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I am attempting to allocate some amount of shared memory based on a variable shmsz which is always some multiple of 8. In most cases, it's either 8 or 16.
Using the following code:
// allocate shared memory
if ((shmid = shmget(IPC_PRIVATE, shmsz, IPC_CREAT | 0666)) < 0) {
printf("Could not allocate shared memory.\n");
This used to work like a charm. But now, I am always getting the error message and having my program exit on me.
EDIT: errno() shows "Bus Error: 10"
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How about looking at the value of errno when the call fails, that might give a hint... – Seg Fault Sep 27 '12 at 17:15
And what does the errno say? – Nikolai N Fetissov Sep 27 '12 at 17:16
Don't forget #include <errno.h> – Nikolai N Fetissov Sep 27 '12 at 17:52
Seems you are getting a signal SIGBUS and the program is terminating at that point.Are you sure the signal is due to this line or any subsequent lines? What is the plaform? is there any core files generated? Can you run gdb on that core file to see exactly which line is generating SIGBUS? Here most likely errno may not help. At least, this line with shmz = 8, is not raising any SIGBUS in my Fedora 15. The shm segment is successfully created.Can you pl. paste some more code, before/after this line? – Tanmoy Sep 27 '12 at 18:05
errno is not a function - you cannot call it with (), it's an integer value for all purposes. – Nikolai N Fetissov Sep 27 '12 at 18:23
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Sometimes, when there is an violation of access in that shared memory (such as trying to write in a shared memory where you only have read rights), the process is sent SIGSEGV or SIGBUS.
In your case, as you are creating it with 0666, there is only one possible situation for this scenario: so are you trying to execute code from that shared memory?
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The quest line.
To actually start the first quest I had to pickpocket the guy in the bannard Mare after doing that I read the book I got the quest but idk if the guy is supposed to lead me somewhere but he isnt. i just have a quest with no quest marker and I have No idea where to go
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Jonx0r [dezvoltator] 15 mai @ 9:30am
Which quest started? If it's Someone With Backbone you'll need to be on Wyrmstooth to see a quest marker.
Speaking to Theodyn Bienne once he finds you will start the quest Dragon Hunt which is how Wyrmstooth starts. Make sure you're at least level 10 and have spoken with the Greybeards in order to start it. Theodyn won't go out looking for you unless you meet both of these conditions.
If for some bizarre reason the quest won't start and you do meet these conditions, use:
setstage wtdragonhunt 10
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January 2, 2013, 06:54 PM
I'm considering buying a CMP M1. I note there are a limited number converted to 7.62, I believe formerly USN issue.
I would prefer 30-06, as this is historically the rifle my father used and that won WW2 and Korea, but the 7.62 offers logistical advantages in a national calamity.
As a retired National Guardsman and member of the Retired Reserve it would be my moral duty to immediately report to our nearby state HQ in event of a great catastrophe, like a nuclear attack, etc. Presumably I would be issued new uniforms, TA50 and a M4 or M16, but if supplies were short, it would seem wise to report with what uniforms and gear I had left and with a compatible weapon. 7.62 would be the obvious choice. Likewise, if the government became tyranical, 7.62 could be more easliy obtained than an obsolete caliber.
Then again, how does the 30-06 compare to the 7.62 in competion? Also, don't these 7.62 conversions have reliability issues? If it had been that easy to turn M1's into 7.62's, as Beretta did, the M14 would never have existed.
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January 4, 2013, 07:55 PM
FALphil- any idea if the special grade .308 will handle full power loads or should it be reduced pressure loads like the 30-06?
January 4, 2013, 08:24 PM
I don't know. The 308 doesn't have the gas volume that the '06 does, so the pressure curve is different. If no one else chimes in, this may be a question for the ODCMP forum or jouster.com.
January 4, 2013, 08:26 PM
That's kinda what I was thinking with the pressure diffences. A little bit of a Resident Evil fan? lol
January 4, 2013, 09:22 PM
FAL phil, CMP is listing surplus barreled Navy actions and sell just about any part you would need to get them up and running. the special grades are indeed criterion barrels with mostly new parts. if the rifles indeed function properly I would say that they would be a great bargain over an M1a or norinko M14 knockoff.
however I would say that retired members, no matter whether they have been recalled or volunteered, would be placed in support roles, not combat roles. you would be the ones manning the mess halls, sitting behind desks and and supply tasks that could be handled by LLD personell. also in the event that there was crippling shortages of weapons to issue, a 308 would probably be pretty hard to feed for most bases, I know on my carrier we had M14s for drilling, shark watches, and anything that 5.56 couldn't handle but 50 cal was overkill for but we had very limited supplies of ammo for them. an AR15 or other evil black rifle would be much more practical to supplement existing stores as you would use the same ammo as everyone else and if your rifle broke USGI parts are interchangeable, if the trigger group broke then you will have hit the jackpot(three round burst, here we come :D)
EDIT: thank you for your service!
Bart B.
January 5, 2013, 08:09 AM
Here's the straight scoop on CMP's sales of 7.62 versions:
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For those who want to buy kinjutsu but which maubeli confused? The
following lists Token Jutsu Ninja Saga at present:
All Kinjutsu level 10 have a Cooldown and Use Chakra (CP) are the same,
namely 10 and 50 Cooldown CP, except for WATER renewal only need 10 CP.
Here's a description of each Kinjutsu level 10:
Effect = Increase the amount of damage (the amount of damage) of all
attacks by 40% during the third turn (3 turn).
This skill increases the amount of damage the attack by 40% for 3 turns,
it is suitable for the type of offensive like the element of fire and
lightning that want to increase the amount of damage to their attacks.
This skill is MANDATORY for ninja element of fire damage was enormous.
Effect = Increases Critical Strike chance (critical attacks; 150% of
normal damage) by 40% during the third turn (3 times).
Lightning Charge skill is similar to Fire Power as equally useful to
increase the number of attacks. Only the difference, Lightning Charge is
chance or opportunity, which increases the Critical Strike chance by 40%.
While the Fire Power is direct without having to have a chance. For the
air-element ninja Pure Pure Thunder or Lightning, Fire Power and
Lightning Charge, both effective to use this skill, because Pure Thunder
ninja element already has a high critical chance. But for the Pure Fire,
is not recommended for use Lightning Charge because it is not effective
given the Pure Critical Fire has a low chance. So, API or LIGHTNING? FIRE
or LIGHTNING POWER CHARGE? Both have their advantages ....
-Without a high critical chance though, FIRE POWER has been used
effectively to enhance the attack, effective to use all of the elements.
While LIGHTNING CHARGE will not be of much use to the ninja with a low
critical chance ... this skill is not recommended, but ...
- For users of lightning or Pure Lightning element that has a high
Critical Chance, especially users talent Dark Eye, LIGHTNING CHARGE
clearly better than FIRE POWER. Because once critical, damage its 150%
normal damage, not to mention the critical strike bonus gained from every
point of lightning, while the Fire Power only gives 140% normal damage.
But, Fire Power can also be used to obtain a higher damage and super-
awful again.
Description: Creates a Golem ground to protect itself from any attack.
Effect = Reducing the amount of damage (the number of attacks) received
by 40% during the third turn (3 times).
This skill is the opposite Fire Power, reduce 40% damage received.
Suitable for use as a defense skills. Especially when your opponent is
using a Fire Power, and you use Golem Protection, then buff Fire Power is
not functioning.
Again, GP is a good skill and will be more effective if used against
enemy air-high damage, although not mandatory, but please do not hesitate
to take this skill if you have a lot of extra tokens.
4) WATER = WATER Renewal
Effect = Increase the amount of Chakra Point (CP) by 13% at every turn
(regeneration) for 3 turn (3 times).
In my opinion, of all the level 10 skill tokens, skill is the most ugly
and not useful. Should not have bought ... CP return only 39% (3 x 13
%)... only to 39% CP need to wait 3 turns ... Charge passable, right? 2
turn has increased 50% CP. Moreover, users talent Dark Eye Level 10 which
need only 1 time Charge to restore the 50% CP. So, in essence, not have
to buy this skill because it will not kepake '...
5) WIND = Evasion
Effect = Increases chance Dodge (dodge / dodge) by 40% during the third
turn (3 times).
This is my favorite skill and skill token token the first time I bought
once a skill that I most hated enemies in PvP have the skill>>>
For users of the wind element or attribute it to lots of wind ...
MANDATORY legal purchase this skill ... Wind element without Evasion =
Water Element without reloading
Increases dodge chance / rate of 40% is enough to make opponents can
barely touch you ....
Here's a description of each Kinjutsu level 20:
1) API = Hellfire
Cooldown: 10
CP: 220
Damage: 231
Description: Attack the fire that led to Burn effect (burning)
Effect = Target hit the Burn effect of 3% (target's HP is reduced by 3%
at every turn) for 3 turn (3 times).
Skill Hellfire is a skill that must be installed user element in dealing
with World Boss fire or other enemies that have high HP. Reduction of 9%
HP (3% x 3) will greatly help to kill World Boss Hunting House with ease.
Here are lists of skills, talent, pets and weapons that have the effect
of the most high-Burning:
1. 15% HP: (1.5% x 10) = Mirror of Passion - Eye of Mirror Lv. 10
2. 9% HP: (3% x 3) = Hellfire
3. 6% HP: (3% x 2) = Keiko, (2% x 3) = Tomaru (Emblem)
4. 4% HP: (2% x 2) = Leiko, (2% x 2) = Lava Spirits - Explosive Lava Lv.
10 (30% chance)
5. 3% HP: (1.5% x 2) = Kagero (Emblem; 35% chance), (1% x 3) = Burning
Yanki Sickles (World Boss, 60% chance)
Cooldown: 10
CP: 242
Damage: 210
Description: lightning lightning attack that causes effects Blind (blind)
Securities affected by Blind Target = 70% (accuracy / precision of the
target was reduced by 70%) during the second turn (2 times).
Blind, this effect makes the accuracy of the affected enemy blind
reduced, almost like Evasion, only the difference did not like Evasion or
other skills for yourself, Blind different. If a friend were attacked
targets affected by Blind, Dodge they will also increase or attack those
targets missed. Although it must be remembered that the accuracy is not a
dodge his opponent.
This skill is very useful in PvP, especially for wind ninja elements who
want to increase their dodge chance. When in a state Evasion skill
cooldown, you can use a Lightning Flash which has utility similar to
Evasion, unfortunately, although a reduced number of very high accuracy
(nearly 100%), is valid only during the second turn (2 turns).
3) Absorption EARTH EARTH =
Cooldown: 10
CP: 220
Damage: 189
Description: Attack of the earth that reduces the target Chakra
Effect = Absorb CP (Chakra Point) target of 15% for 1 turn (1 time), and
add it to our CP, very effective for Boss World, where the CP was large.
Come to think again, Earth is actually not useful Absorption ...
dibandingin other skill ... if buying this skill, buang2 aja token, a
good buy another skill that is better ... the effect is just absorbing
the chakra doang ... not effective everywhere, except the World Boss CP
gede2 his ... but why should absorb Chakra, Charge wrote passable skill
and buy another token. So, in essence, not have to buy this skill because
it will not kepake '...
Cooldown: 10
CP: 210
Damage: 168
Description: The attack of water to restrict the target
Effect = Targets hit by the effects of Restriction (the target can not
use skills) during the second turn (2 times).
Restriction 2 turn ... Water Bundle makes very useful, not like that can
stun-resist and not clear how many turn kenanya (either 3, 2, or even 1
turn), Water Bundle different. Restriction can not in-resist and
definitely got 2 turn. Restriction that only two enemies Purify and
DODGE!, So this skill will actually be effective against ninja non-
Angin/Air. Water Bundle itself is actually the only step that has the
effect of Restriction. Pet Talent and the rest are as:
- Hidden Silhoutte: Extinguish (3 turn)
- Eye of the Mirror: Mirror of Grace (3 turn)
- Dark Eye: Acupuncture meridians Destruction (2 turn)
- Keiko: Toad Lick (1 turn)
- Suzu: SECRET: Ecstasy Transformation (1 turn)
Cooldown: 8
CP: 176
Damage: 147
Description: Attack the wind that causes the effect Bleeding (hemorrhage)
Effect = Target hit Bleeding effect by 25% (Damage / destruction of all
attacks increased by 25%, 125% Damage normal) during the third turn (3
Bleeding, these effects make the damage increase when attacking an enemy
that affected the bleeding, not like Fire Power or other skills for
yourself, Bleeding different. If your friends are exposed to attack
targets Bleeding, their damage will also increase.
This skill is actually useful to increase the damage the attack users of
low wind element by 25%, but now it seems the effect of this skill is not
TOO useful anymore, because there are skill (talent) other bleeding
that's better, the Samurai: One Sword. In addition, there are many other
skills that can increase the number of attacks with an even larger
amount. The following sequence of skill-skill, talent and useful pet
increases the damage of attacks from the highest:
1. +80% = Eight extremities - Extreme Mode Lv. 10 (only for talent and
skill taijutsu 8-EX, 3 turn)
2. +75% = Hidden Among Rocks (1 turn)
3. +50% = Critical STRIKE! >>> Lightning Charge. Actually, to get +50%
damage need not use any jutsu because everyone already has a 5% Critical
Chance from the beginning. Only, to enhance this opportunity to make it
more effective are needed Lightning Charge.
4. +40% = Fire Power (3 turn) and Deadly Performance - Samurai: One Sword
Lv. 10 (3 turn)
5. +30% = Combustion>>> This status can only be obtained by clicking
invest at least 1 point to the element fire.
6. +25% = Blade of Wind (3 turn)
7. +20% = Rage of Yama (3 turn) and Explosive Lava - Lava Shield Lv. 10
(3 turn only to the elements fire and earth)
8. +15% = Armor of Narukami (3 turn)
9. +10% = Wind Edge Chop, Moon and Wind Blade Cleave Extension (1 turn)
10. +10% = Inokuchi - SECRET: Rock Death Spear (2 turn)
11. +8% = Chiko - SECRET: Flight Sickles (2 turn) and the Angry Tiger
12. +7% = Leiko - Catalytic Matter (with sacrifice HP 4% / 2% x 2 turn)
13. +6.5% = Enchanted Katana Gyoubu
14. +5% = Eriko - Roar Courage (2 turn), Raita - Military Lightning Roar
(2 turn), Ichi no Katana and Explosive Lava (passive skill)
15. +3% = Hiragi - Poem of Bird (3 turn)
16. +2% = Abarenbo (50% chance) and Mountain Haze
Here's a description of each Kinjutsu level 30:
1) API = FIRE ENERGY excitation
Cooldown: 10
CP: 240
Damage: -
Description: Using the skill without the use of Chakra (CP) for 3 turn (3
Effect = Can not fill Chakra (Charge) for 6 turn (6 times).
Skill is suitable for use by any elements and against any elements, but
is more effectively used by non-water elements and non-dark eye that has
a low CP. This skill is also suitable type of user elements offensive to
the use of CP, such as Lightning and Fire. This skill is great for the
most extravagant elements of Lightning CP usage. But there are side
effects can not Charge for 6 turn or 3 the next turn, but the point here
is that during this chakra SCROLL I guess not to ... xD
Cooldown: 10
CP: 176
Damage: 341
Reducing the chance to escape the effects = average (Dodge rate) target
by 40% and reduce Chakra (CP) target of 8% every time the target is
attacked during the third turn (3 times).
When viewed from above description, it seems very useful skill to fight
the ninja who has the wind element high dodge chance, dodge chance and CP
reduces the opponent, these moves will really hurt the wind element user.
BUT, try pikir2 go again, what FLB really effective? Read the dialogue
below ...
If dipikir2 again, FLB is actually not effective and not in order, why?
A: Flash Lightning Bundle should be used before the opponent using Wind
Peace Evasion or her, because although we try to attack, if the enemy has
put up two of the skill, Flash Lightning Bundle we will still be dodge.
B: So how NIH?
A: We must go first in order to use Flash Lightning Bundle first before
the enemy uses to buff dodge enhancing his chance ...
B: Well you know, Wind User's always the way first because of its high
agility, how could sempet nyerangnya?!
In conclusion, this stance just like any other regular attack stance ...
Cooldown: 10
CP: 75
Damage: -
Effect = Reduce the amount of damage (Damage) received 100% in one turn
(one time) the first, and increase the amount of damage (Damage) attacks
by 75% (175% normal damage) on the second turn (one time).
One of the best skill other ground elements is HAR (Hidden Among Rocks)
... This stance is good for use anywhere, but more useful for PvP and
missions. First effect is any damage that attacked us would be 0, the
first effect aja dah looks good, unfortunately only 1 turn doang ... the
effect of both is to add our attack damage by 75%, WOW ... of all the
existing skills, HAR is the highest damage-enhancing skills ... which is
75%, almost 100%! Unfortunately, it's just one turn. If from all the
talent, skill and pet enhancing existing damage, HAR no.2, Extreme Mode
after his 8-extremities which increase 80% damage.
4) = Prison colliding WATER WAVE
Cooldown: 10
CP: 160
Damage: -
= Target stun effect, HP (blood) & CP (chakras) the target was reduced by
2% during the second turn (2 times).
PCW (Prison colliding Wave) in my opinion is the best skill level 30 and
also one of great skill other than water. Suitable for everything, PvP,
World Boss or mission. Although the stun, if pake 'PCW, stunnya never
less than 2, if taxable, would stunnya 2 times, never less, great samalah
Water Bundle ama ... besides, according to my observations during this
PCW was never resist World Boss. Reducing CP & HP by 4% (2% x 2), PCW is
also effective in the World Boss ... similar functions such as Hellfire,
Hellfire though still number 1.
Cooldown: 10
CP: 128
Damage: -
Effect = Increases dodge chance average (Dodge rate) by 20%, and increase
the amount of Chakra (CP) by 8% at every turn during the third turn (3
times), applies to all team members.
Wind Peace, this skill is a twin Evasion, equally ningkatin dodge, though
smaller ... hehe ... only 20%, but this skill also add 8% CP and I like
most of these skills are: The effect applies to all team members,
especially useful when team members are dying again
Of all Kinjutsu, Kinjutsu level 40 can be spelled out rather interesting
and unique compared to other Kinjutsu, because almost all Kinjutsu level
40 monster or god-like shape of each of these elements, except the Shield
of Suiten. Here's a description of each Kinjutsu level 40:
Cooldown: 10
CP: 100
Damage: -
Effect = Increases the amount of damage (Damage) attacks by 20%, the
amount of damage (Damage) opponent is also increased by 20% but 100% the
amount of damage (Damage) received reversed to the enemy (Reactive Force)
for a 3 turn (3 times).
Tangible creepy-looking monsters head with flames of hair called YAMA.
The effect is the Rage which can increase damage 20%, just like Fire
Power, though far smaller ... moreover, defense / defense we will also be
reduced by 20% or it can be said about the attacks that we also increased
20%, but the best of this moment is = 100% reactive FORCE!
Although the damage the enemy also increased 20%, but what's the point if
all these attacks to the enemy completely reversed (100 %)??? It's the
same aja Damage = 0 and the enemy that attacked it will buang2 Chakra ...
but be careful with Pure Earth (Pure Land) is the amount of his HP more,
although we use Rage of Yama, Pure Earth will not hesitate to attack ...
Pure Earth was the only drawback Rage of Yama
Cooldown: 10
CP: 100
Damage: -
Effect = Increases the amount of damage (Damage) attacks, the chance to
do critical attacks (Crirical Chance), and accuracy (accuracy) of 15%
during the third turn (3 times).
Tangible haired monsters mighty sharp-covered electrical named NARUKAMI.
The effect is to increase the attack, accuracy, and critical by 15%. Only
15% aja?
Ningkatin damage 15%>>> Bagusan Fire Power-lah ... 40%
Ningkatin critical 15%>>> Bagusan Lightning Charge (LC) was ... 40%
Ningkatin accuracy of 15% ... I think this was just a nice ...
After second thought, I think, Armor of Narukami is not a priority ...
may be purchased but now have much more ... Token Armor of Narukami will
either be used as a substitute for Lightning Charge, especially when in a
state Cooldown LC ... LC Cooldown if not, ya pake 'LC wrote ...
3) Embrace OF EARTH = Golem
Cooldown: 10
CP: 100
Damage: -
Effect = Increases the amount of HP (blood) by 5% every turn and will not
be affected by any negative status (Purify) for 3 turn (3 times).
Who does not know the Golem? Of course know, this monster is the earth
element jutsu specialists are available in various levels and forms such
as the jutsu Mud Golem, Golem Protection, Mud Golem Fist, Embrace of
Embrace of Golem effect is really great, that Purify & add 5% HP for 3
turn makes EOG (Embrace of Golem) to be the Best Defense Skill Token
Number 3 Ninja Saga, I think, after Evasion (1) and SHIELD OF Suiten (2).
For those who have this skill, MUST be used on the first turn PvP.
Because usually, on the first turn-turn, the enemy will use disabling
moves like Restriction, Sleep, Barrier, Chaos, Stun, etc.. So with the
EOG, you will be spared from the negative effects ... in addition, the
effect of return of 15% HP (5% x 3) will also be felt its effect on Earth
Pure (Pure Land) is the average of his cell phone ...
Cooldown: 10
CP: 100
Damage: -
Effect = The amount of damage (Damage) is received via the CP, and not
through the HP (Ratio: 1 CP = 2 HP). Valid for 3 turn (3 times).
This stance is intangible like a monster but only tangible bubble that
envelops the user, may indeed like that of his original form Suiten.
The purpose of this stance is, our HP will not decrease when the enemy
attacked us, or it can be said Damage = 0. However, permanent damage
received by enemy attacks us with a ratio of CP: 1 CP = 2 HP. Here I give
an example situation:
You use a jutsu Shield of Suiten. And when the enemy attacked, it would
appear that means writing the numbers 0 HP you are not reduced, and this
is indeed true. Instead, your CP decreased with a ratio of 1 / 2 Damage
enemy. If the normal, the enemy deals damage of 1000, but in this
situation, your phone was not reduced but you reduced the CP 500. If an
enemy deals damage 250, HP does not decrease and your CP is reduced 125.
If the damage 414, HP does not decrease, but the CP is reduced 212. If
damage 56, HP does not decrease, but the CP is reduced 28, and so on.
UDAH UNDERSTAND, KAN? This skill is more effectively used by a ninja with
an excess amount of CP, which is of course the user of the water element
and Talent Dark Eye.
5) WIND = DANCE OF Fujin
Cooldown: 10
CP: 100
Damage: -
Effect = 4 turn cooldown Reduces all existing stance (Excluding this
stance and Talent).
Intangibles such as the curly haired monster in the form of a great wind
is named FUJIN.Efeknya Rapid Cooldown Cooldown which can reduce all of
the existing stance (This jutsu except his own, and talent) of 4 turns.
Wind speed in Agility, and the use of CP Kick Cooldown can be maximized
with this stance.
Even with the Dance of Fujin ...
An ordinary person Fire Power Fire Power = 2 with Dance of Fujin
An ordinary person = 2 Evasion Evasion with Dance of Fujin
1 Wind Peace ordinary people = 2 Wind Dance of Peace by Fujin
1 Lightning Flash ordinary people = 2 Lightning Flash by Dance of Fujin
1 Feather Illusion ordinary people = 2 Feather Dance of Illusion by Fujin
Hmmm .... how?
Kinjutsu level 50
1.Wind Kinjutsu: Infinite Whirlwind Breakthrough
Effect: Removes all negative status, reduce a cooldown on every ninjutsu
wind, every player receives the attack. (2 Turn)
Damage: 0 Cooldown: 12 Chakra: 250
2. Earth Kinjutsu: Rock Golem Gauntlets
Effect: Removes all negative status, reducing the damage received by 25%
(2 Turn), if there is land used ninjutsu, the next round of damage
received player to 100%.
Damage: 0 Cooldown: 14 Chakra: 250
3. Water Kinjutsu: Encampment Shark Shield
Effect: Removes all negative status, 30% bonus when using the extra heal
heal or healing jutsu scroll (Turn 3), reduce 10% CP opponents each
player receives an attack from the opponent.
Damage: 0 Cooldown: 14 Chakra: 250
4. Fire Kinjutsu: Phoenix Fire Breath
Effect: Removes all negative status, ignoring the 30% dodge the opponent,
together with reducing 30% dodge opponents but only to users of this
jutsu. (4 Turn)
Damage: 0 Cooldown: 14 Chakra: 250
5. Lightning Kinjutsu: Ultimate Lightning Boost
Effect: Removes all negative status, giving the effect of stun (1 Turn)
for all ninjutsu lightning attacks. (2 Turn)
Damage: 0 Cooldown: 15 Chakra: 250
Kinjutsu Level 60
1. Lightning Kinjutsu: Narukami Great Lightning Bullet
Effect: Reduce 20% chance of 'Reactive Force' on the opponent (4 Turn),
add (prolong) 'cooldown' on 3 Ninjutsu Land owned by the opponent, the
opponent receives 100% attack Critical Hit if the player is in effect a
state of 'Kinjutsu: Ultimate Lightning Boost '.
671 Damage, Cooldown 14, Chakra 300
2. Water Kinjutsu: Strong Arm Of Suiten
Effect: Reduce 20% chance of 'Combustion' on the opponent (4 Turn), add a
'cooldown' on 3 Ninjutsu Fire's opponent, the opponent attacks the player
is reduced 50% damage if the player is in effect a state of 'Kinjutsu:
Encampment Shark Shield'.
549 Damage, Cooldown 14, Chakra 300
3. Wind Kinjutsu: Fuijin Storm Vacuum
Effect: Reduce 20% kemungknan 'Critical' to the opponent (4 Turn), add a
'cooldown' on 3 Ninjutsu Lightning's opponent, the opponent receives 120%
damage attack if the player is in effect a state of 'Kinjutsu: Whirlwind
488 Damage, Cooldown 12, Chakra 300
4. Fire Kinjutsu: Yama Great Fire Cannon
Effect: Reduce 20% chance of 'Dodge' on the opponent (4 Turn), add a
'cooldown' on 3 Ninjutsu Wind's opponents, each attack by the opponent
will decrease 8% HP opponent, if the player is in effect a state of
'Kinjutsu: Phoenix Fire Breath '.
732 Damage, Cooldown 14, Chakra 300
5. Earth Kinjutsu: Great Golem Smash
Effect: Reduce 20% chance 'Purify' the opponent (4 Turn), add a
'cooldown' on 3 Ninjutsu Water belongs to the opponent and make the
opponent can not do 'heal', if the player is in effect a state of
'Kinjutsu: Rock Golem Gauntlets' .
610 Damage, Cooldown 14, Chakra 300
Kinjutsu Genjutsu
Besides Kinjutsu elements, there are also 3 other form of Genjutsu
Kinjutsu, namely:
1) Transformation SEXY GIRL
Price: 100 token
Cooldown: 14
CP: 85
Damage: -
Description: Ber-transformation into a sexy girl and to stun the target
Effect = Stun target for 3 turn (3 times).
This is a stunning special genjutsu Premium User / User Emblem, while for
the Free User, can use the Fat Woman Transformation that has stun effect
during the second turn (2 times).
2) Feather ILLUSION Price: 200 token
Cooldown: 14
CP: 85
Damage: -
Description: A genjutsu that causes the effect of Sleep (sleep)
Effect = Target affected by Sleep for 3 turn (3 times).
In contrast to stun, restriction or other disabling effects, the effects
of sleep will be lost if the target is attacked. or exposed to Burn
effect. Because sleep means sleep, if the target is attacked, then the
target will wake up, and the effects of this sleep will automatically
disappear. Feather Illusion effect sleep has many benefits and legal
MANDATORY for every element has this Genjutsu ...
Here excess Feather Illusion (FI):
1. Useful as an opportunity to fill the blood (HP) and chakras (CP)
returned for 3 turn: Charge, Refresh and Healing Scroll
2. FI is the best way to eliminate the enemy buff, EXCEPT Embrace of
Golem, Water Renewal, Evasion and Wind Peace. Lightning Charge BYE, BYE
Armor of Narukami, BYE Shield of Suiten, Fire Power BYE, BYE Rage of
Yama, and the Hidden Among Rocks too ... xD
3. As the delay time of the fight, it is useful to wait for the cooldown
of your best moves.
4. To do COMBO without interruption.
5. To make the attack a member of your team be more focused on one
target. Effective against an enemy that is more than one, because Pet and
team members will not attack enemies that are in Sleep status.
6. Price was cheap (just 200 Token) but suitable for all combinations of
However, the FI also has drawbacks, namely:
1. Purify Water Element or Embrace of Golem.
2. Catalytic Buff Leiko Matter.
3. Burn and Poison status.
4. Dodge Chance Wind element. FI can not hit ...
Price: 400 token
Cooldown: 14
CP: 275
Damage: -
Effect = Eliminate all targets Buff effect.
Genjutsu is used to eliminate the effects of enemy buffs. Referred to as
buff here is the positive effects by the enemy. For example, if the enemy
uses Kinjutsu Fire Power, then we use the Falling Leaf, then the effect
of Fire Power to increase 40% damage attack is lost and does not
function. Likewise for the other buff jutsu, like Evasion, Lightning
Charge, Armor of Narukami, Hidden Among Rocks, etc.. These effects will
be lost and do not work when we use the Falling Leaf.
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They' re nice to look at from afar;
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#13 - I Am Monkey (04/25/2014) [+] (9 replies)
#12 - theshwazy (04/25/2014) [+] (7 replies)
**theshwazy rolled image**
gonna roll a ******* pony
#15 to #12 - thatguyinabox (04/25/2014) [-]
I tried.
#9 - shadowrated (04/25/2014) [+] (2 replies)
User avatar #39 - chokinandtokin (04/25/2014) [+] (3 replies)
**chokinandtokin rolled user phanact ** slut
#2 - dafuckisthisshit (04/24/2014) [+] (2 replies)
i would do anything for love
#18 - darkpotato (04/25/2014) [-]
**darkpotato rolled image** sluts
**darkpotato rolled image** sluts
#23 - icecoldkilla (04/25/2014) [-]
**icecoldkilla rolled image** mfw sluts
#16 - lmfaoattheboat (04/25/2014) [+] (1 reply)
**lmfaoattheboat rolled image** related
User avatar #32 - mrsixinch (04/25/2014) [+] (4 replies)
**mrsixinch rolled user giffythetoad ** slut
User avatar #53 - dantemp (04/25/2014) [-]
Regardless of the content being witty, I would like to point out that it being true strongly depends on what type of slut we are talking about. If we are talking a trash crack whore, ridden with deceases, yeah, probably not a good idea to go there. But this kind is hardly nice to look at. If we are talking about an attractive girl with a dynamic sex life, she is probably more clean than you. I think generally there is no wisdom in this joke, totally agreeing with the fact that the guy that made it up wasn't probably intending to be wise but just funny.
I just feel that the notion of "being a slut is bad for you" is strongly connected with the idea that a girl should be a hard to get prize for the men. But this is from society where this was the ONLY way for a girl to get a successful life. We are far from that and although it's perfectly OK for a girl to keep acting like that, building herself up to be the prized jewel of someone that can make her dreams come true(regardless if we are talking about money, fame or even pure passion, often mistaken for the love that would build a happy family, but I digress) it's also true that other girls may choose to be independent, sexually active and take their future in their own hands. Both ways are good and **** every retarded asshole that uses the opportunity to shame anyone, only to lift his non-existent self esteem. I HATE people that only live on other peoples misery.
#37 - perturabo (04/25/2014) [+] (1 reply)
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User avatar #59 to #37 - dehnoobshow (04/25/2014) [-]
Source is Durarara.
#8 - anonymous (04/25/2014) [+] (1 reply)
Can you just imagine if a woman had a haunted vagina? Going down on her and suddenly you hear creepy wailing echoing out of her vaj and a ghost hand pops out and tries to drag you into it.
#10 to #8 - urapooper (04/25/2014) [-]
I had a nightmare like that her ass was replaced with a weird ghostly face like the one in the mummy movies and the mummy sent a massive dust storm with a face.
User avatar #5 - twiztidxson (04/25/2014) [+] (1 reply)
Love Automatic - NIGHTMARE [official video (18+)] Haunted house you say? ** Warning - Claymation gore and great music **
#1 - joshthepoet (04/24/2014) [-]
#38 - deckbox (04/25/2014) [-]
**deckbox rolled image** MFW I dated a girl, and her way of introducing me to her friends on xbox live etc is pretty much who shes boinked
User avatar #29 - reican (04/25/2014) [+] (2 replies)
oooooooh... this house is haunted....
oooooooh... that's how I want it to be...
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#17 - evanomicfour (04/25/2014) [-]
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User avatar #4 - cptmctavish (04/24/2014) [-]
Jokes on you.
As if someone on fj would reject a hot slut just because it's "haunted'
inb4 i would reject her because I'm a fag
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#114 - loldonkaments (01/02/2013) [-]
here we got another reposter, uploading every day 40 reposts, making frontpage. STOP THUMBING REPOSTERS UP!
User avatar #123 to #114 - kolpster (01/02/2013) [-]
I don't mind reposts.
I mean, if it's someone else's OC then they give credit, or at least don't take it.
But when it's like this, who the **** cares?
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Why does everything like that looks like It was made with flipnote studio?
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Again? Dude, please, stop crying about that.
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The Chelsea midfielder never imagined making a century of appearances for his country, but says the achievement would be dampened by defeat in Kiev on Tuesday night
Frank Lampard says the achievement of earning a 100th cap for England would be dampened by failing to beat Ukraine.
Roy Hodgson's side head to Kiev knowing victory would give them a huge boost in qualifying for the 2014 World Cup.
Defeat, meanwhile, would see Ukraine pile on the pressure in Group H, and Lampard wants to mark his century with three crucial points.
"The main thing is to get the result," Lampard told reporters. "I just hope to be involved. It wouldn't be enjoyable to get to 100 and not do it right."
The feat of representing England 100 times is not lost on Lampard, but the midfielder insists he is focused on victory in Kiev.
He added: "I never dreamt of getting anywhere near 100 caps to be honest. I will be very proud, 100 is a long time [playing], but first and foremost we need three points.
"I'd love to fly back from Ukraine with three points because that would put us in a strong position."
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Economic malaise
Commentator and economist Glenn Hubbard
KAI RYSSDAL: The International Monetary Fund said this week the American economy's doing pretty well. In fact, the US is driving the global economy. Despite oil prices, hurricanes and rising interest rates. So how come we're not feeling so good about it ourselves? Commentator and economist Glenn Hubbard has one explanation.
GLENN HUBBARD: It's true that the American public's anxiety over the economy matches up poorly with the economic headlines. But, you know, it's also understandable.
Economists believe that higher productivity translates into higher wages, but productivity and pay don't jump simultaneously. So workers aren't yet seeing much bigger paychecks.
The same was true in the mid-1990s. Worries over job cuts and downsizing drowned out the good news of higher economic growth. But later in the decade higher compensation figured in more fully, and it will again.
And there are other, deeper fears at work in the American psyche. We are growing. But change and risk come with growth. Whole industries and skill sets can wax and wain. To keep growing, we have to resist protectionism. Instead, as a society, we have to cushion changes with training and education.
Anxiety over the loss of traditional safety nets like generous employer pensions is also understandable, but so is the fear of large tax increases to sustain traditional government programs like Social Security and Medicare. Right now, USA Today tells us, each American household owes almost half a million dollars to fund these entitlement programs.
Our national leaders need to do more than tell us the good news about the economy, we need to start explaining to every American that we all have to take more responsibility for our own futures. And that means thinking about how to manage real risk. I mean unleashing market forces to rein in rising healthcare costs, build our savings and, yes, ultimately raise our wages.
Anxiety is understandable. But the gap will close between economic growth and our paychecks, and we can solve the rest.
RYSSDAL: Glenn Hubbard used to be the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors for President Bush. He's now the dean of Columbia University's Graduate School of Business.
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manners pl personal conduct or behavior as evaluated by an accepted standard of appropriateness for a social or professional setting <the young man's impeccable manners are an unmistakable sign of a good upbringing>
a distinctive way of putting ideas into words <the former doctor writes his novels very much in the manner of someone who is used to observing the smallest details>
a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common <fish and all manner of sea life on view at the aquarium>
the means or procedure for doing something <you happened to reach the correct answer, but the manner by which you solved the problem was all wrong>
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BASEBALL; Simply Recalling Mr. Maris
Published: September 6, 1998
Roger Maris was not a subtle man but he might have appreciated some of the nuances of the current home run derby, particularly the controversy over Mark McGwire's use of testosterone-boosting pills and the second-banana status of Sammy Sosa. As a decent man, Maris would not have wished the Curse of the Bambino on the next home run king, although he would have appreciated having it finally lifted from his own crew-cut head.
''I often wonder what my baseball career would have been had I not hit the 61,'' Maris said in 1984, a year before he died. ''Because after that point, it was no fun anymore. It's not even fun to talk about.''
I asked him why he was talking about it.
Thoughtful, earnest, he nodded and said: ''You know, there's going to be other kids who will go into the game like I went into the game, thinking you're going to get credit for what you do. I think a lot of times how much nicer things could have been if I got a fair shake. But this is the real side, and there's a lot of kids that can learn from this. You got to have a tough skin if you want to survive.''
The villain in his story was ''the media,'' which made him ''a whipping boy,'' for not being Mickey Mantle. Like Sosa, Maris was swinging in the shadow of a designated hero. Mantle, only three years older than Maris but by then a Yankee for 10 years, was supposed to finally fulfill his promise as heir to Babe Ruth and Joe DiMaggio. Maris, who had been touted as ''a future Mickey Mantle'' when he came up with Cleveland in 1957, became a Yankee three years later.
In the glorious 1960 season, he hit 39 homers to Mantle's league-leading 40 and was voted most valuable player as the so-called M & M boys led the Yankees to the pennant. In those days, fans booed Mantle and cheered Maris, who thought life could only get better. And it did, at first.
''You know, '61 was an easy season,'' Maris said. ''It was fun. It was exciting. How could it not be?'' At 26, Maris was a complete ballplayer and a cooperative if colorless interviewee. He just wasn't as glamorous as the country-slick Mantle, whose mean streak and unprofessional life style were rarely acknowledged.
The writers dismissed Maris as ''unworthy'' of wearing the ''Ruthian'' crown. Commissioner Ford Frick, a former sportswriter who had been the Babe's chief ghost, announced that any record broken beyond the 154 games of Ruth's schedule would bear a notation.
Was he protecting his own legacy as well as Ruth's? Whatever the reason, Maris wore the so-called asterisk like a scarlet letter.
''It bitters me up,'' he said 23 years later.
In a sport that has seen so many performance-enhancing and diminishing changes, including movable outfield walls, night games, jet travel, expansion, improved bats and balls, not to mention such chemical advances as androstenedione, the asterisk seems silly. One could as easily be affixed to McGwire's final number.
By 1962, Maris's career was joyless. He hated the winter banquet circuit that took him away from his wife and children, and he began responding sourly to ''rips'' in print. He was steaming from such criticism when he blew off a spring training interview with Jimmy Cannon. The dyspeptic columnist then wrote that Maris was ''a whiner'' and ''a thrilling freak'' and implied, incorrectly, that Mantle was now disgusted with him.
This gave permission to writers around the league to vent their anti-Maris or anti-Yankee or anti-superstar rage, which, said Maris, ''spread like the old cancer.'' Fans punctuated the stories by throwing chairs, nuts and bolts, empty bottles at the outfielder.
''It drove me into something of a shell,'' Maris said. ''I just didn't enjoy being at the ball park like I did. It was very difficult every day to say, 'Well, here we go again.' I mean, it was almost like going into a snake pit. It's sort of interesting though, with the reputation the media gave me over the years, people are afraid of me before they meet me. And then, after awhile, they say, 'I just can't believe you're anything like you are.' And that's gratifying.''
This was at his beer distributorship in Gainesville, Fla., over several days of interviewing for the CBS Sunday morning show with Charles Kuralt. While he told the producer Kathy Sulkes and me that his lymphatic cancer was in remission and that his prognosis was hopeful, there was the sense that he wanted to set the record straight while he could. The Maris of those days was affable and wry, obviously happy in the cocoon of a warm family.
Maris's office walls were a reflection of his nostalgic priorities. All the baseball photographs, including the famous shot of the 61st swing, were behind his back, visible to visitors. He faced his future, pictures of him swinging a golf club with family members, customers, old Yankees, politicians. It was not a long future; he was 51 when he died. Roger the whiner had waited five years before sharing his symptoms with a doctor.
Many of the people who treated him shabbily are gone, but so are many of the people who might be motivated to make amends. That Roger Maris belongs in baseball's Hall of Fame is too obvious to belabor. This season's carnival proves that breaking the record -- and it is still Babe Ruth's record in most minds -- is qualification enough.
What a good time to give a decent man credit and a fair shake.
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Thanks dean for the latest update... Appreciate it a lot.
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Very sweet app you have here Dean. Appreciate the support, time and effort given to this.
Just thought I would report a small thing.
The progress bar for copying sometimes does not appear. Seems to happen more so on the bigger games like +20Gb. It seems if it takes a while to verify then it does not appear.
Also, are the different font built in for when you press SELECT + R3 and when I push SELECT + R3 in the game select menu nothing seems to change...
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5. #2935
Progress bar is auto-disabled when 'verifying' takes more than 30 seconds. It then shows "ELAPSED" time and not "REMAINING". It is not a bug.
Yes, the fonts are PS3 built-in fonts.
6. #2936
Thanks for the reply Dean. Is there any reason why it is auto disabled after 30secs? I personally like seeing how much time is left rather than elapsed time. (Though I am not complaining as I am happy to have the great app that we do )
Hmmm - what exactly should I see happen when I press SELECT + R3 at the game select screen as the game names etc do not seem to change font... I assume that is what is meant to happen? Or am I doing something silly?
7. #2937
It could be your Anti-virus. I know with AVG it'll do this because of the Linkscanner being on' Just a thought.
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For your reference Dean I just found out by accident what was causing this error! I noticed that there was a PS3_GAME directory in the root of my USB drive that I had not put there... after deleting it the "select x" function worked ok with no more "Error occurred while moving game to new location!" error message.
So obviously multiMAN creates this directory on a "select x" launch and then deletes it on exiting the game... it looks like for some reason this directory was not cleaned up on exit at some point and it caused this problem/error msg.
9. #2939
In game display modes 1 and 3 you can get the font changed. Switch to them with [L1].
Well if you deleted the PS3_GAME folder - you deleted your game.
multIMAN "moves" your black-screen-game to the root of the USB and later when you launch it, it tries to move it back. In your case for some reason it can't move it back (probably because you changed something). When such error occurs you have to move it back to your games folder yourself.
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Just like the original xbox, do you think you could implement a PS3-to-PS3 FTP, via Ethernet Cable/crossover cable. That would be absolutely FANTASTIC if it were possible to transfer from one ps3 to another via internalized ftp.
Thanks for this, it's absolutely amazing.
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The Big Lebowski Live!
The Dude just can't stay out of the news
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Published: Monday, February 18, 2013 at 12:01 a.m.
Nicholas Kristof's recent column is revealing into the mind-set of progressives ["For Obama's Second Term, Start Here," op-ed column, Jan. 29].
He states that since President Lyndon Johnson declared a "war on poverty" in the 1960s, we have spent $16 trillion, and the number of Americans living below the poverty level has increased. His answer is to refocus how the future trillions are to be spent.
So, the answer to a quantified, governmental, decades-long failure is to refocus and continue to spend the money, and hope that it might work. Continuing to do the same thing and expecting a different result is the definition of insanity.
Did anyone also notice that the bill for the war on poverty is equal to our national debt?
Imagine how good our economy would look now if $16 trillion had not been siphoned off and laundered through the government for so-called social justice and we had no federal debt.
One can only dream.
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0.149599 | <urn:uuid:fced4783-36b2-4ac3-b29b-5b08b4c507b9> | en | 0.953702 | Hankook's main R&D Center in Daejon, South Korea, is an unassuming building nestled amid a community of office parks and industrial centers about three hours south of Seoul. But don't be fooled by the plain appearance -- the mass of intricate equipment inside is just a hint of the amount of work that goes into developing each and every tire that so many drivers take for granted.
Long before a particular model is cleared for sale, Hankook fits samples to a Flat Trac machine, which spins at up to 155 mph, changing angles and surface materials to measure performance and tread wear. Tests are done using aluminum wheels coated in ice to see how rubber compounds hold up during winter, and in special isolation chambers that calculate a lifetime wear prediction in just two or three days. Prototype tires are fit to cars in a soundproof anechoic chamber equipped with radio microphones to measure how much road noise penetrates the cabin, and a bevy of virtual modeling simulates handling, hydroplaning, and NVH performance of Hankook tires on thousands of vehicles sold today. There's even an environmental analysis division trying to improve the smell of rubber, to make the area around company factories a more pleasant place to be.
Beyond product testing, naturally the lion's share of tire development lies in the chemistry lab, and these days Hankook is grappling with one issue in particular -- fuel economy. Automakers around the globe may be touting advancements in engine efficiency, but a car's tires can have a noticeable impact on saving gas, too. With this in mind, and as fuel prices become increasingly unpredictable, Hankook is introducing a new line of low rolling-resistance tires called Enfren, designed to help save fuel and lower CO2 emissions through reduced resistance and weight. Like many low rolling-resistance tires, however, the challenge that engineers at Daejon face is how to maintain acceptable performance. Low rolling-resistance tires typically aren't as good at high speeds and wet braking, and while the new Enfren line offers a 2% improvement in fuel economy, Hankook is currently experimenting with new compounds in order to make them even more efficient.
Presently Enfren tires are available only in Korea, but the company plans to add them to its American lineup of Optimo touring, Dynapro light truck, and Ventus ultra high-performance offerings soon. That said, R&D investment and eco-friendliness alone won't put Hankook on top -- its executives know that if they're going to make headway in the cutthroat American market, the company also has to compete on price. Yet despite only becoming fully industrialized over the last half of the 20th Century, Korea's living standards are relatively high, and Hankook factory workers make an average of $50,000 per year. How does the tiremaker offer a high-quality product at a lower-price than its French, American, and Japanese competitors, while still turning a profit? Through automation. | http://www.trucktrend.com/features/consumer/163_0812_hankook_tire_present_and_future/enfren_tires.html | dclm-gs1-132320001 | false | false | {
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Rapper 50 Cent is adamant his bulletproof car saved his life in a terrifying road accident last month.
50 Cent's bulletproof car saved his life
The In Da Club hitmaker, real name Curtis Jackson, was driving in Long Island, New York when his vehicle collided with a Mack truck on the highway.
He was taken to hospital on a stretcher and underwent a series of tests on his neck and back, but luckily escaped the smash with only minor injuries.
Now the star insists the accident could have been fatal if not for the reinforcement on his sport utility vehicle.
He tells MTV News: "(The truck driver) tried to brake, his load shifted and he lost control and he ran into the back of (my) truck.
"It did more damage to the Mack truck than it did to my truck, because I've got a level six - it's a bulletproof vehicle. It's the same standard as what they're moving Obama around in."
50 Cent also slammed speculation the crash was arranged to boost publicity ahead of his long-awaited album, adding: "Trust me, I have enough money to not hit myself with a Mack truck to try to get a few dollars. What's the thought process on this? It makes no sense to me."
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2013 Sees America Ship In Overseas Talent
Do Americans prefer to listen to artists that hail from America, or do they like to hear music outside of their own country? When people talk about artists in general, they don’t seem to make an emphasis on where they are from – because to a listener this type of stuff should not matter. What does matter is how well they perform and what type of music they are good at making. Most of the rap music we hear is born right here at home, but that doesn’t discount that fact that there are plenty of British and non-American rappers who also have something to say.
Electronic music is really up in the air these days. However, it is still safe to say that most of what is being produced is not produced here at home. France, Germany, and the UK all have their own way of interpreting electronic music, and the results are painfully clear when you see which EDM artists tour the most. In movie making, we are beginning to see many British and non-American actors taking on a lot of roles here in the United States. In any form of media there is room to swap actors and artists from one country to another. | http://www.uniquesquared.com/blog/26389/news-2012/2013-sees-america-ship-in-overseas-talent/ | dclm-gs1-132360001 | false | false | {
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0.058941 | <urn:uuid:aef1ad88-4da7-4f04-8a57-9af418125e87> | en | 0.959079 | What would a merger of protein giants Tyson and IBP have meant for the beff industry?
Producers have long cast a wary eye on consolidation in the meat packing business. The recent saga of a possible merger between protein giants IBP and Tyson Chicken raised a whole different stratum of concern.
Could Tyson, the world's largest poultry processor, exert its vertically integrated poultry and pork model on the beef industry? What would be the effect on independent cattle producers? Would this merger have put the beef industry on a faster track to branded, case-ready products?
Although Tyson called off its $3.2 billion merger with beef packer IBP in late March, it's likely other mega-meat mergers will follow. And, it seems certain that such chicken-beef mega-mergers will magnify the ripples that are already shaking the cattle industry at its core — including the move toward uniform eating quality and branded products.
“The Tyson-IBP scenario represents the future,” says feedlot industry consultant Bill Helming, head of Bill Helming Consulting Services of Olathe, KS.
“Let's face it,” Helming says. “Tyson is a very brand-conscious company. They've spent a lot of money developing loyalty to their products. Clearly this is what beef needs to do.”
Uniform quality and branded beef products will mean wrenching changes, however, in the way ranchers and feeders operate. Expect additional investments in herd genetics, and a payment system weighted toward cattle that meet quality criteria and against cattle that don't.
“It will force the packers, whether it's IBP, or somebody else, to be more selective,” says Helming. “They'll offer premiums and discounts. We're talking about the bottom line. Some ranchers will respond to the demands and some won't.”
Another result will be further shakeout in the industry, meaning fewer ranchers and feeders. But Helming sees that as a positive outgrowth of the added competition that beef-chicken mergers will help spur.
“Competition is healthy,” he says. “Today, we've virtually eliminated ‘mom and pop’ grocery stores. Is that bad? Most consumers would say ‘no.’ It's like Wal-mart. Not only is their price low, but you have a vast array of quality products to choose from.
“I don't see any downside to this trend. The positives outweigh any possible negatives, and I don't see any real negatives,” he adds.
While tougher quality standards may put some operators at a competitive disadvantage, the flip side is that a chicken-beef merger could boost demand for beef, which translates into higher overall prices.
Change Brings Anxiety
“There are segments of the beef industry that fear chicken-beef mergers,” says Andy Gottschalk, an official at both R.J. O'Brien, a futures trading firm, and at HedgersEdge.com, a market research firm. “But such mergers can move the beef industry forward in terms of providing a better product to consumers at a competitive price, and that would improve demand.
“The overall goal is to improve demand,” he says. “That's what led to the growth of the chicken broiler industry. When you increase demand, it helps everybody in an industry. The last two years (of rising demand and rising prices for beef) have shown that.”
Clem Ward, Oklahoma State University economist, agrees, to a point.
“Generally, I think chicken-beef mergers are probably a good thing,” Ward says. He qualifies his remark, however, saying, “A lot of people are concerned this will continue to erode the family farm and ranch system that most of us grew up with. We all, whether we admit it or not, have some skepticism of bigness, whether it's the federal government or a large corporation. We wonder if it's in our best interest. That's the way a lot of people look at this kind of merger.”
There will likely be trade-offs. Big chicken may bring added brand name experience and marketing clout. It could also insist on structures or process that prove distasteful to a beef industry married to its traditions and individuality.
“If you view the traditional structure of the industry as sacred, then you probably would view chicken-beef mergers as a drawback,” says Chuck Lambert, the National Cattlemen's Beef Association's chief economist. “There's a certain amount of individual business latitude that's traded away for participation in value-added systems.”
In other words, it's not a free ride. “You may not be able to run your ranch or feedlot as you used to,” says Lambert. “But, you still have the alternative of joining or not. These are the private business decisions that individuals have to make.”
Merger Wave Has Begun
Even though the Tyson-IBP merger did not become reality, economists predict mega-mergers uniting beef, pork and chicken are the wave of the future.
They cite mega-mergers sweeping through other American industries, driven by the need to cut costs and maintain competitive advantage in an increasingly tough marketplace, as evidence. The Exxon-Mobil combine in oil and the Daimler-Chrysler merger in automobile manufacturing head a long list of such mergers.
“We've seen it in airlines, telecommunications and the food industry,” says Clem Ward, Oklahoma State University economics professor. “It suggests companies need to combine with someone else to strengthen their competitive positions.”
These combinations may not take the form of just mergers, he adds. They could follow other formats such as joint ventures.
One reason outside buyers are moving into the beef industry is the recent improvement in beef demand.
“Beef demand improved and chicken demand declined in the 1999-2000 period,” says consultant Bill Helming. “That's a major reason Tyson was interested in IBP.”
Azzeddine Azzam, a University of Nebraska economist, agrees that combinations uniting beef, chicken and pork are inevitable.
“If there was a $20 bill on the sidewalk, someone would pick it up,” he says. “The $20 bill is there; If Tyson doesn't pick it up, someone else eventually will.”
The End Of 3-Way Competition?
The cattle industry has long questioned whether consolidation in beef packing has led to lower prices for cattle producers. Now, the industry may face a new question: what kind of market clout will result from a corporate giant with big shares of beef, chicken and pork? Could a company with a big share of all three meats use one meat to drive up the price of another?
“In theory, a company that owns all three meats could do that,” says Azzeddine Azzam, University of Nebraska economist, a specialist on competitive practices in livestock markets. “In practice, we don't know. It would depend on what its competitors did. If one company tried to drive up the price of one meat and its competitors didn't go along, it wouldn't work.”
Then there's the reverse question. Could a three-meat company try to make more money, say, by driving beef prices down and hiking chicken prices?
In theory, Azzam says, that would be possible too.
“If a company has very good information on how sensitive consumers are to prices, they can use that information strategically to get the most profits out of producing all three meats,” he says. “But, this is not price fixing. All companies try to maximize their profits.”
Such a practice might affect the price beef producers get for cattle. In point of fact, though, Azzam adds it would behoove the economic interest of any multi-meat producer to maximize profits for all three meats by making all of them attractive to consumers.
“I don't believe any company decides to merge to create financial losses,” he says.
Big chicken companies bring expertise that could help beef suppliers to boost demand for beef, Azzam notes.
“If a big chicken company creates brand names and easy-to-prepare, uniform-quality beef products, it could shift demand to beef from chicken and pork,” says Azzam. “That would be very good for beef producers.”
Or, a three-meat company could increase demand for all three meats by offering attractive products for all three, Azzam says.
“Just because beef demand improves, doesn't mean that demand for the other meats must go down,” he says.
Keeping Beef Prices Up
A chicken-beef combination could help the cattle industry if it boosts beef demand, but there may be a limit on how much beef Americans will consume. Fortunately, there are at least two other ways a chicken-beef combination could help boost ranch incomes.
“If you can increase profit margins through value-added products, or by saving money through new efficiencies, and some of that income filters down to the ranch level, you don't have to sell more pounds of beef,” says Oklahoma State University economist Clem Ward.
Exports represent a second avenue for increasing demand without relying on Americans to consume more beef.
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I'm old enough to remember a few lunch counters in Toronto. Although the food wasn't always great sometimes the basics of the era like hamburgers and BLT's seemed so natual and fun in that atmosphere. I found one a few years back around Coxwell and Gerrard but unfortunately it closed. Does anyone know of a true and hopefully good one still running in Toronto? Nostagically yours...DanKar
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1. There's a bagel place around me at Bathurst and Steeles called Kiva's. They do dairy and have a counter that's very busy along with the restaurant. They haven't changed the motif in 30 years through renovations. Still very 'old neighbourhood.'
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1. re: jayt90
I found a great one the other day, the Downsview Restaurant. (2865 Keele Street) Owners have had it for 50+ yrs. I had a nice chat with them. The place is incredibly well preserved, but not precious at all.
I googled it and it even has a Facebook fan page:
2. vesta lunch sounds like your cup of tea. The food is what you would expect of a counter diner.
474 Dupont St, Toronto, ON M5R1W6, CA
1. The Crowbar, aka Olympus, at Princess and Adelaide. Crazy old little spot with 20 layers of paint and a crooked floor. Older Greek guys serving club sandwiches, burgers, and similar diner fare from behind a counter at ridiculously low prices. Usually open only around lunch hour on weekdays.
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best uncooked souvlaki
any tips on where to find good uncooked souvlaki to cook at home? Not looking for frozen or pre-packaged.
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1. I haven't tried that many in the city, but I really like the ones at Sun Valley on the Danforth. Fresh and tasty, and they sell a great tzatziki too!
1. Upper Cut Meats @ St. Lawrence Market. Each skewer is around $1.25 pre-seasoned with pork, chicken and beef...spicy or not. Best deal in town! They will even vacuum seal them for you if you are taking them up to the cottage or choosing to freeze them. I would head to Scheffler's Deli & Cheese after and scoop up some of there Taziki...it's amazing.
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1. Not sure what area of the city you are looking for, but in Scarborough I like Kostas ( I am not sure of the spelling). 251 ELLESMERE RD
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1. re: sweetie
I second the kebobs at Sun Valley. They seemed to have shrunk in size from last year but at least they reduced the price also. When I asked, I was told they have a different supplier now, which I thought was rather strange as I just assumed they made them themselves. Anyways they were actually to big in the past and now, just right. And still good as ever!
1. re: millygirl
I'd like to try these souvlakis from Sun Valley on the Danforth mentioned by you and cheesymama. I'm a bit confused because there are 2 Sun Valleys on the Danforth.
Sun Valley Fine Foods 583 Danforth Ave. (Near Pape & Danforth)
Sun Valley Supermarket 468 Danforth Rd. (Danforth and Birchmount) in Scarborough
Which store did you buy the souvlakis from???
1. re: YummyYummy
The one that I was referring to is the one near Pape and Danforth. Don't forget to pick up some of the tzatziki that they sell there!
1. re: cheesymama
Yes, that is the SV I was referring to as well.
HOWEVER, my new fav spot is Louie's Meat on the Danforth. I tasted them at a party this summer and everyone loved them. Both chicken and pork are very good. His souvlaki are much smaller and cheaper but very tender and delicious. I think he sells something like over 1000 a week. You can see the big tubs of them he keeps on hand for catering and such.
2. I have to second Kostas. Excellent souvlakis of every kind and the best tzatziki and taramousalata I've every tasted.
1. Mr Greek Meat Market has very good ones in either pork, chicken or lamb. I can't remember if I saw beef ones ones there also.
I've bought the other three types and enjoyed them.
Mr. Greek Meat Market Toronto 416-469-0733 416-469-0733
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1. I don't eat very often at the Tam O'Shanter, but according to their website you have to call their number to find out what's available for Christmas eve dining. Seems they don't use their normal menu on the eve. http://www.lawrysonline.com/tamoshant...
I've eaten there just before Christmas in the past (years ago), but they used to have professional carolers mingle in the restaurant and do Christmas carols. I did like their "Toad in Hole," but it's a lot to eat.
1. We usually go on x-mas eve for a drink and a sandwich at the bar. They indeed have carolers roaming around. Not sure about the dining room menu. Best to call.
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1. re: Grog
I really hope I can have a sandwich at the bar...but I fear I'm in for a heavy meal with my ENTIRE family. My escape plan is to pinch the babies until they cry and beat a hasty retreat.
2. Not sure what they will have on the holiday menu, but their turkey is good, as is their short ribs if they have them.
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1. re: LisaN
Excellent. Thanks Lisa. I'll report back - leaving out the family trauma and drama.
1. re: lolabelow
For a traditional restaurant they are pretty darn flexible. You can just have side dishes. Or salads. You can have fish and chips. They bake a lovely piece of salmon. And I'll agree with Lisa - their turkey dinner is great! Plus they have an excellent bar and wine list, so you can be partially sedated during the family drama : )
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Albert Mountains forest
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Spruce forest around Moraine Lake in Banff National Park
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Biome Temperate coniferous forests
Bird species 179[1]
Mammal species 57[1]
Area 39,800 km2 (15,400 sq mi)
Country Canada
Habitat loss 56.25%[1]
Protected 63.85%[1]
The Alberta Mountain forests are a temperate coniferous forests ecoregion of Canada.
This ecoregion covers the grand Rocky Mountains of Alberta including the eastern outliers of the Continental Ranges. Located almost entirely in Alberta and taking in the Alberta-British Columbia border from Banff north to Jasper, Alberta and Kakwa Wildlands Park. This is an area of glaciers and high mountains covered with a forest of tall trees. The highest points are the mountains around the Columbia Icefield the largest ice field in the Rockies.
The mountain valleys have a mild climate with warm, dry summers and snowy winters but the high mountain sides have a harsher climate. Average summer temperatures are 12 °C going down to -7 °C in winter.[2]
Trees include Trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides), Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta), Engelmann spruce (Picea engelmannii), White spruce (Picea glauca) and subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa).
These mountains are home to good numbers of large mammals. All five species of North American deer inhabit this ecoregion including Caribou (Woodland Caribou subspecies) (Rangifer tarandus caribou), Elk (Cervus elaphus), Moose (Alces alces), Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus), and White-tailed deer (Northern Rocky Mountains/Tawny White-tail) (Odocoileus virginianus ochrourus). Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis), and Mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus) can also be found here. Predators in the mountains and forests include Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis), Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis), American black bear (Ursus americanus cinnamomum), Cougar (Puma concolor), and Gray wolf (Canis lupus). Smaller wildlife such as Snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus), and American Pygmy Shrew (Sorex hoyi) can be found here as well and the Banff Springs snail (Physella johnsoni) which is endemic to Banff National Park. Birds include Townsend's warbler (Setophaga townsendi), veery (Catharus fuscescens), and bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus).
Threats and preservation[edit]
80% of these forests are intact although some is being removed for urban development and tourism in the valley areas. Large areas of natural habitat remain in Banff National Park, Jasper National Park, Kakwa Wildlands, Willmore Wilderness Park, Bugaboo Provincial Park and Ghost River Wilderness Area.
This ecozone corresponds to the human region called Alberta's Rockies.
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The Cippi of Melqart
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The Louvre Cippus
Material White marble
Size 1.05m x 0.34m x 0.31m
Writing Greek script and ancient Phoenician alphabet
Created Early Roman era (2nd century BC)
Discovered 17th century, undocumented circumstances
Present location National Museum of Archaeology (Malta Cippus) and, Sully wing, Ground floor, Mediterranean world, Room 18b, at the Louvre Museum[1][2] (Louvre Cippus)
Registration CIS I, 122/122 bis or KAI 47 (Malta Cippus), AO 4818 (Louvre Cippus)
The Cippi of Melqart is the collective name for two Phoenician marble cippi that were unearthed in Malta under undocumented circumstances and dated to the 2nd century BC. These are votive offerings to the god Melqart, and are inscribed in two languages, Ancient Greek and Phoenician, and in the two corresponding scripts, the Greek and the Phoenician alphabet. Because they present essentially the same text (with some minor differences), the cippi provided the key to the modern understanding of the Phoenician language. They were discovered in the late 17th century, although the date of their discovery is not precisely known. A source erroneously places their discovery in 1732, when they had already been mentioned in a letter dated 1694.
The tradition that the cippi were found in Marsaxlokk was only inferred by their dedication to Heracles,[n 1] whose temple in Malta had long been identified with the remains at Tas-Silġ.[n 2] In 1764, the French scholar Jean-Jacques Barthélémy relied on their inscription, which used 17[n 3] of the 22 letters of the Phoenician alphabet, to decipher the unknown language. The Grand Master of the Order of the Knights Hospitaller, Fra Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc, presented one of the cippi to Louis XVI in 1782. This cippus is currently in the Louvre Museum in Paris, while the other rests in the National Museum of Archaeology in Valletta, Malta.
Description and history[edit]
The importance of the cippi to Maltese archaeology is inestimable.[3] On the international level they already played a significant role in the deciphering and study of the Phoenician language in the 18th and 19th centuries.[3][5] Such was their importance to Phoenician and Punic philology, that the inscriptions on the cippi became known as the Inscriptio melitensis prima bilinguis (Latin for First bilingual Maltese inscription), or the Melitensis prima (First Maltese).[6]
Cippus is a term used to describe a small column, which is at times truncated. Cippi serve as milestones, funerary monuments, markers or votive offerings.[7] The earliest cippi had a cubic shape, and were carved from sandstone. By the late fifth century BC, these became gabled delicate stelae in the Greek fashion.[8] The Maltese marble cippus is about 96.52 centimetres (38 in) high at the highest point, and is broken at the top.[9] The Louvre Cippus is currently 1.05 metres (3 ft 5 in) high at its highest point, 0.34 m (1 ft 1 in) wide, and 0.31 m (1 ft 0 in) thick.[2] "Their form is light and gracefully executed ..." with a " ...Greek inscription upon the pedestal, [and] a masterpiece of Phoenician epigraphy."[9] The artifacts are carved in white marble, a stone which is not found naturally in the Maltese islands.[3] As it is unlikely that skilled marble carvers were available, they were probably imported in their finished state.[3] The inscriptions, however, were probably engraved in Malta on behalf of the two patrons, Abdosir and Osirxamar. Judging by the names on the main inscription, the patrons were of Tyrian extraction. The addition of a synopsis of the dedication in Greek, with the names of the dedicators and of Melqart given in their Hellenised versions, confirms the existence and influence of Hellenistic culture.[3] Additionally, while Malta had been colonised by the Phoenicians since the 8th century BC, by the second century, the Maltese islands were under Roman occupation.[2][10] The use of Phoenician script also confirms the survival of Phoenician culture and religion on the islands.[n 4]
Although it is not rare for cippi to have dedications,[12] the Cippi of Melqart have an unusual construction, as they have two parts. The base, or pedestal, is a rectangular block with mouldings at the top and bottom.[2] The inscriptions in Greek and Phoenician are at the front, three lines in Greek and four in Phoenician. The inscriptions are lightly incised.[2] The bases support pillars which are interpreted as candelabra. The lower parts of the candelabra are decorated with a shallow relief of acanthus leaves. Calligraphic differences in the incised text, varying positioning of the words and differences in the depth of the relief and the mouldings, imply that the two cippi are separate offerings, carrying the same inscription because the patrons were brothers.[n 5]
When the Greek inscription was published in the third volume of the Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum in 1853, the cippi were described as discovered in the coastal village of Marsaxlokk.[13] Before, their Marsaxlokk provenance had not been proposed by anyone, and it was more than a century later that the claim was discredited.[14] The attribution to Tas-Silġ was apparently reached by inference, because the candelabra were thought, with some plausibility, to have been dedicated and set up inside the temple of Heracles.[3][n 6]
Inscriptions on the Cippi[edit]
Inscription of the Louvre Cippus, in Phoenician (right to left)
The Phoenician inscription reads (from right to left;[n 7] characters inside brackets denote a filled in lacuna):
Transcription of the Phoenician text (read from left to right as if reading the previous text from right to left, and also adding spaces):
lʾdnn lmlqrt bʿl ṣr ʾš ndr
ʿbd[k] ʿbdʾšr wʾḥy ʾsršmr
šn bn ʾsršmr bn ʿbdʾšr kšmʿ
qlm ybrkm[11]
Translation of the Phoenician text:
To our lord Melqart, Lord of Tyre, dedicated by
your servant Abd' Osir and his brother 'Osirshamar
both sons of 'Osirshamar, son of Abd' Osir, for he heard
their voice, may he bless them.[16][n 8]
Inscription of the Louvre Cippus, in Ancient Greek
The Greek inscription is the following:
Rendering to the later polytonic and bicameral script and adding spaces, the Greek text becomes:
Διονύσιος καὶ Σαραπίων οἱ
Σαραπίωνος Τύριοι
Ἡρακλεῖ ἀρχηγέτει
Transliteration of the Greek text (including accents):
Dionýsios kaí Sarapíōn hoí
Sarapíōnos Týrioi
Hērakleí archēgétei[11]
Translation of the Greek:
Dionysios and Sarapion, the
sons of Sarapion, Tyrenes,
to Heracles the founder.[n 9]
Discovery and publication[edit]
Phoenician Cippus at Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malta.
In 1694, a Maltese canonicus, Ignazio di Costanzo, was the first to report an inscription on the cippi which he considered to be in the Phoenician language.[17] Costanzo spotted these inscriptions, which were part of two almost identical votive cippi at the entrance of Villa Abela in Marsa, the house of the celebrated Maltese historian, Gian Franġisk Abela.[4] Di Costanzo immediately recognised the Greek inscriptions, and he thought the other parts were written in Phoenician.[n 10] However, the Maltese historian Ciantar claimed that the cippi were discovered in 1732, and placed the discovery in the villa of Abela, which had become a museum entrusted to the Jesuits.[n 11] The contradiction in the dates of the discovery is confusing, given di Costanzo’s 1694 letter.[3]
Ignazio Paterno, prince of Biscari, reports another story regarding their discovery. Paterno describes how two candelabri were stored at the Bibliotecha, after they had been found on the island of Gozo.[20] Paterno attributes the discovery to Fr. Anton Maria Lupi, who had found the two votive cippi with the Phoenician inscriptions abandoned in a villa owned by the Jesuit Order in Gozo, linking them with the cippi mentioned by Ciantar.[20][n 12]
Copies of the inscriptions, which had been made by Giovanni Uvit in 1687, were sent to Verona to an art historian, poet and Knight Commander in the Hospitaller order, Bartolomeo dal Pozzo.[17] These were then handed to another Veronese noble art collector, Francesco Sparaviero who wrote a translation of the Greek section.[n 13]
In 1753, Abbé Guyot de Marne, also a Knight Commander of the Maltese Order, published the text again in an Italian journal, the Saggi di dissertazioni accademiche of the Etruscan Academy of Cortona, but did not hypothesise a translation.[21] The first attempt had come in 1741, by French clergyman and philologist Michel Fourmont, who had published his assumptions in the same journal.[4] However, neither led to a useful translation.[22]
Deciphering the Phoenician script[edit]
Guyot de Marne's etching of the Louvre Cippus
The shorter Phoenician text was transliterated and translated more than twenty years after Fourmont's publication, by the Abbé Jean-Jacques Barthélemy.[2] Barthélemy, who had already translated Palmyrene, published his work in 1764.[23]
He correctly identified 16 of the 17 different letters represented in the text, but still mistook the Shin and the He.[4] Barthélémy began the translation of the script by reading the first word "lʾdnn" as "to our lord."[23] The hypothesis that Heracles corresponded with Melqart, Lord of Tyre, made Barthélemy pinpoint more letters, while the names of the patrons, being the sons of the same father in the Greek text, allowed the backward induction of the father's name in the Phoenician text.[2]
The Phoenician script, once translated read:
"To our lord Melqart, Lord of Tyre, dedicated by / your servant Abd' Osir and his brother 'Osirshamar / both sons of 'Osirshamar, son of Abd' Osir, for he heard / their voice, may he bless them."[2][n 8]
The paleographic table published by Barthélémy lacked the letters Tet and Pe.[4] The study of the Phoenician inscription on the base of the Louvre cippus can be regarded as the true foundation of Phoenician and Punic studies, at a time when the Phoenicians and their civilisation were known only through Greek or Biblical texts.[4]
Later work[edit]
The inscription in Phoenician and Greek, from a book printed in 1772 by Francisco Pérez Bayer. Later studies of Phoenician grammar compared Punic specimens with Hebrew texts.
Work on the cippi now focused on a fuller understanding of Phoenician grammar, as well as the implications of the discovery of Phoenician texts in Malta. Johann Joachim Bellermann believed that the Maltese language was a distant descendant of Punic.[24] This was refuted by Wilhelm Gesenius, who like Abela before him, held that Maltese was a dialect of Arabic.[4] Further studies on the Melitensis prima text followed developments in the study of Phoenician grammar, comparing Punic specimens closely with Hebrew texts.[4] In 1772, Francisco Pérez Bayer published a book detailing the previous attempts at understanding the text, and provided his own interpretation and translation.[25]
In 1782, Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc, Grand Master of the Order of Malta, presented one of the cippi to Louis XVI.[26] The cippus was placed at the Académie des Inscriptions et des Belles Lettres, and then moved to the Bibliothèque Mazarine between 1792 and 1796.[2] In 1864, the orientalist Silvestre de Sacy, suggested that the French cippus should be moved to the Louvre.[2]
Idiomatic use and cultural impact[edit]
The term Rosetta stone of Malta has been used idiomatically to represent the role played by the cippi in decrypting the Phoenician alphabet and language.[5][27] The cippi themselves became a treasured symbol of Malta.[28] Their image has appeared on local postage stamps,[29] and hand-crafted models of the artifacts have been presented to visiting dignitaries.[30]
Notes and references[edit]
1. ^ The Phoenician god Melqart was associated with the Hellenic god Heracles by means of interpretatio graeca.
2. ^ " Corpus Inscriptionum Græcarum vol. 3, no. 5733, 680‒681 " - (Latin) (Greek) "Ambo simul monumenta sunt reperta inter rudera, etiam nunc exstantia, portus hodie Marsa Scirocco, olim Ἡρακλέουϛ λιµήν, appellati".[3]
3. ^ The description of the Louvre cippus states that the inscription contains 18 out of the 22 letters in the Phoenician alphabet.[2] Lehmann, however, reports that there are 17.[4] The latter source appears to be more credible (Lehmann cites the cippi's lack of a proper provenance, while the Louvre collection states the cippi were found at Marsaxlokk).
4. ^ (French) "...en plein période dite 'punicò-romaine' (II siècle av. J.-C.), des Maltais restent Phéniciens, attachés à la religion et à la culture phéniciennes."[11]
5. ^ (French) "...deux monuments distincts, chacun étant l’oeuvre d’un artisan et d’un scribe différents."[11]
6. ^ Μελίτη νῆσος ἐν ᾗ ... καὶ Ἡρακλέους ἱερόν. The island of Melite on which is ... and the temple of Heracles.[15]
7. ^ Unfortunately the rendered direction of the Phoenician text may vary across web browsers. See relevant talk page section.
8. ^ a b Important Note: As of 25 February 2014, in the Louvre Museum webpage of the Cippus,[2] the translation of the third line of the Phoenician inscription reads both sons of 'Osirshamar, for he heard for both sons of 'Osirshamar, son of Abd' Osir, for he heard (missing part in bold).
9. ^ Apart from the aforementioned association and hence change from Melqart to Heracles, the (theophoric) names of the two brothers and of their father and grandfather themselves change form between the inscribed languages, according to a form of interpretatio graeca, showing the great degree of cultural syncretism characteristic of the Hellenistic age, including in this case, Egypt:
Abd' Osir, "Servant of Osiris" and 'Osirshamar, "Osiris has guarded" or "Osiris has preserved", become respectively, Dionysios, a name derived from Dionysos, and Sarapion, a name derived from Serapis.[16]
10. ^ (Italian) "Due iscrittioni scolpite con caratteri Greci, e Fenici a mio credere".[17]
11. ^ (Italian) "L’anno 1732 essendo Rettore di questo collegio de’ Padri Gesuiti il P. Ignazio Bonanno si scavò parte d’un viale del Giardino, in cui è situato il sovraccennato casino, posseduto un tempo dall’Abela, che scriveva l’anno 1647, per fabbricarvi una scala; e quivi sotterrate si rinvennero le due Pietre co’ Fenici, e Greci caratteri segnate; le quali dal P. Luigi Duquait Francese sovrastante all’opera furon collocate nello stesso viale per ornamento. Dopo qualche tempo un altro accorto Religioso temendo, che di là tolte fossero (come fu lor tolto il capo della bella statua d’Ercole, che fu venduto per testa di S. Giuseppe, e poi da essi ricuperato, e riunito al suo luogo) trasportolle alla stanza contigua al Gabinetto, o Museo dell’Abela".[18] The episode is referred to briefly in Abela-Ciantar, vol. I, p. 465, and in further detail on pp. 527-528.[19]
12. ^ (Italian) "Mi fu detto che nella Villetta del Collegio vi erano due Iscrizioni Arabiche sotto due balaustretti. Io ero stato alla Villa ed avevo visto i balaustri asserti; ma come essi sono vicini a terra sopra di un muricciolo al Sole, non avevo fatto altra riflessione sopra di essi, nè ve l'aveva fatta niuno, se non che poco eruditamente chi me ne diè notizia. Presi aldunque la barchetta, e là tornai, e trovai due iscrizioni non altrimente Arabiche, ma Fenicie e Greche; e dal tenore della Greca, che è in tutti due i dadi la stessa, credo, che i balaustrelli fossero due Candelabri rotti, offerti in dono ad Ercole Arcbagete, da due fratelli di Tiro in Fenicia. A buon conto abbiamo questo nome di Ercole, che io non so se ha noto altrove". Lupi let.11 s.64.[20]
13. ^ (Italian) "[…] che tralasciatane la discifratione di quei caratteri stimati Fenici, per essere forse a lui ignoti, mit trasmise la seguente spiegatione delli Greci in esse tavole scolpiti. Dionysius et Sarapion Sarapionis Tirii, Herculi Duci".[17]
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Bioavailability Oral 75–100%[1]
Metabolism CYP2D6,[2] DBH,[3] FMO3,[4] XM-ligase,[5] and ACGNAT[6]
Half-life 10-12 hours[7][8]
Excretion Renal (45%);[9] urinary pH-dependent
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Dexedrine Spansule 5, 10 and 15 mg capsules
Dextroamphetamine is used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and narcolepsy, an excessive tendency to fall asleep. It is sometimes prescribed off-label for its past medical indications, such as depression, obesity, and nasal congestion.[10][11] Long-term amphetamine exposure in some animal species is known to produce abnormal dopamine system development or nerve damage,[12][13] but, in humans with ADHD, amphetamines appear to improve brain development and nerve growth.[14][15][16] Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies suggest that long-term treatment with amphetamine decreases abnormalities in brain structure and function found in subjects with ADHD, and improves function in several parts of the brain, such as the right caudate nucleus of the basal ganglia.[14][15][16]
Reviews of clinical stimulant research have established the safety and effectiveness of long-term amphetamine use for ADHD.[17][18] Controlled trials spanning two years have demonstrated treatment effectiveness and safety.[18][19] One review highlighted a nine-month randomized controlled trial in children with ADHD that found an average increase of 4.5 IQ points and continued improvements in attention, disruptive behaviors, and hyperactivity.[19]
Current models of ADHD suggest that it is associated with functional impairments in some of the brain's neurotransmitter systems;[20] these functional impairments involve impaired dopamine neurotransmission in the mesocorticolimbic projection and norepinephrine neurotransmission in the locus coeruleus and prefrontal cortex.[20] Psychostimulants like methylphenidate and amphetamine are effective in treating ADHD because they increase neurotransmitter activity in these systems.[21][20][22] Approximately 70% of those who use these stimulants see improvements in ADHD symptoms.[23][24] Children with ADHD who use stimulant medications generally have better relationships with peers and family members, perform better in school, are less distractible and impulsive, and have longer attention spans.[17][23] The Cochrane Collaboration's review[note 4] on the treatment of adult ADHD with amphetamines stated that while amphetamines improve short-term symptoms, they have higher discontinuation rates than non-stimulant medications due to their adverse side effects.[26]
A Cochrane Collaboration review on the treatment of ADHD in children with tic disorders such as Tourette syndrome indicated that stimulants in general do not make tics worse, but high doses of dextroamphetamine could exacerbate tics in some individuals.[27] Other Cochrane reviews on the use of amphetamine following stroke or acute brain injury indicated that it may improve recovery, but further research is needed to confirm this.[28][29][30]
Therapeutic doses of amphetamine improve cortical network efficiency, resulting in higher performance on working memory tests in all individuals.[21][31] Amphetamine and other ADHD stimulants also improve task saliency (motivation to perform a task) and increase arousal (wakefulness), in turn promoting goal-directed behavior.[21][32][33] Stimulants such as amphetamine can improve performance on difficult and boring tasks[21][32] and are used by some students as a study and test-taking aid.[34] Based upon studies of self-reported illicit stimulant use, students primarily use stimulants such as amphetamine for performance enhancement rather than abusing them as recreational drugs.[35] However, high amphetamine doses that are above the therapeutic range can interfere with working memory and cognitive control.[21][32]
Amphetamine is used by some athletes for its psychological and performance-enhancing effects, such as increased stamina and alertness;[36][37] however, its use is prohibited at sporting events regulated by collegiate, national, and international anti-doping agencies.[38][39] In healthy people at oral therapeutic doses, amphetamine has been shown to increase physical strength, acceleration, stamina, and endurance, while reducing reaction time.[36][40][41] Amphetamine improves stamina, endurance, and reaction time primarily through reuptake inhibition and effluxion of dopamine in the central nervous system.[40][41][42] At therapeutic doses, the adverse effects of amphetamine do not impede athletic performance;[36][40][41] however, at much higher doses, amphetamine can induce effects that severely impair performance, such as rapid muscle breakdown and elevated body temperature.[43][44][40]
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According to the International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) and United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA),[note 5] amphetamine is contraindicated in people with a history of drug abuse, heart disease, severe agitation, or severe anxiety.[45][46] It is also contraindicated in people currently experiencing arteriosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), glaucoma (increased eye pressure), hyperthyroidism (excessive production of thyroid hormone), or hypertension (high blood pressure).[45][46] People who have experienced allergic reactions to other stimulants in the past or who are taking monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) are advised not to take amphetamine.[45][46] These agencies also state that anyone with anorexia nervosa, bipolar disorder, depression, elevated blood pressure, liver or kidney problems, mania, psychosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, seizures, thyroid problems, tics, or Tourette syndrome should monitor their symptoms while taking amphetamine.[45][46] Evidence from human studies indicates that therapeutic amphetamine use does not cause developmental abnormalities in the fetus or newborns (i.e., it is not a human teratogen), but amphetamine abuse does pose risks to the fetus.[46] Amphetamine has also been shown to pass into breast milk, so the IPCS and USFDA advise mothers to avoid breastfeeding when using it.[45][46] Due to the potential for reversible growth impairments,[note 6] the USFDA advises monitoring the height and weight of children and adolescents prescribed amphetamines.[45]
Side effects[edit]
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At normal therapeutic doses, the physical side effects of amphetamine vary widely by age and from person to person.[44] Cardiovascular side effects can include cardiac dysrhythmia (abnormal heart rhythm), hypertension (high blood pressure) or hypotension (low blood pressure) from a vasovagal response, and Raynaud's phenomenon (reduced blood flow to extremities).[44][37][47] Sexual side effects in males may include erectile dysfunction, frequent erections, or prolonged erections.[44] Abdominal side effects may include stomach pain, loss of appetite, nausea, and weight loss.[44] Other potential side effects include dry mouth, excessive grinding of the teeth, acne, profuse sweating, blurred vision, reduced seizure threshold, and tics (a type of movement disorder).[44][37][47] Dangerous physical side effects are rare at typical pharmaceutical doses.[37]
Amphetamine stimulates the medullary respiratory centers, producing faster and deeper breaths.[37] In a normal person at therapeutic doses, this effect is usually not noticeable, but when respiration is already compromised, it may be evident.[37] Amphetamine also induces contraction in the urinary bladder sphincter, the muscle which controls urination, which can result in difficulty urinating. This effect can be useful in treating bed wetting and loss of bladder control.[37] The effects of amphetamine on the gastrointestinal tract are unpredictable.[37] If intestinal activity is high, amphetamine may reduce gastrointestinal motility (the rate at which content moves through the digestive system);[37] however, amphetamine may increase motility when the smooth muscle of the tract is relaxed.[37] Amphetamine also has a slight analgesic effect and can enhance the pain relieving effects of opiates.[37]
Common psychological effects of therapeutic doses can include increased alertness, apprehension, concentration, decreased sense of fatigue, mood swings (elated mood followed by mildly depressed mood), increased initiative, insomnia or wakefulness, self-confidence, and sociability.[44][37] Less common side effects include anxiety, change in libido, grandiosity, irritability, repetitive or obsessive behaviors, and restlessness;[sources 2] these effects depend on the user's personality and current mental state.[37] Amphetamine psychosis (e.g., delusions and paranoia) can occur in heavy users.[43][44][54] Although very rare, this psychosis can also occur at therapeutic doses during long-term therapy.[43][44][55] According to the USFDA, "there is no systematic evidence" that stimulants produce aggressive behavior or hostility.[44]
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An amphetamine overdose can lead to many different symptoms, but is rarely fatal with appropriate care.[46][56] The severity of overdose symptoms increases with dosage and decreases with drug tolerance to amphetamine.[37][46] Tolerant individuals have been known to take as much as 5 grams of amphetamine in a day, which is roughly 100 times the maximum daily therapeutic dose.[46] Symptoms of a moderate and extremely large overdose are listed below; fatal amphetamine poisoning usually also involves convulsions and falling into a coma.[43][37] People who chronically overdose on amphetamine are at a high risk of becoming addicted to it since high doses result in increased expression of the addiction gene ΔFosB. While there are currently no effective drugs for treating amphetamine addiction, aerobic exercise appears to reduce the risk of developing such an addiction. Aerobic exercise also seems to work well as a secondary treatment for amphetamine addiction when used together with cognitive behavioral therapy, which is currently the best treatment available.[57]
Overdose symptoms by system
System Minor or moderate overdose[43][37][46] Severe overdose[sources 3]
Central nervous
• Rapid breathing
Addiction glossary[60][61]
addictive drug – a drug that is both rewarding and reinforcing
addictive behavior – a behavior that is both rewarding and reinforcing
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Addiction is a serious risk with heavy recreational amphetamine use, but is unlikely to arise from typical medical use at therapeutic doses.[43][62][37] Tolerance develops rapidly in heavy amphetamine use, so periods of extended use require increasingly larger doses of the drug in order to achieve the same effect.[63][64]
Biomolecular mechanisms
Current models of addiction from chronic drug use involve alterations in gene expression in certain parts of the brain, particularly the nucleus accumbens.[65][66][67] The most important transcription factors[note 7] that produce these alterations are ΔFosB, cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) response element binding protein (CREB), and nuclear factor kappa B (NFκB).[66] ΔFosB is the most significant transcription factor in drug addiction, since its overexpression in the nucleus accumbens is necessary and sufficient for many of the associated neural adaptations that occur; that is, ΔFosB overexpression always occurs together with the changes in the brain seen in drug addiction.[66] It has been implicated in addictions to alcohol, cannabinoids, cocaine, nicotine, opiates, phencyclidine, and substituted amphetamines.[66][69][70]
ΔJunD is the transcription factor which directly opposes ΔFosB.[66] Increases in nucleus accumbens ΔJunD expression using viral vectors can reduce or, with a large increase, even block many of the neural and behavioral alterations seen in chronic drug abuse (i.e., the alterations mediated by ΔFosB).[66] ΔFosB also plays an important role in regulating behavioral responses to natural rewards, such as palatable food, sex, and exercise.[66][69][71] Since both natural rewards and drugs of abuse induce expression of ΔFosB (i.e., they cause the brain to make more of it), chronic acquisition of these rewards can result in a similar pathological state of addiction.[69][66] Consequently, ΔFosB is the key transcription factor involved in amphetamine addiction and amphetamine-induced sex addictions, which are compulsive sexual behaviors that result from amphetamine use. These sex addictions are caused by dopamine dysregulation syndrome, which has been observed in some patients taking dopaminergic medications like amphetamine.[69][71][72]
The effects of amphetamine on gene regulation are both dose- and route-dependent.[67] Most of the research on gene regulation and addiction is based upon animal studies with intravenous amphetamine administration at very high doses.[67] The few studies that have used equivalent (weight-adjusted) human therapeutic doses and oral administration show that these changes, if they occur, are relatively minor.[67]
Pharmacological treatments
A Cochrane Collaboration review on amphetamine and methamphetamine addiction and abuse indicates that the current evidence on effective treatments is extremely limited.[73] The review indicated that fluoxetine[note 8] and imipramine[note 9] have some limited benefits in treating abuse and addiction, but concluded that there is currently no effective pharmacological treatment for amphetamine addiction or abuse.[73] A corroborating review indicated that amphetamine addiction is mediated through increased activation of dopamine receptors and co-localized NMDA receptors in the mesolimbic dopamine pathway (a pathway in the brain that connects the ventral tegmental area to the nucleus accumbens).[74] This review also noted that magnesium ions and serotonin inhibit NMDA receptors and that the magnesium ions do so by blocking the receptor's calcium channels.[74] It also suggested that, based upon animal testing, pathological (addiction-inducing) amphetamine use significantly reduces the level of intracellular magnesium throughout the brain.[74] Supplemental magnesium,[note 10] like fluoxetine treatment, has been shown to reduce amphetamine self-administration (doses given to oneself) in both humans and lab animals.[73][74]
Behavioral treatments
Cognitive behavioral therapy is currently the most effective clinical treatment for psychostimulant addiction.[75] Additionally, research on the neurobiological effects of physical exercise suggests that consistent aerobic exercise, especially endurance exercise (e.g., marathon running), prevents the development of drug addiction and is an effective adjunct (supplemental) treatment for amphetamine addiction.[57][69] Exercise leads to better treatment outcomes when used as an adjunct treatment, particularly for psychostimulant addictions.[57] In particular, aerobic exercise decreases psychostimulant self-administration, reduces the reinstatement (i.e., relapse) of drug-seeking, and induces opposite effects on striatal dopamine receptor D2 (DRD2) signaling (increased DRD2 density) to those induced by pathological stimulant use (decreased DRD2 density).[69]
According to another Cochrane Collaboration review on withdrawal in highly addicted amphetamine and methamphetamine abusers, "when chronic heavy users abruptly discontinue amphetamine use, many report a time-limited withdrawal syndrome that occurs within 24 hours of their last dose."[76] This review noted that withdrawal symptoms in chronic, high-dose users are frequent, occurring in up to 87.6% of cases, and persist for three to four weeks with a marked "crash" phase occurring during the first week.[76] Amphetamine withdrawal symptoms can include anxiety, drug craving, depressed mood, fatigue, increased appetite, increased movement or decreased movement, lack of motivation, sleeplessness or sleepiness, and lucid dreams.[76] The review indicated that withdrawal symptoms are associated with the degree of dependence, suggesting that therapeutic use would result in far milder discontinuation symptoms.[76] Manufacturer prescribing information does not indicate the presence of withdrawal symptoms following discontinuation of amphetamine use after an extended period at therapeutic doses.[77][78][79]
Psychosis and toxicity
For more information on amphetamine psychosis, see Stimulant psychosis#Substituted amphetamines.
Abuse of amphetamine can result in a stimulant psychosis that may present with a variety of symptoms (e.g., paranoia and delusions).[54] A Cochrane Collaboration review on treatment for amphetamine, dextroamphetamine, and methamphetamine abuse-induced psychosis states that about 5–15% of users fail to recover completely.[54][80] According to the same review, there is at least one trial that shows antipsychotic medications effectively resolve the symptoms of acute amphetamine psychosis.[54] Psychosis very rarely arises from therapeutic use.[55][45]
In rodents and primates, sufficiently high doses of amphetamine cause dopaminergic neurotoxicity, or damage to dopamine neurons, which is characterized by reduced transporter and receptor function.[81] There is no evidence that amphetamine is directly neurotoxic in humans.[82][83] High-dose amphetamine can cause indirect neurotoxicity as a result of increased oxidative stress from reactive oxygen species and autoxidation of dopamine.[12][84][85]
Pharmacodynamics of amphetamine enantiomers in a dopamine neuron
A pharmacodynamic model of amphetamine and TAAR1
via AADC
Amphetamine and its enantiomers have been identified as potent full agonists of trace amine-associated receptor 1 (TAAR1), a GPCR, discovered in 2001, that is important for regulation of monoaminergic systems in the brain.[86][87] Activation of TAAR1 increases cAMP production via adenylyl cyclase activation and inhibits the function of the dopamine transporter, norepinephrine transporter, and serotonin transporter, as well as inducing the release of these monoamine neurotransmitters (effluxion).[86][88][89] Amphetamine enantiomers are also substrates for a specific neuronal synaptic vesicle uptake transporter called VMAT2.[90] When amphetamine is taken up by VMAT2, the vesicle releases (effluxes) dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin, among other monoamines, into the cytosol in exchange.[90]
Dextroamphetamine (the dextrorotary enantiomer) and levoamphetamine (the levorotary enantiomer) have identical pharmacodynamics, but their binding affinities to their biomolecular targets vary.[87][37] Dextroamphetamine is a more potent agonist of TAAR1 than levoamphetamine.[87] Consequently, dextroamphetamine produces roughly three to four times more central nervous system (CNS) stimulation than levoamphetamine;[87][37] however, levoamphetamine has slightly greater cardiovascular and peripheral effects.[37]
Related endogenous compounds[edit]
For more details on related compounds, see Trace amines.
Amphetamine has a very similar structure and function to the endogenous trace amines, which are naturally occurring neurotransmitter molecules produced in the human body and brain.[89][91] Among this group, the most closely related compounds are phenethylamine, the parent compound of amphetamine, and N-methylphenethylamine, an isomer of amphetamine (i.e., it has an identical molecular formula).[89][91][92] In humans, phenethylamine is produced directly from L-phenylalanine by the aromatic amino acid decarboxylase (AADC) enzyme, which converts L-DOPA into dopamine as well.[91][92] In turn, N‑methylphenethylamine is metabolized from phenethylamine by phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase, the same enzyme that metabolizes norepinephrine into epinephrine.[91][92] Like amphetamine, both phenethylamine and N‑methylphenethylamine regulate monoamine neurotransmission via TAAR1;[89][92] unlike amphetamine, both of these substances are broken down by monoamine oxidase B, and therefore have a shorter half-life than amphetamine.[91][92]
Amphetamine is well absorbed from the gut, and bioavailability is typically over 75% for dextroamphetamine.[93] However, oral availability varies with gastrointestinal pH.[94] Dextroamphetamine is a weak base with a pKa of 9–10;[2] consequently, when the pH is basic, more of the drug is in its lipid soluble free base form, and more is absorbed through the lipid-rich cell membranes of the gut epithelium.[2][94] Conversely, an acidic pH means the drug is predominantly in its water soluble cationic form, and less is absorbed.[2][94]
Approximately 15–40% of dextroamphetamine circulating in the bloodstream is bound to plasma proteins.[95]
The half-life of dextroamphetamine varies with urine pH.[2] At normal urine pH, the half-life of dextroamphetamine is 9–11 hours.[2] An acidic diet will reduce the half-life to 8–11 hours, while an alkaline diet will increase the range to 16–31 hours.[96][97] The immediate-release and extended release variants of dextroamphetamine salts reach peak plasma concentrations at 3 hours and 7 hours post-dose respectively.[2] Dextromphetamine is eliminated via the kidneys, with 30–40% of the drug being excreted unchanged at normal urinary pH.[2] When the urinary pH is basic, more of the drug is in its poorly water soluble free base form, and less is excreted.[2] When urine pH is abnormal, the urinary recovery of amphetamine may range from a low of 1% to as much as 75%, depending mostly upon whether urine is too basic or acidic, respectively.[2] Amphetamine is usually eliminated within two days of the last oral dose.[96] Apparent half-life and duration of effect increase with repeated use and accumulation of the drug.[98]
CYP2D6, dopamine β-hydroxylase, flavin-containing monooxygenase, butyrate-CoA ligase, and glycine N-acyltransferase are the enzymes known to metabolize amphetamine or its metabolites in humans.[2][3][4][5][6][99] Amphetamine has a variety of excreted metabolic products, including 4-hydroxyamfetamine, 4-hydroxynorephedrine, 4-hydroxyphenylacetone, benzoic acid, hippuric acid, norephedrine, and phenylacetone.[2][96][100] Among these metabolites, the active sympathomimetics are 4‑hydroxyamphetamine,[101] 4‑hydroxynorephedrine,[102] and norephedrine.[103]
The main metabolic pathways involve aromatic para-hydroxylation, aliphatic alpha- and beta-hydroxylation, N-oxidation, N-dealkylation, and deamination.[2][96] The known pathways include:[2][4][100]
Metabolic pathways of amphetamine
Graphic of several routes of amphetamine metabolism
The primary active metabolites of amphetamine are 4-hydroxyamphetamine and norephedrine;[100] however, most of an administered dose is excreted as amphetamine itself and the inactive metabolites.[2] Benzoic acid is metabolized by butyrate-CoA ligase into an intermediate product, benzoyl-CoA,[5] which is then metabolized by glycine N-acyltransferase into hippuric acid.[6]
History, society, and culture[edit]
Racemic amphetamine was first synthesized under the chemical name "phenylisopropylamine" in Berlin, 1887 by the Romanian chemist Lazar Edeleanu.[104] It was not widely marketed until 1932, when the pharmaceutical company Smith, Kline & French (now known as GlaxoSmithKline) introduced it in the form of the Benzedrine inhaler for use as a bronchodilator. Notably, the amphetamine contained in the Benzedrine inhaler was the liquid free-base,[note 11] not a chloride or sulfate salt.
Three years later, in 1935, the medical community became aware of the stimulant properties of amphetamine, specifically dexamfetamine, and in 1937 Smith, Kline, and French introduced tablets under the tradename Dexedrine.[105] In the United States, Dexedrine was approved to treat narcolepsy, attention disorders, depression, and obesity. In Canada, epilepsy and parkinsonism were also approved indications.[106] Dexamfetamine was marketed in various other forms in the following decades, primarily by Smith, Kline, and French, such as several combination medications including a mixture of dexamfetamine and amobarbital (a barbiturate) sold under the tradename Dexamyl and, in the 1950s, an extended release capsule (the "Spansule").[107] Preparations containing dextroamphetamine were also used in World War II as a treatment against fatigue.[108]
It quickly became apparent that dexamfetamine and other amphetamines had a high potential for misuse, although they were not heavily controlled until 1970, when the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act was passed by the United States Congress. Dexamfetamine, along with other sympathomimetics, was eventually classified as Schedule II, the most restrictive category possible for a drug with a government-sanctioned, recognized medical use.[109] Internationally, it has been available under the names AmfeDyn (Italy), Curban (US), Obetrol (Switzerland), Simpamina (Italy), Dexedrine/GSK (US & Canada), Dexedrine/UCB (United Kingdom), Dextropa (Portugal), and Stild (Spain).[110]
The U.S. Air Force uses dexamfetamine as one of its "go pills", given to pilots on long missions to help them remain focused and alert. Conversely, "no-go pills" are used after the mission is completed, to combat the effects of the mission and "go-pills".[112][113][114][115] The Tarnak Farm incident was linked by media reports to the use of this drug on long term fatigued pilots. The military did not accept this explanation, citing the lack of similar incidents. Newer stimulant medications or awakeness promoting agents with different side effect profiles, such as modafinil, are being investigated and sometimes issued for this reason.[113]
United States
Adopted Name
(D:L) ratio
of salts
Adderall 3:1 tablet [116][117]
Adderall XR 3:1 capsule [116][117]
Dexedrine dextroamphetamine sulfate 1:0 capsule [116][117]
ProCentra dextroamphetamine sulfate 1:0 liquid [117]
Vyvanse lisdexamfetamine dimesylate 1:0 capsule [116][118]
Zenzedi dextroamphetamine sulfate 1:0 tablet [117]
An image of the lisdexamphetamine compound
The skeletal structure of lisdexamfetamine
Dextroamphetamine sulfate[edit]
Dexamphetamine 5 mg generic name tablets
In the United States, an instant-release (IR) tablet preparation of dextroamphetamine sulfate is available under the brand name Dextrostat, in 5 mg and 10 mg strengths,[119] with generic versions marketed by Barr (Teva Pharmaceutical Industries), Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals and Wilshire Pharmaceuticals. Dextroamphetamine sulfate is also available as a controlled-release (CR) capsule preparation in strengths of 5 mg, 10 mg, and 15 mg under the brand name Dexedrine Spansule, with generic versions marketed by Barr and Mallinckrodt. A bubblegum flavored oral solution is available under the brand name ProCentra, manufactured by FSC Pediatrics, which is designed to be an easier method of administration in children who have difficulty swallowing tablets, each 5 mL contains 5 mg dexamfetamine.[120]
In Australia, dexamphetamine is available in bottles of 100 instant release 5 mg tablets as a generic drug.[121] or slow release dexamfetamine preparations may be compounded by individual chemists.[122] Similarly, in the United Kingdom it is only available in 5 mg instant release sulfate tablets under the generic name dexamfetamine sulphate having had been available under the brand name Dexedrine prior to UCB Pharma disinvesting the product to another pharmaceutical company (Auden Mckenzie).[123]
Main article: Lisdexamfetamine
Dexamfetamine is the active metabolite of the prodrug lisdexamfetamine (L-lysine-dextroamphetamine), available by the brand name Vyvanse (Lisdexamfetamine dimesylate). Lisdexamfetamine is metabolised in the gastrointestinal tract, while dextroamphetamine's metabolism is hepatic.[124] Lisdexamfetamine is therefore an inactive compound until it is converted into an active compound by the digestive system. Vyvanse is marketed as once-a-day dosing as it provides a slow release of dexamfetamine into the body. Vyvanse is available as capsules, and in six strengths; 20 mg, 30 mg, 40 mg, 50 mg, 60 mg, and 70 mg. The conversion rate of Lisdexamfetamine dimesylate to dextroamphetamine base is 0.2948,[125] thus a 30 mg-strength Vyvanse capsule is molecularly equivalent to 8.844 mg dexamfetamine base.
Amphetamine salts (Adderall)[edit]
Adderall tablets
Main article: Adderall
Another pharmaceutical that contains dextroamphetamine is commonly known by the brand name Adderall. The drug formulation of Adderall, including both the immediate release (IR) and extended release (XR) forms, is:
One-quarter dextroamphetamine saccharate
One-quarter dextroamphetamine sulfate
One-quarter racemic (d,l-)amphetamine sulfate
Adderall is roughly three-quarters dextroamphetamine, with it accounting for 72.7% of the amphetamine base in Adderall (the remaining percentage is levoamphetamine). The salt ratio, as noted above, is 75%:25% or 3:1 dextroamphetamine to levoamphetamine.
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1. ^ Synonyms and alternate spellings include dexamphetamine (AAN) and dexamfetamine (INN and BAN).
2. ^ which are mirror images of the same molecule
3. ^ that is, a drug that is metabolised in the body into another more biologically-active drug
4. ^ Cochrane Collaboration reviews are high quality meta-analytic systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials.[25]
6. ^ In individuals who experience sub-normal height and weight gains, a rebound to normal levels is expected to occur if stimulant therapy is briefly interrupted.[18][19][47] The average reduction in final adult height from continuous stimulant therapy over a 3 year period is 2 cm.[47]
7. ^ Transcription factors are proteins that increase or decrease the expression of specific genes.[68]
8. ^ During short-term treatment, fluoxetine may decrease drug craving.[73]
10. ^ The review indicated that magnesium L-aspartate and magnesium chloride produce significant changes in addictive behavior;[74] other forms of magnesium were not mentioned.
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Madame Masque
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Madame Masque.
Art by Jim Cheung.
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance (as Whitney Frost)
Tales of Suspense #98
(February 1968)
(as Madame Masque)
Iron Man #17
(September 1969)
Created by Stan Lee
Gene Colan
In-story information
Alter ego Giulietta Nefaria (originally), Whitney Frost (legally changed)
Team affiliations Maggia
Hood's Unnamed Crime Syndicate
Inner Guard
Notable aliases Big M, the Director, Kristine "Krissy" Longfellow
Abilities Skilled hand to hand combatant
Expert markswoman
Master strategist and organizer
Proficiency with robotics
Madame Masque, real name Whitney Frost and also known as Masque, is a fictional character, a supervillain that has appeared in various comic book series published by Marvel Comics. She is an occasional love interest, and sometimes enemy of Iron Man within the Marvel Universe. She originally wore a golden mask to cover up her disfigured face, and continues to do so after her face was healed.
Publication history[edit]
Whitney Frost first appeared in Tales of Suspense #98 (February 1968), and was created by Stan Lee and Gene Colan. She first appeared as Madame Masque in Iron Man #17 (September 1969).
Fictional character biography[edit]
As a young adult, Whitney was a debutante and socialite, and became engaged to politician Roger Vane. The Frosts die and Count Nefaria approaches Whitney and reveals her true parentage. He tells Whitney that he wants her to take his place as leader of the Maggia, a Mafia-like organization based on the East Coast of the United States. Whitney at first refuses, but when she tells Roger about her father, he leaves her, afraid that her connections to a known criminal would hamper his political career.
Whitney accepts her father's offer to become a professional criminal mastermind and is trained by him in strategy, criminal activities, and combat. She turns out to be a brilliant student and when her father is imprisoned, she becomes the new Big M, the leader of the Nefaria family of the Maggia. Her role as Big M brings her into conflict with Iron Man.[1] Whitney is forced to flee after a raid on his company, Stark Industries. The plane she escapes in crashes and Whitney's face is scarred, but she is saved by the criminal Mordecai Midas and starts to work for him. Midas is obsessed with gold and Whitney hides her face behind a golden mask and uses the alias "Madame Masque".[2]
Madame Masque meets Tony Stark (Iron Man's alter ego) and he shows concern for her despite her scarred face. She turns on Midas to save Stark, but leaves Stark because of her criminal past. Unable to forget him, she returns as Krissy Longfellow, Stark's personal secretary. Both come to know each other's secret identity and start a romantic relationship. Their happiness is short-lived as Count Nefaria, her father, is dying as the result of an attempt to gain superhuman powers. Whitney hires the Ani-Men to bring her father to her and then asks Stark to find a cure for him. Nefaria tries to use violence to force Stark, and a battle starts between the Ani-Men and Iron Man. Whitney is unable to choose between her father and her lover, and when Nefaria's life-support is damaged in the fight, she goes insane with guilt and grief.[3] Whitney returns to the Nefaria Maggia and as "The Director" becomes its leader. She often fights Iron Man and his friends.[volume & issue needed]
At one point, Frost becomes paranoid and starts to create copies of herself, known as bio-duplicates. One of her bio-duplicates known as Masque, becomes an ally of the Avengers.[volume & issue needed] She also creates robotic servants known as the Inner Guard and names them individually after notable historical traitors, Benedict, Brutus, Fawkes, Quisling, Monmouth (based on Benedict Arnold, Marcus Junius Brutus, Guy Fawkes, Vidkun Quisling and the Duke of Monmouth) and two other, unnamed members.[4][5]
One member of the Inner Guard, Benedict, recaptures Masque for Whitney. Masque tries to convince her the Avengers are benevolent and that she should reach out to Stark again, but Whitney is still too fearful to do so. She continues to be a criminal figure of importance, until her father returns from the dead once again and destroys her base. She reluctantly assists the Avengers and the Thunderbolts against Nefaria, but she secretly plans to betray and destroy both sides, her increased paranoia causing her to believe that both sides want only to kill her. Masque again tries unsuccessfully to convince her to side with the heroes, then joins the battle in Whitney's place. Masque uses a weapon designed to disrupt Nefaria's ionic energy that Whitney was saving until the Avengers were dead and Nefaria weakened, and is slain by Nefaria. Madame Masque is shocked by her duplicate's nobility and sacrifice, with Iron Man's dismayed reaction at what appears to be her death compared to Nefaria's glee forcing her to recognize that her duplicate was right about the Avengers. Whitney joins the battle and plays a key role in her father's defeat, her weapon causing him to begin leaking ionic energy until he finally collapses. She renounces her criminal past, and MACH-II of the Thunderbolts offers her membership, but she declines, departing to parts unknown to consider her future. Before leaving, she asked MACH-II to thank everyone for her, especially Iron Man.[6]
Madame Masque is hired by the Hood to take advantage of the split in the superhero community caused by the Superhuman Registration Act.[7] She becomes the Hood's second in command (and his lover) and helps them fight the New Avengers. She is taken down by Doctor Strange and taken into S.H.I.E.L.D. custody.[8] A group of Skrulls disguised as S.H.I.E.L.D. agents try to learn her true face so they can switch her out. The Hood frees her and kills all the Skrulls except one. In an unknown location attended by most of the Hood's army, they learn from the Skrull agent that the Skrulls plan on taking over Earth, believing it to be rightfully theirs.[9] Madame Masque rejoins the Hood's crime syndicate and attacks an invading Skrull force.[10] She is among the Hood's crime syndicate as they assist the heroes in their final battle against the Skrulls.[11]
During the Dark Reign storyline, Norman Osborn puts a bounty on Tony Stark's head. He personally calls Madame Masque over to Stark Tower, offering the locations of multiple Iron Man armories to help her find Stark. She tracks Stark to Russia, which Pepper Potts had also done.[12] Masque captures Pepper, torturing her, before demanding that Stark tell her his true feelings to her real face. Stark admits that, though they have been fighting, he always loved her, to which Masque reciprocates.[13] However, when faced with a direct choice between Pepper or Masque, he chooses Pepper. As he escapes to Afghanistan, Masque and Pepper go hand-to-hand with each other.[14] Madame Masque is imprisoned in Stark's discarded Crimson Dynamo suit[15] while Pepper, disguised as Masque, reports to Osborn that she killed Pepper in combat, and returns to the United States with the Rescue armor, which is placed in storage with other Stark armors that Osborn has acquired.[16]
Madame Masque is part of a surprise attack on the New Avengers, a trap set up by Norman Osborn.[17] Later, when The Hood attacks Doctor Strange in order to become the Sorcerer Supreme, she tries to help him deal with his possession by Dormammu, taking off her mask and confessing her feelings for him.[18]
When Osborn calls off the hunt for Stark, due to his being in a persistent vegetative state, Masque decides to take matters into her own hands, and hires the Ghost to eliminate Stark, a task at which he fails.[19]
Masque, along with the rest of the Hood's gang, joins in helping Osborn with the Siege of Asgard.[20] However, Loki retakes the Norn stones from the Hood to help the Avengers and Asgardians battle the Void. Masque helps the Hood slip away. The Hood is pessimistic, knowing that his gang would simply sell him out.[21] Therefore, she seeks out her father Count Nefaria for help. The New Avengers track her and the Hood using John King. After a battle with Nefaria, the New Avengers capture all four and bring them to Maria Hill to place them under arrest.[22]
During the Heroic Age storyline, Hood escapes from prison and makes a play to assemble the Infinity Gauntlet and meets up with Madame Masque. Using his reality gem, he heals her face.[23]
She appears in Madripoor for the auction of a videotape showing Hawkeye assassinating an Asian dictator. However, the real Madame Masque is later revealed bound and gagged in her hotel room, with her costume and identity having been stolen by Kate Bishop.[24] After the tape is destroyed, Masque vows vengeance on Hawkeye and Bishop.[25] Masque later attempts to capture Bishop by luring the girl to her home in California, where she drugs her. The teen manages to escape and wrecks the house in the process, causing Masque to once again swear vengeance.[26]
In the pages of Avengers Undercover, Madame Masque appears as a member of the Shadow Council's Masters of Evil in Bagalia. She works as Baron Helmut Zemo's right-hand woman.[27]
Other versions[edit]
House of M: Masters of Evil[edit]
Marvel Noir[edit]
In Iron Man Noir, another version of Madame Masque appears in as an explorer working with Tony Stark, not to mention a former flame as well.[30] Dr. Gialetta Nefaria, along with Tony, Virgil Munsey, an editor for a magazine called Marvels, and Rhodey are on a trip in British Honduras. After acquiring a rare Jade mask in a temple, she is later seen betraying Stark and his friends to Baron Zemo, his commander Von Strucker. Though Rhodey and Tony escape, they set off a bomb and in the explosion, Gialetta is forever scarred.[31] Gialetta is revealed to be alive, wearing the Jade mask, with the Nazi's having captured Pepper Potts, and Orichalcum, Atlantis' power source.[32] When Tony attacks Von Strucker's airship, Gialetta tries to stop Tony, but is struck down by Pepper, who was tortured by her.[33]
Powers and abilities[edit]
Madame Masque wears body armor of an unknown composition with a gold metal faceplate, underneath which her face was chemically scarred. The faceplate is hard enough to deflect bullets without causing her any permanent injury. She carries a .475 Wildey Magnum revolver and other handguns, in addition to weapons that fire concussive blasts of energy or sleeping-gas cartridges.
In other media[edit]
• In the animated series Iron Man: Armored Adventures, Madame Masque is the alter ego of Whitney Julietta Stane (voiced by Kristie Marsden), neglected daughter of Obadiah Stane, and the mask she uses is a prototype disguise device constructed by Stark International, whose unchecked radiation emissions eventually drive her insane. Whitney appears in several episodes as a recurring character and appears as Madame Masque in the episodes "Masquerade", "Chasing Ghosts", "Don't Worry, Be Happy", "Best Served Cold" and "Iron Monger Lives".
Video games[edit]
• British progressive rock group Icarus recorded a song about Madame Masque, called simply "Madame Masque", for their 1972 album The Marvel World of Icarus. Of the eleven individual Marvel Comics characters featured on songs on this album, Madame Masque is the only villain.
1. ^ Tales of Suspense #98
2. ^ Iron Man #17
3. ^ Iron Man #116-117
4. ^ Avengers volume 3 #32
5. ^ Inner Guard at the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe Retrieved 19.July 2013
6. ^ Avengers, volume 3 #34
7. ^ New Avengers #35
8. ^ New Avengers Annual #2
9. ^ New Avengers #46
10. ^ Secret Invasion #6
11. ^ Secret Invasion #7
12. ^ The Invincible Iron Man #12-14
13. ^ The Invincible Iron Man #15 (July 2009)
14. ^ The Invincible Iron Man #16 (August 2009)
15. ^ The Invincible Iron Man #18 (September 2009)
16. ^ The Invincible Iron Man #17 (September 2009)
17. ^ New Avengers #50
18. ^ New Avengers #52
19. ^ Invincible Iron Man #20-24
20. ^ Siege #3
21. ^ New Avengers #64
22. ^ New Avengers Finale one-shot
23. ^ The Avengers #9 (February 2011)
24. ^ Hawkeye #4 (November 2012)
25. ^ Hawkeye #5 (December 2012)
26. ^ Hawkeye Annual #1
27. ^ Avengers Undercover #1
28. ^ Civil War: House of M Issues #1-4
29. ^ Spider-Man Noir: Eyes Without a Face Issue #4
30. ^ Iron Man Noir #1
31. ^ Iron Man Noir #1
32. ^ Iron Man Noir #2
33. ^ Iron Man Noir #4
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The Revised Romanization of Korean (국어의 로마자 표기법; lit. Roman letter notation of national language) is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea proclaimed by Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, replacing the older McCune–Reischauer system. The new system eliminates diacritics in favour of digraphs and adheres more closely to Korean phonology than to a suggestive rendition of Korean phonetics for non-native speakers.
The Revised Romanization limits itself to only the ISO basic Latin alphabet (apart from limited, often optional use of the hyphen). It was developed by the National Academy of the Korean Language from 1995 and was released to the public on July 7, 2000, by South Korea's Ministry of Culture and Tourism in Proclamation No. 2000-8. The proclamation cites the following reasons for the new system:[1]
• It promotes consistent romanization by native Korean speakers by better transcribing important language characteristics.
• It reduces the confusion caused by frequent omission of apostrophes and diacritics.
Revised Romanization of Korean
Revised Romanization gugeoui romaja pyogibeop
McCune–Reischauer kugŏŭi romaja p'yogipŏp
Notable features of the Revised Romanization system are as follows:
• 어 and 으 are written as digraphs with two vowel letters: eo and eu, respectively (replacing the ŏ and ŭ of the McCune–Reischauer system).
• However, ㅝ is written as wo and ㅢ is written as ui.
• Unlike McCune–Reischauer, aspirated consonants (ㅋ, ㅌ, ㅍ, ㅊ) have no apostrophe: k, t, p, ch. Their unaspirated counterparts (ㄱ, ㄷ, ㅂ, ㅈ) are written with letters that are voiced in English: g, d, b, j. However, all consonants that are pronounced as unreleased stops (which basically means all except ㄴ, ㄹ, ㅁ, ㅇ that are not followed by a vowel or semivowel) are written as k, t, p, with no regard to their morphophonemic value: 벽 → byeok, 밖 → bak, 부엌 → bueok (But: 벽에 → byeoge, 밖에 → bakke, 부엌에 → bueoke)
• ㅅ is always written as s before vowels and semivowels; there is no sh except when transliterating.
• ㄹ is r before a vowel or a semivowel, and l everywhere else: 리을 → rieul, 철원 → Cheorwon, 울릉도 → Ulleungdo, 발해 → Balhae. Just like in McCune-Reischauer, ㄴ is written l whenever pronounced as a lateral rather than as a nasal consonant: 전라북도 → Jeollabuk-do
In addition, it contains special provisions for regular phonological rules that makes exceptions to transliteration (see Korean phonology).
Other rules and recommendations include the following:
• A hyphen may optionally disambiguate syllables: 가을 → ga-eul (fall; autumn) versus 개울 → gae-ul (stream). However, few official publications make use of this provision, since actual instances of ambiguity among names are rare.
• A hyphen must be used in linguistic transliterations, where it denotes syllable-initial ㅇ (except at the beginning of a word): 없었습니다 → eops-eoss-seumnida, 외국어 → oegug-eo, 애오개 → Ae-ogae
• It is permitted to hyphenate syllables in the given name, following common practice. Certain phonological changes, ordinarily indicated in other contexts, are ignored in names, to better disambiguate between names: 강홍립 → Gang Hongrip or Gang Hong-rip, 한복남 → Han Boknam or Han Bok-nam
• Administrative units (such as the do) are hyphenated from the placename proper: 강원도 → Gangwon-do
• One may omit terms “such as 시, 군, 읍”: 평창군 → Pyeongchang-gun or Pyeongchang, 평창읍 → Pyeongchang-eup or Pyeongchang.
• However, names for geographic features and artificial structures are not hyphenated: 설악산 → Seoraksan, 해인사 → Haeinsa
• Capitalize proper nouns.
Similarly to several European languages that have undergone spelling simplifications (such as Portuguese, German or Swedish), the Revised Romanization is not expected to be adopted as the official romanization of Korean family names. For example, the common family name Lee (이) would be "I" in both the Revised Romanization and McCune-Reischauer. Given names and commercial names are encouraged to change, but it is not required. All Korean textbooks were required to comply with the new system by February 28, 2002. English-language newspapers in South Korea initially resisted the new system, citing its flaws, though all later gave in to government pressure. The Korea Times was the last major English-language newspaper to do so—it switched in May 2006 to the Revised Romanization.
North Korea continues to use a version of the McCune–Reischauer system of Romanization, which was in official use in South Korea from 1984 to 2000.
Transcription rules[edit]
Vowel letters[edit]
Consonant letters[edit]
ㄱ, ㄷ, ㅂ, and ㄹ are usually transcribed as g, d, b, and r when appearing before a vowel, and as k, t, p, and l when followed by another consonant or when appearing at the end of a word.[2]
Special provisions[edit]
The revised romanization transcribes certain phonetic changes that occur with combinations of the ending consonant of a character and the initial consonant of the next, for example HangukHangug-eo. The significant changes are highlighted:
next initial →
Phonetic changes between syllables in given names are not transcribed: 정석민 → Jeong Seokmin or Jeong Seok-min, 최빛나 → Choe Bitna or Choe Bit-na.
Phonological changes are reflected where ㄱ, ㄷ, ㅂ, and ㅈ are adjacent to ㅎ: 좋고 → joko, 놓다 → nota, 잡혀 → japyeo, 낳지 → nachi. However, aspirated sounds are not reflected in case of nouns where ㅎ follows ㄱ, ㄷ, and ㅂ: 묵호 → Mukho, 집현전 → Jiphyeonjeon.[2]
Despite governmental promotion, the revised system met with considerable opposition among foreign residents in South Korea, many of whom felt the revised system contained serious flaws and felt that the government failed to consult with them beforehand, despite their being the primary users of Romanized Korean inside South Korea.[citation needed]
Critics of the Revised Romanization System say that the one-to-one correspondence of Korean characters to Roman letters (e.g., usually representing ㄱ as g) that is the hallmark of the new system is overly simplistic and fails to represent sound changes that occur naturally when the position of a consonant changes[citation needed] (e.g., at the beginning of a word, ㄱ is pronounced closer to an unaspirated k, rather than as a straight g). A frequent complaint of many foreign residents and visitors to South Korea is that both Romanization systems hinder accurate and comprehensible rendering of Korean pronunciation.
Critics also complain that digraphs such as eo and eu, denoting sounds that differ from conventional European use, confuse those unfamiliar with the language. In English, for instance, eo as found in geography, Leonardo, or neon represents a sequence of two vowels, not the Korean monophthong. Defenders of the system cite English words such as surgeon as evidence of the appropriateness of the combination, even though the sound is not an exact match (the e has the role of softening the g to a j-sound, and is not actually part of the vowel). Other supporters point out that it is a system intended to transliterate into the Latin script, not English. However, other languages with a large inventory of distinct vowel phonemes similar to Korean (such as Turkish, Hungarian, or Swedish) resort to diacritics, with the exception of English, with its irregular orthography. German, for example, usually writes ae, oe, and ue as ä, ö, and ü, with the umlaut originating as a tiny "e" written above the vowel, and only uses digraphs when umlauts are unavailable, or in certain names (such as Goethe). Also, a digraph, namely eu, is used to represent a very short vowel that is often used as an epenthetic vowel for borrowings from English and other languages, leading to situations where the cluster str-, for example, ends up being written as seuteur-.
The digraph eo appears to derive from the conventional romanization of Seoul. Seoul is the old French romanization in which the two syllables of the name, se [ə] and oul [u], are the French equivalents of the Korean. The revised romanization reanalyzes se-oul as seo-ul.
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism says that the change was necessary because the McCune–Reischauer system did not adequately reflect important characteristics of the Korean language, making it difficult for native Korean speakers to use. For example, "The difference between some voiced and non-voiced sounds is in Korean little more than allophones, but [the] old system transcribed these as entirely different phonemes."[1]
Despite criticism by foreigners accustomed to using McCune Reischauer, often people who do not know Korean, many foreign residents and scholars have found the new system simple and logical[citation needed]. While all Romanization schema may be akin to learning a new language, the NGR (New Government Romanization) is applied much more easily after short study[citation needed]. In the past the majority of non-Korean fluent users of Romanization did not understand the purpose of diacritics, hence often omitting them and confusing everyone else[citation needed].
See also[edit]
2. ^ a b "Romanization of Korean". The National Institute of the Korean Language. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
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We can use the following structure with two different meanings. Does anyone know them?
Should + have + p.p.
If you are familiar with these rules, then please give me an answer. Since I am learning linguistics, I cannot accept an irrelevant/informal answer.
Thanks in advance
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If you don't know what the two different meanings are, then how do you know there are two different meanings? – Jon Hanna Feb 13 at 17:50
Also, I don't see how your learning linquistics applies, but it would seem that you can never accept any answer at all. – Jon Hanna Feb 13 at 17:53
I should have thought OP would have more sense than to antagonise respondents by slagging off potentially irrelevant answers before he's even seen them. He should have been more deferential. – FumbleFingers Feb 13 at 18:07
@FumbleFingers I should have hoped it was a given that irrelevant answers wouldn't be accepted, but if someone is to insist upon formal answers then they should have written the question more formally than with hasty abbreviations. – Jon Hanna Feb 13 at 21:44
@Jon: I suppose in the final analysis my usage above (and indeed, yours) are subcategories within the "obligation" sense as set out by Cerberus. That's to say, if we were thinking/hoping "properly, as we ought", those would be our idea[l]s. I can't explain exactly why, but it seems to me casting the statements as "past tense hypothetical" implies disdain here (rather than deference, as would normally be the case with, say, "I would ask..." instead of "I ask..."). God knows how you analyse "I should have hoped" as opposed to "I should hope" (or just plain "I hope"). – FumbleFingers Feb 13 at 22:52
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Should can be used in two (modal) ways:
1. to express obligation, you should do the dishes now;
2. to express probability, Napoleon should be unable to conquer St Petersburg.
It can be used in both ways in your construction. That is all that can be said about this without further context.
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OP did in fact give considerably more context than you've acknowledged there. Specifically, he's focussed on should + have + p.p., so riddle me this: does my third comment to the question itself represent obligation, probability, or what? I can't really see much of an element of obligation there, but it seems more like certainty than probability to me. – FumbleFingers Feb 13 at 18:13
He should have been fits obligation, surely. However, there is the alternative to would: "If it had rained, I don't know what I should have done." That's neither obligation nor probability. – Andrew Leach Feb 13 at 18:16
@Andrew: Yes, obligation is the underlying sense of the second instance in my comment. But I should have thought it was fairly obvious I was thinking of the first instance. Which is really indistinguishable from I would have thought. Theoretically that verb form represents "irrealis", but that would hardly stand up in court since ipso facto I'm declaring that I do think whatever I should/would have thought. – FumbleFingers Feb 13 at 18:41
@Cerberus: I should apologise for my earlier flippancy. And the fact that I plain forgot to upvote what's obviously the most complete (and correct) answer that can be given with OP's limited context. To all intents and purposes I suspect the + have + p.p. bit is irrelevant (apart from being a spur to flippancy). Whatever - I've no doubt it's a dup of several earlier questions too, but someone else can do the spadework for that. – FumbleFingers Feb 13 at 23:46
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I understand that non-Chasidic (Ashkenaz) haredim follow the Mishnah Berurah when it comes to Orach Chayim part of Shulchan Aruch. But Mishnah Berurah is only for Orach Chayim. What they do with other parts of S"A (Yoreh De'ah, Even Ha-Ezer, Chosen Mishpat) do they just follow Rema or later commentaries printed in standard S"A?
I mean, Chabad Chasidim have S"A Baal HaTanya which contains Yoreh De'ah and Chosen Mishpat.
I can recapitulate my question: do Litvaks/Yeshivish learn Mishnah Berurah and then Shulchan Aruch with commentaries for other parts of halacha?
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There's very little of YD in the S"A Baal HaTanya – Shmuel Brin Apr 30 at 17:38
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On Yoreh Daioh the most popular sefer today is Badai Hashulchan by Rabbi Feival Cohen, although there are many, many more also written in the same style as the mishne berura.
Some others include (although not on all of it) Chelkas Binyamin Gufai Halochos. Maadanai hashulchan and Zer hashulchan.
On Even Hoezer there is Otsar Haposkim which is used by all rabbonim which although started many years ago by the Israeli Chief rabbi is far from finished and contains many volumes. There is nothing I am aware of in mishne beruru style. Choshen mishpat has only very little has done on it in mishne berura style. The sefer mishnas hamishpot by R Y Shwartz on chapters 75-87 and 259-271 is the only one I am aware of.
On Orach Chaim no one has yet copied the mishne berura but instead Oz V'hodor have brought out a mishne berura which includes all other and later opinions.
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Zer hashulchan has something interesting. If one boils an egg in todays pots whether milchig or fleishig, you wont be able to tell the difference and in which it was boiled. – preferred Apr 30 at 17:50
Actually the non-Chasidic (Ashkenaz) haredim follow the Shulchan Aruch with the Rema's additions, as do other Ashkenazim.
When more clarification is needed, they (and all frum Jews) will consult the Nosei Keilim (commentaries) printed on the page and the back of the volume.
A deeper understanding of how the Halacha came to be, would require opening the Tur (of which the Shulchan Aruch is essentially a summary) and the Rambam, after learning the relevant Gemara with Rif, Ran and Rosh.
If that fails - or they want a shortcut - they may consult popular classic works that use the Shulchan Aruch as a basis. Popular ones are:
• The Mishnah Berura on Orach Chaim
• The Aruch Hashulchan on all 4 parts of Shulchan Aruch (with some omissions, some apparently got lost as it was originally published as small booklets.)
• The Shulchan Aruch HaRav (from the Ba'al HaTanya)
Alternately - or if the above doesn't solve their specific problem - they will consult compendiums like the Chayei Adam or Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, or more recent works as described in an earlier answer.
Nowadays you can find Sefarim that deal exclusively with almost any topic, and they usually highlight Ashkenazi/Hassidich/Sefardi differences, when they exist.
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Worth mentioning on YD are Chochmas Adam and, yes, SA Harav (even for non-hasidim). – msh210 Apr 30 at 16:26
First of all, there's no rule that all of the litvishe Ashkenazim have to follow the Mishna Berura. It was very well accepted, but deciding on each halacha is a very complicated matter, and on every page of the Dirshu or Oz VeHadar versions of the Mishna Berurah you can find places where later poskim have disagreed and where certain rulings of the Mishna Berurah have not been widely accepted. In fact, in the introrduction to the Oz VeHadar Aruch Hashulchan, it states that Rav Moshe Feinstein would often pasken like the Aruch Hashulchan over the Mihnah Berurah (though finding all of those places isn't so easy since he doesn't always quote them) and there's a teshuvah by Rav Yosef Eliyahu Henkin's grandson which says that he also thought the Aruch Hashulchan wins over the Mishna Berurah, (Shut Bnei Banim 2:8). But again, halacha is complicated and great poskim decide these things on a case by case basis.
Having said all that, I think it should be clear the first source for an authoritative, litvish, late European commentary on Shulchan Aruch, the Aruch Hashulchan would be the answer, but the Chayei Adam and Kitzur Shulchan Aruch are used often as well, and are much easier to read. Of course, there are many issues, teshuvos, and poskim who have come afterwords, so seforim that are now popular include the Badei Hashulchan (and more recently Divrei Sofrim) on Y.D. and the Pischei Choshen (which isn't a commentary on Shulchan Aruch but still very thorough and widely accpeted as far as I've seen) on C.M. and dayanim studying Even Haezer often use the Otzar HaPoskim.
Also, I should point out that the Lubavitcher Rebbe's Shulchan Aruch on Y.D. and C.M. especially are far from comprehensive
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KMID- KDE Midi playback on Mepis/Debian
I holded a instant of inspiration last dark conceiving about driving games and this afternoon during tiffin I determined to attempt to happen the MIDIs for Rad Racer
This was one of my favorite Nintendo games. ( I honestly conceive music can make/break a driving rubric. For eg. Sega 's Outrun was not equally much playfulness because I detested the music. ) At any rate I downloaded the file and move into Konqueror to open it. Konqueror uneducated person about Midi except that they sounded like an electronic keyboard so it labels the file with a cunning keyboard icon prior to enquire me which progrgram should open the file. I 'm like, `` why are you inquiring me? I make n't experience like seeking my applications for a Midi app! '' So I posted on MepisLovers
in defeat prior to enquire Google. Google led me to KMID
which take me to more defeat. Alternatively of posting another disappointed response to my yarn I maked more research. ( I detest researching Linux material now because I experience like I should cognise it but simply ca n't recall so now I but get lazy and either give upward or station on MepisLovers make the people there are so antiphonal. ) I was discomfited because the KMid Konqueror plugin plained about multi-part Midi formatting and too because the KMid app but feigned to play the vocal. There were winkling lights and most no sound.
Because I 've plowed with the no sound on Linux issuesomanytimes I was about to force my skull apart. I exerted a trifle more forbearance and Googled for the answer
which I 'll depict shortly here. If you get no sound from KMid it Holds because you take a Midi synthesiser which makes not come pre-installed in Mepis. The proper manner to play a Midi in Mepis and Debian based distros is to `` apt-get install kmid timorousness ''. So edit ( as root ) the /etc/default/timidity file and layed `` TIM_ALSASEQ=true '' by taking the forgoing hash or lb mark `` # ''. The apt-get installer will say you to make this after it finishes but most people will overlook this measure. It should state something like:
Setting up timidity (2.13.2-20) ...
Processing triggers for menu ...
Eventually re-start timorousness applying:
/etc/init.d/timidity halt;/etc/init.d/timidity begin
and lay the output in KMid scenes to utilise a timidness port. It looks like a clump of stairs but can be cutted to a few dictation line calls that should be boxed as a.deb file to be run as constituent of the KMid install procedure.
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To: None <>
From: Thor Lancelot Simon <>
List: current-users
Date: 07/18/2001 18:56:52
On Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 08:36:43AM +1000, Andrew van der Stock wrote:
> Greg,
> The only bit of code that is relatively awful as it relates to IBM's
> original decisions in 1980 or thereabouts is the bit that takes a card from
Allowing memory mapping of the framebuffer is no big deal. Requiring that
the host system allow *arbitrary memory mappings* in order to allow this
to succeed -- that's a big deal. It totally destroys the Unix security
Worse, because the device registers are mapped, too, and many of these
devices can DMA to/from arbitrary addresses, even if the kernel provided
a framebuffer handle this approach would *still* leave you totally hosed.
The problem with what the XFree86 architecture puts in userland as
opposed to the kernel is that it guarantees that you can't have X and
have any meaningful kind of security at the same time. Bear in mind
that on most _modern_ Unix systems, there's an effort to ensure that
even a rogue process running as root can be prevented from doing lasting
damage to the system; XFree sidesteps all of that.
Contrary to what's been said earlier in this thread, there *have* been
reasonable interfaces between the kernel and X server implemented in
X11 in the past, with reasonable performance and without the security
problems of the XFree86 approach; the most obvious example is probably
what DEC did in Ultrix and, I believe, in OSF/1. I realize that the
incredible variety of hardware that XFree86 supports makes this difficult
if not downright impractical, but it's silly to pretend that it's never
been done.
People will complain about this so long as they'd like to have X and
reasonable security at the same time. It's really not right to yell at
them for wanting that (though the way some of them have expressed their
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How do I write a URL in a comment without making it a link?
URLs in comments bugs.
So for instance, the following doesn't work: <a href="http://google.com">Google</a>, it recognises the rather poor link of http://google.com">Google</a> and links to that and mangles the HTML that you probably intended to display too.
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marked as duplicate by random, Jeff Atwood Oct 6 '09 at 6:12
So that there is an example on the same page: <a href="http://google.com">Google</a> – Matthew Scharley Oct 6 '09 at 2:57
declined as 'duplicate' – Joel Coehoorn Oct 6 '09 at 12:51
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Got a link to an example? – Anna Lear May 27 at 4:39
@AnnaLear – Lưu Vĩnh Phúc May 27 at 4:40
@LưuVĩnhPhúc : Kindly include this link in the question itself – shaktimaan May 27 at 4:48
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In general, I'd likely chalk it up to historical differences between how CW used to work and how it works now. Or a bug. :)
In this specific example, my best guess (without digging too deeply) is that the author of the accepted answer made their answer CW when they posted it.
As an aside, I removed CW from that question and the accepted answer, since it makes little sense for either to be a wiki.
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0.023306 | <urn:uuid:18380672-c62e-4854-beba-a1af1873b47d> | en | 0.967112 | Mia Wasikowska Source http://mia-wasikowska.org Your ultimate source for everything Mia Wasikowska! Wed, 25 Jun 2014 08:45:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.3 Mia Wasikowska, Four Movies in One Year: Young Hollywood’s Rising Star http://mia-wasikowska.org/?p=797 http://mia-wasikowska.org/?p=797#comments Wed, 25 Jun 2014 08:44:19 +0000 http://mia-wasikowska.org/?p=797
On “Tracks”
Moviefone Canada: Did you know the story of Robyn Davidson before reading the script?
Mia Wasikowska: I was aware of it, but I hadn’t read [about] it. I got sent the script and mentioned it to my parents and they were like, “Oh my god, you have to do it, it’s such a great story!”
How did you prepare for schlepping in the desert for weeks at a time?
I spent a couple of days before we started filming with our camel wrangler and with Robyn, learning to be around them and how to handle them. That was absolutely great!
In the film you draw a strong connection to the Aboriginal community in Australia.
It’s a tragedy what happened with the indigenous people in Australia and they still bear the scars of their horrific past, but they’re wonderful people. With Roly (Mintuma), or Mr. Eddie, I’ve never really had that [deep connection]. It’s part of what’s charming about films, that you end up having relationships with people that you never would have thought you’d have.
Is there something not on camera that you take away from the experience?
Yeah, there’s the scene where he gives me a rock. Because he didn’t speak English, we had a translator there for him, and the translator was telling me that on the way to shoot the film, just before they were leaving Alice Springs, he was stopping all of the time trying to find a rock to give to me. It was very sweet.
Any camel trouble? I hear they’re real bastards.
You don’t want to come across a wild camel, but the camels we were working with, which were all trained or domesticated, they were wonderful. Surprisingly, the dogs were harder to work with just because of their nature of wanting to go to their owner. There were so many takes where it was perfect but the dogs ran off at the end, so it just becomes very technical.
Viggo Mortensen always adopts his animals after he does big projects. Did you keep any of the camels?
No, unfortunately, they couldn’t fit into my apartment.
On “Only Lovers Left Alive”
Were you keen to work with Jarmusch before this project came up?
I was really keen to work with him! I was sent the script three years ago and I’ve been attached to it for a really long time. It just finally came together. I wanted to see what he would do with a genre that was so distinct, and how we would put his spin on it. It was great to work with him.
What was it like shooting in Detroit?
The thing about Detroit is that it’s so relatable, but then you remember that there’s no one in those buildings. If you look out there [in Toronto] now, it’s exactly the same, but if no one was in those buildings or some of the windows were smashed in. It’s this huge city which should have so many people in there but it doesn’t. I’d never even seen a city like that in my life. I don’t think there’s a city anywhere in the world abandoned like that.
On “The Double”
What drew you to this strange and wonderful story?
I really liked the general theme and the idea of that kind of identity confusion. It’s about perception and how we’re perceived and how we perceive ourselves, how that has repercussions for our surroundings. I liked this paranoid feel to it where because everybody in the movie is seen through [the Double's] eyes. They’re all utterly crazy, but because they’re all crazy together he’s the crazy one. And they’re all completely normal because they’re crazy together.
Was there anything that you drew particularly from working with Jesse Eisenberg?
I thought it was amazing how throughout the film there was never any confusion as to who was who at what time. That was really great.
What was it like being on that crazy set?
It’s so wonderful. There was no real indication of what it would be from the script. Well, there was a bit of an indication that we were in some kind of world, but we never knew what country we were in or what they even did at that office, which I loved. You just know that they’re pushing a lot of buttons and photocopying things and putting stuff out and adding stuff up, but you don’t really know what they’re doing. I loved that and I loved that Richard always saw it as how people in their 20s imagined the future or how they imagined the ’80s to be, and it’s this old-fashioned modern world. The way that Richard observes those things that aren’t written in the script. All of these little details I thought were really brilliant.
What about working on three different projects with three very different directors?
I always think, oh, I’ve done this a bunch of times, I know what this is like and then I turn up on each new film and I realize that you learn all over again. What I’m finding is that there’s never this formula that equals good performance. It’s the same thing on a film where you have a really awful time where you don’t get along with someone, it can turn out really great and you have a fantastic time, sometimes it’ll be terrible. There’s no way to know what you’re in for.
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Gets the phase of a complex number.
Namespace: System.Numerics
Assembly: System.Numerics (in System.Numerics.dll)
public double Phase { get; }
Property Value
Type: System.Double
The phase of a complex number, in radians.
For a complex number a + bi, the phase is computed as Math.Atan2(b, a).
You can identify a complex number by its Cartesian coordinates on the complex plane or by its polar coordinates. The phase (argument) of a complex number is the angle to the real axis of a line drawn from the point of origin (the intersection of the x-axis and the y-axis) to the point represented by the complex number. The magnitude (represented by the Magnitude property) is the distance from the point of origin to the point that is represented by the complex number.
You can instantiate a complex number based on its polar coordinates instead of its Cartesian coordinates by calling the FromPolarCoordinates method.
To convert the phase from radians to degrees, multiply it by 180/Math.PI.
The following example uses the FromPolarCoordinates method to instantiate a complex number based on its polar coordinates, and then displays the value of its Magnitude and Phase properties.
using System;
using System.Numerics;
public class Example
public static void Main()
Complex c1 = Complex.FromPolarCoordinates(10, 45 * Math.PI / 180);
Console.WriteLine("{0}:", c1);
Console.WriteLine(" Magnitude: {0}", Complex.Abs(c1));
Console.WriteLine(" Phase: {0} radians", c1.Phase);
Console.WriteLine(" Phase {0} degrees", c1.Phase * 180/Math.PI);
Console.WriteLine(" Atan(b/a): {0}", Math.Atan(c1.Imaginary/c1.Real));
// The example displays the following output:
// (7.07106781186548, 7.07106781186547):
// Magnitude: 10
// Phase: 0.785398163397448 radians
// Phase 45 degrees
// Atan(b/a): 0.785398163397448
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11:45, UK, Monday 08 April 2013
Ryan Mania rides to victory on Auroras Encore in the Grand National
Grand National-winning jockey Ryan Mania will stay in hospital for another 24 hours after suffering a nasty fall at Hexham.
Sky sources say Mania, who had been hoping to leave the hospital on Monday, is in stable condition and is due to have an MRI scan later.
The 23-year-old rider was airlifted to hospital on Sunday after his mount Stagecoach Jasper came down early on the final circuit of the St John Lee Handicap Hurdle.
He received what appeared to be a kick between his shoulder blades in the fall, which came less than 24 hours after he rode to victory on Auroras Encore at Aintree.
Mania, who was treated at the track for 25 minutes before being attached to a spinal board and flown to Newcastle Royal Victoria Infirmary, tweeted from his hospital bed on Sunday.
The MRI scan will provide doctors with a detailed image of the inside of Mania's body, allowing them to see any injuries to his bones, joints or internal organs.
A spokesman for the Great North Air Ambulance confirmed the jockey received "severe/serious" back and neck injuries but said he was in a stable condition by the time he arrived at hospital.
James Armstrong, clerk of the course at Hexham, said he had been conscious and talking after the fall.
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0.037534 | <urn:uuid:fb2fbe31-53d2-4bfc-b066-9061f12a4c7a> | en | 0.747839 | Patchwork [019/105] reiserfs: fix deadlock with nfs racing on create/lookup
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Submitter Kamal Mostafa
Date June 28, 2013, 6:50 p.m.
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Kamal Mostafa - June 28, 2013, 6:50 p.m. -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
From: Jeff Mahoney <>
commit a1457c0ce976bad1356b9b0437f2a5c3ab8a9cfc upstream.
Reiserfs is currently able to be deadlocked by having two NFS clients
where one has removed and recreated a file and another is accessing the
file with an open file handle.
If one client deletes and recreates a file with timing such that the
recreated file obtains the same [dirid, objectid] pair as the original
file while another client accesses the file via file handle, the create
and lookup can race and deadlock if the lookup manages to create the
in-memory inode first.
The create thread, in insert_inode_locked4, will hold the write lock
while waiting on the other inode to be unlocked. The lookup thread,
anywhere in the iget path, will release and reacquire the write lock while
it schedules. If it needs to reacquire the lock while the create thread
has it, it will never be able to make forward progress because it needs
to reacquire the lock before ultimately unlocking the inode.
This patch drops the write lock across the insert_inode_locked4 call so
that the ordering of inode_wait -> write lock is retained. Since this
would have been the case before the BKL push-down, this is safe.
Signed-off-by: Jeff Mahoney <>
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <>
fs/reiserfs/inode.c | 9 +++++++--
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
index 95d7680..ca71b1f 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
@@ -1810,11 +1810,16 @@ int reiserfs_new_inode(struct reiserfs_transaction_handle *th,
memcpy(INODE_PKEY(inode), &(ih.ih_key), KEY_SIZE);
args.dirid = le32_to_cpu(ih.ih_key.k_dir_id);
- if (insert_inode_locked4(inode, args.objectid,
- reiserfs_find_actor, &args) < 0) {
+ reiserfs_write_unlock(inode->i_sb);
+ err = insert_inode_locked4(inode, args.objectid,
+ reiserfs_find_actor, &args);
+ reiserfs_write_lock(inode->i_sb);
+ if (err) {
err = -EINVAL;
goto out_bad_inode;
if (old_format_only(sb))
/* not a perfect generation count, as object ids can be reused, but
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I've the following question:
This is my Create-table:
CREATE TABLE `mod_users` (
`u_id` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
`u_date` datetime NOT NULL,
`u_type` int(1) NOT NULL default '',
`u_adddate` datetime NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`u_id`)
u_type contains an int (doh) which represent a type of interval.
1 = one week
2 = two weeks
3 = one month
4 = one year
I want to select the first date after the current date which falls into the interval of the u_type - one day (so one week becomes 6 days, 2 weeks becomes 13 days, one month becomes: 1 month - 1 day, one year becomes: one-year -1 day) with a start of u_date. Sounds confusing right.
An example: If an user has type 1 (one week) And u_date 2010-11-01 00:00:00 (Four days ago) I want to get the first occurrence after one week. In this case 'SELECT DATE_ADD(u_date,INTERVAL 6 DAYS) from mod_users WHERE u_id = 1'; (which gives 2010-11-07 00:00:00) How can i do this for u_type 3 or 4? something like 'SELECT DATE_ADD(u_date,INTERVAL 1 MONTH - 1 DAYS) from mod_users WHERE u_id = 1';?? This is not a valid query.
Also if the current date would be 2010-11-08 I Want to get the first occurrence after this date. In this case 2010-11-14. 00:00:00. This reject this query 'SELECT DATE_ADD(u_date,INTERVAL 6 DAYS) from mod_users WHERE u_id = 1'; Cause 6 days is not the right interval at this query.
Hope some of you can help? I can use php and mysql so these queries are just used as an example. I'm really stuck here so just hints or clues would be appreciated.
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Meanwhile I've got the first problem tackled with SELECT u_date - INTERVAL 1 DAY + INTERVAL 1 MONTH AS C from mod_users WHERE u_id = 1 – Tim Nov 5 '10 at 10:07
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In MySQL you can add intervals directly to a datetime field, so u_date + INTERVAL 1 MONTH - INTERVAL 1 DAY should work fine.
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I found out. See my comment a couple of minutes ago :) – Tim Nov 5 '10 at 10:12
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Is it possible to set only one file format visible to the user? I'm searching it in documentation, but I can't find it... If not, which other widget you are suggesting to use?
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I assume you're using a QTreeView with a QFileSystemModel. If not, I'd suggest doing so. QTreeWidget is not as flexible.
QFileSystemModel has a method called setNameFilters that should do what you want. To use it, do something like this:
QStringList filters;
filters.append("*.cc"); // whatever filters you want
QFileSystemModel *model = new QFileSystemModel;
QTreeView *view = new QTreeView;
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Thanks! I tried it, but I can see only...C directory and then 1 child catalog, and then 1 grand-child and that's all. I would try it for another time, but I don't have much and, and for my projects useful will be QFileDialog used as widget inside the MainWindow because it has filesSelected() signal. (The goal is to select file and send the QString to funtions that plays the music). But after I select the QFileDialog dissapears. Do you know how to set it for never dissaper? – lvp Jan 18 '11 at 0:24
I don't think you can make the standard QFileDialog never close without re-writing (sub-classing) it. You could watch for when it's finished and re-show it immediately, but that will probably result in some flicker. You can get a QItemSelectionModel from a QFileSystemModel to tell when a selection has changed (and what the selection is). It will be more work, but I think you will be more satisfied with the result if you can get the QFileSystemModel to behave. – Daniel Gallagher Jan 18 '11 at 0:53
//filter treeview for directories and torrent files only
QStringList filters;
filters << "*.torrent";
QDirModel model = new QDirModel(this);
model->setSorting(QDir::DirsFirst |QDir::IgnoreCase | QDir::Type);
model->setFilter(QDir::AllDirs | QDir::AllEntries |QDir::NoDotAndDotDot);
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please add some explanation to your answer. – imsiso Apr 17 '13 at 21:05
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i have List<sting> with 5 entries. [0],[1],[2],[3],[4].
if I use List.Clear() all item are removed.
i need remove till specific item, for example till [1]. that means in my list are just 2 items [0] and [1]. how do that with c#?
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Are you talking about the value "[1]" or the index 1? – LukeH Jun 16 '11 at 14:04
Man, why is this question voted up? – R0MANARMY Jun 16 '11 at 14:20
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You can use the List.RemoveWhere(Predicate).. Alternatively, you can do a for loop - looping backwards, removing items till the item you're after ie
for(var i = List.Count()-1; i>=0; i--) {
var item = List[i];
if (item != "itemThatYourLookingFor") {
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If want to remove all items after index 1 (that is, retain only the first two items):
if (yourList.Count > 2)
yourList.RemoveRange(2, yourList.Count - 2);
If you need to remove all items after the item with a value of "[1]", regardless of its index:
int index = yourList.FindIndex(x => x == "[1]");
if (index >= 0)
yourList.RemoveRange(index + 1, yourList.Count - index - 1);
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Don't you mean RemoveRange starting at 0 and removing index items? – R0MANARMY Jun 16 '11 at 14:10
@R0MANARMY: The question is ambiguous. The OP says "I need remove till specific item", but they also say "that means in my list are just 2 items [0] and [1]". You could be right, but I'll leave my answer as-is for now, until the OP clarifies their requirements. – LukeH Jun 16 '11 at 14:17
Could just be a cultural bias. We are used to a system where things go from left to right. For us those statements are inconsistent. But if you assume right to left and it means "I want to start on the right side of the list and remove items to the left until I get to the desired element." Then the two statements make sense. – R0MANARMY Jun 16 '11 at 14:25
You can use the GetRange method.
myList = myList.GetRange(0,2);
..would give you what you are asking for above.
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but i really need to delete all items which are after [1] – r.r Jun 16 '11 at 13:55
@Ragims The above code will return a list with just two items: [0],[1]. – Chris Shouts Jun 16 '11 at 13:57
@Ragims The new list only contains the 2 items [0] and [1], I don't really know what it is you are asking for since this seems to address your problem spot on as it is described in your post. – heisenberg Jun 16 '11 at 13:57
List<string> strings = new List<string>{"a", "b", "c", "d", "e"};
List<string> firstTwoStrings = strings.Take(2).ToList();
// firstTwoStrings contains {"a", "b"}
The Take(int count) method will leave you with count items.
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You can remove a range from a list, giving the starting index and the number of items to remove.
var items = new List<string> {"0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5"};
var index = items.IndexOf("1") + 1;
if (index >= 0)
items.RemoveRange(index, items.Count - index);
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Probably worth noting that this will clear the entire list if the item isn't found. The OP doesn't specify what behaviour they want in that situation. (My answer leaves the list untouched if the item isn't found. Either option is equally (in)valid in the absence of any clarification from the OP.) – LukeH Jun 16 '11 at 15:24
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I am totally confused right now.
Edit: Okay, nevermind. The Python socket as well is starting to do it now.
Edit 2: Well, not quite sure if this is causing high CPU usage, but something randomly is. Is there an efficient way to figure out what is causing spikes in the usage? This project is a bit large and has various threads.
I have an asynchronous server that listens and waits for incoming connections, then keeps them alive and waits for the socket to flush and give the server data. It is only closed when the user wants the socket to be closed.
However, whenever I let a socket & stream stay connected, it starts to go haywire and starts sending empty data on an endless loop... it may take anywhere from 15 seconds to over a minute before it starts going wack. If I let it go for a really long time, it starts to cause really high CPU usage.
Aside from the high CPU usage, oddly enough, everything works as it should; messages are sent & received fine.
This is my read callback function:
protected void ReadCallback(IAsyncResult ar)
StateObject state = (StateObject)ar.AsyncState;
Socket handler = state.SocketHandle;
int bytesRead = (state.BytesRead += handler.EndReceive(ar)), offset = 0;
string line = m_Encoder.GetString(state.Buffer, 0, bytesRead);
if ( state.Buddy != null )
if (bytesRead > 0)
/* A complete request? */
if (line.EndsWith("\n") || line.EndsWith("\x00"))
string[] lines = line.Split('\n'); // ... *facepalm*
foreach (string ln in lines)
this.MessageReceieved(ln, state);
state.Buffer = new byte[StateObject.BUFFER_SIZE];
state.BytesRead = 0; // reset
/* Incomplete; resize the array to accommodate more data... */
offset = bytesRead;
Array.Resize<byte>(ref state.Buffer, bytesRead + StateObject.BUFFER_SIZE);
if (handler != null && handler.Connected )
handler.BeginReceive(state.Buffer, offset, state.Buffer.Length - offset, SocketFlags.None, new AsyncCallback(ReadCallback), state);
catch (SocketException)
if (state.Buddy != null)
I know this is somehow caused by calling BeginReceive, but I don't know how else to keep the connection alive.
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There is nothing in that code that can make it go haywire.
I do see some problems though.
Connection detection
No need to check if the socket is connected. You can detect disconnections in two ways in the receive callback:
1. Zero bytes is returned by EndReceive
2. An exception is being thrown.
I would recommend that the first thing you do after EndReceive is to check the return value and handle disconnect accordingly. It makes the code clearer.
Your code will currently do nothing if 0 bytes are received. The handler will just stop receiving and still think that the connection is open.
Buffer handling
Your buffer handling is very inneffecient. Do not resize the buffer every time. It will slow your server down a lot. Allocate a large buffer from start.
String handling
Don't build a string every time you receive something. Check inside the byte buffer after new line or null instead. THEN build a string, and only make it as large as needed. You might receive more bytes that just a message (for instance one and a half message)
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Thanks! I just added an else to see if zero bytes were being read, then close the connection if there weren't any... and that seemed to have solved the issue (for now atleast)! – Ralph Wiggum Aug 11 '11 at 5:13
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Make that 6-1 4-0.
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I'm currently in the process of using Microsoft VOLT to programme a Malayalam typeface and I have run into a few problems that I just don't understand how to fix. I'm currently testing my file in Microsoft Word 2010.
1, Malayalam has glyphs known as chillaksaram which, as I understand it, are formed through inputting a string like this:
na (ന) + virama ( ്) + ZWJ [Control+Shift+1]= ൻ.
Within VOLT, I have included the relevant strings into a post-base substitution lookup and feature. This lookup sits below Akhand and Below-base form lookups that I have created.
2, Malayalam uses a rakar glyph that substitutes ra (ര) + virama ( ്). The substitution itself works but it doesn't repositioning to precede it's base consonant. I assume this is the job of the shaping engine and so I do not understand what action I'm either not doing or preventing from happening?
3, Finally, and more generally, I'm unsure which script I should be using; Malayalam or Malayalam v.2 , or both? I need support for both Windows and Mac OSX systems. I often find problems that vary between them. I have been trying to follow closely the specifications laid out in Microsoft's Opentype Specification manual: http://www.microsoft.com/typography/OpenTypeDev/malayalam/intro.htm
Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction.
Thanks in advance
Jonny Pinhorn
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Just to make sure: can you test the same string with WordPad? Its Unicode engine should be the same, but it misses lots of the extra "fluff" Word carries along. (And if I remember correctly it should even work with Notepad.)
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I've just checked, WordPad contains the same rakar and chillu problems. Thanks for your speedy response, Theunis.
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Sorry not to have responded sooner; I just noticed this.
The current OT Malayalam spec is somewhat misleading with regard to what the shaping engine actually does. My guess is that eventually the shaping engine behaviour will need to be revised, because it's sort of broken; in the meantime, though, it is possible to make a Malayalam font that works reasonably well, but you have to put all conjunct ligature lookups in the {akhn} feature and not use the {cjct} and {pres} features as you would for other Indic scripts.
In response to your particular questions (using my conventional development glyph names):
1. Chillu substitutions should be the first lookup in the {akhn} feature, processed before any others. The sequence you have is correct: letter + virama + ZWJ. Note that you might also want a ligature for
mNa mVirama ZWJ mRra -> mChilluNRra
which should precede the shorter chillu strings in the lookup.
2. For v.2 shaping, the input for the prescript rakar is
mVirama mRa -> mRakar
and this lookup must be associated with the {pref} feature. The layout engine knows to reorder the output of the {pref} feature to the beginning of the cluster.
3. You should only need to implement the Malayalam v.2 shaping and can ignore the older spec. The v.2 shaping is used in all versions of Windows from Vista on, and Malayalam is also one of the scripts for which Adobe's World Ready Composer implements the v.2 shaping, albeit with some bugs. [See http://www.typophile.com/node/94543 ]
Malayalam is the most difficult Indic script for which I've had to program in VOLT, not just because of the issues with the shaping engine and spec, but because the orthographic conventions of how Malayalam is written represent a subset of capabilities of the writing system. In modern Malayalam, conventional preference dictates that some conjuncts must be written with ligatures, some with subscripts, and some with explicit virama, while other are acceptable in more than one form. This means your VOLT programming needs to handle prioritisation of particular conjunct formation using contextual rules. So, for instance, when three letters occur in a conjunct, you need to know which two-letter portion of the conjunct takes preference as a ligature or subscript form and where an explicit virama should be.
I'm afraid I don't have this information in a form that I can publicly share yet.
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On closer inspection, I have found that my Malayalam font has some strange errors that don't make sense to me. Having made the alterations you suggested above my chillu forms substitute correctly and my rakar form now correctly jumps to it's correct pre-base position but now two new issues have occurred.
All but one of my below-base marks substitute correctly on Windows but not within Indesign CS6. Why only the one consonant (mLa) substitutes and not the others is puzzling. I'd have thought it was all or nothing?
The other issue is that I cannot make rakar ligatures in Windows or CS6. For example:
mPa mVirama mRa -> mPra
I've also tinkered with the strings in these ways without success:
'mPa mRakar -> mPra' or 'mRakar mPa -> mPra
I assumed they have to be held within the AKHN lookup because you stated above that's where all conjunct ligatures should be located?
The Malayalam example within the 'CS6IndicTagTest.pdf' document you kindly shared on Typophile shows neither below-base conjuncts or rakar ligatures where there is the potential for them; this suggests it's not yet possible to implement these within CS6 as we have previously discussed?
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I've not done very much testing of Malayalam in InDesign, so it is entirely possible that there are problems beyond those I noted in my earlier documentation. All my Malayalam work to date has been targeting Microsoft's implementation, and that too with the caveat that the shaping may need to change in future.
You are handling the below-base substitutions for consonants in the {blwf} feature, yes?
I have to admit that subscript -La is an oddity: something I can make work without really understanding why it is done this way. It has its own {blwf} lookup (which isn't unusual, given that most of the subscripts have context exceptions), but then the conjunct ligatures involving subscript -La are handled subsequently in {blws}, rather than in the {akhn} feature with the other ligatures. I first noticed this in Microsoft's Kartika font, but no one at MS nor my Malayalam contact have been able to suggest why this might be so. I'm hoping I might get this cleared up when I look at the Malayalam shaping engine issues in more detail later this month.
When you refer to rakar ligatures, I presume you mean traditional lipi forms. I've not had occasion to try to implement these, as all my Malayalam fonts have been for the reformed orthography. But my assumption would be that these substitutions would need to be performed in the {akhn} feature, before the {pref} feature substitutes the prescript -Ra, because the latter would trigger reordering by the layout engine. So I would expect (using my glyph naming conventions)
mPa mVirama mRa -> mPRa
in the {akhn} feature to work. If it doesn't then
I can probably spare half an hour or so to look at your VOLT source, if that might help.
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This movie is a war classic. I didn't know Steinbeck was a war correspondent at the height of the war. I thought he was just an amazing novelist. He had a real sense of honor and pride for the nation and it showed in the way he treated this subject. " The Moon Is Down" was originally seen in the 40's but this is the first time it has ever been released on DVD. I highly recommend this to any war film buff who hasn't had the opportunity to see this in its' original state. It, and the Steinbeck book, were used for propaganda against the Nazi regime. The story line is truly fascinating and one that will stay with you, challenge your own sense of moral and ethic conscience for a long time. I don't dare say more for fear of giving it all away. I recommend this to educators, film makers and war buffs. I thoroughly enjoyed it and will be watching this movie again and again as a reminder to myself to take a stand against wrong done to others in time of strife.
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Superbly acted, Restrained and Compelling WW11 Resistance Melodrama : Feb. 3 2014
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World War 11 films that depict "Patriots and Quisling's" - the stoic, furtive, passive and violent civilian resistance of conquered nations to Nazi/Japanese occupation were extremely popular with wartime audiences during WW 11. "Joan of Paris" {1941},"This Land is Our Land"{1942}, "Hangmen also Die" {1942}, "North Star" {1943},"Edge of Darkness" {1943}, "China" {1943}, "Dragon Seed" {1944}, "The Seventh Cross" {1944}, "To Have and to Have Not" {1944}, "The Cross of the Lorraine" {1944} and "Hotel Berlin" {1945} are all outstanding examples of well crafted movies of this type.
Along with "Hangmen Also Die", and "The Seventh Cross" - "The Moon is Down" is the best representive of this film genre because it eschews melodrama and trys to get inside the occuppiers and conquered civilians thoughts, emotions and their "guts". How the conquerors and conquered respond to their respective situations, being locked together in a possible "death embrace" and how both sides survive under these circumstances is the major theme of this movie .
The story line is simple - In 1940, a Nazi Invasion force with clockwork efficiency and total ruthlessness invades and conquerors a remote Norwegian town whose main industry is a large iron ore mine that the Germans wish to exploit to the utmost. The townspeople are at first stunned, cowed and cannot comprehend their situation. The Germans having taken the town with no resistance and now expect that everything will go smoothly, the towns population will work hard, mine the iron ore and acquiese to anything that the Nazi's demand.
The situation gradually almost impercepably alters as the Germans gradually using an uneven "heavy handiness" thru force and confiscation push to extract extra iron ore thru longer miner work shifts and tie the miners famillies rations thru the coherced production. The townspeople respond with contempt and refuse to talk or socialize with their conquerors. The British parachute explosives into the area for sabotage, the Germans are aware that these materials can make a resistance esculate. Furtively at first but with gradually with more frequency and boldness - power lines are cut, rail lines blown up, mine equiptment sabotaged, building are torched and individual Germans are killed. AND of course the the Germans will / must take punative action against the the towns leaders because they are guilty of not willing to be co-opted by their German occupyers to tell their fellow citizens not to resist and they become hostages possibly marked for death.
Their are no major stars in this film but there are two [2] excellent performances - Sir Cedric Hardwicke as the patient and realistic German Commander who predicts { to his arrogant subordinates and the local "Quisling"} that the Norwegian populace will not stay cowed and that "Hitting them over the Head" would only increase their defiance/ resistance - he's seen it all before {during the WW 1 occupation of Belguim} and he knows what to expect!! But driven by events he must follow the Nazi script of "Brute force" to try to blugeon the Norweigians into submission. Henry Travers {Clarence the Angel in " It's a Wonderfull Life"} is surprisingly believeable and touching as the mayor of the town who gentlely but firmly refuses to allow himself to be co-opted and used by the Germans to assist them pacifying the townspeople and advising his friends and neighbors from resistance/sabotage if that is their choice.
They are ably supported by veteran character actor and actress Lee J.Cobb {A very early role} and Margaret Wycherly. Doris Bowdon as a widow and and Peter van Eck as a lonely German officer are little known character actors today but they play a scene so beautifully and realistically that I honestly didn't know how it was going to play out but the payoff was terrfic.
It is interesting to compare this movie with Warner Brothers {WB} Norweigan Resistance film "Edge of Darkness" also released in 1943 - a big budget production starring Errol Flynn, Ann Sheridian, Walter Huston, Ruth Gordon, Judith Anderson and Nancy Coleman. It's best performance is by Helmut Dantine in a scene chewiing over the top performance with eyes blazing as a frustrated and brutal Nazi commander - he is the "polar opposite" compared to Sir Cedric Hardwicke's steely, reserved and thoughtfull German commander. Flynn and Sheridan mostly pose in their starring roles and everything in their movie is larger than life - the noble speeches, betrayals, a thundering score by Franz Waxman, an off screen rape of Ann Sheridan and a bloody, bloody climax !!
As entertaining as "Edge of Darkness" is {and I like it a lot} - "The Moon is Down" is far better written, better acted and more true rendering of how a civilian population can come to find the courage and resolve to gradually build into a real civilian resistance against their occupyers. I was impressed with the film's sober and thoughtfull screenplay and the excellent performances by it's mostly unknown ensemble cast and I give it a 5 star rating.
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I have never been so pleased with a movie adaptation of a novel. Any omissions were understandable in terms of time constraints. Henry Travers was perfectly cast as the mayor. Cedric Hardwicke's accent threw me a bit initially, but his portrayal overcame this minor criticism. Dorris Bowdon's performance as Mollie Morden deserved an Academy Award. The scene with the mayor, Colonel Lanser, and the Doctor reciting from Plato was perfectly done. Two details that could have been easily included but were not: Joseph straightening the chairs in the drawing room the Nazi's had moved and Mollie asking for "two sausages". Other than these minor details, a nearly perfect adaptation. One wonders why this took so long to long to make it to DVD?
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Since I married a Norwegian,. and her family went through the occupation, -- Steinbeck gives the viewer an insight into what life must have been like living under the Nazis. A salute to the courage of the Norwegian people and all those throughout Europe that resisted the tyranny of Hitler and his gang. Steinbeck did an amazing job writing this, and the film makers also did an A-1 job!
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Very carefully! (Sorry about that ;>)
Blow them off first. If that isn't enough, I use PEC-12 and PEC pads. Edwal film cleaner works well too, sometimes it will remove things PEC-12 won't so I keep a bottle around as well.. Sometimes. If the dirt is stubborn (be gentle), leaving the cleaner sit on the film for a few minutes helps.
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The world's most romantic places to propose: Trevi Fountain
Somewhere wet When in Rome, do as the tourists do. Stop at Trevi Fountain, a Baroque monument to the seas. Countless couples have shared a kiss at the feet of Neptune, who towers over the rocks, cascading water and wild horses. If you want the place to yourself, try going late at night when... Landmark Theaters | http://www.baltimoresun.com/lat-propose7_hwn82pkf20090204155930-photo.html | dclm-gs1-134220001 | false | false | {
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Satin Icing (Fondant)
This is a true molding icing with a lemony flavor.
Satin Icing (Fondant)
• 4 tablespoons butter 4 tablespoons lemon juice 6 cups confectioner's sugar, sifted a few drops of food coloring
2. 2. Add 2 cups of the confectioner's sugar and heat gently, stirring, until dissolved. When the mixture begins to simmer at the sides of the pan, increase the heat slightly and cook for 2 minutes until it boils gently; do not oveerboil at this stage or the icing will be too hard.
3. 3. Remove the pan from the heat and add 2 cups more confectioners' sugar. Beat thoroughly with a wooden spoon, then turn the icing into a mixing bowl.
4. 4. Gradually mix in enough of the remaining confectioners' sugar to give a soft dough. Turn the dough onto a surface dusted with confectioners' sugar and knead until it is smooth. Add color, if using.
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I kind of have the same Q? Is there anyway you can make it taste other than lemon? Thank you
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Chicago wouldn't be Chicago without Prohibition
What would Chicago be like without alcohol? Whole neighborhoods wouldn't exist! Well, from January 17, 1920 to December 4, 1933, alcohol was illegal in the United States. This time period was called prohibition, and it did not go well. Famous gangsters like Al Capone and Bugs Moran wreaked havoc on the city, making Chicago the place it is today. Since tomorrow is the 79th anniversary of the repeal of the 18th Amendment, prohibition, I figured it was perfect for this week's "Did You Know, Chicago?" feature.
Prohibition was a result of a decades-long temperance movement in reaction to the rise in alcoholism. While the act did have support, not enough of the general public was behind the ban. Thus, demand for alcohol did not actually decrease.
Illegal drinking establishments, called speakeasies, began popping up across the country. While the most famous speakeasies were located in big cities, there were plenty in rural America. These places got alcohol either from making it in the backroom - bathtub gin became a common method - or by purchasing it from very dangerous characters.
While alcohol was banned in the U.S., it was not illegal in Canada. Chicago gangsters took advantage of this, running liquor from Canada and selling it across the country. This became known as bootlegging, and it was a very lucrative business.
Much like gangs today, Chicago was divided into territories: the south side was owned by Al Capone and the north side was owned by Bugs Moran. Each had their own gang and places of business. While Bugs Moran was a very scary man, he was nothing compared to the notorious Al Capone.
The 2200 block of south Wabash became known as the Levee District. There were speakeasies, whore houses, casinos, anything you could ever want, but the real gem was the Four Deuces. A bar and a brothel, this served as the headquarters for Johnny Torrio's operation. A young man from New York City got his Chicago start at the Four Deuces: Al Capone. After an attempt on Torrio's life scared him into retirement, the outfit was turned over to Capone.
Capone and Moran engaged in bloody battles throughout the 1920's, horrifying the nation. However, it wasn't until February 14, 1927 that major action was taken. The St. Valentine's Day Massacre took place when seven men were lined up inside of the SMC Cartage Company garage at 2122 North Clark Street and executed. While nothing was ever blamed on Capone, it's commonly believed that this was a set-up by his gang to get back at the North Side Gang. Capone was in Florida at the time.
The U.S. Justice Department created a special unit to put an end to Capone. This group, called The Untouchables, were the ones who eventually brought Capone down for tax evasion. (You should see the movie, it's very good.) Capone was sentenced to federal prison in 1931, and on December 5, 1933, prohibition was repealed by the 21st Amendment.
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Team Chicago
Senior Advisors Valerie Jarrett and David Axelrod, both of Chicago, listen during a meeting with President Barack Obama and the economic team in the Oval Office. Pete Souza, The White House | http://www.courant.com/chi-axel110509papers20100923120124-photo.html | dclm-gs1-134550001 | false | false | {
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Donate to Debra Medina NOW!
Let's do it guys. It's time. Let's dig-deep and send a message to Glenn and the rest of the neocon "Tea Party" crowd.
An article the other day said that Rick Perry and Kay Hutchison together will raise $50M for their campaigns. Do you think that'll come $50 or $100 at a time from passionate, grassroots individuals who believe in their position? Hell no- it'll come $50,000 at a time from fat-cat party members who are serving their own interests. THAT'S where the mark is. We've gotta meet it. We need BIG money- BIG MONEY- "November 2007" kinda money. Give 'til it hurts and then give twenty bucks more!!
WE need to WIN Texas. Imagine having a frisky Governor in a GREAT State like Texas, showing Washington where the boundaries are. Remind them of who's the boss. We've GOT to do this.
Get your wallet out and let's make this happen. There are lots of important races this cycle, no doubt. But this one's the biggest- the most important. It's about ALL of our rights. If we don't win this- we're screwed.
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This could be the first
This could be the first TEAOCON BOMB! Ohhh, that sounds dangerous!
$641,439. @ 8:14pmET
Trust in God, but tie your camel tight.
but please I beg you to remember we have a Money Bomb for Liberty candidate Jake Towne on Monday in a few days!
LL on Twitter: http://twitter.com/LibertyPoet
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New York Cops Want To Catch Future Mass Shooters Online
Doesn't this remind you of a movie you've watched before? Lmao... I don't know guys! Sometimes it feels like I'm living in the Twilight Zone. Alex Jones was right! We've been conquered by the Rothchilds y'all!!! http://m.gizmodo.com/5970673/new-york-cops-want-to-catch-fut...
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I have a question, if I threaten somebody, but don't go through with it, is that against the law? I mean constitutionally... Like threatening someone's life( the president or some John Doe).
juan maldonado
Enter the "thought police"
Enter Meshnet
What many need to understand is that if we are to return to the constitution, things like Meshnet, 3d printing, fabrication labs, independent servers, anti surveilliance/spy programs , megabox, self garden growing, even drinking water over nestle makes huge difference, are what we support and should turn to, its that simple, self sufficiency is how you bleed the oligarch's system. just like the founding fathers became their own designers and inventors and tea makers. the age of consumerism is turning into the age of independence
I quote an article "The Fab Lab is a microfactory that can "make almost anything." His Fab Lab has since been replicated all over the world in what he calls the personal fabrication revolution. It aims at turning a world of dependent consumers into independent designers and producers." THIS IS HAPPENING NOW AND WE NEED TO HELP THOSE PEOPLE AND SHOW THE PTB, IT'S NOT YOUR CONTROL ANYMORE
. creativity is much more important than guns, though we were warned in the past about an authoritarian society, many simply didnt see the technologies and innovation coming about that can be used to reverse this, reversing a 100 year system isn't easy, it takes time
I think this is really bad
I think this is really bad guys! This is the definition of a witch hunt! Just like in the old days. She's a witch or he's a witch! Watch n see y'all
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First Factions Fight Club
Thanks to Bill3 for reminding us what Fight Club is NOT about. Factions Fight Club is not about name calling. Leave that to the little children.
If there is one misunderstand, then there may be more. Therefore, the First Factions Fight Club (F4) will be an examination of the definition, nature, and function of factions.
At its most basic level, a faction is a group within a larger group. Factions themselves can contain sub-factions: Groups within groups within groups.
Factions are collectivist organizations in which the group assumes a higher importance than the individual. Dissenting members are expelled and attacked by factions.
Factions serve a variety of functions, but the the first rule of being a faction member is that you always protect the faction.
More discussion tonight - 9pm here, in the Hidden Knowledge forum.
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Additional resource: Factions on the Daily Paul
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as a musician I force myself to listen to an hour of music
every day that I hate.I find that I learn as much from what I like as from what I don't like.
transitioning the metaphor, well, I think you can see where I'm going with this. You idiot.
Defeat the panda-industrial complex
I am dusk icon. anagram me.
Great idea
Whom ever thought this up did good!
I think this thread could serve as an effective sounding board
for frustrations.
The question I have is - does what happens in the Fight Club stay at the Fight Club? For instance, beyond profane personal attacks, will there be any banning for harsh, yet constructive, criticism of ideas?
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There should be no profane personal attacks
What good would that do?
If you are attempting to communicate constructive criticism, what is the point in being harsh?
Wouldn't that defeat the purpose of being constructive?
He's the man.
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The portal is now open (for the next hour)
for anyone willing to participate:
Just give this thread a bump if you're going to stop by. The Fight Club itself won't show up in the active forum topics.
He's the man.
I'm in the Greenwich Mean Faction.
I started hours ago, suckers!
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John Robb Dear
Can you explain this?
Is this true?
― Dr. Seuss
First tell me which time zone faction you are/were in.
No. I can't explain it.
I don't know if it's true.
I'd even be loath to travel with me on Thursdays though.
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I'm not part of a faction. I'm an individual.
Factions are divisive. I'm a uniter, not a divider.
― Dr. Seuss
Then it doesn't matter if you are in Mountain Standard or to the west where it is still Thursday. You are/were completely out of time, so to speak. I'd like to say I'm a uniter, but Greenwich mean is actually more of a reference, nothing active, nothing really. It's well on into Friday here, and I'm clearly still a bit insane.
Michael Nystrom's picture
Open for mortals
(I should have clarified)
He's the man.
1. Criminals united to consume everyone
2. Defenders united to avoid being victims or criminals
3. Survivors after the latest pogrom
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Well... I guess this might be close to the perfect background music for Faction Fights in the Daily Paul Opinion Dome of Doom.
Some old Mad Max reminiscent Motorhead conjured up sounds about right... Lol
"On your feet or On your knees"
Lyrics seem to be about right on target at times. ; )
F4 ?
Aren't we missing an F?
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Use your imagination
He's the man.
I wouldn't Fucking know!
Nope, there it is.
That's what I was thinking - missing an F-bomb in there
but wondered if there might be another secret meaning.
Not really a good day to start messin' with the other 8
You can experiment with various settings, but
the First Four Fucking Function keys will be all that will matter tonight.
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Don't tell me who/what to mess with.
Oh, you weren't talking to me? I thought I heard you say chiclet so I came running over, maybe it was down there somewhere else. Ooooppppsss.
What should I call you I wonder?....I'll have to come up with a nickname for you I suppose. "Dear" is no good, it is boring, it must be better than that.
― Dr. Seuss
It's not boring. It's fine.
Just add the "John" to it.
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John Dear....
Have you built us our cabin in Montana yet?
― Dr. Seuss
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Hugs n kisses
Kisses hersheykisses.jpg
― Dr. Seuss
I admit I didn't read much of the other stuff
on the other post about "fighting about fighting" so someone may have already dropped this:
ART OF WAR 14309Art-Of-War-Posters-771245.jpg
Freedom is not: doing everything you want to.
~ Joyce Meyer
Its on like Donkey Kong!
Its on like Donkey Kong!
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Am I the only one here confused by this post?
I admit I'm Polish, so being confused is typical SOP...
Wait- does being Polish mean I'm in a faction - The Polish Faction?
Is there a webcast or teleconference or something?
9pm what time zone?
After all, we all know it's always about 5:30 somewhere....
Proclaim LIBERTY throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof
I wrote a really long essay about all this stuff
And how it applies to government and society.
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(See in situ)
Whenever my hypocrisy radar goes off ...
I almost feel obligated to speak up. I was comparing upvotes for state actors in this thread with upvotes in this thread:
"Killing evil is necessary at times, especially when they are actively trying to kill you."
One can not consistently go around upvoting there is a de facto civil war going on while simultaneously upvoting state actors conducting or engaged in said de facto civil war.
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Hybrid Battery Approach Viable?
By Shig on 10/30/2009 10:56:28 AM , Rating: 2
A combination of these new batteries with lithium ion could be interesting. For example, only the zinc-air batteries get turned on past a certain distance, then for short distances the lithium-ion is used. That could be a cheaper way to extend the range of electric vehicles without as much added cost.
RE: Hybrid Battery Approach Viable?
By rcc on 10/30/2009 11:23:36 AM , Rating: 2
If the Zinc-Air battery is cheaper and lasts 3 times a long, and is repairable, then where is the advantage to combining them with Lithium-Ions???? Population control??
RE: Hybrid Battery Approach Viable?
By Cogman on 10/30/2009 12:00:34 PM , Rating: 3
It depends on what the discharge/recharge rate of the zinc ion battery is. We know that Li-ion batteries have a fairly small internal resistance which translates into quick discharge/recharge times (Think, regenerative breaking). But if the Zinc Ion batteries don't, then it would make sense to use them for long range power and the Li-Ion batteries for the short range.
One other thing I would like to know is at what rate do these batteries self-discharge. Hopefully it is about as good as Lion, because having to recharge something if you use it or not kind of sucks.
Personally I think this is great news for the electric car. This is the exact type of battery system that needed to come into play. My biggest complaint about electric cars was the fact that their range was about 100 miles. This could potentially boost that range to the 300+ range which would be about where I need it to be to consider an electric car.
RE: Hybrid Battery Approach Viable?
By Shig on 10/30/2009 6:19:17 PM , Rating: 2
Limited # of recharges...
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On if he knew how much his life would change after winning the Heisman:
I never realized the magnitude of it. People told me time and time again. But it’s one of those things you don’t understand until you go through it and until you deal with it.
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justplumducky 07-31-2012 12:58 PM
Normal for 8 yr. old Whirlpool compressor to be bad?
I do occasional repair for residents in my neighborhood. I was just wondering if it's normal to find what someone told me is a hard start capacitor wire up to a compressor (no relay/overload device on the compressor) - hard start (if that's what it is) is wired directly to compressor (8 years old) with female spade-type quick disconnects. These disconnects like they were made for terminal post connections - not just regular flat disconnects forced onto posts, but preformed (triangular shape) to hold the posts firmly.
This capacitor is a Supco brand, but no specs on it. Has two power wires feeding it, and three secondary wires C, S, & R. S-R ohms check was 10 ohms, but both individual readings of C-S and C-R was infinite resistance. Forgot to check for post to ground, but assumed with those readings that it make no difference.
Was just wondering if this was a factory configuration (having a hard start on it), or if they had trouble with this compressor and someone removed the overload/relay and installed the hard-start. Shouldn't the relay still be on compressor, with or without a capacitor, hard-start or othewise?
hardwareman 07-31-2012 09:53 PM
the hard start kit was added by someone along the line, either because they didn't have the right relay or because the compressor was a hard starter. That Supco is a 3 in 1 unit, it replaces overload, relay and adds a start capacitor. My guess would be that the last person did not have the right parts and just threw that on there for a quick repair.
justplumducky 07-31-2012 10:20 PM
Thanks for your reply hardwareman.
This fridge is only 8 yrs. old (I was told this is not very old for compressor to wear out normally?) Could the hard start be responsible for cooking the windings? R-S was 10 ohms, but nothing on C-S or C-R (infinity on both - never checked post to ground/compressor case). Hard start kit was slightly melted (plastic body) and cracked on same end.
Is having to put a hard start kit on (aside from just taking a shortcut for a no parts situation) usually a sign of impending doom for the compressor?
Is there any dangerous chemicals in the kit if I wanted to take it apart for a look-see.
hardwareman 07-31-2012 11:16 PM
if the hard start kit was put on for a hard start compressor, then yes your just buying time before the compressor goes out. Sometimes they can go for years this way but that would be an exception. Lots of service guys will put the hard start kit on because it is universal, and just leave it on. that is not a proper fix, if you do not have oem parts put on the 3 in 1 temporarily and order the right parts. Seeing the hard start kit melting is a good example of why you do not leave them on there unless you have to.
Do not take it apart for a look see
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By eWEEK Labs | Posted 2010-02-11
25 Technologies That Changed the Decade
By most measures, the last 10 years were not the best of times. Terrorism, natural disasters and the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression have left many people happy to see the decade go away. In fact, given the many bad things that did happen, those who use the moniker "the Uh Ohs" to define the decade probably have it about right.
But when it comes to technology, the last 10 years were actually a very good time for innovation and progress. During the last 10 years we've seen very significant advances, especially in the areas of mobile devices and the ability to use the Web as a computing platform.
For example, if you compare a modern smartphone with a late-'90s cell phone, it seems as if a lot more than 10 or so years separate the two devices. Look at the static and uninteractive Web of 10 years ago, and then look at a modern AJAX- and social network-enabled Website. It's amazing we were able to do anything on the old Web. And across the tech spectrum, as devices have become more powerful and more useful, they've also become less expensive and more accessible.
In this special report, eWEEK Labs has put together a list of the 25 most significant technologies and products of the last decade-those that changed the way we work, play and live. Some of these products and technologies set the stage for the cutting-edge tech we use today, while others are the cutting-edge tech we use today.
Following are our picks for the top 25, in alphabetical order.
Nos. 1 to 5
1. 3G broadband
2. 802.11g
It seemed simple at first-just a set of scripts and standards technologies that were already around for building Web applications. But the mix of technologies that make up AJAX launched a Web revolution, making it possible to build attractive and interactive Web-based GUIs that didn't require extra plug-ins or extensions and that worked well in most modern Web browsers.
4. Amazon EC2
Probably the first real iteration of a cloud-computing platform, Amazon.com's Elastic Compute Cloud is still one of the most popular. Making it simple for anyone to throw a virtual server machine onto Amazon.com's powerful server platform, EC2 changed what it meant to own a server or even run a business: A large number of new businesses don't even own server hardware-their entire operations run on EC2.
5. AMD64
At the beginning of the decade, general-purpose 64-bit computing wasn't looking promising. Intel's Itanium architecture was proving difficult to implement and was generally seen as a disappointment. Instead of taking Intel's rewrite approach, Advanced Micro Devices built its 64-bit platform on existing processor technology, and pushed 64-bit processors into the mainstream.
Nos. 6 to 10
6. BlackBerry
7. Blade servers
8. Bluetooth
9. Firefox
10. Gmail/Google Apps
Nos. 11 to 15
11. iPhone/iPod
12. Mac OS X
13. Multicore processors
14. Netbooks
15. Openoffice.org
Nos. 16 to 20
16. POE
17. Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Coming into the decade, Linux was already a hot commodity, but it wasn't until Red Hat launched the buttoned-down and subscription-priced Enterprise variant of its Linux distribution that Linux was truly ready-both in terms of road map stability and of business model-to truly storm the enterprise.
18. Salesforce.com
Rising from the ashes of the failed ASP (application service provider) market of the late 1990s, Salesforce.com proved that companies would run vital enterprise business applications-even CRM and sales force automation-over the Web.
19. Social networks
20. Solaris 10
During the latter half of '00s, Sun Microsystems' Solaris 10 sat at the leading edge of operating system technologies, with unique capabilities that include Containers virtualization, Dtrace system instrumentation and the ZFS file system. Solaris 10 also helped put a stamp of inevitability on the x86-64 architecture and on the open-source-as-a-platform licensing strategy.
Nos. 21 to 25
21. Treo
Looking at it today, the Treo may seem like just another smartphone. But the early Treo set the stage for and was very influential in the development of modern smartphones. Any phone today that isn't an iPhone or a new phone directly influenced by the iPhone owes a huge debt to the Treo (and even the iPhone is influenced by the Treo).
22. Twitter
23. VMware
24. VOIP, Skype, SIP
25. Windows XP
With all of the recent hype about Windows 7-and the bad experiences that nearly every user has had at one time or another with Windows XP-it might seem strange to see Windows Vista's predecessor on any top tech list. But XP is certainly the most dominant operating system of the decade. And when Vista proved to be a disappointment, a majority of users and businesses were happy to stick with XP (and many still are).
What did we miss? What's on the list that shouldn't be? Let Labs Managing Editor Jason Brooks know at jbrooks@eweek.com.
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Rock Hall Anniversary: Marriages of Paul and Linda and John and Yoko
What is perhaps considered two of the most significant marriages among the Beatles, happened in March 1969, both of which will spawn two of the most notable in music history.
On March 12th, Paul McCartney married photographer Linda Eastman in London, while John Lennon married performance artist Yoko Ono on March 20th in Gibraltar. Both women have and continue to play a significant part in the careers of both Beatles members. Eastman, who would later adopt the McCartney name (and even have the nickname “Lady McCartney”), would go on to form the band Wings with Paul, and would have a successful run throughout the 1970s. Ono meanwhile, would also collaborate with Lennon on a variety of projects, including the Two Virgins album, various peace movements, including most famously the Bed-In movements, and the Plastic Ono Band.
Another notable fact about Linda McCartney and Yoko Ono, is the fact that when the Beatles disbanded in 1970, some fans blamed both women, perhaps because of their stature in the relationship. However as time went on, that has proven to be untrue, given that all members of the Beatles were at this point already focused on embarking solo careers.
Both marriages ended in tragedy, with the first being between Ono and Lennon (following his murder) in 1980, and then between the McCartneys in 1998, when Linda succumbed to breast cancer. But given the history of the two couples, as well as the music, the marriages of Paul and Linda McCartney and John Lennon and Yoko Ono remain as some of the most significant unions in rock history. | http://www.examiner.com/article/rock-hall-anniversary-marriages-of-paul-and-linda-and-john-and-yoko?cid=rss | dclm-gs1-134860001 | false | false | {
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AdWatch: Obama ad prods Congress on jobs plan
TITLE: "Jobs."
LENGTH: 30 seconds.
AIRING: In Colorado, Florida, Iowa, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and national cable.
KEY IMAGES: President Barack Obama speaking, interspersed with shots of workers in agriculture, construction and manufacturing settings. "We're still fighting our way back from the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression," Obama says in a clip from a recent speech on the economy, adding that businesses have created almost 4.3 million new jobs in the past 27 months. He adds: "But we're still not creating them as fast as we want."
A narrator says the president's jobs plan would put teachers, firefighters, police officers and construction workers back to work, "right now," as pictures of people who do those jobs flash by. The narrator says Obama's job plan would be paid for by asking the wealthiest Americans to pay a little more, as the camera pans down a leafy, upscale residential street. "But Congress refuses to act," the narrator says. "Tell Congress we can't wait."
ANALYSIS: In a race where fixing the nation's struggling economy and creating more jobs are dominant issues, this ad is an attempt by Obama to refocus blame on the divided Congress, where Republicans control the House and Democrats are the majority in the Senate. Obama is on the defensive over recent lackluster employment reports. He has been pushing a jobs plan that Congress rejected several months ago. Republicans blame Obama's policies for failing to improve the economy and create jobs.
The ad is airing in states that are expected to be highly competitive this fall. It buttresses Obama's pitch to voters in recent campaign speeches that he inherited an economic mess, but that things are getting better.
The ad does not mention Obama's rival, presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney. It comes on the heels of an ad slamming Romney's economic record as governor of Massachusetts from 2003-2007.
There's no specific mention, either, of the congressional Republicans who have blocked Obama's jobs proposals and who have proposed their own plans to bolster the economy and put more people to work.
Given the deep partisan divisions and gridlock in Congress, prospects for jolting the sagging economy before Election Day seem slim. So blaming Congress for failing to act on his jobs plan is a way for Obama to deflect responsibility.
There's scant appetite in Congress for new spending or bolder ideas. The White House doubts that congressional Republicans would help Obama push through even smaller economic measures because they worry it could boost his political stock as the election nears.
A "to-do" list Obama created for Congress includes a partial tax credit for new hires, extending tax breaks that are about to expire, renewing highway and mass transit construction programs and preventing interest rates on student loans from doubling. Those proposals alone hold little promise of lifting a $15 trillion economy from its slump.
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New Warchief speculation?
#1Mobile_PlatformPosted 4/1/2013 11:41:22 PM
Blizzard has admitted that after you overthrow Garrosh at the end of MoP, someone other than Thrall will take his place as the Warchief of the Horde. Who do you think it should be?
I'm hoping for Vol'jin. I'm sure some purists will say it must be an orc, but I can't think of any orc more qualified. Then again, Garrosh was hardly qualified...
#2GForceDragonPosted 4/1/2013 11:54:00 PM
If it had to be an orc, I'd like it to be Saurfang.
If we're fielding crackpot theories here, I'd like to throw Nathanos Blightcaller's name into the hat.
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#3Mobile_Platform(Topic Creator)Posted 4/1/2013 11:59:15 PM
GForceDragon posted...
If we're fielding crackpot theories here
And we are...
#4SnackMachinePosted 4/2/2013 12:03:07 AM
Not going to happen unless she gets some major development soon, but Sylvanas Windrunner.
I don't even play Horde but her being warchief sounds really badass.
#5FowhawkPosted 4/2/2013 12:04:52 AM
With as much as he has been involved with lately and they said that the next warchief would be unexpected, and I wouldn't of thought it prior to 5.1, Lor'themar comes to mind.
#6Black_Mage_MeeePosted 4/2/2013 12:44:49 AM
I hope it isn't Sylvanas or Lorthemar :/
#7MajinUltimaPosted 4/2/2013 1:02:23 AM
With the 5.1 and 5.2 storylines, I feel like they're going in Lor'themar's direction, building up both his exposure and leadership cred.
Homura-chan is the coolest.
#8bladstPosted 4/2/2013 1:07:12 AM
Chen. It'll be Chen.
#9Black_Mage_MeeePosted 4/2/2013 1:09:51 AM
How about that Dezco guy or what his name was?
#10AC UnitPosted 4/2/2013 1:16:41 AM
Lorthemar Theron
I wonder how much fan backlash there would be.
"Wait what?"
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#11thatfool12GsPosted 9/14/2013 1:24:11 PM
Does it come with USB lube?
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Interesting idea. Do they have an on/off switch to turn on/off the protection?
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Yeah it's called removing the device. Or you could build a switch in if you really wanted to, not like it's complicated circuitry
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Karate Champ | Arcade 1984| White (and/or Red)
Data East's Karate Champ was one of the earliest one-on-one fighting games as we know it--arguably the first, at least on US shores back in 1984 (followed by the addictive-but-single-player-only Yie-Ar Kung-Fu by Konami in 1985). It was a game of firsts--one of the first games to let two players challenge each other in one-on-one battles, one of the first fighting games to have bonus stages, one of the first games to hit the all-important milestone of letting you do battle with a hopping bull, and one of the first games to have one martial artist in a white gi and one in a red gi (Ryu's and Ken's respectively white and red karate gear isn't a coincidence, guys). Both characters were completely identical--the difference was mainly that white was the default character (starting a new game with no other players gave you the fighter in white). Regardless of whether you were wearing white or red, your job was to hit the almighty jump kick on your opponent as soon as possible to score a hit--the game didn't use Street Fighter's life meters, and instead worked on a tournament scoring system that would reward victorious rounds to the first fighter to score a hit…a hit that often took the form of the almighty jump kick. Karate Champ went on to influence a great many subsequent fighting games (most obviously the Commodore 64 classics Way of the Exploding Fist and the International Karate series) and, along with a certain martial arts movie from the same time period, it went on to influence yours truly to strike hard and strike fast. No mercy.
The King of Fighters '98: Dream Match Never Ends | Arcade 1998 | Terry Bogard (standard, not EX mode)
The original version of The King of Fighters '98 was known in Japan by the subtitle "Dream Match Never Ends" (and also known in the US by the subtitle "The Slugfest," and on the Dreamcast, confusingly enough, as "The King of Fighters: Dream Match 1999"). It's also considered by most Neo*Geo fans to be the single best fighting game on the platform, and as a card-carrying Neo*Geo fan and owner, I happen to share that opinion, though I do think very highly of Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves and I'll always have a soft spot for Samurai Shodown II and World Heroes Perfect. But KOF '98, as it turns out, was a culmination of the radical (but unfinished and unbalanced) changes made to the KOF formula in '96 and the improved-but-not-quite-there-yet gameplay of '97. At the time, KOF '98 offered the largest selection of playable characters in any KOF game to date (including alternate "EX" versions of certain characters you could select by pressing and holding the "start" button while choosing them), along with two very different and viable play modes ("Advanced," a more-aggressive fighting style that let your character perform forward and recovery rolls and charge multiple superattacks, and "Extra," a defense-focused fighting style that let you dodge incoming attacks and manually charge your superattack meter). And KOF '98 offered what I consider to be the best KOF version of one of my all-time favorite characters, the Lone Wolf Terry Bogard. Though he's been around since 1991's Fatal Fury, Terry has pretty much always been an offense-focused heavy-hitter, and in KOF '98, he had a sizeable arsenal of good, solid maneuvers that let him continuously move forward while constantly attacking (and constantly inching his opponent closer and closer to the corner, where the real pummeling could begin). I've always believed that fighting games are called "fighting games" for a reason. In other words, the idea is to get in there and mix it up, not cower in the corner and wait for your opponent to come to you (or "turtle," if you prefer). KOF '98 Terry's great variety of different attack moves, excellent normal attacks, powerful and quick combination attacks, and relentless ability to push forward made him a perfect fit for the way I play fighting games and usually earned him the cleanup spot on my three-man KOF '98 teams. (To clarify, I'm talking about "regular" KOF '98 Terry, not his EX version, which was also a powerful version of the character, but a lot less interesting.)
Tekken 3 (and Tag Tournament and 4 and 5 and 6) | Arcade 1996 onward | Bryan Fury (casual)
For the record, I originally chose the Tekken series for this entry because for some crazy reason, I thought no one else in these blogs was going to bother mentioning it. Anyway, this isn't even necessarily one of my best fighting games; I'm pretty much a casual Tekken player, and I have a couple of characters I find myself going back to more often than not. One of them is Bryan Fury, who I prefer for a couple of reasons--one, he was Tekken 3's replacement for Tekken 2's kickboxer Bruce Irvin (another character I messed with casually), and two, because he tends to smack his opponents around with short, impactful hits that make loud, smacking noises. I should explain. Though one of the things I really admire about the Tekken series is how offense-focused it is, primarily because the game's fast pace and multiple levels of blocking make it very difficult to "turtle" for long, one of the things I'm not as crazy about in Tekken is long, strung-out "juggles," which you start by launching your opponent skyward, then repeatedly punching and kicking your airborne foes as many times as possible before they land. Even though some of the longer juggles in some of the Tekken games are very challenging tests of timing and technical skill, I just don't care to watch people performing big, long, unblockable strings, even if I'm the one doing them. To me, the real meat of a fighting game is the strategy and skill involved in getting past an opponent's defenses, usually with a blistering offense. Exactly how you punish your opponent after crushing their guard or tricking them into making a mistake just isn't as important to me as opening them up to that opportunity first. Though it's always nice to do the most damage as possible, I don't really care all that much about the difference between a 7-hit juggle and a 9-hit juggle. (And I definitely don't have any interest in games that are all about delivering extra hits by desperately mashing away or by flapping the palm of your hand across the buttons like a washboard in a jug band.) This is why I'm not a big fan of long juggles, or of the Tekken series' wall-bounce juggles first introduced in Tekken 4. It's also why I'll probably continue to only be a casual fan of the series, and it's also probably why I keep coming back to Bryan Fury, since, although he does have some exceptionally long juggle strings, he also has several perfectly good, decently damaging follow-ups that are over in a couple of hits and usually end with a single, powerful blow that knocks my opponent into next week.
--Dishonorable Mention--
Sango Fighter | PC 1993 | Cao Cao
If you owned a game-capable PC in the 1990s and were exposed to the magic of shareware, there's a good chance you know and played this game. It's the one with the guy in the green robes fighting the muscle-man guy in the blue shirt and red scarf. At a glance, 1993's Sango Fighter for the PC seemed like it was supposed to be Taiwan-based Panda Entertainment's answer to Street Fighter II…minus any of the talent, technical skill, or art direction that went into that game. Specifically, Panda attempted to take the exciting, classic tale of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms and turn it into a full-fledged fighting game where key figures of the era, such as the fabled Five Tiger Generals under the command of Prince Liu Bei, competed for control of ancient China with the nation of Cao Wei, led by the crafty warlord Cao Cao. What we got was an incredibly goofy, clunky, simplistic fighting game where historical figures such as the legendary Marquis of Min, the cunning General Xiahou Dun, were reduced to dumpy, cackling nimrods (with annoyingly good setups to throw you across the screen). Back in the 1990s, I was used to being spoiled by the luxury of getting PC games from actual computer game stores that sold row after row of boxed computer games, so Sango Fighter ended up being one of the few PC games I purchased by mail at the time. It arrived from Panda burned onto a suspicious-looking gold CD-R disc with a flimsy, photocopied label, but the game itself was the real deal. Meaning that it was just like the shareware version, but with more characters and a single-player campaign (which forced you to play with fewer characters). The full version was otherwise still slow, still clunky, and still full of the bulgy goofball characters that eventually grew on me. Especially Sango Fighter's interpretation of the wily warlord himself, Cao Cao, whose shrill laugh and borderline unfair throw setups were clearly intended to make him a much-hated final boss. But his amazing fashion sense (ragged cape, gigantic fists, teeny-tiny crown on top of an even teenier-tinier head) and dirty throwing game quickly won me over, and soon I wasn't laughing at him, but with him. And it turns out that if you'd like to try Sango Fighter, you can get the game for free.
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Holiday Greetings from the Game Industry
(Click on the title of this blog to view the cards full-size.)
There was a time when it was customary for guys like me to receive a whole pile of colorful holiday cards (made out of actual paper) in the mail from our friends in the game industry. While I definitely did receive some (and many thanks to those who did send), maybe it's a sign of the times that most of the other greeting cards I've received have been digital (and again, thanks to those who sent cards, digital or otherwise). But since these cards are digital, I figured, why not share. Below are some the digital greeting cards I've received so far.
(In some cases, the actual cards came with specific people's names written on them. I've edited/cropped the images to not include the names because really, what's in a name?)
Oh, and if I don't see the rest of you guys between now and the break, have a safe and happy holiday.
Now, on to the cards:
SNK Playmore opens storefront on PSN
As part of SNK's 20th anniversary of the Neo*Geo arcade system,
...SNK is now opening a storefront on the PlayStation Network. While it's great to see some old classics make a reappearance, I don't know if the game selection, which includes older, wartier games like Fatal Fury 1 and Art of Fighting 1, are the best choices, and the price points of $6.99 US for PSP / $8.99 US for PS3 are definitely NOT right. First, because some of these games are old and warty, and second, because a lot of these older games have already been re-released in various compilations for PS2, PSP, and other modern platforms, so the people who are already interested in classic Neo*Geo games...probably already own them. The initial game list planned for the launch is:
Fatal Fury 1
Alpha Mission II
The King of Fighters '94
Samurai Shodown 1
Baseball Stars Professional
Magician Lord
Metal Slug 1
League Bowling
Super Sidekicks 1
Art of Fighting 1
While KOF '94, Metal Slug, and Samurai Shodown are generally considered to be classics by Neo*Geo fans, the other games really don't hold up well (and those 3 games also have their own issues as well).
The official press release suggests that the games will come with some sort of bonuses. At these prices, and in keeping with the theme of the 20th anniversary of the Neo, I think it'd be good to see SNK Playmore to at least include some other bonuses with purchase, like easy-to-access DIP switch settings for people to mess with, old artbook scans, old versions of classic SNK TV commercials, and...pretty much as much stuff as they can cram in.
I'm as much of a fan of classic SNK Neo*Geo hardware and games--probably more so than anyone reading this--but even I have real problems with the prospect of paying $9 a pop for early, early SNK games that I've already re-purchased numerous times in other compilations. SNK Playmore seems to be positioning Neo*Geo games as these old-timey, ancient classics that are as much museum exhibits as they are games to play, and that got old years ago. There's a great library of latter-day Neo*Geo games, such as Blazing Star, Magical Drop 3, Money Puzzle Exchanger, The Last Blade, and others that haven't really seen the light of dayon modern consoles.
I applaud SNK Playmore's experimentation with modern console download services, putting the company's two best fighting games,Garou: Mark of the WolvesandThe King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match, on Xbox Live. What I really want to see is the company getting more proactive about re-releasing other great games, either in compilations or in multiplayer on Live or PSN. For instance, with the broad arcade history that the Neo*Geo and its games have, you could see some kind of full arcade channel with a ton of classic Neo*Geo games that play to the games' strengths, such as spectator modes (as tons of other fighting games have already done, to simulate the classic situation of watching the current match and being on deck to play against the winner), speedrun video recording and leaderboards for speedruns, and hopefully, rock-solid online co-op.
There's more that SNK Playmore could be doing to preserve/build awareness of these great games and using them as a bridge to the future for newer games like KOF XIII.
Win a free copy of Civilization V! (And watch an exclusive gameplay demo.)
Tune in to GameSpot's Now Playing at 4PM PST Friday for your chance to win a copy of Civilization V!
Golden age is coming, guys. As is your chance to win a copy of Civilization V.
Please tune in to GameSpot's Now Playing tomorrow (Friday, September 17) at 4:00PM PSTto watch an exclusive 30-minute demonstration of the game (we'll most likely focus on modern-day combat, which hasn't been shown much to the public), and while we're using modern armor and rocket artillery to blast Montezuma back to the Stone Age where that godless savage belongs, we'll also be offering you, the viewers, a chance to win a free copy of the actual game itself.
That's right, this is your chance to get your very own copy Civilization V just for tuning in and answering on-air trivia questions pertaining to Civ 5 and to the Civ series.
Below is the 13-minute E3 demo, which may or may not whet your appetite for what's to come:
Join us tomorrow for an even longer live demonstration of new gameplay, along with your chance to win the game. See you at 4PM.
Jagged Alliance a free Web game? Bad. Jagged Alliance 2 updated? Good?
German studio bitComposer, which apparently now owns the Jagged Alliance license, recently announced that it would create a Web-based Jagged Alliance game. Given the level of quality (or lack thereof) you'd normally expect in the average Web-based game, this wasn't exactly good news.
But now, the studio has apparently announced that it will put out a 3D remake of Jagged Alliance 2 called Reloaded:
This is potentially much better news and hopefully it'll turn out well.
Ubisoft announces Heroes VI
As a longtime fan of the classic Heroes of Might & Magic series, I have mixed feelings on today's announcement of Heroes VI at the GamesCom event.
It's being worked on by Warhammer: Mark of Chaos developer Black Hole Games, and while that game wasn't terrible by any stretch, it was a very different game than what Heroes is supposed to be all about.
It seems like the King's Bounty games have more or less succeeded the Heroes series (more than a little ironic considering that the original King's Bounty was the predecessor to the original Heroes). It also doesn't seem clear what direction Heroes VI will go into. We'll have to wait and see. | http://www.gamespot.com/profile/AndrewP/blog/ | dclm-gs1-135090001 | false | false | {
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Was it unlimited drinks per hour?
An AKG K712 (yes I finally decided on something )
After looking at the SHP9500 obsessively (through pictures) I have another question....... Would the Sennheiser HD 6XX pads fit on it? Since they seem to have similar dimensions, it might do everything Magick's mod does but easier since the HD6XX pads are pretty thick
what about episode 13?
okie that may not work with me since Im not great with delicate things
What sort of Sound sig is it stock? Yeap found it........ But is the mod just adding a piece of felt under the earpads or is it harder? If it is only adding a piece of felt I might just manage to not screw it up magnificently.........
Im guessing the deal is over.... but luckily it is COTD so it repeats I guess?
you might had just described my Unicorn headphone, the One for me
Just a portable amp..... Sony PHA1 its decent but not sure if its enough for planars.....
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Fort Hood Shooting: FBI Ignored Evidence Against Nidal Hasan For Political Correctness, Report Says
Posted: Updated:
Army Major Nidal Hasan is charged with killing 13 people and wounding 32 others in a November 2009 shooting rampage.
In some he was a believer intent on supporting terrorists and intrigued with the idea of U.S. soldiers killing comrades in the name of Islam. In others he was a man looking for help finding an appropriate wife.
In the end, they weren't enough for the FBI to identify Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan as a terrorist threat or, as it would turn out, as a man who now stands accused of the shooting spree at Fort Hood that killed 13 and wounded 23 others in November 2009.
The emails attracted the attention of FBI and anti-terrorism task force agents in December 2008, and eventually prompted them to dig up Hasan's personnel records and evaluation reports.
But gaps in the bureau's systems, poor training, antiquated technologies and an underlying fear that approaching Hasan would reveal the ongoing investigation into Awlaki prevented the FBI from pursuing the matter much further.
An independent review released Thursday by the FBI lays out a series of gaffes the bureau made as agents evaluated Hasan's correspondence with Awlaki, and ultimately decided the Army major was not a terror threat. The report, by former FBI Director William Webster, concludes that FBI personnel made mistakes in their handling of intelligence information, but that no one person was responsible.
The Washington office said no.
The emails began in December 2008 and the last one was sent in June 2009. His first one laid out a question. What would Awlaki think of Muslims who have joined the military and "have even killed or tried to kill" other U.S. soldiers.
Other emails laid out a defense of Hamas, while a series of others pressed Awlaki to make it easier for people to donate money to his website.
In one he mentions a survey about the U.S. trying to undermine Islam, and in another he talks about a speaker he heard that defended suicide bombers.
Webster noted that the case also underscores the challenges presented by the new information age. Advancing technologies, he said, demand changes in the way the FBI acquires, stores and acts on intelligence.
Mueller called the Webster review thorough, and said the FBI constantly strives to improve its procedures.
The FBI and Defense Department have said that they've made several policy changes since the 2009 attack to help stave off similar attacks in the future. One major change was that if al-Awlaki comes up as part of a terror investigation, FBI headquarters would be alerted, Mark Giuliano, assistant director for the FBI's National Security Branch, said last year.
Hasan is currently being tried in a military court.
Associated Press writer Pete Yost contributed to this report.
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If you're planning on (or have already adopted) a virtualization strategy, a few simple practices can go a long way in avoiding conflicts between virtualization and IBM® WebSphere® Application Server. This content is part of the IBM WebSphere Developer Technical Journal.
Tom Alcott, Senior Technical Staff Member, IBM
developerWorks Professional author
14 May 2008
Making an impact
It was good to see so many customers at the recent IMPACT 2008 conference, and I enjoyed meeting with many of you there during the course of the event. As I write this, I have recovered from “the impact before IMPACT,” when I tripped and fell while traveling to the conference, breaking my fall with the right side of my face, which resulted in some cuts and scrapes and an impressive black eye. As I mentioned when so many of you asked what happened to you? it looked worse that it was, but aside from my injured pride and a torn pair of trousers all is well once more.
I had originally planned to call this article “Avoiding virtualization misadventures with WebSphere Application Server,” and while that would have been consistent with my general outlook on such things, I also knew that the editor would probably change the title [Ed: He’s right.], so instead I decided to go with the title you see above. In any event, I wanted to take this opportunity to briefly touch on several aspects of virtualization and how best to integrate a virtualization technology with WebSphere Application Server (and the products running on WebSphere Application Server) to make this process both productive and painless.
What is virtualization?
While many of you are likely familiar with the concept of virtualization, it’s likely prudent to first take a step back and define virtualization before discussing how to best use it. Essentially, virtualization is an abstraction or a masking of underlying physical resources (such as a server) from operating system images or instances running on the physical resource. By abstracting the operating system from the underlying hardware, you can create multiple independent or isolated OS environments on a given set of hardware and, depending on the virtualization technology in use, the OS environments can either be homogenous or heterogeneous. This capability enables the consolidation of multiple environments on a single server that are dedicated and isolated from other environments. Some possible examples are
• Multiple WebSphere Application Server versions on the same physical system. (Server virtualization is not a requirement for running multiple WebSphere Application Server versions on the same machine. WebSphere Application Server provides the ability to run multiple WebSphere Application Server instances on the same OS under a coexistence configuration, but the use of virtualization provides addition isolation at the OS level.)
• Multiple operating system and application server versions on the same system.
• Multiple test environments sharing the same physical system.
There are a number of server virtualization implementations. The most well known are, in no particular order: AIX® LPARS, Solaris™ Containers (Zones), VMware, HP-UX nPars, and XEN.
While the focus of this article is server virtualization as described above, I would be remiss if I didn’t mention another emerging virtualization technology: application virtualization, which addresses application level workload, response time, and application isolation within a shared environment. A prominent example of an application virtualization technology is WebSphere Virtual Enterprise.
Why virtualization?
The primary reason most organizations implement a virtualization strategy is to improve resource utilization. It’s not uncommon for servers to be using less that 25% of CPU even at peak, which means there’s a great deal of excess capacity. Server virtualization enables the consolidation of physical multiple servers into virtual servers all running on a single physical server, improving the resource utilization while still not exceeding capacity. Additional benefits of server virtualization include savings in power, cooling, and floor space, and probably lower administrative costs as well.
Effective virtualization
The lure of improved resource utilization is what leads to pitfalls in server virtualization. More specifically, over-committing the available physical resources -- CPU and memory -- in an attempt to maximize server utilization is what leads to ineffective virtualization! In order to effectively utilize server virtualization, it’s paramount to recognize that underlying the virtual machines is a set of finite physical resources, and once the limits of these underlying resources are reached, performance can quickly degrade. While it’s important to avoid over-committing any physical resource, two resources in particular are key to effective virtualization: CPU and physical memory (RAM). As a result, it is essential to avoid over-committing these two resources. This is actually no different than in a “non-virtualized” environment or, stated another way: virtualization doesn’t provide additional resources.
CPU over-commit
I’ve actually written about this subject before, most recently in 2005, and somewhat coincidently (perhaps even prophetically) at the time I stated:
As a starting point, I plan on having at least one CPU per application server JVM; that way I have likely minimized the number of times that a context switch will occur -- at least as far as using up a time slice is concerned (although, as mentioned, there are other factors that can result in a context switch).
In testing by the WebSphere Performance Lab and VMware, it turns out that when there was a single application server JVM per virtual machine, performance degraded once the number of virtual machines exceeded the number of CPUs; in other words, performance degraded once the number of application servers exceeded the number of CPUs. While the degradation was gradual (at least initially), once the ratio of virtual machines to CPUs exceeded 1:1, performance started to degrade more rapidly. I’ll anticipate the obvious question how much does it degrade? by stating it depends. The amount of degradation is in inverse proportion to the client workload; the lighter the client workload (meaning the longer the think time between client requests), the less the amount of degradation.
If you’re contemplating a CPU over-commit scenario using virtualization, then you’ll need to test and carefully monitor response time to make sure you don’t over-commit to the point that performance degrades significantly. When testing, you’ll need to test all the virtual machines simultaneously and the workload should represent your peak workload, not your average workload. Otherwise, if several applications peak at the same time, you could encounter some very dissatisfied customers as the result of unacceptable response times. It’s likely best to limit any CPU over-commit configurations to development environments where response time is less critical and load is light.
Related to this, if you’re using VMware, ESX server CPU utilization needs to be measured using ESX, not via the OS tools inside the virtual machine. This is because VMware is abstracting the OS hardware to the virtual machine, and even with VMware tools installed in the guest OS, the only way to monitor overall system CPU utilization is to use ESX.
Memory over-commit
Avoiding over-commit of the underlying physical memory between the virtual images is likely more important than avoiding CPU over-commit. While CPU over-commit typically results, at least initially, in a gradual degradation, the performance degradation associated with memory over-commit is much more pronounced (mentally picture someone falling down!!). There are a couple of reasons this is the case. When you’re running Java™ and you over-commit on memory, either in a virtualized environment or a non-virtualized environment, the OS pages or “swaps” some portion of the memory associated with running processes to disk in order to improve the locality or “locality of reference” of the most recently used data to the CPU, and thus improves performance. Unfortunately, garbage collection in Java violates locality of reference since the purpose of garbage collection is to find and remove memory that hasn’t been recently used. In order to do so, *all* memory within the JVM heap must be examined, and as a result, the entire JVM must be in physical memory (RAM). Therefore, when garbage collection runs, any portion of the heap that isn’t in physical memory must be paged in, while the memory with some other processes must be paged out, all of which results in additional CPU and I/O load on the system in addition to the regular application workload and the garbage collection. It’s no wonder that memory over-commit has devastating performance impacts when using virtualization, though avoiding memory over-comment in a non-virtualized environment is equally important.
I recently assisted a client who was experiencing “poor WebSphere Application Server performance,” which after some discussion turned about to be caused by memory over-commit. In this case, they were able to run three application servers with no ill effects, but when they tried to start a fourth application server, performance degraded considerably. Since this was on Windows®, we used Task Manager to look at actual memory use and determined that when running three application servers, there was only about 100MB of free RAM left. As a result, starting an additional application server resulted in paging out memory associated with the other application servers, and once garbage collection tried to run in one of the application server JVMs, further paging occurred; ”thrashing” might be a more accurate description.
Again, memory over-commit can adversely impact performance in both virtualized and non-virtualized environments. This often occurs because many don’t realize that the process footprint of a JVM is larger than the maximum heap size. This occurs because, aside from the JVM heap where application code executes, there’s an interpreter associated with each JVM. The interpreter maps the Java bytecode to the underlying OS implementation for I/O, graphics, and so on. Therefore, it’s important to guard against memory over-commit by monitoring the actual process footprint of your application servers using the tools appropriate for your OS, such as Windows Task Manager or free –m, top or vmstat on UNIX® or Linux®.
Other pitfalls
While over-commit of memory and CPU are likely the most prevalent problems that can occur when using server virtualization, they aren’t the only anti-patterns associated with this technology.
If you’re using server virtualization in your production environment and are concerned with high availability, then you need to make sure that you have distributed each application not just across multiple virtual machines, but that the virtual machines associated with a specific application are also distributed across multiple physical machines. Failure to do so results in a configuration where the physical machine is still a Single Point of Failure (SPOF). While modern hardware is incredibly reliable and fault tolerant, that doesn’t preclude a hardware failure resulting in the loss of all frames (hardware partitions) on a machine and, in turn, a total loss of application availability.
Another potential friction point when using server virtualization occurs when application virtualization is in use. Both these technologies provide for autonomic adjustment of various resources; CPU and memory in the case of server virtualization, application server instances, workload, and so on, in the case of application virtualization. In order to avoid conflicting decisions between server virtualization and application virtualization, the response cycles associated with each should be configured to steer clear of conflicts. Most often this requires lengthening cycle times or disabling some of the functions associated with each technology.
And that concludes this chapter of the WebSphere Contrarian. Based on the feedback I received at IMPACT, many of you found the initial installment of value and hopefully that will be the case this time as well.
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Releasing five albums and a semi-compilation in eight years, from the unpolished and technical speed of 1987's "R.I.P." to the heavier and more laidback style of "Grin". The band progressed consistently, without ever losing their identity.
Composed of only three members: Tommy Vetterli (guitar), Marky Edelmann (drums) and Ron Broder (bass/vocals). Coroner stood out of the metal scene with outstanding musicianship, creativity, raw power, technical skills and innovation.
Coroner's music became more technical as Tommy's guitar work was characterized by intricate modes and arpeggios, solo work that was chromatically colorful, as well as the de rigueur crunchy chords and speed runs. Marky's drumming went beyond the 4/4 time to incorporate odd time signatures which became their trademark. Ron's bass playing is also worth a mention as having an advanced three-finger technique which enabled him to double the rhythm line as well
as perform more intricate riffs.
Unfortunately, due to lack of exposure and poor management from their label (Noise,) Coroner never got the credit they undoubtedly deserved. They broke up after the release of 1993's "Grin", releasing one last compilation album in 1995 to fulfill their contract with Noise, but without Marky on drums (who had, by then, joined Apollyon's Sun, while Tommy momentarily went to Kreator.) Their eponymous album also contained unreleased material and a selection of hits from previous albums.
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55.5 #4229 (DL Qual #0
May 4, 2011 9:01 PM Disneyland Talk Land
To Vernswifevickie, do you have a son named Joe, his girlfriends name is Diana? If this is you this is Lisa I work at Hilltop High school with her. Isn't it a small world. If not then I feel stupid.
Paging vernswife! - cenicienta 323.8 #695 9:04PM
I feel stupid all the time!!! - Rob512 756.3 #212 9:05PM
They posted a picture of all of them a while back. - mozbaby 132.2 #2866 9:06PM
I thought I saw a MWer at portillos last night but no one responded - Madi 204.1 #1838 9:07PM
@Dizney37 she's my aunt and nope. Well actually I don't know Verns (her husband) kids that well, so maybe he does. Don't feel stupid either way lol - Sam241 475.6 #389 9:10PM
@mozbaby yah I remember the pic. It was funny that they were talking about the MW reunion and the lounge and I was telling her the other day about it and it all clicked from there. :) - Dizney37 55.5 #4229 9:10PM
@Sam241.. Thanks for the help. I guess I'll have to ask her tomorrow for there names on MW. I was trying to remember on my own. - Dizney37 55.5 #4229 9:12PM
Vikie is usually on in the early mornings - Mrsblue 692.9 #238 9:15PM
- mochamistie 272.8 #1023 9:52PM
- mozbaby 132.2 #2866 4:58AM
I just saw this ( thanks mozbaby for pointing it out).. Joe is my stepson, he's Vern's son and yes, his girlfriend is Diana. Small world!!! You're not stupid at all! I was actually wondering which MWer worked with Diana as Vern told me that someone at Her job mentioned seeing us here! So nice to "meet" you Lisa. Are you going to be at the reunion? I'm excited that we get to go to the parks with them the on Saturday, May 21!! - vernswifevickie 400.2 #499 4:58AM
"them" being Joe & Diana. I should clarify...Vern has 2 kids, Joe & Jasmine. I have 3...Chris, Courtney, & Colin ... Mine are all boys..all of our kids are grown up and we have a 6 y/o granddaughter, Autumn, who is Chris' daughter. Surprisingly our kids haven't met each other yet...I know...crazy...we're hoping to have a big picnic day this summer and get them all together information overload also have 3 cats :) - vernswifevickie 400.2 #499 5:04AM
Ur welcome... and ur nephew is Sam! I didn't know this. - mozbaby 132.2 #2866 5:27AM
We used to live between Hilltop and Castle Park (had to tell you although you weren't talking to us)... Lol - jennjillo7 15.5 #7371 5:28AM
It truly is a small world! - ally 509.2 #11 5:28AM
Vickie you have ALL boys? - Mrsblue 692.9 #238 5:28AM
Vickie 3 cheers for moms of 3 boys from a mom of 3 boys me! - Dizkid 353.9 #589 5:33AM
What a small MW world. I grew up in South San I'm in North San Diego...either way its close! - MomWithAJuiceBoxBuzz 1081.1 #140 6:31AM
Yes, it is a small world! I do have 3 boys...who are now men. And yes, Sam241 is my nephew and so is DisneyBaldie! It's always fun to find people you would never have the opportunity to meet if you didn't meet on the Internet and then find out how your lives cross in real life! I love this stuff! - vernswifevickie 400.2 #499 7:22AM
I feel like no one has even heard of Chula Vista! But I remember there were a few other MW'er from this area. I found out that LaPetiteSirene and I have about 9 mutual friends. Small world indeed - macyDarling 18.1 #6807 7:27AM
Can't wait! - sawman911 665.3 #251 6:30PM
Sounds fun!! - HappyPrincess 25.0 #5805 10:48AM
1. MelodyMouse
2. ShariRenee
3. Winnie111286
4. Stitch_Legacy
7. Plumiegirl
8. goofygal
9. Tom
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Gary Kessler is a professor of informational security at Champlain College in Burlington, Vt.
Don't underestimate the wrath of a disgruntled ex-employee.
As the downturn forces businesses to shed jobs, employers should watch for computer sabotage by laid-off employees, says Gary Kessler, a computer forensics expert.
Just one vengeful act can cost a company thousands of dollars in repairs and lost productivity, and he said that these days it probably happens more often than many employers realize.
"The time is much more fertile for this kind of activity," said Kessler, a professor of informational security at Champlain College in Burlington, Vt. "A lot of people do things they wouldn't do in calmer times. It's like their last act of defiance."
In a global survey by CA, an information technology management software company that released the results last week, seven of every 10 companies said they believe layoffs have increased the internal threat to their information technology systems, and 40 percent said they planned to increase their security budgets.
History shows the damage can be devastating. Three years ago, for instance, a Bergen County man was convicted of creating a cyber-bomb that crashed hundreds of servers and computers at UBS PaineWebber offices across the country in 2002, costing $3 million to repair.
Kessler, 55, has spent 15 years helping companies devise policies on information security. He also has been a member of the Vermont Internet Crimes Task Force for nearly a decade. He recently spoke about averting cyber-disasters.
Q: What kind of companies are most vulnerable to cyber-attacks?
A: Small companies tend to treat their employees better than big companies, yet in many ways they're most at risk against a disgruntled employee. In some ways, when you get laid off from a big company, you don't feel as betrayed as you do when you get laid off from a small company. Most small companies also don't have really strong internal polices or procedures, so it might be easier for someone to get access to something.
A lot of their data is more centralized, so it's easier for one person to do more damage. When big companies let someone go, they remove their network access and they may even change passwords. A small company may not want to do that. They may say, "I'm not going to just throw someone out on the streets. I'm going to give them two weeks' notice." But it may be best to just give someone two weeks' severance and let them go immediately.
Q: How much damage can one person do?
A: One person can do a fair amount of damage if they have access. A disgruntled IT manager, for example, could not only destroy your data but also your capability to retrieve backups.
Most people can destroy current data sets, which could take a business a week to get back. If I have access to the database, I can just go in and start randomly changing data -- alter phone numbers, account numbers, prices, quantities. I don't have to do it to all of the data, just to the point where the company thinks all the data is suspect. In a small company, the damage could certainly be thousands or tens of thousands of dollars.
Q: How can a company prevent this from happening when it lays off an employee?
A: To tell someone, "You're fired -- and by the way, we're walking you out of the building," seems cruel, but you have to at least consider it. A small company needs to think about things objectively without thinking about the personalities of the people.
Put yourself in the position: If I were in a particular person's position working here, what kind of damage could I do to the company? If you're going to keep them on for two weeks, give them notice, give them the money, but tell them they can't have access to the network, maybe not even the building. What you're doing is removing temptation.
Q: What can companies do differently now, ahead of any layoffs?
A: A good rule of thumb is that people should only have access to the things they need to have access to -- no more and no less than what they need to do their job.
It's reasonable to maintain logs to see where people are going on the internet and to make sure they're doing appropriate things. Everyone ought to know upfront what policies and procedures are in place.
When people are terminated, other people ought to know. If someone is fired and escorted out, it shouldn't come as a surprise. If you don't know someone's been laid off, and they call you up asking for help, you'll assist them because you didn't know any better. There needs to be an atmosphere of openness.
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‘Black Swan’ choreographer launches new dance group with mixed results.
Millepied's dance company delights, disappoints
Benjamin Millepied's new company rehearsing his choreography, "Moving Parts."
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The premiere of the L.A. Dance Project, Benjamin Millepied's new company, promised audacity.
For months, we had heard that the French choreographer, best known for his work on the film "Black Swan," was creating something bracingly different and quintessentially Southern Californian for a city that hasn't had a major resident dance group in more than 25 years.
The lobby was abuzz last Saturday at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. What would Millepied's new six-person ensemble look like? And what brave new worlds would be unveiled in "Moving Parts," a commissioned world premiere by Millepied, which featured a score by hot dance composer Nico Muhly, costumes by Rodarte's Kate and Laura Mulleavy and a "visual installation" by respected New York artist Christopher Wool?
There were surprises, alright. But they came from a 20th-century avant-garde giant who's been dead for three years: Merce Cunningham. His "Winterbranch" (1964) was the lone success in an evening of three works that disappointed more than it delighted.
The concert began with "Quintett" by William Forsythe, an American choreographer who has spent much of his career with the Frankfurt Ballet.
Created in 1993 as a way of saying goodbye to Forsythe's terminally ill young wife, it features a snippet of an old hymn, "Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet," sung by a homeless man near Waterloo Station in London. Composer Gavin Bryars loops it endlessly over an increasingly rich string arrangement as the dancers explore various repeated movements: catches, jumps, spins, falls, lyrical and quirky duets and solos, all of which impressively demonstrated the strengths of this physically varied but uniformly strong collection of dancers.
But "Quintett" is too inward-looking and cryptic to yield much emotional reward. There's no clear thematic through line, a shortcoming which focuses undue attention on Bryar's score, which mystically and movingly transcends its pedestrian origins in ways that the choreography never equals.
The dancers were all wonderfully committed to Forsythe's tricky demands. Charlie Hodges and Julia Eichten were particularly well matched; both are short and intense yet capture the playfulness that the work sometimes requires. Frances Chiaverini, a tall, lithe dancer with a solemn stage presence, found pensive poetry in the choreography's moments of stillness.
"Winterbranch" was next. Set to a disturbing and raucous soundscape by La Monte Young, it explores two simple "facts in dancing," as Cunningham called them: falling and rising.
"Winterbranch" unspools its limited material rigorously, cleverly, and with moments of humor and horror that the choreographer, who used randomness to dictate his creative process, would have insisted were completely accidental.
In the opening moments, a figure bound by an armless costume crawls across the stage like a worm, barely visible. Dancers are briefly and imperfectly illuminated by seemingly random lights, as if they're caught in the headlights of passing cars. A blanket is used as a mode of transportation and later to cover a pile of seemingly dead bodies. A strange, flashing machine crosses upstage.
While people could debate the work's meaning endlessly, as a creative study of limited thematic material it leaves no doubt about its intentions or success.
Millepied's "Moving Parts" has many of them – three sections, five artistic collaborators – but the often frenetic 27-minute work is less than the sum of its ingredients.
The dancers move in front of, behind and around three large paintings on wheels; the canvases are covered with letters of different sizes. High-energy groups suddenly coalesce then break apart just as quickly. Large lights, also portable, can be wheeled into place by the dancers to focus on solos or other moments of glory.
Millepied's work has some high points. A duet in the second movement for Morgan Lugo and Nathan Makolandra was virile and muscular. Hodges danced a memorably pliant solo in the third movement.
The Mulleavys' costumes have color-coded stripes that serve to pair each man up with one woman whose stripe colors match. They were effective, as was Wool's large canvases, but Muhly's rhythmic, spare yet constantly shifting score was by far the best element of the work. The choreography, on the other hand, lacked any sense of a dramatic arc or thematic unity.
Millepied's approach to "Moving Parts" reflects his apparent philosophy for the new company: focus on work that's determinedly modern and challenging.
That's an admirable goal. The big trick will be creating an entire evening – and later a season – that delivers on such a promise without boring us or making us dwell on contemporary dance's excesses.
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This Jodie Foster-directed episode has a very "Dexter"-esque cold open.
We see Freddy, preparing for his day. He does some exercise, before walking to work. When he arrives at his place, he finds the morning paper, with news of Claire's scandal splashed across the front page.
At the Underwood residence, Claire and Frank huddle with Doug and Grayson, trying to figure out how best to play their reaction to the scandal. Claire assures everyone that she can handle things, and asks everyone to follow her lead.
Freddy meets with his franchisee, who walks him through his plan for a satellite location in Silver Spring. Despite not being wholly satisfied with the plan, and specifically with the kind of light that Freddy and his place are going to be painted in, he signs off on the deal.
Later, Freddy visits a home, where we see him meeting his grandson for the first time, perhaps. We see that Freddy's son lives there, with the child, DeShawn. Freddy offers to buy them a house with his new restaurant money, but his son turns him down, at first, saying that they hadn't spoken in five years. He soon has a change of heart, though, mends fences with his dad, and starts working for him.
"I need you to deny it," Claire tells Adam on the phone. She tells him to deny the affair and taking the photograph and to get rid of any physical or digital copies of the picture, which he agrees to do. "It's a shame it takes this for us to talk to one another," Adam laments. He tells Claire that he has a new girlfriend, which she doesn't take well. Adam falls in line with Claire's plan, and makes a public statement.
"I find it very painful that anyone would suggest I'm capable of being unfaithful to my husband, whom I love dearly," Claire says, while making a public statement with Frank by her side.
Claire goes on to say that Adam had taken the photograph in question, and that perhaps he lied about doing so to protect himself from media scrutiny. Adam looks on in disbelief, as his former muse throws him under the bus on national television. "Confirm our version. Say you lied because you were scared," Claire tells Adam during a phone discussion, later. Adam isn't sure of how he wants to play things.
Frank meets with Grayson and Doug, to plan their next move. When Frank excuses himself, Doug turns on Grayson, accusing him of gunning for his job. "Upward mobility has a ceiling with the Underwoods. I'm the ceiling," Doug warns him.
Remy pays Adam a visit and threatens Adam's fiancee's family in Colombia unless he offers to help Remy and Tusk take the Underwoods down. Remy asks for another way to link Claire to him. Adam obliges, releasing a photo of Claire in the shower to the press, blindsiding the Underwood team.
Meanwhile, in St. Louis, Ayla Sayyad interviews Tusk. Tusk sure has quite the work ethic, doesn't he? If I had $40 billion, I don't think I'd be spending my time fielding potentially damaging interview questions from a newspaper reporter. I think I'd pretty much be on a beach every day.
Ayla has continued to dig, and uncover links between Tusk and Feng and the bridge and everything. Tusk threatens to crush her career, but she seems intent on doing her job anyway. When Ayla leaves, Tusk calls Remy and asks him to leak another Underwood-linked scandal to the press.
This one is a real cheap shot, as it digs up an old armed robbery that Freddy was charged with more than 30 years earlier. Freddy pleaded guilty to that crime to avoid a manslaughter charge, after he wrecked a vehicle carrying two senior citizens on his getaway drive after the robbery. Seth is off working on a way to potentially bury the first scandal when Frank asks him to come to the house to help manage the second.
"A vice president whose wife cheats on him and who is friendly with a former gangbanger?" Grayson asks rhetorically, as Frank vows to make a statement backing Freddy publicly.
Grayson brings up Freddy's son, mentioning his checkered past as well, and asks Frank to back off. Frank won't listen, though. "I won't leave one of my own bleeding on the field," Frank tells us.
Freddy and his son, Darnell, are walking to work when they're accosted by photographers. Darnell loses his cool and pulls a gun on one of the men, a bad move, as the photographer snaps a photo of Darnell holding the gun, with Freddy in the frame. This will damage Freddy's business deal, and could send Darnell back to prison for violating parole.
Grayson hires a model to pose for a photo similar to Claire's leaked shower shot. He and the model go on CNN, where Grayson posits the theory that the photo of Claire was a fake, and that Adam is lying.
Frank gets word of Darnell's incident and wants to visit Freddy. "Freddy is dangerous, because you care too much," Claire warns him. "When we care too much, it blinds us." Frank reluctantly agrees, but respects Freddy enough that he tells him in person that he'll have to distance himself from him. "With all that's going on, we can't add fuel to the fire," Frank explains.
Freddy tells Frank that he has to get out of business for financial reasons. His franchise deal fell through thanks to a morality clause, and the money that he'll get from selling his current location had to go to cover Darnell's bond. Frank offers to front Freddy the money to stay in business, but he declines. "I ain't taking your guilt money," Freddy tells him. "You was a good customer, that's it. You ain't gotta pretend to be my friend."
"Do you think I'm a hypocrite? Well, you should," Frank tells us. "The road to power is paved with hypocrisy... and casualties. Never regret."
Adam travels to Washington to meet with the Underwoods. He explains that he turned on them to protect his fiancee's father, and balks at Frank's suggestion that he could help rectify that situation, as long as Adam plays along. "Because of you, I will always be the man who placed her father in danger. I can never erase that," Adam says. "I'm sorry I ever met you. All you've ever done is cause me pain," he tells Claire. "We're giving you an out, Adam. And if you choose not to take it, I will bury you," Claire replies. Adam has no choice but to play ball.
Remy tries to reach Adam, but learns that Frank has already used Cathy Durant to take away most of Tusk's leverage. "You know, I hired you to destroy Frank. You're failing," Tusk tells Remy. "I'm your lobbyist, not your henchman," Remy says. Tusk tells him to find a solution, quickly.
With Adam making a public statement, saying that the photo leaks were nothing more than a publicity stunt, life for the Underwoods is set to return to normal. Frank tells Doug that he wants to hit back at Tusk for trying to ruin him. "I want him obliterated," he says. "More than that. Let's make him suffer," Claire adds.
"I don't know whether to be proud or terrified," Frank tells us. "Perhaps both."
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0.024211 | <urn:uuid:24411bec-8909-48c1-9e62-a572e8bd0ca9> | en | 0.898668 | Hugh Jackson | The Guardian Latest news and features from, the world's leading liberal voice en-gb Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. 2014 Sun, 28 Dec 2014 23:24:23 GMT 2014-12-28T23:24:23Z en-gb Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. 2014 The Guardian Harry Reid, unhealthy for America | Hugh Jackson The Senate majority leader's position on healthcare reform is based on what is best for him, not the rest of the country<p>If you would like to be satisfied with Senate majority leader <a href="">Harry Reid</a>'s position on healthcare reform, please select from the following menu:</p><p><strong>28 July</strong>: "What I think should be in the bill is something that I will vote for according to my conscience when we get this bill to the floor. ... But <a href="">I have a responsibility to get a bill to the Senate floor that will get 60 votes</a> that we can proceed toward. That's my number one responsibility."</p> <a href="">Continue reading...</a> US healthcare US Congress Democrats Republicans US news Nevada World news Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:00:00 GMT Hugh Jackson 2009-10-12T14:00:00Z Bulldozing the opposition | Hugh Jackson Rather than give in to conservative Democrats' weak vision of healthcare reform, Obama should drive right over them<p>In fairness, not all Democrats are nodding their heads in sympathy with the <a href="">paranoid style</a> in American politics, displayed during the healthcare debate this summer by misinformed white people <a href="">shaking their fists in the air</a> at protests and town hall meetings to the media's delight.</p><p>But the <a href="">Blue Dogs</a> in the House are. And more significantly, so are their conservative Democratic counterparts in the Senate.</p> <a href="">Continue reading...</a> US healthcare US Congress Democrats Republicans Barack Obama US news World news US politics Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:00:00 GMT Hugh Jackson 2009-09-16T16:00:00Z Republican sexytime | Hugh Jackson Nevada senator John Ensign is the latest rightwing champion of social issues to be laid low by a sex scandal<p>John Ensign <a href="">voluntarily revealed</a> this week that he had an affair with a political staffer while she was working for him a little more than a year ago. Now mission creep is settling in on his little scandal.</p><p>The Nevada Republican is a practitioner of the social conservative "values" brand of politics that has done so much to define his party and his nation in recent years, so the senator's hypocrisy is hard to overstate, to the point that commenting on it at all seems somewhat banal.</p> <a href="">Continue reading...</a> US Congress Republicans US news World news US politics Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:00:00 GMT Hugh Jackson 2009-06-22T16:00:00Z Hugh Jackson: The GOP's purists have no interest in making deals While it's fun to watch the Republican party eat itself, the message to Democrats is clear: the right won't compromise<p>Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter's <a href="">abandonment</a> of the Republican party is being widely interpreted as a wake-up call for Republicans. They must offer something other than obstruction if they are to re-engage America's middle. Republicans are, as Maine's Senator <a href="">Olympia Snowe</a> put it, "headed towards having on of the smallest political tents in a generation." The Republican party must shelve all the xenophobia and knee-jerk anti-government wingnuttery for which it stands if it hopes to be something other than a party of old white men in Wyoming and the South. And so on and so on and so on.</p><p>So will the GOP wake up? Civic-minded citizens taking the long view should hope so, probably, on the grounds that single-party rule is dangerous and the country will be better off with a healthy two-party system.</p> <a href="">Continue reading...</a> Republicans Democrats US Congress Obama administration US news World news US politics Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:00:00 GMT Hugh Jackson 2009-04-30T19:00:00Z Hugh Jackson: While Europeans embraced Obama's candour, to the US right he was attacking America While Europeans embraced President Obama's candour, to the US right he was attacking America<p>Barack Obama's latest round of nation-hopping calls to mind the last time he went abroad - not only the <a href="">international lovefest</a> part, but how it was immediately attacked back home by the US right.</p><p>Footage from Obama's July 2008 speech in Berlin was the basis for <a href="">John McCain's ad</a> comparing candidate Obama to Paris Hilton and attempting to belittle him as the "biggest celebrity in the world". Not coincidentally, the Republican media infrastructure mocked Obama for suffering from a condition that would never, ever befall a contemporary Republican running for president of the United States: international popularity. Europeans - or "socialists" as they're <a href="">referred to</a> on Fox News - seemed to adore Obama, and that fit perfectly into the overall narrative that the right hoped would prevent an Obama victory, that he was the "other".</p> <a href="">Continue reading...</a> Barack Obama US foreign policy Obama administration US economy Republicans Global economy US news US politics Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:00:01 GMT John Stillwell/Getty Barack Obama and Michelle Obama with some European fans. Photograph: John Stillwell/WPA Pool/Getty Images Hugh Jackson 2009-04-08T15:00:01Z Hugh Jackson: Senator John Ensign, leader of the Republican "no" brigade The tired formula of tax cuts finds new life in the person of Nevada's bouffant senator John Ensign<p>Fresh from chairing the worst National Republican Senatorial Committee campaign effort in <a href="">more than 20 years</a> (net Senate gain for the GOP in 2008: minus seven and still <a href="">counting in Minnesota</a>), senator John Ensign of Nevada is becoming a favourite right-winger for Washington's media-industrial complex.</p><p>Ensign might seem an odd choice to emerge as a high-profile spokesman for congressional Republicans. Two years into his second term, the Nevada junior senator's political career has been distinguished chiefly by outstanding exploits in Congressional sports fixtures, one of the <a href="">best golf handicaps</a> of any elected official in the history of representative democracy, and a head of <a href="">splendid hair</a>.</p> <a href="">Continue reading...</a> US Congress Republicans US economic growth and recession US economy Nevada US news Obama administration World news US politics US taxation Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:00:09 GMT Hugh Jackson 2009-02-19T19:00:09Z Hugh Jackson: The media still continues to cover Republicans as if they matter In spite of their minority status in Congress, the US media continues to view Republicans as if they're credible and relevant<p>So change has come to America? That's news to the media.</p><p>To be sure, the ever-vigilant US press corps has noticed that Barack Obama is, you know, a black man.</p> <a href="">Continue reading...</a> US news Republicans US Congress Democrats Media Barack Obama World news US politics Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:30:01 GMT Hugh Jackson 2009-01-29T17:30:01Z Hugh Jackson: Democrats allowed George Bush to wreak havoc on the world after 9/11 As we bid farewell to George Bush today, Democrats should acknowledge that they gave him a blank cheque after 9/11<p>As Americans celebrate the inauguration of Barack Obama, they, like the rest of the world, are also taking tremendous satisfaction in the departure of the Bush regime.</p><p>But of course the rest of the world didn't promote Bush to the exalted position from which he and his administration wrought such havoc and mayhem in the first place. That is a burden that must be borne distinctly and uniquely by the US.</p> <a href="">Continue reading...</a> Obama inauguration George Bush US news World news Barack Obama Republicans US politics Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:00:01 GMT Hugh Jackson 2009-01-20T18:00:01Z | http://www.theguardian.com/profile/hugh-jackson/rss | dclm-gs1-136120001 | false | false | {
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0.025661 | <urn:uuid:d101efce-780a-4e0f-82a5-39b0f9927db6> | en | 0.965003 | Gay marriage bill 'right thing to do', say Tory heavyweights in appeal to MPs
PM's three most senior lieutenants, George Osborne, William Hague and Theresa May - urge Tory MPs not to oppose bill
George Osborne, Theresa May and William Hague
George Osborne, Theresa May and William Hague have written a joint letter urging Tory backbenchers not to oppose the bill. Photograph: Martin Argles for the Guardian Martin Argles/Guardian
George Osborne, William Hague and Theresa May have made a late appeal to Conservative MPs not to oppose gay marriage, insisting it "is the right thing to do at the right time".
In a letter to the Daily Telegraph, David Cameron's three most senior lieutenants said "the question now is whether it is any longer acceptable to exclude people from marriage simply because they love someone of the same sex".
The chancellor, foreign secretary and home secretary made their case as other Tory supporters of equal marriage made an eleventh-hour plea to fellow Conservative MPs to vote in favour of reform by invoking the record of Margaret Thatcher, who supported the legalisation of homosexuality in the 1960s.
Amid fears in No 10 that David Cameron may struggle to win the support of a majority of his MPs in a free vote in the Commons on Tuesday, reformers are pointing out that Thatcher set herself apart from Tory traditionalists who described the bill legalising homosexuality as a "dirty measure".
Downing Street knows that the marriage (same sex couples) bill will easily receive its second reading because an overwhelming number of Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs will line up alongside Cameron loyalists to vote for it. But up to half of the Tory parliamentary party's 303 MPs may fail to support the bill by voting against it or abstaining in the second reading.
Scores of Tory MPs say they are facing intense pressure in their constituencies to vote against the measure. The strength of feeling in the party was highlighted on Sunday, when 20 current and former Tory constituency association chairmen delivered a letter to No 10 warning that the bill would inflict "significant damage" to the party in the runup to the next election.
The surprise intervention of the cabinet's heaviest hitters suggested the bill was in line with Conservative values and strengthened both marriage and religious freedom.
The ministers' letter added: "Our party also has a strong belief in religious freedom, a vital element of a free society. The bill ensures that no faith group will be forced to conduct same-sex marriages. The legal advice is clear that these protections for religious groups cannot be overturned by the courts.
"Religious freedom works both ways. Why should faith groups, such as the Quakers, that wish to conduct gay marriages be forbidden from doing so? This bill will enhance religious freedom, not restrict it."
In a final salvo, they said: "Attitudes towards gay people have changed. A substantial majority of the public now favour allowing same-sex couples to marry, and support has increased rapidly. This is the right thing to do at the right time."
Geoffrey Vero, the chairman of Michael Gove's Surrey Heath association, said the education secretary had told him he feared teachers could be vulnerable to a legal challenge if they declined to inform students about legalisation of equal marriage if the bill became law.
Downing Street, which had been drawing up plans for the prime minister to make a strong statement in favour of the measure, softened its tactics amid anger that the free vote has been qualified by government whips. While Tory and Liberal Democrat MPs are entitled to vote with their consciences in the second reading vote, which allows the bill to proceed to its next stage, they are subject to a three-line whip on the "programme motion" that sets the timetable for the bill. Any member of the government "payroll vote" – ministers and their parliamentary aides – who defy a three-line whip would have to resign.
The decision of the whips to impose a three-line whip means that David Burrowes, aide to Cabinet Office minister Oliver Letwin and a leading member of the no camp, is expected to abstain in the "programme motion" vote. Burrowes will vote against the second reading without jeopardising his position as parliamentary private secretary.
While the prime minister is struggling to control his backbenchers, there are signs that cabinet traditionalists are keen not to undermine him. Chris Grayling, the justice secretary who infuriated Cameron during the last general election campaign by saying that owners of bed and breakfasts in their homes should "have the right" to turn away homosexual couples, rallied to the prime minister's side.
In an article for the gay magazine Attitude, Grayling wrote: "Of course we need to protect the right of the individual to have a conscience and of religious institutions to follow their own path. But that does not mean that the state has to do the same. Its job is to recognise the commitment between a couple to spend the rest of their lives together, and not to judge who that couple are."
Iain Duncan Smith, the socially conservative work and pensions secretary, is understood to be preparing to abstain or vote in favour of the measure. Owen Paterson, the environment secretary, is understood to be less supportive.
Downing Street defended its decision to allow a free vote for the second reading while imposing a three-line whip on the programme motion. The prime minister's spokesman said: "It is a free vote because when MPs are voting on the matter of substance they are free to vote according to their own personal beliefs."
Traditionalists are citing Thatcher's vote in favour of Leo Abse's landmark sexual offences bill when it was presented to MPs in July 1966. Sir Cyril Osborne, the main Tory opponent of the measure, used an argument now deployed by opponents of same-sex marriage: reformers had no mandate for change.
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Image showing NSA whistleblower meeting former US government officials appears hours after father arrives in Moscow
Edward Snowden, holding the Sam Adams award for integrity in intelligence, in Russia
Edward Snowden holds the Sam Adams award for integrity in intelligence, with (left to right): former US government officials Coleen Rowley and Thomas Drake, UK WikiLeaks journalist Sarah Harrison, and ex-US officials Jesselyn Raddack and Ray McGovern. Photograph: Sunshine Press/Getty Images
The first verified photograph of Edward Snowden in Russia has appeared, showing the NSA whistleblower meeting four former US government officials who presented him with an award for "integrity in intelligence".
The picture appeared hours after Snowden's father landed in Moscow and said he hoped to visit his son, who has not been seen in public since he was granted asylum in Russia in August. Snowden, who leaked information about US surveillance programmes to the Guardian, was given the right to remain in Russia for a year after spending five weeks in limbo at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport over the summer. He is wanted in the US on espionage charges. Lon Snowden arrived at the same airport early on Thursday morning and was escorted through the VIP terminal by Anatoly Kucherena, his son's lawyer.
"I am his father, I love my son and … I certainly hope I will have an opportunity to see my son," said Lon Snowden in brief remarks to Russian television crews at the airport. "I am not sure my son will be returning to the US again," he said. As of Thursday evening, the two had not met, but the elder Snowden told journalists he expected a meeting to take place soon. Kucherena said that other members of the Snowden family planned to visit Moscow in the near future.
Edward Snowden arrived in Moscow on a flight from Hong Kong in June and apparently intended to board an onward flight bound for Latin America. However, US authorities cancelled his passport and he remained stuck at the airport for five weeks, before Russia granted him political asylum.
On Thursday, Lon Snowden spoke of his "extreme gratitude that my son is safe and secure and he's free", and later thanked President Vladimir Putin and Kucherena during an interview with state-controlled Russian television.
Putin, himself a former KGB spy, does not have much sympathy for whistleblowers and has described Snowden as "a strange guy", but said that Russia had no choice but to offer him asylum, provided the whistleblower agreed to stop his leaks. Lon Snowden said he understood his son had not been involved in the publication of new information since his arrival in Russia and was "simply trying to remain healthy and safe".
Some have suggested it is likely that Snowden is being held under guard of the FSB, Russia's security service, but the Russians have insisted that they have neither received, nor attempted to extract, any of Snowden's secrets.
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0.0227 | <urn:uuid:148b78d8-5477-4446-b8cc-8f8558bf2c46> | en | 0.974916 | A little over two weeks ago, RFA 7 planned to feature undefeated Sergio "The Phenom" Pettis against Matt Manzanares, while Leandro Silva planned on facing Brandon "Ruckus" Thatch in the event's headliner, but when a leg infection plagued Silva, plans changed.
Then-undefeated Mike Rhodes, who actually looked forward to fighting at NAFC: Battleground, which emanates live from Milwaukee's Potawatomi Bingo Casino tonight, would replace Silva while enjoying the chance to share a card with Pettis.
However, injury struck Manzanares days later, and RFA officials could not find a replacement for him, so they allowed Pettis to top the "Battleground" card opposite Josh Robinson. Robinson, currently riding a two-fight losing streak, defeated Pettis' teammate, highly touted flyweight Dustin Ortiz in May 2012.
For Roufusport head trainer and NAFC owner Duke Roufus, RFA president Ed Soares' decision to let Pettis fight on this card proved the right one, given Pettis' stance.
"They understand Sergio's stance, that he wanted to fight as soon as possible," Roufus told Bleacher Report MMA in an exclusive interview, "so they were very generous to let him fight outside the organization and stay busy."
RFA officials brought the issue of Manzanares' injury to the attention of Roufus and Pettis before news of the change spread, but the infection to Silva caused the pieces to fall into place for Pettis, as well as teammate Rhodes.
"Unfortunately, they couldn't get anyone for [Sergio's] fight on TV; at the same time they lost [Leandro], and everything just seemed to work itself out," Roufus said.
"Obviously Sergio would love to fight on TV, but luckily, he's a 19-year-old kid who's got many years ahead of him."
Robinson may fight with an almost .500 record, but don't let his record fool you. Robinson owns the majority of his pro triumphs by submission and his skill set brings more danger to Pettis than most may think.
"The cool thing [about Josh], he's going to probably choose to stand and kick-box with Sergio," Roufus said of Robinson, who vocalized his desire to knock Pettis out.
Roufus will note that while Sergio's older brother and current UFC featherweight title contender Anthony "Showtime" Pettis fights with more flamboyance and flash, Sergio brings a game that, at only 19, proves technically sound every time fight night rolls around.
However, when it comes to both the talks of Sergio in the UFC, as well as the wonders of how he will break out as his own body in his own pro career, Roufus won't worry too much about how quickly Sergio joins the UFC's flyweight class because he knows the time will come when Dana White and Co. come calling.
Right now, Roufus only wishes for the already-developed Sergio to progress further as himself and not worry about trying to emulate Anthony.
"Right now, he's still 'Anthony Pettis' brother,'" Roufus said, "and I'm helping to coach him through that, don't get caught up in the pressure; you have to perform because you're trying to be 'Showtime'. When have you done a Showtime Kick? I want Sergio to be Sergio, and Anthony to be Anthony."
The undefeated prospect will have the opportunity to break out further into his own tonight when he and Robinson square off.
Unquestionably, Sergio represents a breed like none other, and with an improvement to 7-0, few will doubt that his breed shines in a much different light than that of his older brother. | http://www.thewrestlingtalk.com/mma-breaking-news/265605-nafc-owner-duke-roufus-i-want-sergio-pettis-to-be-sergio-pettis.html?mode=hybrid | dclm-gs1-136210001 | false | false | {
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A cool cunning female who has a fun loving attitude but has a fooking Positive attitude to crashing cars and retaliating to abusive text messages from boyfriends who found her messing with guys with smaller penisus and who thinks hes the MAN for having an cunning smart bird and a brain proberly a size of a bowl ball from what really OLD people play haha you've gotta laugh, and also most els bells have brown hair a similar color to pupic hair but with more of a shine!! They also have a high sense of smell and can smell a worm (a guy!) from a freeking mile away and if she catches him or they She will serisouly rip there fooking heads off and i dont mean there heads which they speak out off i MEAN the fooking heads which they pee out off! Yeah they better be FUCKING scared of this BiTcH hahahaha........She also cares about her family aswell and wont rip off mens or boys penis's in front of her brother because if she does her bro will end up in a freaking mental institute becoz sheee is one CrAzY.....yeah u get me!!! I better not go on much longer coz shes....behind me!!! O crap!!!
Jordan: "Who's that women strutting her stuff down the high street dude!?"
Alex: "Omg its els bells run for your lifes omg please RUN or else aawwwwwww (He screams in a high pitched womens voice) "Shes gona chop our cocks off awwwww RuN" (Again in a high pitched ladys voice)
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0.034962 | <urn:uuid:6fca60b1-702f-4edd-a1af-3175ce4b1dec> | en | 0.95722 | The Steve law refers to the by-laws implemented upon commencing a relationship with the opposite or same sex. The law states:
Section 1.1:
Being a dick to a partner actually makes them want you that much more.
Section 1.2:
Ignoring a partner will result in them calling/communicating more often for fear of loss.
**Caution: Implementation of the aforementioned articles can lead to loss of the partner if abused or used to frequently. For example, you want to ignore the partner just enough so they think you're busy and cool, but not too much to make them think you're uninterested.
Steve: Hey I'm Steve!
Random Girl: Hey, maybe you should call me tonight?
*Use of the Steve Law*
Steve: naw, I'm busy, but next week I can.
Melissa: Omg girlfriends! Lemme tell you about this guy, Steve, he's soooo cool but I havn't talked to him in like forever!
Victoria: shut the front door! Go call him girl! You don't want that piece of meat getting away!
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0.161043 | <urn:uuid:5cdfef4b-640f-4bd1-95a1-51a1732eae7a> | en | 0.946057 | Just pretty much keepin it real and what not
Alex: Why is there a crack here?
Kyle: Hey let's move this bed and what not. (while c-walking and what not)
by John Jacob Jinglehimershmit July 16, 2008
a term used for anything secretive
We have whatnot tonight.
by Sara February 15, 2003
a guy who dares two swaps at walmart in one day
damn, look at whatnot run from them rent a cops
by WN March 11, 2003
a guy who thought the best came first but the first was last and all the goodis never worked
WAT.NOt.ps i hate you number 11
by Anonymous July 28, 2003
A term used to describe an attractive woman. Can also be used as a catcall when a woman one deems to be attractive walks by a group of males, strictly for the purpose of gauging agreement within the group.
That neighbor of yours is definitely a whatnot.
by Sam K. May 28, 2004
reaching second base with your partner. second base
paul and kat had what not last night.
Lorry wanted to what not nat.
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• Devices that test your blood sugar every few minutes
• Smart pumps that give insulin as your body needs it
Track Blood Sugar Patterns
To find out more, your doctor might use a machine called a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) that can test your blood sugar every 5 minutes all day. It tests through tiny fibers on a patch stuck on your skin. Results are sent wirelessly to a small monitor that you can hold or clip on your belt. Some CGM devices even send your results to your doctor's office through a wireless signal. This can help you and your doctor spot spikes after you eat certain foods, work out, or while you sleep, says Robert Vigersky, MD. He is the medical director of the Diabetes Institute of the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
This gadget doesn't take the place of old-school testing, though. The device's maker says you need at least one finger-stick every 12 hours to set the device, and suggests regular testing three to four times a day to make sure the numbers match up.
New, smart insulin pumps that can sync with a CGM are great for people with type 1 diabetes, Vigersky says. "If your sugar goes too low, it will stop an insulin infusion for 2 hours." Smart pumps can help you avoid dangerous dips in your blood sugar.
Apps and Clips
New smartphone, tablet, and computer apps can be good if you don't like writing things down in a journal, says Marisa Moore, a registered dietitian who works with type 2 diabetes patients in Atlanta. | http://www.webmd.com/diabetes/active-life-14/diabetes-technology?page=1 | dclm-gs1-136390001 | false | false | {
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You Know You Have a Child With Special Needs When.........
Posted Sep 12 2008 11:48am
* You compare ER's instead of grocery stores.
* You compare your child's oxygen saturations.
* You view toys as "therapy".
* You don't take a new day for granted.
* You teach your child HOW to pull things out of the cupboard, off the bookcases, and that feeding the dog from the table is fun.
* The clothes your infant wore last fall still fit him this fall.
* Everything is an educational opportunity instead of just having plain old fun.
* You cheer instead of scold when they blow bubbles in their juice while sitting at the dinner table (that's speech therapy), smear ketchup all over their high chair (that's OT), or throw their toys (that's PT).
* You also don't mind if your child goes through the house tooting a tin whistle.
* You can name at least 3 genes on chromosome 21. (You really know your toast if you can spell the full names correctly!!)
* You have been told you are "in denial" by at least 3 medical or therapy professionals. This makes you laugh!
* You have that incredible sinking feeling that you've forgotten SOMETHING on those few days that you don't have some sort of appointment somewhere!
* You get irritated when friends with healthy kids complain about ONE sleepless night when they're child is ill!
* You keep your appointment with the specialist even though a tropical storm is raging because you just want to get this one over waited 8 months to get it.....and besides, no one else will be there!
* Fighting and wrestling with siblings is considered PT.
* Speech therapy occurs in the tub with a sibling.
* When the Doctors/Specialist/Hospitals etc. all know you by your name without referring to your chart.
* You keep a daily growth chart.
* With a big smile on your face you tell a stranger that your four year old just started walking last week.
* His medical file is several inches thick and growing.
* You have a new belief.....that angels live with us on earth.
Oh this is so true!! I don't think that there isn't a day that goes by without me getting on my knees, and thanking the lord for all of my blessings......and yes, even the trials!!!!!
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0.125106 | <urn:uuid:a079a136-6d99-44f1-89f9-e3c521e588ef> | en | 0.924343 | How To Identify And Eliminate Waste In Your Budget
By Kentin Waits on 9 November 2011 (Updated 22 November 2011) 0 comments
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It’s never been more important for small and medium-sized business to know how every dollar is spent. Identifying and plugging those small drips and big leaks help every business stay afloat when competition is tight. But what are the most efficient strategies to target waste in a complex business budget? Let’s explore how to get started:
1. Understand the ROI for Each Expenditure
Return on Investment—ROI—isn’t just for the big stuff like marketing and technology. It’s time to rethink the return on investment for every expense your business incurs.
For this step, it often helps to think of your business as a brand new enterprise. If you were launching your business today, what would you change? What long-term commitments or contracts are working against you and is there room to renegotiate or reinvent a few things and save some dollars in the process? What would you lease instead of buy, buy instead of lease?
2. Get Granular
Avoid death by a thousand cuts.
Take a look at all levels of your business in your effort to reduce waste. Can you refine your marketing strategies to reach a more targeted audience? Are you communicating with your customers too much and not optimizing each message? How can you deliver your product more efficiently? Are you paying too much for office space or paying for space you don’t maximize? This soup-to-nuts approach can help reduce incremental expenses and catch operational inefficiencies that add up to big dollars over time.
3. Look for Repetition, Redundancies and Communication Gaps
Examine the entire lifecycle of your operations to see if there redundancies or unnecessary repetition and replication of duties.
Often, the view from ten thousand feet can reveal clear opportunities to streamline workflow, better divide tasks, eliminate unproductive steps and ultimately save money. Pay close attention to what consumes the largest amount of time in your business, like sourcing products, manufacturing, sales, fulfillment, or customer service. Take a critical look at each phase independently to see what can be done better and then examine how each phase works together. Is customer service missing opportunities to communicate upsell opportunities to the sales team? Are delays in fulfillment creating double work for customer service?
4. Tap Your Resources
Often, it’s the people closest to the day-to-day operation of a business that can be your best waste-reducing advocates.
Regardless of the size of your business, seek input from staff at all levels as you work to refine your budget and reduce unnecessary expenses. Reward employees who have the best suggestions for streamlining processes.
5. Formalize Efficiency Reviews
Businesses are constantly changing and evolving.
A review of how things are done and how things can be done better, smarter, and faster is a continuous process. Consider scheduling a periodic efficiency audit or creating a permanent team that is tasked with identifying and reducing waste on an ongoing basis. But watch out that your efficiency committee doesn’t become a source of inefficiency itself. Look for concrete results and empower committee members to review and vet each new opportunity to waste and bring only the best options to you for approval.
Today’s smartest companies realize that waste isn’t just a drag on budgets—it can mean the difference between surviving and thriving. A holistic, process-focused, employee-driven review of inefficiencies and budgetary waste can free up capital for new ventures, help reward loyal employees, and speed new ideas to market. Companies that have a close eye on reducing waste are ultimately leaner and able to respond to the vagaries of the market—scaling up or scaling back to meet shifts in demand or respond to new economic challenges. Identifying and reducing waste becomes an opportunity for growth and can be the competitive advantage a company needs to stay ahead of the curve.
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shattered by a new round of gunfire that follows a weekend of u.s. led air strikes. president obama answering questions this afternoon for the first time since sending our fighter jets into action. >> the core principle that has to be upheld here is that when the entire international community, almost unanimously, says that there is a potential humanitarian crisis about to take place that a leader who has lost his legitimacy decides to turn his military on his own people, that we can't simply stand by with empty words. >> one of this weekend's bombings badly damaged president gadhafi's compound. pro-gadhafi forces opened fire on a crowd of rebels in mizratah today killing nine of them gaining control of that area seen as critical for gadhafi on a strategic level. what is happening in libya? the latest headline from the uprisingings throughout the middle east look like this away from libya. yemen also in crisis right now. the president is losing his grip on power. he dissolved his cabinet over the weekend but for the growing groups of protesters that's not enough. some of the members
new york, good night, america. >> chris: two major defections from the libyan regime as the u.s. begins covert operations on the ground. day closer to a government shutdown. there are still big roadblocks to a deal. the interstate fight over the 2012 presidential primaries. live from the studio in washington, this is "special report." good evening, i'm chris wallace in for bret baier. another high-ranking libyan official has defected from muammar gaddafi's regime, making two in as many days. a european diplomat describes it as rats fleeing from a sinking ship. defense secretary gates says there won't be american boots on the ground, despite president obama's authorization of covert cia operations. the allied coalition is wiped out estimateed 25% of gaddafi's forces. rebels are still losing ground. forcing lawmakers on capitol hill to ask what is next? white house correspondent mike emanuel is tracking the story. mike? >> reporter: good evening. senior white house officials are pleased, control of the air operation over libya was transferred today from the u.s. to nato. now there
site and take our non-scientific "you decide" poll. should the u.s. go after moammar qaddafi? 14% of you have say yes. you can still weigh in. bill: we have a fox news alert. police on the scene at the airport. a suspicious package located near one of the baggage carousels. not quite sure what's in it if anything. police say they do not think it's related to what we saw last night. did you see this ranging fire last night? look at these pictures. this is at the airport in miami. the fire breaking out in the area where the fuel is kept. it was not near a runway or terminal. this morning there could be flight delays because the airport is running at 40% fuel capacity. look at the night skylight up in miami. we are giving you a live report at the airport to find out what happened at the fire and also what's going on with this suspicious package. >> tense moments in the sky as two passenger flights are forced to land without help from anyone in the airport control tower. it happened at reagan national airport just across the river from our nation's capitol. take a listen as the contr
about this? "jihadis that fought us the u.s. in iraq and afghanistan now enjoy american support in libya." excuse me? that means the people who we were actually shooting at on the battlefield, we now giving arms to in libya. this libya rebel commander says his fighters have al-qaeda links. we'll have more on the story at the bottom of the hour. let's see if we have this right. we have a nobel peace prize winning president, encouraging unrest in the mast. saying rise up, isn't this great? look, now people are rising up. people are getting killed everywhere. then he gave the commander to launch america's third military conflict with a muslim nation that poses no immediate threat. never made the case to the american people. and no exit strategy. no one is even asking or answering the question what does victory look like? chaos. the "new york times" is reporting now that the muslim brotherhood has now formed a tactic partnership with the egyptian military. oh, that seems great. and they're poised to grab control. what do you say? shirria law? no -- shiria law? no. in libya, guess who is lini
in jerusalem killed one person and wounded more than 50. israel's ambassador to the u.s. says that the bombing does not appear related to militants' recent rocket attacks on southern israel. >>> defense secretary robert gates met with his israeli counterpart in tel aviv today. and he is urging the israelis to restart peace negotiations with the palestinians. defense officials say that gates believes israel can get ahead of the pop ulous wave across the middle east by pressing a peace deal. >>> and hundreds of potential jurors are at the los angeles county courthouse today. 12 will be chosen to decide whether michael jackson's doctor goes to prison. dr. conrad murray is charged with giving jackson an overdose of an anesthetic. opening statements in the trial are set for may. >>> now more for our top story. there are safety concerns at reagan national airport. after two pilots were unable to reach the control tower before landing. our sandra endo is in washington with details. first of all, sandra, the flight landed safely, but there's still so many questions here. the real issue, why the contro
, by any method. >> now, in a u.s. military briefing just a couple of hours ago, we were told there was no indication gadhafi's forces are moving away from either misrata or ajdabiya. cnn's nic robertson is in the capital city of tripoli. nic, tell me what you have been seeing there if the last 24 hours and also how gadhafi's defiance, if at all, has changed some of the forces within the capital city. >> reporter: well, one of the things we've seen really that reflects the fact that this no-fly zone seems to be fully in place is overnight last night, just before dawn this morning, we heard what sounded like jet aircraft flying overhead and then several loud explosions. so it does give the impression that the coalition can fly and can target locations in and around the city. effectively, it would seem like almost with impunity right now. ajdabiya is a red line for gadhafi. as government officials, they want to hold on to the city. it does appear they're not moving their forces out. the same with misrata. the impression is although a couple of coalition strikes overnight diminis
at a major u.s. airport, the very same one where an air traffic controller fell asleep on the job. the close call this time around. >> and she said mexican pirates killed her husband while they were jet skiing on a border lake between texas and mexico. now six months later his body hasn't been found, no one has been arrested. the latest on the investigation, plus what she is vowing to do. it's all new, it's all live, it's "happening now". >>> hi everybody. we have a whole lot of ground to cough today. we're so glad you're with us. i'm jenna lee. jon: we do indeed. i'm jon scott. "happening now", nato takes charge of air operations in libya as the fighting intensifies in one strategic oil town. those are antiqaddafi rebels, giving it all they've got, trying to retake control of brega as they come under rocket fire from pro qaddafi forces, the opposition getting hit hard in other parts of the cup as well. jenna: the u.s. considering a plan to arm the rebels, even though nato's chief is opposed to the idea. right now the cia has operatives on the ground in libya. jon: meantime a sign that qadda
for the u.s. in the battle against al qaeda and several hundred loyalists, still scattered around yemen, back country and, seizure of that weapons plant is a blow in that fight. president obama is preparing to address the situation in libya tomorrow night and his decision to intervene has been criticized from both sides of the aisle, some say it came too late. others argue, we shouldn't be involved at all and the president defending his move, saying this weekend it this our national interest. what does the president need to say to get the country on board. david drucker joins us from "roll call", to say it is in our national interest, that is a stretch? >> i don't think it is a stretch but the president has to forcefully and clearly make the case, i think the problem he has had is he did not address the nation on television the moment we went into libya on that saturday and this is something the emerging market have some to expect from presidents -- >> gregg: he's doing it under pressure now. >> i don't know if that is it or, in his mind now is the time. one of the problems the presiden
is recinding his offer to step down by year's end. this as opposition to his regime testifies. they are a key u.s. ally in the fight against al-qaida warns his country is a ticking time bomb that could spiral into civil war without him. a deadly bullet blast killed more than a hundred people. today security forces reportedly fired teargas on some 4,000 demonstrators. in a bid to ease the crisis syrian's president is expected to lift the nearly 50-year state of emergency and move to lift restrictions on civil liberties. the country's emergency laws that gave police almost unlimited power to arrest without arpblgs will be lifted prior to the elections in september. this comes as the interim military rulers says hosni mubarak is under house arrest in egypt. this half he went for medical treatment. gregg: it has been ten days since the military mission began, and the president expected to tell the nation the mission is justified. white house correspondent mike emanuel live in washington with more on that. what else do we know about the case that president obama is going to make tonight? >> reporter:
: secretary of defense robert gates from over the weekend saying libya is not an imminent threat to the u.s. but the director saying the u.s. clearly has an interest there. is that good enough? chuck nash, sir, good morning to you. there was a lot said over the weekend, some view it as conflicts statements, others say no, this gives us greater clarification. take robert gates. what do you make of his comment? >> i think he was spot on. this is not in critical national interest for the united states, however, we do have interests in the region with tunisia on one side and ejit on the other side. bill: hillary clinton said something i thought was a little more -- i thought it was revealing. she said there was no perfect option and i think everybody that looks at this, yeah, that's right, hopefully that's why you took military action. hopefully we'll have a clarification continue. -- tonight. are they split or on the same side? >> i think there was u animinity before this was launched and secretary of state clinton said something else on another network. after isn't gates said no, it's not in
for the u.s., the intel community, works very hard to provide the administration, whatever administration is, with the best information possible and available at that moment. whoever has the best information likely is going to make the best decisions in the best interest of the u.s., which is not to engage in war overseas. there is a tendency to think that is what we're doing, that are warmongers. the real world is, unfortunately, more difficult. i would argue that thegency, you know, is a tool used by any administration to enhance transparency, to minimize the risk that people face overseas, that the government faces overseas. then again people will be watching this. ey will think hey that mike baker is pretty subjective. hostmimike baker a >> president obama is speaking about libya later today from national defense university. ahead of the speech, the associated press wrote that the white house made it clear that it was not a precedent for involvement in other nations that hold strategic interests for the u.s.. we will have the president's speech live at 7:30 eastern and we will take your
american fighters jets are active at the moment, u.s. pilots flew 113 of the 175 coalition air sorties yesterday, for example, that u.s. role will shrink dramatically in the next few days leaving others to decide on military targeting. on the ground all public signals from the regime suggest continued defiance and continued attacks on the opposition. but here's the intriguing nugget. senior u.s. officials tell cnn tonight that some members of gadhafi's inner circle are reaching out to the state department and reaching out to other arab nations, as well. curious contacts to say the least but as yet our sources tell us no indication gadhafi himself is looking to negotiate an exit strategy. >> i think there are any number of possible outcomes here, and no one is in a position to predict them. whether they're -- whether there are major further defections or divisions within his family, there are a variety of possibilities that seems to me. >> a variety of possibilities but listen here, secretary gates isn't betting on a peaceful settlement. >> gadhafi has basically sworn that he will show
in the price of crude equals to a $40 billion withdrawal of funds from the u.s. economy. that's just america's stats of the take that around the world and see how bad it is to have crude go higher. this is a serious problem. we need to stop crude from going higher and certainly pulling the speculators from the market is a way to slow down the price movement because if you do not have reason to take delivery, you would not just be buying for a pure speculator to make money. >>neil: but you physically have to have the oil. interesting. thank you very much. >>guest: thank you for having me. >>neil: coalition forces flying 175 anythings over libya but they will not get him from the united arab emirates refusing to join blaming the decision on "u.s. policies toward bahrain," which is facing its own revolt. and our guest says if they will not get involved, why are we? the former head of the c.i.a. osama bin laden unit, and i don't buy their reason. how bahrain is an excuse, that strikes me as them getting cold feet on looking like they are participating in an arab crackdown. >>guest: i think it is
. they will not be successful doing so. >>> u.s. soldier jeremy morelock has pleaded guilty to charges he and other soldiers killed afghan citizens for sport last year. but morelock's possible life sentence was reduced to 24 years in a plea deal. german news magazines have published photographs showing morelock and other soldiers posing over the bodies of dead afghans. >>> allied attacks on tripoli are continuing into a sixth day. take a look at these pictures. they're from libyan state tv, and they reportedly show the destruction at a military base in tripoli. look at that fire raging. these were apparently filmed just after a coalition air strike. the coalition attacks on military targets have now grounded gadhafi's air force and crippled the country's air defenses. so strikes from now on are focusing more on ground troops as they move toward rebel-held towns to try and recapture them. >>> the libyan government says a number of civilians have been killed by coalition air strikes including women and children. to prove it, they bundled foreign reporter on it a convoy of buses to show them a house they said
, and these are u.s. company that is have their core base here. the good news is i think if we meet the object i haves -- objectives that we've talked about, we will stimulate clean technologies, software, hardware, all of the real disruptive technologies that we are talking about. they are global, their competitors are global, they have to be global. i think if we do the right thing, we are going to do well by exports. which is real positive. >> this is a really important point. we tend to maybe think of these things in silos. but one the president's key initiatives is doubling exports over the next five years. and, of course, that involves, you know, large companies, boeing and others. when you look at the numbers, the real way we're going to do is in increasing in the small and medium-sized enterprises. turns out that 30% of the exports are from small and medium-sized enterprises. and that's disproportionally small. and there's only 250,000 small companies that export. so if you look at the math, there's almost three million small businesses $30 million smalls. xiii of them who have traded go
and everyone saying, look, because it's the u.s. ally. mubarak was an ally. if it falls it could affect the entire region. >> that could happen in syria and also in yemen and jordan, major u.s. concerns this morning. >> and clayton mentioned in libya, it's good news, the rebels have taken ajdabiya, but now there's some on the left who are really criticizing the president for even getting involved in libya, calling this a where and unconstitutional as near as congress's dennis kucinich. >> the president exceeded his power and people should look at the constitution, look at article, one, section 8 and they put the war power in the hands of the congress. look at article two, that deals with the executive. there's nothing in there that gives the president the power to commit our troops to war. >> it's a gray area and studying constitutional history, very few presidents declared war. five u.s. presidents declared war and we've been in a lot more wars than that. and the white house responding. james carney, taking questions outlined by members of congress have been largely answered in a very
we think this is going to be? can they make up for these losses? >> u.s. investors are rattled. coach shares are down 8%, but if you look at the long-term outlook, it looks a little better for these retailers. it's going to take a few months, but japanese contention there will eventually rebound, and what they're doing right now is pushing hard into china trying to grow their businesses. also here in the u.s., we see the demand for luxury goods improving that's rebounding with the economic recovery here in the u.s. suzanne? >> all right, allison, thank you. appreciate it. >>> we want to go beyond the headlines now on the recovery of those two airmen after their fighter jet crashed in libya. we're learning more about how the chain of events played out. u.n. forces rescued the pilot and libyans found the weapons officer. >> i am speaking with him and i kiss him and i tell him you are coming for us. you are our brothers. so don't be afraid. you will be safe. we will carry you anyplace you want. >> for more details on the crash and the recovery, i want to bring in our pentagon corresponde
. the u.s. is making it increasingly clear that having been in the lead of the libyan mission, it wants to step back now. the latest reports from the rebel-held town talk of pro gaddafi snipers filing at the hospital. -- firing at the hospital. >> please, please bomb his forces until they stop. i have to be impartial because i am a medical person, but five, six consecutive days that have been killing with tanks and artillery, bombing us. please stop him. >> other residents say they have attacked their base. the rebels remain for now force of on certain potential, but it is clear the situation is increasingly turning into a test of the coalition possibility to influence events on the ground. -- the coalition's ability to influence events on the ground. >> with me now it is ben brown. there has been much activity around you today? >> the rebels are still trying to push west, about an hour-and- a-half from here, trying to take advantage of the coalition air strikes and military action which they are seeing day after day, night after night. the rebels are making heavy delegate of getting an
flown by u.s. pilots. >> greta: steve, thank you. >> former secretary of defense rumsfeld goes on the record. secretary nice to see you. >> thank you. >> greta: today on your twitter account says there is a reason qadhafi isn't contemplating using a nuclear weapon, he saw what happened to saddam. >> it is a little known story. the truth is qadhafi and the libyans, for years had been developing nuclear weapons. and at some moment, after the major combat operations and after saddam was captured. when he was pull out of the spider hole, apparently, qadhafi went to some westerners and said i did not want to be the next saddam hussein. and indicated that he did have a nuclear program. indicated that he was willing to give up his nuclear program. and in fact, invited inspectors in and people to help dismantle the activities that he untaken to develop a nuclear weapon. >> greta: was he talking to berlusconi? >> i've not verified that, but apparently. >> greta: that struck me. when you talk about qadhafi and libya. that he was so close to berlusconi that struck me aspect . >> no there'
there. and gadhafi forces have been seen retreating about 50 miles to that oil port. the u.s. says they plan to continue striking unless he pulls back. this is a huge moral boost for the rebels who now say all the way to tripoli. for the first time in weeks, forces are moving backwards. it is very difficult work. shelled repeatedly by snipers. fires killed at least 115 people including some people and children. >> thank you very much for the live report. government protestors appear to have seized there. we are joined by ron allen. ron is tracking the new developments this morning for us in syria, jordan and all of the hot spots what is unfolding right now? good morning to you, ron? >> reporter: it's a day when the dust is settling here after violent protest. the first time that has happened in many months of lower level protesting here in jordan. that is what was so stunning. at least two people were dead and hundreds wounded. >> as thousands of syrians took to the streets again. a truck down. the security forces, more than 50 people killed. in the town. the uprising. video posted
and i think u.s. can be a little more creative in this area. iran has four main goals in afghanistan. one is to keep the taliban from completely taking over again, even though it plays a double or triple gain and give some support to taliban, it doesn't want taliban in the country. second is the extend the flow of drugs which has made iran the most addicted country in the world. a third is to do something about the sunni area which feeds a sunni in iran's own beluche area. and finally, iran wants the united states to withdraw is troops from afghanistan although i would think they would be prepared to have some limits provided there's assurance this would not be used as base that the united states could attack iran. some of these issues are already being explored. there was a track that explored in meetings and the iranian participants said they wanted to see a increased role for the united nations and the establishment of a core group to discuss afghanistan. similar to the bond groups that help set up the first government in afghanistan after the ove
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