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Member Rating 4 out of 5 by lisamcgu on January 7, 2001
I stayed at the Costa Vida (not sure why the title was switched to the Howard Johnson, except I noticed the title in a few of my other reviews ended up with the wrong titles as well), a hotel that also served as a timeshare, and that is how I was staying there, as a timeshare guest. So, I paid less than $50, but I think the room normally goes for a bit more.
Anyway, the rooms all look out onto the water with a little balcony to boot. There is cable television in every room, a mini kitchenette with stove, refrigerator, microwave and coffeemaker. The shower stalls were very large and the water was wonderfully hot all day long. The room itself was spacious, with a king-sized bed and room enough for the sitting area which included a couch, coffee table and a dining table with chairs.
Downstairs, the restaurant was on the pool and the food was OK, although nothing special.
The bar by the pool was large and played sports from the United States, like football and basketball, all day long on different TV screens - there was always tons of men sitting there.
Around the rest of the pool, aside from the regular guests, were those that had their timeshares from the beginning. They all seemed to love the place, all knew each other and, it seemed, just kept coming back year after year, even though it was apparent they could afford to stay in more expensive accommodations.
Town was close by i.e. a cheap taxi ride away, and I would say I enjoyed staying at Costa Vida very much.
Oh yes, they had free Internet access downstairs for the guests to use at their leisure.
Howard Johnson Hotel Puerto Vallarta
Carr. Puerto Vallarta a Barra de Navidad Km. 4.5
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
+52 (322) 226-8050
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0.074128 | <urn:uuid:cbe4e5c7-c7b0-4aee-92da-07fa75883096> | en | 0.930999 | Friday 14 March 2014
Wilkinson chief villain in England's pantomime of indecision
England 12 France 19
The disturbing realisation that the level of England's play, far from progressing, had actually regressed, did not take long to take root.
Where was the sharp-eyed sense of opportunism that had seen Ben Youngs announce himself so thrillingly on the international stage barely 12 months ago? Against France, we saw only panic.
England reverted to type, dropping Toby Flood -- at out-half when they eviscerated Australia last November, and when they won in Cardiff en route to a first Six Nations title in eight years -- promoting Jonny Wilkinson, only to then fling the pair together just 72 hours before their biggest game in the last four years.
What happened to that slavish devotion to Shontayne Hape or the use of Mike Tindall as a makeshift No 12? England appeared to make it all up at the last minute, and it showed in a first half of comic proportions.
There was a clownish feel to many of the errors made by England. The opening half an hour was a pantomime. England were fretful, clunky, stressed and inconsequential, all of which was manna from heaven for a France side seeking salvation.
How can England have gone from smooth, accomplished performers to such an indecisive lot, bereft of fluency and self-belief? Wilkinson's presence cramped the team's attacking game.
By the time they discovered it, it was too late. Tries by Vincent Clerc and Maxime Medard were easily conceded. England had no one to match the shrewdness or imperiousness of Imanol Harinordoquy and Dimitri Yachvili, whose box-kicking game tormented England as it has so often done.
This was not an irresistible French performance. They played with verve initially but that was it.
England ought to have been able to deal with what was against them but they gave France too much leeway. Second-half tries from Ben Foden and Mark Cueto gave the scoreboard a flourish but England were comfortably beaten.
They had made it all too easy for France, a fact that will haunt them forever and a day. (© Daily Telegraph, London)
England -- B Foden; C Ashton, M Tuilagi, T Flood, M Cueto; J Wilkinson (M Banahan 65), B Youngs (R Wigglesworth 65); M Stevens (A Corbisiero 49), S Thompson (D Hartley 56), D Cole; L Deacon (Saw 49), T Palmer; T Croft (C Lawes 46), L Moody (J Haskell 63), N Easter. Tries: Foden, Cueto; con: Wilkinson.
France -- M Medard; V Clerc, A Rougerie (D Marty 68), M Mermoz, A Palisson; M Parra, D Yachvili (F Trinh-Duc 53); J-B Poux (F Barcella 56), W Servat (D Szarzewski 56), N Mas; P Pape (J Pierre 65), L Nallet; T Dusautoir, J Bonnaire, I Harinordoquy (L Picamoles 72). Tries: Clerc, Medard; pens: Yachvili 2. D-g: Trinh-Duc.
Ref -- S Walsh (Australia)
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0.022576 | <urn:uuid:47065ff8-899f-4536-a596-ae3c089a62d4> | en | 0.969707 | Las Vegas Sun
March 14, 2014
Romney says he prevented Massachusetts from becoming ‘the Las Vegas of gay marriage’
Mona Shield Payne
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney delivers his victory speech at the Nevada Republican caucus Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, at the Red Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney rallies supporters as he speaks at the Nevada Republican caucus Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, at the Red Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
WASHINGTON -- In an effort to win over the Republican values voters, Mitt Romney is invoking Sin City and billing himself as the only candidate “severely conservative” enough to keep such horrors from spreading.
"On my watch we fought hard and prevented Massachusetts from becoming the Las Vegas of gay marriage," Romney told a gathering at this year’s CPAC conference in Washington, D.C., Friday.
Romney was governor of Massachusetts -- “a deep blue state” as he likes to remind people -- when that state became the first in the country to declare gay marriage legal in 2003. Though it was a decision of the state Supreme Court, Romney has been criticized for failing to stop it in its tracks.
Romney used part of his time at CPAC to convince Republicans that he had done everything in his power to counteract the ruling, including push an amendment to the state constitution that failed by just one vote, and limit the reach of the law such that gay couples from other states couldn’t come to Massachusetts for the sole purpose of getting married and then go home again -- hence the Vegas reference.
But as much as the simile of a Vegas marriage may work as a popular reference -- and it certainly worked for the CPAC crowd -- it’s an odd comparison based on the facts.
Massachusetts never outlawed gay marriage, but Nevada has. In 2002, the Silver State passed an amendment with almost two-thirds of the popular vote -- something Romney was not able to do in Massachusetts.
In 2009, a Democrat-led Legislature approved recognition of same-sex civil unions, overriding then-Gov. Jim Gibbons’ veto. Still, civil unions are legal in lots of states: 13 at last count.
The idea that Massachusetts could emulate Las Vegas-style marriage, gay or straight, is also far-fetched: There are neither the quick-turnout waiting periods to get a marriage license, nor the support industries -- including the 24 hour bars -- that get people from the proposal to the altar in record time and droves.
As for Las Vegas, a campaign to push for ordinances to challenge the state constitution by recognizing gay marriage haven’t built up much steam. Mayor Carolyn Goodman has not signed a national petition to encourage recognition of gay marriages.
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1. I don't think Romney even knows what he really believes anymore. He seems to say what pleases people at the time.
2. ... Willard Romney NEED-to-COME clean about giving $$$ to-A-"church," which-STILL-endorses "electric-shock" therapy for its LGBTQ members! &, also was fined several $100,000 for violations of Calif. state election law in laundering-MILLIONS-via political-FRONT-grps. AGAINST "Gay Marriage" with Prop. 8! The-LARGEST-in the state's HISTORY!!!
3. ... OOPS: Romney NEEDS. & the LDS "church" was fined!!!
4. CPAC...
A veritable who's who of American Loony Toons.
Poor Mittens doesn't REALLY fit in...
but he puffs out his chest, puts on his 'game face', and talks like a 'Tough Guy'.
Anything and everything he says will be total PANDERING to the assemblage of right-wing extremists.
Maybe he'll SING!
5. Oscar Goodman is going to kick his butt. I can't wait.
6. That's your candidate, Tea/Republicans. He's the front runner. And he WILL be your nominee. Whether you like it or not.
He says whatever he wants when he wants.
But it is tempered by when he looks out at the audience, figures out where he is, who his audience is, then he just tells them whatever they want to hear.
Just vote for him and shut the hell up, Nevada Tea/Republicans.
You're not supposed to fall in love.
Just fall in line, damnit.
Get used to it. You think this is some kind of democracy?!?! No. It's a Tea/Republican hell world controlled by Romney. Quit yer whinin' and complainin'......
7. By the way, a little bit off base, but...
Congratulations, Ms. Karoun Demirjian! On being the recipient of a prestigious award for news reporting excellence.
You should be proud.
You've achieved something that a myriad of Fox News personalities are envious of. And, I might add, you have achieved more than any of them have ever received all throughout the years.
An award.
Anyways, kudos to LV Sun. Don't let her go. She's doing fine. Hell, give her a raise. I said it's okay.
8. Romney is an idiot. So now getting married in Las Vegas is a bad thing? I thought he was pro-marriage - God knows his own fore fathers were, they had many wives.
9. Curses! I have to agree with you losers on the left that Mitt has it wrong. Comparing Las Vegas to MA is like comparing apples to oranges. After all, we never sent a craven coward such as Ted "Lady Killer" Kennedy to the Senate; nor did we elect an Alfred E. Neuman clone as governor (Michael Dukakis); so far we haven't sent as big a phoney to the Senate like John Kerry who manages to divorce one rich wife to marry an even richer one (the only things "swift" about Kerry were his tenure in the military and his boat); and we certainly are smarter than to elect a frog-like creature such as Barney Frank to an office as low as dog catcher. No Mitt, we aren't MA; we're just "Sin City" and having fun at being envied for it. After all, 39 million annual visitors joining in can't be wrong!
10. Agree with a lot of the posts. There is a huge voter segment in the Gay population. It would be wise if Mitt and the other two recognize that and forget what goes on behind closed doors in this segment. And yes, Nevada is stupid not to make it legal for Gays to marry in Las Vegas. It would be a gold mine. You'd have Gays coming from all over the world to drop a bunch $$$ for a weekend. For goodness sake, Gays can get married in Iowa!!
Gays have been around since the beginning of time and are not going anywhere. There are gays in the military, in professional sports, they are doctors, lawyers, scientists, politicians, celebrities, cops, firemen, have families (who might just raise the kids better than straight couples, ie watch the news - no gay father killed his kids and blew up his house). And they are your neighbors. Why can't people except this? Like Johnt says, 98% of the Gays are professionals with money to spend. can bet if a Gay couple moved in next to you, their house would put yours to shame - inside and out! (I know - that is a stereotype, their good taste and style, but it seems to be true)
Gays are just people. Who cares who they sleep with. They don't go poking their noses into straight peoples' bedrooms.
11. You're right, Munch. What homos do is their business but they have a strange affinity to talk about it publicly. I have no problem with gays; only with some of their agenda. I couldn't care less about what they do to each other and wouldn't dream of telling them what to do as long as they don't try to dictate what I think, accept or who I associate with. As for "good taste & style:" ever see the queens parading down the street in their outlandish everyday wear? If that's "good taste & style," I'll have none of it!
12. Mitt Going Right - Mitt Going Left - Mitt Going Up - Mitt Going Down - Mittens is Not Going To The White House.
He has So Many Positions, That he has Every Position, but who else do the Republicans really have?
I wish they could do better, because Obama like all the Republicans has also been a sell-out to the Banker - Wall Street lobby. But I do not see any way he can be beat unless a Populist anti-corporate greed candidate runs against him, and that does not seem to be possible even in the Democratic party.
13. Really? The "Las Vegas of gay marriage"? I've always thought of Reno as the "Boston of dumb Republicants"! Me confused, me no have rich daddy to raise and teachee me. Is this really what its come down to? I almost-almost-feel sorry for the the Grand Old seems to be going down the Good Old Potty!
14. This is an amazing discussion. Whether it is Mitt Romney, or Barrack Obama, or someone else who is using Las Vegas as a "whipping boy" - it amazes me that some people who live in Las Vegas don't understand the kind of perverse and out-of-the-mainstream IMAGE that this "SIN CITY" has - by CHOICE - especially when compared to the rest of the U.S.
WHY DO YOU THINK TOURISTS COME HERE? It is NOT to do what they do back home; it is to cash in on the gambling, have sex with the whores, drink themselves into oblivion, and in general, do everything thay can to "live fast and loose" for a few days - because they believe the ADVERTISING: "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas."
When Romney said he prevented Mass. from becoming the "Las Vegas of gay marriage" - I think he used this phrase as a "figure of speech" to put emphasis on his efforts in opposition to gay marriage.
I note that Las Vegas IS a city of less than "normal behavior" - where Tourists and "locals" participate in all kinds of out-of-the-ordinary" events everyday; a city that advertises is recklessness; where people get licensed and married on the spur of the moment; and a city where "CIVIL UNIONS" for Gays are legal - which are tantamount to marriage (in lieu of the "real deal" - at the moment! - just like in California).
Yet, even in California, when the people realized WHAT they had previously voted for, "gay marriage" was later voted DOWN by a huge majority of the PEOPLE - but the liberal COURT let the law permitting gay marriage, STAND.
So if Las Vegas gets picked on by politicians, or churches, or others who may have a gripe about Las Vegas - the people of this city should EXPECT that such will happen, and should NOT get all "bent out of shape" - just because OTHERS use Las Vegas as an EXAMPLE of what they DON'T WANT.
Mobsters built Las Vegas. Others moved here and continued the gambling and other activities. The FBI has made Las Vegas a focal point due to a lot of crime. This city - and yes, the former Mayor of Las Vegas - were, and still are - a living example of what went on here; how Las Vegas began, and to some extent - lives on today.
Yet people come here and think they moved to heaven.
Well, as someone said: "if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen" - or maybe, just laugh about Romney's comment. And why not? People in other States who read Romney's comment probably DID get a laugh out of it; and may even agree with the emphasis in using "Las Vegas" as an example of gay excesses.
After all, Las Vegas DOES have a large Gay population, and they those folks have their very own (and very thick) TELEPHONE BOOK (Yellow Pages) - which is available in many locations.
So smile. The comment hurt no one.
15. He definitely needs to spend some time in Santa Monica.
Oh and the straight guys, both black and white, you see are pictures of decorum with pants hanging off their butts, the consummate baseball hat worn different ways, shorts and t-shirts that needed to be washed last month, go to shows in Vegas in those same shorts and t-shirts with flip flops showing off their feet with fungus on their toe nails, old guys with come-overs, old guys who think they look good with their bellies hanging over their pants; let's not even talk about what you see at the Vegas pools. And the list goes on.
Now what were you saying about the gays and their outlandish clothing? Those are in the minority.
PS You talk about gays parading around with their outlandish clothing - are you admitting you attend Gay Pride Parades? Seems like you've been to quite a few. | http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/feb/10/romney-says-he-prevented-massachusetts-be-las-vega/ | dclm-gs1-113870001 | false | false | {
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0.019912 | <urn:uuid:5d4588d1-f4a7-4367-aa04-e740e165d952> | en | 0.949457 | Road Rash: Jailbreak Game Boy Advance
Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critics
Critic score distribution:
1. Positive: 10 out of 15
2. Negative: 0 out of 15
1. The deep and refined yet very entertaining action gameplay satisfies the urge to kick some Orc butt extremely well! Add one of the best soundtracks ever to grace the GBA.
2. 88
An engaging, action-packed adventure that admirably re-creates the captivating atmosphere of the films.
3. The game opens with short segments from the new film. [Dec 2002, p.224]
4. A really fun hack-n-slash RPG, with lots of items to collect and stats to earn. However, it would have benefited from side quests and character interaction.
5. 80
Way, way, way better than the "other" game that hit the GBA earlier this year; for those seeking the proper ring, this is the One.
6. 80
A huge, fun monster-whacker that would hold up pretty well even without its Tolkien license—it is mini-Diablo, after all.
7. Despite the repetitious nature of the game that elusive magic quality has been captured in TTT and you would be well advised to tap into its powers.
8. The fact that the game doesn't hold your hand and force you through the story is certainly one of the finer points.
9. Strategic RPG elements greatly augment play and have the added benefit of balancing out the game's more mindless moments. [Jan 2003, p.210]
10. As a beat-'em-up, The Two Towers fails to impress. As an RPG, it's fairly engaging and maysuck you in to extended play sessions. [Winter 2002, p.52]
11. While it can indeed get repetitive fairly quickly, especially depending on the relative attention span of the player, those who enjoy simple battling and customization will get their money’s worth.
12. It's hard not to cringe when a game takes such liberties with its license. The introduction of a currency system and randomly placed "stores" to buy items from seems more than a little forced in the Tolkien universe.
13. There is enough of Tolkien's story and Jackson's presentation here to do the title justice, and enough classic action role-playing to make for an engaging, enjoyable game.
14. The magic and item systems are very cool, but the combat is not. [Feb 2003, p.110]
15. It features a huge amount of wanton fun, a massive sprawling challenge and plenty of items to collect and skills to improve. The only downside to the game is that once you’ve played for a few hours it all starts to get a little stale.
User Score
Universal acclaim- based on 22 Ratings
User score distribution:
1. Positive: 17 out of 17
2. Mixed: 0 out of 17
3. Negative: 0 out of 17
1. CalikD.
Mar 24, 2007
I have beaten the game with all the characters many times and I have only RED items in my back pack.........This game is so addictive and cool! I have all the artifacts but I don't have gimli yet..............I rock at the game but i just can't find gimli! AHH! Full Review »
2. Jay
Aug 26, 2005
Definitely on of the BEST games I've played on the GBA.
3. DavidI.
May 4, 2003
This is by far the best game i have ever played and i have an x-box! this game has the best graphics i have ever seen in a hand held game and is extreamly adictive! i have beaten the game with gandelf and legolas and aragorn. Gandelfs game is the best! Full Review » | http://www.metacritic.com/game/game-boy-advance/road-rash-jailbreak/critic-reviews?dist=neutral | dclm-gs1-114060001 | false | false | {
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0.022746 | <urn:uuid:3bada226-9258-44ce-8b54-f125da006384> | en | 0.952976 | Mixed or average reviews - based on 52 Critics
Critic score distribution:
1. Positive: 32 out of 52
2. Negative: 2 out of 52
1. 95
A vibrant, eye-popping superhero disc that has more style, wit and compelling gameplay in its first 10 minutes than most games have in their entirety.
2. The fun of this game is that you can pick it up at any time and swing around for a while and then shelf the title for the day. It is a rare game that you can do that sort of thing.
3. This is a comic lovers dream come true; the perfect marriage of comics and video games, and with so many comic-inspired games already out and more on the way, I can say without reservation that Ultimate Spider-Man will rule them all with ultimate gameplay and ultimate style.
4. If you liked the previous Spider-Man outings but wanted more fluidity and flash, you're gonna dig this game. If you're only so-so on your Spider-Man fandom and care more about a solid, intuitive experience than comic-styled minutia, you're still gonna dig this game.
5. Though the game isn’t perfect, the addicting story line and amazing presentation are definitely welcomed. If Treyarch had kept the bigger city and more advanced web swinging techniques, Ultimate Spider-Man would have been the definitive Spider-Man game.
6. The true letdown, though, is that the master villains can still be supremely frustrating to defeat, requiring several replays and exhaustive bouts of highly patterned attacks.
7. It brings the comic book to life right in front of your eyes.
8. It takes a popular character, and with the help of a unique visual style it immerses the player into the world so that they feel as if they are indeed taking part in an interactive comic book.
9. By far the best Spider-Man game ever made, and there have been plenty. The presentation, dialogue, storyline and characters all come together to make a living, breathing comic, and it's nothing short of spectacular.
10. Ultimate Spiderman has certainly joined our list of most impressive PS2 games this year, and easily so.
11. This is the best game I've seen Activision put out in a while.
12. With its non-movie style approach, there's still repeating and the frustration that comes with it in Ultimate Spider-Man.
13. I really like the diverse gameplay between Venom and Spider-Man. This makes the game a whole lot more interesting because they each have their own style of play, which helps break up any repetition that might form.
14. The omnipresent difficulty and "nothing new" feel might turn off some gamers, but let it be known that for fans and gamers alike, Ultimate Spider-Man is a treat.
15. 84
Every facet of the game that absolutely had to succeed, like the atmosphere, gameplay, and controls, did.
16. 83
From a comics geek standpoint, outside of gameplay issues, this is the Holy Grail of comic-book videogames. While "X-Men Legends," "Hulk" and "The Punisher" are all fine games in their own right, none of them are so perfectly tuned into the source material. The slick style is brilliant, the story mode a complete (albeit brief) joy.
17. With the great graphical style that Ultimate Spiderman brings and the spectacular cutscenes, Ultimate Spiderman really is a feast for the eyes, although the PS2 version did have slow downs at times that the Xbox didn’t.
18. 82
Couple this with the brilliant voice acting throughout and quirky comments from the public as you glide by, ('He looks thinner on T.V!') and Treyarch are definitely onto a winner.
19. The Spider-Man franchise goes back to its comic book roots, and produces one solid adventure for the web crawler which could be too short for its own good.
20. Manages to take the web-crawler to new heights thanks to the great visual style, the variety in gameplay (which is certainly an improvement over Spider-Man 2), and a tweaked combat/control system. The game looks phenomenal and really does bring the characters out of the comic book and in the consoles successfully.
21. It's unfortunate, though, that Spider-Man doesn't have all the moves he had in "Spider-Man 2", that this game is notably shorter, and that it sometimes feels like you spend too much time web-slinging through those pesky "chase" missions. [Dec 2005, p.100]
22. Spidey's acrobatic moves are also captured perfectly, and experimenting with his powers is the most enjoyable aspect of this adventure. [Nov 2005, p.142]
23. Lots of bark, lots of bite and more high-flying marvel gaming goodness... [Nov p.95]
24. The action is fun, but a couple of the vagaries of gameplay kill that. This is a case of an otherwise high-quality game being hindered by a few iffy additions that wreck the whole experience.
25. 80
It's a shame Ultimate Spider-Man isn't a bit longer and that the web-swinging isn't quite as fun anymore, but this is the most polished Spider-Man game yet and something no fan of the series should be without.
26. The voice acting is very solid, and the too-few story based missions make the game completely worthwhile.
27. 80
The biggest setback, however, is the tragically minuscule length of the main story mode, which we leisurely knocked through in well under ten hours. With such rich story options in a beautifully designed world it's a shame that there isn't more for Spidey to do outside of the mild mini-missions and racing for medals.
28. 80
The short length and repetitive sequences make it more of a rental for non-believers, but overall, excellent gameplay, a great presentation, and familiar characters make this the best superhero-based game since, well, "Spider-Man 2."
29. 80
The biggest drawback of this game is the inclusion of Venom as a playable character. He draaaags. He can't web swing (but he can cover vast distances with his leaps), he relies on brute strength rather than finesse, and you must also devour people in order to keep the suit from killing the man inside.
30. Ultimate Spider-Man does its best to bring a comic book to life and does a good job with the presentation. Its weakness is that the story is way too short and parts are repetitive.
31. While it undoubtedly falls short in certain key areas – the imperfect controls, the repetitive side missions, the slightly bland engine... – it will certainly be more than adequate for any Spidey fan feeling the need for some web-slinging.
32. While the game is beautiful, and the story mode is a lot more engaging and interesting than that presented in "Spider-Man 2," some of the lackluster combat options and changes to web-slinging keep it from being amazing.
33. Even with its difficulty problems, the only really bad thing I can say about this title is that its way too short, and there’s way too little to do.
34. Ultimate is very entertaining, and the addition of Nemesis creates some interesting new situations, but over all there isn't a lot of variety; you fight, you race, you ramble around the city, and then you do it all again.
35. A better game than Treyarch's previous efforts, but it still relies too heavily on the novelty of swinging around the city and beating up the same bad guys over and over again--a novelty made less so by the simplification of both mechanics.
36. The could've been stunning, but after a strong start, the story and missions descend into repetitive, formulaic play. [Nov 2005, p.92]
37. The blockbuster production values make this one of the best comic book to videogame adaptations ever made. The control is equally as impressive which may not be apparent initially as I mentioned. The only things holding this game back from absolute greatness are basically the same flaws that held SM2 back from greatness: repetitive random missions, relentless chase missions, relatively short story mode and the lack of imagination in terms of game structure.
38. It’s best to go at these extra missions and goals in moderation though, as playing them for an extended amount of time can get boring.
39. 70
Ultimate Spider-Man has an excellent comic book style presentation and a great story, but the gameplay seems to hold it back from being one of the better titles released this holiday season.
40. The campaign mode could be just a little more robust. [Dec 2005, p.109]
41. At the very least this is a good-looking wasted opportunity, while at its most, it's a snazzy disappointment.
42. By limiting it to repetitive and limiting challenges, the game is condemned to that of pretty distraction.
43. The new web swing system and the new fighting system are not up to the level of it predecessors but there are still highly playable.
44. Any action/adventure fan is looking at a fairly solid proposition here, but don't be surprised if the beauty of the game isn't enough to push those feelings of deja vu and boredom to the back of your mind.
45. Ultimate Spider-Man may look very stylish and visually capture the essence of a comic perfectly, but the gameplay feels like a swing backwards in almost every department.
46. Enjoy swinging around New York to your heart’s content, but stick to a rental for this title.
47. It's great when it sticks to the story, but too often it gets caught up in a seemingly pointless loop. Even so, it's still the best looking Spider-Man game yet. [PSW]
48. Did a purse-holder at Activision one day grapple fruitlessly with the last game's control system and scrawl in their subsequent notes “Make the next one so that I can play it”? Speculation aside, someone sure messed-up Spider-Man. [Dec 2005, p.108]
49. Although not terrible, Ultimate Spiderman is not the ultimate action game. Bogged down by tedious missions, a confusing plot and predictable boss characters you might want to rent this before you buy.
50. The new style is breathtaking, although the heavily tweaked gameplay will leave most Spider-fans hanging and the horrible pace will make them want to cut the thread.
51. Ultimate Spider-Man is nothing more than a bargain-bin effort that would be over and forgotten in an hour or two except for the pointless required side missions artificially extending playtime.
52. Once the contentment of seeing the impressive 'ultimate'look of the Spider-Man characters has faded and the comic book flair has become old news, it's still going to be a very bitter pill to swallow. [Dec 2005, p.118]
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Mixed or average reviews- based on 35 Ratings
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1. Positive: 14 out of 19
2. Negative: 4 out of 19
1. 4DI
Nov 24, 2012
Best spiderman game ever! I wish they kept the pizza delivery missions though.
2. Feb 21, 2013
This is a really great Spiderman game, the action is in full force, theres a really awesome hub world to play around in, where you can just swing around town like spider man or venom. Two different story modes, one with spider man, and one with venom, awesome graphics, and fun and challenging gameplay. including some well designed missions, this is one Spider man game fans wont want to miss. Also reccommended for action fans as well. Full Review »
3. Apr 18, 2012
Great game. In my opinion this game is superior to Spider-Man 2 in terms of extra content. There are plenty of comic covers, costumes, landmark tokens, secrets tokens, races. and more to complete. The amount of content is large enough to keep you playing for a long time. Full Review » | http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-2/ultimate-spider-man/critic-reviews?dist=neutral | dclm-gs1-114070001 | false | false | {
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• Summary: The third album for the British band was co-produced by Josh Homme and James Ford.
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2. You can either keep chasing an elusive past, relying on your fans' nostalgia, or you can press on, keeping your gaze fixed forward. The first option is easier, but Humbug admirably takes the second, with a confidence that suggests that if their days at the eye of the storm are behind them, Arctic Monkeys' best might be yet to come.
3. 80
Beyond the dirty talk, this is a beautifully balanced record. [Sep 2009, p.94]
4. Whether you call the Arctic Monkeys' evolving sound Britpop or Britprog, it's clear the album shows remarkable progress for the band.
5. Humbug is a pretty good album that’s pleasingly incongruous amongst the pre-fab boredom of much modern Brit indie. It’s eminently not astounding but it is inventive, and likeably so.
6. These are small quibbles with an almost uniformly excellent album. But at heart, Humbug fails to make that same connection the band once did, where musician and fan were one and the same. It just sounds too polished, too mature--too good.
7. More often than not on Humbug, they sound like a less inspired version of themselves.
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1. Positive: 61 out of 67
2. Negative: 2 out of 67
1. NicholasM
Aug 25, 2009
Most of the people downvoting it are doing so cause it's just not their debut album (Part II), the album shows them embracing new sounds and releasing an album with Alex Turner's finest lyrics to date, definitely a grower of an album, but a classic once you get past that Expand
2. SteveH
Sep 8, 2009
The first two albums were very good but this incredibly tops it, it is hard to put it down it is so good. Takes a few spins but it is well worth it.
3. BrianH
Nov 13, 2009
This entire album "Makes my head pirouette!!!".
4. ChrisM
Aug 30, 2009
Not a perfect record, but incredibly enjoyable. Josh Homme's influence comes shining through, making for a darker, harder, slower sound. If you like rock and you like the Arctic Monkeys, there's a lot to like in this record. Expand
5. Jun 8, 2011
A menacing, foreboding and psychedelic record, the Monkeys really show a desire to push the boundaries on Humbug (that is, if they had any). Spin it several times and you'll find it growing on you, as it doesn't replicate the hooks and melody of the first two albums, but pulls you in with the atmosphere and talented songwriting. Expand
6. WoutN.
Nov 29, 2009
Good album, good album. Unfortunately it is less good than the first two albums. Whatever People Say was the best, good rock en pop too. Favourite Worst Nightmare was okay, but less than their first. And this one... where is the real AM? This one is too soft. Not that it's bad! No, eally it is okay... but it could been better! Expand
7. TiagoA
Aug 26, 2009
I don't Like this band , they get worse and worse. This album it's ridiculous.
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1. Dec 3, 2012
This is how a hip-hop group reaches middle age: by placing themselves as part of a tradition, never lingering in the past but never desperately riding trends.
2. Dec 3, 2012
While it's naive to think PE will ever have the same impact it did back then, there's still too many strong moments on Evil Empire to dismiss it.
3. 50
The best of The Evil Empire of Everything simmers like the frank dinner table conversation afterwards-a dialogue that white America rarely gets to hear and one that gets cut tragically short on this record.
4. Midway through, here comes some madman with the deeply stoopid "31 Flavors" and you realize it wasn't going along fine enough.
5. Dec 3, 2012
A predictably righteous volley of rhyme grenades on race and pop-culture politics, tinged with grumpy nostalgia, it's startlingly potent.
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1. Dec 17, 2012
Great album. Anyone who remembers PE from the old days and is interested in checking out one of their newer albums could do a lot worse than to pick this up. Full Review » | http://www.metacritic.com/music/the-evil-empire-of-everything/public-enemy/critic-reviews?sort-by=publication | dclm-gs1-114120001 | false | false | {
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Are you alive? If so, can you define what that means?
Why Life Does Not Really Exist
posted by Brandon Blatcher on Dec 7, 2013 - 85 comments
Silicon-based viruses of the analog kind
A selection of glass viruses by artist Luke Jerram (a full gallery and photographs of other sculptural work are also available directly from his site)
posted by Blazecock Pileon on Apr 9, 2013 - 9 comments
Secret Universe
The Hidden Life Of the Cell (57:24) There is a battle playing out inside your body right now. It started billions of years ago and it is still being fought in every one of us every minute of every day. It is the story of a viral infection - the battle for the cell. This film reveals the exquisite machinery of the human cell system from within the inner world of the cell itself - from the frenetic membrane surface that acts as a security system for everything passing in and out of the cell, the dynamic highways that transport cargo across the cell and the remarkable turbines that power the whole cellular world to the amazing nucleus housing DNA and the construction of thousands of different proteins all with unique tasks. The virus intends to commandeer this system to one selfish end: to make more viruses. And they will stop at nothing to achieve their goal. Exploring the very latest ideas about the evolution of life on earth and the bio-chemical processes at the heart of every one of us, and revealing a world smaller than it is possible to comprehend, in a story large enough to fill the biggest imaginations.
You may be familiar with molecular movies from my two previous megaposts collecting them, but this extended documentary uses original animation that is collected into a coherent educational narrative and is just so fucking gorgeous. Enjoy.
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posted by Blasdelb on Mar 24, 2013 - 20 comments
Humans are less human than we thought.
Icky face-pooping flesh mites are only the tip of the iceberg. You've heard that your gut bacteria are necessary to help you digest, meaning not all germs are bad. Without them, we couldn't digest healthily. But stop and look at how far our interconnectedness with other forms of life goes: 1. Human DNA itself is at least 8.3% ancient viruses; without one of these viruses you could never have been born. 2. Mitochondria in human cells originated when the same type of bacteria that causes typhus disease raided one of our cellular ancestors and instead of hijacking it was pressed into service. (The same origin as chloroplasts in plants from cyanobacteria). 3. Far more of the cells in your body are non-human microorganisms than actual human cells. This relationship is not just interconnectedness. This is integration. [more inside]
posted by Sleeper on Sep 13, 2012 - 59 comments
It's life, Jim, but not as we know it
posted by Artw on Mar 25, 2011 - 53 comments
Why are evolutionary biologists bringing back extinct deadly viruses?
Darwin's Surprise. "There may be no biological process more complicated than the relationships that viruses have with their hosts. Could it be that their persistence made it possible for humans to thrive?" [Via Disinformation.]
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How to set up a direct-charge co-op to purchase groceries from wholesalers or other sources at the lowest possible cost.
By R.S. Staples
July/August 1970
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In case you haven't noticed, there's a small revolution taking place in food distribution. All over this continent, groups of folks are setting up co-operatives, bypassing the local supermarket and dealing direct with wholesalers, farmers and food processing plants.
Why? Well, Gordon Inkeles, who helped set up the original San Francisco coop, once gave this comparison: When Safeway was selling oranges for 15¢ each, the co-op was offering the same oranges for 3 to 5 cents a throw.
The average U.S. co-op, so far, has been rather free-form (a few are described in this issue) but, in Canada, some really business-like co-operatives have been organized. This article gives all the specifics:
After two years of study, the first direct-charge co-operative in Canada, Co-operative Supplies Depot of Ottawa Limited, was incorporated in June of 1968. Growth was rapid and - by January, 1969 (when the report was written from which the following information is taken) - CSD had 970 members and was on the verge of setting up a second depot. At that time the success of CSD in Ottawa had already inspired the establishment of 13 other such Canadian co-ops. We do not have any recent figures but we understand that the direct-charge co-operative idea has continued to mushroom at an increasing pace in Canada.
In briefest terms a direct-charge (d-c) co-operative is an organization established by a group of people to purchase groceries from wholesalers or other sources at the lowest possible cost.
A direct-charge co-operative is not a business in any ordinary sense of the term. It does not buy at one price and obtain its income by selling at a higher price. A direct-charge co-operative provides a service, a purchasing service, and the members pay the cost of that service by dividing it among themselves. (Incidentally, no direct-charge co-operative should be required to pay business tax because of its operating methods.)
In most respects, a direct-charge co-operative is not different from a conventional co-operative. It follows democratic principles by limiting each member to one vote. It eliminates profiteering by paying no dividend on the share capital contributed by the member.
When a direct-charge co-operative incorporates it does so under the usual legislation in its province thus becoming subject to the rules and regulations which govern all co-operatives. Under the legislation the co-operative establishes its by-laws, arranges its financing and holds its annual meetings of members. The annual meeting elects the board of directors. The board engages a manager and guides the organization throughout the year.
But the direct-charge co-operative has added two principles which are very basic to its function. The first concerns its policy on pricing and is often stated thus: There are no hidden charges. This means (a) there is no markup on merchandise; the price for an article is established when the co-operative makes the purchase and it turns over to the member the merchandise at that price; and (b) pricing does not include provision for accumulation of capital. This is in contrast to private-profit business and many conventional co-operatives which accumulate capital from the gross margin.
The second basic principle which distinguishes a direct-charge co-operative concerns operating revenue. In a direct-charge co-operative expenses are collected directly from the member; that is, each member undertakes to pay his portion of operating expenses as long as he is a member. There is no relationship between the operating charge he pays and the amount of merchandise he buys. Indeed he pays his operating charge even in weeks he buys nothing on the grounds that the expense has continued.
There are other important points. Value to the members is the prime consideration in the selection of merchandise and not profitability from a merchandising standpoint. Since a member must pay his portion of operating costs he is involved in all decisions which affect those costs as far as possible. Voluntary work is encouraged on a well-organized basis to provide members with opportunities to learn more about the co-operative and to reduce costs.
In a direct-charge co-operative members also undertake to make investment in share capital at a stated rate in order that the co-operative may have a fund to equip the depot and acquire inventory. Steady accumulation of capital will free the co-operative in time from the necessity for borrowing money and provide funds for expansion.
In summary then if you find an organization established under co-operative legislation to procure merchandise for its members, each member having undertaken to pay his portion of operating expenses as a direct charge rather than in the form of a markup you will have come upon a direct-charge co-operative, for this is its distinguishing feature.
General Conditions
In general there are two sets of reasons for the move toward direct-charge co-operatives. One is found in the general conditions faced by consumers in Canada, the other lies in the history of the co-operative movement itself.
It took the women's protest movement of 1966 to demonstrate clearly that many Canadians are seriously concerned about the high cost of things that their families need. The expensive methods used to persuade us all to buy more and the bad taste and questionable morality of much of the advertising to which they are exposed is resented by many.
One of the best ways for conscientious consumers to control the highly questionable influence of advertising is to take control at the source. A direct-charge co-operative does not have to advertise its products to maximize income because its income does not depend on an increased volume of sales. Indeed this is one of its great strengths as compared with private-profit business. A typical chain store for example, is caught up in a bad situation which it is powerless to change. Real money must be spent in efforts aimed at persuading consumers to come to its stores and not to patronize other stores. At the same time the other chains are doing the same thing, resorting to all kinds of advertising, gimmicks, specials, stamps, contests, games. From the standpoint of any particular chain this seems to make sense, from the standpoint of consumers it definitely does not make sense, it is mainly waste. A consumer-oriented distribution industry with direct-charge co-operatives as its base could bring great simplification and distinctly lower costs of distribution.
Furthermore the consumer has a basic right to know what he is paying for. At present he has no idea what the costs of manufacture and of distribution are. How can he make an intelligent choice if he does not have access to such basic information? Why all the mystery? Isn't freedom to know what they are paying for one of the freedoms consumers should insist upon having? Wouldn't this one step clear away much of the present consumer unrest? Consumers have to buy, just as they have to breathe. At present price is the big factor in decisions about the purchases they choose to make. But though price is a main consideration in determining value it may include charges for unnecessary costs. In a direct-charge co-operative every feature of financial transactions is known to the members. And as the principle of direct-charge extends farther and farther back toward production the area of mystery will diminish.
There is another point. If present trends continue the food industry in Canada will be dominated by a very few very large firms. Already the combination of a large food manufacturer and a large advertising agency is almost irresistibly powerful. A new product can be conceived, produced and marketed successfully without much reference to its value from the consumers' standpoint.
It doesn't have to be that way. There is no reason why consumers have to spend their money the way they are spending it now. The co-operative approach has been available. People can have their own stores, their own purchasing service and eventually the products they want. The money consumers are spending for food and other necessities creates the huge and powerful industrial complexes which confront the consumer. He can, if he wishes, use his own money to create his own system. The ultimate power is his.
Co-operation is such a beautiful and sensible idea that it is pertinent to ask why it has not gone further. Consumer co-operatives have been known in Canada for 60 years or more and there are quite successful co-operative stores in most parts of Canada. But in the total picture, consumer co-operatives could only be described as insignificant. Value of merchandise handled is around 2% of the Canadian total. Surely it is not unreasonable to conclude that generally speaking the present operating methods of consumer co-operatives, with their roots in Europe in the previous century, are not being accepted by Canadians under present-day conditions.
The reason is that, typically, the successful consumer co-operatives of the conventional type find it necessary to operate in a manner calculated to attract people in off the street as it were. Some are building strong institutions and saving money for the members too, but since orthodox methods of merchandising are being used costs of operation are much the same as in other stores.
It becomes apparent that the weakness in consumer co-operatives lies mainly in the connection between the co-operative and the member; obviously consumer co-operatives are not capitalizing on their one great potential strength-membership. To remedy this situation the direct-charge co-operative has appeared. It provides its members with merchandise at cost and expects these members to pay the operating expenses, whatever those expenses may be.
This means that there has been a rather clean break with the inadequate operating methods used in the past. Those methods were based on the theory that returns paid out of hoped-for surpluses were the main advantage for the members, and assumed that most of the necessary equity capital could be collected by adding to the price of the merchandise. The necessary volume of business was to be achieved through orthodox sales promotion.
In summary then here are some of the advantages of the direct-charge method of organization.
1) It is not necessary to attract customers through advertising, stamps, specials, loss leaders, contests, games or gimmicks, so costs are less and annoyance reduced.
2) The requirement that each member must pay his portion of operating costs is understandable and acceptable.
3) Since the co-operative adds no markup, prices can be much below prices in other retail stores.
4) High financial reserves will not be necessary; reliance is placed on share capital as equity financing. Capital is provided by all members at the same rate.
5) Purchases per average member will be relatively large because prices are so low.
6) Because of the more rapid turnover, inventory will be relatively low reducing the need for capital and floor space.
7) Operation is simpler. For example, pricing is merely a mathematical calculation, records of purchases by individual members will not be necessary.
8) Because members will be anxious to keep costs within reasonable limits the number of brands and lines can be reduced and shopping times spread throughout the week.
9) Each member assumes his fair share of financial responsibility but with a maximum of freedom; as he is paying his portion of operating costs weekly he is under no moral obligation to buy from the co-operative.
10) Management is under pressure to get prices to members lower, not higher.
11) "Service-at-cost" is not just a watch word; it is applied literally and openly.
12) Since the direct-charge co-operative is not dependent on gross margin for its revenue the risk of loss or failure is greatly reduced, provided, of course, that budgeting is sound.
13) The direct-charge co-operative is a simple and direct plan of organized purchasing which represents purely the consumer interest.
It is sometimes said that before a certain type of co-operative is organized the need for it must be ascertained. This is no problem in connection with consumer co-operatives for there is always need. The need finds expression in different ways.
In the first place distribution costs are high, there is convincing evidence that if consumers will organize their purchasing along direct-charge co-operative lines they can save more than 10% of what they are spending for groceries as compared with ordinary retail stores. As growth occurs and they reach back through production to the sources of supply it is likely that costs can be reduced by considerably more. It is the paradox of our economy that production can be so efficient and distribution so costly; it is quite common for consumers to be paying a price which is double the cost of manufacture.
But in the long run the social aspects of this question are even more significant. Alienation is the curse of our age. The modern little man and his little family finds himself lost in the forest of big governments and monstrous corporations. His only hope of staying sane is to organize; so he has the church or his fraternal society or his professional association or his labour union. He should also organize as a consumer; the power of consumers is potentially by far the greatest of all.
Social needs may be more compelling than appears at first glance. We find many of our well-placed and well-educated young people who are not satisfied to be lost in the forest and they would like to cut it down. One family of Canadians in four lives under conditions of poverty by any reasonable definition of that word, with many of the Indians and the city slum dwellers at the bottom of the scale. The direct-charge approach to consumer organization is so simple and effective that perhaps at long last even poor people can begin to get value for the money they spend.
But to say that there is always a need is to beg the question to some extent about exactly where a direct-charge co-operative should be started. After all, people are everywhere and they are all consumers. The first requirement as we shall examine more closely in the succeeding chapter is a few people in the community who will give the necessary leadership. Because of its nature a direct-charge co-operative can only be undertaken by the people themselves; the idea can come from outside, outsiders can provide assistance, but the drive must come from within.
One of the most important points has been left until the last. Some direct-charge co-operatives have found it very difficult indeed to find space for a depot which is consistent in size and in cost with the number of members likely to be involved at an early stage. This possible difficulty has to be taken into account when a decision is being reached as to where a direct-charge co-operative should be situated.
To summarize this section briefly here are the main considerations when deciding where a start should be made.
1) Leadership, both locally and regionally.
2) Members. It is necessary to know at the beginning how many members will be actually involved in the early stage. You can't set up a direct-charge co-operative which is capable of serving 300 members and expect the expense to be carried by an initial group of only 50.
3) There must be appropriate space in a suitable building, and in most cases parking will be necessary.
4) Financing is an important consideration. It is not likely that the members can provide the necessary investment capital from the start. In most cases a small loan is necessary and security is not usually too good.
5) There must be a source of supplies at fair prices, so far this has not presented any great problem.
If a person wishes to explore the possibility of organizing a direct-charge co-operative the steps to be taken are clear enough. The objective has to be to find a basic group of interested people. The group does not have to be large, but it must be well-informed, enthusiastic and broadly representative of the community as a whole. It will be necessary to distribute written material and carry on discussions until the members of the group have a clear understanding of direct-charge co-operative principles and their implications. Each member of the group should be able to describe how a direct-charge co-operative operates and to defend its methods.
If it is the intention to organize a direct-charge co-operative to serve the interested citizens of an entire city or town, care must be taken to ensure that the organizing group represents informally the various social organizations which are active in the community. To a greater extent than one might expect, the makeup of the basic group determines the makeup of the membership in the early years. If the citizens in general get the idea that, for example, the new co-operative is of interest only to labour union members there is evidence that it is not easy to interest the community as a whole at a later stage. On the other hand, if the leadership is made up mainly of professional people it may not be as easy as one would suppose to interest the wage earner. A few key people from all community groups should be involved in the early meetings.
As far as techniques are concerned, there is no good substitute for informal and friendly discussions over a cup of coffee in the home of an interested family. These small exploratory discussions could spread through the territory. It is not usually difficult to find a few interested women, each of whom would be quite prepared to invite a few of her neighbors in for an interesting evening to talk about what might be done through co-operative organization. A very brief description of the basic characteristics of a direct-charge co-operative should be distributed at these meetings as a basis for discussion. In this way a desirable level of uniformity in the presentation of the idea can be achieved even though different leaders attend the meetings throughout the community.
At about this stage it would be a good idea to give general publicity to the proposal under discussion as a newsworthy development. People are likely to take more interest in such a move if they have encountered references to the idea through the usual sources of information. A reporter could be invited to a meeting or two. Radio discussions in the hours when women are likely to be listening have proven to be a very effective means of communication.
The start is the difficult time and this of course is the reason why a basic group of enthusiastic leaders is indispensable.
How Large?
Since in most cases the board of directors will wish to engage some person as manager who will be responsible, at least on a part-time basis, for certain aspects of the operation, perhaps 50 members could be regarded as the practical minimum with 100 members a more viable objective.
In some cases the problem has been tackled from the other end. That is, conveniently located store space has been found at a reasonable rental. A monthly budget of expenditures was prepared. That total was divided by four to obtain weekly costs and the result again divided by an acceptable weekly operating charge (usually in the $1.75 to $2.00 range). The number of members which it is necessary to have at the start thus became apparent.
Basic groups which are organizing direct-charge co-operatives at present have one advantage. Though the trail is still rather uncertain some pitfalls can be avoided on the basis of the experience of the earlier groups and every effort should be made to obtain the benefit of this experience. There is plenty of indication that a group will find it advantageous to get in touch with other direct-charge co-operatives.
There is no reason why a small group cannot commence operations informally, that is without a charter, but before too long it is desirable that incorporation be applied for. Only through incorporation can the financial liability of the directors and members be limited and full authority be extended to officers to enter into arrangements for renting property, borrowing money and the like on behalf of the co-operative.
The group will seek to incorporate under the appropriate legislation in its province of course. The cost varies from province to province but is not prohibitive.
When a new direct-charge co-operative is being incorporated the authorized capital will likely be the minimum provided for in the provincial legislation. But in the case of direct-charge co-operatives starting on a large scale, care should be taken to ensure that capitalization is adequate.
A careful study of financing methods in use by direct-charge co-operatives indicates that the following plan is best. When a person applies for membership he is required to purchase two shares of $5 each (installment payment of the $10 may be arranged if necessary), and at the same time the member undertakes to buy an additional $5 share each quarter after the first. That is, the member invests $25 in share capital of the co-operative in his first year of membership and $20 in each succeeding year. There should be no limit mentioned in the by-laws or in the undertaking given by the member. A limit can be established based on the needs of the organization by a recommendation of the board, endorsed by resolution of a meeting of the members. This method provides for a desirable level of flexibility because no one can foresee the capital needs of the organization through the years to come. The required investment in share capital can be adjusted from time to time as the years pass, if necessary. A copy of the membership application form in use by CSD Ottawa is attached as Exhibit "A". Improvements may have been made by others.
The by-laws should provide that no interest or dividend is paid on share capital. This is justifiable because members are investing in share capital at the same rate. To pay a dividend on shares would only raise operating costs and mean that the members were taking money out of one pocket and putting it in the other.
It seems equitable to permit a member to withdraw from membership and to recover the investment in shares if he is moving away from the area which the co-operative can serve or on proper notice, say two months. Legislation regarding the purchase of shares from a member by a co-operative is not the same in all provinces. As an example in Ontario a co-operative can use only surplus funds to purchase shares from members; so, since a direct-charge co-operative will not have surplus it cannot redeem shares. However, a direct-charge co-operative should undertake to assist the retiring member by transferring his shares to another member thus ensuring that he gets his money back.
Perhaps without realizing it at first direct-charge co-operatives appear to have solved the problem of equity financing. Though a co-operative requiring the investment of only $10 at the start will be very short of money to cover the cost of equipment and inventory, the steady inflow of new capital will correct that situation before too long.
It is a simple matter to spread the operating costs among the members. In a very small operation with the depot open only, say, a couple of days a week, an inventory of merchandise carried over can be taken at the close of every weekly operation and the financial position readily ascertained. In a larger operation it may be sufficient if a budget is prepared based on an inventory taken at the end of each three-month period. (Operating statements will need to be prepared much more frequently of course.) On the basis of the expenses in the previous quarter the board will prepare a budget for consideration of the membership in meeting. The budget of expenditure should include all possible expenses including provision for expenses like insurance, auditor's fees, and taxes which may occur only once a year and for an allowance to cover inevitable breakage and loss in merchandise.
Once the budget of expenditure is established for the succeeding quarter the total is divided by 13 weeks and by the anticipated number of members; the result is the weekly operating charge. This is the sum which each member must pay weekly. A specimen calculation for a hypothetical co-operative which has achieved 300 members is appended as Exhibit "B".
There are several operational methods which need to be watched very carefully from the very beginning. We will deal with these only briefly.
A direct-charge co-operative is an organization which purchases merchandise on behalf of the member. It is when the merchandise is coming into the store that the effective purchase is made. Once it is in the store it is owned by the membership as a group and must be paid for by them. The selection of lines to be handled and brands to be stocked involves numerous difficult decisions. If the co-operative is going to stock all the brands found in a large supermarket it will need a relatively large store, relatively high capitalization and its costs will be higher than necessary. Careful consideration must be given to the brands which are to be purchased. Committees of members should be involved in these decisions.
An inexperienced group which is opening up a direct-charge co-operative may not understand the necessity for carefully controlling delivery of merchandise. As the operation grows there are rather sophisticated procedures for this, but here it is enough to say that no merchandise should be paid for until the bill has been endorsed by a representative of the co-operative after an actual count of the delivery has been made. Similarly, merchandise which is being returned, e.g. stale bread, must not be removed from the co-operative until it has been checked by staff.
Historically one of the most neglected areas of operation in a new co-operative, whether conventional or direct-charge, is in the field of accounting. The organizing group may not appreciate the importance of good records (many small business men have the same attitude) and the result is that the co-operative is in financial difficulty before anyone knows. Accounting is one thing that cannot be improvised. The group simply must find a person who can and will make certain that there are adequate records from the very first day. Furthermore, it is not enough that the information be recorded, there must be provision for making up statements at the end of accounting periods very promptly. Obviously a board of directors cannot intelligently prepare a budget for a month or a quarter unless it knows with reasonable accuracy what the costs were in the previous period. Some of the provincial central co-operatives operate bookkeeping services which should be considered by any direct-charge co-operative in the area.
It is imperative that adequate provision for competent management be made from the very start. Even in a very small direct-charge co-operative operating on a part-time basis, someone must be responsible. It is one function of the board of directors to name such a person and clearly outline his duties and provide him with clear policies under which to operate. Such policies will concern accounting, purchasing, receiving, displaying and necessary controls of cash and merchandise. As the co-operative grows its success will depend on employees to a very large extent. The board must develop progressive policies on employee development and benefits.
Co-op Pricing
Establishing the prices which appear on the merchandise in direct-charge co-operatives is a crucial area of decision which has received a great deal of thought. The principle is that the co-operative sells at cost without markup and this is widely accepted. One of the great strengths in a direct-charge is its ability to say honestly to the members, "this merchandise is being turned over to you at the price which was paid for it." Never should a direct-charge co-operative get into the position where it cannot make that statement without qualification. If members ever have reason to think they are being charged two ways, paying both a weekly fee and a hidden markup, they are likely to lose confidence in the operation.
But what is meant by the phrase "at cost"? The following are suggested as acceptable and perhaps necessary modifications.
a) When the case-lot price divided by the number of units in the case results in a fraction the unit is to be priced at the next higher one cent point. Thus a case of 24 tins, costing $5.40 would result in a price of 23 cents on each tin. (In some instances low-cost items could be grouped in multiples, e.g. 2 for 15 cents).
b) Fresh fruit and vegetables may be sold at a price increased to include truly unavoidable spoilage as a part of cost, but the increase should be no more than a small and stated percentage of the original cost of any item, e.g. 2%.
c) Fresh meat presents a special problem because when a co-operative is cutting its own meat the purchase price will be based on the cost of the carcass. The various cuts of meat would be priced at a level which recovers the original cost but no more.
d) The "at cost" price is usually interpreted to be cost at the co-operative door; that is including any delivery charges. Pricing policies are crucial indeed and in no other area is the distinct outline of the direct-charge approach so clearly demonstrated. For example, there is always a temptation to add a small markup in order to recover some of the operating cost. No doubt faced with the necessity for greater revenue as services broaden out some co-operatives will make this move, but if they do so they will cease to be direct-charge co-operatives under our definition. The reason is clear. The distinctive feature of the direct-charge co-operative is the undertaking which each member makes to pay his portion of operating expenses. If those expenses are to be recovered through adding a percentage to the price of merchandise purchased by the member there would be no basis for this undertaking unless the member were required to buy from the co-operative. Such a requirement would likely be quite unacceptable.
Towards Economic Democracy
The direct-charge approach to consumer purchasing is potentially a very powerful tool. If, as now seems likely, increasing numbers of Canadian citizens will agree voluntarily to cover the cost of the services they want to have they can save themselves a lot of money and they can assert a measure of effective control over the economic processes on which their lives depend. If, following direct-charge principles, they insist that each member contributes towards the capital fund as long as necessary, that there are to be no hidden charges and that each member must pay his equitable portion of operating costs the influence of the consumer can be felt throughout the whole economy in a very fundamental way.
At the same time insistence on the same fundamentals will ensure that control and direction of the co-operative will remain with the members. The direct-charge co-operative holds its members in a highly responsible relationship for it will always be directly dependent on the members for the money with which to operate. Economic democracy is difficult to create, but it can be done this way.
1383 Clyde Avenue, Ottawa 5
I hereby subscribe for two shares of $5.00 each in Co operative Supplies Depot. A remittance in the amount of $ accompanies this application. I will pay the balance of the $10.00 owing within one month. I understand that no interest or dividend will be paid on shares.
If this application is accepted, I will comply with the By-laws of the Depot as may be properly enacted from time to time.
I realize that the following are among the requirements of membership:
(a) I am required to pay $5.00 for one additional share in each quarter year, not including the current quarter.
(b) I am to pay a service fee each week to cover my portion of the operating costs in an amount to be established from time to time; this fee is to be paid throughout my membership regardless of the extent of my patronage.
(c) Because the Depot serves only member-families I am to take no merchandise from the Depot for others unless they are members of my household.
This application is tendered on condition that the Depot will purchase for me selected items of merchandise and turn these over to me at the price which it paid for the same; and on the further condition that I may resign from membership if 1 move away from the Ottawa-Hull area, or at any time on two months notice.
As revised in April, 1967
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The Gulf of Mexico dead zone is set to bust all its own records. Forecasts suggest this super-duper-unproductive ocean zone will reach 8,800 square miles this summer. That's the size of New Jersey.
Last year it reached 7,903 square miles. The earlier record was 8,481 square miles in 2002.
Notice a trend?
Notice the Bizarre-New-Age-of-Abysmal-Record-Everythings we've entered?
For those of you who've been asleep during the Bush-van-Winkle years, here's the primer. A dead zone forms when fertilizers wash from farms via rivers to fertilize the sea.
There are other reasons too. Including whatever nutrients you add to your lawn. Don't even get me started on golf courses.
So this year's climate-change-induced record floods on the Mississippi River do a lot more damage than to Midwestern croplands.
That's because the ocean doesn't like a lot of fertilizer. It makes too many plants grow. Those plants die and feed too many decomposers who use up all the oxygen in the water. Everything suffocates.
Dead zone. Coming soon to a seashore near you.
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Jul 24, 2011 1:27 AM Disneyland Talk Land
hey everyone. not disney related but i am having a really bad night. i just need some encouragement. things have been really bad between my boyfriend and i lately.
AWW sending some MW encouragement your way. - disneydaisy41 5.3 #13696 1:38AM
aww, I hope everything works out! just be there for each other! hopefully all is well - legoalex 123.9 #2880 1:42AM
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Keep your head up - disney1986 9.9 #8501 1:46AM
thank you everybody! getting drunk calls from your own boyfriend is not the way anyone likes to spend their night. i appreciate all of the encouragement! so grateful for my MW family! - pocogirl 130.7 #2784 1:54AM
Hang in there - shakanarnarshane 212.0 #1650 3:03AM
I hope things are looking up in tomorrow! Meaning today! :) - BuzzLuv 24.3 #5448 3:06AM
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I want to try the sticker meet up sometime but buying stickers on my phone is soooooo slow. Maybe a week that I don't feel I'll be terribly attached to the theme - dethrizu 92.6 #3390 7:02PM
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I like to start random games. But 90% of the time, the other person quits after a couple questions. I have several unfinished games in progress. Kinda annoying. - chrismis21 28.2 #5111 10:34PM
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I've been looking at getting this one. I love the price for what it does. We need something more than the MW one. - BeatleMike 415.0 #428 4:48PM
What are the benefits to this one vs the MW one? I am looking to buy one asap - DisneyOnesie 316.7 #686 11:50AM
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That'll only last for this week, on my end 😜 - apesandmonkeys 279.9 #888 11:37PM
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A list I made....for spending money!! Figures... - debbiev 546.4 #277 2:42PM
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I just figured out that if you buy 1500 at a time it is a major deal. but then you get too tempted and buy EVERYTHING!!!!!:D - secretagentangel 1156.5 #96 8:57PM
The dolls! 👀 - missariel33 1058.9 #116 8:01PM
I spend too much $$ on Disney purses. luxkitty can you relate? Lol - apesandmonkeys 279.9 #888 9:43PM
Yep @apesandmonkeys lol - luxkitty 565.5 #262 5:01PM
Spend too much on everything! 😂 - MeridaFan 2775.9 #30 3:06PM
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I dropped off the list, so I guess it's time to buy more credits! - debbiev 546.4 #277 6:38PM
Hahahaha I'm on this list now? 😱 - apesandmonkeys 279.9 #888 5:24PM
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How many times can you charge your phone in the parks with this device? I bought a mophie a couple years ago and I can only get one charge out of it😦 - MinnieMyLove 117.2 #3005 6:45AM
Atleast 3 times! And it charges quick! - AmouseMom 236.9 #1331 9:36PM
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*paintently waits for your challenge* - Philliprocks 580.7 #253 7:53PM
Never got it. So now I'm waiting for you to accept mine - Philliprocks 580.7 #253 4:33PM
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We discovered that one first hand on the 7th actually. Rob didn't say anything til we got there. - BeatleMike 415.0 #428 9:06AM
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what do you first eat after you had "the runs"?
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ZingSweetApple Mon 10-Feb-14 16:26:11
as in from 5am yesterday - I have had terribly painful stomach cramps and now lost count how many times I had to run to the loo.
stopped eating at 10am yesterday, didn't manage to have anything else but sips of water afterwards & over night.
I felt a bit better this morning and had tea and a biscuit earlier but still ended up with painful cramping (though no more running to toilet since 8am).
The problem is that despite being very hungry I don't dare to eat anything - worried about more cramps and that it will set me off again.
I want to eat something but not sure what.
so can you tell me what you think would be safe to eat/what tends to work for you?
oddslippers Mon 10-Feb-14 16:32:21
I would avoid anything with fat in, so probably have a piece of toast with but of jam on, no butter.
Bearfrills Mon 10-Feb-14 16:33:08
Personally I'd just eat whatever you fancy if you're hungry as the end result will be the same regardless - if you're going to do a liquid poo, you'll do a liquid poo whether you eat toast or tortellini.
I always start with toast.
carbs supposed to be good. What about some soup?
Rhubarbgarden Mon 10-Feb-14 16:35:13
Scrambled egg.
Ohwhatfuckeryisthis Mon 10-Feb-14 16:36:35
Toast, marmite,tea with sugar. (Also default hangover food)
TenCupsOfTea Mon 10-Feb-14 16:37:06
Toast or plain digestive biscuits
invicta Mon 10-Feb-14 16:37:10
Plain biscuits such as digestives or rich teas
Lucozade or dioralyte to rehydrate and replace lost salts
Pancakeflipper Mon 10-Feb-14 16:38:44
Toast and ready salted crisps
toast and marmite
sanschocolat Mon 10-Feb-14 16:44:04
dry toast
in small quantities
sip liquid (water) every 15 minutes (to avoid dehydration), then you can go on to sips of flat Coke or Lucozade if water going down ok
Once above foods tolerated, then you can go on to bananas, apple or pear compote and perhaps a bit later, a boiled egg, or small piece white fish with rice?
I'm no medical expert btw, but the above usually works ok for me (tend to have Marmite on crackers and toast once I'm feeling a bit better).
My doc always says our bodies can tick along quite happily without eating for a while, it's the dehydration you have to watch.
Hope you feel much better soon! thanks
sanschocolat Mon 10-Feb-14 16:45:15
Yes, forgot to say, definitely no fat or dairy for the moment.
When you have recovered totally, it could be good to have some natural yoghurt or probiotics to restore stomach flora etc.
Longdistance Mon 10-Feb-14 16:47:49
Another one for toast and marmite, and tea. I had sickness and the squits at the weekend. This is what I had, and it's not only comfort food, it isn't a heavy meal.
bonkersLFDT20 Mon 10-Feb-14 16:47:54
I'd just eat what you fancy. That's usually a pretty good indication of what might stay down (or up as the case may be!).
ZingSweetApple Mon 10-Feb-14 16:47:56
Thanks for replies!
I know, if it happens happens, but I'm also pg and have sick kids to look after so I just "can't afford" to risk getting worse again.
I fancy either chicken soup with carrots and pasta (in the freezer) or some roast duck with rice and peas (from yesterday).
I just don't know if any meat is a good idea just yet.confused
I'm having a cup of sweet tea in a minute, (the morning one was plain peppermint which helped reduce the pain) then I might have toast and jam.
Boiled rice or boiled potatoes, with salt and olive oil.
FuckingWankwings Mon 10-Feb-14 16:49:14
Not soup, it goes right through you in quite an alarming way! [bitter experience]
Dry toast/rice/pasta and some yoghurt. Bananas. Eggs.
Get better soon!
OnlyTheWelshCanCwtch Mon 10-Feb-14 16:50:31
Plain rice boiled with two chicken stock cubes for the saltiness with a glass of flat full sugar lemonade or coke
The sugar and salt combination helps rebalance your elecrolytes
ZingSweetApple Mon 10-Feb-14 16:50:44
yes, dehydration was my big worry, but I've had two cups of water with ice and a cup of tea so far so I think that's going be ok now. smile
OnlyTheWelshCanCwtch Mon 10-Feb-14 16:51:17
That's drinking the lemonade/coke, not adding it to the rice....
tea biscuits or plain digestives
FuckingWankwings Mon 10-Feb-14 16:52:28
There are electrolyte drinks too, but they're pretty horrible. Flat pop might be nicer.
ZingSweetApple Mon 10-Feb-14 16:53:05
ok, not soup then, good tip.
And I don't think eggs, fish or marmite would work - I still have morning sickness, so haven't any of those in months!
just avoid fatty, spicy or heavy foods and otherwise eat what you fancy.
I have seen soup recommended on the nhs website so wont necessarily go through you any worse than any other foods
happylass Mon 10-Feb-14 16:55:34
I start with dry toast and maybe some ready salted crisps. If I'm ok with that I have mashed potato and spaghetti hoops.
FuckingWankwings Mon 10-Feb-14 16:56:55
powerhoop, it did with me. Was a thick chunky soup, too; I thought there was plenty of roughage in it. But apparently not.
AnandaTimeIn Mon 10-Feb-14 16:58:48
White bread, white rice for the runs.
Prunes if it's the opposite!
FuckinWankwings maybe the extra roughage tipped you over the edge! A less chunky soup may have stayed in for longer.
FuckingWankwings Mon 10-Feb-14 17:03:00
I don't know. I got the impression it was the water content that allowed it to, you know, move on through swiftly.
Sorry, that's gross. grin
sanschocolat Mon 10-Feb-14 17:08:44
white bread sandwich (no butter) with very, very lean ham?
but you need extra fluids, so fluids are a good thing.
Lovely conversation smile
Bearfrills Mon 10-Feb-14 17:14:05
zing, I'm pregnant too and ended up in hospital with dehydration last week thanks to a vomiting bug - they are absolutely horrendous when your system is already under strain. The eating what you fancy advice was given to me by the doctor in A&E, she said once I felt hungry to have (small amounts) of whatever I fancied.
As others have said, fluids are the important thing. I went from feeling a bit sickly to actually being sick to unable to get off the bathroom floor to an ambulance on the way in the space of about four hours. Plenty of fluids is key.
Hope you feel better soon.
CouthyMow Mon 10-Feb-14 17:15:46
BRAT - Banana, Rice (plain), Apple, Toast. In that order.
you dont need to limit to BRAT though so if you feel like having other easily digestible foods then eat them.
NoPainNoGainNoFunNoPoint Mon 10-Feb-14 17:18:45
One slice of toast with a little spread and about half a teaspoon of sugar sprinkled over.
I also drink flat lemonade if I'm poorly. hope you feel better soon. thanks
Dry toast, or if you are starving, plainish jacket potato?
banana .I swear by them after the runs.
PolterGoose Mon 10-Feb-14 17:27:46
BRAT diet plus yoghurt here.
ZingSweetApple Mon 10-Feb-14 21:24:32
it ain't oversad
had (not all at once)
- one biscuit
- tea with manuka honey
- slice of toast with jam
every time I ate or drink anything it was shortly followed by more cramps.
and now back on the loo, plus I had to clean up DD's mess which made me sick so since then I feel really sick as well as still being in pain.
back to plain peppermint tea, I'm so hungry but don't dare to eat.
I think I heard somewhere that sugar feeds the bacteria/virus so definitely won't have any of that till tomorrow.
thanks for all advice, much appreciated.
legoqueen Mon 10-Feb-14 21:35:42
Cream crackers & black tea with sugar
sanschocolat Tue 11-Feb-14 07:38:42
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I was thinking along the lines of simply bumping up a registry value, I believe this is how the person did it.....The registry does mention the fan in a few places, but I don't have enough knowledge about the name/values to try it......Perhaps someone that knows more info on sager registry names/values can take a look?
I saw a post somewhere a while ago, stating that over-volting the cooling fans in his 5660 made his notebook run much cooler. The person noted that it draws more battery power, but he didn't care due to being plugged in all the time. But he didn't mention how to increase the fan voltage, how can this be done, bios perhaps? I keep mine plugged in all the time........and would like to know how to do this.
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Sound Bytes; Assembling a New Whole
By Lawrence M. Fisher
Published: May 1, 1994
WHY build a company when it's faster to buy several and create a whole greater than the sum of its parts? That's been the mission of Michael Fields, a former executive of the Oracle Systems Corporation who set out to create the first comprehensive management tools, for tasks such as backing up data, security and archival storage, in the uncharted realm of client-server computing. While commonly available from large mainframe producers, such tools have been lacking in client-server set-ups, which split tasks among more than one computer on a network.
Armed with $35 million in capital from Warburg Pincus, a New York venture capital firm, Mr. Fields created the Open Visions Technologies Corporation by acquiring nine companies or divisionsof companies, such as the storage management division of the Control Data Corporation. Open Vision also acquired five products or product families from larger companies. Like the customers it hopes to serve, Open Vision is a "distributed" company, with headquarters in Pleasanton, Calif., and development centers in seven locations across the country, linked by a computer network.
Question: Why isn't systems management already provided by the sellers of operating systems or data base management software?
Answer: Whenever you move into a new paradigm, which is how I describe client-server, there are new requirements. Client-server lets users get close to actual production data, so you need expertise to manage it successfully. That's what Open Vision delivers in tools and services. These are all things the system software guys should do well, but the fact is they don't.
Q: What's different about Open Vision?
A: Open Vision is the first company to start by launching a major acquisition campaign to bring technologies and people together, not based on market share, but on how "integratable" they are. We walked away from a lot of companies with large market share but whose products did not meet our standards of integration. Buyers are looking for a suite of technologies that work together. The second criterion was that the engineers who built the products had to come along. If they didn't feel comfortable joining Open Vision it wouldn't matter if the owners gave the company to us.
Q: You were at Oracle for its dramatic rise, its fall in 1990, when it had to restate its earnings, and its rise again. What lessons did you learn from that experience?
A: I was appointed president of Oracle U.S.A. about one week after the debacle in 1990, and I had to face the investment community when they heard what had happened. The stock went from $18 to $4.50 in a week. I learned you have to manage your business not based on what you would like to do but on what you know you can do. You can't let growth get too far ahead of your ability to support it.
Q: You are active in Black Executives in Software Technology. What do you think can be done about the relative absence of African Americans in this industry?
A: In educational centers, they tend to teach the science of developing computer systems, which is for people who want to go on to develop hardware. That path scares away a lot of blacks and a lot of women. But the real opportunities are in application development, which is built much more on logic than on physics. I tell students to see the software industry as a major opportunity. Although there is no industry I consider color- or gender-blind, this is one where your abilities carry much more weight than your gender or color. Michael S. Fields Born: Oct. 1, 1945; New York City. Noncomputer reading: "The Warburgs," by Ron Chernow. Ideal escape: Four days on Maui. Hobbies: Golf, pocket billiards, gadgets. Family: Wife, Sandra; daughters, Michelle, 26, and Tara, 22. Drives: 1990 BMW 750. Computers: Generic 486 DX2 66 mhz PC from CompUSA; a Macintosh Duo for traveling. | http://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/01/business/sound-bytes-assembling-a-new-whole.html?src=pm | dclm-gs1-114430001 | false | false | {
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Where Fear Rules the Street
Published: June 9, 2003
The three men were middle-aged and dressed as if they had just come from church. One pointed toward a tiny makeshift shrine of flickering candles and wilting flowers that had been placed at the curb in front of a rundown house on Budlong Avenue in South Los Angeles, a vast expanse of neighborhoods that has had its name changed from South Central in a futile effort to improve its image.
South L.A. is still a viciously destructive place. Some neighborhoods are so dangerous that residents are reluctant to leave their homes, even in the daytime. The neat residential streets and the palm trees are deceptive. The owner of a fast-food restaurant told me, "Out here, you're always in danger."
The shrine on Budlong Avenue marked the spot where Londell Murdock was murdered in the middle of the afternoon last Wednesday. Mr. Murdock, a 33-year-old custodian who was married and had two children, was shot to death on his way to work. The gunman, who was 22, also shot two women who were standing on a porch nearby. They survived.
"It's bad," said Andy Rooks, the man who had pointed toward the shrine. "People don't want to come out. Those who aren't working, they might run to the store before 9 in the morning, then go back home and lock up."
"'Cause they know these boys will shoot you," said Mr. Rooks's friend, J. C. Pye.
"If you come out here tonight," said Mr. Rooks, "you won't see nobody." He mentioned that there was a library a few blocks down the street that had a small park behind it. "The children used to play in that park all the time," he said. "Not anymore."
The gunmen of Los Angeles, many of them gang members from South and East L.A., have turned their city into the murder capital of America. Los Angeles, which has a population of 3.7 million, led the nation in homicides last year, with 653. New York, with a population of eight million, had just 584 murders.
On one weekend in the middle of last month, 10 people were shot to death in Los Angeles and 15 others were wounded by gunfire.
The mayhem is concentrated in certain sections of the city, and the result for local residents is heartache, paralyzing fear and a radically constricted lifestyle. About half of all the murders occur in South L.A., and most of the victims are young. Instead of the normal cycle of children growing up and burying their parents, in South L.A. the parents, with stunning frequency, are burying their children.
It is estimated that over the past 20 years some 10,000 young people have died in L.A.'s violence-ridden neighborhoods. Residents who are convinced that no one in those neighborhoods is safe point to the murder on May 28, 2000, of a 20-year-old woman named Lori Gonzalez. She was a bystander who was shot in the chest and head when gunfire erupted in the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant. Ms. Gonzalez was the granddaughter of the Los Angeles police chief at that time, Bernard C. Parks.
"The young people have more of a chance of dying here in South Central than in a military combat zone," said the Rev. Leonard Jackson, the president of the Los Angeles Council of Churches. "To say that there's a climate of fear is understating it."
During an interview in his office at the First A.M.E. Church of Los Angeles, he noted, "In certain areas you find mothers placing their youngsters in the bathtub to sleep, or having them sleep on the floor, for safety."
He spoke sadly of several killings that had touched members of his congregation, including the murder of a teenaged boy who was shot to death several months ago just moments after leaving a service at the church. "He was just standing on the street," said Mr. Jackson, "less than two blocks from here."
The minister paused for a moment and an expression of deep sadness crossed his face. "It's time for the community to take a stand," he said. "We're doing what we can here at the church. But this is madness. And I have to tell you, I'm personally devastated by it."
There are many reasons for the chaos in South Los Angeles: parents who have neglected or completely abandoned their young; a ridiculously understaffed police force that has never seriously tried to "protect and serve" the most troubled neighborhoods; the chronic demons of poverty and joblessness.
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escaping square brackets.
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How do you escape square brackets so that they show up in "normal" text? rather than making a link
I've found that you can put < Code> tags around the text but that is not always convienient.
I suppose you only really need to be able to escape a left square bracket due to the wonders of matching brackets ]
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A follow up question might be: is there a way to have global variable shared between the main::space and the module::space so I don't have to keep passing the same values over and over? (I know, not a good idea, but just for the sake of discussion)
So, instead of:
#MAIN: my $foo = "aaaaaaa"; my $bar = "bbbbbb"; print add_strings ($foo, $bar);
Be able to just have:
#MAIN: my $foo = "aaaaaaa"; my $bar = "bbbbbb"; print add_strings (); #MODULE: our ($foo, $bar); #this might be make-believe add_strings { my $newstring = $foo . $bar; return ($newstring); }
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You could always reference $main::foo et al, but you'd have to use our $foo in main rather than my (lexicals not living in the symbol table and all).
But yeah, not a good idea. Action at a distance, and what not.
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Either you don't have more than one line in the string you're looking at (probably), or else you aren't using the correct modifier(s) on your pattern (possibly).
There are many ways to get multiline data into a string. If you want it to happen automatically while reading input, you'll want to set $/ (probably to '' for paragraphs or undef for the whole file) to allow you to read more than one line at a time.
Read the perlre manpage to help you decide which of /s and /m (or both) you might want to use: /s allows dot to include newline, and /m allows caret and dollar to match next to a newline, not just at the end of the string. You do need to make sure that you've actually got a multiline string in there.
For example, this program detects duplicate words, even when they span line breaks (but not paragraph ones). For this example, we don't need /s because we aren't using dot in a regular expression that we want to cross line boundaries. Neither do we need /m because we aren't wanting caret or dollar to match at any point inside the record next to newlines. But it's imperative that $/ be set to something other than the default, or else we won't actually ever have a multiline record read in.
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while ( /([w'-]+)(s+1)+/gi ) { # word starts alpha
print "Duplicate $1 at paragraph $.
Here's code that finds sentences that begin with ``From '' (which would be mangled by many mailers):
while ( <> ) {
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Here's code that finds everything between START and END in a paragraph:
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[–]morpheousmartyNexus 5,CM11 | SGS2,Chameleon 3.0.4 | Nexus 7 2012,CM11 2 points3 points ago
Well you see, if e-books worked everywhere, what would incentivise hackers to figure out how to disable the DRM?
This way legitimate users have all the motivation they need to quickly solve the DRM issue and allow us all to move our stuff to the bittorrent, where it is most efficiently distributed.
Otherwise they might have a situation like netflix had with house of cards where people were lazy to promote content and high quality versions took a while to appear on bittorrent. | http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/1kkgm6/cross_a_border_lose_your_ebooks_google_play_books/cbqa49x | dclm-gs1-114680001 | false | false | {
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[–]Sackboii 5 points6 points ago
Email is inherently insecure. Because of this, I wouldn't recommend using email technology with security/anonymity in mind.
Two rather nice alternatives exist, though: BitMessage and TorChat. Bitmessage is a decentralized, P2P, private (though not anonymous see /u/dokumentamarble's comment) communications protocol that somewhat resembles email. It's good because it actually hides one thing that emails tend to spill a lot of: metadata. TorChat, on the other hand, is exactly as the name suggests. It's a chat protocol in which your communications are forwarded through Tor. It uses end-to-end encryption and is anonymous, so it's considered fairly secure.
[–]dokumentamarble 0 points1 point ago
Jw. What makes you say that bitmessage is not anonymous?
[–]Sackboii 0 points1 point ago
As far as I know, it isn't anonymous; it's based on the Bitcoin protocol, which is semi-anonymous. Your public IP isn't send alongside messages, and people won't know whether a message was either sent or relayed by you, but clients need to know your external IP in order to connect to you. It is advised that you use Tor while using Bitmessage.
Please, please correct me if I'm wrong, though; I've zero experience with Bitmessage.
[–]dokumentamarble 0 points1 point ago
While the current implementation isn't ideal, I believe the goal is to be anonymous. Currently the protocol can make the recipient fully anonymous (as far as which user on the network received the message goes).
Hiding the sender is a bit harder and is still under revision but for the most part it is much more anonymous than current email, instant messaging, etc. If run over Tor it should be at least the equivalent of torchat.
Clients don't need to know your ip because they don't have to connect to you, you can connect to them.
[–]Sackboii 0 points1 point ago
Thanks for clearing this up; I'll edit it into the original comment. :) | http://www.reddit.com/r/TOR/comments/1n6kzz/safest_email_service_now/ccgocqj?context=3 | dclm-gs1-114690001 | false | false | {
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[–]Shoeboxx 0 points1 point ago
I don't remember exactly how but I do recall seeing one of the parts from the first minecraft tree house series James & Jordan started LOOOONG ago together. After a few of those episodes I was in love and had to keep watching | http://www.reddit.com/r/TheCreatures/comments/1hzk3f/what_got_you_into_the_creatures/cazktb9 | dclm-gs1-114700001 | false | false | {
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[–]hashtagpound2point2 27 points28 points ago
Thanks for the assfucking visual, it would have been lost on me.
[–]mister_zd 6 points7 points ago
Isn't eating too much bad for assfucking ?
[–]Endorsed ContributorGayLubeOil[S] 12 points13 points ago
I think the assfucking visual serves an important rhetorical purpose. There are many kinds of assfucking. However eating only two primarily carbohydrate meals is the type of assfucking that can fuck a pancreas hard enough to cause permanent damage and diabetes if done for long enough.
[–]chunkmo 8 points9 points ago
This strikes a particular chord with me. I live with 3 girls and from what I can tell, starve themselves. In the 6 months i've lived with them, i've only seen them sit down and eat a meal maybe 3 times. One of them has a diet which literally consists of popcorn, hotdogs, nachos and pizza. Sometimes mashed potato.
Although, the guys i lived with previously didn't eat much better. It was all oven reheated foods like chips or chicken schnitzels.
[–]No_disintegrations 1 point2 points ago
Not just that, they seem to embrace their shitty diets and the fact that they can't cook.
It's not even a gender thing- if you want to be a healthy adult, you have to learn how to fucking cook.
[–]fluntcap 1 point2 points ago
And yet they think they can eat whatever they like because all they eat is shit, but don't realise that they're only eating 1500 calories worth of shit per day.
[–]anolyphant 8 points9 points ago
Grill a bunch of meat and vegetables, enough to feed you for 4 days. Add some sweet potato or rice and divide it up into tupperware containers. Now you can just grab a healthy meal and reheat it whenever you need. And you only have to cook twice a week. I'm not an awesome cook but at least I can put healthy food in my body.
[–]through_a_ways 0 points1 point ago
I'd rather grill them as I eat them, nothing worse than grilled stuff out of the fridge.
Plus, it takes about 10 minutes tops.
[–]Endorsed Contributorpontifx 7 points8 points ago
If I could give you 10 upvotes I would. The scary thing is it seems on purpose, malnourished brains make bad decisions and you wonder why so many shitty things are selling.
This is how I run my life. I fix people. I don't care about your behavior, I care about your routine. I go through things in a caddish way that change the way people look at healthy living. I cause metanoia through charisma.
I want everyone to at least have the mentality to play the game we are all in. Most people are just getting the assfucking gif up there in one way or another haha
[–]assinmygenes 6 points7 points ago
"If I eat more protein I'll get fat though". A girl once said this to me while sipping her 700 calorie frap. She was confused on how to lose weight as a gym bro and I had talked her off of her year long oxyelite addiction. At the mere mention of a diet plan to rebuild her metabolism she acted as if pulling teeth would be easier.
In fact most women I've talked to want my results of staying lean (I do intermittent fasting) but none want to have to commit to eating healthy, cooking, or working out regularly.
[–]through_a_ways 3 points4 points ago
"If I eat more protein I'll get fat though"
Something I've consistently noticed in feminine thought is the lack of understanding of gradualism and probability. Not sure if it's intentional or what, but many of them (along with many bluepill guys) cannot seem to understand that if I say:
"Guys are better at math than girls"
I don't mean that every single guy is better at math than every single girl. Likewise, hordes of women won't weight train and eat high protein because they "don't want to turn into a bodybuilder", as if that transition happens overnight. Not to mention that you pretty much have to roid to look like one.
[–]k00dalgo 13 points14 points ago
There are some really good points raised here. First I'd like to state that as a woman, if my husband's job paid him enough for me to stay home all day, then the house would be spotless every day. Three hot meals a day would be cooked and all laundry would be done. Every. Day. But unfortunately that's not reality for me. So since, like many couples, we both work 40+ hours a week then we have worked out a system where I do all of the cooking, and he keeps the kitchen clean. We split the other chores.
And when I say cooking, I don't mean heating up some frozen or canned slop. I make 99% of the meals I feed my husband from scratch. It's not that hard and the amazing taste of fresh food is worth the extra time.
Quite frankly, I'm shocked at how little both women and men cook. My co-workers literally look at me as if I'm crazy when I tell them that the cake I brought in for a birthday or the tamales I brought for a potluck did not come from a box or frozen.
People just need to pick up a cookbook and follow the instructions.
For me, the benefits aren't just in health and nutrition, but also in my relationship with my husband. He loves getting a good solid breakfast before work, a lunch that make his co-workers jealous, and a freshly cooked hot dinner every day. It's another way in which he knows he is loved and appreciated.
Every Sunday I make him a gourmet sandwich after finding ideas off this past Sunday was roasted tomato, prosciutto, pepperoni, pesto and goat cheese on olive bread. It was a fantastic Sunday. He played halo, ate an amazing sandwich then took a nap. Followed by sexy time later. I received the best text from him this morning about how happy he is.
I would counsel every woman who has a man who treats her right to put out and get in the kitchen and make him a GodDamn sandwich.
Treating each other right goes both ways.
[–]Hateblade 5 points6 points ago
A lot of our food is practically shit in a can. Since I started paleo, cooking for myself and watching what the fuck I put into my mouth, I've become astounded at the shit that comes along with our food.
[–]Technieker 2 points3 points ago
These days you're actually served wood sometimes. They disguised it in their funny little E-codes tough.
[–]mister_zd 1 point2 points ago
Bullshit, may as well eat paper then.
[–]Hateblade 2 points3 points ago
It might actually be better for you.
[–]stalinbaby 0 points1 point ago
Wait, what? That's new to me. I know we all need fibers, but does wood count?
[–]Technieker 0 points1 point ago,,20588763_17,00.html
Have a good meal. Or google 'wood in food'.
[–]mister_zd 2 points3 points ago
Hint: shit is supposed to come along as a result of eating food...
[–]Rumble_in_the_Jungle 6 points7 points ago
When I visit Eastern European relatives, one the main things I look forward to is the food. What I learned is that when in doubt just put sour cream on everything.
[–]riskrowe 1 point2 points ago
Haha, they do that don't they? In Russia they gave me a small bowl of sour cream with everything, I rarely used it.
[–]12ToneRow 4 points5 points ago
A woman who would be rated a 5 is automatically upgraded to a 7-8 if she can cook well, by my standards.
[–][deleted] 28 points29 points ago
I can't recommend the paleo diet enough. Two of three parts of the healthy body pyramid, consistent, high quality sleep and ass kicking nutrition will set you up for success and motivation to take care of the third: Lifting heavy things.
[–]Endorsed ContributorGayLubeOil[S] 8 points9 points ago
Forcing women onto a diet is too much work. They key is to make sure she eats a good breakfast and gets enough protein and unsaturated fat.
[–]RedPillScare 24 points25 points ago
There's an oral sex joke in here, somewhere.
[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago
Homemade protein shakes for breakfast!
[–]Endorsed ContributorTRPsubmitter 8 points9 points ago
breakfast = morning sex
protein = jizz
unsaturated fat = penis because it expands and is thus unsaturated?
That was quite difficult
[–]UnpluggedMaestro 4 points5 points ago
I'm pretty sure said joke is just the protein lol.
[–]EmpireofWin 2 points3 points ago
Jizz is mostly carbohydrates with a sparse amount of protein.
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[–]Thoughtcrime85 1 point2 points ago
Why dont we just keep that to ourselves eh buddy?
[–]EmpireofWin 1 point2 points ago
The majority aren't practitioners of deception, just truth seekers. You also shouldn't call an equal which you don't know buddy, it is condescending.
[–]Thoughtcrime85 0 points1 point ago
Oh for christs sake it was a lighthearted joke, live a little
[–]through_a_ways 0 points1 point ago
Blonde airheaded girl: "That's why it tastes so sweet!"
[–]RedPillScare 1 point2 points ago
You overthought this.
[–]billnye_theRPguy 1 point2 points ago
"Unsaturated fat" is the complete opposite of the core of Paleo.
Saturated fat is animal fat - real foods like steak, bacon & eggs, chicken, ground beef, etc. You can't really make an argument against eating those things.
[–]through_a_ways 0 points1 point ago
Whole grains are the complete opposite of the core of paleo, but yeah, you shouldn't be getting all of (see if you can spot the pun) your fats from unsaturated sources.
The problem is that so many of the sat. fat sources that used to be good for you have now been nutritionally depleted due to factory farming and grain subsidies.
So if you're going paleo and eating lots of meat, it's vital to make sure that said meat is pastured.
[–]Endorsed ContributorGayLubeOil[S] 0 points1 point ago
avocados and nuts are compatible with paleo
[–]HollywoodHogwood 1 point2 points ago
lol why is it too much work to put her ass on a diet? Just put some bass in your voice and tell her to do it
[–]Endorsed ContributorGayLubeOil[S] 1 point2 points ago
Because it puts you in the position of food policeman. Every meal becomes an opportunity to disobey you. Thus substantially decreasing your authority in the relationship.
[–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago
I favour a weekly weigh in, make sure they haven't gained any.
[–]throwaway-o 1 point2 points ago
My wife switched to paleo. Holy shit her energy levels and general wakefulness have improved dramatically!
Mother Nature is wise. Let the animals turn those plants into red energy for ya.
[–]through_a_ways 0 points1 point ago
Let the animals turn those plants into red energy for ya.
What you're saying is actually accurate, except that it's not the energy, but rather the nutrients.
If you can get a nutrient from an animal vs. from a plant, it'll either be much more efficiently absorbed, or equally well absorbed than the plant version, mostly because animals will have literally converted a lot of the plant nutrients into more bioavailable animal nutrients, the kind which your body can use more rapidly, since you're an animal. Think of retinol vs. carotene, ALA vs. EPA/DHA, calcium in dairy vs. vegetables (the last one is less of a conversion issue though, but the overarching point of bioavailability still stands).
Now, that's not to say that you shouldn't eat vegetables and fruits, because there's plenty of vital stuff in those things that animals simply don't have. But quality animal fat, as well as protein, is vital.
[–]throwaway-o 0 points1 point ago
Totally true.
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[–]through_a_ways 0 points1 point ago
Why are you a vegetarian? Having good quality dairy and eggs should be fine in any case, especially if you're a girl (since you need less protein).
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[–]through_a_ways 0 points1 point ago
lol Indian?
I'm the same, and I just eat meat. I don't see a point in depriving myself of it, it's just not smart.
If you're Hindu, just shun the beef and eat everything else. Fuck, it's not like every other Christian out there isn't having sex before marriage.
[–]Endorsed ContributorRedSunBlue 0 points1 point ago
Spoken like a true Catholic.
[–]through_a_ways 0 points1 point ago
Well, I was just trying to produce some sort of analogue of the meat restriction, and that was the closest I could come up with. Christianity is a pretty damn permissive religion on the whole.
[–]fluntcap -2 points-1 points ago
Paleo diet is a pseudoscientific joke. Removing junk from your diet is great but the Paleo ideology has nothing to do with what people have evolved to eat and has too much meat and fat in it.
[–]through_a_ways 0 points1 point ago
Depends on what variant you use, but I agree that going strictly paleo is unnecessary, and that quite a few people are going to use the diet as an excuse to eat lots of meat.
You should still strive to get your macronutrients from micronutritionally dense sources, though, and if you're not planning on being in 24/7 ketosis, that means getting a lot of your carbs from fruits/lentils.
Many grains are essentially "soft" junk food.
[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago
What's wrong with meat?
[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago
macronutrients from micronutritionally dense sources,
You mean like liver? The most nutritious food on earth?
[–]through_a_ways 0 points1 point ago
Liver has zero carbohydrates in it. I'm not sure what you're trying to point out.
[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago
Your rudimentary understanding of what the paleo diet is and the science behind it is the joke. I'll keep eating my grass fed organ meats, avoiding modern dwarf wheat/other grains, processed foods, omega 6 seed oils, trans fats, and sugars, while packing on the muscle at the gym. Good luck doing the same.
[–]fluntcap 0 points1 point ago
Lol OK mate I was actually on the Paleo diet for a while, I've read Mark Sisson's Primal Blueprint and I'm studying Evolutionary Anthropology at university, I'm pretty confident I have more than a "rudimentary understanding" of the diet.
[–]vengefully_yours 10 points11 points ago
Second wife can't eat worth a damn. Doesn't cook and dropped to around 85 lbs after I kicked her out. She was 110 when I punted her, no idea how she is doing now, but she looks like shit. I did all the cooking, and being a military man I am good at it. I wasn't a cook but I learned to make healthy food fast and it tastes damn good.
Beverly woman who dates me loves my cooking and baking. I feed them before I fuck them too. Most can't cook for shit, but I try to teach them.
[–]Mr_Bell 10 points11 points ago
I've known too many girls that are, well, girls. Can't cook a thing and can't enjoy a decent meal. Only eat crap, because of their childish taste.
[–]vengefully_yours 2 points3 points ago
Then the crazy ones who think they are being healthy by eating some alternative crap, not using soap, and wont vaccinate her kids.
[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago
Feed 'em then fuck 'em. I'm remembering that.
[–]vengefully_yours 0 points1 point ago
Something light with high energy and a bit of protein to warm her up.
[–]dischordiasnightmare 3 points4 points ago
I watched that gif more than once because I kept expecting to see blood. Ye gods.
[–]Endorsed Contributorwhiskey_bearfist 2 points3 points ago
ive had a resurgence of interest in traditional cooking. in particular stews.
jamie lewis' blog chaos and pain has run several series on dietary advice. recently he has done a series on different traditional stew recipes and reasons for eating them.
to put a tldr on it, basically stews are a way to eat loads of protein via meats, while also getting the nutritional benefits of vegetables. even if you are a person who doesnt like the taste or texture of particular vegetables, the stew turns everything into a meaty brothsoup. another benefit is that when you saute or cook vegetables, a portion of that nutrition is diminished because it burns off. with stew more of it is kept in the meal.
stew. for might and health.
[–]HollywoodHogwood 4 points5 points ago
stew is amazing.
[–]Endorsed Contributordeepthrill 5 points6 points ago
Tips for men on cooking / eating well yourself?
[–]Endorsed ContributorGayLubeOil[S] 5 points6 points ago
Look up Gordon Ramsey on Youtube. He has some pretty good easy to prepair meals.
[–]GenericUsername14 4 points5 points ago
In less than five minutes, Gordon Ramsey taught me that my eggs were SHIT.
[–]BadgerBurger 3 points4 points ago
Wait'll you cook scallops.
[–]RAL9000 2 points3 points ago
[–]ultimatebacon 1 point2 points ago
Dude, I stopped eating keto three days ago, man, I don't know how I could live outside of this diet anymore. It sure takes away all sorts of digestive problems I used to have ( FARTS ).
[–]RAL9000 1 point2 points ago
guess it varies from body type to body type. i'm running fine with it, lost 20 pounds this summer, went from grumpy fatigue mornings to rising early, plus my minor allergic skin conditions just vanished.
[–]RedPillScare 0 points1 point ago
Wait. Did keto give you gas, or did going off keto give you gas?
[–]ultimatebacon 0 points1 point ago
Keto diet kills farts, I rarely fart on keto, and if I do fart they hardly smell as bad.
[–]FortunateBum 1 point2 points ago
Cut out processed food, refined (added) sugar. That means only drinking water and black coffee.
Watch Lustig's Sugar the Bitter Truth video on Youtube.
Buy real food at the store that you think you might want to eat then use the Internet to look up recipes. Better yet, look up recipes beforehand.
The easiest shit to cook is steak. Fish. Stews. Simple fruit. salad. Stir fry.
[–]chunkmo 0 points1 point ago
90% of eating well comes down to cooking your meal yourself. You know exactly what's in it and there's the pride of eating your hard work. You just have to decide that it's something you want to get better at, and just keep at it. You're going to make mistakes, burn your food, add too much salt, have no flavour etc. But each time you make the mistake, you'll learn to adjust the seasoning, the heat, the ingredients and you'll get better over time. The easiest meals to begin with imo are pasta, stir fry and omlettes.
Having good equipment makes cooking easier and more fun, but don't take that to mean you need expensive stuff. At bare minimum, you should have a large end grain cutting board. So much easier working on a large board. A chefs, bread and pairing knife. You could even get away with just the chefs knife. Pots and pans are dependent on the things you like to cook, but you should probably have a non stick frypan, sautee pan and a pot.
With the internet these days, there's endless resources dedicated to cooking. Jamie olivers videos are pretty beginner friendly. Make sure you look up knife skills - they'll make cooking a lot safer and more enjoyable.
[–]TRP-Truth-Seeker 3 points4 points ago
Nothing like a gif of a giant fake penis destroying a tiny woman's ass for the last time to start my morning.
Also, good post. It is a bit alarming how so many men and women can't cook. One of my pet peeves is the soft, skinny, yet still beer-gutted men that are sucking down beer after work every damn day. No sympathy for these guys who are always complaining about a lack of women in their lives.
[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago
This is so true. I know one girl who always buys full menu in the cafeteria and then turns some pieces of food around calling it breakfast, wasting 80% of it.
[–]Haraklus 2 points3 points ago
You know...I've definitely noticed this among the less-intelligent women I've hooked up with. In a big way. Huh.
Regardless, I am a greedy shit so I am just going to keep my grass fed beef and vegetable stir fries to myself. I have found no impact of food on fucking.
[–]through_a_ways 2 points3 points ago
This thread brought to you in part by: BBC America
[–]ipad1357 8 points9 points ago
As much of a good housewife Julia Child may have been she is still old and fat so I'd take a skinny girl who eats only 2 meals a day over her.
[–]Endorsed ContributorGayLubeOil[S] 29 points30 points ago
I think anyone would take any woman over Julia Child because she died in 2004. Checkmate Atheists.
[–]ipad1357 3 points4 points ago
[–]through_a_ways 0 points1 point ago
Well, she's not fat anymore : )
And at least she's white.
[–]vengefully_yours 0 points1 point ago
Hellen Keller or Julia Child?
[–][deleted] 3 points4 points ago
Internet porn.
[–]vengefully_yours 1 point2 points ago
Rule 34?
[–]BadgerBurger 1 point2 points ago
Absolutely brilliant post man. This is all stuff that I observed but hadn't figured out how to put it all together.
I had one girlfriend who didn't know how to cook chicken breasts. 27 years old and had to text me for baking advice.
I had another girlfriend who basically lived off of cereal, yogurt, and the occasional pasta. Groceries were all bought at Target. Her kitchen couldn't have been more bare. Once, she came over after I had smoked a pork shoulder. "Where do you even find a piece of meat like that?" she asked. She hadn't spent enough time at a real grocery store to know about real food. I guess no guy before me had either.
A lot of women I know just eat whatever. Microwaving a Healthy Choice seems to be about as involved as it gets. The guys I know cook real food. I use that cooking skill to my advantage whenever possible.
[–]Thoughtcrime85 1 point2 points ago
I'd love to be able to join in slagging these girls off, but right now im doing no better. Starting to wonder if i'm developing some sort of disorder.
I eat one meal at lunchtime, and its usually massive, then nothing until i literally cant hide my stomach rumbles from my concerned girlfriend. If i absolutely have to i'll have something late in the day to keep her happy.
I mean its kind of working for me in the sense that ive dropped from 315 to 214 as of this morning (6'2) but its shredding the muscle mass ive developed over the last year as it goes. Cant seem to stop myself doing it though, i know its bad for me but when i eat i just feel like im doing myself no good.
I even considered doubling down on my shitty idea by dropping 100mcg of T3 into the mix yesterday. When i decided i wasnt happy with my weight at 315, i said that "If could get to 250 i'd be happy, 225 and i'd be ecstatic but i dont think its realistic", and yet i still look at my body and say "Another 20lbs"
[–]sugarcrush 0 points1 point ago
Men can develop eating disorders too. Be careful and get help if you really feel out of control.
[–]through_a_ways 0 points1 point ago
Red Pill nutrition: Girls have a greater biological desire for carbohydrates.
[–]phaseonx11 0 points1 point ago
Why should I cook for her constantly? Isn't that lowering my value in her eyes if I just do it all the time without her really having to "work" for it?
[–]Endorsed ContributorGayLubeOil[S] 2 points3 points ago
Because in my experience most women are to irresponsible to adequately take care of their shit. For some reason they cant plan for the fact that in four hours shes going to be hungry.
Hey you want to stop by X and get some food on the way to concert/amusement park/beach? No Im not hungry. Two hours later bitch is hungry and there is no food in sight. Meanwhile im eating the sandwich I bought earlier. Then shes hungry and cranky like a child and just generally unpleasant to be around. I cant tell you how often this happened to me.
If your going on a long trip spending that 5 to 7 dollars is definitely worth it.
[–]GridReXX 0 points1 point ago
Not sure what this post was getting at.
I judge men and women who don't know how to cook. I judge the men and women more who 1) don't know how to cook and 2) expect their partner to cook for them.
Essentially I judge adults who can't take care of themselves or don't want to.
[–]through_a_ways 0 points1 point ago
Typical Tuesday is a pretty accurate description of female eating habits among other things.
This article lays it on really thick in some parts, but subtle in others. Did anyone else catch this?
They went to the cafe downstairs and Becky got a Cobb salad, dressing on the side to be healthy, a brownie and a diet coke. Charles offered to pay for lunch, but Becky said she could pay for herself.
Very reminiscent of that mentality around sugar that pervades many women's thoughts. "I'll avoid some bad stuff, so I can have extra sweets! Oh, and I'll get organic agave syrup ice cream, it's healthy!"
The reason women get fat is because they're pros at justifying things to themselves. As we see later when Becky eats the side dressing.
"It's the thought that counts" is a great quote to go by when looking at this phenomenon.
[–]Endorsed ContributorGayLubeOil[S] 0 points1 point ago
A big part of being a personal trainer is figuring out why people are fat. Its like being a CIA food interrogator. Listening to female food logic is terrible, not to mention they lie to you all the time.
[–]vlwinter 0 points1 point ago
This is where so many issues arise. Take a look at commercials for women, just as an example, they advertise those like 'grab and go' shakes (chocolate flavored) and telling us to drink that before a full day at work.
I don't know about the rest of the women out there, but that shit tastes like cardboard and it is high in sugar, carbs, and there is hardly anything in there to start with. As a woman, I need to be well nourished. I need to be curvy. I LIKE my ass and my boobs. In order to NATURALLY have those, you have to EAT FOOD.
I am not talking about eating a bag of twizzlers for a meal or a diet coke for lunch. I am talking about creating a balanced food group diet. You know what, fuck that word 'diet', too many women are scared of it. Eat a balanced amount of food groups daily and maintain negative caloric balance.
For example. I am 5' 8" and weigh 158lbs, according to this crazy complex formula, I am supposed to eat 1600 calories per day. IF I want to lose weight, I eat less than that.
If you want to experiment with negative caloric balance visit this website for your personal formula. (
There are ~200 calories in a bag of chips. I am not going to eat that bag of chips if I want to lose weight because I would rather eat a bag of carrots, a banana, and sunflower seeds in its place BECAUSE the latter snack will actually fill me up.
Then I am not a monster to be around. This is a lifestyle NOT a diet. That word is overused in media, in gyms, and in our own personal lives. Change what you put in your mouth.
[–]Aphrodite_ 0 points1 point ago
Great post. I always feel an urge to slap these women who live on Starbucks, fast food and cakes/donuts.
[–]kratol 0 points1 point ago
Egg beaters / egg whites in a carton + salsa are a great breakfast to introduce to girls. It's tasty, you can make it in 2 minutes with a microwave, it's easy to measure the calories, it's pure protein, it fills you up a lot and its really low calories compared to how much you can eat. Most people can only eat 200 calories max of the stuff in one sitting.
They'll of course add crap like cheese and bread, but still a big improvement.
[–]tallwheel 1 point2 points ago
But... yokes fucking rule.
[–]Xbitz -1 points0 points ago
The obesity epidemic that is killing millions and debillitating more is yet another evil caused by feminism.
[–]Furbowl -1 points0 points ago
It took me a long while to put it together, but I think you're right. When women en masse refused to cook, business saw the opportunity. They created what was called "processed food". It tasted awful, and no one would eat it. What to do?
Some smart guy started adding sugar! Better. When high fructose corn syrup was invented in the sixties! it was even easier to add sugar. Then, MSG was discovered. And of course plenty of salt.
So, thanks to feminism, we all eat processed crap full of sugar, salt and MSG.
[–]Xbitz 1 point2 points ago
The law of unitendended consequences.
Healthy slow food cooking by full time mothers, replaced by fast food and oven pizzas for convenience = mass obesity.
[–]Blalubb -1 points0 points ago
"Fifty years ago, you had women who could cook like their mothers. Today, you have wenches that can drink like their fathers."
[–]LasherDeviance 1 point2 points ago
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[–]asullivanr 32 points33 points ago
And people could say they were female or male all they like. Its the internet, Hell look at MMORPGs.
[–]InOranAsElsewhereCistanbul not Contranstinople 12 points13 points ago
Are you implying that people lie about their sex/gender on the internet?
I can't. I can't even.
[–]snarkinator糞主。Keeper of the :| and full-auto triggers. RIP Toucan. 11 points12 points ago
You really think someone would do that? Just go on the internet and tell lies?
[–]DctrCatPringlekin 0 points1 point ago
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[–]RightReverendJA 14 points15 points ago
don't really consider atheism a way of life...
Exactly. My 'way of life' is unchanged. I work, I see my friends, I read the books I enjoy and spend too much time playing Minecraft...
What I don't do is let dogma or scripture or local clergy tell me how to live my life, what friends to see, what books to read, and so on.
For me, nothing attracted me to atheism. Rather, quite a lot repelled me from the faith I was raised in. My first impulse was to find a new faith, but every one I looked at was just as flawed.
Upshot: Atheism isn't something you believe in. It's the word for what happens when you don't believe in what the other guys do believe.
[–]Gr33nD34m0n 0 points1 point ago
For many of us I'm sure it is an improvement in our ways of living, more personal time, less stress, greater freedom in the activities and interests we choose to pursue.
I know many have also made sacrifices along the way, family, friend and job related. Some are easier to make than others, it's just like converting to any other religion, some of your relationships will not last. I don't have nearly as many christian friends as I did 15 years ago, but I have allot of great new friends, of diverse cultural and religious backgrounds. It has taught me allot, including a personal motto of mine I think of every day.
A single line of text from a 12th Century Persian poet/mysitc; ~Let the beauty of what you love, be what you do.~Rumi
I had show some respectful interest in my friends practices during Ramadan a few years ago, and he politely invited me to join his family one night, I honestly accepted out of curiosity, mostly about the food, which was excellent. But I found a robust and happy family, telling jokes, sharing stories, breaking bread, just like everyone else. I've gone back a few more times and always enjoy my meals with them, and the grandfather always opens a meal with that line. I've read allot of his works since then and often find them soothing to a troubled mind. I would say I this experience has drastically improved the quality of my life, probably something I never would have done if i still went to church. | http://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/comments/wvgky/question_im_a_muslim_thats_on_this_subreddit_to/c5gzkwk | dclm-gs1-114730001 | false | false | {
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[–]npx87[S] 0 points1 point ago
The Gamegear and most of the games came from a Shop Goodwill auction, The SNES games all came from ebay, and the Jak 3 is from a local Goodwill, only paid 3 bucks for that. | http://www.reddit.com/r/gamecollecting/comments/13d348/111712_ebayshop_goodwill_deliveries_sealed_jak_3/ | dclm-gs1-114740001 | false | false | {
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[–]Beercatforlife 0 points1 point ago
What an idiot. Why wouldnt he take 2 out of every 3 steps. Then he could have used 2/3s of of the steps, and still been able to use the ladder. The beginning to this title is correct, "America:" But should be followed by "Doing things the stupid/hard way" | http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/17flga/america_sacrificing_freedom_for_comfort/c85afjt?context=3 | dclm-gs1-114750001 | false | false | {
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[–]doyu 0 points1 point ago
Seems you hit a nerve with the Reddit community lol. Not really all that surprising given that most Redditors are young men in less than great shape.
I'm with you though, I haven't gone full boycott because I too fit the reddit stereotype and I loves my cola beverage, but I used to drink 8 or 10 cans a day, now it's 2 or 3. I'll cut it out eventually but I changed a number of other dietary things recently as well and this is the vice that I'm keeping for now. | http://www.reddit.com/r/self/comments/y1g1u/reddit_we_should_go_on_a_soda_boycott_we_should/c5rp5nu | dclm-gs1-114760001 | false | false | {
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Water-Rock Reaction Could Provide Energy For Martian Microbes
May 31, 2013
Image Credit: Thinkstock.com
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online
Previous research has shown how rock-water reactions can produce hydrogen when temperatures are far too hot for living things to survive, such as near hydrothermal vent systems on the ocean floor. However, a new study in Nature Geoscience reports that the same hydrogen-producing reaction can also occur at more hospitable temperatures.
“Water-rock reactions that produce hydrogen gas are thought to have been one of the earliest sources of energy for life on Earth,” said Lisa Mayhew, who worked on the study as a doctoral student at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
“However, we know very little about the possibility that hydrogen will be produced from these reactions when the temperatures are low enough that life can survive,” she added. “If these reactions could make enough hydrogen at these low temperatures, then microorganisms might be able to live in the rocks where this reaction occurs, which could potentially be a huge subsurface microbial habitat for hydrogen-utilizing life.”
When water infiltrates iron-rich igneous rocks, a few unstable atoms of iron can be released into the water. These unstable atoms, known as reduced iron atoms, can split water molecules to produce hydrogen gas and new minerals containing a more stable, oxidized form of iron at temperatures above 392 degrees Fahrenheit.
To see if these reactions are possible, the researchers submerged rocks in oxygen-free water at temperatures between 122 and 212 degrees Fahrenheit. They were able to detect some evidence of a hydrogen-creating water-rock reaction — possibly enough hydrogen to support life.
Next, the researchers accelerated electrons in a small storage ring to create “synchrotron radiation” that would allow them to establish the type and location of iron in the rocks on a microscopic scale.
Instead of seeing the reduced iron in the rocks converted to the more stable oxidized state, as they are at higher temperatures, the scientists discovered newly formed oxidized iron on minerals with a cubic structure called ℠spinels´ that are highly conductive.
The researchers theorized that the conductive spinels were facilitating the swap of electrons between reduced iron and water, a necessity for the iron to divide the water molecules and create hydrogen gas.
“After observing the formation of oxidized iron on spinels, we realized there was a strong correlation between the amount of hydrogen produced and the volume percent of spinel phases in the reaction materials,” Mayhew said. “Generally, the more spinels, the more hydrogen.”
The researchers said hydrogen gases produced in these rocks would potentially be able to feed microbial life in a large volume of rock on Earth. They added that low temperature reactions could also be occurring in the same types of rocks that also are prevalent on Mars. Because the minerals that form as a result of these reactions have been found on both Earth and Mars, the new study´s findings may have implications for investigating potential Martian microbial habitats.
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1. jumpluff
Wow, Chou, you had a kid?! I can't imagine how much that must mean to you, especially since how much you've always expressed a desire for children. Congratulations, I wish you much happiness. :)
2. Philip7086
Holy shit, I just saw your LOA! That's incredible news man, enjoy your time in Japan!
Nah, jk, that's really awesome about your kid. I'm sure you'll make a great dad :D
3. Haunter
Best wishes, for both Christmas and your kid!
4. Pocket
wait that's in fucking five days!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS, CHOU :D:D:D:D:D:D Please post a photo of your baby on the album thread :3
5. Magcargo 2
Magcargo 2
Hi, Chou Toshio, I was wondering why Darkrai and Shaymin-S were not unbanned like last generation. I figured that you would be the best person to ask considering your excellent post in competitive discussions.
6. Pocket
wow, you're married? Congrats!
when is your firstborn due???
7. Synxthe1st
You have an amazing avatar. That is all.
8. Yuttt
Hi Chou, I was wondering if, since the Mega Kangaskhan test is over (and thankfully banned), could you release the results of your poll? I'm interested especially in the correlation of low ranking players and anti-ban.
9. ium
hi chou i was wondering if you could help me out a bit
i'm trying to get some eggs hatched shiny, but some of the only trainer shiny value matches i was able to find are with japanese pokemon players and i was wondering if you could help me communicate with them so they could hatch my eggs (there's two people and it's via twitter). if you could do that i'd appreciate it but if not then that's ok too
10. MagikaripIsOP
When will the official ou viability thread be out?
11. Fireburn
I read the pastebin in the signature and I agree with basically all of your opinions, though I would like you to explain a bit more (maybe in a PM or something) about Aegis/Talonflame as those were a little odd to me (and I think Deo-s/Gene are more broken then they are atm).
12. Dragontamer
Most of the Policy-Review posts currently assume that Parental Bond is similar to a Choice Band.
However, it is closer to a Choice Band + Choice Specs. The Special Set running Seismic Toss + Shadow Ball is more than enough to dispatch any would-be checks or counters. It is honestly comparable to Choice Band, Choice Specs, The ability to switch attacks, a Focus Sash killer, and a superior Serenes Grace all in one.
13. Dragontamer
Please indicate the ranking of your current highest rated account
Lower than 1500
1500 - 1599
1600 - 1699
1700 - 1799
1900 - 1999
2000 - 2099
2100 - 2299
Erm... My rank is 1860 right now. What do I do?? :-p I'm gonna say 1900-1999, because I hit that rank once and makes me feel better for myself...
14. JayHankEdLyon
There's no option in the Kanga survey for 1800-1899, which is where I stand currently (over 100 wins and nearly 40 losses, because laddering means shit until the meta settles down/I have my precious UU).
15. Uvood
Man, I'm not even a fan of DBZ, but your avatar is so awesome XD.
16. Articanus
Hello eyeshield 21 buddy! Long time no spoken to. =)
17. EpicSnivy
18. Antar
Seriously stop. If you want to make a post with content, that's fine. But "explain this shit to me" is not a post. Edit: the explanation is that the metagame is barely a month old and people are trying shit out.
19. King Serperior
King Serperior
I don't know who made your avatar, but I absolutely love it. If you ever get tired of it, may I borrow it as an Infernape sprite in CAP ASB?
1. Chou Toshio
Chou Toshio
I made it! :D
Dec 2, 2013
2. King Serperior
King Serperior
That's awesome. Wish I had those skills :p
Dec 2, 2013
20. Arcticblast
Why are you using Sludge Bomb Lando-I when it gets Sludge Wave? It's not like the Poison chance matters *cough Sheer Force cough*
1. Chou Toshio
Chou Toshio
didn't even know it got that. Thanks
Nov 25, 2013
21. Perfect Cell
Perfect Cell
Sorry to bother you with this, but are you a big DBZ fan by chance?
22. smashlloyd20
一二sunshine四 ウィーゴー！ウィーゴー！
23. jas61292
Just want to say that its easy for a pokemon to be common when it is shiny, new, can use illegal sets, and is in a "metagame" that is not a metagame at all. Anyways, I don't want to criticize or anything since modding UT is probably hell, and cleaning up threads is a good thing, but yeah... when Talonflame falls to UU, don't say I didn't say so :p
1. Chou Toshio
Chou Toshio
Even if there is a possibility of that in the future, I did make it very clear at the beginning of the thread that to keep it good subjects should be as conservative as possible. It is completely unreasonable for half the thread to be taken up by a talonflame debate considering its current performance.
Oct 28, 2013
24. Grape Drink 2.0
Grape Drink 2.0
Glad to see your feelings change about Talonflame. I was Goatface Killah.
25. Karxrida
You going to move that Evasion thread to Trou or whatever it's called? Please do XD.
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人の善意は信じますが、やられたらやり返す。。。 倍返しだ！！
"I believe in human good will, but if someone screws with me, I'll screw him back... PAID IN DOUBLE!!" (from Hanzawa Naoki)
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Those that can look past its undeniable quirks may find a device that changes the way they use a computer.
The idea is that you buy the device with a dock. This acts as a hub for the netbook and converts it into an alarm clock and photo frame, while also charging it.
The dock comes with JBL-branded speakers, which are decent enough, but won't challenge a home hi-fi system.
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Performance is standard fare for a netbook and, while office applications run fine, more resource-intensive programs and multi-tasking causes serious lag.
Battery life: 215 minutes
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In terms of connectivity, 802.11n Wi-Fi is great for wireless networking to a home router, for example, but the lack of an Ethernet port (even though the dock features one) and video out does seem an omission. It means that those who like to view content on their TV, for example, simply don't have the option.
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It sits over the Windows 7 interface and, although intuitive, features a few quirks that make it sometimes confusing. You can't travel back through some menus, for example.
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The touchscreen isn't as accurate as we would have liked either, which can be frustrating, but once you get used to it, browsing the web and selecting music is surprisingly quick and easy – and offers a much more intuitive experience than in netbook mode.
The Inspiron Duo is also pretty heavy.
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There's no doubt the Inspiron Duo is flawed by a few issues, but we thoroughly bought into Dell's vision of combining the netbook and tablet, and flipping between the two to carry out different tasks is intuitive and fun.
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The pitfalls of local government--is it this bad all over the world?
I'll start off by being frank. The local government in my country is an absolute joke; the entire system is a semi-functional, corrupt and debt ridden mess, and I'm wondering, is there something in the local system or culture ruining things, or is this a more global issue?
Unlike the national elections, where people tend to have at least a passable grasp of the people involved and issues at hand, the local elections go by the public with complete apathy.
Local newspapers are relic of the past, and the more centralized modern media (mostly television and internet) simply aren't interested in every day local matters (for no fault of their own). Therefore, your average citizen hasn't a clue who's doing what in city hall, has no real knowledge of the candidates past their names (and sometimes not even that), and is accordingly apathetic. Its hard to keep up to date when the information isn't within easy reach.
Major cities whose leadership occasionally make the news, and settlements so small that everyone knows everyone don't suffer from this problem, but most municipalities are between those two extremes. Most people simply haven't got a clue what their local government is doing.
This of course leads to the whole thing working about as well as you expect. Local governing bodies tend to fall into debts, are more or less unaccountable for their failures, and are notoriously corrupt.
I'm honestly starting to think that the whole mess ought to be removed and replaced by civil servants. Those can be more easily held accountable for doing a poor job (especially plunging into debt), and are more easily removed if corruption is suspect.
Are things this bad with local government all over the world, or is just like this in my country? Is there a realistic fix, or would it just be better to uproot the whole system and start over with something perhaps a little less democratic?
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• Oct 5 2013: I havern't noticed local government being so bad. But local government has similiar problems to national government , but different objectives.
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Oct 5 2013: Nadav, Thing area little clearer to me now at 70 than they were at 20 - 40. Upon reflection I recall a mid sized city where we left keys in cars, doors and windows unlocked, sat on the porch at night and talked with neighbors as they passed on their evening walks. The Mayor stopped and talked to everyone and had real concern ... his office door was always open and he knew you by your first name. Your teacher also taught your parents and if you screwed up would call them in a heartbeat. If you saw the principal you were in deep smelly stuff ... I heard of the superintendent but never saw him ... once on the playground we heard the guy walking with the principal was a school board member .... we stared in awe. There were three churches we all went to one of them.
Times change. we would never leave keys in cars or unlocked doors and windows. You don't know your neighbors. Less than half go to church. Teachers, Principals, and Superintendent have little decision making power and being a school board member is more like a punishment than a honor and distinction.
The power that mayors and leaders once had are now at state and federal level. We live in a world of entitlements, policies, laws, and rules that makes it hard if not impossible for local leaders to "manage" their areas of responsibility.
It is getting harder to find a "honest person" to run for office .... so we get egos and megalomania.
In my youth families all lived within 50 miles or so. Many of our "leaders" today are transplants and feel no responsibility to the community. Further there is little accountability. The elected official has only two goals 1) get elected and 2) get reelected. Everything else is BS.
As bad as that picture is the real problem is us. We do not know the issues, the people, or understand the Constitution. We allow this to happen. This is the apathy generation. Its not the system ... its us.
I wish you well. Bob.
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Oct 4 2013: i would say a local government is just a smaller version of the government, and it functions even less sometimes, simply because of the economies of scale. in a big government, you might find one or two experts, that actually knows something. or they can afford some. in a local government this number can be one tenth, thus expected to be zero. and no money either.
paradoxically it would help if the size of the local entity was reduced, to the level when people all know each other. everything over 100 participants becomes abstract and self serving.
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Oct 4 2013: '... perhaps a little less democratic?'
On the contrary! And the problems you rightly describe here are rooted in the fact, that 'Most people simply haven't got a clue what their local government is doing.'
It is not a natural law, that 'governing bodies ... , are more or less unaccountable for their failures'. This is what happens if a ruling class is gradually misusing its power.
And that 'the local elections go by the public with complete apathy' is nothing but as sign of resignation of the people, who have been forced out of the continues process of decision making.
Most of the problems you describe are tackled by the concept of 'direct democracy', as it is put to practice in Switzerland, in which all citizens are an integrative part of the active process of policy all the time and not just given a passive maturity any other 4 years or so...
Corruption hates publicity and can only be reduced if you bring back the people in the active process in the making of democracy. Anything else is doomed to fail, sooner or later.
• Oct 4 2013: Direct democracy doesn't scale well with size, but for a smaller settlement, it may actually work. Major cities may be the exception, but they get enough attention to make the representative system work.
So we're left with two extremes, either get rid of the whole local democracy mess and replace them with civil servants instead, or go straight to direct democracy...
Shame that it'll never happen. The current system is pretty well entrenched, nothing short of a national initiative will budge it, and the national government already has enough issues without going head to head with the local ones.
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Oct 4 2013: Actually, direct democracy scales pretty successfully in size, as it is naturally capable to follow the usual division and subdivision of 'regular' governmental structures, beginning at local levels all the way up to the federal government. The reason for this is, that direct democracy does not exclude political representatives, yet ensures for immediate 'feedback loops' and accountability at all times.
Public opinion polls play a vital role in direct democracy. Its not degraded to a rare option, its the norm.
Direct democracy is no extreme and it only appears as such for those who are not used to this intensity level of public participation and influence, or to those who don't wish this influence to interfere with their very own particular interests. The latter could be seen as the famous 1% of each society, whereas the remaining 99% would only need to get used to it.
Active, direct democracy can be learned by the people. Of course it would take some time for them for the concept to sink in. This would be normal for any transitional phase, as 'apathy' is nothing one get rid of over night. Yet any environment shapes the behavior of the people who happen to life in it. And if this environment is encouraging, so will become most of the people in it. Simple psychology, thats all.
'Shame that it'll never happen.'
You got to lend me your crystal ball from time to time, as it seems to do a lot of convincing out of thin air ... :o)
For societies, nothing is ever set in stone! Period. And our history is full of examples. Good ones and bad ones, but there never was a continuation of stagnation for all times.
We have the tools, we have the brains and it will be only on us to decide when enough is enough.
There is a lot of inertia within 'the people', which is exactly what makes them that powerful once they get into motion! And through all ages, this has always been the nightmares of any ruling class.
We are about to see many changes pretty soon.
• Oct 4 2013: I don't know about the rest of the world, by in my country, the process of replacing the local government has zero momentum.
Everyone's more concerned with Iran, the Palestinian negotiations, the Arab spring, the economy, trying to get the orthodox to enlist... Its just not in the public consciousness at the moment.
The current system of local government is here to stay for the foreseeable future, poor though it is.
Nothing is set in stone in a long enough time frame, but you can usually tell when things are about to start moving, and they're currently showing no sign of doing so.
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Oct 5 2013: The momentum determines the tides of change. Regarding this matter your and your country's tide tables seems to be out of sync. Not a nice situation to be in, I'd agree. Just keep repeating.
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Oct 4 2013: Pretty much. Some towns have hired city managers which can be a little better in governance,but...
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Oct 4 2013: What was your take on this talk http://www.ted.com/talks/benjamin_barber_why_mayors_should_rule_the_world.html, which offers the opposite perspective?
• Oct 4 2013: It sounds from this talk that mayors function better simply because the problems they deal with are simpler. Being under less media scrutiny probably helps with their approval rating as compared to the national government.
The moment the cities turn more independent, they'll just start acting like national governments on a smaller scale--they currently only avoid those more difficult national issues because its out of their pay grade. It won't solve a thing.
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This sucks!!! Any a-hole can make up anything they want and get innocent people in trouble and put them through hell for no reason. If you are a person that does this type of crap, screw you. Stay strong, Mariah. The pariah's are out. I'll bet you $10 this was started by some tabloid like TMZ.
1023 days ago
It is a proven fact about beer and helping w/lactating and DCFS should also know this. I believe DCFS is waiting taxpayers money on this frivilous investigation and that there are many other children that are suffering that could use DCFS help. This situation is an absolute shame for LA. not to mention how Nick and Mariah are going to feel to have them come in their home to investigate them.
1023 days ago
I hope this story is BS
The Federal Court has just order that CA release 46,000 offenders from prison due to over crowding but they have agents investigating a complaint that a beast feeding mother drank a beer?
It's not against the law to have a drink while pregnant- nor is against the law to have a drink if you are breast feeding.
1023 days ago
@Cara ... Technically, Guiness is not a beer, it is an ale. There is a HUGE difference. Not to mention you obviously have not had the discomfort (both physically and mentally) of not lactating properly after giving birth.
Oh, and as for the journal of any medical so-called professionals... yeah, I remember they once reported that eggs were bad for us, too.
They change their minds about things every time they put out a new journal.
1023 days ago
RabbleRouser, it's probably just the standard home visit with some TMZ wishful thinking added.
1023 days ago
It used to be recommended in the past, but I don't know how widely. Women were advised to have a beer in the evening, which would help produce more milk. There is an ingredient in beer that does does have an effect on milk production, but it is also in non alcoholic beer. It is now thought it doesn't really make any difference and not recommended for obvious reasons. I don't know who suggested that to her, but I doubt it was a professional health care worker. Bethany Frankel, on her reality show Bethany Ever After, was advised by her baby nurse to have half a beer for the same reason. She drank it on the air. I don't know if she continued to do that while she nursed, but no one called CPS on her.
1023 days ago
Recommended or not, how do you justify an investigation based on an anonymous tip of a legal activity? I call BS on this story.
1023 days ago
In the meantime somewhere in Ca something will occur that really needed the attention of the people visiting her home. I had my daughter overseas and they recommended a pint of Stout in order to assist the feeding process.
1023 days ago
Dreamon, I agree that something about this story stinks. Maybe the babies tested positive for something and this 'I had a beer for breast feeding' is a cover story her PR people are putting out to spin it.
1023 days ago
I think this whole TMZ story is a reflection of the fact that most of the employees (from what I see on camera on Live) are male, and they are all fairly young at that. It's hard to know all the TMZ employees' marital statuses and whether they have children, but from what I see only a couple of the guys who have kids MIGHT know anything about breastfeeding.
1023 days ago
Big Brother is watching you. And, those dumb people who work in child services are worthless. Once they took a child because they found Marijuana growing in a house. Said it endanger the child. The child couldn't walk or reach the area where the plants were growing. Plus, there has never been an overdose caused by Marijuana. After further investigation they returned the child to their parents.
1023 days ago
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i would breast feed all day until
drunk until the utters sang MOO !!!!
1023 days ago
The "have a beer to increase the milk production" is an old wive's tale. The reason it was used in the past was because people had diets deficient in b-vitamins. Beer has lots of the B's. It's actually the vitamins that increase the milk production.
In today's society, there is no need for a well-fed woman to use the breast feeding excuse to drink.
1023 days ago
dreamon 26 minutes ago
Gee, isn't it HER body?
Not when she's breastfeeding. What she eats/drinks/snorts gets passed to the baby.
1023 days ago
Give me a break! There are mother's, Casey Anthony, for example, who kill their children and bury them in the woods. My mother smoked throughout her pregnancy and most of my childhood. Not the ideal. But it was the 60's, they didn't know. So Mariah had a Guiness to help her milk come in? BFD!!!! While the social workers are investigating her, some pregnant chick in a back alley is smoking crack. Her child will be born addicted and most likely seizing from withdrawal. But, by all means. Check Mariah out. A Guiness. The horror!
1023 days ago
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A persona that usually stems from a lack of self-identity, self-esteem, and/or cajones. The person is also usually a brown noser, as they try to please whomever they meet. In an effort to be accepted by the entire world, a "two faced" person will socially accomodate anyone they meet in an attempt to be popular and liked by everyone. More often than not, however, two faced bitches are usually covering up their assholism.
Sherry loved to be liked by everyone. There wasn't a person that she didn't meet that she could not be "friends" with. However, when her "friends" weren't around, she was a two faced bitch. "Damn, I fucking hate Janel; she's really a dirty cunt licking whore. Hey, I'm going shopping for Janel's birthday party on Friday, wanna help me pick something out for her?"
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To stare someone down in an attempt to demonstrate who's more hardcore (i.e., who has more balls). If both persons refuse to drop their gaze, a fight usually entails.
That mother fucker wouldn't stop mad doging me. So I beat his fucking ass.
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1. Combination of a retard and an idiot.
2. Someone extremely slow or dim-witted.
3. Person who is unable to understand the easiest of concepts.
I tried to explain to Jeff how to add more than 2 numbers together but he is such a tardiot he didn't understand.
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Birkenhead is a shit hole town, Across the River Mersey from Liverpool. The people of Birkenhead are the Chavs of Chavs, alcoholic, crackheads, wanna be gangsters and so called hard men, make up the small inbred population. Getting pregnant at 14 by your boyfriend of 28 who happens to be a mate of your dad is perfectly normal, and part of Birkenhead culture. Birkenhead girls have large breasts and some are deeply attractive if a little tarty or chavtastic. A good time in Birkenhead is drinking cider outside Mac Donalds on a Saturday night, followed by a punch up and shagging a underaged girls at the back of Asda.
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Summary: The next time someone complains that Windows 8 touchscreens give you "gorilla arm," you have my permission to stomp on them like that ape in the old American Tourister commercials. The reality is that touchscreens work great on modern laptops, and you might even be able to retrofit touch support on your old trackpad.
I never, ever want to hear the phrase "gorilla arm" again.
It is, perhaps, the stupidest argument one could possibly marshal against a modern computing device that offers multiple input modes.
And yet here it is, in Scientific American no less, under David Pogue's by-line:
Why Touch Screens Will Not Take Over
Why personal computers still need the keyboard and mouse, despite Microsoft's best efforts to kill them off
When Windows 7 came out, offering a touch mode for the first time, I spent a few weeks living with a couple of touch-screen PCs. It was a miserable experience. Part of the problem was that the targets—buttons, scroll bars and menus that were originally designed for a tiny arrow cursor—were too small for fat human fingers.
The other problem was the tingling ache that came from extending my right arm to manipulate that screen for hours, an affliction that has earned the nickname of gorilla arm. Some experts say gorilla arm is what killed touch computing during its first wave in the early 1980s.
First of all, seeing this non-scientific nonsense in Scientific American just makes me want to Hulk-smash something or put the magazine's editors in a cage with that gorilla from the 1970s-era luggage commercials.
No, the article does not refer to a single scientific paper documenting the physiological damage you're likely to suffer from touchscreens. And yes, he even snuck in a reference to "Microsoft as a giant copying machine." Well played, Mr. Pogue.
But can we talk about the substance of this argument, please?
Microsoft is not trying to "kill off" the mouse and keyboard. Touch is an addition to your input options, not a replacement. That is the whole point of Windows 8.
The "gorilla arm" thesis is based on the physical difficulty of reaching up at shoulder height to a screen on a desktop, 18-24 inches from your body. Yes, let us concede that for desktop PCs the mouse and keyboard are still the best, most accurate input devices and touchscreens are inferior. You don't want to fill in an Excel spreadsheet by reaching across your desktop to a 27-inch monitor. (That's why your desktop PC still has a keyboard and a mouse.)
But desktop PCs are a small minority of the PC market today. They represent an even smaller percentage if you factor in tablets and convertible devices.
"Gorilla arm" is a non-issue with laptop form factors. Especially when said laptop is, you know, in your lap as you sit in the living room with one eye on the TV and the other on the notebook screen, live-tweeting a football game. It's irrelevant when your notebook is sitting on a coffee shop table as you work and sip a double tall cappuccino. You will not feel like a gorilla if your notebook is on an airplane tray table as you cruise along at 33,000 feet.
The physical distance between the keyboard and the screen in all of those configurations is a matter of a few inches. And in many of those arrangements, the screen is actually closer than the keyboard. It's almost as if evolution made us more suited for this sort of navigation than the gorillas in our distant ancestral past.
And let's also talk about the other strawman in that excerpt: "buttons, scroll bars and menus that were originally designed for a tiny arrow cursor." That was certainly a valid criticism of Windows 7, but it does not apply to Windows 8, with its big, touch-friendly tiles and a set of interface conventions that were designed for touchscreens. Yes, I was disappointed by touchscreen PCs running Windows 7, too. Why are we talking about that in 2013?
Having used Windows 8 on three touch-enabled laptops over the past few months, let me assure you: It is fun, easy, and fast to use one or more fingers for navigation. I guarantee you will find it much, much easier to scroll through a web page or zoom in on an illustration by flicking or swiping on the screen than by using the trackpad for the same operations.
Want to have some fun? Let someone use a touchscreen laptop for a while, and then switch them back to one that doesn't have touch capabilities. Guaranteed: Within minutes, they will try to reach up and swipe or pinch the screen. Why? Because that gesture is so easy and natural.
So what do you do if you don't have a touchscreen laptop? Let's ask Mr. Pogue, who penned this bit of wisdom back in summer of 2011, about some other company's products:
Touch-screen computers don’t work. There, I said it. Spending the day with your arm outstretched, manipulating tiny controls on a vertical surface is awkward and exhausting. The ache you feel later is not-so-affectionately known as Gorilla Arm.
Sound familiar? You know what's coming next:
Apple has built what it considers a better solution, a horizontal multitouch surface. That’s the trackpad of its laptops, and the top surface of its current mouse.
In Lion, there are iPad-like multitouch gestures. Pinch four fingers to open Launchpad. Twist two to rotate. Swipe up with three fingers to open Mission Control, a clickable constellation of thumbnails that show all open programs and windows. And so on.
Wow. If only Windows 8 laptops had similar features.
Oh wait. They do.
A couple months ago, shortly after Windows 8 debuted, I bought a $499 touchscreen-equipped ASUS X202E with Windows 8 preinstalled. My expectations were low, but I was pleasantly surprised that this little device turned out to be a fast, solidly built PC with a great touchscreen. And hey! It has a touchpad that mimics the Windows 8 swipe gestures. So if my poor simian arms are too tired to reach the screen I can swipe in from the right edge of the trackpad to make the charms bar appear, or swipe from the left edge to switch between running apps, or swipe down from the top of the touchpad to reveal the App bar in a Windows 8 app.
Here's what the control applet looks like, with a nice little animation to show you exactly how the gestures work:
I also have a Dell XPS 12 here (review coming up soon). That's the one with the screen that flips in a hinge so the machine can shift on the fly from PC to tablet. Guess what? Its touchpad supports the full range of Windows 8 gestures. So you can choose between touching the screen, swiping and tapping the trackpad, or using the keyboard.
Apparently, support for OS-native gestures is awesome when Apple does it, but it's not even worth mentioning when Windows 8 gestures (none of them copied from OS X or iOS, I hasten to add) appear on Windows hardware. Maybe I'll write a letter to the editor of the Scientific American.
What about my year-old ASUS UX31E Ultrabook, which doesn't have a touchscreen? I still love this machine, mostly for its 1600x900 display and super light weight. So imagine my delight when I checked the ASUS website today and found a slew of Windows 8 drivers, including a new touchpad driver that offers the same gesture-based functionality as on newer ASUS hardware. Big props to ASUS for publicly supporting a new OS on existing hardware.
Alas, Samsung doesn't offer any updates for my wife's Series 9 Ultrabook, which is 14 months old. But a tip from Kurt Shintaku turned up compatible touchpad drivers for this device, which is also now enabled for gesture support.
And even if you can't find a driver to modernize your old touchpad, chances are you can find an external mouse or touchpad with support for Windows 8 gestures or a keyboard with dedicated Windows 8 keys. I've been testing an assortment of these devices from both Microsoft and Logitech and will have some reviews and recommendations coming up shortly.
The bottom line for me is that touch feels like just another natural form of input. The idea that touch support should be limited to one class of devices, which can't also use a keyboard or mouse, seems downright bizarre.
Maybe some people just need to allow their thinking to ... evolve.
Topics: PCs, Hardware, Windows 8
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• Worse...
You don't need to touch the scrollbars in Windows 7 to scroll. He could have also upped the Windows DPI to 125% or 150% to alleviate the "small element" issue. Did this guy even attempt to create a neutral test?
No wonder this guy had a miserable experience. He did it all to himself.
The one and only, Cylon Centurion
• Also touch on the desktop isn't all that bad either...
... But I have yet to see a company produce an ergonomic touch screen that bends at the base and at the back of the monitor so that I could position it in front of me, exactly like a laptop's screen.
I think I've seen only one AiO that can do this, as well as collapse flat to produce a table computer.
The one and only, Cylon Centurion
• The one and only, Cylon Centurion ..I'll take two burgers...two cokes ....
two onion rings
that will $12.95......and drive to yhe pick up window..........thanks you....and have a nice day
yah right touch on a desktop.....who cleans the finger prints off the screen.......
Over and Out
• After all that trolling,
you come up with finger prints? Please...
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• The one and only, Cylon Centurion...come on who are you kidding
Do you really think you can be more productive when you have to REACH across your desk to touch a screen to accomplish any type of function as compared to using a mouse?.....thats just plain silly.
Do you think you can type faster on a tablet than a person using a regular key board can?.....NOT ever going to happen.
Tablets & phones are toys for personal use and desktops & laptops are for business. You can build all the toy apps into the Tablets you want BUT they'll never replace a full fledged appt that you find on the Desktop/laptop.
If I'm doing something important I'm doing it at my desk not sitting in a bar or at the beach or ridding in a car or sitting in Star Bucks...........People grade everything you send out in the business world I sure hope your aware of that........................
Productivity is the name of the game and you can't reach the same level on a tablet as you can on a desktop now can you?
the point I made about always cleaning a monitor because no wants to always cleaning it is a valid one.....my desktop monitor hardly ever -ever needs cleaning....but if I'm touching it all day long it would, now wouldn't it?
and again just how long do you really think are going to put up with having to reach across their desktop to complete tasks before they say BS to this? Touch screens only work in restaurants and fast foods because of the nature of the business.
It doesn't make sense to try and make the touch screen work for all business applications just because you can implement the tech knowledge.
Over and Out
• Reach across my desk?
Buddy, my screens sit right in front of me. They're no more than half an arm's length away.
And if your monitor hardly ever needs cleaning, what's your secret to keeping dust off of it? I'd like to know because I clean mine weekly...
The one and only, Cylon Centurion
• I clean my screen about 1x a week.
Singapore Sam, I use my touch screen continually on my laptop and find about once a week I clean it and then it's fine again. if that would wear you out, then definitely stay away from a touchscreen. When i am scrolling text or moving across my window, I LOVE the touchscreen. I would never go back. But then again that's what makes life interesting, different people like different things.
• your argument is invalid
Who cleans the fingerprints off your tablet or smartphone? I'm guessing your mum
• A phone or a tablet screen
is much smaller than a normal computer screen. It is much easier to clean greasy fingerprints from such a small screen. I have had to tell my 3-year-old grandson innumerable times to keep his fingers off my laptop screen. If a laptop has a trackpad like my MacBook Pro, why would I want to have greasy fingerprints all over the screen? All screen gestures work with the trackpad. Therefore the screen stays nice and clean.
• I do ... EVERY NIGHT!
I do ... EVERY NIGHT!
M Wagner
• Look at the Acer T232HL
I have an Acer T232HL at approximately 45 degree angle on my desktop(the angle can be set anywhere between 30 and 80 degrees). It's not far in front of me, just beyond my keyboard. I only use the keyboard for typing, and I hardly use the mouse, since the monitor is just at the perfect distance.
• Thanks
That actually looks pretty nice, and would be a cheaper option than what I'm currently planning to do with my monitor setup...
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• COME ON, ED...
Touchscreens on Desktops and laptops is like peanut butter and jelly on a steak... I hope you like yours rare!
This is a solution looking for a problem where there is none.
All this will serve to do is seal the failure of Windows 8 (assuming it needed any help, as just being a crappy OS seems to be doing the trick all on its own).
Allowing touch hardware to double the cost of Win 8 hardware over the still available Win 7 surplus hardware is pure stupidity for both Microsoft and its partners.
With Win 8 sucking, touch adding unnecessary costs, and a much better OS with cheaper hardware still readily available for the choosing, this creates a perfect storm raging against Win 8 adoption.
• It's neither...
... A solution looking for a problem, or a problem looking for a solution.
Instead, it's natural evolution of technology. The same thing you just said, was said about the mouse when it was first introduced. Look where it is today. Same thing with touch, give it a few years, and it will have found it's spot too.
The one and only, Cylon Centurion
• Shortsighted
I'm left wondering just how you would have reacted to the first mouse as an additional input device years ago. Ed is spot on about how users exposed to touchscreens react when that functionality is taken away. I personally work on both types of systems, and find myself mistakenly poking at and pinching non-touchscreens often. Most websites and programs have submit buttons that are much easier to reach up and press than navigate to with a mouse cursor. With a mouse its common to move the cursor, look for its current location (taking your eyes off the target, and then guiding that cursor to the target before clicking. (This is worse with touchpad). With touchscreens I see target, I poke target.
• re: Shortsighted
> I personally work on both types of systems, and
> find myself mistakenly poking at and pinching non-
> touchscreens often.
I personally drive a standard and automatic and find myself mistakenly reaching for the shifter/clutch in the automatic often. What does it mean about the relative merits of same? Absolutely nothing, just like your example.
none none
• submit buttons
Fuzzy ....
If you set your mouse to 'snap to' the default button, it will be there on the submit button waiting for you ... to just click it. No need to reach for a screen.
Except for 'reply' forms! But just use 'Tab' and click - you don't even have to take your hands off the keyboard.
• Sounds like orandy doesn't have a touchscreen laptop...
Orandy - Just last week I bought one of the exact same computers Ed Bott mentioned above (Asus VivoBook X202E), and honestly, having a touchscreen is a great, additional feature to have. It makes maneuvering around on a computer extraordinarily easy. As an example, instead of going to a start button and then looking through a series or menus and sub-menus to find settings, I swipe in the Charms bar and click on Settings (at the bottom) and then Control Panel (near the top) - done. Mind you, that's not even the easiest way to find what you are looking for on Windows 8 - to search for items on your computer (not just settings but programs, apps, anything), simply click anywhere on the screen that isn't a tile and start typing. Items that match your search will show up on the right by category (and the more your type, the more refined your search gets immediately), and then you select the item you want. Very easy.
I should note I've played around with the non-touch interface on Windows 8, both in terms of touchpad + click commands and touchpad gesture commands, and THEY work very well too. To close items, put your cursor at the top of the screen (a hand icon comes up) and pull down to the bottom. To see other open items, put your cursor in the upper left corner. To access the Windows 8 start screen from an app or the Windows 7/Vista-like desktop, put your cursor in the lower left. To do double finger scrolling, click on a non-link portion of the page you are on and motion on the touchpad with two fingers. ALL of these functions are easy to do, even if some of them are even easier to do by merely touching the screen. And using a mouse rather than a trackpad probably makes these non-touch features even easier to use on a desktop (and if you have a touchscreen monitor, you still have the touch interface as an alternative).
I haven't even mentioned the benefits of live tiles for apps that take advantage of them, or the aesthetically pleasing look some of the tiles themselves have, but those are features of Windows 8 too.
The primary disadvantage of Windows 8 is that apps not optimized for Windows 8, like let's say Google Play, Mozilla Firefox, or Google Chrome, default back to Windows 7/Vista view when you access them through the Windows 8 tile interface. Honestly, that's kind of disappointing after you've accessed various apps that are optimized for the Windows 8 Metro interface.
If you ask me, Windows 8 is just the next step in the evolution of computers, following up on the evolution of having touch-optimized interfaces on smartphones and tablets. The Windows 8 tiles with live information take the touch-optimized interface another step further.
P.S. Asus included a cloth with the computer to wipe off the screen.
• Start Menu in Win 8?!?
You lost me there when you mentioned about a Start Menu and Sub Menus in Win 8.
I thought there is no Start Menu in Win 8. Or it could just be my illiteracy of Win 8.
May be that is Win 8's problem. The illiteracy and that Microsoft does not provide a start up tutorial on how to use the new UI that they have placed over the traditional UI.
I think I will wait for Win 9. But that is just me.
• You might want to reread my post again
Kumaran.pec - I don't know if your comments were in response to my post, but if they were, you might want to reread my comments again. Nowhere did I say that Windows 8 has a start menu. I said Windows 7 has a start menu and Windows 8 has a start screen. | http://www.zdnet.com/to-touch-or-not-to-touch-that-is-the-windows-8-question-7000009432/?s_cid=e539 | dclm-gs1-115600001 | false | false | {
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Because the list of books on my site can get pretty long,
i like to limit the amount of books that can be displayed in the 'book navigation block'.
With a read more link in it as well.
How can i achieve this?
I could create a block acting like this with views, however i was just wondering.
This may or may not help:
It doesn't limit the number of books in the book navigation block, but does allow you to be selective about which book menus you display.
Thanks for your reply.
I see the module is brandnew :)
Is the module ready for production use ?
Probably :-)
It's used on a couple of sites already.
I'll test and report
Couldn't use this module unfortunaly.
A block per book was not what i was after.
I was looking for something more dynamically, so i created a block with views.
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Is SEO a science? Yes, says Mike Baxter, Lead Consultant on Econsultancy's Digital Certificate in Search Engine Optimisation
Econsultancy recently launched the UK's first university accredited Digital Certificates, which focus on strengthening digital marketing skills for those looking to begin or develop their careers in this industry.
Here, Mike discusses the value of the certifcates, and explains why SEO is a science, not an art...
Can you tell me about the Digital Certificate in SEO
Okay, that's a deceptively simple question with some big issues underlying it. Let's start by exploring just what SEO is and how, in an ideal world, we should approach training and professional development for new SEO practitioners.
Firstly, there IS a science of SEO, we have a systematic understanding of how search engines work and what changes to websites and the links between them tend to increase and decrease organic search engine performance.
Is our scientific understanding of SEO incomplete? Of course it is! Our scientific understanding of physics is incomplete but nobody ever suggests we shouldn't teach, or offer qualifications in physics because of it.
The science of SEO is, however, complex. Far too complex for the application of a few rules to guarantee success.
This doesn't devalue the science, it simply means that professional development is required to discover how best to apply the scientific principles to a competitive business environment. Again, this is no different from any other science.
Part of this professional development involves learning how best to make decisions on the basis of incomplete knowledge (e.g. is Google's semantic 'entity and attribute mapping' influencing all topics in the search marketplace or just some) or incomplete data (e.g. what is the relative value of links from high and low authority domains).
This is what some people refer to as the Art of SEO. I disagree. I think it has a lot more in common with engineering than art, the creation of fit-for-purpose solutions, at affordable cost and with sufficient optimisation to deliver competitive advantage.
New SEO practitioners, therefore, need two types of education and training:
• They need to get up to speed with SEO knowledge, how search engines work, what factors influence search rank and how can we best use data to manage organic search performance?
• They need to learn how to apply that knowledge in a practical and effective way, SEO professional development.
The Digital Certificate in SEO aims to deliver the core of SEO knowledge and help participants make their first strides down the path of SEO professional development.
Why do you think there is a need for accreditation in this area?
It is really hard to tell the difference between people who know what they are doing in SEO from those that don't. There are enough 'smoke and mirrors' surrounding SEO that a little knowledge can go a long way in an interview.
This Digital Certificate in SEO is ground breaking by being the first reputable qualification on the subject in the UK. For the first people with the qualification, it will be highly distinctive - a badge of honour in SEO.
As the qualification becomes established, I would like to think it becomes a filter for recruiters. Candidates without this type of qualification will need to prove they have the knowledge to underpin professional SEO practice in other ways.
Do the doubters and opponents of such qualifications have a point?
I hear all sorts of grumbles and complaints about a Certificate in SEO not being any guarantee that they will be able to do the job.
No, and it never claimed to be! It sets out to give the knowledge and practical skills to underpin professional development.
Is this only for people new to SEO or is it also of value if you have worked as an SEO for years?
This would be a great start for anyone new to SEO. I wish there had been a course like this 11 years ago when I started as an online consultant, it would have saved me years of struggle working out, the hard way, the difference between good and bad practice in SEO.
For people who have worked in SEO for some time, there is still huge value in the course. Everyone needs professional development and the narrower your experience of SEO the greater the need to refresh your knowledge and skills.
I've been very fortunate in having such a wide experience of SEO, from setting the SEO strategy of major multi-national corporations and recruiting some of the top agencies for clients all the way to keyword analysis, copywriting and link building for start-ups.
I've had the opportunity to learn both from my own mistakes and from some of the best brains in the business.
If, on the other hand, you have been a solo SEO within an organisation or have learned your trade mostly from a single specialist, this course could be your opportunity to see where the gaps in your knowledge lie and whether your understanding is quite as up to date as you hope it is.
How will you help people to adapt to the constant changes to Google's algorithm and ranking factors?
SEO is an arms race between the search engines trying to present results of most relevance to searchers and websites trying to achieve the greatest prominence for their own content.
Arms races are fought by changes to the rules keeping disruptive influences in check. For SEO practitioners, therefore, rulechanges are a fact of life.
Where best-practice SEO gains advantage in relation to rule changes is alertness (knowing about changes as early as possible) and resilience (designing SEO tactics to minimise damage to organic search performance in the event of foreseeable rule-changes).
Both of these topics (alertness and resilience) will be covered in the Certificate.
What are the major challenges for SEOs at the moment?
One of the biggest challenges for SEO professionals is that there are more challenges to be overcome. Search is diversifying (social search, local search, mobile search, shopping search) and the SEO data is becoming harder to interpret (SSL search and personalised search).
Another challenge is that SEO is becoming increasingly competitive. As search marketing, overall, approaches maturity SEO features somewhere on every online marketer's to-do list.
Where, a few years ago, it was sufficient to just be doing SEO, now, you need to be doing it better than your competitors and have the KPIs to prove it.
How do you think SEO will change over the next few years?
The main change I expect is one that has been predicted for many years but which will, I believe, finally happen quite soon - this is semantic search.
Until recently, search engines have worked simply by keyword matching. Search for 'car insurance' and you get results containing the words car insurance. Synonyms were used for frequently searched terms (so car insurance would be matched to motor insurance in the UK and auto insurance in the USA) but beyond this search engines took keywords at face value.
Semantic search is different. It takes the keyword searched for, identifies the underlying meaning or meanings indicated by that keyword and returns the most meaningful results.
A search for Keane, for example would recognise this as the name of a band and offer results for that band's album (keyword='strangeland'), songs (keywords='silenced by the night'), videos (keywords='360 sessions') and tour dates / tickets (keyword='O2 academy').
Again, it will make SEO a more complex and challenging profession but one where in-depth knowledge will be of even greater competitive advantage than it is today.
The Econsultancy Digital Certificate in SEO is suitable for those interested in having a solid practical understanding of SEO. Apply before Monday 21 May to start on 11 June 2012.
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1. Avatar-blank-50x50 Nick Stamoulis
2:40PM on 11th May 2012
"Part of this professional development involves learning how best to make decisions on the basis of incomplete knowledge...or incomplete data..."
I think you hit the nail on the head. A lot of SEO, especially when trying to assess something like a penalty, requires experience and knowledge. You may not always have 100% of the information you need to make a decision, so you have to rely on your past experiences to guide your decisions.
2. Avatar-blank-50x50 Douglas Karr
5:04PM on 11th May 2012
We've made some massive changes in the way that we approach our clients' search strategies in the last year. A year ago, it was all off-site and doing the math of authority, pagerank and number of backlinks. It was a science and it worked.
However, the algorithms have become much more 'tuned' into this gaming of the system. I'm actually quite thankful for it because it was a flawed system that was owned by whomever had the largest budget for backlinking.
I've been telling people that SEO has moved from a math problem to a human problem. Again, I'm thankful for that... but the problem is there are still a lot of mathematicians out there selling their pixie dust. We have more and more clients coming to us who spent a boatload on a 'offsite promotion' aka backlink strategy that didn't work.
We're now back to critically developing human strategies to ensure our clients produce great content, promote that content, and it's enabled for social sharing. Guess what... it works. We've outperformed all of our old "math" solutions by tapping into the human one.
After all, that's what marketing is all about. Dare I say that SEO is Dead? I think it is.
3. Jason Woolley Jason Woolley Enterprise
Head of Search Operations, Asia Pacific at GroupM
6:54PM on 11th May 2012
A little knowledge doesn't go very far in an interview when the interviewer is a seasoned pro, but it seems to pull the wool over the eyes of many, including recruiters who should know better.
Suggest "how to hire an SEO" could be a popular course if you ran it.
4. Neil Vaughan Neil Vaughan
Social Media Marketing at Freelance
10:40AM on 14th May 2012
RE: Douglas
You mention that you now develop human strategies? could you explain what this entails regarding SEO?
Also to the thread - What are the top5/10 factors you look at when conducting SEO for a client? as being the most important
1. Keyword Research
2. Competitor Analysis
3. Keyword implementation (Title, HTML tags and content copywriting).
4. Conversion of customers / CRO /Landing pages taking into account point 3
5. PR style link building
6. Site Design/Usability
7. Existing Link House keeping
8. Social Media integration/mentions/sharing
9. Site Build Analysis (coding of the site)
10. General housekeeping XML sitemaps etc
5. Paul North Paul North
Head of Content and Strategy at Mediarun
11:06AM on 14th May 2012
For me, SEO is 2 disciplines. Very briefly, they are:
1. The technical side where I believe the scientific approach is indeed the best one. This mostly deals with fixing issues and resolving problems.
2. The human/marketing side. This covers keyword strategy, content development ideas, link building and everything that links SEO to all other areas of marketing.
The more search engines evolve, the more the first discipline will shrink. Search engines need a lot of help to understand websites right now and that's where most of the technical work is. As the years go by they will need less and less help, I feel.
6. Avatar-blank-50x50 Briony
11:38AM on 14th May 2012
I think an industry accreditation could help potential customers identify a basic benchmark of quality, but it is also a great way to provide structured learning and support for new marketers entering the vast and complex world of SEO.
Relatively new to the industry, I took part in the SEMPO course last year which really helped me to consolidate all that I had learned on the job. However, you can study all the theory you like - it's meaningless without the practical application and hands-on testing. Just like any scientist would tell you! If SEO is a science, then furthering the boundaries of SEO are only through experimentation.
And, ultimately, nothing beats experience.
One thing I would be weary of is, with a professional accreditation, is that it could lose its value over time if it doesn't constantly evolve and keep pace. SEO and SEM changes constantly, which is why it's such an exciting industry. But without support from bedrock SEO communities, an "official qualification" could easily become just another gimmicky marketing tool rather than a benchmark of quality.
7. Avatar-blank-50x50 tony swaby
11:43AM on 14th May 2012
Lost me when he compared it to physics...come on guy you might offend real scientists.
8. Avatar-blank-50x50 Sammie Appiah
11:54AM on 14th May 2012
SEO is defiantly a Science but has become very hazy, as everyone seems to have different opinions on how to get the results. Google wants users to pay for clicks and is really trying to make it difficult for search engine marketers.
9. Avatar-blank-50x50 Drew
12:25PM on 14th May 2012
Working out changes in the algorithms is quite scientific but I think a better comparison is with military gaming. Until the search engines start fully collaborating with SEO then we will always be at least one step behind playing catch up.
We can only use "science" to improve the speed at which we catch up!
10. Avatar-blank-50x50 Duncan Wright
1:02PM on 14th May 2012
Although I agree with the sentiment, as a Marketer of more years than I care to remember, I think the post rather misses the point.
It’s not about whether SEO is an art or science, it is about whether, for your average business, devoting significant resources to professional SEO is the best use of those resources.
As my argument is a little long to fit in a comments box, I have set it out in a reply on our blog.
11. Avatar-blank-50x50 Dr RWP
2:21PM on 14th May 2012
Some interesting points here: As an ex- particle physicist turned internet marketeer I've always believed that there are just too many variables to model SEO processes exactly - especially given the fact that ranking algorithms change so regularly..
12. Salvatore McDonagh Salvatore McDonagh
Conversion Rate Optimisation Consultant at Salvatore McDonagh
7:32AM on 15th May 2012
Sorry, but SEO is *NOT* a science, even though it requires scientific techniques to do well. Physics does not respond to the physicists by changing the rules to counter their experiments. Google does. SEO vs Google is an arms race - that requires scientific methods to have a foothold, or to advance, but it is not a "science".
13. Douglas Karr Douglas Karr
President and CEO at DK New Media, LLC
7:07PM on 15th May 2012
A "Human" strategy is identifying opportunities to enhance, promote and make content 'shareable'. Some strategies:
1. Ensuring titles and meta descriptions are tested and lead to greater click-through rates.
2. Incorporating 'sharing' technologies (twitter buttons, linkedin buttons, pinterest buttons, etc.) that allow people to easily share the information with their networks.
3. Incorporating microdata (Schema/OpenGraph) so that when content is shared, the image is optimal as well as the title and description.
4. Leveraging infographics and video. These mediums are easily shared and provide great traction for relevant links and traffic.
5. Pushing PR opportunities - both written and verbal - to get the message spread in front of authoritative sources who tend to get the message delivered more effectively. ie. Bloggers who have a large following and whose content is shared.
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Author Note: OMG, how hectic could things be??? First there was the bridge collapse, and so I didn't take time to update on my days off then. And now lately I've just been working non-stop. I finally have a couple days off and time to update.
Oh yes… I disabled anonymous reviews. Sorry people. I was getting a couple that had some comments that put me on the defensive, but since I can't reply to anonymous ones… I couldn't actually defend my writing and tell the reasons for certain things. So I just decided to not allow them. If people want to ask questions or criticize, I would like signed reviews please so I can explain myself to these people.
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Chapter Thirteen- 1 Samuel 16:7 (part of it)
People just by outward appearances, but the Lord looks at a person's thoughts and intentions.
There were no more tales of history told to Harry that day, as Severus knew that he had much to absorb already.
Severus fire called Albus and asked him to check the pensieve to find all the spells that James had used on Harry. He knew that he would not be able to watch that particular memory again. An owl arrived at dinner with a list of spells and all of the counters for them.
He looked up from the message to see Harry's questioning eyes upon him.
"If you'd still like, I now have the means to reverse the spells on your appearance."
"Oh yes, please!" Harry dropped his fork in his excitement.
"Very well. Finish your dinner and we'll adjourn to your bedroom."
"Sir- er Fath-… sir… I don't think I could eat more now. I'm too excited and nervous."
Severus nodded with understanding.
"Head upstairs then and put on some comfortable, loose fitting pajamas so the change can take place with as little discomfort as possible. I'll clean the dishes tonight.
"Oh, but that's my chore to-"
"Harry, please. Many of the counter-spells work with your magic. The process will be quite draining for you. Just make sure you are ready when I come upstairs.
"Alright. Thank you, si-… Fa…thanks." Harry sighed at his own inability to settle on a title for Snape and then excused himself from the table and went to his room.
He dug out a flannel pajama bottom from Hogwarts and one of Dudley's old shirts. They make for great pajamas. He settled on his bed and then sat at attention when he heard a soft knock.
"Come in!"
Snape entered the room slowly, hands full with phials of potions that he set on Harry's nightstand.
"These are only precautionary. I don't think you'll need all of these," he said.
"Why do I have to be in bed for this? It's still light out and everything. It's not like I'm tired." Harry half-complained, not really minding as long as it worked and he could see what he really looked like.
"As I said before, this will likely be very draining for you. Many of the counter-spells require interaction with your own magic to repel the glamours. Since these spells have been on you for your whole life, they have bonded with your magic and will be quite difficult to tear away. Also… it is illegal to use magic directly on an infant because it is very dangerous and can be damaging. James used these spells on you just minutes after you were born. There may be complications that we are not aware of as long as the spells remain intact."
This frightened Harry and little bit and his stomach twisted nervously.
"So I might be hurt by doing this? Would I be better off if I just left it all alone?"
Snape shook his head.
"Just because we can't see something or you can't feel it, doesn't mean there is nothing hurting you. It's better to get rid of what's hiding you so that we can see and fix anything that might need fixing. Do you understand?"
"Yes…. I just wish that didn't make me so nervous." Harry smiled shakily.
"Well, I am prepared and I'll be with you the entire time. I won't begin the counter-spells until you are ready."
Harry took off his glasses, setting them aside, and took a few breaths. Then he laid down and nodded to Snape.
Snape lifted his wand and began to incant. The effects felt immediate to Harry and he gasped.
"What's wrong? Do you need me to stop? We don't have to remove all the spells in one night." Snape looked so scared that Harry almost laughed.
"No, I'm fine. It just surprised me. It feels like I'm being tugged at from all sides, but it doesn't hurt. Keep going." Harry encouraged.
Severus watched his son critically, noting that Harry's breathing was slightly faster and shallower than before. He almost wanted to stop. He could see no changes yet and he still had several spells left to counter.
"Please…. Keep going." Harry asked with a small smile. And so Severus continued, watching for any dramatic declines in Harry's well being as he did.
Twenty minutes later, Severus dropped his want arm to his side. Harry had fallen asleep not long after the third counter-spell, but not before he had pressed the heels of his hands to his eyes and informing Severus that they hurt like when he tried to read without his glasses.
Severus was exhausted also. The counter-spells took a lot of energy to cast. He knew James must have been working on pure adrenaline to put all the spells on Harry and not seem affected at all.
Severus brought the chair he'd used when Harry was sick back over next to the bed and settled in for a night of watching over Harry to make sure no serious complications occurred.
Finally, sometime in the middle of the night, the spells had finally separated from Harry's magic and Severus could feel a breeze brush passed him and he flinched his eyes shut. Harry's breath hitched and then stopped and Severus set into motion. He grabbed a light blue potion, The Breath of Life, from the nightstand and gently lifted Harry's head. He poured the potion slowly and caressed the boy's throat, making him swallow.
The potion worked instantaneously and Harry gasped and settled into a regular breathing pattern. Severus settled back into the chair with a relieved sigh. With the immediate danger out of the way, Severus took the opportunity to really look upon his son for the first time.
Harry's hair was still just as wild as before, but a shade darker. The texture he'd obviously inherited from his mother, but it was Severus's own midnight color. Hid face was a little longer, but he still kept his full lips and Potter nose. Severus could tell that Harry's eyes were more almond shaped like his own and he couldn't wait until he saw the color of them when Harry awoke. Harry's skin color also changed to a more olive tone and it was obviously the color that Severus's own skin would be if he got out in the sun a little more.
Severus's gaze followed down Harry's body and he noticed the loose clothing was even baggier on the small form than it had been before. He'd been hoping, for Harry's own sake, as he was already quite short, that he would be a little taller like Severus. Unfortunately, it was obvious that Harry's stunted growth was a combined effect of malnutrition from the Dursleys and from having numerous spells over his body from the moment he was born.
As he ran a hand through Harry's unruly hair, he couldn't help but smile. His son was beautiful. A perfect mixture of Severus and Marguerite, and still Harry. He leaned in and kissed Harry's head, wanting to remember forever the first time he truly laid eyes on his son.
Morning came quickly and Severus realized he'd fallen asleep during his bedside vigil. He chuckled to himself as he hoped he wouldn't need to make a habit of spending his nights there. At least he'd woken up first this time.
He briefly thought of leaving to freshen up, but he promised Harry'd he'd be there and he wanted to be around when Harry woke up and finally saw his true self.
He didn't need to wait very long for as he was stretching to crack his back, Harry began to stir. Severus stilled until he saw Harry's eyes flutter open. Deep and dark eyes of brown with darker, almost black, flecks looked up at him.
"Did it work?" Harry asked, his voice distorted by a half concealed yawn. Severus nodded and then jumped back as Harry hopped out of bed excitedly. There was a small yelp as Harry tripped over his pant legs. Harry glanced at his feet with a frown.
"I'm shorter!"
"Yes… I did tell you there might be side effects from having the spells on you for your whole life. The spells interfered slightly with your growth."
"Bugger," Harry muttered, picking himself back up.
"It's beneficial that the spells were removed now. You still have growing years left. You won't be this size forever." Severus smirked. He motioned for Harry to continue to the bathroom so he could look in the mirror. When Harry paused, Severus put a hand on his shoulder.
"Close your eyes." He gently guided Harry into the bathroom and stood him in front of the mirror.
"Alright. Open."
Harry took a deep breath and let it out slowly before he opened his eyes.
Harry's mouth fell open and he reached up to his eyes. Then he grabbed a tuft of hair and examined it closely. He ran both hands down the sides of his face, feeling the slightly different bone structure that made it longer.
When Severus noticed a tear falling down Harry's face, he flinched.
"Are you quite alright? I realized my genes aren't the best looking ones to inherit, but-"
"It's great. I'm great." Harry sniffled, looking up at the reflection of Severus standing behind him.
"I'm still… it's still me, but better. I mean… it looks like I'm supposed to look this way."
"You are, child."
"I know! Isn't it great? I'm myself now instead of just being a copy that reminds people of someone else." Harry grinned. Severus's smile dropped despite his happiness for Harry.
"Is that how you saw yourself before?" His serious tone caused Harry to stop marveling at the mirror and turn away as if ashamed.
"Well yeah… nobody ever let me forget that I was the spitting image of my- of James Potter. Everyone expected me to be just like him. If I did anything good, it was him that everybody praised… 'must've gotten it from James'… but if I ever did anything wrong, it was all 'I don't know where that boy gets it.'. He was so bloody perfect and I couldn't measure up and everybody constantly reminded me of that. I hated looking like him." Harry scowled, looking more like Severus with his narrowed almond shaped eyes.
"You've really been so disquieted with your own appearance?" Severus asked, hear breaking as he listened to his child's lament.
"It never felt… right." Harry shrugged, turning back to the mirror again and waving at it. "This does."
He turned back again and walked back to the bedroom, glancing back once more into the mirror and grinning. Severus followed and then swept passed to pick up all the potions that were still sitting on the nightstand.
"What was in that one?" Harry pointed to the one empty phial.
"Breath of Life. You stopped breathing when the spells finally broke. Your body needed that bit of help to adjust. I imagine your body and magic had grown accustomed to the constant presence of the spells and incorporated them and used the magic. Your body may still need time to adjust… I will be keeping an eye on you and I expect you to inform me of any changes you feel, good or bad."
"Yes, sir." Harry's eyes were wide as he brought a hand to his throat, still thinking on the fact that he'd stopped breathing.
"Mmm…" Severus nodded absently, shoving the phials in the numerous pockets of his robe. "Come down to the lab as soon as you dress. I'd like to examine you before breakfast."
He left his son and went to prepare for an examination in the potions lab.
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I don't recall any mention of saunas in LOTR, but if anyone would have them, it would be the Rohirrim since they are a northern Germanic people. The long race exists nowhere except in my mind.
Thanks to Annmarwalk for her helpful comments!
"Why are you so angry?" Eomer asked in the most reasonable voice that he could muster while trying not to laugh. Word of her wrath had traveled swiftly in the crowded courts of Edoras, and he had found her in the kitchens, stabbing the hapless vegetables. She wore her hair bound up in a kerchief, as if she were already a wife, and a loose smock covered her gown.
"I cannot believe you are making him do this, as if he were some beardless, young Rider." The knife blade went thunk, thunk, thunk as Eowyn slammed it on the table. Without looking up at him, she tossed a mangled turnip aside and seized a handful of parsnips. "He was made a captain of rangers when you were still straddling a pony. He has no need to prove his prowess to anyone. I daresay he would knock you sprawling in a fair fight."
Eomer smiled, refusing to rise to the bait. "He is brother to Boromir of Gondor, so you may be right about that. But he still is a stranger to our folk. Do not forget that you are the last heir of our House, and if I die childless, Faramir's sons will rule the Mark. If he is to be your husband, he must abide by our ways."
For a moment, there was no sound as Eowyn pondered his words and pounded the knife on the table. Thunk, thunk, thunk, then scrape as she used the blade to sweep the carnage aside. "There is some truth in that," she said at last. And he thought he heard the slightest softening in her voice, but then she looked up and shook the knife at him. Strands of fair hair had escaped from the kerchief and curled about her angry, rosy face. "But I remember the last time that they held the long race. Elfhelm's arm was broken, and you came back with your beard singed off. I heard that you were drinking brandy and tried to light the fumes on your breath."
Eomer blushed in spite of himself. "Eowyn, who told you about that? Bema's boots, is there nothing secret in this town?"
"Not from me, it seems. You are lucky you took no hurt."
The words were sharp, but he saw the faintest trace of a smile, so he took advantage of this opening. "Since he arrived in Edoras, Faramir has taken counsel with the thanes from morning until night. It will do him good to ride free, away from his duties and dusty parchments. We will hunt the wise stags of the Emnet, sing the old songs, and sleep under the stars. I swear to you that no harm will befall him." Well, no serious harm anyway, Eomer said to himself. He knew of only once that a Rider had been killed on one of these forays.
"Perhaps you are right," Eowyn replied slowly. "He has done naught but sit with the counselors for the better part of a week. And indeed he should learn our ways, just as I must learn the ways of Gondor. But do not be gone for too long, for I will miss you both dearly." Still clutching a bundle of leeks, she threw her arms around his shoulders and drew him close. The reek of onions was overwhelming.
Eomer leaned down and kissed the top of her kerchief. Then he left, for much remained to be done.
He had not been entirely frank about the reasons for this journey, for he did not wish to distress her. He had seen the measuring stares, not hostile yet still not friendly, when Faramir had arrived. Grima Galmodson had not been the only man who had watched his sister with longing. That she was to wed an outlander was like pouring salt on an open wound. And now the news was abroad that Eomer was seeking the hand of the Lady Lothiriel. Would southern ways soon displace the customs of the Mark? Such, no doubt, was the fear of his men.
And to make matters worse, little was known about Faramir of Gondor. Boromir's kind and high-spirited manner had easily won their hearts; and Elessar King was held in high regard, for the Riders felt that bond that grew from shared hardship and battle. Yet Faramir had lain wounded when the hosts marched to the East, so the soldiers of the Mark had never fought by his side. They knew not what to make of this quiet stranger from the south. Eomer had decided it was time that his future kinsman became a Rider of the Mark.
They set out the next morning while the blackbirds were trilling in the grass. Eomer and Faramir rode with Marshal Elfhelm, followed by the men of the household. Despite the protests of its captain, the steward's bodyguard had been left behind in Edoras.
Boromir had once taken part in the long race, so Eomer had had no trouble persuading Faramir to join them on this journey. And besides, the man of Gondor was deeply interested in their customs. As they trotted along the stone road, he listened gravely as Eomer told him about the race. "Most men are eighteen or nineteen years of age when they hazard it, for it is a test of both wit and endurance. If they succeed, they are then allowed to join the ranks of an eored. The course is over broken terrain to remind us of our people's ride from the North, when Eorl the Young led them to battle."
"And there are still other trials that you must endure, after the race itself," Elfhelm added.
"What other trials?" Faramir asked.
Elfhelm shook his head with an expressionless look.
"We cannot speak of it. Those are the ancient rules," Eomer said solemnly.
Behind them, one of the Riders gave a loud snort of laughter. Eomer wondered if their guest had begun to regret his decision to join them.
By midday, they had reached the deep, green vale where, by tradition, the long race was held. A small hostelry had been built by the road, and two white goats were grazing on the turf roof. They raised their heads to stare at the horsemen, but the party trotted by without slowing. "We will stop there on the way back," Eomer said. The Riders were silent, but a few cast longing glances at the hostelry. When they reached the place where the road turned, skirting the valley below, they halted and dismounted.
"Here the race begins," Eomer told Faramir. "See that peak of stone on the other side of the valley?" He pointed to a pale hump of rock that rose above the distant hillside. "That is the goal. The rest of us will follow the road along the hillside. But you must cross the broken country below. Not only must you get there first, but your horse must be safe and unwinded."
"This is not enough water for my mount," Faramir replied, staring at the provisions they had given him. "The distance is at least ten leagues as the crow flies, and the day will soon turn warm." His grey gelding whickered softly and nibbled at his sleeve. The beast was tall and clean-limbed, with a graceful bend to his neck, and though he was arrayed in strange southern tack, it was plain to see that his sires must have hailed from the Mark.
Eomer shook his head. "You will have to find more water as you ride. Those are the ancient rules."
"And what is this?" Faramir gestured toward the sacks of grain and heavy armor that the Riders were loading on his horse.
"When the Eorlingas rode from the North, they carried gear of war and provender for a long journey."
"That weighs at least a hundredweight; Mithrin will be overburdened."
"Faramir, you are supposed to be hastening to the aid of your southern allies. You forfeit the race if you throw away your own provisions and armor," Eomer said pointedly.
Halfway through the course, when he reached the steep ravine, Faramir would have to choose between endangering his horse and abandoning the gear. Despite the shame of losing the race, a true Rider would leave the armor and grain in a heap.
When all was ready, Eomer and the others wished Faramir luck, and then the steward spoke quietly in Sindarin to his horse and led him down the steep bank of the road. He turned to wave in farewell then disappeared into the thickets, still leading the horse by the reins.
"So how long do you think he will be waiting before we get there, Sire?" Elfhelm asked.
Eomer rubbed his chin. "Hmmm. You may be right. We should have devised a way to make this race at least somewhat difficult."
A short while later, the two youngest of the troop led their horses down the bank and into the thickets, after Faramir. Traveling in such wilderness was not without peril, so someone was always sent to shadow the horseman. These two lads would watch over him with Faramir none the wiser.
Eomer's party set out at a slow amble. It was high summer, and though the air would soon be hot and still in the valley below, the road ran high on the hillside where the wind was cool. The horses' hooves clopped at an easy walk, while the Riders sang, with varying tunefulness, the old song about the maiden and the onion. Most of them knew only portions of the verses, so the song would come to a halt until someone called out the next words—"She grabbed the onion firmly and pulled it by its hairy root"--and then the singing continued. On such a fine day, what could be better than to ride out in the company of friends, Eomer thought.
"Prince Faramir seems most unlike his brother," old Todric remarked as they rode. "Save for his looks, of course."
"Well, they say that the old steward was a silent man, little given to mirth or song," another Rider added. "Perhaps this one apple fell closer to the tree."
In the late afternoon, they reached the meeting place. Three horses raised their heads from their grazing and whickered in greeting. One of the two young riders sat against a tree, with a bandaged leg stretched out before him. The other was stirring a pot over a small fire. His right arm was set in a sling.
"What happened to you two?" Eomer shouted as he swung down from the saddle. "And where is Prince Faramir? Is he hurt?"
"No, Sire. He is searching for some herbs," the Rider with the sling replied. "He needs them for my arm. I sprained it when I was thrown in the river after Freydis stepped on a hornet's nest and bolted away. Prince Faramir heard my shouting and fished me out of the water. He says that the herbs are also needed to treat Heregeard's leg."
"And what happened to Heregeard?"
"He twisted his ankle while he was trying to outrun the wolf."
"A wolf?"
"That one, Sire." The young Rider pointed, and Eomer stared. Nearby lay the hunched carcass of a wolf, the largest that Eomer had ever seen in his life. The creature had been felled by a single shot to the throat.
"Good thing we sent that outlander along to keep an eye on you two," a Rider muttered under his breath.
Faramir soon returned with a handful of what looked to Eomer like common weeds. His adventures had left him unscathed save for his soaked clothing. The Riders gathered together to judge his success on the course.
"I must forfeit the race," Faramir told them simply. "I had to leave the armor and grain when we came to a dangerous slope." Then the man of Gondor stared in surprise as the Riders cheered.
"You made the right choice!" Eomer said. "You refused to risk your horse for the sake of a challenge."
"And even after taking time to slay the wolf and haul young Finn from the river, he still outstripped us by at least an hour," Elfhelm stated.
Old Todric scowled and stroked his grey beard. "And bringing back Heregeard and Finn is worth at least a few points."
"But only a few," someone added. Finn blushed as the Riders tousled his fair hair and thumped him on the back.
Eomer raised a hand for silence. "Then if we are agreed, he has won the race. But now, having ridden the course, he must prove that he is still fit to fight at the journey's end."
Elfhelm glanced at the arrow in the wolf's throat. "No need for a trial with the bow, so that leaves swordsmanship to judge. However, since Prince Faramir's skill with a blade is well-known, Eomer King and I have devised a different challenge."
"Your words make me most uneasy," Faramir said with a laugh.
"As well they might," Elfhelm replied. "For you are to fight Eomer King armed with naught but an onion"
The Riders shouted with laughter, and even scholarly Faramir grinned like a young lad. To ready for the fight, Eomer and the steward put aside their arms and stripped down to their braes. The men of the eored quickly made wagers on who would be the winner.
"Your weapons, lords." Elfhelm handed each a large onion with long green leaves. "There are no rules, though I would point out that if either fighter is hurt, you both will face the wrath of Lady Eowyn."
Armed with vegetables, the two warriors circled each other at a wary distance.
"Surrender now, old man," Eomer growled, trying not to laugh. The steward was his elder by eight years.
"Do you not have the onions to fight me?" Faramir replied, brandishing his floppy weapon in an unseemly fashion. While Eomer was laughing, the steward sprang at him and bore him to the ground.
"That was a low trick," Eomer sputtered through a mouthful of grass. "Boromir would never have done such a thing." With a great heave, he managed to pin the steward under his weight.
"Who did you think taught me to fight?" Faramir replied as he shoved the onion in Eomer's face, driving his head back. The man of Gondor wiggled free and rolled to his feet. Quickly recovering, Eomer caught at his ankle and tripped him.
Elfhelm strode forward. "I declare this match at an end. Prince Faramir has duly proven his skill. And so the long race is ended."
The men crowded about the new Rider and buffeted and embraced him until Eomer feared they would knock him to the ground. Half-naked and streaked with dust, Faramir smiled.
"And now you must get a tattoo. In honor of the events of this day," Eomer told the steward. The troop had ridden back to the small hostelry and sat on the benches by the fire.
"A tattoo?" Faramir asked.
"I know that they practice this art in Gondor," Elfhelm said, as he untied a small bundle and set out the shining needles and tiny pots of pigment. "Did not your own brother sport a large tattoo of a horn on his—uh, backside?"
Faramir smiled wryly. "He had it done after a late-night revel in Dol Amroth, and he rued the deed when he woke on the morrow. Though the mark was in such a place that few would ever see it."
Someone made a strange sound, halfway between a laugh and a cough, and several of the Riders were grinning broadly. No small number of people had gazed upon that famous tattoo during Boromir's visits to Edoras.
"Well, you need not worry, Prince Faramir. I can make the mark small. It is always drawn on the back of the right shoulder, so your tunic needs to come off." Faramir stripped to the waist, then as he sat on the floor by the light of the fire, the marshal laved his right shoulder with soap and water. His back was terribly scarred where the southron arrow had torn his flesh during the siege of the White City, and the tale of other battles was traced in jagged runes on his body. It is a wonder that he lived to see this day, Eomer thought grimly.
Faramir watched with great interest as, using ink and a tiny brush, the marshal sketched the traditional design—a running horse--on his skin. He stared very closely as Elfhelm held a long needle in the fire to clean it.
"Are you certain you would rather not have a big horn on your backside?" Eomer asked, trying to distract him. He thought the man looked a trifle pale.
"Now try not to jump. The needle will sting," Elfhelm warned as he made the first stab.
Faramir winced; then he glanced uneasily at the needle poking into his skin.
"Drink this." Eomer handed him a cup of mead. "You are far too sober to endure this. You need to be drunk. The drunker the better."
Faramir took the cup. "Just remember that your sister will someday see whatever you and the good marshal draw on me while I am besotted."
Elfhelm looked up from his work. "Why do you not trust us?"
"An onion," Eomer said. "Draw a giant onion, right on his--"
"However, sire, for my own health and well-being, I will have to tell the lady Eowyn that you ordered me to do it. And now we had better stop making Prince Faramir laugh or this tattoo will have five legs."
Two cups of mead later, the drawing was done. While Faramir donned his shirt and tunic, the maidservants brought their supper--berries and cream and good roast mutton and freshly-baked bread. The soldiers, after a long day of riding, stuffed their faces like a pack of starving squirrels.
Smoothing the front of her apron, the innkeeper leaned down to speak to Eomer. "Who is that dark-haired man?" she whispered with a sidelong glance toward the steward. "He is most handsomely made."
"A new Rider," Eomer told her.
She gave him an arch smile. "After the long race, no doubt he is dusty and weary and sorely in need of a bath and a backrub." This innkeeper was well-known for putting comely guests at their ease.
When the men had blunted the edge of their hunger, they raised their cups and drank waes hael to their King and also to the new Rider--the overly quiet yet valiant Prince Faramir, slayer of wolves and by far the oldest man to ever ride the long race. The cups were raised again and again. The mead was sweet and strong, and the weary steward's eyes soon grew bright.
When the dishes had been cleared away, the innkeeper told them that the bathhouse was ready.
"It is part of the tradition to take a steam bath after the race," Eomer told the man of Gondor as he led him to the small hut behind the inn. A tiny stove sat in the middle of the low room, and wooden benches ran around the walls. They stripped off their dusty clothes and boots and left their weapons by the door. With a happy sigh, Faramir lay full length on one of the benches, while Eomer flung some water on the hot stove.
"Folk in Dol Amroth also take steam baths. I ought to build a bathhouse like this in Ithilien," Faramir said drowsily, his eye half-closed.
Eomer stretched himself out on a bench. The warm cedar wood felt so good against his weary back. "Eowyn would be pleased. She was always fond of the one at Edoras."
Then they fell silent, and the only sound was the hissing of the stove. After a while, the door creaked softly, and the innkeeper stole into the room. She bore soft, fluffy towels and a small bottle of sweet-smelling oil to knead into sore muscles. With a wink at Eomer, she leaned over the other man. She ran a hand softly along his cheek. Faramir stirred a little but did not open his eyes.
The innkeeper looked up, startled. "What ails him, Eomer King? He is either stone drunk or dead weary."
Eomer peered in the man of Gondor's face. "Both, I fear. He is unused to mead for his people do not brew it. He will not wake for hours, so I deem we had best get him to bed."
"What a shame. I was so looking forward to working the stiffness out of those shoulders," the innkeeper murmured, her gaze lingering on Faramir's nakedness. She traced the curve of one hip with her fingertips, and she brushed his throat with a light kiss. Then she tore herself away and went to fetch help.
"Now he looks like a member of this eored," old Todric muttered as they carried Faramir, wrapped in a blanket, back to a room in the inn. They settled him under the coverlets then snuffed out the lamp. With a last wistful look at the sleeping man, the innkeeper quietly closed the door.
"I have been riding since sunrise, and my back is causing me terrible pain," Eomer told her with a smile. "Such pain as I can scarcely bear."
Raising an eyebrow, she smiled in return, and taking his hand, she led him to the bathhouse.
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0.056303 | <urn:uuid:6a5cfa38-bb18-4cfa-9776-db683084f029> | en | 0.994589 | Hellllo there! XD This little oneshot came to me around two in the morning, and it took about an hour to write. Oh yes, I ALWAYS stay up that late, I have like, insomnia or something.
But anyway, StuxMay is so cute, I just couldn't pass up the idea of writing about them. Take in mind that they are slightly older than they are in the game, but still young enough to irk each other in a way only small children could. Yeah...did that make sense? XD Heh heh.
I know it's short, but I still hope you StuxMay, maybe Stay ;P, lovers will like this as much as I do. I had a lot of fun writing this, and I wrote it in third person, something I don't usually do too often. So hopefully it's okay.
Chivalry is Dead, But You're Still Kinda Cute
Summary: In which May gives Stu a lesson in manners. Stu x May. HM:MFoMT.
Disclaimer: Yeah, I don't own a thing.
She was shaking her head at him, this was never a good sign. She usually only did that when he disappointed her in some way. Of course, he did that a lot. But it really wasn't his fault. After all, he was just a boy, weren't boys supposed to be obnoxiously annoying? He was guessing that that was a big no.
Apparently you weren't supposed to shove a "slimy-disgusting-ewwwy" frog in a girl's face and say, "Isn't it cool?!"
He let out a long sigh. Why hadn't he learned from the incident with Elli? Now he had to sit through another one of May's lectures on manners, or some other big, random word his older sister mentioned once. Started with an e, or something like that. He didn't really care. Stu never paid much attention to his older sister, no matter how much she scolded him. She was just too…annoying. And May tells him that he's the annoying one. He wanted to tell her to go be Elli's little brother for a day, she'd change her mind real quick.
"Sit," May ordered, pointing a small finger at a spot of grass near the riverbed not far from her house.
Stu rolled his eyes at her as he plopped himself down on the small plot of lawn, crossing his arms in a big showy way to let her know that he wasn't enjoying this. She placed her hands on her hips and let out a loud, prissy hmph to show how annoyed she was with him.
The boy scowled. "You aren't going to force me into a dress and make me play Tea-Party with your stuffed animals again, are you?"
He was joking with her, and he was sure she knew that. But for a mere second he thought he saw May's lips tug into a tiny smirk, as if she was remembering the embarrassing moment that he marked to be one of the worst days of his life. And all too suddenly, he was freaking inside of his tiny little mind because he thought, for sure, the small girl before him was going to make him do that again.
He would never forget the day, even though he really really wanted to, May stuffed him into a pink, gaudy, overly-ruffled dress. He couldn't even remember what he did to deserve that punishment, but Stu was sure she definitely did.
May scoffed. "I'm too old for tea-parties and stuffed animals now, stupid."
"I'm not stupid," he shook his head, "you are!"
"Pffft," she waved the boy off. "You know what they say!"
He cringed. May sang that last part. It wasn't like she didn't have a pretty voice, oh no. It was because Stu liked her voice, he wanted her to keep singing. Ew, girls are gross. And that's all he had to think to himself to make him stop feeling that way about her singing. Of course he thought girls were gross, they had these weird…girl cooties.
"No, I don't know what they say."
She smiled, "There is no May in stupid, but there is a Stu!"
He opened his mouth to say something just as smart, but snapped it shut soon after. Stu really couldn't argue with that logic, even though he wanted too. S-T-U-P-I-D, he spelled the word out in his head, taking note that, indeed, there was a Stu in stupid.
"Gotchya there, didn't I?" May teased, taking a seat next to him on the ground.
Stu could only nod, the brilliance of it all still washing over him. He heard the little black-haired girl next him giggle, noticing how impressed he was. He immediately blushed and turned away, tightening his already-crossed arms.
After some time sitting in silence, May announced, "Don't think I forgot your lesson in manners, Stu. In fact," she stood back up, "we're starting right now."
The boy groaned, throwing himself backwards on the ground. He looked up at the sky, white fluffy clouds scattered across the blue canvas. He could have sworn one of them looked like a cow, while another looked closely to a chicken.
He was probably spending too much time down at Claire's farm…
May shuffled over to Stu, peering down at him. He was probably daydreaming or watching clouds, he tended to do that a lot. As soon as she made it into his field of vision, Stu grinned. "And that one looks like May!" he yelled, sarcastic.
The girl narrowed her eyes at him. "That's because it is May. Stu-pid."
He scrunched his nose up in disgust at hearing the new nickname that he would probably hear for months. She never let things go easily, May was the one for grudges.
"Okay, Stu. Lesson one in manners: if a girl fell down, what would you do?" She looked at him expectantly, waiting for a good answer.
The boy in questioning sat back up, tapping his chin. "…Help her up…?" He knew these lessons all too well, but the weird thing about it was that May never asked the same question twice. How her tiny little mind remembered each and every question she asked was beyond his knowledge. So he always played along, he knew the right thing to do in every situation May threw at him. It wasn't like he was some jerk, no way. Stu was old enough to know how to be polite to a girl, even if they were…strange.
Did girls think boys were strange?
And why did he care?
He didn't, of course.
Girls were too complex for his boy-mind to understand, or even handle.
May eyed Stu suspiciously, but moved on none-the-less. "Did you know that it's polite to hold a girl's hand if you like her?"
He tilted his head, confused. Not even Elli had told him that one, and usually Elli was chiding his ear off about politeness and all of that stuff. "No, I didn't."
"For being older, you sure don't know a whole lot more than me."
"Are we done yet?" He questioned, brushing off May's last statement, obviously bored with her lessons. Stu got bored of things so quickly, he had to constantly change tasks to keep himself from getting bored stiff. And it didn't help any that these lessons were something he was constantly sitting through.
Well, if it was manners May wanted, manners May would get.
He hopped up and looked down at May, waiting for her say in the matter. He didn't know why, but he always waited for her to say that they were done, and that he didn't have to sit through another lecture of pure rambling and politeness and blahblahblah. Something about just leaving without her consent made him feel…rude.
And that was a hard thing for Stu to feel since he was a boy and all. At least, that's what he thought.
May shrugged, a smile touching her brown eyes. "Okay! We can go to Claire's farm."
Stu let out a sigh of relief, thankful that he didn't have to learn another lesson he most certainly knew already. "Sounds good to me."
And on the way to Big Sister's house, May couldn't help but notice a slight pressure on the inside of her palm. She looked down, blushing.
Stu was holding her hand.
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0.352387 | <urn:uuid:21c5fbe6-6deb-4a49-9b50-2e8c8c52ccb5> | en | 0.988662 | Okay, so, the 'kids' are alway getting hurt by VILLAINS, but what if they were up against NATURE?
I own nothing.
WARNINGS: blood, violence, MIIIINOR language, fluff
PAIRINGS: no slash (just familial) Roy/Dick (Brother/Brother), Dick/Wally (Brother/Brother), Wally/Roy (Brother/Brother)
I have nothing against slash writers, but I will never write slash, so for those of you who don't like it- don't worry. there will never be any slash in my stories.
Now, if you would: R&R
The raven-haired boy shivered in the car, pulling his coat closer towards his trembling body. Roy looked into the rear-view mirror, his blue eyes showing excitement, but also worry. "Cold, Dick?"
The youngest nodded, and Roy turned up the heat in the van. "We have about... thirty more minutes."
"UGH!" came the reply of a rather antsy ginger in the front seat. Roy abruptly thumped Wally on the head, and the speedster cried out.
Dick laughed loudly, his signature cackle that drove everyone mad. "Watch out, KF- no one like an angry Speedy-"
"It's. Red. Arrow," the oldest growled into the mirror.
Wally and Dick laughed in unison.
They drove further and further along the one-way road covered in ice. Snow fell all around, making the boys wonder why they even wanted to come at all.
Then, they saw their campgrounds, and their minds changed.
The ground was laden with white powder, and a harder, compact layer of the white was underneath. Large pine trees loomed over the small clearing, their under-branches a deep emerald while the tops were covered in powdered sugar- or at least seemed to be. It was already getting dark, and the moon was shining brightly. The boys had come at just the right time- full moon, no blizzards set for the next week, and with chalky powder on the ground, perfect for doing tricks on their boards.
Roy stopped the car, and everyone felt the cold settle in immediately. Wally shivered, pulling a woolen hat down over his red fluff and his already pink-colored ears. Opening up his door, the speedster stepped out, followed by Dick and Roy.
Dick breathed out heavy white fog, shoving his tingling fingers into his pockets. Turning, the 13-year-old saw Roy already unpacking the supplies. "Need a hand?"
The archer smirked and tossed Dick a nap sack. Dick turned and set it down before turning-
And wet, white fluff hit him straight in the face.
As Dick wiped off the snow, he saw Wally in the background, laughing and doubling over as he held his stomach. He growled and picked up his own snowball-
Only, before he could act out, a larger ball of white hit Wally square in the-
Wally doubled over again, only this time, for a much different reason. Dick beamed at Roy, who was wiping snow off on his jeans. He turned an innocent face to the boy. "What?"
"Nothing," Dick chuckled.
Soon enough, they had all of their bags out of the car. Wally had decided not to help, and was instead making snow angels. Roy went over and kicked his head gently. "Ouch!"
"Come on, Kid Mouth. We've got about three miles' hike before we get to the Glades."
The Glades was an area the boys all knew well, having been there several times before- birthdays, holidays, weekends, and even just for the heck of it. In all, they had probably been to 'their spot' about fifty times.
The Glades was somewhat of a clearing- a patch of no trees and short grasses where making fires was easy. The trees came up and around it like a dome, guarding the small 'clearing' from snow and rain torrents.
The hike there was treacherous.
And, to be honest, the three had never been in the mountains when it had this much snow out. When Dick stepped in it, it came up to his knees- so it came up to about mid-calf for the other two. Snow had begun to fall gently again, and the boys were all soaked by the time they got halfway to the Glades.
Roy turned around and dragged Wally in front of him. Snow coated the ginger's shoulders and head lightly. Roy smirked and hit it off playfully, making his best friend cry out. "Hey!"
Roy rolled his eyes. "The snow's a bit thick," he spoke, light white clouds emerging from chapped lips. "Set your stuff down," he ordered, becoming the protective, responsible big-brother once more. "Get on your snow shoes."
Wally nodded and did as he was told. The snow came up to his waist, even when he was sitting on the bag. "Woah," he said, shivering. "It's a lot colder than I thought it'd be..."
Roy nodded, stretching. "Yeah. You wanna go back?"
Wally made a face. "No way!"
Roy smirked and turned. "Hey, Di-" He stopped short.
Dick wasn't there.
"Dick?" Roy tried to keep his voice even as he re-traced the route from before. "Dick!"
Wally got a bit nervous when Roy called out a third time. He tied off his snow shoes, then began to call out, himself. "Dick? Dick!"
They both stopped, sharing a terrified glance. Wally's cheeks were turning red already, and Roy's already were. The sun was down fully by now, and they should have already been at the Glades. Wally stood in one spot, vibrating (from nerves and for warmth) as Roy dug around in his duffel for a flashlight, scenarios ran through Wally's head.
What if he got lost? Wait, how would he have gotten lost? He was right behind me! What if he got dragged off by a wolf? Oh, God, he's thirteen- Oh, God! BATMAN IS HIS DAD! Oh, God, oh, God, oh, God! Where is he? Oh! Klarion turned him into a mouse! That's it! It's so obvious I don't know how I- wait. That's magic! It's not plausible at all! Oh, God, this snow is getting to me...
Roy stood and turned on the flashlight, shining it out into the distance. "Dick?" he called as loud as he could. "DICK?"
Taking a few steps forward, Roy had to catch himself before he tripped. He swore under his breath, "Dick, where are you?"
Wally's eyes suddenly saw something in the distance. He gasped, pointing back from where they had come, only down-hill, off the path a bit more. "Roy!"
The young man turned and sighed with relief when he saw Dick, bundled up in his blue and black coat, his cheeks bright red with snowflakes on his eyelashes, walking towards him. "Dick!" he snapped, running forward.
When he got a few feet from the boy, he saw an unnatural lump in his coat. Roy cocked an eyebrow. "Um, Dick, what-"
Dick opened his jacket slightly to show a medium-sized Husky puppy. It was white and had heavy black spots on his forehead. The puppy's pink tongue lolled out, and it blinked its crystal blue eyes up at Roy.
The archer scowled at the puppy. "Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no."
Wally and Roy were packed back up like camels after everyone got their snow shoes on, their loads a good five pounds heavier.
Dick cooed at the tiny, fuzzy rat (as far as Roy was concerned) in his arms. "What're you doin' out in the snow, huh, baby? Huh?" The puppy licked its hero's nose, blinking and seemingly smiling at him. Dick gave his chuckle, and the puppy barked, smoke coming from its lips.
"I'm naming her Eskimo," Dick said to two very grumpy gingers.
"Great," Wally droned sarcastically. They still had a good mile left in their trip, and Dick was playing with a stupid puppy!
"Where do you think she came from?" Dick asked Roy innocently, reverting to his 13-year-old 'Bruce's baby boy' act so that the archer wouldn't set his butt on fire.
"I don't know," Roy growled, shifting the bags higher on his back. "Probably got lost with a family she was camping with."
Dick brushed his hand along her neck, feeling for any sign of a collar. "No tags."
Roy shrugged. "We'll get her to the kennel when we get back."
Both red-heads snapped around, staring at Dick as he protectively held the Husky to his chest. The puppy seemed to be mind-reading the boy who held her, because she began to whine pitifully.
"Dude," Wally scoffed, "you think Bruce's gonna let you keep that rat?"
Eskimo barked defensively, making Wally stagger back as she showed off pearly white canines. Dick cackled, and Roy tried to hide his smile. Wally scowled and began to trudge on, muttering something like, 'stupid rat'.
Dick went on to answer Wally's question. "Alfred thinks I'm getting 'distant' and 'disoriented'-"
"It's called puberty!" Wally shouted over his shoulder.
Dick rolled his eyes pointedly, making a face at Roy and pointing to the speedster. "Anyways," the boy began again, "Alfred thinks I need a- a friend..." His voice got quiet, so that only Roy could hear the last part.
He frowned at the boy, slowing down to let Dick catch up. He flung an arm around the boy's shoulder, sending snow flying as he did. "C'mere, Dickie-bird," he teased, hugging the kid slightly. God, he's so... tiny.
"Dick," he said softly, a bit more serious, "we're your friends, you know that? You can talk to me and Wa- well, you can talk to me about anything."
Dick quickly shrugged Roy off. "We'd better catch up to Wally."
And he ran off.
They reached the Glades in an hour, and when they did-
"Woah..." Wally gasped, eyes wide in horror.
Dick hefted Eskimo higher on his chest, and she whined when he frowned.
Roy was in utter... Shock.
Someone had come in and completely chopped off the dome.
The Glades- their place- was ruined.
Snow had fallen even higher in the small twenty-by-twenty foot circle clearing, at almost three feet in the deepest spot. The trees had been cut off to match the height of the others around them, leaving a wide hole that reached straight into the sky.
Dick's eyes filled with tears, and he wiped his nose with his sleeve.
The three of them had so many memories here.
Barry leaned over the fire, tossing some more wood in. Dick jumped up and shouted in his adorable eight-year-old voice, "Ooh! I wanna help!"
Bruce was about to reach forward and say something along the lines of, 'I don't trust Barry around my kid with fire', but Oliver reached a hand out towards his fellow billionaire. Bruce glared at him, and he mouthed, 'Watch.'
Barry pulled Dick into his arms, holding the boy a good ways away from the fire and above where the flames could hurt him. Dick squealed and threw a piece of wood in. It made it perfectly, and Wally, from his spot sitting at Bruce's feet, shouted, "SCORE!"
Bruce smiled and, without thinking, ruffled the hair on Wally's head. The ten-year-old looked up, blushing, but when he saw Bruce's smile, he returned to his cheeky self.
Roy leaned in towards Bruce and Oliver. "Can we have s'mores now?"
A tear trickled down Dick's cheek without him realizing it. Eskimo licked it up.
Wally turned, his eyes red, brimmed with tears. "They- they just- they just ruined our spot- our spot!"
Roy sighed, pulling both boys into his sides. "Technically, it wasn't our spot, guys. Sorry, but, whoever did this, well, we can't have stopped them-"
"Who cares?" Wally cried out angrily, stalking away into the clearing. He turned in his spot, snowflakes falling onto his reddened nose. "Look what they did!" he shouted furiously.
Eskimo nuzzled Dick's cheek, and the boy was pulled back into reality.
"They... How could someone do this?"
Roy sighed, pulling Dick into his side once more. He gestured for Wally to follow him to the edge of the clearing. "C'mon, kids. We can't spend the night in the snow, and we can't just walk back to the van- we're too far out."
Wally stumbled over. It was an odd sight- Wally, fleet-footed Kid Flash, stumbling.
It almost made Dick laugh.
Roy sat his bags down, groaning slightly as the pressure was relieved from his back. He stretched, popping joints and stretching limbs. A sigh of relief came from the 18-year-old's dry lips, and he forced them into a smile. But, truthfully, his insides felt like they were doing flips. This had been their spot- his spot.
Even when he wasn't with the boys- sometimes just with Oliver, or sometimes just alone- he would come out here for a weekend or a week, just to relax and camp out. You could see the stars from in between the branches, but the rain and snow didn't make it onto your face or fire, and the trees were so far out that you didn't have to worry about a blaze.
"See, Roy?" Oliver spoke, sitting back, wiping his charred hands on his forehead to get sweat off.
The sixteen-year-old nodded. "Right. You have to stack rocks around the fire-"
"-after you dig a hole-"
"-and fill it with fuel. I got it, Ollie, I got it!"
Oliver rolled his eyes and batted Roy's head. The teen winced playfully. "Ouch! You abuse me."
"Technically, you're a legal adult since I got you signed."
Roy rolled his eyes. "No, Speedy is a legal adult. Roy Harper is a sixteen-year-old kid."
Oliver chuckled. "Well, I like that sixteen-year-old kid just as much."
The red-head shook the thoughts away to see Wally and Dick (and Eskimo) looking up at him. "Roy?" Dick repeated, looking burdened. "Roy, do you want us to start digging?"
Roy nodded. "Yeah- yeah, sure." Dick set Eskimo down, and she began to trot around the boys, yipping playfully. Wally couldn't help but crack a smile. Roy just groaned.
"She is kinda cute, Roy-"
"Shut it, Kid Incompetence."
Eskimo sat down on Roy's duffel, and she seemingly stuck her tongue out at him. He snarled and reached over to pick up the bag. She nipped at his fingers. Though it didn't catch blood, especially since she just had milk teeth, but it did sting.
Dick turned around, not being able to hide his laughter, while Wally bit down on his lips tightly. Roy grumbled to himself silently. He swiftly pulled the bag out from underneath Eskimo, and she barked fiercely (and by 'fiercely', he meant how she tried to be fierce).
"Dick," the archer mumbled roughly, "go get some firewood, and take the rat with you."
Dick rolled his eyes and scratched Eskimo behind her taunt ears. She yipped happily, making Dick smile.
Roy bristled gruffly. If she made Dick happy...
"I'll make sure to get enough food out for... Eskimo, too."
Dick beamed up at Roy. Before the archer could do anything, Dick had his arms wrapped around the older's shoulders in a hug. Roy winced as Dick choked the air out of him, but when the boy said thoughtfully, "Thanks, Roy," it was all worth it.
Dick grabbed a piece of neon orange climbing rope and swiftly fashioned a leash for Eskimo. She didn't object, so Dick pulled her gently to lead her on. He snatched up a flashlight as he left. "Be back in a few minutes!" he called out, waving.
Wally waved back at super-speed as Roy bent over and began to shovel the snow away with his hands. "Come on, West. Help me with this."
Dick shuffled through the snow as he headed back towards camp. One arm held up the bundle of wood- about ten large pieces and at least twenty twigs- and in the other, he flashed the light onto his path. He had Eskimo's leash clipped to his belt loop.
Suddenly, the puppy whined.
Dick peered over the pile of wood in his arm to get a good look at the dog. She seemed uneasy. She's just tired, he assured himself silently.
They trudged on.
Eskimo whimpered again, only sharper this time, and more aggressive. Dick stopped again.
He peered down at Eskimo again, curious and worried. Her tail was firmly down and between her legs, her shackles raised and her black lips pulled back, showing off her tiny milk teeth. That may not have been very frightening, but her eyes were. Her pupils were wide, almost taking over her blue irises wholly.
Dick slowly allowed the light to shine upward at where her nose was pointed.
He gasped, and his hand tightened around the wood pile.
There, right in front of them, was a wolf.
A wolf with blood-stained teeth.
Wally sat back on his sleeping bag, rubbing his stomach. "I'm hungry!"
Roy grumbled, "We just ate two hours ago."
"Three, actually. Remember?"
Roy rolled his eyes. "Once Dick gets back-"
A sudden, blood-curdling scream filled the air.
Roy was standing in an instant, his bow in his hand. Wally was already out in the middle of the clearing, facing Roy. His cheeks were still red, but his expression showed how ashen his face was beneath the chill.
"Where did it come from?" he asked, vibrating in his spot, melting the snow.
Roy darted in the direction Dick had gone, and Wally shot in front of him, ready to break bones if need be.
The wolf darted forward, and Dick dodged, dropping his wood pile in between him and the wolf. He rolled, unclasping Eskimo's leash as he did- she would only hinder him in the fight.
The wolf snarled, hackles raised high and lips curled back towards its nose. Its gums were black and rotten, and there were pieces of meat stuck in its teeth. Dick didn't want to think of what animal that meat had come from.
If it had been an animal...
The wolf bolted towards Dick, jaws open and eyes blazing.
Again, the boy tuck and rolled.
Eskimo was in the background, snarling and yelping, still in an aggressive stance, but not attacking. The wolf was completely ignoring her, instead focusing on Dick. It must have known that Eskimo wouldn't give him as much meat...
No! Don't think like that...
Dick let himself get distracted.
One of Batman's first rules had been: "Never, under any circumstances, let anything or anyone distract you. It only means death."
He had been right.
Dick hadn't been distracted with that wolf, though, oh no. He was completely focused on the snarling, meat-loving monster in front of him.
It was the one behind him that caught him off guard.
The beast leaped through a bush and knocked Dick to the ground. He turned just as he fell, and the wolf sunk its jaws into his shoulder.
Dick hadn't been ready for the blow, and he let out a scream that shook the Earth.
This only made the wolf bite down harder.
Blood rushed from the puncture sight, flooding over Dick's coat, staining the blue brown and the black... black, only darker. The jagged, bacteria-filled tooth struck bone, and Dick hissed loudly, grabbing at the creature's jaws, trying to muscle its mouth open.
Eskimo jumped forward, biting the wolf's tail. The beast pulled away, growling fiercely. Dick clutched at his shoulder, feeling a deep hole going down into his body. "No!" he cried at the wolf. It bit Eskimo's ear and threw her into a tree. The dog fell, whimpering, and scuttled into the shadows.
That done, the two wolves rounded on Dick. He stood, shaking as his shoulder throbbed. You've fought with worse...
In a forest, alone, in 5-degree weather, in a heavy-set coat, when you're already tired from a long hike?
Um, no.
The first wolf charged, and Dick grabbed its throat, throwing it at the other. Sadly, the second dodged and continued its path-
Knocking Dick over into the snow.
The Boy Wonder roared and grabbed the wolf's jaws in either hand as he fought it off. The dirty teeth bored into his gloves, nicking at Dick's palms. He hissed and tried to open up the wolf's mouth enough to make its jaw crack- or at least hurt enough so that the beast would leave him alone.
In a sudden burst of strength, the wolf bit down on one of Dick's hands. The raven-haired boy let out another shrill shriek, using his foot to kick the thing away.
It bit him twice.
It no longer deserved to be called a dog.
Or a wolf.
Dick winced as he shoved himself to his feet, cradling his right hand to his stomach. They had to have heard me... He scoffed. Batman had to have heard me in Gotham! What kind of a hero am I?
The two wolves suddenly retreated, snarling in Dick's direction.
Heaving a loud sigh, a release of pain, the boy allowed himself to slump against a large tree.
Wally, clad in his parka and khakis, knelt down next to Dick. When he saw his best friend's neck wet with blood, his face went a considerable three shades lighter. "Oh, God, Dick!"
Roy followed swiftly behind, his bow out before him, a bow locked and ready, aimed at the brush where the wolves had retreated. Casting a glance over his shoulder, Roy caught sight of Dick, pale and shaking. He swore under his breath. "Wally, fix up his hand first."
The ginger nodded and took off his scarf, pulling Dick's hand out.
Wally hissed, his emerald eyes squinting as he put a flashlight in his mouth to illuminate the wound. There were four distinct bite wounds, one on the boy's thumb, three on his palm. There was blood splatter on the back of his hand, as well.
But Wally couldn't worry about that right now.
He quickly (super-speedily) wrapped the scarf around Dick's hand. "Tell me if it hurts."
Dick nodded, but bit his tongue. Wally rolled his eyes, mumbling, "Bats..."
"Wally!" came Roy's terse cry.
Eskimo ran out of the shadows, hiding herself behind Roy's boot.
And also out of the shadows came three blood-thirsty wolves.
Dick's eyes grew wide, and he heaved himself to his feet, using Wally's shoulder as leverage. "Wally, get Dick out of here!" Roy snarled, sounding oddly similar to the wolves.
Dick shook his head, reaching into his pocket for his utility belt. "No, No I can he-"
Wally turned, dragging Dick along with him. Dick turned back around and screamed, "Eskimo!"
The Husky obeyed diligently.
Wally tried not to super-speed too much, as to not end up sending Dick into the snow face-first, but the sound of snarling was growing louder. There came several flashes of gray from the trees around the duo, and Wally stopped short, staying silent. Smog lifted from both boys' lips. Wally gripped the shorter, bleeding boy tighter into his side. "Dick..."
Dick shivered, but didn't answer.
Slowly, the snarling grew louder and louder.
And suddenly, at least eight wolves were in front of them. All showed battle scars, some missing eyes, some missing ears, some missing patches of fur. All had the same blood-thirsty snarls and red, beady eyes.
Wally felt his breath come short. Dick bent over and scooped Eskimo into his wounded arm, wincing. Wally grabbed up the younger bridal-style, Eskimo settling on Dick's chest, and in a blur, they were running back to Roy.
Roy let his third arrow fly, striking the last wolf straight in the heart.
He suddenly let out a breath he didn't know he had been holding.
Okay, apparently they were going to try and make the hike back to the van tonight.
The red-head was knocked off his feet by a snowy blur. "AUCK!" He landed face-first into the snow. Sitting back, Roy spat out the powder, Wally's name on his tongue-
Then he saw the speedster's wide, fearful eyes. Dick, his coat now covered in blood, was lying in Wally's arms, that cute little rat on his chest. It was obvious that Dick was fighting with unconsciousness.
Roy stood abruptly, anger overwhelming him. He felt it boiling through his blood, pumping up his adrenaline. "WALLY! You were supposed to take him back to-"
A wolf's cry pierced the night.
Three heads jolted spines as they turned to face at least twenty wolves, standing above them on the mountain. Roy felt his mouth open and his eyes widen, his tongue grasping for words.
Wally found them.
They bolted.
Wrong move.
The chase went by like a flash of lightning.
Wally ran in front, going down the mountain, away from their campsite, as fast as he could without tripping on a rock or a root and sending himself, Eskimo, and, most importantly, Dick flying.
Roy ran at an angle, almost ten feet behind the speedster. He had abandoned his gloves earlier, before he and Wally ran to find Dick. He could shoot better now, but his fingers were on fire.
Arrow after arrow flew by in the night. The only light was that of the moon and stars, which could barely be seen past the treetops. Wally kept stumbling over the very rocks and roots he was trying to avoid, and Roy kept missing his target.
Eskimo nestled into Dick's chest as his eyes fluttered. She licked his nose, as if she knew she had to keep him awake. Dick managed a small, pain-laced smirk. "T-T-Thanks, Eskimo..."
She almost nodded.
The wolves were gaining on them. For every one that Roy shot down, another two seemed to take its place. Like the Hydra...
"I thought-" Wally grunted to Dick, "-the point of-" grunt "-this was to get us-" grunt "-out of harm's way for a week!"
"Y-Y-Yeah," Dick tried to joke, but the blood loss was getting to him by now. Wally managed a peek at his friend and saw that Dick was falling asleep.
"Dick! Dickie, no, no, no, no, no! Don't go to sleep! Not yet! Just... Just stay awake, okay? Just stay awake!"
A root seemingly jumped up, and Wally tripped, sending himself, Dick, and Eskimo into the air.
Wally fell into the snow on his side, his ribs making an unearthly crunch on the frozen soil. "AUGH!"
Dick began to roll down the mountain, his limbs going every which way. Snow flew up, and rocks slit open his coat and cheeks. He wanted to cry out in pain- his lungs begged him to- but if he did, he would end up swallowing those rocks.
Tiny teeth latched onto the hem of Dick's sleeve, stopping him mid-roll. He slid down a ways, but his bloody, throbbing fingers found a hold in between two sharp rocks.
Eskimo let go and, whimpering, curled up into a ball next to Dick's cheek. He breathed in the scent of her fur, using his free hand to pet her gently. "G-G-Good girl, E-Eskimo... Good g-g-girl..."
The snow was falling gently, still.
Everything was silent, as if nothing had ever happened.
There was not the sound of snarling or howling, or that of an arrow flying through the air, or even of leaves crunching beneath feet.
Dick lay in the snow, his shoulder still bleeding, his hand still throbbing. The icy ground stung his cheek, and some of it found its way into his open, rasping mouth. Eyes shut tightly, Dick blocked out the world, welcoming darkness...
Roy managed to throw the wolves off of him by running past a deer carcass- probably the earlier dinner that had peaked the monsters' hunger.
With his bow still in his hand, Roy made his way down the mountain, his breath coming in shallow, high gasps. "W-WALLY!" he croaked, stopping to catch his breath.
No answer came.
Again, no answer.
Oh, God... Roy thought grimly. They didn't have cell phones, and even if they did, they wouldn't have service. They didn't have walkie-talkies, either. How was he-
Sometimes, Roy is sure that he is the stupidest smart person on the face of the Earth.
Pushing two fingers against his earwig, Roy gasped into the static, "Wally! Dick! Are you- are you there?"
There was only static.
Roy changed the minute buttons and dials and rang the Watchtower.
"Red Arrow to- to Watchtower... I repeat- Red- Red Arrow to Watchtower..."
"Damn it!" he hissed, throwing the comm unit into the snow. It wouldn't be any good if it didn't have a signal.
He needed something to calm him down.
So, the poor comm unit got squished under Roy's boot.
The call was so distance, so quiet, that the archer almost didn't hear it.
Roy's head snapped up, and he licked dry lips. "Wally?"
"Roy!" the speedster repeated, louder.
Roy ran, slipping in the snow, towards where he heard Wally's voice. He bolted past a tree that blocked his view and saw the 15-year-old sitting in the snow, his hat having fallen off earlier, clutching at his ribs.
Anger consumed Roy again, and he pulled Wally up sharply by his bicep. "You can't be sitting in the snow, idiot! You'll get frostbite-"
"I-I know," Wally stuttered, his breath coming shallow and quick, just like Roy's.
The archer sighed, then squeezed Wally's shoulder. "Where's Dick?"
They both looked forward instantly, as if pulled by a link they had with their 'little brother'.
In the snow, they saw signs of a struggle.
And blood.
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ROBIN: Woah... so, like, I'm... dead?
ESKIMO: *hooooooowl*
Me: I don't know.
ROBIN: But, it's like, the first chapter! You can't kill me!
ESKIMO: *nods*
Me: Eskimo, this is not your conversation.
ESKIMO: *snarl*
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Here’s a look at the proposals coming out of the Capital Region in and around Albany:
CapitalRegion CFA 7-3-12
1. Don says:
More feel good BS in a state with excessive spending and taxes. Spending money on the BS rather than cutting spending and taxes- the only program that will work.
2. J says:
When does the pork barrel spending, I mean economic development projects, begin? Also, how much money did the taxpayers of the state of NY pay for CNBC superstar Maria Bartoromo to come up to Albany to host Andy’s econcomic game show (his spectacle announcing this pork barrel, I mean economic develoment spending)?
3. Jimmy says:
Easier to read here:
Big ones that stand out are over $10 million for the Port, and millions to real estate agencies to ‘redevelop’ slum housing; though some of it has to continue to be affordable, not all of it does. Sounds like a piece of the CSNY payoff (which is comprised primarily of real estate interests).
4. Sherlock Holmes says:
All Pork, all the time.
When these projects are finished, their impact is finished. No lasting economic impact will be made. The government isn’t capable of making a difference this way. The only thing it can do to help is cut the income tax, and reduce the costs of doing business. Let the economy grow from the bottom up. Give people a shot at making it in business by lowering their costs and taxes.
This agency and its approach to economic development are worthless.
5. Bodie says:
ESDC (Empire State Development Corporation) is, without a doubt, the biggest waste of tax payer money in the history of New York State. They are not “developers” and they collectively lack any discernible skills. How much skill is required to handout “free” taxpayer money? When are the middle-class taxpayers in this State going to wake up and demand that ESDC be subjected to intense scrutiny by the State Comptoller, the Attorney General and the Inspector General in order to justify and verify what “business development” is being generated by ESDC? What exactly are we getting for our money? The answer will be NOTHING.
6. Rich says:
Double thumbs up, Don. It’s baloney, gone to special interests and their unions.
No hope here. 4.5 million left to cheaper tax pastures.
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what to get at sushi ota?
Chargenda Apr 15, 2008 07:59 AM
I am heading there tonight. What should I get? I like everything, so guide me. Omakase? What are they especially good at?
1. Chargenda Apr 16, 2008 10:16 AM
Thanks. i was there last night and did have a reservation. I did one of the simple sushi menus that gives you a bit of everything. I am by no means a sushi pro, since I am in Chicago and the choices there are just so-so. I also added a double double yellowtail roll.
I had lots of stuff that I have had before and wondered, why do people ever order this, like uni and sea urchin. Now I know why! This place was so good. I feel like I was jus there for about 15 minutes because I ate so fast and wanted to get to the next great piece of fish. People around me were doing omakase and I wish that I had gone that route. I have a whole new outlook on sushi from this place, and it really isn't that more expensive than all the crappy neighborhood places I have been to.
Thanks for the great help. I am thinking of trying to go back tonight for more, but want to hit up other San Diego places while in town.
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geekyfoodie Apr 16, 2008 10:58 AM
I'm with you on the uni... I used to hate the stuff until I tried it at Sushi Ota. San Diego is known for great local uni and it shows at Sushi Ota.
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neener41 Apr 16, 2008 10:01 AM
I recently moved to the east coast and sushi ota is one thing I miss terribly. I used to go there a couple times a week. Ota san cooked for us one night. It was amazing. Definitely something everyone should try. I just couldn't believe some of the stuff he came up with. I would go with omakase. It's the best way to do it. I don't usually eat rolls but I love their double double yellowtail roll. They also do a toro hand roll that's incredible.
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lizvuong Apr 15, 2008 11:02 PM
I normally sit with Robert(Atsushi) at the bar(reservation usually needed) and ask for omakase. I don't give him a price so the bill varies a little due to what he decides to make for the night. I'll be there actually this Saturday night and usually am there every other Saturday. I wouldn't recommend omakase here unless you get to know the chef and trust that he can cater to your taste as I recently had a negative experience with a chef I don't normally sit with. I know omakase is the chef's choice but I think you'll taste the vast difference if you develop a rapport with the chef. Hope you had a good experience.
1. Captain Jack Apr 15, 2008 10:27 AM
Omakase is the way to go. You tell them the dollar amount you wish to spend and they will serve you accordingly. I chose the $70 price point and it was fantastic. As far as reservations are concerned three days in advance is the minimum I would recomend. Weekends probably even more. Try to go on a night when Ota San is behind the bar, I think he takes Sunday, Monday and Tuesday off.
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DougOLis Apr 15, 2008 12:52 PM
You guys normally have that much trouble getting seated at the bar? I've only sat at the bar (either by myself or with others), don't think I've ever made a reservation, and never really had to wait. Weird, guess I've been really lucky.
I didn't want it to sound like I was bragging or anything; I just wanted didn't want people to feel completely discouraged if they don't have a reservation. And it's not like I'm a regular getting preferential treatment either.
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Captain Jack Apr 15, 2008 02:51 PM
Last time I stopped by on a Monday to make a solo reservation at the bar and was told the first opening they had was Thursday which I took. I never eat dinner before 8:00pm (except with Kirk at Urasawa) so am not sure how much that enters into it.
1. re: Captain Jack
DougOLis Apr 15, 2008 09:42 PM
Ahh, maybe that's the difference. I've always been in the 6-7ish range.
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normalheightsfoodie Apr 15, 2008 10:20 AM
I hope you made a reservation if you want to be at the bar. I have found that the chef's can and are willing to prepare things for you of you just ask. Their yellow tail is always great.
1. Josh Apr 15, 2008 08:36 AM
I've heard omakase is great, but it's hard to get a seat at the bar. It's hard to get seated, period, really. Nigiri sushi is great. Their cooked food is also quite nice. It's the only place I've had teriyaki that made me understand why people would eat teriyaki in the first place. Beef tataki is also good, if they have it. Uni is another thing that they do very well.
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0.04083 | <urn:uuid:e135029c-454d-4e11-bc99-d4c16ba2b596> | en | 0.847258 | Touch (The Supremes album)
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Studio album by The Supremes
Released June 1971
Recorded 1970–71
Genre Soul, pop, R&B
Label Motown
MS 737
Producer Frank Wilson
The Supremes chronology
The Return of the Magnificent 7
(with Four Tops)
Singles from Touch
1. "Nathan Jones"
Released: April 15, 1971
2. "Touch"
Released: September 7, 1971
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Allmusic 3/5 stars link
Touch is an album by The Supremes, released in the summer of 1971 on the Motown label. It includes the singles: "Nathan Jones" and "Touch", the first charting Supremes single to feature a lead vocal by founding member Mary Wilson. "Touch" was the first post-Diana Ross Supremes single (not counting the Four Tops duet "You Gotta Have Love in Your Heart") to miss the US top 40, peaking at #71.
The LP was the final Frank Wilson-produced Supremes' album. Wilson, who had been the group's main producer since the departure of Ross in early 1970, went on to work with Motown artist Eddie Kendricks.
Track listing[edit]
1. "This Is the Story" (Frank Wilson/Pam Sawyer)
2. "Nathan Jones" (Kathy Wakefield/Leonard Caston)
3. "Here Comes the Sunrise" (Clifton Davis)
4. "Love It Came to Me This Time" (Kathy Wakefield/Leonard Caston)
5. "Johnny Raven" (Billy Page)
6. "Have I Lost You" (Pam Sawyer/Gloria Jones)
7. "Time and Love" (Laura Nyro)
8. "Touch" (Pam Sawyer/Frank Wilson)
9. "Happy (Is a Bumpy Road)" (Pam Sawyer/Frank Wilson)
10. "It's So Hard for Me to Say Goodbye" (Pam Sawyer/Frank Wilson)
Chart history[edit]
Chart Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200 85
U.S. Billboard R&B Albums Chart 4
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Arsenal set to sign Koscielny
July 7, 2010
By Soccernet staff
Arsenal are set to confirm the signing of defender Laurent Koscielny from Lorient.
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GettyImagesLaurent Koscielny is set to confirm his move to Arsenal
Arsenal have been tracking Koscielny for some time, but it appears a £10 million deal has now been agreed and the move is set to be completed in the near future.
Serge Areguian, Lorient's director general, said in the Guardian: "The deal has not been confirmed because there are some administrative details to be validated. It will be made official in the hours or days to come."
Lorient have signed 21-year-old Gabon international Bruno Ecuele Manga from newly-promoted Angers to replace Koscielny.
"The timing is perfect," Lorient boss Christian Gourcuff said. "The arrival of Bruno is not a coincidence. We have been following him for two years and when it became known that Arsenal were interested in Laurent, we became active." | http://espnfc.com/news/story?id=806731&sec=transfers&cc=5739 | dclm-gs1-116320001 | false | false | {
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0.022063 | <urn:uuid:17c44c6f-db36-4973-9b8a-20e49abb04c1> | en | 0.929854 | Morgan Spurlock is headed back to Sundance, but the frosty air of Utah might seem a bit warmer if his movie is already sold by the time it gets there. The Hollywood Reporter is Hollywood reporting that The Greatest Film Ever Sold has already gotten a lot of interest from Sony Pictures Classics – a natural fit for the think-piece documentary from the ginger mustachioed cultural gadfly.
If you were tired of the story crisis currently going on in Hollywood, maybe your eyes will open wide to the prospect of Spurlock making a movie by asking corporations to sponsor his movie. While he’s making the movie. His asking them to sponsor the movie is part of the movie, so whether they do it or not, they become part of the movie, making the question moot and the person trying to create a logline jumping off the roof.
Yes, it sounds fantastic, and since Spurlock saved Neil’s life once, we owe it to the man to check out his new film. Fingers crossed that he approached McDonald’s about the hot new sponsorship opportunity.
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A Zero-Knowledge PCP (ZK-PCP) is a randomized PCP such that the view of any (perhaps cheating) efficient verifier can be efficiently simulated up to small statistical distance. Kilian, Petrank, and Tardos (STOC ’97) constructed ZK-PCPs for all languages in NEXP. Ishai, Mahmoody, and Sahai (TCC ’12), motivated by cryptographic applications, revisited the possibility of efficient ZK-PCPs for all of NP where the PCP is encoded as a polynomial-size circuit that given a query i returns the i t h symbol of the PCP. Ishai et al showed that there is no efficient ZK-PCP for NP with a non-adaptive verifier, that prepares all of its PCP queries before seeing any answers, unless NP ⊆ coAM and the polynomial-time hierarchy collapses. The question of whether adaptive verification can lead to efficient ZK-PCPs for NP remained open.
In this work, we resolve this question and show that any language or promise problem with efficient ZK-PCPs must be in SZK (the class of promise problems with a statistical zero-knowledge single prover proof system). Therefore, no NP-complete problem can have an efficient ZK-PCP unless NP ⊆ SZK (which also implies NP ⊆ coAM and the polynomial-time hierarchy collapses). We prove our result by reducing any promise problem with an efficient ZK-PCP to two instances of the Conditional Entropy Approximation problem defined and studied by Vadhan (FOCS’04) which is known to be complete for the class SZK. | http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-642-36594-2_17 | dclm-gs1-116430001 | false | false | {
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0.033652 | <urn:uuid:91d047d3-d646-447c-892b-9e2ccf7ee7c0> | en | 0.974716 | Check's Germantown Cafe: A neighborhood staple [Food & Dining]
It's Thursday. You've had a long day at the office, your back hurts, and you clock out at your desk dreading 9:00am the next morning. You don't really feel like driving home to another lean cuisine over re-runs of Friends, so you search for some food—uncomplex, good, affordable food, in a place that is not at all intimidating and you can get a cheap drink. A place where everybody knows who you are, a place where they're glad to see you. You need to visit Check's Germantown Cafe. A neighborhood staple for many a year, Check's has been in operation since 1944—so they've basically been around for 68 years.
The best thing about the food at Check's is you don't really have to THINK about it, or over analyze it, or muse about it: you just EAT it. You order what sounds fantastic at the moment, maybe a double cheeseburger dripping with meat juice and with cheddar. You order bar food staples like jalapeno poppers with ranch, fries, sweet and sticky barbecue with just a touch too much brown sugar. There are also fried broccoli and cheese bites; which I found useful since I could just record them in my diet journal as “broccoli” and leave out the “deep fried with cheese and dipped in ranch” part.
By the end of the evening there, not only did the bartender and the staff know our names—they yelled goodbye to us across the room and encouraged us to come back. During our meal, the table next to us (very sweet family) struck up a conversation about teenagers and college and how darn good the chili is at Check's. Once or twice a staff member came up to our table to inquire kindly if we needed anything or warn us of a door swinging awry behind us as a dishwasher went in and out. The people were cheerful; it was, if possible, the most family oriented and friendly place I've been in a long time. Check's had a great cheeseburger, atmosphere, cheap prices and unbelievable friendly air. They also have a giant blues festival going on next weekend, and I hear that's going to be ridiculously fun and wacky, so “Check” it out. Believe me, I hate myself for that pun much more than you do right now.
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10 ways to turn your escape fantasy into reality.
Name your big goal, which might mean remembering a forgotten dream. When Danny Tobias, 29, started applying for jobs his senior year of college, he wasn't thrilled with his options. He felt like he needed something bigger to aim for, and came up with the idea of traveling around the world. Five years later, he and his wife, Jillian, made that dream come true when they quit their jobs and spent two years traveling to 50 countries.
Rachel Meeks, creator of, similarly dreamed of living in Italy years ago, soon after she and her husband, Doug, got married. At the time, they didn't think they could take a break from their jobs and soon had two children. But last year, when her husband turned 40, she remembered that goal. "On his birthday, I realized that he had worked for 25 years, and I thought it would be a good idea for Doug to take a year off from working 60-hour weeks, spend some time with the family, and think about what he will work on for the next 25 years," she wrote on her blog. They ended up moving to Florence for a couple months.
Make a plan. "You must be realistically confident and have a plan for something great to do in your time off to make it worth it. 'Not going to work' is not a good enough plan," says Meeks. In fact, all of the sabbatical-takers in this story detailed their plans well in advance.
Do whatever it takes to establish a healthy slush fund. Ben Slavin, 28, spent six months riding his motorcycle from New Hampshire to Argentina. Before taking off, he limited his expenditures almost entirely to rent and food. That meant no new clothes, no weekend getaways, and no restaurants. "I figured every beer I didn't buy in the States was worth four beers in Latin America. I'm not a lush, but when you put it like that, it's easy to save," he says. By the time he was ready to go, he had saved $30,000.
Danny and Jillian Tobias lived in a small, one-bedroom apartment and tried to live off just one salary so they could save the other. With the goal of saving a total of $80,000 for their two-year trip, they skipped expensive hobbies like golf and clubbing in favor of outdoorsy activities. They also skipped restaurants, cooked at home, and drove a used car. "All my friends said I was crazy, that there was no way we could save up that kind of cash … They were wrong," says Danny Tobias.
Leave your job on good terms. Jenny Blake, author of Life After College, asked her employer, Google, for three-and-a-half months off to promote her book. "Google is pretty understanding about things like this. It's not guaranteed, but they look at things on a case-by-case basis," she explains. It helped that she'd been at the company for five years, had a strong performance record, and gave a compelling reason for the break.
Get your finances ultra-organized. Unsatisfied with the available options, Danny and Jillian Tobias created their own website,, to help them, and others, stay organized. It lets users create a budget and track spending without sharing passwords and other personal information. Blake created a separate savings account to put money aside for her sabbatical, then created budgeting spreadsheets using Google Docs.
Pay off any lingering debt. Meeks and her husband paid off their debt before planning their Italian sabbatical and had been saving for several years, which she says made it easier to feel like they were in a good position to plan the break.
For recent graduates still repaying student loans, being completely debt-free isn't always possible. Slavin managed to continue making his monthly student loan payments even while on the road, largely because he minimized all of his other expenses, including cancelling his cell phone and other monthly expenses. "If you're in debt, you have no freedom," he says. | http://money.usnews.com/money/personal-finance/articles/2011/05/25/can-i-afford-to-take-a-sabbatical | dclm-gs1-116500001 | false | false | {
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Do we really need a points system
Darryl Linington from ITF Gaming writes: While most of us do actually purchase MS Points or PlayStation Network vouchers, in order to purchase content, the question still remains… do we actually need this service? (Club Nintendo, PC, PS3, Tag Invalid, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox LIVE)
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Do WE need it? No, we've never needed it. It's a thinly veiled attempt to obfuscate the price you're really paying and the difference in prices between different regions. Also, is it just me or do the top-up amounts and the prices of games seem to be arranged in such a way as to make it virtually impossible to spend ALL your credit?
Any suggestion by the console manufacturers that this somehow benefits customers is idiotic.
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Because not every open world game is GTA. #11
Gee, team, all of these comments must have taken you like, 5 minutes to write. You even a gamer, bro? #3.2.2
Yet here you are.
Discussing in a forum isn't that time consuming. Even actively engaged in a conversation, all you have to do is take 10 seconds to leave a comment and then go back later.
You've never even typed up a comment during respawn time? #3.3
Well if Titanfall is more popular on a site that's always had a major Xbox lean, then of course Titanfall is more popular on social networks.
/s #1.12
Then what rumor? They told us a long time ago that drivers were coming. #1.1.5
Debunked? They already told us that the drivers were coming eventually. #7.2
If 4/10 means broken game, WTF does 1-3/10 mean? #2.1.1
It's an escapist medium dominated by men. What do you want?
Is it the job of businesses to balance gender interest in video games, or is it their job to serve the people who want their services? EA can't even get "enough" (whatever that means; as if something is inherently "wrong" if there isn't a perfect ratio of every type of person represented in every industry at all times) women to APPLY, let along find the right qualified persons (... #20
"We cannot continue a business without winning"
--Iwata, Jan 2014 #3.1.1
Variable 60fps at that. #16.2
If you didn't know, the people agreeing with you thought you were being facetious. Because if you were being joking instead of actually believing that, it would be funny. #1.9
I'm not anti-Nintendo, I'm just sick of Wii U fanboys that constantly try to manipulate numbers to make it look like the Wii U isn't struggling.
3DS is a highly successful system that I've found a lot of enjoyment in. #6.1.3
First of all, careful; you'll get dizzy doing all that spinning. Second, unless you factor in costs, your numbers mean very little; they're just revenue. #1.1.22
The amount of butthurt you have towards towards this company is pathetic.
They had... #1.1.3
If what's almost a zombie stat (less than 3 weeks of comparison of a system that launched unopposed vs a system with less than a handful of Japanese games) makes you feel better about Wii U's sales, sure, a great change of pace.
Otherwise, no, there's nothing particularly significant about this. #1.3.2
"Wii U might be getting outpaced by both other consoles by a wide margin world wide, but uhhh...OH! Wii U is selling a little faster in Japan than a system that hardly has any Japanese games on it yet! I mean, it hasn't even been 3 weeks yet, by still! Don't you feel silly for saying that Wii U has poor sales now?" #6.1
In a world where Ps4 sold in a mere 4 months what Wii U did in a year and 4 months, is the fact that Wii U is outpacing Ps4 in a single region **BASED ON LESS THAN A MONTH** of data really significant? I think not. #1.3
I agree with Jak, but only because I'm a bigger fan of the old school 3D platformer style than the weapon-focused style that consumed a lot of Ps2 platformers (including Jak 2 and 3). I still loved those types of ps2 platformers, but they have a different place in my heart.
That reminds me; I still haven't bought the Jak and Ratchet HD collections. #11
Estimated projections of shipment numbers.
edit: then again, there's the Xbox 360 copies, so I take it back; those numbers seem reasonable enough. #1.2.1
Those aren't "launch numbers", they're estimations. #1.5
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Immigration Reform: Creating Prosperity While Holding True to Our Values
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majority of Americans agree that establishing a pathway to permanent legal status for undocumented workers is right and just. For Jews, the Torah commands that “You shall have one standard for stranger and citizen alike” (Lev. 24:22). According to a recent survey, more than 70 percent of American Jews believe that welcoming the stranger and pursuing justice are important political values. Additionally, a majority of American Jews believe that increased immigration strengthens American society
For the undocumented, achieving legal status will be no easy task under the current proposal. The framework for allowing undocumented immigrants to achieve citizenship is expected to be a lengthy 13 year process. No amnesty is involved. Current language indicates that immigrants must pay fines, prove they are employed, pass a criminal background check and hold English language skills. This bill will uphold the belief that the right to come to America is something that is earned. For 11 million people who could seek legal status, this newfound ability will allow us to respect their personhood and our values by endowing them with a way to become fully part of the American experience.
Immigration reform will also assist potential immigrants holding technical skills that are in demand. Keeping bright and entrepreneurial graduate students in the country will generate rewards for the rest of the economy. To encourage science, technology, engineering and mathematics graduate students to stay in the country, the law is expected to allow students with employment opportunities to stay in the country.
This change reinforces our desire to remain the global leader in innovation and research and development. Major American companies find it increasingly hard to find candidates with the advanced technical knowledge they need. When they seek to recruit a potential immigrant, they find that there are not enough visasMicrosoft, which requests more H-1B visas than any other company, has urged Congress to increase the quota. Coupling the diploma program with an increase in the H-1B technology visa will allow American businesses to thrive and act as a growth engine for the economy.
Through the history of the Diaspora, Jews have had a unique understanding of the hardship of living in different countries without full civil rights. Rabbis teach that “you shall not wrong or oppress the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. You shall not wrong with words, and you shall not oppress financially.”
Marc R. Stanley serves as the National Jewish Democratic Council Chair.
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We use cell phones every day, and most people have some sort of a smart phone. These smart phones allow us to remain in constant contact with others, and allow us to waste time. We waste valuable time every day by spending hours on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. instead of doing our job (school, work, etc.) well. Smart phones give us fast, easy access to Google when we have a question instead of taking the time to thoroughly research something. As a whole, smart phones have aided in producing a lazy generation that is afraid of doing things well. | http://reviewnation.co/cell-phones/smart-phones/ | dclm-gs1-116620001 | false | false | {
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Since my last analysis in Dec. 2012, the major credit companies have performed in-line with the rise in the S&P 500 with American Express' (AXP) price slightly outperforming and Discover Financial (DFS), MasterCard (MA), and Visa (V) stock prices slightly underperforming the index. The latest quarterly results of MasterCard and Visa exceeded Wall Street expectations and due to a lack of meaningful competition, a secular move to electronic transactions, and shareholder friendly policies, I expect the common stock of MasterCard and Visa to continue to perform well. Despite recent legislation to reduce credit card companies' pricing power and lawsuits against these companies, it seems like the music will continue to play for the major credit card companies for years to come due to their intrinsic ability to facilitate electronic transactions.
Credit card companies
Recent financial performance
For the quarter ending December 31, 2012, MasterCard and Visa reported earnings per share of $4.86 and $1.93 outperforming the average estimate by 1% and 8%, respectively. MasterCard reached revenue of $1.9 billion and Visa of $1.3 billion for improvements of 9.7% and 12.9% from the same quarter in 2012, respectively. Both companies have healthy earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization margins of 53.3% for MasterCard and 24.9% for Visa. The companies are able to improve their bottom lines by investing in technology, having limited competition, and improving operations. And they can grow their top lines even in bad economic climate due to a transition from cash to electronic payments. For example, even if GDP in a country drops by 2% but 5% more consumers and businesses use credit cards and related services, credit card companies will likely increase their revenues.
In addition to strong performance, both companies repurchase significant amount of shares. This spreads their earnings over a smaller amount of shares and also increases the demand for their shares. Currently, MasterCard has $440 million remaining from a previous repurchase authorization and $2 billion from a more recent authorization the company announced on February 5, 2013. Similarly, Visa has available $1.1 billion available under an old authorization and $1.75 billion under a recent share buyback program. This is in addition to annualized dividend yields of 0.5% (MasterCard) and 0.8% (Visa). These shareholder friendly policies, together with a strong operational performance has caused the shares to trade at significantly higher price-to-earnings ratios of 20.7 and 21.9 for MasterCard and Visa, respectively, compared to a forward PE ratio of 14.2 for the S&P 500.
Merchant settlement
In 2005, hundreds of merchants filed a class action lawsuit against MasterCard, Visa and the major credit card issuing companies over fixing of credit card fees. After years of litigation, MasterCard and Visa, together with the other defendants and a number of plaintiffs, agreed to a settlement. The settlement calls for a payment of $7.25 billion to the suing merchants and $525 million to stores suing independently. In addition, merchants will be allowed to pass some of the fees to customers in the form of a surcharge.
The settlement was welcomed by MasterCard and Visa as it basically imposes a fine on the companies without resolving the issue of fee setting. As a result, a majority of the plaintiffs oppose the settlement and in September 2013 a judge will decide whether the settlement stays.
Ten states have laws that prohibit merchants from levying credit card related surcharge fees and their laws prohibit companies doing business in the state from instituting similar fees in all other states where they operate. Thus, large, national companies will not have surcharge fees. At the same time, small companies, in order to stay competitive with their larger competitors, will likely not charge such fees. It is easy to see that if the settlement is approved, it will not do anything more than slapping a (relatively) small fine to the credit card industry.
New developments
Both MasterCard and Visa continue to expand globally. The most significant initiative both companies have undertaken is to reach the hundreds of millions of people without an access to the formal financial system. Reducing cash use in developing countries as well as developed countries makes economies more transparent, transactions easier, and reduces the risk of carrying cash. Also, MasterCard and Visa, as well as a number of other intermediaries, get a cut of each transaction.
For example, Visa is part of Saral money in India launched recently in a partnership between the Indian government, five banks and the national identity system to offer debit cards there. In Russia, Visa is partnering with one of the largest payment networks, QIWI, to provide a digital wallet. And in February 2013, it launched a new plug-and-play mobile money platform together with leading mobile phone operators in India and Rwanda. The platform offers open-loop (allows consumers to change mobile providers without losing their payment information) and closed-loop payments as well as user interface design, consumer enrollment, transactions processing, authorization, clearing and settlement. In other developments, it entered in a partnership with Samsung to provide NFC (near field communications) capability by utilizing Visa's payWave technology (Apple's iPhone does not offer NFC capability).
In the U.S., Visa extended its partnership with JPMorgan Chase (JPM) and ended the ban on retailer discounts for specific cards in an effort to relax its rules. On a company-wide basis, Visa's seven major focus areas include:
• continue to extend electronification of payments - cash is expensive and it is the "enemy";
• invest in technology and innovation - examples include the Fundamo acquisition and new software developments;
• international growth - credit cards are an integral part of government monetary systems;
• merchant relationships;
• employees - the company's success is based upon the quality of its people;
• capital allocation - investing in growth, acquisitions, dividends and share buybacks; and
• continue an active dialogue with the investment community.
Similarly, MasterCard is focusing on domestic as well as international expansion. In the U.S., recent wins include Intercontinental Hotel Group (IHG), Bass Pro Shops, Shell (RDS.A), KeyBank (KEY), Aetna (AET), and SunTrust. Its wins abroad include RBC (RY) in Canada and significant wins in Africa (Equity Bank and Nigeria) and Latin America (Brazil). In addition, its PayPass service has reached over 700,000 terminals and is still growing strongly in Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa. Its MasterPass digital payment platform, which is an evolution of PayPass Wallet service, is well accepted by financial institutions and merchants. Also, MasterCard is helping financially under-served people with its mobile money partnership program.
Finally, both companies are pushing for implementation in the U.S. of the EMV (Europay, MasterCard, and Visa) standard already implemented in Europe and other regions of the world. The implementation is costly for many merchants but MasterCard and Visa are relentless, offering incentives and threatening penalties for merchants that do not implement EMV technology by the October 2015 deadline (including shift of liability to the merchant for losses from fraud).
Without a doubt, the credit card companies, including Visa and MasterCard provide value to the economy. For example, they can offer analytical data to their clients (merchants and financial institutions) about spending patterns and demographics. Certainly this and other benefits stemming from the ability to track transactions are not available when using cash. In addition, Visa and MasterCard are able to keep and return to shareholders most of the incremental profits from technological innovation and economies of scale as there are few alternatives to their global networks and experience in payments.
On the negative side, MasterCard and Visa serve mostly merchants and financial institutions and have little incentive for a real change. For example, American Express, which issues its own credit cards, is teaming with Twitter to offer shopping service by utilizing special hash tags. Also it is offering an alternative to a checking account in a partnership with WalMart (WMT) called the Bluebird. Similarly, Discover is friending Facebook (FB) and eBay's PayPal (EBAY).
It seems that due to their comfortable duopoly and close connection with established financial institutions and merchants, Visa and MasterCard are not venturing in similar business activities. Even the often talked about innovative payment company Square still relies on the major credit card companies. So far, it seems like Visa and MasterCard are winning the war against cash without taking any prisoners.
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I want to retreive the current computer name as an FQDN on a windows 7 machine e.g. computername.companyname.local. Can anyone tell me how to achieve this please?
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To return it as a string:
gwmi Win32_ComputerSystem| %{$_.DNSHostName + '.' + $_.Domain}
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Using framework .NET this is working on my domain :
You can also find the information here under (but you have to rebuild it):
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I'm not running on a machine with a real domain, so I can't be 100% sure, but I think that this could work for you:
get-wmiobject Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration | where {$_.DNSHostName} | select @{n="FQDN";e={$_.DNSHostName + "." + $_.DNSDomain } } | format-table
For my Thinkpad laptop, this returns something like this:
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Couldn't find a solution after a quick google so thought i'd pop a quick post on here.
Trying to remove a automatically added rel=canonical link (which is added by Wordpress SEO plugin - by Yoast).
I actually want google to crawl each of the different subs even though it may not move away from the parent page.
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rel="canonical" has nothing to do with crawling. It has to do with indexing and prevents the same page from indexing twice or more.
Anyway, if you still want to do this you can do it by adding this code to your functions.php:
add_filter( 'wpseo_canonical', '__return_false' );
Source: https://yoast.com/wordpress/plugins/seo/api/
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I have this table enter image description here
and what I want to is have something like this on the browser. enter image description here
The table has 8 rows and 3 columns
Here's my sql query: "SELECT q.QuestionID, q.QuestionText, q.GroupNo FROM question q ORDER BY GroupNo asc" I have already stored the questions but I'm having a hard time printing it in this format.
Wherein after printing 4 questions it will then go to another cell and print 4 questions again and then once there are already 3 columns it will then create a new row and do the same step again.
[ In the database the 1st 4 questions are QuestionID1,2,3,4 and then the cell on it's right are 6,7,8,9 and so on....]
I want to display the questions in this pattern.
I'm stuck with this for almost two days already.... I tried looking for other solutions online but I wasn't able to find something that is quite similar with what I'm trying to accomplish. I'm trying to do it with either datalist or a repeater. If you could provide a solution that uses both it would be of really++ great help
Sir/Ma'am your answers would be of great help. Thank you++
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I think you should give up the existing controls like repeater or datalist.Just use your own code to implement this function.Maybe like this:
StringBuilder sb=new StringBuilder();
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Is there any clear code to find an application installation path by EXE name?
I found this but it is usefulness at all.
Thank you!
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No, of course not. Not all applications write their installation path in the registry, and the ones that do will always use different path/key names. The only way you could be sure would be to search the hard drive for the exe name. – Escobar Ceaser Jul 13 '12 at 14:15
@FrankWhite But if i know exactly that some of apps are installed. How I can do it? – Clark Kent Jul 13 '12 at 14:17
The obvious way - if you are looking for set specific applications - is to do a regedit search for the exe after installing it. Then you can just check the same Reg Address in your code for other machines. This is not absolutely safe either though as versions of the app may use the reg differently (or not at all) and users may install differently (just me or all users etc) which could affect it. – Wolf5370 Jul 13 '12 at 15:17
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If you know the registry path to the value that you want to read in you could do:
var key = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSupKey("SOFTWARE\MyCompany\Data");
var value = key.GetValue("Location");
The registry access code is in Microsoft.Win32 namespace in the mscorelib.dll.
There are properties off of Registry for each of the registry hives, and for the registry key path you will not need to include the registry hive part.
For more information on the Registry Class and RegistryKey Class
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I am trying to run one algorithm for Polygon Intersection on Tesla C2075.But when I try to compile this algorithm, the compiler is giving me error :"Entry Function 'Polygon_Intersection'uses too much local data(0x40e8 bytes,0x4000).
My algorithm is little bit complex and it make use of lots of local variable inside the kernel. So my question is ,Is there any way to solve this problem like Can I use Global memory for local variable declaration for each kernel or somehow use the shared memory?
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What gpu are you using? If you have a Fermi or Kepler device, you have the option of using dynamically heap memory too. – talonmies Jul 17 '12 at 19:10
@ talonmies :I am using Tesla C2075 device which is Fermi device.I tried using dynamically heap memory (by using malloc) but it gave compile error saying "host function 'malloc' is not supported). – uci_grad Jul 17 '12 at 19:52
You need to compile with arch=sm_20for that GPU – talonmies Jul 17 '12 at 20:06
Did -arch=sm_20 fix your issue, @uci_grad? If not, please post some code so we can help you. – harrism Sep 11 '12 at 4:39
@harrism : Yes arch=sm_20 solves my issue.Thanks a lot. – uci_grad Sep 13 '12 at 0:08
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Compile with -arch=sm_20 to enable device-side malloc so that you can use heap memory for thread-local data.
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I have same problem , but it gives error sh: g++: not found. I didn't find any information about -arch , can you give some information or help ? also I used it like this nvcc -arch=sm_20 main.cu , It' right or not? :) , thanks regards – Hayk Nahapetyan Oct 4 '12 at 21:28
This is not the same problem. You need to submit a separate question. It sounds like you have a broken compiler toolchain installation. – harrism Oct 4 '12 at 22:34
Ok , thank you very much :) – Hayk Nahapetyan Oct 4 '12 at 22:55
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I need a batch file that will find all files in a folder with a set variable in there name and then move them to a different folder. This must work on a windows XP computer.
the folder has these files
if we search for file names that contain "123" then it would move both abc123abc.pdf and efg123eft.pdf to a set folder.
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If you want the names that have 123 anywhere in them:
move *123*.* c:\newfolder
If you want the 123 to always be the 4th, 5th, and 6th characters:
move ???123*.* c:\newfolder
If you want only .pdf files with 123 (either of the above matches):
move *123*.pdf c:\newfolder
Works either from a batch file or directly from the command prompt.
The ? matches a single character, the * matches one or more. These are called wildcard operators or simply wildcards.
To see how the wildcard operators work, open a command ("DOS") window in the folder you want to use, and try (dir is for a directory listing, and can't hurt anything to experiment with):
dir *.*
dir *123*
dir *123*.pdf
dir ???123*.pdf
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how do i look through all the files in a folder? – jardane Aug 8 '12 at 1:27
The examples I gave you do exactly that - the wildcard gives you multiple (one or more) matches. See my last sentence, and see the dir command in the command-line reference. – Ken White Aug 8 '12 at 1:30
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No need for a batch file - the move command with a wildcard will do that itself:
move *123* c:\where\ever
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How can I get the PID of the user process which triggered my kernel module's file_operation.read routine (ie which process is reading /dev/mydev) ?
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When your read function is executing, it's doing so in the context of the process that issued the system call. You should thus pe able to use current, i.e. current->pid.
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Thanks, works ok – Nada nada Aug 11 '12 at 15:11
what is current? read doesn't get a current as argument... ssize_t(*read) (struct file *, char __user *, size_t, loff_t *); – 0x90 Aug 11 '12 at 15:30
@0x90 It's a macro. – cnicutar Aug 11 '12 at 15:41
kernelnewbies.org/FAQ/current ,right? – 0x90 Aug 11 '12 at 15:54
@0x90 That's the one. – cnicutar Aug 11 '12 at 15:58
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These days, we have some helper functions defined in sched.h. In the case of pid, you can use:
pid = task_pid_nr(current);
to get the current task's pid.
here is the comment taken from include/linux/sched.h as of v3.8.
the helpers to get the task's different pids as they are seen from various namespaces
• task_xid_nr() : global id, i.e. the id seen from the init namespace;
• task_xid_vnr() : virtual id, i.e. the id seen from the pid namespace of current.
• task_xid_nr_ns() : id seen from the ns specified;
• set_task_vxid() : assigns a virtual id to a task;
see also pid_nr() etc in include/linux/pid.h
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On a kernel 2.6.39 arm build, if current->pid does not work then it may be done by:
pid_nr(get_task_pid(current, PIDTYPE_PID))
The PIDTYPE_PID can be substituted by PIDTYPE_PGID or PIDTYPE_SID. The header source is at include/linux/pid.h as Yasushi pointed out.
Which of the approaches work depends on what header files the code uses.
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I am getting the following error:
error C2664: 'CSchemaString::CSchemaString(LPCTSTR)' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'int' to 'LPCTSTR'
for the following code:
CSchemaString temp(i); // LINE AT WHICH ERROR OCCURS
XComponent = ((Component *)tComponent.GetAt(i))->GetXMLCode(FOR_SAVING); //AddName(*/temp +":"+*/ ((Component *)tComponent.GetAt(i))->GetName());
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What is the type of XComponent? On which line do you get the error? What's the prototype of XSave::AddPlant_Item? – Andrea Bergia Aug 20 '12 at 14:26
Just a guess, but does the CSchemaString ctor expect a char* or some other kind of string? You give it i, which I'm guessing is some kind of int. – BoBTFish Aug 20 '12 at 14:28
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You seem to be trying to create temp as a CSchemaString passing i (which appears to be an int) as the parameter. If I've got it correct, possible constructors for this class are:
CSchemaString ()
CSchemaString (const tstring sValue)
CSchemaString (const TCHAR *szValue)
CSchemaString (const double nValue)
CSchemaString (const CSchemaType &rOther)
Depending on what you're doing, maybe you need to convert i to a string or double to meet with the CSchemaString constructor signature?
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I have used Yslow and PageSpeed to find the cause, but I can't seem to figure out why my blog http://www.fotokringarnhem.nl sometimes loads blazing fast (cached files I guess), and other times takes about 10 seconds or longer to load.
I am on a shared server, but haven't had problems like this with other websites on shared servers.
I'm using cloudflare to speed up my blog to speed things up, but to no avail.
Am I missing something?
Pingdom reports of last 30 days (also see http://stats.pingdom.com/hseaskprwiaz):
• Response time average: 7.620 ms
• Slowest Average: 18.307 ms
• Fastest Average: 4.237 ms
• Uptime: 96,24%
Edit 1: from basicstate.com
+dns +connect -request -response
So I guess it fails on the requests. Options to narrower it down?
Edit 2:
I used P3 (Plugin Performance Profiler) to determine which plugins caused the most loadtime. Turns out that User Access Manager caused about 60% of load time, so I deleted it.
This did something, I now get way less time outs, but it still takes a long time for anything to popup on the screen.
I used the plugin SQL monitor and determined there are 82 queries being executed on request which takes about 10 seconds!!!!
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pingdom seems to be saying that your average response time over the last 7 days was about 11 ms. That doesn't seem like a bad average to me. But Sep 5, down for 9 hours? If you're seeing more variation than pingdom reports--and you're not changing your blog's code every day--consider trying a different service that gives more detail. basicstate.com is one I've used in the past. – Mike Sherrill 'Cat Recall' Sep 5 '12 at 22:41
Thank you, I have added my website there. Will post results later. – Daniël Tulp Sep 6 '12 at 9:19
Added results from basicstate.com – Daniël Tulp Sep 6 '12 at 10:00
Added new insight into SQL queries, but how to tackle this problem. Seems to me wordpress needs these queries. Would changing hosts solve the problem? – Daniël Tulp Sep 12 '12 at 9:34
88 queries for each page request? – Mike Sherrill 'Cat Recall' Sep 12 '12 at 11:35
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If you have a static site with not millions of users and performance is highly variable, your host is probably to blame. I have tried about 8 different hosts and researched a dozen others, I highly suggest Media Temple (mt). Best customer service and performance you can get for the money.
Also, check out a speed test tool by WP Engine: http://speed.wpengine.com/ - great insight into why your site is slow. Takes a few hours to generate a report.
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I second this answer. From my past experiences the lag in a situation like this is almost always the hosts fault. Unless you have some processes getting stuck, bad plugin etc. – danchet Sep 5 '12 at 20:19
I have other websites (although not wordpress) with this host and haven't had such problems, I just thought I can make a copy of the site and set up a localhost using xamp to test it. Would this help me? I have tried the link you placed, but am not sure they'll be able to help with an automated script. – Daniël Tulp Sep 5 '12 at 20:29
@DaniëlTulp what do you mean an automated script? It runs and points out where there are speed issues on your site, if any. And there could be many issues with the host, perhaps that cluster is slow, or their systems aren't optimized for wordpress. – antonpug Sep 5 '12 at 20:38
I e-mailed my provider today about the issue. Hope they can come up with a solution. @antonpug I meant that I expected to get further with real life people like yourself than with a script that analyses my website. I was correct, the script couldn't find anything and now I get e-mails from them offering their services. – Daniël Tulp Sep 6 '12 at 9:18
@danchet please have a look at my updates – Daniël Tulp Sep 12 '12 at 9:39
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Use the P3 plugin and use this article to further optimize your website: http://andbreak.com/articles/guide-speed-wordpress/
when all else fails, try switching providers
Turns out that deleting all automatically saved backups of pages and post as well as the concepts was the key. This dramatically cuts my query time to the server. Now at lightning speeds! Here is the report from the last few days: uptime: 99,21% overall average: 3.322 ms
There is a usefull plugin for WP to also limit the number of autosaves and concepts for posts and pages: Revision control Results weren't instant by the way. Took a day to take effect.
Basicstate results (clearly showing the improvement when I deleted the revisions and concepts on the 11th of 12th (not sure which)).
date uptime dns connect request ttfb ttlb
2012-09-18 98.97 0.031 0.047 0.047 0.353 0.475
2012-09-17 100.00 0.031 0.047 0.047 0.389 0.810
2012-09-16 100.00 0.029 0.045 0.045 0.342 0.499
2012-09-15 93.81 0.029 0.045 0.045 0.739 1.035
2012-09-14 98.97 0.053 0.068 0.068 0.387 0.565
2012-09-13 100.00 0.058 0.074 0.074 0.499 0.853
2012-09-12 95.00 0.030 0.046 0.046 5.994 7.024
2012-09-11 96.97 0.051 0.096 0.096 9.707 9.949
2012-09-10 73.15 0.027 0.043 0.043 6.765 6.952
2012-09-09 43.48 0.027 0.121 0.121 3.652 3.724
2012-09-08 31.82 0.028 0.045 0.045 2.757 2.867
2012-09-07 71.93 0.026 0.042 0.042 5.917 6.091
2012-09-06 60.49 0.027 0.043 0.043 4.590 4.751
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I have two pages:
• Graph.php
• List.php
The Graph page does exactly what it is named, graphs data. If there is no post/get data it displays all the data in a given table.
The List page is a huge table which loads around 500-600 rows of data. In the table you can sort and filter the rows using JavaScript. The table is around 14 columns wide.
After sorting the rows in the List page you can press a button 'Graph' that will take the visible rows and graph them on the graph page.
What I am having trouble with is passing these ID's over to the graph page. I started with:
$afterSerializeArray = unserialize($_POST['data']);
$beforeSerializeArray = array();
$beforeSerializeArray[] = 1;
$beforeSerializeArray[] = 2;
$beforeSerializeArray[] = 3;
$serializeArray = serialize($beforeSerializeArray);
<form action="" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="data" value="<?php echo $serializeArray; ?>"/>
<input type="submit" value="Serialize"/>
I have written the small snippet to grab the ID's of the visible rows and load them into an array, serialize it and pump it into a variable to post it over to the graph.
Should I be using GET? Should I be doing this a different way?
The reason I wanted the filter and sort on a different page than the graph is because users have a lot of columns and options to filter and sort by.
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Don't use GET. it's generally limited to a max length by most browers, and if your serialized data gets silently truncated by the browser (and/or webserver), you'll just get nothing. Use POSt. it's (essentially) unlimited in length. – Marc B Oct 1 '12 at 19:10
i would not post all the data from page one to two, i would post some way to identify the data and reselect it on page 2 for display. – Dagon Oct 1 '12 at 19:10
Like @MarcB said, do not use GET. You could make ajax graph, that refreshes on any of your action. – Glavić Oct 1 '12 at 19:11
@glavić Ajax graph or not you still need to pass it data - so it is safe to use post with a long serialized array? – user1627928 Oct 1 '12 at 19:13
It is safe, why not? I would do it like @Dagon told you. – Glavić Oct 1 '12 at 19:15
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Rather than trying to send array over post you should concatenate these ids with any special character (say ','). This way you will get all IDs as comma separated values in $_POST['data']. Now you can use PHP explode function to get all the values in an array and use them as you wish.
This code sample might help you
echo "FOUND Ids<br>";
$IdArray = explode(',',$_POST['data']);
print_r($IdArray );
$idarray = array('1','2','3');
$ids = implode(',',$idarray);
<form action="" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="data" value="<?php echo $ids;?>"/>
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Could you expand your answer a little, please? Why is it better to send data as a string rather than as an array? Is it just that it makes accessing it easier? – andrewsi Oct 4 '12 at 14:42
Just BTW, you should read about implode() function – Touki Oct 5 '12 at 6:44
thanks for reminding – flawless Oct 5 '12 at 6:50
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In my Spring-MMVC application,
I have a xx-servlet.xml corresponding to my dispatcher servlet- Defines my web layer beans/classes and importing another context.xml which defines all persistence layer bean/services.
In xx-servlet.xml,
have defined a ApplicationContextProvider class which implements ApplicationcontextAware interface.
and have annotated all my beans (presentation objects) with @Component and when needed getting the instance of these beans from ApplicationContext (not using WebApplicationContext).
So, in this case what would be the scope of my beans?
Also, What would be the case if I use WebApplicationContext?
What would be the best practice... use ApplicationContext or WebApplicationContext?
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WebApplicationContext adds more scopes (request, session, globalSession) to the standard Application context (which only provides Singleton and Prototype scopes). If you do not specify a bean scope it will be by default Singleton scope.
The best practice is if you are in a web environment you should be using WebApplicationContext so you can use those additional scopes and ServletContextAware beans. But if you don't use them then it's up to you.
Besides that, most spring mvc infrastructure beans need a WebApplicationContext.
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I have an ASP.NET 4 GridView control that uses the logic discussed in these 2 articles:
How does the ASP.NET 4.5 GridView.AllowCustomPaging property make this simpler?
A link to an article on how to use it would be very welcome.
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In my recent experience, it doesn't.
Specifically: When implementing efficient GridView custom paging (retrieving only the required page of data from a very large database table) while using ASP.NET 4.5's Model Binding system, the GridView.AllowCustomPaging property didn't enter into it.
Setting the GridView.SelectMethod property causes Model Binding to be used, which gives us the "ObjectDataSource-style" functionality (as described in your links) without requiring an ObjectDataSource. Within this approach, there are two options:
(1) The method specified by GridView.SelectMethod returns an IQueryable, e.g.:
public IQueryable<MyClass> MySelectMethod1()
return myService.GetAll(someCriteria);
If you don't mind exposing an IQueryable to your Presentation Tier, then this is a very fast way of implementing very efficient paging. At runtime, the framework automatically applies Skip() and Take() methods to your source, based on the GridView's PageIndex and PageSize properties. Only the required page of results is returned from the database. Easy!
(2) The method specified by GridView.SelectMethod returns some other bindable object, e.g.:
public IList<MyClass> MySelectMethod2(int startRowIndex, int maximumRows, out int totalRowCount)
totalRowCount = myService.GetCount(someCriteria);
return myService.GetPage(someCriteria, startRowIndex, maximumRows);
By setting totalRowCount, we have now given the GridView all the information it needs to correctly render its Pager, while having retrieved only the required page of data from the database.
I had expected to use the VirtualItemCount property (as described here), but as far as I can tell, the totalRowCount out-parameter obviates the VirtualItemCount property.
If (1) or (2) aren't implemented, then the GridView will throw an exception:
When the DataBoundControl has paging enabled, either the SelectMethod should return an IQueryable or should have all these mandatory parameters : int startRowIndex, int maximumRows, out int totalRowCount
So, we have implemented GridView custom paging in ASP.NET 4.5.... but with GridView.AllowCustomPaging and GridView.VirtualItemCount nowhere to be seen!
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On this page, I've found this pattern
that helps in identifying lines longer than 80 characters by highlighting the characters after column 80.
I fail to understand its bit by bit explanation. Could you help me?
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Oh, you could also use this to match lines with at least 81 characters: /.\{81\}.*. I find this easy to remember. – steffen Nov 1 '12 at 13:20
@steffen: Not exactly. A character does not necessarily occupy a single display cell (think <Tab> or Asian characters). The virtual column \%v matches cell width, your . atom characters. – Ingo Karkat Nov 1 '12 at 13:26
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This is quite simple, actually.
• \%>80v starts the match after the virtual column number 80, see :help %>.
• .\+ matches 1 or more of any character, see :help /. and :help \+.
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that was a nice explanation. does virtual column mean tab counts as single character instead of 8 cells as seen on page ? – user1371666 Nov 15 '12 at 1:40
No. virtual columns count tabs as x characters. Assuming a tabwidth of 8 and a line consisting of <tab><tab>abc with the cursor on a: :echo col('.') returns 3 and :echo virtcol('.') returns 17. – romainl Nov 15 '12 at 6:52
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This is an alternative to your posed question rather than an answer. Hope that's ok.
You can also look into colorcolumn.
set colorcolumn=81,82,83
Will highlight the three characters after column 80. If you use textwidth then you can also use relative values (cool if your textwidth changes for different files):
set textwidth=80
set colorcolumn=+1,+2,+3
Of course you can have as few or as many values as you want separated by columns. I don't think it takes ranges though or "open sets" to "highlight from column N to the end of line."
The color itself is defined by the ColorColumn group so you can change it easily if it's too garish.
The reason why I suggest this is that it operates even if you're using search for finding things. :)
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I'm rolling out an In-House IOS App using the Enterprise development program. I'm at a stage where I have a VC that allows the user to touch a button that downloads and installs the upgrade from inside the App.
It works well. However, if the network's a little slow, the IOS prompted message thats thrown at the user "Would you like to install, such and such..." appears a little late. So, after the user has pressed the "Install" button, I disable it. However, if there user touches, "Cancel" when prompted by IOS, I do not know how to detect this.
I'm using Xcode 4.5 and IOS6.0 on several devices iPhone 3, 4 and 5.
Without giving the entire link away, the code that does the download is as follows.
if (buttonIndex == 0) {
[self.IBOInstallActivityInd startAnimating];
[self enableInstallButton:NO];
self.tabBarController.tabBar.userInteractionEnabled = NO;
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:APP_INSTALL_FROM]];
} // actionSheet:clickedButtonAtIndex
And, as I've said, is good - it works. But if the user touches "Cancel" to the prompt, I want to be able to tell. As you can see, I'm locking the user interface down. you might ask why, if an App is about to close and receive its upgrade.
Well, depending on network speed, I want to proven the user from hitting the button more than once. But, if the user cancels, I want to be in a position where I can reinitiate the user interface, enable tab bar etc...
I've crawled the Web, found nothing! And, I guess the answer is probs on the Apple site, as good as it is. But, it takes a damned lot of reading.
Has anyone got any ideas at all?
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I don't know how to capture the cancel action, but I can tell you how we handle this situation.
Every build that we compile has a specific revision built into it, which we also embed in the plist file on our server. Our app compares the two version numbers to determine whether or not an update is available (versions don't match, which allows us to rollback too).
In your case, what you could do is simply have that VC verify the server every X seconds and refresh the state. If they take the upgrade, they'll be booted from the app, and if they don't then the refresh will make the button enabled again.
Simpler solution: Only run this query when they navigate to the VC. So if they cancel they'll have to exit the VC and reenter.
Here's what parsing the plist file looks like for us:
NSString *localCopyPath = [NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES) lastObject];
localCopyPath = [localCopyPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"MDM_SERVER.plist"];
NSFileManager *fileManager = [[NSFileManager alloc] init];
BOOL created = [fileManager createFileAtPath:localCopyPath contents:plistData attributes:nil];
if (created) {
NSDictionary *fullDict = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfFile:localCopyPath];
if (fullDict) {
NSArray *a = [fullDict objectForKey:@"items"];
NSDictionary *mdmDict = [a objectAtIndex:0];
NSDictionary *metaDict = [mdmDict objectForKey:@"metadata"];
// String of format "1.0.1779"
NSString *serverFullVersion = [metaDict objectForKey:@"bundle-version"];
// We will always compare on the last digit
NSUInteger lastPeriod = [serverFullVersion rangeOfString:@"." options:NSBackwardsSearch].location;
if (NSNotFound != lastPeriod && [serverFullVersion length] > lastPeriod) {
// update the time when we found an answer
mdmCheckedAt = [NSDate date];
NSString *serverSvnRevision = [serverFullVersion substringFromIndex:(lastPeriod + 1)];
// the big test - if our own svn version is different, then load the
// URL to tell iOS to upgrade ourself
if (![kRevisionNumber isEqualToString:serverSvnRevision]) {
// Your Code HERE
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Cheers, Michael - bit late in replying - I'll give that ago. Many thanks. – Carl Hine Dec 3 '12 at 9:42
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I have noticed that when I play a music or video , Internet download manager shows a widget with direct download link to the file , how can I disable that for my webpage , so I do not allow user to download my musics ?
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I hope you realize that allowing someone to play your music means they're downloading it to their browser? There's no magical difference between playing and downloading. – Marc B Nov 17 '12 at 14:50
may be that sound is a user voice , – user1411084 Nov 17 '12 at 14:52
@MarcB he probably meant prohibiting download managers to detect so that atleast common users are not able to store it permanently – Abhishek Bhatia Nov 17 '12 at 14:53
if you're hung up on the difference between music and voice, then you've got bigger issues to worry about. there's NO difference between a recording of a voice and a recording of music. they're just digital files and you can NOT prevent a download manager from snagging a direct download link. – Marc B Nov 17 '12 at 14:54
The browser needs to have access to the video/music/voice/whatever, so it can download it from your server and play it. From there it's already just a small step to saving it on the harddisk too. If some extension makes this even easier, there's hardly anything you can do. – deceze Nov 17 '12 at 14:55
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You cannot prevent any data you are streaming out to be stored, you can only try to make it more difficult to achieve. Basically, everything that one can perceive can be saved to a file.
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Everything just got a lot easier when they switched from analog to digital. – idbehold Nov 21 '12 at 3:36
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I have the vector:
vector<int[2]> storeInventory; //storeInventory[INDEX#]{ITEMNUM, QUANTITY}
and I am wanting to use the push_back() method to add new arrays to the inventory vector. Something similar to this:
const int ORANGE = 100001;
const int GRAPE = 100002
storeInventory.push_back{ORANGE, 30};
However, when I try using the syntax as I have above I get the error Error: excpeted an expression. Is what I am trying just not possible, or am I just going about it the wrong way?
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use std::pair instead of the array or use std::map – stefan Nov 30 '12 at 19:26
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Built-in arrays are not Assignable or CopyConstructible. This violates container element requirements (at least for C++03 and earlier). In other words, you can't have std::vector of int[2] elements. You have to wrap your array type to satisfy the above requirements.
As it has already been suggested, std::array in a perfect candidate for a wrapper type in C++11. Or you can just do
struct Int2 {
int a[2];
and use std::vector<Int2>.
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Technically, I think vector<int[2]> storeInventory; is valid in C++11 with the new fine-grained container requirements. The value type needs only be destructible, which an array type is. push_back requires that the value type is copy insertable, which an array type is not. A container of an array type is not very usable (or useful), and using a wrapper structure (like std::array<T, N>) would be advisable. – James McNellis Nov 30 '12 at 19:37
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storeInventory.push_back({GRAPE, 24});
storeInventory.push_back({ORANGE, 30});
You can try this. I think you forgot parentheses.
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Unfortunately this doesn't work, which is why I am asking this question. – Brook Julias Nov 30 '12 at 22:02
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I don't believe it's possible to pass arrays like that. Consider using std::array instead:
vector<std::array<int, 2> > storeInventory;
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C-style arrays are not copyable, so can't be used as the element type in a std::vector.
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If it's only vector of int[2] you could use:
Adding elements:
int a, b;
vec.push_back(std::make_pair(a, b));
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Is it possible to write double inequalities in an if-statement?
ex: if (x <= y <= z) do stuff;
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Well, you can write them, they just don't mean what you probably expect. Your example would be parsed as if ((x <= y) <= z) do stuff;, and depending on whether x <= y would evaluate to if (1 <= z) or if (0 <= z). – Daniel Fischer Dec 4 '12 at 1:04
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Nope - Objective-C is a superset of the C language, and uses the same syntax as C for if statements. You'll have to split that up into two inequalities: if (x <= y && y <= z).
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I believe internally Cypher / Gremlin translate statement into corresponding Java method calls. Is there a way to trace what method calls in run?
For example, in Hibernate, we can specify "show sql" to see generated sql statement.
[Edit] The reasonws I want to do that: 1. For Debugging purpose: To find out why the cypher / gremlin doesn't produce the expected result.
1. For learning purpose: To find what's happening under the hood
2. For optimization: To find out where the bottleneck is.
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In Cypher, that is planned for the coming months to add. Ultimately, yes, currently the methods used under the Hood are the Java Neo4j core API and the Traversal Framework. Mind adding a case that is causing you problem?
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Added usecases. Basically debugging is the main reason. – janetsmith Jan 6 '13 at 19:06
Have there been any updates on this front? – zanbri Jul 17 '13 at 19:45
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For Gremlin, do a .toString() at the end of your Gremlin expression to see which Pipes (http://pipes.tinkerpop.com) it ultimately compiles down to.
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gremlin> g.V.toString() ==> null – janetsmith Jan 7 '13 at 18:27
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I found a rvideo library but manual very small and I'm learning ruby one day. I need play a video in window. How have me done it? There is possibility cause the video player from a ruby code? or have any other way done my task?
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Are you trying to play a video in a web browser,OS defualt video player, or within your own ruby GUI app – Egryan Jan 9 '13 at 15:08
Target OS android(jruby, rubuto). Now I'm doing in a ruby in a debian. system( "dragon /home/knowill/work/r/input.mp4" ) trying gem install hornetseye-frame but get error ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. – volkov Jan 9 '13 at 15:18
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Ok, first thing I would do is install RVM and follow the instructions which should tell you what other packages you need to install, the error you received is cause you don't have the build-essential installed. per rvm you need to install
rvm requirements ...
After RVM is installed with the packages you need, go ahead and install the flavors or Ruby you need.
Unfortunately Rubuto isn't a subsitute for learning the andriod API, the revelevent API that you need is here http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/media/mediaplayer.html you will just need to make the right API calls and references in your Rubuto/JRUBY project
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On Windows Phone there's a marketplace review task.
Is there any way to implement the equivalent functionality in WinRT apps?
I realize that there's the "rate and review" button in the Charms bar, however, this is not what I need, as I want to integrate a button inside the app to launch the review UI.
It may seem trivial, however, this is one of the most important requirements!
This is not a duplicate of is there an equivalent of wp7's marketplacereviewtask for windows 8 / winrt / metro style? because the questioner was happy with the Charms bar method.
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This can be done in C# this way:
Windows.System.Launcher.LaunchUriAsync(new Uri("ms-windows-store:REVIEW?PFN=PACKAGENAME"));
Where Package Name is to be replaced with yours, which can be found in Package.appxmanifest under the packaging tab.
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I also have a blogpost with more details and how to find your app ID: sharpgis.net/post/2012/09/11/… – dotMorten Jan 12 '13 at 15:38
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What do the accounts.handlers and backend.handlers found in the documentation mean?
To register it into the engine just use the ‘ACHIEVEMENT_CLASSES‘ attribute in your settings like that :
# Achievements conf
ACHIEVEMENT_CLASSES = ['accounts.handlers', 'backend.handlers']
The file where the classes are defined are not important, but try to avoid conflicts of naming by avoiding to use the name achievements.py.
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The handler is the file where you write your achievement classes, like it says in the prior step, Create your first achievement.
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I want to call Java applet (specifically processing sketch) from inside Matlab code, can I do it and if so how, are there any examples.
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Applet? Probably not, but Matlab has it's own JVM, so anything you can run from a "java ..." command line, you can run from Matlab.
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I sugest you to read that: the link
MATLAB Spoken Here July 6th, 2009 Calling Java from MATLAB
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Before jQuery 1.8 I was able to use .live() to fire when a button was clicked that was dynamically inserted by jquery.
Now, .on() and .bind() both do not work for elements added to DOM after the page was loaded.
What are the options now?
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Wrong. Read the documentation for .on(). – SLaks Apr 7 '13 at 22:36
.on() does work if you pass the appropriate parameters. Did you read the doco? If you read the doco for .live() it tells you how to convert to .on()... – nnnnnn Apr 7 '13 at 22:36
Yes, I've ready the docs but I'm not able to get it functioning in the same way. What the "appropriate parameters"? – Adam Apr 7 '13 at 22:41
Got it working, realized it had to be applied to the document level like this: $(document).on("click", "#ButtonID", function(e){ – Adam Apr 7 '13 at 22:43
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$(parent_element).on("click", child_selector, function(evt) {
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delegate is far efficient than on handler
$(document).delegate('click', "selector", function() {
//your stuff
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Within a JSF managed bean, I have the following code taken from this past question:
String uri = "/myAction";
myAction is the name of a Struts action that is defined in my struts.xml.
However when I access the JSF bean, I am not forwarded to /myAction. Instead I'm getting a 404 http error: The requested resource (/MyApp/myAction) is not available.
Why doesn't it work??
When I try to access /myAction directly from a browser by going to http://localhost:8080/MyApp/myAction all works fine.
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The clue is in the javadoc for the dispatchmethod:
"Parameters: path - Context relative path to the specified resource, which must start with a slash ("/") character"
i.e it's dispatching to a url relative to your application context,not your webserver root folder
What you need is the redirect method which redirects to an absolute url.
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Why does it look to you like the url I used (/myAction), in order for it to work, should be relative to the webserver root folder (http://mydomain.com)? It should be relative to the application context (http://mydomain.com/MyApp). And as you said, it is. So it should have worked, if I get you right. It does work with xhtml files, that are also found at the root of the application context, such as /welcome.xhtml. Did I misunderstand what you meant? – rapt Apr 17 '13 at 20:33
For some reason, I thought the source of the problem is that the JSF managed bean lives within a servlet (the JSF servlet), while the Struts action lives within a filter (the Struts 2 filter). And filters are called after all the servlets are completed. So it seems like if I forward from a JSF bean to a framework that is built around a filter, it cannot just work... since there is no filter yet as long as the JSF bean is alive. Or do I misunderstand the life cycle? – rapt Apr 17 '13 at 20:39
ahh, I'm sorry. the dangers of posting when tired. I saw "When I try to access /myAction" and thought you were not accessing via application context. In which case, yeah this is odd...but I haven't used struts so I don't know how struts filters should be accessed. the dispatch method though in the servlet api is expecting to land on another servlet I beleive (thats howI've always used them) -so I bet it is because the struts is a filter. Does using redirect work for you? – Steve Atkinson Apr 17 '13 at 21:00
I believe redirect wold work, since under the hood it's just two separate requests, the second is launched by the browser. The problem is that after the redirection, I lose the previous request & response data. Any trick how I get out of this deadlock? When I submit a form, I must first let the request pass thru the (legacy) Struts action - then I need to somehow forward it to a JSF managed bean, in order to let JSF create the result view. I should submit the form by POST, not GET, unfortunately. – rapt Apr 18 '13 at 0:25
I have seen in the following thread forums.oracle.com/forums/message.jspa?messageID=7185500#7185500 they suggest doing what I originally did: forward to the struts action from a managed bean (the guy seems to have a mistake in his 2nd code snippet). However I am not sure he actually tested it. It seems very "reasonable" for it to work, but it does not for me. – rapt Apr 18 '13 at 10:24
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Set the Struts 2 Filter in web.xml to accept forwards (and direct requests (or redirects)):
In your web.xml, change:
<!-- uncomment if you plan to include struts action output -->
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The lighting doesn't work, the object appears with solid color. The color itself changes with the material or lighting parameters but no shadow or anything just solid grey.
Here's part of the code:
GLfloat amb[] = {0.6, 0.6, 0.6, 1.0};
GLfloat dif[] = {0.8, 0.8, 0.8, 1.0};
GLfloat spec[] = {0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 1.0};
GLfloat pos[] = {0.0, 0.0, 30.0};
glLightfv(GL_LIGHT0, GL_AMBIENT, amb);
glLightfv(GL_LIGHT0, GL_DIFFUSE, dif);
glLightfv(GL_LIGHT0, GL_SPECULAR, spec);
glLightfv(GL_LIGHT0, GL_POSITION, pos);
GLfloat co[4]={0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5};
GLfloat mat_shininess[] = { 1.0 };
glMaterialfv(GL_FRONT_AND_BACK, GL_SPECULAR, mat_specular);
glMaterialfv(GL_FRONT_AND_BACK, GL_SHININESS, mat_shininess);
for(int i=0; i < numofTr; i++)
glNormal3f(tr[i].v1->n.x, tr[i].v1->n.y, tr[i].v1->n.z);
glVertex3f(tr[i].v1->x, tr[i].v1->y, tr[i].v1->z);
glNormal3f(tr[i].v2->n.x, tr[i].v2->n.y, tr[i].v2->n.z);
glVertex3f(tr[i].v2->x, tr[i].v2->y, tr[i].v2->z);
glNormal3f(tr[i].v3->n.x, tr[i].v3->n.y, tr[i].v3->n.z);
glVertex3f(tr[i].v3->x, tr[i].v3->y, tr[i].v3->z);
I don't know what I'm missing, the normals look good when displayed along with the object.
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You are using dim light on a gray object. Obviously the result is gray.
If you mean that faces are flat shaded, that's because of glShadeModel(GL_FLAT);. Change it to GL_SMOOTH to enable interpolation.
If the object is in 3D, I think that the fact you are only passing 3 floats as position might be relevant; default value is [0,0,1,0], and the function expects four floats (4th being the W coordinate, which should in most cases be equal to 1, or 0 for lights in infinite distance).
Also double check that the data you give to glVertex and glNormal is correct. When rendering a sphere at 0,0,0, the normal of every vertex is the normalized position of such vertex (only holds for spheres, obviously).
As a side note, this code is obviously outdated, and as a disclaimer I would ditch it alltoghether, if you are only learning, and switch to something that's relatively modern and uses programmable pipeline.
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what I mean is the whole object is one solid color, I know what a flat shaded sphere looks like. – user2370697 May 10 '13 at 16:19
THAT WAS IT (the w coordinate). Thank you very much that was quick. – user2370697 May 10 '13 at 16:23
Phew. I'd just like to remind you about the "Accept" tick under my answer's score :) Have fun on Stack Overflow! – Bartek Banachewicz May 10 '13 at 16:24
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In my CreateView class I am overriding the form_valid() function as follows:
class ActionCreateView(CreateView):
model = Action
form_class = ActionCreateForm
success_url = reverse_lazy('profile')
def get_initial(self):
initial = super(ActionCreateView, self).get_initial()
initial['request'] = self.request
return initial
def form_valid(self, form):
form.instance.user = self.request.user
print 'user: %s'%form.instance.user
da = form.cleaned_data['deadline_date']
ti = datetime.now()
form.instance.deadline = datetime(da.year, da.month, da.day, ti.hour, ti.minute, ti.second )
except Exception:
raise Http404
return super(ActionCreateView, self).form_valid(form)
But as it turns out, the form_valid method is never called because the user is never printed. Interestingly, the clean method in the forms.py is called.
No error is displayed (therefore I do not have a traceback to display). The user is just redirected to the form again. What could be the reason for this behaviour? I'm running on Django 1.5 and Python 2.7.
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Did you try a print statement within the form_invalid method, and are you using POST? – Hedde van der Heide May 17 '13 at 14:32
creating the form_invalid method revealed the problem. Thank you for the suggestion. If you write your comment as an answer, I am happy to accept and up vote it. Thank you. – neurix May 17 '13 at 16:39
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form.instance.user = self.request.user is wrong
Please try this variant:
def form_valid(self, form):
self.object = form.save(commit=False)
if self.request.user.is_authenticated():
self.object.user = self.request.user
# Another computing etc
return super(ActionCreateView, self).form_valid(form)
P.S. You really need change get_initial? On you code i don't see that this need.
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If I save the time of first logging attempt and if the 10th attempt is made in less than 1 minute and I ban the IP address would that be enough to stop brute force attack and ddos? In real life example will it be possible for a user to enter the wrong address more than 10 times in a minute?
EDIT: maybe I didn't put the question in right way, would blocking the user/ip after 10 req/m make the system much more secure, than standard block after 10 wrong attempts?
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No, I think not. – HAL9000 Jun 3 '13 at 10:16
For making a thing secure Nothing would be enough. You should think how much is it important. (how much your site is important and would have enemies). – imsiso Jun 3 '13 at 10:16
It won't do you much good against DDOS attacks. – Lidor Jun 3 '13 at 10:17
And don´t block an ip, that´s not a good approach... – luk2302 Jun 3 '13 at 10:18
banning Ip address is not a good idea. You can ban the login details. – pinku Jun 3 '13 at 10:19
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I think that the detecting method is quite correct. If a user tries to log in 10 times a minute this is something wrong here.
But you need to check if:
• the user is impatient so clicks ten times just to "make the loading faster". It's ok if you disable login button with JavaScript but the user can have JS disabled.
• the user clicks "refresh" on the perform-login page, so that the browser resends the post data. This is possible even if redirecting him, because he's got low connection speed. So this could be treated by you as an attack.
• the user has auto-completed form with wrong password stored. He clicks, so there is error, so he does it again, and again, and again.
In my opinion this is no counter-measure if he's trying to make a DoS attack, because it doesn't matter what query he makes, because he just wants to halt your server. And, moreover, he will try to do this from many computers with different IPs so you can't easily block them.
I think blocking an IP is no protection and makes the user sure that you have something to hide. You are able to block him this way, so he'll start another way, the one you had not even thought of. I think -- as the other comments say -- you should temporarily block the user (you can log the IP, why not?), but showing him something like "Internal server/database error, please wait".
All the major sites of largest worldwide companies do not block anybody.
And finally answering to your question: yes, this method will make your system more secure in short term, but user should never know he's been blocked.
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thanks @Voitcus I will take out the IP block idea, but the way I did it before the IP, if the user is blocked he gets the invalid username/password even if he does 1000 wrong attempts, but once he put the right password he gets a message that his account has been blocked for too many attempts with an option to unblock it, would that be good for the user and for a possible attack? – lesandru Jun 3 '13 at 11:08
I think it's security ok, but this can be unfair in the user-experience point of view. If someone uses my login to break into your site, why should I be forced to change password or something? It's not my fault and I am not interested in your security holes. Somebody could use this way to block other users. I think that disallowing the user to log in for 2 or 5 or 10 minutes is enough, but for some "technical reasons". – Voitcus Jun 3 '13 at 11:31
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how can I send PHP parametres, get method like .php?id=xx I am using K2 items with Joomla. Currently I am printing out all results fetched from database using PHP. When user clicks on one of the results it should send him to different page and that page should get id of the thing user clicked. How do I do it if joomla shows me sites like: joomla.com/index.php/example-showing-this/
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This is a very broad question, and we'd more details to better help you. On a broad level, you can generate these URLs using PHP and JRoute http://docs.joomla.org/JRoute/1.5
You may also find this thread helpful too https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/joomla-dev-general/1548yu9I2jQ
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When the user is able to click on things this is no longer PHP, this is HTML and javascript. PHP is executed on the server, the result of this execution is the HTML+CSS+Javascript that the user downloads to its pc.
From what you descrived you need to generate the correct HTML+javascript using the PHP variables you get from the database, for example:
echo "<a href=\"your_php_page.php\">Click me</a>";
This will display a link, but it will not pass any parameters, if you want to pass a id using GET you should do it like this:
echo "<a href=\"your_php_page.php?id=$id\">Click me</a>";
In the your_php_page.php you can receive this id like this:
//if you are going to use this in a query you should do something like this to prevent injection
If you want to use POST, you will have to submit a form or use AJAX, but that's more advanced, you should focus on making it work using GET.
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this is Joomla, you dont use URL's like your_php_page.php – Lodder Jun 11 '13 at 14:45
With Joomla having it's own framework, it provides better methods from accessing $_GET variables, see docs.joomla.org/Secure_coding_guidelines – betweenbrain Jun 12 '13 at 0:21
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Developed an 32 bit Visual Basic dll. dll written only 1 method GetSum having two integer parameteres
Now using late binding load an dll in Winform 32 bit application. pass two integer values show the sum in label. the sum shows correct.
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
object[] args = new object[] { "89", "2" };
Type comObjectType = Type.GetTypeFromProgID("Project1.Class1", true);
object comObject = Activator.CreateInstance(comObjectType);
Type acctualObjectType = comObject.GetType();
object result = acctualObjectType.InvokeMember("GetSum", System.Reflection.BindingFlags.InvokeMethod, null, comObject, args);
label1.Text = result.ToString();
My problem is when i run the winfrom exe on windows 7 64 bit machine. in task manager processes section shows like "WindowsFormsApplication.exe *32"
Means my winfrom exe is running as 32 bit mode on 64 bit machine. What should i do to run my 32 bit exe on 64 bit machine to run as 64 bit exe.
Dont want *32 append to exe in task manager processes section.
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Have you set the Platform Target to AnyCPU and turned off Prefer 32-bit? – Matthew Watson Jun 25 '13 at 7:41
when i set platform to any cpu then exe corrcltly works on 32 bit machine but it crashes in 64 bit machine giving an error class not registered..System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80040154): Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID {0AAB73EC-446B-4142-B758-9637D4CA8E18} failed due to the following error: 80040154 Class not registered (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80040154 (REGDB_E_CLASSNOTREG)). – Nikhil Jun 25 '13 at 7:43
Matthew where is tab for Prefer 32-bit – Nikhil Jun 25 '13 at 8:06
It's next to the "AnyCPU" setting, but it's only there for VS2012. Are you using VS2010 by any chance? – Matthew Watson Jun 25 '13 at 8:14
Matthew i am using vs2010 – Nikhil Jun 25 '13 at 8:16
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First: for creating the dll, are you using Visual Basic .NET or legacy Visual Basic 6?
If you are using VB6, you won't be able to create a 64bit dll. If you are using VB.NET, compile your dll to 64bit.
And remember, if your VB dll is a 32bit dll, you won't be able to use it from a 64bit application.
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i cant do anything on dll level ...client gives me 32 bit dll always – Nikhil Jun 25 '13 at 7:49
@Nikhil: well, you have no option. You must create 32bit apps. – marc casas Jun 25 '13 at 7:50
is there any way... – Nikhil Jun 25 '13 at 7:55
AFAIK, it's impossible to comunicate a 64bit app with a 32bit dll. – marc casas Jun 25 '13 at 8:05
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Hi (please excuse me for my ugly english ;-) )
Do you know if the default CSS of any user agent ... :
• depends on its release number ?
• depends on its layout engine ?
• depends on the release number of its layout engine ?
• depends on the OS ?
• depends on the OS release number ?
If yes (for any choice), have you any example do demonstrate it ?
Thank you very much. :-)
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To be fair, the French version was probably to help clarify the English version in case of translation issues. – random Nov 20 '09 at 11:43
You can also see Firefox's default CSS as a normal stylesheet by entering resource://gre/res/html.css – bobince Nov 20 '09 at 12:06
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It only depends on the browser make/version. You can find here an overview of default styles.
The main differences are in the margins of the block elements. One would recommend to use a CSS reset sheet to clean it up, but I'd just specify the margin for every actually-to-be-used block element yourself.
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+1 Just goes to show how widely browser defaults vary. – codeinthehole Nov 20 '09 at 11:45
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It depends on the rendering engine used by the browser.
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Unless you specifically need to know the defaults properties for your project - I'd recommend looking into using a 'reset script'.
If you use such a script, it will standardise the CSS defaults so they're the same across a range of browsers. Yahoo produce a good one, which is updated with each browser release (http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/reset/)
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So, here's the scenario. I want to have a page that allows a user to add as many fields to a form and have a few validations to choose from for each field and save that to a database. On the page that would show their form, I would have a list of DTextbox(es) (class that I created to represent each field (Dynamic Textbox) that just has a string property) for each row in the database. I wanted to just add data annotations to the string property in each DTextbox in the list. There's two problems with that. One, at least not that I know of, there is no way to dynamically add data annotations like [Required] and [StringLength] to a property. Two, again not that I know of, there is no way to dynamically set what [StringLength]'s max and min values are.
So, my question is, what would be the best way to add validation to these textboxes?
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I have hunted around various other posts and although there are some useful tips I haven't found a similar problem to mine so I thought I would ask. I have generated the following list:
data2 = ['AN1_OUT,24','AN2_OUT,13','AN3_OUT,14','AN4_OUT,15']
What I want to do is identify the setting (AN1_OUT etc..) and the value (2,13 etc...) that accompanies it. I have successfully identified the setting by using the good old 'if-elif' as I only need to know this setting, however, I now need to separate out the value. So far I am using:
data3 = re.findall('[0-9]{2}',data2[i])
byte1 = map(lambda n: int(n[:2]),data3)
This is in a for loop that runs through all of the elements in the data2 list (4 in this example). for each 'i' I am getting the following:
I know this is what I would expect, however, the problem arises when the value is a single digit such as:
In this case I miss that value and it is not printed. I tried changing the regex in the data3 function to:
data3 = re.findall('[0-9]{1,2}',data2[i])
However the problem with this is that it picks up the digit in AN1_OUT, AN2_OUT etc.. so I end up with:
I have looked at various different ways to solve it but it is proving very elusive. Any help would be appreciated.
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Why not just .split(',')[:-1] to get everything after the comma? – TyrantWave Sep 19 '13 at 16:32
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Append $ at the end to make it match only at the end of the input string:
You can use \d instead of [0-9]:
To avoid escape use raw string (r'raw string'):
>>> re.findall(r'\d{1,2}$', 'AN3_OUT,14')
>>> re.findall(r'\d+$', 'AN3_OUT,14')
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Hey falsetru, that works perfectly, thanks for the detailed explanation. – AimSkyward Sep 20 '13 at 7:14
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You can use look-behind to fetch the digit preceded by comma. Also, you can use [0-9]+ instead of [0-9]{1,2}, id you can have more digits.
data3 = re.findall(r'(?<=,)[0-9]+',data2[i])
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You can parse the strings you've described without using regular expressions. Just split on the comma!
for item in data2:
setting, value = item.split(',')
if setting == 'AN1_OUT':
value = int(value)
# do stuff with value
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I am using ServiceStack.OrmLite to persist data in a SQLite database, and quite happy with it so far.
However, many of my objects have properties of a complex type which I don't want serialized using JSV.
I need to be able to specify a custom serialization/deserialization that should be used to store the property in the database (as a string). In the db4o world this would be equivalent to using the translation feature provided by IObjectConstructor.
A good example of complex types that cannot be serialized and deserialized properly are NodaTime types, even though they can be easily mapped to strings (I already have the serialization/deserialization functions which I used with db4o).
What is the simplest way to achieve that? A wrapper would not be very convenient as I would have to write and maintain one for each type that contains a property of this complex type.
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Please, give a minimum working example of a class, how would you like to serealize it and, how to deserelize it. – htellez Nov 1 '13 at 2:21
It is very simple, I have a basic class with a property that is of a complex type. I need this property to be serialized/deserialized into/from a string using my own routine rather than JSV. I don't think a code sample is really needed in this specific instance. – Erwin Mayer Nov 1 '13 at 2:50
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For those who may be interested in the wrapper pattern I am currently using to implement custom serialization with OrmLite (works with other ORMs too), here is a simple working example with NodaTime types that are otherwise not serialized properly:
public class BusinessObject {
public class Poco {
public readonly BusinessObject BusinessObject;
public Poco(BusinessObject businessObject) {
this.BusinessObject = businessObject;
public Poco() {
this.BusinessObject = new BusinessObject();
public string Id {
get { return this.BusinessObject.Id; }
set { this.BusinessObject.Id = value; }
public decimal Amount {
get { return this.BusinessObject.Amount; }
set { this.BusinessObject.Amount = value; }
public DateTime Dt {
get { return this.BusinessObject.Dt.ToDateTime(); }
set { this.BusinessObject.Dt = LocalDateTime.FromDateTime(value).Date; }
public string TimeZone {
get { return this.BusinessObject.TimeZone.Id; }
set { this.BusinessObject.TimeZone = DateTimeZoneProviders.Tzdb.GetZoneOrNull(value); }
public string Description {
get { return this.BusinessObject.Description; }
set { this.BusinessObject.Description = value; }
public string Id { get; private set; }
public decimal Amount { get; private set; }
public LocalDate Dt { get; private set; }
public DateTimeZone TimeZone { get; private set; }
public string Description { get; private set; }
public BusinessObject() { }
public BusinessObject(string id, decimal amount, LocalDate dt, DateTimeZone timeZone, string description) {
this.Id = id;
this.Amount = amount;
this.Dt = dt;
this.TimeZone = timeZone;
this.Description = description;
I hope it will soon be possible to define hooks/callbacks for specific types that should be handled with custom code, and also that OrmLite will allow properties with private setters to be reloaded from persistence (currently it will only work in one direction).
Update (2014/03/08): As a temporary workaround, it is possible to have OrmLite use custom serialization/deserialization by calling first:
JsConfig<BusinessObject>.TreatValueAsRefType = true;
Even if BusinessObject is a reference type. Then, you can enjoy the beauty/simplicity/ubiquity of:
JsConfig<BusinessObject>.RawSerializeFn = bo => bo.Serialize();
JsConfig<BusinessObject>.RawDeserializeFn = str => BusinessObject.Deserialize(str);
Hopefully support for custom mapping will be added soon (so that for example a NodaTime.LocalDate can be mapped to a DateTime instead of a string).
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I really don't see how private setters could be loaded externally, or if they should at all. protected could work, though. – ANeves Nov 27 '13 at 11:36
Private setters are accessible with Reflection. – Erwin Mayer Nov 28 '13 at 6:54
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To serialize complex types, set up your own serializer (and deserializer) on JsConfig:
JsConfig<Foo>.SerializeFn = foo => foo.ToString("XOXO", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
JsConfig<Foo>.DeSerializeFn = foo =>
var result = Foo.Parse(foo, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
return result;
You might also want to tell JsConfig to assume UTC dates:
JsConfig.AssumeUtc = true;
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Does this work with OrmLite? I know it works with ServiceStack, but as far as I had read and tested with my code it was not taken into account for OrmLite serialization. – Erwin Mayer Nov 28 '13 at 6:56
It does. But I am having trouble with the serialization of structs. (Deserialization works fine. And for reference types both work fine - serialization and deserialization.) – ANeves Nov 28 '13 at 11:27
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JSV is currently the only supported complex type serializer in OrmLite.
You can vote for this feature on ServiceStack's Feature Requests website.
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I'm integrating with OpenEars in my app and I'd like it to say the same text I display on an UIAlertView at the time I show it. However, when I show the alert view, the voice does not sound until I dismiss it. How could I handle this?
In case it is not possible to do this, could it be possible if instead of using OpenEars I play an audio file?
Thanks in advance
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