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It looks like we don't have photos for this title yet. You can browse other available content for this title, such as plot summary, trivia, goofs, etc. at Wildest Weather in the Cosmos (2008).
If a planet has an atmosphere it has weather. And where there is weather there are storms. Our solar system is chock full of them. And the bigger the temperature extreme the bigger the storm. Which makes Earth hurricanes and thunderstorms seem rather uninteresting.
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Anyone in business should be careful to note whether their contracts contain “integration clauses.” A so called integration clause makes the contract “king” in terms of the promises and representations of a party to a transaction. In other words, if there is an integration clause in a contract that says “X”, even if one party may have orally maintained “Y” throughout the dealings with the other party, the other party will likely be cut off from using the oral representation of “Y” against the other party, because the contract states “X”. Nowhere is this more true than in the private investment context.
One New York case in particular demonstrated how an integration clause can foreclose an investor claim against the company in which he invested in. In Basel v. Traders Commercial Capital, LLC, 50775U Slip op. (N.Y.Sup.Ct. 2006), a 2006 ruling from the New York Supreme Court in New York County, the Court upheld the integration clause contained in the Operating Agreement and Subscription Agreement, which both referenced a Private Placement Memorandum purporting to contain the pertinent and definitive information regarding the subject investment proposition (“PPM”)(all three together, the “Contract”), barring the Plaintiff from relying on Defendants’ alleged representations outside of the Contract.
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Virgin Media is abandoning the tit-for-tat marketing strategy that has seen it invest more than £32m in a bitter public battle with BSkyB.
The company is ditching ads attacking the rival pay-TV, fixed-line telecoms and high-speed internet offering from Sky to focus instead on its own quad-play service.
Virgin Media plans to embark on a fresh marketing strategy for 2008 that will promote its high-speed broadband and video-on-demand services as part of its 'hero' range of products.
'We're no longer going to get caught up in a slug-fest with Sky,' said James Kydd, managing director of marketing at Virgin Media. 'There's no point in spending any more time or money whacking the crap out of each other.'
The change of strategy follows an acrimonious dispute that saw Sky withdraw its key channels from the Virgin Media pay-TV platform just months after the latter's high-profile launch in February.
Virgin Media accused Sky of abusing its dominant market position and took the case to court; the case continues. Industry insiders claim that the public battle has confused consumers and damaged the fledgling Virgin Media brand in the process.
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Social Media sites are meant for interacting with people, extending your connections and learn something new. I don't think there is anything that causes depression. These are just for knowing people more closely and establish relationship with them and there is nothing to be so serious about it.
Actually this is silly. After too many years, 900 "friends," and some borderline addictive behavior, I deleted my facebook account four months ago and have had ZERO withdrawal symptoms, and have never looked back. I've had more time and a better daily life. THERE IS LIFE AFTER FACEBOOK. It's not even that difficult. Also, at the major state university where I teach, the most interesting, intelligent, and impressively individualist students (admittedly a small number) have been decisive in not being on facebook. This has been true for several years.
What IS this "Facebook" the kids keep talking about?
As an IT professional, I surprise people because I don't own a smartphone, and I'm not on Facebook. I miss the days when people would reliably respond to email within a few hours, but I refuse to accept the devaluation of the terms "friend" and "share", and prefer my few close friends to a legion of electronic aquaintances.
Wow I must be ridiculously well adjusted. I don't get jealous or envious of friends when I read their posts and see their photos. I'm happy for their success and happiness and I cry for them when they suffer a loss or are going through a hard time. If Facebook and Twitter make you feel depressed I think you need to evaluate your mental health and work on improving yourself
I don't need the phenomena of social media to feel melancholy as that is my usual state, thank you!!
(Eeyore was one of my favorite a.a. milne characters)
I am actually glad that I don't use it.
I wouldn't call it "depression," but I certainly suffer from Facebook envy. I work in education, as do most of my friends. So when I see them post photos of their exotic and extravagant vacations, I get a little jealous. I want to travel, too! It takes a lot of energy to remind myself that these trips almost certainly are financed through credit card debt, which I am unwilling to entertain.
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DH and I took ds to the Dr yesterday for a check up. He had an intermittant rattle in his chest that we thought was probably allergies and he is most obviously NOT sick, but we wanted to get it checked. Our doc is a family doc (not ped), delayed/non-vax friendly, etc, etc...we like the office. Well, the medical assistant took us back, weighed him and then told my husband to turn him over on the exam table b/c she needed to get his temp and "of course it will be rectally." I spoke up and said we would not be doing a rectal temp and she argued that's the way it's done in infants under 1 and yes we would....ummm, no. She finally said well then *you* can explain to the nurse practitioner why he didn't have his temp taken (no offer to do an axillary one).
Naturally the NP never mentioned it b/c he *wasn't sick*...although I'd be *very* reluctant to agree to a rectal temp even if he was sick. I didn't say anything to the NP b/c she's brand new to the practice and we had other things to discuss with her. However, I'm an RN, I work with newborns, I know you can get an accurate enough temp under the arm. A rectal temp is invasive and unecessary IMO. I would expect this argument at the ER, but in the doctor's office?!? I guess this is mostly a rant, but I also want to know:
when you take you dc to the doc for anything other than a WBV, how do they take the temp?
any references on why rectal temps are NOT necessary...I'd like to send some literature to the office
Thanks mamas!
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Wow, that is crazy. Don't have any literature to send. When I USED to take dd to well baby visits, they always took her temp w/ the ear kind (sick or not).
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Don't have any lit, but ime, temps have always been done orally or in the armpit, and that is with drs, midwives, and nurses.
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I wont told that recal is the ONLY way to get the temp on a baby under a year old. That anything eles would be wrong. Hmmm, then again, i have only had one doctors office take it that way, and they were kinda...:
post #5 of 12
Our ped clinic uses either the ear thing, or more recently some sort of magic wand that they rub on the forehead. They say it is quite accurate.
The only time I EVER used a rectal temp on my DS was when he had a temp on our ear reader of 105 and I called the nurse line to determine if I needed to take him to the ER at 3am. She suggested a more accurate reading (rectal) and close monitoring.... But for a routine visit in a non-very-ill child I can't imagine why they'd even want to go there, KWIM?
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I've been going to the same pediatric practice since *I* was little, and they have always taken temps axillary, or now they use the forehead wand thing (which is very cool). When I took DS to one of their satellite offices for his first check, the nurse took a rectal temp and I about hit her. She was checking his weight and all that without a dipe, and I didn't realize what she was doing until she had already started. I asked her what the heck, since their main office doesn't do that, and she said "well, it's the best way and *our* office does". I complained to the doctor, and if we end up at that office again there is no way it will happen again...especially not for a well visit! Who the heck cares if his temp is a tenth of a degree different for a well visit!
The only way I will ever consent to a rectal temp is if he is sick enough that they really do need a perfectly accurate temp.
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Augh. I had a fight with a nurse at our practice about this. I brought my daughter in to confirm thrush and they wanted to do it. They did it once at a sick visit for something else, and it was so awful I said never again. I was told that rectal was their policy for infants under 3 months. I said "how big can you write REFUSED on her chart?" In the hospital when she was born, they only took it under her arm. When she had surgery at 1 month at Children's Hospital, they checked the ear. So non-rectal is good enough for some of the best hospitals in Massachusetts, yet Nurse Ratched must poke her bum because she thrush?! : The doctor didn't care that we skipped it.
post #8 of 12
I take temps. under arm.
I would not allow a rectal temp.
post #9 of 12
my doc has never taken DDs temp, but I have a few times at home and honestly I find it much easier to do a rectal temp than under the arm. We have a 5 second rectal thermometer, and DD doesn't even seem to notice when I stick it in, but trying to use the regular digital thermometer under her arm, now that was a nightmare. She was screaming because I was trying to hold her arm down for 60 seconds. So in our house, rectal thermometer equals easier at least for now. Who knew?
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It won't be happening, we haven;t been to the peds yet. Good I read this thread, I'll make sure I'll undress her myself for weighing and minimize any handling by others.
post #11 of 12
I didn't even know that taking a rectal temp was a problem? I guess it's invasive, but my ds smiles and laughs every time I do it.
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The first few visits at our ped they did it, but if I'd known then what I know now, I would never have allowed it.
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• Introducing Visual Literacy
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Grade Level: 7 - 10
Language Arts classes teach students to be intelligent consumers of written texts, to read closely, understand and respond to the written word. Yet our students "consume" far more visual than written images, and far more of their information is gathered through television, video and film than though books. Recent studies indicate that children in grades 7 - 12 watch approximately 28 hours of television a week. Do we have students who read that much? This lesson plan introduces students to the idea that visual images can be read and interpreted, and that they can become literate in media as well as text. It is meant to be an introduction to approaching visual literacy, either as a separate unit of study or as an ongoing perspective on films and images viewed throughout the school year.
• Students will begin to look at visual imagery as a series of choices made by writers, directors, actors, editors, and to consider how visual images differ in their ability to communicate ideas and emotions to an audience.
• Students will begin to look critically at media, and to develop their own standards by which to judge, discuss and analyze film, TV, video.
• Students will begin to see media as a visual art and as an alternative to texts as a method of communicating themes and ideas.
• Students will recognize Visual Literacy as a skill that can be used to understand and interpret the images that surround them.
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• Film clips, if possible including one from a silent film
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Activity 1: Who Watches What?
1. Ask students what TV shows they watch and list on board. (Keep the list for Activity 2.)
2. Ask students to work in small groups to create categories and divide the shows into categories according to whom they are meant to appeal. Younger students may need help creating categories.
3. Discuss with the students how they can tell. Students will begin to articulate that certain characters, topics, dress, locations, etc. are designed to appeal to children, teenagers or adults. Discuss why these categories are generally effective. Ask students if there are any TV shows they watch that are not specifically meant to appeal to their age group and why.
4. Again in small groups, ask students to "create" a TV show, give it a name, a set of regular characters and a general plot line. Have a specific audience in mind. Think about what products might be good sponsors for the show. When would this show air? Have the groups introduce their shows to the class and see if the class can identify the intended audience.
Activity 2: The Reality Game
1. In small groups or as a class, ask students to go back to the lists they made of the TV shows they watch, and group the shows according to category- drama, adventure, sci fi, comedy and other general categories they can create. Within those categories, ask students to analyze what the shows may have in common.
• Look for stereotypical characters. For instance: do comedy shows tend to have a "fall guy?" What do the female characters have in common?
• Are there plot devices that repeat themselves in certain categories? Why might that be so?
2. List and discuss some of the conventions that are common in each category.
3. Choose a familiar show in each category and analyze its "Reality Quotient" on a scale of 1 - 10. Are these shows mostly realistic? Do people really act, dress, behave the way people do on these TV shows?
4. Begin to list some reasons why TV shows deliberately choose to portray reality in a particular way rather than realistically. Questions may include
• Why do people find it appealing to see life portrayed in this manner?
• Why do audiences find violence appealing?
• Do you think watching violence on TV, movies and video games has an affect on behavior? This is a list that can remain in the classroom and be added to over a period of time as students see film and TV in and out of class.
Activity 3: Communicating Choices Visually
1. DW Griffith, who is considered to be the father of modern filmmaking, once said, "The task I am trying to achieve is to make you see." What might he have meant? Griffith worked only with silent black and white film. What techniques were available to him to "make us see."
2. If possible, show a short dramatic except from an old black and white film, and discuss the techniques available to silent filmmakers. (I generally choose to mute the sound so students can talk though the excerpt.) Students will point out lighting, camera movement, melodramatic gestures, movements and acting. Teacher may allow students to script the lines as they might be spoken if there were sound. Show several other short film clips of dramatic moments and discuss filmmaking decisions.
3. The teacher introduces the following film scenario: (With older students, the teacher may want to introduce some basic film terminology: establishing shot, tracking shot, close-up, low and high angle, cut.)
• A crowded math class, 30 plus students, with the desks arranged in traditional rows and the teacher sitting behind a desk up front. The students are hard at work on a difficult math test.
4. Ask students how the camera can let us know that the text is very difficult. (Students may be fidgeting, tapping, clenching fists, making faces, etc.)
• One student in the class has a calculator concealed in his desk and is using it to cheat. Since the teacher has not left his desk, he does not know.
5. In real life, the teacher would be unlikely to see the calculator if he doesn't leave his desk, but in a film, the camera can let the audience know that the student is cheating. How? How can the camera let the audience know that the student is cheating but continue to conceal the fact from the teacher? How can the camera tell us that a nearby student has seen the problem? In each case, the students describe camera movements that reveal or conceal information according to the decisions made by the director and the script.
6. Go back to DW Griffith's comment, "The task I am trying to achieve is to make you see" and have students re-examine the idea that film/video/TV can make the audience see selectively by choosing to conceal or reveal information, moving toward the realization that in the frame of a camera, the audience sees only what the director selectively chooses to show.
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Activity 1: Ask students to watch one TV show that they do not ordinarily watch and attempt to analyze the intended audience for the show based on the criteria discussed in class, including when the show airs, who the characters are, what the plot line is, and what the sponsors are selling.
Activity 2: Ask students to choose a favorite show and, individually or in small groups, rewrite an episode so that it is realistic and believable. Students may be asked to write a summary of a few paragraphs or produce and perform a script. Analyze why or why not this would be a successful show.
Activity 3
1. Students write their own short scenario and script the shots in more than one way to reveal or conceal specific information from the audience or a from a character. If a video camera is available, students can actually shoot and compare the two versions.
2. Give the students several short scenarios (i.e. a boy and girl standing in a hallway, the boy asking the girl out) and ask the student to script the dialogue and the shots making conscious decisions about point of view.
3. View the film version of a book or story read in class and discuss the decisions made by the writer and director in terms of character portrayal, plot, adding or leaving out information, etc.
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Extension/Adaptation Ideas
1. Older students can easily move into an analysis of documentary and docudrama film, what each of these mean, what choices filmmakers make and what conventions they employ.
2. Younger students can apply some of the same criteria to an analysis of advertising techniques, commercials and print ads, examining the audiences to whom they are designed to appeal, to whom they are designed to appeal and the techniques used, etc.
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About the Author
Dr. Mikki Shaw's diverse experience in teaching secondary school is both traditional and alternative schools, in the suburbs as well as the inner city, has reinforced a real commitment to public education and to effective staff development. Visual literacy and the possibilities of using film to teach critical thinking are among Dr. Shaw's areas of interest. Currently Dr. Shaw is a full time instructor and lecturer at Teachers College, Columbia University.
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He's clearly NOT robin. Christopher Nolan is jus promoting his next batman flick. Read the comics, people.
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actually i do, he is notably nightwing! just thought it was entertaining so please take your negativity elsewhere, person
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it was clearly nolan's reference to batman's sidekick, as you would notice a lot of things in cbm adaptations are switched around
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the comics and nolan's movies are two different timelines. DC has even stated that they're cannon, but an alternate universe than the comics.
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Were monkeys forever to tinker on typewriters, they would - it is casually said - eventually type the complete works of Shakespeare. But this overlooks the possibility that, in their eternal typing, they could continually miss the bard's particular wordy ways. Typing for an eternity offers no guarantee that everything which could get typed does get typed.
Typing monkeys, bizarre though it may seem, have become relevant to cosmology and to cosmological speculations about the nature of time. Professor Paul Davies, mathematician, physicist and this year's winner of the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion, writes in The Last Three Minutes that, were the universe to have an infinite lifetime, "any physical process, however slow or improbable, would have to happen sometime" - including the aforementioned monkey business. If this is right and were the world temporally infinite, interesting conclusions flow: all lottery entrants would eventually enjoy top prize winnings; toast would occasionally fail to fall butter-side down; and one day, even government ministers would apologise. Fascinating though such speculations might be, the initial reasoning generating such curious conclusions may depend upon a simple mistake. People commonly mistake infinity for all.
If you could infinitely (endlessly, eternally) continue counting the number series 2, 4, 6 . . . your counting would miss the infinite series of odd integers. The infinite number of even numbers fails to include all numbers and an infinite number of processes (states, events) may not capture all those which are possible.
However, if there is only a finite number of possible processes, must they not all eventually occur, given infinite time? Well, if the universe is deterministic, with a finite number of possible states, infinite time does not ensure that all such states would occur. The determinism could be such that the same cycle of states repeatedly roll, yet the cycle excludes some possible states - just as the "count even numbers only" rule excludes infinitely many other numbers. The endless deterministic cycle might just happen to shut out Michael Heseltine's ever becoming prime minister. … | http://www.questia.com/library/1P2-4732571/an-infinite-possibility-of-uncovering-metaphorical | dclm-gs1-108990001 | false | false | {
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Bread Making Failures
gprice157's picture
Bread Making Failures
Looking for someone to hold my hand and show me how to make bread dough that doesn't collapse in the oven, or bread machine, supposedly from too much liquid; or fails to rise, supposedly from too little liquid.
colinwhipple's picture
Weigh your ingredients, don't measure them.
LindyD's picture
After you've obtained a scale, visit the lesson section at TFL's home page. You'll find excellent help there.
Floydm's picture
If it is collapsing in the oven, I'd guess it isn't too much liquid, it is that you are over-proofing it. You loaf is going to try to expand when it gets into the hot oven. If it is already at maximum rise, it is going to collapse then. You want to get it in the oven before it hits that point so that it can handle that final growth spurt gracefully.
gprice157's picture
Thanks for your imput - Floydm, Lindyd, and Colinwhipple. After I posted my initial message, came across the "Primer for the New Baker," which had me decide to try to go back to basics; so am now in the process of following it's basic instructions as exact as I can. Don't know the outcome yet, but found myself in familiar territory, with the dough too sticky, added flour, still doesn't seem right. You know the way they say - "smooth and silky." Never in my kitchen.
Am 83, retired for twenty years. No longer able to play tennis. Need a hobby to keep from vegetating entirely. Tried bread making for years, with more frustrations, than satisfactions. Sense things are not going to be any different this time, unless you nice folks out there can rescue me.
edh's picture
I'd echo LindyD's advice; follow Floyd's lessons and you'll see some amazing changes really quickly. This site has done more for my bread making skills in one year than the previous 10 years of muddling about on my own.
Keep at it!
indxmann's picture
This is Floyd's mom posting. I used to bake bread years ago, but had totally gotten out of the habit. Seeing the beautiful and yummy loaves Floyd bakes, I decided it's about time I tried baking bread again. Floyd very kindly gave me some sourdough starter the last time we visited him, and I've been baking sourdough loaves every few days since then.
Floyd is great inspiration, and a source of good advice, based on his experience. I've learned a lot from him, and continue to learn with every loaf I bake (and we eat!).
It's definitely true that you learn with each loaf you make. They do get better and better.
Thanks, Floyd.
ehanner's picture
Teaching your son to read and write--$a million bucks
Inspiring him to bake and help thousands of people learn the craft of life--PRICELESS!
Thanks Floyd's Mom, you did well with little Floyd.
Paddyscake's picture
What better endorsement! Thanks for saying HI! We appreciate all his hard work!
Without him..we wouldn't be here..I love irony!
gprice157's picture
The first test loaf is out of the oven -it's edible, barely. First rise was phenomenal. Second rise - so so. Rise in loafpan, took seven hours to barely double in size. "Spring rise" never happened. So much for basics being simple for me. Nothing changes. Suggestions?
barneyl's picture
In what way is it barely edible? If the dough has doubled in siz before it goes in the oven it should have a reasonable texture regardless of oven spring.
What yeast are you using and how have you been storing it, perhaps it's past its best.
Lauria's picture
Ummm.... you said "first rise" "Second rise" and "Rise in loafpan"
Is that two or three rises total? More details and everyone can help you troubleshoot this more. :-)
gprice157's picture
That was three - however, have been scanning through site, and have come across several interesting subjects that may shed some light on my "problems" - those that have hounded me for years. Checked my yeast. Have had it for some time, Flieshmann's Bread Machine Yeast. Always in the refrigerator, and not past date stamped on lid, but may be suspect. Plan to get new supply.
Always use tap water. Could be trouble. Will try other sources.
Beyond that, problem always seems to be that the yeast, while active at the start, sppears to die from my handling. Any suggestions there?
Mike Avery's picture
Mike Avery
How many rises you can get out of a dough depends on a lot of things. However, a recurring issue is failure to knead between rises. You don't need to knead a lot, and you certainly shouldn't knead in more flour, but a bit of gentle kneading - just a few seconds worth, no more than a minute - puts the yeast in contact with food again and lets it rise again.
In a liquid medium like beer wort or wine must the yeast can move and come in contact with food. Convection currents move the yeast and nutrients. In a thick medium, even a fairly liquid dough, that's not going to happen, so we need to move the yeast around a bit.
Another set of baking classes can be found on my website at A (Hopefully) Painless Introduction To Baking.
Atropine's picture
I am a beginner too (baking about a year in earnest), and would implore you not to give up! :-).
Instead of tossing the yeast, try proofing it to see if it is vigorous. With many of my bread recipes, I mix the water (warm but NOT hot!! better to be cool and wait then to use too hot of water and kill the yeast), the yeast, and the sugar. Then I let it sit for about 15 minutes or so. There should be a fair amount of froth or bubbles. That let's me know that the yeast is good. Then I add the rest of the ingredients, with the salt one of the last things to go in.
Floyd is def right--a collapsing loaf is probably due to overproofing. I used to do that A LOT.
I never get oven spring AT ALL, except with very wet doughs (like a ciabatta) and a very hot oven. Even then, I have found that oven spring is nice but not necessary for really delicious bread.
I would agree that weighing the ingredients is better than measuring, but I still measure (I do not have a scale) and make some fairly tasty bread.
Probably the VERY best thing is to go step by step through what you do. I mean, spare NO detail, no matter how minor it might seem. A few questions to get you going...
What is the recipe you are using?
What sort of flour are you using (EXACT brand)?
What are the ingredients that actually end up in your bread and how much? (I am BAD about "adjusting" a recipe on the fly, even if I have never baked it before! *OR* I do not measure, I just TLAR it "that looks about right" :) )
What is the temp of your house?
What is the oven temp? Have you measured it with a thermometer?
Are you hand kneading or using a mixer or bread machine?
How long are you kneading the dough the first time?
How long are you rising the dough the first time? The second time? The third time (as mentioned, I would not do the third rising, but rather put the dough in the pan the second time and let it rise there)
When you let it rise, are you covering the dough with a towel, with saran wrap, etc?
Where do you let it rise?
How stiff is the dough you make? A moister dough means a moister bread, in my experience. I am learning to be more comfortable with a fairly wet dough (not always "ciabatta" wet, but not nearly as dry as I had been making). I would sort of forget about the whole "soft and smooth as a baby's bottom" stuff. Not only will not every dough get to that stage due to ingredients, but it also seems a bit difficult for new people to judge sometimes.
These are just a few things that I offer, not as an expert (which I am NOT!), but rather as an older newbie to bread making who has made a lot of these mistakes or overlooked these points.
The main thing is that you WILL get this and when you do, it will be so rewarding! But it takes a bit of practice sometimes, just like anything :-)
gprice157's picture
That was a great reply - thanks. Even if it fails to solve my particular problem - really hope it will - it's the kind of encouragement an easily discouraged "Baker" like me needs to keep trying. Unlike you, I've been at this off, and on - more off than on - for at least 20 years, since retiring. Had hoped it would make a good hobby - keep me from vegetating. When I get discouraged I lay off for months, then something piques my interest, and I make another try, only to meet with more frustration. It's frustrating!!!
Rosalie's picture
This is the place to be if you want to improve your bread baking. Lessons, advice, recipes.... As several others have said, Don't Give Up! Failures are also lessons. (My brother, who was a Chess Master, once commented that he learned more from the games that he lost than the ones he won.) Every loaf is always an experiment anyway.
staff of life's picture
staff of life
I like what you said about failures also being lessons. When I have a failure, I remind myself that we learn more from failures than successes. I think I did the bulk of my learning from failures! In regards to bread, it might be a good idea to keep a little notebook with observations, or make 2 or 3 batches of very similar dough at one time with each just having slight variations, in order to be able to hone your skills. You might make 3 batches of Floyd's pain sur poolish with slightly different amounts of flour, or slightly different kneading times (only one variable at a time, of course) and critique the finished loaves in order to be able to understand correct flour content, kneading time, or whatever else you're having difficulty with. When I was having trouble finding that exact time a loaf was ready to enter the oven, I might have 3 loaves from the same batch that I put in the oven at slightly different times. I would also examine each before I put it in the oven--how long did it take for the dent from my finger poking the dough to spring back, how loose did the dough feel when I placed my palm on it, etc. In no time I learned how to judge when a loaf was fully proofed.
Good Luck!
LindyD's picture
Gprice, posting the recipe you are using would be helpful but even if you don't, the next time you make bread, measure out all the ingredients first and get them to room temperature before you start mixing. Something as subtle as that can make a difference.
Tap water is fine, but if yours is cholorinated, measure out the water you need the night before and set it out on your counter so that the chlorine can dissipate. And don't be discouraged from trying again. The only way we learn is through experience and investigation, so don't hesitate to go over to your library and see if they have any good bread books, such as Peter Reinhart's Bread Baker's Apprentice, or the others listed here.
While the gorgeous photos of bread shown here can be intimdating, I'm pretty sure there have been some failures as well. They're just not posted. I baked a ciabatta yesterday that I wound up calling my Shar Pei ciabatta. It was the most dreadful looking loaf I've seen and was embedded with dry flour (was fed to the local wildlife). Tried it again today, doing things a bit differently, and it tasted as great as it looked.
And yes, if your undated yeast packets have been in your refrigerator for a while, getting a fresher supply may prove beneficial. Check your recipe to see what it calls for and please keep us posted.
Atropine's picture
I completely understand! I have very low patience for failures generally. lol I have a LOT more ambition than ability as well. For my whole life, I will have seen something and think "Oh, I can do that", even if I have never tried it. So when I try something and fail, it really gets under my skin. I have very little patience for "learning curve". :)
What has helped me is to change from "this is going to be a great loaf" to "every loaf is a practice, every one is an experiment".
With bread, the more I do, the more I perfect. It is like being an artist: you have to get a "feel" for the medium before you can be instinctive in putting together great bread. I have made a lot of bricks, and thrown away actually inedible bread, but am at the point where I am, again, full of "Oh I can do that" about everything bread related. (for example, sourdough....which I have failed again at....and am considering laying off of it for a while because it bugs me that I cannot make it work lolol)
Another thing to consider is trying one characteristic of bread at a time. Work ONLY on getting, say, un-crumbly texture in white bread, or go ONLY for taste or ONLY for the color of crust. Bread is actually very complex, and great bread utilizes ALL five senses. So try to work on ONE part at a time. Kinda like working on a beater car.....first work on brakes, then transmission, then body, etc, instead of trying to "fix the car" in one marathon session :)
Also, take some of the pressure off! Do not consider any loaf an "eating" loaf but an "experimental" loaf. Actually choose a loaf where you say "I have No intention of using this for supper....this is only to test different kneading techniques (or temps or whatever)". Then you can divide that loaf into three pieces, for example, and experiment on each one. :)
I also found that, with bread, constant practice helps because each time I can tweak something and it is fresh in my mind what changed that made (so do not take breaks in bread making :) ). AND I have made really great bread and learned a lot by mistakes I have made reading a recipe or when I decided to just throw something in because I thought it would be "healthier" or something. For example, I learned that milk powder in the dough makes the crumb absolutely creamy! I just threw some in one day to get a little nutrition in the bread so I did not feel as guilty about my butter-ridden white loaf! But the effect on the mouth feel was incredible.
Now if you have been trying bread off and on for 20 years and are still not at all pleased, then there is "something" that is blocking your efforts. It is either something (maybe technique or ingredient or perhaps, like me, not knowing that one can overproof a loaf, and that wetter dough is sometimes better) that is probably one of those smack your forehead and "OH! THAT is what it was!" type of things *OR* perhaps an expectation of what results you are looking for.
So it might be a good idea, if you are interested, to take EACH STEP of your bread baking process and post it. That way we can figure it out.
Maybe the first step is saying what EXACTLY you are looking for in bread. When you mix that dough, what is the desire that you have, the picture in your head? Is it a specific flavor, look, crumb texture? When you say your loaves do not turn out, is it because they are actually INEDIBLE, doorstops, or whatever? Or is it more of "I wanted it more fluffy, soft, dense, chewy, brown, tender, pretty, nutty, sour, sweet, etc"?
I hope these ideas help! We're here for you :)
gprice157's picture
You do sound as if you do. Thanks again. The last was literally, "A doorstop." The one now in process looks the same, so far. It's been "proofing" for almost an hour, and appears dead, yet on the first "rise" looked perfect. Tried not to mess with the ingredients after original mixing. No added water. No added flour. Just mix, kneed, and let go. It rose beautifully. Turned out very sticky. Stuck to everything - figers, utensils. Simply placed it in oiled loaf pan. Did some smoothing with spatuala, and set it to rise again covered with a towel. Going to wish it a goodnight now. It's late. I'm frustrated once more. I must have the equivilant of a gardeners "Brown Thumb." A Bakers "Brown Thumb."
Atropine's picture
Ok, I am a "work the problem" kind of a forgive me on this....but I am now neck deep in curiosity!
Here is a thought--in the dough rose perfectly on the first rise two thoughts come to mind (actually several thoughts are now jostling for position!): how long was the first rise? and Are you keeping the dough over a stove or other hot place for the second rise?
Also, here is a thought...since you get reliably good first rises (it seems) how about just putting the dough right into the pan as soon as it is kneaded and only doing one rise? I have done that before (when I was too late in the day to have two rises) and, unless you are dealing with a twitchy recipe or are REALLY paying attention, the bread turns out fine! Maybe start with that to build up a bit of confidence.
Seriously I think there must be something we are missing--yeast should have enough umph for two rises easily. Here are some trouble shooting that I can think of, though other people should have more educated guesses:
Bread pan is too hot (or is placed in a hot area)
Proofing time is not long enough in the pan
Proofing area is too hot in the pan (I sometimes placed my pan over the burner on the stove with the oven turned on, but my new stove gets too hot like that)
WAIT!! I just reread your post and thought of something--you said that you did some smoothing with a spatula....that is SERIOUSLY wet dough if you can smooth it like icing on a cake. Do you mean that the bread is that wet? If so then yes, that would be very wet. Your first proof might be more of a.....risen poolish (a very wet starter). When you knead it, does it "clean the bowl" (if using a mixer)? Is it possible to hold in your hand or is it like holding cake or cookie batter or something similar?
If the dough is that wet, then the towel might be too heavy....what kind of towel is it? Is it a tea towel, a kitchen towel? Is it moist? Does the dough develop a hard crust while rising in the loaf pan? When proofing the first time, do you cover the bowl with a towel too and does the dough ever touch the towel?
So many questions! But we will figure this out ;-)
Eli's picture
As a new bread baker ( I have been baking other things for years) I have learned a great deal here. Get a scale, read, read and re-read as much material as you can here and any of the books listed here. You will be surprised with about two weeks of trying and learning what you have picked up and the new techniques.
I am learning so much from everyone's help here. I am also the anal rententive, perfectionist, rather have the horses pushing my cart and not pulling it type. If I can do it anyone can!
Good luck and let us know how it is going.
Marni's picture
Sorry you're having a tough time getting this bread baking thing to work, but once you do, you'll have so much fun.
My thought is to choose a simple recipe, one that has just basic ingredients and just two risings, for example. Sometimes they are called direct or straight methods. You can even post it here and get feedback before you start. I would also get fresh ingredients, especially yeast. Having tips before you start might help.
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What an ass. Playful tiff?? I'd hate to see what he calls an arguement. There should be a spot in hell reserved for people who are abusive.
270 days ago
That was not a playful tif that is someones attempt to intimidate and threaten the person it is directed to. If Nigella values herself she will walk away from this animal and never look back. NO ONE I repeat NO ONE has that right to put their hand or hands on someone in this manner joking or no joking and I highly doubt this was. He is a bully and she was upset and terrified.
270 days ago
Even if he wasn't actually trying to choke her, anyone that would put their hands around the throat of someone else (especially his wife) during an argument lacks control. It would only take him being a little more upset in a private setting and he could easily snap into real choking.
270 days ago
Sounds like the justice system in London operates like the justice system in L.A.
270 days ago
tippy katz
even if EVEN IF he means what he says, and he didn't physically hurt her, you can not touch someone in that way without emotionally and spiritually violating and abusing them. her face says it all. but there's a chance he believes what he says. even though it's a load of sh#t.
270 days ago
This man should have been arrested!
270 days ago
My ex used to say that he never hit me: He choked, shoved, pushed and spit, but was smart enough not to leave a physical mark. It is all about ego and control. She needs to pick up what little self-esteem she has left and never look back. Thankfully, I did.
270 days ago
Whatever he told her, I bet he didn't have to tell her twice!
270 days ago
JEEBUS ****ING CHRIST!!!! When are the people going to rise up and no longer allow the special treatment that being rich gets you from the law???? I can't wait til I'm rich so I can kill all the people who piss me off with no worry of any punishment.
270 days ago
What a little pu$$y
270 days ago
If that's how they act in public, imagine what happens at home. Sad that not a single person acted to stop their "tiff".
270 days ago
Lets see how many racist jokes about him being a "******" on here pops up. Probably none bc he is white. So its not his fault he choked her, its the camera guy who took the pictures fault
270 days ago
I challenge him to come choke me.
270 days ago
Nigella is hot!
270 days ago
Ditch him Nigella. After one season of The Taste, America wants much, much more of you.
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It's so sad Paul and Roger are in the light of lord. I pray from Paul and roger as we'll for their family and children.
104 days ago
These cars are really made for the track but with blinkers and headlights they're street legal...
Surviving a crash has allot to do with the interior "space" around the occupants - these matchboxes have none and you become trapped with any side impact. Most drivers, including the one's with a 20 hour high performance driving course - do not really have the skills for rear-engine 500+ hp.
Sad the dude was going to this event...and no idea it was the last.
104 days ago
Any time a talented actor dies young
104 days ago
So sad, so young a terrable way to go RIP Paul Walker
104 days ago
That's what happens when you drive too fast, too furious.
104 days ago
if his dbag friend was a professional driver, he should have KNOWN that car has a tendency for tailspins, look it up. secondly, what is he doing driving like that on a public street??? unfortunate for paul, he got into a car with a phucken moron who acts like a 13 year old.
104 days ago
Do we need to know this TMZ? His family surely has gone through enough. Leave it to you guys to milk a story for all its worth. S***bags.
104 days ago
Its bad enough that he died young but to die in such a horrific manner is truly heartbreaking. RIP beautiful man
104 days ago
RIP...TRUE HUMANITARIAN UNLIKE SOME OF THESE OTHER CELEBRITIES....I cannot get over some of the insensitive people on here! Keep your negativity to yourself you heartless pr*cks!!!!!!
104 days ago
Sometimes people forget they aren't invincible. 10 minutes before the crash Paul & his friend were probably smiling & in great spirits then a short time later they were dead. so senseless
104 days ago
Why were there people who saw him buckled up still and said we were trying to unbuckle him but everyone kept pulling eachother off.. Paul could have been saved OMG why why why =(
104 days ago
This didn't have to happen. If the driver didn't act irresponsibly, both he and Paul would be here right now. So very sad. Completely senseless.
104 days ago
Did he died?
104 days ago
The details as they emerge are terribly sad to read. But, in reading all the arguments about what the news is publishing and the harm it is causing, just listen to the lyrics of Dirty Laundry by Don Henley. This song was written in the 80's about the news media. Nothing will ever change as sad as that may sound. As long as the tragedy isn't happening to them, it's news.
104 days ago
Maybe Biebs and the Lil's will learn a lesson from this . These celebrities buy gigantic race cars that they can't drive. Kimmycakes looks totally ridiculous trying to drive the beast she bought to impress Kanye. He will probably take the both of them out someday. Norf will be spared because she's never with them. No sense buying a 4 seater.
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UPDATE: 'I am excited to be a Zip,' Tressel says
Published: Thu, February 2, 2012 @ 10:36 a.m.
AKRON — “I am excited to be a Zip,” former Ohio State University football coach Jim Tressel told members of the news media today as the University of Akron today named him to a vice president’s position.
According to the Akron beacon Journal, Tressel will be in charge of “strategic engagement” for the university and will be paid a base salary of $200,000.
The newspaper reported Tressel played a key role in the search for a football coach that led to the hiring of Terry Bowden and since then has remained in touch with university officials, said UA President Luis Proenza.
It was after those discussions, Proenza said, that he began talking to Tressel about returning to UA.
Tressel, who earned his master’s degree in education at UA and was once part of the Zips football coaching staff, said it is nice to come home.
He said met with UA students before the press conference.
“It is great to come back to the place that gave me my first chance,” he said.
Tressel, according to media reports in Columbus, sold his Upper Arlington home recently. He recently was under consideration for a coaching position with the Indianapolis Colts.
1300(538 comments)posted 2 years, 1 month ago
This isn't a football position. How does someone with a Master of Education, a joke degree to begin with, get named a university VP?
He gets paid 200K, walks into a made-up position, and he has no academic graduate degree.
If this is Akron trying to demonstrate that it's not a community college, a la YSU, and that it wants to be taken seriously, this is not the way to go.
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2Mooneygrad72(42 comments)posted 2 years, 1 month ago
Wait a minute 300 Since when is a Master's degree a joke?? and how did YSU become a community college??
My Masters ( I have 2) took much time, lots of hard work, extreme projects, but it made me a better teacher and community member. YSU is a great place !! A community college is a 2 year school deemed as a "tech school" not a university.
Makes one wonder about your educational level and expertise.
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3Bman(151 comments)posted 2 years, 1 month ago
Good luck Coach.
A Master's degree is a graduate degree...btw, what does that matter if he is in administration anyway? He's not teaching. Just Tres being in your program will generate money and attention and eventually better athletes who want to play for UA.
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4300(538 comments)posted 2 years, 1 month ago
Bman, his isn't an academic degree graduate degree. I'm not interested in explaining the university system and how it works, but this kind of hire is very rare, and at any worthwhile research university this would be considered a black eye.
Mooneygrad, it's a fine degree for school teachers, but not at the university level. I'm ot denigrating it, and I'm sure you are a better teacher now. Within a university, however, these "Ed" degrees aren't very valuable outside the community college level or by those working in the Diversity/Student Life/whatever other office they made up to hire the wives of professors. And, YSU is more of a community college than a research one. It serves a purpose in the valley, but it's not at Kent's level, much less OSU, Cincy, or Miami. Take a look at what's accredited at YSU. I think people would be surprised to find out that what's thought of as quality there, isn't valued anywhere else.
You don't really need to wonder too much about my own educational level, it's pretty much spelled out in my post.
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5arod(257 comments)posted 2 years, 1 month ago
Wish YSU could have snagged him up, would have "taught" coach W a thing or two about YSU football.
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6theguins(152 comments)posted 2 years, 1 month ago
Lie to the NCAA and get a $200,000.00 reward. How nice is that?
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7jasoninohio(119 comments)posted 2 years, 1 month ago
Tressel will make the university that $200k back ten fold. He is a great teacher and a great leader. It was sad that he had to leave Ohio State in the way he did, but I am glad to see he is back at the collegiate level.
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8Tigerlily(472 comments)posted 2 years, 1 month ago
Tressel is happy to be whatever, as long as it pays.
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9Owlguin(49 comments)posted 2 years, 1 month ago
I just want him to write a book. I just can't wait to read it.
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10LRG5150(16 comments)posted 2 years, 1 month ago
Yes, taking a position for $200K is quite a reward after being forced out of a $3.2+M job.
I'll never understand the disdain for this man that many in this valley have, especially after what he did and continues to do for the university and community.
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11walter_sobchak(1703 comments)posted 2 years, 1 month ago
Well, I gotta believe that Jim Tressel's Masters in Education is worth about $200,000 per year for someone with his experience and expertise. UA knew excatly what they were doing with his hiring and they will profit mightily from it as I'm sure it will have something to do with fund-raising. I'm sure YSU would have loved to have him but it would not be possible as he would be breathing down Wolford's neck.
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12fattynskinny(193 comments)posted 2 years, 1 month ago
best of luck coach and god bless you and your family
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13theguins(152 comments)posted 2 years, 1 month ago
Forced out? The guy covered up and lied to the University and the NCAA. Never really cared for him at YSU. Yes it is a reward...
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14jimmyd123(195 comments)posted 2 years, 1 month ago
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15leftyompton4life(79 comments)posted 2 years, 1 month ago
OMG tattoos were given away for free...the horror, the horror!!!!!!
Get a life people. No one cares you got Master's Degrees. Let Tressel be Tressel and hope to see him again on the sidelines one day. He's done more for Youngstown, OSU, and the state of Ohio then you can ever wish to do yourselves.
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16DOLE2(594 comments)posted 2 years, 1 month ago
I dont feel sorry for a millionaire who broke the rules! Stay in Akron TRess, I dont give a S**T
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17pwhite1027(101 comments)posted 2 years, 1 month ago
Fair and equal: agree with you about college costs being crazy. That's what happens when u are spending other's money.
However, I think Jim Tressel would be an asset to ANY COLLEGE or any other business for that matter.
He could work wherever he wants.
Too bad YSU couldn't take advantage of this by bringing him home where he would be a HUGE benefit to our community.
Football coach probably would be too intimidated by him.
Because Jim has unmatched integrity, I'm sure he'll continue to help YSU when he can pro bono.
Good luck Jim. You are great and I'm sure Akron will benefit from you.
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18ROBERT(137 comments)posted 2 years, 1 month ago
For those who continue to hate Tressel for all that he did for YSU, Sandusky is still available!
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19mrblue(921 comments)posted 2 years, 1 month ago
This guy gets way too much press!! On the other hand, I would not be surprised if in a few years, he was their head coach.
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20Bman(151 comments)posted 2 years, 1 month ago
Tressel and Terry Bowden working for the same institution? This will be instant financial success for UA.
My knowledge of higher education is just fine, but thanks for the offer of "explaining the university system and how it works." A Master degree in Education, even if it is a terminal Masters, is still a graduate degree. Most 1st tier research insitutions would probably pass on Tressel because they don't need him and cannot afford him anyway. UA is a perfect fit for him, right now.
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21jimmyd123(195 comments)posted 2 years, 1 month ago
So the man got a new job from a friend. Happens every day..
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Bear Claw Conspiracy
Forensic analyst Gigi Lynd had an agenda. And it didn't include facing off against cop-turned-ranger Matt Blackthorn. But she'd do anything to help investigate a deadly attack in the Colorado back country and uncover a conspiracy...even partner up with a hardened loner who saw her inexperience as a liability.
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When she finally settles on a single career, Jessica will have been many things: a doctor of molecular genetics, a patent agent, a freelance editor, a professional horse trainer and riding coach, a fianc ' e and the proud owner of a pair of corgis.
But if you ask her who she is, Jessica will say, "I'm a writer. The rest is all background research."
Now writing full-time from a small farm in eastern Connecticut, Jessica shares her life with her own personal hero, Brian, as well as the corgis, two cats and a handful of young horses, who she claims are investments but never seem to get sold. '
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Excerpt from Bear Claw Conspiracy by Jessica Andersen
"Help! Help...She's...I need help!"
The shout came from outside Ranger Station Fourteen, followed seconds later by the sound of someone running flat out, skidding on the loose gravel of the trailhead.
Matt Blackthorn bit off his briefing mid-sentence and strode from his office, his pulse kicking and then leveling off as he went into crisis mode: six feet and two inches worth of black-haired, green-eyed competence, laced with the determination of his part-Cherokee forebears and the killer instincts that had once been his trademark.
Grizzled park service veteran Bert Grainger was right behind him, while young charmer Jim Feeney veered off to put the dispatcher on standby in case they needed outside help. The station's fourth ranger, a clever brunette named Tanya Dawes, was already out in the field. Hopefully, they wouldn't need her.
As Matt headed through the station's front room, he mentally reviewed the hikers who'd checked in at Station Fourteen--the most remote and isolated of the Bear Claw Canyon ranger stations--over the past few days. He fixed on the newlyweds who had come through earlier that morning. They had been too busy mooning over each other--and their new city-bought hiking gear--to really pay attention to his spiel on backcountry safety precautions.
Muttering a curse, he stiff-armed the door leading outside. Damn it, I told them to head back down toward Bear Claw. Station Three, with its brightly marked trails and pre-planned walking tour, would've been a better fit for those two. Fourteen was no place for city softies.
They hadn't listened, though. And sure enough, Mr. Newlywed--Cockleburr? Cockson? It was cock-something, anyway--was pelting toward him across the dirt parking lot, eyes frantic enough to have Matt's gut twisting.
"Oh, thank God you're here." Newlywed's words tumbled over each other as he staggered to a halt and sucked in a ragged breath. "She's hurt, unconscious, and--"
"Stop!" Matt said firmly, using his cut-through-the-panic voice. When Cochran--that was it, Cochran--quit babbling, Matt said, "What happened to your wife? Did she fall?" The trails were dry as hell and starting to crumble in places.
But Cochran shook his head furiously. "Tracy's fine. The woman we found is one of yours."
"One of--" Matt's stomach did a nosedive. "A ranger?"
Cochran patted his chest, near where the men and women who oversaw Bear Claw Canyon State Park wore their badgelike name tags. "Tanya. Her name's Tanya."
"Jim!" Bert bellowed back toward the station. "Get out here!"
"That's--" Impossible, Matt started to say, but then bit off the word. Arguing was a waste of time.
His mind locked on Tanya as he'd seen her last--pretending to ignore pretty-boy Jim while blowing a kiss to divorced, old-enough-to-be-her-father Bert as she headed out to one of the Jeeps. Her dark hair had been tied back, her dark eyes laughing as she had joked with the two men: one her self-proclaimed partner in meaningless flirtation, the other her friend.
Matt hadn't been part of the bunkhouse horseplay that morning or any other time. He had his own place beyond the station house and kept to himself. But Tanya was definitely one of his.
His ranger. His responsibility.
There was a commotion behind him as Jim thudded down the steps and Bert relayed the bad news. Jim blanched and surged forward, but Bert grabbed him by the arm and held him in check.
Matt focused on Cochran. His mind raced through scenarios from fixable to fatal. Please let it be fixable. "Where is she?"
Cochran gestured northward. "At the bottom of a shallow wash, that way, about forty-five, fifty minutes from here. We saw her when we were hiking up to this cave mouth that's shaped like a heart."
"That's right by Candle Rock!" Bert burst out. The distinctive formation was part of his patrol area, not Tanya's.
Matt bit off a curse. Candle Rock was difficult to reach, with too many river crossings for vehicles to get all the way in. And what the hell was Tanya doing over by Candle Rock? Later, he told himself. He'd worry about the whys later. "She's unconscious?"
Cochran nodded. "Looks like she slipped and fell. She had a knot on her head. There was a little blood, and she was cool to the touch, but her breathing and pulse both seemed steady. Trace stayed to try and warm her up."
"Good," Matt said gruffly. "Okay, then." He was starting to think the Cochrans weren't as much of a lost cause as he had initially pegged them for. And for Tanya's sake, he hoped to hell that was the case.
He turned to Jim. "Get an emergency medical chopper en route. Bert and I are going to drive in as far as we can and hike the rest of the way. We should get there about the same time as the chopper. I want you back here coordinating things."
Jim's face clouded. "But--"
"I could stay--" Bert began.
"Not open for discussion," Matt broke in. He gestured to Bert. "Get one of the first-aid duffels and our climbing gear." To Jim, he said in a low voice, "Let us take this one. You can see her later." When the kid--okay, he was twenty-five, but as far as Matt was concerned, still very much a kid--started to protest, Matt fixed him with a look. "That's an order."
Jim hesitated, then nodded reluctantly. They both knew that although Matt didn't pull rank often, he meant it when he did.
And in this case, he meant it in spades. He knew all too well that there was no room for emotion during a crisis...and when things went bad out in the backcoun-try, they could go very, very bad.
Tanya was an expert climber, though. What the hell had happened? And why was she out of her territory? Those questions clouded his concern for the young ranger as he drove his Jeep out toward Candle Rock, with Bert and Cochran following in a second vehicle.
Despite the rangers' best efforts to educate the hikers who had the chops to handle the backcountry and discourage the ones who didn't, the treacherous terrain, wildfires, poisonous snakes, and drought-starved predators had combined to take their toll. In his almost six years as head of Station Fourteen, he had led eight search parties and arranged transport of three bodies. His sector--which included the park's most remote territory--averaged an airlift a month, and two or three times that many hikers had to be driven straight to the E.R. Do not pass go. Do not collect two hundred dollars.
He hoped to hell this would be one of the easy ones, requiring little more than a couple of ibuprofen and a day or two off. If Tanya had been unconscious for an extended period, though, that didn't seem likely.
At the thought, he hit the gas and sent the Jeep lunging forward. Then, when the wheels shuddered, he made himself ease up and breathe. Panic didn't solve anything.
They made it most of the way to Candle Rock in the vehicles after all--the drought that had contributed to the wildfires currently devastating Sectors Five and Six was a backhanded blessing now, drying up the two rivers that usually blocked the route.
When their luck ran out at the base of a steep hill, they parked, shouldered their gear, and hiked in the rest of the way, jogging along a narrow game trail that crested a rocky, tree-lined ridge near the cave.
Matt brought up the rear, carrying his shotgun. If Tanya was bleeding, there would be scavengers in the area, maybe even one or more of the bigger predators.
"Up here!" Cochran ran forward, cresting the ridge as he called, "Trace? We're back!"
"Hurry!" a woman's voice responded immediately. "She's in shock, and I don't like how low her heart rate is getting."
Matt cursed and lunged up the last stretch and down the other side, partly jumping from one rock to another, partly skidding along the loose, crumbling gravel. "Get the ropes anchored," he said to Bert, waving the older man back as he reached the edge of the deep wash.
"Will do. You should wait until--"
"No time." Matt yanked the straps of his knapsack tighter, checked his shotgun, and jumped over the edge of the wash right behind Cochran.
He dropped nearly a dozen feet and his boots hit the ground hard, but he barely noticed the impact; his focus was locked on where Cochran had one arm around his wife. Their heads were tipped together, their bodies leaning into each other.
But even as that image burned itself inexplicably into Matt's brain, he looked past them where Tanya lay sprawled in the gravel. She was covered with two brightly colored jackets, and other pieces of the Cochrans' clothing were tucked around her. Her eyes were closed and a slender blood trail tracked across her cheek. Her supposedly shockproof radio lay smashed nearby, in a scuffed spot below the crumbled ledge.
Something jarred faintly wrong, but that was quickly blotted out by a twist of guilt. She looked so damn young lying there.and he had sent her out alone. Which was protocol, but still.
"Hey, Tanya," he said as he crouched down beside her. "It's Matt." Had she ever called him by his first name? He couldn't remember. "Bert's here, too. We're going to get you out of here."
Her pupils were unequal, her vitals too damn low across the board. Yeah, she was shocky all right. Concussed, too, and maybe suffering from internal injuries. It wasn't that much of a fall, but she must have landed exactly wrong.
Grabbing the radio off his belt, he toggled it to send.
There was a hiss and a squawk. "Did you find her?"
"Got her. How are we doing on that chopper?"
"Should be there any minute. How is she?"
"Banged up." The faint noise of rotor-thwack saved him from having to elaborate. "Chopper's here. Patch me through will you?"
As he was talking options with the pilot, a trio of climbing ropes sailed over the edge and slithered down, followed moments later by Bert. Raising his voice over the increasing noise of the helicopter, the grizzled ranger called, "They going to stay in the air and drop a basket?"
Matt shook his head. "The pilot thinks she can land on that flat section beyond the wash. We'll use the ropes to bring Tanya up and out." It felt good to have a plan, better to know she would soon be getting the medical help she needed. Turning back to the injured ranger, he gentled his voice and said, "The chopper's almost here. They'll get you down to the city, and--" He broke off when her eyelids fluttered. "Tanya? Can you hear me?"
She shifted uncomfortably and frowned, then lashed out with a fisted hand as though trying to physically fight off unconsciousness. Cochran and his wife made soothing noises but stayed back, yielding to Matt. He caught her flailing fist. "Easy, killer. You fell off the ledge and banged yourself up a bit, but the med techs are on their way."
Her lips moved. "Didn't...fall."
He blew out a relieved breath that she was making sense. "You hit your head. It'll come back." Maybe. Maybe not. At least she was talking.
But she shook her head, wincing at the pain brought by the move. "No fall. Ambushed."
His blood chilled, but it didn't make any sense. Ambushes were for narrow alleys and drug dealers, not wide-open skies and park rangers. Hallucination? Maybe. He didn't know. Leaning closer, he said urgently, "What happened?"
Her eyes opened to slits as she tried to focus on him. "Two men grabbed me... wanted..." She struggled to say something more, but then her body went lax as she lost her brief grip on consciousness.
"Wait!" He surged up onto his knees and bent over her, gripping her fisted hand in his. "What men?" The controlled crisis mode he'd long ago perfected lost out to anger at the thought of someone doing this to one of his people, on his territory, his watch. "Tanya, what men?"
"Matt." Bert gripped his shoulder. "She's out."
Damn it. He subsided, loosening his grip on her hand. When he did, something fell free and floated to the ground.
Cochran leaned in. "What's that?"
Catching the small, colorful scrap between his thumb and forefinger, Matt lifted it. "A feather."
The shaft was thin and curved, and the barbs ran a wild-colored gamut from white-and-black at the top to a deep reddish orange in the middle, then back to black at the base. He frowned at it, but there was no time to really get a good look, because right then the rotor noise increased to a roar and the chopper appeared overhead.
It paused, spun, and then dropped in for a more-haste-than-grace landing. Moments later, shouts and the sound of thudding footfalls up above announced the arrival of the med team.
Matt stuck the feather in his breast pocket and buttoned it in for safekeeping.
The next few minutes were ordered chaos as the medical team rappelled down and hustled to get Tanya stabilized for transport, with a rapid yet thorough triage, warming blankets and an IV line of fluids to combat the shock. The techs didn't say it, but he could see from their faces that they didn't like her continued unconsciousness any more than he did. Working quickly and efficiently, they strapped her down and okayed her for travel.
Working together, Matt, Bert, the Cochrans and the med team hauled her out of the wash and loaded her onto the chopper.
Matt heard the copilot radioing ahead to let the hospital know they had a serious head injury on the way. He wanted somebody to look at her and say that she'd be fine, but it didn't happen.
He slid the door closed, then ducked out of range as the rotors screamed and the chopper lifted up and away, heading for the city. He was relieved to have Tanya in the care of professionals, but there wasn't any time to stand around congratulating himself on a job well done...especially when he hadn't done his job well at all.
It was his responsibility to make Sector Fourteen as safe as he possibly could. His mind churned. Two men, she had said. What men? What had happened, and why was she out of her normal range? Had she followed them and been discovered, or had they brought her all this way and dumped her? And what was the deal with the feather? Was it important, or just something she'd been carrying when she was ambushed?
He winced as phantom pain sliced through his lower left abdomen, where a gnarled scar and low-grade ulcer formed a pointed reminder that it wasn't his job to be asking those questions. Hadn't been for a long time.
As the rotor noise dimmed, he pulled Bert aside, out of the Cochrans' earshot. "Take those two back to the station and keep them there."
The other man darted a look at the hikers. "You think they hurt Tanya?"
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Nicolas Decoster at
Mon Mar 22 18:35:11 CET 2004
I have an app that allocates memory. I have created a python buffer that
shares this memory. Example:
data = (double*) malloc(size*sizeof(double));
buffer = PyBuffer_FromReadWriteMemory(data, size*sizeof(double));
The app and python interpreter does lots of things they find usefull.
And one day, the app decides to free the memory:
How can the app tell python not to try to access memory no more?
Am I sure at this point that the app is the only one that has a ref on
my Object?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
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tt chapter 1 . 11/24/2012
eh two and a half stars
Flowerstar chapter 1 . 4/28/2009
Awesome oneshot but when are you getting back to updating "Four Girls Trapped in a Elevator" or something like that? I've been lovin' that story since the first chappie. :) I kinda miss reading that fic. :( Anyhoo, I'm not sure is there any point of still having you in my Mario Kart Wii friends list 'cause we hardly ever raced against each other. Then again, you're about 5 hours behind me (according to my watch, I'm just 5 hours ahead of you in the United Kingdom) just like my other NYC pal from deviantART. Unfortunately for some unknown reason, the connection with the Wii doesn't work anymore. I just don't know how I can solve the problem and what's wrong with the connection. It's weird that my fellow Mario Kart Wii friend and offline friend (from college), Sarah Burr, she has the same problem as I have. O_o Hopefully, the problem will just go away soon.
By the by, what position did Peach get in the story?
pika123 chapter 1 . 4/28/2009
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SavanaSahara chapter 11 . 10/10/2013
Love your story so far. Please update soon! :)
Aista chapter 11 . 6/11/2013
Okay the suspense is killing me. On a another note, your characterization is impeccable - they have a depth to them that OCs generally don't have. I can't wait to see where you take this!
Wildblume chapter 11 . 5/19/2013
I'm so glad Samok and Nell could resolve their issue!
And I hope you update soon, so we get to know what happened to T'Pel's father. Creepy stuff, those murders...
Jamille Shane chapter 11 . 5/15/2013
Oh no! This has just taken a turn for the sinister. Who the heck is doing these things and why?
I hope her father is okay! I really really do. There is no thing like serious worry over a relative when something not so good is happening where you live.
I am also very glad Samok told his wife what happened to him. If anyone should know, it should be her so she can understand what is happening with him. I'm glad their bond isn't dead or about to be busted up!
SadaraLochlan chapter 11 . 5/15/2013
Interesting. Will be fun to find out what happens when you continue the story. It sure sounds like T'Pel's father is in trouble.
Devin chapter 10 . 5/12/2013
Larkin came off like such a dick! But somehow I still feel sorry for him. O_o
Also good to see that T'Pel can assist others through more emotional situations that normally, people would think she would find herself in. Great chapter.
Jamille Shane chapter 10 . 5/10/2013
My stomach is in knots! T'Pel and Samok, you guys are NUTS, hahahaha! I hope his wife doesn't chase her out of their house with a knife.
And Larkin. Why so I love him? Why? He just came right out and told her he was not interested! I should expect such straightforward language from a Vulcan, but to see it happen is still like 'whoosh!' I feel bad for T'Pring, but I'm glad he didn't insult her by beating around the bush. That's even worse in the long run.
SadaraLochlan chapter 10 . 5/10/2013
Wow. Larkin really shut the door in T'Pring's face...
Jamille Shane chapter 9 . 5/9/2013
OMG, I hope Solok doesn't know about this I'd she goes along with it! He will so punch Samok in the face then try and kill him.
Methinks Mrs. Samok might be cheating! I'd that's the case, how awful.
SadaraLochlan chapter 9 . 5/9/2013
In a few ways I feel bad for Vulcans. I think oftentimes they end up with mates whom they don't care for or who don't care for them. Understandably, a lot of it has to do with survival, but it's a shame they don't more often choose their own mates. Hopefully Samok can get it worked out with his.
T'Sara chapter 8 . 5/4/2013
I've finally gotten around to reading all of your stories and I've really enjoyed them. Hope you update soon. :)
Wildblume chapter 8 . 3/29/2013
Solok has it badly! Can't wait to see how this goes on!
Devin chapter 8 . 3/24/2013
Another excellent chapter. Love Larkin's dinner mishaps and of course, the growing relationship between T'Pel and Solok.
SadaraLochlan chapter 1 . 3/25/2013
The hot chocolate part made me giggle. That is Sadara's favorite hot drink and I think it makes her feel a little subconscious about it given most everyone around her are robust coffee drinkers. :P
I enjoyed the speculation about the potential romances blooming here. Vulcans are observant so it's interesting to read what they speculate about their peers.
Jamille Shane chapter 8 . 3/24/2013
I think poor Solok isn't going to make it for much longer. :-/ He was close to growling at Larkin because he needed T'Pel's help, LOL!
I feel badly for Larkin in a way, too. I can't tell if he genuinely dislikes T'Pring or if he simply cannot see past the fact that he was being set up. I suspect Larkin would do well with a non-Vulcan mate, though.
Loved the dinner party, it was a great insight into what else is happening in Solok's head! And I love T'Lara the Matchmaker, hahahaha!
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0.317371 | <urn:uuid:58cc01b2-bba8-4176-ad71-73996aefd49b> | en | 0.987854 | The Uchiha clan would rise yet again; magnificent in all its aspects. Perfect. Even though Sasuke wasn't. She was light and he was darkness, after all.
Sasuke did dream of his second goal.
The Uchiha clan, under his guidance, would rise again. Perhaps, he hoped, far surpassing the original. Magnificent in all its aspects. In other words, it would—or so he dreamed—be perfect.
Yet…he knew that he would not be able to recreate the perfect clan alone.
(Not referring to the process of actually creating the members, but that of course would also require…assistance, so to speak.)
Uchiha Sasuke was far from perfect. He knew, that to reconstruct his clan in such a way that it would be the best it possibly could be, he would require patience and a near-endless supply of love. Things he would not be able to provide.
and then there was Sakura.
Sakura who loved him.
Sakura who would wait forever—and more, if need be.
Right now, he tormented her in her dreams. He knew. Not dreamed…nor believed.
He knew that the thought of him would drive her crazy.
He knew that he would continually hurt her, even if he wasn't there.
That one day, he would ask for her hand in the least romantic fashion.
That someday, she would accept.
That he was not what she so rightfully deserved.
That she would take him wholeheartedly regardless.
Such was the nature of love.
It being exactly why Itachi and the bloody corpses of the once-proud Uchihas haunted him every waking second of his damned life.
…did he love Sakura in return, you might ask? He thought otherwise.
He would not let her in; let her break his oh-so-carefully built defenses, leaving him vulnerable. Not yet. He couldn't love just yet. Perhaps even for years to come.
She would have the patience and love, though, that he didn't have. She would wait. She would gradually…gently…get through to him. She would fill the void Itachi had so mercilessly made.
She was light and he was darkness, after all.
No, he concluded, he would not be able to make the perfect Uchiha clan by himself.
He was broken; incomplete; shattered.
Even so, the Uchihas would rise again; in the most magnificent possible way.
Because Sakura completed him.
Deep inside him, the part of his soul he thought to be long dead…loved her.
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Prologue: "The Beginning of Summer"
It's summer, isn't it? The sun's burning hot, the sky is bright blue. And even night feels shorter. So...
"Why am I still here?!"
A young boy leaned back on his chair and glared at the ceiling. He took his hand back and brushed it through his messy brown hair, messy due to him constantly scratching his head or shaking his head as he tried to think of things to write in his notebook. In the end, he just slapped it closed angrily.
"Mr. Blaiiiir, why do I have to do this again?" He directed his anger at his teacher. Mr. Blair raised his head from the book he was reading and replied,
"Luso," He said, "If you need to know the reason, think back to how many times you have been late to school."
"Um..." Luso grabbed his hair again, trying to think. "T-two times?"
Mr. Blair shook his head, "You've been late to class for six times consecutively. Each time, you've interrupted class to yell out 'Sorry Mr. Blair! I'm late again!'"
"So this is your punishment. Write me about two pages worth of reflections on how you've been treating school lately."
Luso glanced down at his closed notebook. He had barely written in it at all. At most, he had written the date and a few simple sentences. Definitely not two pages.
Most definitely, he wouldn't be able to leave for home for a while.
Mr. Blair looked up at the clock, it was nearly two hours after school ended. At this rate, even he wouldn't be able to head home as well. It was his job to supervise any student that stays within school grounds after hours, after all. He kicked himself mentally for giving such a big assignment to one of the biggest slackers in class.
With a sigh, he resigned himself to his fate and returned his attention to his book.
Clatter, thunk.
"Um...Mr. Blair?" A voice came from the doorway, "If you wouldn't mind, can I have a word?"
Mr. Blair looked up from his book again. There appears to be another teacher standing outside in the hallway. Luso lifted his head slightly and stared at the doorway as well. He couldn't see who was talking, the angle was obscuring the visitor.
"Oh, Mr. Randell." Mr. Blair said, "I'll be right there in a minute." He put his book down again and walked out into the hallway. Leaving Luso alone in the empty classroom.
"Aaagh..." Luso groaned. Placing his face against the cool desk, he stared out at the window. The voices of all the children who are out playing under the bright summer sky only intensified his depression.
What is there to do now? Should I even try to finish this? Thought the young boy. Nah, I'll be let out eventually anyway.
He placed his head back onto the desk and closed his eyes.
Man, this is boring. I wonder what I should do once I get home?
I think I'll just hang out with my friends, maybe we'll all go and play some video games or something, It's summer anyway, I have plenty of time. I can even oversleep again, how nice is that?...well, auntie might yell at me again, but I'm pretty much used to it.
I'll just tell her that I'll be better next year. Like, I'll be at school on time, and I'll stop letting the dog eat my work on 'accident.' Haha.
...hey, maybe I can write this as my reflections!
He hurriedly flipped open his notebook, tore out the first page and started scribbling down his thoughts.
...and I'll stop doodling on the margins of my books, and I'll stop secretly sticking gum underneath my chair, and...
Clatter, thunk.
Luso looked up from his notebook, which had nearly a page filled now. Mr. Blair had walked back into the classroom. He looked strangely happy, and relieved.
"Luso!" He said jubilantly, "Good news! You don't have to write that two page reflection anymore. I have a new job for you."
"Huh?" Luso almost dropped his pencil in surprise. What's the deal?
"Mr. Randell needs someone to clean up the library for him. If you can tidy up all the books and papers, I'll let you go without writing a thing."
"Really?" Luso stood up instantly. Although he had never been inside the library before, it didn't sound like a place that would be incredibly messy. If he finished it fast, then he could go home fast.
"Just pack up and head on over to the library. Mr. Randell should be in there."
"Alright, do you want the notebook?"
"It's fine, keep it."
Luso nodded and quickly tossed all his belongings into his bag haphazardly. In less than a minute, he was out of the classroom and into the hallways. Mr. Blair breathed a sigh of relief. He can finally go home now. Even teachers want their summer vacations as well.
Tap tap tap tap tap tap.
The sound of Luso's feet tapping on the floor as he ran in the hallways. An usual offense that would get him a scolding from the hall monitor or a teacher. Not that there are any right now.
Halting in front of a wooden door, Luso glanced at the metal plate hanging above it.
"This is it!" He said happily, "The library!"
He grabbed the doorknob and opened the door energetically. But as soon as he placed one foot inside the room, his happy smile had suddenly slid off his face like wet paint.
"N-no way!" The library was a mess. No, to call it a mess was an understatement. Paper was strewn all over the floor, bookshelves were missing their contents, and books were piled all over the place in small towers. It resembled a miniature cavern, a dungeon of books.
Luso leapt over a stack of books that was threatening to fall over. The desk where the librarian usually sits is vacant. Instead, a small note was left on the desk, held down by a small teddy bear that was probably left behind by some childish student.
He put the teddy beat aside and picked up the note. It was a letter from the librarian to Luso, written in slightly messy writing.
Dear Luso,
Mr. Blair told me that you'll be helping me clean up my messy library for me. Thanks in advance. Feel free to take home any books you think are interesting, I don't mind. Just remember to return them when school starts again after the summer. Be careful of the stacks, they might topple over and crush you. Some of the bookshelves are also broken, so be careful of those too, okay?
Thanks in advance
Mr. Randell
"This feels more like a warning than a thanks..." Luso mumbled. He crumpled up the letter and tossed it into the garbage bin.
Feeling as if he was ripped off, Luso sighed and leaned against one of the tall piles of books. Almost instantly, it began to wobble and toppled over. With Luso along with it.
"Agh!" He cried out as he flipped over the pile, landing roughly in the middle of a valley of literature. A few books fell over and thumped Luso over the head. Stars filled his vision as he grabbed the attacker and tossed it away. The book flew over the pile and landed on a wooden table, knocking a small box onto the ground. It flipped open and began to play a simple melody.
Luso crawled over to the box and picked it up. It was a small music box, the type that most people would buy for young children to help them sleep.
"This sounds kinda familiar..." Luso said. He rubbed the lump on his head and placed it back on the table. The box stopped playing as soon as it touched the surface. "Did it break? Oh well..."
Spotting a chair, Luso grabbed it and sat down. He drooped his head onto the table. It was almost nighttime, and he was still stuck in this library.
This is a great start for a summer, isn't it? Luso thought sarcastically. He banged his head against the wooden surface in frustration.
"Huh?" Luso lifted his head at the unknown sound. The book he threw had flipped on by itself. He glanced at the window behind him, it was all shut tightly.
"Wow! This book looks older than Mr. Blair!" He had picked up the book and laid it out in front of him. The pages were frayed and yellowing, some of the text was beginning to fade away. Luso flipped a few pages, several of the pages had illustrations of heroic looking humans that held beautiful swords, ancient old men that appeared to hold flames or lightning in their hands, monstrous creatures that had large horns that could probably tear the entire school down in one charge.
Entranced, Luso forgot about his depression momentarily as he eagerly flipped through the book. However...
"What's up with this page?" He hadn't even reached the middle of the entire book yet, but the pages had become entirely blank. Not even a hint of ink was left on any of the pages. Feeling desperate, Luso turned the book over and examined the very last page.
There was only one line written on the very back. In spiky black lettering, it read,
"Only one is fated to author these barren pages. Know you the name of the one?"
"Wow, what's with the strange backwards words?" Luso said, "I wonder who was the weirdo who wrote this?"
Luso stretched himself out and went back to examine the sentence. A mischievous thought crossed his mind. He reached inside his bag and took out his notebook and pen.
"I never pass up a chance to write in a library book before, why start now?" Luso said gleefully, he clicked his pen and bent over the pages. "I'll tell you his name!"
"His name is...Luso Clemens!" He punctuated his last line with an overly large period. Blot. "Ah...that felt fun."
"I guess I'm the author of this book now!" He laughed to himself. He began to put his pen and notebook away when...
"Hm?" The pages on the book had flipped over on it's own again.
Fwoosh, fwoosh, Fwoosh, fwoosh, Fwoosh, fwoosh, Fwoosh, fwoosh, Fwoosh, fwoosh!
As if a tornado had blown in, the pages on the book began to turn itself rapidly. Suddenly, a cold breeze had blown into the entire library. Luso dropped his notebook and stood up. The breeze had escalated into a full scale gale and began to lift up many of the fallen books around him. As if the table was the eye of the hurricane, books, paper and other paraphernalia were flying around him in a dizzying scene.
"What's going on?!" Luso cried, he could feel the wind buffeting him around as if he was a scarecrow. He grabbed onto the table in a desperate attempt to ride out the wind, but it was no use. He could feel his feet being pulled up by the powerful draft. One of his shoes had loosened and flew off his foot and joined the books in the tornado.
By now, only his hands were still on the ground. Desperately clutching onto the table leg, which was thankfully nailed down to the ground. His entire body was already floating into the air.
"I...can't...hold on!" He gritted his teeth, "Mr. Blair! Mr. Randell! Anyone! HELP!"
The pages stopped flipping.
Time stopped, just for an instant.
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0.049788 | <urn:uuid:c2193328-6654-46fe-acb0-e94e45701545> | en | 0.98958 | It was Thanksgiving in the Akatsuki base and guess what they were doing. They were fighting over who would cook the turkey. I didn't know they could fight like that… over a turkey. A turkey! Who fights over a turkey?
Konan wanted to cook it because it was a tradition in her family before they died. Itachi wanted to make the turkey so he could make it like Ka-san used to. Hidan wanted to make because he apparently "made the turkey every single fucking year" in his family. Finally, Deidara wanted to make it, so Riku would find it special.
The rest of the Akatsuki and I abandoned the kitchen where the Ukes (and Konan) were fighting. That was probably the wisest thing we could have done at the time. I was the only feminine one not wanting to make it, because, honestly, for once I didn't want to make. When Sasuke and I were little (before he became rivals with Naruto), I would make a turkey, mashed potatoes, and stuffing and we'd invite Naruto over for Thanksgiving. Hinata would drop by before hand to drop off some creamed corn and coleslaw, courtesy of herself.
I wanted it that for once; I didn't have to cook, that I could leave it to someone else. Although, this thanksgiving will surely be weird without Sasuke or Naruto. Thanksgiving was the only day Naruto and Sasuke called truce and sat down to have a meal and play board games.
Kisame sighed and sat down on the couch next to me. "He has never been like this. It's kind of scary really," he told me sighing once more. "So, while Itachi was here, what did you do for Thanksgiving?"
"I would spend it with Sasuke and Naruto. They did make a truce that day," I answered. I heard a 'thud' behind me. I turned around to see Itachi on the floor on his butt looking up awed at me. "Let me guess, you lost." He nodded still stunned to silence.
Finally, he was able to speak. "Sasuke and Naruto… made a truce… How is that possible? The last time I saw them together, they were snapping and slapping at each other." I smiled.
"After you left, Naruto was the only one who could crack through Sasuke's defenses. Sasuke kind of blocked himself out," I said. He stared again but shook it off and stood up, sitting in between me and Kisame. And by sitting between us, I mean scooting me over and snuggling up to Kisame like the weasel he was.
I sighed, standing up. I strode over to Sasori who was trying (and failing) to entertain Riku. The kid staring at him clearly not amused. For a baby, the kid sure was smart enough to know that Sasori attempting to play pat-a-cake was a bad idea. Instead, Riku was watching Kakuzu curiously.
"Kaku-san, what are you doing?" he asked timidly. Kakuzu looked up from balancing his checkbook and raised an eyebrow at the kid. I sat at Itachi's feet to watch the show.
"I'm balancing my checkbook. It's a lot harder than it seems," he replied and returned his attention to his little book. I sighed, 'So much for the entertainment,' I thought and was about to stand up.
"Can I try?" Riku asked. Kakuzu's eyes immediately snapped over to the little toddler. He was about to answer an abrupt 'No' when he looked over at Sasori, who was holding a dollar bill over his caster of fire.
"Just don't mess up too badly," he sighed. He handed the checkbook to the little kid. Riku took it from his hand and put it on his finger. Removing the other hand, the book was 'balanced' on Riku's index and middle fingers.
"Look Daddy, I balanced Kaku-san's checkbook!" Riku giggled. Deidara immediately rushed out of the kitchen, while Hidan and Konan just stared from the door, leaning their heads out.
"My son's a genius… Oh," Deidara said happily but stopped when he saw what had really happened.
"Daddy, what is a genius?" Riku asked giving Kakuzu back his checkbook.
"It is a person who-" Sasori began but was cut off by Deidara placing a hand over his mouth though it just amused Sasori.
"-is good at balancing things," Deidara cut in. He removed his hand and Sasori glared at him for lying to their son. He shook his head and moved to the loveseat. Deidara than realized something. "Crap! I can't cook the turkey now! I left the kitchen!" Itachi began laughing at him and I covered my mouth to stop myself from it.
"So, it's just Hidan and Konan now?" Kisame piped in. He looked to the kitchen where, strangely, it was silent. He turned back to us with a horrified expression. "That's terrifying." I nodded my eyes wide.
"So, what are we going to do until dinner?" I asked. Itachi smirked as Pein came running into the room, his face painted to match his blue jersey. "Wow… why do I even bother, but Pein, why are you wearing that?"
"Football!" he shouted plopping on couch next to Itachi. He looked like he was on a sugar high. It was frightening. Not once have I seen the leader break his composure to this extent. "C'mon Ame Arrows!"
"He gets like this every year. Have you ever celebrated watching football?" Itachi raised an eyebrow at me. I turned away, bashfully.
"I tended to stay away from the football obsessed guys on this day. The can get kind of scary at some points. I would sometimes watch the game, but with Sasuke and Naruto…" I trailed off for really did I have to say more than that.
"Well today, it's Konoha vs. Ame," Kisame spoke up finally. "Everyone, place your bets!" He held out two jars, one with a leaf, and the other with rain drops.
"Pein! Place a bet on Ame for me!" Konan yelled from in the kitchen. Her husband sighed and put $20 in for both of them.
"Kuzu! Konoha! 20 bucks!" Hidan yelled as well. Kakuzu sighed, putting 40 of his precious dollars in the jar with the leaf on it.
Sasori and Deidara placed bets for Ame, as did Tobi and Zetsu. Kisame, Itachi and I placed bets on Konoha. "We've got 125 dollars and a lollipop for Ame to win, and 100 bucks for Konoha to win," Kisame declared. Sasori had put in an extra $5 for Riku. "Let the game begin!"
Kisame grabbed the remote and turned on the TV where we had preset to show the game. I got up from my spot on the floor and moved over to a chair moving Riku into my lap. Hidan and Konan opened the window to see into the living room.
My full attention was on Riku until one play. The quarterback for Konoha, as soon as he got the ball, threw it to a man running straight towards the opposite team. He dodged the tackles and ran into the end zone. Touchdown Konoha! I then realized who the two were.
"That play should be illegal! Those two know what they are doing before they do it!" I shouted. Itachi looked at me in shock.
"Kakashi finally asked Iruka out? No wonder Iruka can run so well. He's been taking lessens from Kakashi," Itachi said. I smiled, nodding. They were so adorable together.
I looked closer at the Konoha team. I spotted Asuma, Ibiki, Kotetsu, Izumo, Gai, Chouza, and even Anko along with some other people I didn't recognize. Tsunade was on the side line shouting orders to the team. On the other team, I noticed one of Pein's paths in sunglasses was shouting orders to the team. It was rigged! Pein was making sure he won that bet.
At halftime, the score was tied at 14, 14. Finally, at that time, Konan gave up and let Hidan cook the turkey. Konan began making the mashed potatoes and stuffing. I set Riku down and joined them in the kitchen. I made creamed corn, normal corn, and coleslaw.
When halftime was over, everything was cooking soundly. By the end of the game, according to Hidan, the turkey would be done. I wasn't going to question his cooking style. I'm sure I didn't want to know.
The game started up again and Ame took the lead for the third quarter, but Konoha came back, ending the quarter at a 28, 28 tie. The fourth quarter kicked off and Konoha started to fall behind. Ame scored two touchdowns and easily powered ahead. Tsunade called a time out and brought her team over with two minutes on the clock.
I could practically hear her shouting at them. Suddenly, the camera shifted over to someone in the crowd. Sakura and Ino were cheering. Shikamaru reluctantly stood up with Chouji and soon Kiba, Hinata, and Shino joined them. I couldn't help but smile.
"You guys are going to lose," I told the Ame supporters. Pein scoffed and shook his head as Tsunade sent out the team again.
I smirked as Konoha scored a touchdown a few mere seconds after the play started. I cocked an eyebrow at them as if to say, "I told you so." When the ball overturned, Ame charged for the end zone. Anko came up and stole the ball, like the snake she was, running for her end zone. Scoring once again, the game was again tied.
"C'mon Konoha!" Kakuzu shouted at the TV. I take it he didn't want to lose his 'precious' money.
Ame received the ball, a minute left on the clock and counting down. With ten yards to go until the end zone, and twenty seconds left. The quarterback threw the ball to-
It was stolen by Gai. He ran towards his respected end zone. The rest of the team slowed to give him space as the Ame players ran to tackle him. Pein's face was in shock as his players finally managed to tackle the man in green spandex… in the end zone.
Kisame, Itachi, Kakuzu, Hidan, and I jumped to our feet in victory. We each got 25 bucks in winnings as well as our 20 dollars back.
The oven went off, saying the turkey was done. Hidan rushed back into the kitchen to get it. Deidara followed to set the table. Sasori lifted Riku to clean him up before dinner. Everyone else crowded around the table.
"I can't believe I lost," Pein muttered. Konan comforted him, placing a hand on his shoulder. I hurried into the kitchen with Itachi and we placed the food on the table.
We then all interlocked hands and one by one, we said what we were thankful for. You can guess what everyone was thankful for like Riku and money, things like that.
Everyone ate plentifully. We didn't even have leftovers! I guess it doesn't help that we had a shark- I mean Kisame eating. After dinner, Deidara gave Riku a bath and put him to bed. Konan and Itachi cleared the table and washed the dishes while the rest of us busted out the card games.
"No poker!" Pein demanded eyeing Kakuzu. The cheapskate always won.
"How about Skip-Bo?" I asked holding up the box of cards. They all looked around at each other and shrugged. I dealt 10 cards to the pile they couldn't look at and put the rest in a pile in the middle of us all. Kisame got the lowest card so he went first.
We played four rounds before Itachi got frustrated with it. Hidan had won the first and I had won the last three. Since Itachi left, so did Kisame. I went to bed shortly later, tired from all the food I'd eaten. Man was today… nice. Let's hope it's like this next year. | https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6505208/1/Thanksgiving-with-the-Akatsuki | dclm-gs1-109690001 | false | false | {
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0.032172 | <urn:uuid:650078de-899c-4ff5-ac6a-7e8e4a7a4958> | en | 0.980297 | Katniss pulled herself up onto another branch. Below her, the careers were laughing, as if they were playing a game of hide-and-seek, not trying to murder her.
"Oh, let me!" said Glimmer. Katniss looked down in time to see Glimmer try to fire an arrow. It missed.
"Here, give me that!" said Cato, grabbing the bow from Glimmer's hands. He fired an arrow, but was no better of a shot than Glimmer.
"Maybe you should try throwing your sword, Cato," said Katniss.
The careers looked at each other, a little sheepishly.
"Oh, you are kidding me," said Clove. "Let me get this straight. You, two killing machines from career districts, who have been trained to be deadly with swords, who can kill anyone who stands in their way, at any time, and who have trained with the best teachers of fighting in Panem, have NEVER BEEN TAUGHT HOW TO FIRE A BOW AND ARROW!"
"Here, let's see you try it," muttered Cato, handing it off to her. Clove's mouth fell open.
"I… uh…"
"You can't fire a bow either?"
Clove's face went red. Cato and Glimmer both doubled over laughing. Clove's eyes gleamed with rage as she stabbed out with the knife. Cato and Glimmer drew their weapons and fought back. The others leaped into the fray, trying to pull them apart.
In the ensuing chaos, no one noticed Katniss climb down from the tree and run into the woods.
Hope you liked it. (Such a sad deficiency in the Career's education.) Please review! | https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7986864/1/Up-a-Tree | dclm-gs1-109700001 | false | false | {
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Kahlil Gibran
"That movie totally blows."
Baralai holds the door open for his date. "How so?"
Dagger-thrown complaints intercept Paine's good manners; after tossing away the watered-down soda in the trash, she snatches the bucket of popcorn from his hands, speaking in between dainty mouthfuls. Taking in stride her deliberate stomps, Baralai withholds his opinion so she can vent to her heart's content.
"Couldn't you see? Limitless was about this novelist who couldn't write a stupid story, and then he meets some long lost brother-in-law who gives him this magical drug and… damn, the movie got boring in the middle. I was expecting more action, but the only real exciting part was near the end when that Russian guy tried to kill him. Instead, all we get is a loser living the good life. I didn't come to watch a movie about crap that already happens in real life."
To hear his friend speak of her passionate discontent shows how much she didn't enjoy herself. Baralai sighs, disappointed. Sitting down on the bench beside a stairway, he pries the empty bucket from her vice grip before Paine can hurt herself chomping on un-popped acorns.
"I'm impressed how realistic the movie was, given the fact it was science fiction. If you would stop to think about it, the movie was more than just a failure novelist who lived a dishonest life through a magical drug. Watching the movie, you could learn not to repeat the same mistakes he did. Dabbling with money and shady people while acting like you have a Jesus-complex can only bring bad luck."
Paine snorts, crossing her arms. She can feel the incoming boredom by the second half of his first sentence, and somehow manages to pay attention at the end. "Karma, right?"
"Precisely." Baralai smiles and motions for her to sit down, but she ignores the offer and remains standing. "The ending seemed happy on the surface, but look what he got himself into. He made an enemy of his own mentor, who did his best to mean well after they became rivals in the business world. And he managed to win the girl in the end? I say he doesn't deserve her."
"Well, I liked the ending. It wasn't sad. And of course he won the girl. What main character doesn't?" Tired of standing, Paine plops on the bench, lounging with her legs crossed.
"Yes, but…" He frowns, annoyed. Normally he would devise a smooth plan to make a move, perhaps hold her hand or wrap an arm around her shoulder, but expressing his opinion stole precedence. "Did you not see what he did throughout the movie? He may have cared for his girlfriend greatly, however he's far from the self-respecting type. While he had an on-off relationship with her, he slept with other women, even without the drug's influence. What does that say about his character?"
"That he's a typical guy. I think that was normal." She shrugs. "I didn't like it either, but so what? It's just a movie."
"Yes. You're right. It's just a movie." Baralai slumps into his seat, resigned. He expected Paine to be more delicate or considerate outside her blunt persona when they were alone, but she still acts the same even without their friends around. At the least, he wanted her to possess some capacity to hold a meaningful or intellectual conversation about a movie beyond its mere purpose of entertainment. Maybe he expected too much, or maybe he did not know Paine as well as he thought he did. Regardless of the facts, today discouraged his feelings.
"I have to go to the bathroom. Mind waiting?"
"No. Take your time."
And she departs up the stairs, hurrying to relieve herself. Baralai disposes of the bucket in the meantime, wiping his hands afterwards with a clean napkin. Salt and butter still lingers on his fingers, and he sighs. He wants to wash his hands clean, but what if Paine gets out first and sees him not here? She might jump to conclusions. No amount of reasoning can sway this girl. 'To wait or not to wait? Hm…'
Before he can return to his place of vigil at the bench, someone calls out to him.
"Baralai!" Hovering by the food counter, Yuna waves. There's something enticing about the innocent energy found in each bounce of her step, how she almost seems to skip on her way over to greet him. "Fancy seeing you here." Unique beauty glows in her blue and green eyes, and he feels blessed to have met someone with heterochromia who feeds his intellectual curiosity. Gippal would call it a "fetish" or "guilty pleasure," if he were to ever discover this embarrassing secret.
He smiles, mood a little uplifted. "Hello. It's nice to see you. Are you with your parents?"
"Mm-hmm. They are buying food." Yuna grins, indicating the direction from whence she came.
Baralai raises an eyebrow. What teenager shows genuine excitement to be found at the movies with their parents? He peers over Yuna's shoulder, curious. The grown man with long hair tied in a Japanese ponytail must be her father, too busy paying the cashier to acknowledge his daughter's disappearance. His wife must be the pretty blonde woman beside him who stares without bothering to hide the fact. Her mischievous smile amuses him somehow, motivating him to give a polite wave. His acknowledgment only eggs her on, eagerly waving back. Baralai chuckles when she makes the two-finger sign: I am watching you.
Yuna giggles. "My mom likes you."
Sensing the mock conspiracy in her hushed voice, Baralai matches her tone mirth for mirth. "How do you know?"
"I saw you two make eye contact."
"Of course. Wouldn't it be rude otherwise?"
Yuna nods with a knowing smile. "Yes, but… My mom always says that a person willing to make eye contact shows great character."
"Oh. Well." Baralai blushes a little, flattered. "Tell her I said thank you."
"I will. So, what movie are you going to watch?"
"Limitless. I already watched it." Since their conversation brought his given circumstance back into full circle, Baralai already feels his mood deteriorating. He didn't want to reflect how successful this expenditure turned out to be, lest he reconsider his prospects. "Now I'm waiting for my date to return from the bathroom." Yuna looks stricken, as if scandalized by the thought she might have been interrupting something important, and then smiles when she thinks about who he may be with.
"Is it Paine? Rikku told me."
"She's still the gossiper, I see."
"Oh, I'm sorry. Was that supposed to be private?"
Baralai blinks, surprised by the depth of her serious sincerity, and he laughs. "No. You don't have to apologize. I'm only teasing."
"If you don't mind me asking, have you finished writing your first draft?"
"For our History paper? Not yet. I'm still brainstorming."
"For me," Yuna says, clasping her hands together, and looking to the ceiling above, "brainstorming is watching a storm come in close, and you can see all the lightning and hear all the thunder. But it never actually hits. Something complex and altogether wondrous. Don't you think?" Baralai finds her enthusiasm infectious, feeling the corners of a smile mimic her own. His mind produces a mental image of nature's more violent side, tearing the world asunder and instilling fear within the minds and hearts of countless civilians. Baralai can't deny the raw and frightening beauty found there.
"Yes, like… you can feel there are great ideas, but they are far away in your mind."
"Exactly. I'm glad you understand."
Baralai chuckles and crosses his arms in mock contemplation. "Hmm… You don't seem like a chaotic person to me. I always thought you were quite peaceful."
Yuna giggles, swaying her hips. "I like to stand outside and watch thunder storms come in."
"I mean no offense, but you don't look like the type of person to."
"Well, you'd be surprised. Thunder is relaxing once you get rid of the scary part. There was one night, back when I was just a kid. There were thunder clouds all around, but right above me, the sky was clear and starry. It was beautiful."
"What a pleasant clash of colors. It sounds glorious. Perhaps I'll join you, if the weather changes."
"Hey." At the sound of her clipped voice, Baralai resists the urge to palm his forehead. Paine does not sound pleased, especially when her deliberate descent down the stairway makes his stomach churn. Broiling red emotion glows in her glare like something fierce. "We're not done with our date, right? I recall we still need to do dinner. That's how this works, last I checked."
"Oh… I, um… hi, Paine." Yuna withers at the receiving end of her hostility, confused. "I'm sorry I interrupted… I guess this means it's time for my movie. See you later, Baralai."
"See you, Yuna." Baralai hesitates to look at his irate partner, watching Yuna wave goodbye before jogging over to join her family. Undergoing mental preparation for the worse, he sighs and acknowledges Paine's seething presence. "…Was that necessary?"
"Excuse me? You're the one flirting with others while already on a date."
"Where was I when this flirting took place? Please, remind me." He doesn't appreciate this attitude, doesn't feel like dealing with it right now. "Unless I'm forbidden to talk about school…"
"Ugh. Just forget it. I'm hungry. Let's go." She crosses her arms and stalks out the theatre, bewildering him with her brisk dismissal.
"Paine, wait." When she shuts him out with stubborn silence, Baralai resigns to follow. Picking up the pace, he grasps her arm and she jerks away. "I said wait! Why are you so angry?" Paine stops stomping the parking lot long enough to sigh and uncross her arms, and her voice sounds vulnerable all of a sudden.
"I thought we were supposed to be best friends."
"What? Of course! Why would you even…" Baralai sighs, rubbing his temple. "I don't understand. Can you please tell me in a way I can?"
She turns away to hide the expression on her face. "Never mind. I don't want to talk about it."
He looks at her, silent in his agony to reach her closed heart.
What does it mean to fall in love, to give your heart out to someone special?
To fall in love like in the legends, a royal and a peasant, like in Aladdin, or lovers of rival families, like Romeo and Juliet. To be swept off your feet by prince charming, like Snow White. To fall in love at first sight, like Cinderella. To be saved by a knight in shining armor, like Sleeping Beauty. To marry the love of your life, to find romance in a sworn rival, to settle down with the resident bully, or to date the woman of your dreams.
First love. Opposites attract. Taboo. Second love. Stockholm syndrome.
Childhood friends. Star-crossed lovers. Soulmates.
How do you know when you fall in love?
Baralai sighs, shifting his focus to doodle on the corner of a page. Teenage relationships bring on a whole new world of exhaustion for him. They are so complicated, and he wonders what did he ever do to deserve his friend's wrath. Paine's behavior the day before puzzles him. He never took her for the jealous type, and since when does she ever overreact to the presence of other girls? Why has she been acting so sensitive around him lately?
Trying to understand the adolescent mindset makes his head hurt, and he decides to stop the chapter there for now. Yuna will be arriving soon to work on their essays and he needs to be prepared. Before Baralai can head upstairs to his room and grab his backpack, the cell phone rings and he stops to answer it.
"Sooo… how'd the date go?"
Baralai re-adjusts the phone on his shoulder, smiling. "Why, hello, Miss Rikku."
"What? Dude, no! This is Gippal!"
He senses his pout on the other end and chuckles. It never gets old, teasing him. "You could have fooled me."
"Now you're just being mean."
"I know."
"Anyway, spill it. You didn't call me yesterday after the date, and you didn't call me at all today."
"It's one o'clock, Gippal. Half the day isn't even over. Plus it's not like I will disappear if you don't hear from me for a day or two."
"B'man, I know how you are. If you don't call in forty-eight hours, you won't feel like calling anyone for days! Remember last summer? You didn't call for three months! And when I finally heard your voice, I didn't recognize you!"
"You see me at school everyday. And you know I'm not a cell phone kind of person."
"We're two years apart, and you're in all those advanced classes and you go straight home after school ends. I'm lucky to even catch you during lunch! See how hard I work to be your best friend?"
"Right now you're trying to guilt trip me into giving you details about yesterday. I know your ploy." He does feel guilty, of course, does not feel proud of his tendency to value his solitude over time with his friends, but Gippal doesn't need to know that. "Why don't you be honest with yourself and say you miss me?"
Meandering into the kitchen, Baralai rummages through sealed and packaged food in the closet until he excavates a bag of pretzels. Maybe Yuna would like to snack on these while they study. He could also make them cups of hot cocoa with the NesQuik mix…
"You're gonna be like that now? Okay. Let's see… I miss the good old days where you would bend over for me-."
Baralai blanches, mortified. "Okay, that's enough. You're embarrassing me." His face flushes in anger when he hears Gippal start cracking up. "I hate when you get crude."
"I love how you don't deny it."
"There's no point in telling you to stop. You don't like to listen."
"If you really want me to listen, now's the perfect time~."
"Well." Pouring pretzels into a medium-sized bowl, Baralai wraps a rubber band around the bag and places it aside for later. He leans on the counter while munching on the salty treat. "It was… bittersweet."
"Bittersweet? As in she left you wanting more or she didn't want to go all the way or you left much to be desired~?"
"Please do me a favor and destroy that moronic line of thinking."
"C'mon. Don't deny it. You were thinking it."
"I'm not you, Gippal." Pause for dramatic effect. Baralai finishes chewing and swallows, plucking another pretzel from the pile. "You are a sex fiend."
"And you, my dear friend," Gippal says, mimicking his well-mannered voice to sound obnoxious, "are a beast with too much pent-up energy."
"I am not a beast with too much pent-up energy."
"You need a lady friend. Seriously. You're as stiff as a turd."
Baralai sighs, reigning in his annoyance. "I have no comment for you this time."
"Your unwillingness to talk means that I'm right!"
"If that's what helps you sleep at night then please, keep telling yourself that." The doorbell rings and he stands straight, pilfering a napkin from beneath the sink to wipe his hands. "That must be Yuna. I'm sorry to cut our conversation short, but I have to go."
"Yuna? Ooh, Yuna. Tidus's ex-girlfriend. Be careful whose territory you tread, B'man."
"Pardon me?" Tossing the napkin away, Baralai ambles into the living room with a stern beat to his step. He halts by the front door, holding the phone in his hand now. "Do you always have to associate people by their past relationships? Yes, Yuna. My classmate, my friend. Interpret it however way you like. She's here to study with me."
"Geez, you don't have to get so defensive."
"Well, I apologize for being defensive. Sometimes I don't like the way you talk about people."
"Touchy, touchy… okay. See ya, dude."
"Yes. Talk to you soon."
"We'll continue this another day!"
"Yes, we shall discuss in full the incriminating details of my love life."
"Nonexistent love life." Baralai rolls his eyes in a rare moment of insolence. "And don't you be rolling your eyes at me. It's true!"
"Goodbye, Gippal."
"Farewell, but not goodbye."
Baralai smiles. "Farewell, but not goodbye."
Ending the call, he pockets his phone and opens the door. Standing on his porch and shivering in her grey peacoat, Yuna smiles. The polite greeting he planned to give dies on his tongue. It stuns him for a moment how her long beautiful red scarf flows in the cold wind, how her short and layered hair floats around cheeks pinched pink with cold. His fingers itch for a pen to write down the details of this pretty phenomenon.
Yuna's mouth forms words that Baralai barely manages to catch.
"Hello. Thank you for having me."
"You…" He clears his throat and smiles. "You look pretty."
She blushes, flattered. "Th-Thank you."
"Thank you for coming." He steps aside to invite her in and she brushes by, taking off her coat.
"But of course. Were you talking to Gippal? Is he here?"
"Oh." Pause. He contemplates, nervous. How much of the conversation did she pick up?
Baralai obscures his discomfort behind a laugh, and offers to put her coat in the closet. Yuna gives a quiet 'thank you' and relinquishes it; he reciprocates with a quick 'you're welcome' and puts it away. "No. I was on the phone with him. How did you know?"
She giggles. "I heard you say his trademark goodbye."
He steps outside to look at the sky. Cloudy and windy, with the possibility of rainshower. Baralai frowns and holds out his hand, feeling water sprinkle onto his palm. The calm before the storm. How fitting of the weather to reflect his current mood, or maybe it heralds the tides to come. Somewhere deep inside, he dreads what the future will bring.
"Baralai? What are you doing?" Yuna stands by the doorway, bundling the scarf around her neck to add extra layers. She extends her hand, as if coaxing him to snap out of his senses and come inside.
"Ah, yes. I'm sorry, I was checking the weather…"
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Darius is a Roman nobleman who is banished from Rome and sent to Pello Island, a prison colony south of Sicily where he will serve a five year sentence for murder. What happens to Darius on that island will haunt him for two thousand years. Greed, lust, murder and madness - Pello Island 2 continues the story that began with Pello Island Cassia. Will Darius and Cassia finally go home? More
Published: Jan. 06, 2013
Words: 50,240
Language: American English
ISBN: 9780985417048
About A.L. Jambor
Amy Jambor hails from the state of New Jersey, but has lived in Florida for almost fourteen years. She is a mother, a grandmother, a writer, and a wife. Married to the love of her life for thirty-seven years, she knows that true love exists and longs to share her dreams and fantasies with the world. Writing is something she has always loved and plans on doing for a long time to come. As Lenore Butler, she writes historical romance. As A.L. Jambor, she has authored books in science fiction, children's stories, and mystery. As Amy Jambor, she explores the realm of fantasy. She invites you to join her in a world of illusion and make believe where anything can happen, and true love is just around the corner.
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What's the story behind your latest book Four Hundred ppm?
It sends the same message as 'End Game' and 'In Denial'. They are a trilogy on the subject of Global Warming and human nature.
Analysis of numerous papers on the projections of global warming offer a stark and unremitting assessment of the climate change challenge facing the global community. There
Moreover, the impacts associated with 2◦C have been revised upwards so that 2◦C now more appropriately represents the threshold between dangerous and extremely dangerous climate change. Consequently, with global emissions returning to their earlier levels of growth 2014 represents the tipping point.
Given the view that reductions in emissions are not compatible with economic growth, the CCC are, in effect, are conceding that avoiding dangerous (and even extremely dangerous) climate change is no longer compatible with economic prosperity. But common sense dictated that we knew this all along, as what government would insist on economic suicide?
Our ‘rose-tinted’ (though ultimately ineffective) save the planet, climate summits were good for publicity, but as the inevitable procrastinations set in, have in effect, brought us one step forward and two steps backwards.
So what about of these tidal surges, floods, winds etc, are they just ‘freak’ weather conditions or a precursor of what is to come?
Well, if you wear rose tinted glasses they are the former, and today’s news is tomorrow’s fish and chip wrapper, however, if you are more scientifically minded, you will know, the inevitable is catching up with us fast!
What do you think of climate change skeptics
You can find examples and analogies (and there are thousands out there) on effects, causes and consequences of climate change, but by now even you should realize they are talking to deaf ears. With all the scientific evidence of eminent minds telling you there is global warming and it is dangerous, those whom believe are convinced, those who do not, will never believe until it hits them square in the jaw. Then those deniers, those disbelievers will finally realize the truth and try to buy their way out of the situation. Then will cometh the geo-engineers with their schemes. Ideas what we now see as ludicrous, nutty, far-fetched and outright dangerous will be accepted. It will be akin to taking a panacea from a travelling salesman, hoping out of sheer terror for a cure all.
The current cycle of global warming is changing the rhythms of climate that all living things have come to rely upon. How will we cope with the changes we've already set into motion? While we struggle to figure it all out, the face of the Earth as we know it—coasts, forests, farms, and snowcapped mountains—hangs in the balance.
The fact that people around the world have engaged in so little response to climate change is that they believe that everything is fine. Although we all know the facts most do not think climate change is happening; believe that their governments will take care of things; or that international agreements on emissions reductions will be effective. This perspective could be a variation of; climate change skepticism, blind faith in government or blind faith in our ability to produce a technological cure.
Now you can talk of the psychological reasons for this until the cows come home or save yourself time by equating it all to the same thought process (or denial) of our ultimate demise at the end of our personal life span. In truth it is a sense of knowing and not knowing, of having information but not thinking about it.
Ask yourself; how often do you think of death? Ask yourself; do you live your life as a consequence of this, are you keeping yourself in optimal health, do not drink, smoke, eat too much? Well, do not bother to answer because like you, we all feel guilty but we all still have our ‘bad’ habits and to hell with a few more weeks months years of prolonged life. Now take that a stage further (Attitude to Climate change) and you have the answer!
Why is concern about climate change inversely correlated with the wealth of a nation or a person? They are more informed people, but have less concern or sense of responsibility towards climate change because they realize that real sacrifices have to be made!
The problem is the math in your head because you think 2 degrees is insignificant but the world’s oceans do not and neither does the troposphere.
Neither do those eager beavers in waiting; the millions of tons of methane hydrates patiently biding their time to raise their ugly heads and use 2 degrees as the catalyze for 3 degrees, 4 degrees, 5 degrees and hell on Earth!
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Four Hundred
By Cuger Brant
Series: The Kyoto procrastination, Book 3. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 20,290. Language: English. Published: August 6, 2013. Category: Fiction
In writing this book I have decided to approach Global Warming in reverse, from back to front. I am looking at it from the future. If nothing else it is food for thought, but if my ‘reverse psychology’ approach has an effect on you, then do something about it! If, it proves truthful then our children will despise us!
Of Mirth and Men
By Cuger Brant
A treatise on time travel. Have you ever wondered if time travel is a possibility? Have you ever pondered if a time traveling device could possibly be made? Or asked yourself has one already been built? If you have; the answer these questions are in my little treatise on time travel.
The Good Shepherd
By Cuger Brant
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 2,260. Language: English. Published: November 21, 2011. Category: Nonfiction
A true ghost story; believe it or not. Do you ever smell an odour which moves around the room from one particular spot to another? Have you ever seen a doorknob rattle knowing there is no one on the other side? Have you ever walked down a road and seen someone standing there whom no one else can see?
By Cuger Brant
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 16,990. Language: English. Published: November 19, 2011. Category: Fiction
It had to happen sooner or later; with Man playing God, continuously interfering with nature and the natural order of life. None neither heeded nor cared for the consequences. Too late the Geneticists realised that treating natural selection with contempt or something to experiment with would have unforeseen ramifications. A mistake was made, a terrible, incalculable mistake.
Electro Magnetic Pulse
By Cuger Brant
In Denial
By Cuger Brant
Series: The Kyoto procrastination, Book 2. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 29,740. Language: English. Published: May 31, 2011. Category: Nonfiction
Why are we in denial when predictions of climate change from such eminent bodies as the IPPC to academic foundations studying this anthropogenic phenomenon predict sea level rise enough to engulf tens of thousands of square miles of coastline world-wide, super hurricanes and super storms, droughts and crop failures? Are not Katrina and the ‘Super Storm’ Sandy at least pricking your conscience?
By Cuger Brant
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 14,040. Language: English. Published: May 26, 2011. Category: Fiction
What is our purpose and where is it supposed to lead? Will our logic lead us to that destiny or will our DNA dictate our final destination? A wise soul contemplates, ponders and philosophises on this thought but most leave that divine question and answer to the Almighty! Re-gens don’t! They know their purpose, and their logic is most definitely not in their DNA. They have no DNA!
As Simple As... A B C
By Cuger Brant
Melodie's Secret Book of the Fey, Charms and Spells
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A Christmas Carol
By Cuger Brant
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 8,820. Language: English. Published: July 26, 2010. Category: Nonfiction
To me, the original story by Charles Dickens ‘A Christmas Carol’ encapsulates a ghost story, a sci-fi story and a moral. It ‘hits a chord' with me, and if you have a heart, most likely with you too. With very great respect and admiration to Mr Dickens, I had this inner need to 'rewrite' it, update it, as to let ‘modern’ day poor souls digest the moral and spirituality of the prose.
Radiological Dispersal Device
By Cuger Brant
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 17,470. Language: English. Published: May 2, 2010. Category: Nonfiction
Just how imminent is an attack by a Dirty Bomb? As our society grows in technology, it gets more fragile, more sensitive. A whisper of a fuel crisis would create a panic stricken queue at a gas station. A rumour of a food shortage would lead to panic buying at a food store. What would happen if an RDD went off in the centre of your city, how would you react, would you survive?
End Game
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Something Wicked This Way Comes...
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When you just nod your head yes, acting as if you care or understand what someone is telling you just to get them to shut up and go away
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1) to light up a rolled up cigarette or similar instrument, usually packed with drugs, then stick it in your mouth and inhale
2) the gray debris comes out of such an instrument or any other burning
3) to kill, generally with a gun
4) to treat meat with smoke (2) for added flavor
5) to do an action that resembles smoking (1), such as sucking a fat cock
6) drugs that are smoked (1), or something to smoke, generally weed
The guy was smoking some smoke which was too much smoke next to the "No Smoking" sign, so I put down my smoked meat, told him to smoke a dick, pulled out my gun, and smoked the motherfucker.
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To kill.
Smoke that fool!
Someone got smoked last night.
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a cigarette
She can't stand to start her day without lighting up a smoke.
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word we use for cannabis
you got any smoke to sell?
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Slang for cigarettes, cigars, or pipes.
Go in there and buy me some smokes.
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Military Slang (all 4)
1) To order a subordinate do excercises until completely exhausted, often as a punishment.
2) To be, or to have body parts, in a condition of extreme exhaustion or muscle failiure, as a result of exercise.
3) Artillery fire, mortar fire, or fire from close air support aircraft, especially from the point of view of the Forward Observer and acompanying Infantrymen.
4) To run away, hide, or conceal oneself, either as if using smoke grenades, or while actually using them.
1) Private Smith was late for formation, so he got smoked all afternoon.
2) My arms are smoked, time to stop the push-ups and move on to sit-ups.
3) After a few minutes of exchanging small arms fire with the hostiles, our forward observer brought smoke on 'em and it was over.
4) The Battallion Commander was looking for someone to clean his office, so they popped smoke (they left quickly).
4a) We were out in the open and taking fire, so we popped smoke and withdrew into the woods.
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1. To inhale gases and particles directly through the mouth from a lit sources of tobacco.
2. Shoot
3. To speed pass another driver, as if in a race.
1. "Mind if I smoke this cigarette?"
2. "I'm gonna smoke your ass like a blunt"
3. "Past that grass cuz, blood... I'm gonna smoke your ass.
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FAQ - If you don't find work
• If I don't find a job in the other country and I come home earlier than stated in my U2 form (or E 303 form), can I try looking in a different country?
YES — You can apply for a new U2 form to continue receiving your unemployment benefits (Ask the job centre which issued your original U2 form whether you'll have to go back home to apply for this new authorisation or you can do it remotely).
The total period of your stay abroad (i.e. in all countries where you look for work whilst receiving unemployment benefits) may not exceed 3 months (with a possible extension up to 6 months, if the authority paying your benefits agrees).
• How long may I stay in another country to look for a job there?
The answer to this question is in 2 parts:
Your right to stay in another EU country
As an unemployed person looking for work, you may stay in the other country as long as you can provide evidence that you are looking for a job and have a good chance of finding one - copies of job applications, invitations to interviews, positive reactions to your applications, for instance. This is the case even if you have no income or have stopped receiving unemployment benefits.
If you lose your job while living in the other country, you are still entitled to live there and have the same benefits as nationals if you are:
• temporarily unable to work because of an illness or accident
• registered with the relevant employment office as involuntarily unemployed after having:
• been employed for over a year [ndash] or
• been employed for less than a year (in this case, you retain the right to equal treatment with nationals for at least 6 months)
• starting vocational training (if you are not involuntarily unemployed, the training must be related to previous employment).
Your right to continue receiving unemployment benefits when you are abroad
You can continue receiving your unemployment benefits while you look for a job in another country for 3 months. You’ll be paid the same amount directly to your bank account in the country where you became unemployed. If you want to stay longer than 3 months, you can apply for a 3-month extension. You must apply directly to the national employment services in the country where you became unemployed.
National authorities are not obliged to grant an extension. They will decide in the light of your personal circumstances. Some authorities grant extensions only in exceptional cases [ndash] for example if you have been ill or had an accident during the first 3 months. Others just require some proof that you are actively looking for work abroad (copies of job applications, for instance).
• When I complain about working conditions that appear illegal under Austrian law, my Austrian employers say Romanian workers are subject to different rules. Are they right?
NO — not at all. You are subject to temporary restrictions on access to the Austrian job market, but this does not affect any of your rights as an EU citizen, including the right to be treated exactly the same as local workers.
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Reifying the sharing in an AST
This module is based on Type-Safe Observable Sharing in Haskell (Andy Gill, Haskell Symposium, 2009).
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Born in Chicago in 1941, Dr. Krashen spent two years in the Peace Corp teaching English to impoverished children in Africa. Returning to the United States, he earned a Ph. D in Linguistics at UCLA (University of California Los Angeles) in 1972.
He is most famously known for his Theory of SLA, which including 5 hypotheses: Acquisition-Learning Hypothesis, the Input Hypothesis, Monitor Theory, the Affective Filter, and the Natural Order Hypothesis. Dr. Krashen puts great emphasis on the nature of non-English acquistion and a rejection of common beliefs such as the need for “conscious grammatical rules” or “tedious drill.”
Dr. Krashen is a strong proponent of bilingual education, and has written several papers on the topic. He believes that the mastery of second language greatly augments future cognitive development.
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S100A7 (psoriasin) and S100A15 (koebnerisin) were first identified in inflamed psoriatic skin. They are of major interest because of their putative functional roles in innate immunity, epidermal cell maturation, and epithelial tumorigenesis. Human S100A7 and S100A15 have lately evolved by gene duplications within the epidermal differentiation complex (chromosome 1q21) during primate evolution forming a novel S100 subfamily. Therefore, S100A7 and S100A15 are almost identical in sequence (>90%) and are difficult to discriminate. Despite their high homology, S100A7 and S100A15 are distinct in tissue distribution, regulation, and function, and thus, exemplary for the diversity within the S100 family. Their different properties are compelling reasons to discriminate S100A7 (psoriasin) and S100A15 (koebnerisin) in epithelial homeostasis, inflammation, and cancer. | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00726-010-0666-4 | dclm-gs1-110800001 | false | true | {
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0.098722 | <urn:uuid:f174631d-c17e-4a7c-85a1-5b8aa0e264ea> | en | 0.956338 | I frequently see questions that I or others have asked that get closed.
Sometimes (especially with the increasing number of Stack Exchange sites), it would be appropriate to transfer them to another Stack Exchange site (this for ones that are already closed).
Example: I asked "How can I focus and concentrate at work?" on 'The Workplace'. It was closed. It now seems like moving it to 'Personal Producivity' would be good. Now it's closed, there's no obvious way for me to request it be re-opened "on another site".
I understand that we don't want to 'dump' questions into another site (Allow a question closed as “off topic” to still be voted on to be migrated to another site), but I find our solution really isn't that great, and it continually frustrates me.
I am always wishing for a 're-open and move to another site' link. Maybe it could require more votes than others to have the move happen?
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I completely agree! I have seen this problem as well, and it needs to be properly addressed. – Ephraim Apr 20 '12 at 17:25
Usually if the moderators at the target site and the person asking the question both agree with the move, a moderator at the source site can be flagged to migrate the question – Rachel Apr 20 '12 at 17:31
Did you look for duplicates? There's slim chance a question will be migrated if there's a ton of similar questions at the target site. – Yannis Apr 20 '12 at 17:50
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Just flag the question asking for it to be moved to a different site if it's not available as a 3k-rep migration option. Take care that some beta sites may not accept migrations until they've been active for a while (I'm not sure exactly how long) and their scope is well-defined.
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Whether or not the site will accept your proposed migration is entirely up to the moderators of the proposed target site. One of the reasons you flag it for moderation attention is because the migrating moderator is expected to communicate with the moderators on the target site to see if the question is acceptable for their site. Their decision is final—if they say no, the question dies a sad death on the original site. – Cody Gray Apr 20 '12 at 19:05
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Shouldn’t this list be more comprehensive and include all affiliated sites? For instance, (La)TeX questions on Stack Overflow should be redirected to http://tex.stackexchange.com.
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Many people agree with you, and some have asked about it here before. The answer has always been that the devs feel that more than five destinations would clutter up the list too much, and that the existing five options cover most of the off-topic questions anyways. See what Jeff said to a similar question. – Pops Jan 31 '11 at 18:00
It's been 8 months since this decision and I'm really feeling that the current 5 options aren't cutting it anymore. – Steve Jobs Aug 31 '11 at 17:47
In agreement with @rlb.usa, at this point either show them all or show none; the chance that the post needs to be moved to one of those five is getting slimmer every time a new SE site opens up. – eykanal Nov 3 '11 at 20:36
The five definitely don't cut it any more - far too often I need to flag something to 'SharePoint' or 'Code Review' where nothing else it appropriate.. This needs to be revisited. – ElvisLikeBear Jan 24 '12 at 3:12
Can I cross-post this to ux.stackexchange.com? – msw Sep 23 '13 at 20:41
Ironically, tex.stackexchange.com is now on the list, while programmers.stackexchange.com is no longer there since this question was asked. I think this needs to be rethought or at least return to the old list, since at least then there were some somewhat appropriate choices, where as now, more often than not, I can't close with this option because there's never a matching site. – Chris Pratt Feb 5 at 20:48
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This is a duplicate... but not on Meta Stack Overflow! At least, not directly. You're a generalized duplicate of this Super User question, which to quote Jeff Atwood,
We don't ever want to show more than 5 here, because it gets overwhelming.
Thus, in order to get [a different site] on there, you'd have to make a case that we can kick one of the existing 5 off the list. Are you prepared to do that?
Is 5 a bit arbitrary? Maybe, but so would any other number. A true need to increase this limit hasn't been realized yet.
Moderators are able to migrate to any site - so flag things that belong outside of the close dialog for moderator attention. For TeX specifically, keep in mind that they do want your LaTeX questions, but be wary about old ones.
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+1 Because you listed the Super User post. – Diago Jan 31 '11 at 18:10
Damn, nice catch! – Trufa Jan 31 '11 at 20:10
Re: "a true need hasn't been realized", what about the simple reason of "it's one less thing that the mods have to deal with"? – eykanal Nov 3 '11 at 20:36
It's overwhelming for stupid users, but not for brilliant mods. Do I have that right? – Lee Louviere Jul 26 '12 at 14:57
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If you need it migrated to a site not on the list, flag it for moderator attention. Diamond moderators have the ability to migrate to any site, and since this is often edge cases, the perfect time to use a moderator flag.
This can also be done after the fact, if a question has already been closed.
Also, officially paths are only added once a site graduates, however in the case of a moderator flag, we can migrate to beta sites.
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I think a nice option for not cluttering the initial list is to insert an "other sites" option that opens up only if you have the need.
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While we have other ways of doing it as well, it should be noted that diamond moderators do literally have this option coming from the standard close dialog. – Grace Note Feb 1 '11 at 17:12
@Grace: That also sounds like a tolerable solution. I hope you guys aren't too confused by there being more than five options? :-D – sarnold Feb 9 '12 at 0:20
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Would it make sense to revisit this now that we've fragmented even further into including:
If those sites really are the better Stacks* for questions on those topics, why does the migration of those questions need to involve diamond moderators?
I don't think a limit of 5 even makes sense for aesthetic reasons -- the site name + favicon should be good enough to help disambiguate among our fragments without too much hassle:
Vote to migrate picker
Bonus points for tooltips for the descriptions. (Most of us don't need them most of the time.)
* Forum is the better English word, but I don't want to further the idea that The Stack is a "web forum", as those are often useless piles of cargo-cult reasoning and hearsay. Is Stacks a better replacement?
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At least provide an input for a small, optional text explanation with the generic "is off topic" choice.
That way, if the question belongs on a site that is not one of the preselectable choices, we could write the site name in.
The next step would be to display the "off topic" votes in the question. EG:
Closed as off topic, belongs on: superuser.com (x3), ask.com (x2) by: user1, user2, user3, user4, user5, yesterday.
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Neat idea. But I can never remember if the TeX site is latex.se or tex.se. – sarnold Jan 25 '12 at 23:40
@sarnold: Okay, but it seems like 20 seconds of "due diligence" would clear that up before the close-vote is submitted. ;) – Awesome Poodles Jan 26 '12 at 1:25
Or beg Benjol to extend his script a bit further. :D – sarnold Jan 26 '12 at 1:32
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I don't understand the problem. Who said that you have to clutter the screen up with a list of sites?
I would propose that the list contains the current five items and add one more site which should be guessed based on the tags and some question content matching. Because that isn't a guarantee that the appropriate site gets chosen you can also have a text field at the bottom of that list which features completion-suggestions, like in the StackExchange chat when you try to relocate a message to another room.
You type in a a couple of letters and it shows all sites matching those typed characters.
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I was going to suggest something similar, but you beat me to it *8-) And I now see it's also touched on in the SU post linked in the accepted answer. But I'm not sure all the current five are sacrosanct; why not have related sites as an attribute of the tag, and always generate the list from all tags, plus just a couple of fixed generic ones (meta and programmers, perhaps)? – Alex Poole Feb 1 '12 at 23:26
+1 for the site search idea. I just ran into this issue - I think the SE network has grown large enough that such a feature makes sense. – Mansfield Dec 4 '12 at 13:52
The list really need programmers.* added; and imo latex removed if the 5 list is a limit. – Burhan Khalid Jul 18 '13 at 9:20
You can close a question as a duplicate and type in the URL to the duplicate question (because listing all questions is clearly too many :) so why on earth not just allow an "other" button that gives a text input for pasting the URL to the site? – Phrogz Jan 20 at 21:58
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How about the 5 which are displayed, are dynamic, e.g. depend on the tags or content of the question.
For example: if the question is tagged "math" or "algebra" it makes sense to show math.stackexchange.com
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Assuming this has not been proposed before, this would make an interesting feature request. – S.L. Barth Aug 17 '12 at 13:50
@S.L.Barth should it be posted as a separate question to be noticed as a feature request? – hayd Aug 17 '12 at 15:13
Yes, and tagged with feature-request. Do check if it has been suggested before, or it will be closed as a duplicate. – S.L. Barth Aug 17 '12 at 15:21
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0.041721 | <urn:uuid:2bc701ee-8d58-4b3c-bc44-2fbdca8560be> | en | 0.946696 | Weighing risk for young investors
By Walter Updegrave, senior editor
(Money Magazine) -- Question: I'm 26 years old and keep my money, about $300,000, in a savings account because I can't handle the volatility of the stock market. Until the recession hit, I was earning at least 4%. But now I'm getting a pathetic 1%. What's the smartest way for me to get a decent return? -- Daniel, Brooklyn, New York
Answer: I'm sure I don't have to tell you that you're being extremely cautious for someone your age. Most advisers would recommend that you put at least 70% or so of whatever portion of your $300,000 you're investing for the long term in a diversified portfolio of stocks.
Indeed, as a story in MONEY's July issue points out, some investment experts suggest that young investors plow even more than that into equities on the theory that they can afford to be gung ho on stocks because they have another big asset to offset stock-market risk: decades of future salary.
But what some adviser or expert tells you should be doing and what your gut says when the Dow takes a dive are two different things. So I sympathize with your desire to stick to the comfy confines of a savings account.
Problem is, as long as you relegate yourself to secure investments that protect principal -- i.e., cash equivalents like savings accounts, money market accounts, money-market funds, short-term CDs and the like -- you're going to be at the mercy of short-term interest rates, since rates at the short end of the maturity spectrum determine what these investments pay.
As you note, yields on such accounts have been pitifully low lately. And if last week's Federal Reserve Open Market Committee statement about the economy and monetary policy is any indication -- which I think it is -- short rates are going to continue scraping along the ground until the economy shows some pep, which could be a while.
But even when short-term rates start to climb, as they eventually will, it's not as if you're going to earn big bucks in your saving account. Historically, long-term returns in cash equivalents have lagged those of more volatile investments like stocks and bonds. Figures from the Ibbotson Yearbook, for example, show that from 1926 to the beginning of 2010, Treasury bills, which are a decent proxy for cash equivalents, gained an annualized 3.7% vs. 5.3% for intermediate-term government bonds and 9.8% for stocks.
There's no guarantee that stocks will continue to outperform or, even if they do, that the margin will be as wide in the future. As we've seen lately, stocks can go into an extended funk. But over the very long term, the odds of the most secure investments generating higher returns than more volatile ones are very, very slim. Which makes sense when you think about it. For it to be otherwise, people who take the least risk would have to get the most reward.
Financial markets don't work that way, nor does the world in general.
The practical implication of this is that you'll likely end up with a lot less money when you're in your 50s and 60s than you would have if you had you taken some prudent risks. Another way of looking at the cost of pursuing an ultra-cautious investing strategy, as I explained in a recent column, is that you'll probably have to save a lot more during your career in order to achieve goals like a secure retirement (although with three hundred thousand bucks in the kitty at age 26, you've certainly got a nice leg up).
Maybe you're okay with the implications of investing super conservatively. But you might want to at least consider some alternatives that may be able to boost your returns without causing too much agita.
Start by setting aside a portion of your 300 grand as an emergency or reserve fund. This is the money you'd need to pay unexpected expenses or to fall back on during periods of unemployment. Add to this any significant amount you think you might need over the next few years, such as a down payment for a house.
However much this comes to -- $25,000, $50,000, $100,000, whatever -- you should continue to keep in your savings account or similar vehicles, such as money-market accounts, money-market funds and short-term CDs. With a bit of shopping around you should be able to do better than 1% with this money, but, again, your return is pretty much dictated by the level of short-term interest rates.
You want to be particularly careful with this portion of your money to avoid investments that appear to offer a higher return with the same safety as a savings account or CD but that actually have latent risk, as was the case with bank-loan funds and auction-rate securities.
Whatever amount you have left -- i.e., the money you're investing for longer-term -- I suggest you consider creating a portfolio of stock and bond funds. You can get advice on how you might divvy up this part of your stash based on your tolerance for risk and investment time horizon by going to our Asset Allocator tool. For specific fund recommendations, you can check out our MONEY 70 list of recommended funds.
Since you're obviously extremely anxious about the value of your stash going down, you may want to scale back your stock stake from what our tool recommends. Even if you dial the recommended stock allocation way back, that's fine. You don't want to go beyond what you can emotionally tolerate and then end up bailing out of stocks at the bottom of a downturn. Besides, I think getting even a tiny bit of stock exposure is better than none at all. You can always re-evaluate your stocks-bonds mix later. To get an idea of what sort of risk you're looking at by incorporating different percentages of stocks into your holdings, try Morningstar's Asset Allocator.
If the idea of creating a diversified group of stock and bond funds with the long-term portion of your portfolio is just too much for you, then you might consider other secure investments that are likely to outperform a savings account over the long term. For example, another expert in that MONEY story I mentioned earlier recommends TIPS, or Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, as they can protect the purchasing power of your money. You can buy TIPS through mutual funds or directly from the U.S. Treasury. And, of course, there are also good old savings bonds, which come in regular and inflation-protected versions.
Bottom line: I recommend you stop thinking of your three hundred thou as an indivisible sum that must be invested one way and instead, view it as two pots -- the first consisting of money you may need in the near term and that you want to keep absolutely safe, the second longer-term money with which you can afford to take some prudent risks.
But if you insist on taking a belt-and-suspenders investing approach with the whole shebang, you'll have to accept the lower returns consistent with that approach. To top of page
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@Money August 2, 2011: 5:19 AM ET
What health care reform is (and isn't) doing now
Money Magazine -- It's been more than a year since President Obama signed health care reform into law. The act's biggest provisions, which will make it easier for the uninsured to buy coverage, don't take effect until 2014. But Congress, eager to sell the plan to a skeptical public, wrote in a few benefits that have already kicked in.
You've probably heard some of them touted: Preventive care is fully covered by insurance plans. People with preexisting conditions have access to coverage. And retirees who spend a lot out of pocket on prescriptions are getting relief from the dreaded "doughnut hole" in their Medicare drug coverage.
Of course -- and you knew this was coming -- things aren't quite as simple as all that.
Here are answers to common questions about what health care reform is doing right now.
If the new law requires insurers to fully cover preventive care, why did I get a bill for my annual exam?
The Affordable Care Act does eliminate co-pays and co-insurance for some kinds of preventive care, as long as you use an in-network provider. (Those services are also not subject to deductibles.) A yearly checkup or "well" visit will often be covered, says Lori Heim of the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Blood pressure checks and recommended screenings, such as mammograms and colonoscopies, should cost you nothing. Many vaccinations are also on the free list. Healthcare.gov has the full menu.
There are two catches. First, your plan may be grandfathered out of having to follow this rule if it was in place before the law was enacted. The exemption lasts until your employer significantly cuts benefits or increases your co-pay, co-insurance, or deductibles. Almost a third of midsize and large group plans are exempt, according to consultant Towers Watson, but that number will fall over time.
Catch No. 2? "Sometimes 'well' visits can morph into 'sick' visits," says Cheryl Gregg Fahrenholz of Preferred Healthcare Solutions, a consulting firm. Say your doc discovers an irregular mole and removes it during your visit. You may get a bill for the cut. Ditto if you mention a specific symptom that causes the doctor to run an extra test.
To avoid a surprise, ask your doctor to tell you when he is doing something that is going to result in a bill.
I have a preexisting condition, and I'm having trouble finding coverage. Wasn't this supposed to be fixed?
Starting in 2014, if you have a preexisting condition you'll be able to buy a health policy on the new insurance "exchanges," which will charge both healthy and sick people the same prices.
Until then, the law has provided some Band-Aids. Kids can't be turned away from most plans. And the federal government is subsidizing new programs in each state called Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plans. (PCIP.gov can direct you to your state's plan.)
You'll pay rates similar to what healthy individuals do in your state -- in Florida, a middle-aged person could pay as little as $270 a month. But you can buy in only if you've gone uninsured for six months.
Just 21,500 people nationwide have signed up. "The gap is just too big a risk for most people, so they'll stick with whatever they have, however inadequate," says Timothy Jost, a health law expert at Washington & Lee University.
Why aren't PCIPs open to everyone who needs them? Running insurance plans only for the sick (with no healthy people paying in as they will on the exchanges) is ruinously expensive, so lawmakers limited who could sign up.
I'm on Medicare, and I got a $250 check to help me pay for the "doughnut hole." Will I get more of those?
No. That was a one-time payment last year.
The so-called doughnut hole is the gap often found in Medicare prescription drug coverage: Once the cost of your drugs tops $2,840, you must pay out of pocket until total costs hit $6,448. Lawmakers decided to eliminate the hole, but it's happening gradually.
First, you got a check if you fell into the coverage gap. This year, instead of a direct payment, you'll receive a 50% discount on brand-name drugs you buy when you're in the hole. Generics will be discounted by 7%. Those percentages will increase over time. Your bill at the pharmacy should reflect the markdown.
"We were a little concerned the discount wouldn't work seamlessly for seniors, but it seems to be going smoothly," says Joe Baker, president of the Medicare Rights Center.
By 2020 the doughnut hole should be gone completely unless, of course, Congress makes yet another health care law by then.
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0.410322 | <urn:uuid:190b3f52-d0f9-4f60-baad-84f2532e3af8> | en | 0.950573 | Submitted by Arkworthy 112d ago | opinion piece
The problem of video game piracy
WASDuk examines a few key issues surrounding video game piracy. (Culture, Dev, Industry)
ATiElite + 113d ago
Lower the prices in some third world countries and the Piracy would go down even further.
When a game cost $85 USD in a country were people only make $300 USD a week then your gonna get some piracy.
Brazil and Australia have outrageous game prices.
Game makers need to do something to balance that out for them.
Also who the HECK is gonna enforce Anti-piracy laws in countries that have ZERO relations with the United States?
Yes Piracy occurs in the United States but it's declining as the economy goes up.
Arkworthy + 113d ago
You make a good point! Prices of games in Eastern Europe and South America are apparently very steep, and don't match up with what people earn at all.
It's staggering that instead of doing anything about it, they just spend that money sharpening the anti-piracy stick instead.
MestreRothN4G + 112d ago
If you try to think about it, you'll realize there's not much to do to decrease prices. Just think about how it is done and probably you'll figure out yourself.
It's not the same absurd it is with the brazilian PS4K. Check the prices for games around the world and you'll see that only US and UK have the original prices (usually). Brasil and Australia have average prices, only a little higher that 60 USD.
Finally, do you really think that making the game 70 USD instead of 80 USD will keep the HUEHUAHUEHUA from playing the games without paying for it?
Oh man...
Arkworthy + 112d ago
Perhaps then, we should defer to the argument that's been raging for a little over 20 years? Games are just way too expensive as they are. Of course, they never bothered to cut costs because people were always willing to pay the absurdly high costs. A lot of work goes into games, which would account for why they are more expensive than a DVD, but the expenses given over to nonsense like publicity and cheap media stunts has become, to quote the oft used phrase, "too damn high".
A price of 70 USD instead of 80 USD would have some effect, even if it doesn't force every HUEHUE to rush out and buy it, but the point stands that this isn't even a suggestion as far as these companies are concerned. They instead spend MORE money on 'fighting piracy', which, like the 'war on drugs' is never going to be won.
But it's not about winning the war, or stopping piracy. It's about spending money on the DRM and anti-piracy business, which receives government funding in many countries, and has millions poured into it each year. Why stop crime when you can make a multi-million dollar industry to 'combat' it?
GentlemenRUs + 112d ago
Piracy was a crime till everyone took a dump on it... The LAW should be more strict on such actions...
Zero-Tolerance 10-years minimum prison sentence.
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Arkworthy + 112d ago
10 years? Many countries don't have that for murder.
Besides, big business doesn't make enough money from prison sentences like they do from lawsuits and fines.
Dante81 + 112d ago
You should get 10 years just for that stupid statement of yours.
Arkworthy + 112d ago
Giving little Billy 10 years in jail for downloading episodes of Naruto is going to make the problem a lot, lot worse..
Hicken + 112d ago
You've lost all rights to speak on the subject.
Good day.
FlyingFoxy + 112d ago
I think Steam sales prove enough that piracy isn't as bad as people make out, if someone wants to pirate a good game shame on them, because half the time i find the multiplayer keeps it going for a long time. And having an illegal copy of a game = no online multiplayer.
So they might think they are getting free games, but they also miss out on a lot as well.
Linwelin + 112d ago
you can still play online, with hamachi (spelling) i think it's called.
Scatpants + 112d ago
Pirated console games can be played online.
JohnnyTower + 112d ago
Dude, over the years I have bought super Mario 3 at least 5 times on different platforms. At what point or dollar amount do I get the rights to own that material? I think piracy evens the playing field a bit. If you truly enjoy what a developer makes then feel free to buy the product.
Perjoss + 112d ago
The way things are now is ridiculous, If I buy lets say NFS Rivals for my 360 or PS4 I should own 1 license of that game, allowing me to play it on any platform I want, If I feel like playing it on PC why should I be expected to buy another copy of the game if I already own it on another platform.
kevnb + 112d ago
sellers just have to compete with the pirates, valve sure as heck does.
MestreRothN4G + 112d ago
Great read. Will check the site again another day.
Arkworthy + 112d ago
Thank you, sir!
Nintenja + 112d ago
It's not piracy. Theft is taking something from someone.
These are games that are bought, modified(cracked) and shared.
So it is sharing. The people that share either buy the game or would have been angry if they had bought the game. Being that it's something they didn't like. If publisher want to slow it. Have devs make demos for everything.
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0.070708 | <urn:uuid:a7b06ad2-55ba-4aca-aa67-9f96c48fb25e> | en | 0.974418 | Today is 11th November...Birthday of Jiraiya
In tribute to the old Pervy Sage
Jiraiya knew what it means to be a true shinobi. He did not have any special Dojutsu , did not have a special bloodline like senju or uzumaki, he did not have any kekkei genkai but that did not stop him from being one of the greatest shinobi ever.
"There is only one thing that matters if you are a shinobi, and it isn't the number of techniques you possess. All you do need, is the guts to never give up."
Jiraiya has shaped Naruto in many ways. Jiraiya was the one taught naruto his signature jutsu Rasengan, Summoning Contract and many more. Jiraiya gave the key to Kurama's seal to Naruto which was left in his care.
But most of all he gave Naruto a purpose to live "to find true peace" . Jiraiya may have failed in finding true peace but he made is one step closer for naruto.
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Jiraiya is a man who chose to fight when he had a chance to escape . He chose to fight when he knew very well he might die. He chose to fight not because he loved fighting but because fighting was the right thing to do.
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Sam Presti Statement On Daequan Cook
By Darnell Mayberry Published: December 10, 2011
The Thunder announced the signing of Daequan Cook late last night, and in the release was this statement from Thunder general manager Sam Presti. The last bit pretty much sums up why this deal got done.
We are excited that we were able to reach an agreement that will keep Daequan a part of our core group moving forward,” said Executive Vice President and General Manager Sam Presti. “Daequan’s commitment to his own development and willingness to accept a role within our team, makes him a valuable member of our organization. At twenty-four years old, we believe Daequan’s best basketball is ahead of him. His desire to remain a part of the Thunder organization and the Oklahoma City community is what ultimately allowed us to reach this agreement.”
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0.030255 | <urn:uuid:fd4c3085-7b3e-4598-beb3-42ca15dc9488> | en | 0.978647 | Norway killer sharpened aim by playing video game
Associated Press Modified: April 19, 2012 at 4:31 pm • Published: April 19, 2012
OSLO, Norway (AP) — Anders Behring Breivik knew it would take practice to be able to slaughter dozens of people before being shot by police. In a chilling account, the far-right fanatic claimed Thursday that he sharpened his aim by playing the video game "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare" for hours on end.
Breivik told an Oslo court he also took steroids to build physical strength and meditated to "de-emotionalize" himself before the bombing and shooting rampage that left 77 people dead. He figured he had no more than a 5 percent chance of not being killed by police.
His lack of remorse and matter-of-fact description of weapons and tactics — he even considered using a flame thrower — were deeply disturbing to families of the victims, most of whom were teenagers.
"They perceive him as evil and dangerous and reopening wounds," said Mette Yvonne Larsen, a lawyer representing the bereaved.
"It's one thing to read explanations, it's quite another to hear a person present such a message," Larsen said. "I am personally quite shocked."
Breivik testified that he prepared for his attacks by cutting off contact with the outside world and devoting himself to video games. He said he played "World of Warcraft" for 16 hours a day while living with his mother in 2006 and, starting in January 2010, played "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare," primarily to get a feel for how to use rifle sights.
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And while the belief persists of a link between violent video games and violent behavior, studies have shown that is not the case, he said.
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0.050915 | <urn:uuid:5962d26c-5d5c-4947-ae7b-b642bc60d700> | en | 0.974434 | Judge rules former OU student is mentally competent, will stand trial
A former University of Oklahoma student who told police he drove from Ohio to Norman to kill a member of the OU women's soccer team is mentally competent and will stand trial, a judge has ruled.
By Andrew Knittle Modified: December 11, 2012 at 10:04 pm • Published: December 12, 2012
Elton Jenkins, the defendant's attorney, wrote in a November court filing that Ferdous has “a medical history of Asperger's syndrome.”
“He was first diagnosed with this disability (in) middle school,” Jenkins wrote. “In 2003-2004, a school psychologist diagnosed him as emotionally disturbed and later, after psychiatric evaluations, medical professionals diagnosed him as high functioning autistic.”
Jenkins also wrote that his client was hospitalized for seven days following his removal from the American Eagle flight in the Dallas area in January 2011.
“He was again diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome (at Parkland),” the lawyer wrote.
Asperger syndrome is typically defined as a developmental disorder that hinders an individual's ability to socialize, making effective communication more difficult.
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Ferdous was arrested Oct. 17 in Norman after he was spotted on the OU campus following his threats against Devonshire. He has since been charged with conspiring to commit an act of violence and stalking.
The defendant, who is being held at the Cleveland County jail in lieu of $2 million bail, is due in court next week for a preliminary hearing conference, court records show.
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0.068139 | <urn:uuid:8cde8b7f-6f50-4a4a-b469-7d55ed569bc7> | en | 0.965979 | Lawmakers vote to oust Paraguay's president
Associated Press Modified: June 22, 2012 at 5:16 pm • Published: June 22, 2012
ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — Paraguay's Senate voted to remove President Fernando Lugo from office on Friday in an impeachment trial that plunged the South American country into a crisis.
After a quick, five-hour trial, 39 senators voted to dismiss Lugo, while four senators voted against and two were absent. Based on the decision, Lugo is to be replaced by Vice President Federico Franco of the Authentic Radical Liberal Party.
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0.064435 | <urn:uuid:f71a6c0e-d280-4c72-bec6-5f151a5307e2> | en | 0.907677 | What we talking bout? Real shit or we talking 'bout rhymes?
You talking 'bout millions or you talking 'bout mine?
What we talking 'bout, cause I ain't got time
For what people be talking 'bout all the time
What we talking 'bout fiction or we talking 'bout fact?
You talking 'bout fiction? Hold up, pardon my back
from Jay Z – What We Talkin' About Lyrics on Rap Genius
Hova is trying to figure out in this song why everybody disrespects him. Is it just for marketing purposes or do they actually dislike him? Is it because he earns millions with music while other rappers don’t? Just say it, he doesn’t have time to waste.
Don’t waste my breath
I don’t know how many moons a nigga got left
Jay Z has seen old friends — from Dehaven and Jaz O — try to take shots at him, claiming that he stole from them but it’s just fiction. Hova wants #factsonly.
“Pardon my back” is an expression that means that you are walking away and ending the conversation.
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I noticed a signal of distress sent by the electricity power sector. Yesterday, May 22, the Mid-Columbia firm on peak spot electricity was selling for only $3.84 per mega-watt-hour. That's 0.384 pennies per KWH. I have noticed extremely low electricity prices in recent days. I wondered what it is telling us.
See the 6 months and 5 years electricity whole sale price charts below, obtained from Bloomberg. The URLs are within the charts:
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Now look at the 5-year electricity price chart below to get an idea what electricity normally costs. Per MWH prices are normally $30 to $50 or higher. But it reached a low of $3.00/MWH on May 22, 2012:
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I did some calculations based on EIA data. It costs 0.538 tons of coal or 7.752mmBtu of natural gas to generate one MWH of electricity. (See cell H44 and I44 in the data table) Currently, per MWH cost is $30 in coal and about the same in natural gas.
Needless to say, utilities are losing money burning $30 worth of fuel to generate $3.84 worth of electricity. Electricity is hard to store. Electricity is promptly generated and used. So normally the supply and demand of electricity is very promptly balanced, resulting in electricity prices that generally reflect the reasonable costs.
Why is that not the case recently? Why are utilities willing to sell electricity at such deep discount? Why can't they idle some of the generation units, let supply and demand return to balance and the electricity prices return to the fair value of costs?
I have posted a speculation on what could be going on. But I can not obtain data to either confirm or rule out my speculation. So instead I am asking an open-ended question to spark some debates:
Why Are Utilities Selling Electricity So Cheap?
What are the implications for people invested in the utility sector, and in energy sectors of coal and natural gas?
Tell me what you think of the exceptionally low electricity price. Whatever it is, the electricity industry must be experiencing some distress recently. I don't think they are happy selling electricity for only $3.84 per MWH.
The answer is important for people who invest in utility names:
• Southern Company (SO)
• American Electric Power (AEP)
• CenterPoint Energy Inc. (CNP)
• Entergy Corp. (ETR)
• NextEra Energy Inc. (NEE)
What's happening in electricity impacts the supply and demand of coal and natural gas, thus it impacts these names in coal:
• James River Coal Company (JRCC)
• Patriot Coal Corp. (PCX)
• Cloud Peak Energy (CLD)
• Arch Coal Inc. (ACI)
• Alpha Natural Resources (ANR)
• Peabody Energy (BTU)
• Alliance Resource Partners LP (ARLP)
• Walter Energy (WLT)
• Westmoreland Coal (WLB)
• Black Hills Co. (BKH)
It also impacts these names in natural gas:
• Chesapeake Energy (CHK)
• EnCana Corp. (ECA)
• Sandridge Energy Inc. (SD)
• Apache Co. (APA)
Investors should continue to monitor the electricity spot price. Look at the electricity price history in June, 2008. It looks like electricity price stayed depressed for only one month, then quickly recovered to normal. That was also the turning point of coal from bullish to bearish. This year, the opposite might happen. When electricity prices recover, it could mean higher coal price and rally in the coal sector.
Why do I think this year is different from 2008? I believe that when electricity is selling at a profitable price again, utilities might want to build coal stockpiles to prepare for the summer peak power season.
Of course that's just my speculation.
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Wat happens if two applications try to listen to the same port?
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The second one that binds to the port will get an error saying something else is already listening on the port.
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Does the program check for itself if some other program is listening to the port? – Wintermute Mar 3 '11 at 20:33
The operating system does the check. – carson Mar 3 '11 at 20:41
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Unless they are spawned via tcpmux, the first application binds to the port and listens for connections to it, while the second one cannot bind and cannot listen.
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What is it that prevents the application from binding to the port? – Wintermute Mar 3 '11 at 20:36
When your application makes the relevant system call to "grab" the port, the operating system will "inform" it (via a relevant error code) that it is already taken. – adamo Mar 3 '11 at 21:17
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I am using a Linux CENTOS 6 server with Plesk 10.4.4 Apache and Wowza Media Server 3. The server is a quad core and has 12GB RAM.
I was having a problem with some Wordpress websites that utilize lots of CPU when running custom CRON jobs, so I looked for ways to make the server faster.
I first installed eAccelerator, and that caused alot of my MYSQL tables to crash and some other problems arose. I uninstalled it and everything went back to normal.
Next, I found people were getting some good results with APC and Memcache, so I installed them after a yum update.
All RTMP streamed videos are buffering after playing only a few seconds, but the server load is practically nothing. This was not happening before all those changes.
load average: 0.01, 0.04, 0.06
Here's an example (please see the video in the header section, they rotate each page load): http://activemd.net/index.php
I disabled APC and removed memcache.
I am still having the same problem of every video I try to stream. They all buffer after only a few seconds.
Another observation I'll make is that APC and memcache seemed to make my PHP pages load slower. After disabling those modules, they now load faster.
1. What can I do to stop my videos from buffering?
2. Could one of the changes I made have affected the way my videos are streaming?
3. What are some troubleshooting steps I can take to isolate the problem of my videos always buffering?
Any help is much appreciated, Rick
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Did you tune your Wowza server based on your hardware ? If no, follow this link http://www.wowza.com/forums/content.php?46
There is not a server side buffering in the wowza media server.
If you are trying to stream video to n number of devices. I recommends you use a standalone Wowza media server.
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Comment: If it was related to the car... (Score 2) 329
by Dastardly (#46251931) Attached to: Tesla Model S Caught Fire While Parked and Unplugged
Some rare, but possible causes if it has anything to do with the car.
FOD... (Foreign Object Debris) - shorting power to ground anywhere. Doesn't take much especially on a circuit board somewhere, rapidly heats up and melts solder creating and even bigger short and more heat until fire.
Dendrite formation - Very rare and probably requires more than 4 months to happen, but certain components on a high density BGA array the solder can form tendrils towards other solder balls. As the dendrites get close to each other they will short and break kind of like a fuse, but eventually it can become big enough to hold and sustain current generating enough heat to start the solder balls melting driving more current and heat until fire.
Comment: Re:Nice summary (Score 3, Informative) 278
by Dastardly (#44769597) Attached to: Jury Finds Google Guilty of Standards-Essential Patents Abuse Against MS
And, the argument being made by Microsoft and Apple is that patents on rounded corner or bouncing when you slide for a page, or any number of other non-SEP patents should cost more than the patents for the standard and that when a patent is contributed to a standard under FRAND terms that holder loses there ability to enforce that patent via injunction when others choose not to even negotiate a royalty rate. The end result is no patents being contributed to standards, and ending the standard process entirely because the standards can't avoid patents.
Basically, Microsoft and Apple are killing the goose that lays the golden eggs because without standards the whole ecosystem on which their non-essential patents gain their value goes away.
Comment: Re:increase inflation (Score 1) 649
by Dastardly (#42792433) Attached to: Richard Stallman's Solution To 'Too Big To Fail'
If inflation and returns on saved money are consistent then it will have little impact on savings rate. But, in general it is a good idea to try to stabilize the value of the currency, although demand pull inflation needs to be separated from commodity shock inflation since their causes and the actions taken to mitigate are likely different. Demand pull inflation as a result of there being more financial assets (currency) chasing a relatively fixed amount of real goods is mitigated by draining currency via narrowing the deficit of the currency issuing government by raising taxes and/or decreasing spending. And, the reverse when deflation threatens due to recession.
Some of this is automatic, and already exists. On the revenue side, income tax receipts increase as more people have jobs and income tax receipts increase, if incomes increase enough, a progressive income tax causes the deficit to narrow even more. On the spending side, unemployment insurance, food stamps, and other safety net spending will tend to decrease, narrowing the deficit further. In an economic down turn when deflation threatens these act in the opposite direction. I would prefer additional more powerful automatic stabilizers, but these are a few examples of controls on demand pull inflation/deflation.
I don't know enough on the commodity side to say how that should be handled, but hoarding of useful commodities via ETFs backed by actual warehoused commodities held off the market should be banned.
Comment: Re:Richard, let me suggest an alteration to your i (Score 1) 649
by Dastardly (#42792293) Attached to: Richard Stallman's Solution To 'Too Big To Fail'
Tax rent seeking revenue progressively, tax profit for sales of goods and services like today.
Rent seeking - Interest, dividends, trading profits, licensing fees (RMS would like that one), political contributions, ...
Allow for a certain amount of rent seeking revenue can be treated as regular revenue and subject to expense deduction. Becoming TBTF is actually a rent seeking behavior, so setting making the rate progressive is an act of taxing rent seeking.
Of note, Adam Smith proposed that taxes on rents are desirable.
Comment: Re:Do you always let interns tell you what to thin (Score 1) 507
by Dastardly (#42553103) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: How To React To Coworker Who Says My Code Is Bad?
Some times it just takes a different set of eyes. You get buried in the code and things that are not quite right do not jump out at you because you understand it and know it so intimately that you develop blind spots. A fresh set of eyes no matter experience will see things that you simply accept because it does not trigger your "that does not look right" alarms.
Comment: Use the panels for 1080P Passive 3D (Score 4, Insightful) 442
by Dastardly (#42541097) Attached to: The Trouble With 4K TV
The more interesting step to me would be 1920x2160 panels for 1080P passive 3D. Right now passive 3D polarizes alternate lines so at 1080P it is more like 1920x540 per eye. Which probably is perceived by the brain like 1920x700 or something like that. If no one makes a 1920x2160 panel I presume it could be done with a 4K panel.
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Comment: Re:People want cheaper tablets (Score 1) 657
by frist (#40866631) Attached to: Why the Tablet Market is Really the iPad Market
What insane number of functions in the home button? I find it much easier to use than my android phone. My kids including 2 yr old can use it. I don't miss the other 3 buttons at all. The software on the iPad is just so much more intuitive and just works. I havent learned a multitude of gestures as some other poster wrote and I have no problem working the device.
Comment: Windows/Linux/QNX Fanboi Loves his iPad (Score 3, Insightful) 657
by frist (#40863241) Attached to: Why the Tablet Market is Really the iPad Market
Background: Not an apple fanboi. Owned no apple products other than a $1500 used Mac Lisa that VPI forced the CS class to buy back in the day because they had a version of Uniplus Sys V for it...
I've owned C64, Amigas, now a bunch of PCs that have various versions of Windows and Linux starting with Windows 3.1 and Linux 1.0 (4 floppies for a distro, I miss that).
I went to the store to look at the Transformer and some other android tablets after checking out a friend's. All the Android tablets were so-so. I'd have to sideload Netflix on most of them. The displays were ok. They had an apple section so I said "what the heck, let me check out this iPad thing".
Looked at an iPad (3rd gen, retina display). Wow. It just worked so well, the display was unbelievable. Everything was super smooth. Reading docs on it was amazing. It made the Android tabs look terrible. There was just no comparison. I went back over to the Android tabs and gave them another shot. There was just no going back anymore.
I bought a 3rd gen iPad, came back for a 2nd for the kids the next day. I tried an iPad 2 for the kids, no good, 1024x768, could not use it after using the retina display (2048x1535), so exchanged that one for a 2nd new 3rd gen iPad. Definitely worth the extra $150.
I keep an eye on the Android tablets, They're starting to come out with 1920x1080 res devices now, still no comparison.
I borrowed a mac mini to try out Xcode (you have to develop iOS aps on a mac). I had tried the android SDK, not too impressed, and the nightmare of managing all the different platforms is no fun (I have to do that at work). I actually liked OS X. Nothing like the crappy OS 9 and prior. A BSD-based desktop OS - imagine that. A Linux-like desktop that is actually good.
I've been eyeing the Macbook Pro w/retina display... 2880x1800 in a 15" package. To run Windows and Linux because I have to.
If I could extricate myself from the Windows / Linux ecosystem that I write software for I would, but I can't, too many PCs, too many ties. I have to write windows and linux software. Windows 8 holds nothing for me, current distros of linux are going in the wrong direction with their insane UIs (activities? really?). But OS X is nice. Too bad the mac desktop/laptop hardware is so expensive and limited, and I can't use a phone w/out a slider keyboard.
But for the tablet experience, I wouldn't trade the retina display iPads for any android tablets. There's just no comparison.
Comment: Article Summary Deceptive (Score 1) 503
From reading the article summary I thought that I could now only return something once every 90 days at Best Buy. Reading the actual article reveals that this is only true for habitual returners who meet whatever patterns are used by the software used by Best Buy and others now. Some unlucky few fall between the cracks, but for the majority of shoppers, this is a non-issue.
We should be able to mod submitters down as incompetent or deceptive.
Comment: Re:Well, Hungary, you asked for capitalism... (Score 3, Insightful) 95
by frist (#39024095) Attached to: Hungary's Needy Given Money to Burn
Oh please. As a 1st gen immigrant from Romania, an eastern european soviet block country crushed by first the Nazis and then the Soviets, capitalism as done in the US is a godsend compared to the bullshit of Marxism. What you have in Russia and Romania is the result of years of devastating communism, where there is no incentive to work, everyone steals from their employer (the state). The same people are in power now as before, they're just "capitalists" by name. I have family that went back after the revolution and tried to help the country, start businesses, teach etc. They got stolen blind because of the same attitudes that had been forged into the soul of the people by communism.
Never mind that I had relatives in prison tortured because my family wouldn't join the communist party. My mother told me about when she was being appointed to her first job, how she wanted to request to be in a different location so she went to the hearing and a married couple went first. They were stationed (the govt picks where you work in that system of govt by the way) over a hundred kilometers apart. They had no car. They had a child. They requested to be posted closer together. The govt presiding officer told the woman - eh you can find another man in your new village. After a few similar cases my mom just left without a hearing.
Go back to your dear Russia and take your communism bullshit with you. Never again you fucks and take your fucking KGB putin and his fucks with you. Thank God for the US. The main regret of the Romanian people and the cause of so much horror there was that the US didn't take over and instead gave Romania to you Russian bastards.
Comment: Re:Anyone seen the new Google Calendar / Gmail? (Score 1) 980
by frist (#38340304) Attached to: The Condescending UI
This is exactly right. Office 2010 does this crap where they got rid of panes/lines. Those lines are there for a reason. Now I lose my title bar in another window behind it because the app behind it (e.g. Lotus Notes) has the same grey content as the stupid title bar with no lines in 2010. WTF is wrong with these people. I wish these so-called GUI designers would go work for a car company and try to redesign car controls...
After a while, we get things right, and then changing them is just change for change's sake and is not making things better. I've been with this GUI thing since X-Windows first came out. Lots of great stuff has happened over the years. Lately it's all going to shit.
Comment: Re:Menu-izing the Ribbon for screen real estate (Score 1) 980
by frist (#38340240) Attached to: The Condescending UI
Yeah except the menus would be there while the ribbon is hidden and you can't do jack. So of course you have to click again to get it back...
Ribbon is about the most retarded thing I've ever seen. Different targets, different size, some pictures, some words, some pictures and words, some big pictures, some little pictures, crap spread accross different ribbon tabs.
OMG so bad. Old menu system + toolbar was so good. Ribbon is so bad. So bad and inconsistant. Review ribbon tab makes no sense in Visio but it's there. Not to mention that now some apps have ribbons some have menus....
Office 2003 was the last good version. When I was forced to upgrade to 2010 from 2003, I desperately started looking for an alternative. I even downloaded openoffice and seriously considered using it...
Comment: Re:Linus is right on about microkernels (Score 1) 480
by frist (#38120322) Attached to: Andrew Tanenbaum On Minix, Linux, BSD, and Licensing
You totally missed the point. You should not have any reason to add a system call. In a microkernel (QNX is my favorite) you leave the microkernel to do its job, and you write userland code. That's way easier than your example of adding a system call. Yes I have for fun added system calls and written linux driver. Would you rather write in C in the kernel and debug with kprintfs and not know who's messing with your address space, or write your "driver" in whatever language you want and debug it in eclipse?
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Comment: Re:Sucks to be him (Score 3, Informative) 298
by pauls2272 (#42593743) Attached to: Bug Sends Lost-Phone Seekers To Same Wrong Address
Certified mail to PO boxes is worthless and a waste of money. You can spend the money to do it, but the form is just deposited in the PO Box and they won't go to the window to actually get the certified mail.
None of the collection agencies that called me ever gave me a real address. Most hung up when I asked for one, others insisted that the PO box was all that was required by the FTC.
Comment: Re:Sucks to be him (Score 4, Interesting) 298
by pauls2272 (#42593483) Attached to: Bug Sends Lost-Phone Seekers To Same Wrong Address
No. Your wrong. The max you can get is controlled by the FTC. The max is quite small - like $500. Then Good Luck ever collecting that even after you "win".
This is assuming you can get them to 1. Identify themselves, 2. Give you a real address (not a PO box) so you can spend $50+ on a server to serve them after you file suit in small claims court. Most would hang up once I asked for them to identify themselves and give me a real address.
Then there are the larger companies that not only spoof the caller id but use a record-a-call wanting you to call back and give a incident number to. When you do that, the debt collector will claim they are no longer bound by the FDCPA ( Fair Debt Collection Practices Act) because THEY didn't call you, you called THEM.
I had the exact situation the OP had. I moved, got a new number and was then inundated with phone calls from collectors. Even telling them that this was my new number didn't really help. Debt Collection was a "growth industry" in the 90s. There are lists of deadbeats that are produced monthly that you can buy and start calling in your own "startup collection" business. So I was constantly getting new collection agencies calling me about the deadbeat.
The only way I got them to stop, was when I switch phone providers (I went from Cox to AT&T), I LISTED my number. Now my number was published and no longer appearing as the deadbeats number in the newest Deadbeat lists. The number of collection calls I received dramatically dropped. From getting 2-3 per week, I've got maybe 2 all last year.
Oh, I also filed a large number of complaints with the FTC - I'm sure this did nothing as I never heard 1 thing from the FTC about any of my complaints.
Comment: Re:LOve the game, hate the real money bullshit (Score 1) 157
by pauls2272 (#42331217) Attached to: Game Review: <em>Planetside 2</em> (video)
The most effective way of getting certs is to follow the huge zerg and cap empty bases. This gives lots of experience and certs. Very boring however.
But the most fun I've had in PS2, involved things like defending the Citadel. Lots of fun but little experience defending and few certs.
Comment: Re:Crashes (Score 1) 158
by pauls2272 (#38027082) Attached to: <em>The Elder Scrolls</em> Return With <em>Skyrim</em>
Crash to desktop, choppy framerate on extreme hardware, game freezes, sound issues... the list goes on.
I played it for a hour or two last night - got to the 1st town. Seemed very Fallout 3ish... only you have to hit R instead of A to Take All - what is up with That?
Had no graphic issues but it crashed to desktop when I opened a chest. Figured it was time to go to bed anyway...
Comment: Re:Is this something the market forces are demandi (Score 2) 148
by pauls2272 (#37988126) Attached to: Windows OS Coming To the Mainframe
The ZBX is designed to replace Racks of X86 servers. The shops that want this either already have a big backend Mainframe - for DB2/ADABAS/IMS with midrange Window/Unix servers or they process everything on the mainframe and FTP down to Windows/Unix boxes (last place I worked FTPed Terrabytes every night down from the mainframe to servers).
The ZBX has a high speed bus connection between the Mainframe (Z196/Z114). This speeds up the network lag for large MQSeries systems, FTPs, etc. Also the ZBX is managed/upgraded by IBM Customer Engineers so the firmware will be IBM supported. They also integrate the ZBX into the Hardware Management Console to have a single point of control. I believe the ZBX can also take advantage of Server Time Protocol so the mainframe can be used as a time source for all the ZBX blade servers.
Shops that currently do not have a mainframe probably won't be interested in the ZBX and the ability to run Windows on it. The ZBX has been out for a year or so but was Linux only until this announcement.
Comment: COMPLETELY WRONG (Score 1) 619
by pauls2272 (#37558276) Attached to: Congress May Permit Robot Calls To Cell Phones
I have experience with this. The "BIG FINE" is a $250 dollar fine and you have to SUE THEM in small claims court to collect. This means hiring an off duty police officer (around $50 bucks) to serve the summons - assuming you can get their address to begin with then paying the court costs to file.
You want a BIG FINE, have them change it to a $25000 dollar fine but $250 bucks isn't worth the hassle.
When I moved I got a new phone number and a got a ton of calls for Mr X who had the number prior to me. As usual, I didn't list my number in the phone book. I explained that Mr X is not here and most of the calls died down. YEARS PASS and I am still getting calls for Mr X - although it is maybe 4-6 a month (some months I'd get a lot more - I think this was when a new collection debt list was published). I become very familiar with the FTC rules regarding collection agencies.
My experience was:
1. Most collection agency people calling you have NO CLUE what the FTC laws and regulations are.
2. Most will not really identify themselves and not give out their address - REQUIRED BY FTC but ignored.
3. Most will tell you their "supervisor" is not available - in some cases they refused to identify the supervisor (FTC violation - they MUST identify themselves, the business, their supervisor and address of business)
4. Many are working off lists they bought and are calling you from their house. These lists are what caused me to get
a lot of calls. Mr X was on them with my number and every time they published and sold a new list to people, I would get
calls. Debt collection is a growing home business...
5. You tell them you aren't this person and NEVER CALL AGAIN and they ignore this (FTC VIOLATION). I got called so
often by some collection agencies, I recognized their voices.
I filed a lot of complaints with the FTC but never heard anything back from them.
Your recourse is to Sue them but as above it isn't worth the time and effort. I was only able to end 95% of the calls by listing my number - this caused the lists to be updated. I still get calls for Mr X but only about 1-2 every few months now not every week or day.
Comment: Re:Why are Libs so enamored with taxes? (Score 1) 623
by pauls2272 (#36626708) Attached to: Amazon Drops California Associates to Avoid Sales Tax
It's not that hard.
These days, we use computers to aid in our transactions.
The data's not "a ridiculous amount" - it's a few KB of data sent from each state each year.
iggest market. I can understand why they don't want to pay taxes.
Yeah, the data is available but not from the states. There are companies whose business is to collect all the sales tax data (from state, city, county and local levels) and they will sell you the info. A number of years ago, when I worked for a major car manufacturer, they had to start buying this data. The data was reloaded/changed monthly. These days, it might be a "cloud" service somewhere.
But they're not going to just throw away the entire market to avoid paying it.
They can sell to CA residents all they want and aren't affected. They are dropping the Affiliate program. My brother runs an internet used bookstore. He is/was an affiliate of Amazon - they would list his books so if you were looking for a used book - it would show up on the Amazon store. Since he is based in CA, I think he is now dropped.
There are a lot of small CA business that were Amazon affiliates.
Woman Sues Google Over Street View Shots of Her Underwear 417
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Kittenman writes "The Telegraph (and several US locals) are covering a story about a Japanese woman who had her underwear on the line while the Google car went past. She is now suing Google: 'I was overwhelmed with anxiety that I might be the target of a sex crime,' the woman told a district court. 'It caused me to lose my job and I had to change my residence.'"
Swiss Bank Has 43-Page Dress Code 212
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from the dress-for-a-specific-success dept.
Australian Stats Agency Goes Open Source 51
Posted by timothy
from the as-it-should-be dept.
Denver Airport Overrun by Car-Eating Rabbits 278
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from the night-of-the-lepus dept.
It turns out the soy-based wire covering on cars built after 2002 is irresistible to rodents. Nobody knows this better than those unlucky enough to park at DIA's Pikes Peak lot. The rabbits surrounding the area have been using the lot as an all-you-can-eat wiring buffet. Looks like it's time to break out The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch.
United Kingdom
Oxford Expands Library With 153 Miles of Shelves 130
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from the card-catalog-of-the-gods dept.
Oxford University's Bodleian Library has purchased a huge £26m warehouse to give a proper home to over 6 million books and 1.2 million maps. The Library has been housing the collection in a salt mine, and plans on transferring the manuscripts over the next year. "The BSF will prove a long-awaited solution to the space problem that has long challenged the Bodleian," said its head librarian Dr Sarah Thomas. "We have been running out of space since the 1970s and the situation has become increasingly desperate in the last few years." The 153 miles of new shelf space will only be enough for the next 20 years however because of the library's historic entitlement to a copy of every volume published in the UK.
Comment: Re:Peter jackson... (Score 1) 222
by pauls2272 (#33787530) Attached to: MGM and Warner Near On Deal For <em>Hobbit</em> Films
It wasn't what was cut so much as what was changed:
Before he did it, I would have said that the Fellowship of the Ring was un-Filmable.
I have a few nitpicks with it but it captures the flavor of the book without too many major character changes. Yes, Merry and Pippen were made comic relief along with the dwarf.
But instead of changing things whole cloth and adding stuff to make the scene "dramatically interesting", in the FOTR, he had to just cut cut cut. There was too much material there to try to film everything and condensing things like Arwen and Glorfindel made sense.
In the other movies, he started adding nonsense that wasn't in the books. This is where he went wrong. All he had to do was stick with the story and characters and CUT where needed...
Comment: Re:Peter jackson... (Score 2, Interesting) 222
by pauls2272 (#33787342) Attached to: MGM and Warner Near On Deal For <em>Hobbit</em> Films
So would they have the same kind of Hobbit One Ring-resistance?
No. Even the lesser rings they had did corrupt them and brought Evil to the Dwarves. Sauron could not control them, the way he could Men so his plot "failed'. But research what happened to each of the 7 Ring Bearers of the Dwarves...
In Letters, JRRT says there are only a few beings in Arda that can control and use the 1 ring - pretty much Gandalf, Elrond and Galadriel.
You had to have Great Power yourself to master the One Ring. No mortal could do it and dwarves are technically mortals.
Every one else attempting to use the Ring would eventually fail and Sauron would eventually prevail. The Ring is part of Sauron after all...
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1. Ice Hockey
2. Sweden vs. Canada
Final Men's
0 SWE
3 CAN
3. Bobsled
4. Four-man Heat 4
Medal Event Four-man Heat 4
5. Four-man Heat 3
Four-man Heat 3
6. Cross-country
7. Men's 50km Mass Start Free
Medal Event Men's 50km Mass Start Free
8. Bobsled
9. Four-man Heat 2
Four-man Heat 2
10. Four-man Heat 1
Four-man Heat 1
11. Alpine Skiing
12. Men's Slalom Run 2
Medal Event Men's Slalom Run 2
13. Speedskating
14. Ladies' Team Pursuit Final A
Medal Event Ladies' Team Pursuit Final A
15. Ladies' Team Pursuit Final B
Medal Event Ladies' Team Pursuit Final B
16. Ice Hockey
17. United States vs. Finland
Final Men's
0 USA
5 FIN
18. Speedskating
19. Men's Team Pursuit Final A
Medal Event Men's Team Pursuit Final A
20. Men's Team Pursuit Final B
Medal Event Men's Team Pursuit Final B
21. Biathlon
22. Men's 4x7.5km Relay
Medal Event Men's 4x7.5km Relay
23. Speedskating
24. Ladies' Team Pursuit Final C
Ladies' Team Pursuit Final C
25. Ladies' Team Pursuit Final D
Ladies' Team Pursuit Final D
26. Men's Team Pursuit Final C
Men's Team Pursuit Final C
27. Men's Team Pursuit Final D
Men's Team Pursuit Final D
28. Ladies' Team Pursuit Semifinal 2
Ladies' Team Pursuit Semifinal 2
29. Ladies' Team Pursuit Semifinal 1
Ladies' Team Pursuit Semifinal 1
30. Alpine Skiing
31. Men's Slalom Run 1
Men's Slalom Run 1
Coverage of Winter Olympics Sochi 2014
American snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis relives Olympic nightmare, falls again
Jeff Passan
Yahoo Sports
KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia — Poor, poor Lindsey Jacobellis laid in a pile of snow, a pile of regret, and stared at the sky. It was empty. The sun shone down on her, reminding her that this was real. By the time she stood up on her snowboard, she wanted to curse her luck and her sport and everything. Cursing would do no good. It happened again.
The first time was awful. On the final jump of the snowboardcross race in the Turin Games, she grabbed her board as a nod to her fans and friends, like she had a billion times, and fell. Gold turned to silver. Glory turned to humiliation. She was 20. Kids do stupid things. Not many find that stupid thing as a descriptive term forever attached to them: "Lindsey Jacobellis, whose hotdogging at the 2006 Olympics cost her a gold medal…"
The second time was brutal. The jumps and bumps of snowboardcross ate her up, catapulted her into a fence and left her without a medal at the Vancouver Games. She was 24. Through the hurt and regret, she knew there would be another shot.
[Photos: Faces of Olympic heartbreak]
The third time was cruel, the sort of sporting cruelty nobody deserves. The kind that takes the best rider in the world — that would be Jacobellis — and stakes her to a big lead in her semifinal race. The type that goads her into thinking she's going to complete that comeback from two ACL surgeries with an Olympic gold medal, finally. The one that then yanks the board out from underneath her Sunday near the finish at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park and sends her straight to the athletic pantheon reserved for the star-crossed: Jim Kelly and Dan Marino, Ted Williams and Ernie Banks, Karl Malone and Patrick Ewing. The place where no athlete wants to end up.
Lindsey Jacobellis hasn't had much luck at the Olympics. (USA Today)
So much work and so much ability and so many accomplishments everywhere else in her small niche of snowboard racing, and all of it lost at this one event, as though her Olympics are cursed. She knows that's not true, of course, that the real hex is the inherent randomness of sports and how they don't discriminate in dishing out pain.
"I try to treat this event like every other," Jacobellis said. "It just so happens, how the wheel turns, I win every other event, and it comes around to the one I don't win, and it happens to be this one."
Of all the events in which to flame out, of course, Jacobellis is saddled with hers being the one everyone watches. She has enough X Games gold medals and world championships to fill a room. Her Olympics silver remains lonely, buffeted only by disappointment.
"People don't understand how much pressure is put on her," said teammate Faye Gulini, who finished fourth Sunday. "And it breaks my heart because I think it takes the fun out of it for her. Just for this event. She loves the sport. She's a phenomenal snowboarder. But it's in her head. You know? With that much pressure on you — I've never had that kind of pressure on me, but I know it just breaks her as an athlete and makes it hard for her to do her best."
[Related: Which college produced the most Winter Olympians?]
Jacobellis copped to none of that. Even if it's true, she deserved to wear whatever face she desired. Brave. Saddened. Incredulous. All of them together, perfectly encapsulating an immature girl's evolution into a woman with the sort of perspective necessary to revisit her ache.
"There's worse things in life than not winning," Jacobellis said. "A lot worse. And of course it's very unfortunate that this didn't work out for me. I've trained very hard for this moment. It just doesn't come together for whoever knows what reason."
By now, Jacobellis knows better than to assign any sort of blame to such things. She crushed her qualifying run, finishing second behind only eventual gold medalist Eva Samkova. In the quarterfinals, she smoked the other four trying to keep pace and stood one race from a showdown with Samkova. And Jacobellis was doing the same in the semifinals until the speed of the course left her with an in-between jump over a pair bumps in the course.
[Related: Why Olympic gold medalist Eva Samkova wears a mustache during snowboardcross]
Her board dug into the snow, slowing down any momentum, and as much as Jacobellis tried to avoid a fall, her body refused to comply. Down she went, and the crowd at the bottom of the Extreme Park gasped. No. Not her. Not here. Not again.
Lindsey Jacobellis walks off after crashing in the semifinals of snowboardcross. (AP)
All of the schadenfreude from 2006 seemed to have vanished and yielded to an emotion far more powerful: empathy. Everyone in the stands had fallen doing something they loved, had failed at an important moment in their lives, had known the stomach-turning agony of loving something and watching it not love you back. It is the worst. The worst.
"She deserves a gold medal," Gulini said. "She's put in the time. She's put in the hours. She's talented. She's got it."
She does. Nobody denies that. In fact, it's impossible to look at Jacobellis and not call her something of a sporting wonder. Lesser failures have torpedoed athletic careers. She had one of the most embarrassing meltdowns possible, and not only did she remain elite in her sport, she improved.
The Turin fall defines her, though not in the way most would think. Her return from it speaks to all of the mettle and strength that constitute Jacobellis. Twice now she has gone back to the place of her greatest disappointment, confronted it, found regret again and not let it beat her. There's great bravery in that.
[Related: Shaun White is most chatted-about Olympic athlete]
Soon after the crash, Jacobellis was summoned back to the top of the course to run the Small Final, a consolation race. The winner would lock up seventh place and watch the racers in the real finale zoom down the course. Jacobellis wanted to be in the real race. The Small Final's name fit her feelings about it.
"At that point," Jacobellis said, "you don't even want to try."
Her start was slow, and she lagged behind two racers about halfway through. Then something happened. Lindsey Jacobellis's instincts kicked in. This was a race. She was a racer. It didn't matter whether it was big or small. She made a daring pass on the inside corner of a turn, stole the lead and never relinquished it.
And she crossed the finish line in first, right where she belonged, where come 2018 she may again be, only in the true final. When asked about the Pyeongchang Games, Jacobellis left open the possibility of competing. She'll be 32 then. The silver medalist here, Dominique Maltais, is 33, so it's not far-fetched.
This hurt will last, yes, though by now everyone knows she can handle it. And that leaves only one question: Can she take the rest of what it will entail? The questions about '06 that never will go away, and the ones about '10 and '14 that will join them. The emptiness of a potential repeat. The chance that her luck will be as bad in 2018 as it was Feb. 16, 2010, and 2014.
She can. And she should. Poor, poor Lindsey Jacobellis owes herself that much.
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I am writing an imageboard in Ruby on Rails.
I have a form for creating new posts. In that form, there is logic to figure out whether the post was created from board#show or topic#show and act accordingly. It is:
<% if @board != nil %>
<%= f.hidden_field :board_id, :value => @board.id %>
<% end %>
<% if @topic != nil %>
<%= f.hidden_field :topic_id, :value => @topic.id %>
<% end %>
The form is rendered on board#show and topic#show with this piece of code:
<%= render :partial => 'posts/form'%>
Should I move that logic to the controller? How would I go about doing that?
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As it is, in the view, it's probably fine. However, you could (possibly, depending on your app) refine it a little by putting the board/topic information in the URL using nested routes. Routes that would look something like this:
Then your "is it from a board or a post" logic could happen in your PostsController. Again, whether or not this is 'better' is dependent on your requirements, but that's an alternative way of approaching this.
As a side note, you can slim down your conditionals a little. if @board is the same as if @board != nil (unless you have a special case for @board being false. nil and false will both evaluate as false).
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Your first idea wouldn't be too clean because I use the board title in the url, not the id. I ended up going with your second idea and just using if @board and keeping everything else. Thanks! – DormoTheNord Jul 18 '12 at 22:30
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I don't think it's necessary to put it in the controller. I would use :locals. So in board#show:
<%= render :partial => 'posts/form', :locals => {:resource => @board} %>
Do the same in topic#show, but using @topic. Then in your form partial:
<%= f.hidden_field "#{resource.model_name.downcase}_id", :value => resource.id %>
There are probably more elegant ways to get the model_name, but that's the direction I'd take it.
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You should also consider a polymorphic relationship for this one. I'm not sure if it is a good fit, but it might be worth a try.
Otherwise, it's fine too pass nils. You can just do:
<%= f.hidden_field :board_id, :value => @board.try(:id) %>
<%= f.hidden_field :topic_id, :value => @topic.try(:id) %>
Come to think of it, ideally the controller should assign the fields to whatever you have in f and then the code should just be:
<%= f.hidden_field :board_id %>
<%= f.hidden_field :topic_id %>
Just do @post.board_id = @board.id in board#show and the equivalent code for topic#show. You can even do @post = @board.posts.build and that should assign the id automatically.
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OK, typical problem:
• I have a table with 7884 of records (for now—but there will be lots...)
• I want to offer admins a quick way to monitor this table through the web.
• I also need to provide viewers the ability to specify some filtering to further narrow the results, as well as be able to say how many records to pull from the DB.
I'm making my intro to ASP.NET web development and so I chose to use the (more straightforward) ASP.NET WebPages framework.
I'm using the System.Web.Helpers.WebGrid to display the records and I like the fact that it automatically implements paging.
I'm using a <form method="post"> to gather the filtering parameters, so that when the form posted back, I can adjust my querying based on these values. I also assign these values to the form fields so that the user can see the posted parameters in use.
However, I noticed that the page links generated by the WebGrid that are displayed in the page footer all the reference current page URL with a query fragment of the form ?page=n.
So, obviously, when the pages are navigated, I receive a request without my page form data...
What would be your recommended pattern to solved this simple issue and keeping the development of these pages short for the time being?
Layout = "~/_TablePageLayout.cshtml";
Page.Title = "Wala-Wala";
var headlinePattern = Request.Form["headlinePattern"];
var _headlinePattern = headlinePattern;
if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(headlinePattern)) {
_headlinePattern = "%";
headlinePattern = string.Empty;
var maxCount = Request.Form["maxCount"];
int? _maxCount = maxCount.TryConvert<int>();
if (_maxCount == null || _maxCount < 0) {
_maxCount = null;
maxCount = string.Empty;
var database = Database.Open("Wala-Wala-DB");
var query = _maxCount == null
? @"SELECT * FROM dbo.WalaWala WHERE Headline LIKE @1"
: @"SELECT TOP(@0) * FROM dbo.WalaWala WHERE Headline LIKE @1";
var dataSource = database.Query(query, _maxCount, _headlinePattern);
var grid = new WebGrid(source: dataSource, rowsPerPage: 25, canPage: true);
grid.SortColumn = "Id";
grid.SortDirection = SortDirection.Descending;
var rowStart = grid.PageIndex * @grid.RowsPerPage + 1;
var rowEnd = grid.PageIndex * @grid.RowsPerPage + grid.Rows.Count;
<form method="post">
<label for="maxCount">Maximum:</label>
<input type="text" id="maxCount" name="maxCount" value="@maxCount""/>
<label for="headlinePattern">Headline Pattern:</label>
<input type="text" id="headlinePattern" name="headlinePattern" value="@headlinePattern""/>
<b>@grid.TotalRowCount entries found. Showing results @rowStart to @rowEnd (page @(grid.PageIndex + 1)
of @grid.PageCount).</b>
tableStyle: "tableStyle",
alternatingRowStyle: "alternatingRowStyle",
mode: WebGridPagerModes.All,
columns: new[] {
grid.Column(columnName: "Id", style: "columnStyle"),
grid.Column(columnName: "Headline", style: "columnStyle"),
grid.Column(columnName: "DTS", style: "columnStyle"),
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Use jQuery to force the form to be POSTed and prevent the click on the link from initiating a GET request. This article explains how to do that in more detail: http://www.mikesdotnetting.com/Article/180/Displaying-Search-Results-In-A-WebGrid
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I need to open a specific SSL secured site inside an iFrame of an Adobe-AIR application written in Javascript.
For that reason I've build a small test application which opens the site in a iFrame - this works well, but the server certificate is not accepted. A Popup shows up and prompts the user to accept the untrusted certificate. The server certificate is valid, issued by Trustcenter and is being accepted by default in all major browsers (Webkit, IE, FF, ...). So why does this happen?
To make sure that he server certificate is not a problem, I implemented two other rather common sites, just to see if their certificate is being accepted.
Well.. I just need my application to accept the ssl certificate of my own server. So here's my question: How can I make my application trust "it's home server".
Thanks in advance for your input.
Edit: Here's some example code:
<title>Prototype 1</title>
<link href="sample.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>
<script type="text/javascript" src="lib/jquery/jquery-1.4.2.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var fbOpen = 0;
function drawFb(link, sbRoot) {
if (fbOpen != link) {
fbOpen = link;
$('#fbContainer').html('<iframe src="'+link+'" '
+'width="700" height="480" ></iframe>')
else {
fbOpen = 0;
<body style="background-color:yellow;padding:1em;">
<p>Hi there! This is a basic example showing the usage of Iframes...</p>
<input type="submit" onclick="drawFb('https://www.example.com/');" value="Test Own" />
<input type="submit" onclick="drawFb('https://www.google.de/');" value="Test G" />
<input type="submit" onclick="drawFb('https://www.adobe.com/');" value="Test A" />
<div id="fbContainer" style="display:none;width:700px;height:480px;border:1px dashed red;"></div>
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I don't know if you're using Linux or not but this still might help: kb2.adobe.com/cps/408/kb408085.html ... There's a section on where certificates for SSL are stored for Adobe AIR called "SSL certificate store". Modifying the CA store for every user might not be a viable option, obviously, but maybe adding your cert will help you diagnose the problem. – dlongley Oct 25 '10 at 21:45
Hi dlongley! Thanks for your comment. I'm myself working on Linux, but the application should work with OS-X and WIndows as well. I already stumbled across the page you posted and did not manage to get any closer to a solution. – Jan. Oct 27 '10 at 14:50
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What you are running into is likely the "same origin policy". Perhaps adobe.com works because core components are already preloaded with an origin of adobe.com?
Make sure in your testing that the server for the iframe is actually the same as the outer HTML page.
This appears to be how you'd configure those exceptional circumstances: http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=ProgrammingHTMLAndJavaScript_11.html
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Hi Marsh Ray and thanks for your reply. I tried the approach to host the outer document containing the Iframe on the same domain, as the iframe points to, but air still asks for the missing certificate. (example.com/test.html contains an iframe pointing to example.com/foo/bar.html. Application opens an iframe pointing to the first URL which is test.html). I tried specifying the documentRoot and the sandboxRoot attribute on the inner Iframe without success. Am I doing something wrong? – Jan. Oct 28 '10 at 15:00
Another sidenote: right now I do not need the frames content to act as part of the application. Cross-site-Scripting is not required. The frames content ist just used to display informations. Also, The application should be able to fetch files (product export) from the ssl-enabled site. – Jan. Oct 28 '10 at 16:01
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I seems that this is a bug in AIR on Ubuntu 64-Bit. When I test the application on Vista, Win7 or MacOS, then the app does not ask for a certificate.
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I have the length of my previous object and i need to create a new array of objects based on the length with new key's.
Length = 3;
var newArray = [];
var Object = {};
Object['newKey'] = 1;
This would eventually create newArray of Objects whose length is 3 containing something like this.. newArray[0],[1],[2].
Am i doing this correctly, please do suggest me if anything wrong or a better way to do this.
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Well, I see some problems/ways in which it could be improved... – Jared Farrish Aug 1 '11 at 1:29
@Jared Farrish: could you suggest me over this – John Cooper Aug 1 '11 at 1:31
Well, first of all, when you say {}, you're creating an object, so that step/line is superfluous. – Jared Farrish Aug 1 '11 at 1:32
And don't use Capitalized var names. "Object" is a class (in fact the base class of everything in JavaScript), so it's not a good idea to suddenly redeclare it to be... well, an instance of itself. (Length doesn't conflict with anything, but still - "length" is preferred.) In javascript, variables should be camelCase. – Flambino Aug 1 '11 at 1:37
Can you explain a little better what you're trying to accomplish here? As in why you're doing this? There might be a better way to go about what you're doing. – ReX357 Aug 1 '11 at 1:53
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Here's what you wrote (I think), just shortened a bit (and fixed the capitalization of variable names)
var length = 3;
var newArray = [];
newArray.push({newKey: 1});
but to be honest it's unclear to me exactly what you're trying to accomplish
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You could make it slightly more dynamic by referencing the variable for length.
Example updated per comments:
var length = 3,
newArray = [];
var tempObj = {};
tempObj['newKey'] = 'SomeValue';
I didn't really do more than clean up what you have.
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Objects are passed by reference, so this will put the same object in each index of the array. I don't think this is what the OP wants. You should put tempObj = {}; inside the loop. – mVChr Aug 1 '11 at 1:44
Won't work right. You're only creating 1 object, and then referencing that object multiple times in the array (edit: mVChr beat me to it) – Flambino Aug 1 '11 at 1:44
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I use a lot of jQuery, so I have to keep typing out the $(document).ready function to put the jQuery code. Is there a shorter form of the function?
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Why are you making lots of $(document).ready() blocks? Only initialization code that's referencing the DOM on first page load needs to be in such a block. You can also puts lots of pieces of code in one $(document).ready() block. – jfriend00 Oct 27 '11 at 4:55
The answers below are clear, but it's also spelled out pretty clearly within the jQuery doco for document ready. – nnnnnn Oct 27 '11 at 5:29
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The three following syntaxes are allowed:
Syntax 1
Syntax 2
Syntax 3
Additionally, from version 1.9 onwards:
$(window).on('load', null, function)
$(document).on('ready', null, function)
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+1 Very nice answer. Welcome to Stack Overflow! – Paul Sasik Oct 27 '11 at 4:48
There is also $(document).bind("ready", handler) (though that doesn't behave quite the same way). – nnnnnn Oct 27 '11 at 5:31
The first is good, the second is in danger with conflicting another JS framework/library. The third is the same as second. You should use jQuery(document).ready(function() {...}); Write that line once and implement all your logic between square brackets. What's the problem ? – lukas.pukenis Oct 27 '11 at 6:10
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This works:
$(function() {
// enter code here
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This may not be the correct place to post this; if that's the case, just let me know and point me in the right direction please!
I'm thinking of building a box that needs to be lightweight and portable, and would need to be able to boot multiple installations of windows.
I am needing to have multiple installations so that I can, for example, plug the box in to the network at one location, boot in to that location's partition, and have full access to everything I would normally need to do on a computer that has already been set up on that network. Then, when I go to the next client, I would be able to do the same thing, with the new location's partition, and have all of those network settings, drive mappings, etc., available there.
Obviously I'd need to go through and set them all up on the different locations/networks, I'm not expecting it to magically know where I am and what I'm doing. It would be like I'm carrying around a computer that is configured for each place I need to go in one little box, instead of having to have multiple computers or having to reconfigure all the settings and such every time I go to another client.
Or is there an easier way to do this that I haven't learned of?
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If you limited yourself to Windows 7 only, then you should be able to keep an insanely huge number of installs since you can boot from Virtual Hard Disks. technet.microsoft.com/en-us/video/windows-7-boot-from-vhd.aspx – Zoredache Jun 29 '12 at 21:08
Scripts... configuration scripts... Write your scripts if you only need to configure NICs/drive mappings/proxies, make one template and copy+modify that for different locations. Faster and SAVES disk space as you wont need separate installations/VMs, space requirements for scripts is counted using Kb's rather than Gb's. – Sampo Sarrala Jun 29 '12 at 21:42
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Windows allows you to separate the partition the BIOS boots from (confusingly called the "system partition") from the partition containing the operating system (confusingly called the "boot partition").
This means (at least in principle) that you can have as many different instances of Windows as you can have partitions. If you convert the disk to dynamic, you can have lots of partitions; I don't think there's a hard limit.
It gets tricky if you want some of the instances to be Windows 7 and some Windows XP. I'm not sure whether you can do that or not. Another potential problem is licensing, you might need a separate Windows license for each instance. (We can't advise you about that, check the license yourself or consult a lawyer.)
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The "easier way to do this" that you haven't heard of is commonly called virtualization.
Have one OS, install your favorite VM environment on it (as you're a beginner and running Windows, one of VMWare's free offerings seems like the obvious choice) and boot up an appropriate VM as needed.
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I darned multi-boot to heck years ago. It belongs with Phil, manager of insufficient light. You get the benefit of working full time with your primary OS (of choice) and at will with your VMs. – Fiasco Labs Jun 29 '12 at 21:29
One proviso: some VM environments present the host and guests to the network as if they were behind a switch, and corporate networks often get upset when they see an unauthorized switch and lock the access port. VMWare doesn't seem to have this issue, so it may be a good choice. – Harry Johnston Jun 30 '12 at 4:16
@Harry Virtualbox has an Ethernet bridge mode that probably circumvents that issue. If you use the Ethernet NAT function, you'll be annoying network security functions as you mention. – Fiasco Labs Jun 30 '12 at 17:36
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Means that you cant have babies in your bum bum. Firststarted by lily allen
person a: maybe you are pregnant
person b: probs not
person a: well how do you no?
person b: because no baby in the bum bum
person c: and now im guna bell slap you
darth vader: i am you bell end
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3. In Which Things Happen
Disclaimer : Non of this is mine, if it was, I'd have made Aisha a slash-fan squeeling after the CougarxJensen romance and Roque would have never betrayed anyone and Clay wouldn't have been so blinded by revenge and boobs that he'd lead his men to slaughter. Oh and COUGAR WOULD HAVE NEVER DIED! DX
Summary : In which Roque is bewildered, Clay is ready to throw the towel, Pooch is not amused, Jensen thinks naughty thoughts and Cougar is... well... cougar-y...
Warnings : PG for safety. random f-bombs here and there. clear slashy thoughts from a certain blonde techie. and yes slashy my dear friends is about the interlocking parts that take place at the back not the front, and with both (or several, I'm not judging) partners sharing similar tastes and parts down THERE :O Oh and beware, I love innuendos, and I'm in an innuendo mood! *evil cackle*
A/N : I hope you'll permit the artistic license for the boys ages, I can't seem to be bothered to remember the right ages |D
Cougar grunted slightly as the strain in his legs started to take its toll. Letting out a slow breath, he continued anyway, the movement of his hips sending distress signal to his brain but he couldn't stop now, it was still too soon, and he needed just a bit more before the slow, languid torture could end. Fuck Jensen, this was all his fault anyway, him and his stupid ideas. ¡Estupido parlanchín!
Roque's eyes went back and forth from his commanding officer to their sniper, feeling slightly awed against his will. An hour and a fucking half, they'd been at it and neither man seem to be ready to stop now. And the growing number of witnesses and gawkers just seem to make them steady on even more.
The Pooch was not happy, not at all. At the rate those two were going, he was going to lose all the money he'd bet with Jensen. And da-yum but those two sure knew how to put on a show! Of course, he'd known that Clay would be like that but most of the time, their sniper was so silent and unassuming, but here he was, baring his teeth at the older man, his face contorting in an expression of pain and determination to see this through. Even the hat had fallen off his head some times ago, leaving his long black tresses free as some stuck to his face from the sweat pouring out of every pore.
Clay was feeling all of his 39 years of life, and it was really painfully old right now, compared to Cougar's 26. His hips and abs were killing him and his legs were trembling under the strain, but he kept on, just a little bit more and his overly abused muscles could rest. If only Cougar could just let it go already.
Jensen was trying. He was trying really hard not to think about how Cougar's hair was sticking to his jaw and neck. Trying not to think about the slow bobbing of the Mexican's adam's apple as the sniper threw his head back with a hiss of discomfort at an aborted movement. Or the way his hips and abs strained to stay in position as Clay's wavered and stuttered to a stop. Yes he'd been the one to give the two bored soldiers an outlet to their boredom in their overly competitive mindset, but it wasn't supposed to be that sexy or that hard to look away from!
Another half hour passed as everyone crowding the two men made bets on who would give in first when suddenly a clamouring noise was heard, half-joyous, victorious even, half-disappointed. Jensen could be heard claiming to any who'd hear that he knew his Cougs would win, it was only normal for the SuperDuperMegaAwesome-Sniper-Of-Doom (no offense, Clay but you know I'm right!). Receiving laughs and incredulous stares. Clay was looking at his men with a slight amused smile, shaking his head fondly at his techie before ordering Roque to help him up, his legs feeling like jelly.
- "¡Oida-me!, estupido parlanchín, ¡es la ultima vez que me haces competir para ti!, ¿entiendes?" Cougar hissed as the comms expert hoisted him up and dragged him toward their temporary campment, his legs supporting him just enough to leave him some decency.
- "Ah c'mon Cougs, you know you liked beating the Colonel!" Jensen replied with a dashing smile, trying not to think about how the other man's sweat-covered body was positively draped over his, held flushed against his side.
- "Those abs exercises are a killer, Jensen, look at my man Cougs, he can't even stand alone..." The Pooch added his two cents." Although, nearly 3 hours without letting his legs down, the Colonel isn't all that rusty either!"
- "Thanks Pooch, appreciated!" Clay retorted wrily as Roque tried not to laugh at him.
An hour later and many inventive invectives from the CO and the sniper, every Loser was in the barrack, getting once again bored out of their minds.
- "Well, all in all, it was a rather productive afternoon, wasn't it!" Jensen smiled at his teammates, ignoring the obvious glares from Pooch (who had lost 50$ to him) and Clay (whose abs still screamed in pain any time he tried to sit up to quickly).
- "SHUT UP JENSEN!" Both men said in perfect sync.
Jensen fake sighed and sat at the foot of Cougar's bed, where the sniper was currently asleep (or trying to hide behind his cowboy hat, who knew).
- "At least you're not angry with me, right Cougs?" He said with a small pout, before an evil grin flashed on his face and disappeared just as quickly and he poked at the other man's stomach.
Jensen just had time to yelp before the other man threw himself at him and got him in a headlock.
¡Oida-me!, estupido parlanchín, ¡es la ultima vez que me haces competir para ti!, ¿entiendes? - Listen to me, you stupid chatterbox, it's the last time you make me compete for you, got it?
A/N : I've been told that the excercise they did is called "The Dying Cockroach" so yeah that was what they did. Why, thought it was something else for a moment? ;D
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I have an existing windows application, for which I have decided to create a Mac version. The problem is that the current UI involves a lot of buttons, tabbed panels, multiple windows etc.
This UI had been rated as intuitive and easy to use and straightforward by many customers and editors. But a beginner (very less experience) may find in confusing a little, but it has been complemented with tutorial.
When creating the Macintosh variant, should I focus on creating a simplified and minimalistic UI (this does not mean the current UI is complex, but I think Mac user's prefer a simple UI right?) or should I try to copy the exact same thing?
By reducing the UI some of the features may be missing. But it can be added later if needed. Should I focus on a fresh approach (this is easier rather than copying the complex UI pattern) or should I go with the old recognized setup?
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What is your backend? – World Engineer Dec 9 '13 at 5:17
@WorldEngineer what do you mean by 'backend' ? – alias man Dec 9 '13 at 5:18
What language is the software that's not the user interface written in? You can use Xcode to build user interfaces pretty quickly if you've got a C++ backend already. .Net is going to be a somewhat harder port but still doable. Are you building the Mac version to attract new customers or satisfy existing ones? – World Engineer Dec 9 '13 at 5:23
@WorldEngineer My back-end is .net and im using Mono for porting.The existing UI is built using Winforms.Apple's UI design is quite complex when compared to winforms,so i have decided to go with GTK#.The goal is to attract new customers – alias man Dec 9 '13 at 5:26
This might work better on our UX site since the question is basically "I have a complex but accepted GUI, should I use porting as an opportunity to change/reinvent it?" Let me know if you want to migrate it. – World Engineer Dec 9 '13 at 5:30
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Apple has created the OS X Human Interface Guidelines, which describes the user interface, and other aspects, ought to behave on OS X. Moreso than Microsoft or other companies, Apple strongly encourages developers to follow these guidelines and I believe that OS X users have an underlying assumption, whether they realize it or not, that an app they use will follow it.
In the preface, Apple says what OS X users are looking for:
OS X users have high standards for the apps they run. Meet these high expectations by designing a user experience that is enjoyable, streamlined, easy, and adaptable.
You want people to feel that your app was designed expressly for the OS X platform.
There are myriad details you need to handle as you design the UI of your app, including choosing the right menu items, naming new windows correctly, and using the appropriate controls in a toolbar. Don’t be tempted to ignore the guidelines that govern the use of these UI elements, because users tend to notice even subtle differences in appearance and behavior.
The document goes into greater detail about what these actual changes are, but notice that it's describing little things like menu items and window names and not sweeping changes like massively simplifying the UI. For instance, it describes that Preferences ought to be in the Application menu, rather than the Edit or Help menu like is commonly done on Windows. Similarly, menu bars in-window and shortcuts activated with the Control key are fine on Windows, but on a Mac you need to use the menu bar at the top of the screen and have shortcuts use the Command key. Violating user interface conventions like that are a sure way to make your app "not belong" on OS X, which Mac users are particularly sensitive to.
I think that Mac users prefer a simple and minimalistic UI just as much as, but not more than, users of other platforms. While it's true that Apple has been trending away from skeumorphism and towards flat UIs, the extent to which this has been done in the most recent version of OS X are not nearly as pronounced as the changes done on iOS 7. At any rate, that's an issue involving custom-designed UIs and seems to match a general trend among user tastes. If you're using system-generated buttons and other UI elements, you'll absolutely be fine as it will render such elements as other OS X apps do (and future-proof it in case Apple changes the style).
However, Mac users are probably a bit less tolerant of bad UIs, which may be part of the "simple" thing you were going for. I think that's more because developers tend to pay more attention to the UIs, in part because of the emphases on the Human Interface Guidelines, so they are just more accustomed to seeing good UIs than bad ones.
So your best bet is to focus on matching the little UI things that are defined by the Human Interface Guidelines. Another great thing to do is to use lots of OS X apps and get a feel for how things are done. Sometimes Apple violates their own guidelines (iTunes is guilty of this), but in general, I think you'll see a lot of consistency and will get a feel for how it's supposed to behave.
I'll add that if you are using a completely custom interface (e.g. custom-drawn buttons that are different than the standard operating system buttons), then you probably are fine on another platform so long as it doesn't violate any expectations OS X users will have. In that case, you shouldn't need to redesign it.
I personally have a cross-platform Java app that uses standard UI elements, so those are automatically drawn by OS X. I only have one code base, but make checks for the target platform at various points (e.g. if on OS X, put the Preferences menu item in the Application menu, else put it in the Edit menu). The user interface has been well received by OS X users, which I take away as meaning that they don't necessarily care about a minimalistic UI, but rather one that is consistent with the OS X Human Interface Guidelines, whether they realize it or not.
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You should create the application that your target users need.
This means that you should understand why Mac users would want to use your application, what competing products exist on the platform, and how your product would fit into their current usage. Additionally, you should understand whether your target Mac users would also have experience with your existing Windows application.
The application that you create should not have an identical UI to its Windows counterpart. Your Mac application should follow the Human Interface Guidelines. If you choose to break a guideline, you should have a very good reason for doing so. One of the definitive characteristics of the Mac platform is the high degree of consistency between applications, regardless of who developed them. For example, I recommend keeping the common Mac keyboard shortcuts even if your existing application uses those keyboard shortcuts for something else.
The application that you create might or might not have all of the same features as its Windows counterpart. This goes in both directions: you might have features that are unique to Windows, you might have features that are unique to OS X. In both cases, the application should fit the needs, expectations, and aspirations of the user.
It is not true that Mac users expect a simplified experience, if your definition of "simplified" is that there are fewer features. It is true that Mac users expect that applications support their overall workflow, and that it should be easy to complete the most common tasks.
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Your decision should not just be based on the UI experience, but also on your maintenance and development model. If you have enough resources to maintain two applications (one on windows, and one on Mac), you could of course "streamline" each of the programs for the specific OS. Especially, when you have different teams for both applications.
But if you have only one team for both, or you are the member of your one-man-team, then you typically want to maintain only one source code for both systems (with different compile time configurations for each system, of course). In this case, you should try to keep things as equal as possible, so you avoid to fix each bug twice, to maintain double documentation etc.
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Thanks.But the development time will be on a higher side,if i chose to do it.I think i will go with a simplified approach as Mac Users are expecting a kind of such experience.Also i don't find it difficult to maintain separate codes.Rather things will be difficult if i try to adapt the same experience on Mac – alias man Dec 9 '13 at 9:01
@aliasman As Thunderforge states, Mac users don't prefer a simplified approach any more than users of any other system. – DA01 Jan 8 at 19:11
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0.06685 | <urn:uuid:1244ec5b-85db-4cf2-80e9-b6b64cd25421> | en | 0.922316 | Billions of data packets traverse through enterprise networks every day at the speed of light. Some packets are malicious; they're carefully designed to slip past firewalls and perimeter defenses and wreak havoc on any system in sight. You might have experienced the wrath of a packet-based attack such as Code Red, Nimda, SQL Slammer, and MSBlaster. All these malicious programs use trusted protocols (e.g., HTTP) or Microsoft networking traffic to carry out their dirty work. Blocking these protocols outright isn't an option, so organizations commonly use Network Intrusion Detection Systems (NIDSs) to detect this type of traffic as quickly as possible so that they can react accordingly.
A number of NIDSs are on the market, all with varying capabilities and price tags. Generally speaking, they all work well. I've been impressed with every commercial package I've had a chance to use. But what if your budget is limited and intrusion detection just isn't high enough on the priority list for your IT department? Fortunately, the open-source world offers a capable NIDS package called Snort. Unlike many open-source packages, this package runs on Windows.
Meet Snort
Martin Roesch originally developed Snort, which he released to the open-source development community under GNU General Public License (GPL). With a history going back to at least 1998, this flexible package has a long, proven track record. With contributions from open-source community members and network administrators around the world, Snort has grown into a very capable product. The current version of Snort can perform real-time traffic analysis and logging of IP traffic at Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet speeds.
Michael Davis originally brought Snort to the Windows community by porting Snort 1.7 to the Win32 platform. Since that time, Chris Reid has taken over the task of compiling the newer Snort versions into a prepackaged executable for easy implementation in the Windows world.
If you're unfamiliar with NIDS, think of it as a special breed of network sniffer. An NIDS dutifully watches every packet that comes across its interface, looking for specific data patterns within the payload of the packets, where malicious code typically resides. By using Snort to watch your networks, you can perform content searching and matching on every packet that traverses through your organization and detect a myriad of attacks and hostile traffic—all in real time.
Snort Prerequisites
At a bare minimum, you need a Windows system with at least one NIC to run Snort. Preferably, you should have two NICs: one that can sit in the network to be monitored and one that can sit in your production network and provide reporting. I said Windows system because you can run Snort not only on Windows 2000 Server or later but also on Windows XP Professional Edition, XP Home Edition, and Win2K Professional. A server license isn't required. Because I connect my XP Pro laptop to many different client networks daily, I typically run Snort as a service. Thus, it runs in the background, detecting any attacks that client networks are directing toward my system. In a way, Snort is acting as a portable sensor for me—it can act as an NIDS on any port I connect my laptop to.
If you're going to implement Snort in an organization, a low-end server can be a decent choice, depending on the size of your network. If you're dedicating the system to intrusion detection, you don't need a lot of horsepower for the box. For example, I've read stories about Snort nodes with 1GHz processors and 1GB of RAM on a FreeBSD platform effectively handling networks of 15,000 users and multiple T-3 (digital signal 3—DS3) WAN links. Because the Snort code is efficient, a lot of horsepower isn't necessary.
You need to determine where you want to place the NIDS on your network. Instinctively, your first thought might be to place it in front of your firewall. Although placing an NIDS at that location would collect the most results, it would also collect the most noise. Thus, you would receive a lot of alerts that provide little value. You shouldn't worry about what gets stopped in front of your firewall. Instead, you should care about what gets through your firewall. So, under most circumstances, placing Snort behind your firewall is a good start.
However, if you have users coming into your network through a VPN connection (either over the Internet or a wireless connection), you should think about placing your NIDS further behind your firewall, such as behind the VPN server or concentrator, where packets are decrypted as they exit the VPN tunnel. Otherwise, the NIDS will be blind to any attacks embedded in the VPN traffic because the packets that Snort is analyzing are encrypted. The same holds true for encrypted SMTP traffic, encrypted .zip files in email attachments, and other types of encrypted data.
Ideally, you should place the NIDS far enough back to get behind any components that are encrypting traffic but far enough forward to capture traffic across as many segments and subnets as possible. If you're operating in a switched network environment, your switch will likely need a diagnostic port that collects copies of all the packets going through your network. That way, the NIDS will have good visibility of all your network traffic.
Now that you know what Snort is and what you need to deploy it, you're ready to set up and test your NIDS. (For more information about Snort, check out the references in the Web-exclusive "Resources" box,, InstantDoc ID 42606.) This process involves 7 steps:
1. Install WinPcap.
2. Install Snort.
3. Test the Snort installation.
4. Configure Snort.
5. Configure the rules.
6. Set up the alerts and logs.
7. Run as a service.
Step 1. Install WinPcap
Because Snort is essentially a promiscuous-mode network sniffer, you need driver-level support. To provide this support, you can use WinPcap. Loris Degioanni created WinPcap as a port of the popular libpcap packet-capture driver commonly used in the UNIX world. WinPcap includes a kernel-level packet filter, a low-level DLL (packet.dll), and a high-level system-independent library (wpcap.dll, based on libpcap 0.6.2).
WinPcap, which is available for download at, supports Windows Server 2003, XP, Win2K, Windows NT, Windows Me, and Windows 9x. WinPcap also supports an open-source packet sniffer called Ethereal, which is available at You might find Ethereal useful when you're testing your Snort setup.
After you've downloaded the WinPcap installer, simply walk through the few installation screens it provides you. The most involved screen you'll see is the one in which you must agree to the license agreement.
Step 2. Install Snort
The next step is to install Snort. You can find the latest version at CodeCraft Consultants Web site ( or the Web site ( I recommend that you download Snort from CodeCraft Consultants because that Web site provides a self-installing executable. The installation program even walks you through the basic setup of Snort on your system. For this article, I used Snort 2.1.1, build 18, which was the most current version at the time. Since that time, later versions have been released.
When you run the installation program, the first dialog box in which you need to make a selection is Installation Options, which lets you configure the database to log to. If you intend to use a MySQL or ODBC-compliant database, you can leave the default selection, which Figure 1 shows. However, if you intend to log to a Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle database, you need to select the appropriate option and make sure you have the requisite client software installed on your system. For the purposes of this article, let's stick with the default selection.
Next, you need to choose the Snort components you want to install. The default selections, which Figure 2 shows, are fine, so I recommend that you leave those components selected and click Next. In the Choose Install Location dialog box, you must specify the directory in which you want to install Snort. After you enter the directory, you just need to click Next to finish the installation process.
Step 3. Test the Snort Installation
After the installation process completes, you need to test Snort to see how it's working. By default, the main executable for Snort needs to know two pieces of information to run: where to write its logs to and where to find the configuration file (i.e., snort.conf). You provide this information when you launch Snort from the command line by using the -l and -c switches, respectively. For example, the Snort command
snort -l F:\snort\log
-c F:\snort\etc\snort.conf
-A console
tells Snort that it should write its logs to the F:\snort\log directory and that it can find snort.conf in the F:\snort\etc directory. The -A switch tells Snort how to handle the alerts that it generates. In this instance, you're telling Snort to display the alerts on the console screen so that you can determine whether Snort is working properly. Note that, although this command appears on several lines here, you would enter it on one line in the command-shell window. (The same holds true for the other multiline commands in this article.) Also note that many of the Snort command-line switches are case sensitive, so you need to enter the switches exactly as they appear here.
If you have multiple network interfaces on your system, by default, Snort listens on the first one it finds. If you're uncertain about the order of your network interfaces, you can execute the Snort command with just the -W switch. Snort will then list the names and numbers of the network interfaces in the order in which it finds them. To instruct Snort to use a specific network interface, you need to add the -i switch followed by the interface number to the command that launches Snort. After you execute Snort, you should see a screen similar to the one that Figure 3 shows.
Assuming Snort is running, you can throw some interesting traffic past the NIDS to test the Snort sensor. One of the easiest ways to intentionally trip an alert is to try to access the command interpreter (cmd.exe) on a remote system as a part of an HTTP URL request—a common part of the Code Red and Nimda attacks. You can simulate this part of the attack by going to any specific URL and appending /cmd.exe at the end of your request. For example, going to should cause your Snort sensor to log alerts in the command-shell window, as the first three alerts in Figure 4 show. These alerts also appear in F:\snort\log.
Please be careful about the Web sites you target with this test. Technically, most Web site administrators would consider this type of activity a hacking attempt. Although that approach shouldn't be exploitable (unless the server is horribly misconfigured), I recommend running this test only against your own server or a server that you can trust and whose administrators are aware that you'll be doing this type of test.
If this test doesn't work or isn't an option, another way you can test your Snort installation is to send an abnormally large ping request to a server across your network or to the computer on which you're running Snort. For example, you might execute the Ping command
ping -l 32767 ip_address
where ip_address is the IP address of the server or Snort computer you're targeting. This command should send an abnormally large ping packet (32KB to be exact), which is definitely not routine behavior for the Ping command. Snort should pick up this packet activity, as the bottom eight alerts in Figure 4 show.
If you're seeing such alerts, you can start tuning Snort for your specific environment. If not, you need to go back and check your installation to see whether you've missed a step.
Step 4. Configure Snort
Snort stores its primary configuration in snort.conf, which is in the %systemdrive%\snort\etc directory by default. You can leave the file in this location or place it somewhere else, as long as you let Snort know where to find it by providing the appropriate path on the command line.
I could easily fill up this issue with details about all the intricate configuration options available in snort.conf. Snort is an amazingly powerful application. But, for now, let's stick with some of the basic options.
For Snort to determine the traffic coming into your network versus the traffic going out, you've got to tell Snort the hosts and IP addresses in your network. To provide this information, you set the HOME_NET variable in the snort.conf file. Find the line
var HOME_NET any
and replace any with your IP address range. You can specify one range, such as
or you can specify multiple ranges. For multiple ranges, you need to enclose the set of ranges in square brackets and separate each range with a comma. Don't include any spaces between the IP address ranges. For example, the line
tells Snort that subnets,, and belong to your network. By default, Snort considers everything else outside the network. You can explicitly tell Snort the networks it should consider external by setting the EXTERNAL_NET variable. In the snort.config file, find the line
and replace any with the IP address of the network you want Snort to consider external. Generally, though, I've found that leaving the EXTERNAL_NET variable set to any is a good place to start.
If you want to take the time, you can go so far as to tell Snort the types of servers you have in your environment and where to find those servers. You provide this information by setting the DNS_SERVERS, SMTP_SERVERS, HTTP_SERVERS, SQL_SERVERS, and TELNET_SERVERS variables in the snort.conf file. Find the lines
By default, all six server variables are set to $HOME_NET, which means that Snort will monitor all systems defined within your HOME_NET range for all types of attacks. If you have a small network and you don't mind a bit of extraneous noise, this configuration should work fine. However, if you have a large traffic stream to monitor, you'll want to fine-tune the Snort configuration so that Snort checks for only appropriate signatures against specific hosts. After all, there's no need to check for SQL buffer overrun attacks against a Web server that's running only Microsoft IIS. If you want to define specific classes of hosts, you need to replace $HOME_NET with the IP address range of the target servers, following the same format that you used for the HOME_NET variable. For example, for the DNS_SERVERS variable, you replace $HOME_NET with the IP address range for your DNS servers.
If you'd like to get even more specific, you can define which ports your servers use for specific applications. For example, if your Web servers use custom port 8080 for HTTP traffic instead of port 80 (the port typically used for Web servers and browsers), you can tell Snort to watch port 8080 by modifying the HTTP_PORTS variable. In snort.conf, find the line
and change it to
var HTTP_PORTS 8080
Similarly, you can change the ports for Oracle (which you define with the ORACLE_PORTS variable) and other applications. Like the HTTP_PORTS variable, the ORACLE_PORTS variable is set to 80 by default. If your server uses port 1521 instead, you can change the line to
As you can see, you can configure many options in snort.conf. You should look through snort.conf to find which values are most relevant to your environment and set them appropriately.
Step 5. Configure the Rules
One line that you'll see in snort.conf mentions the RULE_PATH variable. This line should look something like
var RULE_PATH ../rules
The ../rules option tells Snort that it can find the rules (i.e., signatures) in the directory called rules, which is at the same directory level as the Snort binaries. So, for example, if you install Snort in the default location F:\snort, the Snort binaries are in F:\snort\bin and the rules are in F:\snort\rules. If you want to change the RULE_PATH variable you can, but the default installation should be fine.
Rules are the heart of Snort. They're the byte patterns, attack signatures, and other data types that trigger alerts when detected. By default, Snort comes with more than 1500 signatures right out of the box.
What does a rule look like? Here's what the cmd.exe rule, which you violated earlier with your Snort test, looks like: alert tcp $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HTTP_SERVERS $HTTP_PORTS (msg:"WEB-IIS cmd.exe access"; flow:to_server, established; content:"cmd.exe"; nocase; classtype:web-application-attack; sid:1002; rev:5;). Let's look at this rule's main components. The reference to $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HTTP_SERVERS $HTTP_PORTS specifies that you're interested in seeing only the traffic coming from the outside world (as interpreted by EXTERNAL_NET) toward your network. The content: parameter tells Snort to search for the existence of the string cmd.exe in the data stream. If Snort finds this string, it generates the alert message that the msg: parameter specifies.
As the cmd.exe rule shows, rules are generally straightforward. You can create your own rules as needed to detect any type of traffic. For example, if you need to detect whether someone is remotely accessing a directory on your system through the command interpreter, you might search for the string volume in drive or volume serial number on ports where you wouldn't expect to see them, such as ports that handle traffic going out of your network. Numerous configuration options are possible with Snort because of its flexible rule-set approach.
Snort's 1500 rules are in various files according to the type of data being checked. For example, the cmd.exe rule is in the web-iis.rules file. If you don't have IIS running in your environment, you don't need to have Snort looking for IIS attacks. You can easily remove the entire web-iis.rules file from the configuration by finding and commenting out the line
include $RULE_PATH/web-iis.rules
in snort.conf. To comment out the line, you place a number sign (#) in front of it:
# include $RULE_PATH/web-iis.rules
By default, several types of rules files (e.g., icmp-info.rules, chat.rules) are already commented out in snort.conf. I've found that the default rule configuration in snort.conf works well. Enabling the rules that are disabled by default typically generates far too much useless noise.
Perhaps a rules file has a lot of valuable rules that you'd like to use, but a few individual rules are particularly noisy and generate too many useless alerts. You can disable a specific rule by commenting out that rule in the rules file. Snort will ignore that rule the next time it executes the file.
As new attacks are released, you'll need to update your rules files. The best resource for new Snort rules is the Web site. That Web site doesn't have an automatic update, so you'll need to check for updates regularly and whenever a new serious vulnerability or exploit appears.
Step 6. Set Up the Alerts and Logs
As I mentioned earlier, Snort supports logging to MySQL, ODBC-compliant, SQL Server, and Oracle databases. You simply select the appropriate database type during the installation of Snort. For the purposes of keeping this article brief, let's move on to Snort's default text-file logging options and its ability to log to the Windows event log.
When you previously used the Snort command to start the NIDS, the -A console switch told Snort to display its alerts on screen. If you prefer to send the alerts to a text file, you can change this switch to either -A fast or -A full, depending on the type of logging you want. The full option provides a verbose amount of detail on multiple lines in a text file named alerts.ids in the log file directory path (which the -l switch defines). This logging type provides a rich level of detail, but in noisy networks, the detail is a bit much to work through visually. In noisy networks, you should use the fast option, which prompts Snort to post to alerts.ids a single line that provides the key details of the questionable traffic. Personally, I find the fast option easier to work with than the full option when I'm logging to a text file.
The current version of Snort lets you log to the Windows event log. Given that many organizations have already invested in centralized event monitoring, logging, and collection tools, this logging capability is a great add-on for Windows environments.
To send alerts to the Application event log of the system on which Snort is running, you use the -E switch (no options are necessary) instead of the -A switch. Figure 5 shows what a Snort event—in this case, the attempted cmd.exe exploit—looks like when it's been posted to the Application log. The Windows event provides the same level of detail as the console screen.
An NIDS doesn't do much good if you're looking at the event logs (or text logs) only once or twice a week. When something is happening on your network, you need to know as soon as possible. If you have a centralized event monitoring and management system, you can have new events generate notifications through email, a pager, or another medium. However, if you don't have a system like this in place, don't worry. NETIKUS.NET offers a wonderful freeware package called EventSentry Light that you can use to send notifications.
EventSentry Light, which you can download from, is the trial version of EventSentry. Many thanks are due to the folks at EventSentry for making a freeware version of such a powerful application. Through EventSentry Light, you can have the system monitor your event logs and automatically email you the details about any Snort event posted to the log. Figure 6 shows the email message about the alerts for the attempted cmd.exe exploit. EventSentry Light emailed this message to me moments after I made the attack.
As I mentioned previously, Snort typically generates a lot of noise, which can cause your event logs to quickly fill up with notifications. Keep this fact in mind when you're making such decisions as how large to make the event log files and how you want to rotate them. To prevent EventSentry Light from cluttering up your mailbox with all of those alerts, you can implement a pattern-matching filter that specifically looks for key strings. For example, I set up a filter to search for the string \[Priority: 1\] in the text of events.
Step 7. Run as a Service
After Snort is up and running, you'll probably want to run it as a service instead of logging on to the desktop each time you need to start the program. If you launch Snort with the /SERVICE and /INSTALL parameters (along with the other command-line parameters you would typically use), Snort configures itself as a Windows service. As such, it'll start automatically when Windows starts, without any user intervention.
The Next Level: Add-Ons
Snort is a full-featured application. However, you might encounter situations in which you need to take your Snort installation to the next level. For example, if you have multiple NIDSs spread throughout your network, you might prefer to use a GUI to manage Snort. Add-ons that provide this capability include Engage Security's IDScenter and Activeworx's IDS Policy Manager. Or, suppose that you need to do some data mining on your alert data. One add-on that lets you review and analyze logged data is Carnegie Mellon University's Analysis Console for Intrusion Databases (ACID).
Knock Out Attacks
Snort is a highly capable application that's kind to your IT budget. If you pair Snort with a powerful event monitoring application such as EventSentry Light, you've got the one-two punch to knock out attacks on your network before they can do significant harm.
You can obtain the following articles from Security Administrator's Web site at
Jeff Fellinge
"Snort Rules," August 2003, InstantDoc ID 39360
"Snort Reporting and Alerting," July 2003, InstantDoc ID 39235
Jason Fossen
"The Ethereal Packet Sniffer," January 2004, InstantDoc ID 40949
Roger A. Grimes
"Snort Made Easy," March 2003, InstantDoc ID 37789
Morris Lewis
"How to Build a Snort Server," October 2002, InstantDoc ID 26449
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Statement by Amb. Wang Min at the Security Council Open Debate on "Promotion and Strengthening of the Rule of Law in the Maintenance of International Peace and Security"
Mr. President,
The Chinese delegation would like to thank you for coming to New York to preside over today’s meeting. We’d also like to thank Deputy Secretary General Ms. Migiro and Under Secretary General Ms. O’Brien for their statements.
Mr. President,
The rule of law is an important symbol of human civilization and social progress and strengthening the rule of law in international relations is conducive to maintaining world peace, promoting common development and advancing the efforts of building a harmonious world. The fulfillment by the Security Council of its primary responsibility of maintaining international peace and security within the framework of international law is of important significance to the strengthening of international law and the advancement of the process of strengthening the rule of law in international relations. In this connection, I’d like to stress the following points:
First, the UN Charter is the cornerstone of international rule of law. The Charter and the basic principles of international law established by it constitute the core of the contemporary international legal order and the foundation for building international rule of law. At the 2005 Summit, the world leaders made the unanimous commitment of strict compliance with the UN Charter and international law. It is necessary to translate this solemn commitment into practical action. In international affairs, countries should abide by the basic principles of international law such as sovereign equality, fulfillment of obligations in good faith, peaceful settlement of disputes and non use or threat of force. They should commit themselves to building harmonious international relations, endeavor to prevent and reduce conflicts and maintain world peace and security.
Secondly, in strengthening the rule of law in conflict and post-conflict situations, integrated consideration should be given to multiple political, economic and social factors. Strengthening the rule of law in conflict and post-conflict countries is both a necessary pre-condition for the transition from conflict to peace and a fundamental guarantee for the building of lasting peace. Far from being a purely legal issue, strengthening the rule of law is closely related to various political, economic and social factors. Post-conflict reconstruction involves multiple aspects and the work of building the rule of law should be integrated and coordinated with political process and economic and social reconstruction instead of being separated from them so that they can be mutually reinforcing. This is the only way to eliminate the root causes of the conflict.
Thirdly, in assisting conflict and post-conflict countries to strengthen internal rule of law, it is necessary to respect their sovereignty. In essence, strengthening the rule of law in those countries falls within the realm of their internal affairs. While the international community can provide support and help in terms of finance, technology and capacity building, it is necessary to respect the autonomy of recipient countries, take into full consideration local history, culture and legal system and avoid imposing anything from outside.
Fourthly, it is necessary to properly balance the relations between maintaining peace and pursuing judicial justice. Ensuring compliance with international humanitarian law is an important aspect of strengthening international rule of law. We condemn all criminal acts in violation of human rights and international humanitarian law and support the international community in pushing for the solution of the problem of impunity in conflict regions and punishing serious international crimes such as war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity. In our view, the fundamental solution to the problem of impunity can only be achieved under the conditions of an ease of tension and political stability in the relevant regions. The efforts to seek judicial justice should promote instead of interrupting the relevant peace process and advance instead of hampering national reconciliation and the building of durable peace.
Fifthly, the efficiency and credibility of the UN sanctions should be enhanced. Over the past decade, the Security Council has increasingly resorted to sanctions as a means of deterrence or punishment. In spite of the efforts made by the Council in improving sanction procedures, the effects of the sanctions and their negative impacts remain a matter of widespread concern. China has always taken a cautious approach to the use of sanctions and advocated for strict criteria and corresponding timelines for sanctions so as to avoid as much as possible their negative impacts on people’s livelihood and economic and social development. China supports the improvement of the UN sanctions regime in accordance with the following principles: carry out broad consultations on the basis of the relevant Security Council resolutions and proceed with caution; lay stress on facts and evidence and avoid double standards; take into full account the practical situation of the countries concerned and the characters of the relevant sanctions committees and enhance efficiency.
Thank you, Mr. President.
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Japanese JR-Maglev (Source: Yosemite)
Government funnels $45M into maglev proposal.
President Bush signed a transportation bill that will help fund a high speed maglev train between Disneyland and Las Vegas. The initial $45M investment will be used for environmental studies to evaluate construction impact on one portion of the proposed maglev route.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., showed support of the project and said the maglev train "will safely and efficiently move people between southern California and Las Vegas."
As more nations begin to roll out maglev train systems, critics in the U.S. grow increasingly frustrated over the lack of support of organized high speed trains in the United States.
With speeds up to 300 MPH, the maglev train will be able to transport passengers between the two locations, about 250 miles apart, in less than two hours. Most drivers who go from the Los Angeles or Anaheim area to Las Vegas are forced to take Interstate 15, but the highway routinely is clogged with gridlock during rush hour.
Congress must now choose the maglev system over other train projects under consideration by the government, including a diesel-electric train that was proposed after a 2005 funding mishap that delayed the Disneyland-Las Vegas line. Japan was the first nation to launch a diesel-hybrid train system, but the train was twice as expensive to build as a regular train.
The United States Maglev Coalition (USMC) is an organization wanting to develop maglev technology in the U.S. The group helped the federal government fix a September 2005 report that "unfairly and erroneously criticized maglev's costs while ignoring its benefits."
Maglev trains are extremely expensive to create, so $45M could easily lead to a multi-billion dollar investment. The Shanghai maglev train network cost almost $30M per mile to create, and a proposed route in Japan is estimated to cost up to $82B to complete.
Germany, Canada, England, China and Japan are included in the small selection of countries that either have working maglev systems or are testing maglev technology.
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RE: It's a small world afterall
By JonnyDough on 6/10/2008 1:39:36 AM , Rating: 2
Agreed. Do we really need to be super-commuting people into the desert to gamble? Couldn't we get Mexico and Canada on board this idea and have a north/south train that makes a few major stops so that we don't have to fly so much between these NAFTA countries? What would this do for trade? Wouldn't it be a lot more efficient than airplanes? If we could send international postal freight from Panama to Canada we could eliminate the need for a few small jets I'm sure, plus cut down on emissions. Now if they would just get smart and build it above the ground on concrete pillars with wire mesh protection and safety features (like a tiny zip-lev to go ahead of the train and check the track).
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RE: What do Americans realistically expect?
By PrinceGaz on 7/12/2008 12:48:40 PM , Rating: -1
I believe it actually was Arizona, but nobody can know for sure. There are several other states which no doubt have remote military-installations where it could have been filmed instead.
RE: What do Americans realistically expect?
By retrospooty on 7/12/2008 1:00:56 PM , Rating: 3
Come on... That's just crap - we went there in 1969 - the gaff of it all was we spent all that time effort and money and got there only to found out there was nothing of value to see. Hey, its a big dead dusty rock. - WOW.
Still a great accomplishment though
By Sethanus on 7/13/2008 9:46:51 AM , Rating: 2
They did find themselves a viable power source called He3(think non radioactive achievable fusion) in moon rocks, that would be worth returning to to moon for.
He3 is so rare on earth thats its on the order of 4million $ per milalitre, and the surface of the moon is lousy with it.
If i had the resources i would Set up a viable robotic mining and refining site on the moon for He3.
And to hell with oil and its associated problems.
By Brian H on 7/19/2008 1:24:29 AM , Rating: 2
Also, water sealed in tiny glassy globules throughout the soil and in much of the rock. Recent discovery. Unknown if it was part of the original smash-and-clump or the result of subsequent ice asteroid bombardment.
Water permits everything: survival, construction, shielding, fuel.
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Rajendra Pachauri, head of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
We all knew it was coming...
Back in 2006, this column reported on the UN's conclusion that livestock farming created more greenhouse gas emissions than all planes, trucks, and automobiles combined. Predictably, the UN is now asking that we "shun meat" to fight climate change. While various lawmakers have proposed banning everything from plasmaTVs to sports cars, this call came from a substantially higher level.
Rajendra Pachauri, the Indian economist who chairs the UN IPCC, has proposed the changes. Pachauri, who is himself a vegetarian, believes the only solution to prevent global catastrophe is for us to cut down on our burgers, steaks, and BBQ chicken.
Despite his lack of any formal credentials in climatology or physical science, Pachauri has just been reelected to his second six-year term at the head of the world's most powerful climate organization.
The UN Food and Agricultural Organization estimates 18% of human-generated greenhouse gas emissions come from meat production. By contrast, only 13% of emissions come from transport.
Pachauri's remarks were made at a Compassion in World Farming Meeting in London yesterday, a group which believes killing animals for food is morally wrong. CIWF Spokesperson Joyce D'Silva, who attended alongside Pachauri, enthused over the possibilities of reducing meat consumption, "The climate change angle could be quite persuasive.”
D'Silva called for a Kyoto-like International Treaty to regulate meat production and consumption. Pachauri himself favors a more indirect approach, the so-called "carbon tax" he has advocated on previous occasions:
If there were a (global) price on carbon perhaps the price of meat would go up and people would eat less. But if we're honest, less meat is also good for the health, and would also at the same time reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.
In related news, an Australian researcher has proposed that we return to hand-washing of clothes to combat climate change. Hand washing clothes would be much friendlier to the environment, the study concludes
Even more exciting is his discovery that "smell-friendly" cotton can be worn without washing more times than a polyester blend, further reducing our energy consumption:
Mr. Navarro, who was commissioned to do a "cradle-to-grave" study of the energy costs of clothing manufacturers, said the use of "smell-friendly" fibers would assist in increasing the number of times a shirt is worn between washes.
"Research shows that polyester is related to more intense sweat odor than cotton," he said.
"This means it is easier to wear a cotton t-shirt more than once before washing than a polyester t-shirt.
Critics of the environmentalist movement have often claimed they're "trying to turn us all into stinky, unwashed vegetarians". With these technology advances in "smell friendly fibers", it's a relief to see at least we don't have to worry about the stink.
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RE: Guy is a genius.
By ttowntom on 9/9/2008 11:40:30 PM , Rating: 2
It does look like he's got a trench coat on, doesn't it?
RE: Guy is a genius.
By AssBall on 9/10/2008 11:02:08 AM , Rating: 2
Looking further he does have PhDs in Industrial Engineering and in Economics. His Light up a Billion Lives program seems a bit off the mark though. Maybe it works okay in India.
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RE: U R Funny People
By Penti on 9/26/2010 1:37:01 PM , Rating: 2
Well he can't be a smart phone guy. Even Nokia is miles away from where Microsoft's at now. QT framework, POSIX-support, advanced features and Java ME. No problem with multitasking, running native apps, run apps from outside an app store, or running apps in an none-native code environment like a Java ME VM. How could you argue that WP7 will be a success when it can't even match Symbian from years ago? WP7 will not even be able to compete with Samsung's Bada OS. So how exactly would it be enough? An S40 phone certainly can't compete with real smart phones why should MS be able to do it then? Just mail and a browser isn't enough, it needs to be a decent browser (new webkit och Gecko that is), mail client needs to be good, mail client should be upgradeable and it needs to support simple stuff like attachments. Stuff that MS can't handle yet. People don't just want a browser, apps are way more useful then the browser and a browser needs to be good. It not only needs a media player for music it also needs to support stuff like Spotify, Pandora etc, which works best when some multitasking features are there.
Simply WP7 will suck a lot of juice requiring high-end hardware but deliver no high-end features or even anything the last gen WM OS could, delivering no familiarity or continuance. At least S40 and Bada can run on low-end hardware. Still can deliver more of a user experience. It's simply not enough.
N8 is just a step on the way though, I don't care for MPs and it only counts when it's a decent camera, the N8's is OK. It's a good ground to build from, just not really a flagship device. But certianly good enough that it can't be compared to silly WP7 devices. Kin should have showed you that you can't deliver an incomplete product without apps even if you have decent hardware and "facebook" support. Turning WinCE into a featurephone platform just doesn't work. And a feature phone with smart phone hardware is just a bad idea. Masses will not buy the 600 dollar devices needed to use the zunified device. Zune doesn't even exist here in Sweden and never will if I'm correct. Basically syncing with the Zune app will be the only feature of the expensive device and music playing is fine on 100 dollar phones now, even online services such as Pandora or whatever. If you like anything more low end that actually means syncing up with your music app, then I'm sure some $50-100 dollar S40, Samsung, SE, LG with their proprietary stuff built on own tech/interfaces and third party software etc device would do fine, or a future 80 dollar Bada OS phone. A $600 dollar WP7 phone just don't compete with them and it won't run on the $50 hardware. WP7 simply don't fit in the category for the masses and they have lost all business appeal so it can't compete against BB either, and it's too incomplete to compete against it any way. People want to do more on a high-end phone then to listen to their Zune music and make phone calls, which is why the WP7 strategy won't work. It can do less then the above posters old useless 5800. The development environment might look good in theory but they are too late.
It might be more successful later but not at launch. I mean, they don't have proper facebook support even, the "mix" concept will fail, Zune integration will fail in most places of the world, it's not better for office files then any other phone it's actually worse for editing documents, it doesn't have a decent email app/client and so on. It's just a framework with no apps to be the base of the OS. The WP7 hardware requirements mandated by MS will make it fail as it won't be some easy accessible device for the masses. Software are primitive even by old Symbian standards. It doesn't even have a modern browser, updating the old rendering engine might not be enough.
Would your really pay $60 a month or whatever to use a WP7 phone if it's that incomplete? Of course not. I'm sure people want more then their live mail mails and Zune music.
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By NellyFromMA on 7/21/2011 3:34:38 PM , Rating: 2
The fundamental problem is that Verizon is dominating the market right now and taking huge advantage of it. AT&T aquiring T-Mobile would do little to address it as AT&T's goals are quite similar.
Blocking this deal is a good move, but it still leave the original problem with the market right there. Smells like a VZW lobbying job to me.
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By cmdrdredd on 7/21/2011 4:07:17 PM , Rating: 2
I sort of think you're on the right track. The problem with US wireless service isn't related to coverage, dropped calls or voice quality at all. It's that the companies in charge of the data network refuse to upgrade and expand their infrastructure to handle new technology and new devices.
They advertise new phones that can go on the internet, skype with video, netflix, youtube, live TV etc. If they advertise the devices to be able to do all this and at 4G LTE speeds, they should have a network capable of handling it. Clearly they do not because they are putting caps on everyone now (unless you're a current subscriber in which case you're locked in forever and if you switch another company will lock you into data caps). That's the main fault with the state of things when it comes to wireless service in the US.
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By tng on 7/22/2011 9:39:40 AM , Rating: 2
Uncertainty is the enemy of investment and innovation....You are talking about billions of dollars in upgrades and investments
Well said.
I see allot of that here, people just don't understand that yes some large companies makes literally billions, but they don't pay attention to the actual profit from those billions. Somehow they fail to take into account that companies have expenses such as employee salaries, equipment and building maintenance, lawyers, etc... money goes out the door really quickly in a big company.
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Source: The Los Angeles Times
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By Spuke on 5/7/2013 12:25:46 PM , Rating: 2
Well ALL of SoCal roads are crap. Ever been to AZ, they've probably repaved their entire freeway system 6 times in the 15 years I've lived in CA. I can't remember the last time I saw a freshly paved road in CA. Seems like we aren't "getting our fair share" down here.
By lelias2k on 5/7/2013 12:43:51 PM , Rating: 2
Careful when using absolutes. I've lived in San Diego for 11 years (2001-12) and have seen an enormous amount of work done to the roads. Most of it was expansion, but there was a lot of repaving done too.
Also, it is hard comparing a state with almost 40 million people in it to one with less than 7 million. You have almost six times more people living in California in an area less than 50% bigger. So that creates a whole new set of challenges.
Could things be better? They always can! But they are not as bad as you're making they sound. I lived in Georgia before and travelled throughout the US and the world, and I still love California.
By Spuke on 5/7/2013 1:20:36 PM , Rating: 2
So that creates a whole new set of challenges.
Excuses, excuses. Since we have 6 times more people, we should have 6 times more money to fix these damn roads with especially with the revenues the state is pulling in. Seriously, where are these freshly paved roads? I haven't been to SF for 10 years so you got me there but I visit SD at least once a year and the roads are crap there too. Temecula crap, LA crap, Palm Springs crap, Bakersfield crap, Santa Clarita crap, The Valley crap. All crap. AZ just finished up a major expansion to the 17. God it's like driving on a pillow. Not the pissed off, recently clipped, bull ride that CA's sucky roads are.
By yomamafor1 on 5/8/2013 10:59:37 AM , Rating: 2
First of all, 6 times more people = 6 times more money is just bad math. It depends on income distribution, % of tax, % of employment, and number of tax breaks.
Secondly, fresh paved roads? How about 680 South from Dublin to Fremont? How about 880 from Fremont to San Jose? How about 101 from San Jose to San Francisco?
Just because you don't see it, doesn't meant it doesn't exist.
By BRB29 on 5/8/2013 11:24:04 AM , Rating: 2
It's not excuses. The cost of repaving high traffic roads is exponentially greater. They have to make a temporary road if possible to do a reroute and expand a lane or two. That's the problem with higher pop density. They also have to deal with much more complexity of telecommunications lines and whatever is buried. They have to work mostly at night.
In a low pop density area. They can just shut down the road and wouldn't cause any problem.
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I like how the colors of the leaves and dots match but I can't tell what the drink is. Maybe a slightly different angle would help?
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Like the combination of a painting like backdrop and the dish here. And of cause, that the painting is reflecting the food here. Nice color setting.
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I love this image, your use of shape as the primary element is wonderful. I love the fact that the food element is simply another shape, another tint of the green through out the image. I had to stop and look twice to understand what I was truly seeing. When ever you get a person to stop and look, really look, then you have succeeded. So congratulations on a successful image:)
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Graphically, this is beautiful. The shapes and colors are lovely, and it really grabs the viewer's eye.
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You'll battle demonic invaders over the course of human history. You can even play as the demons yourself.
Seven Kingdoms: Conquest marks a return to the Seven Kingdoms universe for Hong Kong developer and publisher Enlight. The first two real-time strategy games in the series came out in 1997 and 1999, so needless to say, six years is a long time between chapters. That said, Enlight has partnered with Australia's Infinite Interactive, the developer of the cult Warlord Battlecry series, to make this new Seven Kingdoms game, which promises to be quite different from what we've seen before.
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The first two Seven Kingdoms games were somewhat fantasy-based, blending in elements of Earth culture with fantasy elements, such as demons. Conquest will shake things up a bit, as it presents an alternate history of human civilization, and it ties together ancient Egypt to the distant future, along with the major ages of civilization in between. Basically, the story is that 5,000 years ago, an Egyptian pharaoh opened the door to a demonic invasion of Earth. The Egyptians drove the invaders back, but every 1,000 years, the gateway opens, and the demons return. However, they'll face a different era of human history each time, so you'll progress from the Egyptians to the Sumerians to the Greeks, Normans, Saxons, Americans, and beyond. That translates into plenty of playable factions in the game (21 in total), but you can also play as one of the seven realms of demons as well.
Enlight and Infite are sharing development duties on the game. Infinite is developing the actual gameplay, while Enlight is handling the art and graphics. Since Infinite is responsible for the gameplay, we can expect an interface that's similar to the one featured in the Warlord Battlecry games. Enlight touts that it's going for a very action-heavy game with lots of strategic depth but less micromanagement. To that end, the game features an automated resource gathering system to let you focus on gameplay. You can engage in warfare, as well as trade, espionage, and diplomacy. Each faction has hero units, and each also has magic and technology at its disposal.
The game will feature single-player and multiplayer skirmish maps, and skirmish mode will support up to eight players, human and computer-controlled. The multiplayer mode will also support up to eight players over the Internet or a network. Barring any changes in plans, Enlight is planning to ship Seven Kingdoms: Conquest this fall.
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C'mon already, it's taking forever to get this game done, we wants to play!! LOLz
This sure is taking ages...I sure hope it's got that awesomeness the first one had.
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Two entirely different animals.
If you have the chance to do trail maint. elsewhere on some of the miles GLFWDA maintains you will notice that not all of our granted ORV routes have trash on them. And if they did it would not be a significant enough amount to be considered an "adopt a forest" situation. Also, the contract we have through the ORV program pays a certain amount per mile of route and or trail for specific work. Trying to figure in a trash pickup into that equation is best left alone. Especially when we pick it up for free.
North Branch route would be a good example of this. Our club, Tri-City Trailriders does this 26 mile ORV route and we seldom come accross anything other than an occasional beer can or fast food wrapper. However we have a ton of downed signs in the spring as this route is also a snowmobile trail and the groomers can accidently take down signs and their posts. This leaves us with a busy day just trying to get through it in a timely manner.
I know what your trying to say but with the breuracracy that is government, you can only imagine the choas that would involve. The DNR does have proper chanels to go through for the Adopt A Forest program, in which, not just the ORV routes or trails would be involved but rather a section of forest gets the attention and is devided as such. This has no funds attached to it with the exception of what the Department would have to lay out for a collection container near the cleanup site.
Some of our miles also only have a small amount of members that do the work. This leaves very little time to focus on anything but the task at hand. It is imperative that the signage and brushing be done to spec as they get inspected and if not done properly could result in injury to a user and litigation could follow. The grantee would be on the sorry end of this one. So needless to say it is in the best interest of the Assoc. to stay on task and if the situation allows, by all means do what you can do to leave it better than it was found.
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Budget Puzzle
First Posted: 11/15/10 02:36 PM ET Updated: 05/25/11 07:10 PM ET
The New York Times has widgeted up a very cool interactive feature on their website today, that allows any would-be armchair deficitologist to dig down into the various proposals that have floated out of the Deficit Commission and take up the task of making the tough choices for themselves.
Page through the list of spending cuts and tax increases, solve the budget problem, and share it with friends online, if you like. This might be the only chance you'll ever have to experience what it feels like to end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (mostly, anyway!) with the click of a single button. It will also be fairly enlightening to experience first-hand how many of the deficit bugaboos that get all the attention in the media (Eliminate all earmarks! Health-care tort reform now!) are actually comically insignificant, in the grand scheme of things.
That said, this is a really great use of the web as a tool for telling a story: it takes many of these abstract concepts and demystifies them -- making the process visceral, personal, and intelligible. But be warned: I say "many of these abstract concepts" because there's no way of charting the effects that stem from the decisions you make. Here, you can "reform" Social Security to your hearts content, but you don't get a projection of what happens to your household income when your aging mother and father move back in with you and your family.
This is why, outside of the elite obsession with deficits, the American people are more focused on employment: they want to have some means of contending with whatever rash decisions their lawmakers make.
Budget Puzzle: You Fix the Budget [New York Times]
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Ready In3 Hr 30 MinDifficulty LevelMedium
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Olive oil3 Tablespoon
Onions3 Ounce, finely chopped
Celery2 Ounce, finely chopped
Dressed honeycomb tripe - 2 lb, 2-by-1/2-inch strips
Tomato puree2 1/2 Tablespoon
Chicken or beef stock - 3/4 pint
Parsley2 Tablespoon, finely chopped
Garlic1/2 Teaspoon, finely chopped
Marjoram1/4 Teaspoon, dried
Salt1/2 Teaspoon
Parmesan cheese 2 Ounce, freshly grated
1. In a heavy, medium-sized saucepan or flameproof casserole fitted with a lid, heat oil.
2. Add onions and celery to oil.
3. Cook over a moderate heat for 8 to 10 minutes, stirring frequently, until the onions are soft and slightly golden.
4. Add the tripe.
5. Toss it with onions and celery until they are well mixed.
6. In a bowl, mix together tomato puree and stock.
7. Pour the mixture over the tripe and vegetables.
8. Add parsley, garlic, marjoram and salt to it.
9. Cook them together, and bring to the boil over a high heat.
10. Reduce the heat, cover the pan and simmer the tripe slowly, regulating the heat so that the surface of the sauce barely moves.
11. Add a few teaspoons of stock, if at any point the sauce becomes too thick, before the tripe is tender.
12. Cook for 1 ½ -2 hours and pierce the tripe with the tip of a sharp knife, to ensure it is fully cooked.
13. Transfer tripe on heated plates.
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