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[For assistance with the preparation and filing of a provisional patent application, see Nolo’s Online Provisional Patent Application.]
In 1995, a system went into effect that permits an inventor to file a Provisional Patent Application (PPA), an interim document that is equivalent to a “reduction to practice.” An inventor who has not completed a patent application but wants to establish a filing date can file a Provisional Patent Application (PPA). If a regular patent application is filed within one year of filing the PPA, the inventor can use the PPA’s filing date for the purpose of deciding whether a reference is prior-art. (Note: the PPA is not available for design patents.)
The PPA must contain a description of the invention and drawings (if necessary to understand the description). The description of the invention must clearly explain how to make and use the invention. If there are several versions or modes of operation for the invention, the best mode or version must be disclosed. If the inventor wishes, claims, formal drawings and other elements of the regular patent application may be included.
The advantages of the PPA are that it costs far less than filing a patent application (usually several hundred dollars compared to several thousand dollars), doesn’t require witnesses, saves the expense of building and testing and the application is much simpler to complete. In addition to an early filing date and the right to claim patent pending status for an invention, filing a PPA can provide an additional advantage. Since the filing date of the PPA has no effect on the patent's expiration date, the patent's expiration date will still be 20 years from the date the regular patent application is filed. So a PPA has the practical effect of delaying examination of a regular patent application and extending--up to one year--the patent's expiration date. However, the same delaying effect can be obtained if an inventor builds and tests the invention and makes a signed, dated, and witnessed record and delays filing for a year.
The disadvantages of the PPA are that if the inventor doesn’t file a regular patent application within a year of the PPA, the PPA is abandoned and will no longer provide a filing date for purposes of prior-art or interferences. The PPA is worthless if the inventor changes the invention so that it is not longer as described. The filing of a PPA also affects an inventor’s foreign rights. As with a regular U.S. application, an inventor must pursue foreign patent applications within one year of the PPA's filing date (in order to obtain the advantage of the filing date). | http://www.intellectualpropertylawfirms.com/resources/intellectual-property/patents/provisional-patents-process.htm | dclm-gs1-201920001 | false | false | {
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0.09506 | <urn:uuid:92a5368f-e106-47b3-aaea-ee198f66bb07> | en | 0.930172 | The internet has allowed for a sense of community where there wasn't one before. Neighbors, friends, relatives and even strangers can get together and chat, share advice, play games or learn more about each other via today's social media opportunities. But are they also spending more cash? While social media may be free, these popular online commodities may be prompting you to blow your budget in a big way. (For more, see From The Printing Press To The Internet.)
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1. Coupon Groups
This one's more social marketing than social media, but it can really encourage you to spend. One of the hottest new ways to purchase just about anything is with the power of a group, and sites like Groupon, LivingSocial and Eversave have made headlines with their attention-grabbing offers of up to 90% off on shopping, restaurant and specialty merchandise purchases. While they are a great opportunity to buy a gift certificate for a new restaurant you were already going to try, or to stock up on gifts for the upcoming holiday, the temptation to buy things you don't need (or won't use) is high. The alluring price point, often presented in a percentage off the regular price, is made even more attractive by the brief purchasing window.
The moral of this story is clear: Don't let a ticking timer pressure you into $50 in handmade taffy or a luxury eyebrow wax if it wasn't in your budget to begin with - no matter how many other people are buying.
2. Facebook Gifts
The only thing more wasteful than buying goods and services you don't really want is to buy "virtual" gifts and services that you don't really want. In 2009, Facebook made a rumored $10 million in its business of selling virtual tokens via the site's games and applications, proving that users are buying, whether they can afford to or not. It's perfectly fine to partake in the gifting, provided it's within your spending allowance. Just be aware that it may be a hard habit to avoid. Friends and family are usually the first to gift - and often expect to be gifted in return.
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3. Cell Phone Data Packages
As the functions of the basic cell phone have expanded, so has the bill for its particular data plan. Some customers are adept at sticking to the minimum in coverage, getting basic plans for their call minutes and enough text messages to get through a month, but even more demand the tech tools that only an unlimited data plan can provide. This can push the monthly bill for a smart phone with web-browsing, email and instant access to social media accounts easily into the $80-$150 range.
Before investing in the phone that does everything, be aware of the cost for such capabilities. Your home computer might still be the most affordable place to check those Facebook and Twitter accounts. (For more, check out 6 Tips For Getting A Good Cell Phone Plan.)
4. Games
Many social media sites offer users the chance to play games for free, giving those late-night web fanatics something fun to pass the time with. Unfortunately, many of the most popular (and addictive) games are free for a limited time only. After a 24-hour to seven-day trial, for example, the price goes up dramatically to $20 or more for the pricier versions.
In addition to simple arcade-style games that help burn away minutes on your lunch break, RPGs (role playing games) offer free play but may require paid privileges to remain competitive. Vacation time, upgrades from the light version and specialized gaming tools are all examples of ways gamers can spend money for a better outcome, encouraging a "pay to play" model even within a free game. (For a related reading, see Play Video Games; Become A Millionaire.)
The Bottom Line
Finding friends online shouldn't cost much, but it can often cause social media fans to dig deep for an optimized experience. Before getting too involved with any "free" community, take time to learn how your budget can be affected, and adjust your activities accordingly. (For more, check out 6 Ways To Save Online.)
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DEFINITION of 'Letters Patent'
A legal instrument that grants the exclusive rights of an invention to an individual or a corporation. A letters patent is granted by the government to an individual, giving him or her the rights to authorship or to a patent for a new invention or discovery. The new invention is required to provide a different way of doing something or a new solution.
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Found this pretty old article where Elliot Scheiner talks about his experiences of mixing Sting, Fleetwood Mac, Eagles and others in a 5.1 surround sound environment, and why he think this is the way to go for the music industry.
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I went down to Long Beach last night for the first night of the U.S Olympic Swimming Trials. As promised, teenage sensation Michael Phelps was the story. Phelps has his eye on matching Mark Spitz a month from now in Athens in becoming only the second athlete in history to win seven gold medals in one Olympics. Spitz accomplished that mind-boggling feat 32 years ago in Munich in 1972. Watching the versatile Phelps glide his way to yet another world record last night made you believe seven gold are once again possible. But the buzz in the stands last night was as much about the pool itself as it was about wunderkind Phelps.
For the Trials, a maverick design above-ground pool was brought over from Italy and assembled next to the Long Beach Convention Center. Trevor Tiffany, the president of the pool company, Myrtha Pools, explained to me why such effort and expense was made for the Trials. First of all, there is no outdoor or indoor swimming facility in the US that can seat as many spectators as this pool, 10,000, and the sense of theater did elevate the experience last night. Second, almost all pools are longer than the Olympic standard of 50 meters because of human error. Once you pour concrete, plaster tile, apply glue for water-proofing materials, it-s almost impossible to make a pool to a precise length. So most competition pools are built long by about an inch, to make sure they are at least 50 meters and legal for records. This Long Beach pool of stainless steel was laid in by architects and engineers in panels that measure precisely 50 meters, to the millimeter.
You will hear world-class swimmers talk about "fast;" and "slow;" pools. They don-t need to check the clock. They can just feel it. The Munich pool was fast to the touch. The nature of the water itself was soft. The Swimming Hall of Fame pool in Ft. Lauderdale is notoriously slow, partly because one end is very shallow. A recreational pool, with a very shallow end for kids and teaching, is not a good pool for competition. Maybe you-ve had the experience swimming in the ocean. Your stroke seems effortless over deep water. Then when you come over a shallow stretch, you suddenly feel resistance. Same thing in a pool. When you swim over a shallow section, you create a rebound effect from the bottom, slowing you down. The Long Beach pool has no shallow end. It-s 6-6" from end to end.
It-s funny to see the swimming photos from early Olympics. Swimmers in the first modern Games in Athens in 1896 fought waves in the open Mediterranean Sea and the water was very cold, 50 degrees. One event was called "100; meters for sailors".;
In 1904 in St. Louis, they swam in a small lake and participants would gather on a sinking platform. When their weight combined to push the platform under the surface, that was their signal to dive in and start stroking. The 1912 Stockholm venue was actually natural waters as well but they surrounded it with planks for the spectators and gave it the feeling of a pool, although it was still a chilly 50 degrees. The first heated Olympic pool was used here in Los Angeles for the 1932 Games. Today, Olympic competition is swum at about 80 degrees. Back in those early days there were no lane lines, either. You tried to swim straight but competitors did run into each other. That was just part of the challenge. Today-s lane lines have suctioning properties so that the splash from a swimmer-s kick is immediately absorbed. And the gutters of the most modern pools have multiple outlets that take in all the splash and waves and don-t allow water to rebound back onto the surface. It wasn-t so long ago that you tried very hard to qualify into the middle lanes because if you swam in the outside lanes, next to the walls and gutters, you-d be slapped with rebound water. That pool at Long Beach last night was smooth as a skating pond, end to end, side to side.
So now you know. And it-s useful water cooler conversation. Yes, some pools are faster than others.
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There are few actors who can effectively pull off a cowboy hat anymore. Perhaps this has contributed to the relative death of the western, which is sad because I enjoy a good western. Every once in a while we'll get a True Grit or The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, but more often than not what we get is in the vein of the forgettable American Outlaws. For a while I thought Deadwood would fulfill my western needs, but it was canceled before it's time. While it was around, I learned a very important thing about Timothy Olyphant, who played Seth Bullock on the show. Timothy Olyphant was born to wear a cowboy hat. When he puts one on and throws on a drawl he becomes an insanely talented thing. Very Gary Cooper out of High Noon.
For this reason, I was very excited when I first heard about the show Justified, which was to feature Timothy Olyphant in a cowboy hat. As it turned out, Timothy Olyphant's cowboy hat would become so ubiquitous that some characters address his character as "you and your hat." Season 1 even features an episode in which Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) loses his hat and is mildly distressed until he is reunited with it at the end of the episode.
At this point you may be thinking that Justified is just a show about a guy and his cowboy hat, but it is much more than that. Justified is based on a character from some Elmore Leonard stories and follows the adventures of a U.S. Marshal who, after some drama in Miami, is reassigned to his hometown in Eastern Kentucky. Here he has several run-ins with Boyd Crowder, played by the genius Walton Goggins, who was once his best friend, but is now a born-again Christian/all-purpose outlaw. Their clashes become the highlight of the show. Where Raylan is cool, but deadly, Boyd is hot-headed, and also deadly.
While not set in the West during the 1800s, Justified still plays like something of a hard-boiled western. The stories and dialogue are pure hard-boiled detective pulp and the setting of backwoods Kentucky is almost as foreign as the West once was. The result is one of the best written, tightest acted shows on the air.
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5DL! Thank you so much for the secret Santa gifts! I 😍😍😍 the tshirt with Mickey and Minnie so much! I also am crazy about the Donald vinyl with the Native American headress. 😃 The Belle ornament is very special, too, along with the Disney toiletries. Wow, I thank you so much and wish your family a very Merry Christmas!!!
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Cute shirt! - CollegeDisneyKnowledgeGrad 1175.4 #4 2:23PM
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Your welcome. I did not know who was in the vinyl. They said it was a gamble lol. I'm glad you liked it. - 5disneylovers 1128.0 #5 5:45PM
I love Donald and his headress goes completely down his back. He's adorable! - ally 509.0 #17 8:16PM
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An antibody found in blood, tears, saliva, mucus, and gastric juices.
IgA Deficiency
A dysgammaglobulinemia characterized by a deficiency of IgA.
The most common antibody. It is found in the blood and fights bacteria and viruses.
IgG Deficiency
A dysgammaglobulinemia characterized by a deficiency of IgG.
An antibody found in the blood. It functions like IgG, but is formed earlier in the immune response.
Immune Complex Diseases
Group of diseases mediated by the deposition of large soluble complexes of antigen and antibody with resultant damage to tissue. Besides SERUM SICKNESS and the ARTHUS REACTION, evidence supports a pathogenic role for immune complexes in many other systemic immunologic diseases including GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, systemic lupus Erythematosus (LUPUS Erythematosus, SYSTEMIC) and polyarteritis nodosa.
Immune Response
The activity or response of the immune system against "foreign invaders".
Immune System
Cellular and molecular components having the primary function of distinguishing self from non-self and defense against foreign organisms or substances. The primary cellular components are lymphocytes and macrophages, and the primary molecular components are antibodies and Iymphokines. (From Dorland, 27th ed)
Immunoblastic Lymphadenopathy
A disorder characterized by proliferation of arborizing small vessels, prominent immunoblastic proliferations, and amorphous acidophilic interstitial material. Clinical manifestations include fever, sweats, weight loss, generalized lymphadenopathy, and frequently hepatosplenomegaly.
Immunodeficiency (Immune Deficiency)
A problem with the immune system that prevents an adequate immune response.
Immunoglobulin (gamma globulin)
See antibodies.
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immunologic Diseases
Disorders caused by abnormal or absent immunologic mechanisms, whether humoral, cell-mediated or both.
A doctor who treats people with immune system problems.
The study of the immune system.
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Immunoproliferative Disorders
Disorders characterized by abnormal proliferation of primary cells of the immune system or by excessive production of immunoglobulins.
Immunoproliferative Small Intestinal Disease
A spectrum of conditions ranging from a benign plasma cell hyperplasia to a highly malignant lymphoma of the small intestine.
Indwelling Pleural Catheters
A small catheter placed in the space around the lung (Pleural space) through a tunnel under the skin to drain fluid accumulated due to cancer and other diseases. This catheter can remain in the pleural space for an extended period of time (weeks to months) and can be used to drain the fluid as needed. The drainage is done at home, hospice or nursing home by the patient himself, family member or a visiting healthcare professional making the need for hospital visits or hospitalization unnecessary.
Causes infections.
Infectious Mononucleosis
The body's (immune system) protective response to an irritant. When there is injury or infection in the body the immune system responds and there is redness, warmth and swelling in the tissue. Chronic or long term inflammation causes the building of new connective tissue (thickening of the tissue) which can create many problems.
An acute viral infection involving the respiratory tract. It is marked by inflammation of the nasal mucosa, the pharynx, and conjunctiva, and by headache and severe, often generalized, myalgia.
The dispenser for metered-dose medications.
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The process of breathing in air to the lungs.
Inspiratory Capacity (IC)
The maximum amount of air that can be breathed in at the end of a normal quiet expiration.
Inspiratory Reserve Volume (IRV)
Inspiratory reserve volume is the maximal amount of air that can be breathed in with the most effort after a normal (quiet) inspiration.
How hard and how many of each type of activity to do. Intensity can be measured using Rating Perceived Exertion Scale.
Intercostal Muscles
These muscles are located between the ribs. They contract during inspiration and expand the rib cage to help with breathing.
The part of the lung that includes a portion of the connective tissue of the blood vessels and air sacs and makes up the membrane where gas exchange (oxygen and carbon dioxide) takes place in the lung.
Intravenous (IV)
Into the vein.
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Job's Syndrome
A disorder of neutrophils characterized by the presence of abnormal or absent chemotactic responses and hyperimmunoglobulinemia E. It is transmitted as an autosomal recessive trait and most cases reported have been in girls.
Kartagener's Syndrome
An inherited disorder involving a combination of situs inversus, bronchiectasis, and sinusitis.
A condition characterized by high levels of nonconjugated bilirubin in the blood with biliary pigmentation of certain nuclei in the brain and spinal cord. Frequently results in cerebral palsy, mental retardation, and hearing deficit. It is commonly a sequel to icterus gravis neonatorum.
Kartagener's Syndrome
Killer Cells
Lymphocyte-like effector cells which mediate antibody-dependent cell cytotoxicity. They kill antibody-coated target cells which they bind with their Fc receptors.
Killer Cells, Lymphokine-Activated
Cytolytic lymphocytes with the unique capacity of killing natural killer (NK)-resistant fresh tumor cells. They are interleukin-2-activated NK cells that have no MHC (major histocompatibility complex) restriction or need for antigen stimulation. LAK cells are used for adoptive immunotherapy in cancer patients.
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Killer Cells, Natural
Cells responsible for spontaneous cytotoxicity of a variety of tumor cells without prior immunization. These natural killer cells are found in non-immune humans and experimental animals and are thought by some to be the same as KILLER CELLS (killing by antibody-dependent cell cytotoxicity), but they can also kill in the absence of antibody.
Kupffer Cells
Large star-shaped or pyramidal cells with a large oval nucleus and a small prominent nucleolus. These intensely phagocytic cells line the walls of the sinusoids of the liver and form a part of the reticuloendothelial system. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome
An acquired autoimmune disease characterized by weakness and fatigability of proximal muscles, particularly of the pelvic girdle and thighs, with relative sparing of extraocular and bulbar muscles. It is often associated with small cell carcinoma of the lung.
Langerhans Cells
Recirculating, dendritic, antigen-presenting cells containing characteristic racket-shaped granules (Birbeck granules). They are found principally in the stratum spinosum of the epidermis and are rich in Class II major histocompatibility complex molecules.
Laryngeal Cartilages
The nine cartilages of the larynx, including the cricoid, thyroid, and epiglottic, and two each of arytenoid, corniculate, and cuneiform.
Laryngeal Diseases
Disorders of the larynx, general or unspecified.
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Laryngeal Edema
Edema of any region of the larynx from a variety of causes. In the earliest stages it may be difficult to differentiate from infection, although mucosal injection and erythema are found more often in the latter. Allergic edema may result as a response from provocation induced by foods, inhalants, and drugs. The entire respiratory tract or only an isolated portion of the larynx may be affected. Laryngeal edema may also be hereditary. Other possible causes of laryngeal edema include increased capillary pressure due to superior vena cava syndrome, intemal jugular vein ligation, lowered plasma osmotic failure induced by renal failure, impaired lymphatic flow, and increased capillary permeability to proteins. (From Paparella et al., Otolaryngology, 3d ed, p2253)
Laryngeal Mucosa
The mucous lining of the larynx; mainly stratified squamous epithelium in the upper part and ciliated columnar in the lower part of the larynx.
Laryngeal Muscles
The intrinsic muscles of the larynx are the aryepiglottic(us), arytenoid(eus), cricoarytenoid(eus), cricothyroid (eus), thyroarytenoid(eus), thyroepiglottic(us), and vocal(is).
Laryngeal Neoplasms
Cancers or tumors of the larynx or any of its parts: the glottis, epiglottis, laryngeal cartilages, laryngeal muscles, and vocal cords.
Spasm of the larynx.
Inflammation of the larynx. This condition presents itself with dryness and soreness of the throat, difficulty in swallowing, cough, and hoarseness.
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Stricture or narrowing of the larynx. This condition may be developmental or acquired, with progressive respiratory difficulty as a symptom.
An irregularly shaped, musculocartilaginous tubular structure lined with mucous membrane, located at the top of the trachea and below the root of the tongue and the hyoid bone. It is the essential sphincter guarding the entrance into the trachea and functioning secondarily as the organ of voice.
Laser Bronchoscopy
A very powerful and precise tool to destroy tumor occluding the airways and to control bleeding in the airways.
Latex Allergy
Hypersensitivity to products containing processed natural rubber latex such as rubber gloves, condoms, catheters, dental dams, balloons, and sporting equipment. Both T-cell mediated (delayed hypersensitivity) and IgE antibody-mediated (immediate hypersensitivity) allergic responses are possible. Delayed hypersensitivity results from exposure to antioxidants present in the rubber; immediate hypersensitivity results from exposure to a latex protein.
Infections with bacteria of the genus Legionella
Legionnaires' Disease
Leukemia, Hairy Cell
A neoplastic disease of the Iymphoreticular cells which is considered to be a rare type of chronic leukemia; it is characterized by an insidious onset, splenomegaly, anemia, granulocytopenia, thrombocytopenia, little or no lymphadenopathy, and the presence of "hairy" or "flagellated" cells in the blood and bone marrow.
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Leukemia, Lymphocytic
Leukemia associated with hyperplasia and overactivity of the lymphoid tissue. There are increased numbers of circulating malignant lymphocytes and Iymphoblasts. (Dorland, 28th ed, p919)
Leukemia, Myelocytic, Acute
Progressive, malignant disease of the myeloid tissue in which the granular, polymorphonuclear leukocytes and their precursors predominate.
Leukemia, Myeloid
Form of leukemia characterized by an uncontrolled proliferation of the myeloid lineage and their precursors in the bone marrow and other sites.
Leukemia, Nonlymphocytic, Acute
Acute leukemia distinguished from acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) by the morphology of the marrow and blood leukemic cells. Cytoplasmic granules are usually present and the nucleus is usually large and irregular. ANLL is more common in adults than ALL and occurs at any age.
Leukocyte-Adhesion Deficiency Syndrome
Rare, autosomal recessive disorder caused by deficiency of the beta 2 integrin receptors comprising the CD11/CD18 family of glycoproteins. The syndrome is characterized by abnormal adhesion-dependent functions, especially defective tissue emigration of neutrophils, leading to recurrent infection.
Leukocytes, Mononuclear
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Likelihood of Overall Survival
The likelihood that people with COPO survived all causes of death, including COPO, at a specific point in time. This probability is reported as a percentage.
An organ in the abdomen that contains phagocytes and helps make complement.
Lung Abscess
A complication of a localized area of pneumonia or when a neoplasm becomes necrotic and contains purulent material that cannot drain easily from the area because of partial or complete bronchial obstruction (Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 12th ed, p1068)
Lung Diseases
Disorders of the lung, general or unspecified.
Lung Diseases, Fungal
Disorders of the lung, caused by fungi
Lung Diseases, Interstitial
A heterogeneous group of noninfectious, nonmalignant disorders of the lower respiratory tract, affecting primarily the alveolar wall structures but also often involving the small airways and blood vessels of the lung parenchyma. "Interstitial" refers to the fact that the interstitium of the alveolar walls is thickened, usually by fibrosis. This group of diseases is usually inflammatory. (Dorland, 27th ed; Wyngarden, Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p396)
Lung Diseases, Obstructive
Any disorder marked by persistent obstruction of bronchial air flow.
Lung Diseases, Parasitic
Infections of the lungs with a parasite. They are caused most commonly by nematodes (roundworms).
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Lung Neoplasms
Neoplasms or tumors of the lung tissue.
Lung, Hyperlucent
Hyperlucency of one lung with decreased size and vascularity of the lung. It is often associated with BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS and with adenovirus infection in childhood.
Lung volume -The total amount (volume) of gas in the lungs is subdivided into compartments. Tidal volume (VT or TV) is the volume of air that enters the lungs during inspiration and leaves the lungs during expiration. Functional residual capacity (FRC) is the volume of air that remains in the lungs at the end of a normal expiration. Total lung capacity (TLC) is the volume of air in the lungs after a maximal inspiration. Vital Capacity (VC) is the maximum volume of air that can be exhaled form the lungs after a maximum inspiration Residual volume (RV) is the volume of air remaining in the lungs after a maximum expiration.
Lung Volume Reduction Surgery (LVRS)
The surgery that is performed on patients with emphysema to reduce that amount of lung in the chest cavity.
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic
Lupus Nephritis
Glomerulonephritis associated with systemic lupus Erythematosus. It is classified into four histologic types: mesangial, focal, diffuse, and membranous.
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A transparent, slightly yellow liquid of alkaline reaction, found in Iympahtic vessels and derived from the tissue fluids. Lymph is collected from all parts of the body and returned to the blood via the lymphatic system. (Dorland, 28th ed)
Lymph Nodes
Any of the accumulations of lymphoid tissue organized as definite lymphoid organs, varying from one to 25 mm in diameter, situated along the course of lymphatic vessels. The lymph nodes are the main source of lymphocytes of the peripheral blood and, as part of the reticuloendothelial system, serve as a defense mechanism by removing noxious agents, such as bacteria and toxins, and probably playa role in antibody production. (Dorland, 28th ed)
A tumor-like condition characterized by smooth muscle and endothelium proliferation of lymphatic vessels and lymph nodes in the mediastinum and retroperitoneum, also in the lung. It may be manifested by chylous pleural effusion and ascites.
A progressive disorder of women of child-bearing age, marked by nodular and diffuse interstitial proliferation of smooth muscle in the lungs, lymph nodes, and thoracic duct. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Lymphatic System
The lymphatic vessels and lymphoid tissue, considered collectively. (Dorland, 28th ed)
Lymphocyte Subsets
A classification of lymphocytes based on structurally or functionally different populations of cells.
White blood cells formed in the body's lymphoid tissue. The nucleus is round or ovoid with coarse, irregularly clumped chromatin while the cytoplasm is typically pale blue with azurophilic (if any) granules. Most lymphocytes can be classified as either T or B (with subpopulations of each); those with characteristics of neither major class are called null cells.
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Lymphocytes, Null
A class of lymphocytes characterized by the lack of surface markers specific for either T or B lymphocytes.
Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating
Lymphocytes that show specificity for autologous tumor cells. Ex vivo isolation and culturing of TIL with interleukin-2, followed by reinfusion into the patient, is one form of adoptive immunotherapy of cancer.
Lymphoid Tissue
A lattice work of reticular tissue the interspaces of which contain lymphocytes; lymphoid tissue may be diffuse, or densely aggregated as in lymph nodules and nodes. (Dorland, 28th ed)
Reduction in the number of lymphocytes.
Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Disorders characterized by proliferation of lymphoid tissue, general or unspecified.
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Joakim Noah of the Chicago Bulls points towards the bench during the second quarter against the Brooklyn Nets at the Barclays Center. (Dec. 25, 2013) Photo Credit: Getty Images
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Good thing the Nets were dressed in some special all-black, short-sleeved uniforms Wednesday. Made it much easier for them to stay in costume -- as giant pieces of coal.
Instead of stuffing everyone's socks at the Barclays Center with presents and holiday cheer, the Nets were left singing that same sad tune that even jolly Old Saint Nick is probably tired of hearing at this point.
A team that was ripe and bursting with championship expectations when the season tipped off, Wednesday lacked energy, will and heart yet again, drawing the ire of what was easily the most ornery sellout crowd this season in Brooklyn. They were fed up with another lethargic performance, a numbing display on Christmas for the second straight season.
By the time the final buzzer mercifully sounded in the Nets' 95-78 loss to the Bulls, it was a minor upset that many of the 17,732 patrons in attendance still had voices and didn't need a lozenge or two after all the booing and chants of "Fire Kidd!" The Nets (9-19) have become a laughingstock, a team that's nowhere near as good as many projected.
"We're not," Andray Blatche said. "We thought we were this championship team, but we're not showing it right now. Getting booed at home, that tells us we're not. That means we're not doing enough. That means we've got to fix it as a unit. Not just one person, but all of us. Starting from the coaching staff to the players."
The natives are restless and the crescendo is growing with each effortless defeat, particularly when the Nets go belly-up in the second half the way they did against Chicago (11-16), which was missing star Derrick Rose and Luol Deng. The Nets were outscored 36-20 in the decisive third quarter, connecting on just 2 of 14 shots and wilting in the face of adversity.
"We've got to be more mentally tough," Paul Pierce said. "You can't get down when things don't go your way. You've got to continue to fight . . . I think it's just that we lose confidence, like we are expecting things to go south.
"It's embarrassing to lose on Christmas and in front of millions of people watching, but I'm not going to keep my head down. That's the way we've got to be out there on the court. We've got to continue to keep pushing."
Things got so bad for the Nets, who lost their fourth straight and fifth in six games, that even the Nets' ultra-positive public address announcer David Diamante didn't do his usual "Brooklyn, stand up!" routine at the start of the fourth. Perhaps he figured, given a nationally televised audience, some fans would have been embarrassed to actually rise out of their seats in fear of getting spotted in the crowd, and laughed at for spending their hard-earned cash on the product the Nets keep tossing out there.
Remember, this wasn't supposed to happen after bringing in players such as Pierce and Kevin Garnett. But rather than it aiding in a heart transplant, the Nets are still flatlining.
"I'm even surprised with this season, how it's played out. It's like a nightmare," said Deron Williams, who led the Nets with 18 points but had just four assists to go with three turnovers. "The way the injuries have been and the things we talk about every day: the lack of energy, the lack of effort. I didn't see that being a problem when we put this team together."
At this rate, they won't be together much longer. Not if they don't pull out of a tailspin that's putting a chokehold on what was one of the most anticipated seasons in franchise history.
"Our record shows we are not a good team right now," Pierce said. "We are 9-19. I mean, we've got a lot of work to do. Our goal is still to improve, but when you are 9-19, the record speaks for itself."
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Synonyms of head in English:
• 1 she was hurt when her head hit the ground
skull, cranium, crown
informal nut, noodle, noddle, nob, noggin, dome
British informal bonce, napper
Scottish & Northern English informal poll
informal, , dated bean, conk
archaic pate, Costard, crumpet
• 2 this new job meant he had to use his head
brain, brains, brainpower, intellect, intelligence, intellectual capacity, mental capacity, powers of reasoning;
wit, wits, wisdom, mind, sense, reasoning, rationality, mentality, understanding, common sense
informal nous, grey matter, savvy, brainbox, brain cells, upper storey
British informal loaf
North American informal smarts
South African informal kop
• 3 she had a good head for business
mind, brain
• 4 the head of the Dutch Catholic Church
leader, chief, boss, controller, master, supervisor, governor, superintendent, foreman, forewoman, headman;
commander, commanding officer, captain;
director, managing director, chief executive, manager;
president, premier, prime minister, ruler;
chair, chairman, chairwoman, chairperson;
North American chief executive officer, CEO
informal boss man, kingpin, top dog, big cheese, bigwig, Mr Big, skipper
British informal gaffer, guv'nor
North American informal numero uno, head honcho, padrone, sachem, big white chief, big kahuna, big wheel, high muckamuck
[Antonyms] subordinate
• 5 at the head of the queue
front, beginning, start, fore, forefront, top, leading position, foremost position
[Antonyms] back, bottom
• 6 the head of the River Thames
[Antonyms] mouth
• 7 beer with a creamy head
froth, foam, bubbles, spume, mousse, fizz, effervescence, lather, suds
• 8 Nautical they were cleaning out the heads See toilet
• Phrases
at the head of
his years at the head of the company
in charge of, in control of, in command of, at the top of, at the helm of, at the controls of, as leader of, in the driving seat of, at the wheel of, responsible for, accountable for, liable for;
be head and shoulders above
he was always head and shoulders above the rest but he was very modest
outclass, surpass, be superior to, be better than, outshine, overshadow, eclipse, dwarf, put in the shade, upstage, transcend;
top, cap, trump, trounce, beat, defeat, better, put to shame, exceed, leave behind, outrank
informal be a cut above, run rings round, leave standing, walk away from
archaic outrival, outvie
come to a head
the violence came to a head with the deaths of six youths
reach a crisis, come to a climax, reach a critical point, reach a turning point, reach a crossroads
informal come to the crunch
go to someone's head
• 1 the wine has gone to my head
intoxicate, inebriate, befuddle, make someone intoxicated, make someone drunk, make someone dizzy, make someone's head spin
informal make someone woozy
• 2 her victory went to her head
make someone conceited, make someone arrogant, turn someone's head, make someone full of themselves, puff someone up
• keep one's head
he takes chances but keeps his head
[Antonyms] lose control of oneself
keep/stay calm, keep/stay cool, remain unruffled, keep control of oneself, keep one's self-control, maintain one's equilibrium, maintain one's composure
informal keep one's cool, keep one's shirt on
lose one's head
I lost my head and started a big fuss
[Antonyms] keep control of oneself
lose control of oneself, lose one's composure, lose one's self-control, lose one's equilibrium, lose control of the situation, go to pieces, fall to pieces;
panic, go mad, get flustered, get confused, get angry, get excited, get hysterical
British informal go into a (flat) spin, throw a wobbly
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• the head waiter
North American ranking
informal top-notch
[Antonyms] subordinate
• verb
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• 1 the St George's Day procession was headed by the mayor
be at the front of, lead, be the leader of, be at the head of;
be first, go first, lead the way
[Antonyms] be at the back of, bring up the rear of
• 2 an organizational unit headed by a line manager he will head up the new communications division
be in charge of, be at the head of, be in command of, command, be in control of, control, lead, be the leader of, run, manage, direct, administer, supervise, superintend, oversee, preside over, rule, govern, captain, be the boss of, be at the helm of
[Antonyms] be subordinate
• 3 he was heading for the exit
move towards, go towards, make for, aim for, make one's way towards, go in the direction of, direct one's steps towards, be bound for, steer for, make a beeline for;
set out in the direction of, set out for, start out for
[Antonyms] move away from
• Phrases
head someone/something off
• 1 he ran up the road to head off approaching cars
intercept, divert, deflect, redirect, reroute, turn aside, draw away, turn away, cut off
• 2 they headed off a row by ordering further study of both plans
prevent, avoid, stop, check, thwart
[Antonyms] precipitate
• head something up
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cephalo- related prefix, as in cephalopod
cephalometry measurement of the head
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Hi, I am 45, mom of two, almost 5'9" and about...
Hi, I am 45, mom of two, almost 5'9" and about 150. I exercise a number of times each week and am cursed with the genetics of my Aunt Janet's thighs. Not pretty compared to the rest of me. After reading/thinking for a year, I had cellulaze done on the fronts, sides and backs of both thighs 1.5 weeks ago. I want to be able to swim and go to beach and wear a dress above the knees without looking bad. I have reasonable expectations.
I live in Portland, OR and the closest cellulaze providers are in Seattle, WA, which is a three hour drive, so it took a bit of planning with a ride.
The doctor I chose was great, as was his staff. I took arnica pills for two days before and continue to take them. I also use the arnica gel once a day. I drank a quart of water every day for a week before the surgery and am trying to maintain that.
The day of the procedure, I was given a halcyon, an oxycondone and something to prevent nausea. Worked just fine for me. As everyone else said, the lidocaine stings, the insertion of the numbing fluid is pinchy and uncomfortable and the rest I slept through on and off for about 4 hours.
Here is the fun part of the story (for everyone else). THE MACHINE BROKE before Dr. Stridde did the whole front of my left thigh. The lasers are such that if anything goes wrong they will shur down. Good thing bc no one wants to melt. So I was roused to hear that I was 5/6s done and would have to come back and do it again for the last section.
Recovery for time #1 was ok. Sore to sit on toilet, numbness still, bruising, etc. Nothing unbearable. I only took painkillers for two days.
The garment are like tight shorts. They feel like they cut into the back of my legs and I prefer the below the knee spanx I purchased and now wear 24/7.
After 1.5 weeks I got another ride to Seattle and did the top of the last thigh. Same routine as the first time. Machine fixed. This time the recovery seems more difficult. It has been two days and today should be the worst of it, but feels worse than the first time. I was supposed to go to an event this evening and bailed bc it would not be fun to sit there and be "on." Could muscle through it if it was totally necessary. The procedure was also a little different the second time in the I did not fall asleep and it felt a little sharp at times. Again, nothing unbearable. It is just better to sleep.
That's where I'm at. I will try and get some pics up. Based on the other reviews, I am hopeful that the results will be worth the cost and time.
Dr. Stridde did two incisions for each area. My...
Dr. Stridde did two incisions for each area. My legs had three areas each, so 6 holes in each leg. He also put a stitch in each one so that they would heal better. He is a board certified plastic surgeon and was more concerned than I was about the holes. They are very small holes. Maybe 1/4 inch?
IT's been about 3-4 weeks and all the bad bruising...
IT's been about 3-4 weeks and all the bad bruising is gone. My legs are a strange color, kind of grayish purple, but it is not bruising. I have quite a bit of swelling, particularly in the knee area. My two cents....make sure you wear a compression garment that goes below the knees! I just finally purchased a calf length one from Marena and it is sooo much better than the spanx I was wearing or the marena shorts. Really makes a difference with movement and the swelling. Not cheap though. I feel fine, no pain, but with swelling cannot exercise and am supposed to keep feet up. Very weird sensation when I take the garment off to shower - like the skin might slide off your legs from the inside.
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0.040683 | <urn:uuid:644f7bde-d7a0-4666-8549-5618637768c7> | en | 0.960184 | "Love Hormone" Oxytocin May Help Children with Autism
The hormone has the ability to boost activity in the brain area linked to social behavior and could thus lead to more effective treatment
Oxytocin is a hormone produced in the brain, and is thought to be involved in various aspects of social interaction, such as emotional bonding, trust and love.
Previous studies had found lower blood levels of the hormone in children with autism than in typically developing children, and it had been suggested that oxytocin treatments could help children with autism overcome their difficulties with social interactions.
However, studies that examined the behavioral effects of administrating oxytocin yielded negative or weak results. In those studies, researchers gave the hormone to adults and children with autism for days and weeks, and found only modest improvements, or no change at all, in participants' social behavior.
Similarly, in the new study, when children received oxytocin, they didn't perform any better in identifying mental states based on their assessment of a person's eyes. But the greater activity in the brain's social regions after they received the hormone suggests that it may improve the effectiveness of behavioral treatments.
"There's a window where the brain increases its efficiency in processing, and we can utilize that window to teach kids on the autism spectrum in behavioral treatment," Gordon told LiveScience.
It remains unclear how the hormone affects the brain and leads to better social processing. One possibility is that oxytocin makes social stimuli more rewarding to children with autism, the researchers said. It is also possible that the hormone makes the information pertaining to humans stand out from the background information consisting of objects and, in turn, helps social information to become salient to people with autism, the researchers said.
Email Bahar Gholipour or follow her @alterwired. Original article on LiveScience.
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Scientists from the Space Research Centre are working with an art historian to reveal secrets of the Tudor Reformation
Phillip Lindley, of Leicester University, is working with academics from Yale and Oxford
Phillip Lindley, of Leicester University, is working with academics from Yale and Oxford to fill gaps in Tudor history. Photograph: Paul Bryan
The tombs, at the parish church in Framlingham, are close to the family seat of the Howards, the extremely wealthy and powerful Dukes of Norfolk. But they were originally sited 40 miles away at Thetford Priory, traditional resting place of the Howards until Henry VIII had it dissolved in 1539. They were moved and reassembled some time in the 1540s while the third duke languished in the Tower of London. (Henry was becoming increasingly paranoid about the threat that he posed to his infant heir.) The reassembly process was flawed, however. Some different materials were used.
What appear to be fragments of the original tombs were unearthed at Thetford by archaeologists as long ago as 1934. But they languished in a warehouse for decades and came to light only recently, when Dr Simon Thurley took over as chief executive of English Heritage and asked all curators to find out what they had in store.
Leicester University art historian Dr Phillip Lindley was called in to investigate the fragments and was immediately fascinated – not just by the quality of the artwork by French sculptors, but also by the possibilities that arose of re-thinking parts of Tudor history. "We're trying to relate what happened to the monuments to what happened to the number one power family of the day," he says.
Lindley would like to be able to take the tombs apart and investigate how they were reassembled. "Obviously I can't do that," he says. "But I was talking about it to scientists at the Space Research Centre who proposed that we scan them, take them apart virtually and then put them back together again to look as the Howards originally intended. It's like doing a jig-saw puzzle on screen with all the pieces mixed up."
The two main tombs were commissioned for the third duke himself and for his son-in-law, Henry Fitzroy, the Duke of Richmond, who died in 1536, aged just 17, and happened to be the illegitimate son of the king himself. (The fortunes of the Tudors and the Howards were intertwined; hence historians' ongoing fascination.) Fitzroy had become firm friends during his short life with his brother-in-law, the Earl of Surrey. Yet another Howard, Surrey was the third duke's son and the man who introduced the sonnet to England with Thomas Wyatt. That didn't cut any ice with the king. He had Surrey executed for treason shortly before his own death in 1547.
Surrey's tomb is at Framlingham as well and is currently being investigated by Dr Lisa Ford of the Yale Center for British Art. "I was talking to Lisa over a coffee when I was at Yale," Lindley recounts. "By an astonishing coincidence, we discovered that we were both absorbed by tombs in the same small corner of England."
Another key member of the research team is historian Dr Steven Gunn, of Merton College, Oxford, charged with providing historical context for the findings. "The Howards are central to our understanding of the artistic development of 16th-century England," he says. "We know that their tombs were moved from Thetford during the third duke's imprisonment, and we now have what seem to be the missing pieces. But was it a case of taking them to Framlingham because they'd already been destroyed, or did they have an Ikea-type tomb kit ready to be put together at Framlingham when Thetford was dissolved?"
Lindley has other questions: "Why were parts of the monuments left at Thetford? Had the third duke's and Fitzroy's tombs been dismantled and taken to Framlingham while the duke was in prison? Or are the excavated fragments the remains of the third tomb [Surrey's]?" He is hoping that the virtual technology will help the research team to provide some answers.
Gunn also hopes that what he calls "this Time Team approach to archaeological reconstruction" will appeal to the general public and to school children. And the "audience advocate" will be striving to ensure that it does. The project has attracted funding of £497,000 from two research councils – Arts and Humanities and Engineering and Physical Sciences – and, for what is thought to be the first time in the field of research, the team has appointed someone to ensure value for money. "My role," says freelance interdisciplinary scientist Dr Adair Richards, "is to ensure that a project funded by public money serves the public. One way we're going to do this is to work with English Heritage to create a learning toolkit to allow teachers to present Tudor history in a new way, with a focus on the research process rather than just the results."
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0.059506 | <urn:uuid:4e85cf50-dd9f-42e8-b165-2be8b66a333b> | en | 0.982781 | David Frost's Nixon interview helped end 'age of deference', says Lord Birt
Former producer describes process leading up to ex-president's apology and emphasises late presenter's impact on British TV
David Frost interviews Richard Nixon
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Lord Birt, the former BBC director general and producer of the late Sir David Frost's celebrated interview with Richard Nixon, has told how the veteran broadcaster ended "the age of deference" and ushered in a new era that made programmes like Newsnight and the Today programme possible.
Birt, speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Monday following Frost's death at the weekend, spoke of the lengths he went to get the Nixon interview and how after months of preparation they thought they would never extract the famous Watergate confession in which the disgraced president told the American people he had let them and the country down.
After two months of interviews in which Nixon persisted with his line that he had done nothing wrong, he cracked, Birt recalled. "It was like being at a birth," Birt told Today. "He said it because in the end David had him on the ropes so many times before you heard those words, he completely out-argued him."
Reflecting on his contribution to broadcasting, Birt described Frost as "a critical part of the 60s". He said the satirical show he helped found, That Was The Week That Was, was "a cultural bombshell" and its impact was "very hard for people to imagine now".
Frost's second legacy, Birt said, was he inventing the modern interview. "He ushered in the end of the age of deference and made honourable programmes like [Today] and Newsnight possible."
Birt recalled how Frost only got the interview with Nixon because he raised the money personally, outbidding a US broadcaster.
"He got the interview because he bid more than anyone. Only one of the American networks wanted it. He outbid the American network. He didn't have the money at that point, he only told me very recently that he had to sell his LWT shares which if he had held on to them would have been worth tens of millions of pounds," said Birt.
Then when he clinched the deal he had another struggle on his hands – none of the networks wanted to air the interviews. "He thought they would jump at the chance, they didn't. He had to create a net and sell the ads himself, so while we were preparing these historic interviews, David was very very worried about making it work as a financial proposition," said Birt.
Having clinched the exclusive deal for four interviews, Birt and Frost spent two months interviewing Nixon, conducting three two-hour sessions a week. The Watergate apology came during the second session on the scandal, which had linked Nixon to a burglary of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in a Washington complex known as Watergate in 1972.
Birt recalled how Nixon was well prepared on other subjects such as Vietnam and China, but how he later learned he had done no preparation on Watergate.
"Nixon did not come prepared to say those words. That was the culmination of nearly four hours of interview," he said. "Why did he say it? he said it because in the end David had him on the ropes so many times before you heard those words, he completely out-argued him ... It was like being at a birth to be honest ... In a sense it was the final denouement. America waited three years for its president. it was the end of Watergate episode. America then turned the page – what he said was considered enough."
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Guy 1: "Hey man, let's go talk to those chicks over there."
Guy 2: "No way man, my girl would get pissed at me if she saw me talking to them."
Guy 1: "Dude, your woman isn't even here! C'mon."
Guy 2: "Doesn't matter man, somehow, she would just know."
Guy 1: "Man, you are such a douchenozzle."
by RoninDH July 07, 2006
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3) Oliver from Spring Break.
by sowcow50 May 23, 2005
someone who is slightly more annoying than your average "joe douchebag" and has need for a more insulting insult, because the nozzle of the douche actually goes into the skanky, nasty pussy, so therefore calling someone a douchenozzle is way worse!
"dude, enough of the 'trogdor!!!!' shit every hour of the day, your such a douchenozzle!"
by Expane October 20, 2005
by booo-yah December 16, 2004
1) the tip that connects to the bottle and is inserted into a woman's vagina
during douche.
2) Someone who is beyond the normal
annoying stage.
Charlie wouldn't shut up during the concert, he was a complete douchenozzle
by mike short May 12, 2005
A douche nozzle is one step worse than a douche bag.
by OU-Wilf January 27, 2009
Someone who makes douches appear less douchee. An individual that is such a douche that a greater descriptive word is needed to describe them. Thankfully because douchenozzle exists there is still a meaning to the word douche that can be thrown around freely (ex calling a random idiot a douche).
note: please use the word douchenozzle sparingly because otherwise you will be a douchenozzle and the rest of us will have to create a new word to define those who are more of a douche than a douche and a douchenozzle.
My roommate andee in Cerro Vista 707D d isn't a douche he's a douchenozzle!
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0.14045 | <urn:uuid:84f31961-ee3c-4008-aafe-8bf8a2498827> | en | 0.950774 | A word originating from Orlando, FL having a somewhat dual meaning in referring to a girl who frequents the downtown club and party scene and is essentially "down" for whatever, generally in terms of wild partying, sex, drugs, and alcohol abuse. While this word intially had derogatory connotations it has in many circles become a term of endearment, much like "bitch", "nigga", or "motherfucker".
Example 1
Fabiano: "Yo does that girl party?"
Corey: "Fuck yeah she's a sick downy!"
Example 2
"I was up all night drunk as fuck, rolling my balls off, and blowing rails with six downies, smashing out on all of them!"
Example 3
"That's not Lex's girlfriend, but she's his main downy. If you fuck with her he might still kick your ass!"
by LVCOrlando January 06, 2012
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Refering to someone with Downs Syndrome - so really should be "downsie" It is a genetic condition that is increasingly common the older the mother of a child is when she falls pregnant. Downs Sydrome is caused by non disjunction of the 21st chromosome (humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes - each parent supplies 23 chromosomes to the child getting a total of 46) which means chromosome 21 in the mother has not split like it should when making sex cells (gametes) and the child ends up with 3 copies of chromosome 21 compared to the usual 2. Some characteristics of downs syndrome include:
Poor muscle tone
Hyperflexibility (excessive ability to extend the joints)
Broad feet with short toes
Flat bridge of the nose
Short, low-set ears
Short neck
Small head
Small oral cavity
Short, high-pitched cries in infancy
Sufferers of Downs Syndrome are ussually smaller than their normal peers and their physical and intellectual development is ussually slower.
"He looks like a downy."
"Her brother is a downy."
by [skorpion] December 09, 2004
A derogatory term for someone with downs syndrome. a insult to someone who may act like they have downs syndrome, or just a dumb fuck
josh(downy) fuck off
by robyn the whore September 28, 2006
someone with down syndrome
andrew copeland is a downy and he think's bluelist loves him but unfortunately this is untrue and he has one less chromosome
by pussydandruff June 24, 2011
A person with down syndrome.
"Downies with Brownies."
by court December 02, 2004
slang for a person with down-syndrome
Man you are acting like a downy today.
by EeeBbb March 13, 2006
abreviated version of downsyndrome, refering to someone else who is either slow or does something stupid
did nick piss his pant's again?
Yeah, that kid is such a downy
someone who goes down on people...on friday
rebecca black is a downy
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"These won't give you an Angelina Jolie mouth," Farris says. "You have to be born with that. But they might have some therapeutic benefits."
At the very least, she says, many of the lip-conditioning plumpers contain ingredients that help lips retain moisture.
"That hydration alone can improve lines and wrinkles and may give you a bit more fullness," Farris says.
They may also contain hyaluronic acids, which increase lip volume by pulling moisture from the environment or trapping water that would otherwise evaporate from the skin.
The Scrubbing Effect
Makeup artists sometimes prep lips for lipstick by rubbing a wet, nubby washcloth across the mouth.
Lip exfoliators are a convenient update on this old trick. Sold by themselves or with either cosmetic or therapeutic lip plumpers, these exfoliators use gentle ingredients like sugar or poppy seeds or mild acid exfoliants to buff away dry skin. That gentle scrubbing amplifies the natural color of lips and provides a smooth, crease-free surface so that the application of a plumping lip gloss creates an even more heightened illusion of voluptuous lips.
The bottom line, says Farris, is lip plumpers may slightly enhance your lips.
"Women need to be realistic in what they can expect from these products," Friedman says. In other words, these products won't enlarge your lips the way a $400 injection of a filler will.
Farris suggests choosing a plumper with SPF since your lips also need sun protection.
"Our lips are always exposed to the environment," she says, "but we generally don't think about protecting them."
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A Siberian beauty pageant held in Novosibirsk, Russia on Saturday (January 19) had contestants competing for the title of Miss Snow Universe by parading outside in their bikinis in sub-zero temperatures.
The girls, 20 contestants in all, posed for the cameras wearing no more than bright blue two-piece swim wear and banners.
Pageant co-organizer Tatyana Fetisova said they'd wanted to hold a swimsuit session despite the fact that they weren't in a warm climate.
"We understood that we don't have the sea or the ocean - we can't photograph the girls in bikinis. But we wanted to do this anyway, so we decided it would be sensational if we did it in the way that we did it (photographed the girls) today," Fetisova said.
None of the girls complained about the assignment, with all seeming to take it in their stride.
"I don't really know - are my teeth chattering because I'm nervous or because it was cold? But actually, I really liked it - it was cool. I could've stood there for longer," pageant contestant Maria Shmelyova from Berdsk in the Novosibirsk region said, warming up in a bus after her photo session.
The Miss Snow Universe title was won by Vladislava Verner from the Russian city of Tomsk.
Verner was pleased with the win, but said she had come down with a head cold.
"No, probably it wasn't (because of) the swimsuit photo session. When I came my throat already hurt a little, but it didn't keep me from fighting for the Miss Snow Universe title - it's a huge title and it was very important for me, thank you," Verner said.
Verner, in addition to winning a crown and a contract from a modelling agency, will go on to represent Russia in the Miss World Tourism pageant to be held in Thailand - a much warmer climate than Novosibirsk.
Temperatures in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk hovered around minus 4 degree F (21 degrees Celsius) the weekend of the pageant.
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The information collected could vary, but tahrir defterleri typically included details of villages, dwellings, household heads (adult males and widows), ethnicity/religion (because these could affect tax liabilities/exemptions), and land use.[1] The defter-i hakâni was a land registry, also used for tax purposes.[2] Each town had a defter and typically an officiator or someone in an administrative role to determine if the information should be recorded. The officiator was usually some kind of learned man who had knowledge of state regulations. The defter was used to record family interactions such as marriage and inheritance. [3] These records are useful for historians because such information allows for a more in-depth understanding of land ownership among Ottomans. This is particularly helpful when attempting to study the daily affairs of Ottoman citizens.
1. ^ Cosgel (2004). "Ottoman Tax Registers (Tahrir Defterleri)". Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History 37 (2): 87–100. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
2. ^ Barnes (1987). An introduction to religious foundations in the Ottoman Empire. Brill. p. 151. ISBN 978-90-04-08652-4.
3. ^ Cleveland, W. L. (2004). A history of the modern Middle East. Boulder, Colo: Westview Press.
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Olango Island Group
Native name: Olango
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Location Cebu Province
Coordinates 10°16′N 124°03′E / 10.267°N 124.050°E / 10.267; 124.050
Archipelago Philippine Archipelago
Total islands 7[1]
Major islands Olango Island[1]
Area 10.3 km2 (4.0 sq mi)
Local Government Unit City, Municipality
City Lapu-Lapu City
Municipality Municipality of Cordova
City Lapu-Lapu City
Mayor Paz C. Radaza
Municipality Municipality of Cordova
Mayor Adelino Sitoy
Population 21,928 [2] (as of 1995)
Density 3,420 /km2 (8,860 /sq mi)
The Olango Island Group is a group of islands found in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines. It is composed of Olango Island and 6 satellite islets namely: Sulpa, Gilutongan, Nalusuan, Caohagan, Pangan-an, and Camungi. Olango Island and its neighboring islets has a total land area of approximately 10.3 square kilometres (4.0 sq mi). The island group is under the jurisdiction of the City of Lapu-Lapu and the Municipality of Cordova. The island group is a part of Cebu Province. It lies 5 km east of Mactan Island and a major tourist destination in Cebu.[3] It is known for its wildlife sanctuary.
The Olango Group of islands consists of seven islands. It lies between 10°16′N latitude and 124°03′E longitude. Located five kilometers east of Mactan Island, Olango Island and its satellite islets lies between the Bohol Strait to the south and the Camotes Sea to the north. To the east is the Olango Channel while to the west is the Gilutungan Channel.[4]
Land area[edit]
Olango Island and its neighboring islets has a total land area of approximately 10.3 km2 (1,030 hectares).[1] The reef flat-lagoon surrounding the island of Olango is considered one of the most extensive reef areas in the Central Visayas.[1] A total of 4,482 hectares[1] of extensive sandy beach, rocky shoreline, inshore flats, seagrass beds, coral reefs, mangrove forest, mudflats, and salt marsh grass surround Olango and its satellite islets.
The Olango group of islands is an island group composed of the island of Olango and six satellite islets. The six neighboring islets namely: Sulpa, Gilutongan, Nalusuan, Caohagan, Pangan-an, and Camungi are bounded by continuous fringing reefs[1] (steep reef wall on the west and sloping reef at the east coast of Olango) and reef flats. The islands are low-lying with elevation reaching no more than 10 meters above sea level.[1] At the center of these islands is a vast tidal flat, which includes the 920-hectare area[1] of the Olango Island Wildlife Sanctuary.
Olango Island and its satellite islets are raised coral reefs.[1] The lithology of the island consists of 2 unit types: the Plio-Pleistocene Carcar Formation and the Quaternary Alluvium (the youngest lithologic unit). Carcar formation is typically a porous coralline limestone characterized by small sinkholes, pitted grooves, and branching pinnacles. This suggests in situ deposition.[1] Its dominant composition are shell, algae, and other carbonate materials, while macro and micro fossils are found abundant in its formation. Alluvium, on the other hand, is mostly found in the coastal areas. Calcareous sand derived from the weathering of limestone mostly makes up the tidal flat. This appears as fine to coarse-grained sand mixed with shell fragments.[1]
The Philippines has two seasons namely: the wet and dry seasons. The dry season typically occurs from February to May and the rainy season from June to January. The dry season may be subdivided further into the cool dry season, from December to February; and the hot dry season, from March to May.[5]
Olango Island has a tropical climate, which is typical to the Central Visayas region of the Philippines.[1] According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), the area is relatively hot and humid, with a mean daily temperature range of 23 to 30 degrees Celsius. Daily mean relative humidity ranges from 60 to 94 percent. The annual rainfall averages about 1,579 mm at Mactan-Cebu International Airport and 1,440 mm in Barangay Maribago, which is located along the eastern coastline of Mactan Island.[1]
The climate of Olango Island can be classified as Type 3, having a very pronounced maximum rain period and only a short dry season.[1] Although, the Philippine archipelago lies within the typhoon belt,[6] the island of Olango is shielded from typhoons by the islands of Mactan and Bohol.
Political/administrative boundaries[edit]
Caohagan Island
Olango and its satellite islets are under the jurisdiction of 2 local government units (LGUs), namely, the City of Lapu-Lapu and the Municipality of Cordova. The Olango Island group is composed of 11 barangays.[3] The main island of Olango is composed of 8 barangays (Baring, Caw-oy, Sabang, Santa Rosa, Talima, Tingo, Tungasan and San Vicente) as well as the island barangays of Pangan-an and Caohagan,[2] which are under the administration of Lapu-Lapu City. Gilutongan and Nalusuan Islands both within Barangay Gilutongan,[2] are under the jurisdiction of the Municipality of Cordova.
Population size, density, distribution[edit]
Olango and its satellite islets had a total population of 21,928, composed of 4,382 households in 1995.[7] The average population density of Olango is 34.2 individuals per ha or 3,420 per km2, with Gilutongan Island having the highest density of all the barangays at 96.8 individuals per hectare.[2] In 2009, the total population reached 32,000 people.
Elementary schools are found in all barangays and 4 high schools operating in 4 barangays. At present, there are no college or vocational courses being offered in the island.[2]
Source of income[edit]
The traditional occupations of Olango residents are fishing[8] and coastal-related activities such as shellcraft,[8] aquarium fish collection, boat operations, and seaweed farming. Other sources of income include rainfed farming, personnel services, livestock raising, small enterprise (sari-sari store) and, recently, various types of employment from tourism activities.[2]
Olango Island Bird Sanctuary[edit]
Olango Island is a diverse coastal ecosystem consisting of extensive coralline sandflats, mangroves, seagrass beds, and offshore coral reefs. The island's mangroves are most extensive in the Cebu province, and its offshore corals are home to scores of various marine species. The island is virtually flat, and it is surrounded by warm seas and partly sheltered from monsoons and strong trade winds.[9]
Olango Island, situated off Mactan Island in Cebu, is one of the seven best-known flyways in the world for migrating birds. Its main attraction is its 920-hectare Olango Island Wildlife Sanctuary,[10] a haven for migratory birds from Siberia, Northern China, and Japan. These birds flock to the island seeking refuge from the winter climate of other countries.[11] The sanctuary supports the largest concentration of migratory birds found so far in the Philippines. There are 97 species of birds in Olango, 48 of which are migratory species, while the rest are resident birds of the island.[12]
The birds use Olango as a major refueling station as well as a wintering ground. The birds stop by the island on their southward journey to Australia and New Zealand and on their journey back to their nesting grounds. Among the frequent guests are Chinese egrets, Asiatic dowitchers, eastern curlews, plovers, sanpipers,[13] black-tailed godwit and red knot.[12] It is best to visit Olango around the months of July to November just in time for winter in the Northern Hemisphere.
Then President Corazon Aquino declared the 1,020 hectares tidal flats in Olango a protected area under Proclamation No. 903[10] on May 14, 1992.[10] It was included on the Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance on 1 July 1994.[10] It is the Philippines' first wetland of international importance for waterfowl.[12]
Dive sites[edit]
The island of Olango is also known for its dive sites.[9] Tourists can dive in three[14] different sites around the island.
Situated in the northern tip of the island is Mabini Point. Descending to around 35m at the drop-off, one can watch sharks, including hammerheads and the occasional whale shark.[15] Currents around the site are strong and unpredictable.[14]
Olango Island has one of the deepest wall dives around.[9] Baring is along the North-Western side of the island and the wall starts at 60 ft/20m and ends down to about 220 ft/73m before disappearing on a gradual slope. Grey reef sharks, tuna, barracuda, snappers and jacks can be found around the area.[14]
Slightly further south is Santa Rosa. The dive starts with a sandy bottom covered in soft corals, leading to a drop-off at 15m, descending to 50m. There is a good variety of reef fish in the shallows here, while further down are fusiliers, catfish, jacks, snappers and sweetlips, among others.[14]
Birds in Olango Wildlife Sanctuary
See also[edit]
1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Physical and Oceanographic Features" (PDF). Coastal Environmental Profile of Olango Island, Cebu, Philippines. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
2. ^ a b c d e f "Socio-Political Profile" (PDF). Coastal Environmental Profile of Olango Island, Cebu, Philippines. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
3. ^ a b "At Olango, Challenge Spells Opportunity". Overseas: The Online Magazine for Sustainable Seas. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
4. ^ "Olango Island". Malapascua Island: Visayan Sea, Cebu, Philippines. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
5. ^ "The Seasons". Climate of the Philippines. Archived from the original on 2008-07-12. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
6. ^ "Climate in Cebu: Straight, uncensored information from those who live in Cebu". Living in Cebu. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
7. ^ NSO (National Statistics Office). 1995. The 1995 socio-economic and demographic characteristics. 550 p.
8. ^ a b "Olango Island". K.I. Marine Sports Center, Cebu. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
9. ^ a b c "About Olango Island and the Visayas". Polaris Dive Center. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
10. ^ a b c d "Wetlands in the Philippines". Society for the Conservation of Philippine Wetlands, Inc. Archived from the original on 2008-04-06. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
11. ^ "Caring for Olango Island and its People". Olango Area Resource Management Program. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
12. ^ a b c "PGMA's Olango Wetlands visit accents RP's anti-bird flu campaign". The Official Government Portal of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
13. ^ "Olango Island". Ecotourism Philippines. Retrieved 2008-07-14. [dead link]
14. ^ a b c d "Olango Island, Mactan, Philippines". Asia Dive Site. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
15. ^ "Eastern Cebu and Mactan Island". Intas Travel. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
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Merging XML in InDesign template
Hey everyone!
Currently, a few guys and I are working on kind of a year book for our grade (we're Germans). In the year book each student of our grade has their own "profile". We have the data that's supposed to fill out the profiles in an XML-file. This file looks like this:
Now I created an InDesign template in which the content should be merged. (Not all the content though. There are some lines, like password or number of changes that are not to be included).
My problem is:
1. We have one text area for the name of the student, and one for the content of the profile. I think that both of these text areas have to be given the tag <abi> as it is the root tag of each profile. However, we can only put the <abi>-tag on one text area. How do we solve this?
2. We've imported the XML-file and created all the tags. We've multiplied this page template to having enough pages. But now, we don't know how to get the XML-content into the template. How do we do this?
(We use InDesign CS5.5)
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Behind the iPhone Frenzy
Let me say right up front that I have not accepted the Jesus Phone as my personal Lord and Savior. The iPhone might turn out to be insanely great. It might become the best-selling mobile phone ever. Or it might not.
Either way, the iPhone’s arrival and the attendant frenzy mark the beginning of a new phase in the mobile phone world – a phase based on the radical notion that it’s possible to make a pocket-sized device that is a pretty good phone and a pretty good networked computer at the same time.
From a purely technical standpoint, this isn’t surprising at all. Phones are basically computers, and we know how to cram a decent computer into a small, low-power package. The engineering isn’t trivial but we know it can be done. Apple might have modestly better engineering, and significantly better human-factors design, but what they’re doing has been technically possible all along.
Yet somehow it hasn’t happened, because the mobile carriers don’t want it to happen. They have clung to their walled garden models, offering limited, captive services rather than allowing easy development of Internet applications for mobile devices. An open system would provide more benefit overall, but most of that benefit would accrue to consumers. The carriers would rather get a big share of a small pie, than a small share of a big pie.
Whether or not the Jesus Phone achieves worldly success, it will succeed in its own way by convincing people that the world can be different.
Why CEOs and Companies Break the Law
Ben Horowitz, CEO of Opsware, offers an interesting essay on why so many bigshot CEOs seem to be in legal trouble. Why, he asks, would a rich and powerful executive risk going to prison? The easy answer, greed, is too simple because many of these guys were already tremendously rich and stood to gain little or nothing personally from the illegal acts. There must have been something else driving them.
One answer is pride. Exhibit A is WorldCom CEO Bernie Ebbers (now doing 25 years for fraud and conspiracy).
As WorldCom grew at a rapid pace, Bernie set expectations high. This led investors to give him advance credit, thus boosting his stock, which was the currency he used to build his company. When Bernie saw that WorldCom wasn’t going to meet those high expectations, and that thousands of shareholders to whom he had promised great performance would lose their money, and thousands of employees who he had hired would lose their jobs, he was willing to do anything to make things right. Even if it meant doing things that were wrong.
Like a killer committing his second murder, the decisions to commit fraud must have come easier as Bernie gained experience. In addition, the stakes continued to get higher. He continued to commit fraud, because if he hadn’t, there was a 100% chance that he would let everyone down who mattered to him and he would no longer be the person that he had worked so hard to become. He wouldn’t be Bernie Ebbers #11 in Time Magazine’s Cyber Elite; he’d be Bernie Ebbers, former milkman, bouncer, and disgraced CEO.
If this is right, Ebbers defined himself by the success of WorldCom. If the company failed, then his work – his contribution to society – would evaporate.
Even beyond pride, some executives see themselves as great benefactors, bringing happiness to employees, wealth to investors, and great products at low low prices to customers. If WorldCom’s growth was good for humanity, then it was worth taking risks to defend. And when the time came to take risks, the Great Man stepped forward.
While working on the Microsoft antitrust trial, I read Titan, Ron Chernow’s biography of John D. Rockefeller. Rockefeller saw most things clearly, but he had one blind spot: he honestly saw little distinction between the growth of Standard Oil and the advancement of humanity. Cheap, high quality oil would transform American life, and Standard Oil would be the agent of that transformation. America needed Standard Oil. Rockefeller had an uncommonly strong drive to do good in the world, a drive that was channeled into an intense need to win every business skirmish. His opponents, who were only trying to make money or run a business, were no match for a guy trying to save the world.
One gets the sense that WorldCom grew as big as it did, and the house of cards stood up for as long as it did, because Bernie Ebbers had a Rockefeller-like drive to make it so. He would do almost anything to keep WorldCom afloat, which is what made him dangerous to his employees and investors.
He was a danger, too, to his competitors.
Once WorldCom started committing accounting fraud to prop up their numbers, all of the other telecoms had to either (a) commit accounting fraud to keep pace with WorldCom’s blistering growth rate, or (b) be viewed as losers with severe consequences.
How severe were the consequences for not breaking the law? Well, like a baseball player who refuses to take steroids, CEO Mike Armstrong of AT&T did not keep pace with the cheaters. As a reward for his honesty and integrity, he was widely ridiculed in the press prior to being fired and AT&T, perhaps America’s most valuable brand, was acquired for cheap. Now you see why Barry Bonds needed something to help him keep pace with Mark McGwire.
The steroids analogy helps explain why corporate criminals must face serious punishment. It’s not enough for the average performer to know that the leaders probably aren’t cheating. Given the choice between believing that the other guy is cheating, and believing that he is honestly outperforming you, most people will go for the cheating theory. People need to know that nobody in their right mind would cheat – a lesson that Bernie Ebbers will be teaching us for the next twenty years or so.
Woman Registers Dog to Vote, Demonstrates Ease of Fraud
A woman in Seattle registered her dog to vote, and submitted absentee ballots in three elections on the dog’s behalf, according to an AP story.
The woman, Jane Balogh, said she did this to demonstrate how easy it would be for a noncitizen to vote. She put her phone bill in her dog’s name (“Duncan M. MacDonald”) and then used the phone bill as evidence of residency. She submitted absentee ballots in Duncan’s name three times, each ballot “signed” with a paw print. She says the ballots did not designate any candidates and only had “void” written on them, so the elections were not affected.
Nevertheless, she broke the law and now faces charges.
This relates to an issue every applied security researcher has faced: how to demonstrate a security problem is real. People take a problem more seriously when they have seen a real, working demonstration of the problem – otherwise the problem will be dismissed as theoretical. Often there is a lawful way to demonstrate a problem, for example by “breaking in” to your own computer. But sometimes there is no way to demonstrate a problem without breaking the law. Careful researchers will stop and assess the legality of what they’re planning to do, and will hold back if the demo they’re considering breaks the law.
Ms. Balogh went ahead and broke the law. Beyond that (serious) misstep, she did everything right: admitting what she did, avoiding any side-effect on the elections by filing blank ballots, and leaving obvious clues like the paw prints.
Fortunately for her, the prosecutor decided not to charge her with a felony but instead offered to let her plead guilty to a misdemeanor, pay a $250 fine, and do ten hours of community service. She was lucky to get this and will apparently accept the deal.
Any readers considering such a stunt should think again. The next prosecutor may not be so forgiving.
Inside Clouseau's Brain: Dissecting SafeMedia's Outlandish Technical Claims
I wrote in April about the over-the-top marketing claims of the “anti-piracy” company SafeMedia. (See Is SafeMedia a Parody?) The company’s marketing materials claim that its comically named product, “Clouseau,” can do what is provably impossible. Having both a professional and personal interest in how such claims come to be made, I wanted to learn more about how Clouseau actually worked. But the company, unsurprisingly, did not provide that information.
Now we have two more clues. First, SafeMedia founder Safwat Fahmy was actually invited to testify before a congressional hearing, where he provided written testimony. Second, I got hold of a white paper that SafeMedia salespeople are giving to prospective customers. Both documents give some technical information about Clouseau.
[CORRECTION (June 26): Mr. Fahmy was not actually invited to testify, and he did not appear before the committee, according to the committee’s own web site about the hearing. All he did was submit written testimony, which absolutely anyone is allowed to do. I was misled by a SafeMedia press release. I should have known better than to rely on those guys.]
The documents contradict each other in several ways. For example, Mr. Fahmy’s testimony says that Clouseau “detects and prohibits illegal P2P traffic while allowing the passage of legal P2P such as BitTorrent” (page 5). But the white paper says that BitTorrent is illegal and was blocked every time by Clouseau in their tests (page 6 and Appendix A).
Similarly, the white paper says, “In a series of tests conducted by us, Clouseau did not block any normal packets including web HTTP(S) and VPN (ipSec and PPTP).” (page 5) (HTTPS and VPN protocols are standard ways of using encryption to hide the content of communications.) But Mr. Fahmy’s congressional testimony says that “Clouseau is fully effective at forensically discriminating between legal and illegal P2P traffic with no false positives … whether encrypted or not” (page 7) which implies that it must block some HTTPS and VPN traffic.
One thing the documents seem to agree on is that Clouseau operates by trying to detect and block certain protocols, rather than looking at the material being transmitted. That is, it doesn’t look for infringing content but instead declares certain protocols to be illegitimate and then tries to block them. Which is a problematic design because many protocols are used for both infringing and noninfringing purposes. Some protocols, like BitTorrent see lots of noninfringing use and lots of infringing use. So Clouseau will get many cases wrong, whether it blocks BitTorrent or not – a problem the company apparently gets around by claiming to block BitTorrent and claiming not to block it.
How does the company square its protocol-blocking design with its claim to block illegal content with complete accuracy? Apparently they just redefine the term “illegal” to be co-extensive with the set of things their product blocks. In other words, the company’s legal claims seem to be just as implausible as its technical claims.
[UPDATE (Oct. 5, 2007): I hear rumors that SafeMedia is telling people that they offered me or my group access to a Clouseau device to study, but we refused. For the record, this is false.]
Email Protected by 4th Amendment, Court Says
Chinese Gold Farmers: Work or Fun?
Julian Dibbell had an interesting article in yesterday’s NYT, profiling several Chinese gold farmers, who make their living playing the massive multiplayer game World of Warcraft (WoW) and accumulating virtual loot that is ultimately sold for real money. If you’re not familiar with gold farming, or virtual-world economies in general, it’s a nice introduction.
Even if you’ve heard it all before, the article is still worthwhile as a meditation on the porous boundary between work and fun online. These guys make their living playing a game, in seven twelve-hour shifts a week. It’s highly repetitive work – they follow the loot-maximizing strategy which involves hanging around the same little area and whacking the same monsters over and over. WoW players even call this kind of play “the grind”.
Yet somehow the guys enjoy it, not all the time but often enough to find a work rewarding in an odd way. One guy, Wang Huachen, has a law degree but chooses to play/work WoW instead, at least for a while.
“I will miss this job,” [Wang] said. “It can be boring, but I still have sometimes a playful attitude. So I think I will miss this feeling.”
Amazingly, after finishing a twelve-hour shift, some of these guys spend their long-awaited free time … playing WoW.
But all that changed when the boss of one gold farm got a new business idea: rather than grinding out more loot, his employees would instead build up a 40-man team of uber-characters who would serve as mercenaries, for hire by players who wanted reliable, non-greedy companions in attacking the toughest areas of WoW. Suddenly these gold farmers could really use their skills, and have more fun – for a while.
What’s most interesting about this, to me at least, is the relationship between the gold farmers and the players they serve. It’s not a personal relationship, only an economic one, in which the gold farmers play the boring part of the game in exchange for a cash payment from a richer customers.
This relationship is an amazing tangle of play and work. The gold farmer works playing a game, so he can earn money which he spends playing the same game. The customer finds part of the game too much like work, so he works at another job to earn money to pay a gold farmer to play for him, so the customer can have more fun when he plays. Got it?
All the Interested Parties? Not Quite.
Here’s a quick quiz to detect whether you’re stuck in Washington groupthink.
There’s a patent reform bill under consideration in Congress. According to a blog entry by Andrew Noyes at the National Journal, a group of Republican senators sent a letter to Rep. Howard Berman, the chair of the relevant House subcommittee, asking that the patent bill be given more consideration before the committee votes on it. Senator Berman responded:
“There have been a number of hearings, briefings, and meetings about these issues over the past four years,” said Berman, who introduced a companion bill, H.R.1908. “We’ve heard from representatives of all the interested parties – from independent inventors, universities, bio-technology, pharmaceutical, software and financial services industries.”
Here’s the quiz: who did Rep. Berman leave off his list of “all the interested parties”?
Rep. Berman’s omission is a common one in Washington. Start listening for this omission, and you’ll be surprised how often you hear it.
I don’t mean to pick on Rep. Berman personally. Okay, maybe I do, just a tiny bit, given some of his past actions such as co-sponsoring the ill-advised Berman-Coble bill that would have legalized denial-of-service attacks against people suspected of sharing infringing content. If this was just one congressman, once, it wouldn’t be worth noting. But given the frequency of this mistake, I think it does reveal something about the standard Washington mindset.
In the case of patent reform, there are complex issues at stake. Changes to patent law can affect innovation and competition in subtle ways. That affects all of the parties Rep. Berman mentioned, as well as the one notable group he left out. Which is …
Ordinary citizens.
Staying Off the Regulatory Radar
I just returned from a tech policy conference. It was off the record so I can’t tell you about what was said. But I can tell you that it got me thinking about what happens when a tech startup appears on policymakers’ radar screens.
Policymakers respond to what they see. Generally they don’t see startups, so startup products can do whatever makes sense from a technical and customer relations standpoint. Startups talk to lawyers, they try to avoid doing anything too risky, but they don’t spend their time trying to please policymakers.
But if a startup has enough success and attracts enough users, policymakers suddenly notice it and everything changes. To give just one example, YouTube is now on the radar screen and is facing takedown requests from national authorites in places like Thailand. (Thai authorities demanded takedown of an unflattering video about their king.) The cost of being on the policy radar screen can be high for online companies that have inherently global reach.
Some companies respond by changing their product strategy or by trying to outsource certain functions to other companies. We might even see the emergence of companies that specialize in coping with policymakers, making money by charging other tech-focused companies for managing certain parts of their technology.
Perhaps this is just another cost of scaling up a service that works well at smaller scale. But I can’t help wondering whether companies will change their behavior to try to stay off the radar screen longer. There’s an old strategy called “stealth mode” where a startup tries to avoid the attention of potential competitors by keeping secret its technology or even its very existence, to emerge in public at a strategically chosen time. I can think of several companies that wish for a new kind of stealth mode, where customers notice a company but policymakers don’t.
Apple's File Labeling: An Effective Anticopying Tool?
Recently it was revealed that Apple’s new DRM-free iTunes tracks come with the buyer’s name encoded in their headers. Randy Picker suggested that this might be designed to deter copying – if you redistribute a file you bought, your name would be all over it. It would be easy for Apple, or a copyright owner, to identify the culprit. Or so the theory goes.
Fred von Lohmann responded, suggesting that Apple should have encrypted the information, to protect privacy while still allowing Apple to identify the original buyer if necessary. Randy responded that there was a benefit to letting third parties do enforcement.
More interesting than the lack of encryption is the apparent lack of integrity checks on the data. This makes it pretty easy to change the name in a file. Fred predicts that somebody will make a tool for changing the name to “Steve Jobs†or something. Worse yet, it would be easy to change the data in a file to frame an innocent person – which makes the name information pretty much useless for enforcement.
If you’re not a crypto person, you may not realize that there are different tools for keeping information secret than for detecting tampering – in the lingo, different tools for ensuring confidentiality than for ensuring integrity.
[UPDATE (June 7): I originally wrote that Apple had apparently not put integrity checks in the files. That now appears to be wrong, so I have rewritten this post a bit.]
Apple apparently used crypto to protect the integrity of the data. Done right, this would let Apple detect whether the name information in a file was accurate. (You might worry that somebody could transplant the name header from one file to another, but proper crypto will detect that.) Whether to use this kind of integrity check is a separate question from whether to encrypt the information – you can do either, or both, or neither.
From a security standpoint, the best way to do guarantee integrity in this case is to digitally sign the name data, using a key known only to Apple. There’s a separate key used for verifying that the data hasn’t been modified. Apple could choose to publish this verification key if they wanted to let third parties verify the name information in files.
But there’s another problem – and a pretty big one. All a digital signature can do is verify that a file is the same one that was sold to a particular customer. If a file is swiped from a customer’s machine and then distributed, you’ll know where the file came from but you won’t know who is at fault. This scenario is very plausible, given that as many as 10% of the machines on the Net contain bot software that could easily be directed to swipe iTunes files.
Which brings us to the usual problem with systems that try to label files and punish people whose labels appear on infringing files. If these people are punished severely, the result will be unfair and no prudent person will buy and keep the labeled files. If punishments are mild, then users might be willing to distribute their own files and claim innocence if they’re caught. It’s unlikely that we could reliably tell the difference between a scofflaw user and one victimized by malware, so there seems to be no escape from this problem.
Why So Much Attention to "What's a Website?" Judge?
One of the benefits of talking to the press is that reporters often ask thought-provoking questions. Recently Noam Cohen, a New York Times columnist, called and asked me why the Net community gets so excited when a public figure professes ignorance about the Net. It’s natural for people to chuckle at Ted “Tubes†Stevens or George “Internets†Bush; but why devote so much e-ink to them? This was the topic of Mr. Cohen’s latest column, which quotes part of our conversation.
The latest victim of Net outrage was a British high court judge, Peter Openshaw, who reportedly said during a trial, “The trouble is, I don’t understand the language. I don’t really understand what a web site is.†Predictably, the Net responded with derision.
Like most folk tales, the Technologically Ignorant Policymaker story has legs because it connects to a deeply felt concern of the community. In this case, it’s the worry of Net folk that policymakers will cluelessly cripple the Net. One ill-considered comment is not by itself a big deal, but it becomes a symbol of a broader problem.
It’s worth noting, too, that in the case of Stevens and Bush the storyline resonates with the speaker’s reputations – fairly or not, neither Stevens nor Bush is thought to be particularly curious or well-informed as policymakers go. Fewer people know about Judge Openshaw, but his comment must have resonated with concerns about judges in general.
Though cathartic for Net folk, these incidents do have a down side. The next time a judge or policymaker hears technical jargon he doesn’t understand, he’ll be a bit less likely to ask for a clarification. And it’s better to ask a question and learn the answer than to stay in the dark. | https://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/2007/06/ | dclm-gs1-205860001 | false | true | {
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Treaty Between England and the Colonies , formally ended the American Revolutionary War
Thaddeus Stevens
Quebec Act
Credit Mobilier
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Gag Rule
1835 law passed by Southern congress which made it illegal to talk of abolition or anti-slavery arguments in Congress
Hartford Covention
in the United States during the War of 1812 in which New England's opposition to the war reached the point where secession from the United States was discussed.
Dawes Act
Law that attempted to assimilate Indians by giving them individual plots of land.
Johnathan Edwards
Helped start great awakening and wrote sinners in the hands of an angry god
George Whitefield
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Olive Branch Petition
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Sedition Act
Naturalization Act
John Marshall
created the precedent of judicial review; ruled on many early decisions that gave the federal government more power, especially the supreme court
Battle of Tippecanoe
1811 Tecumseh and the Prophet attack, but General Harrison crushes them in this battle ends Tecumseh's attempt to unite all tribes in Mississippi.
Rush Bagot Treaty
The US and British agreed to set limits on the number of naval vessels each could have on the Great Lakes.
Samuel Slater
American System
Monroe Doctrine
Election of 1824
"corrupt bargain" and backroom deal for JQ Adams to win over Jackson
Worcester V. Georgia
Supreme Court Decision - Cherokee Indians were entitled to federal protection from the actions of state governments which would infringe on the tribe's sovereignty - Jackson ignored it
Brook Farm
a transcendentalist commune; an attempt by Thoreau and others to leave society behind
James Polk
a Democrat expansionist who ran against Henry Clay in 1844: "54 40 or fight", Mexican-American War
General Santa Anna
He seized control of mexico and harshly ruled the American colonists in Texas
Wilmot Proviso
Know Nothing Party
Group of prejudice people who formed a political party during the time when the KKK grew. Anti-Catholics and anti-foreign. They were also known as the American Party.
Anaconda Plan
the Union (Northern) plan devised by General Winfield Scott to blockade the south and restrict its trade to win the war.
Trent Affair
The incident in which a Union warship stopped a British steamer and removed two Confederate diplomats
Northern Democrats who opposed the Civil War and sympathized with the South
Iron Clads
Battleships covered with thick iron plates
Tenure of Office Act
Makes it illegal for president to replace officers who have been confirmed by Congress without Congressional approval
General Lee
Head of the Confederate (South) Army
General Grant
a Union (North) general in the American Civil War
14th ammendment
Rights of CItizens- granted citizenship to all people born in the US.
13th ammendment
officially abolished slavery, prohibits involuntary servitude.
15th ammendment
Guarantee voting rights
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TIENDA DE CUERVO, JOSÉ (?–?). José Tienda de Cuervo served as juez inspector of the colony of Nuevo Santander under Agustín Ahumada y Villalón, Marqués de las Amarillasqv, in the mid-eighteenth century. As juez, he was commissioned to report on the progress of José de Escandón's colony of Nuevo Santander in 1757. The report, Expedientes relativos á Ynspección y estadística de la Colonia de Santander, contains among other things a detailed description of Laredo, Texas, two years after its founding. Tienda de Cuervo, a resident of Veracruz, was a caballero of the order of Santiago and captain of dragoons of the city. He became governor of the province of Sinaloa a few years after his assignment as juez. Assisting Tienda de Cuervo in the expedition was Agustín López de la Cámara Alta, an engineer and lieutenant colonel in the royal army. The two led a commission that was ordered to visit each settlement in the colony, taking statistics and observations of the people and their land and making recommendations for its future development. They departed from Mexico City on April 1, 1757, and took six months to complete the journey. The inspection touched on a variety of subjects. First, it provided statistics on the demographics of the province as well as a variety of geographical characteristics. It also touched on details of the relations with local Indian groups. It scrutinized the environment of Nuevo Santander with an eye for the potential benefits in agriculture, mining, and shipping. The report mentions the expenses that went into the founding of new settlements, as well as their effect on older settlements. Finally, it makes a variety of recommendations for improving the colonization effort and the profit to be gained from it.
Herbert Eugene Bolton, "Tienda de Cuervo's Ynspección of Laredo, 1757," Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association 6 (January 1903). Lawrence Francis Hill, José de Escandón and the Founding of Nuevo Santander (Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1926).
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Jump-Start Your Dreams
What is the dream that God's placed in your heart?I'm not asking if you have one, I already know it's there because God gives all of us dreams.
I've seen people do all kinds of things to their dreams. Some people bury them so deep in their hearts in order to protect them from the criticism of others. Some people set them out of sight so they don't have to think about them anymore. And some people finally just give up on their dreams because it hurts too much to hold on.
If your dream needs a jump-start, there are two things I want you to remember. First, you need to get a vision that's clear. And second, you must keep your vision in front of you at all times.
But having a vision doesn't mean that it will instantly appear. God's as interested in the process of vision as He is in the end result.
That means you, like Paul, need to find a balance between contentment and ambition. Here's the key: Learn to enjoy where you are on the way to where you're going.
When you have a dream or a vision, you have to keep it in front of you. If it helps, write it down. And remember, God will help you live the dream He's given you, step-by-step, one day at a time.
Prayer Starter: Jesus, even though I don't always feel like it and life tries to get me to quit, I believe You have a great plan for my life. I choose to trust You to help me live the dream You've given me more than I trust my circumstances.
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Mi Nyu was starting to regret her decision. Maybe I should've picked Hwang Tae Kyung-sshi, she thought almost as soon as she saw Shin Woo-hyung.
The full reality that she was going to be staying with Shin Woo-hyung didn't hit her until she found him waiting for her in the hallway. He smiled and, nodding towards the stuff she was carrying, said, "Need any help?"
"Yes, thank you hyung-nim," she said, her voice coming out breathlessly from the effort of carrying her luggage and blankets. She didn't realize her stuff was so heavy.
Shin Woo-hyung relieved her of the thick blankets and pillow and then, both of them smiling and making small talk, they entered his room. Mi Nyu was relieved that the cold, unfriendly mood he had been in earlier was gone and he was back to his kind self. But that only served to remind her that she needed to apologize for her abandonment. I'll do it tonight, she vowed.
She would've done so right away, but Shin Woo-hyung offering his bed to her blew that idea out of her head. "I-I-I can't do that," she said, feeling her cheeks burning. "This is your room."
"And you're my guest," he said amiably. "You can take the bed and I'll camp out on the couch."
She shook her head vehemently. "No, this is your room," she said. "I don't want you giving up your bed. I'll sleep on the couch." To prove her stubbornness, she settled her bags on the couch, sat down and crossed her arms.
Shin Woo-hyung shook his head. "I can't let you sleep on the couch," he said. "That'd be poor of me."
"It's enough that you offered," she replied. "But I'm fine sleeping here."
Shin Woo-hyung looked like he wanted to argue with her, but then he seemed to think better of it and instead said, "If you're sure."
She let out an inward sigh of relief. To move into a guy's room was bad enough but the idea of sleeping in a guy's bed, especially Shin Woo-hyung's…a strange, unknown fluttery feeling emerged in her stomach at the thought. It felt weird. The entire situation was weird.
And wrong.
She chose to stay in his room, but that didn't mean she could just take his bed. That would make her feel worse, especially since Shin Woo-hyung seems to have forgiven her. His being friendly enough to offer the bed proves he bore her no ill will…and that was making her feel guiltier. He's so kind, she thought, even though I don't deserve it.
She leaned back in the couch and watched as he gathered some extra blankets from the closet. Maybe he gets extra cold at night? Although the room felt warm enough, so she couldn't understand why he needed them.
She yawned suddenly. She felt tired. She was nearly opening her briefcase when her senses came back to her. No, she couldn't open it, at least not now.
She groaned. Did she choose wrong? With Hwang Tae Kyung-sshi, it probably wouldn't feel awkward. He already knew she was a girl, so she had nothing to hide from him. But she'd have to be careful around Shin Woo-hyung. She couldn't risk him finding out. How to get her things without raising suspicion?
She sighed. It was going to be a long night.
Mi Nyu leaned against the couch, trying to push back the gloomy thoughts, and then she found herself snuggling against the very comfortable cushions.
"This couch is really comfortable," she said. It felt almost as nice as her bed. Shin Woo-hyung looked up at her, concerned.
"Are you sure you don't want to sleep in the bed? I really don't mind," he offered again.
She shook her head. "No, this is your room. I don't want you giving up your bed. I'm sure I can manage, and I really do like the couch," she added, hoping to appease him. He looked less worried and even managed a smile.
"Well, if you ever want to change your mind, just let me know," he said. There was a pause before he said, "I'm going to shower. Just make yourself comfortable." He left for the bathroom and then she was alone.
She took this opportunity to look around, having never been in Shin Woo's room before. The room was decorated in almost the same fashion as Tae Kyung-sshi, except for a few things. Whereas everything in Tae Kyung-sshi's room was white, black or silver, expensive-looking and very formal and organized, Shin Woo-hyung's room was very…comfortable, and warm, with nice red, brown, yellow and green colors. There were a few pictures of himself (promotional photos by the looks of it), like the ones in Tae Kyung sshi's room, but there were also a few paintings of pretty, colorful flowers, of the Korean countryside and of animals hanging on the walls. The shelves were filled with books, DVDs and music compact discs alongside his music awards. A nice wooden desk with a comfortable chair was settled by the window, which overlook the pretty trees and yard outside; the bed was covered with thick quilts of bright colors, and candles placed in a few choice spots filled the room with a very warm scent, something like vanilla.
Mi Nyu wasn't sure if it was the paintings, the colors or the candles, a combination of the three or all of them together, but she found herself beginning to relax. All her anxiety, her stress, her worries were disappearing as she breathed in the mouthwatering aroma.
She closed her eyes, leaned against the couch and spent the next minutes thinking of nothing but the scent and warmth that she felt being in the room. So deep was she in her thoughts that she didn't realize Shin Woo had returned, freshly showered and dressed, until he called her name.
"Go Mi Nam," he called out. He smiled when her eyes flew open in shock. She must've jumped at least a foot in the air, she was so startled. "Sorry, I thought you heard me," he apologized.
"No, it's ok, you didn't mean it," she said, rubbing her chest. She smiled at him and said, "I was admiring your room. It's very comfortable. And it smells nice." She realized a little late that that wasn't something a guy would say to another guy, but Shin Woo-hyung just laughed.
"Thanks," he said, giving her his one-thousand-watt smile. "I always believed that scented candles should be a necessity in a room. Helps relieve stress and believe me, it can get pretty stressful around here." At Mi Nam's nod of agreement, he changed subjects. "Bathroom's through there, if you need it."
"Oh. Thank you," she replied, the awkwardness returning with a vengeance. She opened her suitcase carefully, trying to get out everything she needed without Shin Woo seeing what was inside. There were several things she needed to gather that she knew, for a fact, definitely wouldn't belong to a guy. Carefully, wary of Shin Woo-hyung's presence, she gathered those objects and hid them between the folds of her pajamas, trying to make it look as inconspicuous as possible. At one point Shin Woo-hyung turned his back to her to gather some papers from his desk. She took his opportunity to get all the other supplies and then rushed into the bathroom.
Shin Woo smiled to himself as he heard a tiny click from behind. He was kind of sad that Mi Nam wasn't as comfortable around him as he hoped, but he reminded himself that he was going to change that…tonight.
Mi Nyu felt her worries disappear almost as soon as she locked the door and looked around.
The bathroom looked comfortable too: the tiles were painted a pretty dark red; the porcelain toilet was a bright white color in contrast to its surroundings; and several potted plants hung from the ceiling or were settled on the sink counter. The towels were red or white, stacked neatly in a wooden cupboard, and there were several candles here too, giving off the vanilla-y scent. There was a large, square tub not unlike that of a Jacuzzi nestled in the corner, scented candles settled around it so that the aroma was strongest there. Ivy plants decorated part of the wall and even fell like long braids from the ceiling, acting like a curtain around the tub.
Opposite the tub, again nestled in the corner, was a shower stall, made from the red tiles and the door made of clear glass.
Mi Nyu took in all this and smiled. "Shin Woo-hyung has an amazing bathroom, too." And then she smelled the candles.
The aroma was as strong and as comforting here as it was in the room, so powerful that for a moment Mi Nyu forgot where she was and why. When she opened her eyes to again admire the bathroom (when did she close them?), she remembered. She shook her head, trying to think clearly, praying that the candles wouldn't make her so relaxed that she became reckless. She couldn't afford mistakes, not now.
She placed her belongings on the counter, filled the tub with warm water and made sure for the second, third, fourth time that the door was locked before undressing. She filled the tub with some bubble bath concoction so that within a few short minutes it was filled with nice foamy bubbles, and then she stepped in.
For the third time, her mind became clear of everything save the beautiful aroma filling her senses; it was blissful oblivion, a peaceful spell that she succumbed to for so long that she didn't know how long she actually stayed there before she started washing her hair and the rest of her body.
This is nice, she thought. Living in the orphanage and convent had been comfortable enough, and since living here she began experiencing things she never had before, like a bubble bath. But she never experienced a bath quite like this. Sure, there was that nice soaking she had that one time she persuaded Tae Kyung to trust her, but this was different. The candles, the decorations, the warm water, the bubbles—everything about this bath made her want to stay here forever; the bubbles clung to her skin, as weightless as air, the water was as warm as any blanket or sweater, and the scent in the air made her dizzy with happiness. Yes, she could stay here forever.
"Go Mi Nam!"
She clapped her hands to stop from screaming, and then she recognized the voice.
"Go Mi Nam!" There was light knocking on the door, but because of the silence it sounded louder, so loud that she was surprised she didn't hear it before. "Are you okay in there?"
"Y-y-yes," she called back. She looked around herself for a towel, trying to remember if she locked the door. How long had she been in here? "I'll be right out!"
"Okay, just wondering," came his reply.
With great speed, trying desperately not to be drawn in by the scented candles again, she washed out the shampoo and conditioner from her hair, scrubbed her body with the apple-scented body wash Noona Wang bought her, and then leapt out from tub, grabbing a white towel and wrapping it tightly around her body. While the water drained and the bubbles disappeared, she dried herself off and quickly dressed, taking time wrap her chest securely before exiting the bathroom, a towel in hand to dry her wet hair.
Shin Woo-hyung, who was sitting comfortably in a recliner near the couch, looked up from the book he was reading. "Oh, you're finally out," he said. He placed the book back on the shelf. "You were in there so long, I worried something happened."
"I got distracted, lost track of time," she replied honestly. She hesitated before adding, "I was also admiring your bathroom. It's so…unique."
Shin Woo-hyung smiled. "Like I said, things can get pretty stressful around here, so it helps to have scented candles and a nice tub to soak in." He got up and nodded towards the bed. "You sure you don't want to take it? I won't get mad if you say yes, you know."
She shook her head, trying to be careful not to drip any water on his carpet. "I'm fine on the couch, thank you."
He looked hesitant but finally headed off for bed. Mi Nyu distracted herself with drying her hair before she remembered she still had something to do. How to do it though?
"Uh, Shin Woo-hyung?" He turned towards her, saw her shifting her weight from one foot to another, a guilty expression on her face. Maybe she was going to say yes to the bed? He half-believed that and so was half-shocked by her next words. "I'm sorry."
"Sorry? For what?" But as soon as he said the words, he knew the answer.
Mi Nyu fidgeted, fighting the urge to look away from him. "For this afternoon. Hwang Tae Kyung-sshi really needed help, but I shouldn't have left you at the restaurant by yourself. It was rude, and maybe we could've still have fun, even after what the mystery girl did. I'm sorry if I ruined things for you." She gave a small bow to show her sincerity and waited. She expected him to, soon or later (more preferably sooner) start yelling at her, accusing her of ruining his day, and proclaiming that he regrets choosing her to come in the first place. And she would let him; he wouldn't be wrong. She'd deserve nothing less.
But after a few minutes of staring at each other, Shin Woo-hyung did and said the last thing she expected him to: "I think, Go Mi Nam, I can forgive you, if you can perhaps forgive me. For earlier," he added when he saw her confusion. "I was upset, yes, but I had no reason to be mean. And I was mean," he said when she opened her mouth to protest. "I won't deny it and you shouldn't either. So, am I forgiven?"
Mi Nyu felt a smile growing on her face. "Forgiven."
Feeling as if a huge weight had been lifted from her shoulders, she turned back and started getting the couch ready for bed. It was late, and they had rehearsals tomorrow, if she remembered correctly.
"What was wrong with Hwang Tae Kyung?" Shin Woo-hyung asked suddenly.
She turned back, surprised. "Huh?"
Shin Woo was cursing his cowardice; that wasn't what he wanted to talk about.
He wanted to talked to her, he intended to let her know that he knew, but at the same time he wanted her to trust him enough to admit it without being forced into it; problem was, he had no idea how to do it. Searching for an opening, he said the first thing that popped into his head, and he was regretting bringing up the subject.
Forcing himself to remain calm, he said, "You said Tae Kyung wasn't feeling well, and that's why you left. What happened, do you know?" He hoped she didn't notice the hint of bitterness in his tone at his words.
She didn't. "Oh. Well, Hwang Tae Kyung-sshi said he accidentally ate some shrimp. He wasn't feeling well and needed air, and I followed him to make sure nothing bad happened."
Shin Woo nodded, and then, before he could stop himself, he said, "You two seem awfully close now."
He shrugged. "Before, you two—or rather, Tae Kyung—didn't seem to be getting along. But things seem okay now. How that happened?"
Mi Nyu was trying not to fidget. A lie, something quick and plausible, was what she needed, but nothing came to mind. She looked around at the room, hoping to find inspiration from the paintings, books, and furniture. Shin Woo sighed and went to sit beside her on the couch. She involuntarily flinched at the proximity. It made him feel more depressed.
He looked straight ahead, struggled to keep his voice steady and face indifferent. "Never mind. You don't have to say. Whatever happened is, of course, between you and Tae Kyung. I just…I really hope that you can at least talk to me, that you come to me when you need help. You don't have to hide or pretend. It's okay to ask for help when you really need it. And I kind of prefer that you don't lie about it, either. I just…I really hope that you can trust me, just like you trust Tae Kyung."
So much for indifference: he sounded so pathetic and hurt. It was so stupid. This entire conversation, his plans to tell her that he knows, his earlier plans at the restaurant: all of it was so dumb. Moronic. Pitiful. What's worse, what little consolation he had from his apology and her forgiveness evaporated. Why didn't he just let things alone?
At his words, Mi Nyu looked down and stared at the carpet floor. She felt horrible, guilty, and dumb; there was a pain in her stomach and chest that was more acute than anything she felt, not as bad as when she discovered that her mother was dead but close to it.
She felt guilty before for all the lies she told since taking over as her brother; she was always able to push it back, with the justification that she was helping her brother in realizing his dream. But it was hard to do so right now with Shin Woo-hyung looking so dejected.
Shin Woo shook his head, cleared his throat and gave her a shaky smile. "Don't worry about it," he said. "I just wanted to let you know you can trust me."
He got up to go to bed, determined not to speak another word or to look at her for the rest of the night, regretting more than ever that he even instigated the conversation, when suddenly a hand grabbed him from behind.
Startled, he turned around, first staring at the hand gripping his shirt and then at the now-trembling figure on his couch. Go Mi Nam wasn't looking at him. Instead she was staring hard at the floor, biting her lower lip, her grip tightening with tension.
"Go Mi Nam, what—?"
"Mi Nyu. My name," she said, hesitating only long enough to fight back the feeling of sickness before continuing, "is Go Mi Nyu. And I'm…I'm…I'm a girl."
There was a pause at this declaration, a deep, heavy silence that stretched into something longer than time, she felt.
She couldn't, for the life of her, understand what happened. She didn't know why, out of nowhere, she reached out to stop him, and she didn't know what prompted her to tell him her secret, a secret she knew could jeopardize her brother's dream if the wrong ears heard it.
What she did know was this: whether it was a reckless impulsive or something else entirely that made her hand reach out to him, she was going to do something she never thought she would do, something that she never did even with Hwang Tae Kyung-sshi until after the fact: she was going to trust Shin Woo-hyung, completely, full, wholeheartedly. Whatever came from this momentous decision, she would face it; she won't run away, she'll stay and embrace the consequences, as she knew she should.
But when so much time passed that she felt this confidence begin to waver, she started babbling incoherently—a habit she was prone to do since early childhood—not even realizing what she was saying, just trying to fill the tense silence, try to get him to say something, anything, she didn't care what so long as he spoke.
"I know this is a shock, believe me you're not the first person, but please, please, please hear me out before you decide to do anything. I didn't mean to lie, to you, to Jeremy, to anyone and everyone, and if I had a choice, I wouldn't be doing this, I mean I didn't want to do this in the first place, but I had a good reason, you have to understand and believe that, I have a very good reason for being here, and I swear that as soon as everything's done I'll leave and you never need to hear from me again. I just ask that you hear me out, please, before getting angry, and I know you have every right to be angry, but I'll do what I can to earn your forgiveness for this, and I pray that you please, please, please not tell anyone, not now, or ever. I'll leave quietly, I swear I will—"
"Go Mi Nam."
He spoke! That gave her such relief, but the feeling was only temporary. Now that he spoke, the words, the anger, will come, and she felt very, very scared.
"Please Shin Woo-hyung, please don't be angry," she started pleading, still staring at the floor, as though if she looked hard enough and long enough, a hole would appear that she could jump through so as to escape this. "I know you and everyone else has every right to be, but please, please hear me out—"
"Mi Nam."
"It wasn't my idea, this entire plan was ridiculous from the start, I know it was and I was dumb enough to actually agree with it, but it was for a very, very, very good reason, I swear it was, and I had to lie, I didn't like lying to you and everyone else but I had to, I had to—"
"Go Mi Nyu!"
For some reason, the sound of her name—her real name—coming from Shin Woo-hyung froze her vocal cords so that she couldn't speak, for which she was immensely thankful because babbling as she did made her dizzy with breathlessness. But she still didn't look up. He didn't sound angry—which was surprising; after all Hwang Tae Kyung-sshi was plenty angry and shocked when he found out—but she still couldn't look up, fearing that instead of anger, Shin Woo-hyung would be sad, which was almost as bad. Would he be upset that she misled him? Or disappointed by her lies and his failure to see through them? Or would he feel betrayed by her lack of trust in his character?
Or was he still in too much shock to feel anything else, even the righteous anger she knew must be brewing behind the calm façade?
"Go Mi Nyu, look at me."
She couldn't. She was using her strength to fight back impending tears. She didn't like when people were angry or hateful towards her; it made her feel so awful because she knew that they usually had a good reason. Tae Kyung-sshi was annoyed by her mere presence; considering their past encounters, she couldn't blame him. Now on somewhat good terms, she was becoming accustomed to his trademark snarl, but this was different; Mi Nyu didn't think she could handle having Shin Woo-hyung angry, even if he had every reason to be…he was a friend, he's been kind to her since day one, she didn't want to lose his good opinion of her, to lose the friendship, she didn't want that…
Two fingers lifted her chin up so that her eyes met Shin Woo-hyung's. For a moment, neither said a word. She resisted the urge to look away; if he got angry, she deserved it, but she was so scared, so, so scared of him being mad at her…
He smiled. "So, your name is Go Mi Nyu. It's nice to know."
She blinked, and then blinked again. Did she hear that right? That couldn't possibly be right. Maybe her fear was so great it was causing hallucinations? Or while babbling, she fainted from lack of air and this was all a dream?
He leaned in close suddenly. "Do you mind if I confess something myself?"
Still numb with disbelief, she nodded.
His eyes and smile were now mischievous, but there was something like reluctance in his voice as he whispered, "I knew all along. About you, I mean."
A brief thought crossed Mi Nyu's mind that she must look ridiculous, with her mouth opened wide and her eyes bugging out, but the notion evaporated as quickly as smoke, lost among a million other thoughts and sensations that turned around and around in her mind.
Now she was sure she was dreaming, or hallucinating, or whatever other term that could be used to describe the surreal situation before her.
He knew?! How could Shin Woo-hyung know all this time? Did she slip somewhere, make a mistake? Aargh, what a stupid question! Of course she made a mistake—she made plenty. But when? How? Did he overhear a conversation? Did he guess? Was her acting like a male so fake that he saw it for the truth it really was? Then again, that must mean no one else bought it…but wait, did no one else guess or realize, or did they, like Shin Woo-hyung, decide to keep quiet until the right (or wrong) moment?
All this flashed in her mind within the space of two seconds, or maybe two hours, she wasn't sure. It was hard to keep track of time when it seemed like reality was bursting at the seams.
While she was trying to decide whether this was actually a fictional fantasy or something else, Shin Woo-hyung continued staring at her, getting more and more concerned by the growing panic that replaced the shock and disbelief in her eyes moments earlier. "Go Mi Nyu, is something wrong?" A second later, he thought he couldn't have asked a more stupid question.
She blinked, breaking eye contact, and then the dam burst. This was no hallucination, no dream, no fantasy concocted by her befuddled mind. He knew.
"H-h-h-how?" She wanted to say more but growing horror and fear was making it impossible.
It was only one word but Shin Woo-hyung knew instantly what she meant. "That night you got drunk," he answered. "Jeremy carried Hwang Tae Kyung, and I carried you. And while I was doing that, I…I noticed that you were…different, from what a guy should be." He hoped that she understood because he really didn't want to give details. When her cheeks grew as red as cherries, he was sure she got it.
So, he knew for that long, Mi Nyu thought. She thought back to that night and realized that it must've happened while she was unconscious. If it were anyone else she would've worried, but she had great faith in him and his gentlemanly manners.
She shook her head and tried focusing on the present issue. "But…but you never said…you never…I mean, all this time—"
He shrugged. "I figured you had a reason for hiding it, and it's clear you didn't want anyone to know, so of course I never said anything."
The most surprising thing then happened: she started crying. Ever aware of the other occupants in the house, she tried stifling the noise, but there was no stopping the tears. They came so suddenly it was as big a shock to her as Shin Woo-hyung.
"Mi Nyu, what's wrong? Are you hurt somewhere? Did I say something wrong? Listen, I promise I won't say anything, I never planned on it."
More tears flooded her eyes. She covered her face and mouth so that she didn't make so much noise, she didn't want anyone to wake up and come investigate. She just wished she could stop crying but it seemed beyond her control. The tears blurred her vision of everything but Shin Woo-hyung's concerned face.
He's so kind, she thought. So, so kind. More than I deserved.
All this time, he knew about her. She thought back to all the lies she told him; she remembered all those times he helped and comforted her, talked to her, listened to her; and through it all, he knew her secret, kept it, without even being told to do so, without even knowing why. The guilt she felt for lying to him all this time burst out in great floods, but it clashed with the happiness that bubbled warmly in her chest at the realization that he had known and accepted her. These torrent of emotions, coupled with the memories of all the kindness he has shown and done for her in the past weeks, caused the tears, she knew it.
She never, in all her life, met anyone as kind or as understanding as Shin Woo-hyung—she was right; he did remind her of her beloved brother, but also of the Mother Superior.
She thought of all the friends she made and had in the past and realized that she couldn't think of one who she felt she could trust now more than she now trusts Shin Woo-hyung. At this moment, she thought him and Hwang Tae Kyung-sshi to be the best people she could've ever known. It made her smile and laugh to think of how lucky she was to find and meet them.
What is wrong with her? She's crying a river and laughing like there's no tomorrow. Should I call a doctor to evaluate her state of mind? Shin Woo was more than a bit startled by her tears, scared witless at the idea that he said something to hurt her enough to warrant crying, but when she smiled and laughed he felt those worries disappear, not completely because she was still crying but at least he didn't hurt her.
Watching her laugh and cry, it was the strangest thing he ever seen. And he liked it. He felt his fondness for her growing. He never met a girl like her; she was weird, yes, but it was a refreshing change from the fangirls, the sophisticated socialites, and the superficial celebrity beauties that surrounded him nearly every day since their debut.
Sitting here, watching her like this, gave him a nice feeling.
It took a few minutes before Mi Nyu could regain enough control to stop crying and laughing. She felt so…happy…and light, like she could fly. A few tears slipped out but she wiped them away easily. She felt calmer, better. A strange wave of emotions was still churning in her stomach but it wasn't unpleasant; in fact, it brightened her mood.
Then she saw Shin Woo-hyung eyeing her with a strange mixture of concern and amusement. She supposed that her outburst of tears and eventual laughter must've been the strangest thing to occur.
"Sorry," she said, smiling, still wiping her eyes. "Sorry. I don't know what came over me. The tears—they just started coming."
"Are you okay? You're not in any pain?" When she shook her head he sighed in relief. "That's good. I was scared I hurt you."
"You didn't," she assured him. "I'm just…so happy. And relieved. It's nice to know that I can trust you."
A few minutes of silence passed, Mi Nyu still cleaning her face and Shin Woo thinking over everything that happened in the past two hours. Finally, she said, "I'm sorry again, for lying. I assure you I have a reason."
Shin Woo thought it over before replying, "I think I can forgive you, but…"
She looked up, a new panic growing. "But?"
He hesitated, wondering if he dared, but her proclamation of trust gave him the courage to say, "I want to know if you can tell me…everything. About how all this happened."
Pause. They looked at each other. Her dark brown eyes searched his, looking for something, he didn't know what, but he refused to look away. This was the second time he noticed how long her eyelashes were.
What she was looking for, she found, because she suddenly smiled and said, "Okay. What do you want to know?"
He inwardly sighed with relief. "Let's start at the beginning, shall we?"
She fidgeted. "It's a long story."
"And we have plenty of time."
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1. Got it. Boy, that was a FRUSTRATING experience!!!!!!
2. Is there some sort of documentation how to upgrade from 2.1.1 to 2.2.0?
I had my generated app all working in 2.1.1. I was able to create packages, production builds, etc.
Now I downloaded...
3. Sounds like a bug to me.
Thanks, but I don't think the "scrollend" event would work for me, since I only need a callback when I am calling the "scrollBy" method in certain cases. I'd think the...
4. I reported it for 2.2.0-RC. The download is still the same, so no new RC provided since. The "Fixed" might be an indication that it will be included in the release following 2.2.0-RC.
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I have a dataview and I defined an animation when the list is being scrolled. I want to execute a function when the scrolling animation is finished.
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Click the button to add random markers to the map. Tested with ST 2.1.1.
Every time you click the button, it will generate a marker at a random location within the centered map and add it to the...
8. Just downloaded to test ST 2.2.0-rc.
Using Ext.Map, the maprender(comp, gmap) event has two arguments, the first being the map component, and the second being the google map.
9. It says "Failed to load resource". What resource are you loading? Images?
I also read that document before, and while I found it somewhat helpful to get the concept, it didn't really worked for me...
10. You could use XTemplates and there you can define that every, say, 5th item has a different look
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This is interesting. I thought it's something simple, and here I am nearly after 20 minutes rolling my eyes... 8-|
Now I'm curious, too what causing this.
12. When I generate an app using sencha cmd, I get 2 folders in the 'resources' folder:
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These folders are filled with the same images. I changed the image in the 'startup'...
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15. Thanks guys, but as it turned out it was some completely unrelated weirdo issue.
I had a button, which when I press, brings up a floating palette next to the button using showBy(). I defined the...
16. I'm sorry, I realized after posting that once I add more items, I end up with the same issue that you had. 8-|
So here is a different solution with 40 items. I simply use the selectedCls to set...
17. I have defined show and hide animations for some buttons, popup panels, etc using fadeIn/fadeOut.
For some reason, when I activate these items, the animations are not executed. Instead of a...
18. Got it. The problem was that I called setActiveItem(0) from the wrong place. Reloading the store is asynchronous, so I had to call setActiveItem from within the store's load callback.
19. So I gather it means your panel is transparent but full screen? Maybe you need to size the panel to the same size as the size of the total buttons...?
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I have a carousel with a couple of pages. After an event, I remove all items from the carousel and refill it with new data.
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My problem was that in the HTML text ({description}) the...
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I have some data that is returned via JsonP. One of the data is {description} which contains an HTML page. Eg, HTML tags, classes, style formatting etc. I'd like to display this data inside...
23. I solved it. My problem was that I set 'standardSubmit' to true and this way I was submitting an HTML form.
I had to use JsonP request, which solved the problem.
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After I press "Submit" on a form, I am being transferred to the url that specifies the location of the processing file. Eg, I have the "url" parameter of the form set to...
25. My wild first guess would be that if the data is online, you might need to return jsonp and not json. Do you get any errors in the console when you trying to load the data from online?
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of u.s. officials, the belief that's happened. we'll talk it over next. >>> welcome back. we have important breaking news to tell you about right now. nbc news is reporting u.s. officials say their worst fears have been confirmed that the syrian military has loaded chemical weapons inside bombs. nbc says those same officials say bashar al assad's forces are awaiting final order to use those loaded missiles against syria's own people. this video posted online, which we can't independently verify, purports to show syrian missiles that have been modified to carry chemical and biological weapons. obviously, this is a sobering development in a situation that seems to be getting worse by the day. pentagon correspondent barbara starr joins me now, along with cnn contributor and former cia officer bob baer and on the phone, fran townsend. barbara, i know you're working to confirm this nbc report. how much would this change the situation? if u.s. military is going to act to prevent assad from gassing his own people, it would seem, if they loaded this stuff into weapons, the time to do
for calling. a live picture of the u.s. capitol. 7:23 in washington. some heavy rain and perhaps some snow. a. when terry mix are expecting in town. we mention that because the president is heading back into town. the senate and white house -- the senate and house are due back tomorrow. this is an politico. there is another piece of this morning that says the house member elect is also interested in the peak in the seat -- adapter the seat. springfield, va., lewis, an independent. caller: good morning. you could consider me a little bit pessimistic. i am actually looking at it as realistically as possible. i have a degree in macroeconomics. i believe that they all should be -- we should institute term limits on all of them. maybe a six-year term limit. they're all thinking of reelection. host: both sides? caller: yes. they are thinking about re- election with the country is almost $70 trillion in debt. -- $17 trillion. people and businesses are giving out payouts because taxes are going up on everyone. it does not matter -- there are too many taxes going up. payroll taxes going up. we do not
on a rampage at a sikh temple. u.s. army veteran wade michael page. after shooting one police officer multiple times -- page was shot and killed by another officer. number eight, the massacre in khandahar province. >> the united states takes this as seriously as if it was our own citizens and our own children who were murdered. >> the accused gunman, robert bailes. bailes left his afghanistan outpost on a night back in march and single handedly attacked two villages. opening fire and killing 16 afghan civilians in their homes and wounding six others. number seven, striking a deal in the shooting that struck a blow to the nation. >> the man who shot congresswoman gabrielle giffords and killed six people in a ra rampage in tucson last year pleaded guilty to 19 charges. >> jared loughner was sentenced to seven consecutive life terms and 140 years. his guilty plea means he will avoid the death penalty. chicago's murder rate surged to levels not seen in almost a decade. >> it's just not the gang bangers. right now, innocent kids and women are being shot on a daily basis. >> averaging more than a mu
the men are u.s. citizens. originally though from pakistan. they could get life in prison. there is a stalemate. let's not kid ourselves. that's the quote today from speaker of the house john boehner about the battle over the so-called fiscal cliff. that's the combination, of course, of spending cuts and exexpiring tax breaks set to kick in about a month from now. economists say it could cause another recession. today, the president visited a toy factory in pennsylvania to make his case for his plan. he is asking americans to pressure congress to extend tax cuts for the middle class right now. in fact, extend tax cuts for everybody for the first $250,000 of income. so the families won't have to worry about a new year's day tax hike. republic leaders say letting the tax cuts expire on income of more than $250,000 would hurt small businesses and, as they call them. job creators. let's get to ed henry who is with us from the white house tonight. president says the election proved most americans are on board with this plan. >> that's right. he, without using the word thinks he
direct combat duty. zoey is a captain in the u.s. marine corps reserves and plaintiff in the lawsuit, air yell la is a senior staff attorney for the aclu women rights project. thanks so much. captain bodell, you deployed twice to afghanistan and basically left the active duty marines corps because you were blocked from the combat duty. what is the difference, the most important difference, between being able to be in combat and not? >> well, to be clear, women are serving in combat and i was in charge of a team called the female gaugement team -- engagement team and i had 47 marines and they were in combat if that unit was attacked, they were attacked with them. so i do want to make clear women are in combat and we're asking that the policy be changed to reflect the reality of what's happening on the ground. >> i mean -- >> exactly. the point you're making is that in these wars, there's to front line, there's no rear guard. once you've deployed you are in combat, you are subject to all of the duties and the risks inherent in that but you're not permitted to have combat status and that des
after the u.s. leaves, a lot of the u.s. forces don't have the same technical capability. they don't have drones and night vision, don't have a lot of special weapons. >> but with our american forces there, how do they feel about leaving? do they feel they have accomplished what they want to do. do they feel good about leaving things in the afghan hands? >> they feel good that they have a mission that they feel they are accomplishing, and certainly when you look at numbers, this are accomplishing that. recently an attack thwarted and they credited the afghan forces. things are happening in that level. this is fear that it could evolve into a civil war, if there isn't a large u.s. and nato pressure. >> this picture depicts some very cool guys. >> this is a flight with u.s. air force, special operations, pararescuemen. they go off in helicopters and go into the battlefield to pick up wounded and bring them back for medical attention. the week we were with them was a really tough week. just come off major battles which there were a lot of u.s. casualties, and i remember the sergea ser
number of attacks, members by afghan security services against nato or u.s. troops assets in the region. so far this year 60 of those attacks, that is almost three times the number we saw in 2011. right now 65,000 american soldiers inside afghanistan plus thousands more of military contractors and civilian contractors that is what joseph griffin was. he was there working inside afghanistan trying to help the afghan police rebuild and that is when he was killed by a woman in her 30s. she was a member of the afghan police, an iranian national. somehow she up haved through the vetting process of the afghan police and the fact that there are so many holes in the vetting process that they would miss, this woman, for example, who had forged documents is making a lot of people very concerned about what happens going forward, especially over the next couple of years as the u.s. draws down towards 2014 when they turn afghanistan back over to the afghans. that is when you're relying on the afghan security services to go ahead and try to take the lead in fighting the taliban, also in fighting al q
to launch a long range rocket within days. the u.s. says a launch is a highly provocative act, threatens peace and security in the region. it could also raise tensions with north dkorea. they think the rocket launches are really cover for ballistic missile testing. >>> and we're looking at pictures from cairo university in egypt where thousands of egyptians are chanting slogans in support of the president. mow hmow hom he had morsi was given the new constitution today. it has to be approved by the people in a vote two weeks from now. not everyone is happy about the new constitution. angry crowds are protesting against president morsi and the new constitution the square. >> reporter: there doesn't seem to be an end to the demonstrations here in cairo. another mass protest here in the square. some of the president's fiercest critics here are women, women activists. they don't like the way this constitution was drafted. they don't believe they were represented and the panel that drafted the constitution, and here's what else they're saying, we don't trust the president and the muslim brothe
work in the u.s. house of representatives in 1978, in the office of the general clerk under then majority leader john rhodes. where he learned the intricacies of the house and legislative procedures while keeping official minutes in this chamber. in 1979 he began working in the republican cloakroom where he remained for seven years before beginning a new position as floor assistance it -- floor assistant to the republican leader in 1986. since then jay has served as floor assistant to three speakers of the house, including newt gingrich, dennis hastert and the current speaker, john boehner. the career that has spanned over 35 years, jay has served as an invaluable role for so many members in helping them to learn the ways of the u.s. house of representatives. i'm proud to be among those who have benefited from jay's service and friendship and leadership. but jay isn't just known for his expertise in parliamentary procedure. he's known to be an individual of substance and distinct professionalism. in fact, i personally would say he's the embodiment of a professional which is
be an effective u.s. ambassador. now, a lot's changed since then, and hagel has since apologized, though that has also come under attack for his somewhat controversial beliefs on israel, iraq, and iran. are these attacks justified, or is he just the latest political target in an ugly game of gotcha politics. "outfront" tonight, our all-star panel. ryan, let me start with you. let's look at chuck hagel's credentials. a vietnam war veteran, two purple hearts, a former member of the senate foreign relations committee. that's more military experience than most secretaries of defense. hagel himself has argued that that position should be filled with someone who's been a grunt, on the ground, and knows those concerns. how can you argue that he's not qualified for the job? >> there are a lot of folks who are saying that he doesn't have the military experience. if you look at ashton carter, they have been in the defense department, they're solid, reliable democrats, they know it in and out, and might be better choices for the government. but there are a lot of conservatives who are attacking hagel on pol
. >> 6:22 eastern. quick headlines overnight. president obama sending 50 u.s. troops into africa and tasked with helping evacuate u.s. citizens from the advancement to the capital. the senate faces an uphill battle in the republican-controlled house and pushing to cut the bill down to 24 billion. they say it's loaded with unnecessary amendments, guys. >> juliet: thanks, dave. >> clayton: well, as we get ready to cash out of 2013, the biggest celebrity meltdowns. >> juliet: and joining us is a behavior expert. >> good morning, juliet. >> juliet: let's start with this one. she was on the the show and lovely, but i don't know what's happened to her. she kind of just, i don't know. >> clayton: what's happened to her, patrick? >> well, she-- i'm not attracted to alcohol and pub scenes, but arrested for dui, arrested for leaving the scene of two separate accidents and what does she do? in an act of narcissism and entitlement she tweets that the united states president should fire the arresting officer as if she's saying to the u.s. president, you're my daddy, rescue me. >> juliet: in a
as he has in the u.s. army. to have risen like he did from private to lieutenant colonel, to run as many missions as he did as a helicopter pilot in vietnam, and to have won the -- two distinguished flying crosses is something that this nation can never say thank you enough for what leonard boswell has done, even before he came to the halls of the u.s. congress. in the real world leonard boswell has truled combined a mid wern farmer's common sense with practical everyday living. it's been that experience that's proven so invaluable to us on the transportation and infrastructure committee. his work to draft critical legislation as a pilot leonard boswell knows very well the tremendous issues facing our aviation community. he served on that subcommittee on aviation for each of his 16 years in this body. during the hearings and markups, leonard often spoke about the critical importance of aviation safety and is an advocate for his fellow general aviation pilots. it was for that reason that leonard received an appointment to the conference committee that wrote the f.a.a. bill that we passed
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fallen in some parts of the state. >>> it's the site of the worst oil spill in u.s. history. now, more than two years later we're getting an upclose look at the wreckage. there had been reports of a recurring oil sheen in the area, but the coast guard says no leaking oil was found. it was closed and cemented in september of 2010. >>> overseas now where syria is bracing for even more bloodshed after one of its bloodiest days yet in 21 months of civil war. opposition activists say more than half were gunned down in a mass execution. let's go to cnn's mohammed jamjoom. >> after regime forces won a battle, activists say that then servel people there were rounded up and that they were executed by shooting, by stabbing. we've spoken to doctors in that area that said they looked at bodies after this alleged massacre and other activists who say that at least 200 people were killed as a result of this massacre. we've seen video on syrian state tv showing bodies there on the ground, the syrian government for its part is saying that there was a battle in this area that they went in, that they cap
on the attack at the u.s. consulate in bengazi. experts say the clot could require her to lessen her workload in the final weeks as soak of state. whatever the course of her treatment she will usher in the new year at a new york hospital. >> reporter: thank for the update. jon: boring to do that in a hospital. hours away from the end of 2012. more than a million people are going to be packing new york's time scare tonight for the biggest party in the world. secretary clinton will not be among them, as we've just been told. meteorologist maria molina is back in the fox extreme weather center whether it's a little warmer than her post earlier this morning. maria what can we expect tonight. >> reporter: good to see you. it's much warmer in here. usually i think it's chilly in the weather center. it's better than over 20 stories above a building in new york city where temperatures are only in the 30s, you factor in the wind out there and it feels likely 20's. that's what we are looking at across new york city. dry weather along the east coast. where we won't have dry weather is across portions of
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at the rebels. jonathan hunt is at the united nations. this firing of scud missiles is new. >>jonathan: it is. u.s. defense officials believe that some half dozen or so of the scud missiles have been fired at targets north of damascus by the syrian security forces aiming at the rebels in the last few days. they do not have any reports any casualties. you will wreck that scud missiles were widely launched by saddam hussein during the 1991 gulf war. they were largely inaccurate then and it appear they have been inaccurate now. it is an odd choice, this soviet missile as a tactical weapon by the syrians but according to white house officials, it could be one more sign of president bashar al-assad's desperation. >> if true, this would be latest desperate act from a regime that has shown utter disregard for innocent life. utter disregard for the lives of its own citizens. again, the idea that the syrian regime would launch missiles in its borders at its own people is stunning, deputy prosecute, and a completely disproportionate military escalation. >> one of the fears is that scud missiles are capable
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security needs at the u.s. mission in benghazi and elsewhere at high-threat places around the world. this, of course, the attack on 9/11 that killed chris stevens and three other americans. bob corker serves on the senate foreign relations committee and heard testimony during the closed session with the committee today. there will be open sessions tomorrow. they just briefed at the state department, in fact, that's still in progress. senator, one of the conclusions is that security was -- that there were security failures there, before, during, and after, but particularly before and during, that they were relying on the local militia, which was completely grossly inadequate, the reports said. what are your conclusions following the briefing that you received from the top leaders? >> well, i had seen films, andrea, last week of both the security cameras, but also later from drones. it was later in the evening, but the security personnel we had out front literally jumped on a truck and left as soon as they saw a crowd coming, so -- >> you're talking about the libyans, not the americans who
and the first lady attended the holiday memorial service for the late u.s. senator from daniel inouye. >> white house correspondent kristen welker. kristen, obviously they always say the white house travels with the president wherever he is. that's where the white house is. the president, though, is enjoying vacation, but still continuing to keep tabs on the fiscal cliff negotiations, correct? >> he is. white house officials describe this as a working vacation. i think there have been maybe a few conversations at the staff level about the fiscal cliff, but the reality is, thomas, the negotiations have largely stalled. you remember president obama on friday urging lawmakers to take this time off to really cool off, come back later this week with a appreciate perspective. i think you're going to see the hard work, the real negotiations resume when lawmakers go back into session after the christmas holiday. now, last week it seemed as though president obama, house speaker john boehner were close to getting some sort of a grand bargain that would have addressed tax reform as well as deficit reducti
. vice president biden served as a u.s. senator for more than 30 years. few people really understand the way these types of negotiations work like he does. in addition to that, equally importantly, 23 of those years were spent serving alongside minority leader mitch mcconnell. so they have a good working relationship, good personal relationship. you remember that yesterday mcconnell said he needs a dance partner in these negotiations. he didn't feel as though they were moving forward. so he reached out to vice president biden. biden engaged. and what looked like a stalemate yesterday really has begun to move forward overnight, the two on the phone late into the evening until midnight i am told working out the details of a compromise. their staffers on the phone into the early morning hours. folks here at the white house up quite late as well. so it looks like some type of compromise is starting to form that would include increasing taxes on those making $450,000 or less. remember president obama wanted that threshold at 250,000. house speaker john boehner wanted it much higher at abo
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Can I use SQL 2008 R2 as a Witness Server for 2 instances of SQL 2012 Servers being mirrored?
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No witness server has to be SQL 2012, you can use SQL Express 2012 though
All server participating in database mirroring should be running same version of SQL server.
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Database Mirroring will be deprecated in future release of SQL Server if possible use AlwasyOn Availability Group
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Going to try using SQL 2012 Evaluation version - hoping that one will work. Thank you – Dina Jul 16 '12 at 13:46
Using Express in production is not a good move as it does not have a SQL Agent for starters. My 2c is that there is no way MS can count an additional license for a Witness. – Slev Jun 17 at 14:57
@Slev I agree, now one technically has to go out and buy a licence purely to be a witness server. I also donot understand how sql versions has anything to do with a witness server? surely its a sort of ping program that just checks if it can reach the servers? – Zapnologica Aug 11 at 16:46
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You can't take the game from us
Although you've tried hard!
Hockey is a game of passion. Brotherly love and hate. Of curses, swearwords and great plays. Six men with bats, knives on feet and armor go out on the ice hitting each other in battle for the small rubber band. How can we not love it? Well.. when the top league isn't being played, that's how. Give us our game back guys. Think we deserve it.
And it looks like we're going in that way. NHLPA has taken a vote and its a loud "YES". So these guys are going to court to file a dispute against the league. This will be fun.
Whats going on with the game we love?
What Ovi, Stammer, PK and everyone round the world has been asking the same question. And these guys replied - Hockey is ours. The game is on, regardless of what few billionaire owners say about it. And another multi - billion company just found a way to use it to generate revenue. Because NHL doesn't want to generate it, better not to make any money than to give away some of it.
NHL is cancelled until mid January
And fans are outraged. Hell, we want our guys to play, stop bitching about peanuts. NHL cancelled the games, NHLPA player's vote ended with a loud "YES" and we're going to court now. Man the fuck up and get the game where it belongs. Back on ice.
Meanwhile in Europe
There's hockey. Russia is busy voting on their ALL STAR game rosters, many other leagues are shuffling NHL lockout players, washed up AHL players and just trying to bring fans on the rink to spend a dime or two. Support your local hockey club guys! Or local rich guy owning your club.
EBEL league in Austria is particularly funny this week. Actually, not the whole league, but one special part ran by mr. Pierre "I turn the" Page. What do guys like: Alex Auld, Tobias Enström, David Clarkson, Derrick Brassard, Derek Dorsett have in common with Johnny Boychuk, Mike Duco, Rob Schremp and Mark Cullen?
They were all teammates at one point in Salzburg in last couple of weeks. Yeah, all these guys passed through Salzburg in last two months or so.
Derick Brassard in days of glory for Red Bull Salzburg
Aaron Portzline via twitter: Derick Brassard left his Austrian team without their permission, agent Allan Walsh had this to say: ”Derick Brassard is the 5th NHL player to sign with Red Bull this season and the 5th player to leave within 3 weeks of arrival. Talk to Tobias Enstrom, David Clarkson, Derek Dorsett or any of Red Bull’s current players. There is no more unprofessional organization in all of Europe. The club is misrepresenting the facts in an attempt to justify to their fans and media why NHL players keep leaving.
Wow. Guys with unlimited money managed to turn away PRO players from it? No idea, no tactics, no hope for future as they are sitting on a 9th place and train to Playoffs is going further and further away.
And then there is... Switzerland! (and Austria and Croatia)
Congrats to Sam Gagner of EC KAC (Austria) on his first invitation to play for Team Canada in Spengler Cup next week! He'll be joining John Tavares, Carlo Coloaiacovo and many others who are yet to be named.
Sam Gagner in KAC doing a "victory chicken dance" native to a farm he plays at
Very excited to get the invite to play for in the Spengler Cup. Always a tremendous honour to play for your country.
His new line mate in KAC is Tom Zanoski who ran away from a bad bad coach in Zagreb and went to big league rivals in the most uprising story of the last week. No one outside Zagreb cares about it so we'll leave it at that.
Francois Bouchard in Zagreb, decent on ice, 82kg, rly?
Zagreb went on and tried to sign Bouchard. They couldn't get the actual NHL hockey player so they signed his baby brother Francois Bouchard. Frankie got to town couple days ago and then hopped on buy, went to Czech hooker town of Znojmo and scored a nice goal after a pass of a face off draw. Not bad kid. Now get your cousin PA over here and we can talk some more. Right? Okay thanks.
And don't forget to check out whats Dustin Jeffrey been doing when he's not playing hockey for Penguins.
Michal Handzus, epic hair guy
Stupid Dornbirn also went in line to break Zagreb's record of biggest defeat in season (11:2 against EV VSV Villach). These chaps sitting on 11th (out of 12) place managed to lose by 12:3 in Salzburg. By a team marginally better then theirs and around thousand times more costly.
Good job guys scoring three goals on these boys.
We're on pretty soon again, hopefully some guys (shoutout to Ned Lukacevic and Mike Handzus) will finish up their interviews. Will you guys? Thanks!
p.s. Ned go work out and get out of that slump. We need you back on scoring track buddy!
Monday, 10 December 2012
We have hockey here
and you don't. Say thanks to Bettman
NHL got cancelled until 30th of December. Is it the last milestone until cancellation of the whole season? Could be, previous were October games, then Winter Classic, then All Star game, and is this the last step before NHLPA and NHL refuse to kiss and make up?
Please do, or we're going to have many more players come overseas and face the cultural shock when they do come.
There and back again
There are few traditional migrations of players between Europe and North America. One happens with young talent that goes from Europe to try in various junior leagues all over NA and in case of older boys to collegiate hockey, where mostly they stick to studying and play some hockey until their talent gets recognized or more often, until they finish school and return home.
The other "natural" migration is of talented hockey players moving to top European leagues in search of their dream, and seasoned vets and players to less prominent leagues and clubs looking for jobs. "Kids" often find it strange when they come over from big hockey towns with newer facilities, different ownership status and different lifestyle to a more traditional, sedentary way of life.
Most of these countries have lots of "history" as they put it, and lots of, behind the scenes work, issues players just don't understand at first glance. From mostly English (or French) speaking countries, players venture to Swedish, Finnish, German, Czech, Slovakian, in some cases Italian and in best of those to English (UK) and French speaking countries. Lots of languages, players from all over world and from dozens of different cultural styles often meet. And then you start talking about hockey. If they're lucky they land in a place where there are a few NA players already or at least a coach to help them sort it out.
Crimmitschau ice hall - open to the side and woods on the right
Now, imagine to land in a small city (eg. Crimmitschau - signed Simmonds, Stewart and MacArthur), some 250 km south of Berlin on border with Czech republic. Folks are mostly German with some Czech mixed in between, players are almost all German, with few imports from East. And you're a Canadian guy that doesn't speak German. Your coach knows some words but that's it. And in between facility is 3 parts closed and one part open towards the woods. And You haven't played outdoors since you were a kid.
Its kind of hard to get there and into the game isn't it? Now instead of German town put in a Czech city, a Hungarian metalworking town, or any other place. If you're lucky you end up in bigger cities or, in places where many people know your language. Otherwise you adapt, start learning the local language or in some, you just don't bother.
Wayne Simmonds in Europe during NHL lockout
Now imagine that with all those cultural and language barriers you head into a bunch of provocative and drunk fans that start throwing racial slurs. Wayne Simmonds is a hell of a player and he felt that. Lots of ink has been spilled over chants calling him a monkey in Czech republic so I wont cover it all again. It was just a really ugly game, that shed some really bad light on European hockey and its great and loud fans. Hope it won't happen ever again. Good luck back home practicing with great guys at "Beyond the next level" facility in Toronto by @DeejBTNL
Players that head into bigger cities like Vienna, Berlin, great organisations like Red Bull Salzburg (just added Boychuck, Dorsett, Mike Duco etc.), Milano get it easy as they can feel the spirit of Europe just by poking their heads out.
Dustin Jeffrey (Medvescak Zagreb) - photo by Igor Šoban
Dustin Jeffrey (Pittsburgh Penguins) went to Venice on his first day off, then went to Budapest. All in a driving distance from Zagreb, Croatia, where he currently plays and makes fans love him with his every move day in and out. He will get to visit one of the great cities of the world, Dubrovnik, and many more just by having an NHL lockout.
Many others, including guys in Swiss, Germany and other countries like Briere, Giroux, Tavares, Ty Seguin and many more have great time playing abroad. Of course they mostly play for pocket money and insurance, but they do what they love. They play hockey. They give their best each day, each practice and aren't spared on the ice.
Sam Gagner happily chewing on a mouthpiece. He's the one
in white red jersey. #97 in case you missed it. (P: Igor Šoban)
EBEL league has its stars too. Sam Gagner just can't believe how beautiful the Austria (and 4 other countries he plays in while on the roster for EC KAC).
Beautiful Austria“: On the way to Innsbruck earlier today
And then he proceeded to demolish Innsbruck with a few goals justl like his teammates Alex Cogilano and Tyler Myers (currently on IR list with a knee injury but expected to be on roster by weekend). Or was it an ankle injury? I'm sure someone cares about it, but its not me.
Free summer with additional free fall?
And it looks like the NHL season is in indeed a free fall. Another batch of games up to Dec. 30th have been cancelled. Xmas is right on the corner and owners (and players according to HRR) are going to lose bunch of money by not selling games and merch during the games. All that TV coverage, and overall hockey related revenue is basically as good as gone.
Season 2004. - 2005. is likely going to be repeated, and no one is going to profit from that. Well mostly no one, Europe will love it. Some guys will come over, enjoy the opportunity, possibly for the first time ever in their schedule driven life to enjoy hockey and play abroad. From midget, to AAA to collegiate/pro hockey most of them never had a "free" summer followed by a free fall/winter. Without having to worry about getting through the camps, being sent up/down or traded on a whim of the owners and coaches, players have a chance to do what they're best. Enjoy hockey without a capitalistic driven North American society.
Enjoy it while you can, soon you'll be flying franchise jets, living a fake dream and enjoying bloated contracts that block negotiations more firmly than any other points Bettman and Fehr are trying to battle around.
Embrace the LOCKOUT, see the World, play hockey.
Saturday, 1 December 2012
And there is nothing we can do.
RIP David Courtney
And here is the Class of 12/13 NHL Lockout:
Phil Kessel (@BTNL) doing interview for Sportsnet
What else to do when there's no games?
Rob Schremp signed for Red Bull Salzburg
(Brassard, Schremp, Dorsett)
And now... the conclusion
Victor Oreskovich during glroy days
Daniel Vukovic
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We included yet another very unique and exciting plant extract that, in animal models, helped to greatly reduce body weight gain and fat mass, while specifically targeting subcutaneous fat mass over visceral fat mass.
Subcutaneous...visceral....what? I'll explain. Your body actually has two types of fat. The first is subcutaneous fat, which is the fat that covers your muscles and makes you look smooth, soft, and pudgy. THIS is the fat we want to get rid of.
Visceral fat mass is the fat that encases and protects your organs. And while losing visceral fat mass is certainly healthy for obese individuals, it's not going to result in a lean six pack. And unfortunately, all too often companies include ingredients that don't make a distinction between subcutaneous and visceral fat mass. But we've paid very careful attention to the ingredients chosen for OxyTherm Pro to ensure that you're losing the right kind of fat in precisely the areas you want to.
Ok, back to Cirsium Oligophyllum! This extract is also suggested to have a powerful synergistic effect with caffeine and potentially produce a far greater lypolitic effect. In fact, when Cirsium Oligophyllum and caffeine were combined, the potency was almost 10 times greater when compared to the effects of Cirsium Oligophyllum alone!
The last ingredient in OxyTherm Pro is caffeine. Now, we all know that every company includes caffeine in their formula. After all, caffeine is known for it's ability increase resting energy expenditure, the break down of body fat, and lipid oxidation (6-8). Caffeine is also known to increase mental alertness, concentration, feelings of energy, and euphoria (9-10). Nice, right! But we included caffeine for a very specific purpose as noted above. Caffeine has powerful synergistic effects with other ingredients in the OxyTherm Pro formula...specifically Cirsium Oligophyllum!
OxyTherm Pro Supplement Facts
Serving Size: Capsule
Servings per Container: 60
Amount Per Serving % Daily Value
Proprietary Blend 110 mg**
4-Amino-2-Methylpentane Citrate, Bauhinia Purpurea L. (Leaf And Pod) 10:1 Extract, Bacopa (Bacopa Monnieri) 50% Extract, Ashwagandha 5%, Cirsium Oligophyllum (Plant) 10:1 Extract, Rauwolscine (Rauvolfia Canescens L. (Leaf and Root])
Caffeine 250 mg**
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
** Percent Daily Values not established.
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My lab uses csh scripts to run jobs. It is usually difficult for me to debug a shell script, so I'm wondering if there is a csh debugger I can use.
I know there are some flags like -x or -v that can help, but because the script is kind of long, it would be better if I can set breakpoints on it. As I searched online, I found there is a debugger specifically for bash scripts that supports breakpoints, but I couldn't find one for csh scripts. Will the bash debugger work? Is there a csh-specific debugger I can use?
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Doesn't csh -x cut it? – Bobby Oct 8 '12 at 21:37
I dont think "shell" has debugger, just echo the values out or use -x – warl0ck Oct 9 '12 at 6:28
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This page lists two useful csh switches: -v to show each command before variables are substituted, and -x to show them afterwards.
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Welcome to Unix and Linux! Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, it would be preferable to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference. – Renan Oct 8 '12 at 22:03
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0.027771 | <urn:uuid:033eb841-5572-4038-aadc-69c7e0988dc6> | en | 0.965095 | Five people have been killed and at least nine have been wounded after hundreds of troops from Yemen's elite Republican Guard force attacked the headquarters of the defence ministry.
The forces, who were later repelled, were led by the son of ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh.
The soldiers laid siege to the ministry in Sanaa on Tuesday before attacking it with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades, witnesses said.
The attack comes a week after President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi ordered a restructuring of army forces, reducing the number of units under the command of rival chiefs, including Saleh's son.
General Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh's forces, who blocked the roads leading to the ministry in central Sanaa, came from the main base of the Republican Guard in Sawad, south of the capital, witnesses said.
Troops guarding the ministry used armoured vehicles to chase the attackers, and were backed by military police and reinforcements from the army's fourth armoured brigade.
Army reinforcements were deployed around the residence of Hadi, who replaced Saleh in an Gulf-brokered peace deal that ended 13 months of protests against the veteran leader.
In a presidential decree last week, Hadi, who was in not in Yemen at the time of the attacks, ordered the formation of a "presidential protection" force that will include three brigades from the Republican Guard.
The force will also include a brigade from the first armoured division led by General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar who defected to the anti-Saleh opposition last year, official sources said.
Hadi assigned other brigades from the two rival units to the central and southern regions.
Hakim Almasmari, editor in chief of the Yemen Post, told Al Jazeera that Tuesday's attacks were "a strong warning to Hadi".
"President Hadi left the country and hours later, the attacks took place. He's not safe - or his rule is not safe in Yemen," he said.
The US on Tuesday urged all sides in Yemen to show restraint and respect reforms by new President Abdrabuh
Mansur Hadi after troops attacked the defence ministry.
"We have been urging restraint on all sides, an immediate end to the violence and respect for President Hadi and the reforms that he is putting in place and the democratic transition," said US state department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland.
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0.383076 | <urn:uuid:fe5c8538-c7f6-49c4-9dc9-52493a849453> | en | 0.955941 | Stewie: (to Stan Smith) I'd drop the gun if I were you, Joe.
Stan: What? It's Stan.
Stewie: Oh, sorry. You look sort of like someone from- Anyway, I'd drop the gun if I were you.
(Brian and Stewie back out of the driveway)
Stewie: Oooh, there's Joe. Say "Joe, I think you're cool."
Brian: Joe, I think you're cool.
Joe: Well, thank you Brian. That's gonna get me through the rest of this yard work.
Stewie: No, just kidding, you suck.
Brian: (to Joe) No, just kidding, you suck.
Stewie: Queer.
Brian: (to Joe) Queer. (Brian drives away)
Joe: Ah, well there goes my smile.
Won't be long before the police notice Cleveland's disappearance. Black man gone missing, my God the media will be all over that.
Joe: (knocking on the door) Hey, everything okay in there? I heard shouting.
Stewie: Dog, answer it. Tell him "Yes, everything's fine."
Brian: (opens the door) Yes Joe, everything's fine.
Joe: Ah, okay, good.
Stewie: (hiding behind the door, telling Brian what to say) Make fun of his wheelchair.
Brian: What?
Joe: What?
Stewie: Do it! Say "ha ha ha ha ha ha, you're in a wheelchair."
Brian: (to Joe) Ha ha ha ha ha ha, you're in a wheelchair.
Joe: What's that supposed to mean?
Stewie: Say "I bet you can't get a boner."
Brian: (to Joe) I bet you can't get a boner.
Joe: That's not very nice, Brian.
Stewie: "Neither is your mother's ass."
Brian: (to Joe) Neither is your mother's ass.
Joe: Well, I'll give you that one.
Stewie: Now tell him you've always thought he was handsome.
Brian: (to Joe) I've always thought you were handsome.
Joe: Well, I gotta tell you Brian, I'm relieved to hear you say that. Please call me if you see any sign of Stewie.
Stewie: Tell him "ha ha ha ha ha ha, just kidding about the handsome thing.
Brian: Oh come on.
Stewie: Do it!
Brian: Come on, that meant a lot to him.
(Stewie cocks the gun)
Brian: (to Joe) Ha ha ha ha ha ha, just kidding about the handsome thing.
Joe: Ah, well that's, uh disappointing. I needed that boost today.
(The family returns home)
(a gun cocks, camera cuts to Stewie)
Peter: That was an owl?
Peter: (scared) Yes.
Stewie: What do you like about it specifically?!
Peter: (scared) I don't know.
Stewie: Pick something or I'll blow your brains out!
Stewie: Thank you for the compliment!
Tom Tucker: Good Evening, I'm Tom Tucker with Channel 5 News. We now go live to Ollie Williams, recapping the events of the last episode of Family Guy. What happened last time Ollie?
Ollie: (yelling) Stewie killed Lois!
Tom: Then what?
Ollie: (yelling) Peter got blamed!
Tom: Then what?
Ollie: (yelling) Peter went to court!
Tom: Then what?
Ollie: (yelling) Lois came back!
Tom: How?
Ollie: (yelling) Wasn't really dead!
Tom: Thanks Ollie, and now part two.
Ringo: Hey guys I wrote a song!
Paul: Oh thats great!
John: Oh good Ringo!
George: Fantastic!
Ringo: All right!
Farewell Brian, I'm off to sea. An hour from now, I'll be surrounded by seamen; sperm whales and seamen. Oooh, a swallow.
Ship Officer: I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I'm gonna have to bar you from the aft section of the ship for the rest of the cruise.
Lois: We are so sorry. Peter, what the hell do you thing you were doing?
Peter: Lois, it is called "the poop deck", that is why I pooped there.
Ship Officer: You're disgusting.
Peter: And you're misleading.
(Stewie drags in a wagon full of weapons)
Brian: What are you doing?
Stewie: I'll teach that hussy to go on a boat ride without me. When she returns, I'm going to put bamboo splinters under all her finger nails. Then I'm gonna strip her down and tie her to the bed.
Brian: Okay.
Stewie: Then I'm going to make her crawl on her hands and knees while I drip hot candle wax all over her back.
Brian: Uh, and then what are you going to do?
Stewie: Uhh, let's see.
Brian: You gonna shower her off after all that candle wax?
Stewie: No, I'm gonna keep her filthy!
Brian: Yeah, she's been a bad girl
Stewie: And then I'm gonna gag her with her own brazier.
Brian: (laughs)
Stewie: What?
Brian: No, no nothing, nothing. That's all part of your diabolical plan to...humiliate her.
Stewie: Yes, yes, she'll be humiliated.
Brian: Maybe you'll handcuff her, she'll hate that.
Stewie: Then I shall do that as well.
Brian: And call her a bitch.
Stewie: Until I'm hoarse with rage!
Brian: Maybe smack her ass with a riding crop.
Stewie: Yes, and then-- what?
Brian: No I mean that would like, t-- that would show her.
Stewie: Are y-? You're getting some kind of sick sexual thrill off of this aren't you?!
Brian: Who cares?! You're not gonna kill her anyway. You're gonna bitch and moan, and then you're gonna do what you always do. The minute Lois walks through that door you're gonna forget all about it, beg for your apple juice, go poop and fall asleep.
Brian: Hey, where've you been?
Peter: I had another date.
Brian: You know, I'm glad you're finally putting yourself out there. Lois would have wanted you to move on.
Peter: Yeah, only this one was kind of awkward. My date was a stick figure.
(scene cuts to restaurant)
Peter: would this bed?
Stick Figure: Well, I can't do sex, but I can give you a stick job.
Peter: That, uh, that sounds-
Stick Figure: Yes, it is very unpleasant.
(cuts back to house)
Peter: But the freakiest was that date I had with Bonnie.
(Scene cuts to the Swanson bedroom)
Bonnie: Peter, you don't know how bad I want this.
Peter: I don't know Bonnie, it's just a little weird, Joe's a friend of mine.
Bonnie: No, it's okay, I promise you, it's okay.
Peter: Ehh, I'm not sure.
Joe: It's okay Peter.
Prosecutor: Mr. Griffin, do you drink?
Peter: I plead the fifth of Jack. Haha, no, no I'm joking, yes I drink.
Prosecutor: And have you ever struck your wife?
Peter: Only in front of the kids to assert my status as dominant male of the pride.
Prosecutor: Are you a violent man?
Peter: (rolling up his sleves) What are you, a wise guy? Cause I know how to deal with wise guys.
Prosecutor: No further questions.
Peter: You son of a bitch. If I had a gun on a boat I'd shoot you.
Family Guy Season 6 Quotes
(scene cuts to coffee shop)
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Fees for undergraduate International students are set up differently than for local students (Australian citizens, Australian permanent residents, NZ citizens, and holders of an Australian permanent resident humanitarian visa). For more information on fees for International students, please visit the International course fees page.
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Undergraduate students
You are an undergraduate student if you have completed secondary studies (eg Higher School Certificate (HSC) or equivalent) and are now studying a Bachelor's degree. For fee purposes at Western Sydney University you are considered a Commonwealth supported student
Postgraduate students
You are a postgraduate student if you have successfully completed an undergraduate course (such as a Bachelor's degree), completed equivalent studies or have experience in that field of study and are now studying a Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma or Masters (by Coursework).
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Higher Degree Research students
You are a Higher Degree Research student if you are enrolled in a degree where a minimum of 66 per cent of the work is undertaken by way of independent research (such as a PhD, Masters Honours, Professional Doctorate).
Group of students
International students
You are an International student if you are not an Australian citizen, New Zealand citizen or Permanent Resident of Australia.
Confused? Have questions?
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0.027308 | <urn:uuid:08847f55-27c6-4858-8c0a-a7890dec808b> | en | 0.981371 | I was on Khalid Bin Abdulazziz where Mishref is on my right and Bayan is on my left. Just after getting off Malik Fahad I saw the traffic coming to a complete stop. And I took a few pictures of the accident, I dont know how it could have happened exactly, but it looks like the chevrolet caprice hit a tree and flipped over and hit the parked Suburban. There also two other cars which are damaged but I dont eve know how they got damaged. There were no police on the seen yet, but I took a couple of pics and left. I can only imagine what the hell happened.
A guy who is just trying to enjoy life!
1. you didn’t stop to help…. how mean are you! Imagine if I was trapped in that car.. you wouldn’t come rescue meeeeeee?
*runs away and cries*
2. From what I could tell three cars were empty, and one only did the damage. So the way it looked I probably couldnt have helped, and the best I could help was get out of the way for the authorities to be able to get there!
3. Frooky
Zook, change what? to EL What?!
4. x men – R rated – nuff said:
5. oooooh zouk.. he’s the one u told me about who puts EL infront of everything :P
hallo Frooky
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John Napiorkowski
local-lib-helper - A commandline utility that builds local-lib helper scripts
Although the primary purpose of this distribution is to make it trivial to use a given local::lib you may, as part of a custom build or deployment system, need an easy way to programmatically create the helper scripts for either an activated or precreated local::lib. This script makes that easy. If you are already in a local::lib managed environment this script will detect that fact and automatically install the helpers into the bin directory of that local::lib. If there is not a currently activated local::lib, you can still install the helpers as long as you've already created a local::lib in the past (say via the self bootstrap method outlined in the documention, or when you specified a -l option with App::cpanminus). In that case since we can't auto detect the location of the local::lib you need to use the target option, which should be the root directory of the local::lib (which is the directory that contains the bin and lib directories of the local::lib you previously created).
This script has the following options, which can also be veiwed in summary by typing local-lib-helper --help.
help (--help, -h)
A summary of the help options.
which_perl (--which_perl, -p)
This should be the path to the perl binary that the local::lib is built against. This defaults to the path of the perl binary under which we are currently running. You should probably leave this one alone :)
target (--target, -t)
This is the target directory for the local::lib you want to build the helper script against. By default it will attempt to detect the currently running local::lib and use that. If we can't detect a running local::lib and this option is undef, we die with a message.
helper_name (--helper_name, -n)
This is the name of the helper utility script. It defaults to 'localenv'.
helper_permissions (--helper_permissions, -p)
These are the permissions the the helper utility script is set to. By default we set the equivilent of 'chmod 755 [HELPER SCRIPT]'
App::local::lib::helper, App::local::lib::helper::rationale
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Copyright 2010, John Napiorkowski
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0.034337 | <urn:uuid:bd5a75de-e84a-4112-b059-8e19826db231> | en | 0.969565 | Why would I even be mad at you.
we have never been anything, there has not even been a ‘We’, Nevertheless, I still get mad, for no reason. And It bloody hurts, it is just like, if someone weren’t feeding you, but you feed yourself on their place, it is just so stupid.
I sometimes, think, about stop being friends, because It is toxic for me, and I think for you aswell, because I irritate really easy.
But I, aswell, think I love you. and stop being friends would kill me anyway.
We are from completely different worlds.
You are patient, you want to do everything right, if you do it you want it to do it the proper way, don’t want to mix things up.
I, in the other hand, am a nature’s force, I am wild and I want to live the moment, I want you, but you don’t want me as much as I do, I haven’t got to love you yet, but I assume soon the time will come, and the only salvation for me will be cutting my throat and making the life abandons my body gradually, because, I have reached the point, where I just want you to be with me.
I think, otherwise, you are confused, due to, you told me in a year or two, you’ll be ready to have something, and when I told you I would try to wait for you, you told me I wish you do.
I wish you do.
Good Morning || What does that suppose to mean?
How does it feel to be poor. (not so)
A first touch
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Pac NW
How to know you're from the Pacific Northwest
1. You know the state flower (Mildew).
4. You know more than 10 ways to order coffee.
6. You feel overdressed wearing a suit to a nice restaurant.’
10. You know the difference between Chinook, Coho, and Sockeye Salmon.
11. You know how to pronounce Sequim, Puyallup, Issaquah, Oregon, Yakima, and Willamette.
12. You consider swimming an indoor sport.
13. You can tell the difference between Japanese, Chinese, and Thai food.
14. In winter, you go to work in the dark and come home in the dark - While only working eight-hour days.
16. You are not fazed by "Today's forecast: showers followed by rain," And & then; "Tomorrow's forecast: rain followed by showers."
17. You have no concept of humidity without precipitation.
18. You know that Boring is a town in Oregon and not just a State of Mind.
20. You notice, "The mountain is out" when it is a pretty day and you can actually SEE it.
23. You have actually used your mountain bike on a mountain.
24. You think people who use umbrellas are either wimps or tourists.
26. You measure distance in hours.
28 You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit under a raincoat.
29. You know all the important seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Raining (Spring), Road Construction (Summer), Deer & Elk Season (Fall).
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1. Heck, I feel overdressed whenever I am wearing something that is not supposed to be wrinkly. Also, #21-23 are perfect and I fit the mold (no pun intended) so to speak...
2. Yep, this all resonates with me, a Vancouverite. I own many umbrellas, several in each car, but try not to use them, just run between the drops. I certainly remember going to work and coming home from work in the dark before retirement.
I'll have to print this out.
3. I have to get new sunglasses every year. Thanks, dollar store, for making it affordable! | http://allbleedingstops.blogspot.com/2007/07/pac-nw.html?showComment=1239189780000 | dclm-gs1-207920001 | false | false | {
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0.0815 | <urn:uuid:5e158bf7-6e8d-4a7a-82aa-60fba6befc1b> | en | 0.916865 | Giving oral to someone, and the person thinks you swallowed it, but you spit it in there mouth, pretending to kiss them.
*thought to self* Im gunna spit his cum back in his mouth for donkey punching me.
от Jackass 02 юни 2003
A kind of ecstacy tablet. The tablet is white in colour and has rounded edges.
I took two snowballs last night.
от Colin Mac 01 октомври 2006
After oral sex a couple, or triple, or several deep kiss eachother mixing the secretion.
i didn't know what she meant by snowball until i tasted it
от Mad Jester 10 август 2003
You guys are idiots snowballs are made outta snow get it right you nasty lil' freaks.
After this snow is over we can go out side and throw snowballs at cars.
от Deserie 04 февруари 2006
When a man receives oral sex by a woman... He ejaculates in her mouth and then proceeds to making out with her. The man can taste the cum but says nothing because he is super drunk.
My friend was going down on her ex-boyfriend, he came in her mouth and she started to kiss him and spit it back into his mouth, the same way you would pickup snow and throw it back at a person... A Snowball. Instead of her swallowing... he had to, but since he was super drunk he didn't say anything. They say, "payback is a bit@h." Guys beware ex-girlfriends (and girls in general) are ruthless. So the moral of the story is "Don't Drink and Bone."
от LanaStar 10 юли 2008
when a woman gives a guy a blow job until he cums in her mouth. She then proceeds to "drop" the "snowball" in his mouth...Yummy boys
The Bitch Snowballed Me
от Jerseygirl911 29 август 2005
the act of spitting semen into another's mouth, usually the ejaculators mouth.
"Ok baby, after I blow in your mouth I want you to snowball me,k?"
от Madamasselle 02 март 2003
The hottest thing ever. Is when you orgasm into your partner's mouth and they go up to kiss you, and spit your cum back into your mouth in the process.
"I thought my mate swallowed the stuff, but instead they snowballed me and I ended up getting it in my mouth!"
от Pyran 06 февруари 2008
Безплатен ежедневен email
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0.021175 | <urn:uuid:e5895223-e8c2-40ad-b6fe-04d5e1a961b5> | en | 0.949955 | Middle schoolers pass out after taking drugs
OKLAHOMA CITY -- School officials say two 8th graders at Webster Middle School showed up at school under the influence of drugs Thursday morning.
Oklahoma City Schools Spokesperson Tierney Tinnin said, "One student passed out in the hallway and then a few minutes later we had the other one pass out in class."
EMSA paramedics rushed to the scene.
When the students regained consciousness, they told officials, they used a dangerous combination of marijuana and Xanax before coming to school.
Both were taken to an area hospital.
EMSA Field Operations Supervisor Colin Roy said parents need to know the physical signs of drug use.
"A change in sleep patterns, unclear speech pattern and appearing more groggy are all signs. Also heavier eyes, slower breathing and slower movement are also warning signs."
There is no word on the condition of those students but school administrators said both were conscious when EMSA medics transported them to the hospital. | http://kfor.com/2012/05/03/8th-graders-come-to-school-high/ | dclm-gs1-208430001 | false | false | {
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No, B folded. They are no longer in the hand. Cards are tabled, main pot of 75$ goes to A or C, depending on who has the best cards. If a side pot exists it goes to C.
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Draw the curtains!
Turn on the limelight!
Cue dancing showgirls coming down a massive staircase clad in maribou feathers and swirling batons while trying not to decapitate the male lead with their waving legs!
Cue elephants balancing on brightly coloured balls with monkeys juggling torches on their trunks!
Cue clowns on a mini-bike that freak the children out with their sweat-smeared make-up and general trauma-inducing demeanor!
Why all that jazz, you may wonder?
It's my first post of the year!
To celebrate, I'm giving you a double post today: one for the lucky bastards that get to go on a cruise in this grim weather, and one for the poor sods like me that get to not go on a cruise and remain in the cold.
I tried making one for the ones that go skiing as well, but I'm not really that educated in ski-wear, just put on a Moncler vest and some not-heinous ski pants and glide down that hill time and time again if you wonder how the drill goes.
1. Figuring out what to wear when someone - oh, woe - invites you to go on a cruise.
(No, I'm not bitter.)
So here's the deal: some family member or friend invites to go cruising on H.M.S. Chickmagnet, you look down at your wooly jumper and think: "****".
No need for desperation, even in these cold times (unless you live in a perma-hot country, obviously) you can get summery outfits: that's what Cruise/Resort and Pre-spring/summer collections are for!
So start packing these babies in the old Vuitton, Goyard or Rimowa and you'll be the best-looking man on deck. Or the best-looking man overboard if the wardrobe envy reaches a boiling point.
Who said shorts can't be chic? Someone who hasn't seen this Louis Vuitton get-up, I'd say.
Or these Ralph Lauren shorts ($85)?
And if you get invited to a fancy luncheon you can put on this snazzy yet temperature-appropriate Gucci suit.
And to top it all off: these limited edition Ray-Ban Wayfarers with an 18 carat white gold inlay. Only 7000 specimens will be made.
Don't forget to apply sunscreen because skin cancer ain't chic, y'all!
2. Figuring out what to wear when you've been forsaken on the frigid, windswept mainland.
(Nope, still not bitter.)
When your winter days are a series of shivers and runny noses you'd best tuck yourselves in with some cozy clothes, because pneumonia also ain't chic, y'all! For instance, this Viktor & Rolf sweater (€ 221) keeps you perfectly warm and clears up any potential gender-confusion at the same time!
Inject a subtle dash of colour in your winter wardrobe with these teal TOPMAN trousers ($70).
When you're mucking about in snow and ice, you won't want to be wearing your calfskin leather Lanvins but Wellies might be a stretch too far. So what about these inexpensive, yet fashionable H&M sneakers (€39,95)?
And top it all off: this stunning checkered Dries Van Noten jacket (€308)!
And if all of this sartorial excellence doesn't make up for sun-deprivation, you can always just get wasted on cough syrup! Happy 2010!
[Style For Guys does not advocate medicine abuse in any kind of way, maybe just in the funny kind of way. Because, come on, people high on cough meds are totally funny.]
(sources: www.hm.com, www.gucci.com, www.polo.com, www.antonioli.eu, www.topman.com, www.louisaviaroma.com, www.vogue.fr, www.diorhomme.com)
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Junes said...
Nope, not bitter either ;)
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I Was Recently Reading About It
Why? When? Where? How?
Congratulations..!! We passed the college and,
Congratulations..!! We are the earning crowd now.
These days the word we hear a lot, yes of course apart from "work" is "Investment". We have already bought most of the reasonable things, and also few of those unreasonable things we wanted. These days almost everyone has at least 25% of their salary left in the bank account at the month end. Its great if you have more then 25%, not so great if you have it much much more. Maybe then you don't understand the point of earning money. But still no issues. Its your money.
Lets comeback to the actual topic: Investment. We are particularly naive to this field. Too much influenced by the western culture. No responsibilities, lot of money, and far too many ways to spend it and have fun. In the following paragraphs i'll discus about all the new things you can do with your money, as in Investment.
Investment is not always putting your money in share market. It is a general term, its any thing where you put your money. No keeping it in safe is not an investment.
Why do we need investment?
Believe me, if you start counting there is a hell lot of reasons. I have listed few of them:
1. Too much money: Yes, for people who earn far too much, thus save far too much. Lets just say, save far too much.
2. Higher Studies: Yes, this is my reason, one and only reason and far too expensive one.
3. Retirement Funds: But why? We just joined, retirement is too far away.
1. Because time flies and retirement is always too far away till the time you have 5 years more to go.
2. Because eventually you will have too many responsibilities to fulfill then to save for retirement funds.
3. Because you don't realize the power of compounding.
4. Emergency Fund: I know most of the companies provides Medical insurance, Life insurance, accidental insurance for their employees. Its nice because it covers most of the emergencies when we need money on shorter notice. Its great if yours is one of them. If not, go ahead, get one of those insurances ( no, I am not taking about a new company ) for yourself. Its always a good idea to set aside a fund to cover up unexpected expenses. Reasons include:
1. Because the rates of interest in personal loans are too high.
2. Because who knows maybe you'll have to travel abroad.
3. Because you job is not as secure as you think.
5. A house: Yes most of the people, including me wants to buy a house eventually.
6. Vacations/ Luxuries/ Car: These are the short term investment goals, but then again requires an adequate amount of money.
7. More options/ Choices: Maybe you'll decide to open a new start up.
Maybe all the reasons above wont apply to you but then too it would have helped to understand about the essence of money.
Why? When? Where? How?
I am glad you have decided to read further.
The best answer to when to invest is. ASAP. Yes, as soon as possible. Money flies. Its common tendency to spend more when you have more money in your bank account. Few days earlier I noticed that the amount of money I am spending on Coffee these days is lot more then the amount I used to spend on food back in college. After all its your money. The more you sooner you start saving, the more easy it will be to save when you have lots of responsibilities.
Why? When? Where? How?
The point of investment is getting the maximum return from the amount of money with the involvement of minimum risk.
Now here comes the interesting part. Once decided that we want to invest, also figured out that we want to start investing right from our January pay cheque. Where to put the money is the biggest decision.
In my opinion there is no single correct answer. It depends on your requirements. In today's world there are a lot of options for us to put our money in. I wont go into the technicalities as it would be a what we say an over head transfer for most. I'll go through the basic details of the products and how the kind of investment product vary with our requirements and how long we want the money to be invested.
We need our money back in generally three time frames.
1. Short term : That is upto 3 years,
2. Mid term : Upto 5 years,
3. Long term : More then 5 years.
There are basically two thumb rules:
1. High risk, High gain : This is pretty obvious. You'll have to choose your portfolio ( the investment products you want to put your money in ).
2. Diversification : As its commonly said, never put all you eggs in one basket. Its never a good idea to risk all your money on one.
Depending on when do we need that money, how much risk you are willing to take, money can be invested in different kind of investment products. We can take more risk when we are younger then when we are older. As you grow up move towards a non riskier portfolio.
Young age --> More risk taking capabilities --> More equity funds.
Older --> Decrease risk taking capabilities --> Debts/ Bonds.
The case with long and short term investment is opposite. When we invest for short term, the amount of return on a particular sum of money is not significant and the main motive towards investment is to save the sum from getting spent. Also when invested for short term, the return on a higher risk portfolio is not much different from the low risk portfolio so its always good to take the minimum risk way. Fixed deposits, bonds are some of the low risk investment products. No saving account doesn't count. It gives 4%, even inflation is higher.
The scenario is different when we go for long term investment. We can very well have a some equities in our portfolios, these equities may not perform good in the short run, due to market correction, inflation and a lot of other reasons but in a longer run, an average portfolio consisting of equities gives around 15% p.a of return that is much higher then what debt securities, that is FDs and bonds, will offer.
Why? When? Where? How?
Congratulations..!! of course to me, I have convinced you to at least give a thought about investment and saving, and to you, this is the decision you are never going to regret.
How part is no such big of a deal if you have figured out the above three points. Its more or less a decision similar to of paying by cash or card, you have already decided the product, you have negotiated the cost and just payment is remaining.
There are a number of ways to invest. I have listed few of them and again I wont go into the technicalities:
1. Fixed Deposits/ Recurring Deposits/ PPFs : More or less this is similar to US treasury funds. Lowest risk, and lowest returns.
2. Metals/ ETFs: This is about investment in Gold, Silver and other precious metals and commodities. There are two ways of investing in these:
1. Physical form: Where you purchase them in physical form, as in gold/silver coins etc.
2. ETFs: Electronically Traded Funds where the above commodities are sold in paper form. The good thing about this form is that it is liquid money, we don't have to bother about their safety and can be easily converted into liquid money.
3. Real Estate : Buy land. They are not making more of it. By far this guarantee the best return but then this is not liquid money ( the money you can convert in cash in a short time ) and also getting into Real Estate requires a lot of initial investment, down payment and lots of paper work hassle.
4. Mutual Funds : Investing in Mutual Funds is similar to investing in multiple equities ( shares ) or say multiple investment product at the same time + hiring an investment manager who will do research and invest your money. Is this the best way?
1. Yes, if you don't want to learn finance and want to give all your saving in a person hands who says he know how to invest, and also when you want to give a part of your return as a fees.
2. No, for all other reasons.
5. SIP ( Systematic Investment Plan ) : This is just a way to invest in Mutual Fund, but a very popular one. It is investing a fixed amount every month on a particular date.
1. Pros: Since it is regular investment over a period of time it averages out the market movement and corrections. When the market is low we can get more units of the same product because the product will cost less at low times. Better return then debt funds.
2. Cons: Again the above, you cant decide when to invest, you don't exactly know where your money is invested.
6. Direct Investment: This is the way to directly expose your money to the investment products without any middleman involved.
1. Pros: Returns are completely yours. Research is yours. You completely know where your money is.
2. Cons: The losses are also yours. I have never mentioned in the above statements that all these information will give you a control on your losses.
I wont suggest anyone to go for this method unless and until they are ready to spend some time to learn the fundamental rules of finance, but believe me, no one is as smart as you are, there are a number of ways of analyzing the stock market. Value investment ( Warren Buffet's ), Fundamental analysis, Technical Analysis are few of the popular ones.
I would also like to add few more points:
1. Out of the twelve months saving, put one month's saving into different kind of insurance plan. Its necessary.
2. Always remember to reinvest the interest and dividends, this will enable you to enjoy the power of compounding in few years.
3. Take account of the inflation.
4. Divide your investment on monthly/ quarterly basis.
Happy Investing.
PS: Spending is equally important, One reason to save money is to enjoy it. Life as a miser today and as as a king tomorrow doesn't work. Tomorrow never comes. I read somewhere that if you don't spend 20% of your earning on the things you want, you don't understand the point of earning at the first place.
1. Hi Aman,
Thank you for a very informative post. Can you suggest me a few sources from where I can understand the basics of investment and tax-saving better? I have just graduated from college and want to improve my understanding of the subject.
1. Hi,
I am extremely sorry that it took me so long to reply.
If you want to learn finance inside out I would recommend reading "Options, Futures and other Derivatives" by JC Hull but I don't think you will be that much interested in it.
What you are interested in is, smart investment. A way to help your money grow. For the course of this answer i'll assume you are from India.
I will not repeat what I said in the post above as to decide what kind of investor you are ( Short term/ Long term ) and the risk taking potential. That depends on individual basic and you can figure out on your own.
For learning about the current investment scenarios in India there are a couple of websites I refer to one of them being
This will more or less help you identify which places to put your money in, once you are through with the decision making process.
Quora is a big source of this knowledge too.
Another website I will suggest you is this is a website that will not only teach you how to save money but also how to spend your hard earned money in ways that will make you satisfied and happy.
Thanks a lot,
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3. I have just started my job. Whatever i read in the articles, i found for saving and investment, i can go for PPF and term plan and some medical insurance and also i can invest in shares. Is this a good idea?
My father is telling me to have a endowment plan where i need to pay 30k half-yearly. I found on internet, its not a good choice. But, he is concerned about return, which is pretty good. How can i convince in normal terms (not economic terms) that its not good idea.
4. Hi Vivek,
Its great that you are thinking about investment right from the start of your career, you'll soon realize the power of compounding.
You have mentioned very diverse fields of investments above and its awesome that you have done your homework in researching about them. A normal investor's portfolio is a mixture of the above all.
See, investment is all about saving your money for future so as I mentioned the most important aspect is when do you need this money back. So if you need the money after a short period of time go for Fixed Deposits/Bonds as there is no risk involved, but when you're planning for long term you can take risks and invest some money in shares and derivatives ( these are a whole lot of other things like options, futures etc derived from a particular share ).
Term plan and Medical Insurance plan are Insurance, I am glad you thought about it. Its very important to get insured. Medical insurance you should get as early as possible but cross check with your company as most of the companies do offer sufficient medical cover.
For term plan, what I suggest people is to wait till they get married but it depends. The whole point of insurance is that if something happens to you, someone who is dependent on you, can survive. What I feel that in most of the cases, there is no such dependency on us till we get married or have kids. Another thing is that most of the good term plans available in the market are for a period of 25 to 30 years so if you take a term plan right away it will finish off when you're around 50 year old. Plan that finish date around the time when you think you're done with your responsibilities or when you think you would have saved enough that your family can survive.
As far as endowment plan is concerned, I don't have much idea about them but you can convince your father saying that you are planning for a real long term or maybe you can invest 10 thousand a month for an year or two or let the return on investment decide.
Thanks a lot,
Aman Raj
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0.021595 | <urn:uuid:482b859b-4458-4784-a969-50eb8e69cc95> | en | 0.961337 | Recent comments en Same old routines - gets boring - who said Jazzercise is fresh?? <p>You offer a lot of routines for the instructors. Why do they keep the same format for months?</p> <p>I am so bored by the same music . Are they too lazy to learn new ones? I was so bored in class tonight doing the same music I did 3 weeks ago.</p> <p>Jazzercise is not Fresh.</p> Tue, 06 Oct 2015 00:27:02 +0000 comment 136695 at EWS owes me thousands <p>EWS has not paid me for nearly a year on my joint venture account. My estimate is they owe me $7,000 and counting. They said they were going to make me an "offer" 9 months ago but they no longer return calls or emails ( , ) . 700 EWS Affiliates paid 20k for their guidance and assistance and now EWS is pulling the plug and tells me I have to sign a new agreement that has a horrible commission split. All EWS affiliates should ban together in a lawsuit. Sherry Barshaw, Donna Fothergill, Doug Maher, Darwyn Williams, Diana Shapiro should all be criminally prosecuted for abandoning 700 affiliates that paid $20,000 for their affiliation. I want a refund for the cost of the affiliation and the monies owed to me for the Healthcare Realty Account. I worked for 6 months full time on that account.</p> <p>Brandon<br /> EWS Affiliate- 6 years<br /></p> Mon, 28 Sep 2015 16:11:07 +0000 comment 136498 at better franchises then UPS <p>There are plenty of BETTER out there. SAFE SHIP is by far the best I have found . better then any other concept I have researched. More shipping options,. and also better services available.<br /> CHECK THEM OUT YOU'LL BE GLAD YOU DID</p> Sun, 27 Sep 2015 20:49:09 +0000 comment 136497 at Websites <p>Of all the U.S. Franchises still listed on the locator that give you the option to order online, I could not find even one working website. It comes up either the domain cannot be found or the server can't be found. Makes you wonder how many are actually still going. I am SO surprised the Wheelers have not gone into bankruptcy yet. At this point, I think they are probably just trying to get whatever money they can out of those who did not fulfill the 5 year contract and just stopped paying the monthly fee. Very sad situation!</p> Sat, 26 Sep 2015 15:38:46 +0000 comment 136496 at Old posting <p>I do realize this is a very old posting from 2008 to 2012. I just noted that Facts Weakly''' last post on their Facebook was 2012. They only sold content.. no brand. How does that ever compete? Don't bother. Printing is EXPENSIVE. I am not saying this just because I don't want competition. (I have enough with papers and radio and now Facebook billionaire). I'm saying it more because I am helping you to save time and money. Like I said I've seen 10 copycats come and go. There is now an 11th running currently. A monthly. It even looks like Coffee News a bit. Copied our racks. Some people are pretty disgusting and have a lot of nerve. Bad Karma I say. Just save your time and money. They usually suffer it out for 6 months. Number 10 did. Honestly my readership has risen (again) since they started. It's the way it goes. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. God damn that's all I need is to print MORE again!! </p> <p>I also want to ad that in 20 years I've had clients blown away by results. TOO BUSY and quit. One client guessed he had 1000 calls in 10 days. He was on the phone 9 hours a day. True, it's my best story, but it was only a training class. ? go figure. He got one call from a VERY expensive radio ad, back before iPods and iTunes. About 8 calls from the local newspaper. 1000 calls from Coffee News. The very first week I printed Coffee News I went around selling more ads. In 5 days I spoke with several people. 70 percent of them said they saw it already. This was 1994. Now more people eat out than ever before. </p> <p>So if you're thinking of buying a Coffee News. Know that you have to love people and love pounding the pavement for the first while. Many Coffee News have failed, because they are the wrong type of person.<br /> If you decide to do a copycat - besides bad karma - you will FAIL. </p> Fri, 25 Sep 2015 00:06:00 +0000 comment 136489 at Coffee News is KING <p>Wow, I cannot believe some of the comments on here. Knowledge is king, so I'm here to put things straight. </p> <p>I have been publishing Coffee News for over 20 years. </p> <p>Here are the facts. </p> <p>- I've had over ten copy cats try to publish. All gone, every time, waste of money and time.<br /> - I print more now in 2015 than i have ever printed (People love getting away from 'screens') Plus Coffee News is addictive. The tan paper is soothing and professional... among 16 other reasons.<br /> - Finding content to fill your own publication is HELL. Trust me. Selling, delivery, designing ads is enough work as it is.<br /> - The weekly fees are NOTHING compared to what you can make. Mark up can be as high as 800 percent. Own at least 2 areas for an okay living.<br /> - Always ask to place a rack. That is just human intelligence. I see many copycats that do not ask. Weird. Racks still go missing. Restaurant owners are poor busy souls. Slaves like you cannot imagine. I've been there. It's hell. Buy a Coffee News and free yourself from set hours. longs hours<br /> - The power of 1000 franchisees worldwide is another key. A copycat NEVER works. Never. Unless you truly are a magical bull***ing salesperson that people love. (another key).<br /> - I had one competitor start soon after I started 20 years ago. His was printed 2 colour, ooo fancy. Some people asked me 'ohhh no, are you worried? 2 colour?" nope. The guy that owned the competitor told me (after he quit) That he sat there for a short time and watched people take 10 Coffee News to 1 copy of his. His heart sank. His paper was also a franchise.<br /> - Believe me the franchise fees you pay for Coffee News pay off fast if you are good at what you do.<br /> - Here is an example: I started a juice bar and sold smoothies. They were pure fruit and very full of the best ingredients.. and tasted GREAT. The best smoothies ever. People loved them. We were lucky to sell 100 a day. More like 45 ? We personally know the local Mcdonalds franchisee. When they started selling smoothies, he said they were selling 2000 a day. That's over $8000 a day just on smoothies. It's the power of the franchise. By the way they just spent a million dollars on upgrades to their building. Volume is good. Let me say this... If you started a hamburger joint across the street with the best burgers EVER in the world, you would never ever compete. ever. That said there are still McDonalds owners that fail. Why do you think they want something like $400,000 cash sitting around incase you start blowing it?<br /> - Coffee News is done right. It's big, it's famous, it's powerful. If you ever think a copycat can ever compete it can't. You'll lose more time and money trying. I see it all the time. Over and over again. Coffee News works. It's still here, I'm still here.. printing more than ever because it is still read by nearly everyone. I'm still getting just as many inquiries for ads as ever. Is it easy? BUT, only if you're a natural and not many are. Just like a McDonalds franchise.<br /> Example: One fellow tried Coffee News in Edmonton Alberta. He failed. Another guy comes along and now he is the largest franchisee in the world. As with anything it takes work and you have to be good. </p> <p>Hope this helps. </p> Thu, 24 Sep 2015 23:41:37 +0000 comment 136488 at The BEST thing to happen to <p>The BEST thing to happen to my MBE store .......Was going indy & throwing UPS out the door...And not being FORCED to become a UPS STORE DROP BOX!!!!!!!!Can you say HELLO FEDEX...Thank you L.M.H....A Former (Thank God) MBE Franchisee!!!!!!!</p> Tue, 22 Sep 2015 17:12:45 +0000 comment 136487 at Then you teach outside southern california.. <p>If you try to become an instructor for Jazzercise in southern california you the management DOES look at size and age. Maybe if you live in the midwest where a district mgr is away from the crazy management in so cal you don't have the same ridiculous standards.</p> Tue, 22 Sep 2015 00:02:18 +0000 comment 136485 at Jazzercise IS xclusinary and outdated <p>Jazzercise is exclusionary because if you don't fall into their "stepford mentality" then they quickly weed you out. They are looking for followers not leaders. They want franchisees to make Jazzercise money, they could care less about the typical franchisee. A brand that is more inclusive is Zumba. They have a reasonable audition process, are very encouraging to new instructors and Zumba instructors may work anywhere they please...for $35 a class. Do the math, Jazzercise $10 earned per class / $3,000 franchisee fee OR Zumba $35 earned per class with a $200 start up fee. </p> Mon, 21 Sep 2015 23:58:24 +0000 comment 136484 at Q: How could The UPS Store improve? <p>The UPS Store Zee: "a UPS Store franchise offers a great platform for a person to make a legitimate income and have fun doing it!"</p> <p>Q: What practice would you like your franchisor to change to help you better pay off your capital expenditures?</p> Mon, 21 Sep 2015 15:05:43 +0000 comment 136483 at Sounds very professional UPS employee <p>This sounds like a very savvy UPS Corporate employee. If I could take advantage of your knowledge and put all those things that you mentioned to good use, then I would then be working for corporate and not at a store. What? Are all your Franchise owners supposed to be as educated and hard working as you mention? Then why even have a franchise? Then I would have elected to be a rocket scientist.</p> Sat, 19 Sep 2015 02:46:57 +0000 comment 136482 at So far from the truth <p>Neil & James were partners with Jim and the partnership was dissolved at their request and on good terms. Both are still actively involved in the group.</p> <p>Neil was never CEO but COO, considering the lack of accuracy in your post why would we expect you to get any detail correct?</p> Fri, 18 Sep 2015 03:32:06 +0000 comment 136478 at Former franchisee <p>I would not recommend them they charge you extra for everything!!! they start with 25,000 then they add an extra 1,000 dollars for each ATM when you get your first location and is going to be more than 10 months to find one get ready for more charges.<br /> the have locations or routes witch they buy from other people they add a few thousand dollars of income to the stubs to justify their fee. do a search on a route from Forth Worth TX the same description in the details but the person selling put almost 8,000 less income acfn bought it and suddenly the route made more money! the guy was giving 3 spare atms in his description and acfn was selling the atms!!</p> Thu, 10 Sep 2015 21:24:41 +0000 comment 136466 at Why don't you stick together <p>Why don't you stick together to create something rather then sticking together to destroy something you small minded pieces of shit - go back to primary school and learn something this time round you losers </p> Mon, 31 Aug 2015 13:10:38 +0000 comment 136439 at I thought you said an <p>I thought you said an entertainer - you're a cure for insomnia punk!</p> Mon, 31 Aug 2015 12:35:12 +0000 comment 136438 at What about independent stores? <p>I find it crazy that UPS only pays about $1 for each package dropped off when they'll charge the shipper a (minimum) $5 fee for each pick-up. </p> <p>I am considering buying an independent store, but am worried about the future potential. I'm one of those who drop off all the time - I truly presumed you got that $5 they would have charged me, so I never think anything of it. Now I know.... </p> <p>Being one that drops off a lot, I know that there are 4 stores within 2 mile of my home (I live in Summerlin, a suburb of Las Vegas). They're not all UPS Stores, but they all accept UPS packages.</p> Wed, 26 Aug 2015 14:23:56 +0000 comment 136425 at Signed <p>President, UPS Franchise Division</p> Wed, 26 Aug 2015 14:11:22 +0000 comment 136424 at I feel your pain... <p>but dumping something onto a "sucker" makes you as bad as UPS. </p> Wed, 26 Aug 2015 14:09:35 +0000 comment 136423 at Now there are only 40 USA Franchises listed <p>Getter lower and lower here in the US! In addition, for what few are left, none of the websites are working either. Guess this franchise is on the verge of going out. </p> <p>As far as the owners using another website, when you google candy bouquet no other website comes up. </p> <p>Oh well, glad to be done and have it all behind me. </p> <p>A CB survivor. </p> Mon, 24 Aug 2015 16:25:58 +0000 comment 136420 at The best oil filtration machine in the market <p>There is one machine that is made by Nika, LLC that actually is a true micro-oil filtration machine and filters down to 1 micron. There is a video on their website that actually shows how good the machine works and they fire up a fryer. It is made from food grade stainless steel and has an big 8 gallon per minute pump with 1/2HP motor which is bigger than any other machine out there and it's built here in the USA. A budy of mine uses it in his restaurant and he told me about it. I know they sell it to restaurants, but they are a franchise so I don't know if they will sell to individuals. They mention on their website that it guarantees to cut coil costs by 50-75% each month. In there business model they sell and rent machines, which is unique and different then the weekly service because with the rental, the restaurant does all the work. It's worth checking it out if anyone wants to buy one </p> Mon, 24 Aug 2015 14:31:46 +0000 comment 136419 at Whats the other website?? <p>Whats the other website??</p> Wed, 19 Aug 2015 04:25:49 +0000 comment 136407 at More of the same! <p>Why is this no longer an interesting story? Same script, same vendors, same results? </p> Tue, 18 Aug 2015 18:55:30 +0000 comment 136405 at Only 46 USA Franchises listed... a question for you <p>Only 46 USA Franchises listed... a question for you.</p> <p>Wow it just goes lower and lower too bad MM dumped it on someone else to take the hit but we all know how Maggie worked. Look at how she abused her franchisees.</p> <p>A question for you...<br /> Why would the new owners run another website other than </p> <p>Just asking and so glad to be free and bringing home a weekly paycheck that I never saw from my own business. Thankfully I was not one of those who went in the hole, lost my retirement, lost my family or my house. Hope most have healed from the abuse of MM and Candy Bouquet and moved on.</p> Sun, 16 Aug 2015 15:48:38 +0000 comment 136390 at No real value added! <p>Scott never really understood the requirements of the business while at PMD and legally won a dying business model, with poor dealers and convoluted business fragmentation that needed dramatic changes to be viable strategy so that the company and individual dealers could survive and possibly be profitable in the future. A long shot at best but he tried.</p> <p>While success as a PMD dealer is not a requirement to build a future business new approaches, specific direction and experienced vision based on quantitative analysis to address the bait and switch model in low end bedding and the low end furniture market which probably ran its course in 2009 were needed and required. Doing more of the same and expecting different results is by definition........INSANITY! It was a massive project that at best had major issues with dealers, dealerships and management. While I am sure efforts were made to improve the future the changes made by the new ownership were similar to many of the issues from PMD disaster days are not only still present they are business as usual. In many cases they are the same and no one is asking......Why didn't we improve or make changes?</p> <p>As a Franchisee you have every right to be "disturbed" and should be looking into why the successful franchise's (other than PMD) have definitive unique strategies that work for most every Franchisee and guide success and profitability and PMD has a dissimilar group of Franchisees doing their own thing?? Some work, some don't, all are tied to lack of newness and innovation that needs to be addressed yearly in the unique Furniture and Mattress Industry. If your business is similar to what it was in 2010 your business is in trouble. If your business has multiple focuses what are your strengths?? Do the multiple focuses create costs and weaknesses and lack profitability? </p> <p>Lastly, the Founder of this model (even though he copied it) always believed the individual dealer added value................and unfortunately he was right!</p> Fri, 14 Aug 2015 01:29:14 +0000 comment 136384 at Teeth whitening <p>Hi! I own my own mobile teeth whitening company in Atlanta and I would like to email you a few questions if you don't mind</p> Wed, 12 Aug 2015 20:02:54 +0000 comment 136377 at | http://www.bluemaumau.org/forumremarks/recent/feed | dclm-gs1-209110001 | false | false | {
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If you think you're too young to learn how to ski, think again.
Gear Up
Skis. Are your skis the right size? If the tip of your upright ski reaches your face between your nose and chin, they are. If you're a beginner, shorter skis will be easier to control. The bindings (the part that holds your boot to the ski) are the most important parts of the ski — to make sure they don't break, get them tested regularly by a pro.
Make sure your boots fit and are comfortable. In general, ski boots are 1/2 size smaller than your normal shoe size.
Ski Helmets. Be a trendsetter by picking up the helmet habit. Choose an ASTM approved model that fits right, is ventilated, and doesn't affect your hearing or field of vision.
Ski Poles are used to give you balance and help you get up if you fall, or need to side-step up a hill.
Goggles are important to protect your eyes from flying dirt or snow, as well as stopping the sun's glare while whooshing down the slopes. Some goggles come with fun tinted lenses. If you don't have goggles, you can use sunglasses instead.
If you are renting equipment, the staff at the ski shop can help you find all the right stuff.
Stay Warm on the Slopes
1. Long underwear to keep you warm and absorb sweat.
2. Insulated tops and pants such as sweaters and leggings — this layer should be warm, but not baggy.
3. Ski pants and jackets to protect you from snow and wetness.
4. A hat, because 60 percent of heat loss is through the head.
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Play it Safe
If you can, sign up for lessons from a ski school, even if you've taken lessons before — your instructor can teach you all the right moves, for beginners as well as for more advanced students.
The key to skiing is control of your equipment and your speed. If you feel yourself start to lose control, fall onto your backside or your side and don't attempt to get up until you stop sliding.
The easiest way to get hurt while skiing is to try a run or a move that is too hard. Always ski on trails that match your skill level and never attempt a jumping move, or other trick, unless taught by an instructor.
Did you know that it is just as important to drink water when you are active in the cold as in the heat? Why? Higher altitudes and colder air can cause your body to lose water. If you experience dizziness or have dry mouth, headache or muscle cramps, take a water break. A good rule would be to drink water or sports drinks before, during, and after your ski runs.
Always check the snow conditions of the slope before you go up — you'll need to ski differently in icy conditions than you would if you were on wet snow or in deep powder.
Altitude can zap your energy. Don't push it. Ski the easier runs later in the day when you are tired. Most importantly — know when to quit.
While on the slopes, set a meeting time and place to check in with your parents or friends. And always ski with a buddy. And wear plenty of sunblock, because those rays are strong on the mountain due to high altitude and reflection off the snow.
Be sure to keep the Responsibility Code for Skiers in mind:
Always stay in control and be able to stop or avoid other people or objects.
Always use devices to help prevent runaway equipment.
Before using any lift, you must have the knowledge and ability to load, ride, and unload safely.
Finally, watch out for the sun! Wear a t-shirt and sunscreen to make sure you don't get sunburned.
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Skiing can be done as a fun activity with your family or friends, and as your skills increase, you might even want to ski competitively There are several main skiing categories including alpine skiing, which is the fast-n-furious downhill skiing; freestyle skiing, in which skiers perform jumps and tricks over moguls (large bumps on the ski slope) while skiing downhill; and cross country skiing, where skiers race long distances over flatter land.
Here are some key tips to get you started:
To get on a lift, put both your poles in your inside hand. Turn to the outside and watch for the next chair. As it gets to you, grab the outside pole and sit normally on the chair. Keep your skis apart, with the tips up, as you're lifted off the ground.
To get off the lift, grab a pole in each hand, but don't put on your wrist straps. Point the pole tips toward the outside of the chair, and hold them up so they don't catch on the snow. Hold the bar on the outside of the chair for balance, relax your legs, and ease yourself forward, pushing off once your skis touch the snow. Don't stand up until the chair has passed over the top of the mound, and move away from the chairlift before you prepare to ski so that others can get off behind you.
Getting up after a fall. Make sure your skis are below you on the hill. Grab the top of both poles in one hand, grab the bottom of both with the other, and plant your poles in the snow just above your hip. Push up with both arms to shift yourself forward and over your skis. Make sure your weight is forward and over your skis before you stand up.
Fun Facts
Competitive freestyle skiers can jump as high as a 3 or 4 story building, when performing tricks in the air.
Before it was a sport, skiing was used as a form of transportation in the mountains of Europe.
Men are allowed to compete in the Olympic ski jumping event, but women are not.
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Easy Energy's Allison Morrison discusses a handheld device that generates emergency power for cell phones and iPods.
The YoGen generates power for cell phones Easy Energy
There are all sorts of devices that provide a quick charge for a cell phone or other gadget when you can't get to an electrical outlet. Most, like the Energizer Energi To Go products, require you to insert AA batteries that transfer energy from the AA battery to the device's internal battery. But Easy Energy has a battery-free solution.
Spokeswoman Allison Morrison told me about the company's YoGen product, which is like a yo-yo that generates power. It's a handheld device with a cord. Pull the cord a few times and it generates enough power to use your phone for a few minutes. It's probably not something you would ever use for a full charge, but it could be a lifesaver if you have to make an emergency call while your phone's battery is dead. The device costs $39.99 and is available online.
There is an iPhone adapters as well as adapters for most phones, including the BlackBerry. The company also makes YoGen Max, a foot-powered device that provides emergency power for laptop computers.
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UFC HOF Induction: White Defends Bonnar
“So, you guys have heard me say it a million times…as far as this company goes for sure, but as far as this sport goes, this was the most important fight in the history of this company. At the time when this fight happened, okay, you know where we were back then; you know where we were and what was happening, ah, with the sport. We were 44 million dollars in the whole into this business.”
That was the preamble which Dana White used as a lead up to his fiery and passionate introduction of Forest Griffin and Stephan Bonnar at the UFC Hall-of-Fame introductions in Las Vegas, this past week. His preface was couched as an answer to questions (“b****ing”) by the media, regarding how it is that Bonnar has come to be inducted into the UFC HOF; as many feel he hasn’t earned it.
The UFC president went on to lay out the case as to why Bonnar should be in the HOF and it all had to do with that 1 fight and in listening to his (passionate) case, he made a good one. With emotion in his voice White told the audience that even with the work they had put in, the success that the show (TUF) had been and even the “crazy” ratings it had garnered, there was still no deal with “SPIKE”. In essence, that the TUF I finale was their last shot at getting a TV deal and that it was Griffin & Bonnar that made the deal happen. As White said:
“during 6 minutes of that fight 12 million people tuned in…you know what insane numbers those are?… (people in the arena) were stomping their feet in the place, it sounded like a f***ing train was going through that place…there has never been a more important fight, except for UFC 1, in the history of mixed-martial-arts and it is our honor to induct Forest Griffin and Stephan Bonnar into the UFC Hall-of-Fame.”
I think regardless of White’s sentiments and reasons, many will still have a tough time (no pun intended) in accepting Bonnar’s HOF induction.
For me, I think it could be argued either way. I understand the historical significance of Griffin / Bonnar I, but beyond that, he didn’t earn it and there seems to be no pretense (on anyone’s behalf) as to arguing otherwise.
Beyond that, my view of the UFC’s HOF ceremonies is that they lack any sense of celebration, drama, pageantry or officialdom. As example, Dana attended the “ceremony” in his best black t-shirt, jeans and running shoes and once his effusive remarks were gone, so was the energy of the whole affair.
Agree or disagree with the entrants and what any or all may make of an individual fighter’s accomplishments, but the event could use an upgrade in the presentation department and the HOF itself, could use a legitimate home.
Closing out, Griffin said little, Bonnar said too much and in doing so, didn’t help his case for HOF status. Also, he seemed to bore the h**l out of Dana and Forrest.
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• http://lowkickmma.com/author/movescamp movescamp
Uh, seriously did you just start watching the UFC? This article is an op ed piece of junk. Why would you spend time belittling a man who helped imprint the sport in people's minds? He fought like crazy at a high level for a long time in many organizations helping form/train people who are now big stars. Why belittle the guy?
• http://lowkickmma.com/author/Entity Entity
Play nice, some articles you like and maybe some you dont care for. Lowkick is still a fun place.
• http://lowkickmma.com/author/BrianCox Brian Cox
Entity, it is a fun place and MMA is supposed to be fun and given the nature of the sport, it should not be expected that we all would agree or see things the same way.
At least Moves spent the time to tell me how he felt and i appreciate and respect the effort.
• http://lowkickmma.com/author/BrianCox Brian Cox
Moves…I didn't belittle Bonnar and further, I support his induction. However, it is appropriate to raise the issue or ask the question (as much of the media has, hence White's remarks) and in recognition of the fact that many fans didn't get it.
I stated that White made a passionate and good case. I also said it could be argued both ways, but that I understood Whites reasoning.
On point though, no where in the White's introduction did he make any other comment about Bonnar's career. He simply made note of the the one fight. Subsequent to that, people have questions and I am obliged to represent both sides of the case.
I have always liked Stephan and have rooted for him in most of his fights. I believe he's a nice guy and pretty funny, too and accomplished a great deal through persistence as opposed to sheet talent and I respect that in anyone.
Regardless, I'm sorry you took the piece as belittlement for it was not meant as such and more to the point, the thought of belittling Stephan never entered my mind as I was writing it.
• http://lowkickmma.com/author/movescamp movescamp
Ok. But why? What is the point of raising a question about the career of a man who has brought all he has to the sport when it was in its development stage. He fought all over the globe in some lesser divisions and has personally helped develope be careers of athletes even while being beat. The sport is in its infancy so for instance tycob may not be as impressive as Barry bonds but its apples and oranges. Why not bring up more important topics? I appreciate your comments usually, but this topic seems irrelevant as far as discourse goes. These guys get crapped on constantly like blue collar Americans. Give the guy praise for doing something most people have no idea how much dedication and discipline it takes to do what he has done. That said I am sorry for judging you. I know a lot of fighters, and even more wannabes and I find myself constantly defending the ones who live like monks to entertain and will most likely die poor. So give em a big poster in the hall.
• http://lowkickmma.com/author/BrianCox Brian Cox
Moves, I couldn't disagree with any of what you said and I applaud your passion on the subject.
However, there are two things to consider on this particular issue.
1. As much as I agree with you about hard work, living like monks and only to entertain us, it's not a HOF criteria. If it was, everyone who entered the UFC would eligible for induction.
2. The reason I raised the issue as opposed to praise him, was and because, White raised the issue (proactively) and then spent a few minutes defending the decision. No where in any of it, did he raise any other aspect of Bonnar's career or Griffin's for that matter and only spoke of the one (TUF) fight.
In furtherance of the point, I've never seen a UFC HOF induction where White felt required to defend the selection. By doing so, he acknowledged the questioning of the decision. Subsequently, I thought I'd put the subject up for debate on the site.
Personally, I think he should have made no mention of it and should have spoken of more than just the 1 fight, but again, I thought his words made the case and he did it with passion. To be blunt, he sold me.
As to judging me, you did not. You simply stated your opinion and that's all good around here, man.
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By the way, I was just messin with ya MovesCamp
I just saw Brian's article and my fingers got tired 8))
• http://lowkickmma.com/author/enjoylife321 enjoylife321
At the end of the day Dana has justified why he believes Bonnar should be inducted. The problem for many is that the criteria for which he was inducted does not seem aligned with alot of people's expectation of what a Hall of Famer should be.
Personally I think it should be reserved for those who have won a title, are drug free and were exceptional champions. Anderson Silva, GSP….those type of guys fit the conventional expectation.
• http://lowkickmma.com/author/enjoylife321 enjoylife321
What Bonnar did was exceptional in the sense that one fight changed the UFC landscape. It was just a right place at the right time moment….Anyway no harm in having Bonnar in there…
• http://lowkickmma.com/author/BrianCox Brian Cox
Diego and Florian, as all the others, were in the right place and at the right time, but they weren't the ones that made the impact. Again, I get White's point on the issue. The 2 of them cause 12 million people to tune in, for rounds 2 & 3.
That's a remarkable thing. It quite literally means, people who were watching round 1 called their friends and told them to watch rounds 2 & 3, because the fighters were involved in an all-out war.
I truly get Dana's point, now. I had heard the story before, but never told quite that way, with that much detail and certainly never with that kind of passion. Again, he sold me.
That's why he is where he is, today; passion. He was in full form on that stage.
• http://lowkickmma.com/author/movescamp movescamp
Now that I agree with. Again I come off as an *** a bit but, sometimes its the performance itself that gets you in. You could plug away making records and never have a top 40 hit but, create an entire movement of motavated people who are inspired by art and become the next Radiohead, GSP, etc. both he and Forrest are good spokespeople for the sport because of their demeanor. Popped for drugs. Maybe. Only because they didn't have enough money to pay the bribes and get the most advanced science in their cycles. You can be nearly if not all the champions have used in their building/recovery (especially from injury). You only near to pass the test at fight time. Hell some fighters don't even want to but, don't want to be killed by the guy with the Engineers formulating their "diets".
This is for another discussion but I can tell you for a fact the guys not using "science" in their diets are starting to get smashed in the pros.
• http://lowkickmma.com/author/enjoylife321 enjoylife321
• http://lowkickmma.com/author/BrianCox Brian Cox
Enjoy, if the criteria were that stringent the UFC HOF would be a lonely place.
Michael Bisping for example. Here's a guy who's never won a title, yet he's been in the UFC since 2006 (same year as Silva) and has had 19 fights (2 more than the Spider).
Clay Guida / Diego Sanchez…both great fighters, who have generally entertained and who together, put on one of the greatest fights I've ever seen in my life.
Fighters like Lauzon, Lytle, Diaz and Stout would not be in the HOF, yet they put on brilliant performances in the ring and have taken home multiple bonuses as proof.
I agree that there should be a standard, but I think it should be a tad more flexible than the one you suggest.
Interesting question to throw around, though.
• http://lowkickmma.com/author/enjoylife321 enjoylife321
@Brian…lets assume that Dana White kept his comments about the Stefan Bonnar/Forrest Griffin fight quiet after the TUF Finale, noone would be talking about Bonnar being an inductee. Agree or disagree?
The fight was great but Dana spent all these years hyping it to the point where he legitimised Bonnar's inclusion based on his own criteria which was not the criteria that most had expected. And the reason I say this is because why have so many people questioned his inclusion?? Its because an overwhelmingly large number of people felt that he was not a Royce Gracie or Matt hughes calibre athlete etc.
There have been 1001 great fights in UFC history. On top of that he got caught as a drug cheat. Why is suddenly everyone making exception and ignoring that reality.
Usually when it comes to inductees, a panel will usually decide based on the athletes record. We are all remembering Bonnar because of one fight he lost that meant so much to Dana. Thats what it boils down to.
IMO, the Hall of fame should be reserved for those who have dominated and are champions. It could also include those with the most KO or best submission or even fight of the nights. Bonnar does not fall into any of those categories.
We can't let Dana's emotions overule common sense judgement. Dana was the man who tried to sell us the Chael Sonnen deserves a title shot.
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(BPT) - From the White House lawn to the family living room, children of all ages will soon be searching behind bushes and couches to find that last treasured egg. If you don't have an Easter egg hunt to attend in your community this year, consider planning your own and inviting all the neighbors to participate. Here are some tips for planning the perfect Easter egg hunt:
Find out what kids want
Kids each have their favorite items they're hoping they'll find in their baskets. To deliver the best gifts from the Easter Bunny, you have to think like the kids. See what kids think about the Easter Bunny and the goodies he's going to bring this year in this adorable video by Personal Creations.
Pick the right eggs
Load up on eggs of all shapes and sizes. Plastic eggs are the best for hiding, because if an egg isn't found, it won't spoil and cause a mess later. Plastic eggs are very colorful, making them easier to spot by both little children and older kids alike. If you're inviting a lot of younger children to the egg hunt, consider placing several eggs in a soft Easter basket like the Large Plush Bunny Basket and placing it under a tree to make it faster and easier for kids to find.
Invite the Easter Bunny
Rent an Easter Bunny costume and ask someone to wear it to welcome guests of all sizes to your Easter egg hunt. Ask someone else to be a digital photographer who can email your guests photos taken of their kids posing with the Easter bunny - parents will appreciate the opportunity to have their kids take a picture with the Easter Bunny without having to make a special visit to the local mall. Hang a personalized Egg Hunt Banner in the yard and decorate the area with streamers and balloons to give your backyard a festive feel.
Prepare for rain
April showers aren't outside of the scope of possibilities, so prepare for a rainy day situation. You don't want a handful of disappointed children at the party. Utilize furniture and the garage to hide eggs throughout the house. Prepare a map of the house and how many eggs are in each room so kids who aren't familiar with the layout of the home can still find their fair share of hidden eggs.
Consider treats that aren't candy
Don't limit your Easter party treats to just sweets. Stuffed bunnies make the perfect companion for young kids, and are a great gift to hide along with the eggs. Parents will appreciate that there are options to take home other than candy, and kids will have something to keep for years to come. To give it that extra special touch, personalize a stuffed animal with each kid's name at
With these tips, you'll have a successful Easter egg hunt that your friends and neighbors - and their children - will be talking about for weeks to come.
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George W. Bush
Defending the War
Oak Ridge, TN
July 12, 2004
Thank you for the warm welcome. I realize the Y-12 National Security Complex doesn't get a lot of visitors -- (laughter) -- so thanks for the special arrangements. I'm also glad to have the opportunity to thank each one of you for the vital work you do here. And please pass the word to your fellow employees, many of whom were waving, I want you to know, as we drove in, for which I'm thankful. The nation counts on your great expertise and your professionalism in producing, protecting, and maintaining material that is critical to our security. America is safer because of your service at Oak Ridge. You need to know our nation is grateful for that service. (Applause.)
I appreciate our Secretary of Energy Spence Abraham. He traveled with me today. Thank you, Mr. Secretary, for your service. I want to thank Jeffrey Wadsworth, who's the Director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. It's not the first time I've met Jeffrey. I appreciate Jon Kreykes. I want to thank all the people who helped make this visit a successful visit. I want to thank Senator Lamar Alexander, the other members of the United States Congress who are traveling with us today -- strong supporters, by the way, of Oak Ridge. I appreciate the Mayor being here, David Bradshaw. Mr. Mayor, appreciate you taking time to come. I want to thank my fellow citizens for giving me a chance to come and visit.
I've just had a close look at some of the dangerous equipment secured in this place. Eight months ago, the centrifuge parts and processing equipment for uranium were 5,000 miles away in the nation of Libya. They were part of a secret nuclear weapons program. Today, Libya, America and the world are better off because these components are safely in your care.
These materials are the sobering evidence of a great danger. Certain regimes, often with ties to terrorist groups, seek the ultimate weapons as a shortcut to influence. These materials, voluntarily turned over by the Libyan government, are also encouraging evidence that nations can abandon those ambitions and choose a better way.
Libya is dismantling its weapons of mass destruction and long-range missile programs. This progress came about through quiet diplomacy between America, Britain and the Libyan government. This progress was set in motion, however, by policies declared in public to all the world. The United States, Great Britain, and many other nations are determined to expose the threats of terrorism and proliferation -- and to oppose those threats with all our power. (Applause.) We have sent this message in the strongest diplomatic terms, and we have acted where action was required.
Every potential adversary now knows that terrorism and proliferation carry serious consequences, and that the wise course is to abandon those pursuits. By choosing that course, the Libyan government is serving the interests of its own people and adding to the security of all nations.
America's determination to actively oppose the threats of our time was formed and fixed on September the 11th, 2001. On that day we saw the cruelty of the terrorists, and we glimpsed the future they intend for us. They intend to strike the United States to the limits of their power. They seek weapons of mass destruction to kill Americans on an even greater scale. And this danger is increased when outlaw regimes build or acquire weapons of mass destruction and maintain ties to terrorist groups.
This is our danger, but not our fate. America has the resources and the strength and the resolve to overcome this threat. We are waging a broad and unrelenting war against terror, and an active campaign against proliferation. We refuse to live in fear. We are making steady progress.
To protect our people, we're staying on the offensive against threats within our own country. We are using the Patriot Act to track terrorist activity and to break up terror cells. Intelligence and law enforcement officials are sharing information as never before. We've transformed the mission of the FBI to focus on preventing terrorism. Every element of our homeland security plan is critical, because the terrorists are ruthless and resourceful -- and we know they're preparing to attack us again. It's not possible to guarantee perfect security in our vast, free nation. But I can assure our fellow Americans, many fine professionals in intelligence and national security and homeland security and law enforcement are working around the clock doing everything they can to protect the country. And we're grateful to them all. (Applause.)
To overcome the dangers of our time, America is also taking a new approach in the world. We're determined to challenge new threats, not ignore them, or simply wait for future tragedy. We're helping to build a hopeful future in hopeless places, instead of allowing troubled regions to remain in despair and explode in violence. Our goal is a lasting, democratic peace, in which free nations are free from the threat of sudden terror. Our strategy for peace has three commitments: First, we are defending the peace by taking the fight to the enemy. We will confront them overseas so we do not have to confront them here at home. (Applause.) We are destroying the leadership of terrorist networks in sudden raids, disrupting their planning and financing, and keeping them on the run. Month by month, we are shrinking the space in which they can freely operate, by denying them territory and the support of governments.
Second, we're protecting the peace by working with friends and allies and international institutions to isolate and confront terrorists and outlaw regimes. America is leading a broad coalition of nations to disrupt proliferation. We're working with the United Nations, the International Atomic Energy Agency, and other international organizations to take action in our common security. The global threat of terrorism requires a global response. To be effective, that global response requires leadership -- and America will lead. (Applause.)
Third, we are extending the peace by supporting the rise of democracy, and the hope and progress that democracy brings, as the alternative to hatred and terror in the broader Middle East. In democratic and successful societies, men and women do not swear allegiance to malcontents and murderers; they turn their hearts and labor to building better lives. And democratic governments do not shelter terrorist camps or attack their neighbors. When justice and democracy advance, so does the hope of lasting peace.
We have followed this strategy -- defending the peace, protecting the peace and extending the peace -- for nearly three years. We have been focused and patient, firm and consistent. And the results are all now clear to see.
Three years ago, the nation of Afghanistan was the home base of al Qaeda, a country ruled by the Taliban, one of the most backward and brutal regimes of modern history. Schooling was denied girls. Women were whipped in the streets and executed in a sports stadium. Millions lived in fear. With protection from the Taliban, al Qaeda and its associates trained, indoctrinated, and sent forth thousands of killers to set up terror cells in dozens of countries, including our own.
Today, Afghanistan is a world away from the nightmare of the Taliban. That country has a good and just President. Boys and girls are being educated. Many refugees have returned home to rebuild their country, and a presidential election is scheduled for this fall. The terror camps are closed and the Afghan government is helping us to hunt the Taliban and terrorists in remote regions. Today, because we acted to liberate Afghanistan, a threat has been removed, and the American people are safer. (Applause.)
Three years ago, Pakistan was one of the few countries in the world that recognized the Taliban regime. Al Qaeda was active and recruiting in Pakistan, and was not seriously opposed. Pakistan served as a transit point for al Qaeda terrorists leaving Afghanistan on missions of murder. Yet the United States was not on good terms with Pakistan's military and civilian leaders -- the very people we would need to help shut down al Qaeda operations in that part of the world.
Today, the governments of the United States and Pakistan are working closely in the fight against terror. President Musharraf is a friend of our country, who helped us capture Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the operational planner behind the September the 11th attacks. And Pakistani forces are rounding up terrorists along their nation's western border. Today, because we're working with the Pakistani leaders, Pakistan is an ally in the war on terror, and the American people are safer. (Applause.)
Three years ago, terrorists were well-established in Saudi Arabia. Inside that country, fundraisers and other facilitators gave al Qaeda financial and logistical help, with little scrutiny or opposition. Today, after the attacks in Riyadh and elsewhere, the Saudi government knows that al Qaeda is its enemy. Saudi Arabia is working hard to shut down the facilitators and financial supporters of terrorism. The government has captured or killed many first-tier leaders of the al Qaeda organization in Saudi Arabia -- including one last week. Today, because Saudi Arabia has seen the danger and has joined the war on terror, the American people are safer. (Applause.)
Three years ago, the ruler of Iraq was a sworn enemy of America, who provided safe haven for terrorists, used weapons of mass destruction, and turned his nation into a prison. Saddam Hussein was not just a dictator; he was a proven mass murderer who refused to account for weapons of mass murder. Every responsible nation recognized this threat, and knew it could not go on forever.
America must remember the lessons of September the 11th. We must confront serious dangers before they fully materialize. And so my administration looked at the intelligence on Iraq, and we saw a threat. Members of the United States Congress from both political parties looked at the same intelligence, and they saw a threat. The United Nations Security Council looked at the intelligence, and it saw a threat. The previous administration and the Congress looked at the intelligence and made regime change in Iraq the policy of our country.
In 2002, the United Nations Security Council yet again demanded a full accounting of Saddam Hussein's weapons programs. As he had for over a decade, Saddam Hussein refused to comply. In fact, according to former weapons inspector David Kay, Iraq's weapons programs were elaborately shielded by security and deception operations that continued even beyond the end of Operation Iraqi Freedom. So I had a choice to make: Either take the word of a madman, or defend America. Given that choice, I will defend America every time. (Applause.)
Although we have not found stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction, we were right to go into Iraq. We removed a declared enemy of America, who had the capability of producing weapons of mass murder, and could have passed that capability to terrorists bent on acquiring them. In the world after September the 11th, that was a risk we could not afford to take.
Today, the dictator who caused decades of death and turmoil, who twice invaded his neighbors, who harbored terrorist leaders, who used chemical weapons on innocent men, women, and children, is finally before the bar of justice. (Applause.) Iraq, which once had the worst government in the Middle East, is now becoming an example of reform to the region. And Iraqi security forces are fighting beside coalition troops to defeat the terrorists and foreign fighters who threaten their nation and the world. Today, because America and our coalition helped to end the violent regime of Saddam Hussein, and because we're helping to raise a peaceful democracy in its place, the American people are safer. (Applause.)
Three years ago, the nation of Libya, a longtime supporter of terror, was spending millions to acquire chemical and nuclear weapons. Today, thousands of Libya's chemical munitions have been destroyed. And nuclear processing equipment that could ultimately have threatened the lives of hundreds of thousands is stored away right here in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Today, because the Libyan government saw the seriousness of the civilized world, and correctly judged its own interests, the American people are safer. (Applause.)
Three years ago, a private weapons proliferation network was doing business around the world. This network, operated by the Pakistani nuclear scientist, A. Q. Khan, was selling nuclear plans and equipment to the highest bidder, and found willing buyers in places like Libya, Iran, and North Korea. Today, the A. Q. Khan network is out of business. We have ended one of the most dangerous sources of proliferation in the world, and the American people are safer. (Applause.)
Breaking this proliferation network was possible because of the outstanding work done by the CIA. Dedicated intelligence officers were tireless in obtaining vital information, sometimes at great personal risk. Our intelligence services do an essential job for America. I thank them for their dedication and hard work. (Applause.) The Senate Intelligence Committee has identified some shortcomings in our intelligence capabilities; the Committee's report will help us in the work of reform. Our nation needs more intelligence agents -- what is called human intelligence -- to cover the globe. We must have the best, cutting-edge technology to listen and look for dangers. We must have better coordination among intelligence services. I need, and the Congress needs, the best possible intelligence in order to protect the American people. We're determined to make sure we get it.
Three years ago, the world was very different. Terrorists planned attacks, with little fear of discovery or reckoning. Outlaw regimes supported terrorists and defied the civilized world, without shame and with few consequences. Weapons proliferators sent their deadly shipments and grew wealthy, encountering few obstacles to their trade.
The world changed on September the 11th, and since that day, we have changed the world. (Applause.) We are leading a steady, confident, systematic campaign against the dangers of our time. There are still terrorists who plot against us, but the ranks of their leaders are thinning, and they know what fate awaits them. There are still regimes actively supporting the terrorists, but fewer than there used to be. There are still outlaw regimes pursuing weapons of mass destruction, but the world no longer looks the other way. Today, because America has acted, and because America has led, the forces of terror and tyranny have suffered defeat after defeat, and America and the world are safer. (Applause.)
All this progress has been achieved with the help of other responsible nations. The case of Libya's nuclear disarmament is a good example. In the fall of 2003, American and British intelligence were tracking a large shipment of nuclear equipment bound for Tripoli aboard a German-registered cargo ship. We alerted German and Italian authorities, who diverted the ship to an Italian port where the cargo was confiscated. We worked together. These events helped encourage Libya to reconsider its nuclear ambitions. That was a dramatic breakthrough, achieved by allies working together. And the cooperation of America's allies in the war on terror is very, very strong.
We're grateful to the more than 60 nations that are supporting the Proliferation Security Initiative to intercept illegal weapons and equipment by sea, land, and air. We're grateful to the more than 30 nations with forces serving in Iraq, and the nearly 40 nations with forces in Afghanistan. In the fight against terror, we've asked our allies to do hard things. They've risen to their responsibilities. We're proud to call them friends. (Applause.)
We have duties and there will be difficulties ahead. We're working with responsible governments and international institutions to convince the leaders of North Korea and Iran that their nuclear weapons ambitions are deeply contrary to their own interests. We're helping governments fight poverty and disease, so they do not become failed states and future havens for terror. We've launched our Broader Middle East Initiative, to encourage reform and democracy throughout the region, a project that will shape the history of our times for the better. We're working to build a free and democratic Palestinian state, which lives in peace with Israel and adds to the peace of the region. We're keeping our commitments to the people of Afghanistan and Iraq, who are building the world's newest democracies. They're counting on us to help. We will not abandon them. (Applause.) Delivering these nations from tyranny has required sacrifice and loss. We will honor that sacrifice by finishing the great work we have begun. (Applause.)
In this challenging period of our history, Americans fully understand the dangers to our country. We remain a nation at risk, directly threatened by an enemy that plots in secret to cause terrible harm and grief. We remain a nation at war, fighting for our security, our freedom, and our way of life. We also see our advantages clearly. Americans have a history of rising to every test; our generation is no exception. We've not forgotten September the 11th, 2001. We will not allow our enemies to forget it, either. (Applause.)
We have strong allies, including millions of people in the Middle East who want to live in freedom. And the ideals we stand for have a power of their own. The appeal of justice and liberty, in the end, is greater than the appeal of hatred and tyranny in any form. The war on terror will not end in a draw, it will end in a victory, and you and I will see that victory of human freedom. (Applause.)
I want to thank you all for coming. Thank you for your dedication. May God bless you and your families, and may God continue to bless our great country. Thank you very much. (Applause.)
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The Jenny Tree....life begins; life ends
When I was three years old, my grandfather on my mom's side took me into the back yard of my grandparents' house, and we planted a tree. It was named The Jenny Tree and, at the time, it was a little sapling about the same height I was. It grew. Pop would take pictures of me next to the Jenny Tree as she got taller than I was.
We moved from Baltimore to Florida when I was six years old, but we would visit my grandparents at least once a year - summer or Christmas or both. Each year, Pop would take more pictures of the Jenny Tree with me standing next to her. She grew, and grew, and grew. I was able to climb her eventually. Now, she's not so young anymore; a huge, formidable presence, in that same spot, in that same backyard of the house in which the same two grandparents lived for sixty years. The neighborhood has changed. People have moved. People have died. New people have moved in. My grandparents were always there, in their house, the most familiar place I can think of that has stayed the same since my childhood. They never moved. They never wanted to.
Last night, my grandfather was moved into a hospice. He has been suffering from prostate cancer for a long time. Now, the cancer has spread to his bones. He has not eaten in days, and is asleep most of the time from the medications. Hopefully, he is not in much pain, but I don't know for sure about that. I know medications have their limits, and that bone cancer is some of the most painful pain there is.
Due to my illness, back when I was starting to develop paranoia and terrible fears at age 24, I started to be afraid of my grandfather. It wouldn't be clear for six more years that I was actually psychotic. The delusions took a few years to become rock solid in my brain and basically destroy my relations with most of my family completely. At the acute phase of psychosis, in a hospital, where I was supposedly getting treatment for dissociative identity disorder (which I do not have, obviously, but it seemed like I did then), I accused people of abusing me as a child. I sent the police to their houses. I had them investigated. I thought I was doing something to protect children in my family. What I was really doing was obliterating my relationships with both my father and my grandfather. And those relations were never the same again since, and never will be.
After I got put on medication, after I realized that most of the things I believed were happening in the world were not actually happening at all, after I learned what it meant to be delusional, paranoid, to be hallucinating, and to hear voices - when I was finally able to think a little more clearly, I apologized. I apologized on the phone and via a letter. But the damage was already done. My grandfather didn't want to talk to me. He thought that I had spread the stories my brain came up with to my entire family. I had a website with links to sites about sexual abuse, and someone found it and told him that I was writing on the internet that I had been abused. He figured that this meant I mentioned him on the website. which I think I did briefly before deleting that page. He said I ruined his reputation. He didn't say he forgave me. I don't think he ever really did.
Two years ago, I went to Baltimore to visit my grandparents. He was getting radiation or chemo then, and he looked very ill, thin, and pale. I hadn't seen him before that in a few years. I wanted to say something, to explain, to make him understand that the hurtful things I did were honestly not intentional, and were done by a brain that was malfunctioning severely. He didn't want me to stay at his house, so I stayed in a hotel room. My mom was invited to the house; I wasn't. And I don't really blame him for that. I understand.
Before I left town, I gave him a hug. I think I told him I loved him, though those words are hard for me to say to anybody. I didn't go back after that visit. I wanted to, but didn't have the money to buy a plane ticket and a hotel room, and a rental car to get around. I just didn't have the money. It wasn't that I didn't want to go. I thought I would, eventually, when I got the money together. I thought there was time. But there was no time. Today my sister held the phone up to my grandfather's ear in his hospice bed, and, since the nurses said he could hear but not speak, I told him I loved him, that I would take good care of the Jenny Tree, and we would all take care of my grandmother. And, once again, that I was sorry for everything. I hope he really could hear me.
Memories are tricky. It's very hard to dis-remember something. It's hard to remember that what you remember never happened. It's hard to ever know for sure if it did or it didn't, when your brain tells you it did. When my brain tells me the CIA is after me, it's obvious that I'm psychotic. When you say someone abused you, most caring people feel empathy towards you for this but never realize if, by some fluke, you happen to have imagined it all.
But here are things I do remember:
-I remember the dirt, thick and heavy, while Pop shoveled it, clearing a hole for my tree.
I remember the smooth grass tickling the bottom of my feet while I ran around the yard at my grandparents' House, and Pop watching out the window, while I fed the squirrels. He always fed birds and squirrels.
I remember him picking me up so I could see out the window into the backyard where the squirrels and birds were, when I was too little to reach the window myself.
I remember him reading the Sunday comics to me
I remember how he treasured the "official documents" I wrote every year about how I was NEVER going to get married under any circumstances when I grew up, because I did not want to be held by a "ball and chain" to any man, and I knew this when I was 8 years old. The documents were signed by various family members for authenticity, and then kept in a spacial, top secret drawer inside the secretary in the living room. I think they are still there.
I remember Pop mowing He lawn, and working on plants and squirting me with the backyard hose.'
I remember him smoking his pipe, watching is black and white 1930's movies of which he had memorized the scrips because he watch them so many times, and me saying "Why do we have to watch this again???"
I remember him pretending to chase me with his handkerchief, and when he and my uncle shot at me and at each other with rubber bands.
I remember some fun times with my grandfather
I remember his "tourist guide" speeches about the history behind every neighborhood or national park or street, or building we drove by or visited. He was always full of knowledge, and I always learned some things on this trips.
I remember the serious look on his face when he sat at the dining room table paying bills and doing paperwork, but I also remember his laughter.
I remember the times when he tried to get my goat by saying sexist things, to which I would always retort, vehemently. He's say feminazis ruined the world; I'd say he was a misogynist neanderthal, and he'd laugh hysterically, He got me every time.
I remember trips to Disney World when he came down to visit us in Florida with my grandmother, and how he got sweaty and hot, and how I knew he was not in the best physical shape
I remember his pipes and the smell of them, the familiar smell of my grandparents' house.
I remember his books, all about history, and how he's show me them and tell me to read them even though I wasn't old enough to understand what I was reading
I remember how, after my dad left, my grandfather came down and mawed our lawn
I remember his Juicy Fruits he kept in a special drawer in the dining room, and also in the trunk of his car, and how he'd give us all candy whenever we visited
I remember how he spent years in his Lazy Boy recliner in the living room guarding the remote control with his life, and how we'd try to steal the remote whenever he wasn't looking, and how he'd yell and throw a fit, and we would all laugh
He has his flaws, as we all do. He isn't perfect, and neither are you and I. I remember his temper. But more importantly, I remember a charismatic, formidable figure whose absence will make things feel strange.
Tomorrow (it took a couple days to write this post) I am going to Maryland. I will take a picture of the Jenny Tree.
Galen said...
What a beautiful post! It's sad that your relationship became strained. It's just very hard for some people to regain a sense of trust when they feel that trust has been "betrayed." I wish he could have better understood how the paranoia and skewed thoughts were the source of the allegations. I hope that as he faces the end of his life, those wonderful memories that you share push aside the less pleasant ones in his mind.
The Medcalfs said...
You are in my thoughts as you visit your grandfather. I hope you all get some peace.
Your NAMI friend in TN. Janet
Wanderer62 said...
Hi Jen,
Thanks for the sensitive post about your grandfather. I hope you had a safe journey to visit him and that you and the rest of your family are holding up during this difficult time.
Ethereal Highway said...
Hi, Jenny. I'm a new reader here and I just wanted to pop into comments and say hello. I hope you are doing alright. My Grandfather is dying, too. (And you and I are also Florida 'neighbors' as I am a few towns north of Clearwater and my Grandparents also live up north. It seems like most of us here are originally from cold places.) :-)
Anyway, just saying hi and I hope you're doing okay. I like your blog and I can relate to quite a bit of it and you sound like a nice person, too. I'm glad you are writing here. It's nice to not be alone.
Prudence said...
Oh Jenny, I am crying for you.
I really have been touched very much by this post.
I recently lost my dearly beloved grandma and things were the other way round in a sense, she was the one with the illness which affected her memory and I was the one who struggled to keep my place in her head, but I loved her anyway, even if it was hard to see her sometimes. Your grandfather has known for some time now that you had problems which caused you to act out of character and to do things which you deeply regretted. He also knew how you regretted it all and how much you loved him. He will have thought about it and must surely have realised that you didn't mean those things. Perhaps he wasn't able to reconnect to you because he didn't understand your condition, rather than not forgiving you?
It's so terribly sad that it took so long for you all to understand what the real problem was, but you are taking the right approach in remembering the positive experiences and in reinforcing that it was NOT your fault. None of it is your fault! If you'd had a broken leg it would have been plain to see. Instead you had a different ailment, and an undiagnosed one at that.
I hope that you are ok and that you get some lovely shots of the Jenny tree, could you perhaps take a cutting so you could grow a Jenny Tree 2 for yourself to be with you wherever you go?
Take care,
Pru x
Clover said...
Today, I began to read your posts after deciding to do some research on this particular illness. I had decided that I wanted to write a book and the main character would have a mental illness similar to this... but these posts have really touched me. I have never been diagnosed with any mental illness, yet my life seems so similar in so many ways. Though we are all very different, we are all, in so many ways, very much the same. What a beautiful writer you are. Thank you, for the courage and the inspiration your posts have instilled in me... God bless you.
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The bard meets the buffet for the annual Shakespeare in Central Park gala, which gives you a spread, a play, and then another spread—the perfect cuisine-to-culture ratio for any sensible New York benefit queen. At the first pile of food, I asked outgoing—in every way—Public Theater head GEORGE C. WOLFE about his having gone Hollywood. (He plays an exasperated Vietnamese-restaurant manager—more food—in ZACH BRAFF's cutely quirky flick Garden State.) "I gave Zach his first job out of school in my production of Macbeth," Wolfe explained, having ingeniously paved the way from "Out, damned spot" to Scrubs. So how did Wolfe's first role out of school go? "My first two takes were all right," he said, "and by the third one I said, 'I'm in a state of misery and I want to go home' and I did it and Zach said, 'That's perfect!' He's a sweetheart."
I wasn't in a state of misery even though just then, MAYOR BLOOMBERG took the mic to announce that this night was so special, "It really is much ado about something!" The show turned out to be a mixed-to-good something (SAM WATERSTON and his daughter are the new SHIRLEY JONES and PATRICK CASSIDY), followed by buffet number two at the Belvedere Castle, where Queer Eye's design guy, THOM FILICIA, gushed, "I thought the set was incredible. I loved the chevron floor and the way the double doors were flush and then came forward to create three different environments. The two lanterns were a little small, but I liked the look of them. And the performances were amazing!" Oh yeah, that too. "And everybody was really cute," he added. "Something for everyone!"
But more to the point: Is KIRSTIE ALLEY ballooning up because Filicia replaced her as the Pier 1 spokesmodel? "I don't think it's related," he insisted. "These things happen. Don't we all do that? I just had fried chicken and I'm going to have to go on Atkins to go to the beach!" Honey, I'd just had approximately 12 entire chickens and as a result, I'm currently creating three different environments with my ass.
Broadway baby MICHAEL MAYER has joined Wolfe in movieland, directing the sweetly sentimental love-trio film A Home at the End of the World, a sort of Jules et Gym Queen. Is he ditching the theater community? "That's what they say," Mayer incredulously told me at the premiere at the Maritime. " 'Are you ever gonna come back?' But I have After the Fall opening soon and then I'm doing 'night, Mother with EDIE FALCO and BRENDA BLETHYN!" Still, Mayer felt the cinema gig was a snug fit, and told me, "My version of obsessive-compulsive disorder is perfect for the job of movie director—the way I want to do everything right away!"
Faster than that, I hunted down DALLAS ROBERTS, the up-and-comer who plays the film's gay third wheel, and asked if he's ditching the theater community. "No," Roberts swore. "I just got a new lease in the East Village, I hope for 100 years. And it looks like I'll be in a CARYL CHURCHILL play with SAM SHEPARD." Well, I want to play with COLIN FARRELLHome's absent star—so I asked Roberts if the lusty Irish gnome's really as cantankerous and raucous yet utterly professional as they say. "Yes, he's all those things," he replied, "and generous and sweet." Eew, that's so not boyfriend material—I'm looking for someone more emotionally abusive.
(By the way, it's time to finally forgive Mayer for cutting Colin's penis shot; he also just sliced After the Fall by 80 minutes and even ARTHUR MILLER approved it.)
But if I'm going to cut any-thing, it's the bullshit as I head into my new biannual list of Gotham bests and worsts: The best upcoming book is Lollipop Lounge, seminal rocker-producer GENYA RAVAN's mouthy memoir of several decades of drugs, cancer, bad record deals, and great performing despite it all. The best new development in pop is that BRITNEY SPEARS has been engaged for at least 20 minutes, and I just want to say, bravo, girl! (Oh, I'm sure it won't last through the year, but at least Brit's doing what she wants for a change, complete with Kirstie-style ballooning and dangerous nips of ginseng. Practically from birth, she's been squeezed dry by the people around her, who've never turned down a single appearance, tour, video, endorsement, or any other chance to make change pop out of her vagina. They've almost worked the girl to death and now she's finally breaking free, learning the hard way via her own rotten decisions.)
The best recent reaction, I hear, had STAR JONES being read aloud a Times article about her behaving like a prima donna at a Vietnamese restaurant (not managed by George C. Wolfe) and saying, "That's not bad, is it? It's good to be in the Times." (Of course the reader left out the part where Star's girlie-drink-imbibing fiancé grabbed her from behind and mimicked a sex act. Update: Sources tell me Star is sending her man to one of those make-'em-straighter groups. Maybe it's working!)
The most fun I had on the worst club night of the week was on the Friday jaunt that brought me to Cunt in Crobar's Reed Room (the only time I've ever been to Cunt, I assure you. I'm ready, Star!); then to Quo (a/k/a Quo Bar) across the street, a chevron-floored mini-dome where doorman GILBERT STAFFORD cracks a whip with humor and style; and then, of all places, to Lotus, where safe in a back room, MICHAEL T plays kitsch nostalgia tunes for cracked straights as three baby drag queens host, proving once and for all that the cross-dressers are crossing over. The last stop was APT, where I got a great show just watching the inebriated parade of squalid wannabes being belittled by the charmless doorman who kept screaming, "Don't touch me!" I didn't envy anyone—except myself, when, unadmitted, I was in a state of misery and finally free to go home.
And finally, the worst overheard quote had a lily-white preppie telling a Sprint store worker, "I don't mind this phone being ghetto, as long as it works." Eew—white guys using ghetto? Don't touch me!
Which has-been teen idol actually slept with one of his cousins and—more shockingly—it was a female one? Which showbiz tell-all nervously shredded a startling chapter on sexual harassment mere moments before going to press? Which publicist was reported in this column to be naked on and as a result took down his aroused wee-wee shot? (We've got power, folks—but not that much; he kept up all the other images.) Which downtown makeup artist's leap into the big time is so threatening to a more established compact wielder that the latter is pathetically trying voodoo techniques in revenge?
What did a source call to sincerely tell me when she first spotted that black mogul going out with the lady he later married? (Free answer: "[Mogul's] dating a trannie prostie.") Which drag queen turned down the chance to be on the pullout cover of a style magazine because they wouldn't give her retouching approval? Which other drag queen said of another drag queen, when the latter won a nightclub award, "But she's been fired from every single job she's had this year"? Which deposed reality-show personality goes to parties with a look-alike of that show's main star to remind people who he is/was? What play about the importance of being out-out-out starred someone who went in-in-in? What's MARTHA STEWART's wet dream come true? (Five months' home confinement.)
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In the boldest bid for a paycheck since two-time Oscar-winning Bette Davis took out a trade ad announcing her employment availability, Entertainment Weekly's recently dismissed "Hot Sheet" author Jim Mullen has sent out a semi-sardonic mass email pleading for cushy, lucrative work. In the cutely ballsy message, Mullen begs:
"Jim Mullen, late of Entertainment Weekly and author of the worst seller It Takes a Village Idiot is in desperate need of a highly paid, no-show job. Won't you please help? He is heavily in debt from gambling on bass fishing contests and the expense of being on a low carb diet for the past two years. God, have you seen the price of cheese? It's through the roof.
"Jim likes long walks on the beach, expense-paid travel to Cannes and Park City, shopping bags full of free PR swag, 'interviewing' supermodels, and being taken to lunch at expensive, trendy restaurants. You want creativity? You want humor? You want to push the envelope? Then call Joel Stein. But if you want this kind of crap, I'm at... [phone number withheld].
"P.S. If a guy named Nick 'The Shark' Rotowski asks about me, tell him I died."
Sadly, Nick just sent me an email too—looking for a job.
Web Exclusive, 7.19.04
The next kooky docu-show to hit cable will be Bravo's BackSpin, a celeb biography program that vaguely sounds like the E! True Hollywood Story meets Harold Pinter. BackSpin will cover entertainers' lives and careers, analyzing influences and obstacles along the way, but in reverse chronological order! Good very it's hope I.
Moving chronologically forward, the massively exposed Paris Hilton is complicating her simple life once again by posing, I hear, for the cover of Rolling Stone. Heatherette is dressing her for the shoot, David LaChapelle is photographing her, and the whole world is preparing for her inevitable BackSpin.
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80 people publicly executed across North Korea for films, Bibles
- The Washington Times - Tuesday, November 12, 2013
North Korea publicly executed as many as 80 people — some for infractions as minor as watching South Korean movies or possessing a Bible — in the first known mass executions in the Kim Jong-un regime, South Korean media reported.
People were executed in Wonsan, Chongjin, Sariwon and Pyongsong. No one was put to death in Pyongyang, North Korea's capital, UPI reported.
Eight people were tied to stakes at a stadium in Wonsan before they were executed with a machine gun, a source told the South Korean newspaper JoongAng Ilbo.
About 10,000 men, women and children were forced to watch the killings.
"I heard from the residents that they watched in terror as the corpses were (so) riddled by machine-gun fire that they were hard to identify afterward," a source told the JoongAng Ilbo.
Most of the victims in Wonsan were charged with watching or illegally trafficking South Korean videos, prostitution, or possessing a Bible, Fox News reported. Relatives of those executed most likely were sent to prison camps.
Simultaneous executions across the country could suggest an extreme measure by Mr. Kim's regime to quell public unrest. The common theme of the persecution was crimes related to South Korea or corruption of public morals, Fox News said.
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The Philippines has deployed 800 more Marines and opened a new headquarters to guard its interests in the disputed Spratly islands, which China also claims, a senior military official said Sunday.
Straddling vital shipping lanes and believed sitting atop vast reserves of mineral deposits, including oil, the Spratlys chain in the South China Sea has long been considered a flashpoint for conflict in the region.
Apart from the Philippines and China, the Spratlys are claimed in whole or in part by Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan.
Lieutenant General Juancho Sabban, appearing to want to assuage Beijing in particular, said the deployment was only meant as a defensive measure and should not be seen as an aggressive move.
"These two battalions which arrived recently will be augmenting protection of our islands," Sabban, who heads the military garrison which has jurisdiction over the Spratlys, told AFP.
"We are just on a defensive posture and are ensuring the defence of our islands. It is better to defend than retake islands once other claimants occupy them."
He said a Marine brigade headquarters had also been created on the nearby Philippine province of Palawan, facing the South China Sea, "to provide command and control" over the forces.
The Marines will not be stationed on the Spratlys but will patrol nearby.
Sabban accused China of continually fortifying its structures on islands in the Spratlys that Beijing controls, though at present "no claimant countries have manifested any offensive action".
"We are not there to create a situation where it will lead to an accidental conflict and escalate into a regional problem," Sabban stressed.
China, which is in a dispute with Japan over islands in the East China Sea, has been accused of ramping up tensions in the South China Sea. The Philippines and Vietnam over the past year raised alarm over Beijing's assertiveness.
China claims all of the South China Sea, which Manila calls the West Philippine Sea, even waters close to its Asian neighbours.
Sabban's announcement came just days after incoming Chinese leader Xi Jinping met a special Philippine envoy and expressed hope bilateral ties would improve.
The meeting was set months after both sides were locked in a tense standoff in Scarborough shoal, another outcrop in the South China Sea north of the Spratlys.
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The_Netherlands_compared_to_sealevel1. Have you lived through a natural disaster?
2. Which natural disasters could occur where you live?
Flooding. I live on the bottom of a former lake, but also most of my country lies 4 meter / over 13 feet under sea level.
3. Which natural disaster would scare you the most?
4. What kind of preparations have to taken to survive the next one?
Since you never know when it happens, non preparations are taken.
5. Which disaster, natural or manmade, do you fear the most?
Extreme winds and cold temperatures
6. Which manmade apocalypse do you think is most likely?
Atom bomb, but when it happens no-one will be around anymore
7. Zombies, aliens, asteroids, plague, ice age or ??? Survival is possible. What will you do?
Try to live as best as possible
8. Describe the apocalypse, natural or manmade, real or fictional, you’d choose to end all life as we know it.
Meteorite that splits the earth
9. In one month the world will end. How do you spend it?
Try to make the best of it, I’m not going to count the days until it happens.
Have you ever had a sexual experience that you’d classify as the end of world? Was it a good end or bad?
I’ve had non of that yet, but who knows maybe it happens on the last day, when the world ends.
2 thoughts on “TMI – It’s The Apocalyse !
1. In case of flooding, climb that mountain you mentioned last week or so.
I’ve had 5-6 personal apocalypses, I can skip having any more, personal or environmental.
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Putting A Face On Machine Mutation - 3
The machine age came first
The oft asked question: "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?" is actually a common mistake that both scientists and laypersons alike can make.
A more relevant question: "Which came first machines or biological organisms?" is less often contemplated, so, in this series we have been exploring the realm of time prior to "life", a time before a border line existed between machine and organic.
That is, before the border line between abiotic and biotic, which are defined as:
abiotic: a·bi·ot·ic [ey-bahy-ot-ik, ab-ee-] adjective-
of or characterized by the absence of life or living organisms. (Dictionary).
biotic: bi·ot·ic [bahy-ot-ik] adjective-
pertaining to life. (Dictionary).
As it turns out the "border line" between the two is actually a great chasm of not only space, but of time as well.
This is quite important because the biotic realm is carbon based, and therefore could not, according to cosmological evolution, come into existence prior to carbon having been formed in stars.
Carbon was formed in stars late in the abiotic epoch, via the Triple-alpha process.
The lighter elements had to first evolve from primitive energy, which cooled soon afterwards to a temperature too cool for carbon to form.
That whole early era of evolution is described and detailed by evolutionary cosmology, not biological evolution (On the Origin of the Genes of Viruses - 6).
It covers a vast amount of time compared to biological evolution, which only covers a fraction of the span of time abiotic evolution covers.
To illustrate, let's review some of that theory from zero to the advent of carbon in stars:
The Big Bang theory is the prevailing cosmological model that describes the early development of the Universe. According to the Big Bang theory, the Universe was once in an extremely hot and dense state which expanded rapidly. This rapid expansion caused the Universe to cool and resulted in its present continuously expanding state. According to the most recent measurements and observations, the Big Bang occurred approximately 13.75 billion years ago, which is thus considered the age of the Universe. After its initial expansion from a singularity, the Universe cooled sufficiently to allow energy to be converted into various subatomic particles, including protons, neutrons, and electrons. While protons and neutrons combined to form the first atomic nuclei only a few minutes after the Big Bang, it would take thousands of years for electrons to combine with them and create electrically neutral atoms. The first element produced was hydrogen, along with traces of helium and lithium. Giant clouds of these primordial elements would coalesce through gravity to form stars and galaxies, and the heavier elements would be synthesized either within stars or during supernovae.
(The Big Bang Theory, emphasis added). The Earth is said to have formed "around 4.54 billion ... years ago" (History of Earth).
Therefore The Big Bang happened about 9.21 billion years before the Earth formed (13.75 - 4.54 = 9.21).
Biological organisms formed on the Earth about a billion years later, which would be ~10.21 billion years after The Big Bang.
Humans, homo sapiens, are said to have evolved about 200,000 years ago, which would be ~13.7498 billion years after The Big Bang (13.7498 + 00.0002 = 13.75 billion years). Homo sapien evolution is a very tiny 0.0002 billion years of the 13.75 billion year story.
The abiotic epoch which preceded the biotic epoch involved a vast amount of "time" as we know it, populating vast areas of space with the atoms that make up chemicals, the subject of the scientific discipline Chemistry:
The most complex molecular machines are found within cells.
(Do Molecular Machines Deliver Toxins of Power?). The gist of this is that the era of the evolution of machines is just another way of saying the epoch of abiotic evolution.
Let's look at the sequence again:
1) universe exists as singularity like a hot plasma;
2) a big bang or explosion takes place;
3) parts of 'primitive machines' evolve (electrons, protons, and neutrons);
4) machines (atoms of "the elements") evolve from primitive parts;
5) elements/machines evolve into star machines (Suns);
6) star machines produce carbon, the basis of biotic forms;
7) finally, machines evolve into carbon based organisms (the biotic epoch begins).
This sequence may appear simple at first blush, but is not as simple as it first appears to be, because it contemplates an exploration of the border line between life and non-life:
The definition of life is as enormous a problem as the phenomenon of life itself. One could easily collect from the literature more than 100 different definitions, none satisfactory enough to be broadly accepted. What should the definition contain, to be suitable for all varieties of observable life? Humans, animals, plants, microorganisms. Do viruses also belong to life?
(What Is Life, The Scientist). Once we reach the cellular level, microbes, the jump to multicellular is easier to follow, in most cases, than the jump from abiotic to biotic (see Evolving Multicellularity).
Most scenarios one reads concerning evolution begin with biotic life already existing, then proceed from there.
Richard Dawkins interviews Steven Rose (minutes:seconds):
00:35 natural selection is only one process or part of evolution, not the exclusive process or part ...
01:20 organisms take part in the selection of their environment ...
03:30 Rose takes issue with the overuse of the gene as the most important element in evolution ...
04:10 entire organisms must change, not simply individual genetic parts of it ...
05:20 Rose does not think that genes pass themselves from one generation of a species to the next; rather he thinks the information is passed, but that the organism then produces genetic material from that information ...
05:25 Rose says the idea than genes replicate themselves is not true; the orchestra of the entire cell is what replicates the genes, the DNA ...
08:20 the cell decides which parts of the DNA, the genes, to turn on and off ...
10:30 Rose indicates that focus one only one molecule, the DNA molecule, the gene, leads down inaccurate pathways; the solution is to see the organism as an entire functioning entity with equal emphasis on the parts, not unequal emphasis on the genetics alone ...
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ANNAPOLIS — Letters released by Gov. Martin O’Malley’s office show that he and the archbishop of Baltimore were at odds over a same-sex marriage bill.
The letters released Monday reveal that two days before O’Malley announced plans to sponsor a same-sex marriage bill, Archbishop Edwin O’Brien of Baltimore urged that he reconsider the move. O’Brien said in a July 20 letter that sponsoring the bill would “deeply conflict” with O’Malley’s Catholic faith.
The Washington Post reports O’Malley responded, saying “when shortcomings in our laws bring about a result that is unjust, I have a public obligation to try to change that injustice.”
A same-sex marriage bill cleared the state Senate this year but was pulled from the House floor after vote-counters determined they were a few votes short of a majority.
1. 14 Trillion in Debt, Dow Plunges 600 points, Economy in shambles and Unemployment nearing at least 10%.
Nahhhhh, let’s focus on Same Sex marriage. That should fix everything. Vote everyone out in 2012!!!!!! They are all crooks! What a joke our political system has become. The deaf leading the blind and stupid!
2. O’Malley, like Pelosi, is not much of a Catholic anyway because they both believe in abortion. Now that he is promoting same sex marriage it makes him less of a Catholic and more of an opportunistic hypocrite. I’m not a Catholic but I do believe in life and that marriage was intended by God to be between a man and a woman.
3. Waaaambulance of religion
Yeah yeah can we please remove religion out of politics and laws. Whatever happen to separation of church and state? Why does religion get to dominate other people’s lives? Please tell those fear mongering disrespectful people to stay out of things. Two adults of the same sex who give concentual agreement to be together and are in love should be allowed to marry. Enough with the hateful religion and their fears of a non existent deity beyond our outer space.
What is hypocritical is that religion gets to dominate and disrespect other people who do not follow their fearful and are scared of being struck down by their imagination of a magic daddy. No one can say a word edge wise of religious abuse of children, but they still get to tell who can and can’t do what. I.E. marriage and women controlling their own body. Time for these filthy losers to cry a river for once.
NO one can prove marriage is between man and a woman, just keep repeating it and TADA it is true. No intelligent argument against same sex marriages has happen and never will. What about serial marriages? No one argues against that, as long as they are the “correct genders” it is no problem.
4. If you take time and read the first amendment there is no separation of church and state. The only thing the first amendment says is that the government will not establish a religion. If two men or two women want to co-habit that is their decision. However, marriage is a sacred rite between a man and a woman.
5. o’malley is not interested in justice at all. He is interested in votes and his political ambitions. [Candidate for prez of the US some day]. He wants the votes of as many as possible, so he will promote laws that please left-leaning special interst groups, illegals, etc. He does not care about pleasing republicans because he hates them and they would never vote for him anyway.
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4.26/5 rDev +6.2%
A great summer IPA. Not much for aroma but it more then compensates with flavor and feel. Very nice floral bitterness balanced with light biscuit-y malt. I'm a big fan of the hop profile in this brew. Has a good tang in the mouthfeel which I am quite fond of in a IPA. Well done!
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Photo of biboergosum
4.04/5 rDev +0.7%
22oz bottle. For some reason, every time I had heard about this brew up until now, I thought it was an Iron Maiden tribute, but maybe I was just naively (or lazily) misguided by their Sleigh'r offering.
This beer pours a hazy, medium golden yellow colour, with two fingers of puffy, densely frothy, and mildly rocky ecru head, which leaves some spackled snow rime lace around the glass as it gently blows off.
It smells of musty, kind of dank pine resin, muted citrus pith, bready and doughy caramel malt, further grassy, herbal, and leafy hops, and a softly lilting alcohol edginess. The taste is grainy, bready caramel malt, much less dank in their general bearing pine and earthy forest floor detritus, still muffled citrus rind esters, and more mildly herbal, leafy, and fresh-cut grassy hops - summery? Sure, why not?
The bubbles are rather heady and active throughout, what with their steady and sturdy frothiness, the body a dense middleweight, and actually smooth, the hops having left early, because, y'know, it's Friday afternoon on a summer long weekend, or something. It finishes off-dry, the malt not about to let these laid-back, hammock-humping hops have all the fun, no sirree!
I have to say, when a seasonal is released by a brewery, without any tangible ingredients that would justify it as such, I get weary and wary. Turns out I didn't have to expend that sort of negative energy here, since after only a few gulps, I was hooked on the fresh, fruity, and yet still duly bitter nature of this IPA's gross hopitude. Yeah - sun AND shade friendly, fo sho.
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Photo of tzieser
3.88/5 rDev -3.2%
L: poured from a 22oz bottle into a imperial pint glass. Dull hazy orange in color with a foamy white head. Lack of does wonders for the look of this beer
S: nose is a bit muted for a beer in this style (west coast, summer/session ipa). Grassy hops are there with a bit of pine earthiness. Sweet malts linger in the background but it's all a bit underwhelming for the style
T: thankfully the taste is much better than the nose. Copious amounts of lemon and orange hop flavor. Pine bitterness is stronger than expected yet pleasant, balancing out the aforementioned fruity hops. Malts are biscuity, cracker-like and a tad sweet. Finishes with lingering bitterness.
M: sticky and a bit chewy. Wish it finished drier. Not bad though
O: an excellent IPA yet not worth the $7 price tag. Worth a try but you can get a better beer for a couple dollars less in FW Union Jack
Paired well with homemade smoked baby back ribs, fingerling potatoes and a 108° Arizona afternoon!
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Photo of OrestesMethuon
4.07/5 rDev +1.5%
Deep, burnished, honey-gold color; quite turbid—loads of feathery-white sediment; pretty active head, mellowing out to a nice, thin-but-solid white ring; good bite to the malting, which is otherwise very light; in some ways more like the hopped-up "Imperial Pilsners" that have pleasantly dotted the market in recent years, rather than a "Summer IPA", per se; very nice bittering, solid florality—though leaning more to the herbal than the floral, I'd say—and not a lot of sweetness, but a lot of dryness, from the malt, thus presenting a clear and clean avenue for the hopping. Refreshing, and not inappropriate for summer—but probably better suited for an Oregon's mid-June than one in Arizona, since it's much better fresh from the fridge than at all warmed.
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Photo of ArrogantB
3.37/5 rDev -16%
22oz bottle $5.99. Yellow color, lots of lacing, decent head. Flavor is subtle grass, subtle lemons, subtle floral qualities. Aroma is slightly floral and citrusy. Easy to drink, crisp, I can see why it is a summer style because there is almost no malt here. Overall not bad but a little too light for me.
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Photo of utopiajane
4.14/5 rDev +3.2%
Pours golden yellow with a white head.Nose is citrusy, sweet and floral. Comes together on the palate like a spiked lemony sugar cookie blast with a strong bitter to finish it. Forceful and well made.
I paired this with two dishes. A light salad with apples and a lemon dressing and some home made breaded chicken with a sweet chili and liime dipping sauce.
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Photo of Greywulfken
3.85/5 rDev -4%
A: pale gold and clear, though I spotted some floaties in the bottom of the bomber; two fingers of bright white fluffy head left lace clouds down the glass
S: floral and bright, with pinpoints of citrus and light herbs; suggestions of something breezy, grassy and green
T: light and bright - lemon citrus pith and fresh grassy grains, lots of floral character - very summery
M: light-weight, medium carbonation, crisp and quick, low bitterness
O: a light, bright and easy summery ale, floral and citric in most aspects, but nothing that particularly stood out above the rest. Worth a try and buy.
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Photo of ZekeMillz
4.6/5 rDev +14.7%
Definitely my favorite beer from Ninkasi. Lighter than most IPAs, which makes it a perfect beer for Summertime, for those who still crave hops when it's hot.
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Photo of hreb
3.73/5 rDev -7%
22oz bottle served in pint glass. Beer pours straw yellow in color, crystal clear, but forms a generous white foamy head. Bright hop aroma. Mouthfeel has an extremely smooth, creamy fizz. Flavor melds the classic citrus and pine hop flavors at a relatively high volume, but still extremely drinkable. The texture goes a long way towards that drinkability. I'm not usually a fan of IPAs that blend a wide variety of hops and prop it up with such a thin, maltless body, but in this case, it's just the platform this beer needs to support a particularly crisp bitterness. And while I don't think this concept can make for a great beer, this is good drinking.
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Photo of brewskifan55
4/5 rDev -0.2%
Poured into a pint glass. Thanks for sneaking this one in the suitcase from LA, Brenda.
A: Light gold, opaque with a white one-finger head that didn't last long. Good lacing.
S: Grassy hops and citrus notes. Grapefruit and oranges.
T: A terrific malt/hop balance. Piney hops and bready malts blend well with low bitterness. Grapefruit drops by for a visit. Smooth, sweet and pleasant.
M: Medium with medium carbonation.
O: Even with 2 months in the closet, this IPA held up very well. I hope to try this one again, without 5 other party guests vying for a sip.
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Photo of Brackh
4.12/5 rDev +2.7%
Poured a clear gold and orange with a small head. Awesome smell. Juicy and fruity (citrus). Great taste. Very subtle and not over the top. You can taste the carbonation if that makes sense. Could have had several of these.
Didn't share any with my wife.
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Photo of santomark
4.56/5 rDev +13.7%
A - Poured a very clear, gold, vibrant, yellow, orange tint body. Little to no head, 1 finger width, disappeared nicely. As expected from an IPA.
S - Beautiful, just beautiful, tangerine, mango, pineapple, oranges, very tart fruits coming off in the nose, sweet malt, bready, biscuit. I could sniff this for hours.
T - I must say, the taste, is very good, but not great, nothing compared to the nose. Very mild fruits on the palate, no tartness, no sweetness. This highlights the hops very minimally. Bread up front, balanced malt backbone.
M - Silky, mild carbonation, a dryness at the end leaving you wanting more.
O - This is a great brew, I want this doubled up though. An IPA version of this would be fantastic! The nose is wonderful, spot on, perfect. If they made a DIPA version of this, I would want to taste the complexity of the hops. This beer can only get better if they considered making a DIPA of this. However, back to the topic, this beer is refreshing, a wonderful IPA, and beautifully showcases the West Coast IPA style that invites everyone of all palates to enjoy. Well done! Cheers!
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Photo of abstractpablo
4.08/5 rDev +1.7%
An interesting take on a summer beer. The hops give the beer a clear floral aroma and taste. The taste is less forward than the aroma. I'm not too certain about "floral" flavors, but I'd say this has a bit of a rose taste to it. Nothing too intense, however. It drinks nicely. The light-bodied beer finishes clean and is an interesting beer to have on a hot day.
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Photo of lordofstarside
3.95/5 rDev -1.5%
Review from notes
No bottle date, should be pretty fresh though
Pours a vibrant golden orange with two fingers of foam. Mild carbonation, good retention and lacing
Smell's pretty tropical. Strong orange and mandarin, followed by pineapple and passionfruit. Malt on this is pretty bready with caramel notes, finishing with a hint of alcohol
Taste follows alright. Hops are pretty much the same, lots of tropical fruits- pineapple, mandarin, orange, grapefruit, followed by a strong and sweet caramel malt, finishing with some alcohol
Finish is a medium body, moderate bitterness, and low carbonation. Alcohol's hidden well, pretty easy to drink
Overall this isn't a bad beer. It falls short in a lot of ways, but it's ideal for a hot summer day, which is exactly what it was made for. It hits it's mark well, giving it a extra little score boost
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Photo of SitkaSteve
3.5/5 rDev -12.7%
Considering this an AIPA, well I poured it into a pint glass.
The appearance was a cloudy yellow color with a one finger white foamy head that dissipated within about a minute leaving some light speckled lacing here and there.
The smell had a grassy and grainy citrus laden bitter hops leading into a light maltiness.
The taste was mainly sweet and grassy but allowed a light bitterness to come about.
The mouthfeel was slightly harsh but also not too harsh, misleadingly smooth for an AIPA. There was a decent harsh carbonation about it.
Overall, this was an okay AIPA still worthy of having again but nothing to go apeshit about.
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Photo of ANIMOUL
3.9/5 rDev -2.7%
A sweetish-bitter (bitter sweet?) IPA that tastes very much like many of the Socal IPA currently flooding the market (which is a good thing in my opinion).
Has an initial, slight bitterness - from citrus? - which is soon overcome by the sweet tastes of pineapple & orange. Mild hops with light malt presence.
Definitely worth checking out... good
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Photo of orcrist_cleaver
4.63/5 rDev +15.5%
Took a growler of this home from DeCicco's as it is a rarity in my area.
A: Noticed majority of review from a btl give it a negative review in tis aspect. When poured from growler into Bird Song Brewing Co. pint, it is an orangey-gold color, 6-8 SRM if you prefer. Head is a creamy bright white, 2 fingers worth, and retention is outstanding , lasting half the pint, 6+ minutes with chunky lacing.
S: There are seven hop varieties in this beer, enough said. The malts give sweetness to the citrusy, fruity, spicy, and piney notes contributed by the former.
M: Hyped as a summer style IPA, but the barley addition does give it a medium albeit slick and fast-moving body. It hits and is gone, which is appreciated. However, I expect more carbonation from a 'summer' beer; the initial sting is low. Pleasant a dry finish.
T/O: Pineapple, sweet orange, honeydew, nectarine, blue spruce resin. Really not that bitter at all, but if you favor balance in your IPAs this is very, very good. Love the complexity of it still, a true "no coast", American IPA.
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Photo of BierJager89
4.06/5 rDev +1.2%
A: Pours a translucent copper with a tan ring of head.
S: Pineapple, orange, floral hops in the nose.
T: Orange, pineapple and pine. Nothing that stands out, nothing interesting or complex, but tasty.
M: IPA-like carbonation levels on a medium bodied. Could be smoother.
O: Recommended, but I don't feel like this does the band justice.
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Photo of souvenirs
3.18/5 rDev -20.7%
650 ml bottle bought as part of a variety pack. The label calls it a specialty ale, but I'm expecting something resembling an American/West Coast style IPA.
A: golden, a bit cloudy, some carbonation visible, about one finger of head which dissipated fairly quickly.
S: tropical fruits.
T: Pine, lingering bitterness. I found this bitterness unpleasant because it wasn't balanced/backed up with other flavours. I found it kind of one-dimensional.
F: Medium-bodied.
O: One and done.
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Photo of DanielDomigan
4.44/5 rDev +10.7%
love iron maiden and love ipa's. this is defiantly a special brew for me to try.
a beautiful golden blonde color.
a smack in the face of strait hops! so good. citrus and hops...
hoppy slightly sweet and citrusy
little bit watery and slightly sticky
a damn good ipa.
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Photo of MikeMilanoDesign
4.94/5 rDev +23.2%
man this is a great beer!!
super refreshing! crisp clean hops. lots of citrus notes.
up front you can taste the light presence of the pale malt. then light spice of hops balanced with citrus flavors. ends of with an almost lime flavor.
totally worth trying. esp if you are a hop head.
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Photo of mactrail
3.63/5 rDev -9.5%
Pours an attractive golden amber in the Duvel tulip. Big foam for the first pour, then a nice tower of suds. Plenty of carbonation in the mouth. Pleasant nose of pineapple and that vanilla smell of Ponderosa pine bark. Later on the fruit aroma is distinctive. Makes me wonder if they are using Mosaic hops.
The malt is present mostly as a sweetness. It's a pretty neutral taste to show off the exuberance of hops. Rather tart in the back of the throat. Overall, a hop firecracker rather than a bomb, but more drinkable than many other IPAs. Plenty bitter but it goes down nicely with a spicy finish. Better than the overly dank Ninkasi brews I've tried.
Brewer says this is 72 IBUs. I don't know why they want to call it a "specialty ale" on the lable. They also call it a "summertime IPA" which is quite descriptive. From the 22 oz bottle bought at Pioneer Market in La Conner, Washington.
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Photo of wordemupg
4.29/5 rDev +7%
650ml bomber poured into tulip 15/8/13
A golden yellow with a fair bit of suspended particles being slowly moved around by a few tiny that feed a short lived finger of foam that leaves just a few spots of lace
S big tropical nose with a little bit of everything, pineapple, passion-fruit, lemon, lychee, tangerine, and grapefruit, somewhat floral, faint pine and a little caramel and cereal preventing a complete hop runaway, great smelling beer
T not quite the tropical blast the nose had going but that still leaves a healthy amount, more pine and citrus rind I didn't notice on the nose, more cereal and it creates a nice balance although still lopsided towards the green stuff
M lighter side of medium, a solid bitter snap, almost creams up and a little gritty, lingering rind on the finish
O other then a basic look this hop bomb hits the mark, smells great and went down way to fast, great intro to this brewery
I grabbed this one a whim while on vacation in BC and I'm glad I did, for a random brew I'd never heard of it's safe to say I lucked out
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Maiden The Shade from Ninkasi Brewing Company
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'The Hobbit' holds off 'Anchorman 2' with $31.5M at box office
This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Martin Freeman, left, and John Callen in a scene from "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug." The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug held off Anchorman 2 on a busy weekend at the box office. According to studio estimates Sunday, Peter Jacksons Hobbit sequel took in $31.5 million in its second weekend of release. That topped Will Ferrells Anchorman sequel, which nevertheless opened strongly in second place. (AP/Warner Bros. Pictures)
On a busy pre-Christmas weekend at the box office, "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" held off a very different sequel, "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues."
Peter Jackson's "Hobbit" sequel took in $31.5 million in its second weekend of release for Warner Bros., according to studio estimates Sunday. Though the film isn't matching the pace of the first "Hobbit" movie, "An Unexpected Journey," ''The Desolation of Smaug" is doing well abroad. It's now made more than $400 million worldwide, including $96 million internationally over the weekend.
The much-marketed "Anchorman 2" actually outperformed "The Hobbit" on Friday, but failed to best it over Saturday and Sunday. But the $50 million comedy, which Paramount initially turned down, also suggested it will be more popular abroad than most comedies. It made $13.4 million in six international markets.
"'Anchorman' will have a much larger footprint internationally than the last 'Anchorman' did," said Don Harris, head of domestic distribution for Paramount. "Will Ferrell has done a really good job of turning this character into something that travels around the world."
David O. Russell's fictionalization of the 1970s Abscam investigation "American Hustle" earned a robust $19.1 million in its first week of nationwide expansion. The Sony Pictures film, starring Christian Bale, Amy Adams and Jennifer Lawrence, got a boost from its co-leading seven Golden Globes nominations.
"It's such a crowd-pleaser as well as a critical hit," said Sony's distribution head Rory Bruer. "We have so much more to look forward to, including Christmas Day."
But this year's holiday frame will be particularly competitive. The crowded field of movie openings Wednesday includes Martin Scorsese's "The Wolf of Wall Street," Ben Stiller's "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," the Robert De Niro and Sylvester Stallone comedy "Grudge Match," the Justin Bieber documentary "Justin Bieber's Believe" and Keanu Reeves' "47 Ronin."
"It is going to be one heck of a crowded Christmas Day at the movie theater," said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for box-office tracker Rentrak. "This is setting up to be perhaps one of the biggest Christmas Days ever."
One obvious casualty from the many options at the multiplexes was 20th Century Fox's "Walking With Dinosaurs," a 3-D attraction that hoped to draw moviegoers with digital dinosaurs. Made for $85 million, it fell flat with just $7.3 million over the weekend.
The family market has instead been cornered by Disney's animated "Frozen," which added $19.2 million over the weekend. In five weeks of release, it's made $344 million worldwide.
The other Oscar-hopeful that went wide over the weekend was Disney's making-of "Mary Poppins" tale "Saving Mr. Banks." The film, starring Emma Thompson and Tom Hanks, made $9.3 million.
Spike Jonze's acclaimed futuristic romance "Her," starring Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlet Johansson, opened in limited release. It took in $361,000 over five days in three cities, good for a $60,000 screen average.
The third film in the Indian action series, "Dhoom 3," set a record for a U.S. debut for a Bollywood export. The film made $3.3 million stateside, good enough for ninth place at the box office.
1. "Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug," $31.5 million ($96 million international).
2. "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues," $26.8 million ($13.4 million international).
3. "Frozen," $19.2 million ($35.1 million international).
4. "American Hustle," $19.1 million.
5. "Saving Mr. Banks," $9.3 million ($5.5 million international).
6. "Hunger Games: Catching Fire," $8.8 million ($11 million international).
7. "Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas," $8.5 million.
8. "Walking With Dinosaurs," $7.3 million ($13.8 million international).
9. "Dhoom 3," $3.3 million ($2.1 million international).
10. "Thor: The Dark World," $1.3 million.
1. "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug," $96 million.
2. "Frozen," $35.1 million.
3. "Personal Tailor," $24 million.
4. "Walking With Dinosaurs," $13.8 million.
5. "Anchorman 2," $13.4 million.
6. "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire," $11 million.
(tie) "The Attorney," $11 million.
8. "Firestorm," $6.7 million.
9. "Saving Mr. Banks," $5.5 million.
10. "Gravity," $3.9 million.
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The Iliad of Homer by Homer (Lang, Leaf, Myers trans.)
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The execution of this version of the ILIAD has been entrusted to the
three Translators in the following three parts:
Books I. - IX. . . . . W. Leaf.
" X. - XVI. . . . . A. Lang.
" XVII. - XXIV. . . . . E. Myers.
Each Translator is therefore responsible for his own portion; but
the whole has been revised by all three Translators, and the
rendering of passages or phrases recurring in more than one portion
has been determined after deliberation in common. Even in these,
however, a certain elasticity has been deemed desirable.
On a few doubtful points, though very rarely, the opinion of two of
the translators has had to be adopted to the suppression of that
held by the third. Thus, for instance, the Translator of Books
X. - XVI. Would have preferred "c" and "us" to "k" and "os" in the
spelling of all proper names.
The text followed has been that of La Roche (Leipzig, 1873), except
where the adoption of a different reading has been specified in a
footnote. Where the balance of evidence, external and internal, has
seemed to the Translator to be against the genuineness of the
passage, such passage has been enclosed in brackets [].
The Translator of Books X. - XVI. Has to thank Mr. R.W. Raper,
Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford, for his valuable aid in revising
the proof-sheets of these Books.
In the present Edition the translation has been carefully revised
throughout, and numerous minor corrections have been made. The Notes
at the end of the volume have been, with a few exceptions, omitted;
one of the Translators hopes to publish very shortly a Companion to
the Iliad for English readers, which will deal fully with most of
the points therein referred to.
The use of square brackets has in this edition been restricted to
passages where there is external evidence, such as absence from the
best MSS., for believing in interpolation. One or two departures
from this Rule are noticed in footnotes.
November 1891
The reader will perhaps also be helped by the following list of the
Greek and Latin names of the gods and goddesses who play important
parts in the narrative. When the Greek names are new to him, the
corresponding Latin names may be more familiar.
Greek Latin
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Zeus. Jupiter.
Hera. Juno.
(Pallas) Athene. Minerva.
Aphrodite. Venus.
Poseidon. Neptune.
Ares. Mars.
Hephaestus. Vulcan.
The sacred soil of Ilios is rent
With shaft and pit; foiled waters wander slow
Through plains where Simois and Scamander went
To war with gods and heroes long ago.
Not yet to dark Cassandra lying low
In rich Mycenae do the Fates relent;
The bones of Agamemnon are a show,
And ruined is his royal monument.
The dust and awful treasures of the dead
Hath learning scattered wide; but vainly thee,
Homer, she meteth with her Lesbian lead,
And strives to rend thy songs, too blind is she
To know the crown on thine immortal head
Of indivisible supremacy. A.L.
Athwart the sunrise of our western day
The form of great Achilles, high and clear,
Stands forth in arms, wielding the Pelian spear.
The sanguine tides of that immortal fray,
Swept on by gods, around him surge and sway,
Wherethrough the helms of many a warrior peer,
Strong men and swift, their tossing plumes uprear.
But stronger, swifter, goodlier he than they,
More awful, more divine. Yet mark anigh;
Some fiery pang hath rent his soul within,
Some hovering shade his brows encompasseth.
What gifts hath Fate for all his chivalry?
Even such as hearts heroic oftenest win;
Honour, a friend, anguish, untimely death. E.M.
How Agamemnon and Achilles fell out at the siege of Troy;
and Achilles withdrew himself from battle, and won from Zeus
a pledge that his wrong should be avenged on Agamemnon and
the Achaians.
brought on the Achaians woes innumerable, and hurled down into Hades
accomplishment from the day when first strife parted Atreides king of
men and noble Achilles.
Who among the gods set the twain at strife and variance? Apollo, the son
of Leto and of Zeus; for he in anger at the king sent a sore plague upon
the host, so that the folk began to perish, because Atreides had done
dishonour to Chryses the priest. For the priest had come to the
Achaians' fleet ships to win his daughter's freedom, and brought a
ransom beyond telling; and bare in his hands the fillet of Apollo the
Far-darter upon a golden staff; and made his prayer unto all the
Achaians, and most of all to the two sons of Atreus, orderers of the
host; "Ye sons of Atreus and all ye well-greaved Achaians, now may the
gods that dwell in the mansions of Olympus grant you to lay waste the
city of Priam, and to fare happily homeward; only set ye my dear child
free, and accept the ransom in reverence to the son of Zeus, far-darting
Then all the other Achaians cried assent, to reverence the priest and
accept his goodly ransom; yet the thing pleased not the heart of
Agamemnon son of Atreus, but he roughly sent him away, and laid stern
charge upon him, saying: "Let me not find thee, old man, amid the hollow
ships, whether tarrying now or returning again hereafter, lest the staff
and fillet of the god avail thee naught. And her will I not set free;
nay, ere that shall old age come on her in our house, in Argos, far from
her native land, where she shall ply the loom and serve my couch. But
silently along the shore of the loud-sounding sea. Then went that aged
man apart and prayed aloud to king Apollo, whom Leto of the fair locks
bare: "Hear me, god of the silver bow, that standest over Chryse and
holy Killa, and rulest Tenedos with might, O Smintheus! If ever I built
a temple gracious in thine eyes, or if ever I burnt to thee fat flesh of
thighs of bulls or goats, fulfil thou this my desire; let the Danaans
pay by thine arrows for my tears."
So spake he in prayer, and Phoebus Apollo heard him, and came down from
the peaks of Olympus wroth at heart, bearing on his shoulders his bow
and covered quiver. And the arrows clanged upon his shoulders in wrath,
as the god moved; and he descended like to night. Then he sate him aloof
from the ships, and let an arrow fly; and there was heard a dread
clanging of the silver bow. First did the assail the mules and fleet
dogs, but afterward, aiming at the men his piercing dart, he smote; and
the pyres of the dead burnt continually in multitude.
Now for nine days ranged the god's shafts through the host; but on the
tenth Achilles summoned the folk to assembly, for in his mind did
goddess Hera of white arms put the thought, because she had pity on the
Danaans when she beheld them perishing. Now when they had gathered and
were met in assembly, then Achilles fleet of foot stood up and spake
among them: "Son of Atreus, now deem I that we shall return wandering
home again--if verily we might escape death--if war at once and
pestilence must indeed ravage the Achaians. But come, let us now inquire
of some soothsayer or priest, yea, or an interpreter of dreams--seeing
that a dream too is of Zeus--who shall say wherefore Phoebus Apollo is
so wroth, whether he blame us by reason of vow or hecatomb; if perchance
he would accept the savour of lambs or unblemished goats, and so would
take away the pestilence from us."
So spake he and sate him down; and there stood up before them Kalchas
son of Thestor, most excellent far of augurs, who knew both things that
were and that should be and that had been before, and guided the ships
of the Achaians to Ilios by his soothsaying that Phoebus Apollo bestowed
on him. He of good intent made harangue and spake amid them: "Achilles,
dear to Zeus, thou biddest me tell the wrath of Apollo, the king that
smiteth afar. Therefore will I speak; but do thou make covenant with me,
and swear that verily with all thy heart thou wilt aid me both by word
and deed. For of a truth I deem that I shall provoke one that ruleth all
the Argives with might, and whom the Achaians obey. For a king is more
of might when he is wroth with a meaner man; even though for the one day
in his breast till he accomplish it. Consider thou, then, if thou wilt
hold me safe."
And Achilles fleet of foot made answer and spake to him: "Yea, be of
good courage, speak whatever soothsaying thou knowest; for by Apollo
dear to Zeus, him by whose worship thou, O Kalchas, declarest thy
soothsaying to the Danaans, not even if thou mean Agamemnon, that now
avoweth him to be greatest far of the Achaians."
Then was the noble seer of good courage, and spake: "Neither by reason
of a vow is he displeased, nor for any hecatomb, but for his priest's
sake to whom Agamemnon did despite, and set not his daughter free and
accepted not the ransom; therefore hath the Far-darter brought woes upon
us, yea, and will bring. Nor will he ever remove the loathly pestilence
from the Danaans till we have given the bright-eyed damsel to her
father, unbought, unransomed, and carried a holy hecatomb to Chryse;
then might we propitiate him to our prayer."
So said he and sate him down, and there stood up before them the hero
son of Atreus, wide-ruling Agamemnon, sore displeased; and his dark
heart within him was greatly filled with anger, and his eyes were like
flashing fire. To Kalchas first spake he with look of ill: "Thou seer of
evil, never yet hast thou told me the thing that is pleasant. Evil is
ever the joy of thy heart to prophesy, but never yet didst thou tell any
good matter nor bring to pass. And now with soothsaying thou makest
harangue among the Danaans, how that the Far-darter bringeth woes upon
them because, forsooth, I would not take the goodly ransom of the damsel
Chryseis, seeing I am the rather fain to keep her own self within mine
house. Yea, I prefer her before Klytaimnestra my wedded wife; in no wise
is she lacking beside her, neither in favour nor stature, nor wit nor
skill. Yet for all this will I give her back, if that is better; rather
would I see my folk whole than perishing. Only make ye me ready a prize
of honour forthwith, lest I alone of all the Argives be disprized, which
thing beseemeth not; for ye all behold how my prize is departing from
To him then made answer fleet-footed goodly Achilles: "Most noble son of
Atreus, of all men most covetous, how shall the great-hearted Achaians
give thee a meed of honour? We know naught of any wealth of common
store, but what spoil soe'er we took from captured cities hath been
apportioned, and it beseemeth not to beg all this back from the folk.
Nay, yield thou the damsel to the god, and we Achaians will pay thee
back threefold and fourfold, if ever Zeus grant us to sack some
well-walled town of Troy-land."
To him lord Agamemnon made answer and said: "Not in this wise, strong as
thou art, O godlike Achilles, beguile thou me by craft; thou shalt not
outwit me nor persuade me. Dost thou wish, that thou mayest keep thy
meed of honour, for me to sit idle in bereavement, and biddest me give
her back? Nay, if the great-hearted Achaians will give me a meed suited
to my mind, that the recompense be equal--but if they give it not, then
I myself will go and take a meed of honour, thine be it or Aias', or
Odysseus' that I will take unto me; wroth shall he be to whomsoever I
come. But for this we will take counsel hereafter; now let us launch a
black ship on the great sea, and gather picked oarsmen, and set therein
a hecatomb, and embark Chryseis of the fair cheeks herself, and let one
of our counsellors be captain, Aias or Idomeneus or goodly Odysseus, or
thou, Peleides, most redoubtable of men, to do sacrifice for us and
propitiate the Far-darter."
Then Achilles fleet of foot looked at him scowling and said: "Ah me,
thou clothed in shamelessness, thou of crafty mind, how shall any
Achaian hearken to thy bidding with all his heart, be it to go a journey
or to fight the foe amain? Not by reason of the Trojan spearmen came I
hither to fight, for they have not wronged me; never did they harry mine
oxen nor my horses, nor ever waste my harvest in deep-soiled Phthia, the
nurse of men; seeing there lieth between us long space of shadowy
mountains and sounding sea; but thee, thou shameless one, followed we
hither to make thee glad, by earning recompense at the Trojans' hands
for Menelaos and for thee, thou dog-face! All this thou threatenest
thyself to take my meed of honour, wherefor I travailed much, and the
sons of the Achaians gave it me. Never win I meed like unto thine, when
the Achaians sack any populous citadel of Trojan men; my hands bear the
brunt of furious war, but when the apportioning cometh then is thy meed
far ampler, and I betake me to the ships with some small thing, yet my
own, when I have fought to weariness. Now will I depart to Phthia,
seeing it is far better to return home on my beaked ships; nor am I
minded here in dishonour to draw thee thy fill of riches and wealth."
Then Agamemnon king of men made answer to him "yea, flee, if thy soul be
set thereon. It is not I that beseech thee to tarry for my sake; I have
others by my side that shall do me honour, and above all Zeus, lord of
counsel. Most hateful art thou to me of all kings, fosterlings of Zeus;
thou ever lovest strife and wars and fightings. Though thou be very
strong, yet that I ween is a gift to thee of God. Go home with thy ships
and company and lord it among thy Myrmidons; I reck not aught of thee
nor care I for thine indignation; and all this shall be my threat to
thee: seeing Phoebus Apollo bereaveth me of Chryseis, her with my ship
and my company will I send back; and mine own self will I go to thy hut
and take Briseis of the fair cheeks, even that thy meed of honour, that
thou mayest well know how far greater I am than thou, and so shall
another hereafter abhor to match his words with mine and rival me to my
So said he, and grief came upon Peleus' son, and his heart within his
shaggy breast was divided in counsel, whether to draw his keen blade
from his thigh and set the company aside and so slay Atreides, or to
assuage his anger and curb his soul. While yet he doubted thereof in
heart and soul, and was drawing his great sword from his sheath, Athene
came to him from heaven, sent forth of the white-armed goddess Hera,
whose heart loved both alike and had care for them. She stood behind
Peleus' son and caught him by his golden hair, to him only visible, and
of the rest no man beheld her. Then Achilles marvelled, and turned him
about, and straightway knew Pallas Athene; and terribly shone her eyes.
He spake to her winged words, and said: "Why now art thou come hither,
thou daughter of aegis-bearing Zeus? Is it to behold the insolence of
Agamemnon, son of Atreus. Yea, I will tell thee that I deem shall even
be brought to pass: by his own haughtinesses shall he soon lose his
Then the bright-eyed goddess Athene spake to him again: "I came from
heaven to stay thine anger, if perchance thou wilt hearken to me, being
sent forth if the white-armed goddess Hera, that loveth you twain alike
and careth for you. Go to now, cease from strife, and let not thine hand
draw the sword; yet with words indeed revile him, even as it shall come
to pass. For thus will I say to thee, and so it shall be fulfilled;
hereafter shall goodly gifts come to thee, yea in threefold measure, by
reason of this despite; hold thou thine hand, and hearken to us."
And Achilles fleet of foot made answer and said to her: "Goddess, needs
must a man observe the saying of you twain, even though he be very wroth
at heart; for so is the better way. Whosoever obeyeth the gods, to him
they gladly hearken."
He said, and stayed his heavy hand on the silver hilt, and thrust the
great Sword back into the sheath, and was not disobedient to the saying
of Athene; and she forthwith was departed to Olympus, to the other gods
in the palace of aegis-bearing Zeus.
Then Peleus' son spake again with bitter words to Atreus' son, and in no
wise ceased from anger: "Thou heavy with wine, thou with face of dog and
heart of deer, never didst thou take courage to arm for battle among thy
folk or to lay ambush with the princes of the Achaians; that to thee
were even as death. Far better booteth it, for sooth, to seize for
thyself the meed of honour of every man through the wide host of the
Achaians that speaketh contrary to thee. Folk-devouring king! seeing
thou rulest men of naught; else were this despite, thou son of Atreus,
thy last. But I will speak my word to thee, and swear a mighty oath
therewith: verily by this staff that shall no more put forth leaf or
twig, seeing it hath for ever left its trunk among the hills, neither
shall it grow green again, because the axe hath stripped it of leaves
and bark; and now the sons of the Achaians that exercise judgment bear
it in their hands, even they that by Zeus' command watch over the
traditions--so shall this be a mighty oath in thine eyes--verily shall
longing for Achilles come hereafter upon the sons of the Achaians one
and all; and then wilt thou in no wise avail to save them, for all thy
grief, when multitudes fall dying before manslaying Hector. Then shalt
thou tear thy heart within thee for anger that thou didst in no wise
honour the best of the Achaians."
So said Peleides and dashed to earth the staff studded with golden
nails, and himself sat down; and over against him Atreides waxed
furious. Then in their midst rose up Nestor, pleasant of speech, the
clear-voiced orator of the Pylians, he from whose tongue flowed
discourse sweeter than honey. Two generations of mortal men already had
he seen perish, that had been of old time born and nurtured with him in
goodly Pylos, and he was king among the third. He of good intent made
harangue to them and said: "Alas, of a truth sore lamentation cometh
upon the land of Achaia. Verily Priam would be glad and Priam's sons,
and all the Trojans would have great joy of heart, were they to hear all
this tale of strife between you twain that are chiefest of the Danaans
in counsel and chiefest in battle. Nay, hearken to me; ye are younger
both than I. Of old days held I converse with better men even than you,
and never did they make light of me. Yea, I never beheld such warriors,
nor shall behold, as were Peirithoos and Dryas shepherd of the host and
Kaineus and Exadios and godlike Polyphemos [and Theseus son of Aigeus,
like to the Immortals]. Mightiest of growth were they of all men upon
the earth; mightiest they were and with the mightiest fought they, even
the wild tribes of the Mountain caves, and destroyed them utterly. And
with these held I converse, being come from Pylos, from a distant land
afar; for of themselves they summoned me. So I played my part in fight;
and with them could none of men that are now on earth do battle. And
they laid to heart my counsels and hearkened to my voice. Even so
hearken ye also, for better is it to hearken. Neither do thou, though
thou art very great, seize from him his damsel, but leave her as she was
given at the first by the sons of the Achaians to be a meed of honour;
nor do thou, son of Peleus, think to strive with a king, might against
might; seeing that no common honour pertaineth to a sceptred king to
whom Zeus apportioneth glory. Though thou be strong, and a goddess
mother bare thee, yet his is the greater place, for he is king over
more. And thou, Atreides, abate thy fury; nay, it is even I that beseech
thee to let go thine anger with Achilles, who is made unto all the
Achaians a mighty bulwark of evil war."
Then lord Agamemnon answered and said: "Yea verily, old man, all this
thou sayest is according unto right. But this fellow would be above all
others, he would be lord of all and king among all and captain to all;
wherein I deem none will hearken to him. Though the immortal gods made
him a spearman, do they therefore put revilings in his mouth for him to
Then goodly Achilles brake in on him and answered: "Yea, for I should be
called coward and man of naught, if I yield to thee in every matter,
howsoe'er thou bid. To others give now thine orders, not to me [play
master; for thee I deem that I shall no more obey]. This, moreover, will
I say to thee, and do thou lay it to thy heart. Know that not by
violence will I strive for the damsel's sake, neither with thee nor any
other; ye gave and ye have taken away. But of all else that is mine
beside my fleet black ship, thereof shalt thou not take anything or bear
it away against my will. Yea, go to now, make trial, that all these may
see; forthwith thy dark blood shall gush about my spear."
Now when the twain had thus finished the battle of violent words, they
stood up and dissolved the assembly beside the Achaian ships. Peleides
went his way to his huts and trim ships with Menoitios' son [Patroklos]
and his company; and Atreides launched a fleet ship on the sea, and
picked twenty oarsmen therefor, and embarked the hecatomb for the god,
and brought Chryseis of the fair cheeks and set her therein; and
Odysseus of many devices went to be their captain.
So these embarked and sailed over the wet ways; and Atreides bade the
folk purify themselves. So they purified themselves, and cast the
defilements into the sea and did sacrifice to Apollo, even unblemished
hecatombs of bulls and goats, along the shore of the unvintaged sea; and
the sweet savour arose to heaven eddying amid the smoke.
Thus were they busied throughout the host; but Agamemnon ceased not from
the strife wherewith he threatened Achilles at the first; he spake to
Talthybios and Eurybates that were his heralds and nimble squires: "Go
ye to the tent of Achilles Peleus' son, and take Briseis of the fair
cheeks by the hand and lead her hither; and if he give her not, then
will I myself go, and more with me, and seize her; and that will be yet
more grievous for him."
So saying he sent them forth, and laid stern charge upon them.
Unwillingly went they along the beach of the unvintaged sea, and came to
the huts and ships of the Myrmidons. Him found they sitting beside his
hut and black ship; nor when he saw them was Achilles glad. So they in
dread and reverence of the king stood, and spake to him no word, nor
questioned him. But he knew in his heart, and spake to them: "All hail,
ye heralds, messengers of Zeus and men, come near; ye are not guilty in
my sight, but Agamemnon that sent you for the sake of the damsel
Briseis. Go now, heaven-sprung Patroklos, bring forth the damsel, and
give them her to lead away. Moreover, let the twain themselves be my
witnesses before the face of the blessed gods and mortal men, yea and of
him, that king untoward, against the day when there cometh need of me
hereafter to save them all from shameful wreck. Of a truth he raveth
with baleful mind, and hath not knowledge to look before and after, that
so his Achaians might battle in safety beside their ships."
So said he, and Patroklos hearkened to his dear comrade, and led forth
from the hut Briseis of the fair cheeks, and gave them her to lead away.
So these twain took their way back along the Achaians' ships, and with
them went the woman all unwilling. Then Achilles wept anon, and sat him
down apart, aloof from his comrades on the beach of the grey sea, gazing
across the boundless main; he stretched forth his hands and prayed
instantly to his dear mother: "Mother, seeing thou didst of a truth bear
me to so brief span of life, honour at the least ought the Olympian to
have granted me, even Zeus that thundereth on high; but now doth he not
honour me, no, not one whit. Verily Atreus' son, wide-ruling Agamemnon,
hath done me dishonour; for he hath taken away my meed of honour and
keepeth her of his own violent deed."
So spake he weeping, and his lady mother heard him as she sate in the
sea-depths beside her aged sire. With speed arose she from the grey sea,
like a mist, and sate her before the face of her weeping son, and
stroked him with her hand, and spake and called on his name: "My child,
why weepest thou? What sorrow hath entered into they heart? Speak it
forth, hide it not in thy mind, that both may know it."
Then with heavy moan Achilles fleet of foot spake to her: "Thou knowest
it; why should I tell this to thee that knowest all! We had fared to
Thebe, the holy city of Eetion, and laid it waste and carried hither all
the spoils. So the sons of the Achaians divided among them all aright;
and for Atreides they set apart Chryseis of the fair cheeks. But
Chryses, priest of Apollo the Far-darter, came unto the fleet ships of
the mail-clad Achaians to win his daughter's freedom, and brought a
ransom beyond telling, and bare in his hands the fillet of Apollo the
Far-darter upon a golden staff, and made his prayer unto all the
host. Then all the other Achaians cried assent, to reverence the priest
and accept his goodly ransom; yet the thing pleased not the heart of
Agamemnon son of Atreus, but he roughly sent him away and laid stern
charge upon him. So the old man went back in anger; and Apollo heard his
prayers, seeing he loved him greatly, and he aimed against the Argives
his deadly darts. So the people began to perish in multitudes, and the
god's shafts ranged everywhither throughout the wide host of the
Achaians. Then of full knowledge the seer declared to us the oracle of
the Far-darter. Forthwith I first bade propitiate the god; but wrath gat
hold upon Atreus' son thereat, and anon he stood up and spake a
threatening word, that hath now been accomplished. Her the glancing-eyed
Achaians are bringing on their fleet ship to Chryse, and bear with
them offerings to the king; and the other but now the heralds went and
took from my hut, even the daughter of Briseus, whom the sons of the
Achaians gave me. Thou therefore, if indeed thou canst, guard thine own
son; betake thee to Olympus and beseech Zeus by any word whereby thou
ever didst make glad his heart. For oft have I heard thee proclaiming in
my father's halls and telling that thou alone amid the immortals didst
save the son of Kronos, lord of the storm-cloud, from shameful wreck,
when all the other Olympians would have bound him, even Hera and
Poseidon and Pallas Athene. Then didst thou, O goddess, enter in and
loose him from his bonds, having with speed summoned to high Olympus him
of the hundred arms whom gods call Briareus, but all men call Aigaion;
for he is mightier even than his father--so he sate him by Kronion's
side rejoicing in his triumph, and the blessed gods feared him withal
and bound not Zeus. This bring thou to his remembrance and sit by him
and clasp his knees, if perchance he will give succour to the Trojans;
and for the Achaians, hem them among their ships' sterns about the bay,
given over to slaughter; that they may make trial of their king, and
that even Atreides, wide-ruling Agamemnon, may perceive his blindness,
in that he honoured not at all the best of the Achaians."
Then Thetis weeping made answer to him: "Ah me, my child, why reared I
thee, cursed in my motherhood? Would thou hadst been left tearless and
griefless amid the ships, seeing thy lot is very brief and endureth no
long while; but now art thou made short-lived alike and lamentable
beyond all men; in an evil hour I bare thee in our halls. But I will go
myself to snow-clad Olympus to tell this thy saying to Zeus, whose joy
is in the thunder, [perhaps rather, "hurler of the thunderbolt."] if
perchance he may hearken to me. But tarry thou now amid thy fleet-faring
ships, and continue wroth with the Achaians, and refrain utterly from
battle: for Zeus went yesterday to Okeanos, unto the noble Ethiopians
for a feast, and all the gods followed with him; but on the twelfth day
will he return to Olympus, and then will I fare to Zeus' palace of the
bronze threshold, and will kneel to him and think to win him."
So saying she went her way and left him there, vexed in spirit for the
fair-girdled woman's sake, whom they had taken perforce despite his
will: and meanwhile Odysseus came to Chryse with the holy hecatomb. When
they were now entered within the deep haven, they furled their sails and
laid them in the black ship, and lowered the mast by the forestays and
brought it to the crutch with speed, and rowed her with oars to the
anchorage. Then they cast out the mooring stones and made fast the
hawsers, and so themselves went forth on to the sea-beach, and forth
they brought the hecatomb for the Far-darter Apollo, and forth came
Chryseis withal from the seafaring ship. Then Odysseus of many counsels
brought her to the altar and gave her into her father's arms, and spake
unto him: "Chryses, Agamemnon king of men sent me hither to bring thee
thy daughter, and to offer to Phoebus a holy hecatomb on the Danaans'
behalf, wherewith to propitiate the king that hath now brought sorrow
and lamentation on the Argives."
So saying he gave her to his arms, and he gladly took his dear child;
and anon they set in order for the god the holy hecatomb about his
well-builded altar; next washed they their hands and took up the barley
meal. Then Chryses lifted up his hands and prayed aloud for them:
"Hearken to me, god of the silver bow that standest over Chryse and holy
Killa, and rulest Tenedos with might; even as erst thou heardest my
prayer, and didst me honour, and mightily afflictest the people of the
Achaians, even so now fulfil me this my desire: remove thou from the
Danaans forthwith the loathly pestilence."
So spake he in prayer, and Phoebus Apollo heard him. Now when they had
prayed and sprinkled the barley meal, first they drew back the victims'
heads and slaughtered them and flayed them, and cut slices from the
thighs and wrapped them in fat, making a double fold, and laid raw
collops thereon, and the old man burnt them on cleft wood and made
libation over them of gleaming wine; and at his side the young men in
their hands held five-pronged forks. Now when the thighs were burnt and
through with spits, and roasted it carefully, and drew all off again. So
they had put away from them the desire of meat and drink, the young men
crowned the bowls with wine, and gave each man his portion after the
drink-offering had been poured into the cups. So all day long worshipped
they the god with music, singing the beautiful paean, the sons of the
Achaians making music to the Far-darter [or, "the Averter" (of
pestilence)]; and his heart was glad to hear. And when the sun went down
and darkness came on them, they laid them to sleep beside the ship's
hawsers; and when rosy-fingered Dawn appeared, the child of morning,
then set they sail for the wide camp of the Achaians; and Apollo the
Far-darter sent them a favouring gale. They set up their mast and spread
the white sails forth, and the wind filled the sail's belly and the dark
wave sang loud about the stem as the ship made way, and she sped across
the wave, accomplishing her journey. So when they were now come to the
wide camp of the Achaians, they drew up their black ship to land high
upon the sands, and set in line the long props beneath her; and
themselves were scattered amid their huts and ships.
But he sat by his swift-faring ships, still wroth, even the heaven-sprung
son of Peleus, Achilles fleet of foot; he betook him neither to the
assembly that is the hero's glory, neither to war, but consumed his
heart in tarrying in his place, and yearned for the war-cry and for
Now when the twelfth morn thereafter was come, then the gods that are
for ever fared to Olympus all in company, led of Zeus. And Thetis forgat
not her son's charge, but rose up from the sea-wave, and at early morn
mounted up to great heaven and Olympus. There found she Kronos' son of
the far-sounding voice sitting apart from all on the topmost peak of
many-ridged Olympus. So she sat before his face and with her left hand
clasped his knees, and with her right touched him beneath his chin, and
spake in prayer to king Zeus son of Kronos: "Father Zeus, if ever I gave
thee aid amid the immortal gods, whether by word or deed, fulfil thou
this my desire: do honour to my son, that is doomed to earliest death of
all men: now hath Agamemnon king of men done him dishonour, for he hath
taken away his meed of honour and keepeth her of his own violent deed.
But honour thou him, Zeus of Olympus, lord of counsel; grant thou
victory to the Trojans the while until the Achaians do my son honour and
exalt him with recompense."
So spake she; but Zeus the cloud-gatherer said no word to her, and sat
long time in silence. But even as Thetis had clasped his knees, so held
she by him clinging, and questioned him yet a second time: "Promise me
now this thing verily, and bow thy head thereto; or else deny me, seeing
there is naught for thee to fear; that I may know full well how I among
all gods am least in honour."
Then Zeus the cloud-gatherer, sore troubled, spake to her: "Verily it is
a sorry matter, if thou wilt set me at variance with Hera, whene'er she
provoketh me with taunting words. Even now she upbraideth me ever amid
the immortal gods, and saith that I aid the Trojans in battle. But do
thou now depart again, lest Hera mark aught; and I will take thought for
these things to fulfil them. Come now, I will bow my head to thee, that
thou mayest be of good courage; for that, of my part, is the surest
token amid the immortals; no word of mine is revocable nor false nor
unfulfilled when the bowing of my head hath pledged it."
Kronion spake, and bowed his dark brow, and the ambrosial locks waved
Thus the twain took counsel and parted; she leapt therewith into the
deep sea from glittering Olympus, and Zeus fared to his own palace. All
neither ventured any to await his coming, but stood up all before him.
So he sate him there upon his throne; but Hera saw, and was not ignorant
how that the daughter of the Ancient of the sea, Thetis the
silver-footed, had devised counsel with him. Anon with taunting words
spake she to Zeus the son of Kronos: "Now who among the gods, thou
crafty of mind, hath devised counsel with thee? It is ever thy good
pleasure to hold aloof from me and in secret meditation to give thy
judgments, nor of thine own good will hast thou ever brought thyself to
declare unto me the thing thou purposest."
Then the father of gods and men made answer her: "Hera, think not thou
to know all my sayings; hard they are for thee, even though thou art my
wife. But whichsoever it is seemly for thee to hear, none sooner than
thou shall know, be he god or man. Only when I will to take thought
aloof from the gods, then do not thou ask of every matter nor make
Then Hera the ox-eyed queen made answer to him. "Most dread son of
Kronos, what word is this thou hast spoken? Yea, surely of old I have
not asked thee nor made question, but in my heart sore afraid lest thou
the sea, for she at early morn sat by thee and clasped thy knees. To her
I deem thou gavest a sure pledge that thou wilt do honour to Achilles,
and lay many low beside the Achaians' ships."
To her made answer Zeus the cloud-gatherer: "Lady, Good lack! ever art
thou imagining, nor can I escape thee; yet shalt thou in no wise have
power to fulfil, but wilt be the further from my heart; that shall be
even the worse for thee. And if it be so, then such must my good
pleasure be. Abide thou in silence and hearken to my bidding, lest all
the gods that are in Olympus keep not off from thee my visitation, when
I put forth my hands unapproachable against thee."
He said, and Hera the ox-eyed queen was afraid, and sat in silence,
curbing her heart; but throughout Zeus' palace the gods of heaven were
troubled. Then Hephaistos the famed craftsman began to make harangue
among them, to do kindness to his mother, white-armed Hera: "Verily this
will be a sorry matter, neither any more endurable, if ye twain thus
fight for mortals' sakes, and bring wrangling among the gods; neither
will there any more be joy of the goodly feast, seeing that evil
triumpheth. So I give counsel to my mother, though herself is wise, to
do kindness to our dear father Zeus, that our father upbraid us not
again and cast the banquet in confusion. What if the Olympian, the lord
of the lightning, will to dash us from our seats! for he is strongest
far. Nay, approach thou him with gentle words, then will the Olympian
forthwith be gracious unto us."
So speaking he rose up and sat in his dear mother's hand the twy-handled
cup, and spake to her: "Be of good courage, mother mine, and endure,
though thou art vexed, lest I behold thee, thou art so dear, chastised
before mine eyes, and then shall I not be able for all my sorrow to save
thee; for the Olympian is a hard foe to face. Yea, once ere this, when I
was fain to save thee, he caught me by my foot and hurled me from the
heavenly threshold; all day I flew, and at the set of sun I fell in
Lemnos, and little life was in me. There did the Sintian folk forthwith
tend me for my fall."
He spake, and the white-armed goddess Hera smiled, and smiling took the
cup at her son's hand. Then he poured wine to all the other gods from
right to left, ladling the sweet nectar from the bowl. And laughter
unquenchable arose amid the blessed gods to see Hephaistos bustling
through the palace.
So feasted they al day till the setting of the sun; nor was their soul
aught stinted of the fair banquet, nor of the beauteous lyre that Apollo
held, and the Muses singing alternately with sweet voice.
Now when the bright light of the sun was set, these went each to his own
house to sleep, where each one had his palace made with cunning device
by famed Hephaistos the lame god; and Zeus the Olympian, the lord of
lightning, departed to his couch where he was wont of old to take his
rest, whenever sweet sleep visited him. There went he up and slept, and
beside him was Hera of the golden throne.
How Zeus beguiled Agamemnon by a dream; and of the assembly
of the Achaians and their marching forth to battle. And of
the names and numbers of the hosts of the Achaians and the
how he should do honour to Achilles and destroy many beside the
in his likeness spake to him the heavenly Dream:
forgetfulness come upon thee when honeyed sleep shall leave thee."
Trojans alike and Danaans throughout the course of stubborn fights. Then
way amid the mail-clad Achaians' ships.
these gathered with speed.
speak to hold them back."
sons of the Achaians."
Nine heralds restrained them with shouting, if perchance they might
his sceptre, that Hephaistos had wrought curiously. Hephaistos gave it
spake his saying to the Argives:
Achaians should marshal ourselves by tens, and every company choose a
shall we never take wide-wayed Troy."
Then would the Argives have accomplished their return against the will
down to the salt sea."
ships of the mail-clad Achaians.
judgments, that he may rule among you"].
roareth on the long beach and the main resoundeth.
Thersites still chattered on, the uncontrolled speech, whose mind was
full of words many and disorderly, wherewith to strive against the
now with shrill shout he poured forth his upbraidings upon goodly
good deeds without number ere now, standing foremost in wise counsels
soul henceforth bid him revile the kings with slanderous words."
the promise that they pledged thee when they still were marching hither
marvel that the Achaians should fret beside their beaked ships; yet
the holy altars unblemished hecatombs to the immortals, beneath a fair
the sparrow's little ones and herself, the eight wherewith the mother
taken the great city of Priam."
Argives embarked upon their fleet ships, bearing unto the Trojans death
their ill skill in battle."
draweth the polished chariot. And whomsoever I perceive minded to tarry
hope hereafter to escape the dogs and birds of prey."
brother toiled. Then stood they around the bull and took the
accepted the sacrifice, but made toil to wax increasingly.
Achaians make proclamation to the folk and gather them throughout the
Achaians, that the speedier we may arouse keen war."
aegis that knoweth neither age nor death, whereon wave an hundred
worth. Therewith she passed dazzling through the Achaian folk, urging
innumerable bronze through the sky even unto the heavens.
the flowery Skamandrian plain, unnumbered as are leaves and flowers in
goatherds easily divide the ranging flocks of goats when they mingle in
chief amid heroes.
Of the Boiotians Peneleos and Leitos were captains, and Arkesilaos and
Eilesion and Erythrai, and they that possessed Eleon and Peteon and
the stablished fortress of lesser Thebes and holy Onchestos, Poseidon's
And the Phokians were led of Schedios and Epistrophos, sons of
on the left.
Kalliaros and Bessa and Skarphe and lovely Augeiai and Tarphe and
black ships of the Lokrians that dwell over against holy Euboia.
And the Abantes breathing fury, they that possessed Euboia and Chalkis
And with him followed the fleet Abantes with hair flowing behind,
spearmen eager with ashen shafts outstretched to tear the corslets on
elder by birth. And with him fifty black ships followed.
where the battalions of the Athenians stood.]
And of them that possessed the stablished fortress of Mykene and wealthy
Corinth and stablished Kleonai, and dwelt in Orneiai and lovely
them that possessed Hyperesie and steep Gonoessa and Pellene, and dwelt
heart and groans."].
Gerenia leader, and with him sailed ninety hollow ships.
And of them that possessed Arkadia beneath the steep mountain of
each ship embarked many Arkadian warriors skilled in fight. For
Agamemnon king of men himself gave them benched ships wherewith to cross
concerned them not.
as Hyrmine and Myrsinos upon the borders and the Olenian rock and
was captain, son of king Agasthenes Augeias' son.
him that erst changed his habitation to Doulichion for anger against his
father. And with him followed forty black ships.
And Odysseus led the great-hearted Kephallenians, them that possessed
Ithaka and Neriton with quivering leafage, and dwelt in Krokyleia and
rugged Aigilips, and them that possessed Zakynthos and that dwelt in
him followed twelve ships with vermillion prow.
Aitolians. And with Thoas there followed forty black ships.
Miletos and chalky Lykastos and Phaistos and Rhytion, stablished cities
ships of the lordly Rhodians, that dwelt in Rhodes in threefold
Tlepolemos the famous spearman, that was born to great Herakles by
when Tlepolemos had grown to manhood within the strong palace walls,
Kronion poured upon them exceeding great wealth.
a weakling, and a scanty host followed him.
With them were arrayed thirty hollow ships.
Now all moreover that dwelt in the Pelasgian Argos and inhabited Alos
Achilles sorrowing; but soon was he to arise again.
And of them that possessed Phylake and flowery Pyrasos, Demeter's
Pteleos couched in grass, of all these was warlike Protesilaos leader
were the Argives soon to bethink them beside their ships of king
bare to Oileus waster of cities.
And of them that possessed Trikke and terraced ithome and that possessed
them were arrayed thirty hollow ships.
possessed Asterion and the white crests of Titanos, of these was
ships followed.
Polypoites, son of Peirithoos that immortal Zeus begat: and Polypoites
did famed Hippodameia conceive of Peirithoos on that day when he took
son. And with them forty black ships followed.
the Enienes and unflinching Peraibians that had pitched their homes
river of the oath.
dwelt about Peneios and Pelion with trembling leafage. These did fleet
Prothoos lead, and with him forty black ships followed.
wandered hither and thither through the camp and fought not.
across the plain.
the Achaians forth from their ships. Even in his likeness did
lead forth and have the ordering of his countrymen."
horsemen, and mighty din arose.
There did the Trojans and their allies divide their companies.
arrayed, eager warriors of the spear.
of war.
himself gave the bow.
And of them that possessed Adresteia and the land of Apaisos and
the fates of black death led them on.
And they that dwelt about Perkote and Praktios and possessed Sestos and
brought from Arisbe, from the river Selleeis.
that the strong stream of Hellespont shutteth in. And Euphemos was
fosterling of Zeus.
that floweth over the face of the earth.
And Pylaimenes of rugged heart led the Paphlagonians from the land of
possessed Kytoros and dwelt about Sesamon, and inhabited their famed
dwellings round the river Parthenios and Kromna and Aigialos and lofty
Alybe, where is the birthplace of silver.
Trojans there and of the rest.
these were eager to fight in the battle-throng.
And the Maionians were commanded of Mesthles and Antiphos, Talaimenes'
whose birthplace was under Tmolos.
wise-hearted Achilles carried away his gold.
And Sarpedon and blameless Glaukos led the Lykians from far away in
Lykia by eddying Xanthos.
How Menelaos and Paris fought in single combat; and
Aphrodite rescued Paris. And how Helen and Priam beheld the
Achaian host from the walls of Troy.
Achaians in silence breathing courage, eager at heart to give succour
man to man.
with all speed they advanced across the plain.
Alexandros played champion to the Trojans, wearing upon his shoulders
But when godlike Alexandros marked him appear amid the champions, his
glade starteth backward and trembling seizeth his feet beneath him,
throng of lordly Trojans. But Hector beheld and upbraided him with
all the ill thou hast wrought."
and Achaia home of fair women."
helm hath set himself to say somewhat."
all of us pledge friendship and sure oaths."
sons that are overweening and faithless, lest any by transgression do
was not disobedient to noble Agamemnon.
Helikaon Antenor's son had to wife, Laodike fairest favoured of Priam's
double fold, and embroidering thereon many battles of horse-taming
But Alexandros and Menelaos dear to Ares will fight with their tall
former husband and her city and parents.
they that were with Priam and Panthoos and Thymoites and Lampos and
after us."
Achaians--so mayest thou now tell me who is this huge hero, this Achaian
he is like unto one that is a king."
if ever such an one there was."
glancing-eyed Achaians."
great flock of ewes."
measure of his head and broad shoulders?"
revilings that are mine."
Lakedaimon, in their dear native land.
Meanwhile were the heralds bearing through the city the holy
witnesses, and watch over the faithful oath. If Alexandros slay
and Priam's sons will not pay the recompense unto me when Alexandros
here till I compass the end of war."
wives be made subject unto strangers."
death is appointed."
most great; whichsoe'er it be that brought this trouble upon both
for us peace may be assured and trusty oaths."
inwrought armour lay. And upon his shoulders goodly Alexandros donned
measured space, brandishing their spears in wrath each against other.
ponderous spear and through the inwrought breastplate it pressed on; and
was strangled by the embroidered strap beneath his soft throat, drawn
from the dance to be just resting and set down."
among mortal men, because even now Menelaos hath conquered goodly
love thee beyond measure, and lest I devise grievous enmities between
not; and the goddess led the way.
Now when they were come to the beautiful house of Alexandros the
handmaidens turned straightway to their tasks, and the fair lady went to
recklessly, lest perchance thou fall to his spear anon."
cruel taunts. For now indeed hath Menelaos vanquished me with Athene's
allies could discover Alexandros to Menelaos dear to Ares. Yet surely
How Pandaros wounded Menelaos by treachery; and Agamemnon
exhorted his chief captains to battle.
Now the gods sat by Zeus and held assembly on the golden floor, and in
the midst the lady Hebe poured them their nectar: they with golden
goblets pledged one another, and gazed upon the city of the Trojans.
Then did Kronos' son essay to provoke Hera with vexing words, and spake
maliciously: "Twain goddesses hath Menelaos for his helpers, even Hera
of Argos and Alalkomenean Athene. Yet these sit apart and take there
pleasure in beholding; but beside that other ever standeth
laughter-loving Aphrodite and wardeth off fate from him, and now hath
she saved him as he thought to perish. But of a truth the victory is to
Menelaos dear to Ares; so let us take thought how these things shall be;
whether once more we shall arouse ill war and the dread battle-din, or
put friendship between the foes. Moreover if this were welcome to all
and well pleasing, may the city of king Priam yet be an habitation, and
Menelaos take back Helen of Argos."
So said he, but Athene and Hera murmured thereat, who were sitting by
him and devising ills for the Trojans. Now Athene held her peace and
said not anything, for wrath at father Zeus, and fierce anger gat hold
upon her: But Hera's breast contained not her anger, and she spake:
"Most dread son of Kronos, what word is this thou hast spoken? How hast
thou the will to make my labour void and of none effect, and the sweat
of my toil that I sweated, when my horses were wearied with my summoning
of the host, to be the plague of Priam and his sons? Do as thou wilt;
but we other gods do not all approve thee."
Then in sore anger Zeus the cloud-gatherer spake to her: "Good lack, how
have Priam and Priam's sons done thee such great wrong that thou art
furiously minded to sack the established citadel of Ilios? Perchance
wert thou to enter within the gates and long walls and devour Priam raw,
and Priam's sons and all the Trojans, then mightest thou assuage thine
anger. Do as thou art minded, only let not this quarrel hereafter be to
me and thee a sore strife between us both. And this moreover will I say
to thee, and do thou lay it to they heart; whene'er I too be of eager
mind to lay waste to a city where is the race of men that are dear to
thee, hinder thou not my wrath, but let me be, even as I yield to thee
of free will, yet with soul unwilling. For all cities beneath sun and
starry heaven that are the dwelling of mortal men, holy Ilios was most
honoured of my heart, and Priam and the folk of Priam of the good ashen
spear. For never did mine altar lack the seemly feast, even
drink-offering and burnt-offering, the worship that is our due."
Then Helen the ox-eyed queen made answer to him: "Of a surety three
cities are there that are dearest far to me, Argos and Sparta and
wide-wayed Mykene; these lay thou waste whene'er they are found hateful
to thy heart; not for them will I stand forth, nor do I grudge thee
them. For even if I be jealous and would forbid thee to overthrow them,
yet will my jealousy not avail, seeing that thou art stronger far than
I. Still must my labour too not be made of none effect; for I also am a
god, and my lineage is even as thine, and Kronos the crooked counsellor
begat me to the place of honour in double wise, by birthright, and
because I am named thy spouse, and thou art king among all the
immortals. Let us indeed yield each to other herein, I to thee and thou
to me, and the rest of the immortal gods will follow with us; and do
thou with speed charge Athene to betake her to the fierce battle din of
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So it's been about a year since I met my ex. It's been 5 or 6 months since he broke up with me. He broke up with me saying I deserved a better guy than he was who could commit to me. Anyway, I keep bumping into my ex when I'm out and he always offers to buy me shots. I always turn him down. Number... Show More
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• It may not be that simple. Maybe he lost something, and didn't realize how great you were until it was too late. But look I am a guy who was a huge player and there are only three reasons he would have ended things with you using that lame ass line, "you deserve someone better than me blah, blah, I'm a dumb-ass blah..."
The first is he no longer found you attractive. Not saying that you are unattractive. You could be the hottest god damn girl on the freakin planet, but guys get bored. If you have almost all the gold in the word, your furniture is made of gold, your damn palace is made of gold and your toilet paper is gold trimmed, you are gonna get god damned sick of gold and trade it in for platinum.
The second is that you two weren't as physical as you used to be. Now I don't care if the sex was fire when it happened, if it happened. When it becomes too "rare", we look elsewhere. Everyone needs to be in a relationship with physical attraction and interaction. Or else one of the two in that relationship will go crazy.
The third and final reason is he was ready to see someone else or there already was someone else. We men use the line "we aren't good enough" because we want you to feel partially guilty. Like we tried everything in our power to make it work and we "see that you are a better person than I could ever be, and you need someone more like you"
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General J2EE: using bag/lists/set in hibernate
1. using bag/lists/set in hibernate (6 messages)
Let's say I have a persistent object called Article (table is called 'article') and it has a list of persistent ArticlePages (where the table is called 'article_page').
I'm having a problem that Hibernate fails to insert new rows into article_page because it doesn't include the article_id in the article table (and yes, the Article object has been saved and commited by the session and *it is* in the database. Thus, it's definately a problem with the sql statement generation.
The exception I actually get is that the statement can't execute because it fails a referential integirty constraint (pretty obvious from my description of the problem above).
Now, it doesn't have anything to do my with db server (mysql in this case) since this is a pretty easy thing to do really. I've tried all the examples and every form of lists (bags, sets, maps, etc.) and I get the same error for all of them. Thus, I really think it's a bad build of the software recently, but they haven't fixed it.
Thus, should I just drop hibernate and roll up my own thin-wrapper and support framework around jdbc (no automated mapping)? I could probably roll out that framework in a day or two, so that's not too bad. I don't want to make a full-blown mapping solution, but I could do that in 2 weeks probably if I find the time.
I'm just disappionted that Hibernate works for everything else, so I really got my hopes up that it was a perfect solution. However, besides this there are a bunch of other problems with it that I found out while playing with it
- the exception that says "no persister class for this entity" says nothing to the developer. What it should have said was that you didn't store the mappings into the Hibernate session (or was it session factory?) object.
- The overlap of properties and xml configuration files. This is pretty crap since it leads to a lot of problems. the mappings field also doesn't matter in practice, leading to the problem described above.
- it throws too many checked exceptions and required me to create a few framework classes to simplify the code. This was an obvious failing in JDBC and they mirrored it perfectly.
- The saveOrUpdate() method is pretty unstable, even if configured for it. I had some problems with it that I just made my own that always worked.
Don't get me wrong.. Hibernate had a lot of promise and I resolved the points noted above, but this list/bag/set/map problem is really annoying me and after trying lots of stuff in my code and my xml mapping file, I have to conclude it has to be something wrong with the framework itself. Thanks for the suggestions in advance.
2. Regarding you original problem...perhaps if you posted your code the problem would be easier to diagnose. I'm currently using Hibernate in production and have not experienced this problem. Also, what version of Hibernate are you using? What environment?
Also, you probably get better help on the Hibernate forum:
3. What's the relationship between Hibernate and other persistence technologies like EJB, JDO, Toplink etc?
4. Hibernate is most similar to TopLink as they are both O/R mapping tools. However, Hiberante is open source and TopLink is commercial.
5. Would you be tied to Hibernate or does the paradigm support somw kind of DAO to insulate changes between Hibernate and CMP for example?
6. You can insulate you application's dependency with your design. Let say you are using the Value Object pattern with you entity beans (your EJB's accept/return coarse-grained POJOs). If you you are using CMP, your architecture may look like this:
Session Facade -> CMP Entity Bean -> Database
You can easily replace this with:
Session Facade -> BMP Entity Bean -> Hibernate -> Database
or better yet:
Session Facade -> BMP Entity Bean -> DAO Interface -> Hibernate -> Database
By using the final design, you can have you Entity Bean expose the available persistant methods to the rest of your application, but behind the scenes you can have either a CMP bean, or a BMP that talks to an abstract DAO layer. This layer can be implemented with JDO, an O/R framework (e.g. Hibernate) or straight JDBC.
7. Hibernate + DAO interface[ Go to top ]
What do you think about using
Session Bean >> DAO Interface >> Hibernate >> DB
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Saturday, April 01, 2006
Ownerless Mesh Wireless Business Proposal
First I try to explain mesh wireless but this might be a better way to explain it fully.
Here is what microsoft wrote about it:
Community-based multi-hop wireless networks is disruptive to the current broadband Internet access paradigm, which relies on cable and DSL being deployed in individual homes. It is important because it allows free flow of information without any moderation or selective rate control. Compared to the large DSL and cable modem systems that are centrally managed, mesh networking is organic -- everyone in the neighborhood contributes network resources and cooperates.
My idea is to make mesh networks that are ownerless but maintained by communities with the help of a lead organization. As far as I know the first use of the term "ownerless networks" was in this pdf document about one of its problems.
My plan to build an ownerless network would look like this:
A lead organization secures a large loan to turn around and re-lend to build the network. Dividing up the large loan in to small loans the non-profit actually issues the smaller loans to the members of a community. The loan terms given to the members of the community are that the loan will be paid off in two years at twenty dollars a month per each participating community member. Why will the members of the community want to take out the loan and what will it pay for? The loan buys the relays antenna/transmitter/installation/internet-gateway-access, and up keep for the first two years. After the first two years the community's main ongoing costs will be to keep the internet-gateway-access. After those first two years the community costs associated with the network could be as low as 50 dollars per year per individual member. The network can be fast enough to support voice, video, and traditional internet traffic. The non profit should not be thought of as a utility because it is merely lending the cash to implement the ownerless network for the community.
Still not sure how this would work? Listen to this audio clip brought to to by or read on.
Saturday, April 01, 2006
Questions about the plan:
Q0.1) What do you mean business plan? Isn't this an organic non-profit technology?
A0.1) A business plan is a plan of action in this case. The problem with implementing mesh networks right now is that you can't call up the telephone company or cable company and say come hook up our ownerless mesh network. Companies are setting up mesh networks but they are owned.
Q1) "...Someone is going to have to pay for bandwidth to the outside world. Unless you have a worldwide network that is 'organic' you're going to be saddled with huge costs if you charge only $50/year."
A1)The plan calls for more initial costs and $50 per year are the on going costs. "Internet-gateway-access" is referred to in the plan and you used the term "bandwidth to the outside world" to describe the same thing. The mesh would contain data that many people commonly go on the internet for so that reduces the demand to connect to the outside world. But you are right, it costs money to get what the mesh can't provide. There are many people in the mesh so outside mesh needs are met together and 50 dollars a year from a bunch of people would provide plenty of that bandwidth even for the most bandwidth hungry neighborhood. Granted, there will not be dedicated T1 connections for every member...but if you think about the whole neighborhood's demand combined at any one given time it is a much more efficient network approach to network design. Simply put, this approach can meet the demand through fewer outside connections, but with larger pipes, at a much lower overall cost. The numbers are still not a science yet but you can see how it will be vastly cheaper than cable/dsl
Q2)"So how do you make money from it exactly?"
A2)The plan calls for a non-profit charge money to pay people to install it and run the whole opperation...but it is not about making a ton of money because it is designed to bring low cost communication to people! Some money may be provided from local business who want to be partners like is done with public television or from area specific classifieds.
Q3) How many people would be allowed on?
A3) Free trials could allow people on as long as they didn't add up to a number which would stretch the network to its break point. Long before the break point would be reached further backbone would be deployed. All issues about who would manage and so forth would be handled by the non-profit which would have to be staffed with competent tech people. I don't want to pretend that would be me. I do however see great potential because I know there are many companies setting up private and public mesh networks which work. The missing element for an ownerless network is an organization which pushes the network on to the front stage and organizes its deployment.
Q4) When ever I read about wireless "line-of-site" seems to be the main problem, how is this different?
A4) All the people who are a part of the mesh extend the reach that much further by creating more links in the mesh...that is where hops come in. Traditional wifi can never travel as far as series of hops in a mesh network can take your signal. Those hops can travel around a tree...its the only way to get to the other side!
Q5) Aren't you just reiterating other peoples ideas?
A5)What's new about my idea is packaging mesh to look more like cable/dsl for the consumer while still stressing it's great new potential. Another new thing is how we would get saturation by pre-sign up.
Q6) You are talking about a high concentration of participants per neighborhood aren't you?
A6) Yes there would have to be a minimum level of participation to make it work. That is why having "YOU ARE THE NETWORK" is the only way to make an ownerless network because as the lead organization YOU ARE THE NETWORK provides the package that people are familiar with when they might otherwise order DSL or cable. A new area specific promotional model would let people see the benefits of switching to the mesh and away from dsl/cable. DSL/CABLE will soon become known as "DiSLable" and in it's place will rise YOU are the network!
Are you ready to advance the business proposal? Use the email link to propose how you can help get this going.
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I recently got my MBA last year and got recruited to go to another large Chicago health care system. The new job pays more and is OK but we are going through a reorg and merger and my position will change going forward. My current boss is leaving the organization and said that he is putting me forward for a better position with more responsibility going into the reorg but it is hard to trust that this will happen since that is all going to be in flux. About a month ago I applied for a federal marketing communication project manager position with the General Services Administration at the Federal Acquisition Service and this past Friday I was offered the job as a GS-13 Step One and they want my answer on Monday. I will be giving up my bonus $5K and the pay is similar to what I make now, plus all the federal benefits. In addition the GSA values work life balance and they would let me work from home up to 3 days a week. My Mom has alz and lives in the southeast in a nursing facility so I am interested in having enough time to move her to Chicago and have the work/life balance that the private sector cannot offer. <br><br> I am afraid that I will be bored by the position. It is B2B marketing and I have always done B2C marketing. Also I know there is red tape and incompetent folks everywhere but things I read about the federal gov really scare me. The top leadership folks I interviewed with impressed me, they were young and bright and not really the 'federal worker' I was expecting. I did not really get to meet any of the peers but since they have a lot of work from home, not sure that was possible. The reason I have been successful up to this point is that my ADHD mind is always moving, I am innovative and a fast thinker and I can think well on my feet and health care is always changing fast. I asked them what a typical day would look like and the Director told me that "every day is different" which gave me hope. I am not sure someone like me can do well in a federal bureaucracy but hell, I would like to have a life and I would like to have more time to devote to the things that matter. Maybe I could get an ADHD coach to keep me focused and try and make it work. <br> <br> Any advice from others who have made a similar switch? Thanks in advance!,2015:site.278262 Sat, 04 Apr 2015 09:49:49 -0800 washateria Current best practices for updating social media sites simultaneously? Back when I used to have a blog, my Twitter account would automatically tweet links to my new posts. Meanwhile, my tweets were automatically posted as Facebook statuses. But that was 5+ years ago and I have no idea what the done thing is these days. <strong>BACKGROUND:</strong><br> <br> I'm in the process of setting up internet presences for a tire shop, a restaurant, and a local band. I'm fine with setting up the domain, hosting, and basic Wordpress sites, but I need some ideas, advice, and inspiration for how to best use the current plethora of social media networks.<br> <br> Each main website will run on Wordpress. The content will be a mix of infrequently updated static pages (e.g., About, Contact, services, menus, discography, etc.) and bloggy date-stamped updates about specials, upcoming shows, etc. I plan to update the blog roughly once a week.<br> <br> I'd also like to post timely photos to social media at least a couple times per month. For example, pics of last night's show (for the band), pics of the food or recent parties (for the restaurant), and pics of our employees volunteering at fundraisers we support or chronicles of the adventures of the various garage cats (for the tire shop). The intent of these photo posts would be to show off each organization's "personality" and be a fun complement to the more business-focused content of the main sites.<br> <br> I'm leaning towards publishing identical content on each of our social media accounts, e.g. simultaneously posting the same picture and caption to Facebook, Twitter, etc. That way people who want to follow us on social media just have to follow us on their preferred network.<br> <br> I also want to automatically broadcast links to new Wordpress posts as tweets, statuses, etc. across all of our social media accounts.<br> <br> I'm still undecided on whether I want any of the content from our social media accounts to show up on our main site. If I do decide to incorporate some of our social media content on our main site, I don't want to inadvertently set up an endless loop of automatic posts. <br> <br> <br> <strong>QUESTIONS:</strong><br> <br> 1. What do you think of my plan to post the business-focused content on the main websites and the fun photo posts on the social media sites? My thinking is that our main website should primarily be a useful reference whereas our social media accounts should primarily be about branding and building friendly relationships. If you were a potential customer or fan, would you find that division helpful? <br> <br> 2. Which social media networks do you think would be best to be on for a) the tire shop, b) the restaurant, and c) the band? Why? <br> - Facebook<br> - Twitter<br> - Instagram<br> - Tumblr<br> - Google+<br> - Pinterest<br> - Ello<br> - is there a new hotness?<br> <br> 3. Is it worth the extra time investment to post different, customized content to each social media network (so if you followed us on multiple networks, you wouldn't see repeats) or is posting duplicate content to each network (so you only have to follow us on your preferred network) a generally accepted practice these days? If you think we should customize our content to each network, what types of posts do you think work best for each network?<br> <br> 4. Should we incorporate any of our "fun" social media content into our main websites, or keep the main websites strictly business-focused and just provide "Follow us on [icons]" link to our Facebook, Twitter, etc.? If you think we should incorporate our social media content into our main site, should we do so as blog posts that show up in the same feed as our other posts or should we have it off on the sidebar in a widget or...?<br> <br> 5. Given your answers to the above, how should I implement the technical end of things? Are there any good third-party apps or services that automatically duplicate content across all social media networks? How do I avoid inadvertently creating an endless loop (e.g. automatically tweeting the URLs of new blog posts while automatically reposting tweets as blog posts)? Any other technical advice on optimal setups?<br> <br> 6. Do you see any blind spots in my approach? What questions(s) should I have asked that I didn't, and what are your answers to those questions?<br> <br> <br> Please advise, thanks!,2015:site.277496 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 05:44:24 -0800 Jacqueline Thems are fighting words! (Takes him a while to boot up) In the early 1990s I saw a bizarre marketing video for OS/2. It was a cartoon of about 20 min. It featured anthropomorphic computers with screens for faces walking around a Wild West town. The DOS Brothers (which include DOS and WIN) overrun the town's sheriff, OS/2 V1.0. Then the new marshal, OS/2 V2.0 comes into town and cleans things up. Is there somewhere I could see a copy of this video or are there even any records that it existed? One of the few other details I remember is the song played when the marshal was taking care of business. Its lyrics included:<br> <br> <blockquote>OS/2 V2.0!<br> Runs all DOS apps and Windows!<br> 32-bit development!<br> ___ ___ 100 percent!<br> </blockquote><br> <br> I don't remember what was in the blanks. And after almost 25 years I may have slightly misremembered some of the other details too.,2015:site.277301 Sun, 15 Mar 2015 11:44:38 -0800 grouse How do I create a B2B marketing strategy? I want to CRUSH IT as a one man marketing team... but I'm inexperienced and don't know where to begin. This is the B2B version of <a href="">this question</a>.<br> <br> I studied media production in college and in some roundabout way, now find myself as the sole marketer at a startup. My lack of a "traditional" marketing experience/education is giving me extreme bouts of self-doubt.<br> <br> I've been tasked with creating a marketing strategy that is heavy on inbound/content marketing. We're a B2B service. My goal is to generate new (hopefully qualified) leads for the sales team. The target is HR professionals at medium and large companies. We signed up with HubSpot but want to use our own tools with it (Wordpress, Mailchimp, and Salesforce) for more custom control of design and UX.<br> <br> Luckily, my CEO believes in me and is confident that I'm smart enough to "figure it out and learn as you go" but my fear of failure is paralyzing. I don't want to disappoint my CEO, the rest of the team, or our investors. I feel like I'm in WAY over my head. Where do I start?<br> <br> Finding <a href="">this</a> was a helpful example - I'd love to see more examples of strategy/process. How do people project manage their content marketing? My coworkers use Trello for their projects and I'd like to do the same.<br> <br> More specifically on learning content marketing: HubSpot's materials are great but the consensus on my team is that "download our ebook!!!!" is tacky, and writing content for SEO keywords seems shady. I'm not completely against the idea, but I'm having a hard time coming up with good keywords since Google now hides organic search terms.<br> <br> Lastly: I've been given a <em>tiny</em> budget ($25/day) to experiment with AdWords. Google's training materials look solid but is there anything you wish you had known for your first AdWords campaign? Thanks in advance for reading through my special snowflake fears and hopes.,2015:site.277234 Fri, 13 Mar 2015 18:21:01 -0800 Anonymous Business marketing on a shoestring budget. Our company once had a full fledged marketing department but after years of downsizing we're on our own. Some of my coworkers want to build brand awareness ahead of projects that will be rolling out in the new year. They have the green light from higher ups but no one knows what to do and where to start. How can self motivated individuals learn a crash course in business marketing? We had a marketing department which was outsourced to outside contractors. When that was too expensive a guy in one of our satellite offices took over. He focused on print ads and the company website. As far as I know we're not on social media or have a blog. A supervisor wants to write a PR piece for something his division is releasing soon. This had the ball rolling for others that want to do the same. Are there resources online for beginners? They would need a step by step actionable plan. Where should they start? What else needs to be done down the line?,2014:site.273226 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 05:20:26 -0800 adapt My company used my design without my consent. What do I do? My parent company is implementing a rebrand based on a design I made for a project I worked on years ago, all without my knowledge. They have acknowledged this, and it seems like they are oblivious that this is a problem for me. I have made my feelings known to my boss, and am waiting for further developments. I don't know what to do next. Do I have any rights? What are my options? Backstory follows. I work for a subsidiary company. A few years ago, I created a design for a rebranding project that was ultimately abandoned. A few months ago, I was introduced to the head of marketing for the parent company, and to give him an idea of what I do, I showed him the design, among other work. <br> <br> Yesterday, I was in a meeting where the parent company introduced the implementation of a new branding strategy. The head of marketing used my design to go to another designer and made that the base of the rebrand, all without my knowledge (I don’t know if the other designer was aware that I created the original design). In the meeting, he literally told me he used the concept of my design for this rebrand, and thanked me. I was very uncomfortable about this, but didn’t speak up. I really felt like I couldn’t right there and then, with several other members present.<br> <br> To compound matters, I showed my original design to people who hadn’t seen it (marketing people in my subsidiary, and one marketing person from the parent company), and they said they preferred my design. They talked of implementing the superior elements of my design in the rebrand. They asked me for the Powerpoint presentation I showed them (not the original Illustrator files) and I sent it.<br> <br> After the meeting, I confronted the marketing manager for my company, and told him that I felt very uncomfortable. I said that this rebranding was my design. He said he understood, and we left it at that for the now. <br> <br> I feel the head of marketing was truly thoughtless as to how I’d feel about this, rather than being malicious. I don’t want to be very negative and place myself in opposition to the company and the people here. I plan to talk to the head of marketing with my marketing manager in the room to get a more detailed explanation. <br> <br> I am unsure of what to do now. At the least, I want the credit for the rebrand design. <br> Am I entitled to monetary compensation? Does the company have to stop using that design if I assert my rights? Do I even have any rights? What are my options?<br> <br> FWIW, I work in Japan for a Japanese company. I am technically a contract worker, not seishain, which can literally be translated as “real employee.”,2014:site.272718 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 15:48:58 -0800 brappi There's marketing consultant in my career coach! Finally able to describe what I do in a way; now I need to sell it. What person do I hire in order to create a message that makes sense to people who hire people with weird yet valuable talent? I have a talent; it is weird and it works. It is in bringing engineering projects together. There isn't a name I know for this but what it involves is managing interfaces, not designs. It is as though I get the <a href="">negative space</a> in a project and deal with that, not the work breakdown structure. It is more design-oriented than a systems engineer, yet there are elements of both in it. This description doesn't work with people with the ability to hire talent, so I am limited now to working with organizations in which I have been an employee and which know my work. <br> <br> Therefore I need some kind of marketing approach to articulate what I do. The person to define this approach is not exactly a career coach yet as far as I can see, it isn't a marketing consultant either. The person I want to hire can take this approach to engineering, create my elevator pitch and my description of services, and make it somehow compelling. <br> <br> Can you name the unicorn?,2014:site.271914 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 19:38:58 -0800 jet_silver How do I explain sample size in layman's terms? How do I explain the principles of minimum detectable effect, statistical power, and statistical significance to a client? My client's business has 100k monthly visitors and a 1% conversion rate on their home page. 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How do I find out what packages have been installed since the OS was installed? I do not want to know all packages installed, only those that were not part of the initial OS install, and have been explicitly installed afterwards.
For the sake of this question, lets assume a fresh install, as I imagine distro upgrades would complicate matters. I would prefer to use command line, but a GUI solution would be OK if a command or script is not available.
I've had a quick look at the man pages of dpkg and aptitude, but didn't see anything obvious. Also, the output of apt-cache show package-name or dpkg -s pkg-name doesn't seem to give any dates that can be compared against the date of OS installation (which I would have to work out how to get too).
I have logwatch on a server that sends daily notifications of what has been installed. My guess is that it parses dpkg.log. I'm not sure this method would be a solution, as many of the install entries may have been logrotated out, especially on older systems. And ideally this should work for any system, desktop or server.
It would also be great if the output could include the version of the package currently installed, but that may be asking too much, and I can always script it later once I have the package names.
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I don't want to list 'all' installed packages, only those installed after the OS was installed. For example, the dpkg --get-selections | grep -v deinstall command outputs packages like xorg and wget - which would have been part of the initial install. I will edit the question. – drgrog May 12 '14 at 8:59
a diff between dpgk --get-selections 's output and this file will do something what you're looking for – Ayush Shanker May 12 '14 at 9:07
Thanks. I have found a more accurate duplicate at… - and the answer is the closest so far, the manifest method seemed to give me everything on one machine (as if comm wasn't working), plus aptitude was not installed on another machine. – drgrog May 12 '14 at 14:44
@karel the answer by bci, using the history.log, will not give you a full list if the logs do not go as far back as the original install – drgrog May 12 '14 at 14:53
@drgrog I can understand your point of view. What you have done is an improvement on answers that have already been posted by others and not a duplicate and your question is a worthy question and not a duplicate. – karel May 12 '14 at 16:44
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All Ubuntu ISO ([UKLX]buntu/Ubuntu-gnome) comes with .manifest file that contains the list of all pre-installed packages in the ISO. You can find those manifest files in the same download dir as those ISO on any Ubuntu ISO mirrors. Take the list of available Ubuntu releases as an example; if you have Trusty 64-bit for example, the manifest link would be
So once you have this file, just compare the package listing in it against the listing of all installed packages in your Ubuntu using comm command
$ curl -O
$ comm -23 <( dpkg --get-selections | awk '$2 ~ /^(install|hold)/ { print $1 }' | sort ) \
<( awk '{ print $1 }' ubuntu-14.04-desktop-amd64.manifest | sort )
To explain what the comm does, it takes input from 2 files - first one supplies the list of all currently installed packages and the second one the manifest file. The -3 opt suppresses lines that both files have and -2 suppresses lines that only the second file (manifest file, that is) has. So in the end your output contains only lines that only file one has and that gives you packages that you installed manually since the OS was installed.
So there you have it.
If you'd also like to see the package version next to package name in the output, as Slyvain Pineau pointed out, pipe the comm command above to xargs dpkg-query -W -f='${binary:Package} ${Version}\n' so it becomes
Or alternatively, with awk entirely, This too give the same result as command above
awk 'FNR==NR {arr[$1];next} !($1 in arr) { print $0 }' ubuntu-14.04-desktop-amd64.manifest <( dpkg-query -W -f='${binary:Package} ${Version}\n' )
See this link for explanation on how the awk cmd work
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@Sylvain Pineau - dpkg-query doesn't take input from stdin – Flint May 12 '14 at 11:27
Sorry. Next time I'll double check. It should be [...] | xargs dpkg-query -W -f='${binary:Package} ${Version}\n'. Feel free to edit your answer with the version addition :) – Sylvain Pineau May 12 '14 at 11:36
The initial-status.gz and dpkg-query method from gives the most accurate and concise list for my needs.
comm -13 \
<(gzip -dc /var/log/installer/initial-status.gz | sed -n 's/^Package: //p' | sort) \
<(comm -23 \
<(dpkg-query -W -f='${Package}\n' | sed 1d | sort) \
<(apt-mark showauto | sort) \
Why I like it, and not the others:
The manifest comparison method from Flint's answer and from includes many dependencies and other packages possibly marked as 'required' and installed automatically. For example, it lists libvlc5 and vlc-data, whereas the method above only lists vlc.
The history.log method from will not list all packages if the logs do not go back as far as the release install. It also contains a lot of upgrade commands that would need to be filtered out.
The dpkg --get-selections method, which is an accepted answer from a similar question, lists all packages and dependencies, including those installed with the release. It does not list only those installed explicitly.
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"Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil."-Eccl. viii.11.
THIS text manifestly assumes that the present is not a state of rewards and punishments, in which men are treated according to their character and conduct. This fact is not indeed affirmed, but it is assumed, as it is also everywhere throughout the Bible. Everybody knows that ours is not a state of present rewards and punishments; the experience and observation of every man testifies to this fact with convincing power, Hence it is entirely proper that the Bible should assume it as a known truth. Every man who reads his Bible must see that many things in it are assumed to be true, and that these are precisely those things which every man knows to be true, and which none could know more certainly if God had affirmed them on every page of the Bible. In the case of this truth, every man knows that he is not himself punished as he has deserved to be in the present Every man sees the same thing in the case of his neighbors. The Psalmist was so astounded by the manifest injustice of things in this world, as between the various lots of the righteous and of the wicked, that he was greatly stumbled, "until," says he, "I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end."
It is also assumed in this passage that all men have by nature a common heart. One general fact is asserted of them all, and in this way they are assumed to have a common character. "The heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil." So elsewhere. "God saw that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually." This is the common method in which God speaks of sinners in His Word. He always assumes that by nature they have the same disposition.
The text also shows what the moral type of the sinner's heart is: "fully set to do evil." But we must here pause a moment to inquire what is meant in our passage by the term "heart."
It is obvious that this term is used in the Bible in various shades of meaning; sometimes for the conscience, as in the passage which affirms, "If our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart," and may be expected the more to condemn us; sometimes the term is used for the intelligence; but here most evidently for the will, because this is the only faculty of the mind which can be said to be set -- fixed -- bent, determined upon a given course of voluntary action. The will is the faculty which fixes itself upon a chosen course; hence in our text, the will must be meant by the term heart; for otherwise no intelligible sense can be put upon the passage.
But in what direction and to what object is the will of wicked men fully set? Answer, to do evil. So God's Word solemnly affirms.
But, let it be said in way of explanation, this does not imply that men do evil for the sake of the evil itself; it does not imply that sinning, considered as disobedience to God, is their direct object -- no; the drunkard does not drink because it is wicked to drink, but he drinks notwithstanding it is wicked. He drinks for the present good it promises -- not for the sake of sinning. So of the man who tells lies. His object is not to break God's law, but to get some good to himself by lying; yet he tells the lie notwithstanding God's prohibition.
His heart may become fully set upon the practice of lying whenever it suits his convenience, and for the good he hopes thus to gain; and it is in vain that God labors by fearful prohibitions and penalties to dissuade him from his course. So of stealing, adultery, and other sins. We are not to suppose that men set their heart upon these sins out of love to pure wickedness; but they do wickedly for the sake of the good they hope to gain thereby. The licentious man would perhaps be glad if it were not wicked to gratify his passion; but wicked though it is, he sets his heart to do it. Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit; why? Because they saw it was beautiful, and they were told it would make them wise; hence, for the good they hoped to gain, and despite of God's prohibition, they took and ate. I know it is sometimes said that sinners love sin for its own sake, out of a pure love of sin as sin, simply because it is disobedience to God, with a natural relish, as wolves love flesh; but this is not true -- certainly not in many cases; but the simple truth is, men do not set their hearts upon the sin for its own sake, but upon sinning for the sake of the good they hope to get from it.
Notice particularly now the language, "heart fully set to do evil." One man is avaricious; he sets his heart upon getting rich, honestly, if he can, but rich any way; to get money by fair means if possible, but be sure and get it. Another is ambitious. The love of reputation fills and fires his soul, and therefore, perhaps, he becomes very polite and very amiable in his manners -- sometimes, very religious -- if religion is popular, but altogether selfish, and none the less so for being so very religious.
Selfishness takes on a thousand forms and types; but each and all are sinful, for the whole mind should give itself up to serve God and to perform every duty as revealed to the reason. What did Eve do? Give herself up to gratify her propensity for knowledge, and for the good of self-indulgence. She consented to believe the lying spirit who told her it was "a tree to be desired to make one wise." This she thought must be very important. It was also, apparently, good for food, and her appetite became greatly excited; the more she looked the more excited she became, and now what should she do? God had forbidden her to touch it: shall she obey God, or obey her own excited appetite? Despite of God's command, she ate it. Was that a sin? Many would think it a very small sin; but it was real rebellion against God, and He could not do otherwise than visit it with His terrific frown!
So everywhere, to yield to the demands of appetite and passion against God's claims, is grievous sin. All men are bound to fear and obey God, however much self-denial and sacrifice it may cost.
I said that selfishness often assumes a religious type. In the outset the mind may be powerfully affected by some of the great and stirring truths of the Gospel; but it presently comes to take an entirely selfish view, caring only to escape punishment, and make religion a matter of gain. It is wonderful to see how in such cases the mind utterly misapprehends the design of the Gospel, quite losing sight of the great fact that it seeks to eradicate man's selfishness, and draw out his heart into pure benevolence. Making this radical mistake, it conceives of the whole Gospel system as a scheme for indulgences. You may see this exemplified in the view which some take of the imputation of Christ's righteousness, which they suppose to be reckoned to them while they are living in sin. That is, they suppose that they secure entire exemption from the penalty of violating law, and even have the honors and rewards of full obedience while yet they have all the self-indulgences of a life of sin. Horrible! Were ever Romish indulgences worse than this?
Examine such a case thoroughly and you will see that selfishness is at the bottom of all the religion there is in it. The man was worldly before and is devout now; but devout for the same reason that he was worldly. The selfish heart forms alike the basis of each system. The same ends are sought in the same spirit; the moral character remains unchanged. He prays, perhaps; but if so, he asks God to do some great things for him, to promote his own selfish purposes. He has not the remotest idea of making such a committal of himself to God's interests that he shall henceforth be in perfect sympathy with God, desiring and seeking only God's interests, and having no interests other than God's to serve at all.
To illustrate this point, let us suppose that a parent should say to his children, "I will give you my property if you will work with me, and truly identify your interests with mine; and if you are not willing to do this, I shall disinherit you." Now some of the children may take a perfectly selfish view of this offer, and may say within themselves -- Now I will do just enough for father to get his money; I will make him think that I am very zealous for his interests, and I will do just enough to secure the offered rewards; but why should I do any more?
Or suppose the case of a human government which offers rewards to offenders on condition of their returning to obedience. The real spirit of the offer goes the length of asking the sincere devotion of their hearts to the best good of the government. But they may take a wholly selfish view of the case, and determine to accept the proposal only just far enough to secure the rewards, and only for the sake of the rewards. The Ruler wants and expects the actual sympathy of their hearts -- their real good-will; and this being given, would love to reward them most abundantly; but how can He be satisfied with them if they are altogether selfish?
Now a man may be, as selfish in praying as in stealing, and even far more wicked: for be may more grievously mock God, and more impiously attempt to bribe the Almighty to subserve his own selfish purposes. As if he supposed he could make the Searcher of hearts his own tool; he may insolently try to induce Him to play into his own hands, and thus may most grievously tempt Him to His face.
But the text affirms that "the heart of men is fully set in them to do evil." Perhaps some of you think otherwise; you don't believe in such depravity. `O,' says that fond mother, `I think my daughter is friendly to religion. Do you think she is converted?' O no, not converted, but I think she is friendly; she feels favorably toward religion. Does she meet the claims of God like a friend to His government and to His reputation? I can not say about that. Ask her to repent and what does she say? She will tell you she can not."
How striking the fact that you may go through the ranks of society and you will meet almost everywhere with this position; the sinner says, "I can not, repent -- I can not believe." What is the matter? Where is the trouble? Go to that daughter, thought to be so friendly to religion; she is so amiable and gentle that she can not bear to see any pain inflicted; but mark; present to her the claims of God and what does she say? I can not; no, I can not obey God, in one of His demands. I can not repent of my sin, she says. But what is it to repent, that this amiable lady, so friendly to religion withal, should be incapable of repenting? What is the matter? Is God so unreasonable in His demands that He imposes upon you things quite impossible for you to do? Or is it the case that you are so regardless of His feelings and so reckless of the truth that for the sake of self-justification, you will arraign Him on the charge of the most flagrant injustice, and falsely imply that -- the wrong is all on His side and none on yours? Is this a very amiable trait of character in you? Is this one of your proofs that the human heart is not fully set to do evil?
You can not repent and love God! You find it quite impossible to make up your mind to serve and please God!
What is the matter? Are there no sufficient reasons apparent to your mind why you should give up your heart to God? No reasons? Heaven, earth, and hell may all combine to pour upon you their reasons for fearing and loving God, and yet you can not! Why? Because your heart is fully set within you to do evil rather than good. You are altogether committed to the pleasing of self. Jesus may plead with you -- your friends may plead; heaven and hell may lift up their united voices to plead, and every motive that can press on the heart from reason, conscience, hope and fear, angels and devils, God and man, may pass in long and flashing array before your mind -- but alas! your heart is so fully set to do evil that no motive to change can move you. What is this can not? Nothing less or more than a mighty will not!
That amiable lady insists that she is not much depraved. O no, not she. She will not steal! True, her selfishness takes on a most tender and delicate type. She has most gushing sensibilities; she can not bear to see a kitten in distress; but what does she care for God's rights? What for the rights of Jesus Christ? What does she care for God's feelings? What does she care for the feelings and sympathies of the crucified Son of God? just nothing at all. What, then, are all her tender sensibilities worth? Doves and kittens have even more of this than she. Many tender ties has she, no doubt, but they are all under the control of a perfectly selfish heart.
Mother Eve, too, was most amiable. Indeed, she was A truly pious woman before she sinned -- and Adam no doubt thought she could be trusted everywhere; but mark how terribly she fell! So her daughters. Giving up their hearts to a refined selfishness, they repel God's most righteous claims, and they are fallen!
So go through all the ranks of society and you see the same thing. Go to the pirate ship, the captain armed to the teeth and the fire of hell in his eye; ask him to receive an offered Saviour and repent of his sins, and he gives the very same answer as that amiable daughter does -- he can not repent. His heart, too, is so fully set within him to do evil that he can not get his own consent to turn from his sins to God.
O this horrible committal of the heart to do evil! It is the only reason why the Holy Ghost is needed to change the sinner's heart. But for this you would no more need the Holy Ghost than an angel of light does. O how fearfully strong is the sinner's heart against God! just where the claims of God come in he seems to have almost an omnipotence of strength to oppose and resist! The motives of truth may roll mountain high and beat upon his iron heart, yet see how he braces up his nerves to withstand God What can he not resist sooner than submit his will to God Another thing lies in this text, incidentally brought out -- assumed, but not affirmed -- viz., that sinners are already under sentence. The text says, "Because sentence is not executed speedily," implying that sentence is already passed and only waits its appointed time for execution. You who have attended courts of justice know that after trial and conviction next comes sentence. The culprit takes his seat on the criminal's bench. The judge arises -- all is still as death; he reviews the case, and comes shortly to the solemn conclusion: you are convicted by this court of the crime alleged, and now you are to receive your sentence. Sentence is then pronounced.
After this solemn transaction, execution is commonly deferred for a period longer or shorter according to circumstances. The object may be either to give the criminal opportunity to secure a pardon, or if there be no hope of this, at least to give him some days or weeks for serious reflection in which he may secure the peace of his soul with God. For such reasons, execution is usually delayed. But after sentence, the case is fully decided. No further doubt of guilt can interpose to affect the case; the possibility of pardon is the only remaining hope. The awful sentence seals his doom -- unless it be possible that pardon may be had. That sentence -- how it sinks into the heart of the guilty culprit! "You are now," says the judge, "remanded to the place from whence you came; there to be kept in irons. under close confinement, until the day appointed; then to be taken forth from your prison between the hours of ten and twelve, as the case maybe, and hung by the neck until you are dead. And may God have mercy on your soul!" The sentence has passed now -- the court have done their work; it only remains for the sheriff to do his as the executioner of justice and the fearful scene closes.
So the Bible represents the case of the sinner. He is under sentence, but his sentence is not executed speedily. Some respite is given. The arrangements of the divine government require no court, no jury; the law itself says" The soul that sinneth, it shall die;" "Cursed is every one that continueth not in all the things written in the book of the law to do them;" so that the mandate of the law involves the sentence of law on every sinner -- a sentence from which there can be no escape and no reprieve except by a pardon. What a position is this for the sinner!
But next consider another strange fact. Because sentence is not executed speedily; because there is some delay of execution; because Mercy prevails to secure for the condemned culprit a few days' respite, so that punishment shall not tread close on the heels of crime, therefore "the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil." How astounding! What a perversion and abuse of the gracious design of the King in granting a little respite from instant execution!
Let us see how it would look in the case of our friend or neighbor. He has committed a fearful crime, is arrested, put on trial, convicted, sentenced, handed over to the sheriff to await the day and hour of his execution. The judge says I defer the execution that you may have opportunity to secure a pardon from the governor. I assure you the governor is a most compassionate man -- he loves to grant pardons; he has already pardoned thousands; if you will give up your spirit of rebellion he will most freely forgive you all; I beg of you, therefore, that you will do no such thing as attempt a justification; don't think of escaping death otherwise than by casting yourself upon his mercy; don't flatter yourself that there can be any other refuge.
Now suppose this man begins, "I have done nothing -- just nothing at all. I am simply a martyr to truth and justice I At all events, I have done nothing very bad -- nothing that any government ought to notice. I don't believe I shall be sentenced -- (the man is condemned already!) I shall live as long as the best of you." So he sets himself to making excuses. He goes to work as if he was preparing for a trial, and as if he expected to prove his innocence before the court. Nay, perhaps he even sets himself to oppose and curse the government, railing at its laws and at its officers, deeming nothing too bad to say of them, indulging himself in the most outrageous opposition, abusing the very men whose mercy has spared his forfeited life! How would all men be shocked to see such a case -- to see a man who should so outrage all propriety as to give himself up to abuse the government whose righteous laws he had just broken and then whose clemency he had most flagrantly abused! Yet this text affirms just this to be the case of the sinner, and all observation sustains it. You have seen it acted over ten thousand tunes; you can look back and see it in your own case. You know it is all true -- fearfully, terribly true.
If it were in some striking, awful manner revealed to you this night that your soul is damned, you would be thunder-struck. You do not believe the simple declaration of Jehovah as it stands recorded on the pages of the Bible. You are continually saying to yourself -- I shall not be condemned at last -- I will venture along. I will dare to tempt His forbearance yet. I do not at all believe He will send me to hell. At least, I will venture on a season longer and turn about by and by if I find it quite advisable; but at present why should I fear to set my heart fully in the way God has forbidden?
Where will you find a parallel to such wickedness? Only think of a state of moral hardihood that can abuse God's richest mercies -- that can coolly say -- God is so good that I will abuse Him all I can; God loves me so much that I shall venture on without fear to insult Him and pervert His long-suffering to the utmost hardening of my soul in sin and rebellion.
Let each sinner observe -- the day of execution is really set. God will not pass over it. When it arrives, there can be no more delay. God waits not because He is in doubt about the justice of the sentence -- not because His heart misgives Him in view of its terrible execution; but only that He may use means with you and see if He cannot persuade you to embrace mercy. This is all; this the only reason why judgment for a long time has lingered and the sword of justice has not long since smitten you down.
Here is another curious fact. God has not only deferred execution, but at immense cost has provided means for the safe exercise of mercy. You know it is naturally a dangerous thing to bestow mercy -- there is so much danger lest it should weaken the energy of law and encourage men to trample it down in hope of impunity. But God has provided a glorious testimony in favor of law, going to show that it is in His heart to sustain it at every sacrifice, He could not forgive sin until His injured and insulted law is honored be, fore the universe. Having done all this in the sacrifice of His own Son on Calvary, He can forgive without fear of consequences, provided only that each candidate for pardon shall first be penitent.
Now, therefore, God's heart of mercy is opened wide and no fear of evil consequences from gratuitous pardons disturbs the exercise of mercy. Before atonement, justice stood with brandished sword, demanding vengeance on the guilty; but by and through atoning blood, God rescued His law from peril -- He lifted it up from beneath the impious foot of the transgressor, and set it on high in safety and glory; and now opens wide the blessed door of mercy. Now He comes in the person of His Spirit and invites you in. He comes to your very heart and room, sinner, to offer you the freest possible pardon for all your sin. Do you hear that gentle rap at your door? "Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to him and sup with him, and be with me." Look at those hands. Have they not been pierced? Do you know those hands? Do you know where they have been to be nailed through and through? Mark those locks wet with the dew. Ah, how long have they been kept without in waiting for the door to open! Who is it that comes? Is it the sheriff of justice? Has he come with his armed men to drag you away to execution? Oh, no, no; but One comes with the cup of mercy in His hands; He approaches your prison-gate, His eye wet with the tear of compassion, and through the diamond of your grate He extends that cup of mercy to your parched lips. Po you see that visage, so marred more than any man's -- and you are only the more fully set to do evil? Ah, young man! alas, young woman! is such your heart toward the God of mercy? Where can we find a parallel to such guilt? Can it be found anywhere else in the universe but in this crazy world?
The scenes and transactions of earth must excite a wonderful interest in heaven. Angels desire to look into these things. O how the whole universe look on with inquisitive wonder to see what Christ has done, and how the sinners for whom He has suffered and done all, requite His amazing love! When they see you set your heart only the more fully to do evil, they stand back aghast at such unparalleled wickedness! What can be done for such sinners but leave them to the madness and doom of their choice?
God has no other alternative. If you will abuse Him, He must execute His law, and its fearful sentence of eternal death. Suppose it were a human government and a similar state of facts should occur; who does not see that government might as well abdicate at once as forbear to punish? So of God. Although He has no pleasure in the sinner's death, and although He will never slay you because He delights in it, yet how can He do otherwise than execute His law if He would sustain it? And how can He excuse Himself for any failure in sustaining it? Will you stand out against Him, and flatter yourself that He will fail of executing His awful sentence upon you? Oh, sinner, there is no possibility that you can pass the appointed time without execution. Human laws may possibly fail of execution: God's laws can fail never! And who is it that says, "Their judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not?"
. 1. Let me ask professors of religion -- Do you think you believe these truths? Let me suppose that here is a father and also a mother in this house, and you have a child whom you know and admit to be under sentence of death. You don't know but this is the very day and hour set for his execution. How much do you feel? Does the knowledge and belief of such facts disturb your repose? Now your theory is that the case of your child is infinitely worse than. this.
They turn sadly away, not caring even to bid him farewell. They go home doubly saddened -- that he should both deserve to die for his original crimes, and also for his yet greater crime of refusing the offered pardon.
The day of execution comes; the sheriff is on hand to do his duty; from the prison he takes his culprit to the place of execution; the multitude throng around and follow sadly along -- suddenly a messenger rushes up to say to the criminal, "You have torn to pieces one pardon, but here is yet one more; will you have this?" With proud disdain he spurns even this last offer of pardon! And now where are the sympathies of all the land? Do they say, How cruel to hang a young man, and for only such a crime? Ah, no; no such thing at all. They see the need of law and justice; they know that law so outraged must be allowed to vindicate itself in the culprit's execution. And now the sheriff proclaims, "Just fifteen minutes to live;" and even these minutes be spends in abusing the governor, and insulting the majesty of law.
Who says this is cruel? What! shall the universe take up arms against Jehovah? No. When the universe gather together around the great white throne, and the dread sentence goes forth, "Depart, accursed;" and away they move in dense and vast masses as if old ocean had begun to flow off-down, down, they sink to the depths of their dark home; but the saints with firm step, yet solemn heart, proclaim God's law is vindicated; the insulted majesty of both Law and Mercy is now upheld in honor, and all is right.
To the yet living sinner, I have it to say today that the hour of your execution has not yet arrived. Once more the bleeding hand offers Mercy's cup to your lips. Think a moment; your Saviour now offers you mercy. Come, O come now and accept it.
What will you say? I'll go on still in my sins? Again all we can say is that the bowels of divine love are deeply moved for you -- that God has done all to save you that He wisely can do. God's people have felt a deep and agonizing interest in you and are ready now to cry, How can we give them up? But what more can we do -- what more can even God do? With bleeding heart and quivering lip has Mercy followed you. Jesus Himself said, "How often would I have gathered you -- O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! How often I would have saved you, but ye would not!" Shall Jesus behold and weep over you, and say, "O that thou hadst known, even thou in this thy day -- but now it is hidden from thine eyes?" What, O dying sinner, will you say? Shall not your response be, "It is enough -- I have dashed away salvation's cup long and wickedly enough; you need not say another word, O that bleeding hand! those weeping eyes! Is it possible that I have withstood a Saviour's love so long? I am ready to beg for mercy now; and I rejoice to hear that our God has a father's heart."
He knows you have sinned greatly and grievously, but O, He says -- My compassions have been bleeding and gushing forth toward you these many days. Will you close in at once with terms of mercy and come to Jesus? What do you say?
Suppose an angel comes down, in robes so pure and so white; unrolls his papers, and produces a pardon in your name, sealed with Jesus' own blood. He opens the sacred book and reads the very passage which reveals the love of God, and asks you if you will believe and embrace it?
What will you do?
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It is an old adage that the market is a weighing machine in the long-term and a voting one in the short-term. The latest data published by the Federal Reserve in its Z1 Financial Accounts of the United States show the weighing and the voting pointing in sharply different directions. Read more
One of the most encouraging features of the US economy has been the recent improvement in the level of labour participation, which is the proportion of those aged 15 to 64 who wish to work (i.e. employed plus unemployed).
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Usually the Fed waits too long before raising interest rates. The pressure to delay is particularly strong today. One reason is the sharp decline in the trend growth rate of the US. As I have pointed out in these blogs, this is the result of a sharp fall in the growth of the population of working age and in productivity. In the decade prior to the financial crisis (1997 to 2007), the numbers in the US of those aged 15 to 64 grew at 1.38 per cent per annum and is now forecast to rise over the next decade at only 0.18 per cent per annum (chart one).
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Ian McCafferty, an external member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee, believes “Britain’s ‘productivity puzzle’ will persist as the economy recovers because much of the decline in output is structurally entrenched.” As a result, Mr McCafferty believes that the Bank of England “should not ‘hold back too long’ on interest rate rises”.
Scarcely a day passes without some reference to the UK’s “productivity puzzle” and a claim that the poor productivity is “inexplicable”. This reflects a failure to understand how and why the economy has changed. Poor productivity is so readily explicable that it should cause no surprise. It is, as I have sought to explain before, the natural result of the change in management incentives. Read more
It is widely, but by no means universally, accepted among economists that the “rate of interest” is closely related to growth. It is, however, also generally accepted that this applies to a closed economy, such as the world as a whole.
The growth rate of G5 countries has been declining steadily for years, and this trend has recently accelerated, as chart one shows. It seems likely that low growth has become endemic and this is being widely interpreted as implying that real interest rates will remain low. This view strikes me as being unjustified on theoretical grounds and is also a very dubious conclusion to draw from the past. Read more
“When will the Bank of England raise interest rates?” is the usual question. “When should it?” is the important one. The bank has a long history of “acting too little and too late”. As I explained in inflation and deflation, inflation is more dangerous than deflation and prudent central bankers would rather act too soon to raise rates than be too late and then be forced to cause a recession to get inflationary expectations back under control.
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Evaluating the Hawks' Free Agent Center Prospects
Let's have a pleasant little daydream for a moment and assume that the Hawks had their pick of Eddy Curry, Tyson Chandler, and Sam Dalembert, either because they are going to acquire one via a sign-and-trade using Al Harrington as the bait, or they are going to take advantage of the cheapness of the Bulls (never a bad bet when Jerry Reinsdorf is involved; he won't exactly be appearing in the Anti-Defamation League's "Breaking Stereotypes" issue like the Beastie Boys should have been) and 76ers. How do I rank the three prospects? I'm glad you asked:
I eliminate Eddy Curry off the bat as the weakest of the three options. The more digging I do, the less I like him. Forget the irregular heart beat, a condition that stays with you like herpes. Forget the alleged attitude issues that retarded his performance for several years. Forget the weight problem that will surely get worse once he's set for life with a five year, $70M contract. Check this out. In a nutshell, the Bulls were better when Tyson Chandler was on the floor and significantly worse when Curry was huffing and puffing up and down the court. I suspected that this would be the case, given the way they players are described - Chandler as a rebounding fiend and terrific defensive player (both undervalued skills) and Curry as a back-to-the-basket scorer (an overrated skill, especially if the scorer can't pass) and disappointing rebounder and shot-blocker. I lived through three years of Maurice Taylor at Michigan; I don't want his slightly better doppelganger pulling down a ten-digit salary in my first year as a season ticket holder. (Yes, I took the $199 plunge. At $5 per game, I won't exactly be doing a lot to play for Curry's curry.)
That leaves us Chandler vs. Dalembert.
The case for Sam:
1. Players who are freed from Allen Iverson's clutches tend to do well in liberated form. Sam has likely never had a chance to develop a real offensive game because every possession involves watching AI either shoot or dish off if he determines that the five guys in between him and the basket might be a little too formidable. Take Larry Hughes for instance. He's been much, much better in every stop other than his time in Philly. Ditto for Jerry Stackhouse. Dalembert is not a perimeter player like Hughes or Stackhouse and he's a better fit for Iverson in that he simply looks to rebound and play defense, but there may be offensive skills there that will blossom in a new environment. The Sixers are also apparently low-balling him, although that might just be posturing from his agent.
OK< that was all I could come up with. Now, the case for Tyson:
1. He was the #1 high school player in the country, which, more often than not, means something. There's no doubt that he has prodigious talent. Hell, Dalembert never averaged double digit points in college.
2. Much of Dalembert's value is found in his strong performance in the playoffs against the Pistons, but it would be a huge mistake to build too much value into a five-game sample, especially when there is recency involved. And Chandler averaged 12 and 10 with two blocks in the playoffs, so it isn't as if he was chopped liver in the post-season.
3. Chandler had a higher efficiency rating last year. (The NBA's efficiency stat, by the way, was developed in 2002 and is calculated using the following formula: ((pts + reb + stls + asts + blk) - ((fga - fgm) + (fta - ftm) + to))/g. In fact, his efficiency rating "indicates a definite All-Star who is a marginal MVP candidate." He also had the 7th best rebound rate (percentage of rebounds collected while on the floor) in the NBA. Of all of the Hawks' weaknesses last year, rebounding was one of the most prominent.
4. I could play "Straight Outta Compton" on the way to the arena every night in honor of the Hawks' center. You know of any good songs about Haiti? That's what I thought. (On the other hand, think about the arguments these two could have if they were teammates about who came from a rougher place? Compton vs. Haiti could be in the Mays vs. Mantle pantheon.)
In case you couldn't tell, I'm going Chandler, then Dalembert, then Curry. That said, any of the three would be the Hawks's best center since Dikembe and would mean the end of Ja-ja-ja-jason Collier and Obinna "It's too easy for" Ekezie getting schooled on every screen-and-roll run by an opponent.
Is it unhealthy to be so excited for a team that just lost 69 games?
peacedog said...
You'd better invite me up for a game.
I hate curry. He averaged like 5 boards a game. There is no way, no conceivable manner, that I would have averaged less than 7 as a 7 footer in the NBA. And that's at my current level of atheletic ability.
Is it encouraging that he left town without an offer?
Michael said...
Consider the offer extended now (and if you're ever interested in coming up to see our winning team...)
I hope that the Hawks' interest in Curry is part of an elaborate plan to get the Bulls to spend their money keeping him and therefore unable or unwilling to sign Chandler. It'll be interesting to see if both teams reach the stat-head conclusion that Chandler is a more valuable player. According to Chad Ford, Billy Knight likes Chandler more.
peacedog said...
I'd happy to see any of the fine atlanta products if you have tickets. We haven't done a Braves game in a long time. With no more school, and a complete apathy of me towards work, I'm flexible.
I love Chandler. Sometimes, late at night, I think about touching him. That's usually quickly replaced by thinking about touching Buffy, but still.
Anyway we do the Joe Johnson, Tyson Chandler double? Do we really want to? Again, in an ideal world where we get to pick.
Michael said...
I'm intrigued by the Joe Johnson possibility. Do the Hawks view him as a point guard? If they don't and he's going to start at the two, then they will be throwing Childress into the logjam at three and four, although a Harrington trade would take care of that. I suspect that they view him as a Larry Hughes-type who can play the one for half the game and then slide to the two when Stoudemire is in. I'd be very excited if they spent their money on Johnson and Chandler, but that's probably a pipedream.
peacedog said...
I think what I like most about Johnson was what happened when he wasn't there. Yes, when nash wasn't in the lineup during the regular season they were under .500.
Without JJ in the playoffs, they really didn't stand a chance against SA. They were going to lose either way, but it shows how important he was - and probably how unobtainable he really is.
I suspect he'd do some ballhandling but be primarily a 2 who handled it when necessary. The Hughes comparison is apt - he can do lots of things for you.
Admin said...
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Historically the universe was once believed to be finite. Finite means its volume is a finite number. Also the biblical view is and was that the universe was created approximately some 4000 years before the birth of Christ. Psalms 147:4 declares, “He [God] telleth the number of the stars; he [God] calleth them all by their names.” (KJV). To ‘tell’ means to count and therefore the implication is that the universe contains a fixed or finite number of stars and hence of galaxies. Only God is infinite (Ps 147:5) but His created universe is finite and even bounded. That means it has a centre and an edge.
The view was not universally held though. Hindu texts seemed to indicate an eternal albeit cyclical universe and infinite in size. But our modern scientific understanding of the universe has developed from Judeo-Christian beliefs. Within that framework, until essentially the beginning of the 20th century it was accepted the universe was like a ball of stars around our planet Earth.
Only with Edwin Hubble‘s observations did this notion change, as he settled the big debate of the 1920’s, showing in 1929 that the universe contained many galaxies like our own. Secondly, by observations of redshifts of galaxies and their distances, he discovered that the universe is expanding, for which he would have won the Nobel Prize, but the selection committee followed the rules established by Nobel (who disliked astronomers) and would not award it to him. He died before they changed the rules. Nevertheless Hubble himself even questioned his own conclusion over the decades following his “discovery.”
BB balloonBut then until the mid 1960’s, the dominant cosmological belief of the universe, was the Steady State (SS) cosmology. It held to an eternal (non-cyclical) universe which was infinite and unbounded. With Hubble’s discovery of an expanding universe and then the discovery of the Cosmic Microwave background radiation (1965) Hoyle and Burbidge modified (1993) their SS model to incorporate cyclical periods of expansion and collapse, yet still an eternal universe.
From the earliest development of the modern standard Big Bang cosmology, the FriedmannLemaitre model for the universe began in time in a cosmic fireball. It was mostly believed to be finite in size, but not bounded. This means in that model the universe has no centre and no edge. Like the surface of balloon. This is standard in many cosmology textbooks. Of course the universe is 3D and the surface of the balloon shown here is a 2D analogue representing the real universe. Then since 1998, with the discovery that the expanding universe was also accelerating, it has been believed that the universe is infinite in size and unbounded.
I recently published a paper in the International Journal of Theoretical Physics titled “A valid finite bounded expanding Carmelian universe without dark matter” (Int J Theor Phys (2013) 52:4360–4366). Preprint here. In that paper I show a solution of Einstein’s field equations in Carmeli‘s Cosmological General Relativity (CGR), where our galaxy is at or cosmologically near the center of a finite yet bounded spherically symmetrical isotropic universe. The new solution is identical with the unbounded solution.
I show th3DUat this leads to the conclusion that the universe may be viewed as a finite expanding “white hole.” This is not the white hole solution of Einstein’s spacetime but has similarities to it. The fact that CGR has been successful in describing the distance verses redshift data of the high-redshift type Ia supernovae means that the data cannot be used to distinguish between unbounded models and those with finite bounded radii of at least c/H0 (ie. the speed of light divided by the Hubble constant, which is the distance scale of the universe).
According to Carmelian theory, whether or not the universe is finite bounded or unbounded it is spatially flat (ie. has Euclidean geometry) at all epochs where it was matter dominated. As a consequence in a finite bounded universe no gravitational redshift in the light from distant source galaxies would be observed. This describes the universe we see with our telescopes. Therefore the new solution I found describes an expanding “white hole” with the observer at the origin of the coordinates, the unique center of the universe, ie. our galaxy is somewhere near the centre, cosmologically speaking. Only philosophically can this solution be rejected.
Cosmologist George Ellis,
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The Dakota Effect
Garry Young a1 and Lee Sigelman a1
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If challenged to do so, relatively few Americans could probably find North and South Dakota on a map, let alone correctly name, spell, and pronounce the capitals of the two states. Nor would they be able to recall anything interesting about the Dakotas, whose main tourist attractions, besides Mount Rushmore, are a drug store, a civic arena festooned in corn, and a peace garden. Although one of the Dakotas bills itself as “The Land of Infinite Variety,” its sociocultural diversity consists primarily of different synods of Lutherans who engage in endless disputation with one another because they are so similar. Dakotans prefer their food bland—they consider ketchup daringly spicy—and their politicians low-key. When they encounter something new, they call it “different,” which they rarely mean as a compliment, and they wait for it to go away—which, because there is so little to hold it in the Dakotas, it probably will do. They keep their opinions to themselves (a typical Dakotan being the fellow from Sioux Falls who loved his wife so much that he almost told her), and they do not like it when people make a fuss about themselves or anything else. Thus, when South Dakotans perceived the previously popular Senator George McGovern as having gotten too big for his britches by seeking the presidency in 1972, they saw to it that he would fail to carry his home state, and three decades later they voted long-time Senator Tom Daschle out of office as soon as he repeated McGovern's mistake of seeing a president whenever he gazed into a mirror. | http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=1819852 | dclm-gs1-212540001 | false | false | {
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I was looking at a book of FEM on problems of Diffusion-Transport.
$$-div(\mu \nabla u) + b \cdot \nabla u + \gamma u = f \qquad in~\Omega$$ $$u = 0 \qquad in~\partial\Omega\text{ (in the boundaries)}$$
It says that if $\displaystyle \frac{|b|}{\mu} \gg 1$ then the problem is a problem dominated by transport.
Taking some stuff from the previous chapter, more precisely the Galerking analysis of stability and convergence, and the approximation of the error, we have
$$\displaystyle M \cong \mu + |b| \qquad \textrm{continuity constant}$$ $$\alpha = \mu \qquad \textrm{coercivity constant}$$
Then it has $$\displaystyle \frac{M}{\alpha} \cong1+\frac{|b|}{\mu} \gg 1$$
As a consequence of that, it concludes that, the estimation of the error is $$\displaystyle ||u -u_h|| ≤C\frac{M}{\alpha}h^r|u|_{H^{r+1}(\Omega)}$$
which tell us that the Galerkin's method could give unsatisfactory results if the space step $h$ isn't small enough.
I Can't understand how can it conclude such thing. Any idea? Please, do not give complex explanations, I'm just trying to understand this FEM stuff, I'm a computer science student more than a math one.
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I'm not exactly clear what your question is? Which of the steps you state is not clear to you? – Wolfgang Bangerth Jan 22 '13 at 2:24
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If you follow the analysis until the last equation, then you can see the problem. You write:
$|| u-u_h|| \le C \frac{M}{\alpha} h^r |u|_{H^{r+1}(\Omega)}$
which from the expression just above it could also be written as
$|| u-u_h|| \le C \left(1+\frac{|b|}{\mu}\right) h^r |u|_{H^{r+1}(\Omega)}$
Now say you want to solve a problem for a fixed mesh size. In the first problem $|b|=\mu$, then you have
$|| u-u_h|| \le 2C h^r |u|_{H^{r+1}(\Omega)}$
Now you move to the next problem and the transport is strong compared to diffusion, $|b|=10^4 \mu$.
$|| u-u_h|| \le 10^4 C h^r |u|_{H^{r+1}(\Omega)}$
So on a mesh with fixed size, the second solution is orders of magnitude worse. The only way to improve it is to decrease $h$ to an amount that resolves the transport scale (counteracting the huge constant).
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I can see that the second solution is worse, so I suppose we decide to reduce the step size $h$ because is the only parameter that we can manipulate to make that result better, is that true? – BRabbit27 Jan 22 '13 at 7:37
Yes, that is why $h$ must be 'small enough'. – Nathan Collier Jan 22 '13 at 8:19
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