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Gift baskets with wine? Do they exist?
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I'm hoping to send someone a nice gift basket with some gourmet goodies (eg. cheese, etc.) and wine. However, I'm wondering if such a thing can even be sold in Toronto, given our rather strict Ontario alcohol laws... Does anyone know if such a thing exists and, if so, where I can find it?
Thanks in advance.
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1. All the best on yonge street does that.
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1. You can pick up your own basket and goodies, bring it to an LCBO store buy the wine and pay them $3 to wrap it.
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In Norse mythology, Durinn is the name of a dwarf attested in the Poetic Edda poem Völuspá and repeated in Gylfaginning from the Prose Edda. He was the second created after the first and foremost dwarf Mótsognir. He is also attested in Hervarar saga, where he forged the magic sword Tyrfing with the help of Dvalin.
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Several types of connectors for car audio systems are used.
ISO 10487[edit]
ISO 10487 connector in car, fits into head unit
Power (A)[edit]
• Pin 2 is optional; used for phone mute
• Pin 6 is optional; used for vehicle instrument illumination
Loudspeaker (B)[edit]
Miscellaneous (C)[edit]
The connector C is optional. Some times, it appears as one 20-pin connector, often red in colour, or it may be divided into three separate connectors which may be hooked together, in which case C1 is usually yellow, C2 is usually green which C3 is usually blue in colour. The contact spacing is narrower than the other connectors, so the C connector is sometimes referred to as mini-ISO.
C1 (external amplifier)
1) line out left rear 4) line out left front
2) line out right rear 5) line out right front
C2 (remote control)
7) receive data 10) +12V switched (out)
9) chassis ground 12) remote control ground
8) transmit data 11) remote control in
C3 (CD changer)
15) +12v permanent (out) 18) audio ground
14) data out 17) data ground 20) audio right
Navigation (D)[edit]
From 2000 and onwards, manufacturers, such as BMW, Citroen, Ford, Mercedes Benz, Peugeot, Volkswagen, Rover, Audi, Seat, Opel and Škoda have sometimes started using a 40 pin connector instead, called the Quadlock (or Fakra, after the manufacturer). The Quadlock connector consists of a block of 16 flat pins analogous to the two main ISO 10487 connectors. While the physical contact pins are the same, the pin allocation is not entirely the same, and the connector housing is not compatible. In addition to the 16 pins, like ISO 10487, there are minor connectors for optional equipment. They fit within the frame of the main connector, and has coding so that they cannot be interchanged. Minor connector B has 12 pins for audio output signals. Minor connector C has 12 pins for various audio sources such as CD-changers, MP3 players.
Quadlock A
1) right rear + 5) right rear - 9) I-bus (BMW) 13) antenna (out)
2) right front + 6) right front - 10) phone mute 14) illumination
3) left front + 7) left front - 11) tel on 15) 12V battery
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The influence of the droplet composition on the vapor-liquid-solid growth of InAs nanowires on GaAs (111)B by metal-organic vapor phase epitaxy
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Bauer, Jens ; Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Semiconductor Chemistry Group, University Leipzig, Johannisallee 29, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany ; Gottschalch, Volker ; Wagner, Gerald
The heteroepitaxial growth of InAs nanowires (NWs) on GaAs (111)B substrate was investigated by metal-organic vapor phase epitaxy. The vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) growth mechanism was applied with gold as seed material. InAs NW with two types of morphology were observed. The first morphology type exhibited a tapered NW shape. In a distinct region below the alloy particle the shape was influenced by the precursor surface diffusion. The NW growth was attributed to Au-rich liquid alloy particles containing gallium as a result of the initial Au–GaAs interaction. Differential scanning calorimetry measurements revealed the lowest eutectic temperature of the Au–Ga–In liquid alloy for different compositions. For a considerable amount of gallium inside the ternary alloy, the eutectic temperature was found to be below the InAs NW growth temperature window. A second type of morphology with a more columnlike shape was related to a very high indium fraction inside the liquid alloy particle during VLS growth. These NW exhibited a change in the side facet orientation from {211} to {110} below the droplet. Additionally, the sample structure was studied by transmission electron microscopy. A change in the InAs NW crystal structure from sphalerite-type to mainly wurtzite-type was observed with an increase in the growth temperature.
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Compares two specified String objects, ignoring or honoring their case, and returns an integer that indicates their relative position in the sort order.
Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
public static int Compare(
string strA,
string strB,
bool ignoreCase
Type: System.String
The first string to compare.
Type: System.String
The second string to compare.
Type: System.Boolean
true to ignore case during the comparison; otherwise, false.
Return Value
Type: System.Int32
Less than zero
strA is less than strB.
strA equals strB.
Greater than zero
strA is greater than strB.
Caution noteCaution
When comparing strings, you should call the Compare method, which requires that you explicitly specify the type of string comparison that the method uses. For more information, see Best Practices for Using Strings in the .NET Framework.
static bool IsFileURI(String path)
static bool IsFileURI(String path)
The following example demonstrates how this Compare method is equivalent to using ToUpper or ToLower when comparing strings.
// Null terminated ASCII characters in an sbyte array
String szAsciiUpper = null;
sbyte[] sbArr1 = new sbyte[] { 0x41, 0x42, 0x43, 0x00 };
// Instruct the Garbage Collector not to move the memory
fixed(sbyte* pAsciiUpper = sbArr1)
szAsciiUpper = new String(pAsciiUpper);
String szAsciiLower = null;
sbyte[] sbArr2 = { 0x61, 0x62, 0x63, 0x00 };
// Instruct the Garbage Collector not to move the memory
fixed(sbyte* pAsciiLower = sbArr2)
szAsciiLower = new String(pAsciiLower, 0, sbArr2.Length);
// Prints "ABC abc"
Console.WriteLine(szAsciiUpper + " " + szAsciiLower);
// Compare Strings - the result is true
Console.WriteLine("The Strings are equal when capitalized ? " +
(String.Compare(szAsciiUpper.ToUpper(), szAsciiLower.ToUpper())==0?"true":"false") );
// This is the effective equivalent of another Compare method, which ignores case
Console.WriteLine("The Strings are equal when capitalized ? " +
(String.Compare(szAsciiUpper, szAsciiLower, true)==0?"true":"false") );
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Elder Scrolls Online "should feel like Skyrim", has feature parity on Xbox One, PS4 and PC
Make that "very familiar", in fact, whether you're playing on PC or console. "With a controller, it just feels like I'm playing Skyrim, though I'm in Morrowind or wherever," Hines told us at E3. "That was ultimately the goal, even without the Xbox One or PS4. The goal is that you're playing another Elder Scrolls game." (PC, PS4, The Elder Scrolls Online, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Xbox One)
zeal0us + 533d ago
I rather it feel like Oblivion or Morrowind instead.
Menech + 533d ago
I didn't play Oblivion much, but the gameplay in Marrowind was awful.
thekhurg + 533d ago
Morrowind was incredible. Not sure what this "marrowind" game is though.
IcicleTrepan + 533d ago
Ah yes, marrowwind, where you keep giving bones to dogs and then they wag their tails.
MizTv + 533d ago
My question is can I please lvl up my jump?????
ChubbyLover + 533d ago
Very interested in this game. Just wish they would anounce the pay model. I am hoping for it to be like Guild wars and that you buy it and then no subscription.
Mystogan + 533d ago
It better be.
Ragthorn + 532d ago
I heard them say it will be subscription-based, google it, cuz not too sure on my answer.
pennywhyz + 533d ago
If it has that same clunky fighting this game will fail
Anthotis + 533d ago
It will most likely feel like all the other boring sword & sorcery MMOs.
TBH i'd rather it played like a generic MMO, instead of the ultra boring, uninspired and clunky combat featured in Skyrim.
dcj0524 + 533d ago
They better tighten up the controls. Skyrim on ps3 felt sluggish.
karl + 533d ago
i just played an hour of skyrim
i cant play this game any more.. is too damn boring
its soo weird.. oblivion was among my favorite games..
MizTv + 533d ago
I agree
Psychonaut + 533d ago
I liked Skyrim when it came out, it did brick my Fat PS3 and well since then I've not touched Skyrim, infact I am very uneasy about Bethesda and their next video game. I really don't want my PS3 Slim or PS4 to get bricked.
Rowdius_Maximus + 533d ago
I liked Skyrim and Morrowind, but for me Oblivion is by far my favorite game of all time, it should be more like Oblivion if they want it to truly be a great game, a suped up Oblivion-like experience
beebap + 533d ago
I loved oblivion too I def want it to feel more like it.
cunnilumpkin + 533d ago
"The caveat there is what do you mean by PC? Do you mean a high-end one you bought yesterday?"
the pc version will SMASH the ps4/xbox1 versions
this will happen with every multiplat if you have the pc for it, these console sites love trying to compare consoles with pcs and grabbing quotes to push their agendas
get this through your head
ps4 and xbox 1 are mid spec at BEST
a high end pc from 2011 will play multiplatform games WAY better than the ps4 or xbox1 ever will
and pc games that come out in the next year or two will destroy anything that ever comes out for ps4
its just the way it is
a $400 console cannot compete with a pc that has a $400 gpu alone in it
but just because that console has a cheap upfront cost, many other costs are hidden
psn + for 8 years=$400
games costing $15-$30 more than pc games
100 games over life of console=$1500 minimum
premium to play on ps4 for an inferior experience
take that and build a monster rig and it'll be way cheaper in the long run
I may buy a ps4, but years after its out, i'll only play single player as multiplayer peer to peer is absolute trash on console
I have never a good multiplayer game on console ever, takes forever to even get in a match, horrible lag/latency, awful graphics, terrible performance
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MysticStrummer + 533d ago
Are PC gamers insecure before they become PC gamers or does it happen because of PC gaming?
cunnilumpkin + 533d ago
no but console only gamers love lying to themselves that their over priced inferior performing machines are "cheaper" than the far superior pc experience, when in reality console gaming is much, MUCH more expensive, has no backwards compatibility (enjoy re-buying all your games again) , has no mods, runs poorly, most consoles will die in 3-4 years so you'll be buying two at least while you wait FOREVER for a new generation of over-priced plastic that gets more and more restrictive with each generation
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flipflopfacts + 533d ago
cool story bro.
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MysticStrummer + 533d ago
I'm really just laughing at the size of your post, no pun intended. It seems obvious that PCs will always have the lead in tech so it's funny to see someone get all worked up over it and mount a defense.
EDIT - The title obviously says parity in features, not graphics, so the defense post seems extreme.
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Mystogan + 533d ago
I don't see anyone arguing, so what's going on here?
We all know PC gaming is cheaper then console gaming in the long run.
But PC don't get halo or uncharted. And we don't have to worry about the console not being compatible.
Monkeysmarts + 533d ago
Why do you care if people play games on a console?
JunioRS101 + 533d ago
Well, for NEXT gen, it definitely needs to feel at least a little better than skyrim? lol skyrim was fun and all, but the combat? C'mon. The whole 'swing your sword through what seems like air but is really an enemy' system just doesn't cut it ha. YES, it was fun. But it was also ported to 360... You're telling me between ps4, xbone, and pc, there isn't room for code to enhance the combat?? That simply isn't true.
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Introduction to Model Driven Development with AndroMDA (Part 1)
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This article serves as an introduction to AndroMDA, and covers the basics of model driven development.
AndroMDA (pronounced "Andromeda") is a free and Open Source extensible generator framework that adheres to the Model Driven Architecture (MDA) paradigm. It transforms UML models into deployable components for your favorite platform. While AndroMDA ships with cartridges that can generate code for several platforms and technologies, this tutorial will focus on generating a Microsoft .NET 2.0 application.
AndroMDA Architecture
The paragraph above might have sounded like a lot of acronyms and marketing speak, but using AndroMDA means one main thing: write less code. Not only that, AndroMDA also lets you create better applications and maintain better order on large projects. By generating as much code as possible, it helps you enforce best practices as well letting developers focus on higher level problems instead of spending time on repetitive plumbing code. Additionally, AndroMDA can generate highly customized enterprise quality code to meet your project's specific needs.
During development of large applications, most architects and developers already create class diagrams and data diagrams. Typically, these diagrams are made in tools like Visio, and the resulting artifacts are static pictures. When code changes, the diagrams must be updated. With AdnroMDA, these diagrams become a living part of your application. They are used to generate large portions of your application, and hence always reflect the current state of the system. When you need to modify your application, you change the model first, regenerate the code, and then add or update custom code as necessary. You get a production quality application out of assets that you had to create anyway.
AndroMDA provides several cartridges out-of-the-box. For example, the NHibernate and NSpring cartridges generate robust service and data layers for your application. In addition, database schema can be exported to script files, allowing the creation of your application's database. There is also an easy way to map your model to an existing schema if your database has already been defined. If you wish to generate custom artifacts from your model, you can write a custom cartridge to accomplish this.
Before you begin
Understanding new tools and technologies can be a daunting task. AndroMDA is no exception. This tutorial serves as a gentle introduction to the power of AndroMDA. We will show you step-by-step how to set up your development environment and build your first .NET application. Instead of mechanically going through a series of steps, we will focus on ideas and concepts. Armed with this knowledge, you will be ready to take on real world challenges. Please set aside half a day of quality uninterrupted time to learn AndroMDA as there is a lot to learn. Then brew a good cup of coffee and immerse yourself in the wonderful world of Model Driven Architecture.
When to use AndroMDA?
AndroMDA is an extremely useful tool, but you should know when to use it.
AndroMDA is a great choice when
• You are starting a new project
• You want to save time by generating as much code as possible
• You are building an application that stores its data in a database
AndroMDA might not be the best choice if
• Your application uses an existing database that cannot be easily mapped to an object model (for example, it does not use primary keys, and object relationships are not clear)
• You already have a mature application with existing business objects, and the incremental effort to model existing components is too high to provide enough value
What's next?
Now that you understand what AndroMDA is and when you should use it, let's review some foundational concepts that form the basis of modern enterprise applications. After reviewing these concepts, we will discuss how AndroMDA implements them in the applications it generates.
Background - Application architecture
3-Tier Application Architecture
Modern enterprise applications are built using several components connected to one another, each providing a specific functionality. Components that perform similar types of functions are generally grouped into layers. These layers are further organized as a stack in which components in a higher layer use the services of components in the layer below. A component in a given layer will generally use the functionality of other components in its own layer or the layers below it. The diagram below shows a popular layer structure for an enterprise application.
• Presentation Layer: The presentation layer contains components needed to interact with the user of the application. Examples of such components are web pages, rich-client forms, user interaction process components, etc.
• Business Layer: The business layer encapsulates the core business functionality of the application. Simple business functions can be implemented using stateless components whereas complex long running transactions can be implemented using stateful workflows. The business components are generally front-ended by a service interface that acts as a facade to hide the complexity of the business logic. This is commonly known as Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA).
• Data Access Layer: The data access layer provides a simple API for accessing and manipulating data. The components in this layer abstract the semantics of the underlying data access technology, thus allowing the business layer to focus on business logic. Each component typically provides methods to perform Create, Read, Update, and Delete (CRUD) operations for a specific business entity.
• Data Stores: Enterprise applications store their data in one or more data stores. Databases and file systems are two very common types of data stores.
Note that layers are simply logical groupings of components that make up an application. How these layers are deployed on physical machines can vary widely depending on several factors. In the very simplistic scenario, all the layers can reside on one machine. In a slightly more complex scenario, the presentation layer can reside on one machine, the business and data access layers on a second machine, and the database on a third machine. More elaborate scenarios are possible. For example, a high traffic web site can deploy the presentation layer on a web farm consisting of tens of machines.
Architecture of AndroMDA generated applications
Now that we understand the basic concepts behind modern enterprise applications, let's discuss how AndroMDA implements these concepts. AndroMDA takes as its input a business model specified in the Unified Modeling Language (UML), and generates significant portions of the layers needed to build a .NET application. AndroMDA's ability to automatically translate high-level business specifications into production quality code results in significant time savings when implementing .NET applications. The diagram below maps various application layers to .NET technologies supported by AndroMDA.
.NET Application Architecture
• Presentation Layer: AndroMDA does not currently offer any generation for the front end, but typically applications are built with either Windows Forms or ASP.NET 2.0.
• Business Layer: The business layer generated by AndroMDA consists primarily of services that are generated from classes defined in the model. These services can be used directly as classes in application code, or they can easily be wrapped in an ASMX Web Service.
• Data Access Layer: AndroMDA leverages the popular object-relational mapping tool called NHibernate to generate the data access layer for applications. It generates data access objects (DAOs) for entities defined in the UML model. These data access objects use the NHibernate API to convert database records to objects, and vice-versa.
• Data Stores: Since AndroMDA generated applications use NHibernate to access data, you can use any of the databases supported by NHibernate.
Data propagation between layers
In addition to the concepts discussed above, it is important to understand how data propagates between various layers of an application. Let us start from the bottom up.
As you know, relational databases store data as records in tables. The data access layers fetch these records from the database, and transform them in to objects that represent entities in the business domain. Hence these objects are called business entities.
The data access layer passes the business entities to the business layer, which performs business logic using these entities.
The last thing to discuss is the propagation of data between the business layer and the presentation layer. There are really two schools of thought on this subject. Some people recommend that the presentation layer should be given direct access to business entities. Others recommend just the opposite, i.e., business entities should be off limits to the presentation layer and that the business layer should package necessary information into so called "value objects" and transfer these value objects to the presentation layer. Let's look at the pros and cons of these two approaches.
The first approach (entities only, no value objects) is simpler to implement. You do not have to create value objects or write any code to transfer information between entities and value objects. In fact, for simple small applications where the the presentation layer and the service layer run on the same machine, this approach will probably work just fine. However, for larger more complex applications, this approach does not scale well. Here's why:
• Business logic is no longer contained in the business layer. It is tempting to freely manipulate entities in the presentation layer and thus spread the business logic in multiple places - definitely a maintenance nightmare. In case there are multiple front-ends to a service, business logic must be duplicated in all these front-ends. In addition, there is no protection against the presentation layer corrupting the entities - intentionally or unintentionally!
• When the presentation layer is running on a different machine (as in the case of a rich client), it is very inefficient to serialize a whole network of entities and send it across the wire. Take the example of showing a list of orders to the user. In this scenario, you really don't need to transfer the gory details of every order to the client application. All you need is perhaps the order number, order date, and the total amount for each order. Later, if the user wishes to see the details of a specific order, you can always serialize that entire order and send it across the wire.
Value objects provide a solution for all these problems. Yes, they require you to write a little extra code, but in return, you get a bullet-proof business layer that communicates efficiently with the presentation layer. You can think of a value objects as a controlled view in to one or more entities that is relevant to your client application. Note that AndroMDA provides some basic support for translation between entities and value objects, as you will see in the tutorial.
Services and NHibernate sessions
Another key concept about AndroMDA generated applications is the strong association between service methods (i.e., operations exposed by a service) and NHibernate sessions. But before we introduce this concept, we must lay out some ground work. The NHibernate session is a runtime object that allows an application to create, read, update, and delete entities in the data store. As long as the session is "open", these entities are attached to the session and you can navigate from one entity to another using relationships between them. If a related entity is not yet in memory, NHibernate will automatically pull it in for you (this is called "lazy loading"). However, as soon you close the NHibernate session, the entities that exist in memory are considered to be "detached", i.e., NHibernate no longer knows about them. You are free to hold references to such entities, but NHibernate will no longer pull in associated entities if they don't exist in memory already. If you accidentally try to access such associated entities, you will get an NHibernate LazyInitializationException.
Now that we understand this background material, let us discuss the relationship between a service method and an NHibernate session. When a client application calls a service method, a new NHibernate session is opened automatically. You do not have to write any code to do this. Similarly, when the service method exits, the associated NHibernate session is closed automatically. In other words, the lifespan of an NHibernate session is bounded by the beginning and ending of a service method call. Consequently, entities are attached to an NHibernate session for the entire duration of the service call, but are detached from this session as soon as the service call ends. As a result, if your service method returns raw entities, the client must be extra careful not to access related entities that are not in memory already. Anyway, you can avoid all this by following the recommendation in the earlier section, i.e., transfer all relevant information into value objects while the session is still open and pass these value objects back to your caller as a return value. In other words, think of a service method as a logical transactional boundary - do everything you need to do within the method, and then return the results as value objects.
Another implication of the strong association between a service method and an NHibernate session is that client applications should not try to bypass the service layer and interact directly with the lower layers. You may be able to brute force your way into one data access object, but sooner or later, you will get into trouble!
What's next?
Now that you understand the basic tenets of AndroMDA, let's describe the sample application we will implement in this tutorial.
Please continue to part 2.
Further reading
• 1.0 - First release.
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Comments and Discussions
GeneralConvince us to use AndroMDA... [modified] Pinmemberdursaliye28-Aug-06 6:04
GeneralOn first blush... PinprotectorMarc Clifton26-Jul-06 17:45
...after browsing through the two articles and perusing the website, this looks rather overly complicated. Maven, Java, MagicDraw, NHibernate, UML diagrams. Wow. Obviously, you guys have put a lot of work into this, but I honestly think, having designed and implemented an MDA application myself (see sig), it doesn't really make development easier. You say:
AndroMDA is a great choice when
* You are starting a new project
* You want to save time by generating as much code as possible
* You are building an application that stores its data in a database
Of course everyone wants those three things, but have you really succeeded at achieving any one of them? Time is saved not just by code generation but my making tools easy to use. Persistence is a complicated matter, especially when you consider table joins, working with DataSet's, automatically synchronizing current users, etc. And why a UML diagram? I have rather strong convictions that you start with the DB schema, create your virtualized views, and wire them up to your controls. There's no object model (or code generation) necessary unless you need to implement application specific business rules.
Anyways, like I said, there's clearly a lot of work in this. I'll keep my eye on it. Smile | :)
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AnswerRe: On first blush... PinmemberChris Micali26-Jul-06 18:04
GeneralRe: On first blush... PinprotectorMarc Clifton27-Jul-06 9:33
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This Is What Happens When You Go To The DMV
It No Longer Pays To Go To Work
This article reminds me of that story about what high school would be like if grades were, "equally distributed," regardless of how hard one studied or not. Why study hard, labor under the lamp with your face buried in a book to get an A, when your score will ultimately be reduced to a C just to make up for the others in your class who don't do their homework and don't care?
To make matters even worse, this article is suggesting that those who don't study and don't work hard are actually better off under our current system...which is why it will eventually Fail.
Gary Alexander, Secretary of Public Welfare, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania explained, "the single mom is better off earning a gross income of $29,000 with $57,327 in net income & benefits than to earn a gross income of $69,000 with net income and benefits of $57,045."
Emmerich’s stats demonstrate that by working only one week a month one can save a lot of money in child care expenses. But topping the list is Medicaid, which is accessible to minimum wage earners and the program has very low deductibles and co-pays.
---------------------- full article linked above.
Produce? Work? Why?
They are eliminating the incentive to work. There is little reward for hard work anymore, and it is often punished as anyone who has ever worked overtime knows....most of the extra pay is taxed to death.
Work hard, study hard, become a smart, independent person...may as well be a nail sticking out like a sore thumb waiting for the hammer to fall.
Isn't socialism great? We will all eventually be equal...equally poor, dependent, or dead.
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shale oil mirage
Reality knows that the shale oil is no game changer. A hundred years ago it took the equivalent of 1 barrel's worth of energy to get the equivalent of 100 barrels out of the ground. Shale oil ain't even close. It's like saying there's plenty of water for people and crops in the worlds oceans. Your opinion that the man is a douche bag may be based on your own ignorance. Like Roger’s said, the world uses 86, 87 million barrels a day, do the arithmetic. All in all, this was a useful interview. | http://www.dailypaul.com/comment/2723761 | dclm-gs1-063800001 | false | false | {
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...that means I'm younger than you.
Anyway, I agree that the government exaggerated the likelihood of nuclear war with the USSR, but their claims about the consequences of any potential nuclear war were not exaggerations. Forget about fallout and nuclear winter and all that. A relatively small nuclear arsenal, with the proper delivery system, can kill hundreds of millions of people and cause trillions of dollars in damage in a few minutes. And a nuclear arsenal like that of the USSR or the US could in fact kill the vast majority of the world's population and pretty much end modern civilization.
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RE: Is this a joke??
By Alexstarfire on 5/26/2010 2:54:05 PM , Rating: 2
I tend to agree that a basic start-stop system is useless for saving fuel. You rather pinpoint it on the head that you aren't stopped long enough. Also, at least with my farthers' Civic Hybrid, the second you let off the brake the engine starts up. How many times have you seen people who "creep" at the lights? Every time they do that the engine would start-stop, wasting more fuel. A true hybrid system like in a Prius is a much better solution/system. Those creepers won't start-stop the engine and you can travel the first couple seconds during acceleration on battery. That helps quite a bit when it comes to mileage.
That said, in a car where the engine is designed to start-stop like in hybrids you'd be a fool to think it starts the same as regular cars. I can't say it for certain about ALL hybrid, but many of them have larger starter motors. That way it revs up higher before starting. Less wear and tear. Don't know how much it helps, but it really isn't THAT bad. Have you heard about all the hybrids hitting 100k miles with little wear and tear?
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A business chamber said the measure could harm the state's business climate and unleash baseless lawsuits.
Protect Colorado's Future, a coalition of labor and activist groups, argues that under current state law top corporate officers aren't personally accountable for their actions.
Larry Ellingson, a retiree of Qwest Communications International Inc., who is behind the proposal, cited the case of former Qwest chief executive Joe Nacchio, whose insider-trading conviction was tossed out this week by a federal appeals court.
Federal prosecutors alleged Nacchio sold millions of dollars of Qwest stock when he knew the company was at financial risk but did not tell investors. Nacchio denied any wrongdoing.
"I want to know, where is the outrage?" Ellingson said.
Mark Grueskin, an attorney for Protect Colorado's Future, said current laws allow executives to be prosecuted only if they were involved in alleged criminal actions.
The ballot initiative would allow people to sue executives who knew about a crime within their company and didn't report it or failed to stop it. Executives wouldn't necessarily need to be part of the crime to be sued.
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The E-M1 is excellent for casual videos
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Why not?
I'm really, really not a video guy. I know next to nothing about the subject so keep that in mind. So, as not-a-video-guy, I've really started to use my E-M1 to make short videos of my daughter and family at various events. The biggest thing that has prompted me to do this is the IBIS. I really dislike jittery family videos and, having watched a friend who is an AD in the film industry set up a charity commercial shoot, I had no urge to do or learn what was required to get true professional quality video. But the IBIS is like magic for neophytes like me. I really just want acceptable videos and the E-M1 nails that and then some. The zoom/crop feature is great too...I managed to make a decent video of my daughter's birthday party and it was smooth, jitter-free and had nice closeups of all the kids who were invited. Quality was far beyond what was required for my purposes.
I have no doubt that Panasonic is superior in basically every way save IBIS. But for a guy like me, exactly zero of the Panasonic advantages come into play and the one Oly advantage is huge. So there ya go, it's great someone who knows nothing, has little urge to learn and whose final goal is to email a reasonably sized file. But if you know something about video or are serious about learning more, the GH3/4 are probably the cameras to consider.
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Short name: NADH_Q_Rdtase_suA_C
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This domain is found in bacterial Na(+)-translocating NADH-quinone reductase subunit A (NQRA) proteins. The Na(+)-translocating NADH: ubiquinone oxidoreductase (Na(+)-NQR) generates an electrochemical Na(+) potential driven by aerobic respiration [PMID: 10587447]. The function of this domain has not been characterised.
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Open-Source Software Companies Face Challenge to Build Business
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For the real low-end customer, the one that would never pay for software regardless of the features it offers, open source is great.
Unfortunately, no new venture hoping to make a living can devote much energy on those customers.
The only hope is that the very low-end customer someday matures to a point where they require some feature or service they cant get for free.
Predominantly, however, open-source software companies, at least the ones hoping to make money, are forced to compete for many of the same customers that Microsoft, Oracle and IBM currently compete for.
It is this fact that leads me to believe that we can predict why some open-source companies will be successful and others will not.
Click here to read more about EnterpriseDB and PostgreSQL.
Take the supposed battle of open-source relational databases, PostgreSQL vs. MySQL.
I say "supposed" because ultimately the two are a false comparison.
PostgreSQL has been around much longer, is much more "mature" than MySQL, and yet the compelling difference in my mind is that one is a software project (PostgreSQL) while the other is a software company.
Now, its true that successful companies have been built around software projects before.
Red Hat and Linux are perhaps the best example. Does that signal a trend or simply indicate that no other alternative existed at the time?
In the database market, MySQL AB provided the market with an alternative.
It is a traditional software company that controls all development, support, marketing, partnerships and, most importantly, trademarks for its software.
It just happens to believe it can offer a strong product at a much lower price point by utilizing the strengths of the open-source model, low-cost distribution and an active community that helps to improve code quality while providing accountability to its higher-end prospective customers.
This enables MySQL to balance its perceived social obligation to lower software costs while maintaining a value proposition to customers who want a definitive version of the code and will pay both for the right to get support from a developer of the code and to influence the direction of the product.
Contrast that with the various companies that have tried to make a commercial company using PostgreSQL as the flagship offering.
Many have tried, such as Great Bridge and Red Hat, while others are still trying, such as Pervasive and EnterpriseDB. None have yet proven successful.
It begs the question: Can you build a business around a product you dont make or have control over?
Offering support services is certainly one model, but support without development is like kissing your sister; there is no hope of any future.
EnterpriseDB wants PostgreSQL to look and act like Oracle. That fact alone probably doesnt endear itself to the PostgreSQL community.
Indeed, EnterpriseDB does not even open-source its code changes to PostgreSQL, it sells the binary only.
So here we have an example of a company that could be seen as profiteering off the free labor of others without giving back to the community. Probably not the marketing message that EnterpriseDB would want to promote.
So if you are looking for winners and losers in emerging open-source software business models, my money is on the company that can achieve the right balance between the social responsibility of the open-source software movement and the desire for higher-end buyers to receive value worth paying for.
That, I believe, will be a very rare commodity indeed.
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Sea life, not sea food
This is not George - baby lobster photo courtesy of Fred Chosson
Recently, a big crustacean made big headlines.
George, a giant lobster estimated to be 140 years old, was caught off Newfoundland, Canada and languished for ten days in a tank at City Crab and Seafood in New York City. Thanks to the efforts of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the impressive lobster was spared his fate on a plate. George was released into the ocean near Kennebunkport, Maine, in an area where lobster trapping is forbidden, so that “this noble old-timer might live out his days in freedom and peace,” said PETA president Ingrid Newkirk.
Each time I walk through my local supermarket, I am struck by the disturbing sight of innocent non-human animals held hostage in a glass tank waiting to be purchased for slaughter. If such tanks were filled with live pigs or chickens (or perhaps dogs and cats) alongside recipes instructing patrons to take them home and boil them alive, my guess is that customers would feel outraged and disgusted. As it happens, the non-human animals in question are lobsters and many people either walk right by or stop to ponder whether to purchase one for dinner.
"The thinking [person] must oppose all cruel customs no matter how deeply rooted in tradition and surrounded by a halo. When we have a choice, we must avoid bringing torment and injury into the life of another..." - Albert Schweitzer
In my opinion and the opinions of countless others - including nearly 500 people from several nations who have signed an online petition started in South Florida (a friend and I are the petition co-sponsors. Please stop by and add your signature and comments) to stop the sale of live lobsters in supermarkets - lobsters are NOT food; they are living creatures who have as much right to live unmolested in their own habitat as any other animal. Ripped from their natural surroundings, lobsters are trapped, transported and confined to what is essentially Death Row and then knowingly and purposefully sold to those who are going to kill them, all without a second thought. No sane person would drop a live cat or dog into boiling water. Why should it be any different for lobsters? Just because something is socially acceptable doesn’t necessarily make it right.
Fascinating facts about a fascinating animal
• Like all animals (human and non-human alike), lobsters feel pain, and they suffer when they are cut, broiled, or boiled alive. Marine biologists theorize that lobsters feel every second of pain inflicted upon them before their death. According to Dr. Jaren G. Horsley, an invertebrate zoologist at the National Zoo, “The lobster does not have an autonomic nervous system that puts it into a state of shock when it is harmed. It probably feels itself being cut... I think the lobster is in a great deal of pain from being cut open ... [and] feels all the pain until its nervous system is destroyed” during cooking.
• Boiling lobsters alive is illegal in Reggio, Italy. Offenders there face fines of up to $600.
• Studies confirm that lobsters kept in tanks suffer from stress associated with confinement, low oxygen levels, overcrowding and starvation, as well as the terrible stress of being stolen from their homes.
• Lobsters in unattended traps often succumb to death by starvation, dehydration, heat, or fights with other lobsters.
• During transportation and storage, lobsters suffer from dehydration, red-tail bacterial disease, shell disease, and "bumper car" disease as a result of extremely crowded conditions. Rough handing of lobsters, including being thrown, causes open wounds and lesions. They also suffer from an inability to breathe properly in air, which results in acidosis and toxin buildup. A Canadian study found that 19 percent of lobsters had a missing claw when they arrived at factories and packing stations. In Australia's Western rock lobster fishery, an average of 20 percent of the lobsters arrive at the factory too weak to be considered fit for live export. Mortality rates often reach 10 to 15 percent.
• Scientists at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass., who have been studying lobsters for more than 20 years, have found them to be unique and fascinating animals. They have found that lobsters use complicated signals to establish social relationships. They take long-distance seasonal journeys, can travel more than 100 miles in a year, and can live to be more than 150 years old if they survive the world's most devastating predator: humans.
• Even under the best of circumstances, eating lobsters can be a public health risk. Seafood is the number one cause of food poisoning in the United States, and shellfish are involved in more than 66 percent of all seafood-related illnesses. In fact, as much as 10 percent of raw shellfish are infected with organisms that can cause hepatitis, salmonella poisoning, cholera, and even death. Mercury, DDT, PCB’s, dioxin, disease-causing bacteria, and other contaminants are commonly found in lobster flesh.
Most people feel uncomfortable about cooking and eating lobsters – and for good reason: lobsters suffer severe and prolonged pain when they are killed by being boiled alive, frozen to death or having their brain severed from their spinal cord. Many professional chefs report needing to leave the kitchen after dropping lobsters in boiling water due to the sounds of the creatures struggling for their lives. Mary Tyler Moore said that a “lobster who is being boiled alive will frantically scrape the sides of the pot trying to escape the pain… To me, eating a lobster is out of the question.”
"Our task must be to free ourselves... by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and it's beauty... Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet" - Albert Einstein
There are many food options available that do not involve the suffering and death of non-human animals. Lobsters are not merely ours to eat. They are sentient beings with as much right to live as the humans with whom they share this planet. Perhaps if we begin thinking of such creatures as “sea life” rather than “sea food”, we will begin treating them in a more humane manner. When we change our thoughts, we change the world.
For more info and to help lobsters:
Sources: Animal Aid, Lobster Liberation, Twilight's Collection of Animal Rights Quotes
• Patti Berger 5 years ago
In your e-mail you said how the GM agreed with your position, but it has to do with "supply and demand". Isn't that what has done us in ,the demand to supply us with tobacco,alcohol,drugs,including the food we demand to have, that makes us an unhealthy society. What would happen if all these things would suddenly be removed from the shelves? a better world? or would smuggling over the border to get that lobster on our plate be in competition with drug smugglers? Ah! for the perfect planet. Don't give up! things are about to CHANGE.
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Platforming Perfection
Its hard to actually consider a game absolutely perfect to play, but Nintendo had somehow managed to accomplish that with Wario Land 3. I don't know whether its the large, open game levels or the perfect way that puzzles and different challenges leading to different treasure chests were designed in the game.
I will attempt to make this review as spoiler-free as humanely possible, although I actually played this game to a 100% completion and enjoyed it all the way.
Graphics - 4.5/5
For the GBC era, the graphics are perfect. Areas look detailed, the colour palette is used really well. Wario looks far better than he did in WL2 and furthermore, everything looks clear and concise in terms of how the game actually looks.
If theres one small criticism about the graphics, its that you can tell the game was made using a tileset, although for a cartoony game which manages to make even tileset generated levels look fun, detailed and even somewhat realistic, you won't really give a crap.
Plot - 4.5/5
The plot at first seems very basic. Wario is flying an airplane on a cloudless sunny day when it crashes. He then encounters a cave with a Music Box, plays it and then gets whisked into the world inside this jukebox. A mysterious figure at a nearby temple then agrees that if he retrieves the 5 Music Boxes scattered across the world, he will be sent back to his own world.
Seems basic enough, but there are a few plot twists particularly towards the end of the story, which I will not spoil here, and will explain everything. Nonetheless, the plot suits the game, although the Magical Music Box world seems quite unreasonable, but then again, this is a Wario game. Who said it had to be in any way realistic?
Gameplay - 5/5
The gameplay revolves around the fact that Wario cannot die. He can be temporarily hurt or have his condition changed (e.g. set on fire, stung to the point where he floats, fattened, frozen, turned into a snowball, flattened etc) by enemies but that doesn't affect his nonexistent health bar in any way. While you may think "This actually makes the game piss easy, doesn't it?", this is far from the actual truth.
There are many things that will challenge you on this journey. Sometimes, you will have to reach certain locations or fight bosses without being hit, and this is surprisingly more challenging than it seems. Take for instance the first boss you will encounter, which is a Russian doll who throws hammers at you and tries to attack you through dual-wielding mallets once you destroy the barrels he is on. If you get hit by one, you turn into a spring and bounce out of the room where you fight him in. Whereas if you break down the barrels and charge him while he is stunned after, he will be defeated and you will be able to reach the exit and the treasure chest.
Or another example, you must fly to a key in order to open a treasure chest on an owl, but the room is a huge maze of spikes which you must traverse in order to reach the chest.
Or you might have to be affected by a certain condition to reach another area. e.g. getting stung by a bee will give Wario an allergic reaction, swelling his face and allowing him to float upwards until he hits a ceiling or an obstacle, then he deflates.
The game can and does challenge you and in the most inventive ways possible for a handheld game of its generation. This is why the gameplay is top notch.
Furthermore, the game is huge on backtracking. Occasionally, you can obtain items which enhance your current moveset either through new abilities or upgrading existing ones. These abilities can let you reach previously inaccessible areas. Not only that, but the vast majority of treasures that don't enhance your moveset will still unlock new areas. E.g. finding a cog which turns on a conveyor belt which makes a new area in a specific level accessible.
Audio - 5/5
The music is bright, lighthearted and colourful, and furthermore, its actually varied a decent amount. While you'll hear the same background music in a few levels. The game helps to keep it varied and each song actually matches the level it was made for.
There isn't much to say about the audio, apart from the fact that it was good, and I have no criticisms about it at all.
Lifespan - 4.5/5
Due to the large amount of conditions Wario can be affected by, and the huge variety of ways that boss fights and obstaclest can challenge you, Nintendo certainly have made one hell of a big game with a plethora of bosses and treasure chests.
In total, there are 100 Treasure Chests to obtain in order to fully finish the game 100%. Furthermore, you only have to open about 30% of these chests in order to actually reach the final boss. Of course, thats not a full clear, is it?
The point is that, this game has a medium lifespan. While it doesn't take too long to get everything (around 20 - 40 hours of playtime at the very most), this game will entertain you almost the entirety of the way. It could have been longer but for a GBC game, Nintendo did an amazing job.
Overall - 5/5
Wario Land 3 is a brilliant platformer with only minor flaws like some of the graphics (Which are to be expected on an 8-bit handheld console and was in no way due to bad development teams) and a few minor issues with the game's lifespan (Its huge but not collossally huge)
Nonetheless, the flaws are not significant enough to penalise the game in any way.
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vieniqua Sat 16-Mar-13 18:08:21
I have a question about when maintenance is paid until?
Is it when the kids are 18? Or is it until they have finished university, even if this is well into their 20's?
Also what does the law say, and what is the tendency (ie. to keep paying even if they don't legally have to?)
I am completely clueless, so any answers are gratefully received!
fuzzywuzzy Sat 16-Mar-13 18:12:16
If its the CSA they'll deduct money till child is under 20 & in full time education or up till the age of 16.
On a personal level, I would imagine people make arrangements according to how civil their relationships are with their ex's & on their relationship with their child(ren).
mumandboys123 Sat 16-Mar-13 18:31:31
it is up to the age of 20 if the child is in further education. If at any point they leave school or college after 16, then maintenance should stop. It is not paid when the child goes to university unless there is a court order in place which previously agreed this. A child is able to take a parent to court for financial support to get them through university - they would be ordered to pay if it is deemed they can afford it.
It is worth remembering that a child doesn't stop to cost a parent if living at home just because they age a year and some form of maintenance may well be appropriate for longer than an NRP would like to pay. I have heard of parents paying the child direct then the PWC coming to an arrangement over board and lodging with the child - this gets round the feeling that you're paying for an adult. However, the CSA will enforce now to the age of 20.
Petal02 Sat 16-Mar-13 19:54:21
Just to be clear about the definition of "further education" - this means education up to A level (or equivalent) standard. It does not mean university, as this is higher education.
So in practice, even though maintenance is payable up to age 20 if in further education, not 19/20 year olds fall into this category, unless they stay on an extra year at sixth form to re-take A levels etc.
We're just about to stop paying maintenance for DSS18 - he will finish his A levels in June, and we won't have to pay the ex another penny after that. However we plan to support DSS through university, so we're not washing our hands of him financially (just the ex).
nenevomito Sat 16-Mar-13 19:56:57
Generally up until they finish A levels, but DH has given DSD ££ to see her through uni as well. The only change was who it went to and how much was given.
Petal02 Sat 16-Mar-13 20:02:13
PS - Mumandboys, just re-read your comment that a child could take a parent to court to get them to fund them through Uni, once they've stopped paying maintenance. This is not correct. Otherwise you'd have a bizarre situation whereby divorced/separated fathers could be sued for Uni support, whereas a man in a together family wouldn't. And that would be ridiculous.
We are choosing to fund DSS through Uni because we want to, and can afford to. But he'd have no legal redress if we felt differently.
vieniqua Sat 16-Mar-13 20:53:29
Thanks for all the replies.
Dh and I have very different views about this, so I was wondering what other people did.
I like the idea of paying the "child" directly, to help with uni. That makes complete sense.
Thanks again!
Petal02 Sat 16-Mar-13 21:05:34
The whole thing feels very different when you're paying the "child" through choice instead of the ex due to a court order.
Bonsoir Sat 16-Mar-13 21:22:05
Once a child is at university the logical step is to fund that child directly, rather than funding its other parent.
Petal02 Sat 16-Mar-13 21:26:26
I should add though, that if DSS were planning to seek work, rather than go to Uni, we would still cease payments to the ex in June. It would then be up to DSS to pay his mum board and lodge out of his earnings. DH can't be expected to maintain him forever!
purpleroses Sun 17-Mar-13 15:42:19
Until end of A levels - and I imagine most people would consider it morally reasonable to pay over the summer between A levels and Uni as there's no other means of support until they start Uni.
At Uni, it would seem quite ridiculous to keep paying anything to the resident parent - most would pay any support direct to their child/student at that stage.
Though should be noted that the financial support that's available to students from the government is assessed on the basis of their "household" income - ie their resident parent and any partner of hers/his and not on their other parent's income. In other words the state is not assuming that non-resident parents contribute beyond A levels - though is (rather oddly) assuming that step parents do contribute confused
mumandboys123 Sun 17-Mar-13 16:20:09
Petal - I disagree. I believe it is possible for a child to 'sue' a parent for financial support whilst at university. How often it happens, I have no idea. Largely I imagine because most parents support as best they are able. The truly absent parents probably can't be found and I suspect most 'children' wouldn't want their support anyway. But it is possible - and until the 1st April this year, it would be possible to get legal aid to support an application (likely to change after that).
No, you can't be expected to maintain a child forever but many children live at home for an awful long time, particularly in the current economic climate. I personally struggle with the idea that the parent they choose to live with has to bear the financial burden of that and that there is nothing to be done legally in terms of making the other parent contribute. But it has to stop at some point and at 20 years old, I guess it's hard to call is 'child' maintenance!
Petal02 Sun 17-Mar-13 16:55:56
Mumandboys - I know for a fact that a student cannot sue a parent for financial support through Uni, because DH's daughter tried to do this! They had not been in touch for years (long story) and whilst DH always paid maintenance for her, he was not prepared to support her through Uni when she hadn't spoken to him for so long.
However the crafty little madam sought legal advice, to try and force DH to support her, as she knows he can afford it. However the legal view is that financial support through Uni is a "gift" from parent to child, it is totally optional, and no adult is legally obliged to make a gift to another adult. And that was the end of that. And that even if DH was a millionaire (he isn't, sadly!) this would have no bearing in the situation.
mumandboys123 Sun 17-Mar-13 17:23:47
Which may have happened in your situation. But I have seen cases in forums where it has happened - although I am not sure that it has happened successfully. Logically, a PWC's household income is taken into account when assessing for grants and loans - with an expectation that shortfalls are topped up by that household. If the NRP's income is never taken into account (which it isn't) then this is where the legal thing comes in - they can be assessed and then compelled to make a contribution. It would be interesting to see if a child has ever successfully sued 'together' parents for top up money - because I am sure it happens that no contribution is made even when it should have been.
Petal02 Sun 17-Mar-13 17:32:09
I still think you're incorrect. Some students may have sought advice and been told they have no legal claim, but that's about it. Rather like I could ask my solicitor if I could sue you (for example) for £1000, but I'd be wasting my time as the law doesn't operate like that.
When DH's daughter applied for grants etc, she used her mother's household income for the paperwork, and was assessed accordingly. There was never any mention of either household 'topping things up' voluntarily or otherwise.
Petal02 Sun 17-Mar-13 17:34:19
If such cases were ever successful in court, where would it end? Could a child sue a parent for a deposit on a house, could I sue my Dad for a new kitchen - if would be madness.
mumandboys123 Sun 17-Mar-13 17:53:51
I am struggling to find 'official' documentation about it but there are various bits and pieces here and there:
Blog from a Law firm confirms what I am saying:
will keep looking for something more 'official'.
mumandboys123 Sun 17-Mar-13 17:55:06
I take your point about 'where will it end?' but I think the issue with university is the expectation that the PWC's household makes a contribution towards the child's university education in all but the lowest of income households. It should therefore follow that the NRP can be compelled to also support the 'child'?
mumandboys123 Sun 17-Mar-13 18:06:34
ah, the legislation is: paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 CA1989
defined as 'special circumstances' but no clearer as to what 'special' may mean!
mumandboys123 Sun 17-Mar-13 18:09:05
and again, a solicitor's firm confirming that it's possible:
It's interesting. I'm sure it's very uncommon but in circumstances, for example, where an NRP is a millionaire with that in cash rather than capital, surely they should be obliged to support their child through education if the PWC is also obliged to contribute?
MirandaWest Sun 17-Mar-13 18:22:20
I do find the fact that the assessed income for a child at university is based on the RP and the person they are living with rather than their other parent a little odd. That rather suggests a step parent should be providing for their step child which seems unfair to me. But as that position is a while away for me (both in terms of there being a step parent and DC going to university) I am trying not to worry too much about it. Will be discussing it with XH before we get divorced though.
Petal02 Sun 17-Mar-13 18:26:38
But the PWC is not legally obliged to contribute to Uni! The Dsd's mum was not willing to contribute or top up the grants, which is why DSD tried to sue her father. But even if web sites hint at success, in reality the law states that an adult is not legally obliged to make a gift to another adult.
allnewtaketwo Sun 17-Mar-13 20:15:05
The fact that the PWC household income is taken into account for funding already can really benefit the student in that one full parents income is ignored. So the funding may be quite a lot higher on that basis. Although clearly if the PWC lives with a new partner, then funding is reduced where the new partner earns more than the NRP (but then I would argue that the PWC household has benefitted quite a lot from maintenance payments towards household expenses when the PWC has a high earning partner contributing significantly to household expenses already as they should really be paying at least 50% of household fixed expense in any case)
In either case however, there is no obligation for any of the adults involved to pay anything at all
Petal02 Sun 17-Mar-13 20:24:17
Good point Allnew. DSS18 is applying for grants etc using his morher's household for details of income etc. they are a low income household, so DSS should get full grant. I doubt the ex has got the money or the inclination to top this up, but DH and I will pay for his Uni accommodation.
MarshmallowCupcake Tue 19-Mar-13 21:08:15
Has anyone known of a parent stop paying the ex maintenance when a child leaves school but to give the portion of maintenance direct to the child who is then going to college. Is it legal? As posters have said, it's supporting the child not the ex!
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The source of the anger of liberals, "progressives" or radicals is by no means readily apparent. The targets of their anger have included people who are nonconfrontational or even genial, such as Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush.
It is hard to think of a time when Karl Rove or Dick Cheney has even raised his voice, but they are hated like the devil incarnate.
The angry left has no time to spend even considering the argument that what they call "tax cuts for the rich" are in fact tax cuts for the economy.
Nor is the idea new that tax cuts can sometimes spur economic growth, resulting in more jobs for workers and higher earnings for business, leading to more tax revenue for the government.
A highly regarded economist once observed that "taxation may be so high as to defeat its object," so that sometimes "a reduction of taxation will run a better chance, than an increase, of balancing the budget."
Who said that? Milton Friedman? Arthur Laffer? No. It was said in 1933 by John Maynard Keynes, a liberal icon.
Lower tax rates have led to higher tax revenues many times, both before and since Keynes' statement — the Kennedy tax cuts in the 1960s, the Reagan tax cuts in the 1980s and the recent Bush tax cuts that led to record high tax revenues this April.
Budget deficits have often resulted from runaway spending but seldom from reduced tax rates.
Those on the other side may have different arguments. However, the question here is not why the left has different arguments, but why there is such anger.
Often it is an exercise in futility even to seek to find a principle behind the anger. For example, the left's obsession with the high incomes of corporate executives never seems to extend to equally high — or higher — incomes of professional athletes, entertainers or best-selling authors like Danielle Steel.
Their greatest anger seems to be directed at people and things that thwart or undermine the social vision of the left, the political melodrama starring the left as saviors of the poor, the environment and other busybody tasks that they have taken on.
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Moving, but I wonder if he knew of, or authorized, or would want this photo to be published
Although I can't be sure, I'm confident that he does know that it was taken because of the level of detail in the caption that accompanied the image. Most photojournalists are sensitive to this and often will let the subject know when they are asking for information.
Why do people always tend to want to immediately go with what is probably wrong about what we are seeing or experiencing: "Yeah - it's nice - but, DID YOU MAKE SURE...." The chastising "school marms" (male or female) are always about. The corrections of spelling or syntax, or sentence structure - no,the photograph not his name would not have been published without his permission. And, if you did really want to know - why not ask the photographer instead of wagging your finger here? Why not just experience what you are seeing and leave it at that. It's not like the photographer is going to read this and say, "Oh - God - I FORGOT TO GET PERMISSION!!" It's a freaking AP/Getty Images picture.
Great point to remember - I just caught myself about to do something similar! ;) We are so human! and yet we learn and we get better with practice.
So what if he wanted his grief captured on film? He wants the world to know that his child died that day, and he wants the world to know that he still aches because of it. Today is not a day for cynicism.
Message to Mr. Peraza from a mother in Ohio:
Dear Mr. Peraza, I am terribly sorry for your loss. You are lifted in my prayers. Mrs. Chaney
It's also a horrible intrusion upon an intensely private moment. Shame on the person who took this picture. Have we really become such a nation of voyeurs that we feel we have the right to exploit even the most intimate grief for our own needs for meaning? It's time to re-examine the idea of the sacred. I do not think posting this image was necessary or in concert with your mission.
Of course posting this image was "necessary" and "in concert" with the mission of BEING. This type of "exploitation" as you call it allows us to share in like mind and spirit with those who have experienced great loss, and allows us the opportunity to express comfort to them rather than disdain, as you have done. If this man did not want to be recognized publicly, he would not have provided his very detailed information (name, etc) to the press, and he would have stayed home to express his grief privately.
Grief is a living, vibrant thing, a wound that scabs but never heals. God bless this man and his son. Continued prayers for our common understanding that living in fear is not living in awareness.
Without the images of personal grief, particularly as the years move on beyond the horror of the event, we are more readily able to put our hands and say "no nearer than this may it come". Remembrance dims and some measure of complacency takes hold . Images of personal grief, particularly the intense anguish that is the heartbreak and emptiness in the space where the loved one sat, jerk us back into memory. My hope is that continuing to see images of grief as deep and sharp today as it was 10 years ago today will move us to find ways to move ourselves toward sufficient repugnance for violence and violent retribution that we sit down, bow our heads and say: "God help us. No more."
I had not realized, until seeing this image, how the pooled and falling water pulls the names inscribed away from the viewer and down; how behind the names, there is that perpetual roar and falling. His arm seems stretched to hold his son back from the edge.
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Well ultimatley, the OP is right in the intuition that "only Oracle can parse oracle" (or somesuch). If there isn't a way for it to do that in a way that returns a data structure containing table and view names, then the OP is left with options that will not be complete so MyParse is my thought on the least incomplete of the options. If the alternative is looking through all the SQL by hand, it would at least allow grabbing a lot of the SQL and setting the rest aside to be looked at by hand so it's a win (this also applies to a lesser extent to SQL::Statement). And too, MyParse is, after all an open source module and can therefore possibly be tweaked to handle more Oraclish dialects (isn't that what the bad guys spoke in LOTR?). You're right, MyParse isn't a good solution but it may be the best perl has to offer for this particular task.
And Errto - here's anothr possibility: the Mimer SQL folks put out a very credible (non--perl, also non-free IIRC) SQL parser that might also be a possibility.
update : And here's another thought: the SQL for table and view names is (somewhat) more standard between dialects than other aspects of SQL so errto may be able to get the names out of a partially-parsed structure. E.g given "SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE oracle_only_function(baz) = ?", the parser might be able to tell that the tablename is "bar" even if it barfs on the oracle_only_function().
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Neither war, nor political assassinations nor protests deter runners in Beirut, Lebanon. Quite the posh cityscape, Beirut is home to a thriving running community. Runners come from all of the 17 Christian and Muslim sects that populate the country, two-thirds the size of New Jersey.
During the past two years, Lebanon has endured a string of political assassinations, a brutal war between Hezbollah and Israel, and ongoing protests against the government that sometimes erupt into violence. The combination has shattered 15 years of relative peace, but not the determination of the Lebanese. Running, along with the legendary Beirut nightlife, provides a sense of normalcy and a statement that Beirutis will not be deterred from their freedoms.
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"The run was about a population united in grief and united to secure a better future for a country wanting to move forward and reclaim its nationhood," said Greg Fairlie, the media director for the Beirut Marathon Association Greg Fairlie. "The sheer number of people sent a message that Lebanon was set on shaking off the past. The numbers were impressive but not surprising, as many people felt it was their duty to bring life back to the downtown which was Hariri’s ‘jewel in the crown.’"
The Corniche is the most popular running venue in the capital city of 1.5 million. The promenade winds along a good four miles, from the port near the Ain al-Mreisse district to the expansive public beach in the Raouche area. "Many things have changed in our lives, especially since the war last summer. But one thing that has not changed are the joggers on the Corniche. On days when the situation is too risky, the joggers and all the rest of the population stay indoors. But one can•usually see joggers out early in the morning and in the evening," said one Beirut native recently.
Lebanon’s running boom took off in the early 1990s, although a few runners could be seen even earlier. "I used to run along the Corniche when I was a kid," says Walid Genadry, 44, a business executive who began running at age six with his father. "At that time it was relatively rare to meet other joggers."
Even during the 1975-1990 war when battles in downtown Beirut were almost within earshot, the Corniche was claimed by runners. "In the beginning, running the Corniche was indeed a very courageous act," one oldtimer says. These days, running the Corniche is much more sublime. Upscale shops, outdoors cafes and posh five-star hotels line the waterfront. The biggest danger is dodging other people. | http://www.runnersworld.com/where-run/running-away-beirut | dclm-gs1-064780001 | false | false | {
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We are the Neanderthals
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 1,480. Language: English. Published: January 5, 2011. Category: Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Genetics
Mainstream science believes that the Neanderthals were wiped out 30,000 years ago. But were they? Some questions remain as to the fate of the Neanderthals. Are we the Neanderthals?
Evolution is Crap - Where is the Half Man, Half Monkey?
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,260. Language: English. Published: February 26, 2011. Category: Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Evolution
Being an intelligent, thinking person, I have never been able to accept the idea of evolution. I have never been able to accept the stream of convenient excuses that science reaches for whenever any questions one of the tiny morsels of evidence that science has used to put together this little story. Here is my brief assessment of why evolution is crap. Join me and think about it.
Neanderthal Swan Song
Time Machine: 75k-30k PBE
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,870. Language: English. Published: October 8, 2011. Category: Fiction » Literature » Visionary & metaphysical
Imagine we have a time machine and we can look back at the past. Imagine we can see what really happened in the past. This short story looks at the period at the dawn of modern humanity, maybe this is how it really happened. Join us for this short look at human history, 75,000-30,000 years before the present.
Them and Us: How Neanderthal predation created modern humans
Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 89,990. Language: English. Published: January 19, 2012. Category: Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Anthropology
Una's World
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 103,200. Language: English. Published: November 4, 2012. Category: Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
Novel. Science fiction fantasy. Tom finds a portal on his property that takes him back in time to the Pleistocene period. Tom encounters dinosaurs and neanderthals, plus finds action and adventure.
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Blade Kin
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 77,410. Language: English. Published: May 1, 2014 by WordFire Press. Category: Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
Book Three of the Serpent Catch Series. Tull has caught the sea serpents that he needs to protect the oceans near his home, but he faces dangers greater than any he had ever imagined, for the slavers of Craal descend upon his town and capture everyone that he loves. As a slave, Tull finds himself a favorite of his masters, destined to be forced into a deadly game in the Dark Arena.
Serpent Catch
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 87,510. Language: English. Published: May 1, 2014 by WordFire Press. Category: Fiction » Science fiction » Hard sci-fi
Book 2 of the Serpent Catch series Long ago Earth's paleobiologists established the planet Anee as a vast storehouse of extinct species. For a thousand years the starfarers' great sea serpents formed a wall of teeth and flesh that protected Smilodon Bay from the ravaging dinosaurs that swam across the ocean from Hotland. Now the serpents are gone and Anee is being ravaged by tyranny and war.
Evolution Is Teleological
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 8,490. Language: English. Published: May 4, 2014. Category: Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Evolution
Teleology = purposefulness, as if something is planned. There is quite a difference between evolution as a drifting, directionless ship or as a ship that holds a steady course to an inevitable destination. This article argues that the evolution of proteins and organs - e.g. the giraffe's neck, the zebra's stripes and hominid brains - is driven by simple principles of physics and mathematics. | http://www.smashwords.com/books/tags/neanderthals | dclm-gs1-064830001 | false | true | {
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recently I've been focusing also on matte textures. maybe it's just a fall/winter thing, but anything with any sort of shine or bright shades I've just become less interested in
yeah that's exactly how I've been feeling. I bought when I thought made sense, so it's fair, and I also know that I'm not buying at the bottom buy on the way down so it'll keep going down after buying, but jesus I thought these were good fair buy in points and they're still dropping like another 5-10% more after my buy in points and I've run out of cash to deploy. I'm missing out on recovery gains, which of course is a stupid illogical way to look at it but I'm human. Wish...
Jeebus the markets are just DYING here. Like every day 2+% drops. EPZM just dropped 7.5% this morning, for no damn reason. Good buying chance I guess, it's below even it's 52 week low.
Random warez. indigo crew roll neck knit - Club Monaco grey khakies - Uniqlo white Purcells
Today I'm wearing/testing Dali Homme, the black bottle with the lips cap. it's a spicey dirty tobacco scent. I was afraid this would be too twisted/weird or offensive or something and probably too mature but I've got to say I actually quite like it. It's sort of like Tobacco Oud as it's base but a lot less pure as an accord. There's more spice, earth, etc. It's a gritty texture and dark brown with black flecks. Reasonable projection, longevity I'm only a couple of hours in...
straining is hard, on your back
so I sort of agree... In the case of merino, I think things have changed in the past few years and it's a decent fabric that's come down in price. I have a few ~$40-50 merino sweaters and they work fine but I do find them pretty thin, a little stiff, and they ALL develop 3-5 little holes all over the place. So better than blends and cheap cotton, but still not really great. As for the 10x$20 versus 1x$200 perspective, well, that's a personal call and I think we've all...
maybe it's something like Vicuna? Also, it says Italian Camel Hair, so if my assumptions are correct (and they usually are) then these aren't just any camels, they're Italian camels, and I mean, there can't be all that many of them. It's a Pitti becuase, like most Italians, they're quite sprezzy and they really know how to hump.
I'll say this again, and it's just my opinion, but I've learned that there are some items I will go cheap on like t-shirts, polos, heck if the cut and color is right even jeans, but when it comes to anything like a sweater or a scarf etc where it's a knitted fabric, avoid blends and avoid cheap wool and I even have a bias against cotton in general. Guys like GAP, Uniqlo, H&M, etc, some of their basics are fine, but with the knit stuff like sweaters, the quality (or lack...
^ exactly, I don't even think they're going to mess with the formulas anyway. Just more exposure, and it's still a tiny company relatively speaking. They've bought up Le Labo, Malle, and I'm sure will take on others. Look at Ford for example. Sure it's become more widely accessible and all that and some (ok most) of their newer releases sort of suck, but overall the brand is doing a lot more than if it was just within the Ford portfolio.
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0.917723 | <urn:uuid:1287b46c-148b-46b5-bdd5-3349cb44f014> | en | 0.978455 | How well do you know Edgar Allan Poe?
Two hundred years after the birth of a writer who blazed a trail for American letters, it's time to challenge your knowledge of the macabre genius
A raven's head. Photograph: Bob Elsdale/ Getty Photograph: Bob Elsdale/Getty
1. 1. Which crime-writing legend referred to Poe's The Murders in the Rue Morgue as a "manual of detective theory and practice"?
2. 2. Poe launched his publishing career in 1827, at the age of 18, but with what?
3. 3. Poe enlisted in the army in the same year, claiming to be 22 years old, under a false name. What was it?
4. 4. Published by the Evening Mirror in 1845, 'The Raven' was a sensation, and Poe became a household name overnight. But what is its first line?
5. 5. Poe's rolling rhythm and spooky scenarios gained him a legion of French fans, including both symbolists and surrealists. One leading poet even claimed that in reading Poe he came across “not just subjects I had dreamed of, but sentences which I had thought out, written by him 20 years before”. Who was it?
6. 6. “The ludicrous heightened into the grotesque: the fearful coloured into the horrible: the witty exaggerated into the burlesque.” Which of Poe's champions is this, defending him from the slur of exhibiting bad taste?
7. 7. Poe claimed that the letter "O" was one of the two most effective letters in the English language. What was the other?
8. 8. He considered the “prose poem”, Eureka, published the year before his death in 1849, to be his masterpiece. Riddled with scientific errors, it nevertheless presents a solution to Olbers' paradox and prefigures one of the most powerful theories of the 20th century. But which one?
9. 9. Poe is often credited with the invention of detective fiction. What was the name of his fictional sleuth?
10. 10. Discovered “rather the worse for wear” on the streets of Baltimore on 3 October 1849, he was dead only four days later. The cause of his death has been hotly debated ever since, with suggestions ranging from everything from suicide to syphillis. But which of the following suggestions has NOT been put forward in earnest?
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0.08022 | <urn:uuid:f60b417e-f7e8-475b-908e-6b287ad35328> | en | 0.956784 | And the trophy goes to M&S
Do you remember the 2006 World Cup? Course you do. The one with the Wags. It was a seminal British cultural moment (although not, alas, in football). Who could forget the image of Coleen, Alex and co emerging victorious from their hotel each evening, vainglorious in their Cricket-bought splendour and marvellously unperturbed by their menfolk's limp performances? Each of them held a £1,000 handbag at an awkward, elbow-crook height, so ensuring that the Balenciaga Lariat/Chloé Paddington/whatever the It bag was that day stayed in bullseye position for every paparazzo lens in town. If the boys had got their hands on that gold trophy, they couldn't have held it aloft with more pride than the girls did their It bags.
This year's trophy item is the jacket. With jeans making a comeback as a Fashion Item, the right jacket becomes an outfit in its own right, because you can sling it on with denim and a T-shirt. As for what the right jacket is: three classics are vying for supremacy. The mannish boyfriend/tux jacket - black, silk trim, a pushed-up sleeve or a turned-up lapel for that art-school-rock look - is the cool option. The safari jacket is back, although I find safari jackets a bit cheesy, a bit minor-royal-on-holiday. But the slam-dunk, sure-fire winner is the Chanel-alike jacket. Smart and yet slouchy as a cardigan. Plus this one's from Marks & Spencer. And what could be more 2009 than buying trophy fashion from M&S? | http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/feb/07/marks-and-spencer-fashion | dclm-gs1-065020001 | false | false | {
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0.024398 | <urn:uuid:87b21747-8407-4608-825a-870081c411b3> | en | 0.980067 | Killings of Briton and New Zealander underscore Libya's security breakdown
Security officials said oil workers, both in their 40s, had been having picnic on beach when they were shot in the head
Mellitah oil processing and compression station in western Libya
The beach where the man and woman were found is near the Mellitah oil processing and compression station in western Libya. Photograph: Jehad Nga/Corbis
The hazardous security situation in Libya has been underscored by the killings of a British man and a woman from New Zealand, who were found shot dead on a beach where they had gone for a picnic near an oil and gas plant west of Tripoli.
A Libyan security official said that the Briton, born in 1965, and the New Zealander, born in 1967, had been found on Thursday lying face down on the beach with gunshot wounds to their heads.
"It doesn't look like a robbery because there was no break-in at their Toyota car parked nearby. It was left untouched until we came," the official told Reuters, declining to be named. "We found the bullets," he added.
Both victims worked for Blue Energy, an oilfield maintenance firm, and had been driving in a Tripoli-registered car to Mellitah, 60 miles (100km) west of Tripoli.
The New Zealand foreign affairs ministry released a statement on Saturday saying the dead woman had been visiting the country and was normally resident in New Zealand. It said details of the deaths were still unclear.
The attack is the first time a Briton has been targeted and killed in Libya since the removal of Muammar Gaddafi more than two years ago.
The media centre at the nearby town of Sabratha posted a photograph on its Facebook page showing the bodies of a man and woman face down in the sand on either side of a picnic blanket. The authenticity of the picture, which had been taken at night apparently by the light of a car's headlamps, could not immediately be confirmed.
The local authorities in Sabratha issued a public statement condemning the killings, but the motive remained unclear. According to local reports, nothing appeared to have been taken from their bags. Their picnic spot was close to a oil and gas complex at Mellitah co-owned by Italy's ENI and Libya's state-owned National Oil Company, which exports natural gas to Italy through the Greenstream pipeline.
A blockade on the complex imposed by local Berber militia had been lifted last month after negotiations in which the Berbers, known locally as the Amazigh, had been promised benefits from its hydrocarbon exports.
Libya has in recent months suffered a serious setback in security, as rival militia hold sway in their self-styled fiefs while the central government in Tripoli struggles to impose itself.
The killings also came on the same day as the government in Tripoli declared it would resume oil production at one of the country's largest oilfields, El Sharara, south of Tripoli, following the resolution of another blockade by a militia, in this case aligned with local Tuareg tribes.
"We are deeply saddened by the murder of a British national and New Zealander in Libya. Police have informed their families and consular officials are providing full consular support in Libya and the UK," a spokesman for the British Foreign Office said.
A New Zealand foreign ministry spokesman told Reuters: "We are working with the relevant authorities to confirm this. The bodies have not yet been formally identified and the next of kin have not yet been informed."
Speculation in Libya suggested the execution-style murders were carried out by jihadists determined to prevent the revival of the oil and gas industry on which the beleagured state depends for more than 90% of its income and which has been largely crippled since the Gaddafi's fall. The government is estimated to be missing out on a billion dollars a week in potential export revenue.
"I would stick my neck out and say this is some kind of Salafist or jihadist group," said Jason Pack, a researcher at Cambridge University who runs
"The only people who randomly kill foreigners are the jihadists. These extreme tactics are being used by the Islamists at a time the population is turning against them and the government is trying to break free. When they don't know how to cut a pipeline, killing westerners is an easier way of keeping foreign investors away."
The prospects of the killers being identified and of security being improved are undermined by the continuing anarchic conditions across post-Gaddafi Libya in which different localities are controlled by communal militias while peace and oil production is only maintained by local deals and pay-offs by the Tripoli government led by prime minister, Ali Zeidan, and the oil companies themselves.
"This is part of a larger trend of extortion," Pack said.
"The 'political' agenda of these groups is merely a veneer for extortion. The Libyan government finds itself in a conundrum because it has practised appeasement and scrambled to meet the demands of the militias. It has laid down deadlines threatened to use force but has never carried out those threats."
Almost three years after the first ruler was ousted in the Arab spring, gains across the region appear more and more negligible.
Egypt has reverted to quasi-military rule and violence on the streets – six more people died on Friday in clashes between riot police and Islamists. Syria is mired in civil war.
Only Tunisia, which began voting on a new constitution on Friday, can point to firm gains, though even there division between Islamists and secularists have threatened to dismantle the democratic process. | http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/03/libya-british-man-new-zealand-woman-shot-dead | dclm-gs1-065100001 | false | false | {
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0.074879 | <urn:uuid:729117e4-b25a-4e26-b117-1c1fecb1c32f> | en | 0.972583 | Emmy Spotlight: Peter Morgan’s Tony Blair Chronicles
Emmy- and Oscar-nominated writer talks about Tony Blair, Bill Clinton, and why he’ll never write about George W. Bush
“Movie-star politics on the international stage” is how Peter Morgan describes the milieu of “The Special Relationship,” his Tony-nominated HBO movie about the close ties between British Prime Minster Tony Blair and U.S. President Bill Clinton. The third installment in a de facto Blair trilogy that began with the British television film “The Deal” and continued with the Oscar-winning feature “The Queen,” the film traces the decline in the fortunes of Blair (played in all three films by Michael Sheen), who was swept into office in a wave of enthusiasm but left a decade later irreparably damaged by his support for the war in Iraq.
Morgan, a two-time Oscar nominee whose other scripts include “Frost/Nixon” and “The Damned United,” received one of five Emmy nominations for the film; the others went to lead actors Sheen and Dennis Quaid (who plays Bill Clinton), actress Hope Davis (Hilary Clinton), and the film itself in the category of Outstanding Made for Television Movie. (Below: Morgan, center, with Sheen and Quaid; photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
Peter Morgan with Michael Sheen and Dennis QuaidYou’ve now written three movies about Tony Blair movies, all for different platforms. One was made for British TV, one was a theatrical release, and one was for HBO.
And I’m working on an opera, and a radio play. We’re going through the whole cycle. [laughs] I don’t know how it’s worked out that way. For different reasons, you end up in different places. And it’s been so piecemeal because after I wrote the first one, I never thought I’d write the second one. After I wrote the second one, I never thought I’d write the third one. Every time I think it’s over, it isn’t.
How far can you go with Blair?
Oh, I fully intend to make as many Blairs as Harry Potters. He can carry on forever and ever. He’s the story that never stops giving. Even as we speak, the Chilcot Inquiry into Iraq is unearthing more and more skeletons, while he jets around the world on Gulfstreams and has earned 30 million pounds since leaving office. It’s right up there with African dictator levels of extravagant wealth and shamelessness.
So do you follow Blair’s exploits avidly, with an eye to your future?
No, no, no. In between projects, I hopefully get back to having a normal life, and not thinking about Tony Blair. And then every now and then I read the newspaper and think, oh God, there is actually still juice in this. And then I get people like ["Special Relationship" executive producer] Kathy Kennedy ringing me up and saying, [American accent] “Peter, you have a moral obligation as an artist to continue this.” And then I think, I suppose she’s right.
Is she?
Well, I’m not paid well for any of these. They take a lot of time to research, and a long time to write, and it’s very difficult to write material where you have an army of people ready to shoot you down, because there are so many interest groups involved. But you do realize that you’re in the middle of something rather unique: you’re chronicling history as it unfolds. And it’s a pretty rare privilege to be able to do that.
Michael Sheen and Dennis Quaid
Wasn’t this film originally going to involve Blair’s relationships with both Bill Clinton and George W. Bush?
No, never. That was always reported, but I never understood where the Bush thing came from. It was always about, how did Tony Blair get from there to there? How did the chap who was elected with a huge landslide in 1997, and who really felt like it was a future with hope, and a new generation and a new Britain … how did that guy, who was such a natural ally and obviously a close personal friend of Clinton’s, how could he then stretch over to someone like George W. Bush, who … [sighs] It was just unimaginable, and the sense of personal betrayal that so many of us felt was just so gob-smacking that nobody could follow it.
How do you try to answer the question of how it happened?
You ask other questions. Was there an ideological basis for it? Is the alliance between two powerful, largely Christian democracies like yours and ours, is that the glue, or is there something else? For somebody from a political system like ours, with diminished impact on the international stage, the idea of being the closest ally and friend of the most powerful nation on earth is very seductive. And to what degree is the special relationship something that you want to foster because of shared political vision and ideological common ground? Or is it personal political pragmatism and opportunism?
Originally, you were going to direct the film. What happened?
I still haven’t quite figured that out. Most of it was that my mother suddenly became terminally ill, and she died in the time that I would have been filming. But there was also a part of me that was uncomfortable, even though I’d got to about four weeks before shooting. And I think that was because part of me was thinking, where’s my writer? I love close working collaborations with directors, and I’ve seen how valuable a writer-director partnership is. To have it just be the same person feels to me a bit like an unchecked dictatorship.
I must say, I felt lonely being the writer-director. I wanted a buddy in the co-pilot’s seat. I think that was probably about 20 percent of it, and 80 percent of it was my mother.
You obviously didn’t have to worry about who’d play Tony Blair, but what were you looking for in casting Bill Clinton?
Clinton’s a pretty impossible person to cast, because he’s just so particular and distinct. There are people who’ve got this part of Clinton or that part of Clinton, but the overwhelming thing that Clinton has, that everybody mentions again and again and again, is this absolute ability to connect with people, and this unbelievable personal confidence in his own skin. And the sexiness. And Dennis is all those things. He’s a Southerner, which I think is critical, and he has that utter likeability and charm, the love of being with people, and the sexiness and naughtiness.
There were all kinds of people that we were thinking about, but in the end, there were so many parts of the Clinton kaleidoscopic complexity that Dennis ticked.
It seems obvious that you could carry the Tony Blair story forward into the Bush years…
No. I hope that all the questions that I would want to have answered in a Blair-Bush movie have somewhat been answered in this one. I hope that Clinton is somehow a metaphor for the relationship with Bush, in that by telling the story with Clinton you understand how we ended up in Iraq. And personally, I would be too depressed to write the story between Tony Blair and George Bush. I can say with some confidence that that’s something I’d never write. But I do have an idea for a fourth movie.
Would you just skip the Bush years?
I’d like to look at what happens when somebody leaves office, but I think I’d have to wait a couple of years until Michael has aged a bit more. There was something really riveting the other day, when Gordon Brown resigned and David Cameron went to see the Queen. What happens is that as the prime minister, you go with a motorcade and police outriders [escorts] to Buckingham Palace. While you’re in there offering your resignation, the outriders are driving across town to the guy who’s about to come to the Queen. And when you leave, the outriders have gone, and basically you go straight into your first traffic jam.
It’s fantastically matter-of-fact, and unbelievably brutal. And from the minute you walk out that door, you’re no longer called Mr. Prime Minster. In America, you’re called Mr. President to your grave. But in England, the minute you leave you’re Mr. Blair. And he hadn’t been called that for 12 years. So what happens? What’d that like? I think I’d like to tell that story, and tell a story of what Tony Blair’s done since.
Didn’t you write the James Bond movie that’s in limbo now because of MGM’s uncertain status?
No. Sadly, it’s been stood down, and we’ve all gone on to other assignments. And who knows what’ll happen?
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0.089195 | <urn:uuid:63705d65-18b0-420e-9f49-9c5b19057d55> | en | 0.956906 | Al-Qaeda-linked insurgents say France has ‘opened the gates of hell’ after air strikes
Despite a punishing bombardment by French warplanes, al-Qaeda-linked insurgents grabbed more territory in Mali on Monday, seizing a strategic military camp that brought them far closer to the government’s seat of power.
Declaring France had “opened the gates of hell” with its assault, the rebels threatened retribution.
“France ... has fallen into a trap much more dangerous than Iraq, Afghanistan or Somalia,” said Omar Ould Hamaha, a leader of the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa, one of the rebel groups controlling the north, speaking on radio Europe 1.
French fighter jets have been pummeling the insurgents’ desert stronghold in the north since Friday, determined to shatter the Islamist domination of a region many fear could become a launchpad for terrorist attacks on the West and a base for coordination with al-Qaeda in Yemen, Somalia and Pakistan.
The Islamist fighters responded with a counteroffensive Monday, overrunning the garrison town of Diabaly, about 100 miles north of Segou, the administrative capital of central Mali, said French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian.
France expanded its aerial bombing campaign, launching airstrikes for the first time in central Mali to combat the new threat. But the intense assault, including raids by gunship helicopters and Mirage fighter jets, failed to halt the advance of the rebels, who were only 250 miles from the capital, Bamako, in the far south.
The rebels “took Diabaly after fierce fighting and resistance from the Malian army, that couldn’t hold them back,” said Le Drian, the French defense minister.
Mali’s military is in disarray and has let many towns fall with barely a shot fired since the insurgency in the West African nation began almost a year ago. While the al-Qaeda-linked extremists control the north, they had been blocked in the narrow central part of the landlocked nation.
In response to the insurgent advances, Mauritania, which lies to the northwest of Mali, put its military on high alert. To the south, the nation of Burkina Faso sent military reinforcements to its border and set up roadblocks. Even Algeria, which had earlier argued against a military intervention, was helping France by opening its air space to French Rafale jets.
Monday’s surprise assault and the downing of a French combat helicopter by rebel fire last week have given many pause. Just hours before Diabaly fell, a commander at the military post in Niono, the town immediately to the south, laughed on the phone, and confidently asserted that the Islamists would never take it.
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0.039523 | <urn:uuid:d2e09970-3e94-4715-a85d-19c1f77ddefd> | en | 0.937036 | Rain, overcast sky delay space shuttle's return
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Rain and overcast skies prevented space shuttle Discovery from returning to Earth on Monday, and Mission Control instructed the astronauts to spend a 15th day circling the world and awaiting better weather.
Mission Control radioed up the disappointing news after passing up two landing attempts.
"The folks really worked it hard down here. There was a lot of cause for optimism ... but in the end of the day" the clouds remained too low and too thick, Mission Control radioed.
"We appreciate everything you've done," replied shuttle commander Alan Poindexter, "and we'll be hopeful for better weather tomorrow." He urged flight controllers to get some rest.
Clearer skies are expected over Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday. If the clouds linger, however, NASA will try for the backup landing site in Southern California. The first landing opportunity is at 7:34 a.m., shortly after sunrise in Florida.
Discovery and its seven astronauts can remain in orbit until Wednesday. They're wrapping up a resupply mission to the International Space Station.
If Discovery aims for Kennedy, it should provide a rare visual treat for early risers in Chicago and Indianapolis - indeed, all along the flight path. The streaking, glowing trail will be visible from below, weather permitting, as the shuttle cuts across western Canada, and the central and southeastern United States.
The first landing attempt would have Discovery zooming over Vancouver Island and southern Alberta, down over the northern border of Montana and North Dakota, Minnesota near Minneapolis and St. Paul, then Chicago and Indianapolis, eastern Kentucky and eastern Tennessee, the western side of the Carolinas, eastern Georgia and, finally, out over the Atlantic into Cape Canaveral.
The last time a returning shuttle flew over so much of the United States was in 2007. No further re-entries like this are planned as the shuttle program draws to a close. NASA has tried to keep continental flyovers to a minimum for public safety reasons, ever since space shuttle Columbia shattered over Texas in 2003.
Typically, a shuttle returns from the southwest, zooming up over the South Pacific, Central America, and the Gulf of Mexico. NASA changed Discovery's flight path before liftoff on April 5, to maximize the crew's work time in orbit and reduce fatigue.
A touchdown at Edwards Air Force Base in California would eliminate an expansive flyover. Instead, the shuttle would come in from the north and head down the West Coast.
The volcanic eruption in Iceland, at least, was not interfering with NASA's effort to bring Discovery home. The re-entry path does not go anywhere near the European airspace threatened by volcanic ash.
Discovery undocked from the space station Saturday, leaving behind tons of science experiments and equipment so the orbiting outpost can operate for years to come. The astronauts' biggest contribution was a new tank full of ammonia coolant, which took three spacewalks to hook up.
A pressure valve in the space station's cooling system got stuck after the ammonia tank was plugged in. Astronauts will have to deal with the problem on a future spacewalk. For now, though, the lab complex is being cooled properly.
This is Discovery's next-to-last flight. NASA has only three shuttle flights left before retiring the fleet. Atlantis is next up in less than four weeks. The final shuttle mission - by Discovery - is scheduled for September.
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. that's the word that we are hearing from law enforcement officials, federal law enforcement officials here in d.c. it is a big change from four years ago because four years ago, there were rising threats. there were also nearly 2 million people descending on the city and there were some real fears about what could happen there is still concern and still been game planning every possible scenario, but is there a different tone to the security this time. a, because you've got much fewer people coming. i mean, maybe 600, 700,000 people coming out here. that's big drop from the 1.8 million we saw. it's allowed them to make some changes. some of the bridges from virginia into the city that were closed to you and me last time so that police and all the buses could use them, those will be open. it will be easier access into the city and they learned a lot from last time. so, the secret service is now on twitter. they are going to be putting out updates to help people get around and get people the information they need. so maybe they don't run into as many security problems as you had last ti
of laws, to signal the distinction between church and state u >> four have not quincy adams on a book of laws? >> franklin pierce also on a book of law. partly we think because he lost his last child only a couple of months before the inauguration. his wife was in bereavement and he affirmed the oath rather than swore to it which the constitution -- the next was theodore roosevelt. a long time and that's because he took office after the death of the president and he was in a hotel in buffalo and apparently, they didn't have gideons' bibles around. he was the next one. and so, you look at those, three the last is lbj, who, of course, after another assassination, they had a catholic missile that he took the oath on. scattered throughout american history. >> have presidents invoked religion in their addresses, always? >> every president has invoked god or a deity in general, but not very specifically. none has actually mentioned jesus christ, four have invoked christianity. also uneven. >> has religion become more or less important over time in inaugural addresses? >> looking into the su
president obama, a constitutional law professor and chief justice of the supreme court john roberts should have known like the back of their hands. but the mistake made for an awkward moment in the middle of a solemn occasion. the swearing in of the first african-american president in front of a crowd more than a million strong on the national mall. robe robert's flub was significant enough that the oath had to be taken again. the very next day at the white house. >> i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states. >> reporter: cnn senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin wrote an entire book about this awkward moment in presidential history titled "the oath." did they need to do it, again? >> no one knows. >> really? >> to this day because the legal significance of the oath remains kind of a mystery. so, they just said, look, someone could file a lawsuit, someone could make trouble. we don't want to spend the first week, the first month of the obama presidency litigating whether he is president. so, let's just do it. it's slightly embarrass, it's slightly weird. we'll do
inauguration, it will all be a formality. law requires presidents and vice presidents be sworn in on the 20th. today the 20th, they were in two quiet ceremonies. >> please raise your right hand and repeat after me. i, barack hussein obama, do solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states, and will to be best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states so help me god. >> congress gratulations, mr. president. >> thank you chief justice. >> last time the chief justice fumbled the words, this time he nailed it. president obama using a family bible today. tomorrow he'll use the lincoln bible. a lot to talk about tonight, vice president biden took the oath earlier, his residence the naval observatory. sonia sotomayor doing the honors there. yesterday during a surprise appearance at the iowa inaugural ball the vice president did -- well, sort of a joe biden. >> i'm proud to be president of the united states. but i'm prouder to be -- >> a few seconds ago he corrected himself. a few minutes ago, he and his wife and the p
. on wednesday the president proposed a package of gun law reforms in response to the massacre in newtown last month. the package is by all accounts the most sweeping attempt to curb gun violence at the national level since 1994. the president took a number of executive actions immediately but the most contentious members including a proposed limit on ammunition magazines, stronger background checks and reinstatement of assault weapons ban will be left for congress to decide. >> these are some of executive actions i am announcing today. as important as these steps are they are in no way a substitute for action from members of congress. to make a real and lasting difference, congress, too, must act. and congress must act soon. >> all right. we have heard a lot about the political strength of the nra. there was a lot of discussion about whether the president would follow up the speech, the moving speech at the memorial with some kind of executive and legislative component and so i guess my first question to you is how -- what were you anticipating you would see from the president? was this more
long hours, the church diligently followed, and continues to follow, all child labor laws in every state or country in which it operates." it went on to say "their chores never amounted to child labor." making the church of scientology responses available at cnn.com, just search under the word "scientology" in the search field. >>> coming up next, we'll turn to reality tv, the stars of one of the wildest reality tv shows will join us. you're watching "starting point." back in just a moment. hi, ladies! ♪ let's go. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing the all-new cadillac xts... another big night on the town, eh? ...and the return of life lived large. ♪ >>> gangsters, snitches, blood feuds, offers you can't refuse, part of a normal day for "mob wives" vh-1's reality show which begins its third season. the show follows six women from staten islands after their husbands or fathers are arrested in prison for crimes connected to the mob. look at the godmother of the group, big ang, tries to settle the scores of two mop wife rivals. >> whatever you want to do. >> thank you. i r
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L.A.'s chief technology officer sends email imploring city workers to stop watching the Olympics online, fearing it could trigger a massive computer crash.
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The email came on a day when the U.S. women's gymnastics team was competing, as well as the women's soccer team.
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For any of you who listen to the Around the League Podcast, you know that Marc Sessler and Dan Hanzus are often joined by guests who have recently been in the news for one reason or another. Last week, they spoke to Ahmad Bradshaw about his release from the Giants, and this week, they spoke to Richard Sherman about how he wants to be perceived around the league.
He also talked about other issues such as Seattle's success and the NFL draft. Sherman had choice words about the draft and its process to say the least. When asked about being drafted in the fifth round, here's what the All-Pro player had to say (via Dan Hanzus of
That's all it is, is a sham. The players that are going to be hyped, are going to be hyped. That's why you have half the first round as busts every year. You can go from now until the end of time. Guys have somehow maneuvered their way into the first round, maneuvered their way into the spotlight.
After I initially listened to the interview, I thought to myself, I wouldn't go as far as calling the draft a sham, but the second-year cornerback was definitely onto something. According to Not That Noise of SB Nation, very few first-round picks even make one Pro Bowl appearance throughout their career. The current average is 1.4 first-round Pro Bowl selections per draft class.
After reading that number, I was incredibly surprised to say the least. Before finding the exact number, I knew it had to be low, but I would have never guessed it was that low. That number goes to show just how inaccurate of a science scouting is and how, sometimes, the draft is a total crap shoot.
Trying to predict a player's success from one level of competition to the next is ultimately the reason, so many coaches and front-office executives lose their job. Additionally, so many organizations draft players based on their ceiling and potential upside. By no means is this the wrong approach, given the fact I'm not a scout, but I feel teams often draft players who don't always fit their specific scheme.
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A.J. Jenkins was believed to be a product of the first-round hype machine.
Moreover, Sherman goes on to explain that teams often listen to the media too much during the pre-draft process:
As long as (draft analysts) talk about him all day all night, all day, all night, it's kind of like, "Oh, that's why he went in the first round." Then when they're doing nothing in the league nobody notices, they just don't say much about them. "Oh, we didn't get that one wrong, he needs time to develop." Then three years later, "Still time to develop."
Another valid point that makes you wonder just how much the media influences certain organizations. Obviously, not every organization falls into the media's trap of hyping certain players, but to think no team does it would be naive.
Who's to blame here, the media or the teams who let the media influence them? Too often, draft analysts are not held accountable for their predictions and projections. The good ones admit when they were wrong about a player and move on to honing their craft.
The players who are hyped and perform at a high level right away are exceptions to the rule, considering it doesn't happen as often as we expect it too. However, what about the players who are prepared but don't have the hype machines behind them?
They are the ones who get drafted and are considered mid-round steals. People also refer to them as a "diamond in the rough." That's just the nature of the beast though because that's how life is. Some are fortunate enough to meet the right people or be in the right place at the right time, and Sherman acknowledged that:
Maybe I didn’t have the right people pushing me (in college). Maybe I didn’t meet the right people. If I got (ESPN draft analyst Mel) Kiper saying I’m the No. 1 corner, then I’m the No. 1 corner.
It would be easy to come away with the impression that No. 25 comes off as a bit bitter, but to me, that's not the case at all. During the podcast, it felt as if Sherman was just shooting the breeze and speaking straight from his heart.
Being bitter and having a giant ship on your shoulder are two different things. Bitterness doesn't motivate him; his love of the game and desire to be the best corner to play in the NFL is what fuels him. Everyone uses different motivational tactics in life, this is just his way of striving to be the best.
Sherman didn't know the right people before the draft, but he's doing everything possible to get his name out there now. He has appeared on every sports network since the season ended, yet you can't blame him.
Someday, he wants to be enshrined in Canton, Ohio, while donning that prestigious gold jacket. Bravo to him for starting his PR campaign at such a young age.
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Woodblock printing200 CE
Movable type1040
Printing press1453
Etchingc. 1515
Rotary press1843
Offset printing1875
Hot metal typesetting1884
Screen printing1910
Spirit duplicator1923
Inkjet printing1951
Dot matrix printer1968
Laser printing1969
Thermal printingc. 1972
3D printing1984
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Charles Marion Russell's The Custer Fight (1903), with the range of tones fading toward the edges
Lithography (from Greek λίθος, lithos, "stone" and γράφειν, graphein, "to write") is a method of printing originally based on the principle that oil and water do not mix.[1] Printing is from a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a smooth surface. It was invented in 1796 by German author and actor Alois Senefelder as a cheap method of publishing theatrical works.[2][3] Lithography can be used to print text or artwork onto paper or other suitable material.[4]
The principle of lithography
Lithography uses simple chemical processes to create an image. For instance, the positive part of an image is a water-repelling ("hydrophobic") substance, while the negative image would be water-retaining ("hydrophilic"). Thus, when the plate is introduced to a compatible printing ink and water mixture, the ink will adhere to the positive image and the water will clean the negative image. This allows a flat print plate to be used, enabling much longer and more detailed print runs than the older physical methods of printing (e.g., intaglio printing, letterpress printing).
Lithography on limestone
Lithography stone and mirror image print of a map of Munich
Lithography works because of the mutual repulsion of oil and water. The image is drawn on the surface of the print plate with a fat or oil-based medium (hydrophobic) such as a wax crayon, which may be pigmented to make the drawing visible. A wide range of oil-based media is available, but the durability of the image on the stone depends on the lipid content of the material being used, and its ability to withstand water and acid. After the drawing of the image, an aqueous solution of gum arabic, weakly acidified with nitric acid HNO
is applied to the stone. The function of this solution is to create a hydrophilic layer of calcium nitrate salt, Ca(NO
, and gum arabic on all non-image surfaces. The gum solution penetrates into the pores of the stone, completely surrounding the original image with a hydrophilic layer that will not accept the printing ink. Using lithographic turpentine, the printer then removes any excess of the greasy drawing material, but a hydrophobic molecular film of it remains tightly bonded to the surface of the stone, rejecting the gum arabic and water, but ready to accept the oily ink.[5]
When printing, the stone is kept wet with water. Naturally the water is attracted to the layer of gum and salt created by the acid wash. Printing ink based on drying oils such as linseed oil and varnish loaded with pigment is then rolled over the surface. The water repels the greasy ink but the hydrophobic areas left by the original drawing material accept it. When the hydrophobic image is loaded with ink, the stone and paper are run through a press which applies even pressure over the surface, transferring the ink to the paper and off the stone.
Senefelder had experimented during the early 19th century with multicolor lithography; in his 1819 book, he predicted that the process would eventually be perfected and used to reproduce paintings.[2] Multi-color printing was introduced by a new process developed by Godefroy Engelmann (France) in 1837 known as chromolithography.[2] A separate stone was used for each color, and a print went through the press separately for each stone. The main challenge was to keep the images aligned (in register). This method lent itself to images consisting of large areas of flat color, and resulted in the characteristic poster designs of this period.
"Lithography, or printing from soft stone, largely took the place of engraving in the production of English commercial maps after about 1852. It was a quick, cheap process and had been used to print British army maps during the Peninsula War. Most of the commercial maps of the second half of the 19th century were lithographed and unattractive, though accurate enough."[6]
The modern lithographic process
A 1902 lithograph map (original size 33×24 cm)
For offset lithography, which depends on photographic processes, flexible aluminum, polyester, mylar or paper printing plates are used instead of stone tablets. Modern printing plates have a brushed or roughened texture and are covered with a photosensitive emulsion. A photographic negative of the desired image is placed in contact with the emulsion and the plate is exposed to ultraviolet light. After development, the emulsion shows a reverse of the negative image, which is thus a duplicate of the original (positive) image. The image on the plate emulsion can also be created by direct laser imaging in a CTP (Computer-To-Plate) device known as a platesetter. The positive image is the emulsion that remains after imaging. Non-image portions of the emulsion have traditionally been removed by a chemical process, though in recent times plates have come available which do not require such processing.
Lithography press for printing maps in Munich
The plate is affixed to a cylinder on a printing press. Dampening rollers apply water, which covers the blank portions of the plate but is repelled by the emulsion of the image area. Hydrophobic ink, which is repelled by the water and only adheres to the emulsion of the image area, is then applied by the inking rollers.
If this image were transferred directly to paper, it would create a mirror-type image and the paper would become too wet. Instead, the plate rolls against a cylinder covered with a rubber blanket, which squeezes away the water, picks up the ink and transfers it to the paper with uniform pressure. The paper passes between the blanket cylinder and a counter-pressure or impression cylinder and the image is transferred to the paper. Because the image is first transferred, or offset to the rubber blanket cylinder, this reproduction method is known as offset lithography or offset printing.[7]
Many innovations and technical refinements have been made in printing processes and presses over the years, including the development of presses with multiple units (each containing one printing plate) that can print multi-color images in one pass on both sides of the sheet, and presses that accommodate continuous rolls (webs) of paper, known as web presses. Another innovation was the continuous dampening system first introduced by Dahlgren instead of the old method which is still used on older presses (conventional dampening), which are rollers covered with molleton (cloth) which absorbs the water. This increased control of the water flow to the plate and allowed for better ink and water balance. Current dampening systems include a "delta effect or vario " which slows the roller in contact with the plate, thus creating a sweeping movement over the ink image to clean impurities known as "hickies".
Archive of lithographic stones in Munich
The process of lithography printing is seen here.[8] This simplified version of a lithographic printing press gives you an idea of how the printing process works. This press is also called an ink pyramid due to the fact that the ink is transferred through several layers of rollers with different purposes. The lithographic printing presses are commonly used in newspaper production where fast rolling and jumping rolls are a famous part of the pressing scene in every newspaper production movie.
The advent of desktop publishing made it possible for type and images to be modified easily on personal computers for eventual printing by desktop or commercial presses. The development of digital imagesetters enabled print shops to produce negatives for platemaking directly from digital input, skipping the intermediate step of photographing an actual page layout. The development of the digital platesetter during the late 20th century eliminated film negatives altogether by exposing printing plates directly from digital input, a process known as computer to plate printing.
Microlithography and nanolithography
City of Words, lithograph by Vito Acconci, 1999
Microlithography and nanolithography refer specifically to lithographic patterning methods capable of structuring material on a fine scale. Typically, features smaller than 10 micrometers are considered microlithographic, and features smaller than 100 nanometers are considered nanolithographic. Photolithography is one of these methods, often applied to semiconductor manufacturing of microchips. Photolithography is also commonly used for fabricating Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices. Photolithography generally uses a pre-fabricated photomask or reticle as a master from which the final pattern is derived.
Although photolithographic technology is the most commercially advanced form of nanolithography, other techniques are also used. Some, for example electron beam lithography, are capable of much greater patterning resolution (sometimes as small as a few nanometers). Electron beam lithography is also important commercially, primarily for its use in the manufacture of photomasks. Electron beam lithography as it is usually practiced is a form of maskless lithography, in that a mask is not required to generate the final pattern. Instead, the final pattern is created directly from a digital representation on a computer, by controlling an electron beam as it scans across a resist-coated substrate. Electron beam lithography has the disadvantage of being much slower than photolithography.
In addition to these commercially well-established techniques, a large number of promising microlithographic and nanolithographic technologies exist or are being developed, including nanoimprint lithography, interference lithography, X-ray lithography, extreme ultraviolet lithography, magnetolithography and scanning probe lithography. Some of these new techniques have been used successfully for small-scale commercial and important research applications. Surface-charge lithography, in fact Plasma desorption mass spectrometry can be directly patterned on polar dielectric crystals via pyroelectric effect,[9] Diffraction lithography.[10]
Lithography as an artistic medium
Smiling Spider by Odilon Redon, 1891
Self Portrait with Skeleton Arm by Edvard Munch
In the 1890s color lithography became popular with French artists, Toulouse-Lautrec most notably of all, and by 1900 the medium in both color and monotone was an accepted part of printmaking, although France and the US have used it more than other countries.
During the 20th century, a group of artists, including Braque, Calder, Chagall, Dufy, Léger, Matisse, Miró, and Picasso, rediscovered the largely undeveloped art form of lithography thanks to the Mourlot Studios, also known as Atelier Mourlot, a Parisian printshop founded in 1852 by the Mourlot family. The Atelier Mourlot originally specialized in the printing of wallpaper; but it was transformed when the founder's grandson, Fernand Mourlot, invited a number of 20th-century artists to explore the complexities of fine art printing. Mourlot encouraged the painters to work directly on lithographic stones in order to create original artworks that could then be executed under the direction of master printers in small editions. The combination of modern artist and master printer resulted in lithographs which were used as posters to promote the artists' work.[11][12]
Grant Wood, George Bellows, Alphonse Mucha, Max Kahn, Pablo Picasso, Eleanor Coen, Jasper Johns, David Hockney, Susan Dorothea White and Robert Rauschenberg are a few of the artists who have produced most of their prints in the medium. M. C. Escher is considered a master of lithography, and many of his prints were created using this process. More than other printmaking techniques, printmakers in lithography still largely depend on access to good printers, and the development of the medium has been greatly influenced by when and where these have been established.
As a special form of lithography, the serilith process is sometimes used. Seriliths are mixed media original prints created in a process in which an artist uses the lithograph and serigraph processes. The separations for both processes are hand-drawn by the artist. The serilith technique is used primarily to create fine art limited print editions.[13]
See also
1. ^ Weaver, Peter. (1964) The Technique of Lithography. London: B.T. Batsford, p. 49.
2. ^ a b c Meggs, Philip B. A History of Graphic Design. (1998) John Wiley & Sons, Inc. p 146 ISBN 0-471-29198-6
5. ^ A. B. Hoen, Discussion of the Requisite Qualities of Lithographic Limestone, with Report on Tests of the Lithographic Stone of Mitchell County, Iowa, Iowa Geological Survey Annual Report, 1902, Des Moines, 1903; pages 339–352.
6. ^ Lynam, Edward. 1944. British Maps and Map Makers. London: W. Collins. Page 46.
7. ^ see diagram at
8. ^
9. ^ Surface-charge lithography for direct pdms micro-patterning S. Grilli, V. Vespini, P. Ferraro, Langmuir 24, 13262–13265 (2008).
10. ^ Flexible coherent diffraction lithography by tunable phase arrays in lithium niobate crystals M. Paturzo, S. Grilli, S. Mailis, G. Coppola, M. Iodice, M. Gioffré and P. Ferraro Optics Communications 281, 1950–1953 (2008).
11. ^ History of 20th century lithography by Picasso, Matisse, Chagall, Braque, Leger at Atelier Mourlot, French Institute Alliance Française[dead link]
12. ^ Mourlot, Fernand. Twentieth Century Posters. Wellfleet Press: Secaucus, New Jersey, 1989
13. ^ What is a Serilith?
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1. (of a person or a manner of speaking) Fluent or having a ready flow of speech; garrulous or loquacious; tonguey.
• circa 1595, William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, act 3, sc. 1:
A most acute juvenal; voluble and free of grace!
• 1853, Charlotte Brontë, Villette, ch. 19:
• 1904, Jack London, The Sea Wolf, ch. 26:
2. (of thoughts, feelings, or something that is expressed) Expressed readily or at length and in a fluent manner.
• 1886, William Dean Howells, The Minister's Charge, ch. 6:
[H]e heard the voice of the drunken woman, now sober, poured out in voluble remorse, and in voluble promise of amendment for the future, to every one who passed, if they would let her off easy.
• 1910, H. H. Munro, "The Reticence of Lady Anne" in Reginald in Russia and Other Sketches:
As a rule Lady Anne's displeasure became articulate and markedly voluble after four minutes of introductory muteness.
• 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, Episode 9:
In the daylit corridor he talked with voluble pains of zeal.
3. Easily rolling or turning; having a fluid, undulating motion.
• 1935, Leonard Barnes, Zulu Paraclete: A Sentimental Record, Peter Davies, p. 22:
Seen from the west, their sky-line gallops away north and south like a sea-serpent in voluble motion.
4. (botany) Twisting and turning like a vine.
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Oedipus describes the riddle of the Sphinx, by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, (ca. 1805).
In psychoanalytic theory, the term Oedipus complex denotes the emotions and ideas that the mind keeps in the unconscious, via dynamic repression, that concentrates upon a child's desire to sexually possess the parent of the opposite sex (e.g. males attracted to their mothers, whereas females are attracted to their fathers).[1][2] Sigmund Freud, who coined the term "Oedipus complex" believed that the Oedipus complex is a desire for the parent in both males and females; Freud deprecated the term "Electra complex", which was introduced by Carl Gustav Jung in regard to the Oedipus complex manifested in young girls. The Oedipus complex occurs in the third — phallic stage (ages 3–6) — of the five psychosexual development stages: (i) the oral, (ii) the anal, (iii) the phallic, (iv) the latent, and (v) the genital — in which the source of libidinal pleasure is in a different erogenous zone of the infant's body.
The psychologist Sigmund Freud (at age 16) with his adored mother in 1872.[3]
Oedipus refers to a 5th-century BC Greek mythlogic character Oedipus, who unwittingly kills his father, Laius, and marries his mother, Jocasta. A play based on the myth, Oedipus Rex, was written by Sophocles, ca. 429 BC.
Modern productions of Sophocles' play were staged in Paris and Vienna in the 19th century and were phenomenally successful in the 1880s and 1890s. The Austrian psychiatrist, Sigmund Freud (1856–1939), attended. In his book The Interpretation of Dreams first published in 1899, he proposed that an Oedipal desire is a universal, psychological phenomenon innate (phylogenetic) to human beings, and the cause of much unconscious guilt. He based this on his analysis of his feelings attending the play, his anecdotal observations of neurotic or normal children, and on the fact that the Oedipal Rex play was effective on both ancient and modern audiences (he also claimed the play Hamlet was effective for the same reason).[4]
Freud described the man Oedipus:
The Oedipus complex[edit]
Oedipus and the Sphinx, by Gustave Moreau, (1864)
In the phallic stage, a boy's decisive psychosexual experience is the Oedipus complex — his son–father competition for possession of mother. It is in this third stage of psychosexual development that the child's genitalia are his or her primary erogenous zone; thus, when children become aware of their bodies, the bodies of other children, and the bodies of their parents, they gratify physical curiosity by undressing and exploring themselves, each other, and their genitals, so learning the anatomic differences between "male" and "female" and the gender differences between "boy" and "girl".
Psycho-logic defense — In both sexes, defense mechanisms provide transitory resolutions of the conflict between the drives of the id and the drives of the ego. The first defense mechanism is repression, the blocking of memories, emotional impulses, and ideas from the conscious mind; yet its action does not resolve the id–ego conflict. The second defense mechanism is identification, by which the child incorporates, to his or her (super)ego, the personality characteristics of the same-sex parent; in so adapting, the boy diminishes his castration anxiety, because his likeness to father protects him from father's wrath in their maternal rivalry; by so adapting, the girl facilitates identifying with mother, who understands that, in being females, neither of them possesses a penis, and thus are not antagonists.[9]
Dénouement — Unresolved son–father competition for the psycho-sexual possession mother might result in a phallic stage fixation conducive to a boy becoming an aggressive, over-ambitious, vain man. Therefore, the satisfactory parental handling and resolution of the Oedipus complex are most important in developing the male infantile super-ego, because, by identifying with a parent, the boy internalizes Morality, thereby, he chooses to comply with societal rules, rather than reflexively complying in fear of punishment.
Oedipal case study[edit]
Feminine Oedipus attitude[edit]
Initially, Freud equally applied the Oedipus complex to the psychosexual development of boys and girls, but later modified the female aspects of the theory as "feminine Oedipus attitude" and "negative Oedipus complex";[11] yet, it was his student–collaborator Carl Jung, who, in 1913, proposed the Electra complex to describe a girl's daughter–mother competition for psychosexual possession of the father.[12]
In the phallic stage, a girl's Electra complex is her decisive psychodynamic experience in forming a discrete sexual identity (ego). Whereas a boy develops castration anxiety, a girl develops penis envy rooted in anatomic fact: without a penis, she cannot sexually possess mother, as the infantile id demands. Resultantly, the girl redirects her desire for sexual union upon father, thus progressing to heterosexual femininity, which culminates in bearing a child, who replaces the absent penis.[13] Furthermore, after the phallic stage, the girl's psychosexual development includes transferring her primary erogenous zone from the infantile clitoris to the adult vagina.
Freudian theoretic revision[edit]
When Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) proposed that the Oedipus complex was psychologically universal, he provoked the evolution of Freudian psychology and the psychoanalytic treatment method, by collaborator and competitor alike.
Carl Jung[edit]
The Electra complex: the matricides Electra and Orestes.
In countering Freud's proposal that the psychosexual development of boys and girls is equal, that each initially experiences sexual desire (libido) for mother, and aggression towards father, student–collaborator Carl Jung counter-proposed that girls experienced desire for father and aggression towards mother via the Electra complex — derived from the 5th-century BC Greek mythologic character Electra, who plotted matricidal revenge with Orestes, her brother, against Clytemnestra, their mother, and Aegisthus, their stepfather, for their murder of Agamemnon, her father, (cf. Electra, by Sophocles).[15][16][17] Moreover, because it is native to Freudian psychology, orthodox Jungian psychology uses the term "Oedipus complex" only to denote a boy's psychosexual development.
Otto Rank[edit]
Oedipus complex: Otto Rank behind Sigmund Freud, and other psychoanalysts (1922).
Melanie Klein[edit]
Whereas Freud proposed that father (the paternal phallus) was central to infantile and adult psychosexual development, Melanie Klein concentrated upon the early maternal relationship, proposing that Oedipal manifestations are perceptible in the first year of life, the oral stage. Her proposal was part of the Controversial discussions (1942–44) at the British Psychoanalytical Association. The Kleinian psychologists proposed that "underlying the Oedipus complex, as Freud described it . . . there is an earlier layer of more primitive relationships with the Oedipal couple".[18] Moreover, Klein's work lessened the central role of the Oedipus complex, with the concept of the depressive position.[19][20]
Wilfred Bion[edit]
Wilfred Bion (1916)
"For the post–Kleinian Bion, the myth of Oedipus concerns investigatory curiosity — the quest for knowledge — rather than sexual difference; the other main character in the Oedipal drama becomes Tiresias (the false hypothesis erected against anxiety about a new theory)".[21] Resultantly, "Bion regarded the central crime of Oedipus as his insistence on knowing the truth at all costs".[22]
Jacques Lacan[edit]
Thus "a child learns what power independent of itself is as it goes through the Oedipus complex . . . encountering the existence of a symbolic system independent of itself".[24] Moreover, Lacan's proposal that "the ternary relation of the Oedipus complex" liberates the "prisoner of the dual relationship" of the son–mother relationship proved useful to later psychoanalysts;[25] thus, for Bollas, the "achievement" of the Oedipus complex is that the "child comes to understand something about the oddity of possessing one's own mind . . . discovers the multiplicity of points of view".[26] Likewise, for Ronald Britton, "if the link between the parents perceived in love and hate can be tolerated in the child's mind . . . this provides us with a capacity for seeing us in interaction with others, and . . . for reflecting on ourselves, whilst being ourselves".[27] As such, in The Dove that Returns, the Dove that Vanishes (2000), Michael Parsons proposed that such a perspective permits viewing "the Oedipus complex as a life-long developmental challenge . . . [with] new kinds of Oedipal configurations that belong to later life".[28]
Certain contemporary psychoanalysts agree with the idea of the Oedipus complex to different degrees; Hans Keller proposed it is so "at least in Western societies";[34] and others consider that ethnologists already have established its temporal and geographic universality.[35] Nonetheless, few psychoanalysts disagree that the "child then entered an Oedipal phase . . . [which] involved an acute awareness of a complicated triangle involving mother, father, and child" and that "both positive and negative Oedipal themes are typically observable in development".[36] Despite evidence of parent–child conflict, the evolutionary psychologists Martin Daly and Margo Wilson note that it is not for sexual possession of the opposite sex-parent; thus, in Homicide (1988), they proposed that the Oedipus complex yields few testable predictions, because they found no evidence of the Oedipus complex in people.[37]
In No More Silly Love Songs: A Realist's Guide to Romance (2010), Anouchka Grose says that "a large number of people, these days believe that Freud's Oedipus complex is defunct . . . 'disproven', or simply found unnecessary, sometime in the last century".[38] Moreover, from the post-modern perspective, Grose contends that "the Oedipus complex isn't really like that. It's more a way of explaining how human beings are socialised . . . learning to deal with disappointment".[38] The elementary understanding being that "You have to stop trying to be everything for your primary career, and get on with being something for the rest of the world".[39] Nonetheless, the open question remains whether or not such a post–Lacanian interpretation "stretches the Oedipus complex to a point where it almost doesn't look like Freud's any more".[38]
Parent-child and sibling-sibling incestuous unions are almost universally forbidden.[40] An explanation for this incest taboo is that rather than instinctual sexual desire there is instinctual sexual aversion against these unions (See Westermarck effect). Steven Pinker wrote that "The idea that boys want to sleep with their mothers strikes most men as the silliest thing they have ever heard. Obviously, it did not seem so to Freud, who wrote that as a boy he once had an erotic reaction to watching his mother dressing. But Freud had a wet-nurse, and may not have experienced the early intimacy that would have tipped off his perceptual system that Mrs. Freud was his mother."
See also[edit]
1. ^ Charles Rycroft A Critical Dictionary of Psychoanalysis (London, 2nd Ed. 1995)
2. ^ a b Joseph Childers, Gary Hentzi eds. Columbia Dictionary of Modern Literary and Cultural Criticism (New York: Columbia University Press, 1995)
3. ^ Peter Gay (1995) Freud: A Life for Our Time
4. ^ Oedipus as Evidence: The Theatrical Background to Freud's Oedipus Complex by Richard Armstrong, 1999
11. ^ Freud, Sigmund (1956). On Sexuality. Penguin Books Ltd.
12. ^ http://www.credoreference.com.library.capella.edu/entry/routgermanlit/sigmund_freud_1856_1939
13. ^ Appignanesisi & Forrester (1992)
18. ^ Richard Appignanesi ed. Introducing Melanie Klein (Cambridge 2006) p. 173
21. ^ Mary Jacobus, The Poetics of Psychoanalysis (London 2005) p. 259
25. ^ Jacques Lacan, Ecrits pp. 218, 182
26. ^ Adam Phillips On Flirtation (London 1994) p. 159
29. ^ Freud, Sexuality pp. 149-50nn
34. ^ Hans Keller: 1975: 1984 Minus 9 (London, 1975)
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to walk away
1. Used other than as an idiom: see walk, away.
I took one last look at the house and walked away.
2. (idiomatic) To withdraw from a problematic situation.
Company lawyers told him to walk away from the deal.
3. (idiomatic) To survive a challenging or dangerous situation without harm.
The football team walked away with a 1-0 victory.
4. (idiomatic) To defeat someone or achieve something.
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Willie Clayton (Thomasville, Ga./ Thomasville) learned how fleeting fame can be at a young age and he knows that people treat you differently based on perceptions.
Clayton's journey has definitely been an interesting one. Early in his high school career, because he was physically mature at a young age and dominant against his age group, he was considered an elite-level player. As other players in his class continued to develop physically and develop their skills it seemed that Clayton's game may have hit its ceiling. Subsequently, Clayon saw his stock plummet in relation to his peers and his recruiting go from getting heavy attention from the elite programs to mostly teams from non-BCS conferences.
To make things even more interesting, one of his high school teammates, Robert Carter, sky-rocketed up the rankings and is garnering all the attention from the elite programs.
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2. How has religion shaped your life?
3. What are the challenges, if any, to practicing Muslim religion?
4. How has your religion affected your life?
5. What do find most rewarding about your religion?
6. How has your religion impacted your life?
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Third answer for your question The challenging is to be close to Allah to gain the highest place in Jinnah, to respect other to be called by other that you are friendly, the chellenging to see Allah and Muhammad swa that why people are doing what they have been told in the quran, the chellenge is to avoid whisper of sitan (devil) and to be away from finish ment of fire and Allah angry. We all muslim should be trying to please belove allah
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This is answer for the first question of your.
Mawlid al-Nabi (12 Rabi 1) Prophet Muhammad's Birthday This holiday celebrates the birthday of Muhammad, the founder of Islam. It is fixed as the 12th day of the month of Rabi I in the Islamic calendar. Mawlid means birthday of a holy figure and al-Nabi means prophet.
A sense of generosity and gratitude colors these festivities. Although charity and good deeds are always important in Islam, they have special significance at the end of Ramadan. As the month draws to a close, Muslims are obligated to share their blessings by feeding the poor and making contributions to mosques. Eid al-Adha (10 Dhu'l-Hijjah) The celebration concluding the Hajj Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice, commemorates the prophet Abraham's willingness to obey Allah by sacrificing his son Ishmael. According to the Qu'ran, just before Abraham sacrificed his son, Allah replaced Ishmael with a ram, thus sparing his life.
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Donnieboi + 326d ago
^ Sad but true
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admiralvic + 326d ago
1) Games being more complex gave them new options.
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SilentNegotiator + 326d ago
Games don't run on quarters anymore.
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coolbeans + 324d ago
-1 Resistance on Superhuman
-1 Uncharted on Crushing
-1 Dues Ex HR on Dues Ex
-1 Demon's Souls
-1 Ninja Gaiden
-1 etc.
Total: Hundreds of man hours
DragonKnight + 325d ago
DragonKnight + 325d ago
The answer is the Nintendo Wii and the Casual Craze.
TuxedoMoon + 325d ago
IMO, games feel easier to us because we have experience. I'm pretty sure most of use at least grew up on the snes. Back then, games were made with gamers in mind. It was a test of skill and also the system limitations made games hard. Castlevania was our generation's Dark/Demon Souls. We use our past experience when we play newer games and that's why they feel easy...because we've already done something similar before. We know that pits will kill you, spikes might kill you, and duck to avoid some projectiles. This is especially true with Zelda puzzles. A lot of the puzzles are reused in some way, like moving the ice block across a frozen lake to a certain hole.
Games were hard back then because they were new to us. The more games we play, the more experiences gets added up and the more skill we accumulate. We use our past experiences to play newer games. You can play Bioshock Infinite like Left4dead or play MGR:Revengeance like DMC or Bayonetta. I played Ace Combat 5 like Starfox and had no issues. f course this doesn't work for everything, but it does work for most games.
With the casual craze, developers have to tone their games down to appeal to the wider audience. Casuals outnumber gamers and they'd at least want some of the casual crowd to buy their game.
Games feel easier because WE (gamers) are better at them.
Games are made easy because they want to sell more copies to the casual market, which does outnumber gamers by a lot.
DW74 + 325d ago
Sums it up for me.
Aclay + 325d ago
I would say it has a lot to do with the sheer amount of checkpoints in games nowadays. There are some games that are challenging if you ramp up the difficulty, but even with the added challenge of increased difficulty, all the checkpoints in these games makes the game easier. And if you die while playing a level, you usually don't have to go far before you get back to where you previously died-- especially in Open World games because the game Autosaves after you do virtually anything, like Entering a building or Buy something from a store, and you can save manually anytime you want.
Also I think the absence of previous 'Old School' features like only having a certain amount of Lives has alleviated the difficulty level too, because you can die an infinite amount of times in virtually every game now -- whereas in most Old School games you had only a certain amount of Lives, and there wasn't things like Regenerating Health in almost every big game either like it is now.
I guess as Gaming became more and more mainstream with each passing console gen. it's slowly became more tailored to appeal to wider audiences -- which probably explains why stuff like Regenerating Health and Countless Checkpoints have become the norm.
Rottenspacehead + 324d ago
Its the same thing with online games to.. Just see how it went with Socom us navy seals. Went from hardcore million selling series, to a casual noob friendly Uncharted/COD hybrid that failed.
And COD + BF has ruined the shooter genre alot, all shooters are respawn casual noob friendly shit now. I WANT A HARDCORE TACTICAL 3PS SOCIAL USER CREATED CUSTOM RANKED ROOMS SERVERS SHOOTER AGAIN !
***** this generation !
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GodsPerfectK7ng + 323d ago
They put out another cod that is what happened!!!
GodsPerfectK7ng + 323d ago
BRO PLAY DARK SOULS FOR A CHALLENGE OR raise the difficulty from easy!!!!
GEO9875 + 323d ago
I still find games hard, never beated a new game in a day. Dont know what you mean, maybe i just suck but idgaf
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SAO PAULO--Shares of Brazilian telecommunications giant Oi SA (OIBR, OIBR4.BR) were dropping drastically during Wednesday morning's session after the company posted a loss in the second quarter and also decided to change its dividend policy for the next three years, paying less to shareholders.
The company's shares were down nearly 9% at 4.10 Brazilian reais ($1.78), while the main local stock index, the Ibovespa, was up 0.03%.
Oi, which has Portugal Telecom SGPS SA (PT, PTC.LB) as part of its controlling shareholder group, posted a second-quarter loss of 124 million Brazilian reais ($54 million), reversing a net profit of BRL347 million in the year-ago period.
"We view these results as weak and blame it on a mix of gloomy macro and excessively aggressive offerings (which led to higher bad debt and commercial expenses) in addition to higher financial expenses from higher interest rates and FX (foreign exchange) impact," UBS said in a research report for its clients.
Company debt service costs totaled BRL871 million in the period, up from BRL692 million in the year-ago period. Oi said that its debt service costs increased due to the rise of interest rates in Brazil and also due to the depreciation of the Brazilian real versus the U.S dollar, affecting its debt denominated in the U.S. currency.
Oi ended the second quarter with a net debt of BRL29.5 billion, up from BRL23.5 billion in the year ago period.
In a separate statement, the company said that it changed its dividend policy through 2016.
"The company's board approved, for the fiscal years 2013 to 2016, dividends be paid in the estimated amount of BRL500 million, which represents approximately the minimum amount necessary to currently meet the following objectives: pay dividends in the amount equivalent to the greatest of 25% of adjusted net income for the year, or 3% of shareholders' equity, or 6% of the capital stock (opting for what is higher), and ensure equitable pay between species of preferred and common shares," the company said.
It highlighted that the payment of intermediate or interim dividends will depend on market conditions.
"The company remains confident about its future business prospects and believes that the increase of financial flexibility reduces financial risks and enables the company to execute its strategy and develop its business while maintaining its long-term competitive position," Oi said.
In April 2012, the company announced the approval of it policy to pay shareholders a total of BRL8 billion in dividends by 2015.
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The British government appears sure to unveil a one-time tax on bonus payments to bankers, effective today. Reports are hitting newspapers confirming that the government will impose the tax on all banks operating in the country, including subsidiaries of foreign banks.
If true, this is a mixed blessing for Canadian banks. In the long term, it may have the effect of making London a less attractive place to bank, which could push business Canada's way.
However, in the short term, companies like Royal Bank of Canada (RY) that have extensive London operations (the company's trading floor there rivals the size and complexity of any in the world) may have to pay a steep price.
Details are still sketchy but it appears the tax will amount to 50% of any bonus payment of more than about 10,000 pounds, which is to say, pretty much all bonus payments. The cost will be borne by the banks, not the bankers, meaning it will be a hit to the bottom lines of companies with big London operations. Considering the kind of bonuses a firm like RBC pays in London, the tax will add up in a hurry.
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by FoolishBluntman (#45097689) Attached to: Fusion "Breakthrough" At National Ignition Facility? Not So Fast
The headline states, "the amount of energy released through the fusion reaction exceeded the amount of energy being absorbed by the fuel".
This is not enough, they must be able to capture that energy and use it to produce the next laser implosion of the fuel.
That will be a milestone.
Also, since this is using a Deuterium-Tritium Fuel it produces very high energy neutrons which will help destroy the reactor much faster than in conventional fission reactions.
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They were wearing protection yet such continuing mishaps and "small mistakes" are becoming a pattern at the facility. Some suggest the mistakes are a result of low morale among workers and with potential consequences for such mistakes in the extreme, at what threshold must the Japanese government step in to ensure safe operations? Are larger disasters*(RT news) still quite possible at Fukushima?"
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plawson writes "From an article in EDN (http://www.edn.com/electronics-products/electronic-product-reviews/other/4410454/CogniPower-among-the-giants-at-APEC-2013): CogniPower's Predictive Energy Balancing audio amplifier operates on a completely different principle from other switched-mode amplifiers. This new topology offers the efficiency of the most efficient switched-mode amplifiers with the fidelity of a linear amplifier. They enable better sound for cell phones, tablets and portable media players while extending battery life. These amplifiers can be significantly smaller and less expensive than the amplifiers used now. In addition, the technology is scalable from piezo speakers for cell phones to theater speakers. The PEB amplifier is essentially a bidirectional power converter. Once its capabilities as an audio amp are appreciated, it can be operated as a DC/AC or DC/DC converter. Its bidirectionality even allows it to operate as an energy harvesting device. There are many applications for this architecture such as MRI machines, switched-mode power supplies, Point of Load Converters, LED Lighting, Electric Vehicles, Smart Grid, Computers and File Servers, Solar Inverters, AC-AC Converters, etc. How would you apply this technology?"
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Register a cpp unit test, but not run it?
• Daniel
Is there a way to register a cpp unit test, but not run it? The reason being we might not wan to run it initially, but only upon some conditions or to the developer's interest in running it.
Any help is appreciated!
• Bitwise
No, but you can neuter a test in several ways. Here are a few:
- use "#ifdef _DEBUG" or similar to only enable a test in certain conditions
- check for an environment variable setting on the test machine and skip certain portions of the test if the variable is defined
- write the test but comment it out
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It's a Small World
Think the term World Series is a misnomer because the teams involved represent only North American cities and states? Think again. Players from all over the globe have left their mark on the Fall Classic. Who among the following is not one of the four foreign-born players who've won a Series MVP?
a. Pedro Guerrero
b. Tony Perez
c. Jose Rijo
d. Mariano Rivera
Lone Stranger
There have been 89 complete-game shutouts in World Series play. Only one was thrown by a pitcher born outside the U.S. Can you name him?
This Week's Matchup
Each of the players below was the first of his nationality to appear in a World Series game. Pair the man with his country.
1. Ed Armbrister
a. Bahamas
2. Chili Davis
b. Cuba
3. Dolf Luque
c. Jamaica
4. Luis Olmo
d. Puerto Rico
Call to Order
Put these nations in the order—from earliest to most recent—that they were represented in the Series by a native player.
a. Australia
b. England
c. France
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I was wondering if there was a way to show recommendations based on a user's music library on their iPhone within my app.
For example, have a list of artists at a festival, and would the recommend the user to attend the performances based on music they have in their music library already - is this possible, if so, how would one go about doing this?
Thanks in advance, Daniel
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You'll want to use MPMediaQuery to get an NSArray of all the songs. Check out this link for the class reference.
For more information, check out the Apple Documentation. They should describe how to access the music library further. Good luck!
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In the thousands of endlessly boring and routine detective stories, particularly those dreadful "procedurals", where the reader is told everything except for why they're wasting their time , this early Ellery Queen is an unorthodox delight, with a bizarre plot and weird characters. A man is beheaded and crucified at a god-forsaken hamlet in West Virginia
and a few months later a similar incident occurs in New York with an insane cult leader as the only visible connection. Investigation reveals that the murders are a result of a 20 year old Balkan feud and although Ellery Queen is able to predict the next victim, he is helpless to prevent the final murder. The murderer has finally revealed himself in this last murder and a mad chase across the Midwest ends with his capture. In these early Queen books there is a challenge to the reader where the reader is told that they now have all the clues and information that Ellery Queen does and that they should be able to name the murderer. They always say that they have been scrupulously fair to the reader but while it's fun to guess who the murderer is, that's all it is-guessing. After you weed through the red herrings and logically eliminate suspects, there is still another card up Ellery Queen's sleeve that he hasn't fully revealed that pins the murderer.
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GDC 2008: Lego Universe Update
Charles Onyett
A few details from the show floor.
Feb 21st, 2008 - Lego Group's Director of Business Development Mark Hansen was on hand to talk a little about the upcoming Lego Universe, an MMOG being developed by NetDevil. Hansen says the MMOG is the natural expansion of the Lego product along the lines of 1949's Lego block and the first Lego figure."It's the natural extension of playing,"he says."We want to bring the brick into a digital space."So what can you actually do in the game? Hansen gave an example of a rebuildable bridge with height and width measurements in bricks."It's about giving it a life and bringing the product into the game, not forcing the product into the game."A set of dinosaur bones built into the side of a mountain was another example of possible gameplay, but exactly how it will play out hasn't been finalized. Mechanics of building and tearing down cropped up a few times.Hansen then described how playing the game on a more general level might work. You won't be able to build a million brick model, but you will be able to create and build things and engage in social activities, and also buy your creations right through a web portal, apparently. This will be a full featured game world, not just a social world."You will be competing, you will be doing missions,"says Hansen."You will be smashing things, you will be building things."You'll be able to customize the face and body, but not the shape of the model. Characters will follow an advancement path, getting more accessories, stature, and accessories. You'll have custom pets, teams, and guilds. To reinforce the notion of scale, Hansen showed a few examples of how a city in the game would appear, with buildings towering over you to convey the notion that you're a mini-figure.Moving on to more exotic elements, Hansen explained how dragons will be in the game, as well as angler fish, cars, robots, and mechs. Storyline elements will be present as well, which will likely correspond to product lines like Mars, City, and Underwater as well as space station scenes, forests,and castles. Hansen showed a few slides of concept art with mechs fighting each other on alien landscapes. This kind of exotic content might all not be available on launch of Lego Universe, but it'll be built out with updates as the game moves out from launch.When will the game launch?"Within the next couple of years,"says Hansen. As of right now the game is being planned as a subscription-based service, and at launch there'll be no Batman, Star Wars, or Indiana Jones IP elements in the game. in the game right now."But that doesn't mean it's not going to come,"says Hansen.Will Lego universe turn out to be a thriving, engrossing virtual world or a glorified Lego product catalog? We'll have to wait and see.
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Photograph of Bill Howie in Black Watch uniform tsaken at his mothers house in 3 Croft Terrace in 1942
Interview with Murial Howie wife of Jim Smith Northmuir Kirriemuir
I was quite young when the war started but can remember that we were moved out of our school in Websters Seminary to the South Parish Church hall. The hall was split in two with a temporary wall down the centre to accommodate two classes of approximately forty children.
Four children joined our class when they arrived in Kirriemuir and I can remember the names of three.Gwenlynn Edroft, Eva Speller and John Spender. At the end of the war two boys and two girls arrived at the school after their release from a Japanese prision camp,they were all very tall and and very thin but otherwise appeared in good health.
Kirriemuir was a very busy place during the war as a large number of children of all ages were moved into the town to escape the bombing in England.
My parents were asked to save money for the war effort and every month my mother gave me 2/6 (12.5p) which was a lot of money at that time. A lady from the Dundee Savings Bank visited the class to collect the money and it was used to buy war bonds which cost £1.5/- (£1.25 in present day currency) When enough money for a bond was collected a certificate was put into your bank book.
Sweets were very scarce but it was possible to buy ice cream from Harry Clynes shop in the Glengate. No cones or wafers were available and your ice cream was sold in a paper cup but it tasted just as good.
My family were members of the South Parish Church and I was in the Sunday School. The Herd family were members of the church and immigrated to Hiwaii. During the war they sent over parcels of sweets to the church to be handed out to the Sunday School kids and they were greatly enjoyed by all concerened.
One of our neighbours arrived home on leave from the army with a parachute. It was cut up into parts large enough to make a dress then handed out to the mothers who dyed the cloth various colours and had them made up into dresses.
My mother had the material dyed bright yellow and made into a dress which was worn a few times but I did not like it because of the seams every few inches joining the material together.
My father was in the Black Watch during the war and we did not see him very often but he was invalided out of the army in 1944 with a leg injury.
In 1943 we stayed at Knowehead Cresent with my mother and brother Bill and when out playing with a friend we heard a plane flying over Kirriemuir very low ,the engine was making a strange noise and it headed across towards the Gairie Factory then there was a loud bang and we saw smoke.
We heard later that the plane's wing had hit the factory chimney and crashed in a field near Denmill Farm. My mother took us to visit the crash site and we could see the engine and propeller in a corner of the field and a lot of debris where the plane had hit the ground. There were a lot of Kirriemuir folk visiting the crash site when we were there.
Two German priisoners worked on a local farm called Little Herd Hill. They had a number of large coloured patches sewn on their clothes. They did not return to Germany after the war but continued to live in Kirriemuir
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The Economy: A Little Clarity
Just recently, we were walking down Lexington Avenue in New York when a young man in a suit stopped us. He told us he worked on Wall Street, read this column, and wondered if we might answer a question on the spot. We agreed to try, but he stumped us.
"When are things going to get better?" he wanted to know.
"Sometime in 2010," was our answer, "maybe."
Can you blame us for hedging? This recession has government experts and renowned economists reeling—that is, when they're not disagreeing with one another—clouding any kind of cogent consensus about what's ahead. Some people are seeing glimmers of hope, others dungeons of doom, and there are proponents of everything in between.
As for us, the best we can offer is a list of what we think we know for sure about the economy right now, and, perhaps as importantly, what we know we don't know at all.
Let's start with the five phenomena that seem fairly certain to us.
First, it appears the economy has hit some kind of bottom. We draw that conclusion based on order levels in every business we're associated with through private equity and consulting, plus what we hear on our travels from executives of every stripe. After a steady decline from May 2008 through January 2009, we've been told, orders received in February, March, and the first half of April were similar to or slightly better than January's. This good news, so to speak, is tempered by capital equipment orders that continue to slip. But all in, we feel confident (O.K., somewhat confident) in saying the economy has reached its nadir.
Second, we think we know that an uptick in demand will yield a quick response from the economy. Why? Because inventory reductions have been so thorough over the past nine months that any kind of surge in orders will reverberate through the supply chain.
Another thing we think we know—and perhaps the most relevant of the bunch—is that the American banking system is stabilizing. Yes, there is persistent criticism of the government's emergency care, with TARP, TALF, commercial paper backing, and the rest. But there can be no doubt that credit is starting to flow again, both from banks and from the many critical nonbank lending institutions.
Another "known" in our view: that Americans are generally feeling better, as reflected in the recent jump in the Consumer Confidence Index. This isn't a total surprise, what with the surge in refis, lower mortgage rates, and tax refunds. However, our incoming mail indicates that a vast majority of people are still terrified of losing their jobs, and that emotion will probably remain for some time if unemployment reaches into the double-digits, as is widely expected.
Which brings us to our final "sure thing"—and this one is alarming. President Obama's budget, based on the assumption of 4% GDP growth from 2010 through 2013, is simply not realistic. During the leveraged euphoria of the '80s and '90s, GDP growth averaged closer to 3%. These days, with deleveraging everywhere, larger deficits, and consumers turning frugal, GDP growth is more likely to be near 2%. The outcome? Not reduced government spending, we'd wager, but higher taxes and more federal debt.
As for what we don't know, well, for starters, we have no clue about the question on everyone's mind: the direction of Dow. One day we think, "All that government money pouring into the economy has got to work, at least short-term." And the next, "Holy Cow, those looming deficits are going to cause a huge crash down the road." No wonder we've become such cowards, sticking our own investments mainly into Treasuries and high-grade corporate bonds. We've never been more puzzled by the stock market.
Finally, we don't have any idea when the economy is going to turn around. Even if we are at the bottom, we could be in the "bathtub" for a while. It's like we told our new friend in the street. We believe something good will happen in 2010, but we can't promise that with 100% certainty. Indeed, the only thing "guaranteed" these days is that a lot of uncertainty is a now a fact of life.
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These cats have been around the world, taken classes and studied hard to be as cultured as they are now. In .gif form! posted on
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23 Incredibly Cultured Cats
Lauren Yapalater
1. The Businessman
Expert negotiator, in three different languages. Culture is his middle name.
2. The Polite Cat
Uses chopsticks properly, like a cultured cat would.
3. The Pianist
Tickles that ivory like an old pro.
4. The Dancer
Took ballroom dancing classes, can waltz with the best of them.
5. The Scholar
He just finished his thesis. Topic: CULTURE.
6. The Masseuse
Went to Sweden, learned how to massage.
7. The Worker
Knows the trials and tribulations of sweat shops.
8. The Traveler
Speaks Italian. Cosa Vuoi?
9. The Gardener
Learned how to garden while visiting Croatia.
10. The Strategist
Knows books. Military books.
11. The Athlete
Trained in Japan.
12. The Rastafarian
What? Ohhh. Yeah. Mon.
13. The Botanist
Knows the difference between roses and poison ivy, as taught in Spain.
14. El Conquistador
Speaks spanish.
15. The AristoCAT
Like I said, the AristoCAT
16. The Techie
Apprenticed with Steve Jobs himself.
17. The City Slicker
He’s from Brooklyn, Fuhgeddaboudit
18. The Musician
He’s a classical guitarist.
19. The Chef
Sushi chef extraordinaire, also knows karate. Cultured.
20. The Well-Mannered Cat
Learned at a young age pasta is not finger food. It’s slurping food. Cultured.
21. The Super-Nanny
Learned everything she knows from Mary Poppins, queen of culture.
22. The Food Critic
Traveled around the world tasting foods with Anthony Bourdain. Culture is in his blood.
23. The Needler
Learned how to embroider while in India.
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American and Canadian film libraries are showing interest the short Sudbury film "Will To Live". It's about George Stephen and his life on the streets. The CBC's Kate Rutherford had a chat with the subject of the film and shared it with us. Listen audio (runs 8:00) | http://www.cbc.ca/morningnorth/past-episodes/2013/05/16/sudbury-film-getting-widespread-attention/ | dclm-gs1-067060001 | false | false | {
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When the sun is out and the weather is warm, Orange County residents flock to the beaches to surf, body board and swim in the chill Pacific without a second thought that if something happened, a lifeguard would be there to assist them.
But, in some countries, lifeguards aren't a given. Or if they are, there isn't always uniform life-saving procedures in place or the equipment and infrastructure needed to save lives.
Since 2008, lifeguards and other emergency personnel have volunteered their time to give assistance in Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Macedonia, Mexico, New Zealand and Nicaragua. The organization is getting requests for help in the Macedonia, Philippines, South Africa and Mozambique, said lifeguard Henry Reyes, 32.
ISLA is funding through donations. And, according to Reyes, most of the volunteers travel to the various countries on their own dime. The organization recently won $10,000 from the Chase Community Grant Contest.
The organization was founded by Reyes and his then fellow Huntington Beach Junior Lifeguard instructors Peter Eich, Scott Hunthausen and Olin Patterson. It started after Hunthausen, now living in Texas, returned from studying abroad in Nicaragua where his host brother drowned.
Depending on the situation, ISLA is conducting lifeguard certification courses, bringing down equipment and teaching how to identify swimmers in need of rescue, about the different rip tides and currents and how to use equipment, like buoys.
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A Truely Impressive Modern Story - Wool - Hugh Howey Fiction Book
Newest Review: ... of a staircase! I had a long argument with a friend about the opening chapter - he thought it was boring but it's really not - it's a f... more
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Wool - Hugh Howey
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Wool - Hugh Howey
Date: 26/10/13
Advantages: Excellent plot, good pace
Disadvantages: The third book isnt out yet
I won't go in to the plot details of the story a) they are readily available online, b) I wouldn't want to ruin it. This is purely my opinion. I have read the other review of Wool and I wholeheartedly disagree.
The plotline of wool is relatively original in what is quite a built up genre, and the level of detail to which Hugh has crafted this world is outstanding, and so close to reality it is chilling. The events set out in the book really could be only a few hundred years away. This level of complexity and closeness to reality creates a story that really can capture your imagination. If from reading the first few chapters you don't get this I implore you to continue.
As mentioned in some other reviews there does appear to be some holes in the plot if you go searching. Without saying too much these are intentional. Finish Wool, remember what you thought were plot holes and continue on to the second book Shift. It is mind boggling and the story has clearly been planned impeccably from start to finish.
The characters I found had just the right amount of depth to them, the book keeps up a good pace and doesn't get overly bogged down in character development. Although I found myself at the end not really feeling for each character and their fates, I was intrigued by each of their stories. To Hughs credit the second book does add slightly more emotion, but again I believe this to be intentional.
Overall, give it a try, I found it definately worth it.
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It's been a busy few days for sequel moniker reveals. First we had Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon then The Dark Knight Rises.
Now, realizing that the movie-going public may be math-averse, Tom Cruise has just announced that his fourth Mission: Impossible adventure will eschew the numeric subtitle. So what's the new name and how does it stack up to those other recently unveiled franchises?
Drumroll please...
MORE: Is Tom ready to rock for the ages?
"It is going to be Mission: Impossible and Ghost Protocol—that will be the title of this film," the A-lister told reporters at a press conference today in Dubai.
"All I wanted is not to have a number," said Cruise, elaborating on the switcheroo. "I always thought we should have a title aside from Mission: Impossible."
Cameras are set to roll in Dubai, hence the presser and boosterish message from Cruise, who hailed the Middle Eastern metropolis as "very cinematic." Hmm...perhaps that's a reference to the local landmark and tallest skyscraper in the world, the Burj Khalifa, and maybe we'll see undercover dude Ethan Hunt engaging in some death-defying hijinks around there?
Filming will subsequently move to Moscow, Prague and Vancouver. Brad Bird, who won Oscars directing Pixar's The Incredibles and Ratatouille, will be making his live-action debut on M:I-4, er, Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol, which costars Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton, Josh Holloway and Mission vets Simon Pegg and Ving Rhames.
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I have 5 questions?
here are my questions. can I find Ivan's rod? can I fix the bridge near vault? can I enter Lunpa?
4.wheres Jenna,Kraden and the others? can find the hidden thing that the guests hide in the Vault's inn?
I am in begginer level. please help.
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From: tackletoffee 5 years ago
1. Use Mind Read on anyone who looks suspicious. Try the Inn.
2. The bridge near Vault can only be fixed after you complete several other things in the game. Don't worry about it for now, it will be fixed and useable after a while.
3. Again, this isn't accessible until you complete several other things in the game. You can enter Lunpa once the bridge is fixed.
4. Jenna, Kraden, and the others are on their way to light the beacons of the lighthouses. The whole reason why you're on this mission is to prevent that from happening. Jenna and Kraden were simply kidnapped because you have what Saturos and co. need: the Mars star.
5. Right along with #1, you need to try to catch the two guys at the inn and a cut-scene will take place of Ivan Mind Reading them. From there (spoilers) go into the roof on the outside of the inn. The rod is in the attic of the inn.
This part of the game is kind of confusing, especially for the first time. Talk to the people of towns to find information. They seem to have a lot of it.
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Publication numberUS4137399 A
Publication typeGrant
Application numberUS 05/838,432
Publication dateJan 30, 1979
Filing dateSep 30, 1977
Priority dateOct 2, 1976
Also published asDE2644678A1
Publication number05838432, 838432, US 4137399 A, US 4137399A, US-A-4137399, US4137399 A, US4137399A
InventorsHans L. Hulsmann, Gustav Renckhoff
Original AssigneeDynamit Nobel Aktiengesellschaft
Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
Method of preparing functionalized celluloses
US 4137399 A
Production of cellulose derivatives substituted by groups having functional moieties by reaction of a hydroxyl group(s) of the cellulose with an at least bifunctional reagent. The reagent is reacted with cellulose dissolved in dimethylsulfoxide containing polyhydroxymethylene.
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What is claimed is:
1. In the production of cellulose substituted by a group having a functional moiety or moieties capable of forming respectively a bond or bonds, wherein cellulose is contacted with an at least bifunctional reagent for reaction of a hydroxy group of the cellulose with the bifunctional reagent to form said substituted cellulose, the improvement which comprises contacting the reagent with cellulose dissolved in dimethylsulfoxide containing polyhydroxymethylene for said reaction of the cellulose and reagent to form said substituted cellulose.
2. Process of claim 1, wherein the reagent has at least two different functional groups.
3. Process of claim 1, the reagent being p-chloromethylbenzoic acid methyl ester.
4. Process of claim 1, the reagent being p-nitrobenzoyl chloride.
5. Process of claim 1, the reagent being γ-aminopropyltriethoxysilane.
6. Process of claim 1, the reagent being γ-mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane.
7. Process of claim 1, the reagent being γ-glycidyoxypropyltrimethoxysilane.
8. Process of claim 1, wherein said group is of the formula ##STR3## wherein: B is said functional moiety;
n is 1-4;
A is a group of the reagent bonded to the oxygen atom of the hydroxy group of the cellulose;
A' is a group capable of reaction with cellulose; and
R' is an aliphatic group of 2 to 4 aliphatic carbon atoms or of 1 carbon atom where B is a carboxyl moiety, a group containing a benzene, toluene, or xylene moiety, or an organosilane moiety.
The chemical alteration of cellulose for the purpose of introducing functional groups of specific reactivity has until now been a great preparative and technical problem. The reasons for this are mainly the following:
Cellulose contains for each glucose structural unit of its macromolecule three free but poorly reactive hydroxyl groups, a primary one on carbon atom 6 and two secondary ones on carbon atoms 2 and 3. If their reactivity is compared with that of low-molecular alkanols, the first difference is found to be that the primary hydroxyl groups are less reactive than the secondary. Then, the secondary hydroxyl group on carbon atom 3 is thus less reactive for sterical reasons than the one on carbon atom 2.
Lastly, the rest of the oxygen atoms of cellulose are in the form of an intramolecular bridge between carbon atoms 1 and 5 or of ether bridges to additional glucose units, and do not participate in reactions.
The reactions at the hydroxyl groups of cellulose are thus generally much more difficult than those of alkanols. For example, while alkanols react spontaneously and completely with isocyanates to form the urethanes, an analogous reaction with cellulose can be performed only under extreme and therefore often harmful conditions. Aside from the poor reactivity of the hydroxyl groups, it is of great importance whether they are in crystalline or in amorphous areas of the cellulose in question. The hydroxyl groups in crystalline areas are more greatly impeded in their reactivity through the formation of hydrogen bridges than those in amorphous regions.
In order to improve the reactivity of cellulose, the hydrogen bridges must be substantially broken up and also the amorphous areas must be expanded. Attempts have been made to bring this about by swelling the cellulose, but not many swelling agents for cellulose have become known. In practice, probably only water can be used, since the other agents are too expensive or too difficult to use. This not only narrows the temperature range that can be chosen, but also makes it impossible to perform reactions with reagents sensitive to water. In attempts to alter swollen cellulose chemically through its alkali salts, its great sensitivity to oxidizing influences is a great drawback.
In any case, the reaction takes place on solid structures of cellulose, which in some cases may be loosened up by swelling, i.e., it takes place in a heterogeneous phase. The disadvantages of such a method of reaction are generally well known.
It would be far more advantageous to introduce groups more capable of forming bonds into the cellulose in the dissolved form instead of the merely swollen form. The two solvents used on a large technical scale for cellulose, namely aqueous ammoniacal solutions of copper(II) tetramine hydroxide and aqueous, alkaline solutions of alkali salts of thiocarboxylic acids, are unsuitable, not merely on account of their water content, as set forth above, but also because, in many cases, a chemical reaction takes place between these solvents and the reagents provided for the functionalization of the cellulose.
The subject of the present invention is a method of preparing cellulose derivatives with chemically bound groups rendered capable of forming bonds, which is characterized in that the reactions are performed with bifunctional or polyfunctional reagents, preferably with different reactivity of the groups, on cellulose which is dissolved in dimethylsulfoxide containing polyhydroxymethylene.
The solvent dimethylsulfoxide containing polyhydroxymethylene decisively promotes the reactivity of cellulose. The solvent apparently exposes preferentially the primary hydroxyl groups of the cellulose. The reaction can take place under comparatively mild conditions. Even reagents having a less reactive group A can be reacted. Reactions with the solvent have not been observed, so that, in contrast to the solvents named above describing with the state of the art, the nature of the reagents is not limited. Furthermore, the comparatively high boiling point of the solvent is advantageous, so that pressure vessels are not required.
Cellulose derivatives having chemically bonded groups capacitated for the formation of bonds in the meaning of the invention are those cellulose derivatives in which one or more of the free hydroxyl groups in the cellulose are bonded to the functional group of a substituent, this substituent bearing one or more additional combining functional groups. In general, the functionalized glucose units of the cellulose derivatives prepared in accordance with the invention are accordingly formulated as
Gl ( --O--R ).sub.1 to 3
wherein Gl represents a glucose moiety of cellulose and R represents the moiety of the reagent used which is bonded to the oxygen atom of the hydroxy group; wherein R has the structure ##STR1## wherein B represents functional groups of the reagent which have not entered into reaction with cellulose and which remain preferentially unaltered in the reaction or, in some cases, have been transformed into another functional group; n represents the basically unlimited number of groups B, which amounts preferably to 1, in some cases to 2, or in special cases as much as 4; A represents a functional group of the reagent which is bound to cellulose and whose index in the case of the ether bond is 0; A' represents a sometimes-present group equal to or different from A, which is capable of the reaction with cellulose, but for reasons of the spatial arrangement does not enter into reaction or, in some cases, reacts with another hydroxyl group of cellulose, and R' represents the moiety of the reagent which contains carbon, or carbon and silicon.
The reagents of the present method are accordingly selected such that at least two functional groups are present, namely, one to three groups A, of which at least one becomes bonded to cellulose in the performance of the process, and at least one second group B identical with A or preferably different therefrom, which under the reaction conditions of Group A is preserved as the same or a different functional group and therefore is contained in the functionalized celluloses as a group or groups rendered capable of combination. For this reason, reagents having varying functional group reactivity are greatly preferred, especially those whose group B remains unaltered under the reaction condiions necessary for group A.
Suitable A groups are, for example, halogen alkyl moieties or carboxylic acid chloride groups which react with cellulose with the formation of an ether bond or ester group, as the case may be, ester groups, carboxylic acid groups, nitro group, amino group, aldehyde groups, and acetal groups. Those or others which remain unaltered in the reaction of the A groups or are transformed to some other functional group capable of forming a bond, are suitable as B groups. Other suitable A groups are alkoxy groups and carbalkoxy groups which react with cellulose with transetherification or transesterification, with the formation of ether or ester groups, in which case other alkoxy and carbalkoxy groups, amino, nitro, aldo and keto groups, glycidyl moieties and thioalkyl moieties can serve as B groups.
Since it is not the nature of the A group, but its presence and its reactivity with the free hydroxyl groups of cellulose that is important, it is also possible, if desired, to use sulfochloride, isocyanate or isothiocyanate and other moieties as group A.
An atom group of limited size is sufficient and preferred as the moiety R' which binds the functional groups. It will contain preferably 2 to 4 aliphatic carbon atoms, and indeed in some cases it will contain only a single methylene group in conjunction with a carboxyl moiety of the B group, or it will contain the benzene, toluene or xylene moiety, or, in the case of an organosilane moiety, it will contain one silicon atom in addition to the moieties named above.
The following can be cited as examples of the reagents to be used: ω-halogenalkanecarboxylic acid esters, such as chloroacetic acid methyl ester or β-bromopropionic acid phenyl ester, halogen alkyl derivatives of aromatic mono- or polycarboxylic acid, such as, for example, chloromethylbenzoic acid methyl ester, aminocarboxylic acid esters, p-nitrobenzoyl chloride, iso- and terephthalic aldehydic acid methyl esters, iso- and terephthalic acid monomethyl ester monochloride, amino derivatives of aromatic or aliphatic acids such as p-aminobenzoic acid alkyl ester, organosilanes such as γ-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane, α-aminopropyltriethoxysilane, p-aminophenyltrialkoxysilanes, γ-glycidyloxypropyltriethoxysilane, ω-thioalkyltrialkoxysilanes such as δ-mercaptobutyltriethoxysilane, mercaptoethyltrimethoxysilane, etc.
In ester groups and ether moieties, the phenyl moeity and alkyl groups having 1 to 4 carbon atoms are preferred.
It is greatly preferred in accordance with the invention that the reaction with substituted trialkoxysilanes be an etherification reaction, since the alkoxy moieties bonded to silicon react easily and require no etherification catalysts.
In the reaction products, the substituent group of the silanes is obtained as an aminoalkyl, glycidyl alkyl, or mercaptoalkyl moiety or corresponding phenyl moiety, and at least one ether oxygen is developed between the glucose unit and the silicon of the silane, plus a second ether bond and, though with very little probability, a third ether bond per silane molecule, depending on the steric accessibility of additional hydroxyl groups of the cellulose.
The method can generally be practiced in the following manner:
The starting materials can be native celluloses present, for example, in cotton or wood, or cellulose regenerated from solutions. Cotton linters, or low-lignin or lignin-free wood cellulose are preferred.
The amount of the solvent is such that a not too highly viscous solution of cellulose will be formed which can be stirred. For this purpose, 10 to 30 weight-parts of solvent per weight-part of cellulose are sufficient, but a larger amount can be used.
The concentration of the polyhydroxymethylene in the solvent system with dimethylsulfoxide can be varied within wide limits. Preferred are contents of 5 to 20 weight-percent of polyhydroxymethylene with respect to the dimethylsulfoxide. Commercial paraformaldehyde can be used as the polyhydroxymethylene.
It is surprising that the polyhydroxymethylene does not enter the reaction as such.
Dimethylsulfoxide alone is not a solvent for cellulose.
The reactions of the dissolved cellulose with the bifunctional or polyfunctional reagents take place in the conventional manner specific for the particular type of reaction such as, say, etherification, acylation, esterification or transesterification, and the conventional catalysts can be used. Preferred transesterification catalysts are titanic acid esters such as, for example, n-butyl titanate, or magnesium alcoholates such as magnesium ethylate.
In the reaction of carboxylic acid chlorides and chloralkanes, alkali, such as sodium hydroxide, for example, is present in the usual manner. The reaction can also take place in a purely thermal manner.
The reaction conditions are those for the reaction of the particular reagents with the hydroxyl groups of the cellulose.
Since the reaction of the dissolved cellulose can be performed under mild conditions, the reaction in an open vessel surmounted by a reflux condenser is greatly preferred. The temperatures then will be between room temperature and the boiling point of the solvent, preferably between about 40 and about 186 overpressures up to, say, 50 bars, for the purpose of reacting the less reactive reagents, or of reacting additionally the above-mentioned less reactive hydroxyl groups of cellulose.
After the reaction is completed, the cellulose derivatives are precipitated from the reaction mixtures. The liquids to be added as precipitating agents are accordingly selected such that the particular functionalized cellulose involved will be insoluble in it, but the byproducts soluble. Preferred precipitants are, for example, low-molecular alkanols, aliphatic, cycloaliphatic and/or aromatic hydrocarbons, esters of short-chain fatty acids, and short-chain ketones.
The products of the process can be used in a basically similar manner, independently of the introduced moiety of the reagent and its functional group B, in that a reaction of the B group that has been made capable of bonding is performed with synthetic or natural compounds, especially dissolved ones. For example, the compound is transformed to an insoluble form from which the compound can be re-released. Of especial value is a selective reaction with the components of a mixture of substances which are to be isolated, on the basis of the available wide choice of group B.
Depending on the nature of the functional group of the cellulose derivative and of the reactive group of the compound that is to be fixed, the bond can be polar or nonpolar.
The products are suitable, furthermore, for example, as catalyst supports, ion exchangers, chromatography absorbents, etc.
The products are especially usable for the preparation of immobilized bioactive proteins e.g. enzymes or other soluble biological active pharmaceuticals, which form a solid body together with the product, the bioactivity of this immobilizate being greater respective the volume and better standardizeable and more resistant against deactivation than the enzyme itself.
The method of the invention will now be explained with the aid of the following examples.
10 grams of powdered linters cellulose ("MN 200", manufactured by Macherey, Nagel & Co., Duren) were dissolved in a 500 milliliter flask equipped with stirrer, thermometer and electrical heater, in a mixture of 190 g of dimethylsulfoxide and 10 g of paraformaldehyde, at 50 temperature, after the addition of 0.1 g of finely powdered sodium hydroxide, a solution of 10 g of p-chloromethylbenzoic acid methyl ester in 30 g of dimethylsulfoxide was added in portions over a period of 30 minutes. Then the mixture was stirred for four hours at 50 reaction mixture, cooled to room temperature, was then poured into ethanol while the latter was being stirred vigorously. The solid was suction filtered, suspended repeatedly in ethanol until all the soluble substance had been removed, and dried. The yield was 10.6 g. The product was free of chlorine and acid.
According to analysis, there was a content of 8.2 wt.-% of carbomethoxy groups in the functionalized cellulose. Accordingly, 28.4% of the free hydroxyl groups of the cellulose had been etherified by the entry of the group: ##STR2##
Example 1 was repeated, using 10 g of raw cotton (DAB 7) instead of cellulose powder.
The product had a content of 6.0 wt.-% of carbomethoxy groups, corresponding to a 19.4% transformation of the free hydroxyl groups of the cellulose.
10 g of powdered linters cellulose ("MN 200") was dissolved in dimethylsulfoxide and paraformaldehyde as described in Example 1. After the addition of 5 g of p-nitrobenzoyl chloride and 0.05 g of sodium hydroxide, the mixture was stirred for two hours at 70 heated at the boiling temperature for 30 minutes on the reflux condenser while a slow stream of nitrogen was passed through the apparatus. After standing overnight, the mixture was poured into a mixture of equal parts of ethanol and toluene by volume, with vigorous agitation. The precipitate was washed first with ethanol and then with water, and dried. The yield was 10.5 grams.
The nitrogen content in the product was 1.5 wt.-% on the basis of the introduced nitrobenzoyl moiety.
10 g of cellulose powder ("MN 200") were stirred in a mixture of 190 g of dimethylsulfoxide and 10 g of paraformaldehyde at 115 γ-aminopropyltriethoxysilane was added to the solution obtained after three hours of stirring, and was reacted at 80 minutes of reaction time, 100 ml of water was added. The mixture was stirred for 5 hours at 90 precipitated by the addition of 500 ml of water, and washed and dried. The yield was 11.0 g. The nitrogen content in the product amounted to 2.9 wt.-% on the basis of the aminopropyl alkoxysilyl moiety.
Example 4 was repeated, but γ-mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane was used instead of γ-aminopropyltriethoxysilane. A sulfur determination in the reaction product showed a content of 3.6 wt.-% on the basis of the mercaptopropylalkoxysilyl moiety contained therein.
Example 5 was repeated using γ-glycidyloxypropyltrimethoxysilane for the functionalization instead of γ-mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane. The γ-glycidyloxypropyl group content amounted to 13.4 wt.-% on the basis of the incorporated glycidyloxypropyl alkoxysilyl moiety.
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FOX wins the demo, while NBC takes the night overall
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Fast National ratings for Tuesday, June 22, 2010.
On a busy Tuesday night, ABC got big numbers from the official season premiere of "Wipeout," FOX got great demo numbers from "Hell's Kitchen" and NBC drew a big audience for "America's Got Talent."
Among adults 18-49, FOX averaged a 2.9 rating, edging the 2.6 rating for NBC in the key demographic. ABC was third with a 2.1 rating, while CBS' 1.3 rating and the 0.3 rating for The CW followed.
Overall, though, NBC came out on top averaging an estimated 8.85 million viewers to go with a 5.3/9. CBS' 5.1/9 was a close second. FOX finished third with a 3.7/6, just ahead of ABC's 3.6/6, though ABC averaged more viewers than FOX did. The CW trailed with a 0.4/1.
CBS won the 8 p.m. hour overall with a 6.4/12 for a repeat of "NCIS." ABC's "Wipeout" premiere was second overall with a 5.1/9 and won the hour in the key demographic with a 3.1 rating. FOX's "Hell's Kitchen" was third with a 3.5/6 and second in the demo. NBC's "Losing It With Jillian" was fourth with a 2.6/5. The CW's repeat of "One Tree Hill" was fifth.
NBC's "America's Got Talent" moved into first at 9 p.m. with a 6.3/11 and a 3.0 demo rating. CBS' "NCIS: Los Angeles" was second overall. FOX's "Hell's Kitchen" had a 3.8/6 and tied with NBC in the key demo. ABC's series premiere of "Downfall" squandered its lead-in and fell to a 3.1/5 and a 2.0 demo rating. The CW's repeat of "Life Unexpected" was fifth with a 0.4/1.
"America's Got Talent" improved to a 7.0/12 and a 3.6 demo rating to dominate the 10 p.m. hour for NBC. CBS' repeat of "The Good Wife" was second overall and third in the demo. ABC's "Primetime" special had a 2.6/4 for third overall and finished second in the demo.
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Like the Manhattan Express at NYNY, "Speed" is a new steel roller coaster on the Strip and is worth the trek. Located in the NASCAR Cafe attached to the Sahara, it is a decent ride (one of the best in Vegas, in my opinion) but isn't quite as scary as a monster rollercoaster you might find at a large amusement park (which might be a good thing to you). But don't get me wrong, it is a very good ride. "Speed" is a linear-induction coaster, which means that instead of a long slow climb up the first hill followed by a big drop, you are launched right out of the building like you were taking off from an aircraft carrier. You then go through some loops, twists and turns, go straight up, experience a brief sensation of weightlessness, and then go through the entire ride backwards. Oh, and when the train gets back into the building, you catch your breath and get a second ride immediately, which is pretty cool since you can really enjoy it when you know what to expect. If you enjoy roller coasters, make sure you catch this one. Tip: there is a two-for-one coupon for this ride in the "Las Vegas Advisor" coupon book, available online.
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Love has no season, love has no reason but it's a vision through which every heart can touch other hearts.
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Love has no season, love has no reason but it's a vision through which every heart can touch other hearts. One cannot see love nor can touch it but can feel it. At times feelings turns to moments and moments turn to memories. Here we bring some evergreen stories that are still fresh in our minds and hearts.
Qayamat se qayamat tak, Aamir, Juhi, Raj, RashmiSome love stories have sad endings. Such is a story of Raj and Rashmi popularly known as 'Qayamat se Qayamat tak'. Both loved each other very dearly but their love has no consideration before the hatred among their families. So they ran away from home to lead a happy life forever. But destiny had some other plans for them. Both families reached out for them to separate them but as they say, love never departs, its only the soul that departs. In the end, Raj and Rashmi embrace death and leave behind the essence of love in the minds of people.
Why watch it?
Because it stars one of the successful onscreen jodi Aamir Khan and Juhi Chawla and the simplicity with which is this love story woven is very rare in our film industry. The songs of the film are exceptionally nice as well.
Maine Pyaar Kiya, Salman, Bhagyasree, Prem, SumanRaj and Rashmi ultimately faced the death for their love but Prem and Suman fought for it. Their love saga is known as 'Maine Pyar Kiya.' Prem and Suman's story is that of teenage friendship turned into love. What hinders their love to blossom into marriage is difference in their family class and of course, a culprit. But our protagonist Prem is not a guy who gives up easily. Despite of all odds he fights for his love and finally conquers. Lucky Suman that she got someone like Prem isn't it?
Why watch it? Because its one of the best made by Sooraj Barjataya and stars a pair Salman Khan and Bhagyashree that has never been seen onscreen ever after. Music of the movie is soothing especially the song 'Mere Rang Mein Rangnewali.'
Dilwale Dhulaniya Le Jayenge, Raj, Simran, Shahruk, KajolPrem and Suman's love saga was that of friendship turned to love but Raj and Simran went even further. Meeting on a world tour, the duo become companion to each other for a while as they missed out their train. In this span of time both get close to each other but realize their love for each other while they depart. Simran's love for Raj is known by her father and like other filmy fathers he also take her away to India where he has fixed up her marriage with his friends son. But our protagonist Raj is a tough guy too and he reaches out for his love and after strings of funny and fighting incidents he gets his love Simran. After all 'Bade bade deshon mei aisi choti moti love stories banti rehti hai."
Why watch it??? Because Kajol and SRK together are delight to watch. Its one of the best work of Yash Raj films. Songs and music are evergreen.
Jab We Met,Aditya, Geet, Shahid, KareenaLove stories got a new dimension with new generation directors. Till now love stories just faced objections from parents but Geet and Aditya's story 'Jab we met' is different. They meet in a train journey where Aditya is on a low pitch of his life and vivacious Geet help him out. Aditya falls in love with her but Geet's dream boy is Anshuman. Aditya's love remains unfulfilled but then destiny has some other plans for him and in the end Aditya and Geet are together.
Why watch it??? It was the time when relationship between these two actors soured but the movie and their chemistry in it turned out to be a hit.
Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, Rats, Meow, Jai, Aditi, Gelenia, ImranTo understand love is not that easy sometimes a very good friendship turns into love but the two friends end up with 'Jaane tu ya jaane na'. Such a story is that of Jai and Aditi popularly known as rats' n meow. Being best friends, they were always together and never realized the love they had for each other. As both of them get some one new in their life, they both begin to think that this is the dream love they have been waiting for. However in the end they realize their love for each other and get married.
Why watch this? Because it's a presentation of a simple love story in a modern way with a backdrop of friends and friendship.
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, Surinder, Suri, Taniya, Taani, Shahrukh, AnushkaOften loved turned to marriages but how about love after marriage. This is story of a simpleton Surinder who falls in love at first sight with vivacious Taani. But that falls to be Taani's marriage and she getting married to someone she loved. However destiny favours Surinder and it happens that Taani's fiance dies in an accident. In all this her father is also at the risk of losing his life so he gets her married to Surinder. Our simpleton who loves Taani dearly does everything for her without any expectations in return. Finally his patience bears sweet fruit,Taani falling in love with him and 'Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi.'
Why watch this? Because it is an extra-ordinary story of an ordinary couple that everyone can relate to.
Last but not the least Kunal and Sam. One cannot forget those hilarious moments spent with them. The two just made everyone go crazy by pretending to love each other and even dared to kiss each other just to console a dear friend. Now that is called 'Dostana' in real sense. Why watch it? Because often people do a lot for their love but very few does it all for the love of others.
These were few love sagas that have got their due of being evergreen, but that's not the end of silver screen. After all 'Har janam mein rang badalke khwabon pardon pe' there will be some or other stories blooming and getting added up in our list
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Jeff Loomis JEFF LOOMIS’ complex shredding has been a central part of the progressive but powerful and thrashy edge often attributed to Nevermore’s trademark sound since the band’s formation in 1992. As the band’s lone permanent guitarist, he’s been responsible for some of the most awe-inspiring riffs modern metal has ever heard. Taking the classic techniques he learned from listening to legends like Jason Becker and Yngwie Malmsteen as a teen and applying his own ingenuity, Loomis has carved his own niche and created an instantly recognizable style. As a result of his invaluable contributions to Nevermore’s success, fans have been calling for a JEFF LOOMIS solo album for years. With most in the band taking a rare and much-deserved break, Loomis finally had the opportunity to hit the studio himself and the outcome is nothing short of remarkable. | http://www.jambase.com/Artists/94072/Jeff-Loomis/Bio | dclm-gs1-067690001 | false | false | {
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Favorite Movie/Actor: Gladiator- Russell Crowe
Go-to karaoke song: Madonna- Like A Prayer. Girly, but so fun!!!
My first job: Quigs Apple Orchard in the small town of Mundelein, Illinois, helping people pick apples.
Piercings/Tattoos (How many? Where?) Small purple star tattoo on my inner wrist.
What fun fact, talent, or mutant superpower of yours should guys know about? I was a Gymnast and Cheerleader since I was a little girl. I miss it so much that I still flip around in my backyard:)
What's the most memorable pick up line you've ever heard? "Your Booty is like an onion... it makes me want to cry." Wait, are you for real??? I was not sure whether to take it as a compliment or an insult!!!
What's the craziest thing you've ever done? I am always looking for things to do a back flip off of. It is usually something ordinary, like into the pool, or off a platform of some sort... silly, I know. Well, in this case, I decided to do a back flip off of a 35 foot cliff into the water at Rick's Cafe in Jamaica. I thought I was really cool, until I lifted my head out of the water and everyone around me was dead silent and as white as a ghost. I guess I landed a bit close to the rocks... Yikes.
What's the most unusual place you've ever hooked up? How'd it go? The pier outside my childhood home when I was visiting for a weekend... it was so sneaky and exciting... I am so sorry Daddy!!!
Have you ever lied to get something for free? What was it? I pride myself in being an independent young lady who can provide for myself. On the other hand, a little white lie to get you out of a speeding ticket never hurt anyone:)
What do you feel most comfortable wearing? Cozy pj's- as a matter of fact, have you all discovered those new hoodie footie pajamas like from when we were kids? They are so warm and fuzzy, I just love them.
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September Murder Streaming Full New Album "He Who Invokes Decadence"
German extreme metallers September Murder have launched a full album stream of their new output "He Who Invokes Decadence." Check it out below.
The album was released on June 17th (Europe) and June 18th (worldwide) as an independent release. The follow-up to debut long player "Agony in Flesh" (2009 - Maintain Rec./Twilight Distribution) was produced by Jens Martinek at his Schmiedeberg 7 Studios in Rübeland, Germany and was mastered in early 2013 by Peter Neuber at Mega Wimp Sound Studios, Berlin.
The band comments on its decision for an independent output as follows: "Contrary to all options we decided to release the album by ourselves and not drop back within the march of time. During the last years, times and conditions have changed enormously and the chances for young and free artists to release their works were rarely as good as they are today. In the end, we just want to keep making music and bring it closer to our fans."
The track listing is as follows:
1. Under Severed Skies
2. Two Culprits, One Oath
3. Among Vultures
4. From Adoration...
5. ...To Deterrence
6. May Conviction Force Reckoning
7. In Celebration Of Mankind's Wretchedness 8. He Who Invokes Decadence
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ds is 2yo and just outgrew his size 8 shoes, so he's at the 3yo size according to that chart. Looks like he was right along with his age for size though until now.
Quote: Originally Posted by CariOfOz U.S society? not so much, especially as kids get older. I didn't hs my grown sons, but I can imagine getting a lot of weird looks being out with two older boys during school hours. I live in Queensland Australia now and YES : very child friendly! I get the best responses most of the time when it comes up that we homeschool, whether we're grocery shopping, playing at the park or having a hot chocolate at my...
I totally agree! I got as far as student teaching, saw how PS treats children and all of the pointless crap they have to do, and ran the other way! Your son sounds awesome! HS rocks!
ds is going through this exact same thing as well. what has worked wonders for us, is letting him pick where he pees and how I generally word the question. Instead of asking him, "do you need to pee?" I say, "let's take your ball with us while we go pee." His deal is that he's too busy playing and doesn't want to stop long enough to go. Also, we usually have the most issues while we're out around other kids and he's worried that if he stops to pee, someone else...
Thank you so much! I'll see if I can figure it out
Thanks for the reply! I went ahead and got almost a perfect match of wool yarn, but now I'm having another problem that I thought I had figured out before. I'm getting a tube instead of a flat pancake shape. I've looked at other threads on this subject, and have tried everything they recommend, but I'm still getting a darn tube. Help!
I second the playing dead strategy Just put your mattress on the floor and make sure your bedroom is baby proof. Ds used to be just like this and would wake up, crawl around and play for a bit, then crawl back in bed and rub my hair until he fell asleep.
I'm yet another person going insane with their DRD waldorf doll kit. I've figured out how to do the wig cap...with regular yarn. Once I start to try with the mohair from the kit though, I get nothing but a tangled nasty mess. This is so frustrating! Is there something I can do to make the mohair not so wispy and impossible to work with? I'm tempted to wet it down somehow, but I don't know if that would ruin it and make things worse. I was also thinking of...
We just had a traumatic public restroom experience yesterday! Those darn automatic flushers!! Ds has just now gotten the courage to even go into the stall ...although after yesterday we may be back to square one....so I can totally commisserate. Since ds wouldn't even go near the toilet, I started carrying along a travel potty for him. We have this one which ds totally loves. The only thing I don't really like about it is that I'm always having to be sure I have...
5 bucks for one t-shirt would still break my bank. I can get ds his whole summer wardrobe for 5 bucks at our local social service league.
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Birthplace: Worcester, Massachusetts, US
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Robert W. Frazer born Robert William Browne on 29 June 1891 in Worcester, Massachusetts, US was an American actor that appeared in some 224 shorts and films from the 1910s until his death on 17 August 1944, aged 53 in Los Angeles, California, US due to leukemia. In 1912 he played the title role in the 1912 silent film version of Robin Hood and a year later he played Jesus Christ in Thus Saith the Lord.
After leaving school he studied to be an electrical engineer but acting captured his fancy and he turned to the stage where he spent several years before going into silent films.
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Ckljjkpazc8k8qynb1xaaurj6hs Discarded Lovers Warren Sibley 1932
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Hvttwy7rwltwtnt9ic5lqjryerc The Three Musketeers Major Booth 1933
8aftp6zet1bacbyetmurwvkwcli The Trail Beyond Jules LaRocque 1934
4rwuoh1dtq5ftpofwzhhiq3oovl The Fighting Pilot Cardigan 1935
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What version is the PSP?
I'm possibly wanting this...
I used to have a Sager 3790 with a WSXGA 15.4" and now I have the HP dv5000t with the WXGA Brightview 15.4" and I just love the brightview and the size really doesn't bother me. There is sometimes when I will have a couple windows open and it would be great to be able to work with them all open but sometimes I just have to minimize and restore. Hard drive speed- don't get less than 5400 rpm. The faster speeds make data access faster and you can run programs, games, and...
No I haven't gotten it yet. I'm going to call them today. I'll get you the part number later.
Hey SVTSnake just something interesting...I have a 2000 Ford SVT Lightning...
Hey jack what pc card is that, and what is that audio thing in the front?
Hey guys, I'm looking to buy a dual-dvi agp card for a desktop. I don't care what brand (ATI, Nvidia) but I would like no less than 128mb (preferrably 256mb) and it has to be good. I have a ATI 9800 pro 128mb for partial trade if wanted but I will pay for the whole card if you don't want to trade. Thanks.
Dude you basically have the config of my comp, sort of. I have the P180 case, 3.0ghz prescott, x800, tv tuner, Intel D865PERLL mobo, 1.5gb of ram, 4 hds ( 3 160s, 1 320), 3 dual layer dvd burners, and two monitors (20" and 19" lcd). Thought it was interesting..
No I have cox cable. BitTorrent is an amazing thing. Basically it works like p2p works except you get torrents on the internet. You connect to a tracker (which is part of the .torrent file, (some websites tracker like piratebay.org)) and then you connect to the seeds and the seeds share to leachers and it gets shared.
Lol this thread should be a sticky when its done...10 pages lol...
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