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Q:
GDB step by step debugging of two threads
I have a c++ program running two threads. thread A and thread B. is there a way to do step by step debugging of both threads in GDB? steps should be something like this:
Stop Threads A & B
Switch to thread A. continue one step.
Switch to thread B. continue two steps.
A:
Use the gdb commands "info threads" to see all the threads of the process, then use command "thread thread-id" top switch to whichever thread you want.
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"Previously on "How To Get Away With Murder"..." "Spell it." " Laurel:" "Who's that?" " Connor:" "That is Levi," "Michaela's new boyfriend." "You're "Eggs."" "[Strained] No." "Rebecca's Eggs." " You're her foster brother?" " Yeah." "Stay away from Michaela, or I tell her who you are." " I'm done." " Trotter Lake, Asher." "Shut up with that!" "[Cellphone chiming]" "It's her, right... who you've been seeing?" "You show up late for dates." "You're constantly on your phone." "I met her in the library." "It's probably better, considering we work together." " Dad, I'm in trouble." " What's wrong, Ash?" "It's about Tiffany." "Annalise:" "Where are they?" "I'll tell you if you just give me a chance to." "I don't have time for that." " Caleb:" "What's going on?" " Why don't you two tell me?" "I've known Caleb and Catherine their entire lives." "They're guilty, Ms. Keating." "So at the time of your first sexual encounter with Mr. Lahey, were you aware that his wife had just been diagnosed with stage-four ovarian cancer?" "Hi." "I miss you." "I need more time." "I'm in." "Connor:" "She's dying." "She's... she's dying!" "She's dying!" "[Gasping]" "Wes:" "Car!" "Was that a cop?" "The hell are you doing?" "!" "Get in the car!" " [Siren walls] - [Indistinct shouting]" "Starting a 16-gauge I.V." "All right, lungs are clear." "Need another blood set for a second I.V. and a B.V.M." " Got it." " I.V." "Lifting on 3. 1, 2, 3." "Blood pressure... 70 over palp." "Pulse is thready." "Watch your backs." "Feels tachycardic." "I'm seeing some J.V.D." "Don't touch the body." "We got a body." "Okay, you're clear." "Might have to do a needle thoracotomy." "Need to get an E.T. tube right away." " She's got diminished respirations." "Chest is clear." " We're in." "Equal breath sounds, but respiratory effort decreasing." "Man:" "Unit 22 is at 536 Charter Lane with two female victims, one deceased." " The other is unstable." " Trauma alert." " What did they just say?" " I heard "deceased."" "If you shut up, we can hear it." " [Cellphone ringing]" " It's me." "It's me." "What do I do?" " Nothing!" " D... don't answer it." " Well, she can't just ignore it!" " Shut up!" "Answer it." "Act normal." "No one make a sound." "Are you sure?" "Yes." "[Ringing continues]" "You got this." "[Beep]" "Hi." "Yeah." "Everything's fine." "[Tires squeal]" "[Siren walls]" "You stay with me, ma'am." "Ma'am?" " [Flatline]" " We've got flatline." "Paddles." "Charge to 300." " [Paddles whine]" " Charging." " Clear?" " Clear." "[Flatline]" " Charge to 360." " Charging." " Clear?" " Clear." "_" "[Cellphone ringing]" "[Gasping]" "[Beep]" "Hello?" "Nate?" "Woman:" "No." "Is this Annalise?" "Who is this?" "Nia Lahey." "Nate's wife." "♪" "[Monitors beeping]" "[Indistinct talking over P.A.]" "He already left for work." "Sit." "♪" "[Chair scrapes]" "I was afraid to come." "I'm..." "I'm not a woman who gets afraid." "I know." "I'd be scared, too." "I've thought about you a lot." "I've thought, "what kind of woman could be with a man when his wife is dying?"" "That's not a judgment." "I admire your strength." "Do you love him?" "Uh..." "I don't know how to answer that." "Then say "yes."" "I need you to love him, Annalise." "They keep pumping me full of drugs and radiation, signing me up for trials." "The miracle of modern medicine can keep me alive for years, but... this is not living." "I mean, not for me." "Definitely not for Nate." "I want you to do a favor for me, Annalise." "I want you to help me end it." " I'm sorry?" " I want you to kill me." "[Echoing] Is this Annalise?" "I want you to do a favor for me." "Do you love him?" " I'm sorry?" " I want you to kill me." "Bonnie:" "Annalise." "There you are." "Zoe:" "Rachel was my best friend." "We had this plan that we were gonna go to college together, be bridesmaids at each other's weddings." "Rachel's dad and I used to joke" " that maybe they'd marry each other." " Lisa:" "Tom." "I just want them to know the real Zoe, that what happened isn't her..." "We know it's hard, Mr. Mitchell, but we may need Zoe to do this in court, too, so..." "Go on." "You're doing good." "Last year, when we started school," "Rachel and I started hanging out with Molly and Megan." "And it was fun at first." "They were really popular, and we liked that they noticed us." "But then Rachel started talking to Molly's boyfriend." "And Molly said it first, she said that we had to teach Rachel a lesson." "And I thought that she was just joking, that we were gonna, you know, like, take her into the woods and scare her, but..." "[Sobs]" "I should have stopped them." "And I know that." "But I was scared." "But..." "They made me do it. [Sniffles]" "They made me kill my best friend." "Any of us are capable of what Zoe did." "We'd like to think that we have self-control and free will." "But under the right circumstances, any of us can become a killer." "The prosecution wants you to believe that Molly Bartlett and Megan Harris were brainwashed by my client." "The D.A. even made a plea deal with them so they'd testify against Zoe." "But the truth is," "Megan and Molly are the ones responsible here." "They used their social clout to recruit Zoe, an impressionable girl, into their very own murder club." "Doesn't this all sound familiar?" "Kaplan:" "Zoe Mitchell is not a victim here." "She's the ringleader, orchestrating the cold-blooded murder of Rachel Glasser." "It was Zoe who wanted this girl dead." "Zoe Was roped into a sick revenge plot over a boy." "And in that moment, she lost herself, forgot who she was." "And then Bullied Molly and Megan into luring Rachel into the woods behind their school to kill her." "Together, they stabbed her not once..." "Not twice..." "But 52 times." "Zoe wishes she could take it all back, return to the days when it was just her and her best friend, Rachel." "Before she met the bad influences who'd ruin her life." "Kaplan:" "What kind of person kills their best friend?" "A sociopath, that's who, because that's what Zoe Mitchell is... a conniving, remorseless Innocent girl who doesn't deserve jail." "Instead, she needs to be placed in a psychiatric facility where she can get the help that she needs." "So please consider this fragile, susceptible teenager and remember..." "She could be your child, too." "Michaela:" "Well, I guess they look normal." "Laurel:" "Just because they're smiling doesn't mean they don't want to kill each other." "Hmm, said the girl who clearly wasn't popular in high school." " Who says I wasn't?" " [Scoffs]" "Please." "Connor:" "Can we stop "Mean Girling"" "and talk about how Annalise's opening was literally a step-by-step of what she did to us?" "All she did was protect us when she didn't need to." "She did need to, to protect herself." " You're an ingrate." " No, wait, okay." "Let's hear your case." "Okay, fine." "She uses bullying and public humiliation in class, one." "Two, she keeps us trapped in her world so the only thing that we care about are her needs." "Three, we work for her day and night so we never get to sleep." "Four, she creates this... this cult of superiority, the... the K5, which makes us feel special just to be around her, which pits us against each other." "I... i... it's brainwashing 101." " Then quit." " He can't." "It's like the mob... they kill you if you try to leave." "Yeah, exactly." "And she'd probably have her little puppy do it." "[Door opens]" "The prosecution shrink, Dr. Healy, is gonna take the stand later today, and he's gonna make Zoe out to be the ringleader." "So I need you to go through all of his old case files, find screw-ups with past patients." " I need something by 3:00." " That's in two hours." "So?" "You have something better to do?" "No, but there's just four of us, since Asher didn't show..." "Actually, now three." "Miss Pratt, I have a special assignment for you." "♪" "Does anyone feel jealous and suddenly motivated?" "You're gonna prep Catherine and Caleb to take the stand." "Oh, really?" "I didn't even know you wanted them to testify." "I don't, but I need to know if they're screwing, so see if you can get one of them to admit it." "Uh, you mean trick them?" "Is that a problem?" "No, just..." "Why me?" "Normally, it would be Bonnie or Wes you would send..." " Should it be Bonnie?" " No, no, no." " I..." "I'll go right now." " You're smart, Michaela." " That's why." " Thank..." "And you've got boobs." "A brother not screwing his sister should respond to them." "Bonnie:" "Where are you?" "Asher: [Coughing] Sick." "I got hit with this... [clears throat]" " ... fricking ninja virus." " Are you avoiding me?" "Because I'm a big girl, and I can handle being dumped." "No." "No, I just..." "I don't want to get anyone else sick." " [Coughs]" " Fine." "Just know the longer you're out, the more work for everyone else." "Get better." "[Beep]" "♪" "You feeling okay?" "Yeah." "Yeah, just, uh... nerves." "That's normal." "I'm gonna be there to make sure you're protected." "[Door opens]" "Gentlemen, are we ready to make this deal?" "We are." "Michaela:" "Stop it." "I just called to say hi." "Levi:" "And I'm asking you to say it." " I can't." "I'm at my clients'." " Aw, that's a cop-out." "I'm starting to feel a bit played here, to be honest." "You let me get a taste." "Then you leave me high and dry for days." "Fine." "I'll say it." "Spank me, Daddy." "Huh?" "I couldn't hear you." "Oh..." "Spank me, Daddy." "Louder, woman." "[Laughs] Spank me, Daddy!" " Wow." " Oh!" "Uh, I'll call you later." " [Beep]" " Caleb, hi." "Annalise sent me to start..." "To start my trial prep." "I know." "You're a lawyer?" "Not yet." "I'm one of her students." "So my life's in the hands of someone who knows as much about the law as I do?" "Great." "Kaplan:" "Dr. Healy, what can you tell us about psychopathy, which you've spent your entire career studying?" "My research has shown that an everyday high-school clique can take on the characteristics of a cult." "Take columbine, for instance." "Eric Harris was a psychopath who manipulated the weaker-willed Dylan Klebold into committing murder." "Like Harris, I believe the defendant has antisocial personality disorder with prominent narcissistic" " and sadistic traits." "Zoe then used..." " Nia:" "I want you to do a favor for me, Annalise." "I want you to kill me." "This is inappropriate." "Just get me the pills." "You wouldn't be killing me." "I would do that myself." "It's called secobarbital." "I take it, and I'm asleep, just like that." "No." "That's..." "I'm not a drug dealer." "But that guy you have working for you, he has access, right?" "The one you used to frame Nate." "[Monitor beeps]" "You owe me this, Annalise." "For sleeping with my husband... that's bad enough." "But really, for what you put him through." "He had to go through that trial alone." "He had to sit in that courtroom alone, because I couldn't be there." "You did that." "Listen, I can't imagine what you're feeling right now." "Exactly." "So you don't get to say no." "Oh, please." "Please." "Nobody will help me." "The nurses, they're all on Nate's team, but you..." "You owe me this." "[Breathes deeply]" "Judge:" "Does that sound fair to you, Ms. Keating?" "Ms. Keating." "[Indistinct whispering]" "I'm sorry, Your Honor." "Would you like a recess before your cross of Dr. Healy?" "That sounds great." "We'll resume in 15." "[Gavel bangs]" " Everything okay?" " Yeah." "Why wouldn't it be?" "Frank..." "I need your help." "I can't go anywhere." "I'm at work." "Levi:" "So?" "You got more important things on your plate." "I've got to get out of this dump of an apartment." "Okay, the guy who sleeps in his car doesn't get to rip on my apartment." "Whatever." "Just give me the name of this cop." "I'll go find out what he knows." "He doesn't even know you exist." "Then tell him." " I can't." "What..." " [Door opens]" "Did you find any dirt on our expert?" "I think so." "In 2009, he had a 15-year-old patient named Tyler Douglas." "Dr. Healy was treating him for schizophrenia in the hospital, but decided to release him back to his parents' care" " in time for..." " Christmas, which is when Tyler put padlocks on all the bedroom doors in his family's house and lit the Christmas tree on fire, thereby killing his parents and 1-year-old sister." "This was after you gave him a complete remission diagnosis." " Isn't that right?" " [Sighs]" "You managed to find the most difficult case in my career." "Difficult because your misdiagnosis led to the death of three people?" "Objection, Your Honor." "Assumes facts not in evidence." "Withdrawn." "Given the subjective nature of your field, Dr. Healy, is it possible that you've given Zoe Mitchell the wrong diagnosis?" "Objection, Your Honor." "Outside the scope of direct." "This is an expert giving an opinion within the scope of his expertise." "What I do..." "It's not an exact science, so of course it's possible." "Seems a shame to persecute an innocent girl based on a hunch." " Your Honor." " Relax." "No further questions." "[Murmuring]" "Annalise strikes again." "Nothing like burning babies when you want to sway the jury." " Wes, where are you going?" " We did our job." "I did that job, and Annalise is gonna notice if you leave." "Let her." "[Indistinct conversation]" "Oh, crap." "[Clicking]" "Hey." "What did they say to you?" "Nothing." "You can tell me." "If they were bullying you, it could help our case." "They just said that I'm a slut." "It's fine, and... it's kind of true." "No, it's not fine." "That's how people get in your head." "You don't know what you're talking about." "Uh..." "Actually, uh, I do." "Look, we've all had people in our lives that... that make us do bad stuff." "Like stabbing your best friend a million times while she begs you to stop?" "Zoe, your mom." "Projecting onto the sociopath much?" "She's not a sociopath." "Or so she says." "♪" "Nate:" "You can't be here." "Just tell me what you found out." "I will when there's something to know." "Right now, I'm spending time with my sick wife." "Rebecca's dead." "Maybe she wasn't my wife, but now she's dead." "So I'm sorry, but I can't just wait for you to make time to deal with this." "Please, Nate, just tell me what you know." "Frank made three calls the night Rebecca disappeared." "To who?" "Does it matter?" "No, I..." "I'm not gonna tell anyone." "[Door closes]" "Her name's Sabrina Mancini." "Nice work." "I'm all over it." "Wait." "Wait!" "[Sighs]" "[Siren walls in distance]" "Just find out who she is." "Okay?" "Nate will kill me if he finds out about you." "Are you sure you trust this guy?" "Yeah." "He wants the same things we do." "You mean to kill Annalise?" "Just find out who she is, nothing more." "Relax." "I'll be good." "Michaela:" "You and Catherine slept through the entire night of the murder?" " Yes." " Even with your parents being beaten and shot in your own home?" "Our home is over 30,000 square feet." "You're elaborating." "Don't do that." "Yes." "I slept through the entire night." "And is your bedroom close to your sister's?" "Yes." "Do you ever visit each other in the middle of the night?" "Why don't you just flat-out ask me if I'm screwing her?" "No... that's not what... this is all a routine part of tr..." "'Cause the answer is yes." "We're in love." "Have been ever since we were kids." "We're actually planning on getting married as soon as the inheritance comes in." "This is a hard process." "I understand that." "You understand nothing." "I was 6 when they adopted me." "Everybody wanted babies little white babies." "But my parents chose me." "And now the whole world thinks I killed them." "Why?" "Because I look different than them?" "Okay." "That's a little bit "victimy," don't you think?" "No, but that was a little bit bitchy." "Excuse me?" "I'm your client." "You work for me." "Exactly." "I'm on your side here." "No one's on our side." "That's the only thing I know at this point." "I'm adopted." "Not to a family of billionaires, but let's just say they're people I don't really relate to." "So, yes, maybe I don't understand about everything you're going through, but I understand much more than you think." " I'm sorry..." " It's okay." "... but that's bull." "You haven't been accused of murder." "And, yeah, maybe I need to suck it up..." "Be strong." "But what's happening to me, what's happening to Catherine, it's not okay." "Caleb?" "Is everything all right?" "♪" "Molly's gonna take the stand to testify tomorrow." "So she can tell all the lies she wants about Zoe." "Lovely." "Don't worry, I know how to take down a teenager." "Dad, I can't find my phone." " Well, use mine." " No, no, no." "Don't give her yours." "Zoe, go and find yours." " This is the fourth one you've had." "Go and find it..." " [ringing]" " [Cellphone vibrating]" " Bill:" "I'm not letting my son be your informant until he has full immunity." "Sinclair:" "Let's not overplay our hand here, Judge." "After all, the only reason we're here is because of what happened to an innocent girl." "We're not here because of Tiffany Howard." "We're here because Annalise Keating is a criminal who finally needs to be stopped." "Asher:" "Yo, what's up?" "Asher-ony McHorny here." "Leave me a message. [Beep]" "Hey." "I need to know if you're coming into work tomorrow." " Call me back." " [Beep]" "Frank..." "That guy who traces phones, can you have him call me?" "No way." "I'm not gonna let you become the crazy ex who stalks Doucheface." "Not even if I tell you what Laurel said about you when we had drinks the other night?" "You two had drinks?" "Yep." "I think she's falling for you." "She said that?" "No, but now I know you're falling for her." "Okay, now you're the doucheface." "Just have your guy call me." "[Laurel speaking Spanish]" "[Door closes]" "What's the verdict?" "Is Caleb diddling sissy?" "I don't think so." " Why not?" " I don't know... he just... he seems more normal than I thought." "Are you into him?" " Into who?" " No one." " Caleb." " Go for it." "Look at all the fun we got out of Wes dating Rebecca." "Okay, you're all sick in the head, and I have a boyfriend, thank you very much." "What, are you and Dirty Levi already exclusive?" "No, I mean, no, we haven't officially had that conversation yet, but we're enjoying each other's company." "Let's just say that." "Stay away from Michaela, or I tell her who you are." "Deal." "Connor:" "Naked company, I hope." "Where are you going now?" "My torts study group is meeting tonight." "Miss Pratt, what did you find out?" "Uh, nothing definitive yet." " What's the matter?" " [Door closes]" "You don't know how to use your boobs?" " [Door closes]" " I told you to stay away from her." "Calm down." "I'm not gonna hurt her." "I trusted you, lied to Nate for you." "Maybe you shouldn't have." "Look, somebody in that house killed my sister, so, yeah, I'm gonna lie to people if that means finding out who did it." "Rebecca lied to me." "Over and over." "And I kept believing her." "I can't be around people like that anymore." "Get the hell out." "Dude." "Just leave." "Look, I found the lady Frank called." "Sabrina Mancini." "You want to know who she is?" "[Knocking on door]" " I stole Zoe's phone." " What?" "I think she's a sociopath." "You stole our client's phone you're the sociopath." "Yeah, but I've been watching her, and she's on her phone all of the time." "She's 16." "That's what they do." "Yeah, but I didn't buy that sob story, so I just took her phone when she wasn't looking, and I called my cousin, you know, the 15-year-old, and she told me about "H.A.S."" " Hidden Away Safe." " What are you talking about?" "Okay, it's this app that kids use to hide stuff from their parents." "The little icon looks like this calculator, so that no one would think to look at it." " And what do I care?" " Look." "Stop it!" "Why are you doing this to me?" "!" "[Zoe laughs]" "Okay, now squeal like a little piggy like Rachel did." "Megan:" "Yeah, little fat piggy bitch." "[Laughter]" "[Grunting] Aah!" "Stop!" "Ow!" "I want my mommy!" "[Imitating gagging]" "Oh, my gosh." "You know, we should do it again." "What?" "Yeah, what are you talking about?" "You know, like, kill someone." "Like Mrs. Collins?" "You know, she gave me a "C," so we should carve a "C" into her forehead right before we gut her." "You know, we should do it again." " Megan:" "What?" " Yeah, what are you talking about?" "You know, like, kill someone." "Like Mrs. Collins?" "You know, she gave me a "C," so we should carve a "C" into her forehead right before we gut her." "Stop it." "Please." "That's not..." "She doesn't know what she's saying." "They made Zoe do this." "[Sniffs] No one can see this." "Get rid of it." "Of course." " We're what?" " Burying the footage so we win the case." "But she's a violent killer who wants to violently kill again." "You're the one that was all "poor Zoe" yesterday..." "Yeah, well, that was before we knew she was mental." "Our job, Mr. Walsh, is to defend our client against the crime for which she's charged, not a hypothetical future crime." "But she's dangerous, and she's good at it." " I mean, the video is proof." " Proof of what?" "That teenage girls can be stupid and pretend for each other?" "We swore an oath to mount a vigorous defense, and, yes, that includes winning." "So stop being so damn sensitive and get on board." "Are there any other copies?" "No, just the one on her phone." "Good, delete any record of them anywhere, especially the damn cloud worst thing ever invented." "Hang on a sec." "Of course she doesn't care." "I mean, she's a psychopath, too." "We've represented worse people than that, Connor." "You... you sound just like her." "Just know that all these ideas in your head, they're hers." "Do you actually think that murdering someone is not a big deal anymore?" "Who's next on our hit list, the Dean?" "He's a wise-ass." "Here." "Thank you." "Should I be worried?" "No." "Go be nosey somewhere else." "Catherine:" "I take a sleeping pill every night." "Insomnia." "So it's pretty normal for me to sleep through the night." "That's your excuse for not hearing those gunshots that night?" "It's not an excuse, but the truth." "You're quick on your feet." "That's good." " When you woke up the next morning..." " Do you like him?" "Caleb?" "Girls like him." "I mean, the money helps, but he looks like he looks, and I wouldn't be surprised if you had a crush." "I don't have a crush." "He's our client, and that would be inappropriate." "You can't control a crush, though." "Are you deflecting because you're afraid" "I'm gonna find out you're in love with your brother?" "You actually think it's possible to grow up in a house like this, with people working behind every corner, and get away with screwing your brother?" "According to your house manager, you didn't get away with it." "Something that perverse should never be private." "They're guilty." "Fine." "Let's just put this to bed once and for all." "You really want to know the truth?" "Kaplan:" "Molly, did you ever feel bullied by Zoe?" "Yes, she would be really nice one minute, then can turn on you the next." "She seemed to like scaring people." "And do you remember what you said when I first asked you to testify?" "I said I wouldn't do it" " 'cause Zoe would try to kill me if I did." " Objection." "This is a speculation of a young girl desperate to pass blame." "Sustained." "Molly, isn't it true that you and your friends like to record videos of yourselves?" "Yes, we recorded everything." "Your Honor, I would like to introduce into evidence a video taken just days after Rachel's murder." "Annalise:" "Objection." "This video wasn't in discovery." "That's true, because my witness is so terrified of Zoe Mitchell that she didn't tell me about the video until this morning." " The timing of this is very convenient, Your Honor." " I agree." "Young lady, why didn't you tell anyone about this video before?" "Honestly, I thought it would make me look guilty if I did." "Stop it!" "Why are you doing this to me?" "!" "[Zoe laughs]" "Okay, now squeal like a little piggy like Rachel did." "Megan:" "Yeah, little fat piggy bitch." "[Laughter]" " [Zoe grunting]" " Molly:" "Aah!" "Stop!" "Ow!" "I want my mommy!" "Lisa:" "You said they'd never see it!" "Molly must have had a copy, too." " That's no excuse!" " Calm down." "Calm down." "People say you're the best." "But from what I've seen, you're distracted, unprepared." " The case isn't over yet." " It might as well be." "I put my baby's life in your hands." "So if I lose her, it's on you." "Fix it." "You all right?" "We shouldn't be seen together." "I know." "Nice to see you, though." "I saw Nia, Nate." "When?" "The other morning, she called me on your phone." "Why?" "She wanted to talk." "Why?" "Nia:" "The nurses, they're all on Nate's team, but you..." "You owe me this." "No." "If... if I owe anyone, it's Nate." "Do it for him." "Free him." "Because as long as I'm alive, he's in pain." "Oh, god." "He loves you." "Yes, but he's not happy." "That's why I told him to keep seeing you." "You let him forget... me and this hospital... but then you destroyed him." "[Monitors beeping]" "You think this is gonna help him?" "God, if you can't do this for me, if you can't do this for him, just... just do it for yourself." "I don't care." "Just be a good person for once and get me the pills." "♪" "I'm not promising anything." "Annalise." "Don't tell Nate." "She's worried about you." "That's all." "I'm sorry." "She shouldn't have done that." "It's okay." "I'm glad she did." "She wants the best for you." "[laughter]" "Zoe:" "I'll bet she's sorry now." "That will teach her to steal your boyfriend, right?" "Yeah." "Skanks get shanked." "Skanks get shanked." "Bam." "[Clicking]" "Yeah." "Skanks get shanked." "Skanks get shanked." "Bam." "[Laughter]" "Annalise:" "Molly, isn't it true that you were the only one with motive to kill Rachel?" "I mean, she did steal your boyfriend, after all." "She was talking to him, yes, but..." "Let's look at the video again." "That will teach her to steal your boyfriend, right?" "Yeah." "Skanks get shanked." "Skanks get shan..." "So, is the skank you're referring to in the video Rachel?" " Yes." " So when you say "skanks get shanked,"" "Zoe copies what you say." "She did that a lot, didn't she?" "I don't know what you mean." "I mean right here." "You're leading, and she's following." "Yeah." "Skanks get shanked." "Skanks get shanked." "Bam." "[Laughter]" "It looks to me that she's mirroring your behavior, isn't she?" "I mean, look at her body language." "She's literally looking to you to see what to do next." "Because she's afraid of you, isn't she?" "It wasn't like that." "We didn't even like Zoe." "We only hung out with her because she was Rachel's friend." " That's not true." " Shh." "So Zoe would hang out with you because you were the popular one?" " I don't know." " Objection." "Speculation." "I'm asking the witness if she forced Zoe into her clique, Your Honor." "I didn't, though." "Zoe forced her way in." " So you're admitting you had a clique." " That's a lie." "She wanted to be friends with me." " Zoe." " Which means that it was up to you and you alone, Molly, whether she was allowed in." "I told you, we liked Rachel, not Zoe." "Then why did you decide Rachel had to die?" "Control Ms. Keating, Your Honor." "I don't know why!" "All I know is that Zoe forced herself onto us, and then everything was awful after that!" "You're a liar!" "You were nothing until you met me, just some stuck-up bitch until I made you interesting!" "Counselor, get your client under control." "You think that you're anything without me?" "!" "You are nothing!" "You're just some basic bitch who better watch her back!" "That's right!" "You're next, whore!" "♪" "You were supposed to fix this, but instead you let her get up there and tell lies about me!" "Tom:" "Zoe, stop it!" "I hate you." "And you." "I hate you all." "Annalise:" "You slipped them that video." "I'm not sorry that I did it." "I would do it again, too." "Even if that means you lose." "You actually think that murdering someone is not a big deal anymore?" "Who's next on our hit list, the Dean?" "What is your problem, Mr. Walsh?" "Are you unhappy?" "Do you want to leave?" " I can't leave." " Door is right there." "Yeah, and you would send Frank to kill me on my way out." "Don't get confused." "You're the only killer in this room." "I did not kill anyone." "You killed my husband." "No, Wes killed your husband." "And he only did it because you messed with his head." "How dare you put that on me." "I protected you even when I didn't have to out of the kindness of my heart, and I'm still protecting you every damn day." "So don't believe that crock of defense I spun in court." "That was just an easy out so the jury could have someone to blame." "But that's not what's happening here." "You made this life for yourself, Mr. Walsh, not me." "No, Zoe would have killed again, and I cannot deal with any more blood on my hands." "♪" "You know where else there's blood?" "My husband's, to be specific?" "Your car." "Connor:" "Maybe Sam knows." "I mean, he's lived here the longest, right?" "What, any ideas, pal?" "Laurel said that Frank got rid of it." " My car was stolen." " Bummer." "Good work with Connor's car." "You stole it." "That's a lie." "Make me out to be the villain if that helps you sleep at night." "But don't you ever screw with my cases." "[Knocking on door]" "Come in." "Oh, sorry." "I didn't mean to..." "Mr. Walsh was just leaving." "What is it?" "Good news..." "Catherine's a virgin." "Well." "Finally, something that we can prove." "Caleb:" "This is so weird." "You get that, right?" "How weird this is?" "I do, but I'd be a horrible lawyer if I didn't advise Catherine to take this step." "Okay, but is there even a test to prove this?" "Seriously." "She grew up riding horses." "Maybe it won't work, but if there's a chance I can put a doctor on the stand to say that Catherine is a virgin, then I can cast doubt on the incest rumors, thereby weakening the prosecution's case." "It's up to you, Catherine." "I have other ways to win this, but..." " I'll do it." " Cat." " You need to think about this." " If it helps us win, they can run as many tests on me as they want." "[Dirty South's "The Unknown" plays]" "Let's do it." "Call the doctor right now." "[Sighs]" "♪ Head shaking ♪" "♪ heart racing ♪" "♪ thick fear is all around ♪" "I told you to use your boobs, not your heart." "What?" " ♪ A wall of darkness ♪" " You know what I'm talking about." " Put 'em away." " ♪ You've thrown at me ♪" "We're done with them." " ♪ A life I've left behind ♪ - [Thud]" "Am I an idiot if I believe they didn't do it?" "No." "It just means you still want to see the best in people." "Hold onto that if you can." "♪ Reeling back on this journey ♪" "Hi." "♪ Ooh ♪" "I passed." "♪ Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh ♪" "♪ dive deep into the unknown ♪" "Levi:" "I'm staking out Sabrina's place, and I see this guy coming and going." "It's her brother, Bruno, who... turns out..." "Frank went to high school with." "Why did Frank call Bruno?" "'Cause he needed help dumping Rebecca's body, and Bruno..." "[Brakes squeal] ... works here." "♪ Ooh ♪" "♪ ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh ♪" "♪ I know ♪" "♪ oh, oh ♪" "♪ ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh ♪" "Thank you." "Should I be worried?" "This is inappropriate." "Nia:" "Do you love him?" "I want you to help me end it." "Just get me the pills." "You wouldn't be killing me." "But that guy you have working for you, he has access, right?" "The one you used to frame Nate." "She wants the best for you." "You owe me this, Annalise." "You let him forget." "But then you destroyed him." "Be a good person for once." "[Monitor beeping]" "I think about it a lot." "Killing myself." "I have ever since I was a child." "A lot of times, I think the world would be a much better place without me in it." "But I don't do it." "You're a better woman than me." "And if I don't deserve to die, then you definitely don't." "I'm sorry you feel alone in your pain, but so do I." "So does everybody." "That's life." "I really thought you'd do it." "I mean, you've killed before." "Sam." "I'm not the woman you think I am." "I'm sorry I can't help you." "[Leon Else's "Tomorrow Land" plays]" "♪ Light after dark ♪" "I'll call the judge and have him sign the deal first thing in the morning." " Call me with any problems." " There won't be." "Cheer up." "You'll testify tomorrow and be home in time to play beer pong with your buddies." "♪ As I walk to tomorrow land ♪ [sighs]" "Good night." "♪ Touch the light before ♪" "♪ we all fall down ♪ [sighs]" "Thank you, Dad." "Okay." "♪ We all fall down ♪ [car door opens, closes]" "[Engine turns over]" "♪ We all fall down ♪" "♪ we all fall down ♪" "♪ oh, ho ♪" "Hi." "That guy who traces phones, can you have him call me?" "Why are you doing this?" "Sinclair knows that Annalise got Nate to murder Sam, and s... so do I." "And I know that you and Frank are helping her cover it up, and don't say it's not true, because I work in that house, too." "The whispers, Frank being shady all the time, the three of you hiding stuff from us..." "I'm not dumb, Bon." "And..." "It's not right." " You're wrong." " No, she should pay for what she did." "And you can call me a snitch or a liar or whatever you want..." "I killed him, Asher." "♪ We all fall down ♪" "What?" "I killed Sam." "♪ We all fall down ♪" "I know where Rebecca's body is." "Strathaven Cemetery." " ♪ We all fall down ♪" " That's where Sabrina Mancini's brother works." "He's the grounds keeper." "So that explains why Frank called three times" " the night Rebecca disappeared." " ♪ we all fall down ♪" "I didn't want to believe it at first." "But when we found out where Bruno works..." "Who's "we"?" "Levi." "He grew up with Rebecca." "You're such an idiot." "He's Rebecca's foster brother." "We can trust him." "Because that's what he told you?" "And you believed him?" "I'm putting everything on the line to help you... my badge, what's left of my rep... and you go off and sell it to some stranger?" "♪ We all fall down ♪" "And how do you know this guy didn't kill Rebecca and now he's playing you?" " You're a fool, Wes." " ♪ We all fall down ♪" " ♪ we all fall down ♪ - [Beeping]" "Man:" "Heart rate's increasing." "Pulse is diminishing." "I need four units of vasopressin." " Copy that." " ♪ We all fall down ♪ man:" "GSW patient's arrived at the hospital." "Marked hypertension with respiratory arrest." " I.V.'s running and wide open, but no..." " ♪ we all fall down ♪" "Well, that's great news, isn't it?" "Why don't we all just keep driving and find a cliff and we can all go out "Thelma Louise" style?" "It's gonna be fine." "You don't know that." "Maybe not." "But I do know worrying about things that are out of our control is the only way we get in trouble right now." "Really?" "I think killing someone is another way we can get in trouble." "Hey, the reason you're all gonna be okay..." "You got me." "I know what I'm doing." "So stop freaking out and focus on the plan." "Michaela, you ready to do this?" "And not screw up?" "Well, maybe if you all stop doubting me..." "Relax." "I got this." "♪ We all fall down ♪" "♪ we all fall down ♪" "So, who's up for a drink?" "♪ We all fall down ♪" "♪ we all fall down ♪" "♪ oh, ho ♪" "♪ mm-hmm-hmm-hmm ♪ [sighs]" "♪ Ahh ♪" "♪ ahh ♪" "How is she?" "♪ We all fall down ♪" "Good." "♪ We all fall down ♪"
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EXCLUSIVE Chelsea w Tons of Light Real Pics Gorgeous Courtyard View
This Amazing studio is perfectly place in ChelseaThis NYC apartment is a gorgeous private studio apartment in the prime of Manhattan living, Chelsea! With high ceilings, newly renovated cherry wood floors, tons of light, and AC included, this studio is ready to be your downtown home!Close to everything, subways, shopping, → Read More
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The virtual book release party for There Is No God And He Is Always With You (available at bookstores and Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or Indie Bound) is tomorrow at 6pm Pacific Time (9pm Eastern, 8pm Central, 7pm Mountain) at:
http://www.spreecast.com/events/there-is-no-god-release-party
Also, today (June 10, 2013) at 6pm Pacific Time I will be on The Dark Mark Show podcast. It’s at http://gocastnetwork.com/
LIVING ROOM TOUR OF THE NORTHEAST
– 19-June Toronto 7 p.m. Snow Lion Bookstore 708a Pape Avenue, Toronto, ON
– 20-June Ithaca, NY 7 p.m. Ulysses Philomathic Library 74 E. Main Street, Trumansburg, NY 14886 https://www.facebook.com/events/177703205728097/?ref=14
– 21-June Pittsburgh 7 p.m. Black Cat Tattoos 3419 Butler Street 15201 Pittsburgh, PA https://www.facebook.com/events/167000203473975/?ref=14
– 22-June Akron 7 p.m. Arkham Tattoo 788 North Main Street, Akron, OH 44310
– 22-June Akron 10 p.m. Zero Defex at Old Haunts Tavern 1527 E. Market St. Akron, OH
– 23-June Cleveland 6 pm zazen, 7pm talk 1360 W. Miner, Mayfield Hts, OH 44124 https://www.facebook.com/events/554215741287955/?ref=14
– 23-June Cleveland 10 p.m. Zero Defex at Now That’s Class 11213 Detroit Ave Cleveland, OH 44102
– 24-June Pitman, NJ 8 p.m. 519 Grandview Ave, Pitman, NJ 08071 https://www.facebook.com/events/535192329849584/?ref=14
– 25-June Philadelphia, PA 8 p.m. TBA
– 26-June Newark, Delaware 5:30 p.m. The Meadow (next to the co-op) 280 East Main Street, Market East Plaza, Newark, DE 19711
– 27-June Annapolis, Maryland 7 p.m. Universalist Unitarian Church of Annapolis 333 Dubois Rd, Annapolis, MD 21401 https://www.facebook.com/events/541018419278312/?ref=14
– 28-June Asbury Park, NJ 7 p.m. Pure Health Bar & Yoga 701 Cookman Ave Asbury Park, NJ
– 29-June Long Island, NY Clear Mountain Zen Center 519 Hempstead Ave., West Hempstead, NY 11553
UPAYA ZEN CENTER
– 10 July Upaya Zen Center 1404 Cerro Gordo Rd Santa Fe, NM 87501 http://www.upaya.org/index.php
RETREAT AT MT. BALDY
– Nov 8-11 We will hold another retreat at Mt. Baldy Zen Center. Details to follow soon.
All of these events are open to the public. I will be traveling alone, surviving on donations and book sales. So please come out if I’m in your area!
See you there!
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My group Dogen Sangha Los Angeles is trying to raise funds to incorporate itself. You can donate here.
And I’m trying to raise personal funds to support myself too. You can donate to the tour in advance if you like right here!
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[new music roundup] 2.5.13
A few of my favorite new releases, including the latest from EELS, Frightened Rabbit, The Spinto Band, and Thao and The Get Down Stay Down. Oh, and My Bloody Valentine surprised us all with m b v, their LONG awaited follow up to 1991’s Loveless!! As always, be sure to visit Largehearted Boy more new music.
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Need Advice on Upgrading my Computer
Hello everyone !
I been thinking lately to upgrade my computer to fit for 3d creations and renders .
I want to be able to render faster and in the same time to still be able to work on my computer, like in Photoshop and browse the web without DAZ will eat all my memory .
here are some photos of the computer Information I have at the moment :
I was offered to add to my computer the fallowing :
Intel Ivy Bridge Core i7 3770K Socket 1155 8MB 3.5Ghz Tray
Scythe MUGEN 3 REV B
MSI Z77A-G43 Sata3 Usb3 VGA/DVI/HDMI
Seagate 1TB, 3.5", SATA3, Barracuda 7200.14
Gigabyte GTX660TI 2GB GDDR5 WINFORCE 3 RETAIL
Do You think with this upgrade from what I have now I will see any difference in render time and performance ?
Do I really need this Graphic Card? if Daz Studio Render in 3d light why do I need a strong graphic card at all ?
Is there a way for me to work better with the system I already have now ? if so how ?
Would love to hear some advice and feedback , thanks !
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Your Intel Core i5-2400 Processor (6M Cache, up to 3.40 GHz) has 4 cores and 4 threadshttp://ark.intel.com/products/52207
Intel Core i7-3770K Processor (8M Cache, up to 3.90 GHz) has also 4 cores but 8 threads and larger cachehttp://ark.intel.com/products/65523
Since the Daz Studio and Bryce can use all available threads on the processor
you will observe shorter rendering times with the new processor.
If you are not using rendering engines that use graphics processor like Reality, Lux or Octane,
then your current graphics card is just fine for Daz programs and Photoshop.
The i7 should handily outperform your current i5, but that alone won't stop Studio eating every CPU cycle it can grab, the only way I know to do that is to partition some of the processing power and set things up so one thread is not used by Studio (which I forget how to do offhand), the cost of that is Studio only being able to access 87.5% of available CPU power (on an 8-thread i7).
I presume the fan and motherboard are matched to the i7, but it might be worth looking into whether you can get an i7 to go with your current motherboard and save the expense of replacing that.
The 1TB hard drive won't do anything for your render times, I'd only consider it if you are running out of disk space.
The graphics card only makes sense if you are a serious gamer or if you have software able to use it for rendering, which Studio doesn't. It may make posing slightly smoother, but I certainly wouldn't pay £200+ (based on a quick google) just for that. It does raise questions as to whether whoever made the recommendations actually knows much about 3D rendering.
What's apparently absent from your list is memory. Rendering needs two things, CPU and RAM, if your renders are regularly consuming all of your RAM and needing textures to be paged into and off the hard drive, then throwing a much more powerful CPU at the problem won't actually reach its theoretical maximum processing power because the memory issues will be holding it back. How much memory you can actually use depends on your motherboard and your operating system.
If you are not using rendering engines that use graphics processor like Reality, Lux or Octane,
then your current graphics card is just fine for Daz programs and Photoshop.
so If I will want to use other programs like for example studio Max , blender , Maya or z brush do I need than to get also the graphic card?
if your renders are regularly consuming all of your RAM and needing textures to be paged into and off the hard drive, then throwing a much more powerful CPU at the problem won't actually reach its theoretical maximum processing power because the memory issues will be holding it back. How much memory you can actually use depends on your motherboard and your operating system.
Thanks for the respond . So if that the case I need to get a better motherboard that the one was offered? and what kind of operating system do I need? do you mean something other than windows 8?
I'm a little bit confused here - If my computer can use only up to 4 Ram even that it say I have 64 bit operating system what is the point in upgrading to core 7 from I core 5 ? - if that the case all I really need according to what you said only to upgrade my mother board and to make sure it goes with my Intel core i 5 ?
In what kind of operating system can you use more than 4 RAM if not in the 64 bit I have ?
I know it's probably really beginner questions but I want to understand all this things once and for all before I jump and buy stuff that will end up not to be what I needed.
So if that the case I need to get a better motherboard that the one was offered? and what kind of operating system do I need? do you mean something other than windows 8?
Win 8 64 will definitely handle all the RAM you can throw at it, IIRC its limit is 128GB for the basic version and 512GB for Pro. WRT motherboards, your existing motherboard may be able to take more than 8MB, for instance I just ran the scanner utility ( http://www.crucial.com/uk/systemscanner/ ) available at the Crucial website, which informs me my existing motherboard can handle up to 24GB of RAM.
I think you've got yourself a little confused regarding the RAM. The motherboard is a pretty solid choice (though I have a personal preference for Asus) the majority of motherboards have four RAM slots (only the socket 2011 motherboards have more - four or eight depending upon model) and in these slots you can insert up to 32GB (socket 2011 allows 64GB-96GB) with your 64bit OS. The only slight kicker here is that the software you run must also be 64bit otherwise it won't use it all, the software that you have mentioned though - 3DS Max, Maya and Zbrush (probably) all have 64bit versions and have done so for a while (as does Daz Studio) and will use as much as they need.
The CPU upgrade will only really pay dividends if you overclock it and it is what the K series are all about (hence why there's none K affixed CPUs out on the market and why K series have a slight price premium) as these chips are marketed at those of us who like to squeeze a little (or a lot) more performance out of the hardware you buy.
The GPU may be a tad overkill if you're not going to be using CUDA rendering or gaming, your 550 should work just fine. As far as the hard drive goes you might be better off keeping the hard drive that you have and investing in a 120GB SSD for the operating system and some key applications instead while installing the rest on the existing hard drive as this will see a much more noticeable performance jump (if you go down this route don't get an OCZ drive, I seen more complaints about their drives dying than any other brand).
In Blender you can use Cycles as a rendering engine and the latest version of Blender 2.64a support new Nvidia graphics cards,
like the one you listed: Gigabyte GTX660TI 2GB GDDR5 WINFORCE 3 RETAIL
I have made a rendering tests on the computer with the Nvidia GTX670 graphics card and when I enabled GPU in Cycles in Blender
the rendering times were about 5 times shorter than using only CPU for rendering.
If you are sure that you have 64-bit version of Windows 8Professional, then it should be no problem using all of your 8GB ram.
Of course you need to run the 64-bit version of the software (like Blender, Daz Studio) to access all ram available in your computer.
I think you've got yourself a little confused regarding the RAM. The motherboard is a pretty solid choice (though I have a personal preference for Asus) the majority of motherboards have four RAM slots (only the socket 2011 motherboards have more - four or eight depending upon model) and in these slots you can insert up to 32GB (socket 2011 allows 64GB-96GB) with your 64bit OS. The only slight kicker here is that the software you run must also be 64bit otherwise it won't use it all, the software that you have mentioned though - 3DS Max, Maya and Zbrush (probably) all have 64bit versions and have done so for a while (as does Daz Studio) and will use as much as they need.
The CPU upgrade will only really pay dividends if you overclock it and it is what the K series are all about (hence why there's none K affixed CPUs out on the market and why K series have a slight price premium) as these chips are marketed at those of us who like to squeeze a little (or a lot) more performance out of the hardware you buy.
The GPU may be a tad overkill if you're not going to be using CUDA rendering or gaming, your 550 should work just fine. As far as the hard drive goes you might be better off keeping the hard drive that you have and investing in a 120GB SSD for the operating system and some key applications instead while installing the rest on the existing hard drive as this will see a much more noticeable performance jump (if you go down this route don't get an OCZ drive, I seen more complaints about their drives dying than any other brand).
ok wow thank you so much that really organized my understanding about all of this :)
you really been a great help to me !
one last question for the socket 2011 motherboards and i core 7 do I need a better power supply ? I have :
A.PFC 550W FAN12 Ci-Power CWT
and do i also need a cooler ? I have at the moment Cold Bit 12CM - do I need a better one ? or something totally different?
I'd probably replace both to be on the safe side (I've never heard of either one) as the Ivy Bridge CPU range runs hotter than your Sandy Bridge based 2400 thanks to Intel skimping on the thermal paste that sits under the aluminium shield, the Scythe MUGEN 3 REV B that you posted should be sufficient to cool it.
The PSU really should be a known and well respected brand because if the PSU goes belly up it has the potential to take out your entire system.
I personally use OCZ (a 700W ModXtream modular PSU powering my six core 2011 i7 desktop) and Antec (my media centre, also modular) but there are others such as Seasonic, Corsair, Coolermaster and BeQuiet all of which are highly regarded and stable. Anything around 500W to 700W will give you a nice safe margin for future expansion plus PSU's operate at their most efficient with a 50-60% load.
In Blender you can use Cycles as a rendering engine and the latest version of Blender 2.64a support new Nvidia graphics cards,
like the one you listed: Gigabyte GTX660TI 2GB GDDR5 WINFORCE 3 RETAIL
I have made a rendering tests on the computer with the Nvidia GTX670 graphics card and when I enabled GPU in Cycles in Blender
the rendering times were about 5 times shorter than using only CPU for rendering.
If you are sure that you have 64-bit version of Windows 8Professional, then it should be no problem using all of your 8GB ram.
Of course you need to run the 64-bit version of the software (like Blender, Daz Studio) to access all ram available in your computer.
thank you for the comment - good to know that - I think this is the part I will save my money on and stay with the Card I have now- I will probably upgrade it in some point - but with graphic card i'ts probably the last think you will want to upgrade due to the fact a new better one comes out every few months - and mine was bought only one year ago or or so .
Happy to help .
I’d probably replace both to be on the safe side (I’ve never heard of either one) as the Ivy Bridge CPU range runs hotter than your Sandy Bridge based 2400 thanks to Intel skimping on the thermal paste that sits under the aluminium shield, the Scythe MUGEN 3 REV B that you posted should be sufficient to cool it.
The PSU really should be a known and well respected brand because if the PSU goes belly up it has the potential to take out your entire system.
I personally use OCZ (a 700W ModXtream modular PSU powering my six core 2011 i7 desktop) and Antec (my media centre, also modular) but there are others such as Seasonic, Corsair, Coolermaster and BeQuiet all of which are highly regarded and stable. Anything around 500W to 700W will give you a nice safe margin for future expansion plus PSU’s operate at their most efficient with a 50-60% load.
The fan is fine as the noise generated is something entirely personal, my desktop is still packing the built in fans that the case came with and it's acceptably quiet enough even after five or six years, certainly quieter than my media centre, when that;s on I can't hear my desktop fans (all six of them).
Can't complain with the rest of the system, almost exactly the same as mine :) the only difference is that I have a P9X79 Pro. Intel SSD's have a good reputation for reliability married with decent speed so no complaints there and Seasonic PSU's have well earned praise both are a safe bet.
If you want to go down the 2011 socket-esk route it might be wise to hold on for a tad as Intel are readying the successor to the 2011 platform. Most here will no doubt direct you to the 1155 platform, the Ivybridge CPU while running hotter than its equivalent Sandybridge breathen is on average 20% "faster" (does more work per clock cycle i.e. Mhz) and if you're not working professionally then the 3930K (the sweet spot of the 2011 platform) may be a tad overkill. Otherwise that there is the basis for a seriously buttock prodding system.
Speaking as someone who owns a 3930K I have to admit right now I'm rather thankful for the power I have (currently rendering an animation for a freelance project) though I could have done with more than the 16GB that I've got on the last freelance work I did... working on A0 posters at 300DPI made my new system chug a bit toward the end.
Just had a quick look see and apparently, according to various leaks, looks like it's been delayed to the second half of 2013 so prices for the 3930k haven't moved and I would suspect won't for a while yet. By all accounts the delay may mean that it may overlap the mainstream Haswell chips which may outperform the Ivybridge-E platform which could be a bit of an issue. I'd say that if you wait you'd never upgrade a PC again :) as there's always something better just around the corner (I'm looking forward to the first use of carbon nanotubes/graphene in a CPU).
So it is a case of either waiting, after all the system that you currently have isn't exactly a slouch though after having a closer look you are using the base chipset for Sandy/Ivybridge which doesn't help matters as it misses out on a few features and performance. Right now I'd go Ivybridge as you could get CPU, motherboard and the SSD for the cost of the 3930k alone then if the Haswell platform isn't all it is cut out to be and Ivybridge-E's successor looks like its going to still use the 2011 socket (which is anyone's guess) then you ebay the guts of your system to pay for an upgrade. Ivybridge won't disappoint in out and out performance.
As for the whole RAM usability thing (sorry just saw your post above) it's a case of having a look in the motherboards BIOS so see if it is registering the full amount, the next step is to enable memory remap, as far as I can tell anyway, I'll admit that I've never had this kind of issue myself having built various machines with 8GB and 16GB without a hiccup.
Typical isn't it? Awkward swines :) I knew 1366 had six but I've never seen a 2011 with six As far I knew 2011 only ever came with four, eight or twelve (that last one totalling a potential 96GB and an asking price of £560/$894) but not six. You live and learn.
Typical isn't it? Awkward swines :) I knew 1366 had six but I've never seen a 2011 with six As far I knew 2011 only ever came with four, eight or twelve (that last one totalling a potential 96GB and an asking price of £560/$894) but not six. You live and learn.
Slight confusion, mine is a 1366 - I was talking i7 motherboards in general. This is why my system currently has 6GB, can expand to 24GB, but is limited to 16GB by Vista Home Premium.
Well I missed that motherboard makers had upgraded the few socket 775 mobo left on the market with DDR3 controllers (at a discussion on another site) so I thought that I had missed one, it appears not :) (phew thought I had slipped up again :D ).
that board supports 32GB RAM
get as much RAM as you can at the same time from the same vendor when you get this device.
8 GB of RAM is no longer a lot of RAM especially when you render and especially since RAM is dirt cheap right now.
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Geography of Ottawa
This is the outline of the geography of the city of Ottawa, the capital of Canada. Ottawa's current borders were formed in 2001, when the former city of Ottawa amalgamated with the ten other municipalities within the former Regional Municipality of Ottawa–Carleton. Ottawa is now a single-tiered census division, home to 870,250 people.
The city centre is located at the confluence of the Ottawa and Rideau Rivers. The Ottawa River forms the entire northern boundary of the city which it shares with the province] of Quebec's municipalities of Pontiac and Gatineau. The northern boundary begins in the west at Arnprior and continues east to Rockland. The boundary then turns south in a straight line, separating the former Township of Cumberland (now in Ottawa) and the City of Clarence-Rockland. It then turns west in another straight line separating the former Township of Cumberland with the municipalities of The Nation and Russell. It then turns south separating Russell from the former Township of Osgoode (now in Ottawa). That boundary runs south in a straight line, then turns west separating Osgoode from the municipality of North Dundas. That boundary runs west in a straight line before turning north separating Osgoode from the municipality of North Grenville. This is another straight line, running north until the Rideau River near Kemptville. The boundary follows the river upstream until almost reaching Merrickville. The boundary then runs in a northwest direction in a straight line with a number of jogs. It separates the municipalities of Montague, Beckwith and Mississippi Mills from the former townships of Marlborough, Goulbourn, Huntley and Fitzroy.
Former townships
What is now Ottawa was once divided geographically into 11 townships. Ten of them in the former Carleton and one (Cumberland) in the former Russell County. The ten townships of Carleton were Fitzroy, Gloucester, Goulbourn, Huntley, March, Marlborough, Nepean, North Gower, Osgoode and Torbolton.
Physical geography
The highest point in the city is above sea level, and is located SSE of Manions Corners (). The lowest point in the city is the Ottawa River, at above sea level.
Highest points by ward
Geology
Many features of geologic interest are found in Ottawa.
Climate
Classification
Recent data
Notes
Historical data
Rivers and creeks
Tributaries of the Ottawa River (from east to west):
Becketts Creek
Cardinal Creek
Taylor Creek
Bilberry Creek
Green's Creek
Mud Creek
Borthwick Creek
Nicolet Drain
Ramsay Creek
McEwen Creek
Rideau River
Rideau Canal (artificial)
Brown's Inlet
Patterson Creek
Graham Creek
Still Water Creek
Watts Creek
Shirley's Brook
Constance Creek
Carp River
Mississippi River
Cartwrights Creek
Cody Creek
Madawaska River (mouth not in Ottawa)
Tributaries of the Rideau River (from north to south):
Sawmill Creek
Nepean Creek
Black Rapids Creek
Mosquito Creek
Jock River
Mahoney Creek
Nichols Creek
Kings Creek
Mud Creek
Steven Creek
Cranberry Creek
McDermot Drain (mouth not in Ottawa)
Brassills Creek
Rideau Creek
Other rivers and creeks within City of Ottawa:
Bear Brook
South Indian Creek
Shaws Creek
McKinnons Creek
North Castor River
Black Creek
Middle Castor River
South Castor River
Features of the Ottawa River
(from east to west)
Features of the Rideau River
(from north to south)
Waterfalls
Chaudière Falls
Hog's Back Falls
Princess Louise Falls
Rideau Falls
Lakes
Brewer Park Pond (Ottawa)
Constance Lake (Kanata)
Lac des Chats (West Carleton)
Dow's Lake (artificial, Ottawa)
Lac Deschênes (Nepean)
Lake Madawaska (West Carleton)
McKay Lake (Rockcliffe Park)
Mud Lake (Britannia)
Mud Pond (Kanata)
Sand Pits Lake (Rockcliffe Park)
Other geographical features
Beaver Island (West Carleton)
The Burnt Lands (West Carleton)
Canaan Hill (Cumberland)
Carlington Hill (Carlington)
Carp Hills (also known as Carp Ridge) (West Carleton)
Colonel By Valley (Ottawa)
Greenbelt (Nepean/Gloucester)
Mer Bleue (Cumberland/Gloucester)
Pine Grove Forest
Stony Swamp
LeBreton Flats (Ottawa)
Marlborough Forest (Rideau-Goulbourn Ward)
Nanny Goat Hill (Ottawa)
Quigley Hill (Cumberland)
Sources
National Resources Canada Topographic Maps
MapArt map of Ottawa
Ontario Base Survey
References
External links
Take a Virtual Cruise on the Ottawa River
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Are microbubbles free flowing tracers through the Myocardium? Comparison of indicator-dilution curves obtained from dye dilution and echo contrast using harmonic power Doppler imaging.
Harmonic power Doppler imaging (H-PDI) has been introduced into the field of contrast echocardiography as a contrast-specific imaging modality. However, there has been considerable skepticism as to whether H-PDI would be quantifiable, because it depends on the destruction of microbubbles and has more complex signal processing than gray scale imaging. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the relationship between the concentration of microbubbles and the resulting H-PDI signals even under conditions where bubble destruction is most likely. Furthermore, we evaluated whether microbubbles of Levovist freely pass the microcirculation, which is a prerequisite for the assessment of myocardial blood flow. A strong positive correlation was found between the H-PDI signals and the amount of microbubbles up to the onset of acoustic shadowing (r = 0. 968, P<0.001). Time-intensity curves for H-PDI of air-filled microbubbles were compared with time-concentration curves of indocyanine green (ICG) in both a flow phantom and a working heart setup. The mean transit times (MTTs) through the myocardium of both agents were compared after a bolus injection into the left coronary artery. A close correlation was observed between 1/MTT and flow in both setups (r>0.98, P<0.0001). However, at high flow rates, the MTTs of the microbubbles were slightly, albeit not significantly, faster than those of indocyanine green. We conclude that microbubbles fulfill the prerequisites of free flowing tracers through the myocardium. Furthermore, H-PDI technology allows a reliable assessment of time-concentration curves of air-filled microbubbles up to the onset of acoustic shadowing.
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A motor vehicle of any type and in any condition that has
been left on or along any highway or other public property or on private
property without the consent of the owner or person in charge of the
private property for a period of more than 48 hours or for any period
without current license plates in violation of N.J.S.A. 39:4-56.5.
A private passenger automobile of a private passenger or
station wagon type that is owned or hired and is neither used as a
public or livery conveyance for passengers nor rented to others with
a driver; and a motor vehicle with a pickup body, or delivery sedan,
a van or a panel truck or a camper-type vehicle used for recreational
purposes owned by an individual or by husband and wife who are residents
of the same household, not customarily used in the occupation, profession
or business of the insured other than farming or ranching. An automobile
owned by a farm family copartnership or corporation, which is principally
garaged on a farm or ranch and otherwise meets the definitions contained
in this section, shall be considered a private passenger automobile
owned by two or more relatives resident in the same household.
The removal and transportation of an automobile from a highway,
street or other public or private road or a parking area or from a
storage facility, and other services normally incident thereto, but
does not include recovery of an automobile from a position beyond
the right-of-way or berm or from being impaled upon any other object
within the right-of-way or berm.
An occurrence in which a private passenger automobile comes
in contact with any other object for which the private passenger automobile
must be towed or removed for placement in a storage facility. This
includes all situations which are accident as to the insured even
if they were caused by the intentional acts of a perpetrator where
the perpetrator was not the insured or not otherwise involved with
the insured.
An automobile storage facility that is not indoors and is
secured by a sturdy fence, wall or other man-made barrier that is
at least six feet high and is installed with a passive alarm system
or a similar on-site security measure. The facility is to be lighted
from dusk to dawn.
An automobile storage facility that is not indoors and is
not secured by a fence, wall or other man-made barrier, and all other
storage facilities not defined above as inside buildings or outside
secured.
Those vehicles equipped with a boom or booms, winches, slings,
tilt bends, wheel lifts or under-reach equipment specifically designed
by their manufacturer for the removal or transport of motor vehicles,
including flatbed vehicles, employed for the purpose of towing, transporting,
conveying and/or removing motor vehicles which are unable to be operated
under their own power from one place to another for which a charge
or fee is extracted.
Time a tow operator spends at an incident scene in excess
of the time required for actual recovery and/or towing. An example
of waiting time would include but not be limited to EMS/fire service,
police investigation, etc.
No person shall engage in the business of towing or storing
motor vehicles at the direction of the Township of Eastampton Police
Department without first obtaining a tow operator's license therefor.
Nothing herein shall require licensing for the rendering of road service
or for the provision of towing and storage services within the Township
other than at the request of the Township Police Department. However,
cruising, as defined herein, is strictly prohibited.
Applicants for a license under this chapter shall file with the Township
Clerk a sworn application, on a form to be furnished by the Clerk,
which shall include the following information and certification:
The full name and address of the applicant. If the application is
made for a corporation, it shall state the name and address of the
officers and directors thereof, its registered agent, and the names
and residential address of every stockholder owning more than 10%
of the issued stock.
The address where the tow vehicle or vehicles shall be regularly
garaged, the telephone number or numbers and the hours during which
service is available at those numbers, and the names, addresses and
New Jersey driver's license numbers of all operators.
Inside building: a vehicle storage facility that is completely
indoors, having one or more openings in the walls for storage and
removal of vehicles, that is secured by a locking device on each opening.
Outside secured: a vehicle storage facility that is not indoors
and is secured by a fence, walls or other man-made barrier that is
at least six feet high. The facility is to be lighted at night so
that all vehicles may be plainly visible.
A copy of the deed of ownership or lease agreement for the storage
location, together with zoning certification (issued by the Zoning
Officer/Construction Official) and Fire Subcode certification issued
by the Fire Official.
A statement that the Chief of Police or his or her designee may at
any reasonable time conduct an inspection of the tow vehicles or storage
facility of any applicant or licensee for the purpose of determining
compliance with this chapter.
The Township Clerk shall forward all complete applications to the
Chief of Police, who shall conduct or cause to be conducted such investigation
as he or she deems necessary to determine the truth and accuracy of
the information contained in the application and whether the applicant
meets the following minimum standards:
Neither the applicant nor any tow vehicle operator has any criminal
convictions, convictions for any offense involving dishonesty or prior
motor vehicle infractions which might adversely affect public safety
or welfare. The applicant and each operator shall authorize a police
background check to ensure compliance with this section.
The applicant, at a minimum, shall maintain a fleet of tow vehicles described under § 487-9, Subsection B. Where more than one vehicle of a particular type is required, an applicant may satisfy this requirement, at the discretion of the Chief of Police, by demonstrating immediate access to the second vehicle.
The applicant's tow vehicle is equipped with emergency lights
conforming to the requirements of N.J.S.A. 39:3-50, which may not
be utilized until the contractor has procured a permit issued by the
Director of Motor Vehicles. Emergency lights may either be a commercially
manufactured light bar or a combination of two double-faced flashing
lights and one 360° rotating beacon. All emergency lights shall
be mounted high enough to be seen over the towed vehicle.
The applicant's tow vehicles are in good condition, in compliance
with Title 39 of the New Jersey Statutes and rules promulgated thereunder,
and identified on each side with the name and address of the contractor
and the gross vehicle weight rating of the tow vehicle. A method of
communication from the tow vehicle to the home base is required.
The applicant's tow vehicle is equipped with a shovel, broom
and other equipment necessary to clean up and remove broken glass
and debris from the scene of a tow to which they are assigned, as
required by the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:4-56.8 and this chapter.
Absorbent material shall be available for minor spills.
The Chief of Police shall endorse his approval or disapproval of the application within 30 days of receipt of same. If the application is disapproved, the reasons therefor shall be set forth in writing. The Township Clerk shall notify the applicant in writing that the application has been granted or denied. If the application is denied, the reasons for such denial shall be set forth in the notice, along with the applicant's right to appeal the denial to Township Council pursuant to § 487-8.
A tow operator's license shall be issued by the Township Clerk to an applicant approved by the Chief of Police and upon provision of insurance certifications pursuant to § 487-10. The Township Clerk shall send a copy of the license to the Police Department for filing and shall keep a permanent record of all licenses issued.
All licenses issued under this chapter shall expire January 31. Applications for renewal shall be filed with the Clerk at least 30 days before expiration on forms provided by the Clerk. Renewal applications will be forwarded to the Chief of Police for review and any necessary investigation in accordance with the procedures and standards set forth in § 487-5A.
Failure to comply with any of the requirements of this chapter, any
additional regulations promulgated by the Chief of Police, or any
state, federal or local law relating to motor vehicle operation or
storage.
Unsatisfactory service which jeopardizes public safety. More than
three unexcused failures to respond and/or valid complaints (as determined
by the Chief of Police after investigation) within a twelve-month
period shall be considered grounds for suspension and/or revocation.
Any person aggrieved by the action of the Chief of Police or
the Township Clerk in the denial of an application for a license,
or in revocation thereof, or in the suspension from the Township's
on-call towing list, may appeal to the Township Council by filing
with the Clerk, within 14 days after notice of the action complained
of has been mailed to such person's last known address, a written
request for a hearing, setting forth fully the grounds for the appeal.
The Council will set a time and place for a hearing on such appeal,
and notice shall be served on or mailed to the applicant or licensee
at least five days prior to the hearing. The Council's determination
shall be made by resolution and shall become effective immediately.
Records. It shall be the responsibility of the contractor to maintain
records of all services rendered under the terms of this contract
for a period of seven years. Such records must be easily accessible
at all times in the contractor's business office and shall include,
but not be limited to, the following:
Vehicle impound and inventory form. This form shall be provided by
the impounding officer to the tow truck operator at the time the tow
service is rendered. This record documents the condition of the vehicle,
lists the contents of the vehicle and indicates whether or not the
keys were left with the vehicle at the time of the tow.
Itemized invoice. This document must be detailed, complete and legible.
It must contain thereon the time and date the services were rendered.
It also must contain, or have securely affixed thereto, a schedule
of rates for services that are authorized by this contract. A copy
of each invoice, with respect to services rendered under the terms
of this contract, shall be forwarded to the Eastampton Police Department
by the contractor within 10 days after payment has been made to the
contractor by the owner/agent of the vehicle. This document will be
added to the original case file for inspection and/or audit purposes.
Invoice numbers must be preprinted and sequential.
Motor vehicle release form. This form is issued by the Eastampton
Police Department to the owner of the vehicle or to the owner's
agent. The contractor shall permit the inspection of records required
by the terms of this contract by any authorized representative of
the Township Manager or the Chief of Police.
The contractor shall maintain and have accessible for use and Township
inspection tow trucks and equipment capable of recovering and removing
virtually any vehicle that is customarily and routinely found on the
roadways within the Township.
A contractor's tow trucks must be in compliance with all safety
equipment requirements as listed in N.J.S.A. 39:3-43 et seq., including
emergency lights, equipment, reflectors/flares and permits. Each tow
truck shall have the contractor's name displayed in such manner
and of such lettering as conforms to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:4-46.
An inventory of tow trucks shall include, but not be limited to,
the listed quantity of vehicles designated for each category, which
are designed, built and rated to equal or exceed the tow truck class
specifications that have been developed and published by the Towing
and Recovery Association of America (TRAA), and which are described
hereafter. (NOTE: It shall be the responsibility of the contractor
to certify that his trucks meet the safe lifting ratings specified
for each class of tow truck. Prior to the issuance of a license, the
contractor shall allow representatives of the Township to physically
inspect the contractor's tow trucks and facility for compliance
with these specifications.)
Capable of towing vehicles as listed by the TRAA and DOT as
Class I and II, which include passenger vehicles, light trucks, minivans,
full-size pickups, sport utility vehicles and full-size vans. These
vehicles should not exceed 10,000 pounds GVW and not have more than
four tires.
Capable of towing vehicles as listed by the TRAA and DOT as
Class III through Class VI, which include a wide range of mid-sized
vehicles, delivery trucks, utility vehicles, motor homes, parcel trucks,
ambulances, small dump trucks, landscape trucks, flatbed and stake
trucks, refrigerated and box trucks, small and medium school and transit
buses. These vehicles range from 10,001 pounds to 26,000 pounds GVW
and are equipped with at least six tires.
Capable of towing vehicles as listed by the TRAA and DOT as
Class VII and Class VIII, which include a wide range of heavy vehicles,
large delivery trucks, motor coaches, refuse trucks, cement mixers
and all tractor-trailer combinations, including double trailers.
Four securing devices with a minimum working load limit of 3,900
pounds. The device may be chain (minimum Grade 4), wire rope, nylon
strap, or steel strap. The tie-downs shall be attached to the axle
or frame member of the transported vehicle, both front and rear. All
ends shall be secured to the truck bed or rail in a manner that will
prevent movement of the transported vehicle. Factory-style "T" hook
tie-downs may also be used (front and rear).
It shall be the responsibility of the contractor to have available
at all times a sufficient number of employees to provide towing and
recovery service for the Eastampton Police Department, pursuant to
the terms and conditions set forth herein.
Drivers employed by the contractor shall be at least 18 years of
age, shall maintain a currently valid driver's license and shall
perform their duties in conformance with all applicable statutes and
ordinances.
It shall be the responsibility of the contractor to ensure that his
or her employees, including drivers, are competent, efficient, courteous
and knowledgeable in the legal and technical requirements of emergency
towing and/or recovery of vehicles. A program of continuing in-service
training for driver operators is encouraged.
It shall be the responsibility of the contractor to ensure that all
tow truck operators and employees, who respond to incident scenes,
receive training in the recognition of and the response to hazardous
materials. Such training must include, but not necessarily be limited
to, the "First Responder Operations Level" training, as defined by
the New Jersey Department of Health. Valid certificates of training
must be supplied to the Township of Eastampton. Contractor employees
shall be outfitted in a standard uniform and be equipped with DOT-approved
safety vests while involved in a removal/recovery operation.
Complaints of any kind against the contractor or an employee of the
contractor, including, but not limited to, towing service, overcharging,
theft, damage, discourtesy, etc., will be fully investigated by the
Eastampton Police Department or referred by the Chief of Police to
the contractor for resolution, as appropriate. Allegations of criminal
violations shall be investigated by the Police Department.
The contractor will be expected to have removal/recovery service
available on a twenty-four-hour-per-day, seven-days-per-week basis
to tow or otherwise remove vehicles at the direction of the Police
Department that are disabled, recovered stolen, involved in a crime,
involved in an accident, etc. The contractor will be expected to arrive
at the incident scene within 25 minutes after notification by the
Eastampton Police Department. Repeated failure to arrive at an incident
scene within the time limit shall be cause for termination of the
contract.
Service charges for vehicle removal/recovery at the direction of the Eastampton Police Department shall be billed to the registered owner of the vehicle in accordance with the fee schedule set forth in § 487-12 below.
The contractor shall only be responsible for the removal of the vehicle
itself. The contractor shall not be responsible for the removal of
any commercial load that may have been carried in or on the vehicle
prior to the incident or accident.
Abandoned vehicles shall be removed by the contractor at the direction
of the Police Department on a twenty-four-hour-per-day, seven-days-per-week
basis. The contractor must arrive on location within 25 minutes after
notification by the Police Department.
Charges for removing abandoned vehicles at the direction of the Police
Department shall be billed to the registered owner of the vehicle.
The Township shall not be liable to the tow operator for any of the
services performed by the contractor. In the event the registered
owner of the vehicle cannot be determined or located, the Township
will conduct an auction pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:10A-1, and the tow
operator's charges for towing and storage shall be paid from
the proceeds of such auction. Each vehicle auctioned off shall be
a separate item for purposes of this section. The Township shall not
be liable for fees in excess of the bid price of the vehicle. The
cost of title fees which the Township must pay to the State of New
Jersey for title certificates shall be passed on to the purchaser
at the time of the auction even if the contractor is the purchasing
party and shall be in addition to the bid price of each vehicle. Should
a vehicle not sell at auction, the junk title certificate or application
for a certificate of ownership, whichever shall have been issued by
the Motor Vehicle Commission, will be assigned to the contractor as
recompense for services rendered and unpaid. A fee of $1 shall be
paid to the Township by the contractor for each application for a
certificate of ownership so issued.
In those situations involving confiscation of automobiles, fatal
accidents or any other situation where the Township initiated legal
action or evidentiary evaluation is necessary, requiring storage of
vehicles for protracted periods of time, the storage fees that are
to be paid by the Township shall not exceed $3 per day per vehicle
for the first 30 days of storage; $2 per day per vehicle for each
day of storage thereafter; and a limit of $400 per vehicle, up to
one year of storage, except as set forth herein. The Township, pursuant
to N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.50, shall not be charged in excess of $400 for
the storage of any towed vehicle. The Township reserves the right
to have any such vehicle towed directly to the police/court facility
for storage.
In those situations involving confiscation of automobiles, fatal
accidents or any other situation where the Township initiated legal
action or evidentiary evaluation is necessary, requiring storage of
vehicles for protracted periods of time, the storage fees that are
to be paid by the owner shall not exceed $3 per day per vehicle for
the first 30 days of storage. For each day of storage thereafter,
the fee shall be equal to 50% of the prevailing storage rate. The
Township, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.50, shall not be charged in
excess of $400 for the storage of any towed vehicle. The Township
reserves the right to have any such vehicle towed directly to the
police/court facility for storage, or any other location.
In confiscation and forfeiture cases where the vehicle is exposed
for sale at public auction, the amount of storage fees shall be paid
from the proceeds of the sale. Each vehicle auctioned off shall be
a separate item for purposes of this section. The Township shall not
be liable for fees in excess of the bid price of the vehicle. The
cost of title fees which the Township must pay to the State of New
Jersey for title certificates shall be passed on to the purchaser
at the time of the auction even if the contractor is the purchasing
party and shall be in addition to the bid price of each vehicle. Should
a vehicle not sell at auction, the junk title certificate or application
for a certificate of ownership, whichever shall have been issued by
the Motor Vehicle Commission, will be assigned to the contractor as
recompense for services rendered and unpaid. A fee of $1 shall be
paid to the Township by the contractor for each application for a
certificate of ownership so issued.
It shall be the responsibility of the contractor to provide recovery
service to the Police Department on the occasion of a motor vehicle
accident, fire, mechanical failure, natural disaster, off-road occurrence
or any other situation that renders a vehicle incapable of being moved
by conventional means.
It is understood that recovery service may include rigging, stabilization
procedures, winching, crane service, the use of inflatable devices
and any other conventional or unique procedure that may reasonably
be necessary to reclaim a damaged or disabled vehicle and to prepare
the vehicle to be towed or otherwise removed from its original, post-incident
place of rest. The cost of recovery is included in the removal fee.
Vehicles that are towed or otherwise removed at the direction of
the Police Department must be taken directly to the contractor's
storage facility, unless an alternative destination is agreed to by
the contractor, the owner of the vehicle and the Police Department,
in writing, or unless the Police Department directs that the vehicle
be removed to another location.
Vehicles that are towed and stored by the contractor must be secured
at the contractor's storage facility. The use of satellite or
remote land area for storage of vehicles that are removed at the direction
of the Police Department is expressly prohibited.
The contractor shall be responsible for the security of each vehicle
stored under the provisions of this chapter, until final disposition
and release, as authorized by the Eastampton Police Department. All
vehicles, regardless of condition, must be stored singly, in side-by-side
fashion, to permit complete inspection and removal. Adequate walkway
space shall be provided around each vehicle at all times.
The cost of storage shall be $30 for each twenty-four-hour period
beginning at 12:00 midnight following the arrival of the vehicle at
the storage facility. Storage fees shall be for each twenty-four-hour
period or fraction thereof. "Fraction thereof" shall be to the nearest
quarter hour. A new twenty-four-hour period begins at 12:01 a.m. Should
a vehicle be towed on any given day and turned over to the owner on
the same day prior to 12:00 midnight, no storage fee shall be charged.
The contractor must provide a means for vehicles to be released to
an authorized claimant between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays, and between the hours
of 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon on Saturdays, at the contractor's
business address. The area must have someone on duty at all times.
The contractor shall not impose a release fee, except as provided
by the terms of this chapter.
An authorized agent must obtain a vehicle release form from the Eastampton
Police Department and present this form to the contractor in order
to take possession of his or her vehicle. The vehicle release form
shall be retained by the contractor. The vehicle release form must
be in possession of the contractor before the claimant is permitted
to retrieve personal belongings from the vehicle, whether or not the
vehicle is being reclaimed at the same time. Reasonable access to
a stored vehicle shall be granted by the contractor at no charge to
the claimant for the purpose of retrieving personal belongings during
normal business hours.
It shall be the responsibility of the contractor to provide for the
cleanup and removal of debris from the scene of any incident that
requires towing and/or recovery service, with the understanding that
the debris to be removed must be a direct result of the incident that
necessitated the services of the contractor.
The term "debris," as defined herein, shall include but not be limited
to glass, sheet metal, fiberglass, fluids, vehicle components and
other material that may be on a roadway incident site or extended
incident site as a result of the incident.
The contractor shall be responsible for cleanup of all fluids contained
on a paved roadway which are discharged from a damaged vehicle with
a gross weight of 10,000 pounds or less. Such cleanup shall include
gasoline, diesel fuel, oil, antifreeze solution, and hydraulic, brake,
transmission and other such fluids which can reasonably be anticipated
to discharge from a damaged vehicle. Fluid cleanup and removal shall
be in accordance with the applicable state and federal regulations
for cleanup and remediation. The contractor shall carry on each tow
truck heavy-mil bags for the removal of debris, as well as oil dry
for fluid spills.
Notification to vehicle owner. It shall be the responsibility of
the Police Department to make written notification, within 72 hours
of removal, to the registered owner, if known, of any vehicle that
is placed into storage under the terms of this chapter. Such notification
shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
All licensees shall hold harmless and indemnify the Township, its officers, employees and agents from any and all liability claims, losses or damages arising or alleged to arise from the performance of the towing services requested of or rendered by the licensee. The foregoing indemnification language shall be incorporated in the general comprehensive liability policy required by Subsection A of this section.
No license shall be issued or renewed until the applicant has filed with the Township Clerk certificates of insurance evidencing the insurance coverage and endorsements required in Subsection A of this section. All certificates must provide for 30 days' prior written notice to the Township of policy cancellation or material change.
Any license issued under this section will be automatically revoked upon expiration or cancellation of the required insurance or material change in coverage which renders that coverage not in compliance with the requirements of Subsection A of this section.
The Chief of Police shall maintain a list of those tow operator's
licensed by the Township to respond to calls from the Township Police
Department. In order to be included on the on-call towing list, an
applicant must meet all of the requirements of this chapter and shall
enter into an agreement with the Township for a term of one year,
said agreement to be prepared by the Township Attorney.
Calls to tow operators on the on-call list shall be made on a nondiscriminatory
rotating basis, pursuant to procedures established by the Chief of
Police. Nothing herein shall prohibit the Chief of Police or his or
her designee from calling a tow operator out of sequence or seeking
the services of a tow operator not on the on-call list if the circumstances
require specialized equipment or if the interests of public safety
so require. If the tow operator selected does not respond to the scene
within 25 minutes after notification, the Chief of Police or his or
her designee shall be permitted to summon the next available tow operator.
When any unusual situation occurs which may be dangerous to the safety
of the public, such as a spill of toxic material or other dangerous
cargo, the Township Police Department may select any qualified tow
operator.
The fees to be charged for the towing and storage services of automobiles shall be as set forth in § 487-12. The Township shall not be liable for the cost of towing and/or storage services unless those services are performed on a municipal vehicle.
Inclusion on the on-call towing list shall be automatically revoked upon expiration or revocation of the tow operator's license. The Chief of Police may also suspend a licensed tow operator's inclusion on the on-call towing list, for such period of time as he or she considers appropriate, for violations of this chapter, after a hearing on such violations. Suspensions may be appealed pursuant to the procedures set forth in § 487-8.
Nothing in this section shall prohibit a motorist or motor vehicle
owner from summoning a tow operator of his or her own choosing, except
that any Township police officer at the scene of an incident requiring
towing services shall be responsible for making the final determination
as to when towing shall take place and which tow operator shall be
called.
The use of emergency lights is restricted to operation at the scene
of the tow while preparations are being made for vehicle removal from
the tow scene to a place of storage or repair. Operation of emergency
lights is not permitted while a tow vehicle is responding to the scene
of a tow or road service. Disposal of a tow vehicle by the contractor
for which a light permit is issued immediately invalidates the permit,
and it must be returned to the Division of Motor Vehicles.
All vehicles towed at the request of the Township Police Department
must be removed to an approved storage facility unless the owner or
operator of the vehicle specifically requests that it be towed to
another destination. Any Township police officer at the scene shall
be responsible for making the final determination as to the towing
destination.
No vehicle shall be released by the tow operator until the owner,
owner's agent, lienholder or lessor of the vehicle produces a
release form from the Police Department. No verbal releases are to
be accepted. The Township is not responsible for any costs, compensation
or damage which a tow operator may suffer by reason of the Township
agreeing that a vehicle be released. Up to 10 vehicles towed at the
request of the Township Police Department must be stored together
at the approved storage facility in side-by-side fashion.
No tow operator shall dispose, destroy, remove, sell or otherwise transfer any vehicle towed at the request of the Township Police Department, unless the vehicle has been transferred to the contractor in accordance with § 487-9E(5).
Upon request of the Township Police Department, the tow operator
shall store a motor vehicle in an inside building, as defined. Vehicles
designated by the Police Department as impounds shall be stored in
a separate space for the exclusive use of the Police Department and
shall not be released without the written permission of the Chief
of Police or his or her designee.
The storage facility must provide a minimum of eight hours per day
(9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.), Monday through Friday, except legal holidays,
and between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon on Saturdays for
reclaiming towed vehicles.
In addition to any requirements set forth elsewhere in this chapter,
all approved towing services must have in writing an employment nondiscrimination
statement prior to the issuance of said approval and must agree to
comply with all state and federal laws and regulations concerning
wages, hours and terms of employment.
The owner of any vehicle towed, upon proper proof displayed, shall
have the right to remove any nonattached personal property belonging
to the owner from the stored vehicle unless a "police hold" is indicated
on the tow form. The vehicle owner or representative shall have the
right to take photographs of the vehicle for insurance purposes.
The tow operator shall submit to the Police Department the names,
addresses and driver's license number of all proposed employees
who will render services on behalf of the tow operator. This information
shall be kept current to the Police Department by the licensee. No
driver shall perform services unless listed by the tow operator with
the Police Department.
Employees of an approved towing service shall in no way be deemed
to represent or be employed by this municipality, and all such towing
services shall be responsible for the conduct of their employees.
All towing and storage fees shall be disclosed in an appropriate
notice on the front or top page of all invoices and receipts. Additionally,
adequate public posting of such fees must be made at the storage area,
in easy view of the public.
No person shall be liable to any tow operator who tows or stores
an automobile, including but not limited to any automobile which was
damaged in an accident or recovered after being reported stolen, for
any fees in excess of the following:
In no event shall any tow operator charge a towing or storage fee
for private passenger vehicles damaged in an accident or recovered
after being stolen in excess of the fees established by the Department
of Insurance as set forth in N.J.A.C. 11:3-38.1 et seq., or any amendments
or supplements thereto. It shall be the responsibility of the tow
operators to comply with all applicable Department of Insurance rules
and regulations.
This chapter is not intended to set fees for nonbasic towing services
and the storage of vehicles not defined herein as "automobiles." For
all towing services not defined as "basic towing service," the contractor
shall set fees reasonable and customary for the Burlington County
area for the towing and storage of such vehicles. The contractor shall
submit as part of its application or renewal thereof its fee schedule
for the towing and storage of all motor vehicles other than automobiles
which shall be subject to the review and approval of the Township
Council. Council shall have sole discretion in determining reasonable
prevailing rates.
No person shall be liable to any tow operator for any other towing
or storage services for any fees in excess of the licensee's
approved fee schedule. Current fee schedules shall be submitted for
approval on an annual basis at the time of application for license
renewal.
When basic towing services are rendered for any automobile, there shall be no additional charges other than those provided for in Subsection A above, including but not limited to flatbedding, waiting time, winching, cleanup costs and additional labor.
Prior to hookup or flatbedding of a motor vehicle, the tow operator
shall present a copy of its fee schedule to the owner or operator
of the vehicle. The fee schedule shall also contain the name, address
and telephone number of the tow operator and a statement of the hours
when the motor vehicle may be claimed. In the case of an unattended
vehicle, the fee schedule shall be left in a conspicuous area of the
vehicle.
The tow operator shall prepare a written bill for the charges pertaining
to the towing and/or storage services and present it to the claimant
of the vehicle when reclaimed. The bill shall be itemized in detail
as to actual services rendered. The Township shall not be liable to
the tow operator for any of the services performed by the operator,
unless those services are performed for municipal vehicles. The operator
shall proceed directly against the consumer. However, the Township
agrees to conduct an auction of all unclaimed vehicles pursuant to
N.J.S.A. 39:10A-1, and the tow operator's charges for towing
and storage shall be paid from the proceeds of such auction. Each
vehicle auctioned off shall be a separate item for purposes of this
section. The Township shall not be liable for fees in excess of the
bid price of the vehicle. The cost of title fees which the Township
must pay to the State of New Jersey for title certificates and the
auction fees shall be passed onto the purchaser at the time of the
auction even if the contractor is the purchasing party and shall be
in addition to the bid price of each vehicle. Should a vehicle not
sell at auction, the junk title certificate or application for a certificate
of ownership, whichever shall have been issued by the Motor Vehicle
Commission, will be assigned to the operator as recompense for services
rendered and unpaid. A fee of $1 shall be paid to the Township by
the contractor for each application for certificate of ownership so
issued.
The Chief of Police shall promulgate such rules, regulations
and procedures, not inconsistent with this chapter, as may be reasonable
and necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. Copies
thereof shall be provided to all licensed tow operators and shall
be made available to the public, along with copies of current fee
schedules, during normal business hours. Failure to comply with applicable
rules, regulations and procedures may be the cause of revocation of
a tow operator's license.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be subject to the penalty set forth in Chapter 1, Article II, Penalties for Violations, of the Township Code, and each day any such violation shall continue shall be deemed to be a separate and distinct offense.
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Stormy Daniels' husband, Glendon Craine, has filed for divorce from the legendary porn star and is claiming she committed adultery.
According to court documents obtained by The Blast, Craine filed for divorce last week in Texas. The couple was married in 2015 and have one child together, a 7-year-old daughter.
In the docs, Craine claims that he should be "awarded a disproportionate share of the estate" because he claims their marriage fell apart because of her (presumably related to the infidelity claim) and because she has the ability to make more money than he does.
Craine was also granted a temporary restraining order which orders Stormy to not cause bodily injury to him or their child. She also cannot falsify any writing or record, including an electronic record, relating to the property of either party, and she cannot withdraw money or transfer property.
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As far as custody, Craine wants sole custody, wants exclusive right to determine where their daughter lives, order Stormy to pay child support and wants the child's passports turned over.
Daniels is also barred from seeing their daughter or going in the family home until a hearing later this week.
Daniels' attorney, Michael Avenatti, said on Twitter that his client disputes the accuracy of the petition, though it is unclear what he is specifically talking about.
Avenatti adds, "Stormy’s daughter remains her number one priority. She kindly asks for privacy for the sake of her family."
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Abstract: We evaluate Bitcoin Cash ABC’s new rolling 10 block checkpoint system. The new system does defend against “deep” hostile reorgs; however, it increases the risk of consensus chain splits and provides new opportunities for a would-be attacking miner. Another tradeoff is that the change increases the damage hostile miners can do to the network, but it reduces the potential reward for such behaviour. It is not clear at this point if this change is a net benefit, although it is a fundamental change to the system and it may therefore be better to spend more time assessing the dynamics involved before the network adopts this technology.
Overview
Bitcoin Cash ABC added a new rolling checkpoint system in software version ABC 0.18.5, which was released on 21st November 2018. Essentially, the new mechanism finalizes a block once it has received 10 confirmations, which prevents large blockchain reorgs. Therefore even if an alternative chain has more proof of work, if it conflicts with a checkpoint, the node will not switch over to the most work chain.
This feature may have been added as a defence against potential attackers including from supporters of the rival Bitcoin Cash SV chain, who have indicated they may wish to attack Bitcoin Cash ABC.
Security Analysis of the New Checkpointing Mechanism
The new rolling checkpoint mechanism includes a trade-off:
The risk of a deep reorg is reduced .
The risk of a consensus chainsplit is increased.
Network Risk Analysis of the New Checkpoint System
Latency issues Attack scenario Reorg risk No change It it unlikely that latency problems will cause nodes to be out of sync with each other by 10 blocks, therefore, this is largely a non-issue, in our view. The new checkpointing system is therefore not likely to cause problems here. Although with a block size of up to 32MB, there could be some latency issues in a small number of circumstances and it is possible nodes could be out of sync by 10 blocks. The checkpoint doesn’t seem to solve any issues to do with latency. If latency issues cause a 10 block reorg, the user may want to follow the most work chain. Therefore we do not think there is any benefit here. Risk reduced The risk of a deep hostile reorg is now reduced or limited to 10 blocks. Consensus split New small risk introduced In the unlikely scenario that poor network connectivity causes nodes to be out of sync with each other by 10 blocks or more, the conflicting checkpoints could cause a consensus split resulting in two or more coins. New risk introduced Although the reorg risk is now reduced, the hostile miner now has a new attack vector. The attacker can attempt to mine a 10 block long (or longer) chain in secret and then publish the chain at a time designed to cause conflicting checkpoints on the network, causing a chain split.
Attacking Miner: An Alternative Option to a Reorg
As indicated above, if a hostile miner is producing a shadow chain, once this diverges from the “honest” chain by more than 10 blocks, it is essentially useless as it cannot reorg the honest chain, even if it has more work. Therefore the attacker might as well give up and stop extending the shadow chain.
However, this also means that as soon as the 10th block since the split has been produced on the “honest chain,” the attacker might as well publish the shadow chain at this point, depending on the attacker’s objectives. (i.e. release the shadow chain as soon as the attacker receives the block in red indicated in the below diagram.) This could then cause a consensus chain split, with some nodes having received the red block first and some receiving the shadow chain first, resulting in conflicting checkpoints.
(Source: BitMEX Research)
This attack may cause a consensus chain split, which could be just as damaging to the network as continuing on to do a hostile reorg. It is also cheaper than continuing on to do a deep reorg, since the hostile miner can stop earlier. Therefore it is not clear to us why this new checkpointing defence is a material improvement. Although the risks in this section are unlikely to materialise (and could require the attacker to have a majority of the hashrate), they seem at least as likely to occur as the problem the new checkpointing system is trying to mitigate against.
Advantages of the Checkpointing System
Although the new checkpointing mechanism may have a limited impact on security within a 10 block window, when looking back more deeply from the current chain tip, security may be increased over longer timeframes. This may be very useful to some exchanges or merchants who can now wait for more than 10 blocks before crediting a user account and achieve a higher level of assurance. However, a key focus of Bitcoin Cash is to increase transaction speeds, so this benefit may not be desirable for the Bitcoin Cash community.
Although a new attack vector is opened up by this mechanism, providing a new way for hostile miners to instigate a consensus split as we explained above, the incentive to do this is less clear than for a “normal” deep reorg attack. A normal reorg attack can be used to initiate a double spend against an exchange, whereby the attacker could profit. While it is possible to also attempt a double spend attack using this new chain split-related attack vector, the outcome is less clear, as it is not obvious which side (if any) will be the winner or which chain an individual exchange may follow. Therefore, although this attack is potentially more devastating on the network, the incentives for it are less obvious. We view this as a significant positive.
Other issues
Centralisation and More Developer Power
Another common criticism of checkpoints is that it gives developers more power and increases centralisation since developers normally manually insert the checkpoints when they release new versions of the software (like Bitcoin used to have). However in our view, this does not apply in this case as the checkpoints are automatically generated by the node software and not manually generated by the development team. Therefore this a non-issue.
Long Range Attack and the Initial Sync
As Eric Wall explained on Twitter, the new checkpoint mechanism opens up the ability to sybil attack nodes not on the latest chaintip. For example, nodes still in the initial sync or nodes related to users who temporarily shut down their nodes for several days. An attacker needs to launch his own relay nodes and generate a new 10 block long chain at any point in the past.
This lower work chain can then be broadcast to nodes (including the specific targeting of nodes not at the current tip), potentially causing these nodes to conduct the checkpoint prematurely, on an alternative chain. Not only does this leave these nodes on a different chain, but this chain is under the control of the attacker. This seems to be a significant flaw of the checkpointing system.
Satoshi’s “original vision” appears to imply that the ability of nodes to be switched off and then verify what happened when it was gone is potentially important:
Nodes can leave and rejoin the network at will, accepting the proof-of-work chain as proof of what happened while they were gone.
(Source: Bitcoin Whitepaper)
To some extent this Bitcoin Cash ABC upgrade abandons that philosophy, and requires nodes to be online 24×7.
Conclusion
The new Bitcoin Cash ABC checkpointing system is a fundamental change to the core network and consensus dynamics, resulting in a number of trade-offs. These changes may not have been adequately explored before the upgrade. Although we do not think it is likely such a change will result in an immediate crisis, it’s not likely to prevent one either.
Overall Summary of the Checkpointing System’s Impact
Positives:
Reduces the incentive for a miner to attack the chain
Provides more assurances for merchants and exchanges for transactions with over 10 confirmations
Negatives:
Increases the ability of a miner to instigate a devastating attack on the network
Introduces new attack vectors on nodes which are still syncing to the main chain
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Larry Page
Lawrence Edward Page (born March 26, 1973) is an American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur. He is best known for being one of the co-founders of Google along with Sergey Brin.
Page was the chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc. (Google's parent company) until stepping down on December 3, 2019. After stepping aside as Google CEO in August 2001, in favor of Eric Schmidt, he re-assumed the role in April 2011. He announced his intention to step aside a second time in July 2015, to become CEO of Alphabet, under which Google's assets would be reorganized. Under Page, Alphabet seeked to deliver major advancements in a variety of industries. On December 4, 2019, Page stepped down from his CEO position from Alphabet. Both Page and Sergey Brin will remain controlling shareholders of Alphabet.
As of January 2020, Page is the 8th-richest person in the world, with a net worth of $66.3 billion. Forbes placed him 10th in the list "Billionaires 2019".
Page is the co-inventor of PageRank, a well-known search ranking algorithm for Google, which he wrote with Brin. Page received the Marconi Prize in 2004 with Brin.
Early life and education
Page was born on March 26, 1973, in Lansing, Michigan. His mother is Jewish; his maternal grandfather later made aliyah to Israel. However, he does not declare to follow any formal religion. His father, Carl Victor Page Sr., earned a PhD in computer science from the University of Michigan, when the field was being established, and BBC reporter Will Smale has described him as a "pioneer in computer science and artificial intelligence". He was a computer science professor at Michigan State University and Page's mother, Gloria, was an instructor in computer programming at Lyman Briggs College of Michigan State University.
During an interview, Page recalled his childhood. Noting that his house "was usually a mess, with computers, science, and technology magazines and Popular Science magazines all over the place", an environment in which he immersed himself. Page was an avid reader during his youth, writing in his 2013 Google founders letter: "I remember spending a huge amount of time pouring [sic] over books and magazines" . According to writer Nicholas Carlson, the combined influence of Page's home atmosphere and his attentive parents "fostered creativity and invention". Page also played the flute and studied music composition while growing up. He attended the renowned music summer camp — Interlochen Arts Camp at Interlochen, Michigan. Page has mentioned that his musical education inspired his impatience and obsession with speed in computing. "In some sense, I feel like music training led to the high-speed legacy of Google for me". In an interview Page said that "In music, you're very cognizant of time. Time is like the primary thing" and that "If you think about it from a music point of view, if you're a percussionist, you hit something, it's got to happen in milliseconds, fractions of a second".
Page was first attracted to computers when he was six years old, as he was able to "play with the stuff lying around"—first-generation personal computers—that had been left by his mother and father. He became the "first kid in his elementary school to turn in an assignment from a word processor". His older brother also taught him to take things apart and before long he was taking "everything in his house apart to see how it worked". He said that "from a very early age, I also realized I wanted to invent things. So I became really interested in technology and business. Probably from when I was 12, I knew I was going to start a company eventually."
Page attended the Okemos Montessori School (now called Montessori Radmoor) in Okemos, Michigan, from 1975 to 1979, and graduated from East Lansing High School in 1991. He attended Interlochen Center for the Arts as a saxophonist for two summers while in high school. Page holds a Bachelor of Science in computer engineering from the University of Michigan, with honors and a Master of Science in computer science from Stanford University. While at the University of Michigan, Page created an inkjet printer made of Lego bricks (literally a line plotter), after he thought it possible to print large posters cheaply with the use of inkjet cartridges—Page reverse-engineered the ink cartridge, and built all of the electronics and mechanics to drive it. Page served as the president of the Beta Epsilon chapter of the Eta Kappa Nu fraternity, and was a member of the 1993 "Maize & Blue" University of Michigan Solar Car team. As an undergraduate at the University of Michigan, he proposed that the school replace its bus system with a personal rapid transit system, which is essentially a driverless monorail with separate cars for every passenger. He also developed a business plan for a company that would use software to build a music synthesizer during this time.
PhD studies and research
After enrolling in a computer science PhD program at Stanford University, Page was in search of a dissertation theme and considered exploring the mathematical properties of the World Wide Web, understanding its link structure as a huge graph. His supervisor, Terry Winograd, encouraged him to pursue the idea, and Page recalled in 2008 that it was the best advice he had ever received. He also considered doing research on telepresence and self-driving cars during this time.
Page focused on the problem of finding out which web pages linked to a given page, considering the number and nature of such backlinks as valuable information for that page. The role of citations in academic publishing would also become pertinent for the research. Sergey Brin, a fellow Stanford PhD student, would soon join Page's research project, nicknamed "BackRub." Together, the pair authored a research paper titled "The Anatomy of a Large-Scale Hypertextual Web Search Engine" , which became one of the most downloaded scientific documents in the history of the Internet at the time.
John Battelle, co-founder of Wired magazine, wrote that Page had reasoned that the:
... entire Web was loosely based on the premise of citation—after all, what is a link but a citation? If he could devise a method to count and qualify each backlink on the Web, as Page puts it "the Web would become a more valuable place."
Battelle further described how Page and Brin began working together on the project:
At the time Page conceived of BackRub, the Web comprised an estimated 10 million documents, with an untold number of links between them. The computing resources required to crawl such a beast were well beyond the usual bounds of a student project. Unaware of exactly what he was getting into, Page began building out his crawler. The idea's complexity and scale lured Brin to the job. A polymath who had jumped from project to project without settling on a thesis topic, he found the premise behind BackRub fascinating. "I talked to lots of research groups" around the school, Brin recalls, "and this was the most exciting project, both because it tackled the Web, which represents human knowledge, and because I liked Larry."
Search engine development
To convert the backlink data gathered by BackRub's web crawler into a measure of importance for a given web page, Brin and Page developed the PageRank algorithm, and realized that it could be used to build a search engine far superior to existing ones. The algorithm relied on a new technology that analyzed the relevance of the backlinks that connected one web page to another.
Combining their ideas, the pair began utilizing Page's dormitory room as a machine laboratory, and extracted spare parts from inexpensive computers to create a device that they used to connect the now nascent search engine with Stanford's broadband campus network. After filling Page's room with equipment, they then converted Brin's dorm room into an office and programming center, where they tested their new search engine designs on the Web. The rapid growth of their project caused Stanford's computing infrastructure to experience problems.
Page and Brin used the former's basic HTML programming skills to set up a simple search page for users, as they did not have a web page developer to create anything visually elaborate. They also began using any computer part they could find to assemble the necessary computing power to handle searches by multiple users. As their search engine grew in popularity among Stanford users, it required additional servers to process the queries. In August 1996, the initial version of Google, still on the Stanford University website, was made available to Internet users.
By early 1997, the BackRub page described the state as follows:
BackRub already exhibited the rudimentary functions and characteristics of a search engine: a query input was entered and it provided a list of backlinks ranked by importance. Page recalled: "We realized that we had a querying tool. It gave you a good overall ranking of pages and ordering of follow-up pages." Page said that in mid-1998 they finally realized the further potential of their project: "Pretty soon, we had 10,000 searches a day. And we figured, maybe this is really real."
Page and Brin's vision has been compared to that of Johannes Gutenberg, the inventor of modern printing:
In 1440, Johannes Gutenberg introduced Europe to the mechanical printing press, printing Bibles for mass consumption. The technology allowed for books and manuscripts – originally replicated by hand – to be printed at a much faster rate, thus spreading knowledge and helping to usher in the European Renaissance ... Google has done a similar job.
The comparison was also noted by the authors of The Google Story: "Not since Gutenberg ... has any new invention empowered individuals, and transformed access to information, as profoundly as Google." Also, not long after the two "cooked up their new engine for web searches, they began thinking about information that was at the time beyond the web" such as digitizing books and expanding health information.
Google
1998–2010
Founding
Mark Malseed wrote in a 2003 feature story:Soliciting funds from faculty members, family and friends, Brin and Page scraped together enough to buy some servers and rent that famous garage in Menlo Park. ... [soon after], Sun Microsystems co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim wrote a $100,000 check to "Google, Inc." The only problem was, "Google, Inc." did not yet exist—the company hadn't yet been incorporated. For two weeks, as they handled the paperwork, the young men had nowhere to deposit the money.In 1998, Brin and Page incorporated Google, Inc. with the initial domain name of "Googol", derived from a number that consists of one followed by one hundred zeros—representing the vast amount of data that the search engine was intended to explore. Following inception, Page appointed himself as CEO, while Brin, named Google's co-founder, served as Google's president. Writer Nicholas Carlson wrote in 2014:<blockquote>The pair's mission was "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful." With a US$1-million loan from friends and family, the inaugural team moved into a Mountain View office by the start of 2000. In 1999, Page experimented with smaller servers so Google could fit more into each square meter of the third-party warehouses the company rented for their servers. This eventually led to a search engine that ran much faster than Google's competitors at the time.
By June 2000, Google had indexed one billion Internet URLs (Uniform Resource Locators), making it the most comprehensive search engine on the Web at the time. The company cited NEC Research Institute data in its June 26 press release, stating that "there are more than 1 billion web pages online today", with Google "providing access to 560 million full-text indexed web pages and 500 million partially indexed URLs."
Early management style
During his first tenure as CEO, Page embarked on an attempt to fire all of Google's project managers in 2001. Page's plan involved all of Google's engineers reporting to a VP of engineering, who would then report directly to him—Page explained that he didn't like non-engineers supervising engineers due to their limited technical knowledge. Page even documented his management tenets for his team to use as a reference:
Don't delegate: Do everything you can yourself to make things go faster.
Don't get in the way if you're not adding value. Let the people actually doing the work talk to each other while you go do something else.
Don't be a bureaucrat.
Ideas are more important than age. Just because someone is junior doesn't mean they don't deserve respect and cooperation.
The worst thing you can do is stop someone from doing something by saying, "No. Period." If you say no, you have to help them find a better way to get it done.
Even though Page's new model was unsustainable and led to disgruntlement among the affected employees, his issue with engineers being managed by non-engineering staff gained traction. Page also believed that the faster Google's search engine returned answers, the more it would be used. He fretted over milliseconds and pushed his engineers—from those who developed algorithms to those who built data centers—to think about lag times. He also pushed for keeping Google's home page famously sparse in its design because it would help the search results load faster.
2001–2011
Changes in management and expansion
Before Silicon Valley's two most prominent investors, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sequoia Capital, agreed to invest a combined total of $50 million in Google, they applied pressure on Page to step down as CEO so that a more experienced leader could build a "world-class management team." Page eventually became amenable to the idea after meeting with other technology CEOs, including Steve Jobs and Intel's Andrew Grove. Eric Schmidt, who had been hired as Chairman of Google in March 2001, left his full-time position as the CEO of Novell to take the same role at Google in August of the same year, and Page moved aside to assume the President of Products role.
Under Schmidt's leadership, Google underwent a period of major growth and expansion, which included its initial public offering (IPO) on August 20, 2004. He always acted in consultation with Page and Brin when he embarked on initiatives such as the hiring of an executive team and the creation of a sales force management system. Page remained the boss at Google in the eyes of the employees, as he gave final approval on all new hires, and it was Page who provided the signature for the IPO, the latter making him a billionaire at the age of 30.
Page led the acquisition of Android for $50 million in 2005 to fulfill his ambition to place handheld computers in the possession of consumers so that they could access Google anywhere. The purchase was made without Schmidt's knowledge, but the CEO was not perturbed by the relatively small acquisition. Page became passionate about Android and spent large amounts of time with Android CEO and cofounder Andy Rubin. By September 2008, T-Mobile launched the G1, the first phone using Android software and, by 2010, 17.2% of the handset market consisted of Android sales, overtaking Apple for the first time. Android became the world's most popular mobile operating system shortly afterward.
Assumption of CEO position at Google
Following a January 2011 announcement, Page officially became the chief executive of Google on April 4, 2011, while Schmidt stepped down to become executive chairman. By this time, Google had over $180 billion market capitalization and more than 24,000 employees.
After Schmidt announced the end of his tenure as CEO on January 20, 2011, he jokingly tweeted on Twitter: "Adult-supervision no longer needed." Quartz organizational management reporter, Max Nisen, described the decade prior to Page's second appointment as Google's CEO as his "lost decade." While Page continued to exert a significant influence at Google during this time, overseeing product development and other operations, he became increasingly disconnected and less responsive over time.
2011–2013
As Google's new CEO, Page's two key goals were the development of greater autonomy for the executives overseeing the most important divisions, and higher levels of collaboration, communication, and unity among the teams. Page also formed what the media called the "L-Team", a group of senior vice-presidents who reported directly to him and worked in close proximity to his office for a portion of the working week. Additionally, he reorganized the company's senior management, placing a CEO-like manager at the top of Google's most important product divisions, including YouTube, AdWords, and Google Search.
In accordance with a more cohesive team environment, Page declared a new "zero tolerance for fighting" policy that contrasted with his approach during the early days of Google, when he would use his harsh and intense arguments with Brin as an exemplar for senior management. Page had changed his thinking during his time away from the CEO role, as he eventually arrived at the conclusion that his greatly ambitious goals required a harmonious team dynamic. As part of Page's collaborative rejuvenation process, Google's products and applications were consolidated and underwent an aesthetic overhaul.
Changes and consolidation process
At least 70 of Google's products, features and services were eventually shut down by March 2013, while the appearance and nature of the remaining ones were unified. Jon Wiley, lead designer of Google Search at the time, codenamed Page's redesign overhaul, which officially commenced on April 4, 2011, "Project Kennedy", based on Page's use of the term "moonshots" to describe ambitious projects in a January 2013 Wired interview. An initiative named "Kanna" previously attempted to create a uniform design aesthetic for Google's range of products, but it was too difficult at that point in the company's history for one team to drive such change. Matias Duarte, senior director of the Android user experience when "Kennedy" started, explained in 2013 that "Google passionately cares about design." Page proceeded to consult with the Google Creative Lab design team, based in New York City, to find an answer to his question of what a "cohesive vision" of Google might look like.
The eventual results of "Kennedy" which were progressively rolled out from June 2011 until January 2013, were described by The Verge technology publication as focused upon "refinement, white space, cleanliness, elasticity, usefulness, and most of all simplicity." The final products were aligned with Page's aim for a consistent suite of products that can "move fast", and "Kennedy" was called a "design revolution" by Duarte. Page's "UXA" (user/graphics interface) design team then emerged from the "Kennedy" project, tasked with "designing and developing a true UI framework that transforms Google's application software into a beautiful, mature, accessible and consistent platform for its users." Unspoken of in public, the small UXA unit was designed to ensure that "Kennedy" became an "institution."
Acquisition strategy and new products
When acquiring products and companies for Google, Page asked whether the business acquisition passed the toothbrush test as an initial qualifier, asking the question "Is it something you will use once or twice a day, and does it make your life better?". This approach looked for usefulness above profitability, and long-term potential over near-term financial gain, which has been noted as rare in business acquiring processes.
With Facebook's influence rapidly expanding during the start of Page's second tenure, he finally responded to the intensive competition with Google's own social network, Google+, in mid-2011. After several delays, the social network was released through a very limited field test and was led by Vic Gundotra, Google's then senior vice president of social.
In August 2011, Page announced that Google would spend $12.5 billion to acquire Motorola Mobility. The purchase was primarily motivated by Google's need to secure patents to protect Android from lawsuits by companies including Apple Inc. Page wrote on Google's official blog on August 15, 2011 that "companies including Microsoft and Apple are banding together in anti-competitive patent attacks on Android. The United States Department of Justice had to intervene in the results of one recent patent auction to 'protect competition and innovation in the open source software community' ... Our acquisition of Motorola will increase competition by strengthening Google's patent portfolio, which will enable us to better protect Android from anti-competitive threats from Microsoft, Apple and other companies". In 2014, Page sold Motorola Mobility for $2.9 billion to Personal Computer maker, Lenovo which represented a loss in value of $9.5 billion over two years.
Page also ventured into hardware and Google unveiled the Chromebook in May 2012. The hardware product was a laptop that ran on a Google operating system, Chrome OS.
2013–2015
In January 2013, Page participated in a rare interview with Wired, in which writer Steven Levy discussed Page's "10X" mentality—Google employees are expected to create products and services that are at least 10 times better than those of its competitors—in the introductory blurb. Astro Teller, the head of Google X, explained to Levy that 10X is "just core to who he [Page] is", while Page's "focus is on where the next 10X will come from." In his interview with Levy, Page referred to the success of YouTube and Android as examples of "crazy" ideas that investors were not initially interested in, saying: "If you're not doing some things that are crazy, then you're doing the wrong things." Page also stated he was "very happy" with the status of Google+, and discussed concerns over the Internet in relation to the SOPA bill and an International Telecommunication Union proposal that had been recently introduced:... I do think the Internet's under much greater attack than it has been in the past. Governments are now afraid of the Internet because of the Middle East stuff, and so they're a little more willing to listen to what I see as a lot of commercial interests that just want to make money by restricting people's freedoms. But they've also seen a tremendous user reaction, like the backlash against SOPA. I think that governments fight users' freedoms at their own peril.At the May 2013 I/O developers conference in San Francisco, Page delivered a keynote address and said "We're at maybe 1% of what is possible. Despite the faster change, we're still moving slow relative to the opportunities we have. I think a lot of that is because of the negativity ... Every story I read is Google vs someone else. That's boring. We should be focusing on building the things that don't exist" and that he was "sad the Web isn't advancing as fast as it should be", citing a perceived focus on negativity and zero-sum games among some in the technology sector as a cause. In response to an audience question, Page noted an issue that Google had been experiencing with Microsoft, whereby the latter made its Outlook program interoperable with Google but did not allow for backward compatibility—he referred to Microsoft's practice as "milking off". During the question-and-answer section of his keynote, Page expressed interest in Burning Man, which Brin had previously praised—it was a motivating factor for the latter during Schmidt's hiring process, as Brin liked that Schmidt had attended the week-long annual event.
In September 2013, Page launched the independent Calico initiative, a R&D project in the field of biotechnology. Google announced that Calico seeks to innovate and make improvements in the field of human health, and appointed Art Levinson, chairman of Apple's board and former CEO of Genentech, to be the new division's CEO. Page's official statement read: "Illness and aging affect all our families. With some longer term, moonshot thinking around healthcare and biotechnology, I believe we can improve millions of lives."
Page participated in a March 2014 TedX conference that was held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The presentation was scripted by Page's chief PR executive Rachel Whetstone, and Google's CMO Lorraine Twohill, and a demonstration of an artificially intelligent computer program was displayed on a large screen.
Page responded to a question about corporations, noting that corporations largely get a "bad rap", which he stated was because they were probably doing the same incremental things they were doing "50 or 20 years ago". He went on to juxtapose that kind of incremental approach to his vision of Google counteracting calcification through driving technology innovation at a high rate. Page mentioned Elon Musk and SpaceX:He [Musk] wants to go to Mars to back up humanity. That's a worthy goal. We have a lot of employees at Google who've become pretty wealthy. You're working because you want to change the world and make it better ... I'd like for us to help out more than we are.Page also mentioned Nikola Tesla with regard to invention and commercialization:Invention is not enough. [Nikola] Tesla invented the electric power we use, but he struggled to get it out to people. [You have to] combine both things ... invention and innovation focus, plus ... a company that can really commercialize things and get them to people.Page announced a major management restructure in October 2014 so that he would no longer need to be responsible for day-to-day product-related decision making. In a memo, Page said that Google's core businesses would be able to progress in a typical manner, while he could focus on the next generation of ambitious projects, including Google X initiatives; access and energy, including Google Fiber; smart-home automation through Nest Labs; and biotechnology innovations under Calico. Page maintained that he would continue as the unofficial "chief product officer". Subsequent to the announcement, the executives in charge of Google's core products reported to then Google Senior Vice President Sundar Pichai, who reported directly to Page.
In a November 2014 interview, Page stated that he prioritized the maintenance of his "deep knowledge" of Google's products and breadth of projects, as it had been a key motivating factor for team members. In relation to his then role as the company's CEO, Page said: "I think my job as CEO—I feel like it's always to be pushing people ahead."
On August 10, 2015, Page announced on Google's official blog that Google had restructured into a number of subsidiaries of a new holding company known as Alphabet Inc with Page becoming CEO of Alphabet Inc and Sundar Pichai assuming the position of CEO of Google Inc. In his announcement, Page described the planned holding company as follows:Alphabet is mostly a collection of companies. The largest of which, of course, is Google. This newer Google is a bit slimmed down, with the companies that are pretty far afield of our main Internet products contained in Alphabet instead. ... Fundamentally, we believe this allows us more management scale, as we can run things independently that aren't very related.As well as explaining the origin of the company's name:We liked the name Alphabet because it means a collection of letters that represent language, one of humanity's most important innovations, and is the core of how we index with Google search! We also like that it means alpha‑bet (Alpha is investment return above benchmark), which we strive for!Page wrote that the motivation behind the reorganization is to make Google "cleaner and more accountable." He also wrote that there was a desire to improve "the transparency and oversight of what we're doing" and to allow greater control of unrelated companies previously within the Google ecosystem.
Page has not been on any press conferences since 2015 and has not presented at product launches or earnings calls since 2013. The Bloomberg Businessweek termed the reorganization into Alphabet as a clever retirement plan allowing Page to retain control over Google, at the same time relinquishing all responsibilities over it. Executives at Alphabet describe Page as a "futurist" , highly detached from day-to-day business dealings and more focused on moon-shot projects. While some managers of Alphabet companies speak of Page as intensely involved, others say that his rare office check-ins are "akin to a royal visit" .
2019
On December 3, 2019, Larry Page announced that he will step down from the position of Alphabet CEO and would be replaced by Google CEO Sundar Pichai. Pichai will also continue as Google CEO. Page and Google co-founder and Alphabet president Sergey Brin announced the change in a joint blog post, "With Alphabet now well-established, and Google and the Other Bets operating effectively as independent companies, it’s the natural time to simplify our management structure. We’ve never been ones to hold on to management roles when we think there’s a better way to run the company. And Alphabet and Google no longer need two CEOs and a President."
Other interests
Page is an investor in Tesla Motors. He has invested in renewable energy technology, and with the help of Google.org, Google's philanthropic arm, promotes the adoption of plug-in hybrid electric cars and other alternative energy investments. He is also a strategic backer in the Opener startup which is developing aerial vehicles for consumer travel.
Page is also interested in the socio-economic effects of advanced intelligent systems and how advanced digital technologies can be used to create abundance (as described in Peter Diamandis' book), provide for people's needs, shorten the workweek, and mitigate the potential detrimental effects of technological unemployment.
Page also helped to set up Singularity University, a transhumanist think-tank.
Google is one of the institution's corporate founders and still funds scholarships at Singularity University.
Personal life
In 2007, Page married Lucinda Southworth on Necker Island, the Caribbean island owned by Richard Branson. Southworth is a research scientist and the sister of actress and model Carrie Southworth. Page and Southworth have two children, born in 2009 and 2011.
On February 18, 2005, Page bought a Spanish Colonial Revival architecture house in Palo Alto, California designed by American artistic polymath Pedro Joseph de Lemos, a former curator of the Stanford Art Museum and founder of the Carmel Art Institute, after the historic building had been on the market for years with an asking price of US$7.95 million. A two-story stucco archway spans the driveway and the home features intricate stucco work, as well as stone and tile in California Arts and Crafts movement style built to resemble de Lemos's family's castle in Spain. The hacienda was constructed between 1931 and 1941 by de Lemos. It is also on the National Register of Historic Places.In 2009 Page began purchasing properties and tearing down homes adjacent to his home in Palo Alto to make room for a large ecohouse. The existing buildings were "deconstructed" and the materials donated for reuse. The ecohouse was designed to "minimize the impact on the environment." Page worked with an arborist to replace some trees that were in poor health with others that used less water to maintain. Page also applied for Green Point Certification, with points given for use of recycled and low or no-VOC (volatile organic compound) materials and for a roof garden with solar panels. The house's exterior features zinc cladding and plenty of windows, including a wall of sliding-glass doors in the rear. It includes eco-friendly elements such as permeable paving in the parking court and a pervious path through the trees on the property. The 6,000-square-foot (560m²) house also observes other green home design features such as organic architecture building materials and low volatile organic compound paint.
In 2011, Page bought the $45-million 193-foot (59m) superyacht 'Senses'. 'Senses' has extensive ocean exploration capabilities, the superyacht was created to explore the world's oceans in comfort and it carries a comprehensive inventory of equipment for that purpose. 'Senses' was built by Fr. Schweers Shipyard in (Germany) at their Berne shipyard. 'Senses' features a displacement steel hull and a steel/aluminium superstructure, with teak decks. 'Senses' is equipped with an ultra-modern stabilization system which reduces the free surface effect and results in a smoother cruising experience underway.
Page announced on his Google+ profile in May 2013 that his right vocal cord is paralyzed from a cold that he contracted the previous summer, while his left cord was paralyzed in 1999. Page explained that he has been suffering from a vocal cord issue for 14 years, and, as of his May 2013 post, doctors were unable to identify the exact cause. The Google+ post also revealed that Page had donated a considerable sum of money to a vocal-cord nerve-function research program at the Voice Health Institute in Boston, US. The program, at Massachusetts General Hospital, is led by Steven Zeitels, the Eugene B. Casey Professor of Laryngeal Surgery. An anonymous source stated that the donation exceeded $20 million.
In October 2013, Business Insider reported that Page's paralyzed vocal cords are caused by an autoimmune disease called Hashimoto's thyroiditis, and prevented him from undertaking Google quarterly earnings conference calls for an indefinite period.
In November 2014, Page's family foundation, the Carl Victor Page Memorial Fund, reportedly holding assets in excess of a billion dollars at the end of 2013, gave $15 million to aid the effort against the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa. Page wrote on his Google+ page that "My wife and I just donated $15 million ... Our hearts go out to everyone affected."
Awards and accolades
1998–2009
PC Magazine has praised Google as among the Top 100 Web Sites and Search Engines (1998) and awarded Google the Technical Excellence Award for Innovation in Web Application Development in 1999. In 2000, Google earned a Webby Award, a People's Voice Award for technical achievement, and in 2001, was awarded Outstanding Search Service, Best Image Search Engine, Best Design, Most Webmaster Friendly Search Engine, and Best Search Feature at the Search Engine Watch Awards.
In 2002, Page was named a World Economic Forum Global Leader for Tomorrow and along with Brin, was named by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)'s Technology Review publication as one of the top 100 innovators in the world under the age of 35, as part of its yearly TR100 listing (changed to "TR35" after 2005).
In 2003, both Page and Brin received an MBA from IE Business School, in an honorary capacity, "for embodying the entrepreneurial spirit and lending momentum to the creation of new businesses."
In 2004, they received the Marconi Foundation's prize and were elected Fellows of the Marconi Foundation at Columbia University. In announcing their selection, John Jay Iselin, the Foundation's president, congratulated the two men for "their invention that has fundamentally changed the way information is retrieved today."
Page and Brin were also Award Recipients and National Finalists for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2003.
Also in 2004, X PRIZE chose Page as a trustee of their board and he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering.
In 2005, Brin and Page were elected Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
In 2008 Page received the Communication Award from King Felipe at the Princess of Asturias Awards on behalf of Google.
2009–present
In 2009, Page received an honorary doctorate from the University of Michigan during a graduation commencement ceremony. In 2011, he was ranked 24th on the Forbes list of billionaires, and as the 11th richest person in the U.S.
In 2015, Page's "Powerful People" profile on the Forbes site states that Google is "the most influential company of the digital era".
As of July 2014, the Bloomberg Billionaires Index lists Page as the 17th richest man in the world, with an estimated net worth of $32.7 billion.
At the completion of 2014, Fortune magazine named Page its "Businessperson of the Year", declaring him "the world's most daring CEO".
In October 2015, Page was named number one in Forbes' "America's Most Popular Chief Executives" , as voted by Google's employees.
In August 2017, Page was awarded honorary citizenship of Agrigento, Italy.
References
External links
Larry Page at Bloomberg L.P.
Larry Page on Forbes
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Although these breads are made in a conventional oven, they can just as easily be made in your wood-fired oven without the Dutch oven cloche. I would use a little more flour than Jim does because I believe you'll then find the dough much less messy to handle
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2nd Texas health-care worker tests positive for Ebola
A second health-care worker in Texas who cared for Thomas Eric Duncan has tested positive for Ebola, according to preliminary results.
In a release Wednesday, Texas Department of State Health Services said the unidentified woman, believed to be a nurse, “reported a fever Tuesday and was immediately isolated at the hospital.”
The test was run late Tuesday at the state public health laboratory in Austin, and results came in around midnight.
“Confirmatory testing” will be conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, the statement read.
According to officials, the worker was put in isolation at Texas Health Presbyterian within 90 minutes after she found she had an elevated temperature.
It’s not yet known how she contracted the virus, and officials have not said what type of care she provided for Duncan.
Health officials said anyone who had contact with the woman after symptoms appeared will be monitored. People are not contagious before symptoms develop.
Officials said the health-care worker was on Frontier Airlines flight 1143 from Cleveland to Dallas-Fort Worth on Monday, the day before she was diagnosed with Ebola.
The flight’s crew said the woman did not show symptoms of Ebola during the flight. However, she developed a fever by Tuesday morning. Officials said the health-care worker was monitoring herself for symptoms.
The CDC is asking the passengers who travelled on the flight to call 1-800-CDC-INFO so they can be monitored.
On Saturday, Nina Pham, 26, a nurse who cared for Duncan tested positive for Ebola. Her condition is being described as stable.
However, questions are being raised over the protocols in place at the hospital where she contracted Ebola. The National Nurses United union claims health-care workers were in contact with Duncan for days without proper protective gear.
Duncan, who died on Oct. 8, was the first person to die of Ebola in the United States. The Liberian national arrived in Dallas on Sept. 20 from Liberia and was admitted to hospital on Sept. 28, where he was kept in isolation.
There have been no cases of Ebola in Canada and officials say the risk of it here is very low.
This week, two patients in Ottawa and Belleville were being isolated and monitored as a precaution because they showed Ebola-like symptoms. Both have tested negative for Ebola.
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We've been told by Q to look into the wives and I mentioned the other night I didnt think we were really finished digging in that hole. Lo and Behold Ive got a real special one for you today. Nope nothing wrong with her being in this picture at all except for EVERYTHING.
Lets learn a little about Mrs. Lisa H. Barsoomian background.
Lisa H Barsoomian a US Attorney that graduated from Georgetown Law she’s a protege of James Comey and Robert Muller
Barsoomian with her boss R Craig Lawrence represented Bill Clinton in 1998 Lawrence also represented
Robert Muller three times
James Comey five times
Barack Obama 45 times
Kathleen Sebelius 56 times
Bill Clinton 40 times and
Hillary Clinton 17 times
between 1998 and 2017
Barsoomian herself represented the FBI at least five times
You may be saying to yourself, okay who cares, who cares about the work history of this Barsoomian woman.
Apparently someone does.
Someone out there cares so much that they’ve purged all Barsoomian court documents for her Clinton representation in Hamburg vs. Clinton in 1998 and its appeal in 1999 from the DC District and Appeals court dockets
Someone out there cares so much that the internet has been purged of all information pertaining to Barsoomian.
Historically this indicates that the individual is a protected CIA operative.
Additionally Lisa Barsoomian has specialized in opposing Freedom of Information Act requests on behalf of the intelligence community
And although Barsoomian has been involved in hundreds of cases representing the DC Office of the US Attorney her email address is Lisa Barsoomian at NIH gov.
The NIH stands for National Institutes of Health.
This is a tactic routinely used by the CIA to protect an operative by using another government organization to shield their activities.
It’s a cover, so big deal right, I mean what does one more attorney with ties to the US intelligence community really matter.
I mean with Trump and his
recent tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum imports,
the border wall,
DACA,
everything coming out of California,
the Uniparty unrelenting opposition to President Trump,
the Clapper leaks,
the Comey leaks,
Attorney General Jeff Sessions recusal and subsequent 14 month nap with occasional forays into the marijuana legalization mix,
and last but not least Muller’s never-ending investigation into collusion between the Trump team and the Russians
Why does Barsoomian, CIA operative, merit any mention?
BECAUSE
She is Assistant Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s WIFE
That’s why.
Barsoomian’s loyalties are tainted.
How could this not have influenced Rosenstein?
This clearly violates the appearance of impropriety attorney’s rules?
Both owe their careers as US attorneys to Muller, Obama, Bush, and the Clintons.
impartiality? that’s impossible.
Rod Rosenstein has no business involving himself in the Hillary Clinton-DNC funded Steel dossier, and the ongoing Russia investigation.
Much less the selection of his mentor and his wife’s mentor Robert Muller as Special Counsel.
The rules of ethics, funny, required his refusal."
https://americans4innovation.blogspot.com/2017/05/proof-robert-mueller-cannot-be.html#rosenstein-conflict
https://www.fbcoverup.com/docs/library/2017-05-22-Lisa-Barsoomian-represented-William-J-Clinton-98-cv-01459-TPJ-06-11-1998-PACER-accessed-May-22-2017.pdf
https://www.fbcoverup.com/docs/library/2017-05-20-R-Craig-Lawrence-DC-Appeals-Court-Docket-PACER-accessed-May-20-2017.pdf
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012 7:55:20 AMGerry I disagree. Yes people do make mistakes. However, what she said didn't make sense and even though we can figure out the word she probably meant, she obviously couldn`t. It really sounds like she was trying to use a big word that she heard someone say once, and she got it wrong. Saying it wrong once would be a gaffe, saying it more than once is just showing her lack of intelligence.
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Online dating ei ole koskaan kokous
quick swipe right to get it perfect. There is some evidence that people focus on the most superficial aspects of their potential romantic partners at the earliest stages of the relationship and later on those things don't matter so much." Follow Angus on Twitter. Say yes to maybe. Of course, making contact with dates online is only the first step in courtship. If your messages come from people who have themselves received lots of messages, that makes make you more desirable, according to the study. Take the scientific test to see if you can build the perfect dating profile. Laurie Davis, edwards to share her thoughts on the good and bad of finding love on the web. Previous research has shown that when people are able to spend proper time together, their characters become far more important than the superficial information that they receive on a dating app. Its what will attract your next and hopefully last love. To gain access beyond that, we needed to spend a significant amount of time creating new connections. Decline and Visit Plain Text Site.
Internet dating: 10 things I ve learned from looking for love online
My husband and I met on Twitter even though we grew up two towns away from each other. Access has created a paradox of choice. Tästä voisi syntyä jotakin mukavaa ja bluesahtavaa, ja niinhän siinä sitten kävi. Before online dating, we dated within our immediate communities. Which is better depends upon what your goals are.".
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Stochastic Thermodynamics (ST) extends the notions of classical thermodynamics to trajectories taken from a nonequilibrium ensemble. This extension yields a simple approach to fluctuation relations in small systems. Multiple time- and length scales play an important role for measurements but also for the foundations of nonequilibrium statistical mechanics. Here, under the assumptions of local equilibrium we derive the trajectory functionals of ST in the context of reversible deterministic thermostats. Further, the connection to previous work is made.
[*Keywords*]{}: Stochastic thermodynamics, entropy, information theory, reversible thermostats, entropy production.
address: 'Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen, Germany'
author:
- Bernhard Altaner
bibliography:
- '/home/baltaner/bib/noneq/noneq.bib'
- '/home/baltaner/bib/misc/misc.bib'
title: 'Stochastic Thermodynamics, Reversible Dynamical Systems and Information Theory'
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Microscopic Basics
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Stochastic Thermodynamics
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Deterministic Thermostatted Dynamics
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Dynamical Notions of Entropy and Information
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Conclusion
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The author wants to thank Lamberto Rondoni, Jürgen Vollmer, Thomas Frerix and Artur Wachtel for many fruitful discussions. Further, I am indebted to Artur Wachtel and Lukas Geyrhofer for comments on the manuscript.
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What better subject to exalt in this first, our creature feature, than the Common Crow?
North American Crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos)are familiar over much of lower Canada, Continental US, and northern Mexico: large, intelligent, all-black birds with hoarse, cawing voices. They are commonly arboreal, but frequently jet-setters. They are opportunistic feeders, diligent scavengers, and feared succubi.
Wild crows can recognize individual people. They can pick a person out of a crowd, follow them, and remember them apparently for years. This is hardly a problem for them, as they can live to be nearly 15 years old. I often wonder if I were to return to the suburb where I grew up – its once forested acres now marred with TGI Fridays,Gas Stations and Muli-Plexes – one such crow would remain and remember me. I had rescued the nestling while it was being picked on by a gang of other birds, hopping around uselessly on the forest floor. When I brought it home (thinking it would get on just fine with our three parakeets) all my mother could manage to say was, ” Dear god, why did you bring that evil thing into our house??”
Contrary to this common belief, Crows are far from evil and have been revered across several cultures and religions, from Native American to Hindu. Their larger cousin, the Raven, was in fact the first bird released by Noah from the ark, only followed by a dove when the raven decided not to come back.
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A. B. Bloom: Gravity ~Cover Reveal
Gravity
They are calling it the End of Days. The world is plunging into darkness, the days growing shorter and the nights longer. Meteor showers are falling to the earth and there are some who would take advantage of the growing darkness.
For sixteen year old Bronte Bell, her problems are closer to home. Since her birthday she’s become weaker, her bones breaking, her hair falling out and plagued with constant migraines. No one can explain why. Until a mysterious new boy arrives and tells her that everything is not as it seems. She is not what she seems.
Drawn into a war that divides the sky, Bronte is torn between her desire to save the world and her growing connection with Nick. But she will have to let go of reality as she knows it, if she is to accept her role in destiny before the Hunter, who has been tracking her since birth, finds and destroys any chance she has of making the choice which is her birthright to make.
Her destiny will change everything . . .
About A. B. Bloom
Anna Bloom is a contemporary romance writer who writes about life as it happens. Combining a busy schedule of looking after two small children whilst working in a local school and completing The Uni Files series. Anna’s main aim in life is to create the perfect book which makes a reader laugh and cry at the same time, hopefully causing a convulsive (impossible to ignore) donkey noise. It’s a work in progress! Anna also spends a lot of time imagining kissing hot guys – all in the name of her art.
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