
SARD-DO Memorandum, Subject: Army Acquisition Executive Policy Memorandum 91-3, Army
Electromagnetic Environmental Effects (E3) Program Implementation establish design
requirements. As stated previously, the MK 66 MOD 4 Rocket Motor is HERO, 300 KV and 25
therefore do not present any E3 concerns. The M255A1 and M264 warheads are recent
the potential to be affected by E3. Naval Surface Weapons Center (H22-BF/RFM) Letter, dated
22 Jan 87, Subject: Hazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance Test Report of the Rocket
Management System showed that the M439 Fuze is “HERO SAFE ORDNANCE” and will not be
affected by the HERO environment during presence, handling and loading. The M439 Fuze was
tested for Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) susceptibility with an inert warhead and found to be
sufficiently hardened to personnel-borne ESD. As a result, there are no E3 concerns associated
with either warhead/fuze combination. While documentation does not exist for older designs,
similar results can be expected for warheads fuzed with the M439 Fuze. A fact to consider is that
the M439 Fuze is inherently shielded by the warhead case and by the motor when mated as a
3. Software Modification. Software modifications are conducted by the host aircraft and may be
discussed with the U.S. Army AMCOM. The ballistic tables are established for rounds as they are
developed by U.S. Army engineering centers and are submitted to AMCOM. Language and bus
interfaces are determined by the developer of the aircraft fire control computer.
4. Test Equipment. The Rocket Management Subsystem Test Set, M135 (RMS Test Set), is a
manually operated portable test set which automatically tests Line Replaceable Units (LRU) of the
RMS, using programmed test routines initiated, as applicable, by the test set operator. The test set
is used at the AVIM level to verify equipment failures that were detected by the built-in-test
circuits in the RMS LRUs and to isolate troubles in these units to a shop-replaceable assembly. It
is also used for verifying the performance of a unit after repair or at any other time. The
maintenance manual for the M135 is “Operator’s Aviation Unit, and Intermediate Maintenance
Manual with Repair Parts and Special Tools List for Test Set,
Rocket Management Subsystem, M135, TM9-4933-227-13&P.”
5. Rocket system electrical checks are performed in accordance
with the following procedures.
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8.573065 - MAYR, J.S.: Arianna a Nasso [Cantata] (Horak, T.M. Allen, Simon Mayr Choir, Ingolstadt Georgian Chamber Orchestra, Hauk)
English German
Simon Mayr (1763–1845)
Arianna in Nasso (Ariadne on Naxos)
Cantata in One Act
Libretto by Giovanni Schmidt
Arianna (Ariadne) – Cornelia Horak, Soprano
Bacco (Bacchus) – Thomas Michael Allen, Tenor
Chorus of the Followers of Theseus and of Bacchantes
Simon Mayr Chorus and Ensemble
Directed from the harpsichord by Franz Hauk
Born in the Bavarian town of Mendorf, near Ingolstadt, in 1763, Simon Mayr was the son of a schoolteacher and showed some early ability as a musician. He was a pupil at the Jesuit College in Ingolstadt, before entering the university to study theology, while continuing to demonstrate great versatility as a musician. His musical training, however, only began in earnest in 1787, when a patron, noticing his talent, took him to Italy. There, from 1789, he studied with Carlo Lenzi, master of the music at Bergamo Cathedral. There followed, through the generosity of another patron, a period of study with Bertoni in Venice. His early commissioned compositions were largely in the form of sacred oratorios, but in 1794 his opera Saffo was staged in Venice. His turning to opera owed much to the encouragement he received from Piccinni and Peter von Winter, and other operas followed for Venice and then for La Scala, Milan, and for other Italian theatres, with an increasingly large number of performances abroad. In 1802 he followed Lenzi as maestro di cappella at the cathedral of Santa Maria Maggiore in Bergamo, becoming director of the cathedral choir school three years later. Mayr held these positions until his death in 1845. As a teacher he won the particular respect of his pupil Gaetano Donizetti. He did much to promote the knowledge of the Viennese classical composers, Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, in Italy. His own style reflects something of this, but essentially in an Italian context. He was, needless to say, immensely prolific as a composer, with nearly seventy operas to his credit between 1794 and 1824, and some six hundred sacred works.
Keith Anderson
Arianna in Nasso
The librettist Giovanni Schmidt
Federico Giovanni Schmidt was born around 1775 in Livorno (Leghorn) and went to Naples where he remained for the rest of his life. We know little about the date either of his birth, or even of his death, but it was probably after 1840. Giovanni Schmidt was an important opera librettist and between 1800 and 1845 he wrote more than 55 libretti, almost all for the most famous opera house in Naples, the Teatro San Carlo, where he was employed. Here he worked alongside Andrea Leone Tottola. These two librettists determined the formation and direction of operatic texts in Naples at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Giovanni Schmidt provided libretti for a range of composers including Giacomo Tritto, Giovanni Pacini, Giovanni Andreozzi—the so-called Jommellino, Ferdinando Paër, Vittorio Trento, Stefano Pavesi, Gioachino Rossini, Luigi Mosca, Nicola Antonio Manfroce, Pietro Raimondi, Valentino Fioravanti, Saverio Mercadante, Pietro Generali, Francesco Sampieri, Gaetano Donizetti, Dionisio Pagliani-Gagliardi and not least Simon Mayr.
The architect Antonio Niccolini and the new theatre of San Carlo in Naples
Initially the ‘classicist’ Antonio Niccolini came to Naples in 1807 as a set designer at the San Carlo and del Fondo theatres. From 1816 he worked as architect at the royal court (Architetto della Real Casa), from 1817 as professor at the School of Scenography and from 1822 as director of the Institute of Fine Arts in Naples. Giuseppe Cammaranoʼs ceiling fresco for the new Teatro San Carlo was based on Niccoliniʼs blueprints. The rebuilt theatre was ceremonially inaugurated on 12 January 1817, the birthday of Ferdinand I, with a performance of Simon Mayrʼs cantata Il sogno di Partenope (Partenopeʼs Dream) a melodramma allegorico. Isabella Colbran sang the title-rôle.
The soprano Isabella Colbran
Not only did Simon Mayr write the cantata Il sogno di Partenope for the Spanish soprano Isabella Colbran but he tailor-made for her his cantata Arianna in Nasso (Ariadne on Naxos). The range of her expressive voice was almost three octaves. Colbran was the star of Domenico Barbaiaʼs opera company and it was he who first recognized her voice and stage presence. “This first man in the kingdom, theatre director and gambler promoted Mlle Colbrand, his leading lady, who teased him all day long and consequently had him on a tight rein. Mlle Colbrand, who today is Madame Rossini, was one of the finest singers in Europe from 1806 to 1815.” (Stendhal, Rossini).
Even the critical Stendhal—he mostly called her ʻColbrand ʼ—must have acknowledged the singerʼs importance. “Signora Colbran is generally pleasing” Mayr wrote from Venice to his friend the tenor Francesco Fiorini on 17 January 1810. She sang many parts in works by Mayr until, having been Barbaiaʼs mistress, she married Rossini in 1822. Mayr also originally conceived the rôle of Athalia for her.
The affluent Isabella Colbran was useful to the composer Rossini not only for her musical qualities but also for one specific asset. Stendhal wrote: “Before his marriage to Mlle Colbrand, who generated twenty thousand pounds in earnings for him, Rossini bought himself only two tailcoats a year.” (Stendhal, Rossini).
Iris Winkler
On the mythology
The Greek god Dionysus or Bacchus (his Roman counterpart) was regarded as the conqueror of Asia who, according to Euripides, returned to Thebes after he gained Lydia. He planned a peaceful invasion and civilization of the east. In what was in essence a triumphal procession the god and his followers overcame even India, the end of the known world, with his thyrsus instead of spears, and with ceremonialinstead of battle-music. It was there that he introduced wine and his good deeds.
Dionysusʼs meeting with the Cretan princess Ariadne has been used time and again in works of literature, as for example in Ovid. The daughter of Minos had helped the young Athenian Theseus to slay the Minotaur and to find his way out of the labyrinth where the monster dwelt. After that she had fled with Theseus but he then abandoned her on Naxos which was also the favourite island of Dionysus. It was on Naxos that Dionysus encountered the lamenting Ariadne, fell in love immediately and married her. As a wedding gift Ariadne received a crown of jewels which after her death went up into heaven as a constellation. Ariadne herself led Dionysus out of Hades onto Mount Olympus where she became a goddess.
The action
The two-part Sinfonia, which Mayr also used in his opera Le due Duchesse (1814), begins with the premier coup dʼarchet, a fortissimo chord with the famous ascending rocket figure in the strings [1]. In the introduction two alternating menʼs choruses sing of the terrible fate of the sleeping Ariadne: the sailors prepare for their departure from the island of Naxos. The choruses join forces in ʻResta innocente vittimaʼ; with triplets in the violins set against semiquaver tremolandi in the violas and an up-and-down rowing motion in the basses, Mayr memorably describes in music the ship, caught in the swell of the sea, receding further and further from the shore and disappearing, pianissimo, into the distance [2]. A unison note on the trombones, flickering rhythms in the strings and repeated general pauses illustrate the abandoned Ariadneʼs bad dreams. The nightmare becomes a reality; sorrow, pain and a desire for revenge pervade Ariadneʼs soul, and her recitative ends with the cry ʻIo son tradita!ʼ (I have been betrayed!) [3]. The following aria increases her emotions to breaking-point; it begins in G minor with syncopations and sighing motives but then, as often happens with Mayr, it goes into sixteen bars in G major, and touches on E flat major and C minor without ever losing the sombre agitato character of the music. The end of the aria, performed in a triple piano, depicts Ariadne, powerless and overcome with grief [4].
New Scene: A march in E major [5], beginning quietly and becoming gradually louder, with sections in the minor, signals a change of mood: a ship appears on the horizon and a lively chorus in 6/8 is heard [6]. On board the ship is Bacchus, the son of Zeus, who is heading for Naxos following his peaceful conquest of the eastern world. Bacchus is presented as the emperor of pleasure and geniality, not as the bringer of the clangour of war [7]. Music, dance and pleasure take centre stage in the substantial twopart aria and chorus to his companions which Mayr writes for him [8]. Recitative: As Bacchus ponders why fate has brought him straight to this island his men discover the sleeping Ariadne. Bacchus is immediately aroused by her beauty. On waking up Ariadne seeks to end her life. Unable to find a sword she tries to throw herself into the sea; impulsive runs in the music symbolize both her despair and the lightning flashing in her mindʼs eye; triplets in the strings remind her of the furtive departure of the unfaithful Theseus. At the last moment Bacchus restrains the despairing Ariadne: ʻIl passo arrestaʼ [9]. In the duet that follows, in A flat, the ‘key of love’, Bacchus is seen seeking the favour of Ariadne, who thinks she is dreaming, and gradually takes fresh hope. The second part of the duet, in a quick 2/4 time, describes in virtuoso passages in thirds and sixths the burgeoning attraction between the two [10]. Ariadne, a mere mortal, cannot understand why she should be loved by a god, yet he calms her and calls his friends to celebrate [11]. Men and women from the godʼs entourage cheer Ariadne [12][13]. There follows a three-part aria with chorus in which Ariadne sings of her happiness in the times to come. The appearance of a solo harp imbues the scene with a quasi-religious aura; heaven and earth come together in the love of Bacchus and Ariadne [14]. The finale is a short, joyous celebration of farewell [15].
Franz Hauk
English version by David Stevens
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0. phoneArena 01 Feb 2012, 03:41 posted on
Presented in the U.S. House was a bill titled The Mobile Device Privacy Act. If it passes, the law will require carriers and manufacturers to inform customers about any tracking software that may be installed on a device that they offer...
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First. Only on Android phones since Google allows you to do anything to them.
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I'm so glad something is being done to protect consumers' privacy rights. Instead of the carriers having to inform customers of tracking software and getting permission, they should just make tracking software illegal all together. What happens if all 4 carriers have the software on all of their phones? Then you have the choice of taking a phone with tracking and info collecting, or no phone at all. That's what these greedy companies will do. Make it illegal to collect any data from a consumer at all.
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Swaying slightly as she was gently buffed from side to side by sweat-slicked bodies, Casey felt the beat of the music thrumming through her body. The temperature on the dance floor was unbearably hot, and the ice-cold vodka and coke in her hand was doing nothing to cool her down or quench her thirst. Desperate to move from the packed floor to somewhere a little more spacious, Casey held her drink above her head and shimmied her way past several drunk couples and exuberant dance moves to shelter against the wall. She had no idea where her friends were. The three of them had come to the club together, but dispersed as soon as they were inside, Jen to the ladies room to fix her make-up, Sara being escorted to the dance floor, and Casey heading straight to the bar. That was at least forty-five minutes ago. If this were any other night, Casey knew she would be having what most people would call a 'classic freak-out episode.' But, Casey pondered as she leant her head back against the wall, hardly anything about this night could be classed as normal.
For one thing, it was a Thursday night, and she had class in the morning. The normal Casey ('The sane Casey', she thought) would never have even thought about going out partying if she had a lecture the next day. Hell, she had even set her own curfew during her years at high school! And the second thing? She was drunk. And not just funny, giggly, 'I'm going to tell everyone how much I love them' drunk either. Looking down at the drink in her hand, she tried to remember just how many she'd had. Three? Plus a few tequila shots and about a glass of wine with the girls back in their residence. For her, it was unheard of to get this drunk. She was a keener, a grade-grubber who, as a certain someone was constantly reminding her, didn't know how to 'live dangerously'. She scoffed, lifted her glass to her lips and threw back the last remnants of alcohol which remained. Well that person was most definitely wrong. She was out at a club. She was drunk. And she was having fun, right? That's what college students did. So what if she felt a little nauseous? What did it matter that her feet were aching, her head was throbbing, and she was pretty certain she was close to tears? Closing her eyes, Casey leaned back, and let the icy air from the conditioning unit above her revitalise her senses. What had even happened to get her into this mess?
Sara jumped at the loud thump that originated from the phone table beside her head. Lazing on the couch, she lowered her magazine and turned her face toward the sound. Woe betide anyone who interrupted her weekly ritual of gossip magazines, chips, and diet coke, even her roommates. Glaring at the person she found standing there, she uttered in a low, dangerous voice, "Do you mind?"
Casey grinned a triumphant smile. "Let's go out tonight."
Giving her an incredulous look, Sara sighed, picked up her magazine and continued to rifle through the pages. "Riiight. Going out on a Thursday night? You have class in the morning, what is this, invasion of the body snatchers?" Her eyes flicked to the right, and spied the bottle of tequila Casey had slammed on the table dangerously close to her head. Eyes narrowing, Sara threw her another suspicious look. "Where did you get that?"
"It doesn't matter." Casey dismissed Sara's question as she crept around the couch. "All that matters is…" She shook the bottle tantalisingly under Sara's nose "…It gets you really, really drunk."
"Okay, then leave it in my room and I'll have it later. Hey, I have a quiz tomorrow, maybe I'll knock back a few shots beforehand for some courage, huh? Help stimulate a few brain cells?"
"Actually it's scientifically proven that drinking alcohol in large quantities over a long period of time destroys your brain cells rather than stimulating them," Casey retorted. "And under usual circumstances I would advise against that idea, but on this occasion I think a night out is exactly what we need. Especially after the day I've had," she muttered, looking down and playing with the hem of her shirt. "And besides, I've already completed the next two essays due in for the course, finished the reading for my extra credit assignment and organised and typed up my lecture notes, so I figure I can have a night off."
"Mmmmmhmmm." Sara nodded, and continued to read about the tangled love lives of the Hollywood A-listers. To the untrained observer it may seem that she hadn't paid attention to anything that Casey had just said. But that wasn't true. She'd heard, she just decided not to comment on it. Especially on the part about Casey having a bad day. Because Sara was certain she knew why. It can't have been about college work, because Casey was always on top of her work. And it can't have been her family back on London, because they'd spoken on the phone the night before and everything seemed fine. She'd bet a million dollars Casey's bad day was a result of something else. Or more specifically, someone else. Sara mentally rolled her eyes. She just didn't understand those two. Unaware that he had even existed until two months into the start of university, both Sara and Jen had been surprised when he followed her through the door one day and was introduced as her brother ("Step-brother," he corrected). Ever since then he had been spending more and more time at theirs, watching hockey on their T.V. and eating their potato chips, which Sara thought unusual, considering how much they both claimed to detest each-other. He and Casey constantly bickered, ("They're like an old married couple", Jen once whispered to Sara) fighting over the remote, arguing over him skipping classes ("Already?!" Casey shrieked, "We've only been here three months, how could you?") and over her apparent inability to let loose and have fun ("Fun? I have fun! Last night, in fact, we went pottery painting, didn't we Jen?")
Sara watched Casey out of the corner of her eye as she pottered around in the kitchen, cleaning and putting away groceries. It wouldn't be the first time one of their bickering sessions had developed into a full-blown argument, (Casey had even frozen him out a month ago, refusing to see him or answer his calls or messages, for whatever reason Sara was unsure of) but recently the atmosphere between the two of them had developed into one of palpable tension. Sara had no idea what had happened, but something had changed. Coming home from class a week ago, Sara and Jen were putting their key in the lock when they heard noises coming from inside. Harsh, urgent whispers and then raised voices, two people in the middle of a hushed argument. Upon opening the door, the girls found the two of them on opposite sides of the living room, his eyes glaring at her and face twisted into a frown, and her looking down at her feet, close to tears. Jen, ever the oblivious one, walked straight in and dumped her purse on the table.
"Urgh, I have had the worst day ever." She threw herself down on the couch and propped her legs on the coffee table, flinging her arms around for emphasis while she talked, "I totally flunked my assignment proposal, then I had an argument with Ryan, and topping it all off I have to work tonight. Why does my life suck?" She looked around at them all, as if expecting an answer. "Seriously, any takers?"
"Maybe you did something terrible in a past life? You know, karma and all that?" Sara answered, moving from the doorway in to the kitchen. Catching Casey's eye as she passed, she filled the kettle with water while Casey furtively wiped her eyes. "What are you guys up to?"
"Nothing. I was just leaving." Taking one last glance at Casey, he went to step over Jen's outstretched legs and started heading towards the door.
"No, no, no, no! You have to stay," Jen cried, sitting up on the couch. "We were going to watch a movie, and we were thinking you could join us. And we were going to order a pizza," Jen added in a sing-song voice, giving him a winning smile. "So you should stay. Right?" She looked pleadingly at Sara and Casey. "Right?"
He shuffled his feet awkwardly. "I really can't. I have to go, I've got a date." He looked directly at Casey, his mouth set into a hard line. Jen sighed dramatically, throwing her arm across her face and leaning back against the couch, but Sara watched the exchange between the others with interest. At the mention of his date, Casey's eyes widened, her gaze becoming hard. She stared at him for a few seconds, the tension between the two becoming almost unbearable, before looking down at her feet again and saying quietly, "Well…don't stay out too late. You have class in the morning."
Scowling, he threw out his reply, "Gee, thanks for the advice, mom." Walking across the room, Sara barely made out his next words, "You can keep it to yourself next time", before he walked through the door and slammed it behind him.
A few seconds of complete silence followed. Jen was still lying on the couch, and Sara was staring at Casey who was, in turn, staring at the floor. Jesus, what had happened now? Sara started towards Casey, holding out her arm. "Casey…" She was interrupted, however, when Casey took a deep breath and looked up, clapping her hands together, a forced smile on her face that didn't quite reach her eyes. "Right. Anyone for pizza?"
Gazing across the crowd, Casey searched for Sara and Jen. How could she have been so stupid? Now she was drunk and alone, the worst position for her to be in. Wasn't this just the kind of situation her mom and George had warned her about before she had left for Queens? And at the time, she was so sure it would never happen to her. Clasping her hand to her throbbing head, Casey knew this was the perfect end to a perfect week. All she had wanted to do was go out with her friends, have a good time, and forget about him. She might even have met someone else? God knows, she spent all hours in the library, and that wasn't really the best environment for meeting many potential boyfriends. But in her misery she had drank too much, and she knew tomorrow morning she would be paying dearly for her mistake. Pushing herself away from the wall, she gingerly walked around the edge of the dance floor, keeping her eyes peeled for a flash of Jen's gold dress or Sara's bright red hair. Walking up the few steps which led towards the bar and seating area, Casey looked up. The crowd parted in front of her, and her heart stopped.
It was him. Surrounded by people, of course, and a good fifteen feet away, but she could feel the panic rising in her chest, and her breath quicken. He couldn't see her like this, she would die. She scanned her surroundings for a suitable place to hide, finding nowhere. He had turned around now, and was facing half-towards her, talking to one of his buddies, smiling and laughing. Oh god, she had to get out of his eye line. Walking as quickly as she could without drawing attention to herself, she hit the wall and turned away, her back facing him. Cursing her back luck, Casey swore under her breath. She couldn't believe he was here. What was he doing? The panic and sense of dread that had so overwhelmed her was suddenly replaced by a brief flash of anger. This was supposed to be her night. Her night to go out, and forget about everything, because she just didn't care anymore. And him being here had completely thrown her off kilter, plunged her into a hurricane of emotions she didn't have the strength or courage to deal with. She knew what had been going on between the two of them within the past few weeks, she wasn't stupid. Of course, nothing had actually happened. Neither of them would dare to take it that far, to say it out loud. But she could tell, from the way he looked at her, and the things he said to her, and the bursts of jealousy that would rise in her chest whenever he went out on dates with other girls. She was pretty sure Sara knew something was going on, but thank God for small mercies, she kept her comments to herself.
And then this morning she'd gone to his room. She hadn't seen him since Sara and Jen had walked in on their argument, and things had been left more than a little frosty between them. She couldn't understand what was wrong with her. A life without him was what she had always wanted, but his absence had left an ache in her stomach that just refused to budge. Wracking her brain to find a justifiable reason to go over, she'd finally had a light-bulb moment, remembering he had borrowed some of her lecture notes a while ago. It was the perfect excuse; she would go over and demand to have them back, and that would get them talking again. She'd rushed to his residence, knocked on the door, and was just fixing her hair when his roommate answered.
Yawning and rubbing his eyes as he shuffled across the room, Kyle wondered who on earth could be knocking so purposefully on their door this early in the morning. He glanced at the clock on the wall, 11:05. Well, not exactly the crack of dawn, but he wasn't used to getting up before midday after a night out. The knocking on the door became louder and more insistent, and Kyle winced as his headache kicked up a notch. Throwing open the door, he could not conceal his surprise at who was standing there.
"Casey!" Kyle gave her a quick smile, before glancing around to a room down the hall. The troubled look on his face went un-noticed by Casey, who pushed past him into the living room. " Errrrr….what are you doing here?"
"Well good morning to you too!" Casey held up a paper bag, her face breaking into a dazzling smile. "I bought you a muffin for breakfast, bran, not chocolate, and a banana and raspberry smoothie. It'll be one of your five a day!" Looking around at the messy room, Casey wrinkled her nose and uttered under her breath, "Wow, you guys really need to get a cleaner in here."
Kyle gave a nervous laugh and scratched his head, giving another fleeting look to the room down the hallway. "Yeah, I know right?" He gestured towards the bag in Casey's hand. "Thanks for the muffin."
"Oh, you're welcome," replied Casey, "I just had to stop by to get a few lecture notes." She started walking down the hallway to the first door, when Kyle hurriedly called out to her, "You know, Case, I don't actually think he's awake yet, maybe it would be better for you to come back later?"
Completely oblivious to the worry in his voice, Casey raised a fist to knock on the door. "Kyle, we lived with each-other for four years! I've seen him first thing in the morning before, it's not a big deal."
She waited. Leaning closer to the door she could hear the bed squeak, and someone fumbling around inside, opening and closing drawers. A few seconds later he opened the door, swearing under his breath.
"Casey!" His eyes widened in surprise when he saw it was her, and he pulled his door closed so only his face was showing through the gap. "What are you doing here?"
"Well, I came over to get my notes you borrowed, remember? That is, unless you've lost them?"
He gave her a look, and raised an eyebrow. "Of course I haven't lost them? What do you take me for, Case?"
Rolling her eyes, Casey replied, "I'd rather not answer that, I might hurt your feelings. Not that you have any, because that would actually make you a decent human being," she added. He grinned at her, a smile that made her go weak at the knees, and clutched his hand dramatically to his chest. "You wound me with your accusations, Klutzilla, you really do."
"Yeah, you'll get over it. Do you want to get me those notes?"
"Uhhh, yeah sure, hang on." He turned around and retreated back into his room, closing the door in her face. Casey frowned, annoyed at being made to wait outside. Sure, he didn't like anyone in his bedroom back in London, but she had never paid attention, and just waltzed in and out whenever she pleased. After waiting another few minutes, she knocked on the door again and yelled, "For your sake you better not have lost them!" No answer. What was he doing in there? She hesitated, then grabbed the knob, and pushed open the door.
"What are you doing…" She stopped mid-sentence. There he was, standing in the middle of his room, her lecture notes clutched in his hand. But he wasn't alone. In front of him stood a girl, clothed only in her underwear. Casey gasped, and all three of them just stood there. It was like time was going only a tenth of the speed it should be, like it was standing still. They both turned to look at her, the disruption to their conversation, him with a shocked expression and her with mild curiosity. She was beautiful, Casey thought. Blonde hair, green eyes, almost a Sally look-a-like, exactly the type of girl he always went for. Casey just stood there, mouth open. Later on it occurred to her that she must have looked incredibly stupid, just standing, slack-jawed and staring. But at that moment in time, she didn't quite know what to do. The nameless girl was the first to recover from Casey's intrusion.
"Oh my gosh, I am so sorry! Let me get some clothes on." She turned around and picked up one of his shirts from the floor, pulling it over her head. Casey could do nothing but silently stare as the girl carried on chatting. "I can't believe this, I am so embarrassed! I mean, I never normally do this." She gave a small, embarrassed laugh.
Trying her best to sound cool, calm, and unaffected by the whole situation, Casey finally found her voice box. "That's okay." Only the voice that came out didn't sound like her own. It was crackly, and hitched. Casey cleared her throat, looking down at the ground. "I was just leaving anyway." She started towards the door.
"Wait! I'm Lauren. And you must be Casey, right? The sister? I've heard so much about you!"
"Step-sister." He said it so quietly she almost thought she had made it up. Casey stopped and turned to look at them both, Lauren giving her a genuine smile. She looked nice, Casey thought. She couldn't blame her for this. She was just a girl, who met a guy she liked, and they spent the night together. Casey had been naïve to think that these kind of things never happened. She was at university now, and he was a red-blooded male like any other guy. She had once called him a 'man-whore' back in high school, and deep down she hadn't really expected him to change. But now it was here, and it was staring her in the face.
"I'm sorry Lauren, I can't stay. I'll see you around maybe." It wasn't a question. Casey didn't want to see her again, didn't ever want to be reminded of this moment as long as she lived. The lecture notes completely forgotten, Casey retreated through the door and pulled it shut behind her. She stood there for a few seconds before she realised Kyle was still in the living room, and he was watching her.
"Uhhhhh…Casey, I…"
Refusing to let him finish, Casey sped through the hallway towards the front door, talking over him. "Well, I'd best be off. I'll see you around Kyle."
She was halfway home before the tears started to fall.
Nervously wringing her hands, Casey peered across to the bar where he was standing with his friends. She had to find a way out of here, and fast. Unfortunately the only way to exit the club was to walk directly past him. Quickly glancing around, Casey silently cursed Sara and Jen. If only they were here, she would be able to crouch down and use them as a shield as they made their way past the bar and out of the club. Manoeuvring herself further into the shadows, Casey spared another glance across to the bar. He was facing her now, beer in hand, talking animatedly to the crowd. He was probably telling a joke, or some hugely entertaining ('Exaggerated'she thought) story. That was him to a T, always the entertainer, the centre of attention. He leant back, one elbow propping him up on the bar, looking so relaxed, she noticed, the very opposite of how she felt. What happened this morning obviously hadn't had that much of an effect on him, unlike her, who hadn't been able to think of anything else all day. It was like it had been burned into her memory, the vision of him standing there with a half-naked girl, a girl who wasn't her.
A sudden movement caught her eye. A flash of blonde, and a pair of delicate arms snaked around his waist, pulling him close. He turned to look behind him, and Casey watched with mounting horror as a familiar face appeared over his shoulder. It was her, Lauren. Her bright eyes gazed up at him as he pulled her into a hug. Jealousy ripped through Casey's chest as she watched their arms enveloping each other, their friends forgotten. After the hug was over (she felt as though it had lasted for several hours, when in reality it can have been no longer than a few seconds), he kept his arm around her shoulders, and they both turned to face their friends again, his eyes searching through the crowd for a few moments. His eyes met with Casey's, and her heart skipped a beat. He had seen her.
But no. His eyes moved away from hers, and slid across the crowd to land back on Lauren. Casey breathed a sigh of relief, and her heart slowed down from it's increased pace. While a part of her was glad he hadn't noticed her standing there, the rest of her was filled with a mixture of sadness and disappointment. He hadlooked at her, but had not seen her; to him she was just another nameless, faceless girl. He had looked right through her, as if she were invisible. Did she really mean that little to him? Or had she just been imagining it all, every hint, every suggestion, every possible clue that pointed to him having 'not so brotherly' feelings towards her? Looking at him now, it was likely that she had done just that. Him and Lauren looked like a picture-perfect couple, with their arms around each other and identical grins on their faces, laughing with the crowd. Suddenly, he pulled her towards him again, leaned down, and kissed her on the head. Casey's stomach dropped. She felt sick. It was such a gesture of intimacy and affection that she felt as though she'd been slapped in the face. He just didn't do intimacy and affection. At least, not with her, she reminded herself. He'd never put his arm around her, or kissed her on the head; in fact he deliberately went out of his way so that he didn't have to hug her at all. She always insisted that they would eventually get their 'feel-good family moment', but they never did. Now she knew why. He just didn't want to. She felt tears prick the corners of her eyes.
Unable to watch them any longer, Casey looked away. She prayed that she would feel better in the morning, that all this would pale in significance to the massive hangover she would be nurturing. Turning to place her empty glass on the ledge next to her, she suddenly heard someone call, "Casey!"
She whipped around, stumbling a little. It was Jen and Sara, shoving their way through the crowd to get to where she was standing. Sara got to her first, grabbing her arm and yelling in her ear, "Where the hell have you been? We've been looking for you!"
"I'm here! I'm right here!" Casey shouted over the music. Her words were slurred slightly, and Sara questioned, "How much have you had to drink, Casey?
Casey shrugged. "A few." She hesitated. "I don't know."
Sara sighed, and rolled her eyes, while Jen gave Casey a concerned look. "Are you okay?" Casey's silence prompted her to peer closer into her face. "Have you been crying?"
Casey didn't need to answer. A roar of laughter came from across the room, and turning their heads to locate the source of the noise, both Jen and Sara realised the cause of Casey's misery. Sharing a look, both girls turned back to Casey, sympathetic looks on their faces.
"Oh Casey…" Jen reached for her, and throwing her arms around the girl, whispered soothingly in her ear, "It's going to be okay."
Casey gulped, holding back more tears that threatened to spill down her face, while Sara concealed a look of surprise. Who knew, Jen obviously wasn't as ignorant of recent events as she had previously thought. Putting their arms around her, both girls guided Casey towards the exit, shielding her from external view as they passed the bar, and out through the door.
It was bitterly cold outside the club. Casey shivered, and wrapped her arms around herself. "I'll call for a cab," Jen said, as she pulled her cell phone from her purse, and wandered off along the street. Casey turned to face Sara, who eyed her with concern.
"Are you okay?"
Casey sniffed. "He was there with Lauren." He voice quivered, as the alcohol took control of her brain, and she sputtered, "He loves her."
Sara didn't even know who Lauren was. But she had seen the beautiful girl with the blonde hair whose arms were wrapped around Casey's step-brother. Sighing, she pulled her into a hug, and whispered, "Oh Casey….I'm so sorry."
Casey barely heard her apology. She could feel the alcohol churning in her stomach, the pounding in her head, and the blood rushing in her ears. She was so confused. Was it even possible to feel so alive, and so dead at the same time? Maybe tomorrow she would wake up and find out that this had been nothing but a bad dream? She doubted it. Tomorrow's hangover would act as a deadly reminder of tonight's events. Feeling a sudden rush in her stomach, Casey pushed away from Sara. Hesitating for a few seconds, she leaned to the side, and vomited over the sidewalk.
A/N: Well, this idea came to me and just wouldn't budge until I wrote it down. I know the ending's a little sad, but I couldn't leave it any other way. Anyway, like it? Hate it? Please review :)
Must also say a big thank you for the lovely reviews for 'Between Two Lungs', they really made my day. Thank you!
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Let $\Lambda : X \to X$ be a bounded linear operator on a Banach space $X$. My question is whether the set $$ \{\lambda \in \mathbb C: \lambda I - \Lambda \quad\text{is surjective} \} $$ is necessarily open. The above set is similar to the resolvent set of $\Lambda$, which is defined to be the set of all $\lambda \in \mathbb C$ such that $\lambda I - \Lambda$ is invertible; I know that the resolvent set is always open. However, what about the set above?
For reference, it was a problem on a past qualifying exam (see problem 6) to prove that the set is in fact open. I'm not sure if they meant to indicate the resolvent set, or if the problem is correct as stated.
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A related thread proving the stronger result that the space of surjective operators is open. – t.b. Mar 20 '12 at 10:20
@t.b. Thanks for pointing that out, the argument is very nice. – Nick Strehlke Mar 20 '12 at 14:17
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Let $\lambda$ such that $T := \lambda - \Lambda$ is surjective. Then $\bar T: X/\ker T \to X/\ker T$, $\bar T(x + \ker T) = Tx + \ker T$ is invertible, hence there is some $\varepsilon > 0$ such that $\bar T + \mu$ is invertible for $|\mu| < \varepsilon$.
Let $0 < |\mu| < \varepsilon$ and $y \in X$. Then there is some $x \in X$ such that $(\bar T + \mu)(x + \ker T) = y + \ker T$, which means that $Tx + \mu x + \ker T = y + \ker T$. So there is some $z \in X$ with $Tz = 0$ and $Tx + \mu x + z = y$. Then \begin{align*} (T + \mu)\left(x + \frac 1\mu z\right) &= Tx + \mu x + z\\ &= y. \end{align*} As $y$ was arbitrary, $T + \mu$ is surjective and the set in question is open.
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I've read that you cannot declare static variables/methods inside a generic class and I really have no idea how to solve my problem or work around it so I ask for your guidance.
What I want is a generic "index" that all of my core classes will extend. I'm creating a game-engine and an example is that I will have different gamestates who all extends State who in turn extends Nexus<State>. The reason I want the static head and tail is so that I can keep a linked list of all gamestates since they're all added to that list upon creation.
Another example is that I will have different gameobjects who all extends GameObject who in turn extends Nexus<GameObject>.
This is the index called Nexus:
public abstract class Nexus<T>
private static T head = null;
private static T tail = null;
private T next = null;
private static int num = 0;
protected Nexus() { this.Add( (T)this ); }
public T Add( T obj )
((Nexus)obj).next = null;
if( num++ == 0 ) head = tail = obj;
else tail = ( tail.next = obj );
return obj;
If anyone got another solution or a workaround I'm all ears!
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10 seconds with the compiler would have told you that you can do this. Your source is wrong. – EJP Jul 5 '11 at 0:38
Given the name of your static fields, it is almost certainly the case that you shouldn't be using static fields here. That would be true with or without your generics. But where did you read that one should always avoid static members in generic classes? Never heard that myself, and I strongly disagree. – Kirk Woll Jul 5 '11 at 0:39
That is weird, I got this: Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError at Game.main(Game.java:29) Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Uncompilable source code - non-static type variable T cannot be referenced from a static context at Nexus.<clinit>(Nexus.java:13) ... 1 more Java Result: 1 – Tanax Jul 5 '11 at 0:47
@Kirk A quick google search of "non-static type variable cannot be referenced from a static context" gave me tons of results that all said what I wrote, a lot coming from this site :/ – Tanax Jul 5 '11 at 0:51
@Tanax No. None of them said you can't have static variables in a generic class, and neither did the compiler, or that compiler error message, or the exception. – EJP Jul 5 '11 at 0:56
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Try this approach: Define a protected abstract method that subclasses implement to return a static object for their class.
There may be some logic issues etc, but the basics of the answer are here (ie this compiles):
EDITED: Now delegating to HeadAndTail
/** <T> A subclass of Nexus */
abstract class Nexus<T extends Nexus<T>> { // This syntax lets you confine T to a subclass of Nexus
private T next;
protected Nexus() {
this.add((T) this);
public T add(T obj) {
// Delegate to HeadAndTail
return getHeadAndTail().add(obj);
/** @return a static for the class */
protected abstract HeadAndTail<T> getHeadAndTail();
/** Bundled into one Object for simplicity of API */
class HeadAndTail<T extends Nexus<T>> {
T head = null;
T tail = null;
int num = 0;
public T add(T obj) {
obj.next = null;
if (num++ == 0)
head = tail = obj;
tail = tail.next = obj;
return obj;
class ConcreteNexus extends Nexus<ConcreteNexus> {
// This is the static object all instances will return from the method
private static HeadAndTail<ConcreteNexus> headAndTail = new HeadAndTail<ConcreteNexus>();
protected HeadAndTail<ConcreteNexus> getHeadAndTail() {
return headAndTail; // return the static
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That should work, but... reuse the return reference from getHeadAndTail instead of calling in multiple times. – Ben Voigt Jul 5 '11 at 1:26
That looks awesome! I will try implement it and see if it works :D – Tanax Jul 5 '11 at 1:34
It is problematic to have the constructor of an abstract class call a virtual method. – bobbymcr Jul 5 '11 at 1:36
This code worked great when I only had one type(I tested it with 2 different gamestate-classes who both extended state who extended Nexus<State>).But when I added a gameobject who extends GameObject that extended Nexus<GameObject> I got an exception: Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException at Nexus.Add(Nexus.java:35) at Nexus.<init>(Nexus.java:16) at GameObject.<init>(GameObject.java:17) at SpaceShip.<init>(Game.java:47) at Game.main(Game.java:67) I really cannot understand why it gives me this Nexus, 35 is: GetHeadAndTail().tail = ( GetHeadAndTail().tail.next = obj ); – Tanax Jul 5 '11 at 2:12
Oh, I know! Num is static and shared between all Nexus classes, thus head and tail will never be initialized for that typename since num is not 0. – Tanax Jul 5 '11 at 2:16
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Java generics are quite different than C# generics. There is type erasure, so you can't say something like Nexus<T>.aStaticPublicField (as in C#). You can only say Nexus.aStaticPublicField. There is no way to know what the generic type is (as you don't have an instance), so therefore you can't have a static field of type T.
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Yes, that is exactly what I found out on all the other questions regarding this on this site. Do you know another way of accomplishing what I need or a workaround? – Tanax Jul 5 '11 at 0:56
@Tanax: You could keep a dictionary of (head,tail) pairs, keyed by type. – Ben Voigt Jul 5 '11 at 0:59
I will look into it, thanks! – Tanax Jul 5 '11 at 1:02
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according to http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/IandI/abstract.html
But I haven't yet tested this myself
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I'm pretty sure that tutorial predates generics. – Ben Voigt Jul 5 '11 at 0:47
couldn't you just put AbstractClass.staticMethod<type>() – Tom Busby Jul 5 '11 at 0:48
Hello Tom! I don't think it's the abstract that is the fault here, but the generics ( <T> ). – Tanax Jul 5 '11 at 0:52
thing is, looking at your code, I don't get why head and tail would be static. What you appear to be implementing is a Singly-linked list, in which case head and tail shouldn't be static or you'll only ever be able to have one instance of the class, otherwise any new instance will overwrite the head and tail for all the other instances – Tom Busby Jul 5 '11 at 0:56
((Nexus)obj).next = null; this is a very strange line too, are you sure you want to convert the object passed in into a Nexus object? – Tom Busby Jul 5 '11 at 0:58
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A set of static fields is not a very good way to achieve this. I don't quite understand your requirements but it seems like a better way would be to change the signature of the constructor for this class to pass in the global index object.
That is, instead of this:
... you could do this instead:
protected Nexus(GameStateIndex<T> index) { index.Add(this); }
This properly separates the responsibilities of tracking the game state and keeping track of the index of all game states. (See the "Single responsibility principle".) It also makes it explicitly clear that creation of a state object comes with a dependency on indexing that state properly.
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Sorry, maybe I did a poor job at explaining what I wanted in the original post but what I want to be able to do is to create .. for instance StateOne who extends State(which contains various methods). State in turn, extends Nexus<State> so what I create an instance of StateOne it will automatically get added to the internal static linked list in Nexus<State>. I also want to be able to create a SpaceShip who extends GameObject(which also contains various methods) who in turn extends Nexus<GameObject> so when I create an instance of SpaceShip it will get added to the list in Nexus<GameObject> – Tanax Jul 5 '11 at 1:10
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Sometimes, there is in what is horrible and true a great and terrible beauty. There is nothing whatsoever beautiful about Jonathan Littel’s novel of Nazi German atrocities, The Kindly Ones, though there is much that is both great and terrible, in the best and worst sense of those words.
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The novel is full of such moments. No matter how close the book takes us to the pornography of war, and the particularly obscene way in which the Nazi’s waged it, the author brings us up short with passages that do not attempt to excuse anything, only to explain it.
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Gus Lynch aka Boyfriend
Kyle Cassie aka Paramedic
Alec Willows aka Janitor
Ashley Laurence aka Kirsty Cotton Gooden
Doug Bradley aka Pinhead / Merchant(as Doug Bradley/Charles Stead)
Sarah-Jane Redmond aka Gwen(as Sarah Jane Redmond)
Kaaren de Zilva aka Sage(as Kaaren De Silva)
I liked it.
I thought Hellseeker was much better than Bloodlines or Inferno. The
alternating dreamstates keep you guessing what's real and what's not. The
GORE factor was top notch for those who like gory movies and I thought the
end was really good. Yeah, you don't see Pinhead or Kirsty a lot
the movie, but I thought they were in it enough to make it a Hellraiser
movie. People are over-emphasizing the need for Pinhead and the Cenobytes.
thought Hellseeker had a great plot, but people seem to ignore that and
watch to see Pinhead and his crew..
not too bad, why doesn't this series attract more viewers like other horror series do?
It had been some time since I'd seen the first two Hellraisers, and
possibly the third, and I hadn't seen any of the other sequels. It
seems like a lot of genre fans have overlooked these sequels as well,
for whatever reason, while the Friday the 13th, Halloween, and
Nightmare on Elm Street sequels still seem to attract a fair amount of
Local video stores have been selling off most of their videotapes
cheaply, so I took advantage of this fact to pick up several of the
Hellraiser sequels.
I enjoyed this one. It does feature relatively little of the cenobites,
which no doubt may irritate many (though not as much as if they were
absent entirely!). The storyline in this one largely revolves around
the questions: what happened? and what is real?
I could see possibly picking up the series on DVD at the right price
and watching them all through again. I'm disappointed to hear the
recent news that they're remaking the first one, though..
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Buster: But then you whispered 'Don't pull out.'
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I'm sitting on a couch on the 19th floor of the Affinia Manhattan, just a few feet away from the world's most coveted rear end. Legions of men from around the world would pay dearly to be here, in Buffie the Body's boudoir. And I'm not even an ass man.
With more curves than J.Lo, and more badonkadonk than Vida Guerra, Buffie the Body is a phenom. Forty-five inches around, with the word Tasty tattooed on the right cheek, her ample backside makes Maxim models look like surfboards.
In town last month to buy a new Mercedes CLS 550, the Atlanta-based former stripper is easy to spot in the crowded hotel lobby. She's the woman of average height wearing the Bebe tracksuit that strains to contain her.
Antoine Clark lets Jazz do the heavy lifting.
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Antoine Clark lets Jazz do the heavy lifting.
"At least I don't have to tailor them in the waist," she says in her slight Southern drawl, after shaking my hand. "There are a lot of jeans that they just don't make in my size."
Heading for the elevator, she grudgingly accepts an offer to carry her suitcase. There's no entourage to grab the bag; Buffie Carruth doesn't travel with one. She doesn't have much use for other "model" behavior either. She eats nothing but junk food and sugary drinks, and she doesn't work out. But make no mistake: She's as recognizable in the black community as some supermodels, having starred in a G-Unit rap video and appeared in the movie ATL (character name: Big Booty Judy). She makes $5,000 to $10,000 a night hosting parties around the country.
She's best-known for appearing on the cover of urban men's magazines like King, BlackMen, Sweets, SSX, and Smooth. All of them parade semi-nude buxom pin-ups à la Maxim, but primarily with black and Latina models, and with a particular obsession with asses. And none of them are very subtle about it. Smooth leaves readers with a final-page pictorial it calls "Rear View." King's closer, meanwhile, is "Backshot."
"Maxim has Pamela Anderson—the person they can put on the cover and it's guaranteed to sell—and King and the rest of the urban men's magazines, we have Buffie," says Kingeditor Jermaine Hall, also mentioning Melyssa Ford and Guerra as genre favorites. "Buffie, no pun intended, gets a rise out of our readers."
"She broke all the rules," says Marcus Blassingame, fashion editor of BlackMen. "She wasn't slim, didn't have a commercial-looking face or a commercial-looking body. But people were like, 'Wow! Look at the size of that behind.' Her butt is so huge, it's like a phenomenon."
"I'm the definition of a true black woman," Buffie explains, sitting down awkwardly (you would too) in a plush chair in her suite. "I'm not light-skinned, my mom is not from China, and my dad is not from Yugoslavia. People normally see the light-skinned, small girls with the pretty hair in magazines, and maybe they were just tired of that and wanted to see something different, something real."
The same could be said of the urban lad rags' appeal. Though Maxim and Stuff still vastly outsell them, BlackMen and similar titles have seen their subscriptions swell in recent years by featuring women with increasingly huge back ends.
"Urban men, we like butts, we like hips. It's a black and Hispanic thing," says Antoine Clark, publisher of Sweets. "We like the feel of butts, we like to rub on them, we like to stare at them. It's like a magnet for us. I have no explanation for it; that's just something we like."
BlackMen operates out of a bland Paramus, New Jersey, office building, across the street from a Staples store. Sharing the building are publishers of niche porn titles like Plumpers and Mature Nymphos.
Founded in 1998, BlackMen once featured supermodels, celebrities, and toned fitness models. But fashion editor Blassingame says he began to question that strategy after a fateful haircut.
"Guys in the barbershop talk about everything from cars, sports, and finances to women," Blassingame says, sitting in his conference room on a recent afternoon, clad in a matching gold Adidas jacket and tennis shoes. "Now, the one type of women they don't talk about are supermodels."
After his epiphany, Blassingame two years ago orchestrated a makeover for BlackMen. "I had to bridge the gap between the face and the energy of a supermodel, and the curves of an urban model," says the 37-year-old son of the magazine's founder, John Blassingame. "We wanted to get the type of models that fit that kind of 'street' element."
He began searching for the girl-next-door look, even if that meant soliciting girls who literally lived next door. "If we meet a girl in the mall and we think she's going to make it, we'll give her a chance," he says, adding that he gives a $200 stipend for photo shoots. (Many other magazines don't pay at all.)
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A/N: This starts after Kalas hit his head (Like in the game) but they are in the doctors house thingie at the moment and Leer is waiting for him to wake up~
Leer looked around the small room once again; she was uncomfortable, to say the least. First off, she ha no idea where she was or why and she couldn't seem to remember anything other than watching that weird...thing carry Kalas here. And she just couldn't sake the feeling that she should remember so much more than she did; and the fact that she didn't was killing her.
She shook the thought from her head and drew in the breath she didn't realize she had been holding. Now, some of you may be wondering about this later on, but guardian spirits were much like humans; she needed to breath and sleep and she could bleed out, she didn't need food as much though.
Moving back to the story, Leer had started staring out the window at the moving leaves outside. She started and jumped a couple feet into the air, latching onto one of the poles on either corner of the bed, looking down with wide eyes.
But, of course she had just overreacted; it was just Kalas waking up after all. She let go and floated over the bed, watching nervously as the man she hardly remembered got up. Kalas shook his head, sitting on the edge of the bed. She floated around him, moving so she was behind him. Kalas blinked and turned to look at her, offering a smile, but that was altered by a grimace and a pained grunt as the bluenette bent down, running his hands through his hair to ward off the headache.
Leer was about to say something, but she was cut off as another person walked into the room. The both looked over at him. He was an older man with dark toned skin wearing...something interesting to say the least; something Leer hadn't seen. Well, maybe she had, but she couldn't remember!
Leer blinked herself back to reality and listened to the conversation going on between the two; not like she had anything else to do in this tiny room. "Ah, good to see you are awake." the man said with a smile.
Kalas nodded a little, keeping the movement stiff to keep his headache from acting up again. "Yeah. Were...you the one who brought me back?" he asked, standing up slowly. Leer put a hand out nervously, putting it on his shoulder to steady him. Kalas smiled a little at the gesture and put a hand over hers in a friendly manner.
So, they talked on for a while, but Leer started spacing off again. Until something caught her interest. "Good, I thought you had lost your memory." the man said and Kalas shook his head, his headache gone now.
"No, I'm fine. Thank you though." he said as the man left. She followed Kalas outside, floating just above the ground. She looked at the bird like creatures as Kalas talked with a man. She layed on the ground, watching the bird-like things waddle around in a big flock. She wasn't moved until Kalas kicked her softly in the side and motioned for her to follow him.
Leer got to her feet and followed behind him. The rest of the day went by in a bit of a blur for her; she just couldn't pay attention. Nothing interested her here; the only person she knew was Kalas, and she couldn't remember anything about him! So she was basically screwed.
The only thing that actually caught her attention was when they started talking to this blond girl. Lets just say she was wearing a lot of pink. She didn't say her name, or at least Leer didn't think she did before she had to leave with these two other guys.
A little boy watched them go after the girl had ruffled his hair as though she knew him. "Man, why would anyone want to go see some dumb old ruins anyways? Besides, everyone says those woods are cursed or something." he scoffed, putting his hands behind his head.
Kalas agreed with the boy, earning an giggle from Leer. "Yeah, sheesh." but then he went serious. "Moongus ruins, huh? Why don't we go check them out?" he asked, obviously talking to himself since he started walking on without cunsulting in Leer once.
Thats a great way to make someone feel useful, Kalas. She thought with a mumur of annoyance before following him quickly, not wanting to be left behind. Another thought was triggered as they walked down the old worn path leading towards the forest. Was I always like this? Or did I act different? She thought, trying to keep up with Kalas and her thoughts at the same time. She looked over at Kalas, who was staring straight ahead with a straight face as well. She remained silent for a little, just looking up at him before she started talking. "Hey Kalas can I ask you a question?" she asked.
Kalas looked startled for a moment before looking over at her, calming down a little. "Sure, whats up?" he asked, slowing down a little and putting his hands behind his head.
Leer looked down and started messing with the edge of her skirt. "Well, uh, I was wondering what you think of me." she said awkwardly. Oh god it sounds like I'm asking for a love confession or something! She thought nervously. "You know! Personality wise, friendly stuff." she added quickly with an awkward sounding laugh.
Kalas gave her a strange look. Oh crap what now?! But she didn't have to explain herself any further. "Well, your a little weird, hyper and sadistic." he said with a grin, putting an arm around her shoulder. "But, your my friend so I wouldn't have it any other way!" he said with a laugh. Leer looked up at him and forced herself into laughing.
I know him, but I just don't know him...
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Beachowolfe Nov 3, 2012 08:17 AM
Prompted by recent discussion regarding Erbaluce...
We have any Italian ex-pats here that can comment on the authenticity of other restaurants? Specifically, which dishes and what makes them authentic?
1. pinehurst Nov 5, 2012 05:11 PM
Cambridgedoctpr pretty much nailed it, I think.
My godfather, now passed, loved Antico Forno, because they cooked rapini and rabbit (not in the same dish...the latter was a special now and then) the way he had it back home in Casale, Carinola.
He was also knocked out by Modern Pastry's marzipan.
I know others who are nonplussed by both choices...to each his own.
1. MC Slim JB Nov 5, 2012 12:03 PM
I dined at Gran Gusto recently for the first time in quite a while. I'm no judge of what's traditional, but it was really, really good, and felt like a strong value, to boot.
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Pappabuona Nov 5, 2012 11:52 AM
(with rock shrimp add ..)
lasagna "rotta"
"broken" lasagna (changes daily) / market.
three cheese ravioli, wild mushroom ragu, tomato, ricotta salata
spaghetti alla carbonara
San Marzano tomato sugo, basil, Parmigiano Reggiano
the traditional meat sauce "alla Bolognese"
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Beachowolfe Nov 5, 2012 04:34 PM
Thanks, that is helpful and exactly the kind of info I was looking for... Surprised to see the ever present linguine con vongole (north end restaurant staple) as"unauthentic". Is it the particular preparation at Il Casale or is that whole dish just an American concoction, (like chicken parm)?
BTW- Does it make it more authentic if I say Pasta Fazool?
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Pappabuona Nov 5, 2012 07:51 PM
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retrofabulousity Nov 5, 2012 05:37 PM
I couldn't agree more.
The 2 places which are the closest to what one would find very typically in Italy are Gran Gusto or Trattoria Toscana. This doesn't mean the others in town aren't good (and I enjoy some things more at some of the other Italian places in town actually) but they would strike most Italians regardless of their specific regional origin as somewhat 'different' and the person recommending them would probably make mention of this fact.
To be fair, even in a place like Rome where I spent much of my life, you won't find more than a handful of restaurants specifically aiming at some other region of Italy's cuisine and this tends to be the case up and down the bel paese.
Apart from Gran Gusto and Trattoria Toscana, I think la Campania and il Casale tend towards more "Italian" than most others in the sense intended by the original poster.
2 other possibilities I have yet to try are Bistro 5 and A Tavola but they look promising.
if anyone is interested, the pizza by the slice at Iggy's is very reminiscent of Roman pizza by the slice as well and is worth a special stop (only available at lunchtimes at their bakery itself)
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treb Nov 3, 2012 02:22 PM
Depends on the region your friend is from in Italy.
1. Bugsey34 Nov 3, 2012 12:16 PM
I'm married to an Italian expat (he's been living here for one year) and I lived in Italy for four years. We feel most like we're in Italy at Gran Gusto in Cambridge. The food is very close to authentic - meaning the dishes are exactly what you'd get in a trattoria in Italy. Pizza is close to authentic as well. The service is very Italian, it's owned by two Neapolitan brothers, there's a waiter from Calabria, etc.
Other hits with Italian expats - Pasta Beach (near the Italian consulate, their staff eats there often), Il Posto for pizza (they are certified by the Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana and the dough is very much like pizza in Naples, though the toppings on the menu isn't really authentic. You can order toppings a la carte rather than by the menu and do something more Italian).
We haven't been to Coppa yet but the fact that they have Aperol Spritz by the pitcher is a well known fact by all the Italian expats. It sounds like their salumi are also interesting as well.
Maybe some other Italian expat Chowhounds like buonapappa will respond as well?
There are a lot of places that have good food in Boston that have some authentic dishes on their menu but not everything is stuff you would find in Italy. That doesn't mean it's not good but you said you were looking for authentic... I'm thinking of Erbaluce, Il Casale, Il Pescatore, etc.
Another random place is Bottega Fiorentina on Harvard St. in Coolidge Corner - it's owned by a Florentine and some Italian expats hang out there. He has a few already prepared dishes and a good prosciutto sandwich and caffe.
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pollystyrene Nov 3, 2012 08:24 PM
Thanks for the informative post, Bugsey. I love the pizza at both Posto and Gran Gusto. Which toppings would be more authentic Italian at Posto?
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Bugsey34 Nov 5, 2012 01:35 PM
I just meant the things you can add to a margherita pizza yourself, such as: Prosciutto di Parma and Roasted Mushrooms (classic Italian pairing you see in many pizzerias in Italy as prosciutto e funghi) or Fennel Sausage. The sausage got a major thumbs up from my husband. An Italian would have at most two toppings on a pizza at any given time, to let those ingredients shine.
The pizzas on Posto's menu like "Gorgonzola crema, Applewood bacon, carmelized onions, arugula and vincotto" are freaking DELICIOUS. (I ordered it, I should know.) They just aren't anything you'd see in Italy :).
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cambridgedoctpr Nov 3, 2012 10:23 AM
first i have two problems with this idea: what is meant by authentic? Is the recipe and prep exactly like it would be any place in Italy? I doubt that even any Italian restaurant in Italy would meet that standard. And in Italy, there are regional differences. So the best one can say is that preparation is within the normans of Italian preparation. And so what? How about delicious and inventive rather than exactly like one would eat in Italy.
that said, I like Trattoria Tuscana, Rialto, Coppa.
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Beachowolfe Nov 3, 2012 11:47 AM
To me, authentic means the recipe and prep are consistent with what you'd find in Italy. That's why I asked for specifics. For example, I think the sea urchin panino at Coppa is delicious but I have no idea if this is something you'd find in Italy or if it's an invention. So I guess I'm also interested in hearing what makes people judge something to be "authentic". Please, share your opinion- I wanted this to be a discussion to provide some information for those of us who haven't lived overseas.
To your second point, there's nothing wrong with delicious and inventive but in that same breadth there's nothing wrong with doing classical preparations. I can look at any menu online and decide if the food is appealing, but the draw of an Italian (or French, Indian, Mexican, Chinese, etc) restaurant is, IMO, that you're getting to experience the food commonly eaten in another part of the world without having to travel there, it's a long swim.
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$\newcommand{\fs}{\mathscr{F}}\newcommand{\gs}{\mathscr{G}}$Let ${\bf C}$ be some algebraic category (e.g. commutative rings), ${\bf Psh}(X,{\bf C})$ the category of presheaves on $X$ taking values in ${\bf C}$, and ${\bf Sh}(X,{\bf C})$ the category of sheaves on $X$ taking values in ${\bf C}$. Let $\phi:\fs\to\gs$ be an epimorphism in ${\bf Sh}(X,{\bf C})$. Is it possible that $\phi$ is not an epimorphism in ${\bf Psh}(X,{\bf C})$ ?
(Sheaf monomorphism seems to imply presheaf monomorphism, if one assumes that every presheaf can be sheafified. The proof doesn't extend to epimorphisms.)
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At least in the category of (pre)sheaves of sets, epimorphisms of presheaves are the naive ones, i.e., they are surjective on sections over every object. Epimorphisms of sheaves can be characterized as the morphisms which induce surjections on all stalks. It's definitely possible to have an epimorphism of sheaves which is not an epimorphism of the underlying presheaves, although it is clear that if the underlying morphism of presheaves is an epimorphism, then it is an epimorphism of sheaves. This is discussed in relative detail in the Stacks Project sections ons sheaves on spaces and (more – Keenan Kidwell Jan 20 '13 at 3:44
generally) sheaves on sites, where other target categories are discussed (and the notion of an algebraic structure is made formal). – Keenan Kidwell Jan 20 '13 at 3:45
I should mention that the characterization I give of epimorphisms of sheaves in terms of stalks only works for sheaves on topological spaces. For sites, the condition is: for every object $U$ and $s\in\mathscr{G}(U)$, there is a covering $(U_i\rightarrow U)$ such that $s\vert_{U_i}$ is in the image of $\varphi_{U_i}:\mathscr{F}(U_i)\rightarrow\mathscr{G}(U_i)$ for all $i$. – Keenan Kidwell Jan 20 '13 at 5:32
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No. If sheaf epimorphisms were always presheaf epimorphisms then there would be no point to sheaf cohomology!
Here's an example. Let $X$ be $\mathbb{R}^2$ minus a point, and let $\Omega^*_X$ be the de Rham complex. $X$ is two dimensional, so we get an exact sequence $$\Omega^0_X \longrightarrow \Omega^1_X \longrightarrow \Omega^2_X \longrightarrow 0$$ in $\textbf{Sh}(X, \textbf{Vect}_\mathbb{R})$, because we can always locally integrate a closed $(n + 1)$-form to get an $n$-form using the Poincaré lemma. Let $B^1 (\Omega_X)$ be the image of $\Omega^0_X \to \Omega^1_X$ in $\textbf{Sh}(X, \textbf{Vect}_\mathbb{R})$. As usual, $\Omega^0_X \to B^1 (\Omega_X)$ is an epimorphism, but after taking global sections, $\Gamma (X, \Omega^0_X) \to \Gamma (X, B^1 (\Omega_X))$ is not. Indeed, we find that the $1$-form $$\mathrm{d} \theta = \frac{-y \, \mathrm{d} x + x \, \mathrm{d} y}{x^2 + y^2}$$ is closed, but $\mathrm{d} \theta$ cannot be exact because $$\int_S \mathrm{d} \theta = 2 \pi$$ where $S$ is the unit circle in $X$. Thus $\Gamma (X, \Omega^0_X) \to \Gamma (X, B^1 (\Omega_X))$ is not surjective, which is just as well, because de Rham's theorem tells us that $H^1(\Gamma(X, \Omega^*_X)) \cong H^1(X, \mathbb{R}) \cong \mathbb{R}$!
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The Review Stats page shows some review statistics, including lists of the top reviewers of all time and today. The last list, "Top Reviewers today" is rather pointless now that the number of review actions are limited per day and queue. All these lists are (of course) filled with people that used up all their actions for today.
I suggest that you change it into a top list of this month instead.
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They're only useless on sites where users actually reach those limits every day, like Stack Overflow. On other, smaller sites, those limits are rarely reached and the daily stats are more useful. Even here on Meta.
I'd much rather see them completely ditch the left chart and expand the all-time chart to include more users, or add paging functionality to browse through them more. Maybe even change it to a table that lists their all-time reviews as well as their reviews this day, week, month, and year (to be consistent with other features around the site, like the users page). Users could then click on each sorting type to actually sort the table by that number.
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I'd rather they just ditch both the daily and all time charts altogether because it's a big incentive that's generating so many of the poor quality reviewers. Making the all time board more robust would be detrimental to the system in my eyes. – Servy Nov 28 '12 at 17:24
I wouldn't know about those smaller sites because I seldom use them, so this post on meta.SO is specifically for SO :-) I agree that you can do a lot more to enhance the statistics page. – Emil Vikström Nov 28 '12 at 17:24
@Servy: The badges are a much larger incentive. I don't believe stats without badges would pose as much of a problem, but we don't really know what SE is going to do (if anything) to resolve that problem. – animuson Nov 28 '12 at 17:28
@animuson They added the leaderboard when the new review system first came out, and they didn't add the badges for several weeks. The major problems were starting right away. Now, I personally think both should go away as they both contribute. I think removing just one without the other would help a bit, but not a lot. – Servy Nov 28 '12 at 17:31
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I've read the documentation, httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/core.html#directory, and understand that it's suppose to apply to the dir, sub-dirs, and files. What I'm questioning is how does it behave with ldap authentication (ldap-user, ldap-attribute, etc) since I'm getting odd behavior trying to give a certain user access to a specific folder. Thanks for pointing out this maybe doesn't belong in here. I'll see if I can get it moved. – MD6380 Oct 5 '12 at 2:11
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Interesting thought.
I've heard about that some time ago but, didn't give it much thought.
I've just dissmissed it as a rumor. Not that it's official, it makes me think.
I like Amd for a while now, I've been using their chips since Pentium 3 era.
First Amd chip i used was a Athlon XP 2600+ and i've never had any problems with it.
I've used it with nVidia's nForce chipset but, when i come to video. I prefered Ati.
I've moved to Nvidia for video because of better Linux driver support.
So, all things considered. I'll continue to use Amd products. As for Ati, I really curious if
thay driver support will improve as a result of that mirger. Wnat has Amd got in store for Ati...
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Ahh, yes. There's nothing like having you comment marked redundant! Dispite being the first to post on the topic, therefore there's not another comment like it.
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I am having some trouble with full screen mode. I can set my window to be 800x600, but when I full screen that resolution, it stretches. I assume this is because of a change in aspect ratio. How can I fix this?
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SOLUTION: The real problem ended up being that you were misusing the gluOrtho2D function. Instead of using this:
You needed to switch it to the correct form this:
gluOrtho2D(0.0, width, 0.0, height);
The latter creates a 2D orthographic projection, that fills the entire width and height of your viewport, so no stretching occurs.
You need to modify your projection in order to account for the new aspect ratio.
Make sure you first of all set glViewport to the new window size. After the viewport is set you will need to switch your matrix mode to projection with a call to glMatrixMode and then finally calculate your new aspect ratio with width / height and pass the new aspect ratio to gluPerspective. You can also use straight glFrustum instead of gluPerspective you can find source to gluPerspective to achieve that same effect with glFrustum.
Something like this:
float aspectRatio = width / height;
gluPerspective(fov, aspectRatio, near, far);
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don't forget a glLoadIdentity() or the projection matrix might apply the perspectives on top of each other – cobbal Jun 5 '12 at 5:34
@cobbal good point ill add that – Justin Meiners Jun 5 '12 at 5:34
I am using Ortho, but it's the same process. – Storm Kiernan Jun 5 '12 at 16:48
@Storm Kiernan so with glOrtho I thought you just say glOrtho(0, width, 0, height, near, far) and that will take care of all aspect ratio – Justin Meiners Jun 5 '12 at 19:23
@JustinMeiners but why I am I getting stretching? Is that normal? I am new to this, so I don't know exactly what I should be looking for here, but it seems that stretching would be bad. – Storm Kiernan Jun 5 '12 at 20:30
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After resizing the window, you need to adjust your projection matrix to reflect the new aspect ratio. If you're using classic OpenGL, switch the matrix mode to GL_PROJECTION, load the identity matrix, then call glOrtho or gluPerspective with the vertical dimension scaled by the aspect ratio (assuming you want the horizontal spread of the image to be the same as it was with the original window).
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I'm doing this, but I don't see any results. gluOrtho2D(0.0, width, height * (width / height), 0.0); – Storm Kiernan Jun 5 '12 at 5:45
Just a guess--are height & width integers? You probably want to cast one or both to doubles before computing that fraction or you'll likely end up mutiplying by 1. – Drew Hall Jun 5 '12 at 5:51
No difference. The images just stretch in whatever direction i size the window. – Storm Kiernan Jun 5 '12 at 6:08
I updated my original post to show a screen shot of what I see happening. – Storm Kiernan Jun 5 '12 at 16:46
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How many tab I can add on one tab bar controller ?
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as many as you want - any more than 5 and there will be displayed a "more" tab in the 5th place which will let users choose which tabs they want to see on the Tab bar controller, but all will be accessible.
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thanks thomas . – Abhijeet Barge Oct 5 '10 at 10:27
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I am encrypting data (health care industry) using the aes encryption classes in the .net framework. What are some of the recommended locations for safely storing the key? I have it in the web.config for development, but that does not feel production worthy, to say the least.
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You can encrypt your web.config values using built in methods in the framework:
This is probably a reasonable place to store your key - if somebody has managed to access your server to retrieve these details, then you probably have bigger worries.
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True. Is DPAPI more "secure" though? – Saraz Oct 25 '10 at 14:35
@Saraz - Sorry, don't know the answer to that... – Paddy Oct 25 '10 at 14:46
@Saraz: More secure than what? It's more secure in the sense "is infeasible to recover without administrator-level access on that specific machine" (as the encryption algo is dependent on data that are unique to the machine). In other words, if someone managed to get your web.config, they still couldn't decrypt on a different machine. – Piskvor Oct 25 '10 at 14:57
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If application requires authentication using your keys then
normal approach on unix machines is to store passwords in hashed form.
You can use sha-512 + salt.
Then you can calculate hash when user inputs password and check against your.
The passwords/key itself can be stored anywhere if its hashed. If not store it in the technical user directory where none has access.
EDIT for those which don't want to put too much effort in understanding USE CASE which i've presented
Johny has some AES encrypted data.
He stores his key in head.
He wants to store this hey somewhere on his PC to automate access.
He can store it as ASCII in web.config.
But he can hash that to be no more ASCII but hash.
During authentication application calculates hash checks is it proper key, then uses this key....
Low probably of collision with proper algorithm.
ps. just posting my point of view on the topic.
Why are you so sensitive for word "hash"???
I know what is hash,
I know what is so called 2-way encryption....
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Who mentioned passwords? I'd assume the OP wants reversible encryption. – Seva Alekseyev Oct 25 '10 at 14:32
Indeed, not looking to one way hash ;) – Saraz Oct 25 '10 at 14:36
I understand everything......seems you didn't understand me. – bua Oct 25 '10 at 14:41
Re your edit: No. If you hash the key, you can not recover it from the hash (as hashing, by definition, is a lossy transformation). How do you then use a key that is not anywhere on the computer? (That word. You keep using it. I don't think it means what you think it means.) – Piskvor Oct 25 '10 at 14:51
@Piskvor from application cache.... when there would be any superuser authentication tunneled key sending. – bua Oct 25 '10 at 14:54
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What you need to do is hide this key somewhere, and a secure location would be inside a database. Preferably a different database than the one that contains your data. Since data require username/password combinations to open them, you just add a second security layer to your application. Your app would need to log in to the key database, retrieve key X for application Y and is then able to use it. You would have to store the connection string for this database somewhere, though.
Even if you would store just a single key in a key database, it would be worth the trouble. It forces a hacker to take a bit more trouble to open this database to find the key before he can access the data. Since there's no perfect security, your options are just limited to delaying the amount of time it would take a hacker to gain access.
Encrypting the web.config file or data within it will also help to delay the hacker but if the key is inside the config file, all he needs to do is decrypt it again.
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This is not really any different to storing a key in the config file - you need to store the connection string to your key database somewhere, and if your hacker has access enough to get to your config file, he will probably be able to get this... – Paddy Oct 25 '10 at 15:01
True. But it adds a second layer. You need to access the database to get the key and in general, databases are stored on a different system. If the database server is set to only accept calls from the web server location, you make it more difficult for a remote hacker to get access to the key. And if the database stored a few hundreds of (dummy!) keys then the hacker still doesn't know which one to use. – Wim ten Brink Oct 25 '10 at 15:07
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One approach which will provide good security if the only people who will need to use the key for any purpose can be trusted absolutely with it is to store the key encrypted with another key, a copy of which is stored for each user, encrypted with a hash of that user's password (salted differently from the one stored for password validation!). Even an evil person with access to every bit of data, anywhere in the universe, associated that database's key, would be unable to access the database without reverse-engineering at least one of the passwords.
Note that if the passwords for all valid accounts were ever lost or forgotten, the data would be irretrievable. That's part of the nature of real security. If one wants to avoid the possibility of losing data, one must ensure that backup copies of the necessary keys and/or passwords are stored securely.
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I have a datastore that is querying a database and outputting JSon... something like this:
$data[] = array('id' => $i, 'prod_id' => $product_id, 'link' => $link);
I'm wondering how you can pass back a link using the $link variable. If I had this for example:
$link = "<a href=\"google.com\"> Clicky </a>";
The datagrid would display Clicky and not the actual html link... Is there anyway to pass back html?
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I would suggest passing the link URL and the link text separately, then reconstructing them into an anchor link in JavaScript on the client-side.
You could also try escaping the HTML, then unescaping on the client-side.
I have no idea why it won't send links- perhaps the browser is trying to parse the sent HTML too early?
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You can use formatter in dojo grid to format the HTML displayed in each cell. When creating the grid, you can set a formatter for each column. The formatter is a JavaScript function that takes two parameters, the first one value means the value of the cell, the second one rowIndex means the index of current row. The return value of the formatter function is the HTML content displayed in the cell.
For your case, I would suggest that you use a single column for both the link URL and anchor text. You can use a simple encoding, like http://www.google.com$$$Clicky, where $$$ is used to separate these two fields. The PHP code would be:
$link = "http://www.google.com$$$Clicky";
Then in your formatter function, you can use :
function(value, rowIndex) {
var parts = value.split('$$$');
return "<a href='" + parts[0] + "'>" + parts[1] + "</a>";
If you prefer to use one column for each field, e.g. url for URL and anchorText for the anchor text. Then you need to get the value of another column when formatting the cell. Suppose the grid uses the url field. Then the formatter function may look like below:
function(value, rowIndex) {
var item = grid.getItem(rowIndex); // Get the store item by index, need the reference of the grid.
var anchorText = grid.store.getValue(item, 'anchorText');
return "<a href='" + value + "'>" + anchorText + "</a>";
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Thanks for the awesome explanation. I ended up using the escapeHTMLInData="false", however.. but will keep the formatter function in mind for later! :) – Paul Dec 1 '10 at 22:48
Ah, escapeHTMLInData='false', I didn't know that before. Thanks for the information. :) – Alex Cheng Dec 2 '10 at 9:38
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Freebase's Python API uses GUIDs that have a set prefix and a zero-padded suffix:
"guid":"#9202a8c04000641f8000000000211f52" (http://wiki.freebase.com/wiki/Guid)
"Freebase guids are represented with 32 hexidecimal characters, the first 17 are the graph prefix and the remaining 15 are the item suffix" (http://tinyify.freebaseapps.com/).
This format enables the GUID to compress down for short URLs.
How do you construct GUIDs like this?
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You'd need to look at the source for Freebase where it generates that GUID. It's definitely not a standard RFC GUID of any sort.
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I haven't been able to find it -- I don't think that part is public. – espeed Apr 14 '11 at 11:45
<shrug> then if you want to build something similarly compatible, take a UUID4 and zero out the appropriate range, or substitute with numbers that make sense in your context. The dirty little secret is that UUIDs are very often just random numbers that are very unlikely to collide. – Paul McMillan Apr 14 '11 at 20:17
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I'm collecting some basic stats from a Google Calendar feed with DOM and Php. I have been trying to get the event endTime using the following:
`$times = $entry->getElementsByTagName( "when" );
$startTime = $times->item(0)->getAttributeNode( "startTime" )->value;
$endTime = $times->item(0)->getAttributeNode("endTime" )->value;`
Which results in an end time of 04:00:00 for every appointment.
I was trying different things and entered 1 instead of 0 in item() this results in a correct end time, but only three of the 50 appointments are displayed.
My feed is private, full, ordered by start time, singleevents=true, and start-min/start-max are set.
Is there a different way to get event endTime?
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Never did find the answer to this question. Went ahead and went the Zend/Gdata route. Took a little to get up to speed but it works now.
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I thought I had understood the principle of expansion ... but apparently not!
I thought that the 2 \expandafter would store \detokenize and {} resp. and then expand \a into AAA and \b into BBB. Therefore after one round of expansion, we would have:
and thus the output should be simply "AAABBB". But it is not the case. Where is my mistake?
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Question titles must summaries the question. Please avoid titles which would fit 1000 largely different questions. – Martin Scharrer Jun 9 '12 at 8:58
\expandafter jumps over one token, expands once the following one (if it's expandable, otherwise nothing happens) and vanishes. – egreg Jun 9 '12 at 9:20
You might be looking for \expandnext from etextools, which in your case could be used as \expandnext\detokenize\a\b. – dgs Jun 9 '12 at 10:41
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\expandafter stores exactly one token. So the expansion order is \expandafter-\expandafter-\a.
After this everything is restored and \detokenize is executed.
This is the reason why you sometimes see crazy successions of \expandafter: To reverse the expansion order of n tokens you basically need 2^n-1 \expandafters. At least you don't need \expandafter before \detokenize because it will initiate expansion looking for its argument.
gives the expansion order you need: \expandafter-\expandafter-\expandafter-\b. After restoring there is
\detokenize\expandafter{\a BBB}
finally yielding the desired output.
In case your're interested in always fully expanding the contents of {} (whatever they are), you can't (in general). Depending on a concrete context, there may be alternatives. So if this answer is not what you were looking for, please elaborate.
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I've found Stephan Bechtolsheim's TUGboat article to be helpful on this topic, maybe you could include it as a reference showing more examples. (@nicolasroy) – dgs Jun 9 '12 at 10:43
Thanks for the info. I simply had a wrong understanding of the expansion process. – nicolas roy Jun 11 '12 at 8:02
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What I want:
1. Federer (2 slams (Wimby and USO to be the #1 at both)
2. Rafa (Come back strong, win FO)
3. Djoko/Murray (whichever wins in Australia)
4. Djoko/Murray (above reasoning)
5. Delpo (Hopefully gets the WTF title)
6. Ferrer (Wins like 7 titles again)
7. Raonic (Breaks through to the top 10)
8. Tipserevic (consistency throughout the year)
9. Tsonga (Does well, at least one GS final)
10. Peliwo/Dimitrov (Just because)
What I think will happen:
1. Djokovic (Wins AO plus finals in some others, like this year)
2. Murray (Wins some grandslam, close race with Novak for #1, could even be #1)
3. Federer (Gets to a GS final, maybe wins like Wimby 2012, wins Cincy, maybe the WTF)
4. Rafa (I hope he wins another slam next year, but I'm not sure how he'll react to the time off)
5. Delpo (Maybe a slam, maybe a final, maybe anything. I just want him back in the top 5)
6. Ferrer (How can't you like this guy? I think he'll be consistent enough for a top 6 finish
7. Tsonga (he can get really hot at times, maybe get to a slam final, maybe some semis, you never know with him)
8. Berdych (Don't like him, but he's good at tennis)
9. Raonic (Just missing out on WTF qualification, but its a step forward for my countryman)
10. Gasquet ( I like the guy, and he can get hot like Tsonga)
Querrey into top 15-20
Baker into top 30
Peliwo into top 75-150 (big range, but you never know)
Dimitrov into top 20-30
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Time - Women Are the Only Adults Left in Washington
By Jay Newton-Small
At one of the darkest moments of the government shutdown, with markets dipping and both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue hurling icy recriminations, Maine Republican Susan Collins went to the Senate floor to do two things that none of her colleagues had yet attempted. She refrained from partisan blame and proposed a plan to end the crisis. "I ask my Democratic and Republican colleagues to come together," Collins said on Oct. 8. "We can do it. We can legislate responsibly and in good faith."
Senate Appropriations Committee chair Barbara Mikulski, a Maryland Democrat, happened to be standing nearby, and she soon picked up a microphone and joined in. "Let's get to it. Let's get the job done," she said. "I am willing to negotiate. I am willing to compromise." Ten minutes later, a third Senator stood to speak. "I am pleased to stand with my friend from Maine, Senator Collins, as she has described a plan which I think is pretty reasonable," said Alaska Republican Lisa Murkowski. "I think it is pretty sensible."
As with most anything that happens on C-SPAN, the burst of bipartisan vibes was meant to send a message. But behind the scenes, the wheels really were turning. Most of the Senate's 20 women had gathered the previous night for pizza, salad and wine in the offices of New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat. All the buzz that night was about Collins' plan to reopen the government with some basic compromises. Senator Amy Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democrat, proposed adding the repeal of the unpopular medical-device tax. Senate Agriculture Committee chair Debbie Stabenow suggested pulling revenue from her stalled farm bill. In policy terms, it was a potluck dinner.
In the hours that followed, those discussions attracted more Senators, including some men, and yielded a plan that would lead to genuine talks between Senate leaders Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell to end the shutdown. The pieces were all there: extending the debt ceiling and reopening the government with minor adjustments to the implementation of Obamacare. No one doubted the origin. "The women are an incredibly positive force because we like each other," Klobuchar boasted to TIME as the negotiations continued. "We work together well, and we look for common ground."
It's quite an irony that the U.S. Senate was once known for having the worst vestiges of a private men's club: unspoken rules, hidden alliances, off-hours socializing and an ethic based at least as much on personal relationships as merit to get things done. That Senate -- a fraternal paradise that worked despite all its obvious shortcomings -- is long gone. And now the only place the old boys' network seems to function anymore is among the four Republicans and 16 Democrats who happen to be women.
Cigars and poker are out. The women's club offers some of the same benefits that came in the original men's version, as well as some updates: mentor lunches and regular dinners, started decades ago by Mikulski, the longest-serving woman in the Senate, but also bridal and baby showers and playdates for children and grandchildren. An unspoken rule among what Collins calls "the sisterhood" holds that the women refrain from publicly criticizing one another. And there is a deep sense that more unites them personally than divides them politically. "One of the things we do a bit better is listen," says North Dakota Democrat Heidi Heitkamp. "It is about getting people in a room with different life experiences who will look at things a little differently because they're moms, because they're daughters who've been taking care of senior moms, because they have a different life experience than a lot of senior guys in the room."
Perhaps most important, they are showing how to make things happen. "I am very proud that these women are stepping forward," says Senator John McCain, the Arizona Republican. "Imagine what they could do if there were 50 of them."
Civility Above All
Whatever anyone says, official Washington remains a hidebound city. At the White House and on K Street, women still struggle for the top jobs, and in the House, the sole chairwoman, Candice Miller, leads a committee that oversees the Capitol's in-house staff, cleaning and maintenance, shops and gardens. Inappropriate behavior, casual chauvinism and old-fashioned views of gender roles still pervade everyday life. A Senator waiting to get on an elevator once barked at Klobuchar that it was for Senators only. Her aide informed the man that she was a Senator. As the doors slid closed on his stunned face, Klobuchar quipped with a smile, "And who are you?" Almost all the Senate women have stories of being kept out of rooms, clubs, caucuses and huddles, of being patronized, hit on and scolded for abandoning their children. "Running for Senate, I did get a number of people who would ask, "What's going to happen to your children?'" Kelly Ayotte, Republican Senator from New Hampshire, says. "My husband would be offended by that too."
Against that backdrop, the private gatherings among the sisterhood are a source of both power and perspective. They occur every few weeks or months, depending on the need. Venues include the Senators' homes -- and occasionally the unlikely confines of the Capitol's Strom Thurmond Room, a space named for one of the chamber's most notorious womanizers. "We started the dinners 20 years ago on the idea that there has to be a zone of civility," says Mikulski. Once a year the group also dines with the female Supreme Court Justices. Dianne Feinstein, who chairs the Select Committee on Intelligence, holds regular dinners for women in the national-security world. Even the female chiefs of staff and communications directors have started regular get-togethers of their own. In April the Senate women breached their no-outsider rule by agreeing to dine at the White House with President Obama. Going around the table, California Senator Barbara Boxer remarked that 100 years ago they'd have been meeting outside the White House gates to demand the right to vote. ("A hundred years ago, I'd have been serving you," Obama replied.)
Close political alliances have developed among several of the women. Boxer has taken a special interest in Massachusetts' Elizabeth Warren -- both are liberal firebrands. Democrat Claire McCaskill, who hails from a red state and faced a tough re-election campaign last year, made a point of courting Republican friendships early on. Sometimes those friendships trump party: Ayotte refused to campaign for fellow Republican Todd Akin, McCaskill's opponent in 2012, and pointedly condemned him when he started sharing his theories about how women's biology offers a natural defense against pregnancy from "legitimate" rape.
In private and public, strict rules of civility are enforced. At one recent dinner, Warren brought up antiabortion bills pending in the House, railing against Republicans for their "war against women." Her complaint was greeted with admonitions from her fellow Democrats: We don't talk about partisan issues here. Two of the 20 women are pro-life: Ayotte and Nebraska Republican Deb Fischer.
A Greater Responsibility
When Heitkamp voted against tightening gun laws after the Newtown school shooting, she was unprepared for the backlash, particularly from women's groups. "A female friend in the Senate said to me, "You know, it's because they feel you represent all women, not just the women of North Dakota,'" Heitkamp says. "And it just clicked for me for the first time. I was, like, "Oh, now I get it.'"
Most of the Senators say they feel they speak not just for the voters in their states but for women across America. Over the years they have pushed through legislation that has vastly expanded funding of women's- and children's-health research, testing and treatment. They've passed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and other antidiscrimination laws. And they've won federally mandated maternity and family medical leave. While most of these efforts were driven by Democrats, the women are strongest when they unite on legislation like the Homemakers IRA, which allows tax-deductible contributions to retirement plans by stay-at-home parents.
In April 2011, at the end of the budget debate, Patty Murray, a Democratic Senator from Washington, got a call at home from majority leader Reid summoning her to the Capitol. It was 11 p.m., and she found a room full of men who'd been working to avert a government shutdown. They said they were close to a deal, but cuts to Planned Parenthood sought by House Republicans were still on the table. Murray, who is the highest-ranking female Senator in leadership, hit the roof. "Absolutely not," she recalls telling them. She organized four press conferences with female members over the next three days to highlight the importance of Planned Parenthood for providing not just abortions but also contraception, mammograms and children's health. The funding was preserved.
That doesn't mean the women always win. During the immigration-bill markup, Hawaii's Mazie Hirono grilled South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham about college-diploma requirements for new visas. She noted the disparity in female access to education in the developing world. "Could you share with us how you think that unmarried women would fare under the merit system?" asked Hirono, who immigrated with her mother to the U.S. as a child. Graham replied that they could come with their families. Hirono, Murkowski and 10 other women introduced an amendment to allot visas to health workers, nannies and those in other traditionally female professions. Though the measure was popular, it failed to get a vote in the Senate.
What Hasn't Changed
Most of the legislation passed by female chairs this year has been gender blind: Stabenow's farm bill, Boxer's transportation and water-resources bill, Murray's budget and Mikulski's appropriations bills. All four of those chairwomen say their success comes from a willingness to deal and a disinclination to grandstand. Stabenow divvied up the farm bill like "a big sister handing out chores," says Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy, a Democrat on the Agriculture Committee. And she was tough: Leahy said he was glad when the bill passed, if only to stop Stabenow "from calling me in the middle of the night." Mikulski is effective, says Reid, because "everyone's afraid of her."
Collins and her co-conspirators get the lion's share of the credit for starting the process to break the weeks-long stalemate over government spending and the debt ceiling. "We need to be pragmatic. This is not going to be a Republican solution or a Democratic solution. This is going to be a solution that is good for the country," Murkowski told NBC's Today show on Oct. 16. "The six women that have been working together do have a good bipartisan solution." But even the fate of their bid to end the shutdown was illustrative of how far women have to go in the Senate. Shortly after proposing a basic outline and convening a working group of 12 Senators -- half of them women -- Collins and her crew found the negotiations co-opted by the two party leaders, both male. Though much of the Collins plan became a part of the final talks, particularly the timelines and some small changes to Obamacare, the women no longer had control of the process.
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suppose someone sends me a email. if he is not in my contact list, his mail will go in "Stranger" label. how to create filter for this this label.
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You can do this:
1. Go to your contacts
2. Choose to compose email to your whole contact list
3. Copy the "To:" field
4. Paste it here: http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2006/08/create-email-blacklist-in-gmail.html
5. This will convert the list of emails to from email OR email OR email and so on
6. Copy the converted line
7. Make new filter
8. In the "Has the words:"-field write "-from: {paste here that copied line}" (without "")
9. Click Next Step button.
10. Choose to add label to this filter
11. Finish!
You can also add whole domains inside like *@domain.com inside the {} just remember to add extra OR between every address.
Little tricky but should work. I hope this helps! :)
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When posting your email adress, you could use a different email adress like yourusername+codeword@gmail.com where codeword could be the name of the website you're posting the address (or just a random word you like).
In the filters, label any email not sent to yourusername@gmail.com (without a code) as stranger (or all emails sent to yourusername+codeword@gmail.com).
Using multiple email address can be really helpful in tracking where the spam comes from and for blocking it.
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this wouldn't get mailing lists, since they're to field is their mailing list field. – Rixius Aug 13 '10 at 15:26
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Thanks for sticking your neck out here. It's unfortunate that's not very popular as shown by your downvotes on the post. We do not have the luxury of trying to figure out a way to sugarcoat this information for sheeple - we just hope they can think for themselves and get it... by doing their own research and seeing a troll for what it really is... a troll.
There's no guarantee of "freedom of speech" at the Daily Paul. Freedom of Speech means you can start up your own website and say whatever you want. However that is now starting to be taken away as the DHS in the last year has taken down something like 1,000 websites.
The dis-information campaign when someone posts some real truth with actual documented evidence - is absolute lunacy and it doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure out these tools are paid trolls to come in here and try to scare people off the information.
If I was running this site I would give the trolls a chance to have their say and if they offer nothing of substance - ban their arses so we can start investigating truthful, evidence-backed information.
The trolls are only pandering to the herd mentality. Those of us who are not part of the herd have enough work on our hands doing actual research then to have to sit there and defend against completely baseless attacks on character - wild presumptions... etc...
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A basketball rolls across the street in front of a moving car. The driver must make split-second decisions about what to do. The driver's reaction time, how long it takes for the person to respond, involves special sensory and motor nerve cells that send and receive messages to and from the brain.
In this project, you will compare reaction times to a visual stimulus and reaction times to an auditory stimulus. You will also explore whether other factors, such as distraction, gender, and age, affect reaction time.
Getting Started
Purpose: To determine your reaction time to a visual stimulus.
• table and chair
• helper
• yardstick (meterstick)
1. Sit with your forearm on the surface of the table with your writing hand extending over the edge.
2. Have your helper position the yardstick (meterstick) with the zero end between, but not touching, your thumb and fingers (see Figire30.1).
3. Instruct your helper to release the stick without warning.
4. As soon as the stick is released, try to catch it as quickly as possible between your thumb and fingers.
5. Record the distance the stick falls and use the following equation to determine your reaction time. See Appendix 5 for a sample calculation.
6. Record the distance and time calculated for the one trial.
Effect of Stimuli on Reaction Times
The reaction time varies with each individual.
Your eye is the stimulus receptor that sees the stick as it starts to fall. It detects the movement of the stick and initiates a signal, a nerve impulse, in the nerve cell to which it is attached. The message is then sent along sensory neurons (special nerve cells that transmit impulses from the stimulus receptor) to the spinal cord. The spinal cord telegraphs the message to the brain, where it is processed. A message is transmitted from the brain down the spinal cord to motor neurons, which cause the muscles in your hand to contract so that your fingers clamp around the falling stick. The time for these impulses to make the complete trip from the stimulus receptor to the motor neurons is called the reaction time.
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1. Does practice affect reaction time? Repeat the experiment 10 times. Calculate your reaction time for each trial and plot the data on a graph. Study the graph to determine whether the trend of repeated trials is toward faster or slower reaction times. Explain what accounts for the results.
2. Does using your writing hand affect reaction time? Use your other hand and repeat the procedure in the original experiment 10 times. Graph the data and compare the results for both hands.
3. Is reaction time affected if you are distracted? Have a second helper ask you simple math problems as you repeat the procedure in the original experiment 10 times.
4. How does using an auditory stimulus receptor affect reaction time? Repeat the procedure in the original experiment, but this time close your eyes. Have your helper say "Go" when he or she releases the stick. Try to react to the auditory stimulus as quickly as possible by catching the stick. Calculate your reaction times for 10 trials and graph them (see Figure 30.2). The time delay between the helper's releasing his or her fingers and saying "Go" is very slight, but you might want to design an experiment that eliminates this delay. One idea would be to have the stick support a lever attached to a bell. When the stick is released the bell rings, notifying you that the stick is falling.
5. Does age affect reaction time? Repeat the procedure in the original experiment using a test group of people in good health and of the same gender but of different ages. Test each person 10 times and average the results. Plot the averages on a graph.
6. Does gender affect reaction time? Repeat the procedure in the previous experiment using an equal number of males and females, all of whom are in good health and of the same age. Test each person ten times and average the results. Plot the averages on a graph.
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Visao, NUUO solutions used in CCTV upgrade project
How does a premier luxury hotel with 241 rooms and 6 restaurants salute their guests while offering the finest in modern luxury accommodations and personalized service? With a high degree of internal security, the Brown Palace Hotel seated in Denver, Colorado, makes their guests feel like being at home, which is already far from common service. From the Spa, dinning, lobby and seating areas the Brown Palace imbues a sense of security while allowing guests the freedom to relax and enjoy the luxurious surroundings. The Brown Palace Hotel has hosted nearly all US presidents since it’s inception in the late 1800’s – Including Heads of State, Kings and Queens from over 50 Countries, numerous dignitaries and celebrities. Including Tzu-Hsi (Empress Dowager) during her trip across the US, who said it was the finest Hotel she had visited. It is considered one of the Grandest Hotels in the US.
Forty channels of analog cameras are installed around the lobby, restaurants, check-in areas, and ballrooms. All cameras are managed by a Visao DVR with NUUO H.264 DVR cards & software, featuring NUUO’s innovative I-guard video analysis, intuitive and broad applications that are very useful for hotel surveillance environments. In the main lobby and entrance, foreign and missing object detection react at once with on screen and audio alarms, especially during night hours. Once an "I-guard event" is detected it is recorded on all selected cameras in the software and played easily through the graphical user interface (GUI). Finally, another very useful function that deserves mention is "motion detection", simple to use and powerful. Select a specific area to detect motion and the software will react to that motion in any one of 8 user defined ways.
"Before there were only 16 cameras with low quality video in CIF resolution, unreliable operation really straightened our surveillance job, in a grand hotel our mission is to assist to avert any possible fraud or offense before it really occurs , and gladly we did it." said Gene Frailey, the chief technical officer of Visao. Hotel management is very happy about the added level of security. Security personnel have expressed great confidence in the new system, and believe it has strengthened their ability to respond to an incident quickly and more efficiently. The Brown Palace anticipates adding 4 external IP PTZ cameras located at the four mains entrances, for additional security during the Democratic National Convention (DNC). DNC VIP guests will stay at the Brown Palace Hotel for the duration of the Convention. The Hotel plans to expand the use of Visao DVRs’ using NUUO cards & Software in the future, adding at least one more DVR this year.
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Despite some gaps in his argument, Charles Kenny's cheerful polemic counters the current development pessimism on aid
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Aid has enabled many children to get an education, when their parents did not. Photograph: Str/EPA
After plenty of aid pessimism, here is a relentlessly cheerful polemic, Getting Better, which is delighting development experts in the US and the UK. Charles Kenny's book celebrates an era of unprecedented human development. Across the globe, millions are now enjoying lives that are markedly better than those of their parents. Not just in China but in Africa and Asia as well, children are not dying at the rate they used to, and they are getting an education when many of their parents did not.
While the critics have carped about the failure of aid and plenty of armchair experts have bemoaned the state of Africa, the true picture, Kenny argues, is of huge improvement. And people in Africa and Asia know it, because the proportion of populations in surveyed countries saying they are happy is steadily rising.
Even some of the poorest countries in the world such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti and Burma have infant mortality rates that are lower than any country achieved in 1900. It's been a century of spectacular progress largely due to women's education and public healthcare. Furthermore, this is not just about the spread of technology, says Kenny, but that "governments are doing a better job at delivering services", so that "the most corrupt and inefficient of countries in Africa are still providing services of a quality and extent far in advance of any country in the world prior to the industrial revolution".
This is an argument that turns every accepted wisdom about development on its head. It is the much-delayed response to the diatribes such as Dambisa Moyo's Dead Aid or Bill Easterly's The White Man's Burden. It seems to suggest that the problem with contemporary development pessimism is that it has just been too impatient, and has failed to see the bigger picture over the course of the century.
Furthermore, it has been too tightly focused on income growth as the criteria of human development, instead of looking more broadly at human wellbeing indicators such as education and health. Some countries' income growth hasn't been too good, but it would be wrong to concentrate on that when life expectancy, for example, has improved. Basics such as boiling water, vaccines and literacy have transformed lives.
Of course, a handful of countries have gone sharply backwards, such as the much-quoted Zimbabwe and Congo, but these are relatively isolated cases. Set against these failures, is the remarkable achievement of how humanity has escaped Malthus's prediction, increasing food production to feed the burgeoning world population.
But Kenny has a very serious and really important point to make in all this Panglossian optimism: "Recognising the success that the world has already experienced gives us some grounds for believing that future development programmes won't go to waste."
He is reminding us of what we should already know, that you won't win the argument to maintain domestic support for aid budgets by telling people that it is all dire. The old fundraising strategy to shock your donor into a guilty lurch to their pocket is a short-term option that leads quickly to compassion fatigue. You can only really persuade people to part with more of their hard-earned cash if you can persuade them that the donation has worked in the past. This is Kenny's attempt to do just that.
Kenny takes on development orthodoxy, suggesting that we don't really know how to generate economic growth, so best to keep out of it and stick with what we know works – such as improvements in health, education and good governance with effective justice and taxation systems.
Threaded through Kenny's argument is the refreshing assertion that human beings have proved remarkably effective over the 20th century at reducing suffering and spreading happiness across the developing world. In the development business you simply don't hear this kind of stuff; the charities are too busy campaigning on the horrors of it all, and the development experts are usually too mired in their logframes and complexity theory to be this cheerful.
There are glaring gaps in his argument, which many bloggers have rightly pointed out. He skips much too quickly over issues of environmental degradation and how they might threaten the developing world's future. There is not much on how future youth bulges could be politically destabilising in rapidly growing slum cities. In fact, Kenny doesn't do much crystal ball gazing at all. But with those crucial caveats, this is an argument that is going to shake up the gloomy consensus that has gathered around development and aid.
Besides, who could possibly disagree with his conclusion: "Never before has it been more important to understand that there is more to life than money"? Development has not always been about making people richer, but it has been good at helping millions live longer, with better access to education and better government.
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It's that time of the year when musicians and devotees pay their obeisance to Thyagaraja by participating in the Aradhana festivities with enthusiasm.
This is the season when every cultural auditorium in south India will be reverberating to melodious Thyagaraja kritis. It is the season of Thyagaraja Aradhana festivities, observed in honour of the the great Vaggeyakara Thyagaraja on his death anniversary. This year would mark 165 years since the vaggeyakara passed away, leaving behind an unparalled, and timeless legacy of Carnatic music.
As is well-known, the festivities began when Bangalore Nagaratnammal, a Devadasi got a Samadhi of Thyagaraja built on her land on the banks of river Kaveri in Tiruvayur, where Thyagaraja lived most of his life. She not only spent all her money for the shrine and later lived like a yogini, but also appealed to the great names in the field of Carnatic music to gather at this venue and pray to the soul of Thyagaraja on Pushya Bahula Panchami, the first day in second half of Pushya maasam, the day Thyagaraja attained Samadhi.
Throughout the world, ‘Pancharatna Kirtana ganam' is a common factor in the Aradhana festivities. Jagadanandakaraka in Nata; Dudukugala in Gowla; Sandhinchene in Arabhi; Kanakana Ruchira in Varali and the most popular Endaro Mahanubhavulu in Sriragam are the five gems that go to prove Thyagaraja was not just a musician but a great poet too.
Various organisations design other activities too; like conducting competitions for children in rendition of Thyagaraja compositions. It is heartening to see the participation of children in the Aradhana these days. Another tradition that is still followed is a senior musician dressing up like Thyagaraja and walking along the streets followed by his students, all rendering kritis and collecting bhiksha (alms), a re-enactment of what Thyagaraja did to feed his students at his gurukulam. This came to be known as Ooncha Vrutti. Dr. Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana was often seen performing this Ooncha vrutti for Srirama Gana Sabha and other organisations. So did Nookala's disciple S.K. Venkatachari for Telugu University's Thyagaraja Aradhana Festival, where the students followed him to the statue of Thyagaraja on the Tank Bund.
The number of sabhas performing the Aradhana is growing by the year. It indicates the growth in the number of young singers taking to Carnatic music.
The saint's life
Though what is available as the life history of Thyagaraja is not comprehensive , his disciple Sourashtra Venkataramana Bhagavatar opened up our vision about Thyagaraja and a bit of his ancestry, for three generations. We learn that Thyagaraja's father Giriraja Brahmam was a great scholar in Sanskrit and Telugu. He was equally well versed in music and wrote devotional compositions of high philosophic content. Unfortunately all his works, except Maya Nee Vanchana in Kambhoji, were lost. However, his Yakshaganams and padams on kings Sahaji and Sarabhoji are said be available in Tanjavur Saraswathi Mahal (Library). It was also said that Giriraja Brahmam's father Panchanada Brahmam was great scholar in Vedas and Sastras.
The mystic element of Thyagaraja's life like how he brought a dying man to life and how the Panchayatam, a set of idols of Rama, Lakshmana, Sita and Anjaneya, considered lost, were found in the river Kaveri, and the presence of Anjaneya in his pujas were all creative ideas presented in a film made on the vaggeyakara by Chittoor V. Nagaiah. There were plays too on Thyagaraja like the one written by scholar Chandarala Rama Mohana Rao of Rajahmundry noted Carnatic vocalist M.S. Balasubrahmanya Sarma acting as Thyagaraja. Nidhi Chala SukhamaRara MaaintidakaKanugontini
A sage, Ramakrishnananda Swamy, is said to have taught Thyagaraja ‘Srirama Shadakshari Mantram' and later ‘Narada Mantram' too, chanting which Thyagaraja was able to approach Narada who gave him a fund of musical knowledge, opening new vistas. Thyagaraja divided his time between ‘Srirama Puja' and writing kirtanas. It is said that Lord Sri Rama finally blessed his devotee by appearing in person before him, as referred to in the kirtana Paramatmudu Velige (Vagadeeswari ragam). Thyagaraja lived a principled life of a devotee, circumvented many problems and never lost faith in Rama or his faith in raga, swara and sahitya.
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Uncle Sam's Medical Pot Project Is Light on Research, Heavy on Compassion
Convinced that using small amounts of pot daily helped ease his discomfort better and without life-threatening side effects, McMahon smoked marijuana illegally for 20 years. Finally, he found a doctor in Iowa, where he lived at the time, who took a special interest in helping him get marijuana legally. He put McMahon through an investigation protocol and a spastic pain evaluation. Then McMahon contacted the people in Iowa senator Charles Grassley's office, and was pleased at their willingness to help.
McMahon keeps his monthly supply with him at all times. As a general rule, he tries to be discreet, in hopes of not offending people or appearing to kids as a recreational pothead. "I cope with the pain," he says. "Some days are better than others, but if I go more than a few hours without my medicine, I can get myself in trouble."
"He called me a motherfucker, called my wife a fucking bitch, and told me to shut my fucking mouth," he says. "They tried to get us to leave by intimidating us. They treated me like a criminal. I am not a criminal. It was one of the worst feelings I've ever had."
Despite the intensity of his daily struggles, McMahon describes himself as a "regular family man who has had to make wide adjustments." His voice and appearance are rugged, the heavy toll of years spent at manual labor, for mining companies and large farming operations. Today, he lives quietly on disability insurance at his modest home in an East Texas gated community, and enjoys spending time with his three adult children and seven grandchildren.
He has a certificate of heroism for participating in the President's Drug Awareness Program in 1990, signed by former first lady and prohibition advocate Nancy Reagan. McMahon is a reluctant hero, and he expresses gratitude to his family, particularly his wife, who has seen the difference cannabis makes. "If he did not receive the marijuana," Margaret says, "George would probably be dead by now from all the other narcotics he would be taking for pain."
In addition to struggling for survival, McMahon is fighting for the decriminalization of medical marijuana. Since government weed contains only a moderate level of the intoxicant THC, McMahon remains lucid and eloquent. He has traveled the country, speaking with university students and faculty, legislators, physicians, and law enforcement officials—all while smoking 10 joints a day.
The recent Supreme Court decision to ban the Oakland (California) Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative from distributing medical pot set the campaign back, even as it exposed the government's hypocrisy. According to legal documents, the compassionate program that helps George McMahon was a cornerstone of the cooperative's cause.
NORML's Armentano says the ruling shows the limits of a state-by-state approach toward legalizing marijuana. "The Supreme Court's decision shows that there are no shortcuts in the game, so efforts should be directed toward Congress," he says. "While the decision is unexpected, it is definitely no shock."
Few expect the federal government to start zealously enforcing the law. Consider the ramifications if officials began arresting and incarcerating tens of thousands of patients, breaking apart the families of sick and dying people, and using our tax dollars to prosecute, imprison, and provide medical services to these patients. Politicians want to avoid front-page photos of MS patients with spasmodic arms handcuffed to wheelchairs while relatives sob in the background.
Recent polls indicate 70 to 80 percent of the public approves of medical marijuana being used by the general population. Yet when decriminalization advocates push for reform, the government counters that there simply isn't enough research to warrant the reclassification of a potentially dangerous drug. This call for evidence operates in a circular fashion, as the drug laws themselves have prevented the accumulation of much data. Legitimate scientists who seek to perform controlled studies on cannabis face a daunting bureaucratic gauntlet. Additionally, officials have repeatedly ignored the findings of their own commissioned research panels, which argue that marijuana is a relatively safe substance and has medical applications.
George extinguishes his government roach as a blazing sun descends behind him on the lake. It seems unreasonable to him that our nation locks patients in prison, strips them of their voting rights, confiscates their property, and destroys their families, all because it seeks to eradicate a natural herb that has no fatal side effects, was used medically for thousands of years, and is less harmful and addictive than tobacco or alcohol. "I want people to know that I am just a normal guy," he says. "I'm not an activist, but I do believe that every sick patient in America should be able to make these personal choices without going to jail."
The writer is George McMahon's longtime friend and a fellow advocate for medical marijuana. The two plan to put a portion of the proceeds from this article toward promoting the cause through Patients Out of Time (, an organization McMahon helped found.
Additional reporting: Taron Flood
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Snape crossed his arms on his chest and locked eyes with the young woman.
"Horcruxes are soul fragments, hidden inside object or living beings. They are what keeps the Dark Lord alive. No matter what happens, so long as they remain unharmed, he cannot be destroyed. This is why Dumbledore prepared for his inevitable return all those years."
"So the Potters died for nothing," Hermione muttered.
"They saved their son, which was their main objective," Snape said with some bitterness.
"And you said that living beings can be Horcruxes? Are you thinking about anything in particular?"
"Merely a hunch... but I always thought there was something off about Nagini. Even considering that Voldemort speaks Parseltongue, that snake shouldn't behave the way she does. There is something... off about her. Something dark," Snape murmured pensively.
"Are you sure? Is there a way to find out?" the witch asked eagerly.
"Probably not without killing it. Which wouldn't be a great loss in any case."
"I suppose so," Hermione sighed. "What else do you know about these Horcuxes? Do you know of any?"
"According to the research my masters have conducted, there were probably six total, three of which remain active to my knowledge. There was the diary, which Mr. Potter destroyed... a ring, that the headmaster also destroyed."
Snape's grimace didn't escape Hermione.
"What happened?"
"Albus was unequivocally idiotic," the professor muttered, staring into nothingness. "For no apparent reason, he actually tried to wear the ring. It was naturally protected by a curse... and a deadly one, impossible to counter."
"Are you telling me he was going to die? From that curse?"
"Sooner or later, certainly. He didn't have more than a few months to live, at best. Such folly... I will never understand what could drive him to do such a thing. Anyway, he destroyed the ring shortly afterwards, that particular Horcrux won't bother anyone again."
But Hermione wasn't fooled by the subject change.
"So does that mean he asked you to kill him? It was staged, wasn't it? He planned it?"
There was such hope in the young witch's voice that Snape couldn't help but pity her. These children would have to learn quickly that the world wasn't fair, heroic or controllable... but in this instance, he couldn't deny that Granger was right. Stupid Gryffindors...
"Yes. Albus Dumbledore chose his death," he answered.
"And then he let you take the blame for his murder," Hermione muttered.
"For the greatest good, once again," Snape said darkly. "But he knew that I would be unreachable for all prosecution only a few weeks afterward."
"Still," Hermione murmured pensively, "he could have left something for Harry, a note, to tell him..."
"I'd thought he would have, yes," the professor bitterly replied, "but he probably didn't have time. It was very... sudden. At any rate, the ring has been destroyed, as well as the locket used to be in that cave."
"But you already knew that, didn't you? Why didn't you tell the Headmaster before he took Harry there?"
"I did; he didn't believe me. At that time, Voldemort was aware that Regulus was hunting Horcruxes, and Albus was convinced that he had swapped the locket with another one to trap the lad. He was wrong. Somehow, I believe he also viewed that particular expedition as some kind of initiation..."
And Merlin knew that the old man loved initiations. If it had been up to him, he would gladly have spared his young master from facing the Dark Lord at eleven, or a basilisk at twelve. Despite all the repulsion the boy inspired in him, he was still Lily's son. But no, he had to fulfill his destiny, and so face the worst of creatures so that he could become the arrogant, insolent young man he was now. What a success. And now that they were at the very heart of said destiny, Snape had a nasty suspicion that Dumbledore had been wrong. He hadn't given the boy the right weapons.
From what he had seen so far, Potter's best chance laid in the closely knit friendship of his two companions and their collaboration.
And, now, his new slave...
"But the Horcrux, what happened to it?" Hermione asked, frowning.
"I destroyed it," Snape said. "Fiendfyre, a simple if extreme method for someone who is familiar with dark magic."
"I am not sure Harry would approve..."
Probably not... and there were certainly going to be a lot of things that his master wouldn't approve of in the near future. But one way or another, the boy would have to deal with it.
"There aren't many alternatives," the professor explained. "If, as I understand, you started a hunt for the remaining Horcruxes, you will be forced to use either this option, or an exceptionally potent poison, such as basilisk venom. But I assume Mr. Potter has already researched this."
"I don't know," Hermione admitted. "As you said, everything was fast and confusing. He pretends he doesn't know anymore than what he told us, and I must admit it worries me. What are we looking for, Professor?"
"Cursed and well hidden artifacts. Probably objects with some prestige, such as Slytherin's locket. And of course, they are all possessed. Charming outlook, isn't it?"
"Well, it's not as if we have a choice," the young woman answered with resignation. "Unless you have a better idea?"
"I don't have any ideas, Miss Granger," Snape answered. "I merely serve my master."
"Do I need to ask Harry to order you to think?" Hermione asked sarcastically.
"To think is one thing, finding solutions to defeat the Dark Lord on the other hand... for two galleons an hour, that is asking a lot."
"Two galleons an hour? What are you talking about?"
"That is the price the late Regulus Black paid to rent me to Lucius. For all the good it did him," Snape ranted. "At that price, or for none, don't hope for more miracles that he got."
"But you've done this already, and you have some knowledge about it... to be honest, in our situation, that is a miracle in itself," Hermione sighed. "Don't take this the wrong way, professor, but you've arrived with perfect timing."
"If you say so, Miss Granger. Do you require anything else?"
"No. Yes. Stay here, I'll get the boys... better to tell them directly, after all. Good news is all too rare these days."
Raising from her armchair, she walked to the corridor.
"Ron, Harry? Could you come down for a minute?" she shouted to the upper level. Immediately the two teenagers ran to meet her, suspicious.
"What did he do this time?" Harry demanded, shooting Snape a dark look.
"I am tempted to say nothing, but that would be disrespectful to the professor," Hermione answered dryly. "Actually, Professor Snape has some interesting information about Horcruxes."
"Hermione!" Harry shouted, "Don't tell me you told him about that? I told you it was a secret, a secret Dumbledore confided to me, and you run to tell his murderer? How stupid are you?"
He was nearly screaming by the end of his tirade, and both Ron and Hermione frowned disapprovingly.
"Don't talk to her like that," Ron warned, his voice menacing. "Snape might be your slave, but Hermione isn't and you have no right to treat her like that! We are here to help, remember? And I think it was rather a good idea," he added with a nod to the young witch.
Hermione smiled at him weakly, relieved.
"At least wait to know what this is about before you mount your high horse," she said. "And remember that the professor cannot betray you, whatever he thinks about you and you think about him!"
"Oh, you can call him Snape," Harry sneered, "because if one thing is sure, as long as I am alive, he will never teach again."
"Harry!" Hermione shouted, dismayed. But the young man didn't seem to care.
"What? He's the worst teacher we ever had, you can't say anything else. Merlin, he was the worst teacher ever, incapable of teaching, too busy terrorizing students and taking revenge on kids. Well sorry, professor, but your career as a petty tyrant is over. Next topic?"
Hermione stared at him, mouth agape, unable to say a word. It was finally Snape who broke the silence, apparently unconcerned by the scene that had just happened.
"The actual topic was indeed Horcruxes, and as Miss Granger mentioned, I happen to have dealt with the objects you are looking for in the past, and even had the opportunity to destroy one. I hope it will be useful."
"Oh, you hope, eh?" Harry hissed.
"Harry James Potter!" Hermione shouted, finally recovering from the shock. "How dare you? May I know what allows you to act like a complete... complete..."
But before the young woman could drop the word, Ron stepped in, putting a hand on her shoulder.
"I get it now," he said in a quiet voice. "It's Sirius' room, isn't it? You found something?"
At these words, all the anger that seems to inhabit Harry disappeared, leaving him without energy as his shoulders subsided. With a sight, he collapsed on the arm of an armchair and pulled from his pocket a parchment and a torn photograph to Hermione.
Warily, she took and read the letter, her eyes getting damper with every line. When she finally stopped to look at the picture, her eyes were full of tears.
"Oh, Harry," she said softly, "I'm sorry. Did you find this upstairs? What about the rest?"
"I don't know," the young man said, taking the papers back. "I found them like that. Someone must have..." Stopping, he turned a suspicious glance in Snape's direction. "You! You did come here after Dumbledore's death, didn't you?"
All the eyes turned to the professor, and for the first time, the three teenagers saw what looked like fear pass on his face. Slowly, Snape reached into his robes to get something he handed to his master, carefully avoiding his eyes.
With trembling hands, Harry took what he immediately identified as the rest of the letter and the picture. It only took him a moment to read the last paragraph and contemplate Lily's face.
Then, straightening up, he stepped menacingly toward the professor who had cautiously retreated to the back of the room.
"You bastard," he said in a hoarse voice, wand ready.
"Harry, no," Hermione stopped him. "Let him explain."
"There is nothing to explain, Miss Granger," Snape said, his gaze obstinately fixed on the opposite wall.
"What did you come here for?" Harry roared, his wand pointed at the professor's throat. "Looking for all the information you could give to Voldemort before changing masters?"
"No," Snape replied, "Nothing like that. I came to find answers... I didn't find them."
"Answers about what? Who? How dared you steal these documents, destroy a picture of my family?" Harry said, choking with rage.
"If you would allow me," the wizard said before raising his wand. A quick spell later, the picture was in one piece again. Harry inspected it, suspicious.
"It doesn't change anything, you still had no right to do that," he hissed.
"Forgive me, master," Snape answered in a flat voice.
"And answer my question, what were you looking for?"
"Clues about Horcruxes. Regulus Black's notes. Books."
"Books? What kind of books?" Harry asked distrustfully.
"The Black's library once contained a large quantity of books about dark magic," Snape said without raising his eyes. No need to provoke the brat any further. "Original and very precious documents which I was hoping to find."
"And what for, exactly?" the boy continued.
At that moment only did the professor raise his eyes to meet Harry's, his expression so anxious that the young man was momentarily thrown off.
"Please, master, allow me to decline answering that question."
Harry opened his mouth to answer, but he was interrupted by Hermione who chose that moment to put a hand on his shoulder.
"Leave him, Harry. He cannot lie, don't make him keep talking as well. Professor, is this information important for us to know?" she asked, turning to the man in black.
"No Miss Granger," he answered, his eyes to the floor again.
Hermione turned to Harry and shrugged her shoulders with a slight smile.
"Very well," the young man groused. Actually, he was feeling rather nauseous now. All that had transpired, the way the professor had to bend his head, his slumped shoulders, this toneless voice... it felt all wrong. For a second, he wished he was faced with the potion master he had always known: sarcastic, cutting... he shook his head. No. No, he didn't want that, especially after what just happened. "Do you have anything else in this vein?" he asked sharply, showing the letter and the picture.
"No Master," the slave answered. "Only a few books of little value from your parents' library."
Master. Harry considered tell Snape not to use that word, but... changed his mind. Why not, after all? That was what he was now, whether he liked it or not.
"Where are they? The books, I mean?"
Snape hesitated for a second before answering reluctantly.
"I transferred them, as well as everything else I owned, to a house I bought a few years ago in Devon."
"Bought?" Hermione asked, surprised. "I thought slaves couldn't own anything?"
She blushed, realizing what she had said, but tried not to show her embarrassment.
"That is true," Snape confirmed. "I got help from Dumbledore for that. The papers were done under a fake name, which would have been necessary anyway. It is a muggle property, unknown to the wizarding world."
"And what money did you buy it with?" Harry asked skeptically.
"One year of wages in advance, as well as the money the Potters left me," Snape explained. "When I belonged to your parents, James Potter created a system for selling potions that worked remarkably well. At Lily's request, half of the profits were given to me, and I was able continue after I went to Hogwarts. Also, the house was very cheap, as it was but a ruin when I came into its possession. The place is perfectly habitable today though, I have spent considerable time there in the past few years."
"Then why didn't you take us here when the Death Eater attacked at the wedding?" Harry exploded. "What, you were afraid we would invade your private space?"
Snape shook his head, visibly annoyed.
"It is just an old, muggle, stone house, without any particular protection aside from basic spells, Mr. Potter. This place, on the other hand, is protected by Fidelius, a spell far more powerful than the simply muggle-repellants I placed on Mist Shack."
"Mist Shack? Is it its name?" Harry sneered.
"Albus' idea," the professor said, fighting to contain his irritation.
"Never mind," the young man finally said. "I suppose we'll be fine here anyways. But I'll keep it in mind. Though... who does the house belong to, now that Dumbledore is dead?"
"It's yours," Snape said. "As well as everything inside it."
"Mmm. I don't know what I would do with it. Anyway, don't go back there without telling me first. I want to know where you are."
"Of course."
The voice of the professor was weary, empty of his previous annoyance. Actually, Harry noticed, his eyes were unseeing, his mind obviously some place far away. At Mist Shack, probably. Well, that didn't sit well with him...
"You will keep guard tonight," he said. Then, under the force of Hermione's glare, he added: "For a few hours at least; I want to ensure that we are safe here. If all seems clear at one in the morning, go to sleep. If you have any doubts, wake me up. Do you need anything?"
Snape shook his head negatively. The only thing he wanted right now was to be alone, far away from these excitable teenagers, and especially far away from his overly sensitive master.
It was a bit late to start searching the house again. But once the brats were asleep... Potter hadn't forbidden him from continuing to search for the books, after all. A crucial mistake, really. The boy still had a lot to learn...
Tonight, he would resume his search. The manuscripts had to be here, he knew it... and he wasn't about to let Potter get his hands on them.
No one besides him would get a chance to see them. He would personally make sure of that.
Ahhhh don't you love to hate Harry, eh?
A lot of thanks to Dash11 as usual! And to you all for your reviews, that's the best motivation for writing and translating indeed!
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'Vexx' has nothing new, but is still fun
Picture a cross between Dennis the Menace and Freddy Krueger and you'll have some idea of what you're dealing with when you sit down to play the darkly amusing "Vexx."
The star of this new Xbox title, from Acclaim, has a mischievous look in his eyes and a set of amazingly evil slasher claws like the "Nightmare on Elm Street" movie monster.
However, Vexx is a videogame do-gooder who has vowed to take out Yabu, an evil sorcerer who killed his family and enslaved his world, Astara. He must battle through nine levels to work that bit of magic, solving puzzles and mashing monsters as he goes.
"Vexx" is a classic platform game, and our hero displays all the platforming tricks needed, including an extra-high jump and the ability to cling to ledges and pull himself up. Vexx can also swim and climb selected walls, digging his lethal little claws into the face and hauling himself up.
As with most games in the genre, you have to collect items for various purposes. To move to the next level, you need to acquire a specific number of Shadowraith Hearts, which are hidden around each level and require exploring, jumping, climbing and fighting.
To make that fighting easier, you can power up your talons with the energy from defeated enemies.
While the game doesn't offer any great platforming innovations and shares one of platforming's biggest problems - inconsistent camera angles - it offers a lot of fun for the buck. Vexx is a cute little demon, but he packs a wallop, especially when the talons are fully charged. That lets you touch off a dramatic Talon Blast or use the lightning-quick Talon Dash.
The creatures you face are not difficult to dispatch, although they frequently come in waves. The bosses are tougher, and appear to have had more thought put into them. The first boss, a sumo wrestler you defeat by forcing him out of the ring three times, gives you a taste of things to come.
There are also some neat puzzles to deal with, including an underwater maze that will drown you a few dozen times.
If you find yourself getting bogged down and don't object to using a guide book for help, take a look at the one produced by Prima Games. It's as complete a package as I've seen, and if you can't beat "Vexx" with this in hand, you need to turn in your controller.
Graphics get a B. There's plenty of color, and the dreamy backgrounds of floating boulders in outdoor scenes are quite unusual. The enemy creatures are usually more amusing than menacing.
Control gets a B, too. Getting Vexx to do your bidding is easy, and the fighting scheme is easy to master and full of interesting techniques. There are - surprise! - some camera problems, even with the right stick dedicated to adjusting it.
Sound gets a C. There's not really much to it, beyond weapons effects, the bleatings and squawks of your foes and some brief musical moments after specific actions.
Give "Vexx" a B. I found it to be an entertaining effort, fun to play and sufficiently varied to keep you jabbing buttons to the end.
"Vexx" is rated T, for ages 13 and up.
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I really like using ClassNames and memberNames as convention but I am not sure how I would name the file containing a class.
I like making my classes defined in a file with the exact same name as the class. But I also like making php files all lowercase. So I am conflicted.
If I have a class called ProductGroup should that be defined in ProductGroup.php, productgroup.php, or product_group.php?
I know there is no right answer, so I am looking for what is most common or your opinion of which to use.. which do you use?
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At work we use underscores as folder delimiters and name the files exactly the same as the path. The autoloader is very simple, it just has to replace _ with / and add '.php' to the end. ProjectName_Models_ProductGroup() will always reside in ProjectName/Models/ProductGroup.php. It can make for some very long class names, but it doesn't really matter with an IDE.
You could use the same convention, but just run strtolower() before including the file.
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+1 This is the convention adopted by Zend Framework and seems to be gaining wide acceptance. – bogeymin Oct 11 '10 at 14:56
do you mean you name the class exactly the same as the file path? – systemovich Nov 11 '10 at 7:12
@Geoffery, Yes it is exactly the same except slashes are replaced with underscores. All of our servers run under Linux so capitalization matters and it makes for a very simple autoloader. – Asa Ayers Nov 13 '10 at 2:57
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I would typically put a 'ProductGroup' class into a file named 'ProductGroupClass.php', typically stored in a 'classes' directory structure.
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I think that is overkill. Appending class to a file in a directory called classes seems too redundant – Matt Ellen Oct 11 '10 at 13:41
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I try to name my files the same as the class name but in lower case. This helps out with autoload functions as well.
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I have class files that span applications ("libraries"), and class files specific to applications. The libraries get a prefix to minimize the potential for conflicts with any third-party code we might include, ie. at "My Sweet Company" we might use the class name "MSCPerson" rather than "Person."
We use CamelCase class names, and class files are named CamelCase.class.php. Most class files have the single class and any class-specific exceptions, but this rule is not set in stone. It's nice to have single-class files for vim's gf feature.
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Personally, I store a class named MyClass in a file called MyClass.class.php, inside a classes directory.
My autoload function is then as simple as
function __autoload($class) {
There is no structure inside the classes directory, but in my projects this is never been a problem. If you need to have subdirectories, the method suggested by Asa Ayers is very practical and easy to implement.
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I use a modified version of PEAR Coding Standards. As mentioned before it helps with autoloading, and I find it looks a little cleaner and easier to read IMO. Basically what it comes down to is just decide what works for you and stick to it. As long as all the code looks the same, in the end the rest will fall into place.
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GOP Finally Punches Back: Hey, Check Out this Democratic 'War on Women!'
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4/12/2012 1:59:00 PM - Guy Benson
Sometimes in politics, the best defense is a good offense. As Democrats' invented and utterly mendacious "war on women" meme took hold, many Republicans dithered, scarcely able to clearly identify and refute the straight-up lies being spread about their positions. Having sustained substantial damage, the GOP is at last waking up and firing back. Mitt Romney is flipping the script on Democrats, pointing to empirical data showing that Barack Obama's failed economic policies have disproportionately impacted American women:
This is excellent. Here we have the presumptive Republican nominee, flanked by concerned-looking women, actually using the words "war on women" to describe the huge jobs deficit American women have suffered under Obama's economy. Here's the campaign fact sheet he consults in the clip, which relies on statistics that Washington Post fact-checkers have deemed to be -- I kid you not -- "true but false:"
We cannot fault the RNC’s math, as the numbers add up. But at this point this figure doesn’t mean very much. It may simply a function of a coincidence of timing — a brief blip that could have little to do with “Obama’s job market.” If trends hold up over the next few months, then the RNC might have a better case. But at this point we will give this statistic our rarely used label: True but false.
Translation: Yeah, Republicans' math is completely correct, but we don't like it, because of "blips," or something. Politifact has piled on with a "mostly false" rating of its own, despite acknowledging the accurate calculation. Journalism. I still bristle at the "war" rhetoric here, largely because I don't think it's true that Obama intentionally crafted his policies to hurt women, as that term implies. But this is a classic example of the political 'good for the goose' principle. Democrats fired the first idiotic salvos in this faux "war," so the blowback is on them. One risk here is that Romney's numbers that justify his narrow "92.3 percent" claim only deal with the net loss of roughly three-quarters of a million jobs since the president took office. The unemployment rate has been dropping at a glacial rate, but that still represents an improvement Obama can tout. What's critical, then, is to repeatedly address the shrinking labor force, which artificially inflates the employment benchmark. There are millions of so-called "missing workers" that simply aren't counted in the monthly U3 figures because they've dropped off the employment grid altogether. If today's labor force were equal to the participation rate Obama inherited, March's unemployment rate would have been just shy of 11 percent. The size of the American work force has plummeted to historic lows on this president's watch.
Another piece of ammunition Republicans are using to denounce Obama's "war on women" is the new Washington Free Beacon report that Kate touched on yesterday. After they went after Romney on equal pay for women issues, it's been revealed that Obama's White House pays its female employees $11,000 less per year, on average, than their male colleagues:
As Allahpundit notes, in all fairness, this gap likely exists due to a series of complex factors, especially the rigid salary structure tethered to seniority. So Obama may be getting a bit of a bum rap here -- but I'd still love to hear the party that started the "war on women" food fight explain why so many more men than women happen to hold senior positions in Barack Obama's White House. We're all ears, guys. Now is also probably a good time to remind everyone that this administration has been dubbed a "hostile workplace" and a "boys' club" by former female employees, and that the president doesn't much care for female company when taking part in his favorite recreational activities. Now that liberals are feeling some heat from the fire they set, they're lashing out and exhibiting signs of pathological denial. Not only is Democrat strategist and frequent White House guest Hilary Rosen demeaning cancer survivor and grandmother Ann Romney, she's also trying to claim that Republicans manufactured the "war on women" narrative. Quin Hillyer is floored by the chutzpah of this assertion:
Republicans are spreading it? Really, Ms. Rosen?? Well then, how does this disinformation specialist explain the following fundraising pitch sent out by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, signed by former Speaker Nancy Pelosi? To quote it: "The national media and our opponents will use our grassroots fundraising totals to measure the strength of our opposition to the Republicans’ War on Women." Last I checked, the congressional committee of the president's party does just about nothing without the imprimatur of the White House or of the White House's minions at the Democratic National Committee. Perhaps something gets by once, but if it reappears again and again, it is clear the White House doesn't object. You see, this was not the first DCCC/Pelosi letter that used the same phrase. Several weeks earlier, there was this one, this time adding the word "unrelenting" to the charge. The DCCC even bragged about how much money the letter raised. Or how about when Pelosi called the GOP budget a "war on women"? As Erick Erickson of Red State noted this morning, DNC Chair and demagogic congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz is also fond of the expression.
Democrats are squirming and spinning. It's gotten so bad that Politico has felt compelled to gallop to its preferred political party's defense, explaining in a "news" story that Romney's counter-punch on women has been a "fumble." Their evidence? You guessed it: The "true but false" garbage from fact-checkers. Which reminds me, wasn't it just a few years ago that liberals were using "fake but accurate" information to smear President Bush? Funny how the actual truth seems to take a back seat to the Left's "larger" truthiness in contested presidential election cycles.
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'Salt, Root and Roe'
The Donmar Warehouse's season at the shoebox-sized Trafalgar Studios aims to shine a light on the talents of its resident assistant directors.
The Donmar Warehouse’s season at the shoebox-sized Trafalgar Studios aims to shine a light on the talents of its resident assistant directors. It gets off to an impressive start with Hamish Pirie’s tactful, gentle production of “Salt, Root and Roe,” a drama about a pair of septuagenarian Welsh twins, one of whom has Alzheimer’s. Tim Price’s second play draws us into the eerily beautiful North Pembrokeshire coast, and while it traffics heavily in symbols and maritime metaphors, and leaves a few too many plot points dangling, it has a winning tenderness.
Identical twin sisters Iona (Anna Calder-Marshall) and Anest (Anna Carteret) live together in a farmhouse by the sea. Their father used to joke that he was a merman, and the script is punctuated with interludes of underwater fantasy. When we first glimpse the old ladies, they are playing a game with a jumprope, winding it around their waists and hands, and reeling each other in. It’s an emotionally charged image, evoking the ties that bind them.
So strong is the siblings’ connection that when Iona, who is fast sinking into dementia, decides she wants to die, Anest (played with an empathic warmth by Carteret) resolves not just to assist her, but to join her in a suicide pact. Anest’s nervy daughter Menna (Imogen Stubbs, touchingly despondent) arrives in panicked response to a farewell letter from her aunt. Will she respect their wishes, letting them go gently into that good night together?
Menna has always felt left out by her mother’s bond with her aunt, and it gradually emerges that she has other problems, too. Her OCD-suffering husband, obsessed with cleanliness, likes her to wear latex gloves and routinely burns their clothes on a bonfire.
Calder-Marshall thoroughly inhabits her role, capturing Iona’s increasing befuddlement and vulnerability, as well as her despairing rage, with an unflinching honesty. Chloe Lamford’s design, with its bulging sails hanging overhead, brings to mind a ship’s rigging, as well the billows the sisters are set on wading into, their pockets weighed down with stones.
If “Salt, Root and Roe” occasionally verges on the studiedly whimsical, Price finds moments of sprightly, eccentric comedy in the women’s predicament (Iona absent-mindedly drops Menna’s mobile phone into a brimming teapot). The character of Anest could be more finely drawn, and the relationship between Menna and Anest is undeveloped; this might have been a play about mothers and daughters, as much as sisters and the travails of old age. And it’s distinctly fishy that we never see anyone do something as simple as call a doctor. But the play envelops you in its lulling, dreamy rhythms, and proves moving in unexpected ways.
Salt, Root and Roe
Trafalgar Studios, London; 96 seats; £22 $35 top
A Donmar Warehouse presentation of a play in one act by Tim Price. Directed by Hamish Pirie.
Sets and costumes, Chloe Lamford; lighting, Anna Watson; sound and music, Alex Baranowski; production stage manager Tamsin Palmer. Opened Nov. 14, 2011. Reviewed Nov. 16. Running time: 1 HOUR, 40 MIN.
Iona - Anna Calder-Marshall
Anest - Anna Carteret
Menna - Imogen Stubbs
Gareth/Dad - Roger Evans
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#1Dinger16Posted 3/2/2013 10:38:25 AM
* Infinity Pistol
* Horse Hammer
* Nuke em
* Emperor
* Shreddifier
* Hellfire
#2PyroHorusPosted 3/2/2013 10:42:59 AM(edited)
#3Dinger16(Topic Creator)Posted 3/2/2013 10:44:26 AM
Yea that'd be awesome. My gamertag is Copenhagenman16.
#4KaBoom1322Posted 3/2/2013 11:02:33 AM
lol.You've tried for the hellfire 1000s of times.
You are not entitled to anything in this game.
#5Dinger16(Topic Creator)Posted 3/2/2013 11:07:27 AM
Yea. I know
#6killbot357Posted 3/2/2013 11:28:06 AM
Horse Hammer huh
That sounds pretty good!
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Hey guys,
I can see on the other thread that some are recommending applying iodine to skin and checking for absorption. There appears to be quite a bit of confusion on this test and it seems like the test itself is meaningless.
Basically speaking, most of the iodine simply evaporates.
This really leaves a more simple question, how does one actually test for iodine content?
Here is an article on the matter:
The bioavailability of iodine applied to the skin
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The Surface Phone rumours had me scratching my head. Initially I dismissed them because it just didn't make sense, and sounded like someone was just going off on a what-if based on a render (and hey, concept renders are cool). The reason for the Surface was because none of MS' Windows 8 hardware partners were making a good Windows 8, and especially RT, tablet, so they had to make it themselves.
But that's not the case with Windows Phone, and Microsoft would have known this. Nokia is making a great phone with the Lumia 920 that's being compared against the iPhone 5 and the Galaxy S3. It's a de-facto flagship phone, and the 8X comes in quite nicely right underneath it. It doesn't make sense for Microsoft to try to compete with the Lumia 920 or the 8X (more importantly there's a question whether they actually could, only Nokia, RIM and Motorola make good phone phones, every other manufacturer can make good connected PDAs, but the sound quality in calls and reception leaves much to be desired, so Nokia is the only company that could build them a good Surface Phone).
Despite all these reasons that I'd dismiss the Surface Phone rumours, they're pretty persistent, with several sites saying they have insider information and are quite confident that the rumour is true, so I've tried making sense of it.
Apple has long been uncontested with the iPod touch, MS did try with the Zune HD, but only sold it in the states. Samsung made some lacklustre attempts with the Galaxy Player, as did Archos, but I don't think I've seen an ICS or higher Android competitor to the iPod touch. The iPod touch is definitely a big boon to the iOS ecosystem and marketshare. If, for whatever reason, you can't get a phone, or don't want one, but want the apps, the iPod touch is your one option.
A Surface Pocket would provide an alternative to the iPod touch. It would boost WP8 sales where the phones just wouldn't get them. The new iPod touch just went up to $300, so they could even undercut the price selling for $250 (even if they need to go to a 16GB version). It won't outsell the iPod touch out the gate by any means, but it will get WP8 into more hands than would otherwise happen. It'll grow WP8's marketshare without taking sales away from Nokia, HTC and Samsung, and it wouldn't leave investors and consumers confused and worried about phones from Nokia or HTC if MS is making a surface phone. The VaporMg case design would also work just fine with a Surface Pocket, as there's no concern about interfering with the cellular signal.
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WASHINGTON, May 6— ''The budget document is just a political document,'' said Senator Paul Laxalt. ''As soon as we adopt one, it's quickly forgotten.''
It is true that old budgets do not make popular bedtime reading. But the annual ritual of adopting a spending plan for the Federal Government tells more about the politics and priorities of Congress than any other event on the legislative calendar. And this week the unsuccessful efforts of the Senate Republicans to adopt a budget have divided them into three unhappy and unyielding factions.
This fragmentation reflects the evolution of the Republicans from minority to majority status, from outsider to insider. For the last generation, they have been the critics of the legislative process, not the architects of it, and they are not used to the compromise and accommodation that make that process function smoothly.
''It's a different experience for us, so it's been difficult,'' said Senator Richard G. Lugar, Republican of Indiana. Senator Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa, recalled his years as a Congressman and added wistfully, ''It's doggone easy being a member of the minority of the House of Representatives.'' Shift of Power
The Republicans hold 54 Senate seats, so if the Democrats stay united the loss of just five Republican votes could shift the balance of power to a new coalition. Accordingly, both wings of the party have sensed the chance to exert leverage on the leadership by threatening to defect.
The right-wing group, which includes perhaps 10 to 15 senators, has three basic tenets: increasing military spending dramatically; trimming domestic social programs as much as possible and defending the 10 percent income tax cut scheduled for July 1. Only such a cut, they argue, can stimulate the economy, while depriving the Government and Congressional liberals of the ability to spend more money.
The liberal-moderate faction, with five overt adherents and several covert ones, takes the opposite view: hold down military spending increases, protect domestic programs and jettison the tax cut. Otherwise, they maintain, the deficit will swell to monstrous proportions, sending up interest rates and choking off the nation's economic recovery.
The third group, which might be called the pragmatic conservatives, includes the Republican leadership and more than half of the backbenchers. They are searching for a middle ground but have not yet found one. A Campaign War Cry
In the 1980 campaign, these differences were submerged under a single war cry: ''We're not the Democrats.'' And in the first two years of the Reagan Presidency, the Republican legislators were bound together by loyalty to their new leader and pressure from the folks back home.
Those pressures have waned, and many Senate Republicans believe their current disagreements stem from a failure of leadership in the White House. But their criticisms are often contradictory.
Senator Grassley, a pragmatic conservative, accuses President Reagan of charting a ''fuzzy'' course for the party and the public. However, the moderates fault Mr. Reagan for being too rigid, particularly on tax matters.
Many lawmakers say the President has lost much of his ability to enforce party unity by rallying public support for his program. As Senator Dan Quayle, Republican of Indiana, put it, the President ''doesn't have the big consensus or mandate'' behind him that he once did.
In the absence of that consensus, the factions have grown bolder. The conservatives fear the President is drifting toward the middle, and instead of shouting, ''Let Reagan be Reagan,'' their cry is now more like, ''Make Reagan be Reagan.'' Lure of the Middle
The moderates, in turn, feel the Republican Party must move toward the middle to survive. Many of them never shared Mr. Reagan's faith in ''supply side economics'' and in the notion that large tax cuts would produce recovery. Now they fear that continued devotion to that policy will strangle the aging industrial regions that many of them represent.
As Senator Charles McC. Mathias Jr., Republican of Maryland, put it, ''The President is frequently caught between the right wing and the right thing.''
As Senator Laxalt noted, the budget is primarily a political document, and 19 Republican seats are up for re-election. As a result, admitted the Nevada Republican, many lawmakers are ''protecting their political flanks'' by staking out an independent position on the budget.
The moderates also insist that Mr. Reagan and the Republicans must demonstrate a more humane attitude and convince voters that, as Senator Mathias put it, they ''are not just the party of the rich.''
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You have a douchy shirtless picture, I'm the type of girl that's after your brain not so much your body (although if they come together that's a major win haha). If you can't speak or spell properly. You had to take English in school, unlike crazy calculus, use it daily! Also, don't b $pellin lik dis! I may jokingly talk like that, but seriously you won't get a response. If you send me a 5 word message, and I'm sure "hey, sexy" will probably the first 2, no soup for you! Alright, now that I'm done ripping apart your manhood haha, if you'd like to continue reading feel free. I love having meaningful, thought provoking conversations and I promise I'm kinder than that paragraph made me out to be!
I can be pretty outgoing, but also enjoy some much needed quiet time after dealing with people all day. I'm down to earth and I love surrounding myself with good people. When it's warm out prefer to be outside hiking, kayaking, or just taking my dogs for a walk, but in the winter I become more dormant haha...I'm new to this, I guess I like long walks on the beach and other cliché things too haha
What I’m doing with my life
I was going to a fancy school for Zoology, but unfortunately I had to take some time off because it got too expensive. Yay private school! Now my work owns my soul haha. But with every fiber of my being, I plan on going back as soon as I can!
I’m really good at
Making people laugh, I'm known to be pretty sarcastic and witty. I love photography and anything artsy fartsy. I'm always honest about everything. I love music and was pretty good at playing the clarinet, I was in a youth symphony when I was in high school. I'm also pretty good at softball and tennis although I don't do either of them much anymore. I can also quote movies like a mofo!
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I'm very friendly, kind, patient and easy to talk to. Maybe my eyes too
Favorite books, movies, shows, music, and food
Books: Harry Potter, 1984, The Bell Jar, Lord of the Flies, To Kill a Mockingbird. I have this weird hobby where I collect quotes, I know it's not a book but it does have to do with reading haha.
Shows: HIMYM, It's Always Sunny, Grey's Anatomy, Face Off, The Office, Workaholics, Supernatural, Sherlock (the BBC one) Doctor Who..the list could go on and on.
Movies: Dodgeball, Good Will Hunting, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Planet Earth, Harry Potter, Fried Green Tomatoes, Cider House Rules, Hannibal...this list is probably longer than the TV Shows haha
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Food: I enjoy any kind of food, and that's no lie. I'm always up for trying new things as well.
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Hmm..I don't know what to write here without sounding like everyone else. I guess the basic necessities (I'm going to count that as one even though it's like four), peppermint tea, my dog, family and friends, and the final one. Lets go with, what is music for my final answer Trebek.
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The future of onscreen keyboards
by spiderman on Sat 27th Oct 2012 21:40 UTC
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I have a lot of interest in onscreen keyboards and I am a contributor of the Florence Virtual Keyboard project:
I believe there is a lot of things to improve and that our current onscreen keyboards suck.
Koreans have it easy but Chinese must use methods like pinyin and wubi which require training. I am currently working on a new input method for Florence where the user could just draw the glyph and it would input a character.
Development is slow and there are a lot of problems to overcome (GNOME desktop instability, patents to work around, lack of funding, etc) but I believe we can make something better than what currently exists.
For latin input, I like dasher. With good training, it's much more effective than an onscreen keyboard.
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Article about gay marriage appears to promote it
Apr 18 2013 - 3:00pm
The April 18 news article, "WSU psychology professors address gay marriage pros and cons" spoke volumes about the paper's position on this subject.
This article did nothing to explain or justify the feelings behind peoples' opposition to gay marriage, but rather, treated the cons as a mere after thought. After taking three short paragraphs to list the cons, the writers and editors then spent an entire newspaper column explaining the pros for gay marriage and reasons why everyone should embrace it. This article was most blatantly unbalanced, and as such should have appeared in the opinion section of your paper. It was hardly qualified for the front page. Is the Standard-Examiner a newspaper or a venue for propaganda?
One more thought on this subject: Let's give the paper the benefit of the doubt and assume that the event was reported as it played out on the WSU campus. If this is the case, then Azenett Garza and Maria Parrilla de Kokal, failed to attain their stated goal of "promoting understanding of diverse communities". If this article accurately reported the event, then the event itself effectively silenced the voice of those who oppose gay marriage, all in the name of diversity.
To all parties involved in the printing of this article, and in the event I ask: Just exactly how does that promote understanding?
Paul Wakefield
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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What's the best GPU I can get on an AMD 3500+ 64bit cpu?
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I recently upgraded to Windows 7 and am running 64bit with 2gb dual channel ram and an antec truepower 600w psu, geforce 7950gt, and an AMD 3500+ 64bit cpu. I think its an MS-7093 motherboard.
I wanted to get a directx10 or 11 card and was looking at the ATI 4850 but will it just bottleneck?? If so, whats the best ATI GPU that I can run??
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AMD 3500+ is a 2.2ghz single-core, right?
I wouldn't run more than an HD5570 on that. My HD4650 is bottlenecked by my E1400 (2x2ghz Celeron).
yea its a 2.2ghz single core.
so youre saying an hd4850 will run fine on my old processor?
isnt an e1400 a dual core and therefore faster processor?
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Have you considered replacing the processor/motherboard/ram? For $200 you can get a Athlon II x2, a motherboard to go with it, 2 gigs of DDR2 800 and an HD4670. That processor would be 4ish times faster than your current processor and paired with the HD4670 it will give you much, much, better results in terms of gaming performance. Something like this perhaps;
For $100 more you could make it quadcore, 4gigs of ram, HD4850 instead.
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shaunm138 said:
That is the opposite of what he is saying. The card he recommended about half as powerful as an HD4850 and will still be limited by your processor in almost all games.
thank you very much jyjjy, you were very helpful. so since i'll be getting a new mobo, cpu, ram, and gpu, i won't have any conflict with any other hardware will i? will the socket matter? None of that stuff matters too much does it...
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Nah, the only conflicts would be if the cpu and ram fit on the motherboard and you would be replacing all the components that might be incompatible with each other.
Other than that the only concern I can think of would be that the motherboard in that combo only has one IDE port so you will only be able to use two IDE devices(old hard/dvd/cd drives.) I believe there are IDE to SATA adapters if necessary though.
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Yeah, with that setup you will be able to play any game smoothly at reasonably high settings on a monitor with a resolution of 1280x1024 and below.
A nice part is that processor is basically the lowest end AM3 cpu so it is highly upgradeable. When you have more money you can put a Phenom II x4 in there for another large upgrade.
so i noticed the chipset on the mobo is nvidia...someone told me that its better to run nvidia gpus on nvidia chipsets and not ati...any truth to that?
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Nah, it doesn't matter. The only issue would be if it was an SLI board then you couldn't use 2 ATI cards in crossfire but it only has one PCIe x16 slot so that is irrelevant.
What resolution is your monitor BTW?
Ok cool...this is just a quick fix anyway so i can play some games in between finding a job and such...dont see when i'll be using 2 cards anytime soon, maybe when i have the money i'll make a nice rig..
Unfortunately my monitor resolution is 1680x1050 native im on an LG Flatron 1400:1 contrast 20" lcd not sure the ms time...
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Well that card is weaker(8ish% I believe) and more expensive.
It is significantly more power efficient and should still be pretty good 1680x1050 however. But I would recommend the $100 one instead;
If you can afford it this would be optimal;
That's a very nice deal for that card. It is DX11 compatible, extremely power efficient and good even for 1920x1080 if you ever upgrade you monitor or want to game on a 1080p HDTV.
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You talkin' to me, world? You talkin' to me? I'm the only empire around.
These are the three key elements of Republican belief and election strategy. Bush wants to expand the military into the major instrument in foreign policy. When you come right down to it, there probably is not that much difference between Kerry and Bush on Iraq. Because of tradition, Democrats ought to be able to take the initiative on jobs, but this is difficult because Clinton-Gore basically dissed what's left of the rank-and-file labor movement and scorned the assorted mix of liberals and leftists because they were, as the Democratic Leadership Council never fails to point out, a bunch of sorehead losers who caused the party to crumble during the 1980s. Instead of instituting bold programs to revive manufacturing and directly seeking to stop outsourcing, Clinton introduced a tax write-off here and there.
Women, on the other hand, hold out real promise for Kerry in the election. In recognition of their importance, the Bush strategists at last week's convention in New York went out of their way to offer a smidgeon of enticement to women, allowing that there was room to discuss abortion within the party and offering up their admiring support for a parade of the plutocratic women of the Bush family at a reception at the Waldorf-Astoria. Laura Bush came forward to explain what a vulnerable guy her husband really is and how much he cares. The press took this as a gesture to married women—who might be wavering because of the war—to see just what a terribly conflicted man her husband has been on this subject.
In the 2000 election, women represented 52 percent of the total electorate, but the Kerry campaign says 22 million unmarried women didn't vote. The Democratic campaign claims that nearly three-quarters of this group of nonvoters are for Kerry this time around. A survey of Gallup polls over the first half of 2004 shows that registered women voters are pretty much split between Kerry and Bush, with married women tending to favor the president and unmarried women going for Kerry.
On the face of it, women ought to be fed up with Bush, in part because of his attacks on abortion and stem cell research and his continuing assault on women who don't fit into the social-policy niche of the nuclear family—on all aspects of choices for women, including health care issues and the problem of poverty and ill health among elderly women. In this jobless "recovery," more women than men are unemployed and stay unemployed longer than men. Perhaps the most insidious attacks on women have come from Bush's clever manipulation of government reports, which on issues such as health care simply have cut women out of the loop. Information that might help them figure out matters relating to health has disappeared from federal websites.
This is one area where Kerry appears to be consistent and focused, and where the DLC, the center left, minorities, and labor—the party's foundations—seem to be united.
Additional reporting: Laurie Anne Agnese
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Multi-Screen Mania: How Our Devices Work Together
Tue, 09/04/2012 - 6:23am
With more devices at our disposal, users are finding ways to spread out their tasks between screens, moving from smartphones to PCs and tablets. That’s one of the findings of a new multi-screen study by Google.
• Working between devices
It turns out that 90 percent of people move between devices to accomplish a task, with virtually all of those people completing their task in one day. The most popular starting point is the smartphone, which is used to gather information, shop online and engage in social networking. In most cases, the tasks are continued on a PC though tablets are also becoming a popular option for continuing social networking and watching videos. Shopping, for example, is a popular task, with 67 percent of respondents moving from screen to screen to complete a purchase.
PCs are becoming the workhorse for more complex duties such as planning a trip and managing finances. About 30 percent of those tasks are carried over to smartphones. Tablets have much less penetration but they are most used to conduct trip planning, online shopping and video viewing with carryover usually extending to a PC. Search is often the link for many tasks, helping users pick up where they left off.
Pivoting between screens
It’s not just sequential use, consumers are also spending a lot of time using devices at the same time. For example, 77 percent of the time when consumers are watching TV, they’re also on another device. The most popular screen combination is the TV and smartphone (81 percent), followed by smartphone/PC and PC/TV (both 66 percent). More than three quarters (78 percent) of simultaneous use is multi-tasking, or tackling two different jobs at the same time such as watching TV while emailing. But 22 percent is complementary use, in which a user begins a task based on what they’re seeing on another screen, for instance looking up an ad or an actor seen on TV.
The smartphone is becoming the go-to device for a lot of tasks because it’s often the most readily available device. But it’s also prompting a lot of new tasks that aren’t planned. Google found that 80 percent of smartphone searches were spontaneous, meaning people began a job based on something they encountered or remembered. That’s very different from PCs, where half of the tasks are planned.
How to capitalize on the multi-screen usage
Jason Spero, Google’s head of Global Mobile Sales & Strategy, said the implications for publishers and marketers is that they need to build their strategies around this multi-screen reality. They need to be everywhere that their customers are and they should present a consistent experience between platforms. If they can, they should consider ways to follow users as they move between devices so they can maintain a seamless experience.
“You have to be there when the customer is looking for you and the customer is looking in a new combination of ways,” Spero said. “There are a series of starting points all along the way and if they have a crummy experience somewhere, then you’re not in consideration.”
Of course, this is largely beneficial to Google, which has been pushing advertisers and publishers to gear up for mobile and has been trying to get a TV platform off the ground. And the insights on how search connects multi-screen usage also boosts the importance of Google’s core product.
But the results are still interesting in painting a picture about how intertwined our device usage is. This may be obvious to some but people these days are really using them all in concert, turning to certain devices when it’s more convenient or more helpful for a specific task. This may present a challenge for marketers and publishers, who have to contend with more screens. But it’s an opportunity as well for companies that understand how to hold on to a user’s attention as it increasingly zips back and forth between devices.
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Title: A Far, Far Better Thing
Series: DS9-hist
Rating: [R] for implied non-cons, some physical intimacy, and a little
bit of gore.
Version: Beta
Summary: Based on the rumors of the upcoming "Wrongs Darker" (it's not
really a spoiler, since I haven't seen the ep) I wrote this amendment to
my original story of Kira Nerys' history ("The Music Makers"), changing
the scene of her mother's death to...this. The subject heading says
K/Du, and it *is*, just not the K/Du you'd expect. :) This is set in
the Federation year 2346 (Card's withdrew in 2368), on Bajor.
A Far, Far Better Thing
It was a cool room; it was a good day. It was the height of summer, but
the air circulators in the basement offices hissed full-blast, and Meru
found herself, for the first time in weeks, underdressed for the
climate. And she was loving it. It was a hateful place; it was a hateful
time. It was war and oppression and the stink of rotting, sweaty bodies
that was always there, lingering, painting rings around the edges of the
sterile basement office. It was blood, and starvation, and the hottest
summer in years, decades. It was a time of drought, the lakes sucking
inward from the bone-dry rocks of shore. It was a time forsaken by the
prophets, a time of mortals hands bloodied from weapons or slave labor,
a time of many, many more deaths than births. But it was a cool room,
and it was a good day. She found a smile where she could.
She was filing, which beat mine work a thousand times over, and she had
to bite her tongue on more than one occasion to keep from whistling
while she worked. It was enough for her not to be on her knees,
whip-lashed, sweating, her lips and eyeballs cracking from dehydration;
she felt no compulsion to let her overseers know that she was almost,
*almost* enjoying herself. She punched in the next access code on her
list, began separating files into subdirectories.
"Who's got 299-blue through 400?" the Bajoran man at the console beside
her, Yzak, addressed Meru and the other four workers.
"I just input the last batch of them now," Meru replied. "I'm in the
tertiary database in the blue filemanager. Do you need me to find
"I've got a file which crossreferences something in blue, and Gul
Namerov wants a hyperlink. Can you upload the directory name to my
console so I can do a search for it?" Even Yzak's voice sounded chipper
today; last time Meru had worked beside him they'd been digging
waste-disposal ditches, and he'd barely uttered two words except to ask
her to pass the water canteen. Yes, it was a good day.
"On their way," she said, inputting his server name and transferring the
file codes to his console.
There was only one supervisor on duty, a Glin-something-or-other, and he
was sitting crosslegged at the desk, reading, not particularly
interested in the parley among the slaves. Chatting while they worked
was another luxury not to come again in the near future, and the
Bajorans were taking advantage of it.
"Van Teprim finally gave birth," announced a stocky woman at one of the
wall consoles.
"Amazing," laughed Meru. "I was beginning to think that baby would
never come out. It's been, what, eight months?"
"It's a boy," the woman, Maiaya, said with a grin. "An adorable little
gift from the Prophets. She's calling him Nerys."
"Really?" Meru chuckled. "That's my daughter's name! I know it's a
boy's name, but 'tomorrow' just seemed like the perfect choice for a
name for the new generation."
"That's what Teprim said," Maiaya nodded, chewing her lip as she sorted
files. "I think it's pretty. How old is your daughter?"
"She'll be three in half a moon," Meru said. "She's not talking yet. My
husband and I are beginning to wonder if we should be concerned."
Maiaya cast a glance in the direction of the supervisor and shook her
head, a small enough movement as to be nearly imperceptible. "No," she
said abruptly. "I wouldn't worry." Meru was sure this wasn't what
Maiaya had intended to say, and the room felt just a bit colder as she
returned her focus to the filing in front of her.
Something beeped. And beeped again.
The six Bajorans looked up in unison, trying to locate the source of the
noise, and the supervisor, upon reading something on his console, stood.
Meru shuddered despite herself.
"Aily Maiaya, Kira Meru, Masa Tzo," he announced without preamble. The
three women in question stood still, waiting for further instructions.
"Report to launching area five in Singha proper," he continued. "Your
assignments have been changed."
//Okay,// thought Meru, preparing herself mentally for the heat of the
outdoors. //We're on plasma-unit repair. I've had worse jobs.//
Following the guard who had been standing outside the door, the women
started up the spiralling staircase of the sentry office.
That was the last time anyone saw Kira Meru alive. When she didn't come
home from work that night, Taban, along with Aily Prem and Masa Jiaka,
sent out a buzz across the Singha camp to begin a search for their
missing wives. A week passed, then two, with the men no more enlightened
then they'd been that first summer night. Nerys and Miko didn't quite
understand, but Onep, along with Masa's daughter Laren, understood that
their mothers were dead by Cardassian hands, despite Taban and Jiaka's
attempts to construct plausible stories to explain the disappearances.
Autumn came but the heat wave never broke. One evening, Onep and Laren
were working in the orchards when their overseer informed them that Gul
Namerov himself wished to speak with them. Before he uttered the words,
they knew.
"I regret to inform you," he began in a low, thundering Dakhur dialect,
heavily accented with the Kardasi hiss, "that I have received word from
our shipbuilding facilities in orbit that Kira Meru and Masa Tzo have
died. It seems that the Bajoran workers were unable to ration their food
supply adequately, and I'm afraid your mothers starved to death before
any of the overseers were able to procure more supplies. Please relay my
apologies to your families."
Onep nodded somberly, but Laren spat at the ground. Onep touched her
"I understand," Namerov continued. "You blame us. I assure you, the
officers assigned to the shipbuilding facilities are committed to caring
for their workers. Any problems the Bajorans may have had come from your
own people's inability to cooperate. Again, however, I offer my sincere
apologies for your loss."
"Thank you," Onep managed, and, grabbing Laren's hand, he raced through
the orchards to the barracks.
She hadn't seen daylight in what seemed like weeks. The tent was barely
large enough for the three women, and they were forbidden to leave its
walls unless summoned, so Meru found herself with a lot of time to
contemplate her hatred. They took turns. One night, Meru would be
summoned to the prefect's quarters, Maiaya the next, Tzo the next. And
for each it was the same. The woman would report to the main building,
escorted by the on-duty glin. Once inside, she would be asked to remove
her clothing, and she would be washed thoroughly, head to toe, her hands
clamped in place behind her while the Cardassian who was sponging her
ogled her starved and bony form with something akin to disgust.
Sufficiently cleansed and scented with vile Cardassian perfumes (which
took days to dissipate, at which point it was time to be scrubbed
again), she was led, naked and dripping, up the wide stone stairs to the
prefect's quarters. He was always otherwise engaged -- reading, on a
comcall, downloading files -- and he'd wave a hand at the woman, telling
her to sit down on the bed, he'd be right with her. Between the scent of
the perfume and the balmy-to-humid climate Cardassians seemed to prefer,
she'd sit, nearly suffocating, goosebumps rising on her exposed flesh.
Waiting. And then the prefect would finally complete his task -- she was
always surprised, and furious, to realize that she'd actually been
*impatient,* waiting -- and start towards her with grin playing at his
mouth. "Well," he'd say, without fail, "what shall we do tonight?" And
it was always the same.
Afterward, bruised, sore and bitten, her hips so strained that it hurt
to walk, she was led downstairs, her insect-ridden garment returned to
her, and she was tossed back into the tent with the other women, to
await her turn again.
They didn't even know what province they were in.
After the first week, the women didn't talk much; they'd run out of
things to say. Maiaya had no children, and Tzo and Meru had stopped
speaking of theirs; it hurt too much. Once in a while they'd bring up
the resistance, speculate on what the brave Bajoran soldiers were up to
that would finally liberate this world, but the words were hollow and
they knew it. Meru wanted to believe it, but she knew, had known since
she named her daughter 'Nerys' that it was tomorrow's generation who
would liberate their world, not Meru's own. It was too late for her,
but the new generation, the children who were being taken in by the new
resistance cels that were forming had a chance at living in peace, and
having their world back. But not until then. Not for years.
They never spoke of their spouses -- Tzo and Meru's husbands, Maiaya's
wife, left back in Singha -- somehow, that brought it all into focus,
made the separation too final, and the horrible violations the prefect
was performing on them nightly, too real. Meru prayed to Taban,
sometimes, begging him to take care of the children, and to forgive her
for abandoning them, but when she was lying in bed under the prefect's
heavy, armored frame, she would talk to herself, talk herself to
distraction to avoid letting her mind touch on Taban, alone in the bed
they used to share. It wasn't the same. It wasn't the same. What Meru
did in the prefect's quarters was no different from any other job she'd
held under the mercy of Cardassian overseers; it was a job. And she did
it. And she never, never let herself think about what this man was doing
to her, how he was mining her like blasted stone from the inside. Never.
And the women never spoke of it.
Sometimes Maiaya would sing -- battle hymns, generally -- and Tzo and
Meru, both with tin ears, would listen solemnly, unsmiling, as if the
lyrics in the ancient tongue were some code that, if they could only
crack it, would spell their freedom. In an effort to keep them "shapely"
(the glin's words), they were fed quite well, but the food was
Cardassian, pasty and bland, and the women could barely stomach it. Tzo
would eat, and Meru and Maiaya would offer her their leftovers, in the
hopes that the prefect would take a liking to her "shapely" form and
perhaps give her better treatment. But she would come home from her
encounters as bruised as the other two, and tell the same story they'd
each been telling, every night.
It must have been early winter when the on-duty glin came to collect
Meru for the second night in a row. "He asked for you again," the glin
explained. Casting a terrified glance at her compatriots, Kira Meru
exited out into the foreign-familiar Bajoran night.
After the scrubdown, Meru started for the stairs, knowing the drill by
rote, wanting desperately for it to be over with. "Not yet," the glin
said, clapping a hand on her shoulder and stopping her in her tracks. He
steered her back into the atrium where she'd been bathed, and slid open
the door to a shiny alloy cabinet. From it, he drew a plaited, wooly
bundle, which he pressed against Meru's damp breast. "Put it on," he
said. "Legate's orders."
She shook it out, and saw that it was a robe, cableknit from some
luxurious wool and belted at the waist with a wide ribbon. She slid her
arms into the sleeves, thankful for the protection from the dank air and
scrutinous eyes. Warm and shivering, she blinked up at the glin,
awaiting instruction. "Go on up," he said. "You know the way."
//Alone?// she didn't say, but instead turned on her heel and started
for the stairs.
When she opened the door to the prefect's quarters, he was waiting for
her. *He* was waiting for *her*. He was seated on the bed, crosslegged,
with a tray of fruit and a bottle of spring wine -- spring wine! --
beside him. And he smiled when she walked in. At first she thought she
was dead, and was dismayed at the cruel joke the prophets were playing,
but the ache in her groin and the teethmarks across her arms and neck
reminded her that she was very much alive. Her world was growing more
bizarre by the moment, but she was very much alive.
"Hello, my dear," the legate cooed. "Please, sit down."
Unable to formulate a good reason not to, she complied. "Yes, sir."
"Please," he said. "Call me Dukat."
"Yes, Legate Dukat," she said, furrowing her brow.
"Dukat," he said with a grin. "Just Dukat."
She merely nodded, petrified. //I should slap him,// she thought, //spit
in his face, holler to the Prophets for vengeance against all he's done
to us.// Hating herself for her cowardace, willing herself to feel some
instinct other than self-preservation, she sat stock still and waited to
see how this would play out.
"Have some wine," he said, pouring a glass and holding it out to her.
//Yes. Have some wine. Dull the pain.// Nodding again, she took the
glass from him, downed the strong alcohol in one gulp.
"Tell me about yourself," he said, refilling her glass. "Tell me about
your family."
"They're slaves!" she said before she could catch herself, but Dukat
merely shook his head and smiled knowingly.
"Personally," he said, "I despise the actions that Gul Namerov has taken
in the Singha facility. Shall I have him replaced?"
"He beats people at random; every month he declares what he calls a
'holiday,' where five innocent people get executed in public. If those
are grounds for dismissal in this tyrannical culture of yours, I'd say
replace him," she said, her tongue loosened by the wine and Dukat's
apparent sympathy.
"That's terrible," he said. "That is no way to train workers who are
under your command. He should be nurturing you, helping you learn, and
grow. I have no taste for violence," Dukat clicked his tongue.
"But you have no problem with fucking us twice a week!" Meru spat
before she could stop herself; Dukat's syrupy words cut her to the bone.
Regretting the outburst immediately, she searched Dukat's face for signs
of response.
At first it looked like he would strike her, but then his face fell, and
he looked at the floor. "I regret that," he said. "I'm sorry."
"What's going to happen to them?" she asked. "Maiaya and Tzo. I imagine
I'm to stay here with you." She hadn't made that leap until the words
were out of her mouth, but as soon as she uttered them she knew they
were true. She was to be Dukat's consort; he had chosen her. She
supposed she should be flattered, but hate and bile rose in her throat.
"They will be returned to Singha as soon as I can arrange for transport.
And, yes, you're correct. I'd like for you to live here in headquarters
with me; it must have been *anguish* living in that wretched tent all
these weeks."
"So why did you order us to live out there?" she asked.
"I had to!" Dukat lost control for a moment, tossing his head, his onyx
hair swinging wildly around his face. "Don't you understand? I'm the
Prefect of this annex! I am in charge of the entire Bajoran project! I
had to set a strong example! Half my men are older than I am; I had to
prove to them that I was to be respected as a leader!" He slammed his
fists into his thighs and refused to meet Meru's gaze. "But I was
wrong. I know that now. A good leader is respected for his powerful
mind, not his 'tyrannical' actions, as you so aptly put it. I am an
intelligent man. A great man. I am the youngest member of the Cardassian
military ever to be risen to the rank of Legate, and I am a credit to my
title! Centuries from now, when this world takes its stand as a strong
and powerful part of the great Cardassian Empire, people will remember
the name Dukat as the man who began it all. And do you know why?" Dukat
looked to Meru, not really expecting an answer. There was a long pause,
and Meru tried to take in what Dukat was saying. But his next words
shocked her. "Because...I love Bajor."
"What?" she asked, leaning over to try and catch a glimpse of his face
as he stared at the floor.
"I do," he said, attempting a laugh which stumbled over the lump in his
throat. "At first, it was just a job. Central Command sends me out here
and says: 'annex!' But this is a beautiful world; your people are so
good, and simple, and kind...under our tutelage, you could learn to
become great, as we have. That's all I want; all I've ever wanted. For
our two peoples to coexist peaceably."
And, for a moment, Meru understood. //They want to be more like *us*.
They can be enlightened by our peace, our spirituality and wisdom, just
as they believe we can be enlightened by their power and strength.// For
a moment, it all made sense; the occupation, the resistance, the
Cardassian brutality and slaughter. While she couldn't forgive Dukat for
what his people were doing to her world, she understood that it was the
Prophets' will, to teach the misguided Cardassian race a little of what
the Bajorans already understood about peace, and faith, and love. And
she was to be their emissary. For a moment, it all made sense, hanging
above the bed, above the two of them, shimmering in its crystalline
perfection. It was the truth; the awful, horrible, genocidal truth. And
a moment was all it took.
Meru reached out and touched Dukat's shoulder, gently. "I understand,"
she said.
Dukat looked up, his face wrought with pain. "You do?" he whispered.
"You forgive me?"
"No," she said. "I don't forgive you. But the Prophets will save your
soul. I can help you."
Dukat reached out, slowly, and traced a finger across Meru's face, the
touch so unlike the violent attacks of the previous weeks that Meru
shuddered. "Thank you," he said.
He pulled her head toward his, gently. "Maiaya taught me this," he
whispered, touching the corner of her mouth with his exploring finger.
"She was drunk; I think she threw *me* down that night. She used to
struggle, and fight; the other one -- Tzo? -- used to scream, to let out
these uncanny high-pitched wails. Only you were resigned, were at peace.
I could see the faith in you, and the confidence that everything would
someday come right. I respect you for that. But Maiaya did teach me one
thing about Bajoran custom, and I thank her for that..." So saying, he
tipped his head and closed his eyes and pressed his lips to Meru's,
letting their tongues taste one another, their moist mouths move
Meru sighed, the tenderness of the kiss more moving than she'd
expected. She weakened, and allowed herself to fall into Dukat's
embrace. //Prophets, grant me the courage to help this lonely,
misunderstood man....// she thought. And somewhere, on that winter
night, the Prophets heard.
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Whenever fans in the Steel City reflect on the great tradition of Pittsburgh Steelers football, they're among an elite class. After all, few teams in the NFL have given their loyal followers so many memories, wonderful wins and timeless moments.
The A-list for most would include the Immaculate Reception, Santonio Holmes' fingertip catch and toe-tapping touchdown in Super Bowl XLIII, Lambert lambasting Cliff Harris and Harbaugh's heart-wrenching Hail Mary attempt at Three Rivers among others.
One of the proudest moments for the Black and Gold came in an era that isn't remembered as dominant for the City of Champions. In fact, on October 14, 1984, Pittsburgh traveled to Candlestick Park as a shell of the dynasty that had won its fourth Lombardi Trophy less than five years earlier. Lost in the mix of great moments in Pittsburgh sports history, the contest literally may have changed NFL history against all odds.
In today's game, deep undefeated stretches seem common. Teams finish anywhere from 14-2 to the once unthinkable 16-0, at least one team vying for an undefeated campaign late into December almost annually. In 2009, both the Saints and Colts (who are 0-13 in 2011, ironically) didn't lose until the final month.
Despite some great teams' best efforts, only one team has still accomplished the goal of winning every game. Unlike today, teams didn't go deep into December unblemished in the 80s. The 1985 Bears, who traveled to Miami with a 13-0 record, were rarities. San Francisco could have easily joined the fraternity, if not finished undefeated, if not for Pittsburgh.
The 49ers, eventual champions, would end Super Bowl Sunday with an 18-1 mark. Their only blemish came against the Men of Steel. The emotionally charged contest is an accomplishment not recalled nearly often enough in western Pennsylvania.
Making Pittsburgh's disruption of history more impressive was the quality of the opponent.
The San Francisco 49ers were revolutionizing the passing game. The West Coast offense has become a fancy part of football lingo when Bill Walsh adopted the philosophy from his coordinating days with the Cincinnati Bengals. Refining the offensive system, Walsh implanted the perfect quarterback to exact his vision with Joe Montana.
The defense for the pride of California also had a champion's pedigree. The secondary was stout, with Ronnie Lott making like a Mel Blount for the 80s, alongside other defensive stars such as Erik Wright and Fred Dean . The unit had 51 sacks and 25 interceptions, assuring that if their high-powered offense could overwhelm opponents mostly without having to outscore them in a shootout.
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Those positive vibes were put on hiatus that mid-October. A former, proud champion came to California to face the new-age face of NFL greatness. With a .500 record and starting backup quarterback Mark Malone, the Steelers were huge underdogs against the sublime pride of the NFL public.
With odds already stacked against, what would the chances of an upset be in a Malone vs. Montana setup?
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Slim and none.
At last, Joe Montana's offense put together a march of their own. Not to be shut out in the first half, Joe "Cool" scampered for a seven-yard score moments before intermission, making the halftime score of 10-7 closer than the dominant Steelers' effort.
While Pittsburgh's offense got first downs in the third quarter, drives stalled shortly after the sticks moved. Yet, in a fine showing, the Steelers defense—coordinated by Tony Dungy and led by sack-master Mark Merriweather (15 sacks in '84) and interception machine Donnie Shell (seven)—returned the favor to San Francisco, not allowing the typically rhythmic offense to get its normal poetry into motion.
Toward the end of the third quarter, the defense was unable to get pressure on Montana, and the undefeated 49ers started to have their way. After an early afternoon of rest of execution, the approaching evening invited fatigue and execution (of a different kind) with it. San Francisco tied the game to start the fourth quarter.
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Then, after the Steelers offense stalled, which had become a disconcerting habit after halftime, Joe Montana and his deadly attack took to the field again. This time, the Steelers' hopes for an upset took a huge hit. Montana hit Wendell Tyler for the go-ahead score, and the 49ers had overcome a slow start to lead 17-10.
Order had been reestablished at Candlestick Park, and the world suddenly made sense again to NFL fans. Few were the Steelers fans, despite their deepest hopes for victory, that didn't have self-doubt trickle into their minds. Despite a perfect start that saw everything fall into place for Pittsburgh, San Francisco had turned momentum completely around.
Then, it happened. The offense had a gut check.
Leading the way in the contest was Frank Pollard with 24 carried for 105 yards. Most of those were tough-earned, physical, five-yard bursts.
Three minutes remained for "Montana the Maestro's" magic.
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Instead of magic, hopeful 49ers fans and skeptical Steelers fans got tricked. Right outside linebacker Bryan Hinkle intercepted Montana, returning the football 43 yards deep into Steelers territory.
While they couldn't put the game away from near the end zone, the Steelers offense watched as Anderson kicked the ball through the upright from 21 yards away. Pittsburgh led 20-17, but time remained once again, forcing fans to consider Montana for a second time.
This time, the legendary quarterback answered the call.
With 1:42 remaining, Montana hit Dwight Clark to the San Francisco 38-yard line, hurried to the line before hitting Earl Cooper, found Cooper again to midfield, and the rhythmic nature of the two-minute drive was frightening to start.
After consecutive completions to Earl Cooper, Montana hit his fourth pass and nailed his intended receiver between the numbers- who couldn't hang on for the catch inbounds.
Any reprieve felt by Steelers Country was short-lived as Joe hit Craig for a first down before getting two more completions to Cooper, setting up San Francisco at the Steelers 20-yard line. With seconds left, Ray Wersching came in to attempt a 37-yard field goal. A successful field goal would send the game into overtime, giving the 49ers a shot to improve their record to 7-0.
Only now do we realize that his miss quite possibly prevented the second-ever undefeated NFL season. As his attempt sailed wide, 49ers fans fell into silence, while the elated Steelers jumped for joy!
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Their huge upset propelled Pittsburgh to 4-3. On one of the most underrated games in the history of a great franchise, the team recently removed from greatness beat the best team in the NFL.
The annals of time haven't recalled the '80s Steelers with fondness, despite their penchant for reaching the postseason and suffering losing seasons a deceptively low three times. Meanwhile, history remembers the 49ers as a legendary squad, rife with talent that knew how to win like men.
These reflections are, at least to a degree, accurate. Still, history doesn't recall any 49ers teams as undefeated.
Additionally, on one random Sunday in 1984, those who look back will recall the one day that reputations and prognostications were simply irrelevant.
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1. [x] Forgot to put the lid on the blender, turned it on, and had everything fly out
2. [x] Gotten your head stuck between the stair rails
3. [x] Broken a chair by leaning back in it
4. [x] Had gum fall out of your mouth while you were talking
5. [x] Choked on your own spit while you were talking
6. [x] Had people tell you that you are blonde when you're not, or had people tell you that your blonde highlights are going to your head
7. [x] Been caught staring at your crush by your crush
8. [x] Have looked for something for at least 5 min then realized it was in your hand
9. [x] Tried to push open a door that said pull
10. [x] Tried to pull open a door that said push
11. [x] Have actually believed someone when they said that they knew how to make a love-potion
12. [x] Have hit yourself in the process of trying to hit something else
13. [x] Have tripped and fallen UP the stairs
14. [x] Have actually exploded marshmallows in the microwave
15. [x] Have gotten gum stuck in your hair
16. [x] Had gum fall out of your mouth while trying to blow a bubble
17. [x] Have had the juice from a mini tomato squirt out and hit somebody else when you bit into it
18. [x] Have had your drink come out your nose because you were laughing so hard
19. [x] Have called one of your good friends by the wrong name
20. [x] Have skinned your toe because you were playing soccer or kickball with flip flops on or you were barefoot
21. [x] Have put a sticker on your forehead, forgot it was there, and went out in public with it on
22. [x] Have fallen out of a moving vehicle
23. [x] Have run into a closed door
25. [x] Searched for your cell phone while you were talking on it
26. [x] It has taken you longer than 5 min to get a joke
27. [x] Have gotten your hair stuck in a blow dryer
28. [x] Have gotten your hair stuck in a fan
29. [x] Tripped on a crack in the sidewalk
30. [x] Said o'clock after saying how many min after the hour, example: 5:30 o'clock, or 6:15 o'clock
31. [x] After someone told you that there was gum on the ground, you stepped in it
32. [x] Put on a white shirt even though you already knew it was raining outside
33. [x] Have ever walked up to a stranger because you thought they were someone else
34. [x] Ever been kicked out of a grocery store
35. [x] Touched the stove, the curling iron, a hot pan, etc when its on, even though you knew it was hot
36. [x] Taken off your clothes to change into something else then accidentally put the old clothes back on
37. [x] Wondered why something wasn't working then realized it wasn't plugged in
38. [x] Put the cereal in the fridge, or put the milk in the cupboard
39. [x] Walked into a pole
40. [x] Wore two different earrings or shoes by accident/stolen someones shoes by accident
41. [x] Put your shirt on backwards/inside-out without realizing it, then left your house
42. [x] Tried to take a picture of someone's eye with the flash on
43. [x] Gotten a ring stuck on your finger because you put it on even though you knew it was too small
44. [x] Walked out of the bathroom with toilet paper stuck to your shoe without realizing it
46. [x] Picked up someone else's drink and drank out of it by accident when your drink was right next to it
47. [x] Fallen out of your chair while trying to pick something up
48. [x] Have poked yourself in the eye
49. [x] Have gotten in the shower with your socks still on
50. [x] Melted your hairbrush while blow drying your hair
51. [x] Have done enough stupid things to make a test
52. [x] Have accidentally stabbed yourself with a pencil
53. [x] Have sung the wrong verse to a song without realizing it
54. [x] Have given an odd answer to a question because you didn't hear the question in the first place and didn't feel like asking what it was
55. [x] Told someone you were the wrong age because you seriously forgot how old you were
56. [x] Looked into an overhead purposefully while it was on
57. [x] Got up early and got ready for school/work, then realized that you didn't have school/work that day
58. [x] Forgot your own phone number
59. [x] Have tripped on a cord after someone told you to watch out for it
60. [x] Have ever laughed at a joke that no one else thought was funny
61. [x] Done the Macarena to the electric slide or vice versa
62. [x] Said funner then had someone make fun of you for it
63. [x] Have repeated yourself at least twice in the same sentence
64. [x] Brought up an inside joke with the wrong person
65. [x] Didn't do the backside of an assignment because you thought that there wasn't one because you had already looked and forgot that there was another side
66. [x] Did more work than you had to on an assignment because you didn't read the directions
67. [x] Corrected someone's grammar/pronunciation then figured out that you were the one that was wrong
68. [x] Put something in a special place so that you would remember where it was, then forgot where you put it
69. [x] Put ice in your drink after the glass was full of liquid and had it splash out
70. [x] Told a lie then forgot what it was that you had said and got caught
71. [x] When wearing goggles, you pulled them away from your face and let go so that they would come back and snap you in the face
72. [x] Forgot to make sure that the lamp was off before you replaced the light bulb
73. [x] Ran into a door jam
74. [x] Told someone that you hardly ever do stupid things, then immediately did/said something stupid
75. [x] Told someone to watch out for something, then you were the one that ran into it
76. [x] Have purposely licked playground sand
77. [x] Have purposely and repeatedly flicked yourself with a rubber band
78. [x] Gotten so hyper that someone actually thought you were drunk when you weren't
79. [x] Have been so hyper you actually scared people
80. [x] Put duct tape on your body then pulled it off to see if it would hurt
81. [x] Put duct tape on your hair/someone else's hair then pulled it off
82. [x] Put a clothes pin/hair clip on your lip, figured out that it hurt, then did it again
83. [x] Sat and wondered why men dress shirts have a loop on the back
85. [x] Have gotten a hairbrush stuck in your hair
86. [x] Used the straw to blow the straw wrapper at someone
87. [x] Shaved your tongue because you thought your taste buds looked funny
88. [x] When at a restaurant, you used your spoon to fling stuff at people
89. [x] Have flung forks at people in a restaurant
90. [x] Tripped and made the waiter drop the food.
91. [x] As you are writing, you move your head back and forth with your pen/pencil
92. [x] Have drawn finger puppets on your fingers then named them
93. [x] Have wrapped someone in a roll of toilet paper
94. [x] Have used somebody else's toothbrush without even realizing it wasn't yours
95. [x] Have started telling a story and forget what you were talking about or what happened in the story
96. [x] Read a whole book but during the whole book you weren’t even paying attention
97. [x] You have spelled your own name wrong before
98. [x] When lying in bed you look for pictures in the texture of the ceiling
99. [x] Have used your calculator as a form of communication in a class
100. [x] Have popped a balloon in your mouth
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According to Star Trek: Star Charts, there were two stars that were known as Deneb - Beta Ceti, also known as Deneb Kaitos, and Alpha Cygni. Beta Ceti was a G9.5 star with an apparent magnitude of 0.8. The sixth planet, a failed protostar classified as a Class T planet, was viewed by some as a binary companion of Beta Ceti. Alpha Cygni was a bright blue giant located 3,230 light years from Sol. Both stars were located in the Alpha Quadrant. (page 33, 34, & 41)
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by sanosuke001 (#46490857) Attached to: Goodbye, Google Voice
I use Google voice exclusively. It allows me to have a phone number separated from my service provider which I probably won't have forever (so I don't have to worry whether I'll be able to port my number over). It allows me to make phone calls from my computer for phone interviews and the like (headset/mic so I can type). It also allows me to text people without paying Verizon a dime for bullshit reasons.
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I have a similar situation; 18.6 TB RAID-Z at home (8 3TB drives) using FreeNAS and with the new update it shows it was initially set up using a non-native block size (I was a bit naive regarding the settings when I first set it up) and I'd like to rebuild it but I have no way to backup 14+ TB. Also, I would like to have a backup in case more than one drive dies (1 parity works well but I could still suffer a catastrophic failure). I've looked into tape backup but anything that seems like it'd have enough storage to be practical (1+ TB per tape) seems excessively expensive and the 100GB tapes seems like it'd be unmanageable.
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Currently at work I and all of my co-workers all have dual Dell 30" 2560x1600 monitors. I agree that screen real-estate (resolution, not directly the physical size) makes a huge difference. I wouldn't go back to a single 1200p (never 1080p) setup ever again; I have dual 28" 1200p screens at home for the same reason (not the 1600p ones because of cost at home). However, I am unsure of the 39" form factor for a single monitor; I think I'd rather have dual 30" monitors at lower res than a single 4k at 39". Though, the new 31.5" 4k screens from Dell/ASUS/etc would be a nice replacement for my 30" ones...
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I am often asked to debug Python scripts written by others. I would like to send these scripts to IPython so it will drop into an IPython shell at the point the script fails.
Unfortunately, I cannot find a way to send (required) command-line options required by the scripts.
IPython assumes everything in is for IPython when I pass the script and its options as:
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Is there a solution or workaround?
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ipython -i -c "%run test.py 1 2 3 4"
EDIT: added -i
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Very nice! Unfortunately, when it exceptions out, it drops me back onto the OS command line, not onto the IPython prompt. Suggestions? – JS. Nov 9 '10 at 20:29
Well you could just start ipython and then do %run test.py 1 2 3 4 – dr jimbob Nov 9 '10 at 20:30
Actually adding the -i makes it stay in the shell. – dr jimbob Nov 9 '10 at 20:34
Perfect! Thank you! – JS. Nov 9 '10 at 20:36
@jimbob If you don't mind me asking, where'd you find the '-i' option? I'm having no luck finding it in 'ipython -help' nor 'ipython.scipy.org/doc/stable/html/interactive/…; – JS. Nov 9 '10 at 20:40
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ipython -- sometest.py 1 2 3 4
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It works, but I could not find this in the docs, can you point me to where this is documented? – Daniel Sokolowski Nov 29 '12 at 19:17
Also to remain within the interactive shell use ipython -i -- sometest.py 1 2 3 4 syntax. – Daniel Sokolowski Nov 29 '12 at 19:46
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I know there's an already accepted solution, but in the most recent version of ipython this won't work. Here's a cut and paste of the command I use to run tornado tests with --autoreload
ipython --c="%run test.py --autoreload"
This is using ipython .11.
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paradoqhvsetai {V-FPI-3S} ga;r {CONJ} toi'? {T-DPM} e~qnesin {N-DPN} kai; {CONJ} ejmpaicqhvsetai kai; {CONJ} uJbrisqhvsetai kai; {CONJ} ejmptusqhvsetai,
kai; {CONJ} mastigwvsante? ajpoktenou'sin {V-FAI-3P} aujtovn, {P-ASM} kai; {CONJ} th'/ {T-DSF} hJmevra/ {N-DSF} th'/ {T-DSF} trivth/ {A-DSF} ajnasthvsetai. {V-FMI-3S}
34 And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them *, neither knew they the things which were spoken .
kai; {CONJ} aujtoi; {P-NPM} oujde;n {A-ASN} touvtwn {D-GPN} sunh'kan, {V-AAI-3P} kai; {CONJ} h\n {R-ASF} to; {T-NSN} rJh'ma {N-NSN} tou'to {D-ASN} kekrummevnon ajpj {PREP} aujtw'n, {P-GPN} kai; {CONJ} oujk {PRT} ejgivnwskon ta; {T-APN} legovmena.
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cheaper to buy full assembly
By Yofa on 3/19/2012 5:02:47 PM , Rating: 5
when it's cheaper to get a fully-assembled magnet assembly than it is to just buy the raw material, then yes, there is some unfairness involved.
china's policies are forcing north-american magnet designers to either pay ludicrous prices for the raw material, or do the right thing business-wise and get the assembly made in china, by a company that gets domestic pricing for the raw material, and shipped over for less than the cost of the raw material.
that means you're sending over your designs overseas so it can easily be duplicated. and the material still gets exported in the end, so the environmental concern excuse doesn't stand up. it's monopoly tactics.
RE: cheaper to buy full assembly
By Goty on 3/19/2012 6:24:43 PM , Rating: 2
China does this frequently. Want to do business here? Give us all of your designs so we can make cheap knockoffs and pocket the profits ourselves.
RE: cheaper to buy full assembly
By TSS on 3/20/2012 2:07:19 AM , Rating: 3
So china is always looking for the best deal for themselves. That's no different then the US or the EU.
I'd argue the fool here would be the person who would rely on somebody else to not do so.
The fool, in this case, is clearly the US for not keeping the mines operational at a low volume, with the option of scaling it to full production within a short timeframe. Instead i'm sure US presidents loved the possibility of shutting down the mines and getting some good graces from the enviromental movements.
China's still in the wrong though. Nothing good has ever come from a trade war. They are a new player in the global markets, the last time this happened (the 20's and 30's) they really weren't a significant power.
And we all know how that trade war ended.
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RE: I fear for the future...
By JPForums on 8/8/2012 11:42:34 AM , Rating: 2
What about instead of money being handed out, they are simply given the food needed to survive - fresh vegetables, fruits, milk, bread. Then if they want to live better, they need to work for it.
Unfortunately, because it would cost more per person to do it that way. I'm almost convinced that it would be cheaper in the end, though, as those who think TV, cigarettes, alcoholic beverages, etc. are indispensable necessities would find a way to work. Also, presuming higher quality food (you said fresh) is provided, some formerly obese recipients could conceivably get themselves back into working shape. Believe it or not, it is hard to shake obesity with the quality of food many welfare recipients eat in the name of saving money.
I am sure the great majority use the money for what they need, but if even 10% blow the money, it is too much.
Honestly, I thing your estimate is low. While I know people who try to act as responsibly as they can, I see far to many people buying large quantities of Tenderloin, Fillet Mignon, or other pricy items entirely off of their EBT card. I can't even afford to do that and I'm not exactly struggling. There is apparently also a way to pull cash off of the EBT card to buy things you can't purchase with the EBT (for instance, alcohol).
By anti-painkilla on 8/8/2012 5:19:58 PM , Rating: 2
I would imagine the easiest way is buying something, returning it and being given a cash refund, not sure if they can refund to the EBT card.
RE: I fear for the future...
By MentalVirus on 8/8/2012 7:02:55 PM , Rating: 2
My parents own a business in the ghetto.
There is a family of 10 that lived around there who would purchase food (product to sell) for the small local market WITH their EBT card in exchange for cash.
With 8 kids, we're talking an upward of $2500 in food stamps a month. That's just a bit short of my monthly salary after taxes.
If that is not the most perfect way of jerking off the system, I don't know what is.
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We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks
Dir/scr: Alex Gibney. US. 2012. 127mins
One of the surprises in We Steal Secrets, the latest nonfiction movie from the ever-prolific filmmaker Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side), is that it’s not the story of Julian Assange. While the infamous white-haired Australian hacktivist and Wikileaks founder is the star of this political documentary thriller, the film expands its reach to feature two important supporting players, most notably Bradley Manning, the US private who leaked massive amounts of classified documents to Wikileaks, as well as Adrian Lamo, the hacker who betrayed Manning’s trust.
Fans of Assange might be surprised to find that We Steal Secrets comes down fairly hard on the revolutionary figure, ostensibly blaming him on the organisation’s downfall.
We Steal Secrets lacks the emotional weight of Gibney’s Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, about child abuse and cover-ups in the Catholic Church, but it has the same high level of exhaustive research and engaging storytelling (though a few minutes could be shaved off the two-hour-plus running time.)
When Focus World releases the movie day-and-date on digital platforms and in cineamas in the US, it could generate some moderate interest and sales online, though piracy could be an issue for a film with this subject matter. Likewise, international audiences—particularly in Europe and Australia, where Assange is renown—will also take an interest in the documentary on television and other outlets. (And the material promises to only get more topical, with Manning’s trial date set for this summer.)
Gibney follows a largely chronological account of Wikileaks, which conveniently follows the neat narrative trajectory of a classic rise-and-fall story. Beginning even before the founding of the information-sharing website, the film starts off with a terrific pre-title prologue about the early “WANK worm” cyberattack in 1989 against the launch of NASA’s Galileo spacecraft. While no one has ever been held responsible for the computer virus, Gibney, pumping up the intrigue, speculates that Assange may have been involved.
The movie, then, explores several key incidents in Wikileaks’ ascent, from the releasing of bank documents in Iceland in 2009-2010, which revealed the wide extent of financial corruption within the country, to the dissemination of the infamous U.S. Apache helicopter kill video in Iraq, titled “Collateral Murder,” which fueled anti-war sentiment and brought wider international attention to Wikileaks and Assange, whose reputation seems to build at the same rate as his ego and paranoia.
But then the film pivots to the story of Manning. A troubled young Midwestern boy with gender identity issues, Manning gets sent to Iraq, despite his superior’s better judgment, and becomes further isolated and disgruntled, while wishing he could be a woman. Gibney effectively employs text messages exchanged between Manning and Adrian Lamo to get into the young soldier’s troubled mind. Manning comes across as a sad and lonely person, using the emoticon of a crying face ;’( and seeking out companionship even if it means getting caught.
Returning to Wikileaks, Gibney recounts other mammoth leaks, from the Afghan and Iraq War logs to the State Department diplomatic cables, while also probing the sensationalistic Swedish rape allegations against Assange that coincidentally erupted at the same time. But the film shrewdly squashes the conspiracy theories and reveals the banal truths behind the sex case.
We Steal Secrets is impressively researched, including interviews with nearly everyone involved, from a former CIA director to Assange’s second-in-command to one of the Swedish women who accused Assange of rape. However, the filmmakers did not have direct access to Manning, who is in a military prison, and Assange, who is hiding out in Ecuador’s consulate in the UK.
For a story about “information,” Gibney successfully keeps the story moving, both narratively and cinematically. There’s a great bit, for example, when Manning relates how he exfiltrated hundreds of thousands of documents, while listening to Lady Gaga’s song “Telephone”—which Gibney cranks on the soundtrack along with a dazzling digital display of transferring data.
Fans of Assange might be surprised to find that We Steal Secrets comes down fairly hard on the revolutionary figure, ostensibly blaming him on the organisation’s downfall. Still, at the same time, Gibney’s film remains sympathetic to the cause. Indeed, it’s this complexity that makes We Steal Secrets more than just a standard profile of a famous man and his infamous and celebrated mission.
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The genomic revolution is being driven by advances in analytical and computational techniques, and George Church has been behind many of them. Starting in the late 1970s, Church helped create the tools, including early software and protocols for DNA sequencing, that eventually made possible the Human Genome Project.
These days, Church, a professor of genetics at the Harvard Medical School, and his 50-person lab are still finding ways to synthesize and sequence DNA faster and more cheaply. One of his latest interests is synthetic biology, in which researchers design and synthesize biological “parts” that they then incorporate into microbes or cells.
Some anticipated products of synthetic biology: engineered cells that produce novel types of pharmaceuticals, redesigned biological therapeutics that are more effective and safer, and biosensors that can be built directly into cells.
Technology Review: What is synthetic biology?
George Church: Genetics turned into genomics when you dealt with the whole genome. Biology turns into systems biology when you deal either with the whole of the cell or some fairly large part of it. Genetic engineering turns into synthetic biology when you use what you learn from parts and theory to engineer real systems.
TR: How could synthetic biology help you design more-effective drugs?
GC: Some groups are making cells that sense tumors and respond by producing a toxin. Synthetic biology will help you engineer the cell to home in on the tumor, to recognize the tumor, and, once it is confirmed, to start making a tumor-specific drug.
TR: You and your colleagues recently developed a new way to synthesize DNA. What are the benefits?
GC: It’s about reducing cost at a reasonable accuracy. Right now the cost of synthesizing a base [using conventional technology] is about 10 cents. That’s the current street price for raw oligonucleotides. For synthesizing simple genes, it’s more like $1.30 a base. [Our method] can manufacture oligonucleotides at .01 cent per base.
TR: How will getting the cost down aid synthetic biology?
GC: It means you’re willing to make many more [genetic] constructs. Making more constructs means you’re much more likely to make something that works or something useful.
TR: The new method also allows you to make longer stretches of DNA, right?
GC: Longer stretches are certainly enabled. The implications are that we are getting closer to being able to arbitrarily “program” the millions of base pairs in microbes or billions of base pairs in plants and animal genomes similar to the way that we program computers.
TR: There has been a lot of buzz about a $1,000 personal genome.
GC: That’s sequencing. So we’re off synthesis now.
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id summary reporter owner description type status priority milestone component version resolution keywords cc os architecture failure difficulty testcase blockedby blocking related 7220 Confusing error message in type checking related to type family, fundep, and higher-rank type tsuyoshi simonpj "(This is related to, but different from, the message which I posted to glasgow-haskell-users mailing list: http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/glasgow-haskell-users/2012-September/022815.html.) GHC 7.6.1-rc1 (; 64-bit Windows) rejects the attached code (Test2.hs) with the following error message: {{{ Test2.hs:24:52: Couldn't match expected type `Y' with actual type `TF (forall b. (C A b, TF b ~ Y) => b)' In the first argument of `f :: (forall b. (C A b, TF b ~ Y) => b) -> X', namely `u' In the expression: (f :: (forall b. (C A b, TF b ~ Y) => b) -> X) u In an equation for `v': v = (f :: (forall b. (C A b, TF b ~ Y) => b) -> X) u }}} I am not sure whether the code is supposed to be accepted or rejected, but even if it is correct to reject the code, this error message does not look right to me. If I am not mistaken, the error message is saying that the type checker expects the argument of `(f :: (forall b. (C A b, TF b ~ Y) => b) -> X)` to have type `Y`, but I cannot think of any reason why it should relate the type `(forall b. (C A b, TF b ~ Y) => b)` with `Y`. The same code is available also at https://gist.github.com/3606856." bug closed normal 7.8.1 Compiler (Type checker) 7.6.1-rc1 fixed Unknown/Multiple Unknown/Multiple None/Unknown Unknown typecheck/should_fail/T7220
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Wearable computers that are contextual are the next wave. Want a taste of +Project Glass from Google? Check these googles out from Oakley. On Monday I visited Oakley's headquarters and visited with several execs who are doing innovative work on wearable devices.
We've all heard about wearable computers that are coming, whether the Pebble watch or Google's Project Glass. But here's a team that actually shipped a product: Oakley's AirWave Googles for skiiers and snow boarders.
This heralds the contextual age where products will make you smarter about what you are doing. These show you where on the mountain you are, where your friends are, how many vertical feet, and a lot more.
In this video you meet the guy who runs the team and get some inside info about how they, and other products at Oakley were developed.
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Sounds great ! The age of context is heading our way fast.
This is awesome technology, but the interviewer leaves a lot to be desired.
+Robert Scoble It seems like your question asking about the importance of knowing about you got misunderstood.
+Euro Maestro yeah, I don't think they quite grokked that one. I should have explained myself better.
+Euro Maestro +Robert Scoble that was mostly it. On reflection I understand that your question was in the handling of big data generated by the product in both the marketing and privacy angles, and how the company was preparing to use the data.
The trouble is that in an interview most people can't do the analysis and I think the Oakley folks thought you were only talking about using social networking to direct marketing efforts.
+Robert Scoble on the other hand, you figured out what will make or break wearable technology. It has nothing to do with generating a hot list for the marketing department from his facebook and G+ contacts, and everything to do with making the presentation of data relevant and inclusive.
I can see a big future for Oakley in Tactical eyewear!
I would think it is assumed that the goggles need to have an internet connection to work. That could be a problem in places such as Alaska where many areas that are skied are not in Cellular range.
Cool technology especially for the mountain
So cool! I think I need to learn snowboarding.
Great interview Robert. These goggles have caught my interest since I saw their announcement a little while ago. Was pretty cool to hear from the guys behind them. Thanks!
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Athlete's Foot
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A severe case of athlete's foot
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Athlete's Foot
Classification and external resources
A severe case of athlete's foot
Athlete's foot (also known as ringworm of the foot,[1] tinea pedis,[1] and moccasin foot[2]) is a fungal infection of the skin that causes scaling, flaking, and itch of affected areas, and in severe cases, swelling and amputation of the foot. It is caused by fungi in the genus Trichophyton. The disease is typically transmitted in moist communal areas where people walk barefoot, such as showers or bathhouses,[citation needed] and requires a warm moist environment, such as the inside of a shoe, in order to incubate.
Although the condition typically affects the feet, it can infect or spread to other areas of the body, including the groin, particularly areas of skin that are kept hot and moist, such as with insulation, body heat, and sweat, e.g. in a shoe, for long periods of time. While the fungus is generally picked up through walking barefoot in an infected area or using an infected towel, infection can be prevented by remaining barefoot as this allows the feet to dry properly and removes the fungus' primary incubator - the warm moist interior of a shoe.[3] Athlete's foot can be treated by a very limited number of pharmaceuticals (including creams) and other treatments, although it can be almost completely prevented by never wearing shoes, or wearing them as little as possible.
Globally it affects about 15% of the population.[2]
Signs and symptoms[edit]
Athlete's foot left untreated.
Athlete's foot causes scaling, flaking, and itching of the affected skin.[4] Blisters and cracked skin may also occur, leading to exposed raw tissue, pain, swelling, and inflammation. Secondary bacterial infection can accompany the fungal infection, sometimes requiring a course of oral antibiotics.[5][6]
Some individuals may experience an allergic response to the fungus called an "id reaction" in which blisters or vesicles can appear in areas such as the hands, chest and arms. Treatment of the fungus usually results in resolution of the id reaction.
Microscopic view of cultured athlete's foot fungus
Athlete's foot can usually be diagnosed by visual inspection of the skin, but where the diagnosis is in doubt direct microscopy of a potassium hydroxide preparation (known as a KOH test) may help rule out other possible causes, such as eczema or psoriasis.[10] A KOH preparation is performed by taking skin scrapings which are covered with 10% to 20% potassium hydroxide applied to the microscope slide; after a few minutes the skin cells are degraded by the KOH and the characteristic fungal hyphae can then be seen microscopically, either with or without the assistance of a stain. The KOH preparation has an excellent positive predictive value, but occasionally false negative results may be obtained, especially if treatment with an antifungal medication has already begun.[7]
If the above diagnoses are inconclusive or if a treatment regimen has already been started, a biopsy of the affected skin (i.e. a sample of the living skin tissue) can be taken for histological examination.
A Wood's lamp(black light), although useful in diagnosing fungal infections of the scalp (tinea capitis), is not usually helpful in diagnosing tinea pedis, since the common dermatophytes that cause this disease do not fluoresce under ultraviolet light.[7] However, it can be useful for determining if the disease is due to a nonfungal afflictor.[citation needed]
From person to person[edit]
Athlete's foot is a communicable disease caused by a parasitic fungus in the genus Trichophyton, either Trichophyton rubrum or Trichophyton mentagrophytes.[11] As the fungus that cause athlete's foot requires warmth and moisture to survive and grow, the primary method of incubation and transmission is when people who regularly wear shoes go barefoot in a moist communal environment, such as a changing room or shower, and then put on shoes.
Due to their insulating nature and the much reduced ventilation of the skin, shoes are the primary cause of the spread of Athlete's Foot.[3] As such, the fungus is only seen in approximately 0.75% of habitually barefoot people. Always being barefoot allows full ventilation around the feet that allows them to remain dry and exposes them to sunlight, as well as developing much stronger skin and causes the fungus to be worn off and removed before it can infect the skin. Also, people who have never worn shoes have splayed toes due to them not being forced to grow firmly pressed together by a shoe. This even further minimizes the chances of infection as it ventilates the warm moist pockets of skin between the third, fourth and fifth toes in shoe-wearing people.[12][11][13][14]
Athlete's Foot can also be transmitted by sharing footwear with an infected person, such as at a bowling alley or any other place that lends footwear. A less common method of infection is through sharing towels. The various parasitic fungi that cause athlete's foot can also cause skin infections on other areas of the body, most often under toenails (onychomycosis) or on the groin (tinea cruris).
Since shoes are the primary mode of infection and incubation and since the fungus is almost non-existent in always barefoot cultures due to the prevalence of strong, dry, feet that are very well ventilated, not wearing shoes at all is almost 100% effective in preventing the fungus.[12] People who regularly wear shoes should try to walk barefoot as much as possible in order to prevent infection. Simply remaining barefoot for a few hours after walking through an infected area is usually enough to prevent the fungus growing and wear it off your feet.[3]
When moving through an area that is likely to be infected it is important to remember that the fungus requires the foot to remain moist in order to grow. Since fungi thrive in warm, moist environments, keeping feet as dry as possible and avoiding sharing towels aids prevention. Always dry the feet thoroughly if you wish to put on shoes and ensure that both the shoes and socks are clean and dry and have been regularly washed. In shoe-wearers, hygiene and minimization of shoe use play important roles in preventing transmission. Public showers, borrowed towels, and, particularly, footwear,[15] can all spread the infection from person to person through shared contact followed by incubation in a shoe.[15][16]
Without medication, athlete's foot resolves in 30–40% of cases[17] and topical antifungal medication consistently produce much higher percentages of cure.[18]
Conventional treatment typically involves daily or twice daily application of a topical medication in conjunction with hygiene measures outlined in the above section on prevention. Keeping feet dry and practising good hygiene is crucial to preventing reinfection. Severe or prolonged fungal skin infections may require treatment with oral antifungal medication. Zinc oxide-based diaper rash ointment may be used; talcum powder can be used to absorb moisture to kill off the infection.
The fungal infection may be treated with topical antifungal agents, which can take the form of a spray, powder, cream, or gel. There exists a large number of antifungal drugs including: miconazole nitrate, clotrimazole, tolnaftate (a synthetic thiocarbamate), terbinafine hydrochloride,[4] butenafine hydrochloride, and undecylenic acid.
A solution of 1% potassium permanganate dissolved in hot water is an alternative to antifungal drugs.[19]
The time-line for cure may be long, often 45 days or longer. The recommended course of treatment is to "continue to use the topical treatment for four weeks after the symptoms have subsided" to ensure the fungus has been completely eliminated. However, because the itching associated with the infection subsides quickly, patients may not complete the courses of therapy prescribed.
Anti-itch creams are not recommended, as they will alleviate the symptoms, but will exacerbate the fungus; this is because anti-itch creams typically enhance the moisture content of the skin and encourage fungal growth.
If the fungal invader is not a dermatophyte, but a yeast, other medications such as fluconazole may be used. Typically, fluconazole is used for candidal vaginal infections (moniliasis), but has been shown to be of benefit for those with cutaneous yeast infections, as well. The most common of these infections occur in the web (intertriginous) spaces of the toes and at the base of the fingernail or toenail. The hallmark of these infections is a cherry red color surrounding the lesion and a yellow thick pus.
A number of oral antifungals may be used. For severe cases oral terbinafine or itraconazole has greater effectiveness than griseofulvin.[2] Other prescription oral antifungals include fluconazole.[5] The most common adverse effects from these treatment is gastrointestinal upset.[2]
Alternative treatments[edit]
Tea tree oil improves the symptoms but does not cure the underlying fungal infection, according to a double-blind study of 104 patients.[20][21]
2. ^ a b c d e Bell-Syer, SE; Khan, SM; Torgerson, DJ (2012 Oct 17). "Oral treatments for fungal infections of the skin of the foot.". The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 10: CD003584. PMID 23076898.
3. ^ a b c Howell, Phd, Dr Daniel (2010). The Barefoot Book. Hunter House.
5. ^ a b Gupta AK, Skinner AR, Cooper EA (2003). "Interdigital tinea pedis (dermatophytosis simplex and complex) and treatment with ciclopirox 0.77% gel". Int. J. Dermatol. 42 (Suppl 1): 23–7. doi:10.1046/j.1365-4362.42.s1.1.x. PMID 12895184.
6. ^ Guttman, C (2003). "Secondary bacterial infection always accompanies interdigital tinea pedis". Dermatol Times 4: 23–7.
7. ^ a b c Al Hasan M, Fitzgerald SM, Saoudian M, Krishnaswamy G (2004). "Dermatology for the practicing allergist: Tinea pedis and its complications". Clinical and Molecular Allergy 2 (1): 5. doi:10.1186/1476-7961-2-5. PMC 419368. PMID 15050029.
8. ^ Hainer BL (2003). "Dermatophyte infections". American Family Physician 67 (1): 101–8. PMID 12537173.
9. ^ Hirschmann JV, Raugi GJ (2000). "Pustular tinea pedis". J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. 42 (1 Pt 1): 132–3. doi:10.1016/S0190-9622(00)90022-7. PMID 10607333.
10. ^ del Palacio, Amalia; Margarita Garau, Alba Gonzalez-Escalada and Mª Teresa Calvo. "Trends in the treatment of dermatophytosis" (PDF). Biology of Dermatophytes and other Keratinophilic Fungi: 148–158. Retrieved 10 October 2007.
11. ^ a b "Athlete's Foot – Cause". WebMD. 2 July 2008. Archived from the original on 6 March 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
12. ^ a b SHULMAN, Pod.D,, SAMUEL B. (1949). "Survey in China and India of Feet That Have Never Worn Shoes". The Journal of the National Association of Chiropodists. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
13. ^ "Athlete's foot". Mayo Clinic Health Center.
14. ^ [1] Risk factors for athlete's foot, at WebMD
15. ^ a b Ajello L, Getz M E (1954). "Recovery of dermatophytes from shoes and a shower stall". J. Invest. Dermat. 22 (4): 17–22. doi:10.1038/jid.1954.5. PMID 13118251.
16. ^ Robert Preidt (29 September 2006). "Athlete's Foot, Toe Fungus a Family Affair" (Reprint at USA Today). HealthDay News. Archived from the original on 15 October 2007. Retrieved 10 October 2007. "Researchers used advanced molecular biology techniques to test the members of 57 families and concluded that toenail fungus and athlete's foot can infect people living in the same household."
17. ^ Over-the-Counter Foot Remedies (American Family Physician)
18. ^ Crawford F, Hollis S (18 July 2007). "Topical treatments for fungal infections of the skin and nails of the foot" (Review). In Crawford, Fay. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (3): CD001434. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD001434.pub2. PMID 17636672.
19. ^ "Potassium Permanganate". Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
20. ^ Tong MM, Altman PM, Barnetson RS (1992). "Tea tree oil in the treatment of tinea pedis". Australasian J. Dermatology 33 (3): 145–9. doi:10.1111/j.1440-0960.1992.tb00103.x. PMID 1303075.
21. ^ Satchell AC, Saurajen A, Bell C, Barnetson RS (2002). "Treatment of interdigital tinea pedis with 25% and 50% tea tree oil solution: a randomized, placebo-controlled, blinded study". Australasian J. Dermatology 43 (3): 175–8. doi:10.1046/j.1440-0960.2002.00590.x. PMID 12121393.
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Re: Next steps for the ARIA syntax discussion
From: Charles McCathieNevile <chaals@opera.com>
Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2008 03:01:41 +0200
To: elharo@metalab.unc.edu, "Al Gilman" <Alfred.S.Gilman@ieee.org>
Message-ID: <op.ub1o43nowxe0ny@widsith.local>
On Fri, 30 May 2008 16:00:23 +0200, Elliotte Harold
<elharo@metalab.unc.edu> wrote:
> Al Gilman wrote:
>> WAI-ARIA could have ridden on namespaces, and *would have* if
>> namespaces were ready for prime time. But they're not.
I disagree strongly with this characterisation of the issue.
In SVG, namespaces are a critical part of the ecosystem. In HTML, they are
simply not there. In XHTML it seems that people have actually slightly
misunderstood the namespaces spec and the many interoperable
implementations of that spec.
Anyway, the aria- approach works as implemented with both
namespace-unaware HTML, and namespace-reliant SVG. That's the strength of
the proposal. The draft is, I hope, going to be changed to clarify that
ARIA attributes should always be "in no namespace" to use the 'technically
correct' (but misleading) terminology of the day.
What it really means is that the appropriate namespace for these
aria:aria-[something] in a namespace aware environment, but
aria-[something] will work perfectly correctly in both a namespace-reliant
environment, and in a namespace-unaware environment, because of a careful
and thoughtful design decision in the namespaces specification that allows
for the easiest possible transition between the two kinds of environment.
> OK. Seems you are rejecting namespaces in toto because you don't like
> them.
In no way. I will ahppily charaacterise a lot of the people who have
supported the "aria-" syntax in this discussion as people who happen not
to like namespaces, but as someone who is a strong supporter of
namespaces, I think that believing this is about the pros and cons of
namespaces per se has got hold of the wrong issue.
> The decision, therefore, comes down to this: how much does following the
> web architecture matter?
namespace" is somehow consdered a more useful phrase despite the
misunderstandings it has caused, but I think it is an idiotic piece of
terminology to continue with). I hope and believe that the PF group are
about to correct that error, and therefore have a way of doing ARIA that
is consistent with actual implementations and the HTML and XML Namespaces
specifications and their discernible futures.
As Anne has pointed out, aria- actually works happily in any spec that can
see its way to saying "attributes whose names start with 'aria-' and whose
namespace is the empty string mean exactly what they mean in the ARIA
specifications". In practice, as implementors, by assuming that key specs
(like SVG or MathML) will say that we get very simple and very effective
implementation of very important accessibility improvements. This seems to
me an ideal result, and a good demonstration that W3C's technologies are
actually well-designed and valuable for real-world things.
Charles McCathieNevile Opera Software, Standards Group
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The United States is reacting calmly to reports of a Soviet airlift of military supplies to Syria.
The Soviets appear to be moving with too little, too late. The superiority of American weapons used by the Israelis over Soviet arms used by the Syrians has dealt a blow to Soviet prestige in the Middle East.
Washington's main fear at the moment is that the fighting around the city of Beirut will escalate, causing an even greater loss of lives and property in Lebanon than has already occurred. American officials have been cautioning the Israelis not to move beyond the positions they now hold on the outskirts of the Lebanese capital.
Israeli Embassy officials, for their part, have been denying that Israel has any intention of going into the heart of Beirut. In order to underline its concern in this regard, the Reagan administration on June 15 described as tentative the President's scheduled meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin next week and ordered what amounts so far to a symbolic delay in the delivery of 75 F-16 fighter planes to Israel.
The administration had formally disapproved of the Israeli invasion, but then began to argue that it could serve as a catalyst for the creation of a new stability in Lebanon and a revival of talks aimed at resolving the Palestinian question.
Egypt's foreign minister, Kamal Hassan Ali, has been in Washington for the past few days, urging the Americans to prepare a new push to resolve the Palestinian problem. The Egyptians fear that if the Israelis stay in Lebanon and no progress is made on the Palestinian issue, it will have a ''radicalizing'' effect on many Arabs and provide the Soviet Union with new openings in the Middle East. At the same time, given the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, they see no alternative to suspending the Egyptian-Israeli negotiations over Palestinian autonomy.
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CVS commit: pkgsrc/devel
Module Name: pkgsrc
Committed By: wiz
Date: Wed Nov 5 16:12:38 UTC 2008
Modified Files:
pkgsrc/devel/ncurses: Makefile Makefile.common PLIST distinfo
pkgsrc/devel/ncurses/patches: patch-ac
pkgsrc/devel/ncursesw: Makefile
Log Message:
Update to 5.7:
New features and improvements:
* library
o new flavor of the ncurses library provides rudimentary
support for POSIX threads. Several functions are reentrant,
but most require either a window-level or screen-level
(This is API-compatible, but not ABI-compatible with
the normal library).
o add NCURSES_OPAQUE symbol to curses.h, will use to make
structs opaque in selected configurations.
o add NCURSES_EXT_FUNCS and NCURSES_EXT_COLORS symbols
to curses.h to make it simpler to tell if the extended
functions and/or colors are declared.
o add wresize to C++ binding
o eliminate fixed-buffer vsprintf calls in C++ binding.
o add several functions to C++ binding which wrap C
functions that pass a WINDOW* parameter.
o adapt mouse-handling code from menu library in form-library
o improve tracing for form library, showing created forms, fields,
o make $NCURSES_NO_PADDING feature work for termcap interface .
o add check to trace-file open, if the given name is a
o several new manpages: curs_legacy.3x, curs_memleaks.3x,
curs_opaque.3x and curs_threads.3x
* programs:
o modified three test-programs to demonstrate the threading
support in this version: ditto, rain, worm.
o several new test-programs: demo_panels, dots_mvcur,
inch_wide, inchs, key_name, key_names, savescreen,
test_arrays, test_get_wstr, test_getstr,
test_instr, test_inwstr and test_opaque.
o add adacurses-config to the Ada95 install.
o modify tic -f option to format spaces as \s to prevent
them from being lost when that is read back in unformatted
o The tack program is now distributed separately from
* terminal database
o added entries:
+ Eterm-256color, Eterm-88color and rxvt-88color
+ aterm
+ konsole-256color
+ mrxvt
+ screen.mlterm
+ screen.rxvt
+ teraterm4.59 is now the primary primary teraterm
entry, renamed original to teraterm2.3
+ 9term terminal
+ Newbury Data entries
o updated/improved entries:
+ gnome to version 2.22.3
+ h19, z100
+ konsole to version 1.6.6
+ mlterm, mlterm+pcfkeys
+ xterm, and building-blocks for function-keys to
xterm patch #230.
Major bug fixes:
* add logic to tic for cancelling strings in user-defined
capabilities (this is needed for current konsole terminfo
* modify mk-1st.awk so the generated makefile rules for linking
or installing shared libraries do not first remove the library,
in case it is in use, e.g., by /bin/sh.
* correct check for notimeout in wgetch.
* fix a sign-extension bug in infocmp's repair_acsc function.
* change winnstr to stop at the end of the line.
* make Ada95 demo_panels example work.
* fill in extended-color pair to make colors work for
wide-characters using extended-colors.
* improve refresh of window on top of multi-column characters,
taking into account split characters on left/right window
* modify win_wchnstr to ensure that only a base cell is returned
for each multi-column character.
* improve waddch and winsch handling of EILSEQ from mbrtowc by
using unctrl to display illegal bytes rather than trying to
append further bytes to make up a valid sequence.
* restore curs_set state after endwin/refresh
* modify keyname to use "^X" form only if meta has been called,
or if keyname is called without initializing curses, e.g., via
initscr or newterm.
* modify unctrl to check codes in 128-255 range versus isprint.
"~" sequence.
* improve resizeterm by moving ripped-off lines, and repainting
the soft-keys.
* modify form library to accept control characters such as
newline in set_field_buffer, which is compatible with Solaris.
* use NCURSES_MOUSE_MASK in definition of BUTTON_RELEASE, etc.,
to make those work properly with the --enable-ext-mouse
* correct some functions in Ada95 binding which were using
return value from C where none was returned.
* reviewed/fixed issues reported by Coverity and Klocwork tools.
* configure script:
o new options:
control whether static string tables are generated
as single large strings (to improve startup
performance), or as array of individual strings.
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What did the Dolphins get in Bryant McKinnie?
We've known the for nearly a week the Dolphins have been looking for an offensive lineman in trade and now that they got Bryant McKinnie the question that resonates is, what exactly did they get?
"He is a proven and experienced player who will be a great addition to the offensive line," general manager Jeff Ireland said in a statement.
"Bryant McKinnie was a good player at one time but he stinks now," a former NFL coach told me today.
Bryant McKinnie is 34 years old and was once a dominating NFL left tackle. He never allowed a sack at the University of Miami. He had one holding call his entire two seasons at UM -- against Dwight Freeney.
And he was outstanding playing for the Minnesota Vikings from 2003 to 2009, including his Pro Bowl selection in '09. But there are other things that mitigate McKinnie being a great player back in the day, so to speak, and even a good player now.
Well, there's the partying for one.
In October 2005, McKinnie was charged with a misdemeanor for his involvement in the infamous Minnesota Vikings boat cruise scandal that involved hookers and drugs and violence.
On May 26, 2006, McKinnie pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and being a public nuisance on a watercraft in connection with the Love Boat scandal. He agreed to pay a $1,000 fine and perform 48 hours of community service. The NFL fined McKinnie one game check for the incident.
In 2008 McKinnie was arrested and charged with aggravated battery, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest after an incident at Miami's Club Space. Police said McKinnie spit in the face of a bouncer when he was removed from the club, then, after heading across the street to another establishment, returned to the club and argued with the bouncer. McKinnie then allegedly shoved his phone in Otero's face before picking up a heavy pole and hitting him. A judge ordered McKinnie to complete 25 hours of community service and anger management classes.
McKinnie's hard partying is legendary in NFL circles. He's been known for spending $100,000 on a bar tab in one night.
McKinnie's love of strip clubs is also well known. McKinnie was kicked off the 2010 Pro Bowl roster after partying too much in South Beach and missing practices.
Is he a Joe Philbin-type player? Absolutely not.
But the Dolphins are desperate. McKinnie can move in as the left tackle -- the position he's played all his professional life -- and they can move Jonathan Martin to right tackle, which is the position he played last year.
McKinnie, not exactly a try-hard guy so far this year, has nonetheless given up only one sack in 2013. So that is indeed an upgrade.
But does he come with warts? Yes.
Mandito, We tried "Philbin type's" to little success, Lets try something else..
Signs of a desperate team, that were in denial in the off season. denial, lack of talent evaluation, or just plain stubbornness.
I don't see that this trade makes much difference, either to the 2013 season, or the 2014 draft.
7-9 :(
Too little ,way too late!!!!!!!!!!!!!hope tannehill stays alive till next spring
Take him to pure platinum
the warts smells bad?
Ireland constructed a poor team, and the team is coached just as poorly.
does Mckinnie come along with Sweet pea and Jacoby Jones. lol
Nice contract to absorb. So long cap space!
Publicado por: Just FYI | October 21, 2013 at 04:29 PM
Just went and looked it up, the contract is NOT GUARANTEED! The signing bonus was undisclosed (so I'm not sure what we owe in base for the 10 remaining games) The BULK of the 7 Mil. was tied into weight clauses and practice bonuses.
(when you need to just maintain your weight and properly condition for that kind of payday and can't it doesn't seem to bode well for our return on this deal)
The fins could rework the contract for Mckinnie and state that for no sacks given up he gets an all expense paid trip to the stripper bar of his choice. If he makes the pro bowl then they buy him a strip club of his own. Small price to pay for protecting your franchise QB
he should start right away Clabo Sucks Clabo Sucks
Are season is over your guys.
What about that guy Dallas Texas we drafted out of Tenn? What the phuc is he doing these days?
Mckinnie is coming home so maybe that'll get some inspired play out of him. Anyway, atleast the FO is trying something. why wasn't this done over the bye! this loss to the bills may have been the dagger.
Oh hail yeah now we be playoff bound dog!
I demand that She-man call 35 running plays next game, no matter how successful the first 10 are.
Bring back Wannstache!!! That dude knew how to call a running play.
Beg Rickie to come out of retirement while we're at it.
Thank you Jeff Ireland. Will next year be the year you are capable of identifying a starting offensive linemen after the first round or are we going to keep trading for other teams players?
Guys look at the opposition and see how banged up they are in all areas on defense. No wilfork, mayo, talib or kelly. 4 of their best players out or at 50 percent. this game screams for two te sets and a fb. Fins need to run it and run it some more. this will set up play action to hartline and wallace. eats up the clock and benches the pats best player in brady, and gives the oline confidence while keeping tannehill upright. See the obvious moves here Philbin. Please
And why can't Gilligan get onto the field? It seems like in preseason he did better than the other RBs.
"We have confidence in the guys we have", Philbin in his presser Today referring to the OLine. Then, 1/2hr later Ireland trades for McKinnie. C'mon, guys, at least coordinate what BS you are going to say, where and when, in order to not look ridiculous and lose whatever respect you might have.
Al I know is Martin should be moving back to the right where he seems more comfortable, especially with the run game. McKinnie will be an upgrade on the left. And Clabo can upgrade the bench.
We just got better at two positions on the offensive line.
agreed Phins 78. Atleast the FO is making som,e moves to improve the teams most glaring weakness and save our QB's life back there
Wheres bill polian?
It's amazing how miscalculated the talent of this team is. We all knew that the OL was not going to be good. How did Ireland and the coaches not know this! They had all off season to upgrade and of all the tackles out there they judged Clabo to be the best - really? I think that is one of the biggest issues with this organization is talent evaluation. Our OL draft picks have sucked! You can say Pouncey al you want but he was a high 1st rd pick as a center which is not the ideal slot for one and he is not exactly dominating up front this year. Maybe he should focus less on his Free Hernandez advertising and more on blocking his guy! When you lose to Buffalo at home with a practice squad banged up QB and no RB's you know your season is over! Please Ross - clean HOUSE starting with the GM and then the coaches.
The definition of an idiot is seeing the same results over and over, making no big changes, and thinking something different is going to happen.
Martin was a turnstile at RT last year too, but he's still better than Clabo. Clabo's knees are shot. Guy can hardly move anymore. Sometimes I think the only film Ireland watches on players are their YouTube highlights.
The Miami Herald People have gone home after their 6 hrs shift.
Why not add Nate Garner to replace the human jelly fish, J.Jerry at RG ? Is that too logical for these doo-dos ?
That would improve 3 spots. Tanny just needs AVG linemen to win, not stars. Give the man some time and some running plays and we can go 10-6 still !!!!
Yes dolfan29, I'm definitely happy Ireland isn't just sitting on his hands. I would like him to get better at drafting and retaining our own players though. The whole idea, what we were sold, was we had to be patient because they were going to build through the draft.
The staff is lucky the total whiff by Clabo did not end the season on the spot for Tannehill. First round QB's... at least as judged by this team's front office...should not absorb direct slams from Mario Williams.
Agreed Phins 78. Ive been banging the drum with Ireland and the draft for years. I will give him his just do that his first rounders have become solid or elite players. Its the guys taken in rd's 2 and 3 that i take issue with. Not enough difference makers have come from this area of the draft. I hear so many NFL personnel guys saying the mid rounds of the draft are your meat and potatoes of getting talent to come in and replace aging veterans once their time is up. This IMO has been Irelands biggest mismanagement of the draft year after year. To me if a GM fails in this area of the team rebuild then he needs to go. Look at Jimmy when he was here. Their 4 best defensive players came from round 2 in madison and surtain, taylor in rd 3 and thomas in rd 5
Posted by: Vince | October 21, 2013 at 06:08 PM
Vince with all due respect think about what you just said. I understand what you're trying to say but I think you missed a couple of points.
You're saying they should fire everyone and start over because if you keep the same guys who aren't doing as well as you would like it's stupid. Surely the next guy that comes in will fix the issues.
I have to say that is shortsighted. How many coaches have we gone through since Shula? 6 right? 7 if you count Turner. And we have been consistently mediocre the entire time.
You are suggesting they switch the entire team ,,,AGAIN,,, so we can wait through another rebuild because of philosophical changes. They're not going to keep all of the players, and they certainly won't keep any of the plays. That means back to square one.
We have done that for 20 years now and you think that all of the sudden it's going to be different this time? How will anything change? The best teams in the league have consistency in the front office and coaching staff. They don't switch everyone out every two years because they haven't won a super bowl.
I;m sorry but what you are suggesting and a couple others have suggested is exactly what has kept us down all of these years. Why don't you guys see this?
Thats one move....
I wonder how many turn overs Tanne will be able to have against NE before Philbin goes to the bullpen...
is it 2 INTs and a fumble...
2 Fumbles and a pick 6
2 fumbles....
How many times a game can Tanne be allowed to turn the ball over with no repercussions....
Our leading Rusher (last year) fumbles trying to get some extra yards...and gets benched for the rest of the game...and is in the dog house for the rest of the season...
If your gonna be a hard @ss...you have to be a equal oppertunity haqrd @ss...they players can tell....
We should have kept Vontae and Marshall. Wallace is no alpha receiver. Never was. Not worth half his price. Another desperation move by Jeffy.
Posted by: Kris | October 21, 2013 at 06:31 PM
What a dumbShyt hahaaha.
lol. Also Vince, the phrase is "the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results".
How many times do we change our coaching staff and front office before we are labeled insane? 1 year and 6 games is not enough time for a coaching staff to change everything about a team and come out on top. And don't list the two teams that have done it unless you list the hundreds who haven't. Tweaking is fine, Sherman is expendable.
Why does Kris hate Tannehill so much? He has a better 3rd down QBR than Luck and leads one of the top redzone offenses in the league.
Kris is only happy when he is bitter and negative.
Ireland fires Bonamego, the special teams coach.
Ireland fires Pasqualoni, the DC.
Ireland fires Henning the OC (fails to renew contract, same thing)
Ireland fires Sparano the HC.
Now it's Clabo who needs to be replaced ?
At what point does Ireland get replaced ?
The loss the Buffalo was very disapointing, but not super surprising! This team is in year 2 of it's rebuilding process. This is a very young team, with lots of very good young talent, especially at the QB postion. Experience comes with age & time! The Fins are a mediocure team, which is what most of the NFL teams are now. Another off-season of FA's, decent draft, and the general maturing of the talent we have. Still re-building. Patience & time. Look at SF. They were on the bottom of leaque for several years. Through drafting & time, that team rose to the top. Look for the O-Line and solid power runner to be added via draft & FA. 3 of the 5 OL will be gone. Daniel Thomas, gone. We won a game in Indy that we should have lost, and we lost a game we should have definelty won! That's how it's going to be until this team can rise out of the mediocrity!
Tom hahaha yeah that was brutal. I haven't seen a qb get hit that hard in a while. BODY SLAMMED! He had JUST turned around and Williams was like, "Hey, I'm going to pick you up and Snuka you right now, good luck putting yourself back together".
The fact that McKinnie is an upgrade over the current OTs on the roster speaks volumes about Ireland's skill (or extreme lack thereof) as a GM.
"Is he a Joe Philbin-type player? Absolutely not."
I hope McKinnie has a South Beach party to end all parties with 20 strippers and Phibin, Sherman, and Ireland in a wild free for all posted on YouTube.
does he have a better record...
There are 10 games and so not too late but would have been nice to get him sooner but Ireland at the helm is the reason.....bottom line and it's been said over and over by many that Ireland needs to go away or Ross give total control to the head coach....mind boggling how Ross has no clue as an owner, absolutely terrible.
I was watching the game with my 7yr old son and he says
"Hey Dad, whos #77? He really Sucks"
The Dolphins will improve when they have a good GM, great Head Coach, and an elite QB. Look at the Colts, Chiefs, Seahawks, and 49ers as examples of what is possible. Ireland has been rebuilding for six years (it's time for the Parcells excuse to be retired insofar as Ireland is concerned). IMHO, the problem is Ireland.
This sucks. We are once again chancing our tail and barely get an upgrade. Ireland should have been more proactive and tried to get Eugene Monroe. Once again the good teams get the best deals and the Dolphins get crap.
You all need to get off it. Ross spends money, Ireland has done a pretty good job adding talent to this team, and Philbin is a good coach. We're better off than most. It takes time and CONSISTENCY to build a team that will contend year in and year out - firing Ireland would only set us back another 5 years. We're still a year or two away - try to appreciate the fact that we're competitive again.
We KNEW that Martin was a liability, and Clabo was the best of a bad FA class - that's why we signed him for only one year. So what? There was nothing we could do about it - there were no good options at tackle during the offseason. Ireland was right on Jake Long - he is not worth the money he got. Albert was not worth the asking price in draft picks OR contract $$, and only time will tell if Lane Johnson can turn it around.
The next draft will be rich in o-line talent, and it's entirely possible that we'll double up in the early rounds. So- assuming we manage to re-sign Soliai, Starks and Grimes... look to FA and the draft to find tackles, a bell-cow back and a blocking tight end - what's left to fix? Nothing, really.
You guys seem to believe that there is some mythical coach/GM tandem out there who can snap their fingers and make a playoff team appear out of thin air... it doesn't work that way.
Luck has a better team. And a real oline.
Double Duh... (using vocabulary not above you)
Teams with talent do not play like the Phins have played the past four or five years.
Ireland does not do a good job getting talent. His drafts are very mediocre and to get any FA here the Dolphins had to waaay overpay. That is not a good GM. Keep living in your dream world but the Dolphins are going to be rebuilding in another 4 years, and the cycle begins again.
Kris that's not looking at the big picture and you know it. You're saying Philbin should treat a second year qb who makes less than half of what an aging vet makes the same exact way?
Tannehill is raw with upside and Bush was aging, expensive, and peaked. Philbin didn't like him for reasons we will never know. That's his decision, we aren't in the locker room.
What if we found out that Bush was secretly trying to turn other players against the coach and was constantly complaining about the playbook? Would you be okay that Philbin was fine letting him walk then? We have no clue what happened so you can't sit here and assume Reggie was the poor guy who was wronged by the coach. We have no idea and are just guessing so it's ridiculous to even debate.
He's a rb, running backs aren't allowed to fumble because they only touch the ball an average of 20 times a game. The qb touches the ball on every single play. Apples and oranges.
I know you never liked Tannehill. You seem to be giddy over the fact he had a bad game, it seems as if you are just waiting to say I told you so. It was one bad game Kris,,,,,RIGHT? Has he played horribly all season or has he put his team in a position to win games with two fourth quarter comebacks? And he was solid in the Ravens game. His two bad games were against Buffalo and New Orleans. Cut the kid some freakin slack.
How many turnovers is he allowed? Why aren't you saying that about the whole team? Poor Bush. What about our lbers, how many rbs are they going to let gain 8 yards on every catch? How many receivers and te's are they going to leave wide open? How many defensive linemen and lbers are our Rbs going to whiff on? How many dlinemen will the oline let push them around like school girls? How many times does Wallace need to be told where to line up by Gibson? How many times does Reshad Jones get to miss tackles and coverages?
How many times do ANY of these players get to f$#k up before being replaced? But your bias against Tannehill only wants to hold him accountable for his mistakes. I would have been fine with the calling out of thill if you called all of the other guys who make mistakes out.
Most of those games haven't won a game for our team this year. Tannehill has taken this team on his back at least three times this season, made some great plays when they needed to be made and bailed us out. Hell, he escaped two times on the hail mary and still got a long pass off as he was being hit. IT WAS A HAIL MARY, THEY RUSHED FOUR AND WE HAD 5 PROTECTING! 2 guys came right through even though it was the last play and the oline needed to hold the block. John Jerry whiffed, so he should be punished too? He does it every game after all.
Brass Monkey...
Tell that to
and even ATL who has sustained success....
Those post don't work any more....to much proof otherwise...
Yes Kris, football is an individual sport and a teams record is on the qb alone.
Sanchez (apparently according to you) took his team to 2 afc east championships.
So by your logic you would trade Sanchez for Tannehill right? He must be better because the teams record says so?
I agree with earlier criticisms about the management and coaches, but I am not angry over this trade not occurring during the bye. I think that the coaches felt they could work with the personnel they had during the extra week off. The results seemed to be adequate before the fourth quarter sacks. Now, Clabo has had his chance, and is likely going to sit.
On a separate note, although the Dolphins lost, the resilience to come back after being down 14 is very positive. The fourth quarter sacks lost the game. Now, on to see if McKinnie can be a viable upgrade.
Look, Kris wanted Mallett. Any qb that came here and didn't immediately prove he was god was going to be trashed by Kris. ;)
The funny thing is I remember Kris giving Henne much more time to prove himself. Tannehill got 5 games this season, Kris barely said a word, then he had one bad game and now Kris wants him in front of a firing squad. lol seriously, come on already!
The Dolphins only have a limited number of good players (that still are on the team). They are a kicker, punter, one CB, four DL, one center, one TE, two WR (sorry that the $60 million dollar man is not one of them, and a long snapper. The quarterback is iffy at best and a potential bust at worst. The rookies look cute on the bench. The team lacks talent at GM, coaching, and on the field.
Phins 78...
that is always your argument...Sanchez this...and sanchez that...
bottomline...Sanchez DID play in 2 straight AFC championship games...
how many have the FINS played in the last 20 years....
I would trade tanne for a cup of coffe...if that cup of coffe could QB us to 2 staright AFC championship games...
the problem with you guys is this...
you think that just beause the guy gets drafted by the FINS...then you have to have undyingloyalty to him....
but why...
what player in a FINS uniform has done CRAP in 30 years....but yet...they have earned your BLINDtrus in theur inate ability to win between 7..and MAYBE 9 football games on a good year...
No player...especially a unproven..and now turn over prone QB will get the benifit of the doubt...
I told you about Henne...but I guess you probably made the same Sanchez argument when I was proving you wrong on that one...
Lets hope i'm wrong about Tanne....
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Would You Ever Dye Your Child's Hair?
Not that I think celebrity parent's always make the best decisions, but Gwen Stefani does seem like a pretty awesome mom to me. She's always photographed spending QT with her boys and she's said they come before her career.
But I'm wondering about her decision to dye her son Kingston's hair. I thought it was naturally blonde like her younger son, Zuma's, but now I'm not so sure. Here's a pic of Kingston with dark brown locks:
And here's a more recent pic of him with noticeably lighter locks:
Just wondering if any other moms out there have dyed their child's hair? If so, why? And is it safe?
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