fasttext_score
float32 0.02
1
| id
stringlengths 47
47
| language
stringclasses 1
value | language_score
float32 0.65
1
| text
stringlengths 49
665k
| url
stringlengths 13
2.09k
| nemo_id
stringlengths 18
18
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0.069264 | <urn:uuid:aeb70194-04c6-44c4-9eac-19e5d5cbe1a7> | en | 0.779903 | First: Mid: Last: City: State:
Christi Pratcher
Find anyone today, including Christi Pratcher, right here at Our user-friendly website provides access to billions of public records data, so you can find exactly who you're searching for. Find out where Christi Pratcher is living, get an email address, and more!
If you don't believe you found the right Christi yet, just perform a more detailed search. You can locate Christi Pratcher faster by adding in any extra information you have, such as past addresses or other known names. Profiles include personal information like phone numbers, email addresses, names of family members, and more. presents search results in a user-friendly format that makes locating the right Christi Pratcher faster and easier. All our information is systematically organized into different sections - name/aliases, age, location, and possible relatives - helping you scan easily and quickly locate the right Christi. After you discover the right one, you can examine the details page to get more information.
Name/AKAsAgeLocationPossible Relatives
1. Pratcher, Christine
Associated names:
75 Richmond, VA
Wilmington, DE
View Details | http://www.usa-people-search.com/names/p/Christi-Pratcher | dclm-gs1-140270000 |
0.032493 | <urn:uuid:8a072b1a-81c2-4a66-a69e-6cd1979c5b29> | en | 0.973393 | CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police continue their crackdown on Internet Sweepstakes Parlors.
Wednesday night officers raided Queens Gold Sweepstakes in the 9100 block of South Tryon Street.
They seized more than two dozen machines, this raid follows Tuesday night's shutdown of LPM on Old Pineville Road.
Police say that both businesses had machines with illegal software. The NC Supreme Court ruled that the software is too addictive.
The Queen's Gold raid caught neighboring businesses by surprise. Maria Diaz operates a beauty salon next door and was glad to see police act.
I'm not agreeing with the gambling, I take it, that's not good for anybody, people they lose all their money, even their family money, said Diaz.
NBC Charlotte tried to talk to some cafe owners, but none would go on the record. One owner who didn't want to be identified said the crackdown is having an effect and everyone is worried.
A customer who didn't want to be identified said he didn't want to be in a cafe if police are raiding it.
Yeah it would bother me badly because ain't nothing but a friendly pastime. It would bother me they are supposed to be up running right, I don't know, said the man.
Read or Share this story: | http://www.wcnc.com/story/local/2014/12/20/10985206/ | dclm-gs1-140350000 |
0.018661 | <urn:uuid:9461635f-9a23-4f64-981e-132eef55dda5> | en | 0.955328 | Get out your library cards: Now you can wirelessly download electronic books from your local library using the Apple iPad or an Android tablet.
Last week, OverDrive Inc. released OverDrive Media Console for the iPad, a free app from Apple's App Store. With the app, you can now borrow eBooks for reading on the go with a tablet.
Apps that function as wireless libraries should make borrowing and reading books easier but WSJ's Katherine Boehret finds a few drawbacks.
You can already borrow an eBook from a library using an eReader, including the Sony Reader and Barnes & Noble Nook, but you'll need a PC and a USB cable for downloading and synching. Amazon's Kindle doesn't allow borrowing eBooks from libraries.
For the past week, I borrowed and wirelessly downloaded digital books onto tablets primarily using OverDrive, the largest distributor of eBooks for libraries. I tested the OverDrive Media Console for the iPad. I also used the Dell Streak 7 tablet to test the app on the Android operating system; this app also works on Android smartphones. An iPhone app is available.
Before you go hunting for your library card, there are a few factors to consider. While there are positives to borrowing eBooks from a library, the process has significant limitations that can be frustrating.
The biggest upside, of course: They're free. In comparison, digital bookstore apps like Amazon's Kindle, Apple's iBooks and the Barnes & Noble Nook app charge around $10 a book. Local libraries pay for licenses to each eBook just like they pay for each physical book. Lending periods vary among libraries, from seven to 21 days, and some libraries let patrons set due dates. Fines or late fees are nonexistent because digital access to the books expires on a set due date, at which point titles lock up and users are prompted to delete the titles.
There's a major downside to borrowing digital books. If the book you want is checked out, you still have to wait until someone returns it to borrow it. OverDrive's licenses allow one book copy per person, so several people can't simultaneously borrow the same eBook. Libraries can buy several licenses for a title so they can have multiple copies of popular books for borrowing. I found seven eBook copies of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" in my Washington, D.C., public library system.
The OverDrive app, running on an iPad, shows how many copies of each book are available and how many people are waiting for each book.
At the Library
How to borrow an eBook using the OverDrive app:
• Search for a library using ZIP Code.
• Browse titles to find an available book.
• Enter library-card number and download book.
• Book expires after seven, 14 or 21 days, depending on the library.
But the OverDrive interface showed me that most of the books I wanted to read were checked out, and in several cases, there were other patrons on a waiting list for the copies. While "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" had seven copies, it also had seven patrons waiting for copies of the book. The idea of waiting for a book with many people lined up to borrow it is enough to inspire even some of the most frugal readers to cough up the dough to buy digital books. Just like with "real" library books, checked-out eBooks shouldn't impact sales of eBooks.
An OverDrive spokesman says, "Libraries set the number of titles that can be checked out by each cardholder at any one time. That number varies from library to library, and the average is about five titles across our network."
Book selection is also a challenge. According to fiscal records, my library's physical book collection numbers well over two million books, while its OverDrive titles total about 11,000 eBooks. And only a portion of those were in the EPUB format, which is the only format that works with the Android, iPhone and the iPad apps. That meant the selection for me is pretty small. Smaller libraries have even fewer eBooks from which to choose. Users can't borrow digital content from libraries where they don't have library cards.
Many of my book searches showed the that my library didn't have a digital copy of the incredibly popular "Team of Rivals" by Doris Kearns Goodwin, or even anything by the popular mystery novelist, Mary Higgins Clark. I tried entering broader terms into the OverDrive search box and didn't have much luck then either: The term "London" only returned two results.
According to a spokesman, the D.C. library system has more than 25,000 eBook titles, including the OverDrive offerings, and "will be adding new titles in EPUB format weekly as new titles are released and to meet demand."
Part of the selection problem, of course, is that many libraries are new to the eBook borrowing experience and are in the midst of building up digital collections.
Since availability is a problem, it would make sense that users could view books by seeing just those books that are available for borrowing. But OverDrive lacks this feature, so users are stuck searching for—or scrolling through—titles over and over again only to find that they're already checked out by other people. After a dozen searches like this, I was ready to give up.
The OverDrive spokesman said a feature that sorts books to display only those available will be out sometime this year. He noted that several libraries are increasing their eBook catalogs to adjust to increasing demand from tablet users.
But the process for selecting and downloading books is clumsy. After choosing the correct local library, the OverDrive app sends the user out into the tablet's Web browser to find books in the library's system. OverDrive's spokesman said this preserves library branding but that, in the future, this selection process will be in the app.
To download and read the EPUB formatted book, you must sign in with an Adobe ID. This is in addition to entering your library card number. I had one of these IDs from past use of Adobe products, but many people won't and will groan over this extra registration step.
Actually checking out a book, takes very little time. After all, these files contain only text, not large video or audio files. Since I had trouble finding books to download, I settled on a romance novel featured on OverDrive's homepage titled "Hawk's Way: Rebels" by Joan Johnston. It took less than 30 seconds to download to my iPad.
Once downloaded, books looked fine on the iPad and Dell Streak. The screen's brightness can be adjusted using an on-screen slider and a handy navigation strip at the bottom of each page shows where you are in a book and how many pages remain in the currently opened chapter. Publishers can set the number of font sizes to which text can be adjusted. And with the app, text can't be displayed like pages in a real book (with two columns of text on two pages opened in front of you) when the tablet is held horizontally.
OverDrive doesn't enable synchronizing of material across multiple devices, like Amazon's Kindle app does with Whispersync. So if I download a book on my iPad in the OverDrive app, I can't open that book on an Android phone or desktop using OverDrive.
OverDrive serves more than 13,000 libraries with a catalog of 400,000 titles from 1,000 publishers, but it's possible your library may not use this system (check for participating libraries). The spokesman said the company plans an app for the BlackBerry by June and hopes to enable wireless downloads on other devices in the future.
Write to Katherine Boehret at | http://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052748703529004576160421561955208?mod=rss_personal_technology&mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052748703529004576160421561955208.html%3Fmod%3Drss_personal_technology | dclm-gs1-140440000 |
0.065339 | <urn:uuid:92879b46-4d51-4384-8c90-9a6f5c530ed2> | en | 0.842468 | Physics in Squaw Valley
1 Squaw Valley physics tutors
Find the best physics tutor in Squaw Valley
Justin B.
30/per hour
Reedley, CA
Engineering and computer nerd.
...I am proficient in algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calculus, statistics, linear algebra, and differential equations. I have advanced capabilities in physics, statics, and dynamics. I have training and experience in Inventor, Solidworks,... read more
Physics | 10+ other subjects
30/per hour
Since we only found 1 tutor you can also:
good fit guarantee | http://www.wyzant.com/Squaw_Valley_Physics_tutors.aspx | dclm-gs1-140510000 |
0.036302 | <urn:uuid:863238f7-338b-4bc3-ba4e-152f7ec0525e> | en | 0.951983 | Bieber summoned to court over alleged assault by bodyguards
Bieber summoned to court over alleged assault by bodyguards
Pop sensation Justin Bieber has been summoned to court in Argentina over an alleged assault by his bodyguards.
One Direction to get security of 100 bodyguards
One Direction members will have about 20 bodyguards each when they embark on their US tour next month.
Arms of Jharkhand minister`s bodyguards go missing
Two AK-47 rifles and a service revolver were reported missing from the possession of three bodyguards of Jharkhand Excise Minister Jaiprakash Bhai Patel in Hazaribagh, police said on Sunday.
Egypt `bodyguards` take stand against sex assault
A dozen Egyptian volunteers fanned out through Cairo`s crowded Tahrir Square.
N Korea changes bodyguards for leader Kim Jong Un
North Korea has replaced the bodyguards of leader Kim Jong Un with ruling party officials.
Kareena Kapoor to honour real-life bodyguards
Kareena will meet the bodyguards of Big B, Aamir, Hrithik, Saif and Akshay and felicitate them for their work.
`Local` bodyguards for Salman-Kareena on movie promotion tours
The makers of `Bodyguard`, have adopted a novel way to publicise their film.
How ‘macho man’ Arnie is dwarfed by his 2 huge bodyguards
Arnold Schwarzenegger was spotted enjoying a bike ride in Venice beach with his two bodyguards, who made him look small.
Prachanda bids `emotional` farewell to PLA bodyguards
Prachanda explained the larger interest for
the nation amid efforts to push forward the stalled peace
process in the country.
Salman observed bodyguards at WC matches to better his role
Salman watched the last two matches of the World Cup to observe the security men managing the VVIPs among the stadium crowds.
The Great Khali’s bodyguards open fire on fans!
The Great Khali’s bodyguards opened fire on his fans when they tried to get photographed with him.
`Blair`s bodyguards brought rocket launcher in Gaza`
Two bodyguards claimed they bought the launcher to protect former British PM.
Paris Hilton hires bodyguards after home invasion
Socialite Paris Hilton has hired two bodyguards to patrol her Los Angeles property around the clock, following a "very scary" home invasion by a man armed with two large knives.
Salman Khan's bodyguards scuffle with public
A minor scuffle broke out in a city mall in Hyderabad between Salman Khan’s infamous bodyguards and the mob of fans who had gathered there to see their favorite star. Salman Khan was promoting his upcoming film ‘Dabangg’ along with his leading lady Sonakshi Sinha. Obviously, a huge crowd had gathered knowing Salman and Sonakshi had come to promote their new film.
Nine people killed in south Yemen violence
Six people, including four
policemen, were killed in overnight clashes in Yemen`s tense
south, where a separate Qaeda-style ambush killed a tribal
chief and his two bodyguards, local and tribal officials.
Colombia raid kills bodyguards of FARC rebel chief
Twelve bodyguards for the commander of the leftist FARC rebels have been killed in an overnight military raid in Colombia.
President Pratibha Patil gets new set of bodyguards
President Pratibha Patil will now
have a new set of bodyguards as neatly dressed troops of the
Jammu and Kashmir Rifles took charge from the Assam regiment
during a ceremonial `Changing of the Guard` here. | http://zeenews.india.com/tags/Bodyguards.html | dclm-gs1-140520000 |
0.040565 | <urn:uuid:07367252-62f6-4763-9514-1e5975bc6dc3> | en | 0.976557 | About your Search
WHUT (Howard University Television) 1
English 38
French 1
been an adventure and an education for me, so i keep going. i didn't know "the exorcist" would be a hit movie or "the french connection." i don't think it had much to do with me. you could cite a lot of reasons, but at the time there were no reasons. every studio passed on these films. many of them passed twice. how do you process when you get to this point in your life and you see you have done , how dot is now iconic you keep from sticking your chest out just a little bit? >> you know the great helosopher mike tyson said knocked somebody out in the first round. interviewed byas howard cosell, and after the fight, he said, what did you think of his plan to stay away from you, to keep shuffling away and occasionally try to jab you? how did you feel about the plan? tyson said, everybody got a plan until he get hit in the face. don't got a plan. that is my philosophy. that's the way it is. i had a plan to have everyone of my films be a colossal success, until i got hit in the face. then you pick up, try again, maybe fail again, but fail better. tavis: i am listening to you trying to figur
basics of drawing and handicraft. the committee organises exhibitions and educational centres for children who enjoy taking part and click to draw. we were shocked to discover how much the children have been effected by the war in syria. for example, a lot of the kids will draw pictures of cemeteries with the names of their loved ones on the tombstones. they have made boxes for detainees in which the children put bread. they have been shown ways of making bread, cracking firewood and how to wash things. >> we haven't had electricity for 15 months. we do the activities manually - like weaving wool, for example. women use wool to knit sweaters and hats which they swell to make a living, keeping in mind that because of the government siege wool is not allowed in any more. we organised a first aid workshop. every house needs someone trained in basic medical care. no one knows when their house will be shelled. we'll continue our efforts and work until our last breath to provide support and help our people. i'm convinced god will bless those who have mercy on earth. >> a bus caught
, but more proud of title 9, 1973, this country came to make sure of equality for women in education and that includes sports. and the result is women in athletics that are amazing and entertaining. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. ellison: i congratulate them. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek wreck his? -- seek recognition? the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to say thank you to a friend of mine, mayor james r. bobbing, who has dedicated 45 years of service to the city of granville in the second district. in the last 29 he he served as mayor. mayor bobbing has been recognized countless times for his leadership and commitment to west michigan. most recently he received the michigan municipal league michael a. guideo leadership and public leadership service award. in addition he serves as the chairman of the grandville council which plays a leading role in fostering public and private cooperation to enhance quality of
they are still a child. and these should somebody in school and should be well educated and not going to the house. you are pushing for the banning of child marriages to be included in the amendment of the constitution. why is it important to do that? why not make it a legislation? >> that is very important. i have been for more than taken years before being a minister in the committee. and that was our mone pain conc. main concern. our mandate is to for women advancement. and one of the women a advantagesment in the country or make any development for women girls especially in the area did not get a chance to go to the school or if they started schooling. >> the question is why include it into the constitution? >> the social rights of women and the social rights of children and you know that yemen is a party to many conventions one of the conventions is the child convention. and we are convention to eliminate all sorts of abuse against wind. wind -- women. it will not be in the princple of the constitution. it will be. >> i do need to get in very quickly, there is a lot of objection
of the code. but there is an instance of a young man, educated, standford kid who has been around the football environment and this was pushing him to a degree with which he was no longer comfortable. >> jeff: does jonathan martin ever put on a dolphins uniform again. >> talking to people he has con sided-- confided in i don't believe it will happen any time soon unless they take some corrective measures to alter the climate of that locker room and discipline some of the people who he thinks was involved, i don't see thatting chag am we can have a grievance coming with the nfl pa, maybe some legal action down the road. >> jeff: jason la canfora, thank you. >> next up here how skydivers survived a collision you thoughs of feet in the air. >> jeff: two plane kos lieded in midair yesterday, 12,000 feet over northern wisconsin. there were four skydivers aboard one plane, five in a second when they hit. what happened then is remarkable. here's elaine quijano. >> reporter: pieces are all that's left of this cessna 182 after it collided midair with another cessna that was supposed to be flying behind
know lots of people in memphis who with well educated and they cannot get a job. there are real problems in the economy in this country and the people that are on food stamps need that to get along, about half the people as you mentioned have jobs. i think half the people have children. what are the children supposed to get a job? are we going to have kids work again? get rid of the child labor laws and put them to work? i think you want to start cutting away at areas, you cut the defense spending. we have enough missiles to destroy the world so many times, and yet we couldn't cut money for missile and nuclear programs. that's where we ought to be cutting. beat your swords into plow sheers to feed the people. >> all right. congressman we really appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> we're going to continue discussing this topic with the senior manager of share our strength, the hunger advocacy group, and the founder of the website future of capitolism. thank you both for being with us. let's talk about the growth of the program ira, i want to start with you. the food stamp budge
and attend high-ranking think tanks to get more professional education. the u.s. looks to egypt to help maintain security, particularly between the border with israel, with whom egypt has a peace treaty and the u.s. also looks to egypt to try to make certain that insurgent groups don't find a toehold particularly in the sinai peninsula. but this is really a case of the u.s. trying to be practicigmati right now because egypt, for many, many decades as had an out-sized amount of influence in regional politics. the u.s. sees that in its long-term interests, it's best to still be an ally of egypt rather than have some sort of political and diplomatic rupture. >> kerry making a visit to saudi arabia. how significant is that visit? >> reporter: well, when you consider that up until really in the past three months or so, the relationship between riyadh and washington was unquestionably a strong one, this is an important visit for kerry to make. the saudis have been very concerned that the obama administration simply hasn't done enough to try to bring the civil war in syria to an end, and they
and generals training here and attending high-level think tanks for professional education. it looks to egypt to maintain stability particularly across the border with israel with whom it has a peace treaty, and also so insurgent groups don't find a foot hole. >> egypt, for many decades had an outsized amount of influence in regional politics, and the u.s. sees that in long terms interests, it's best to be an ally of egypt, rather than have a political diplomat irk rupture. >> the visit to saudi arabia - how significant is that visit? . >> when you consider that up until really in the past three months or so the relationship between riad and washington was strong, this is an important visit for john kerry to make. the saudis have been concerned that the obama administration has not done enough to bring the civil war in syria to an end. they have made their displeasure known, one by not taking one of the permanent seats on the security council, and deciding to not take part in certain diplomatic and military operations with the u.s. where these things would normally happen. this is a chance fo
, and the council on foreign relations working on a range of economics and education issues. he is the co-author of a book on girls education and an author of the pro-growth progressive and economic strategy for shared prosperity. gene graduated from the university of minnesota and yale law school and attended wharton business school. is a native of ann arbor, michigan, and will be joining his them in california at the end of this year. when he finishes his remarks will move over here for two and a. thank you very much. gene? >> well, thank you very much for having us here today. i want to thank jim doyle very much, not just for today but for all the leadership of business forward, all the consultations, even the recent meeting with your small business advisory committee as we went into this recent round of budget discussions. so again, i really want to thank you and business forward for the leadership that you've shown, and the desire to look beyond your own particular situation to the larger economic issue that we face as a country, and understanding that that affects all of us. so agai
on a sweeping education overhall and are being asked to pass $1 billion tax increase to boost school funding and the idea is controversial and it's strict. raise per pupil spending hurt by falling revenues. president obama was on the campaign trial not for himself but a fellow democratic and terry is running for governor in virginia and he shared the stage saturday in arlington and he tried to link the opponent to the government shut down. >> we have seen an extreme faction of the republican party that is shown again and again and again that they are willing to hijack the entire party and the country and the economy and grant progress to an absolute halt if they don't get 100% of what they want. >> reporter: he is leading in the polls, there is a governor race in new jersey where they will decide to reelect chris christie. romney is slamming president obama over the affordable care act and on nbc he is unhappy with the similar law that romney signed when he was governor of massachusetts. >> in massachusetts we phased in the requirements so that there was a slow roll out, that way you could
.com to connect with a patient advocate from abbvie for one-to-one support and education. nothing says, "you're my #1 copilot," like a milk-bone biscuit. ♪ say it with milk-bone. why let erectile dysfunction get in your way? talk to your doctor about viagra. ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take viagra if you take nitrates for chest pain; it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. side effects include headache, flushing, upset stomach, and abnormal vision. to avoid long-term injury, seek immediate medical help for an erection lasting more than four hours. stop taking viagra and call your doctor right away, if you experience a sudden decrease or loss in vision or hearing. this is the age of taking action. viagra. talk to your doctor. >>> this could have been a disaster. i mean, under any other circumstances, it would have been a disaster, but 11 people, two pilots, nine passengers here, survived a midair collision at 12,000 feet. one of the pilots landed his damaged airplane, but the rest took parachutes. they pulled the chute, that included the pilot of plane number
, but education programs to ensure they don't end up here in the first place. >> here to help us understand what we can do to protect ourselves is a doctor, an assistant professor of neurology. thank you for being here. >> my pleasure. >> why are so many young people suffering strokes >>. >> it's a great question. there's not been a lot of studies designed to answer that question. probably some need to be done. but it's most likely a combination of factors. the first is the surprising incidence of risk factors - such as smoking, people are getting diabetes, obesity, and then the other thing is we are getting better at detecting strokes. technology, mri scanning, and we can pick up more strokes than we used to. >> you mentioned detecting strokes. how can one tell. i understand there's a fast method. >> that is a fantastic question. because strokes can have variable symptoms, it's important that we get out the word on how to tell you are having a stroke. there's a push to educate the government about doing a fast screen. that's the numonic, it's fast. the f stands for face. you look for asymmetry
shared- the search for peace and justice, tolerance, the value of education in itself- and to learn some of each others' sources- a text study on these things. and we did that for a year, with five different meetings, and now we're publishing a book on that subject- common values, different sources- and it was kind of amazing to see how much we in fact did have in common. some of the people who've never been involved in this kind of dialogue before said that it seemed we were stealing eaeach others' texts, because they weren't aware of influence during the ages of other peoples' text. but that kind of thing, when you look at some core values that the three faiths share was very instructive to a number of a people. >> [speaking in islamic] >> [translated] we treat our brothers, the christians, as one society. >> [speaking in islamic] in this holy city of nazareth. >> [speaking in islamic] >> since trying to- because we were born here. >> [speaking in islamic] >> we live together as neighbors, as brothers, in both sad events and happy events. >> [speaking in islamic] >> and we believe that
education. for annie it meant moves from a tiny village to one of the world's biggest cities. >> translator: i'm not leaving mexico until i fine out what happened to my son. >> reporter: alone in a foreign land she carries on in the hope she'll have an answer soon. >>> for the first time the u.s. secretary of state has publicly admitted the national security agency may have overstepped the mark. >> in some cases i acknowledge to you, as does the president some of these actions have reached too far, and we're going to make sure that that is not going to happen in the future. >> simon we heard a very contrite john kerry, but are these just words or will they be followed up by action? >> well, it's not clear, because although it was very interesting in dimension and john kerry becomes the most senior administration official to admit that perhaps they went too far, and the surveillance was perhaps inappropriate. i don't think it went as far to a lay out any kind of apology. as we heard the majority of this answer was this intervention that he gave, in a sense was a justification for this huge s
receiving state services including health care and public education. and it was political gold, proposition 187 passed, and pete wilson came from behind to win by double digits. it was also, for wilson and california republicans, the beginning of the end. california was a changing state, in the midst of a demographic overhaul. california of 1994 was barely one quarter latino, today that number is around 40%, back then fewer than 10% of the state was asian-american. today it is nearly 15%. 27% of the state's residents are foreign born. california is now one of the only states in america where whites do not make up a majority of the population. and for that rising population, that new california majority, that was their introduction to the republican party. because the template that california republicans created in 1994 was so successful, it was adopted by republicans every where the message that that new california majority received in 1994 has been continually reinforced by republicans across the country for the two decades since. and that wasn't the only consequence of 1994 for california
problem when i'm on my own healthnet work and looking to see the education until you see them you don't know them. say you meet them and see hospital don't feel good about it. what happens then? do you lose the travel money? how dot financials work? >> okay, if you paid for your own flight, then, yeah, i mean you've had sort of two-day vacation i guess or whatever. i mean it is not much different than if you looked in the yellow pages and went to md anderson or local corner hospital either way. if you get there, you don't like the physician for whatever reason. now keep in mind you've had a lot of transactions before you get to there. a lot of doctors when they respond to a bid they will say, okay, before, before we go through this, maybe we should have a phone call or talk on skype or something like that. melissa: yeah. >> so usually by the time you get there you've actually kind of met the person, sort of online. melissa: how does insurance play into this? a couple of articles reading about this, in some cases your insurance company will pay for to you fly to another place if it is
to its bb was the real beast in charge of the education i meant to indicate that's a real problem and understand understand and some examples exist today mostly the kids to school. this intimate rule when you see the ob is no cellphone companies and in some industries and especially in a comically just when you understand that it's going to try to change her look in awe of our own interests and not in the interest of the citizens so i understand that it's a bad team each. even if it's no learnt that demand an end of the pond and discuss ways to the front of thousands in charge of this mystical way are in charge of the station will get back to of course is that salt to taste a bit stefan just tell us know what kind of seconds you are in bold them and how the school being persons works howdy you actually know what happens in these meetings with any peas in a tree the united email if it is we were both too sick to dubuque services and social economy. that was that we like to say is that it's the ndp members of the european parliament a very accessible and the icing was this is the is
or youth population in northern virginia, the college educated people around the pentagon, if you look at a state like virginia, it is one of the places, if we were having this conversation ten years ago, the fact that a democrat could have a success would be a surprise. virginia is a swing state in politics and at the state wide level. so the demographics of virginia are less. there are people talking kate, in ten years, texas will be a blue state. so it's one of the places you watch the shifting population, especially in a northern virginia suburb outside washington, d.c. have radically transformed state politics. that's what the president is talking about. president obama carried it twice. it had to go back to lynden johnson to get a president in presidential politics before the jimmy carter days when they were competitive. the big question has been is it a permanent change or is it going to be a swing state back and forth every four years? >> i also want to get your take, john, the president, meme will read this that the president has pend over the weekend in huffington post. it's
the world, it starts with education. >> i have 370 girls at the school. i have 74, 75 girls graduating every year. all of those girls go to college. >> reporter: all proceeds of the auction will be donated to the foundation. but college tuition for 74 girls can even be much for oprah. >> anyone who has ever put one through college, you know what i'm talking about. you know why i'm selling the sofas. [ laughter ] >> reporter: all of this comes shy of oprah's 60th birthday. she tells me the greatest gift would be support for her students in south africa. in santa barbara, news channel 3. >> oprah, $600,000 according to "los angeles times" netted at this auction. >> a "tv guide" cover photo of her expected to make $2,000 to $4,000 -- $200 to $400 sold for $3,000. >> classic. a teapot, a tea spot that oprah owned went for 1,000 bucks. >> it is worth less than 100. >> that is priceless. >> there you go. that would go for millions. >> is that a poster? i want her to sign it. >> that is a poster of you and the queen of talk. >> very influential this way. you didn't know this, the did you? >> half o
] and it looked to me like a -- [inaudible] commitment, education, the only problem was that president lincoln, with all due respect had to go through a civil war. 600,000 americans had to die in the process. -- [inaudible] you cannot do whatever it is in your country the majority -- you cannot do that. as saying without -- [inaudible] resistance. without trying to comprise. without treating them as your difficult partners rather than -- [inaudible] i think that -- [inaudible] is a reflection of this fundamental disconnect between the obama administration and the very -- [inaudible] of the american middle class. particularly the white people class which clearly feels there's a -- [inaudible] of obama redistribution. again i completely agree that is -- trying to do. because that was counter productive. and that was playing games with national press teeing. [inaudible] greater flexibility in the -- [inaudible] challenge with the -- [inaudible] with the electorial process. on another level you understand that the administration go whatever they can to -- [inaudible] try something else. this may b
for a department of education hearing on the colleges' status. >>> painted faces fill the mission district for the day of the dead procession. more than it a thousand people took part in the events. it includes art, music and thennial parade honoring loved ones it remains true to the latino roots. it has crossed cultural boundaries. >> it is not really halloween or carnival. >> it as celebration. i came back to town. this is always something in my neighborhood. >>> few blocks away. garfield square was filled to honor the dead. they were connecting this life to the next. >>> well, of pixar is celebrating a birthday today. >> to infinity and beyond. >> what one of the company's top producers say it is like working for the animation company. >>> mostly cool and clear. for some. still breezy. how much longer it will last for parts of the bay area and for the afternoon, coming up. er jack cheese, mushrooms, jalapeÑos, bacon, tomato and avocado. i call it, "the avocado da vinci". create your om'lart with denny's build your own omelette menu. . >>> after more than a decade, they have arrived in
partners have throughout atives the country to educate americans about cybersecurity. cyberspace today is linked into every aspect of our daily lives and efforts such as this are crucial to creating a safe, secure and resilient cyberenvironment. i hope my colleagues will join me in congratulating all who made cybersecurity awareness month a success. thank you and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. johnson: mr. speaker, i rise to recognize an everyday hero, a young constituent of mine who has set an example we would all do well to follow. mary patricia hecter, a 15-year-old from georgia refused to sit idly by while children across the nation died in playgrounds, while funerals outnumbered graduation ceremonies and where violence begot more violence. she had a campaign to combt youth gun violence, aptly named think twice. her campaign encourages youth to think
part and education and research. you have to know what you are putting in your body. i would have never it taken oxycontin or a higher drug. oxycodone is a much lower dose of an opiate and it is an opiate. that my immunee system is eating itself can it is attacking my body. it's not eating its own immune system. it is attacking my body inside. so soft tissue, tendons, the flesh are on your bound, even my eyeballs, everything is getting , which your burned immune system does because it sees it as a foreign entity. it does not recognize it as being part of itself, part of the human biological oddity that is supposed to be there. and it causes tremendous pain. for years, i tried all different before goingapies onto any pain medication which i did not want to take care the problem is that these therapies just do not help. for instance, the psychological help, you cannot trick your brain into thinking you don't have pain. i tried. [laughter] i did a lot of different things. wisconsin, democrats line. caller: i am concerned with my wife. she has been battling with cancer. she has leukemia and
Terms of Use (10 Mar 2001) | http://archive.org/details/tv?time=20131028-20131105&q=education&fq=topic:%22egypt%22 | dclm-gs1-140610000 |
0.043336 | <urn:uuid:5b7901a8-e637-41de-81d8-c59aff5d2161> | en | 0.941506 | HOME > Chowhound > Home Cooking >
Zuni Chicken can it be served at room temp
• j
• 3
Am preparing this for a small dinner party at someone else's home...thought I could cook it at my home (since the review say it smokes up your house) and transport it 10 minutes away...can it rest for about 45 minutes before being consumed??? Thanks
1. Click to Upload a photo (10 MB limit)
1. Yes. The chicken is best after resting a bit, though the skin will lose some crispness. It will be safe coasting for an hour or two. Are you serving it with the bread salad?
1. Yes. Are you making the bread salad, too? If so, the salad will wilt more than it should. I'd add the dressing/sauce after I got it to the friend's house...if she/he has room in the kitchen for this task.
1 Reply
1. re: oakjoan
Thank you both! Yes, I am making the bread salad and thought I would toss it with the sauce and dressing after I got to the point of destination! Excited to try it! | http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/366965 | dclm-gs1-140850000 |
0.060368 | <urn:uuid:f02bbcbd-47b4-4f3e-a31a-dfa53c4646c1> | en | 0.852705 | Morning Star (cannabis)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Morning Star
Morning Star is a hybrid strain of indica and sativa cannabis with unknown lineage. The potent strain is known to have fast-acting, consistent effects that generate upbeat, positive feelings while providing a mellow yet enjoyable buzzing body high. It’s known to be powerful enough to induce sleep or drowsiness in patients.[1]
Medical uses[edit]
The strain’s medical uses include relieving pain, anxiety, migraines, insomnia and anorexia.
Morning Star produces flavors of spice, hash, skunk and sour fruit while burning. The buds are light green in color and contain long, orange pistils that protrude from the foliage.[1] The strain is known to contain up to 24% of the active ingredient Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_Star_(cannabis) | dclm-gs1-141150000 |
0.828816 | <urn:uuid:0ef25f5f-0694-45f9-b1eb-c72c31463fab> | en | 0.967653 | Did Glenn Beck Just Blame the Japanese Quake on 'Radical Islam'?
Oh, and he has a "safety tip":
So, from what we can tell, Glenn Beck's theory is that some kind of higher entity sent an earthquake to Japan because of "that stuff we're doing," which "really suck[s]." And some of that "stuff" may involve "radical Islam in America" and not following the "ten rules of thumb." Now, Glenn Beck's not blaming the earthquake on radical Islam! But he's not not blaming it on radical Islam, either.
It seems clear now that this hateful young woman is some kind of practical joker/performance artist. But that's okay! Because we have Glenn Beck, in real life, saying more or less the same thing.
[Media Matters] | http://gawker.com/5781996/did-glenn-beck-just-blame-the-japanese-quake-on-radical-islam?tag=god | dclm-gs1-141240000 |
0.018893 | <urn:uuid:389ede67-a818-42ef-bc77-8f410a65b4e7> | en | 0.965322 | You are viewing harishpillay
Alas, a blog! Live life, like you give a damn!
Even more spinning - it's time to wind down!
Even more spinning - it's time to wind down!
Previous Entry Share Next Entry
A commentator (and watcher) of my blog, says phunnily that people are "running out of technical arguments since the successful ballot resolution meeting in Geneva ...". Humbug! Are there are no more technical arguments against ooxml? How so? I will leave it as an exercise to that watcher to refute all those technical issues still pending that have been well documented in many places - so get on with it. We have till 5pm CET Saturday march 29th 2008 to put a closure to this waste of time.
He further says:
"Withdraw OpenXML from FastTrack and submit it under a “normal” process.
FastTrack is a “normal” process, it was developed by JTC1 to provide a mechanism for standards coming from industry to make their way through the ISO process. At a very high level FastTrack simply starts part way through the conventional ISO process, there is no need to convene a committee to develop a specification from scratch when a Liaison-A organization such as Ecma already has a draft document that is ready to be reviewed."
Which part of "fast track" does he not understand? It is called that because it is not the normal process. The normal process has rigour. Most fast track submissions have a significant amount of rigour in the submitting bodies especially when they are PAS submitters like OASIS and the Free Standards Group. Ecma aka "standards@internet speed" has poor quality and processes and hence we see all the issues in ooxml. Which part of that does he not understand?
He also says:
"How can we approve OpenXML when we have not seen the final specification.
The final text of the specification is a combination of the draft international standard (DIS) that was published prior to the BRM combined with the resolutions that were passed by the member countries present at that meeting. There can be no last minute edits, surprises or other changes beyond those two documents.
I am told that during the last hour of the last day of the BRM the ITTF stood up and clarified the ISO/IEC position on this issue as it relates to a final draft of the specification, stating that the editor has an obligation to deliver a final version of the document no later than thirty days after ratification of the standard."
Humbug. Why would anyone wait till the "last hour of the last day" to be told that the final draft will only be available 30 days after the vote? If that is the case, then I vote NO to ooxml. I am answerable and accountable to the standards process in Singapore and I will not agree on something that I cannot see. Sp, poster, could you send me a couple of signed blank cheques? I would like to write some number on it and send it to any charity you name. They will be most thankful of the donor.
Next point:
"I don’t have all the IPR and patent rights to implement OpenXML. The Microsoft Open Specification Promise is pretty clear in that it is a direct grant of rights far all patents needed to work with OpenXML made to every individual on the planet, irrevocably and in perpetuity."
If someone does work with ooxml of the current version, your OSP only covers that version. If there is a new version, as it is now, your OSP does not cover that new version. This was confirmed by your colleague when it was asked at a presentation to the ITSC. Why don't you go check with him then?
And a final MS FUD from the poster:
"There can only be one document format standard.
This one implies that standardization is a little like the movie Highlander, somewhere there is an implied winner and a loser. In reality this has never been the case. Standards frequently feed of other standards, as Patrick Durusau (ODF Editor) recently pointed out.
The argument also dismisses the state of the industry in general, as the CEO of I.R.I.S recently pointed out to Stephen McGibbon, there are already a plethora of document formats serving a range of complex use cases. The I.R.I.S OCR software support 75 of them today, so the question is really around support for a 76th format, not a 2nd format."
I think Patrick is terribly confused - don't take my word for it - check his deputy's blog. I would agree with anyone that more standards the merrier. But the key differentiating factor here is "fully published and open standards". PNG, JPEG, MPEG, BMP, SVG, GIF, MP3, OGG are all standards in similar areas and I will say that it is good. Each standard has its merit. They are fully published and fully defined. ooxml, on the other hand, is NOT. It could be if we disapprove it, send it back to ECMA, get them to clean it up and then come back - even in another fast track - and I will support ooxml if it meets those requirements. Stop beating around the bush about ooxml in it's current form being good.
• Thanks for taking the time here Harish...
On most of these points we will just agree to disagree for now. Putting my employment to one side I remain convinced that what we're doing with OpenXML is an excellent thing for the industry and for a large number of users out there who use the binary docs or the OpenXML document format - I see OpenOffice announced that they'll support OpenXML in v3.0 of their project, pulling from the converter code base off Sourceforge. More goodness, and a great example that this is bigger than just one company now. One point I have to correct, and it is only because it is breaking news not because you were in any way incorrect at time of posting, is on your comment around IPR support for future versions of DIS29500... I agree that it is important and that we have not been clear enough there so far. We took a look at the issue that you highlight today and believe we have resolved it. Regards, Oliver (from Sydney, [thought I would save you some trouble]
• Re: Thanks for taking the time here Harish...
Much obliged, Oliver. This is the conversation we need. OO.o supporting OOXML is great. Does MSoffice support it? I don't have a clue - your company refuses to have a MS office version for Linux so I cannot check.
One keeping with that thought, don't you think it would gain Microsoft a whole lot of brownie and karma points if it did create a Linux version of MS Office? Is it too much to ask? Or is that going to result out of yet another EU legal suit (as is the release of the binary formats)?
Yes, thanks for pointing out the Sydney IP#. Hope the weather there is good. Make sure you get to travel on the SQ A380 home. On a tangential note, on behalf of fellow Singaporeans, thanks for saying Changi Airport is a delight. I think so too!
On the part of the OSP being extended, why don't Microsoft just join the Open Invention Network? Microsoft needs to learn to work collaboratively with the open source community and the OIN is a good place to start. Please, do join us.
I just read it. It is not enough. Don't say stuff like "So long as Microsoft participates in the revision process ..." That is a cop out. Let it go. You will feel so much better. Tell your lawyers to take a long break, and see how your organization will start rising up the credibility chain!
Powered by | http://harishpillay.livejournal.com/93226.html | dclm-gs1-141320000 |
0.035025 | <urn:uuid:2ad394ef-d6a5-44dc-af31-e3172c077d98> | en | 0.886865 | By Topic
Study of 375 nm ultraviolet InGaN/AlGaN light-emitting diodes with heavily Si-doped GaN transition layer in growth mode, internal quantum efficiency, and device performance
Sign In
7 Author(s)
Shih-Cheng Huang ; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan ; Kun-Ching Shen ; Dong-Sing Wuu ; Po-Min Tu
more authors
High performance 375 nm ultraviolet (UV) InGaN/AlGaN light-emitting diodes (LEDs) were demonstrated with inserting a heavy Si-doped GaN transition layer by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition. From transmission electron microcopy (TEM) image, the dislocation densities were significantly reduced due to the existence of the heavily Si-doping growth mode transition layer (GMTL), which results in residual stress relaxation and 3D growth. The internal quantum efficiency (IQE) of the LEDs with GMTL was measured by power-dependent photoluminescence (PL) to be 40.6% higher than ones without GMTL. The GMTL leads to the superior IQE performance of LEDs not only in decreasing carrier consumption at nonradiative recombination centers but also in partially mitigating the efficiency droop tendency. When the vertical-type LED chips (size: 1 mm × 1 mm) was driven with a 350 mA injection current, the output powers of the LEDs with and without GMTL were measured to be 286.7 and 204.2 mW, respectively. A 40.4% enhancement of light output power was achieved. Therefore, using the GMTL to reduce dislocations would be a promising prospective for InGaN/AlGaN UV-LEDs to achieve high IQE.
Published in:
Journal of Applied Physics (Volume:110 , Issue: 12 ) | http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?reload=true&arnumber=6111160&sortType%3Dasc_p_Sequence%26filter%3DAND(p_IS_Number%3A6108236) | dclm-gs1-141340000 |
0.030718 | <urn:uuid:5b6bb058-d92f-455e-8b51-15342240c1e2> | en | 0.901505 | Take the 2-minute tour ×
I remember seeing a book which explains how, b'derech Drash, every instance of the word "Melech" in Megilas Esther, as referring to Hashem.
Does anyone know the name of this sefer?
share|improve this question
Are you asking for a book that states that every instance is referring to Hashem, or explains in each instance how it is referring to Hashem? – YeZ Jan 29 at 5:22
I've heard that this only applied to the word HaMelech, and only when not followed by the name Achashverosh. – Ypnypn Jan 29 at 17:00
@ypnypn The midrash in Megillah - Ester Rabba 3:10 (at least as quoted by the Gra) says it without any qualification. Although it does say hamelech, not melech. I'm not sure how common melech is in the megillah, anyways. – YeZ Jan 29 at 23:03
Are you thinking of sefer ילקוט מלכו של עולם? – sam Jan 30 at 2:07
@YEZ thanks for the source; I checked it up and it says clearly that it's only when not followed by Achashverosh. – Ypnypn Jan 30 at 2:49
1 Answer 1
up vote 5 down vote accepted
It's called שערי צבי - "Shaarey Tzvi" written by Rav Tzvi Rotter shlit"a (he is the son of the Shaaray Aharon). The book can be found here and can be partially viewed here.
Hat tip to sam regarding another book with the same premise, ילקוט מלכו של עולם - "Yalkut Malko Shel Olam", information about it can be found here.
share|improve this answer
Your Answer
| http://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/35043/pirush-on-megilas-esther-regarding-the-word-melech/35481 | dclm-gs1-141480000 |
0.151352 | <urn:uuid:2ddfe794-7630-411b-9d58-24f3b106e9b9> | en | 0.944515 | An argument can be made that the most important job of a religious meeting planner is to secure good contracts. To do this, keep these strategies in mind. Get the Most for Your Money Know the value of your business. Keep a detailed history of all your events. Research your suppliers. Is there competition? How busy is the market? Are you in high, low, or midseason? What is the reputation of the supplier? How many years has the company been in business? Find out what the supplier is ...
Register for Complete Access (Valid Email Required)
By registering on MeetingsNet now, you'll not only gain access to Contracts: Getting to the Fine Print, you'll get exclusive access to a large archive of premium content.
Already registered? here. | http://meetingsnet.com/checklistshowto/meetings_contracts_getting_fine | dclm-gs1-141660000 |
0.168693 | <urn:uuid:790a880d-4aa2-4411-9cd1-c5103aec8360> | en | 0.882451 | Submitted by TheArabGamer 488d ago | article
Ocarina of Time is now fully localized in Arabic thanks to one person
Game localization is something we often hear in the West and Europe. Lost Odyssey, for example, features multiple language options including Italian. But the odds of finding a game localized in Arabic ranges from rare to none. Only recently have we began receiving localized titles such as Tomb Raider, Disney Infinity, and the upcoming Assassin’s Creed 4. But what about classics titles such as Ocarina of Time? Well, thankfully the internet exists and games are made of computer code and not magical ether. (Retro, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time)
mydyingparadiselost + 487d ago
segamon + 487d ago
not bad.
drkronic + 487d ago
But is it censored...
Luke_fon_Fabre + 486d ago
The hell is there to censor in Ocarina of Time?
Add comment
New stories
Why Isn’t Steins;Gate Available On Steam?
The 12 Games of Christmas
Start Making Games for the PS4
Geometry Wars 3 : Dimensions Review (Invision Game Community)
| http://n4g.com/news/1339875/ocarina-of-time-is-now-fully-localized-in-arabic-thanks-to-one-person | dclm-gs1-141740000 |
0.148026 | <urn:uuid:82562921-8d53-4b5c-8572-8d13ce2520fa> | en | 0.968223 | Democracy Is Not Political Morality
A government that upholds that morality is a politically moral government. Nearly all of human history is characterized by governments that instead chose amoral rule by a ruling class over a general population of serfs. The Founders of the United States took an honest look at morality, spelled it out then worked to build a political system that would limit the power of government to stray from it.
The Declaration of Independence states:
We all know when we have been personally wronged. If someone commits the amoral act of trying to harm us, to kill us, to rob us, to steal our earnings or to bully us into silence when they don’t like what we are saying, we know they are doing us wrong. Every healthy creature will defend itself against someone trying to do such harms.
But what happens when an individual is set upon by superior numbers trying to do him wrong? That is democracy, in which superior numbers have an assumed authority to wrong someone just because there are more of them.
A politically moral government, as the Founders put it, will defend one single person against 99 percent of the population trying to do him wrong. It will defend that person’s property against wrongful taking; it will defend his liberty to say what he believes to be true even if others find it offensive; it will defend him personally against physical harm; it will punish anyone who tries to wrong him.
It’s why our Founders wrote our Constitution to defend us against the evils of democracy. It was to ensure the Federal government had no permission to act on the will of the people and could perform only the specific duties spelled out in Article I, Section 8. Its overarching duty is to defend the people against the wrongs we all know to be wrongs.
That is political morality.
–Victor Sayre
Personal Liberty
US~Observer Staff
Join the Discussion
| http://personalliberty.com/democracy-is-not-political-morality/ | dclm-gs1-141820000 |
0.023964 | <urn:uuid:06eec8eb-6bbb-4225-aeb9-be9a99c6e3b0> | en | 0.809835 | wild fire
bombs and daisies
Man kills the race
and women struggle to keep
their men from roaming and
letting beer and football stand between them
Children hear parents screaming
and see teachers get angry
while deep inside anger sprouts like
bombs and daisies
She's fifteen and pregnant
and people shun her and
her boyfriend has left her
and late at night she cries alone
War rages on inside me
and inside my country
killing innocence like stepping on daisies
and letting anger destroy with it's fatal bombs
Fatality grows as daisies decline
bombs explode into the amber night sky
and i hang onto my daisy
clinging on with dirty fingers
We all are letting our daisies die
and the children are too
because no one shows the love
and produces bombs instead
my daisy is the last to fall
and get stomped on
by America herself
as she gazes on me with spiteful eyes
and in her pupils I see
the explosions of bombs
and the blood,
of thousands innocent daisies.
Submitted: Friday, November 03, 2006
Edited: Monday, November 01, 2010
Do you like this poem?
0 person liked.
0 person did not like.
Read this poem in other languages
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem »
word flags
What do you think this poem is about?
Comments about this poem (bombs and daisies by wild fire )
Enter the verification code :
There is no comment submitted by members..
Trending Poets
Trending Poems
1. A Child's Christmas in Wales, Dylan Thomas
2. Still I Rise, Maya Angelou
3. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, Robert Frost
4. The Road Not Taken, Robert Frost
5. Daffodils, William Wordsworth
6. If, Rudyard Kipling
7. I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
9. Christmas Trees, Robert Frost
10. Nothing Gold Can Stay, Robert Frost
Poem of the Day
poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I heard the bells on Christmas day
Their old familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet the words repeat
Of peace on earth, good will to men.
...... Read complete »
New Poems
1. Loneliness, Col Muhamad Khalid Khan
2. Christmas Tree, Zoila T. Flores
3. I Did Not Ask Him, But Said He, I Am A M.., Bijay Kant Dubey
4. An Umbrella, Col Muhamad Khalid Khan
5. Cloudless Rain, Aftab Alam
6. Those Who had Been Bloody, Bijay Kant Dubey
7. Boots, Nassy Fesharaki
8. How does she smile, Nero CaroZiv
9. We Will Find A Way, Okoemu Barnabas
10. The Beloved of The Ph.D. Guide, Bijay Kant Dubey
[Hata Bildir] | http://poemhunter.com/poem/bombs-and-daisies/ | dclm-gs1-141840000 |
0.05949 | <urn:uuid:8bfaf878-f1b1-4fc8-8482-815256925530> | en | 0.808959 | Take the 2-minute tour ×
I've followed Walkthrough: Creating a Custom ASP.NET Web Service and everything works fine. I just want to know how to enable debugging for this web service over network. Could you help me?
share|improve this question
2 Answers 2
You can create a client console application for debugging purposes.
Follow the next Steps:
A) Create a Console Application
enter image description here
B) In the Solution Explorer, right-click on your project and select Add Service Reference. and the Add Service Reference dialog, click the Advanced button.
enter image description here
C) In the Service Reference settings dialog, click on the Add Web Reference button.
enter image description here
D) In the "Add Web Reference" dialog, enter your web service URL. for example : http://myserver/_layouts/mywebservice/mywebservice.asmx press enter, and you'll see your methods. Finally press on the "Add Reference" button.
enter image description here
This way you can debug your web service using a console application.
share|improve this answer
thank you for your reply, i need to trace into the web service, i've a piece of code which throws an exception and i need to trace it – Hager Aly Jan 9 '13 at 11:25
up vote 0 down vote accepted
i know it has been long time ago, but i hope it helps some one kindly check the following link: Debug Sharepoint Web Service
share|improve this answer
Hager, please add at least some high-level information regarding the answer. Blogs posts and sometimes entire blogs get deleted. Having at least some information will ensure that others can gain some value from your question/answer in the future. – Robert Kaucher Aug 20 '13 at 15:23
Your Answer
| http://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/55478/how-to-debug-sharepoint-webservice/55492 | dclm-gs1-141930000 |
0.020756 | <urn:uuid:f00b4876-07cb-4e53-b3bc-14c3598d5b30> | en | 0.959581 |
User reviews: Overwhelmingly Positive (7,578 reviews)
Release Date: Sep 8, 2010
Buy Amnesia: The Dark Descent
HOLIDAY SALE! Offer ends January 2
Packages that include this game
Buy Amnesia Collection
HOLIDAY SALE! Offer ends January 2
Recommended By Curators
Read the full review here.
About This Game
It is getting closer.
Something emerges out of the darkness. It's approaching. Fast.
Do you have what it takes to survive?
System Requirements
Mac OS X
SteamOS + Linux
• OS: Windows XP/Vista/7
• Memory: 2 GB
• Hard Drive: 3GB
• OS: Mac OS X 10.5.8 or newer
• Processor: 2.0Ghz
• Memory: 1 GB RAM
• Hard Drive: 2GB space free
• Memory: 2 GB
• Hard Drive: 3 GB
Helpful customer reviews
354 of 388 people (91%) found this review helpful
9.5 hrs on record
Posted: October 26
Get Amnesia they said, it will be fun they said.
Was this review helpful? Yes No
256 of 285 people (90%) found this review helpful
31.2 hrs on record
Posted: October 3
I was constipated all week.
Then i played this game.
Would recommend this game to anyone with severe bowel movement disfuctions
Was this review helpful? Yes No
239 of 269 people (89%) found this review helpful
10.2 hrs on record
Posted: September 30
Pros: Not scary when there's no monsters nearby.
Cons: There's monsters everywhere.
Was this review helpful? Yes No
261 of 303 people (86%) found this review helpful
4.1 hrs on record
Posted: October 17
-Recipe for playing this game-
- 1 cozy blanket (2 is also good)
- 1 computer or laptop
- 1 installed Amnesia game
- 2 nice chairs
- 1 Dark room
- 1 willing boyfriend who has experience with the game
- 1 pillow or stuffed animal to hug (or the arm of the boyfriend, but he might disagree about that when he got puncture wounds from your nails after the first jumpscare)
1. Start up the computer, it may take a while depending on how good your system is. Use the startup time to go on a treasure hunt for the other ingredients. Also make sure that the room is dark enough.
2. Persuade your boyfriend to play Amnesia. It could be that he declines, if so, capture him with a Pokéball.
3. Wrap yourself and the boyfriend in a blanket and sit in the chairs in front of the Computer.
4. Now it's safe to start Amnesia, make sure you keep your distance.
5. Let the boyfriend play it, specially when he is experienced with the game, just sit back and ask silly questions which he probably already gave the answer to but you were too spooked to listen.
6. Enjoy!
Was this review helpful? Yes No
134 of 141 people (95%) found this review helpful
3.8 hrs on record
Posted: November 5
Click for Gameplay Trailer - Review
+ detailed equipped rooms
+ right light atmosphere
- simple architecture
+ good introduction to the game with help text
+ automatic notebook
+ objects stand out
+ many automatic save points
+ great surround effects
+ good english speaker
+ atmospheric music
- not all texts has voice output
+ clean inventar
+ interface does not disturb the atmosphere
- sometimes complicated
+ great tense situations
+ panic and helplessness
+ good switching between quiet and haunted passages
Game Size:
+ solid playtime
+ many different locations
+ 3 endings + 1 secret ending
+ nice physic puzzle
- not replayable
Amnesia: The Dark Descent is to date, the only game that has ever scared me. Not scared as in a short burst of shock, but in a heart-pounding, sweat-inducing, I need to stop playing so I can calm down kind of scared.
The player takes the role of Daniel, the main character who wakes up in a dark castle with no memory of who he is or why he's there.
That's the entire setup, and the simplicity of this concept lends itself brilliantly to the sense of isolation that Amnesia conveys so well. Completely alone in the castle, Daniel must contend with all the things going bump in the night on his own, with no map and completely unarmed save for a lantern.
It understands that the imagined far outweighs the known in its psychological punch, and it gives you enough audio and visual cues to imagine a very carnival of horrors.
This is every part the worthy successor, with considerably higher production values, bags more atmosphere, and a deeper exploration of the parallel themes of horror and insanity.
There's not a weapon in sight: it's all about the puzzles, exploiting the neat physics engine, combining items to apply to the environment, and hiding when the nasties come.
Spooky, shadowy castle rooms add to the uncanny feeling that something awful is about to happen any second. Most of the rooms provide subtle chills, through the presence of ruined walls, smashed-open ceilings letting in rain, and lone candles sputtering in the middle of lonely cellar chambers.
Going insane comes with interesting visual effects as well, including smearing colors, teetering camera angles, and bugs crawling across the screen. You never know what's really there.
Spend too long in the gloaming, and madness beckons. As Daniel's sanity starts to stutter, imagination plays merry hell. Insects skitter across your vision, the input-lag between mouse-gesture and action goes to hell, the ground lurches sickeningly, and you'll hear things – whispers, cries and horrid noises, one of which can only be described as someone pulling crabs apart.
Actually solving the puzzles shouldn't be too difficult for anyone who's played adventure games before. Despite the bizarre and often disturbing states of the sewers, morgues, and downright revolting torture chambers later on, the solutions often require you to collect a few objects and combine and apply them in simple ways. The game makes this easily manageable by confining solutions to set areas, meaning you don't need to worry about backtracking all the way to the start of the game if near the end you worry that a particular puzzle might require an overlooked item.
This is one of the scariest games in recent memory. The loading screen recommends you turn the lights off and play with headphones, something I'll strongly echo. It was without a doubt one of the most difficult, draining, and stressful gaming experiences I have ever had, but it's also an absolute masterpiece.
Your help is greatly appreciated :)
My Curator Page:Sub
My Steam Group:GameTrailers and Reviews
My YouTube Channel:Steam Reviews
Was this review helpful? Yes No
120 of 129 people (93%) found this review helpful
35.7 hrs on record
Posted: November 12
By far, the strongest laxative ever made.
Was this review helpful? Yes No
84 of 89 people (94%) found this review helpful
8.2 hrs on record
Posted: October 26
Similar to the Penumbra games, Amnesia: TDD is all about atmosphere and storytelling. The biggest difference between the two series is that Amnesia does include more of the classic horror induced moments of being chased and hunted. Not that Penumbra didn't have a bit of that, but I'd say in Amnesia, there were specific moments designed to inject some action.
Overall however, the game is paced similarly. I could wander about, sip some coffee, read my notes and mementos and take in my surroundings.
This may sound casual but what Amnesia succeeds in doing is creating a sense of dread. Brennenburg Castle is a miserable place and rarely do you find yourself feeling too comfortable. When an enemy does discover you and then gives chase, it is probably one of the more scary moments I've experienced in a game. The music, the blurriness of your view, the sound of the monster chasing you...not to mention, when you do finally get behind a closed door and find a hiding spot, you then get to watch as the door is violently brought down into pieces. All you can do is hope you're not spotted as you stare at the wall (there is a "sanity" element if you're new to these games). IRL, I am guilty of some audible "gasping" during these moments. During one particular chase I couldn't find an adequate path to get away from my pursuer and let out a frightened yelp that I am ashamed to even admit. Though, it is important to mention that I allowed the game to get under my skin purely because it was better that way. I could have played it and completely steeled myself from letting it get to me (e.g. left the lights on, lowered the sound, casually approached the objectives), but what's fun about that? For me, nothing.
As far as the story is concerned, I felt compelled to move forward to find the next clue. I could feel a bit of excitement (or perhaps it's better described as relief) every time I saw a new note to read or completed a puzzle. Naturally I won't reveal any spoilers just in case someone does read this review.
I must emphasize that this is not a game full of jump scares and over the top gore. With that being said, there are some very disturbing scenes that you come across. I walk away from this game still thinking about some of what I experienced. Not just from the imagery but the story in general. Per the recommendation from the developers when you first start the game, play with the lights off, don't worry about saving and allow the story to drive you forward.
Was this review helpful? Yes No
125 of 149 people (84%) found this review helpful
66.9 hrs on record
Posted: October 7
All the dead people have real ding dongs, ten outa ten!
Was this review helpful? Yes No
104 of 127 people (82%) found this review helpful
58.7 hrs on record
Posted: October 9
The only person who is not naked in this game is you. 10/10 would stand on a pile of dead naked men again.
Was this review helpful? Yes No
39 of 39 people (100%) found this review helpful
38.8 hrs on record
Posted: October 6
I actually do reviews for games on Giant Bomb and PC Gamer... and one game I have trouble reviewing is Amnesia Dark Decent. It's not that I'm indecisive it's just, I can't find the proper words to ever describe this game. You couldn't possibly understand what this game means to me. You might like it and the horror genre would say it's a great game but to me it's more. This game single handedly restored my faith in horror games and got me playing them again. After Resident Evil 5/6 and after Silent Hill Homecoming and Downpour I stopped. Stopped playing, stopped reading up on, stopped caring about horror games. Resident Evil I saw coming but Silent Hill too? This mass appeal mindless action ♥♥♥♥♥♥*t needs to stop. Survival horror was the genre that got me into gaming and then I saw the genre just up and leave us fans for more sales from the Call of Duty players. Action is where it's at? As the head developer for Resi 6 said "Survival Horror games are no longer popular, we needed a new direction and new ideas" well guess what... Amnesia proved Survival Horror still has plenty of new ideas to bring to the genre and proved that the genre is not dead.
Amnesia is art.... it's artwork crafted by brilliant minds. Look past all the fun scary chases and the jumpscares, just look at the game. A first person game that doesn't have weapons? Yeah imagine that. You hide and run from monsters, much like people would do in real life. But if you break down the level design, the choice of imagery, the methodically detailed environments. You will see true beauty within. If I may quote some negative reviews here "water monster wasn't all that great of an enemy, he doesn't even have a character design. It's lazy...." yes they had limited resources however this isn't lazy design choices. The fact that you cannot see the water monster is more terrifying than any other creature in the game. It plays off your imagination, the fear of the unknown. Your mind subconsciously filled the blank with your worst fear which gave this monster so much memorability. The water monster is one of the most memorable moments, everyone talks about it and that's the reason.
After such a horrifying experience with the water monster, what happens? You walk into a well light room with a fountain that supplies the calming sound of running water, a hole in the ceiling with light seeping through (one of the first times you see the light of day in this game), beautiful music plays softly in the background and the room has a tint of blue in the air. This is no randomly designed room, no this is a reward. This is saying "Hey you made it through that horrible experience, breathe relax a bit. You deserve it" and that is something I haven't seen before. No stupid achievement unlocked, no legendary loot, no high score and no misspelled CONGRADURATIONS. In a game that plays on your fear and emotions, they reward with such. They made you crap your pants, now they're making you feel relaxed. And that means more than any achievement.
The story is rich and it plays along with the tension in the game. The enemies aren't scary on the level of a jumpscare but rather the fear of being chased. Jumpscares are cheap thrills, true fear is much harder to achieve in a gamer and much more satisfying for the gamer. They accomplish this in many ways. Never knowing what danger lurks beyond the glow of your lamp, the dark abyss continuously hunts you down, the monsters are not just some scary looking monsters for the sake of "boo look at me I'm scary" they're people you tortured and sacrificed for your own safety against the darkness, their disfigured bodies are representations of the guilt you bare in the deepest parts of your conscious despite suffering Amnesia you still feel it, led astray by someone you thought you could trust, no escape or easy way out the only path is down and it's bathed in darkness as you descend slowly into your past with each step you lost sanity, walls are shaking, the crackling sound of your own mind is louder than your beating heart as you're chased by a horrifying disfigured creature you created, the sound of screeching can be heard when they're getting closer letting you know how close you are to death.
Oh... jeez I... I can go on and on about this game. Hell I want too... but if this gets any longer it will be considered a novel. The best thing I can say about this game? Play it... please. I beg you if you're a fan of horror games, if you like being scared, if you like a good story or immersion or hell if you just want to play a damn good game; play this game!
This is without a doubt my favorite game of all time. The favorite game, not one of. That's hard to say, but it's true. I never game 10 out of 10. I always made fun of other reviewers who did, saying no game is perfect. 10 out of 10 is saying it's the masterpiece of all gaming and cannot be improved in any way, shape or form. However, I've seen my mistake. You don't give it a 10 based on some score that means nothing to anyone else other than you. You're giving it a 10 based on the experience the game gave you. And based on that, Amnesia The Dark Decent was given my very first 10 out of 10.
Was this review helpful? Yes No
56 of 67 people (84%) found this review helpful
11.7 hrs on record
Posted: July 27
"My name name is...........Daniel" and that's the start to this dark and totally engrossing horror game that grab's you by the scruff of the neck and refuse's to let go of you until you have finished it and seen all the horror's that it has to offer.
This is one game i had on my radar for a long time and one i had heard a lot about,either written or from friend's who have played it and the word's "CLASSIC" and "GENRE DEFINING" have been mentioned on more than one occasion.
But i allways take this with a pinch of salt and allways make up my own mind,but trust me when i say that the two phrase's that i just mentioned dont do this game justice as it is both of these and so much more.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent - Trailer - YouTube
You start to play not knowing much other than your name and that for some reason you are here to do something that will affect not only your life but that of other's as well,and as the game progress'es you will come to learn not only the nature for your being here but that of the scream's that haunt the castle you find yourself stuck in.
And that's all i will say on the story of the game as you should find the secret's this game hold's and the many twist's it take's on your own as nothing is more horrifying or scary as not only hearing but witnessing these thing's for yourself first hand instead of after the fact.
The sound and music in game is top notch and really help's in setting that "OH MY GOD" type atmosphere that a lot of games like this seem to lack,this is down to the work of the composer Mikko Tarmia without who's music the game would (to be honest) not have the impact it does.
He is currently working on Frictional Game's next project SOMA which i for one am waiting for with eager anticipation!!!!
Amnesia The Dark Descent - Soundtrack - (Mikko Termia) - 04
All the spoken dialogue in game is delivered to perfection as well by the voice cast and some of it just has to be heard to be believed as to how good it actually is (and for a game like this that's all about delivering a powerfull story that's what was needed,not some half baked ham handed attempt-"HAMMER HORROR" movie's anyone).
The gameplay range's from puzzle solving (finding items that are laying around in the castle) which can be quite frustrating as some puzzle's can be quite offbeat to running and hiding from the monstrositie's that pervade in this dark and forboding castle from hade's (a lot has been said lately about game's using this mechanic but here it suits the game and makes it more nerve wracking to play).
Amnesia The Dark Descent: Closet Hiding! - YouTube
So would you like this game and the answer is yes if you are looking for a classic and one of the best game's the horror genre of games has ever had to offer but if you are not one for this type of game and want something a little more action packed instead of full of story and an interesting and horrific tale then i would look elswhere.
Was this review helpful? Yes No
47 of 54 people (87%) found this review helpful
2.8 hrs on record
Posted: November 19
You go insane after looking at bald, naked men.
What even.
Was this review helpful? Yes No
24 of 25 people (96%) found this review helpful
7.8 hrs on record
Posted: November 17
Your enjoyment of Amnesia: The Dark Descent hinges almost entirely on what you expect to get out of it.
As a horror game, certainly what it’s advertised and probably considered by most to be, it shockingly comes across as rather...uninteresting. It does an amazing job setting a tense, foreboding atmosphere, layering on copious amounts of disturbing exposition and twisted imagery. And then sort of throws it away when it attempts to bring it all to boiling point and scare you out of your wits, relying on a sluggish, rather dimwitted monster which is rather less than frightening and scare tactics which all too quickly become predictable.
The sense of dread I felt when I first awoke in the mysterious castle that makes up Amnesia, was lost after just a few hours, as it became dreadfully easy to guess exactly when and how the game would attempt to scare me, no matter how much I kept hoping that it would reject my expectations. Picking up key items, opening a particularly unappealing door, or finding a note; Amnesia’s list of triggers is short and used liberally, making for an experience that quite frankly left me a bit annoyed at how little it managed to get to me. I was practically begging to be scared by the end, but aside from a few very brief standout sections Amnesia almost does more to set you at ease than it does to freak you out.
I say all this, and yet, Amnesia is still immensely compelling as something completely atypical of what I would have guessed: a traditional adventure game. Behind the gruesome imagery and very effective atmosphere, the excellent puzzle designs and exploration were what kept me intrigued and wanting to come back to the game. Though they’re often simple in design, there’s a rewarding logic to each puzzle that makes them unexpectedly enjoyable to solve. Frictional Games manages to make blind exploration and continual backtracking interesting and continually stimulating, with each area you visit being visually distinct and engaging, and often holding within contextual exposition that creates a great sense of place and causes the castle to feel far larger than just the areas you explore.
When you’re not solving puzzles, the disorganized narrative compels you forward, leaving you vague notes that give just enough information to make you want to learn more while rarely telling you the whole story until the very end. Finding the details of this plot are often disturbing and thoroughly unpleasant, leaving me feeling rather mixed about my protagonists actions but nonetheless complacent as I couldn’t leave this story unfinished. The flashbacks/hallucinations that your character often witnesses gives a look into how the castle used to operate, horribly inhumane and driven by some mysterious supernatural element, but all the same a place I wanted to learn more about if only so I could make sense of my character’s madness.
This madness is perhaps the game’s strongest achievement, distorting the world around you and causing you to see things that may very well not be there. Staying too long in the dark wears on your sanity, requiring you to ransack every room you come across so you can be sure to have enough oil for your lantern and tinderboxes to light candles and torches. I was a bit disappointed that these resources came in such large supply, as it made darkness less of a threat and more of an occasional hindrance to your view, but the mechanic was still engaging enough to cause me to pay more attention to the environment and as a result find things I may otherwise have missed.
It’s a little funny to me that despite being let down by the aspect that I expected would have prevented me from even finishing the game, what I found underneath it proved more than enough to push me through the game. If you’re hoping Amnesia will leave you terrified and sleeping with the lights on, you’ll most likely be let down by the underdeveloped, somewhat lazy frights found here. But if you can appreciate the game without those prerequisites, there’s an eerie and twisted adventure game waiting to swallow you whole into its brilliantly realized darkness.
Was this review helpful? Yes No
35 of 44 people (80%) found this review helpful
1.0 hrs on record
Posted: July 10
get chased by a bunch of bondage enthusiasts through an abandoned disney funhouse
Was this review helpful? Yes No
26 of 31 people (84%) found this review helpful
0.8 hrs on record
Posted: October 12
one of the greatest mind messing games i've ever played, and that is while i played it during the day, and at night a total nightmare , the sounds and atmosphere created will have you quivering in your onesies
Was this review helpful? Yes No
20 of 21 people (95%) found this review helpful
13.9 hrs on record
Posted: October 4
I enjoyed this game a lot! For the right atmosphere it is utterly important that you play it with headphones on in a totally dark room. If you don't, you are missing out. Recommended for all fans of the horror genre.
Was this review helpful? Yes No
24 of 30 people (80%) found this review helpful
65.2 hrs on record
Posted: November 5
The best horror game ive ever played. :D
Was this review helpful? Yes No
15 of 15 people (100%) found this review helpful
25.2 hrs on record
Posted: October 29
Amnesia : The Dark Descent is a blend of adventure game elements such as exploration and physic based puzzles in a horror themed environment. They complement each other well, as the places you wander through get gradually more terrifying, the fairly unconvoluted riddles help you ease the tension that can become almost unbearable at times. This is where this game shines, the pace is skillfully mastered, even if you have difficulties persisting in horror games you might very well finish this one. The design is tighly knot around exploration, lightening candles and torches to ward off the darkness, finding the scattered pieces of the story and a death mechanic inconsequential to your progress. The game manages to fill you both with a sense of curiosity as you descent further into the abyss to unravel its mysteries, and a sense of dread to what awaits you in its darkest recesses. You won't be disappointed by its climax.
Amnesia : The Dark Descent is a very enjoyable and rewarding experience, yet a highly unpleasant one, reaching that difficult balance each horror game aims to find. It lasts 7 to 8 hours, and there is the possibility to play custom stories, which I might review here as I go through them.
Was this review helpful? Yes No
14 of 14 people (100%) found this review helpful
11.6 hrs on record
Posted: October 30
Very atmospheric, very scary. Definitley play alone, in a dark room, with headphones on. If you're looking to be scared, you won't be disappointed.
Was this review helpful? Yes No
47 of 75 people (63%) found this review helpful
11.3 hrs on record
Posted: November 2
0/10 not enough tinderboxes.
Was this review helpful? Yes No | http://store.steampowered.com/app/57300/?snr=1_237_237__201_1 | dclm-gs1-142040000 |
0.086966 | <urn:uuid:d1237f28-25c7-4ea7-b9a1-a64d7fe47eea> | en | 0.762928 | Help meet regulatory compliance and other actuarial modeling challenges
Algo Financial Modeler is an actuarial modeling system that provides essential risk and value information to support reliable and efficient decision. It makes facing the challenges of Solvency II and other risk-based regimes a less daunting prospect, as its advanced design specifically addresses the need for more realistic and complex modeling.
Algo Financial Modeler features include:
Flexible modeling platform
Modular structure
Advanced end-to-end actuarial modeling
Scalable modeling and production infrastructure
Algo Financial Modeler resources
Algo Financial Modeler
Contact IBM
Not in Suomi?
Helppoja tapoja saada haluamasi vastaukset.
Me voimme auttaa
Helppoja tapoja saada haluamasi vastaukset.
Algo Financial Modeler resources | http://www-03.ibm.com/software/products/fi/algofinamode | dclm-gs1-142110000 |
0.031514 | <urn:uuid:37c67d2f-ac7f-467b-a919-c0e9b89f3e37> | en | 0.926025 | Soul Connexions Radio
Soul Connexions Radio
Follow This Show
Stay in the know about new episodes and updates.
On-Demand Episodes
Don't miss this heart warming show as Robert recaps his entire 2014 run of Soul Connexions Radio, shares Holiday Wisdom, answers your questions, and looks ahead to 2015! Full of insights, soul, and guidance this show is the perfect way... more
How many times have your heard, ‘You are your words'? But as unlimited soulful beings how can that be true? Tune into this paradigm shattering show and get schooled ‘Ohotto Style' as to you why words can be powerful,... more
How can you shift into gratitude when you feel life sucks? What does it take to get back on the ‘gratitude' track and why should you? Is it really as simple as finding one thing to be grateful for? Do we unconsciously shame ourselves into... more
With the Internet and all the technological gadgets we have these days, are you feeling even more lost and lonely? Are you disconnecting from yourself and others in ways you're not even aware of? Tune into this timely show as... more | http://www.blogtalkradio.com/soulconnexionsradio/page/1 | dclm-gs1-142200000 |
0.325398 | <urn:uuid:af42341f-3929-48d3-ba0e-dda6cbb8ec84> | en | 0.951769 |
I. RIP Megaupload
II. Feds Kill MegaUpload Abruptly, Arrest It's New Zealand Admins
III. Counterstrike
Developing story...
Sources: Twitter, U.S. DOJ
Comments Threshold
I wonder..
By tamalero on 1/19/2012 10:13:37 PM , Rating: 3
What kind of muscle or pressure the USA government put in New Zealand and the countries raiding and detaining people for "copyright infringement" by US sources.
I wonder if this is a counter to the whole music argument (regarding that famous musical video.. where megaupload claimed the artist were legit doing the video.. but the RIAA claimed it was copyrighted work...)
RE: I wonder..
By CityZen on 1/20/2012 12:30:24 AM , Rating: 5
EXACTLY! That is the most frightening thing of all. I mean, the NEW ZEALAND police arrested four people for a non violent crime supposedly committed against an American Company??? Say what?
I'm neither a lawyer nor an expert in international law, but I have some SERIOUS doubts about the legality of these arrests.
RE: I wonder..
By B3an on 1/20/2012 9:38:41 AM , Rating: 1
America always bullys these type of countries in to things. It's the same with similar draft laws in Europe that are a lot like SOPA. It's been proven the American goverment was behind them and was bullying others to support it. **** America.
RE: I wonder..
By msheredy on 1/20/2012 11:36:17 AM , Rating: 1
No it's not **** America, it's **** the GOV of America. Get it right and don't generalize dipshit.
RE: I wonder..
RE: I wonder..
RE: I wonder..
By StevoLincolnite on 1/20/2012 12:55:33 PM , Rating: 2
America always bullys these type of countries in to things.
Except... America Bullying New Zealand doesn't work, they have tried in the past.
New Zealand is a Nuclear Free zone, America wanted to have it repealed to allow Nuclear ships and weapons, that's not going to happen as the people and Government had already spoken.
So, the US suspends the ANZUS defense obligations to apply some pressure. And even today New Zealand hasn't buckled, they would rather continue their close ties to their neighbor Australia than the US.
New Zealand is seen to have the least corrupt government on Earth, they would have followed and done everything by the book, otherwise they would get castrated by the people and the news outlets.
RE: I wonder..
By x10Unit1 on 1/20/2012 10:56:09 AM , Rating: 2
And you wonder why they want SOPA passed. They already can arrest people in other countries for charges of copyright infringement. It is too slow and too expensive to bribe people do arrest all of these people. Why spend money on time, research, and bribes when you can spend a lot of money for a law that gives you rights to shut down any site you please for little or no reason? I am sure they can use this to arrest people too.
RE: I wonder..
By aurareturn on 1/22/2012 1:40:05 AM , Rating: 2
If you read the entire document, you'll see hard evidence that suggests employees at Megaupload knowingly allowed illegal content on their sites. They were also trying to find traffic to those illegal content. DOJ has emails sent between MU employees talking about how to make money off of these links.
Let's be honest here, illegal content is probably MU's biggest revenue stream. Heck, I thought about buying a MU account once because of that but never did.
If MU was really serious about piracy, they would have went to and deleted all their links. It would have probably taken several people 24 hours to do so and they would have had a big part of illegal content off their service. They didn't and didn't care.
This is MU's fault. I'm sad that they are gone too but let's not act like they are innocent.
RE: I wonder..
By TSS on 1/20/2012 10:58:08 AM , Rating: 4
Frightening is not the word i'd choose. "Normal" would be.
My country (holland) has a agreement with the US that we turn over any dutch citizens suspected of any crime in the US. Probably, that agreement was used in the arrest of the person from the netherlands.
However, if an US citizen is suspected of crime in the netherlands, the US DOES NOT have to turn him/her over. By law, they are allowed to give us the finger.
All perfectly legal, and i suspect remnants of WWII/the cold war. They will remain that way until the politicians grow some balls and recognise the US could just as easily be a threat as a friend, and any relationship should be a 2 way street.
RE: I wonder..
By tecknurd on 1/20/2012 8:39:16 PM , Rating: 1
Easy, the intellectual property is copyrighted under USA law. It is enforced where copyright content is sold. This means USA has a right to arrest those that did not confine to the rules in those areas. Though USA should of put MegaUpload in a temporarily down state until all copyright material is erase to a point that it did not ever exist, but people that New Zealand police arrested were pro-piracy which is again illegal.
For MegaUploads accounts that are using it legally, those people should start suing if the site is not up. Hacking to bring a government site down does not work against the government. Suing or protesting does.
| http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=23832&commentid=744320&threshhold=1&red=541 | dclm-gs1-142480000 |
0.062537 | <urn:uuid:1f833365-3fca-4215-b81c-a5e7d1437c9e> | en | 0.976817 |
The defense could begin its case as early as Monday, when the trial will resume. Manning's defense said at the opening of the trial that he was a young and naive, but a good-intentioned soldier whose struggle to fit in as a gay man in the military made him feel he "needed to do something to make a difference in this world."
He told a military judge in February he leaked the war logs to document "the true costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan," including the deaths of two Reuters employees killed in a U.S. helicopter attack. Manning said the diplomatic cables revealed secret pacts and deceit he thought should be exposed.
The evidence showed Manning's training repeatedly instructed him not to give classified information to unauthorized people.
As they wrapped up their case, prosecutors offered that al-Qaida leaders reveled in WikiLeaks' publication of classified U.S. documents, urging members to study them before devising ways to attack the United States.
"I think it was pretty clear that WikiLeaks would have released anything and everything," he said. "Just because he did it that way, is that evidence of intent to share it with the enemy?"
Manning faces eight espionage counts and a computer fraud charge, all alleging he either exceeded his authorized access to classified information or had unauthorized possession of national defense material. His top-secret clearance enabled him to look at many kinds of classified information, but an information assurance officer, Capt. Thomas Cherepko, testified that "having the ability to go there doesn't mean you have the need or authority to go there."
Prosecutors requested fewer courtroom closures to discuss classified information than they projected before the trial started. Maj. Ashden Fein initially said as much as 30 percent of the government's case would require closing the courtroom, but there were only three secret sessions.
"They may have felt that it was not serving public confidence in the administration of justice to run any more of it than was absolutely necessary behind closed doors," said Eugene Fidell, who teaches military justice at Yale Law School.
| http://www.denverpost.com/arcade/ci_23582056/prosecution-winding-down-wikileaks-case | dclm-gs1-142530000 |
0.07491 | <urn:uuid:a4271caf-2aca-44a1-b166-7d1600a6303f> | en | 0.955276 | Full Version | Sign Up | Login
Browse | Reviews | Pop | Blogs | Forum
Review: Europa Universalis IV photo
Review: Europa Universalis IV
Crushing peasants and building empires
2:00 PM on 08.26.2013 by Fraser Brown
I've just united Italy after over a century of bloody conflicts. From Doge of The Serene Republic of Venice to the first King of Italy -- it's quite the step up. Along the way, I've upset the gargantuan Holy Roman Empire, gone to war with the Papal State, conquered Serbia, and inadvertently helped France take over most of Spain. Now I've got the vast Ottoman Empire knocking at my door, and I'm about to lose everything.
Europa Universalis IV is a stage for all sorts of savage political and war-time drama. Once upon a time the franchise was the providence of grognards, history aficionados, and lovers of strategy board games, but times have changed. Everybody and their mum seems to love Game of Thrones -- which, with its wars, politics, and intrigue is not so far removed from Europa Universalis -- and Paradox has done the unthinkable by making this fourth iteration user-friendly, opening the doors to the grubby masses.
It remains daunting, impossibly huge, and unapologetically complex, but it might very well be one of the most scintillating and rewarding strategy games I've plonked myself down to play from sunrise to sunset. I only say "might" because if I said it definitely was, you'd probably just bugger off and play it instead of sitting patiently for me to confirm this at the very end of the review like the terrible tease that I am.
Europa Universalis IV (PC)
Developer: Paradox Development Studio
Publisher: Paradox Interactive
Released: August 14, 2013
MSRP: $39.99
Maps and menus are damn sexy, right? If your response to that was "God, no" then you're looking at the wrong ones. The map and menus of Europa Universalis are windows into the stories of nations, and ones that you won't have to spend hours wrestling with to comprehend.
Fluctuating borders, gigantic mountain ranges, continents changing with the seasons -- the world has never looked so alive in a grand strategy title. It's so good looking, in fact, that I spend most of my time playing in the regular terrain mode, not wanting the various trade, political, and religious overlays to spoil the gorgeous vista. I pause the game and switch when I need more information, but I quickly go back to ogling the Alps or admiring the way the leaves turn orange during Autumn.
At a glance, a high inflation rate might just look like a random percentage, but in reality it's the result of a decade-long war and loans constantly being taken out to pay for a huge mercenary army. Or perhaps it's the result of greed, with the nation creating too many gold mines and mismanaging the economy. Merely hovering over the inflation number reveals the reason the nation is in dire straits.
With the interface helping rather than hindering, newcomers and old hats alike can jump in and lead their chosen nation -- out of almost any era-appropriate nation you can think off, from England to the Aztec Empire -- from 15th century to the 19th century without freaking out when their peasants start rioting for no particular reason, or another power declares war out of the blue, simply because such things don't happen. There's always an underlying reason, and it can always be found.
Europa Universalis lavishes players with countless missions, offering some handy direction. At any time, there are several missions available, all logical for the nation they are given to and the situation it's in. England might get a mission to conquer territory in France that it lost during the Hundred Years' War, or after years of economic mismanagement, any nation might be offered a mission to lower inflation.
Not merely a guiding hand, missions result in rewards like increased prestige -- which affects the opinions other countries have of you -- or a higher military tradition, buffing the armed forces.
This new addition doesn't change the fact that Europa Universalis has always been about setting your own goals, encouraging players to live out their "what if?" historical fantasies. And with there being no set victory conditions, it's less about winning or losing and more about the journey.
My attempt to turn Scotland into a wealthy colonial power completely failed when England declared war in the 1600s and my French allies refused to help me. My burgeoning colonial holdings were gobbled up, and soon the English marched into Scotland and put my cities to the torch. I didn't feel like I'd "lost" the game, however. That story had merely ended violently instead of ending with an unlikely Scottish empire. That didn't make it any less entertaining or worthwhile.
Viewed separately, these systems might seem a tad mind-boggling, but considered as one system where every action ties into another, it's a lot easier to wrap your noggin around. It remains intricate and complex, but entirely logical -- once you spot the threads that connect everything from trade to conquest together, it becomes more about mastering them and learning how to exploit them than figuring out how they work.
Playing with these systems often results in some tough decisions. "Do I spend my military points to stamp out a potential rebellion, or do I upgrade my soldiers so I can face a threat amassing on my border?" The challenge is in identifying the most immediate concerns and then planning for others. Much of my time with Europa Universalis has been spent with the game paused, pouring over menus, investigating my neighbors, and fretting over what my next step will be. It can be intense and exhausting, but the rewards of outsmarting a devious foe or surviving an invasion from a significantly more powerful country make it worthwhile.
Europa Universalis IV's greatest triumph -- beyond being a deep grand strategy title that doesn't obfuscate everything and leave newcomers weeping in the corner -- is how it makes every new game feel like a new game. Some nations, like England, France, and The Ottomans have clearly had more time spent on making them distinct, but even smaller powers like Native American tribes get their own unique units, even though less attention has been paid to their missions and historical events.
They all offer new experiences, however. Whether it's because of the part of the world they are situated in, the player-defined goals, or how the AI nations around them are acting -- there's always a surprise ready to assault you. Old friends can turn into enemies because they fear your conquering ways -- nations now hold grudges that can last for lifetimes -- or your entire population could rise up against you because they are sick of frequent wars, national debt, or feel like they are living under a tyrant.
Few plans can go off without a hitch, because Europa Universalis is such a reactive game. You're not playing in a vacuum; you're playing with hundreds of nations with diverse populations, and they've all got their own goals and ambitions. Rivalries develop over time, coalitions pop up, with your neighbors teaming up against you, and religions violently collide. Something is always going on, and it's not always a given that you'll be able to control it.
Even taking the reins of the same country multiple times can result in a completely different jaunt through history. I've played as Venice twice now, and the first time -- which you can read about here -- ended with Austria utterly spanking me, but on my second attempt, Austria was completely smashed by France and I, the Holy Roman Empire ended up being controlled by Bohemia, and I united Italy.
Adding multiplayer into the equation makes thing even more unpredictable, and if you've read any of my articles recounting my LAN experiences with the game, you'll know that I was looking forward to spending a lot of my time with Europa Universalis IV online. Lamentably, the fates have conspired against me.
Using Steam instead of the atrocious metaserver from previous Paradox Development Studio games, the multiplayer promised to be a lot more stable and nowhere near as fiddly as past iterations. There's even a handy hot-join option, letting players jump into a game-in-progress without having to faff about. I've not been able to test it at all, however, as I can't even see the games my chums are hosting, nor can I connect via IP. I know that a lot of folk are enjoying the multiplayer with almost no issues, but I'm not one of them.
Despite the multiplayer issues I've encountered, Europa Universalis IV has been the most stable and bug-free Paradox title I've ever played. I spotted some Belgian troops going completely crazy, moving back and forth in the same provinces for an entire year, and when I first started playing clicking on colonial provinces would bring up no information, and I had to click on the region next to them, but since the first week I've not seen anything like that again. Even more surprising is that I haven't crashed once.
I'm quite willing to admit that I've become obsessed with Europa Universalis IV. When I'm not talking about it, I'm desperate to bring it up, and when I chat to someone that I know for a fact plays it, I'll happily natter away for hours, regaling them with the history of my nations, demanding that they entertain me with tales of their own.
Paradox Development Studio has shown that it understands grand strategy like no other studio. Europa Universalis IV is the defining game in the genre, laying out the whole world in front of players and just letting them have at it. It's a polished, almost terrifyingly vast title that gets its hooks in you the moment you click on that first country, and simply refuses to let go. Now, if you don't mind, I've got some peasants to oppress.
The Verdict
9.5 /10
Read more reviews Confused? Score guide!
Previous | Home
Home | Browse | Reviews | Popular
Full Version | Sign Up | Login | http://www.destructoid.com/review-europa-universalis-iv-259939.phtml?nav=mobile&mode=mobile | dclm-gs1-142550000 |
0.033263 | <urn:uuid:22bbee6f-e52c-48d7-b476-abb1d0338f75> | en | 0.961026 | Endings in GTA V
From Grand Theft Wiki
Jump to: navigation, search
Grand Theft Auto V has three discrete endings. Towards the end of the game, Franklin Clinton is forced to assassinate either Trevor Philips for FIB Agents Steve Haines and Dave Norton or Michael De Santa for Devin Weston. Alternatively, Franklin can choose to save both Michael and Trevor and eliminate their collective enemies once and for all. Once the player successfully completes one of the three endings, the remaining two are unlocked in the "Replay Mission" menu; replaying any of the ending missions does not change Michael's or Trevor's endgame status.
The lead up
Lamar Down
After rescuing Lamar Davis from a Ballas ambush at the sawmill near Paleto Bay and dropping him off at his house, Agents Haines and Norton show up, telling Franklin that he has to assassinate Trevor. Agent Haines originally wanted to kill all three; however, Agent Norton convinces him that Franklin and Michael can be reasoned with and should be spared. Franklin protests, saying he doesn't have a problem with Trevor and asks why they can't get Michael to kill Trevor, and Agent Norton tells Franklin that Michael can't do it because Trevor won't allow him to get close enough to do the job.
After The Big Score
Sometime after the Union Depository heist, Devin Weston shows up at Franklin's house, telling Franklin that he wants Michael killed for ruining several of his business ventures as well as killing his legal counsel Molly Schultz. Weston also tries to give Franklin personal motivation for killing Michael by saying that he betrayed everyone he has ever known and got Franklin involved with the FIB in the first place. Franklin retorts by stating that Weston hasn't paid him for his previous job, and the FIB already wants him to kill Trevor; however, Weston says it doesn't matter, claiming that he has the clout to end the careers of both Haines and Norton.
After Weston leaves, Franklin has to make his decision.
Option A: Kill Trevor
If Franklin decides to kill Trevor, he calls Trevor to meet him in El Burro Heights. Before meeting with Trevor, Franklin calls Michael for his assistance. When Franklin and Trevor meet, Franklin makes his intentions known, and Trevor calls Franklin a traitor just like Michael. Franklin then gives chase to Trevor, eventually ending up at the oil fields, where Michael rams his car into Trevor's pickup, where it crashes into an oil tanker. Franklin then shoots the leaking oil, which ignites and burns Trevor to death.
After killing Trevor, Michael and Franklin still remain friends; however, Michael will no longer hang out with Franklin, claiming that he "needs time" after Trevor's death. Jimmy De Santa will no longer hang out with either Michael or Franklin due to their involvement in Trevor's death. Lamar can continue to hang out with Franklin, albeit only after sundown. Lester Crest splits Trevor's take from the Union Depository heist between Michael and Franklin.
Option B: Kill Michael
If Franklin decides to kill Michael, he calls Michael to meet him at the satellite dishes in Blaine County. On the way, Franklin calls Trevor for his assistance; however, Trevor refuses to help him kill Michael. When Franklin and Michael meet, Franklin makes his intentions known. Franklin then gives chase to Michael, where they end up at a factory and up one of its chimneys. During the confrontation, Michael tells Franklin that he was like the son he always wanted, while Franklin argues that he could have been betrayed and killed at any time. Franklin knocks Michael off the chimney, where he falls to his death.
After Franklin kills Michael, Trevor severs all ties with Franklin. Jimmy will no longer hang out with either Franklin or Trevor due to Michael's death. Trevor will also no longer hang out with Lamar; however, Lamar will still hang out with Franklin, albeit only after sundown. Neither Franklin nor Trevor receive Michael's share from the Union Depository heist as Lester had given it to Michael's family.
Option C: Deathwish
If Franklin chooses to defy both Haines and Weston, he contacts Lester on how to handle the situation. Lester contacts Haines and Weston, telling them that the bullion from the Union Depository heist is being smelted at the foundry in Cypress Flats. Franklin has Michael and Trevor meet him and Lamar at the foundry to ambush the FIB and Merryweather mercenaries. After wiping out the FIB and Merryweather, Franklin has Lester track down the whereabouts of Haines, Weston, Wei Cheng, and Harold "Stretch" Joseph, finding all but Weston. Trevor takes Haines, who is at the Del Perro Pier filming his TV show, Franklin takes Cheng, who is at a club in Pacific Bluffs, and Michael takes Stretch, who is at the B.J. Smith Recreation Center and Park. After eliminating Haines, Cheng and Stretch, Lester finds Weston at his estate, guarded by Merryweather mercenaries. Trevor wipes out Weston's guards and kidnaps Weston, putting him in trunk of his car. Trevor drives to Paleto Cove to wait for Michael and Franklin. The three push Weston's car into the ocean and decide to all remain friends, but choose to end their "professional" relationship. | http://www.grandtheftwiki.com/index.php?title=Endings_in_GTA_V&mobileaction=toggle_view_desktop | dclm-gs1-142840000 |
0.058081 | <urn:uuid:46cde2cf-569b-4cb8-bb19-0a7b8f18fa1c> | en | 0.980781 | 1959 Studebaker 4E1-112 Pickup
Matthew Burnette, 17
1959 Studebaker 4E1-112 Pickup
Feature Article from Hemmings Classic Car
October, 2007 - Jeff Koch
It's not easy being a Studebaker man these days. Oh, sure, there are fine examples around and there are any number of great national and regional clubs full of swell people, but in terms of recognition by just about anyone under, oh, 40, Studebaker is nowhere. Most kids these days wouldn't know a Studebaker if it ran over them, although they'd likely find a clever abbreviation to use for that long name while text-messaging their pals from the hospital afterwards.
Imagine a family where the preservation of this fabled old name, pre-dating motoring itself, is not looked upon with tut-tutting, disdain and a roll of the eyes, but is encouraged, all the way up and down the family tree. Such is the lucky case of Matthew Burnette of Hazlehurst, Georgia, not quite eighteen but already proud to call this 1959 Scotsman 4E1-112 pickup his daily driver.
Matthew's grandpa bought a 1948 Champion convertible in 1965 for 35 bucks. It later went, but its departure is characterized as "one of his biggest regrets" by Matthew. Rather than be relegated to some wistful memory, Grandpa went Studebaker crazy. A string of South Bend's finest followed: a cast of Hawks (including a 1957 Silver Hawk he's had since 1970 and redone twice now), an exultation of Larks (with apologies to James Lipton), and a loaf of trucks. The fleet numbers more than a dozen runners, with more parts cars on hand just in case.
The Studebaker affliction isn't something that's skipped a generation, either: Matthew's mom drove a six-cylinder 1963 Daytona hardtop, a car that Matthew is in the process of restoring, while one of Matt's uncles has run a 1951 Champion Starlight Coupe for the past 20 years.
Which is all background and reasoning for the 1959 Scotsman 4E1-112 pickup that Matthew calls his daily driver. "It's been repainted and the engine's been overhauled," he says, "but it's never had rust problems or been apart." At this writing, the factory-born 170-cu.in. OD powertrain with three-speed transmission hadn't quite reached 53,000 miles yet.
"The story of my Scotsman started in May of 1960, when a local Farmall tractor mechanic, Mr. Ryles, bought the pickup from a Buick dealer," Matthew reports. "He paid all of $1,389.64 for it; he used the truck in his business until 1974, when a radiator hose blew and the engine ran hot. Mr. Ryles pulled the truck into his barn and overhauled the engine.
"But the Scotsman sat in the same spot until 1994, when my Uncle Mitchell bought it. He repainted the entire truck and installed the original 170-cu.in. Champion 6. The original color was a light blue, but Uncle Mitchell decided it had to be Omaha Orange."
From there, it's done the family tour: "Uncle Mitchell had the truck a few years and drove it to several shows, bringing home many first-place trophies. He decided to get married and build a house, so he traded the truck to my Uncle James for some building supplies."
You'd think that the little Scotsman had earned its retirement by now, but if anything it was keeping an increasingly difficult schedule. "Uncle James had it for a while. I recall a cube of brick and even a pallet of stone in the bed of the truck on more than one occasion when he owned it.
"When Uncle James was getting married, he sold the truck to my granddad. Now, Granddad really used that truck like a truck was meant to be used! He owns a masonry business, and he used the Scotsman when his regular work truck broke down. He towed his mortar mixer with it, and hauled brick, block and bags of cement. It was still running like new, and was still earning its keep."
Matthew, meanwhile, had lucked into a Studebaker of his own: a 1951 2R16 dump truck. It was a donation to the South Georgia chapter of the Studebaker Drivers' Club, and Matthew's grandfather restored it for the club to raffle off. Later, the pair drove it a couple hundred miles round-trip to appear at a swap-n-sell meet, in order to generate ticket sales for the raffle. "I bought six tickets. I didn't really want it, much less have a use for it, but thought I would give it a try anyways." So no one was more surprised than Matthew when, at the annual meet in April 2006, his name was drawn as the raffle winner! "I had no idea what I would do with a 1.5-ton dump truck," he told us.
Then, in a night of sleepless, giddy excitement, that idea came to him: maybe Granddad would entertain a straight swap for the Scotsman, which at that point was down with a mechanical issue. "Over last summer, the little Scotsman had developed a loud knock. We did a partial teardown, and when the timing gear cover was taken off, we saw that timing gear had lost a few teeth and caused the knock." An easy enough problem to fix, with the parts and expertise provided by several generations of Studebaker owner-drivers on hand.
Once the Scotsman was roadworthy again, Matthew proposed the swap with his grandfather. Granddad had apparently become attached to the dump truck over its two-year overhaul, so he eagerly accepted the trade. "I wanted the Scotsman, as the dump truck was too much truck for me, and my granddad wanted the dump truck to use in his business." Hey, if he restored it once, surely he could use it for awhile and restore it again if he had to.
The proud young owner shared some other facts about his now-smooth-running Scotsman. "I'm the fifth owner of this truck, and every owner since 1960 has lived in Jeff Davis county. It hasn't been out of the state of Georgia since being delivered here in 1959. I've really enjoyed my Scotsman, and I hope to keep it in the family for many years to come."
Order Backissues of Hemmings Classic Car | Subscribe to Hemmings Classic Car
Reader Comments
Hemmings Classic Car
Order Backissues of Hemmings Classic Car | http://www.hemmings.com/hcc/stories/2007/10/01/hmn_feature25.html | dclm-gs1-142860000 |
0.167896 | <urn:uuid:27d4395f-22a1-4554-ab40-65d250012f57> | en | 0.986699 | February 19, 2011 by
I play a lot of online games, and have run into some really different and original Gamer tags and names. I always wonder what made that person pick that name. Like my gamer tag when I was on the 360 steady just my initials for my name followed by a term I heard, were my gamer tag. Everyone though it was short for Death. Well the people that I played Gears 2 with decided that we should start a clan. That's where the BoS (Brothers of Sera) comes from. We weren't a big clan didn't even have a website, but it was us. Well after a bunch of red eye's of death, and people becoming short of money and having to sell there stuff, and my loss for the love of the Xbox. I stick with my name, and have become used to being called Boss.
My question is does anyone else have meaning or a reason why there tag is what it is?
Submit Blog
blog comments powered by Disqus | http://www.ign.com/blogs/bos_death6996/2011/02/19/gamertags-do-all-have-meaning-or-are-some-totally-random | dclm-gs1-142940000 |
0.372286 | <urn:uuid:2b4e59f4-57f7-4ed4-9a33-25af511fc358> | en | 0.768508 | @article {Halpin:2013-12-01T00:00:00:0363-6445:996, author = "Halpin, Kate M. and Fishbein, Mark", title = "A Chloroplast Phylogeny of Agavaceae subfamily Chlorogaloideae: Implications for the Tempo of Evolution on Serpentine Soils", journal = "Systematic Botany", volume = "38", number = "4", year = "2013-12-01T00:00:00", abstract = " Abstract—
Agavaceae subfamily Chlorogaloideae is composed of the North American genera Camassia, Chlorogalum, Hastingsia, and Schoenolirion, with many species occupying serpentine soils or other poor soils with unusual chemistries. The monophyly and intergeneric relationships of this group have not been rigorously assessed. We estimated the phylogeny of Chlorogaloideae using four chloroplast DNA regions: rpl16 intron and trnD‐trnY‐trnE‐trnT, psbJ‐petA, and trnS‐trnfM spacers, with the goals of evaluating 1) the monophyly of Chlorogaloideae, 2) the monophyly of each genus and generic interrelationships, 3) the placement of Chlorogaloideae in Agavaceae, and 4) the history of adaptation onto serpentine soils. Maximum parsimony, maximum likelihood, and Bayesian analyses provided concordant estimates of the phylogeny supporting the monophyly of a clade consisting of Camassia, Chlorogalum, and Hastingsia, but suggest that Schoenolirion may be more closely related to Hesperoyucca and Hesperaloe. Each genus of Chlorogaloideae was found to be monophyletic except Chlorogalum, with C. parviflorum and C. purpureum forming a paraphyletic grade to other Chlorogalum, Camassia, and Hastingia. Ancestral character reconstructions employing parsimony, likelihood, and stochastic mapping suggest that serpentine tolerance was gained and lost multiple times in Chlorogaloideae with comparable rates of gains and losses with a small bias towards losses. We discuss the significance of the estimated phylogeny for the evolution of the distinctive bimodal karyotype of Agavaceae.", pages = "996-1011", url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/aspt/sb/2013/00000038/00000004/art00012", doi = "doi:10.1600/036364413X674850", keyword = "edaphic endemism, Hesperocallis, Hastingsia, Camassia, Schoenolirion, Chlorogalum" } | http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/aspt/sb/2013/00000038/00000004/art00012?format=bib | dclm-gs1-142960000 |
0.305961 | <urn:uuid:20891ea9-6128-4a07-8232-710a62706577> | en | 0.964473 | to think it's perfectly normal that tenants would need to dry their clothes somehow, either indoors or outdoors?
(84 Posts)
Owllady Wed 23-Apr-14 11:04:22
I have realised on 're reading my new lease that there is a clause that says I am not allowed to hang a line outside to dry my clothes. I am not allowed to use a clothes airer and drying clothes on the radiators is not permitted.
Without a tumble dryer, what are you supposed to do? No laundrette within 13 miles
Fwiw, I have put up a line anyway, years ago without complaint and I also use a clothes airer and I hang stuff to warm through on the radiators if necessary ffs
Brittapieandchips Wed 23-Apr-14 11:07:39
Ignore it (as you have done ). They have put it in to try and blame you if the house gets damp. It's bloody stupid.
Are they generally good landlords? Some of them seem to have sudden attacks of idiot but mostly be lovely. I don't know why.
Pointeshoes Wed 23-Apr-14 11:08:21
Well I can understand about not drying clothes inside but to say you can't have washing on a line is stupid, not sure you can do anything about it now you've signed...
Oldraver Wed 23-Apr-14 11:08:30
I think the no outside line ridiculous, I know its common in some countries but thought we had more sense. I hope this doesn't become more common. It would put me off moving if this was a condition.
I understand the no radiator/clothes airer is to stop condensation but if you had a basic tumble dryer this wouldn't be vented and chuck out damp air anyway
AlpacaYourThings Wed 23-Apr-14 11:09:51
I would email the landlord and ask them for their preferred method of drying clothes, considering the Laundrette is 13 miles away.
Do they just not want you to drill into the wall or something? I can’t think of any reason not to dry clothes outside, carry on as you are imo.
I don't follow how they can stop you using a clothes airer? If you stand it up outside?
I can understand not hanging over radiators/not putting up a line, but not the other.
I agree, ask them how you're meant to do it.
LadyVetinari Wed 23-Apr-14 11:18:00
If it only says that you can't hang a line outside, surely the easiest way around this would be to get a floor-standing rotary line? You can even get some with weighted bases that don't require any drilling into the ground.
Failing that, I highly recommend a condensing tumble dryer if you have the funds and the space. Ours cost <£200, is not expensive to run, and is as easy to remove and reinstall as a freezer. I resisted buying luxury white goods while renting, but the condensing dryer and the slimline dishwasher have completely converted me.
Owllady Wed 23-Apr-14 11:18:41
I don't know if the landlord has read it as its signed on his behalf by the letting agent.
I just find it arbitrary
littlegreengloworm Wed 23-Apr-14 11:20:45
I bet he landlady doesnt have problem with it. Is probably just a contract they churn out for everyone. Lots of apartments here don't allow outside drying but I think it's very unfair.
littlegreengloworm Wed 23-Apr-14 11:20:59
PourquoiTuGachesTaVie Wed 23-Apr-14 11:25:45
Banning drying clothes inside is ridiculous anyway. What are you supposed to do in winter?
PourquoiTuGachesTaVie Wed 23-Apr-14 11:26:23
Or Spring, Summer and Autumn for that matter. It's not like it never rains here.
HeirToTheIronThrone Wed 23-Apr-14 11:27:57
Are you in a house or flats? The past three flat blocks I have lived in, including our current one, has a no washing outside on balconies rule. My BIL put an airer out there when they were staying with us a couple of years ago and the dickhead man who runs the residents' committee had pushed a copy of the rules through the door with the relevant paragraph highlighted within about 10 minutes. I think it's something to do with having the outside of the building look nice!
We bought a little cheapo dryer from Argos that lives in the corner of the spare bedroom with a throw over it and then gets pulled out and the hose stuck out the window.
Yeah, as a LL I totally understand about not drying clothes inside but not having a washing line outside - WT actual F.
Like someone pointed out, maybe the LL doesn't want one of those ones with the posts concreted into the garden - you can get whirly ones on a stand now I think.
Is it one of those posh places where it isn't seen as a nice sight? My dad has an apartment in Spain and they are not allowed to hang towels over the balcony. Are you in a flat or a house?
Owllady Wed 23-Apr-14 11:43:52
It's a house with a garden. All the neighbouring properties have washing lines too
Anyway I will cheer the fuck up, get some fresh air and walk the dog
Owllady Wed 23-Apr-14 11:46:04
Maybe i could attach wet sheets to my back like a cape whilst I do so
specialsubject Wed 23-Apr-14 11:48:14
unenforceable contract. clothes have to be dried somewhere.
obviously drying clothes indoors is not ideal, but if you ventilate and heat properly then it is fine. Similarly a line in the garden is only sensible!
sounds a standard clause. You could check with the landlord but as I said, you have to dry your washing somewhere.
places that complain about washing hung outside are my pet hate. We need to reduce energy use and that means minimising tumble drying.
lurkerspeaks Wed 23-Apr-14 11:48:34
I'm not allowed to dry washing outside on my balcony.
I haven't tried it but suspect strongly I would get the rules through the door sharpish. It is the kind of place but actually enforcing the rules is why it is a nice place to live - high density, high rise housing can only work if people follow basic rules for living - some are more onerous than others eg. I find not being able to dry my washing outside crazy but I am truly grateful that there are prescribed (and enforced) hours for internal alterations/ DIY so my weekends and evenings don't routinely get disturbed.
OnIlkleyMoorBahTwat Wed 23-Apr-14 12:03:17
Because I am a contrary bastard, who dislikes following pointless rules that make no sense at all, I would ignore such a rule.
I don't like tumble driers anyway as they ruin your clothes and that's before you get to the cost and environmental argument.
And tough about balconies 'looking nice'. If someone is offended by the sight of washing, they should be grateful they have nothing worse to worry about.
I'm sure no-one who is otherwise paying their rent etc can be evicted without a court order, and then surely the Unfair Terms and Conditions Regulations could be used to win the case?
HeirToTheIronThrone Wed 23-Apr-14 12:16:08
Oh - well in a house with a garden that sounds mad!
we arent supposed to have a line in the gardens here but all the houses have one of those whirly things instead (apart from my neighbour who has taken their whirly out and has a retractable line instead). It doesnt say you cant have one of them if it only specifies a line.
Pantone363 Wed 23-Apr-14 12:27:10
My contract says no washing in the garden. Apparently it doesn't look naice. I like in a country cottage on a farm hmm
DP lives in a new build flat. Not allowed to dry clothes on the balcony. However his neighbour stores weeks of bin bags on his balcony because he can't be arsed to walk them downstairs. That's apparently fine hmm
Pantone363 Wed 23-Apr-14 12:28:30
But my contract also says I'm not allowed to be under the influence of alcohol within my house. And if I'm going to be away for more than 24hrs I'm to inform my landlord.
Yep. I know.
LadyVetinari Wed 23-Apr-14 12:32:05
Bloody hell, Pantone363! My previous contract said that we had to inform the lettings agent if we were going away for >2 weeks, but they were always hmm when we actually did so...
LokiDokey Wed 23-Apr-14 12:38:30
DS's 'apartments' have this clause. They are a rather posh complex (and he and his GF must stick out like a sore thumb being young and not driving BMW's lol) with fancy communal gardens and grounds and one of their clauses is they aren't allowed to dry outside.
They have storage heaters inside so drying on those is difficult. They have big patio doors in the lounge so in winter they pull a clothes maid in front of the doors whilst they are at work and the sun (should there be any) dries the washing. In summer they are a bit naughty and drag it just outside the patio doors into the posh grounds.
Nobody has complained about them yet.
If all else fails I get the "muuuuuum" phone call and a bag of washing hmm
CantUnderstandNewtonsTheory Wed 23-Apr-14 12:52:20
Ours says the same thing, I've ignored it and put up a washing line like all the neighbours. We're also not allowed to hang pictures, put up shelves, switch energy suppliers or get a water meter put in hmm I hate renting!
Chattymummyhere Wed 23-Apr-14 12:59:35
My contract says loads if crap and about 98% is not law a court would laugh them out of the building.
Same as the must allow access with 24 hours notice.. Wrong
Must give 2 months notice.. Wrong
Even no pet clauses are against human rights or something according to Brussels contract must state that permission will not be withheld without good reason blah blah...
Just ignore and follow the only legal bits..
Rent due date
Rent amount
Deposit stuff
Acting in a tennant like way (report faults)
TillyTellTale Wed 23-Apr-14 13:02:18
Some people really object to washing lines. There was a thread recently from someone who was deciding against renting a particular flat because the neighbours had washing lines.
I don't get the concept at all. I'm happy to abstain from hanging pictures or shelving, but protecting the delicate neighbours from the sight of a drying t-shirt is too big an ask for me! Especially as tumble dryers add to the electricity bill.
Pobblewhohasnotoes Wed 23-Apr-14 13:22:34
In our old flat we has a clause that said we weren't allowed to dry washing inside. We did anyway.
Owllady Wed 23-Apr-14 14:45:41
Our house is on farmland too and believe me, the carpets and decor in this place us far more offensive than my sainsburys granny knickers hanging in the line for all to see <sucks teeth>
I saw a beautiful hare on my walk smile
fluffyraggies Wed 23-Apr-14 15:07:36
i'm shock
Dear god i think i'd lamp anyone who insisted i wasn't allowed to dry our clothes in the house! There's 5 adult size people (one who has a filthy day job) and a baby in this family. So 2 wash loads a day minimum - plus all the bedding etc,; it'd cost a fortune in electricity to run a dryer after every wash! Jesus. I'm not the bloody Aga Khan!
And not allowed a line up in the garden?? shock
Pay a bloody fortune to rent a place and then not be allowed to live a normal life? ... bollocks to that angry
Our landlord + lady kindly provided the bloomin great supporting pole for our 20 meter out door line, were fine about DH doing a small cement footing for it into the lawn, and a year in have never quizzed us on our indoor clothes drying habits at all. Neither did our last land-lord, and we were his tenants for 5 years.
fluffyraggies Wed 23-Apr-14 15:11:02
We back onto 30 unbroken miles of countryside here too OP. How daft to worry about the 'look' of a washing line. Personally i think a long line of good clean laundry flapping in the breeze is a lovely sight smile
SecretWitch Wed 23-Apr-14 15:17:46
Owllady, you brightened my day when you said you might leave the house with all your laundry pinned to you..I think you should go directly to letting agent and ask to peg a few socks and maybe a pair of knickers to him/ her for drying purposes..
ThatBloodyWoman Wed 23-Apr-14 15:24:14
That's just ridiculous.
Keep breaking the rules.
It feels sooo good!
DownstairsMixUp Wed 23-Apr-14 15:31:51
I ignore most of the rules. As long as you leave it the way you got the property (which I always do) they will never know anyway?! Our old LL said we couldn't switch leccy suppliers (lol) we were with southern electric who are notoriously expensive, we switched to Npower within a few weeks. If i ever put pics up before i leave i refill the whole it's left, paint over, etc etc. Keep doing what you like!
diddl Wed 23-Apr-14 15:33:28
How much washing do you do?
Would a clothes airer suffice for outdoors?
And indoors?
Surely with a window open it's OK?
Is the place tiny, is your washing still dripping wet when it comes out of the machine?
Otherwise what are they afraid of if you dry washing indoors?
jeanmiguelfangio Wed 23-Apr-14 15:33:51
I absolutely adore the idea of you walking round like a laundry version of batman. I think this is one of those backup clauses just in case something happens, like the no parts of this motorcycle are edible sign
OnIlkleyMoorBahTwat Wed 23-Apr-14 15:37:07
Below is what Moneysavingexpert says about changing your gas and electric if you are renting:
(short answer - yes you can (probably)).
Q: I'm renting, can landlords dictate which electricity provider I use?
A: If you pay the gas and electricity bill directly (not via the landlord), you can and should compare and switch. Don't stick with the previous tenants' supplier as often it's costly. Always do a meter reading as soon as you move in.
You have a right to do this without your landlord's permission, though it is worth checking your tenancy agreement just in case it's a breach. If it is, communicate with the landlord - nothing changes for it if you switch, so it shouldn't be an issue.
Even if your tenancy agreement says you can't switch, challenge it. Preventing a tenant from changing energy suppliers may be viewed as an unfair term in a tenancy agreement, so talk to Citizens Advice to see if it can help. If you pay your landlord for energy, it's their choice.
goodasitgets Wed 23-Apr-14 15:42:36
I have the garden rule. Despite that I own the property, and it's my sodding garden I'm not allowed to have "clothing on view"angry
OnIlkleyMoorBahTwat Wed 23-Apr-14 15:49:00
The deeds of my (owned with a mortgage) house forbid me from hanging washing in the front garden. This does not matter as the large side and rear gardens provide more than sufficient space.
I am also not supposed to have any livestock (pigs, goats etc) and not more than one cat/dog.
When we moved in we had four cats - the solicitor said he had never heard of a case where an owner had been in trouble for breaking this clause without the animals (usually dogs) being a specific nuisance, so we took a risk.
I'm sure there are one or two other bizarro clauses, probably down to the house originally being a tenanted council house.
SociallyAcceptableCookie Wed 23-Apr-14 16:09:55
Why do so many people think it's reasonable for them to forbid you from drying your own clothes in your own house? Outside clothes lines are only usable for half the year, if you're lucky enough to get dry weather occasionally. And it's your home. Of course you should be able to dry clothes in it!
Because drying them on the radiator will damage paint or paper behind it, and drying them indoors without opening windows will build up condensation.
Obviously, it should be perfectly clear to any sensible person how to avoid both of those issues, but I think that's what LL/LA tend to be worried about. It's easier to put in a clause and then point to it if damage is done.
I am guessing if you did no damage, they would not care, would they?
Llareggub Wed 23-Apr-14 16:30:02
My rental contact says this too. However, when the LL showed me the house one of his biggest selling points was the fab ceiling clothes dryer in the kitchen. It's marvellous for drying clothes.
LadyVetinari Wed 23-Apr-14 16:31:24
SociallyAcceptable - I think it's often reasonable to forbid tenants from drying clothes inside unless they purchase an adequate dehumidifier, because many properties don't have sufficient ventilation to prevent condensation from causing damp (especially as the weather that prevents people from drying clothes outside also deters them from opening windows). The clause will only become an issue for the tenant if they dry stuff inside without taking adequate precautions to prevent damp, so those who choose dry inside "illicitly" but don't cause any harm won't be affected.
I say this as a long-term tenant, not a landlord or homeowner. I bought a condensing dryer this year because I couldn't find any other way of drying the clothes without damaging the LL's property, and consider it fair enough.
However, I do think it would be nice if LLs were required to provide a functioning and energy-efficient tumble dryer if they do forbid drying clothes indoors, or a user-operated extractor fan in a room with adequate space for drying clothes if not. That's because it's often too expensive or otherwise impracticable for tenants to make these changes on their own, as they can't plan on being in a property for the long term.
londonrach Wed 23-Apr-14 16:35:15
You can change energy suppliers even if it's in the contact if you are renting if you are paying the bill. The estate agents know this but hope you don't. Talk to cab
teaandthorazine Wed 23-Apr-14 16:40:47
I have the same rule about drying clothes outside. No lines, no clothes to be dried on the balcony. So we dry inside and hey presto, damp flat.
However, I have ignored the rules about plants on balcony or windowsill (apparently fireman find pots of basil an insurmountable obstacle when they need to break in) and the one that says my front door mat is a trip hazard. Oh, and I totally ignore the best rule of all, which is that cars are not to be parked in the car park. My place is bonkers.
paragirl1981 Wed 23-Apr-14 16:43:35
In my contract for my house it says you are not allowed to go out while the washing machine is on!
Needless to say I ignore that one.
I used to live in an apartment overlooking the marina and we were not allowed to hang washing out on the balcony but all properties had a washer/dryer installed.
LadyVetinari Wed 23-Apr-14 17:06:50
paragirl1981 - Is the doormat inside your flat or in the corridor? If inside then it's completely bizarre, if outside then I think you have to blame the silly and inconsiderate people who do manage to create trip hazards. One of our neighbours did put one out which was a hazard - it was really thick, really large, the same colour as the carpet, and curled up at the edges, so it was easy to fall over if you were carrying shopping and couldn't see the floor. I imagine it would have been quite dangerous to anybody who was blind or visually impaired.
The washing machine one seems fair enough to me as well - I never leave my washing machine, dishwasher, or dryer on when we're out as I'm worried about our pets being trapped if something catches fire. Living in flats, my main fear was of people falling asleep with cigarettes or leaving pans, appliances, and hair irons "on" and unattended.
I'm not normally a "mad tenancy rules" apologist, though. The only ones I'm in favour of are the ones which really do make a difference to safety, or which are there to protect the landlord from any damage to the property which is caused by people breaking them without taking reasonable precautions.
ComposHat Wed 23-Apr-14 17:07:36
I'd ignore it, how will they ever know you'd dried washing inside. They can't just barge into your flat without your consent.
Whereisegg Wed 23-Apr-14 17:42:29
In my very first private rental about 14 years ago, we weren't allowed to shake rugs or carpets outside the doors or windows.
It was a relief tbh, I had been laying awake at night worrying about how I would fit in all the rug shaking around work and going to the pub.
jasminemai Wed 23-Apr-14 18:50:19
Get a heated rail off ebay.Best 35 quid Ive ever spent.
chrome100 Wed 23-Apr-14 19:04:26
YANBU at all. Our flat is insanely damp, mould everywhere - on the ceilings, walls etc. The landlord said it was because we dry our washing inside. Given we have no tumble drier or garden, where on earth did he think we were going to dry them?
rinabean Wed 23-Apr-14 21:26:48
I had a damp problem in my flat which I could see was from the chimney as it originated in a quarter of the chimney breast (4 storey house conversion). I asked the landlord to check the chimney, after all there had been storms. He printed out a pile of a4 all about the bad and naughty things tenants do that cause damp, which included clothes drying. It listed, I am not kidding, it listed breathing as an illegal and bad cause of damp. Tenants really shouldn't breathe indoors, it's very inconsiderate to the landlord, we're not paying to have somewhere to breathe!
Anyway, it was the chimney. One of the vacant basement flats had a foot of water in it because the chimney was broken at the top and it was seeping up. Not that he either apologised or paid for a replacement sofa after it got completely infested with mould even though I alternated open windows and a dehumidifier.
YANBU at all, if landlords don't think a property is suitable for living in - and drying clothes is part of living - they shouldn't be renting it out. Absolutely ridiculous to say you can't have a line. Even providing a tumble dryer and forcing you to use it would be unreasonable.
teaandthorazine Wed 23-Apr-14 23:16:01
ladyvetinari, I'll answer the question about the mat grin - it is in the corridor but we are at the back of the building on the top floor so no one ever walks past it, iyswim. It's not a hazard to anyone (except possibly dp coming home pissed...), it's just another bloody stupid rule.
I have considered complaining about the manky old Xmas tree that gets dragged out every year into the lobby; am sure it could squash a small child or a miserable elderly resident...or cause a small electrical fire...
littledrummergirl Wed 23-Apr-14 23:29:59
I think yadbu. I think you have forgotten that you are not a person with the right to live your life the way yoy choose. You are an animated part of the workforce, you need to work 13hrs a day, pay your taxes to the state, buy lots of things you dont really need (like tumble dryers as an example) and then go into your box with windows until you are next needed.
Sheesh, fancy thinking that renting space means you can use it to live in. wink
Oldraver Thu 24-Apr-14 00:20:11
I understand a LL could get arsey if you dont stick to 'the rules' but those who own their property and have these who is going to enforce them ?
I mean the police would love it if No 10 got arsey and reported you for the heinous crime of drying your drawers ?
ThatBloodyWoman Thu 24-Apr-14 09:16:33
I have nothing saying that I can't dry clothes indoors.
Treated like an adult, I act like one, and dry clothes indoors as little as possible, have adequete heating, ventilate a lot, don't dry in rooms where it creates the most condensation problem, and have a de humidifier.
I still have some black mould ( not to mention rising damp),but so do many people I know who are home owners.
None of us want to live with black mould -and it's the tenants who take the health risks, so I think it's up to the LL to put all the reasonable measures in place that they can to offer a means of wadhing and drying clothes without damage to the tenants health, or their property.
glasgowstevenagain Thu 24-Apr-14 11:31:02
I got a letter from letting agents saying that I was not allowed to use a clothes horse that can be seen from outside the flat....ignored
goodasitgets Thu 24-Apr-14 13:27:29
Oldraver - I put an airer outside in a glorious day and got a phone call from my management company within an hour. Damn neighbours angry
tootsietoo Thu 24-Apr-14 13:37:31
Is it a block of flats? In which case it's probably not an unreasonable clause, to stop the block becoming festooned in washing which I guess might make it less attractive for sales and lettings. But any sensible landlord or letting agent would have told you this when they were showing you the flat, and made you aware that you would need to budget on buying a tumble dryer.
I manage 19 flats and houses and it is a nightmare when tenants dry all their washing inside, it ruins the house and then they accuse me of letting them a damp house! So, far better to stick a line up outside if you don't have a tumble dryer. As others have said, there are all sorts of irrelevant clauses in standard leases, designed to cover every eventuality in every sort of property. If no one's complained, you're fine.
goodasitgets Thu 24-Apr-14 14:13:51
Mine is a ground floor with garden, block of 3 so not sort of likely to be festooned in washing! Nowhere for a tumble dryer
I now use a heated airer and sneak the other one outside when the neighbours are out grin
CouldntGiveAMonkeysToss Thu 24-Apr-14 15:00:31
YANBU at all. Me and DH once rented a flat in a very posh area where there was a rule that you couldn't dry washing outside because it made the area look less posh.
We were allowed to dry it indoors though and our LL was lovely, it was some stupid rule of the entire area and people actually gave a shit when someone dared hang their washing out.
Owllady Thu 24-Apr-14 15:10:40
It's a house with a garden
And you will all stone me now...
I do have a tumble dryer blush but that really isn't the point!
If you cannot afford a tumble dryer (or afford to run one) what are you supposed to do?
The humble dryer has to sit on top of the washing machine in an enclosed cupboard btw. The Ritz it is not
<awaits stoning>
tootsietoo Thu 24-Apr-14 15:45:15
if it's a house with a garden then it's just silly! ignore.
OnIlkleyMoorBahTwat Thu 24-Apr-14 15:52:29
I agree with toots. I am fairly confident that no-one would be that bothered by hanging washing that they would go as far as complaining about it or try to get a tenant evicted for such an offence, that if I was that tenant, I would hang my washing out as I saw fit.
And if someone tried to evict me, I would have my day in court and argue that preventing a normal household task was unreasonable and unfair, using the Unfair Terms and Conditions Regulations as my legal basis.
Oldraver Thu 24-Apr-14 16:14:03
The thing is OP if you had a non-vented, non-condensor tumble dryer it would still put dampness into the air, so your LL would be better off allowing you to dry outside
Also what about the stuff that can't be tumble dried?
Owllady Thu 24-Apr-14 17:24:36
I hang it on the line or clothes airer then either dry through on the radiators or pop in the tumble dryer for a bit
Which is a condenser so I leave the door open to the mouldy cupboard with the leaking roof and it heats up the hall
Owllady Thu 24-Apr-14 17:26:06
I just want to tell them to do one tbh, but I don't have that luxury so I have moaned here smile
LadyVetinari Thu 24-Apr-14 17:31:36
Blooming heck, I'd be worried about damp and also respiratory infections if I was regularly running a non-vented, non-condensing tumble dryer! At the very least I'd get a dehumidifier for use on tumble-drying days if I were in your position.
In general, though, I don't disagree with you. I think all rental properties should come with a user-operated extractor fan and a ceiling-mounted drying rack in the kitchen (which is generally a humidity-resistant room), or in the bathroom if there's only a kitchenette. I also think that landlords should have to provide a line if there's outdoor space, and an energy efficient spin-dryer or washer-dryer if the property is furnished/part-furnished. It would be good for tenants, and it would spare landlords from dealing with damp.
LadyVetinari Thu 24-Apr-14 17:33:13
Just saw your update - a condensing dryer is fine! That's what I have and the minor increase in electricity costs is far outweighed by the improvement in air quality and living space.
CabbagesAndKings Thu 24-Apr-14 19:58:29
I have that in my contract too. Weird, as there is a very handy clothes line in the garden.
According to my contract, I also can't sing, play a radio, watch a television, or invite visitors round, in my own home.
Nor am I allowed to keep pigeons.
I have ignored all of these, except the pigeons :lol:
Owllady Thu 24-Apr-14 20:16:29
:Jack Duckworth: smile
I live in a development of houses and flats and was a director of the management company. The entire area was leasehold and the document stated that no washing should be visible from outside the property. But this only applied to flats. Houses apparently could dry the washing as they wished. We had a few years when one harridan would patrol the gardens searching for visible washing, which in some flats could basically mean pretty much any washing anywhere if the curtains were open.
The maipn issue we had was that landlords would not communicate to tenants what the rules actually were, which was very frustrating.
In theory we had the power to take people to court for breaking rules like this and they could be forced to forfeit their lease. We didn't do it for washing, but we put the process in motion over another issue, but the landlord did a runner to Spain and the mortgage company repossessed it first.
sleepyhead Thu 24-Apr-14 23:33:17
All the traditional tenement flats in my area have drying greens with lines. All the new builds have grassy areas but no lines confused
Given the impact of drying clothes indoors, plus rising energy costs, I think it should be mandatory for new developments to have available outside drying space where possible.
DocDaneeka Thu 24-Apr-14 23:35:10
It seems totally mad. When houses and appartments are constructed nowadays we (designers and builders)have to abide by all sorts of environmental legislation and standards, not just for the construction process but the long term design of the building, and how it will be used. BREAAM, code for sustainable homes and the like. we take great pains to make sure the building is energy efficient, and can be used in an environmentally friendly way.
All this fucking effort, then the muppet of a landlord / client takes possession and enforces a total fuckwankery of a policy about not air drying clothing because someone might not like the look of it.
Just fucking GRRRR
I would like to see a campaign to make clauses like that illegal.
inabeautifulplace Fri 25-Apr-14 00:04:24
Probably counts as an unfair contract clause. Ignore.
AngryAndLost Mon 28-Apr-14 12:02:58
Read this thread, went for a long walk on Sat, and saw this. Maybe, that's what the landlord had in mind
Owllady Mon 28-Apr-14 12:40:29
I don't think that's awful at all though. They are drying their clothes. At what point did drying your CLEAN clothes become unacceptable?
Anyway, my line is more like this
specialsubject Mon 28-Apr-14 12:50:10
Yes. Totally. End of!
and landlords should provide a place to dry clothes because everyone needs to do washing.
Owllady Mon 28-Apr-14 16:23:40
I don't think it's ideal to have dirty, smelly people renting your house is it? If we think about the flip side
Brittapieandchips Mon 28-Apr-14 18:38:58
I think a lot (not all) of landlords forget that they are renting out a house to tenants, but those tenants are real people and it is their home, and they have lives to lead.
It's not like renting out a caravan or a rug doctor.
bochead Mon 28-Apr-14 20:02:56
Am I the only one who thinks there's nothing nicer than a row of white nappies air-bleaching on the line? It always reminds me of warm relaxed summer days in the same way Calypso music does.
There are many eyesores in the average urban environment but CLEAN laundry isn't one of them! Litter, dog poo, graffiti, broken toys etc however is.
Join the discussion
Join the discussion
Register now | http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/a2060344-to-think-its-perfectly-normal-that-tenants-would-need-to-dry-their-clothes-somehow-either-indoors-or-outdoors | dclm-gs1-143140000 |
0.058654 | <urn:uuid:b4aec7ed-2e59-4f0f-9c01-9106009a225f> | en | 0.967827 | Edition: U.S. / Global
Where Is Sportsmanship?
Published: March 14, 2004
To the Sports Editor:
This ugly incident is indicative of how far sports have approached becoming gladiator spectacles, egged on by the establishment of each sport, and of hockey in particular. This adversarial atmosphere is fostered to titillate the fans, as our Canadian pundit, Don Cherry, does with his most spectacular hits and fights TV piece.
Where is sportsmanship? It doesn't generate as much money and profit. This gratuitous culture of violence could easily be stopped or at least curtailed by the hockey establishment, but it seems everyone is under pressure to squeeze as much money as possible out of the sport. Even though Moore is the main victim, his disabling of a Canucks superstar in an earlier game started the vendetta. We are all poorer for this pugilistic atmosphere.
North Vancouver, B.C. | http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/14/sports/l-where-is-sportsmanship-792560.html?src=pm | dclm-gs1-143280000 |
0.034426 | <urn:uuid:ef2c09dd-ee5e-4548-b6b4-c8a0b6de0879> | en | 0.970118 | Beefy Boxes and Bandwidth Generously Provided by pair Networks
The stupid question is the question not asked
Who owns your words? A resolution is needed.
by kudra (Vicar)
on Nov 13, 2000 at 21:14 UTC ( #41348=monkdiscuss: print w/ replies, xml ) Need Help??
The question of under what conditions words should be repeated has come up several times that I can remember:
I have two concerns with the reposting of information: context and the potential to modify someone's voice. The first point I already covered in the June conversation. As for the second, I don't believe at all that anyone has acted in the past with malicious intent, but I do see it as a possibility when the words are posted under the control of someone other than the author.
I guess I actually have one more reservation: where the information is reposted. I've been involved in a few conversations about Deja's habit of repeating people's postings and making them available under different conditions than they were originally posted under. I'd be deeply disturbed if someone took my postings and charged people to read them, for example.
But I'd also rather not see things too restricted to the point where you can't make a copy of someone's post to keep for later reading.
For some people, what type of public the chatterbox is governs their behavior there, and also the question of whether they will even use it or not. For that reason, I think it would be best for the nature of the chatterbox to be clarified officially--one way or the other--to prevent any misunderstandings. Either everything said in the chatterbox--and the site--should be subject to reproduction, or there should be restrictions (only with the author's permission, or only on Perl Monks, or only as a paraphrase). The important thing is to decide so that we aren't all operating under different assumptions.
Comment on Who owns your words? A resolution is needed.
RE: Who owns your words? A resolution is needed.
by kudra (Vicar) on Nov 13, 2000 at 21:25 UTC
Oopsie, this should be the link for Jul 19.
I will make an editor request to have the original node fixed and this one deleted.
RE: Who owns your words? A resolution is needed.
by mirod (Canon) on Nov 13, 2000 at 21:26 UTC
My voice will go for: "The Chatterbox log can be posted if all participants to the discussion agree" and that should probably include _everybody_, even side discussions and metal being poured on monitors, just to be safe
Here you got the point, the persons who are involved have to agree. As it would be with a fotograph of yours taken by someone if he'S going to publish it.
And I think it shouldn't be that hard to ask for someones permission.
Yes, you can read everything, even make a book out of it, if it's your own brain who melted the facts together, but always you will need to mark cites and to name the sources.
Have a nice day
All decision is left to your taste
RE: Who owns your words? A resolution is needed.
by rlk (Pilgrim) on Nov 13, 2000 at 21:37 UTC
use Disclaimer::IANAL;
My understanding is that everything that you say (or write, type, etc.) is copyrighted. Consequently, your words can only be repeated either with your permission, or in the context of fair use. (It's also worth noting that, unlike patents, copyright doesn't prevent independant creation, e.g. if I, in Ohio, say "Hello", and Bob, in California and not having heard me, says "Hello" five minutes later, it's not infringement, and we both have copyright on what we said. Of course, this examle is invalid, because something as trivial as "Hello" couldn't be copyrighted.)
Fair use is, of course, a complicated, vague concept. However, it's generally held that short quotations are acceptable. Everything else is not well defined.
To wit, this is legally on solid ground (though it's rather rude):
"Monk XYZ is a big dork, because he said, 'blah blah Perl blah blah blah Java'"!
Whereas this is potentially (again, the law isn't very clear) a case of copyright infringement.
"Hey, I just got flamed by MONK XYZ! Look at what he said!
> Dear So-and-so
> You suck! Blah blah blah. Blah blah blah.
> Blah blah blah. Blah blah blah.
> Blah blah blah. Blah blah blah.
> Blah blah blah. Blah blah blah.
> Blah blah blah. Blah blah blah.
> - Me
Though it's certainly possible that Monk XYZ would be proud of the flame, and wouldn't mind you repeating it.
Ryan Koppenhaver, Aspiring Perl Hacker
RE: Who owns your words? A resolution is needed.
by AgentM (Curate) on Nov 13, 2000 at 21:58 UTC
RE: Who owns your words? A resolution is needed.
by Blue (Hermit) on Nov 13, 2000 at 22:06 UTC
I've seen a good number of posts that include something along the lines of "based on a chatterbox conversation..." or "J. Random Monk gave me the idea in chatterbox...", an no one has problems with these. This leads me to believe that people, in general, don't mind sharing their ideas.
The chatterbox is a different forum then a node. Shorter, usually less formal, more spontanious. Just as an IRC chat with a friend will differ from a paper or presentation, style changes between nodes and chatterbox.
Some of the comments I saw in the chatterbox (self referential, eh?) today had people talking about how they would have to watch what they wrote or not use chatterbox if it was publicly logged. I personally think that that would be a shame for our community.
These give me a default behavior that I can use personally unless asked differently - give credit for good ideas seen in the chatterbox, but no verbatum posts without permission. This might be a good policy for PM to make official, so that people do not have to worry about what they say, like a police state with taps on every phone.
=Blue might be eaten by a grue...
Clearly, what some monks are concerned about is that offhand, non-verified, etc. comments are going to be taken down and potentially held against them in perpetuity. If you've got a reputation outside the site and your livelihood depends on it, that's potentially worrisome.
I think you're spot-on about the point of the chatterbox. As author of some of the posts you mention, I've found it a fertile ground for new ideas.
OTOH, if the *context* is clearly represented "Mind you, this was a chatterbox log and no opinion expressed herein should be taken as definitive of anyone's considered or even unconsidered opinion, the poster may have been just letting off steam or fooling around, as even Monks need to do occasionally", what's the sense in saying a person will be *misrepresented* by posting a chatterbox log?
RE: Who owns your words? A resolution is needed.
by jptxs (Curate) on Nov 13, 2000 at 22:12 UTC
let the --ing begin. : )
RE: Who owns your words? A resolution is needed.
by Fastolfe (Vicar) on Nov 13, 2000 at 23:05 UTC
There is no explicitely declared copyright or privacy notice on the site. For that reason, we must assume a) that all information posted (including personal information) will be made available to the general public; and b) all information we write and post to the site retains an implicit copyright (by US law and international treaty).
Now, with nodes, this is fairly easy to interpret as being owned and copyrighted by the contributor (who's name is posted at the top of the node). For that reason, I think it's pretty clear that nodes cannot be taken, chopped up, posted elsewhere or otherwise used for profit outside of the context of this site (arguably vroom profits from the ads here, but obviously that's OK otherwise you wouldn't have posted your content here in the first place).
The chatterbox, however, isn't so cut-and-dry. You can't just scrawl a conversational bit and claim that it's copyrighted by yourself any more than you can go on IRC and demand that everyone remove your conversations or cease distributing their IRC log files because your stuff is copyrighted and you forbid them from doing anything with it.
The way I see it, the nodes are for us to formally express ourselves. Fair use allows people to quote the things we say (within reason), and by posting a node we're basically assenting to that. The chatterbox is meant to be a polar opposite: a place where we can let off steam, joke around, ask stupid questions, get into arguments, whatever. We feel comfortable saying the things we do because it's a transient medium. We don't expect the things we say there will be etched in stone, or that we will be later held accountable. I want that atmosphere in the chatterbox. I don't want to have to draft my chatterbox statements first. I don't want to have to worry that something I say will bite me in the ass later if I'm inaccurate, drunk or just plain stupid. That's why I don't say things like this in a node. I research first, then post.
Now, quotes are fine. I have little problem with someone taking something I've said in the chatterbox and using it in a node as a proposed solution to a problem, or to help elaborate on an issue. More often than not they don't do a great job of providing context, so I'll need to follow up with clarification, but I don't mind that.
RE: Who owns your words? A resolution is needed.
by Albannach (Prior) on Nov 13, 2000 at 23:19 UTC
Part of me thinks that we're really overblowing this whole issue, but the other part disagrees, saying that so many people wouldn't be interested if this was trivial. Then the first part said... oh never mind.
Ok, I'm not going to be any more definitive than anyone else here, but I have some observations to offer. Before you get out the flamethrowers, I know this is all obvious, but sometimes stating the obvious helps! Also, lest this be misconstrued, note that I'm not meaning to imply anything untoward about any individual here.
- anything you enter anywhere here (apart from /tell, maybe) may be read by anyone on the 'net
- just because you see albannach say something in the chatterbox does not mean that it wasn't one of his cats lying on the keyboard, or one of his co-workers trying to embarass him
- anything you read in a node, despite annotations or citations, could well be a complete fabrication
- I could put a really deep metaphysical point here about the nature of existance and you wouldn't be able to prove it wrong either
- you cannot stop people from logging the chatterbox themselves, short of having all the text converted to old english and written in a bitmap (but then you'd just get someone to write a kickass OCR in Perl...). In fact, it would probably be foolish to assume it was not being recorded somewhere. In public it would be very sad to think you were being recorded, but here the Chatterbox is often of great value, and I expect that many people, lurkers and otherwise, at least save bits and pieces.
So, is there a solution? If everyone understands these points, is there a problem? Quoting myself in the chatterbox earlier (I reviewed this and gave myself permission ;-) "I'm full of good and bad ideas, I just can't tell them apart":
- the Official Monastery Policy on the usage of the Chatterbox should make clear what is intended (as well as the potential risks noted above), though this may not have any bearing on what is legal, or what is actually done (has anyone ever been excommunicated, err, undef()'d from the Monastery?)
- the chatterbox could have an /anon command so that your name wouldn't be shown
- as has been noted above, it would be wise to confirm permission and probably allow review of any attributed text before posting it to a node. This would ensure the information is reasonably accurate, and nobody quoted in the text would be upset later. It may be that some would allow it to be posted if their names were obscured.
I'm running a risk of getting into a commentary on the degradation of society as a whole here, so I'll cut it off for now. Of course I've been distracted so many times since I started this that it's probably all been said by now, but I'll be damned if I'm going to waste these electrons!
e-mail jcwren
I take your point and agree, but I was torn as to whether I'd rather get a good contribution from anon than no contribution from a nervous monk. Note that it isn't quite an anon monk, as you'd have to be registered to do it, and so you'd be one of the monks in the on-line list. I guess that pretty much destroys that idea right there!
RE: Who owns your words? A resolution is needed.
by clemburg (Curate) on Nov 14, 2000 at 00:03 UTC
I'd go for outlawing direct citation of chatterbox content (as hinted at by the "logging it" request), and allowing summaries written on discussions in the chatterbox.
This should keep embarrassing things from happening, and keeps the copyright discussion back to a minimum, too.
Christian Lemburg
Brainbench MVP for Perl
by tye (Cardinal) on Nov 14, 2000 at 01:07 UTC
Okay, am I even close? (:
- tye (but my friends call me "Tye")
(brainpan) RE: Who owns your words? A resolution is needed.
by brainpan (Monk) on Nov 14, 2000 at 07:50 UTC
I think that one point needs to be clarified here, as it seems like the various posters to this thread are coming at this from two different perspectives and may not realize it. As I stated in this node, there are three types of communication here, with varying degrees of formality: creating a node, using the chatterbox and /msging someone. As it stands now, all but /msging are world readable. The thing that I think we're getting hung up on is that the dynamic of the chatterbox is such that it's essentially a conversation among friends / peers / community members. When you're talking to a group of people in any context you realize that things may be repeated, however you're less likely to say certain things when talking with a group of friends at a restaurant that you might say to the same people if you were in a more private place. The chatterbox is structurally a public place to a greater degree than any restaurant is, as any faceless person can drop by and listen in. Herein lies the problem.
Due to the structure of this place if you want to communicate to more than one other person you are forced to either /msg each participant in the conversation, take the discussion public or go elsewhere (email, whatever). Anyone posting to the chatterbox knows and implicitly agrees that they are posting to a transient public forum. This particular discussion was sparked by a higher ranking (than myself) member of the monastery posting a conversation in the chatterbox to a node. This changed only the transitory nature of the conversation, not it's accessibility for random members of planet Earth.
As stated above, although this partcular exchange of verbiage was sparked by one of our fellow monastery dwellers, I think that we could preempt a lot of future discussions of this sort if we require that someone be logged in to see the content of the chatterbox. Doing so, while not making any conversations inherently more private (as all someone must do is create a dummy account to listen in), it would at least serve to raise accountability somewhat, while giving participants a feel for who else is potentially listening in on the conversation.
Having said that, I feel that I need to also address the other side of this. A fair part of what made me first create an account here was the sense of community that I felt in browsing some of the nodes and overhearing what was going on in the chatterbox. It would detract somewhat from the "monastery experience" if people were not able to get a feel for this aspect of perlmonks before joining. I know that introducing a full blown monk collaboration system into the workings of this place would probably be overkill, but perhaps having a public and a "private" chatterbox would solve at least some of the problem. The private chatterbox would be only be able to be overheard by logged in users as mentioned above. Restricting this to users above a certain rank would prevent dummy accounts from popping up too quickly if that proves to be an issue.
As tye (who was elevated to pontiff mere moments ago) stated above, I would really hate to have any hard and fast rule or policy governing what goes on here. The freedom and accompanying sense of responsibility that goes with that is a major facet of what makes this place unique. Whatever changes the future brings, I sincerely hope that a Monastery Terms Of Service isn't one of them.
And no, I don't own 27 pairs of sweatpants.
RE: Who owns your words? A resolution is needed.
by jepri (Parson) on Nov 14, 2000 at 14:12 UTC
*Contact the author (worked on jptxs)
*Use your means of participation that vroom has given you.
And you can quote me on that.
You can even print it.
I disagree!
As I said before and will continuously do:
Have a nice day
I disagree!
As I said before and will continuously do:
Oh no! Another -1
Log In?
What's my password?
Create A New User
Node Status?
node history
Node Type: monkdiscuss [id://41348]
Approved by root
and the web crawler heard nothing...
How do I use this? | Other CB clients
Other Users?
Others surveying the Monastery: (7)
As of 2014-12-25 16:53 GMT
Find Nodes?
Voting Booth?
Is guessing a good strategy for surviving in the IT business?
Results (160 votes), past polls | http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl/?node_id=41348 | dclm-gs1-143360000 |
0.025856 | <urn:uuid:dbb3f8e5-856c-4f82-ac98-886a9b77ab4c> | en | 0.904757 | RastaVapes Is an Ideal One-Stop for BHO Vaporizer Pen
San Francisco, CA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 11/07/2013 -- It is really no hard to believe that what has made portable vaporizer pens quite a popular. When vaporizing nearly everything is possible on the go, why won’t it be? Above and beyond the health benefits of using a portable pen as compared to smoking, the portable vaporizer pens are great because smokers across the globe, who have been trying to smoke devoid the strong odor, now have the control.
To weed smokers’ time is really changing, and people know what lies to the epicenter? The center point of the change is in and around hash oil or the honey wax concentrates and the portable vaporizer pens. Ever since smoking medical marijuana first became legalized from year 1996, a great advancements have been made in the cannabis space. Certainly, the sincere –n- legal business scale production of cannabis flower deserves an appreciation and the true desire of weed smokers’ for beautiful marijuana bud have contributed a lot to the growth of concentrates like oil, wax, honey vapes.
What is a BHO Vapor dome kit?
The BHO Vapor dome kit constitutes a portable vaporizer in the form of pen, which is beautifully small enough to hide and amazing enough to create a huge cloud of vapor. Unlike, other vapes which are dedicated for a specific concentration, the Vapor Dome BHO vaporizer kit works for all, i.e. wax, oil and honey. Thanks for RastaVapes, this electronic vaporizer which is very easy to carry anywhere can be delivered without paying any extra shipping cost.
How, exactly does Vapor Dome BHO Vaporizer works?
Thereafter, fill in the removed glass globe with the concentrate of choice. Even though the name is BHO, it is not dedicated to use only BHO, anything one wants can be filled.
Once filled, affix the glass globe to the pen and press the red button. Make sure one is not using any dry concentrate and only the concentrates which are in liquid form. Watch the video on Youtube.com
What is the right place to buy Vapor Dome BHO Vaporizer?
There is no other destination authentic than:
Contact: John Brown
Company: Rasta Vapes
Address: 1420 Bay St, San Francisco CA 94123
Website: http://www.rastavapes.com
Email: [email protected]
Tel. No.: 1-757-816-0337 | http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/rastavapes-is-an-ideal-one-stop-for-bho-vaporizer-pen-379623.htm | dclm-gs1-143410000 |
0.039566 | <urn:uuid:f3c37469-693c-44d7-a8d5-d4903fb902ad> | en | 0.933773 | What do you think will happen to the major record labels?
What do you think will happen to the major record labels?
Here's what I think will happen
66% (33 votes)
I have no idea
34% (17 votes)
Total votes: 50
The major record labels were riding high, then hit a major speedbump due to the Internet, high pricing, and mediocre music. What's next? What do you think will happen to the major record labels?
Share | |
Dieter's picture
If music production at affordable prices and in a format customers want—I'm thinking DRM-free downloads (including via iTunes), with high-quality or low price, or on vinyl or SACD—becomes available, major label will be the past.
Varun J's picture
They will shut doors for the masses! Period. The connoisseurs shall still thrive with their hi-fi SACDs & DVD-As.
craig's picture
If I was an exec at one of these companies and not close to retirement, I would be looking with great urgency for a different career.
kbchristian's picture
Those major labels which fail to keep high standards on their products will dive, the good-quality guys will thrive. The old market law, etc.
S. Chapman's picture
I don't even know who the "major record labels" are these days. After so many corporate takeovers, aren't they all the same anyway?
J. Junishev's picture
The key for their survival is the protection of their intellectual properties on Internet. Computer lossless audio formats are the future of music industry.
Anonymous's picture
There is a residual hard core of classics listeners whose personal addiction will never be satisfied by anything less than gigantic orchestras playing complex scores with fully-virtuosic skills. Yes, classical music will survive.
Enter your Stereophile.com username.
Enter the password that accompanies your username. | http://www.stereophile.com/content/what-do-you-think-will-happen-major-record-labels?page=1 | dclm-gs1-143490000 |
0.039815 | <urn:uuid:f08da9ad-41c8-4ad8-ba70-fce6108b084a> | en | 0.947254 | 5 Novels About Losing Your Job
In the midst of our recessionary times, it might be comforting to read these great novels about people losing their jobs. Novelist Jess Walter recommends his favorites, from Saul Bellow to Bukowski.
Seize the Day
By Saul Bellow
“Everyone was supposed to have money”—at least that’s how it seems to Tommy Wilhelm, the divorced, unemployed salesman in Bellow’s fevered story of ambition and regret. Living in an Upper West Side hotel with his father (who pesters Tommy to find a job where he’ll make “five figures”), Tommy has given his entire savings to a possible con man, and over a single, frenetic day, must hustle to avert disaster. Overheated and desperate, by turns despairing and determined, Tommy is one of Bellow’s most affecting characters, a powerful refutation of the myth of the self-made American. As Bellow writes: “You can spend the entire second half of your life recovering from the mistakes of the first half.”
By J.M. Coetzee
On its icy surface, this Booker Prize winner is the story of English Professor David Lurie, who is fired for coldly seducing a young female student. Shunned by his colleagues, humiliated in the press, Lurie flees to his daughter’s house in the country to confront harsh post-apartheid realities that mirror his own dark nature. In Coetzee’s spare, crystalline prose, Disgrace is a sharp allegory of South Africa’s shameful history and wrenching reconciliation. Unmoored by the loss of everything he once valued, Lurie is singularly compelling and detached, eager to accept his fate but unwilling to consider culpability: “Confessions, apologies: Why this thirst for abasement?” By the end, Coetzee somehow finds in Lurie’s quiet drift toward redemption a question of great suspense. “A good person,” Lurie muses late in the book. “Not a bad resolution to make, in dark times.”
The Ax
By Donald E. Westlake
After 25 years with the same paper company, Burke Devore lost his job following a merger. Two years later, he’s still looking for work and on the verge of desperation when the perfect position opens in New York. But 52-year-old middle managers aren’t especially sought-after, and so, in this dark and comic revenge fantasy, Devore decides to murder the other potential job candidates. Westlake’s straightedge humor keeps the unlikely plot running and a healthy dose of the mystery genre’s requisite plot twists and surprises keep the pages turning; the result is kind of like The Office meets Dexter. Westlake, the prolific author who died in 2008, wrote crisp, unassuming prose and reveals a CEO’s knack for streamlined efficiency himself by combining his protagonist and antagonist into a single position.
By Charles Bukowski
This is the second and the best of the autobiographical novels featuring Bukowski’s boozy alter ego Harry Chinanski, whose “ambition is handicapped by laziness.” Near the end of World War II, the 4F Harry stumbles around the country, sleeping with women almost as downtrodden as he, and taking and losing a string of truly awful jobs—jackhammering ice, putting brake shoes in boxes, dusting off statues... Each job is a small battle of wills pitting Harry against a different boss, with Harry’s irrepressible will to get drunk and do as little as possible always prevailing. Told in compact bursts of simple prose, Factotum reveals Bukowksi as a kind of poet laureate of deadpan debauchery. “I always started a job with the feeling that I’d soon quit or be fired, and this gave me a relaxed manner that was mistaken for intelligence or some secret power.”
By J. Robert Lennon
Mailman is not a superhero but an actual postal carrier—and a particularly creepy one—in this, Lennon’s wonderfully neurotic black comedy. Robbed of an academic career 30 years earlier when, excited about a discovery, he fell forward and accidentally bit the eyeball of a professor, Albert Lippincott is now a committed mail carrier who not only delivers letters in his sad-sack college town, but often reads and answers them. Apparently, this is frowned upon because when his supervisors catch wind of it, there’s an inquiry straight out of Kafka, and Mailman loses the one thing that has given his life meaning: his job. Wondering how he’ll “fill the hours” of the rest of his life, he looks to his family, the root of his twisted self. In this surprisingly poignant portrayal of obsession, the most harrowing scene, for anyone who’s ever looked for work, is when Mailman, poring over the want ads at his father’s retirement community, realizes he’s been looking for jobs in a two-year-old newspaper.
Jess Walter is the author of five novels—including The Financial Lives of the Poets, which was just released in paperback, and The Zero, a 2006 National Book Award finalist—and one nonfiction book. His essays, short fiction, criticism, and journalism have been published in Details, Playboy, Newsweek, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and the Boston Globe. | http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2010/11/30/novels-about-job-loss.print.html | dclm-gs1-143570000 |
0.119142 | <urn:uuid:5383b988-4ba9-4493-b12d-3c0ef66de3f4> | en | 0.960879 | Sophia Bush has gone off on gay marriage opponents and said that her God "loves everybody." What is your take on this opinion?
Sophia Bush Pic
You read your bible very well sophia.Basically,we are @ the end time.That is why all this negativities are happening.We should ponder this thoughts in our mind,an animal does the right thing why not we human created in God's image do the right thing.
Why is it that we can't calmly say our piece like we don't agree with gay lifestyle with out a gay lover saying "OH we don't tolerate hate" an dthey continue to be HATEFUL, HURTUFL and NEGATIVE!! Stophia is an IDIOT! She doesn't know what she's saying. I coudln't care less if a gay person told me his or her two cents about me being straight. I would say, "uh huh..? and..? okay great now let's go to the movies." yes i'm christian and have gay friends. I don't believe in it, but that doesn't meant i hate anyone unless this idiot who says she'll drill us into the ground? Do you kiss your mama with that mouth?
Related Post:
Created by:
Created at:
Sophia Bush Biography
Full Name
Sophia Bush | http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/polls/what-is-your-reaction-to-sophia-bushs-gay-marriage-stance/ | dclm-gs1-143650000 |
0.042521 | <urn:uuid:a0900272-b0a5-4d29-b83e-53360150f689> | en | 0.959699 | • Please pray for Rollins, officers, EMTs
• Congress needs protection from electorate
I recently read that Congress is going to allocate $50 million to the city of Charlotte for the purpose of security at the Democratic National Convention. Sure as God made little green apples, some city will get a like amount when the Republicans have their shindig.
Betcha not one new job will be created, just funds to offset overtime for law enforcement personnel. I realize the president will also be in attendance, but he has the Secret Service and FBI whenever he visits someplace.
• Businesses key to fundraiser’s success
White Oak Trunk-or-Treat for Alzheimer’s was a huge success.
We raised $1,270.93 which was donated to the S.C. Alzheimer’s Association.
Thank you to the following businesses and individuals for donating their time, money or door prizes to our event: Regency Hospice, Palmetto Service, Founders Federal Credit Union, McBride’s Supply, Positive Promotions, Elite Auto, Positive Image, Hair Scapes, Blue Rose Pottery, Majestic Produce, Japan, Gus’s Family Restaurant and Covenant Baptist Church.
• U.S. becoming socialist society
In his guest column in the Nov. 13 edition Michael Jedson asked why he should support Congressman Mick Mulvaney.
Mr. Jedson, you can’t support Mulvaney, and you never will. You are against school vouchers because you don’t want to see competitiveness working in our school system.
You are against tax reform unless you get more taxes to allow more spending. You are against Cut, Cap and Balance for the same reason. You are against a balanced budget.
• DeMint lacks compassion for veterans
On Veterans Day, I was shocked and angered to read in a military
newspaper that Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) had voted against the Vow to Hire Heroes Act of 2011.
DeMint’s criticism was directed at the Returning Heroes and Wounded Warriors section that would give tax credits of $2,400 to $9,600 to employers for hiring unemployed veterans.
• Obama, friends are what ail our country
President Barack Obama gave another campaign speech at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial dedication.
He made statements that if Martin Luther King Jr. was here today, he would have said etc., etc., etc. What a lousy thing to do when that person is no longer able to verify what he would say.
Obama keeps blaming the previous administration, Wall Street and the big banks for the failed economy.
He fails to mention that it was his administration that gave billions of tax dollars that we did not have to those very banks and Wall Street firms.
• Don’t allow another gold mining disaster
• Community rallies to help with fundraiser
• Kershaw Chamber grateful for support
• DeMint should have been at president’s jobs speech
| http://www.thelancasternews.com/opinion/letters?page=73&HttpOnly%2C_phpbb3_rm4on_k=&HttpOnly=&HttpOnly%2C_phpbb3_rm4on_u=1&HttpOnly%2C_SESS3601a6e3d8b0a6505c15520a912bb386=c14e4963dbeecbd1809c8cf5a0e89d36&HttpOnly%2C_SERVERID=ws2 | dclm-gs1-143670000 |
0.030763 | <urn:uuid:2a8d5b8d-b644-46af-927e-72dd75b504bc> | en | 0.974935 | Thursday, December 25, 2014
Current Weather
Loading Current Weather....
Published: Wednesday, 8/7/2013
Cleveland house of terrors razed
Crowd applauds as home where Castro held, raped 3 is cut to rubble
The rubble from Ariel Castro’s demolished home is being taken to an undisclosed location, shredded, and burned, so no one could try to take ‘souvenirs’ and sell pieces of the property online. Castro was forced to turn over the deed to the house. The rubble from Ariel Castro’s demolished home is being taken to an undisclosed location, shredded, and burned, so no one could try to take ‘souvenirs’ and sell pieces of the property online. Castro was forced to turn over the deed to the house.
CLEVELAND — With several swipes from the arm of an excavator and applause from spectators, a house where three women were held captive and raped for a decade was demolished Wednesday, reduced to rubble in less than 90 minutes.
The demolition had the look of a neighborhood celebration, but some residents have been troubled by guilt for failing to notice tell-tale signs of the women’s imprisonment, such as windows boarded up from the inside and the kidnapper’s practice of keeping visitors from going past the front room.
“It’s haunted them, I think, in the sense of how could they not have known,” said city Councilman Brian Cummins, who watched the demolition.
The home was torn down as part of the plea deal that spared Ariel Castro a possible death sentence and forced him to turn over the deed to the house and pay for it to be razed. He was sentenced last week to life in prison plus 1,000 years.
One of the imprisoned women, Michelle Knight, showed up early Wednesday before the work began. She made a brief statement and released balloons into the air.
“Dear Lord, give the missing people strength and power to know that they are loved,” said Ms. Knight, who had a rosary hanging from her neck. “We hear their cry. They are never forgotten in my heart. They are caterpillars, waiting to turn into a butterfly. They are never forgotten; they are loved.”
Ms. Knight said the array of balloons “represents all the millions of children that were never found and the ones that passed away that were never heard.”
There was applause as Peggy Arida, the aunt of one of the victims, Gina DeJesus. Ms. DeJesus, along with Ms. Knight and Amanda Berry, were kidnapped and held prisoner in the house where they were repeatedly raped, chained to poles in the basement, and abused by Castro.
The debris will be trucked to an undisclosed location, shredded, and burned so that no one will take “souvenirs,” as some people did from the home of famed Cleveland serial killer Anthony Sowell, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty said. Vials of dirt collected from Sowell’s house were sold on a Web site before the home was razed in 2011.
Rich Comp, 51, who used to live two doors from the Castro house, said he was sorry about the victims’ ordeal and hopes the demolition will help lift spirits. “I feel sorry for the girls. They should tear it down,” he said.
Art McKoy, an anti-crime crusader who has organized vigils for missing persons, watched the demolition and wondered why residents hadn’t questioned the house’s barricades.
“The neighbors, if they had just paid a little more attention, and looked a little bit harder, they would have seen more and maybe we could have brought this to an end,” Mr. McKoy said.
Mr. Cummins, the city councilman, said some residents have taken advantage of mental health counseling arranged by the city.
“Many of them have lost a lot of sleep, lost their appetites in the first month or so,” Mr. Cummins said.
Prosecutors had intended to use $22,000 found in the house, including cash hidden in the washing machine, to pay for the demolition, but the work was donated.
Mr. McGinty said the money was offered to the victims, but they asked that it be used for the community.
Two adjacent houses also are to be torn down and developed into a park or whatever the residents decide, Mr. McGinty added.
Prosecutors say Castro cried when he signed over the house deed and mentioned his “many happy memories” there with the women. They highlighted the teary-eyed scene to illustrate Castro’s “distorted and twisted” personality.
On Wednesday, Mr. McGinty called him “one evil guy.”
The three women disappeared separately between 2002 and 2004, when they were 14, 16, and 20 years old. Each had accepted a ride from Castro.
They escaped May 6, when Amanda Berry, now 27, broke part of a door and yelled to neighbors for help. Castro was arrested that evening.
At Castro’s sentencing, prosecutors displayed photos that provided a first glimpse inside the rooms where the women lived.
Stuffed animals lined the bed and crayon drawings were taped to the wall where Ms. Berry lived with her young daughter, who was fathered by Castro. One of the drawings on a shelf said, “Happy Birthday.”
Another room, shared by Ms. Knight and Gina DeJesus, had a portable toilet, a clock radio, and several chains.
Related stories | http://www.toledoblade.com/Nation/2013/08/08/Cleveland-house-of-terrors-razed.html | dclm-gs1-143700000 |
0.02406 | <urn:uuid:64ed71e1-3b7a-4ed1-ae0b-5cfb56e002b2> | en | 0.95984 | an emo + a scene. This person is really emo, but likes to wear buckets of eye-liner like a scene. They are overly happy but hate thee world in the most joyous way.
Their continuous hatred towards people is matched only by their love for depressive bands that like to yell their emotional messages violently at their listener.
Sceemos tend to hang-out with the brutally honest and triangle loving filter addicted hipsters whilst simultaneously hating tumblr wannabe alternatives.
OMG Becky she is such a Moe'Fresking Sceemo good gratious Shaniqua!
Tenishia had so much eyeliner and was listening to Black Veil Brides i reckn' she's turning into a sceemo.
I like for shizzle like being emo but scene like so totally relates to my soul, i think ima be a sceemo!
5 Words related to Sceemo
Free Daily Email
Emails are sent from We'll never spam you. | http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Sceemo | dclm-gs1-143740000 |
0.043272 | <urn:uuid:3bd4aa97-b7cb-4f9b-9954-f556f41a0606> | en | 0.982658 | Life in Libya: The wrap-up
September 9, 2010
Yesterday while driving down a familiar street here in Tripoli, I couldn't help but notice how it looked"¦prettier. It's not that Libya grows on you (my past experiences and reluctance to spend time here are testament to that) but this year my love for Libya and genuine desire to get to know it, grew. Listening to the stories of Libyan women, getting to know them, and understanding their struggle helped me come to terms with my own identity, and their stories helped me understand how Libya sees them, how America see them, and most importantly how they see themselves.. Through their conversation, I was able to better understand The Libyan Identity, and how a woman's role is not separated from it. As Natalie mentioned, Libya is an Arab country that grants women full rights under the law. What's on paper is not always executed, and Libya is no exception, but many women here are active members of society; a fact that was repeated over and over again by the women we interviewed, (who were also quick to remind us that Islam also gives women many rights). Most women saw patriarchy and society's obsession with their reputation as the biggest obstacle, but a few claimed the emphasis placed on a woman's reputation gave them power. Through our interviews with female students, artists, writers, entrepreneurs, housewives, and women in top government offices, I was surprised to discover a progressive, intellectual class not often emphasized in the public sphere, or at least often missing in media reports about Arab women. The women we interviewed were curious and delighted to hear that an American from Chicago (shout-out to Oprah) and a Libyan from America were interested in their story. But so were the men. The feedback we got from Libyans who heard about our reporting endeavor was encouraging. In Tripoli's Old City a shop owner broke down the intricacies of a traditional woman's dress, typically worn on the third and last day of a Libyan wedding. (Traditionally weddings in Libya lasted 7 days). "You are from America?!" he asked as his young son peeked his head from around the counter. "I am from America," I replied. "You Libyan?" "I'm Libyan." "My niece too from America. never been here. She will come in fall," he says. "Will she wear this dress," I ask pointing to the hand woven fabric embedded with sparkling crystals displayed on the glass counter. He laughs and says, "Maybe. Now it is possible." Libyans have always shared stories with each other; the oral tradition in my family dates more than a hundred years back. My father, a poet and writer, remembers his father and mother reciting poems they created but never wrote down. My late aunt who lived during the Italian occupation, used to share her poems from memory at family gatherings and my late uncle who passed away when he was only 28, is still remembered for his legacy of short stories. My point is there's usually at least one skilled story teller in every Libyan family, which means Libyans have a lot to share. For the record: Most people we spoke with didn't want to hide Libya's past or sugar-coat their lives or be some sort of poster-child for the exotic. But they wanted to share their thoughts and be heard. Many women spoke about the importance of building cultural bridges, and their desire to be understood. Now, Libya is making what once seemed impossible seem possible. My time in Libya has reinforced this. My interaction with other journalists here reminds me that there are many stories to tell. But we chose women. I look forward to WBEZ's broadcasts and I welcome any questions or comments about our interviews or my opinions about my experience as a Libyan-American in Libya. I can be reached at | http://www.wbez.org/YTekbali/2010/09/life-in-libya-the-wrap-up/36632 | dclm-gs1-143840000 |
0.293883 | <urn:uuid:ca608b66-3673-4769-b3e8-bc8eead01bc3> | en | 0.969709 | Health knowledge made personal
Join this community!
› Share page:
Search posts:
Is it Time to Quit Your Current Job?
Posted Sep 12 2009 6:37am
You are thinking of quitting your job. But resigning from your current job should not be a decision make haphazardly though, because it may have big impact on your life. You should think carefully and take various factors into consideration before you finalize your decision and submit your resignation letter to your superior. Here are some situations that may trigger the right time for you to go for a new job:
1. Your job makes you sick
You feel overwhelming stresses on your current job and it makes feel headaches and backaches. You are trying very hard to work out the problem but unfortunately you failed. You are losing your sleep and impacting your health and living norm. Under this situation, you probably want to prioritize your health first by finding a new job and change to new working environment.
2. You have been marginalized
You have been taken away many of your responsibilities without any reason. Your boss does not trust you like before anymore. You are excluded from important meetings and just being assigned with unimportant works that will only contribute very little scores on your year end job evaluation for promotion or salary increment. You should talk to your boss to find out the reasons before you do anything, but be aware that your boss may be urging you to leave. If the situation seems like won't improve, then it may be the right time to take the hint and find a new job.
3. You receive a better offer elsewhere
If you are given opportunities, you definitely want to move to as higher level as possible in your career which enables you to enjoy better income and lifestyle. Along our career path, there will be many opportunities opened to you and if you get an offer that attract you very much and the prospective position seems to be a good fit for you, then you should give it a serious consideration.
4. You have outgrown your job requirement
You have gained a lot of experience in your current job and you find that your experience is beyond your job requirement but there is no opportunity for you to move up and no room for you to utilize your experience. Then, you probably need to find the opportunity elsewhere.
5. Your job is interfering with your family obligations
Sometimes it's hard to balance between job and family, but with some scarification and tolerance, many parents still able to achieve some degree of balancing between their job and their family obligations. But, if your job requires you to spend too much of your time and cause you losing focus on your family obligations, then you might want to find other job that has fixed working schedule or consider an alternative work option like working from home.
In summary, quitting job or change job is a norm for one's career life, but if you are thinking of quitting your current job due to any reason, don't make haphazardly decision until you have considered all potential impacts on your life.
Post a comment
Write a comment:
Related Searches | http://www.wellsphere.com/happiness-article/is-it-time-to-quit-your-current-job/798709 | dclm-gs1-143850000 |
0.239897 | <urn:uuid:d67ba199-a6a6-4fcc-b226-a3ceed56d816> | en | 0.946317 | ABC Radio National
Future Tense
Date/Time 26 Dec 2014 3:43:34am
I believe in Star Trek. I grew up on Star Trek and I see Captain Picard as the model of the ideal man and a trekiverse as a human utopia.
But, I've also done lots of personal research on why people are happy, optimistic, learned helplessness, compassion exhaustion etc etc.
And my current belief is that optimism is generally honestly related to ones true life experience. While people are more likely to be successful if they manage to maintain their optimism in spite of bad experience, and there are people who are just pessimistic no matter what, the degree of optimism in the world appears to be a fairish barometer for measuring reality - apparently overall we are just a little more optimistic than warranted.
There is a book out about learned helplessness - some kind of self help guide. One of the things I got from that is that TODAY people are more likely to be optimistic if they don't take responsibility for their actions, and if they are comfortable with lying, cheating and distorting reality in their own minds.
This is the exact opposite of Scientist: someone who is committed to the truth and objectively observing reality.
I think that is the challenge.
Don't get me wrong - I absolutely applaud the idea of optimism and reaching for the sky. It's all about how to do it so that people can believe, expect, demand and drive that level of progress.
Currently in Australia, we are closing down schools, lying about the situation in our public hospitals and our government is trying to wind back the rollout of the National Broadband Network. We need that optimism, expectation and drive.
| http://www2b.abc.net.au/tmb/View/NewMessage.aspx?b=186&t=242&tn=&dm=1&m=1210&tpa=&r=%2Ftmb%2FView%2FMessage.aspx%3Fb%3D186%26t%3D242%26a%3D0%26ps%3D50%26tpa%3D%26uto%3D1%26dm%3D4%26ci%3D0%26pd%3D1%26so%3DDateTime%26soa%3DTrue%26p%3D1%26p2%3D0 | dclm-gs1-143950000 |
0.056305 | <urn:uuid:e0a9a128-9659-4535-8bdc-54f71736510c> | en | 0.962277 | Tales of the South Pacific
Front Cover
Fawcett Crest, 1974 - Fiction - 384 pages
30 Reviews
Winner of the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
From inside the book
What people are saying - Write a review
User ratings
5 stars
4 stars
3 stars
2 stars
1 star
Review: Tales of the South Pacific
User Review - Heidi - Goodreads
I had no idea James Michener could write a page-turner. Why aren't all his books like this? I started the book assuming it would be typical Michener fare: a struggle at times but worthwhile. To my ... Read full review
Review: Tales of the South Pacific
User Review - miriam - Goodreads
yeah, it was good. there were some cute stories, some nail biters, and even some that reached deeper into my consciousness and tried to impress upon it the needlessness of war. but holy shit, it was ... Read full review
The South Pacific
Coral Sea
16 other sections not shown
Common terms and phrases
About the author (1974)
| http://books.google.com/books?id=TMlhAVCKXZQC&q=grinned&dq=related:ISBN0806946261&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=6 | dclm-gs1-144140000 |
0.055337 | <urn:uuid:5520a102-c036-4146-b2df-01963c94fed4> | en | 0.972271 | HOME > Chowhound > Middle East & Africa >
Cairo, Egypt -- Recs for You
• 2
Hi all, I just got back from living in Egypt for a year. I thought people might find this advice useful. I originally wrote it for people who were headed to Egypt for a week or two. Don't hesitate to let me know if you have any more specific questions!
1. Food poisoning and water: I personally drink tap water but I am in the minority among foreigners living here. I recommend you drink bottled water as it tastes much better and is extrememly cheap- a small bottle is generally 1LE and a large bottle usually 2LE --although restaurants and hotels will naturally charge more. I tend to eat everything I come across, but generally the advice is to stay away from salads and raw vegetables and fruits unless you can peel them. Getting food poisoning is fairly common for those who are sensitive but my experience has been that when I've gotten sick it has passed pretty quickly. Hygeine standards (especially in restaurants) are pretty low here, and the food poisoning seems to come from expensive meals as much as street food. Basically . . . I wish you luck in avoiding it and try to stay away from raw fruits and veggies.
2. Food! I am also a lover of food and in this respect Egypt is slightly disappointing as the best food is always found in people's homes. However, there are a few things you should try. The traditional Egyptian breakfast is Fuul (fava bean stew) and Ta'amiyya (kind of like falafel but made with ground fava beans instead of chickpeas-- I personally think it is better than falafel, but I've never been to the Levant!). There are fuul and ta'amiyya stores all over the place- the fuul will be best as a sandwich but I recommend getting the ta'amiyya plain as they usually serve it with salad that can be sketchy! (you can say "noss ginay ta'amiyya" (50 piasters-- usually 4 or 5 ta'amiyya patties) or "ginay ta'amiyya" (1 LE worth) to get it plain . . . if the guys just looks confused just say "bidoon sandwich" -- not sure if you speak any arabic, though even if you do the Egyptian dialect is rather different that MSA or Levantine Arabic) .
As far as dining, you should to to to Abou Al-Siid. This is in Zamalek by Diwan Bookstore on 26 July Street. I recommend the "Molokhia" with rabbit or the "Fatta" . . . this is the closest you are going to get to the kind of food served in Egyptian homes and the atmosphere is nice. Its popular among upper class Egyptians and ex-pats. You might have to call ahead a day or so to reserve as sometimes they get busy. The phone number is (02) 735 9640.
Most of the other nice places in Cairo tend to be Lebanese or Western (or horrible attempts at Chinese/Korean/Japanese food . . . which obviously won't be of interest as you are coming from the Bay Area!) restaurants. For Lebanese I recommend a restaurant called "Dar Al-Amar (Moon Deck) on the Blue Nile boat in Zamalek (your hotel should be able to direct you there-- a taxi there from anywhere in Zamalek should be 3LE, but they'll probably want 5LE as you are tourists)-- I recommend the hummus and the hot hummus though if you have traveled in the Levant you've probably had better! Another decent Lebanese restaurant is Sabaya (or is it Saraya??) in the Intercontinental Hotel downtown (the big Pink-ish one on the Nile just off of Midan Tahrir) but I recommend sticking mainly to the appetizers as the main courses (especially the meats . . . mine were overcooked and tough) are a little disappointing. I loved the raw lamb with cracked wheat and their apple tabouleh is really good (it is a salad, but since this is a hotel I think (hope) it should be okay!?). Also decent is "Studio Masr" on the Nile City boat (next to the Blue Nile boat in Zamalek). They serve Egyptian food, specializing in meat and I think they do a fair job, but the quality of the food is here is nothing compared to the kinds of things you are used to in the Bay Area!
Also, you have to try Koshary while you are here. A good place for it is Koshary Tahrir which is on Champollion Street about a block away from Midan Tahrir. If you are walking from Midan Tahrir it will be on the right side of the street. A small bowl is 2LE however this might not be great for your wife as Koshary isn't the most sanitary! I think this place is listed in Lonely Planet.
My NUMBER ONE tip for eating well in Egypt is to make friends with Egyptians and eat with them-- at their homes or places they take you. Even if the food turns out not to be so great the experience will be!
1. Click to Upload a photo (10 MB limit)
1. Thanks so much for posting this. When I visited Cairo and Sharm el Sheikh last year, I was desperate for this kind of information (and got some here on chowhound, but there's not much out there on Egypt). Did you visit Al-Azahr park and the very good restaurant inside it? My meals were mostly relegated to near the Mena House Hotel in Giza. But the place in Al-Azahr park really stood out.
1 Reply
1. re: Frosty Melon
Visited Al-Azhar Park, but didn't eat in the restaurant (though I stole and orange off the buffet table when we stopped in to use the bathroom!). We brought a picnic lunch which was really fun (just put the food in your bag as you walk in, technically it is not allowed). We got a half roasted chicken (this was before bird flu made chicken scarce) and ate it with bread and salad, all for about 5 or 10 LE. | http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/308919 | dclm-gs1-144150000 |
0.025459 | <urn:uuid:90d21659-c11e-4ff4-a4c8-949f2ba7feb5> | en | 0.956438 |
News: Anthony Spencer willing to play DE
Discussion in 'News Zone' started by Cajuncowboy, Jan 13, 2013.
1. Cajuncowboy
Cajuncowboy Preacher From The Black Lagoon
27,476 Messages
2 Likes Received
The Dallas Cowboys' switch from a 3-4 standard defense to a 4-3 formation could mean a potential position change for outside linebacker Anthony Spencer.
Jordan Woy, Spencer's agent, said Sunday his client is open to moving to defensive end.
"He can play either," Woy said. "They played a 4-3 for some of the snaps this past season."
2. john van brocklin
john van brocklin Captain Comeback
1,585 Messages
248 Likes Received
I believe Spencer played Defensive End in College before the Cowboys converted him to Linebacker.
3. RS12
RS12 Well-Known Member
14,673 Messages
1,490 Likes Received
With what Spencer can make as a FA it is hard to imagine them paying him big money for a scheme that really doesnt fit what he does best.
4. 4lifecowboy
4lifecowboy Active Member
835 Messages
54 Likes Received
He will still do what he does best stop the run to the strong side and rush the passer from the strongside, it will eleminate what he is weakest at (dropping into coverage) IMO.
5. JonJon
JonJon Injured Reserve
11,034 Messages
237 Likes Received
Is he willing to take a pay cut?
6. mldardy
mldardy Well-Known Member
7,692 Messages
1,276 Likes Received
This. It doesn't matter what he's willing to play if we can't afford him he won't be a Cowboy next season.
7. CowboysYanksLakers
CowboysYanksLakers Well-Known Member
4,142 Messages
482 Likes Received
I don't get people saying "scheme doesn't fit him"... The kid played with his hand in the dirt in college just as Ware did.
8. 1fisher
1fisher Active Member
5,684 Messages
21 Likes Received
This board is chock full of experts....didn't you know?? :cool:
9. Risen Star
Risen Star Likes Collector Zone Supporter
22,745 Messages
10,041 Likes Received
There's a laundry list of college DEs who couldn't play that position in the NFL. So it's more complicated than that.
I think he could play it but I certainly don't want to pay him to do so. Move on. Use that money elsewhere.
10. CowboysYanksLakers
CowboysYanksLakers Well-Known Member
4,142 Messages
482 Likes Received
Exactly... :laugh2: If you have Spencer and Ware coming off the edge in a 4-3 that's scary.
11. perrykemp
perrykemp Well-Known Member
6,150 Messages
1,926 Likes Received
7 years ago.
He's never been a great pass rusher when he is engaged with offensive tackles -- and playing as a 4-3 DE he'll be engaged with an Offensive Tackle 95% of the time.
12. BaybeeJay
BaybeeJay Active Member
448 Messages
27 Likes Received
Seems silly to break the bank for a guy that will be unproven at the position. If you want to spend that type of money, might as well get someone more proven as a pass-rushing end.
Also, it would be in Spencer's interest to get to FA and go to a 3-4 team. That's where I see him getting the most money.
13. MichaelWinicki
MichaelWinicki "You want some?" Staff Member
32,669 Messages
3,187 Likes Received
If the Cowboys could retain Spencer, sign a decent guard, and a decent DT through FA, then I would retain him.
14. ghst187
ghst187 Well-Known Member
5,594 Messages
150 Likes Received
he probably did some for us too the last few seasons.
15. Tobal
Tobal Well-Known Member
2,013 Messages
89 Likes Received
depending on what we do in FA we shold get a high comp pick for him
16. newlander
newlander Well-Known Member
8,205 Messages
123 Likes Received
....that is SO true. Risen Star is right as well: THINK of the money we can free up elsewhere....hope to heck they just finally cut ties with this guy: don't trust him for a SECOND to get a big deal and still play at a high level: NO WAY
17. Mansta54
Mansta54 Well-Known Member
9,704 Messages
218 Likes Received
We need to keep Spencer.
18. ddh33
ddh33 Active Member
4,934 Messages
2 Likes Received
I still can't believe that this team would spend the pick, the time, the franchise tag, and watch him blossom just to let him leave.
I can't help but think of Freeney and Mathis. Let Ware and Spencer come after the QB on every play and worry about the rest later.
19. RW Hitman
RW Hitman Well-Known Member
2,556 Messages
68 Likes Received
issue is money, not position. Thanks Spencer for your service
20. LatinMind
LatinMind iPhotoshop
8,995 Messages
2,020 Likes Received
hahaha, Spencer knows DE's command more money then OLBs. Of course he's willing.
Share This Page | http://cowboyszone.com/threads/anthony-spencer-willing-to-play-de.251390/ | dclm-gs1-144220000 |
0.068335 | <urn:uuid:f4c3a0fb-3209-451d-9d91-99e277f38325> | en | 0.911163 | Nutter Butter
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Not to be confused with Nutty Buddy.
Nutter Butter Cookie
Nutter Butter is a Nabisco brand peanut-shaped sandwich cookie with a peanut butter filling, which was introduced to the public in 1969.
Nutter Butters have a two-ply bread peanut shape with a texture that resembles that of a peanut. The individual cookies are about 3-4 inches in length and have a very recognizable and distinctive look.[1]
Nabisco launched a convenience store pack of the Nutter Butter brand, featuring cookies that are round in profile, lacking the distinctive peanut shape. However, the vast majority of the Nutter Butter cookies sold are of the original peanut shape.
1. ^ "Nutter Butter". The Snackpot. Retrieved 19 January 2013. | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutter_Butter | dclm-gs1-144450000 |
0.036966 | <urn:uuid:90826809-4b87-43cf-bfcc-114f0b3fc78d> | en | 0.975909 | Putten raid
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Lady of Putten in the memorial garden (Vrouwtje van Putten Herdenkingshof)
The Putten raid (Dutch: Razzia van Putten) was one the worst civilians raids conducted by the Germans in occupied Netherlands during the Second World War. On 1 October 1944, a total of 602 men - almost the entire male population of the village - were taken from Putten, in the central Netherlands, and deported to various concentration camps in Nazi Germany. Only 48 returned at the end of the war. The action was undertaken as a reprisal for a Dutch resistance attack on a vehicle carrying personnel from the Wehrmacht.
On the night of 30 September-1 October 1944, a car carrying two officers and two corporals of the German Army was ambushed by members of the Dutch resistance near the Oldenallerbrug bridge between Putten and Nijkerk. In the attack, a resistance fighters named Frans Slotboom was wounded but later died. One German officer, Lt Otto Sommer, was also wounded, escaped to a nearby farmhouse to raise the alarm; but died the following day. The two German corporals fled while the second officer, Oberleutnant Eggart, was injured and captured. Due to his wounds, the resistance fighters abandoned him in a place where he could be found by the Germans.
German reprisal[edit]
660 symbolic graves in the Putten memorial garden
The German reprisal raid was conducted the following day. At the command of General Friedrich Christiansen, Putten was surrounded by German forces led by Fritz Fullriede. The women and men of the village were captured and separated, and over one hundred houses in the village were set on fire. Six men and a woman were shot dead during the raid. The women were held at the church until 9pm, while the men and boys were detained separately nearby at the village school. On 2 October, 661 men between the ages of 18 and 50 were taken to Amersfoort concentration camp, where 59 older or unfit men were released. The remaining 602 men left Amersfoort on 11 October and taken to Neuengamme concentration camp as forced labour. During the transportation, 13 men escaped by jumping from the train. From Neuengamme, some were moved on to other camps or sub-camps, including Ladelund, Bergen-Belsen, Meppen-Versen, Beendorf, Wöbbelin and Malchow. Only 48 men returned after the end of the war, but another 5 died from their mistreatment after they arrived home. A total of 552 men died, mostly victims of malnutrition, slave labour and infectious diseases.
Lady of Putten memorial
Commemorative stone at the Oude Kerk in Putten
A monument commemorating the victims of the raid was unveiled by Queen Juliana on 1 October 1949. The monument includes a memorial park designed by Jan Bijhouwer and a sandstone statue by Mari Andriessen depicting a grieving woman in traditional dress with a handkerchief in her hand, known as "The Lady of Putten". The statue looks toward the Oude Kerk in Putten, from where the men were deported.
A silent memorial held at the monument on 2 October each year, attended by hundreds of people. Wreaths are laid by the college van B&W, the "Stichting Oktober '44", a few surviving returnees, schoolchildren from Putten, and other organizations from the Netherlands and abroad.
Coordinates: 52°15′N 5°32′E / 52.25°N 5.53°E / 52.25; 5.53
See also[edit]
Based on the Dutch-language version at nl:Razzia_van_Putten | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putten_raid | dclm-gs1-144460000 |
0.491315 | <urn:uuid:9906aaf0-0133-4455-8ee4-e5c2493c0213> | en | 0.699877 | @prefix schema: . @prefix genont: . @prefix wdrs: . @prefix umbel: . @prefix library: . @prefix xsd: . @prefix rdf: . @prefix void: . @prefix bgn: . @prefix dcterms: . a schema:Intangible ; schema:name "Self-reliant living."@en . a schema:Intangible ; schema:name "Wirtschaftsethik."@en . a genont:ContentTypeGenericResource , genont:InformationResource ; void:inDataset ; schema:about . a schema:Intangible ; schema:name "Lebensqualität."@en . a schema:Person ; schema:familyName "Frauenfelder" ; schema:givenName "Mark" ; schema:name "Frauenfelder, Mark." . a schema:PublicationEvent ; schema:location ; schema:organizer ; schema:startDate "2010" . a schema:ProductModel ; schema:bookFormat schema:Hardcover ; schema:isbn "9781591843320" , "1591843324" . a schema:Place ; schema:name "New York" . a bgn:Agent ; schema:name "Portfolio" . a schema:Intangible ; schema:name "Nachhaltigkeit."@en . a schema:Intangible . a schema:Intangible ; schema:name "Handicraft."@en . a schema:Intangible ; schema:name "Handwerk."@en . a schema:Book ; library:oclcnum 457151299 ; library:placeOfPublication , ; schema:about , , , , , , , ; schema:creator ; schema:datePublished "2010" ; schema:description "From the Publisher: From his unique vantage point as editor-in-chief of MAKE magazine, the hub of the newly invigorated do-it-yourself movement, Mark Frauenfelder takes readers on an inspiring and surprising tour of the vibrant world of DIY. The Internet has brought together large communities of people who share ideas, tips, and blueprints for making everything from unmanned aerial vehicles to pedal-powered iPhone chargers to an automatic cat feeder jury-rigged from a VCR. DIY is a direct reflection of our basic human desire to invent and improve, long suppressed by the availability of cheap, mass-produced products that have drowned us in bland convenience and cultivated our most wasteful habits. Frauenfelder spent a year trying a variety of offbeat projects such as keeping chickens and bees, tricking out his espresso machine, whittling wooden spoons, making guitars out of cigar boxes, and doing citizen science with his daughters in the garage. His whole family found that DIY helped them take control of their lives, offering a path that was simple, direct, and clear. Working with their hands and minds helped them feel more engaged with the world around them. Frauenfelder also reveals how DIY is changing our culture for the better. He profiles fascinating \"alpha makers\" leading various DIY movements and grills them for their best tips and insights. Beginning his journey with hands as smooth as those of a typical geek, Frauenfelder offers a unique perspective on how earning a few calluses can be far more rewarding and satisfying than another trip to the mall."@en , "Introduction: Escape to Rarotonga -- 1: Courage to screw things up -- 2: Killing my lawn -- 3: Growing food -- 4: Tickling Miss Silvia -- 5: Raising baby dinosaurs -- 6: Strumming and stirring -- 7: Fomenting fermentation -- 8: Keeping bees -- 9: Learning how to learn -- Conclusion: Rise of do-it-yourselfism -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index."@en ; schema:exampleOfWork ; schema:inLanguage "en" ; schema:name "Made by hand : searching for meaning in a throwaway world"@en ; schema:numberOfPages "241" ; schema:publication ; schema:publisher ; schema:workExample ; umbel:isLike ; wdrs:describedby . a schema:Place ; dcterms:identifier "nyu" . a schema:Intangible ; schema:name "Sustainable living."@en . | http://experiment.worldcat.org/oclc/457151299.ttl | dclm-gs1-144590000 |
0.534123 | <urn:uuid:c996e1f6-bf67-43a9-b563-f1734e8ef2c8> | en | 0.944575 | Marvel Superheroes, Recreated As Custom LEGO Minifigures
Marvel and LEGO enthusiast autorazr has a mission: To recreate as many custom Marvel superheroes in LEGO form as possible. This includes characters from different timelines and universes, characters wearing their old and their new costumes. Villains that will probably never get their own set. So basically everyone. » 7/17/14 11:30am 7/17/14 11:30am
If The Avengers Existed, Their Magazine Covers Would Look Like This
Think about how newspapers, magazines, blogs and media platforms of every stripe follow Kanye West’s every move. Now imagine if Yeezy had a suit of power armor that made him a flying engine of mass destruction. People would be even MORE obsessed with him. That’s the idea behind MediAvengers, a blog that imagines the… » 6/27/13 3:30pm 6/27/13 3:30pm
Why Japanese Fans Are Still Nerd Raging about The Avengers
For years, anime fans have been complaining about crap dubs. It's either the result of amateurs or celebrities who simply don't fit the role. Now it's Japan's turn to nerd rage.
"It's just as everyone says, the dubbing is horrid," wrote one individual on Amazon Japan. The Avengers didn't exactly have a smooth rollout » 12/05/12 6:00am 12/05/12 6:00am | http://kotaku.com/tag/the-avengers | dclm-gs1-145040000 |
0.05194 | <urn:uuid:90f6040e-4e90-4e77-a1aa-759a1baa0d5f> | en | 0.956454 | The Right Type of Ice Melt to Buy for Your Home and Climate
It's still pretty cold out there, and there's plenty of ice and snow about. If you need some ice melt to keep your driveway, sidewalk, or other paved areas clean and slip-free, you have tons of options. Thankfully, Consumer Reports has this graphic that shows what you should buy based on temperature, need, and surface. » 3/06/14 4:30am 3/06/14 4:30am
If you're about to fly somewhere for Thanksgiving, you're probably dreading the possibility that you'll catch a bug along the way. And with good reason: Many people come down with something nasty in the days following an airplane flight. Why does this happen, and how can you keep yourself from getting sick? » 11/26/13 2:34pm 11/26/13 2:34pm
Can I Leave My Gadgets In a Cold or Hot Car?
Dear Lifehacker,
If you like to nurse your cocktails and enjoy them but hate how diluted they get as your ice starts to melt, this tip from the folks at The Kitchn can keep your tasty beverages flavorful and delicious even as the ice melts: make your ice out of tonic water instead of tap water. If your cocktail already calls for… » 5/07/12 4:30am 5/07/12 4:30am
Make Your Own Sinus-Clearing Shower Tablets for Cheap, Effective…
You may have seen those pricey tablets in your local drugstore or pharmacy that you're supposed to put in the bottom of your shower while you wash up. As the tablet dissolves under the hot water, they're supposed to release fragrance and vapors to help clear your nose and throat, offering you a little allergy or… » 4/05/12 4:00am 4/05/12 4:00am | http://lifehacker.com/tag/cold | dclm-gs1-145070000 |
0.020729 | <urn:uuid:1fa79c54-7ee8-488a-acf4-fe6100b4b95e> | en | 0.957403 | , Volume 9, Issue 2, pp 259-263
Self-control in honeybees
Self-control means choosing a large delayed reward over a small immediate reward; impulsiveness is its opposite. The metabolic hypothesis states that the amount of self-control across species correlates negatively with metabolic rate (Tobin & Logue, 1994). Foraging honeybees have high metabolic rates; the metabolic hypothesis would predict little self-control in bees. But foraging bees work for the longterm good of their hive, conditions that seem to require self-control. In three experiments, we gave bees the choice between (1) a sweeter delayed reward and a less sweet immediate reward and (2) a large delayed reward and a small immediate reward. Bees showed much self-control, inconsistent with the metabolic hypothesis.
The research reported was supported by grants from Macquarie University. | http://link.springer.com/article/10.3758%2FBF03196280 | dclm-gs1-145080000 |
0.021352 | <urn:uuid:886ff1b7-f4fd-49a6-8de0-4d9052cd799e> | en | 0.952381 | What is meta? ×
I got a heap of strange undownvotes yesterday:
enter image description here
I'm wondering how this was possible. Were the downvotes not too old to be revoked?
The original downvotes that were cancelled don't show up anywhere in my list (I went back a month or so), and neither of the posts had seen a recent edit that would have allowed the user to change his vote.
How was the voter able to undo votes this old?
Or is this evidence of a removed user account? Do cancelled downvotes not show the user was removed message that you see when *up*votes get cancelled?
share|improve this question
Maybe a serial downvoting reversal? – Lamak Nov 22 '12 at 19:20
serial downvoting reversal is not marked as "undownvote". – juergen d Nov 22 '12 at 19:22
I've seen this happen where it doesn't use the proper reversal event at 03:00, but it usually only occurs when there's just a few events that get reversed. Never seen it for a huge block of them before. The events did occur at 03:00 so that automated script is to blame. Possibly an account merge? Who knows. – animuson Nov 22 '12 at 19:23
I decided you're not such a bad person after all and forgive you for wanting to delete my comments. You're welcome. – Bart Nov 22 '12 at 19:33
Normally I'd say that they ninja edited, but that's quite a bit of effort to remove a down vote on that many posts. – Tim Stone Nov 22 '12 at 19:35
@animuson oohh, good observation, then it's indeed an automatic reversal, didn't catch that! – Pëkka Nov 22 '12 at 19:40
@Bart oh man, that's a relief! Does this mean I can equip any deletion or burnination related suggestions with illustrations of your contributions again? :) – Pëkka Nov 22 '12 at 19:40
Given that most of my contributions are excellent illustrations of stuff that should most likely not be around, go ahead. ;) – Bart Nov 22 '12 at 19:43
@Bart naah. :) That was always a totally involuntary choice. Maybe I have a subconscious bias against Bart Simpson. – Pëkka Nov 22 '12 at 19:46
The most likely explanation seems to be a manual account deletion by SE where the upvotes were preserved in some way. Plain user deletion hides all these unupvotes in the "user was removed" entry. Due to the timing (and the presence of similar entries in the profiles of many users here on meta) this looks a lot like all downvotes from a specific user were invalidated, but not his upvotes. – Mad Scientist Nov 22 '12 at 19:49
(I've cleaned up some of the comments to curb speculation.) – Anna Lear Nov 22 '12 at 22:34
whatever it is it also happened to me. – Rosinante Nov 23 '12 at 0:48
@rosinante the person who left must have hated us – Pëkka Nov 23 '12 at 2:28
Pfft. I've down-voted you more. – Shogging through the snow Nov 23 '12 at 4:30
@Shog I'VE DOWNVOTED YOU EVEN MORER running away sobbing – Pëkka Nov 23 '12 at 10:35
1 Answer 1
up vote 35 down vote accepted
This is a bug in our vote auto-invalidation task.
When we delete highly active users upon their request (i.e. they no longer wish to participate in Stack Exchange), we preserve their up/down/accepted votes by moving them to our Community User.
This is the first time we had removed a meta.SO user in this fashion, where the downvotes flow like wine :), and the invalidation task had not been updated to account for this.
We'll fix it after the American holiday, as I must return to gorging myself on turkey and ham.
share|improve this answer
I'm sure there's real wine flowing around here somewhere. ::) – animuson Nov 23 '12 at 1:02
Wait, so you more or less do do this? meta.stackexchange.com/questions/125740/… – Ben Brocka Nov 23 '12 at 1:34
Wait, what holiday is happening in Mexico? – random Nov 23 '12 at 1:41
@BenBrocka Basically, yes. We're working on a more general and less manual solution, too. – Anna Lear Nov 23 '12 at 2:27
Only in cases where the number of votes to be removed would be seriously disruptive, @Ben. Wouldn't want someone opening their rep page and seeing tons of votes removed... Oh. – Shogging through the snow Nov 23 '12 at 2:42
Wine? What about Tang soju? – casperOne Nov 23 '12 at 2:56
@Shog9 Now that some of us know what this person's seeming rather vindictive voting pattern was, are you quite sure you want to restore them? – Rosinante Nov 23 '12 at 3:43
@Rosinante: well, they need to be made not visible in some fashion, regardless of whether that means restoring them or destroying them completely. Also keep in mind: the person in question cast a lot of votes here (hence the unusual vote-preserving deletion) - whatever patterns you can find in a handful of accounts, they're unlikely to be significant. – Shogging through the snow Nov 23 '12 at 4:05
@Rosinante "Vindictive voting pattern"? I don't think there's any evidence for that. I personally have cast around 900 downvotes here, and there are certainly many users that have cast more. There's just a lot more downvoting here on meta than anywhere else, as it carries a different meaning. Pekka has posted a lot of content here on meta, so it is not surprising that a long-time user voted on many of them. – Mad Scientist Nov 23 '12 at 7:08
wonder what would happen if I left Programmers. Last time I checked there were ~3500 upvotes / ~7500 downvotes – gnat Nov 23 '12 at 7:40
Well, whatever. It just seemed odd that two of us seemed to come in for such unidirectional activity. Maybe others found themselves leaking rep to temporarily deleted upvotes. – Rosinante Nov 23 '12 at 12:34
@Rosinante as far as I can tell, only downvotes were leaked because (presumably) upvotes weren't refunded, and those downvotes were done over a period of 2 years – gnat Nov 23 '12 at 15:27
@gnat I hadn't followed that. OK. – Rosinante Nov 23 '12 at 16:13
You must log in to answer this question.
Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged . | http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/156507/how-did-this-curious-undownvote-pattern-come-about?answertab=oldest | dclm-gs1-145230000 |
0.021756 | <urn:uuid:934a29ac-0c38-4e0b-8d97-4898e100504b> | en | 0.939362 | Land of Whirlpools
5,670pages on
this wiki
Revision as of 21:56, February 13, 2013 by Kunoichi101 (Talk | contribs)
The Land of Whirlpools (渦の国, Uzu no Kuni; Viz "Land of Eddies") is where the Uzumaki clan originates from. It no longer exists, having been destroyed and the rest of the survivors scattered across the world. The surname Uzumaki was very common in this country.[1] It was located on an island off of the coast of the Land of Fire.
Main article: Uzushiogakure Uzushiogakure (渦潮隠れの里, Uzushiogakure no Sato; English TV "Hidden Eddy Village"; Literally meaning "Village Hidden by Whirling Tides") was the shinobi village of the Land of Whirlpools. Its ninja were renowned for their fūinjutsu to the point that it led to its destruction in war.[2] Those who survived the village's destruction scattered across the globe to seek refuge.[3]
• "Uzumaki" means "spiral" or "whirlpool".
1. Third Databook, page 335
2. Naruto chapter 500, page 4
3. Naruto chapter 500, pages 3-4
Around Wikia's network
Random Wiki | http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Land_of_Whirlpools?oldid=745393 | dclm-gs1-145300000 |
0.348686 | <urn:uuid:0eecbacd-8503-48b7-9517-a230b6091f40> | en | 0.970345 | Party Lines Slideshow: Rosie Perez, John Leguizamo, Claire Danes, and More at the P.S. 122 Spring Gala
At P.S. 122's Spring Gala, a tribute to John Leguizamo that went down at the Abrons Arts Center earlier this week, Rosie Perez got very worked up about her hometown. Rosie, the floor is yours: "The unique thing about New York used to be that the change was organic. Now it's intentional and conscious. Changing, for example, the name of Harlem to SoHa. This is ridiculous. What does that really mean? The implications of that is so hurtful and deep that its pathetic. They're saying basically that "Harlem is a little too scary. We don't want people in the midwest or in midtown or Wall Street [to know] that we live in Harlem, so we'll call it Harlem and we'll make it chic. Bitches! Harlem was already chic. That's why your ass is there. Period. That's why your ass is there. And you know you really couldn't afford those high-rises there, either, so shut the fuck up and go home. Sorry about that but it's true." See more celebrities complaining about New York in our Party Lines slideshow. | http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2010/05/party_lines_slideshow_rosie_pe.html | dclm-gs1-145330000 |
0.055406 | <urn:uuid:c6d898ee-a0b0-4b90-a53c-2f1b9a1dd4f3> | en | 0.924656 | Saudis Before Americans?
Based on allegations that there: was an Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi Ambassador to the United States,: the current White House occupant and his Attorney General: chose to take: action against Iran.: : Since the alleged Iranian plans violated American and international laws, as well as centuries of: ambassadorial protocol, one can argue that it was important for the administration: to take these actions.: While those may: prove to be defensible: reasons, there: remain: underlying: questions that are largely being ignored.
While Iran was funding: counterinsurgencies and: smuggling weapons: used to kill: Americans into Iraq and Afghanistan, it was OK with the current administration to: maintain a policy of engagement: with Iran.: Why?: What words, deeds or actions forthcoming from Iran: justified that policy?: Why was it OK to talk with instead of getting tough with: Iran while they were actively engaged in the killing of Americans and pursuing nukes?
Then,: when a member of the Royal Saudi family was at risk, action was required.: Why?: What makes the life of one Saudi: citizen more: valuable than the lives of American service men and women?: Did it have anything to do with the mindset of an individual sitting in the White House who repeatedly apologized to the world for and openly: disavowed belief in: American exceptionalism?: Did it have anything to do with the mindset of: an individual who bowed to the Saudi King?
It’s both reasonable and responsible to pose such questions.: With the USA’s foreign policies: being held: in disrespect around the globe, with America’s economy reeling from anti-business big government policies, and with long time American allies wondering where: they stand, it’s the duty of all American Citizens to question the motives and actions of the individual currently occupying the desk that once: bore the sign “The Buck Stops Here”.
Related Articles
CNN: Obama’s Like Eye Of Sauron Or Something
Someone needs less caffeine (Mediaite) During a serious discussion about intelligence on ISIS during CNN’s Erin Burnett Out Front Friday
NY Times: Hey, What Happened In Egypt Really Isn’t Obama’s Fault
It must be the fault of Other People, you know How American Hopes for a Deal in Egypt Were Undercut
Obama To Hunt For Syria’s Chemical Weapons?
| http://rightwingnews.com/war-on-terrorism/saudis-before-americans/?adclick=263 | dclm-gs1-145470000 |
0.79872 | <urn:uuid:bf6b2da7-2760-4682-b38e-f664350ac17c> | en | 0.847006 | Take the 2-minute tour ×
Does anyone have a PowerShell Script they use to gather system temperature information? This is not to replace external sensors, just another way to monitor the health of a system from a temperature perspective.
share|improve this question
1 Answer 1
up vote 1 down vote accepted
You might be able to get what you need using WMIC: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb742610.aspx
share|improve this answer
Your Answer
| http://serverfault.com/questions/201817/powershell-script-to-gather-system-temperature | dclm-gs1-145520000 |
0.136999 | <urn:uuid:305ce605-b60c-4a0a-962d-91053494b235> | en | 0.97498 | By Eric Neel
Page 2
It's crunch time. With just under two weeks to play, the Detroit Tigers are a game up on the Minnesota Twins in the race for the American League Central division crown, and the Twins are four games ahead of the Chicago White Sox in the wild card race. Who takes the division? Can the Sox make a late charge for the wild card? Like Tom Cruise, the fortnight is ripe for analysis.
So you're going to hear a lot of breakdowns and predictions in the next couple weeks. You're going to get some RISP-close-and-late tidbits, some middle-relief inherited-runners-ERA insights, and some head-to-head matchup recaps. In other words, you're going to be inundated with baseball stuff; on the field, between the lines and first pitch to last.
But not by me.
I want to talk about the other stuff. I figure a race this tight doesn't actually hinge on hits and pitches, anyway -- it hinges on good luck, on a smile from the gods, on what sort of juice, what kind of magic each club brings to the mix. The difference between a seeing-eye grounder and a ball that dies in a slick fielder's glove is not talent, I say. It's mojo.
So here now, the intangibles that set each team apart, the AL Central Crunch Time Mojo Index …
A man named Pudge. It's an old-time name, something sturdy, something lifted up out of an iron forge. A Pudge does not wilt.
Jeremy Bonderman
Leon Halip/
Jeremy Bonderman is just one of several young stars who've been pivotal to Detroit's success.
Youth. Jeremy Bonderman (23), Justin Verlander (23), Joel Zumaya (21), Curtis Granderson (25) and Marcus Thames (29) have been at the heart of the Tigers' run this year. As youngsters, they might lack experience and be prone to nerves, but as youngsters who command wicked stuff and terrific pop, they also have the inviolable sort of confidence that sees only possibilities and opportunities spread out for years to come. Older, more experienced players bring regrets and mortal worries to the moment. They clench up. The kids think they'll live forever. They play loose. Fearless.
Jim Leyland. He went toe-to-toe with young Barry and walked away with the slugger's stones in a ziplock bag. He smokes 7,000 cigarettes a day and never seems worse for the wear. He won a World Series with a Marlins team that had never had a winning record. He has a team that lost 119 games in '03 in position to win the division. The man could broker a peace between the Dixie Chicks and POTUS and I wouldn't be surprised. He's a walking amulet. There's nothing he can't do.
Duds. The Detroit home whites are (Yankees and Dodgers included) the best-looking uniforms in all of baseball. You can argue this point, but I'm afraid it is an empirical fact; something arrived at by scientists at the Vera Wang Clinic of Cool in Paris, France. So, you can argue this point, but you will be on the wide-legged-pants, burlap-sack-skirt side of science if you do.
Willie Horton in bronze. The Tigers have statues of Al Kaline, Hank Greenberg and The SOB (among others) outside Comerica Park, too, but the Horton statue is special. Willie was a very good player (325 home runs, twice in the top 10 in MVP voting), but he wasn't a Hall of Famer. He wasn't Kaline, Greenberg or Cobb. He's not thought of much by Joe Fan outside Detroit. He's immortalized at the ballpark because he's a hometown guy, because he went into the city streets to discourage rioting, because he led the team to glory in '68, and because they just love him in Detroit and always will. It's a nice thing. It's the right thing. It's the sort of thing that can make a difference when your club is playing its last six games of the regular season at home.
Cutting Dmitri Young. No doubt there's some backstory here, but if they did cut him loose for "lack of production," as they claimed at the time, this suggests some profound bad judgment on their part. No. 1, the man was hitting .292 and slugging .504 in the second half. No. 2, and much more important, they denied themselves the juju boost that comes with every funky braid dangling down Dmitri's back. Why you would want to do that I just don't know.
Acquiring Neifi Perez. Forget for the moment that the man is a career .268/.298/.376 hitter, and just think about this: He has come over from the Cubs. Now, imagine the damned, fatalistic, abandon-hope-all-ye-who-enter-here stank he carries with him, would you please? It gives you chills, no?
A guy named Boof. Boof Bonser. It doesn't hurt that he has posted a sub-4 ERA and a handful of wins since coming back from Triple-A, but even if he threw grapefruits in batting practice, he'd be worth it. If we had a metric for names -- say, VORN (value over replacement name) -- and that metric took into account how much fun the name is to say (both at home and away), and how the name somehow managed to be worthy of both ridicule and respect at the same time, and how the name used alliteration to good effect -- Boof Bonser would score roughly 82.7 on that metric, putting him head and shoulders above his next nearest competitor, Coco Crisp of the Red Sox at 63.9.
Joe Mauer
Ron LeBlanc/
Joe Mauer's sweet swing has him on top of the AL batting title race at the moment.
Joe Mauer's swing. So sweet it distracts us from how "Honeymoon in Vegas" his burns are. And the sweetness of the swing is its own virtue, regardless of the balls it puts into play. The swing echoes other great swings, of Williams, of Sam Snead, of John Henry. And it stands on its own, like some testimony to the sublime, like some impossible ideal.
Brad Radke's heart. He's on the shelf right now, trying to nurse a bum shoulder back in time for the last weekend of the season -- and, he hopes, the playoffs. But even if he doesn't make it back, he already has given the club a tremendous lift with the way he has pitched this season -- because the way he has pitched this season is with a bum shoulder and a whole truckload of want-to. For two years, he has been winging it with a torn labrum, and he recently discovered there was a stress fracture in there, too. And all he did was keep pitching, keep working it, keep -- as he told Jim Caple earlier this month -- "hump[ing] it up." As my friend Dave likes to say, "That's some man work right there." That's the sort of man work that says to everyone in the clubhouse, without Radke ever speaking a word: "What about you? How hard are you willing to work to make this happen? What you got in the tank? I gave up being able to lift my kids up off the ground, what are you willing to give up to get us where we want to go?" More than mojo, this is a prime directive. Every player in a Twins uni is measuring himself by Radke right now, trying to be more like Brad.
Kirby highlights. If I'm the big-board media coordinator at the Metrodome, I'm running tape of the catch at the wall and the walk-off off Charlie Liebrandt in Game 6 in '91 in a continuous loop. In fact, if I'm the big-board media coordinator at the Metrodome, I'm making sure that loop runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The Blyleven thing. So Bert said it. So what? That's how people talk when they blow it. That's how we all talk. The baseball gods are not prudes. The shifting winds of fortune do not alight upon sticks firmly planted up butts. The Twins' management and network came off like fearful post-Janet weenies on this thing, and the only weenies the gods like are the ones they get off the grill just before first pitch.
The Liriano situation. I don't know what to make of it, really, but I know there's some serious punkstunkclunk mojo at work in this here Liriano thing. He looks like a Cy, then he suffers a mysterious pain, then it goes away, then he pitches three gorgeous comeback innings, then he can't lift his arm from his side and has to come out of the game early, then they take an MRI and see nothing wrong? Nothing wrong? That's some black magic, woman. That's some bad moon rising. What's the root of it? I can't be sure, but here's my theory: It's payback for the Pierzynski trade. You remember: They dumped A.J. on the Giants (where he was later rather famously diagnosed as a clubhouse cancer), and got Joe Nathan, Young Mr. Liriano and the aforementioned Boof Bonser. It was, perhaps, the most lopsided trade since Aaron Spelling dealt Kate Jackson for Shelley Hack. And here's my thinking: The trade was so lopsided (even though we didn't realize it at the time) that the Twins had to be punished for taking it. They had to be punished for not calling it off on principle, for not saying to Brian Sabean, "Dude, that's sweet, really, and it's looking mighty fine to us tonight, but we'll hate ourselves in the morning for taking advantage like this. We can't do it. It just isn't right." They had to be punished for not walking away. And they were never going to know when they'd be punished, or how, but they were going to be punished. And now it comes, in the form of a phantom pain that haunts Liriano's elbow and terrorizes Ron Gardenhire's dream life.
Ain't none. They used it up winning the thing last year.
Four straight complete-game pitching performances in the Series? No major injuries down the stretch? Brad Lidge gets lit up by Scott Podsednik?
What, you think that was all strategy, all skill?
That was good mojo. A ton of it.
And now, what they're left with is the bad.
Ozzie Guillen, left, and A.J. Pierzynski
Kirby Lee/
Ozzie and A.J. aren't the darlings they were last season.
Last year, the candid Ozzie bit was charming. This year, it slipped over into crass homophobia and a painful series of self-defense Jay Mariotti columns no one wanted to read.
Last year, the Sox were working against the drought-curse-schneidamadoodle, which meant they had everyone who had a pulse and lived in the continental United States throwing their hopes and wishes behind the White Sox. But who gets jacked up about adopting the defending world champs?
The "A.J.'s a crazy, wild-card prankster tough who gives them an edgy edge" source? Gone with a Michael Barrett right hook and the birth of the "A.J.'s a peace-loving, mind-his-own-business, stay-out-of-trouble guy who gives them, well, pretty much nothing at all these days" scenario.
I could tell you the heartwarming Jim Thome comeback is good for some juice, and it is -- but you'd guess right off that such a thing is probably negated by the fact that they had Mr. Thomas and let him go. You'd know that Frank was a pain and that he made life hard for Ozzie and GM Kenny Williams. Here's what else you'd know: When healthy, he's an inexpensive, ridiculously smart, powerful hitter perfectly suited to the DH role (12 home runs in 105 ABs last year). And you'd also know this: He was the franchise when the franchise was nothing, and Chicago owed him another shot. The powers that be should have been magnanimous, you'd say. They should have said, "We can't pay you big-ticket, but we want you to stay around; you're the White Sox, we get that, it means something to us." And you know what they said instead? They (well, Williams, anyway) said he was an idiot and they said he was selfish, and they said it to reporters, with all sorts of Blylevian terms thrown in for ill effect. And it shouldn't have gone down like that. It should have gone down the way it did in Oakland. The A's didn't pay Frank big moola, they just paid him some respect. And, you'd tell me, they have been justly rewarded with a nice big, roomy lead over the fading Angels.
I could tell you this wildly improbable Jermaine Dye MVPish season is cause for some sort of viral optimism. But I couldn't leave out the way Ozzie benching that kid for not plunking a batter and dressing down Jon Garland in front of God and everybody else sucked the life out of the crew.
Nah, the Sox, they're dead. The numbers might say otherwise. The numbers might say there are games left to play.
But the mojo, she don't lie.
Eric Neel is a columnist for and Page 2. Sound off to Page 2 here. | http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=neel/060918 | dclm-gs1-145590000 |
0.520471 | <urn:uuid:3879bd51-2c01-4545-888e-7a61f5f1e835> | en | 0.8539 | Take the 2-minute tour ×
I am trying to wrote a script to check homefolders disk usage, and warn users when they are above xxGB, by email
I dump the output of the du -s * to a temp file, read it line by line, and when i try to read the size and name of the folder from the output of du it does not work correctly, just doing an echo $file i get each line dumped as two lines, i tried expand to replace the tabs with spaces, but also didn't work, and I am not sure how to do the comaprison based on size too.
#echo "Disk usage report for /homes on `hostname`"
# check staff
cd /homes/staff/
du -s * | sort -rn | head -15 |awk '{print}' > $file1
expand $file1 > $file2
for line in $(cat $file2)
echo $line
# echo $line | awk '{ print $2 }'
mail -s "Disk usage report for your homefolder" $EMAIL
share|improve this question
Why not just implement quotas? – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Apr 5 '11 at 14:59
it was very expensive, we are running virtual machines, and when we implemented quotas, the load on the servers from the du being run on every user login was very expensive, so we implmented a simple script that runs once a week, but now we want to enhance it,, – Judy Apr 5 '11 at 15:13
4 Answers 4
Why not simply implement disk quotas? Almost all Unix/Linux systems can do that.
However, if you're really want to do it this way, why all the machinations?
The du - s * will produce a two column output with diskspace used and user name. Use a while loop instead of putting everything in temporary files.
cd /home #Or where ever all the user's home directories are stored
du -s | while read space user
if [ $space -gt 10000000 ]
mailx -s"You're using a lot of diskspace!" $user <<MAIL
Dear $user:
We notice that you are now using $space in your home directory.
are you storing there? The total amount of diskspace allowed
is 15,000,000. We highly suggest you trim down your diskspace, or
we'll do it for you.
Your Kindly System Administrator
share|improve this answer
thanks, this is exactly what we want,but am getting an error, syntax error unexpected end of file – Judy Apr 5 '11 at 17:50
You can add "set -xv" to the front of the shell script. This will print out each line and the value of each environment variable. It helps with debugging issues like this. The issue could be the HEREIS document (The "<<"). Try replacing the lines between the line that starts with "mailx" and end with the line with MAIL all by itself (including those two lines) with something like this "echo User = $user Space = $space". If that gets rid of the EOF error, you'll know it's an issue with the hearis document. – David W. Apr 5 '11 at 21:25
The for loop is tokenizing your input based on spaces. So each word becomes a $line.
Instead of for loop, you can use a while loop to capture the input correctly, e.g.
cat $file2 | while read line; do echo $line; done
(You could add set -x to your script temporarily to see what's happening)
share|improve this answer
Have a look at durep
Install durep in Ubuntu
Use the following command to install durep
sudo aptitude install durep
Using durep
Syntax is roughly durep [OPTION]… [DIRECTORY]
• “durep -w ~/durepweb -td 2″
This would print the directory tree starting from the current directory to depth 2 to the console and also create web pages in the directory ~/durepweb (this directory must exist).
share|improve this answer
While this link may answer the question, it is better to include the essential parts of the answer here and provide the link for reference. Link-only answers can become invalid if the linked page changes. – Junuxx Nov 14 '12 at 13:37
@Junuxx Good point. I must have forgotten. Also, I was only starting out on SO back in the days :). Added some usage examples – sehe Nov 14 '12 at 13:45
That was an automatic comment since this came up in the Low Quality review queue. But it's much better now! :) – Junuxx Nov 14 '12 at 13:47
If you ask for
du -s /home/joe/*
you get a summary for all files (except hidden files) and directories one by one, because the * is expanded by the shell.
du -s /home/joe
will give you a single line, everything summed up, including hidden files.
du -s .
would summarize the whole directory too - and would include hidden files (just tested it).
Since it will just be one line, the whole line collapses from
du -s . >$file1
because you don't need to sort a single line, reduce it to 15 lines, and repeat it with the awk-statement.
share|improve this answer
am already doing that, but now as i try to parse it, if the file list is as follows: – Judy Apr 5 '11 at 15:42
Hm. du -s . > $file1 or du -s /home/joe > $file1 produce empty files? – user unknown Apr 5 '11 at 16:07
Your Answer
| http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5553912/bash-script-to-parse-du-s-output-and-warn-users-who-are-above-certain-storage/5554016 | dclm-gs1-145630000 |
0.132066 | <urn:uuid:25130188-8dd3-4c44-bf3a-9d2db22db3c4> | en | 0.968385 | Take the 2-minute tour ×
Im working on a rails 3.1 application. I want to have a framework/library that covers gradients, shadows etc. Compass has been popular, but getting it to play nicely with rails 3.1 was a challenge for me, so I opted for Bourbon, which also seems to be getting popular. I am wondering what the main differences are between Compass and Bourbon. Or if there is a different framework that you use, please share that.
• Why would you prefer one framework over the other?
• Have you experienced with any of them compatibility issues with browsers or with versions of rails etc.?
• Which one has a bigger or better library of mixins?
share|improve this question
closed as not constructive by Andrew Marshall, Aziz Shaikh, DocMax, Ananda Mahto, Maerlyn Nov 26 '12 at 8:34
any experiences by anyone? – alik Oct 5 '11 at 23:54
Have you seen the question What is the value of Compass with the accepted answer that mentions bourbon? – mliebelt Oct 9 '11 at 14:36
Yes I have seen that, thanks! – alik Oct 11 '11 at 17:06
Can you not include bourbon in a compass project? Similar to what I am doing to include susy: require "susy" (on second look, perhaps not exactly, there is probably some overlap...) – SeanJA Sep 4 '12 at 16:54
3 Answers 3
I had the same question and I researched it a bit more, installed both Compass and Bourbon and wound up with Bourbon, for the following reasons:
1. Compass didn't cleanly install with Rails 3.1. It seemed a lot more invasive, needed configuration files (why?) and generally felt it had more dependencies to a specific way of doing things than just providing a CSS framework.
2. Bourbon was super simple for Rails 3.1, and worked out of the box. The documentation was most straightforward, although I had to catch myself up on CSS3 box models first (which was easy to do--the top results on Google were right on the money). By contrast, I got lost in the Compass documentation right off the bat, and I wasn't sure what I needed and what not, there were so many pieces to it, I was afraid that it could take a long time to figure it out.
3. Bourbon is a more recent development and seems to bank on CSS3 a lot. I would not give too much creed to one of the other answers that because Bourbon doesn't have as much activity yet it should be discarded. I have a feeling that Bourbon is the new vanguard and that it'll attract more activity as the more established Compass is losing activity. The new kid on the block isn't quite as popular at first, but that's a poor measure for long-term usefulness.
4. If you can live without legacy browsers that don't do CSS3, then Bourbon is probably a good choice. For legacy support there are also various JS solutions available that teach the old browsers the necessary tricks.
5. For the first time in many years as developer, Bourbon took away the fear of touching CSS. Try it with Flutie to get some basic layouts out of the box.
share|improve this answer
Bourbon looks very intriguing. I too recently found Compass to be a pain in the rear to get working on rails 3.1. And Compass documentation is very lacking - at least on their website. If you have the time, you can dig through some of the missing pieces on github. – PhillipKregg Feb 17 '12 at 17:24
For the record, Compass "just works (tm)" in Rails these days - all you need is a single @import in your main sheet, no config files. I haven't used Bourbon much but we use Compass in several large sites in production and I wouldn't code stylesheets without it! – Jeriko Sep 27 '12 at 17:36
@Jeriko thanks for that update. Things evolve. It's been a while since I last looked at this and it's great to hear that Compass has caught up to "just work" now. – Wolfram Arnold Sep 27 '12 at 19:38
So, I took a quick look at the Bourbon documentation and it looks like it's a much simpler, much smaller version of something like Compass. It's true that the most commonly used stuff in Compass is the CSS3 mixins but there's more to Compass than just that. In particular, I'd look at the spriting support and support for multiple elements like gradient backgrounds and box-shadows to see if that's something you'd like.
While Bourbon has the basics covered, there's some really nice edge cases that Compass takes care of. For instance, I often use the sticky-footer mixin.
share|improve this answer
Compass has a lot more traction and visibility. I've just asked on Twitter - nobody knew Bourbon.
share|improve this answer
Just because your friends don't know bourbon doesn't mean it's not valid. It's built by an outstanding company than has many, many popular projects. – Chuck Vose Jun 1 '12 at 17:58
haha best ever! – Philip May 6 '13 at 13:43
| http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7666572/compass-vs-bourbon-frameworks/9269987 | dclm-gs1-145640000 |
0.044927 | <urn:uuid:09d9a7ed-7d91-444d-b0a8-4e6c9bba49b4> | en | 0.954326 | Kathryn Lopez
Slate writer William Saletan commented: "There's nothing new about calling somebody gay based on a lisp or a girlish gait. We all saw, did, or suffered it in grade school. What's unusual is seeing grown-up gays and liberals do it in 2011 with such open ridicule." And when covering campaigns, they even come armed with studies on "gaydar." Savage seeks to justify it, insisting that the sexual outing is what people want. He says Bachmann has "made convincing other gay people to join him in the closet his life's work. And straight people don't like being lied to. Not anymore."
It's a curious thing that at a time when tolerance is supposedly all the rage, a man who chooses not to act on particular urges would be anything but tolerable. How strange, how perverse: to embrace a standard and seek to live by it.
But even this insinuation game --- the subject of entire segments of supposed political news shows --- would prove to be welcome compared to the dreams of violent sex with Rep. Bachmann that comedian Marc Maron aired on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher." Also on the panel, Savage said he wishes to engage in the same with Rick Santorum.
In a tweet, Saletan hit at the ridiculousness that lies at the heart of this kind of playground politics: "Fake problem: What Michele Bachmann would do as president when she has a headache. Real problem: What she'd do as president when she doesn't."
The problem is that not only is this beneath us and our politics -- it's also a huge distraction. But by all means, bask in distraction if you're looking to make Rep. Bachmann a force to be reckoned with, one way or another. Those who want to take Bachmann out as a candidate via all this trash talking might want to consider what out-of-control, below-the-belt attacks perceived as sexism have done to create a phenomenon of Sarah Palin, now the subject of a major documentary, which might just be in your local theater.
That which doesn't kill a candidate may make her stronger, however deep in mud she finds herself.
Beyond the repulsive nature of such talk and whisper campaigns presented as legitimate news stories and campaign issues, opponents hoping to benefit from lowbrow politics ought to be careful: There are actual policy issues to discuss, as the country faces defaulting on its loans to China, to begin with the most obvious. Throw in a war or two if you wanted to begin to consider issues that voters might possibly want to hear a thing or two about from a potential president of the United States.
This is your democracy. Pass the Advil. And insist on something more. We haven't got time for the pain.
Kathryn Lopez is the editor of National Review Online (www.nationalreview.com). She can be contacted at [email protected].
Kathryn Lopez
| http://townhall.com/columnists/kathrynlopez/2011/07/22/mud-slinging_a_real_headache/page/2 | dclm-gs1-145740000 |
0.142309 | <urn:uuid:3e79dd4e-9d4b-4eb1-87a7-4d18ea94e68b> | en | 0.897322 | Ghost Hunt (GN 1)
allvideo BluRay DVD VHSmanga e-manga bookCD
Title: Ghost Hunt
Volume: GN 1
Pages: 208
Distributor: Del Rey
Release date: 2005-09-27
Suggested retail price: $10.99
Age rating: 13+
ISBN-10: 0345486242 0345486242
ISBN-13: 9780345486240 9780345486240
The decrepit building was condemned long ago, but every time the owners try to tear it down, "accidents" start to happen - people get hurt, sometimes even killed. Mai Taniyama and her classmates have heard the rumors that the creepy old high school is haunted, possibly by ghosts from the Second World War. So one rainy day they gather at the old school to tell ghost stories, hoping to attract one of the suspected spirits.
No ghosts materialize, but Mai and her friends do meet Kazuya Shibuya, the handsome young owner of Shibuya Psychic Research, who's been hired to investigate paranormal activity at the school. Also at the scene are an exorcist, a Buddhist monk, a woman who can speak with the dead, and an outspoken Shinto priestess. Surely one of them will have the talents to solve this mystery...
Written by Shiho Inada and Fuyumi Ono.
Add this release to
or to | http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/releases.php?id=5143 | dclm-gs1-145840000 |
0.902992 | <urn:uuid:1704a9b3-651d-423e-8b22-587b51e2c247> | en | 0.887356 | What is the origin of the name "Harrison"?
According to Think Baby Names, Harrison is a masculine name of Old English origin. The Baby Name Wizard says this name was originally used as a surname in the Middle Ages. The name means "son of Henry" or "son of Harry."
According to Think Baby Names, Harrison is a popular boy's name. It ranked 568th out of 1,220 masculine names based on the 2000 U.S. Census data. It is also a popular last name, ranking 115th out of 88,799 surnames.
Think Baby Names lists Harris and Harrisson as two possible variants of Harrison. Some popular people named Harrison are actor Harrison Ford and astronaut Harrison Schmitt.
Q&A Related to "What is the origin of the name "Harrison"?"
george harrison: English rock star
What is definition of time management, and why does it matter? Does it seem that your life is running faster and faster? Are responsibilities at work, school or home driving you to
George Harrison was born February 25, so he is a pisces! I <3 George Harrison!
Arthur. Except in later years when he called it "Cyril" True!
1 Additional Answer
Ask.com Answer for: what is the definition of harrison
American political leader (father of William Henry Harrison).
twenty-third president of the U.S. 1889–93 (grandson of William Henry Harrison).
English singer and songwriter: lead guitarist for the Beatles.
English architect in the U.S.
English stage and film actor.
More Definitions
Fewer Definitions
Source: Dictionary.com | http://www.ask.com/question/what-is-the-definition-of-harrison | dclm-gs1-145870000 |
0.178437 | <urn:uuid:fd3b5431-9063-40df-856c-f28fae78c9e9> | en | 0.933671 | 2 Articles
1 / 1
25Chevy Express 1500, GMC Savana 1500 get the axe
Fans of truck-based, light-duty vans can officially pour one out for the Chevrolet Express 1500 and GMC Savana 1500, as General Motors has officially put its long-serving big/little rigs out to pasture. Things aren't quite as sad as they sound, though. The heavier-duty 2500 and 3500 vans will soldier on, in order to duke it out with the largest members of Ram ProMaster, Ford Transit and Mercedes-Benz Sprinter families.
11GM phasing out light-duty 1500-series vans
In the market for a fullsize van but don't need a heavy-duty model? You're in the minority, and you're also out of luck. That's because there are barely any more fullsize vans on the market with gross vehicle weight rating of less than 8,500 pounds, the threshold that separates light- and heavy-duty vans.
1 / 1 | http://www.autoblog.com/tag/gmc+savana+1500/ | dclm-gs1-145880000 |
0.323934 | <urn:uuid:2891ad44-c26b-48e0-94cc-9aebea2c518f> | en | 0.736813 | Email updates
Open Access Email this article to a friend
An ensemble of B-DNA dinucleotide geometries lead to characteristic nucleosomal DNA structure and provide plasticity required for gene expression
Arvind Marathe and Manju Bansal*
BMC Structural Biology 2011, 11:1 doi:10.1186/1472-6807-11-1
Fields marked * are required
Multiple email addresses should be separated with commas or semicolons.
How can I ensure that I receive BMC Structural Biology's emails? | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6807/11/1/email?from=standard | dclm-gs1-145950000 |
0.328185 | <urn:uuid:ba4b6c02-e4fb-40f5-9cfb-a7fb335a8bd8> | en | 0.904046 | • Spanish literature
TITLE: Spanish literature: The Romantic movement
SECTION: The Romantic movement
One major Romantic theme concerned liberty and individual freedom. The late Romantic poet Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, in Rimas (published posthumously in 1871; “Rhymes”), expressed his own tortured emotions, suffering, and solitude but also celebrated love, poetry, and intimacy while experimenting with free verse. Rimas influenced more 20th-century... | http://www.britannica.com/print/topic/1329936 | dclm-gs1-146030000 |
0.085178 | <urn:uuid:4f71a882-f9c5-4e16-aa84-07983757d620> | en | 0.962207 | AP News
High court weighs closely watched copyright case
The court was about the only Washington institution open on Monday. The justices and spectators who braved the rain and wind saw a book publisher face off against a Thai graduate student in the U.S. who resold the publisher's copyrighted books on eBay after relatives first bought nearly identical, cheaper versions abroad.
Publisher John Wiley & Sons won a copyright infringement lawsuit against the student, Supap Kirtsaeng. The high court is considering Kirtsaeng's appeal, which argues that Wiley lost its right to control resale of the books once his relatives bought them legally.
Justice Elena Kagan sat out the Costco case, but is taking part in the new dispute. She signed the government's legal brief in the Costco case that took Omega's side. The government is backing the publisher against Kirtsaeng, but it advocates something of a compromise in laying down a rule for other disputes.
The justices did not appear entirely comfortable with either side's arguments, or the government's middle ground.
"So a U.S. manufacturer who wants to sell into the U.S. market has this incentive to go and send jobs overseas. It's an irresistible incentive if this court says the law is what Wiley says," Rosenkranz said.
Ginsburg replied, "Has that ever happened?"
Justice Stephen Breyer asked Olson whether, without seeking permission, people could resell their foreign cars, libraries could sell or lend books bought from foreign publishers or museums could display paintings by Pablo Picasso. "Those are some of the horribles that they sketch. And if I am looking for the bear in the mouse hole, I look at those horribles, and there I see that bear. So I'm asking you to spend some time telling me why I'm wrong."
Olson did not allay Breyer's concerns with his answer. "I would say that when we talk about all the horribles that might apply in cases other than this, museums, used Toyotas, books and luggage, and that sort of thing, we're not talking about this case."
When Rosenkranz returned to the podium to conclude the argument, he said, "To Justice Breyer's question, the bear is there. It is very much there."
The current case has attracted so much attention because it could affect many goods sold online and in discount stores. The resale of merchandise that originates overseas often is called the gray market, and it has an annual value in the tens of billions of dollars.
Consumers benefit from this market because manufacturers commonly price items more cheaply abroad than in the United States.
The federal appeals court in New York sided with Wiley in this case.
EBay and Google say in court papers that the appellate ruling "threatens the increasingly important e-commerce sector of the economy." Art museums fear that the ruling, if allowed to stand, would jeopardize their ability to exhibit art created outside the United States.
Conversely, the producers of copyrighted movies, music and other goods say that their businesses will be undercut by unauthorized sales if the court blesses Kirtsaeng's actions.
A decision is expected by June.
The case is Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, 11-697.
The Good Business Issue
blog comments powered by Disqus | http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-10-29/high-court-hears-closely-watched-copyright-case | dclm-gs1-146050000 |
0.047298 | <urn:uuid:8a2b43b5-3715-41d1-acd7-f103ae42a0a5> | en | 0.894588 | Harvard Crimson
The main draw of the NCAA Tournament starts Thursday. Whether you're filling out your first or 68th bracket, don't make another pick before checking out Final Four and upset thoughts from our CSN
Before any NCAA Tournament team cuts down the nets in Arlington, Texas, site of the 2014 Final Four, they must navigate those tricky early rounds. Some higher seeds like won't be so lucky.
From Comcast SportsNetCAMBRIDGE, Mass. | http://www.csnwashington.com/topic/harvard-crimson | dclm-gs1-146220000 |
0.310133 | <urn:uuid:2b9e902c-ce8d-46c1-bad8-f191ac1c4edc> | en | 0.957365 | 3 votes
One More Question On Silver
Is it possible or does anyone know of a smelting company that sells directly to an individual?
I'd like to buy directly from a silver supplier for raw weight but I am not certain if it's possible.
My theory is ; I could buy at lower prices in higher volumes.
Any info would be helpful
Trending on the Web
Comment viewing options
Dont buy Raw
I agree with the other comments advising against buying "raw" silver or silver ore. Keep in mind that there are two sides to the transaction to consider. Saving money when you buy but getting a worse price when you sell nets you less in the long run.
If you ever need to barter or trade your silver, far fewer people will be willing to buy ore, or unmarked silver.
In my opinion, the cheapest reasonable way to buy silver is to purchase silver rounds, which are basicall non-monetary coins. Yet for a few pennies more per ounce you can buy legal tender bullion coins, which are far more liquid and easier to sell. Stamped and registered silver bars are possibly a few cents less in bulk but will again, be harder to sell or trade.
Personally, I purchase silver bullion coins through Fidelitrade and it gets delivered via Fedex. I have found them to be a reputable company but don't take my word for it ask around the DP and other sites for additional recommendations.
You are smart to be buying silver so it sounds like you are on the right track already.
If you're talking about buying ore or 'unrefined silver'
You'd better be ready to take delivery by the ton, but I wouldn't recommend doing it.
Watch a couple videos about silver mining and you'll find that only about 30% of silver is even mined directly. The rest is found as a byproduct of other-metal mining.
Even if you hooked up with a direct miner of silver with really silver-rich ore, there's no way they could really guarantee or even estimate how much silver was in a particular truckload. And by the time the silver ore is 'halfway' refined there's been so much heat added that it only makes sense to continue refining and make either 1-oz rounds to polish and sell, or 100 oz bars to sell to another mint for making their own 1 or 10 oz rounds or bars.
Good luck!
Defeat the panda-industrial complex
I am dusk icon. anagram me.
I recommend pre 1965 halves,
I recommend pre 1965 halves, quarters, and dimes. Personally, with all of this counterfeiting going on (gold bars filled with Tungsten), I'd stay far away bars and anything bigger than 1oz. I'd only go with something easily recognizable.
Here's where I believe silver is headed...
― Ron Paul
I'm doing the pre-65 approach, but was wondering if I could explore making arragngements with a reputable smelt to increase my silver ownership at a reduced cost
I wouldn't fool with. When
I wouldn't fool with. When SHTF, you would likely have to discount anything people didn't have confidence in or 100% know the value of. Any premium in say pre 1965 silver and american eagles...you normally can get right back out of it.
Also when things go crazy, those premiums can explode.
― Ron Paul | http://www.dailypaul.com/256297/one-more-question-on-silver | dclm-gs1-146240000 |
0.173234 | <urn:uuid:8dcc8cb1-69c6-4a66-82b1-2f53d0d60531> | en | 0.968451 | 70 or bust!
Current plans to raise the retirement age are not bold enough
See article
Readers' comments
DG Reid
In every industry, there is a pyramid of needs. Only so many million dollar managers are needed; only so many $100,000 ones and so on. At the end of a career, after 35-40 years of pay increases, your pay has often exceeded your productivity. Sometimes it is the person; sometimes the company just doesn't know how to utilize someone effectively. Either way, the company can do without you, and other companies have little reason to use you versus someone cheaper who can do the more limited job they must fill. It may be true that senior people have superior judgment based on experience, but who will ever know if pay is the principal thing considered. Saying people should work longer implies they stay with the same company since new opportunities are rare, and the current company may simply not need you for the available work.
The only real solution is to invest early and well for when the inevitable job separation comes. The notion that getting the government to pay you when others won't is like saying it is justified robbery.
uncle clive
There has been no mention of survivors' pensions... In particular of spouses with jobs and pensions in their own right collecting survivors' pensions. Double-dipping as we say in Canada.
But I have no idea how big an issue this is. Does anyone know?
In ye olden dayes of breadwinner and homemaker single-income marriages (the 60's) when the husband died, the wife assumed his pension but took a one-third cut, being now a single and the pension was designed for two. Fair enough!
As I understand it... When the Feminists got equality in the workplace, with their own jobs and pensions, they continued to take their husbands' pensions, to which they had forfeited all right. But I have no idea how big an issue this is in practice.
In my understanding... If a married couple of teachers say each have pensions of 60,000... and one dies... the other receives a survivor's pension of 40,000 plus their own... Which is morally repugnant to the last degree... And in any pension reform, that's the place to start... But I have no idea how big an issue this is... It hasn't been mentioned on this blog!
Does anyone know?
Pieter V.
The line arguing that the Belgian retirement age for women is 60 is wrong. That's been corrected in a gradual measure set in place in 1997 and fully in force since 2009 when the pension age became 65 for both men and women. (
Other than that, quite the article. I'd like to know what the average productivity loss with advancing age is though. But 70 or bust indeed...
Here's another scenario;
My father worked at various employers, but then somewhere in his late 40s, as he approached retirement to get the pension he was promised, the company went bust. Anyone who had already retired was Ok, but since his money wasn't vested, it was just gone. So he had to start all over again.
But I guess it turned out Ok in the longer run, since he died in his early 50s. The system works.
Let's take another tack on the issue. How long should retirement ideally be? The "average life expectancy" is just that, an average. If we want to agree with this argument the Economist is making, we use the current data for newborns, seemingly about 78 for someone born right now. Wikipedia, on the other hand, suggests about 75 for males.
So we expect the "average" male to plod along till 70, then heartily enjoy 5 more years of life in retirement. But of course, average means that 50% die older, 50% die younger, so really for a significant fraction, we expect them to work till they die.
Some retirement. Maybe one size, one age fits all doesn't really make sense.
Peter Mueller
@I blame the parents:
> Peter Mueller;
> "Spain has a youth unemployment of 40%"
> Yet Spain is heavily dependent on illegal labor for agricultural
> work. Work exists, but Spaniards aren't interested in doing it.
> Farm work doesn't pay much, but it's better than making nothing.
> The problem is that Spaniards think the opposite.
Work that doesn't pay a decent living (say, 800 to 1,000 euros after tax, as an absolute minimum in Western Europe) is not "work" but slave labour. The "illegal labor for agriculture work" that you talk about is "paid" for with food and shelter (can't be called "houses"). That slave labour is, however, illegal, as you mention. Illegal for good reason, but it seems those neocons don't give a damn on the law.
So the problem is not that people don't want to work as slaves in an allegedly free society. The problem is that people like you, and magazines like The Ideologist, don't stop spreading misantrophic propaganda.
I Blame the Parents
Peter Mueller;
"Spain has a youth unemployment of 40%"
Yet Spain is heavily dependent on illegal labor for agricultural work. Work exists, but Spaniards aren't interested in doing it. Farm work doesn't pay much, but it's better than making nothing. The problem is that Spaniards think the opposite.
Rich and Co.
What's the alternative? However, this does run up against some physiological and brain realities -- especially for men.
Cognitive abilities and brain function starts to decrease significantly starting at abt 55 for men. Roughly 70 for women.
Just because there is a social and economic change and expansion of the life span does not mean evolved physiological and brain processes are going to change to meet those needs.
Johan Sterk
The financial system has become way to expensive to be taken seriously by workers. The law of compound interest does not seem to apply as it should to workers saving for their retirement any more. Systems based on precious metals and barter become more attractive.
I think the smartest policy is to try to avoid that governments and the financial industry grab the fruits of one's labour. I spend time to invest in myself and in my support system. I noticed that doing things for myself rather than my profession actually makes me richer because those activities are not taxed (in my case 52%).
The same holds for exchanging materials and services with family, friends, and neighbours. As plutocrats amass more and more money and power and, therefore, governments work less and less for the common good, people should re-empower themselves and start organising oneself again into trade unions, neighbourhood initiatives and politics.
Statistical sophisms or not, given the scientific and technological possibilities, this is clearly a political rather than an economical problem.
I think a strict age limit neglects the very case-by-case nature of people at that age. Rather, a maximum payout period, say 15 years, that you can adjust/ plan your life to make the most of thse years.
The government is in the pension system to be able to afford public sector and politicians pensions. The worker pays for those.
How can it be that these pensions are not equal?
Why has the worker to carry the risk that he does not know on how much he will retire? Why are there differences between retirement age between workers and public sector workers/ politicians?
I disagree that people live much longer than previously - ever heard of Methusalem? I also do believe that different jobs might force people to retire at different ages (a fighter pilot with 41, a politician with 78...).
We should not really believe this kind of articles written in a magazine with a final pension salary scheme. Common sense and fairness would give immediately the right tool. Pay a pension to government workers what the value creating sector can afford - after all we sit in the same boat.
so not birthrate is the problem - it`s too many parasites!
"Most governments are already planning increases in the retirement age. America is heading for 67, Britain for 68."
Does this mean the age people retire, or the age from which they receive their pensions?
The world has changed in the past century but it appears that the population can't adapt to the new and changing society that technology is providing us with.
We want to raise the legal age of retirement when we should lower it. We now have the technology to put the machines to work and allow them to perform the services we used to do, but pay us to enjoy life at the health clubs, spas, restaurants, and bars. Below are some links to websites that provide robots that can do what we used to do, but better. If you would like more information about the machines that are replacing humans in the workplace search [google: robots,robotics, etc] and see for yourself that those who want to raise the age of retirement are "NUTS". Compare the technology on these websites, look into the future, and you can easily imagine that a humanoid robot that can perform any function that a human can perform is just around the corner. DRINK & BE MARY WHILE A MACHINE SWEATS AT THE WORKPLACE. WE DID IT!!
That's all well and good except for several things:
1) Companies do not want you after 50 - I am experiencing age discrimination now.
2) Government destroyed Social Security when they took it out of the lock box, put it in the general fund, pillaged the funds on other things, brought in foreigners and refugees and gave them benefits, looked the other way at the southern border, are flirting with amnesty for illegal invaders, and all the rest of the deceit and irresponsible actions.
3) I paid in and I want the pay out.
Comparing this one dimensional article with all comments is an eye opener.
Some very honest comments and some political. It also shows clearly who has time to log in and comment - public sector workers with public pensions (Education sector, NHS, government, military). In the UK this clientele approaches already 60% of jobs and is responsible for one of the highest budget deficits in the world (similar Greece) and a continues decline of the pound sterling since WW2 and very poor value generation.
The majority of TE readership is clearly not interested in a holistic view. A country generates a certain value and may or may be not able to afford a proper pension system for everybody.
But it should manage at least a fair distribution.
The ability to retire latest at the same age - if you are a factory worker or a university teacher. The fairness to guarantee a risk free retirement income.
Of course for a while a country may be able to expand public sector jobs with good income until debt is so large that the currency has to be devalued (UK: 2007/8, 25%) and the banking sector has to be rescued with even more debt. This short term thinking from people like Clinton, Blair, Brown has to be paid for by the real economy and hits even existing UK pensioners who retired in Spain receiving a pension in EUROS which is suddenly 25% less worth...
As the public sector has already the majority votes in the UK democracy it will be difficult to reverse this value destroying politics.
In the meantime I wish UK politics would follow China, which considers the task to generate real, value generating jobs for young and old vital for a functional society.
History tells +25% unemployment rate and more will cause social unrest, create extremist parties and causes big distress. "Pane et ludi" approach (Bread and Games or social help and football) will stop working.
Based on that:
1) Reduce public sector jobs by more than 50% - maintain pension system as it is
2) Introduce same pension system to everybody
3) Make these flexible for age/job
4) Have a political target (e.g.+5%) to create real jobs
5) No increase in pension age is necessary, but pension increases stop at 60years
6) Pensions to be manged by the state for free - not service providers for annual 1-5% charges...
That should be bold enough? It certainly will do the trick!
Wcade wrote:
"When FDR started Social Security the life expectancy was 65. Today it is more like 80. So just tie Social Security to life expectancy. Make it 80!"
So you're saying that people should work until they die? I got a better idea: remove the $106K wage income cap on Social Security taxes, as well as subject investment income to Social Security taxes. Doing these taxes will keep Social Security solvent for decades.
Reneging on commitments made to pensioners is not the solution. Nor is allowing pensioners to keep their savings after they die. However higher inheritance tax could be. If inheritance tax sharply shelved to say a marginal rate of 90%, we could still allow the filthy rich to perpetuate inequality by rewarding their undeserving offspring, still allow a reasonable bequest of family heirlooms and still allow for funerals to be funded from the estate. However it would nonetheless reduce inequality, promote meritocracy, take the wind out of the house price spiral (fuelled in part by inheritance) and fund the living to enjoy the retirement they were led to expect they would receive.
This article conflates two distinct things: the age at which pension payments begin vs. the age at which one stops working. These don't have to be the same age, if one has managed to amass any savings during one's working life. If you want to retire at, say, 62 and the Social Security age were raised to 70, then you only have to save eight years' worth of expenses. Not too hard if you have been working for the previous 35-40 years.
Dr Kick
If there is a stepped raise in the retirement age (so that those within ten years of their age will not see any change), that would be reasonable. BUT it must be accompanied by the removal of mandatory retirement ages, such as at the UN. The UN should not have a mandatory retirement age. (They should have a point at which the return to ICSC staff on their pension contributions quit rising.)
I worked in the UN system for eight years--and could have worked another ten to fifteen years, but for that mandatory retirement provision.
Products and events
Take our weekly news quiz to stay on top of the headlines
| http://www.economist.com/node/18529505/comments?page=3 | dclm-gs1-146440000 |
0.021566 | <urn:uuid:d9ce016a-18c5-41a5-b346-798664e80fdf> | en | 0.963013 | Saved for the nation
THE flimsy manuscript pages of J.G. Ballard's dystopian novel “Crash” are scrawled with corrections in blue ink. This evidence of the intense composition process forms one item in the 42 boxes of the writer's papers that the British Library unveiled on August 1st, after acquiring them last year. Anyone visiting the library's reading room can now peruse these pages, along with the first draft of Ballard's semi-autobiographical “Empire of the Sun”, and his school reports and letters.
The appeal of such relics is partly the “magical value” of the thing itself, as poet Philip Larkin termed it, and partly the chance to understand authors and their work better. Collecting them was once a hobby for rich individuals, but over the past 50 years acquiring authors' complete archives has become a mark of status for universities and libraries. As manuscript prices shot up, Britain's state-funded institutions have often been trumped by private American ones. The University of Texas at Austin, for example, used oil wealth to build its cultural collections, which now include papers from British writers such as Tom Stoppard, Penelope Fitzgerald and Julian Barnes. Coca-Cola endowed Emory University in Atlanta, which bought Salman Rushdie's archive in 2006.
Not all writers have sold to the highest bidder. John le Carré and Alan Bennett donated their work to Oxford's Bodleian Library; others have accepted lower payments to keep their documents in Britain. But the cross-Atlantic flow of archives has provoked angst among bibliophiles about “losing” the nation's heritage.
Rather than relying on patriotism, the government is now consulting on a proposal that would offer writers financial incentives to keep their archives in the country. Ballard's papers were acquired as part of a scheme that allows culturally important objects of all kinds to be donated in place of inheritance tax. The Treasury proposes to extend this perk to living owners of important works, who would get tax breaks by donating treasures while they are still alive.
That should mean more writers can earn a pension by offloading their archives without seeking a foreign buyer. But does retaining writers' collections really offer a broader cultural benefit? British libraries scrimp, save and appeal to lottery and charitable funds to buy collections, but cataloguing, the next stage, is also pricey, so some archives are inaccessible for years. The most important results of plundering authors' stores are biographies, collated letters and literary criticism, which can be read anywhere. And even book-lovers may find musty papers harder to appreciate than, say, art by Titian (Italian) or van Dyck (Flemish), whose works have also been “saved” under this scheme.
In any case, literary protectionism may have passed its peak. Authors increasingly use computers, rather than pens or typewriters: it is hard to say if a hard drive will conjure the same aura of fascination as a personal letter, says the British Library's Rachel Foss. Electronic records should also be instantly replicable—all of which may rob literary archives of the magic and exclusivity that currently gives them their financial value. | http://www.economist.com/node/21525964 | dclm-gs1-146450000 |
0.020055 | <urn:uuid:9dc1941c-5dbb-4f21-889a-855ad05a1ce1> | en | 0.91543 | Thirty-six megapixels. That's the native resolution of Nikon's long-awaited FX-format digital SLR. The D800 was designed with all professional photographers in mind, but with 36.3-megapixel captures (yes, that also means 36.3 megapixels in RAW, or 15.4 in DX format), the Japanese camera maker's latest DSLR output is likely to far exceed the needs of many. It also limits low-light shooting capabilities -- the D800 is a full-frame camera, but even so, with a standard sensor capturing 36.3 megapixels, its high-ISO performance is unlikely to match the likes of the D4, or Canon's new 1D X. It's for this reason that Nikon limited the camera's top native sensitivity to ISO 6400, or 25,600 in Hi2 extended mode. Want to see more? Thumb through the gallery below and jump past the break for a closer look at the latest full-frame DSLR to hit the market.
Gallery | 69 Photos
Nikon D800
As you might expect, the D800 adopts many new features from the D4, while maintaining a smaller D700-like footprint. You get the same Advanced Scene Recognition System with 91k-pixel 3D Color Matrix Metering III, 1080/30p HD video with 20 adjustable audio levels and uncompressed HDMI output, in-camera two-consecutive-shot HDR and Active D-Lighting. In addition to the difference in resolution (remember, more megapixels doesn't necessarily translate to better quality images), you also lose the D4's 2.7x crop mode, which effectively multiplies your focal length by 2.7, bringing you closer to your subject without the need to a longer lens or teleconverter.
Significantly smaller than the monstrous D4, the D800 isn't the most compact full-frame DSLR that Nikon's released to date. It's noticeably taller than the D700 (by roughly half an inch), with a higher pentaprism and smooth appearance. But a new body design isn't the only element differentiating the D800 from its predecessor. The camera offers excellent contrast-detection autofocus, allowing you to sharpen your subjects much more quickly while in live view. The D800 also offers video improvements, and lets you capture 29 minutes and 59 seconds in a single clip in normal quality mode. Because of the DSLR's larger footprint, you'll need to upgrade your grip along with the camera -- the MB-D12 attachment uses the same battery as the D4, and boosts the camera's burst mode from four frames per second to six in DX mode.
And what about price? The basic D800 will run you just shy of $3,000 -- without a lens, of course. Nikon is also offering a second version, called the D800E, that is expected to retail for $3,300. This model captures slighter finer detail and "enhanced" resolution by removing the low-pass filter. Without the low-pass filter, you're likely to notice moire, though a new setting in the Nikon Capture NX2 software will enable you to compensate without losing sharpness. We took a look at side-by-side images captured by the D800 and D800E, but weren't able to differentiate between the low-resolution samples. Nikon reps explained that the differences can be incredibly subtle, and are most distinguishable when capturing fine details, such as individual hairs in an uncompressed D800E image. If the mainstream version will suffice, you can pick up the D800 when it hits stores in late March, while the specialty "E" model will ship a few weeks later in mid-April.
Sharif Sakr and James Trew contributed to this report.
Show full PR text
"Whatever the project, visionaries need a tool that is going to help them stay on-time and on-task. The Nikon D800 re-imagines what is possible from this level of D-SLR, to address the needs of an emerging and ever changing market; this is the camera that is going to bridge the gap for the most demanding imaging professionals, and provide never before seen levels of SLR image and video quality," said Bo Kajiwara, director of marketing, Nikon Inc. "The D800 is the right tool for today's creative image makers, affording photographers, filmmakers and videographers a versatile option for capturing the ultimate in still image quality or full HD content, with maximum control."
Extreme Image Quality
The new Nikon developed 36.3-megapixel FX-format (35.9 x 24mm) CMOS sensor realizes Nikon's highest resolution yet, and is ideal for demanding applications such as weddings, studio portraiture and landscape, where there is no compromise to exceptional high fidelity and dynamic range. Nikon's first priority is amazing image quality above all else, and resolution of this magnitude affords photographers the ability to portray even the smallest details, such as a strand of hair, with stunning sharpness or crop liberally with confidence. Photographers also shoot with the assurance of NIKKOR lens compatibility, because only a manufacturer with decades of optical excellence can provide the glass to resolve this kind of extreme resolution.
The D800 also features the Advanced Scene Recognition System with the 91,000-pixel 3D Color Matrix Meter III to provide unrivaled metering in even the most challenging of lighting conditions. At the system's core is a newly designed RGB sensor that meticulously analyzes each scene, recognizes factors such as color and brightness with unprecedented precision and then compares all the data using Nikon's exclusive 30,000 image database. Additionally, this new sensor now has the ability to detect human faces with startling accuracy, even when shooting through the optical viewfinder. This unique feature is coupled with detailed scene analysis for more accurate autofocus (AF), Auto exposure (AE), i-TTL flash control and even enhanced subject tracking. The Color Matrix Meter also emphasizes priority on exposure of the detected faces, allowing for correct exposure even when the subject is backlit. Even in the most difficult exposures the D800 excels, such as maintaining brightness on a bride's face while retaining the dynamic range to accentuate the intricate details of a wedding dress beside a black tuxedo.
Advanced new automatic systems make it even easier to capture amazing images. The camera features a new enhanced auto white balance system that more accurately recognizes both natural and artificial light sources, and also gives the user the option to retain the warmth of ambient lighting. Users can expand dynamic range with in-camera High Dynamic Range (HDR) image capture, and enjoy the benefits of Nikon's Active D-lighting for balanced exposure. Another new feature is direct access to Nikon's Picture Control presets via a dedicated button on the back of the body to tweak photo and video parameters on the fly, such as sharpness, hue and saturation.
True Cinematic Experience
Wield Speed and Performance with Astonishing Accuracy
The D800 delivers upon a professional's need for maximum speed when it counts. The camera is ready to shoot in 0.12 seconds, and is ready to capture with super-fast AF and response speed. To photograph action in a burst, the camera shoots up to 4 frames per second (fps) in FX mode at full resolution, or up to a speedy 6 fps in DX mode using the optional MB-D12 Battery Pack and compatible battery. Further enhancing the speed of the camera and overall workflow, the D800 utilizes the new USB 3.0 standard for ultra fast transfer speeds.
Construction and Operability
D800E - Maximum Resolution Unleashed
Price and Availability
| http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/06/nikon-d800-hands-on/?ncid=rss_semi | dclm-gs1-146480000 |
0.054781 | <urn:uuid:8b0bd584-a5a8-4598-a5aa-7ca597427d7b> | en | 0.855434 | The message you selected is no longer available for viewing.
Megaman 25th Anniversary info coming soon
#1J_CovPosted 10/9/2012 7:53:29 AM
or reason why there is very little Megaman on 3DS
#2lambchipsPosted 10/9/2012 7:57:04 AM
i pray to god they dont port over the 25th anniversary ios game...
i would prefer a new metroidvania styled megaman game (something like MMZ would be acceptable)
i7 3820@ 3.60GHz| 16GB Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz DDR3| Gigabyte GTX670 2GB OC| Intel 520 Series 120GB SSD| Antec EarthWatts 750W Green
#3J_Cov(Topic Creator)Posted 10/9/2012 7:58:19 AM
I'll be crossing my fingers so that we don't get that.
#4n00bsaib0tPosted 10/9/2012 8:13:04 AM
Maybe we'll finally get that Megaman Anniversary Collection for the GBA that was canceled for no good reason several years ago, the one with MMGB1-5.
PSN/XBL- Nifterific
Fighting Game Mains - SSF4AE: Balrog, Evil Ryu | MvC3: C.Viper/Magneto/Hulk | MK9: Noob Saibot, Cyber Sub-Zero
#5-Equinox-Posted 10/9/2012 8:13:47 AM
Seriously, don't get your hopes up...
#6PerfectAkumaPosted 10/9/2012 8:14:45 AM
Not going to get excited at all.
My Streetpass ID StreetpassNYC Group
#7Buttery_ToastPosted 10/9/2012 8:25:43 AM
At this point, I'll buy anything Mega Man related if it's for 3DS.
I'm desperate. ;_;
My body is always Reggie.
Currently playing: gaming hiatus baw
#8NyyarkPosted 10/9/2012 8:29:02 AM
MegaMan Mole Smasher Collection confirmed.
#9stargazer64Posted 10/9/2012 8:37:00 AM
Oh goodie....they are just gonna announce Mega Man 1 - 3 (NES) for the NA eShop and probably spread the releases throughout 2013.
#10lninjasoniclPosted 10/9/2012 8:38:11 AM
MMBN 3D would be awesome | http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/997614-nintendo-3ds/64274995/719810772 | dclm-gs1-146560000 |
0.031463 | <urn:uuid:14f1d57f-2916-4764-a5d3-073fbaede708> | en | 0.929749 | Paintball in Old Bridge
Select Local Merchants
Across the woodsball fields and speedball arena of Long Live Paintball, contenders dodge the colorful fire of their opponents as they leap over cable spools and post up behind a charred bus or towers of barrels. It's on these obstacle-ridden grounds that dye-slingers compete in elimination-style games or battle to complete a given mission, such as capturing the adversary's flag and using it to pick popcorn kernels out of their teeth. Admission rates range from simple entry fees for the fully equipped to all-day Gold packages that supply players with a marker, 500 paintballs, and all the other necessary provisions. Rentable chest protectors cushion trunks from crossfire, and disposable camo cuts down on the time players spend fusing their DNA with that of a tree. Although the field is generally first-come, first-serve, the staff can prepare for parties of 10 or more with an advanced reservation.
1989 Englishtown Rd.
Monroe Township, | http://www.groupon.com/local/old-bridge-nj/paintball | dclm-gs1-146640000 |
0.029437 | <urn:uuid:34a537c2-89ea-4ce8-bd89-cf1dd6bd4b71> | en | 0.968406 | iOS app Android app
Jennifer Gilmore
In This Fragile Sacred Space
Judy Clement Wall | Posted 06.13.2013 | Parents
Judy Clement Wall
These days, their adventures rarely include me, and my job as mom isn't to hold their hands. My job now is to feel their acceleration, their hunger for flight... and let go. | http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tag/jennifer-gilmore | dclm-gs1-146670000 |
0.136085 | <urn:uuid:6b971df3-b322-475a-82b6-7c109f1bc133> | en | 0.982877 | Page 1 of 2
DSK, the IMF, and the Legacy of Colonialism
What makes the sex scandal so resonant is the way the alleged assailant and victim model larger relationships around the world, starting with the IMF's assault on the poor.
| Mon May 23, 2011 2:58 PM EDT
This story first appeared on the TomDispatch website.
How can I tell a story we already know too well? Her name was Africa. His was France. He colonized her, exploited her, silenced her, and even decades after it was supposed to have ended, still acted with a high hand in resolving her affairs in places like Côte d'Ivoire, a name she had been given because of her export products, not her own identity.
Advertise on
Who would ever write a fable as obvious, as heavy-handed as the story we've just been given? The extraordinarily powerful head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a global organization that has created mass poverty and economic injustice, allegedly assaulted a hotel maid, an immigrant from Africa, in a hotel's luxury suite in New York City.
In some accounts, the woman Strauss-Kahn is charged with assaulting in New York is from Ghana, in others a Muslim from nearby Guinea. "Ghana—Prisoner of the IMF" ran a headline in 2001 by the usually mild-mannered BBC. Its report documented the way the IMF's policies had destroyed that rice-growing nation's food security, opening it up to cheap imported US rice, and plunging the country's majority into dire poverty. Everything became a commodity for which you had to pay, from using a toilet to getting a bucket of water, and many could not pay. Perhaps it would be too perfect if she was a refugee from the IMF's policies in Ghana. Guinea, on the other hand, liberated itself from the IMF management thanks to the discovery of major oil reserves, but remains a country of severe corruption and economic disparity.
Pimping for the Global North
There's an axiom evolutionary biologists used to like: "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny," or the development of the embryonic individual repeats that of its species' evolution. Does the ontogeny of this alleged assault echo the phylogeny of the International Monetary Fund? After all, the organization was founded late in World War II as part of the notorious Bretton Woods conference that would impose American economic visions on the rest of the world.
The IMF was meant to be a lending institution to help countries develop, but by the 1980s it had become an organization with an ideology—free trade and free-market fundamentalism. It used its loans to gain enormous power over the economies and policies of nations throughout the global South.
It was the IMF that created the economic conditions that destroyed the Argentinian economy by 2001, and it was the revolt against the IMF (among other neoliberal forces) that prompted Latin America's rebirth over the past decade. Whatever you think of Hugo Chavez, it was loans from oil-rich Venezuela that allowed Argentina to pay off its IMF loans early so that it could set its own saner economic policies.
Strangers on a Train
The New York Times reported it this way: "As the impact of Mr. Strauss-Kahn's predicament hit home, others, including some in the news media, began to reveal accounts, long suppressed or anonymous, of what they called Mr. Strauss-Kahn's previously predatory behavior toward women and his aggressive sexual pursuit of them, from students and journalists to subordinates."
The United States has not been short on sex scandals of late, and they reek of the same arrogance, but they were at least consensual (as far as we know). The head of the IMF is charged with sexual assault. If that term confuses you take out the word "sexual" and just focus on "assault," on violence, on the refusal to treat someone as a human being, on the denial of the most basic of human rights, the right to bodily integrity and corporeal safety. "The rights of man" was one of the great phrases of the French Revolution, but it's always been questionable whether it included the rights of women.
Page 1 of 2 | http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/05/dsk-rape-colonialism-imf | dclm-gs1-146860000 |
0.465158 | <urn:uuid:aeec20c5-35ea-47c6-85ad-2121d0b6032c> | en | 0.959551 | How Can We Keep Older People Safe In The Heat?
Michele Norris speaks with Kim Kristensen, a nurse at Independent Living in Madison, Wis., about looking after the elderly in the heat. In the Midwest, a "heat dome" has settled over the area. It started three days ago and is slowly moving eastward.
And I'm Michele Norris.
Temperatures in the high 90s with humidity that makes it feel even hotter: It's a normal forecast for mid-July in much of the country. What's not normal is just how long it's lasted in the Midwest. Something called a heat dome has settled over the area. It started three days ago, and it's slowly moving eastward. In some places, it's so hot that asphalt has been buckling and some fire alarms have been triggered.
Kim Kristensen works in Madison, Wisconsin. She's been checking in with one group of people particularly at risk during this heat wave, the elderly. She's a nurse at a nonprofit organization called Independent Living in Madison, and she joins us now from Wisconsin Public Radio.
Ms. Kristensen, thanks so much for coming in. Did you walk here to the studio? How hot must you be?
Ms. KIM KRISTENSEN (In-Home Care Nurse, Independent Living, Wisconsin): Well, I walked in from the parking ramp, and it is very hot out there, so I'm kind of sweating and dripping right now.
NORRIS: You've been out making home visits this week? What are you finding? How are the elderly holding up out there?
Ms. KRISTENSEN: Our clients are holding up pretty good out there. The one client that we are really worried about is the elderly population who, unfortunately, don't have any assistance. And that's a good thing because they're independent at home, but they're still very much at risk in this hot weather. Heat really can affect the elderly, and they really don't know that it's affecting them sometimes.
NORRIS: And I imagine you have in mind that heat wave from the mid-1990s, where several people died in Chicago, in Milwaukee, other places throughout the Midwest.
Ms. KRISTENSEN: Yeah. I believe there were 700 deaths due to heat-related illnesses, and 55 percent of those were over the age of 65.
NORRIS: What did you learn from that? What are the lessons after that?
Ms. KRISTENSEN: I guess we have to start thinking about heat waves just like a tornado or a tsunami or something like that because it is very, very detrimental.
NORRIS: How hot is it there right now? I was looking at a heat index map throughout the Midwest, and there are some places where the heat index is 120, 122 degrees.
Ms. KRISTENSEN: Well, right now in Madison, it's 94 degrees. We are projected to get up to 99 or 100 degrees today, and possibly up to 120 heat index.
NORRIS: And is the humidity a factor there? You're sitting on a lake in Madison - actually an isthmus, in between two lakes.
Ms. KRISTENSEN: Oh, it's very humid out, rained the last couple of days, on and off, so the humidity level is like between 60 and 80 percent. So when you step outside, it's actually like stepping into a great big water bubble.
NORRIS: If someone is listening to this, they're in a place where they don't have air-conditioning, are there things that you recommend, ways that you can raise the windows, for instance, to create a little bit of air circulation in a dwelling?
Ms. KRISTENSEN: I would definitely have a fan going, have your curtains pulled. Go to a mall. Go to your local senior center. Go to one of the emergency centers that are open specifically because of this heat wave.
NORRIS: Are you encouraging people to be neighborly, to watch over people that they know are living alone and might not have air-conditioning?
Ms. KRISTENSEN: Well, if you know of a senior that's in your block or just down the neighborhood, go knock on the door, say hi, introduce yourself, see if they're OK. Just be friendly.
NORRIS: What should seniors do to make sure that they stay cooler or stay irrigated? I understand that drinking lots of water is very important right now.
Ms. KRISTENSEN: Yeah, lots of water. But the one thing, I think, that people forget is that when you're sweating and it's so hot like this, you also lose a lot of electrolytes because you sweat. So I would drink some, like, Gatorade, juice. Just make sure you drink lots of fluids and make sure you replace your electrolytes also.
NORRIS: Are there things that you should avoid, that just add to your discomfort and the heat?
Ms. KRISTENSEN: Anything with caffeine in it, which includes your coffee and pop. You know, stay away from alcohol. Alcohol is very dehydrating. And for every cup of coffee you drink, you need to drink at least two or three glasses of water.
NORRIS: That's Kim Kristensen. She is an in-home care nurse in Madison, Wisconsin. She's been checking in with the elderly in the midst of the Midwestern heat wave.
| http://www.npr.org/2011/07/20/138555803/how-can-we-keep-older-people-safe-in-the-heat | dclm-gs1-147030000 |
0.110648 | <urn:uuid:f5be5a27-8b22-4b8c-82ce-b436ed46d3f1> | en | 0.887848 | EPA Expands Warning on Fish, Toxins
The Environmental Protection Agency adds more lakes and river miles to its list of places where fish may be contaminated with toxins such as mercury. But the new advisories don't necessarily mean pollution is worse. NPR's Allison Aubrey reports.
| http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3869121 | dclm-gs1-147060000 |
0.128191 | <urn:uuid:aaf755cf-1aa0-4dfa-ac63-4e16ffa333ee> | en | 0.962941 | Catholic Health Association Breaks with Bishops on HHS Birth Control Compromise
About Sara Lin Wilde
• Stev84
According to the new rules the Obama administration clarified late in
June, insurers will handle contraceptive coverage directly, keeping
This how all healthcare should function. The employers shouldn’t have any say in it.
• skinnercitycyclist
That’s the problem in the first place, and why Obama was such a dick to take single-payer off the table when he started his domino-slide of caving. It is stupid and wasteful and full of controversy to tie insurance to employment, as well as bad for the economy (lowers the mobility of labor).
That being said, the RCC is nothing but a criminal pedophile enabling conspiracy these days and should be shut down by the DOJ.
• Melanie Ahrens
I’m sure if single-payer had managed to pass, the Republican Congress would never have tried to rescind it 37 times (going on 38) like they have Obamacare.
• ZenoFerox
Catholic Healthcare in California managed to live for a decade under the state’s own health mandates, which are just as “draconian” as the Obama administration’s. Then suddenly it was “Oh, no! Anti-Catholic tyranny!” Hypocrites.
• Bill
What I don’t get is why people aren’t asking whether employers who are Christian Scientists should be exempt from providing insurance that covers medical procedures that are, uh, medical. That seems to me to be a very good analogy. What am I missing?
• Gringa
The same could go for muslims who want to practice sharia and/or ban women from positions of leadership.
• Gringa
Should point out that I’m talking about all business practices, not just healthcare.
• Sven2547
And that’s the crux of the matter. It’s not about Catholics being spared from compromising their values, it’s about Catholics reserving the “right” to take away other people’s choices.
• Olive Markus
Apparently part of the Catholic Belief System that is being infringed upon is the belief that Catholics have the God-given right to control and oppress the rest of humanity.
• Pofarmer
That’s the crux of it right there. The Catholic bishops want the right to force their views on everyone they contact. Never mind that at one point in time 90% of catholics have used birth control. This is the Bishops acting against the Catholic masses, as well as a political play to prove they are as powerful as the U.S. govt. They must not win.
• crden
This is especially true given that many Catholic organizations have been providing insurance that includes contraceptive access for years. I had contraceptive access with a simple co-pay when I worked for a Catholic non-profit.
• the moother
Christians: not happy if they can’t make other people sad…
• Beth
I can’t believe this is 2013! I never thought that I would have to fight to get birth control!
• Pofarmer
The bishops would like to roll it back to 1813.
• Limeade
I’ve never understood why ‘violation of religious conscience’ is an acceptable argument against contraception/abortion access. Worst case scenario, if a woman is denied either, it could potentially become a serious health risk. The worst thing that happens when their ~conshuns is violated~ is, what? Their feelings get hurt?
• pagansister
How many children are those bishops raising? Do they have to wait for the “right time of the month” to have sex with their spouses so they might not get pregnant? NFP—Russian roulette. Those MEN should just shut their mouths and allow those that wish to have birth control have it through their insurance—do they actually think that Catholic women aren’t using it already? How do they explain all those Catholic families that only have 1 or 2 children instead of 10! They need to stay out of the bedrooms and private lives of those that work for Catholic health facilities—–some of whom aren’t even Catholic. Should a Catholic employee wish to prevent pregnancy using ABC, it will be her (and God’s, of course) to deal with it. I spent 10 years teaching in a Catholic school–but fortunately I didn’t have to use their insurance—I was covered by my husband’s plan.
• Raising_Rlyeh
How does letting women have birth control force Catholics to violate their religious beliefs?
• Me
You know, I really empathize with those poor bishops. I understand because I’m in a similar boat. You see, it’s against my religious beliefs to pay taxes. My savior, the purple kangaroo of benevolence, has decreed it immoral to pay taxes– I am enraged that the government is forcing me to give up my religious beliefs. (By the way, although I deeply sympathize with those bishops, for the sake of my faith I also have to point out that they’re all wrong. Their pagan god is so shallow and silly compared to my wonderful pet purple kangaroo of benevolence, who can also teleport, and make delicious holy seafood. If you refuse to believe in the kangaroo as your deity, the dingo devil will eat you. That is all)
• wombat
Heathen! The Great Dingo is the only true saviour and purveyor of holy seafood! Your devil-kangaroo is misleading you and guiding you away from the light.
• Phil
Funny, bishops in Western European Catholic countries don’t complain when Catholic hospitals in those countries not only allow their hospital employees to utilize these services, but the hospitals themselves PROVIDE these services. Why? These services are provided as part of government run national health plans, even if paid for by private companies in places such as Germany.
But wait, Catholic hospitals in the U.S. take government moneys for providing services to patients through Medicaid. So the question I have for the USCCB is what are you operating – a hospital or a church? It can’t be both.
• smrnda
Yeah, I thought you could serve either god or Mammon in their own Bible. Once you choose to serve Mammon, play by the same rules as every other money grubbing health care provider out there.
• smrnda
The problem with this (to me) is it treats the money pulled in by the effort of all the workers as the exclusive property of a bunch of bishops didn’t do the work who apparently get to tell these hard-working people that their work should be rewarded with shitty health insurance. It’s the ‘company town’ model. What next, will Catholic agencies start paying workers in “Jesus money” that can only be redeemed at non-sinful businesses as declared by the imprimatur of the church?
• Mira
To me it’s like saying “in our religion, drinking is sinful. Therefore, we will make sure that you receive only gift cards to certain grocery stores and checks made out to your various rental/home services so that you CANNOT use the money you earn to purchase any form of alcohol.” Most people would explode with anger, rage, and denied alcoholism. How is this much different? None of their goddamn business what a woman (or man) decides with her/his doctor. | http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2013/07/10/catholic-health-association-breaks-with-bishops-on-hhs-birth-control-compromise/ | dclm-gs1-147140000 |
0.050053 | <urn:uuid:7761ae54-51fb-4fd8-8204-91db2f3ce44a> | en | 0.915597 |
Shirley Randell - 2 Records Found in Manchester, ME
People Search results for Shirley Randell in the PeopleFinders Directory
detailed background checks and criminal records checks.
Search Again
Shirley M Randall
Shirley Randell
Richmond, ME
Augusta, ME
Manchester, ME
Manchester, ME
Find Shirley Randell by State
Vital records for Shirley Randell
Birth Records: 3 Marriage Records: 0
Death Records: 0 Divorce Records: 0
Locating the specific Shirley Randell you are looking for is easy with We have a wide variety info for your people search such as age, recent addresses, and phone numbers. For example, Shirley Randell was born in [YOB] and is 79 years old. The current address for Shirley Randell is located in Manchester, ME.
We limit your search for the correct Shirley Randell by employing any data that we have on hand. Locate the right Shirley using details such as previous residences and known aliases. Scroll through more information on the person such as background checks, criminal profiles, and email addresses on If this Shirley is not the individual you are searching for, refer to the list of people with the Randell in Manchester, ME above. This list could include name, age, location, and relatives.
Add further info into the search fields above to filter your results. A first name, middle name, last name, city, state and/or age can be the missing puzzle piece to locating Shirley Randell. When you find the Shirley Randell you desire, you can then examine all the public records data we have on Shirley Randell using our exclusive and trusted DataTsunami™ logic that makes collecting details about anyone quick and easy.
About PeopleFinders
| http://www.peoplefinders.com/p/Shirley+Randell/Manchester/ME | dclm-gs1-147170000 |
0.149846 | <urn:uuid:52f341c0-02f3-47c6-aecc-e02c208cb329> | en | 0.770106 | Beefy Boxes and Bandwidth Generously Provided by pair Networks
The stupid question is the question not asked
by faq_monk (Initiate)
on Oct 08, 1999 at 00:20 UTC ( #611=perlfaq nodetype: print w/ replies, xml ) Need Help??
Current Perl documentation can be found at
@union = @intersection = @difference = ();
%count = ();
foreach $element (keys %count) {
push @union, $element;
Log In?
What's my password?
Create A New User
and the web crawler heard nothing...
How do I use this? | Other CB clients
Other Users?
Others chilling in the Monastery: (7)
As of 2014-12-25 11:42 GMT
Find Nodes?
Voting Booth?
Is guessing a good strategy for surviving in the IT business?
Results (160 votes), past polls | http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=611 | dclm-gs1-147180000 |
0.030373 | <urn:uuid:e631f6db-625b-4dfd-a0db-f566ddfceebe> | en | 0.947076 | Slum Appreciation Misguided
The slums of the world's megacities have been the subject of much admiration among urban thinkers recently. Joel Kotkin argues that adulation is misguided.
In this piece for New Geography, Kotkin writes that for all the positive aspects of these urban conglomerations there are many more terrible conditions that make these types of places undesirable.
"[E]ssentially megacities in developing countries should be seen for what they are: a tragic replaying of the worst aspects of the mass urbanization that occurred previously in the West. They play to the nostalgic tendency among urbanists to look back with fondness on the crowded cities of early 20th Century North America and Europe. Urban boosters like the Philadelphia Inquirer's John Timpane speak fondly about going back to the "the way we were" - when our parents or grandparents lived stacked in small apartments, rode the subway to work and maintained a relatively small carbon footprint.
Unfortunately such places were often not so nice for the people who actually lived in them. After all, they have been moving from higher to lower density locations for over fifty years, a trend still noticeable in the new Census."
Full Story: The Problem With Megacities
Very poor piece
I understand and appreciate the desire to provide thoughtful excursions from planning orthodoxy. But there must be somebody who does a better job of it than Kotkin. As articulated by Steven Smith (, Kotkin displays no understanding of what Garden Cities actually consist of nor of any of the salient characteristics of the contemporary cities he discusses.
Sadly, it's difficult to believe that this article is the mere result of Kotkin having a bad day. As near as I can tell, his work is characterized by conceptual and methodological mistakes at least as face-palmingly obvious as the ones made here (focusing solely on population shifts, at the expense of housing prices, when assessing geographical demand; propping up arguments with extraordinarily questionable definitions of what counts as a city and what as a suburb; taking a very simplistic view of what counts as a subsidy and what doesn't; etc.).
I'm all for seeing an aggregation of writings from diverse perspectives. When those perspectives are completely ideologically driven and devoid of any sort of argumentative merit, though, they tend to reflect poorly on their aggregator.
The Problem With Kotkin
It's great to know that all of these problems are the result of big cities. I'd hate to think that economic conditions were driving force behind these issues.
Prepare for the AICP Exam
Starting at $245
Planetizen Courses image ad
Planetizen Courses
Starting at $16.95 a month
DVD Cover of The Story of Sprawl
The Story of Sprawl
$29.99 for 2-DVD SET
Red necktie with map of Boston
Tie one on to celebrate your city
| http://www.planetizen.com/node/48801 | dclm-gs1-147210000 |
0.018471 | <urn:uuid:250999d9-b3a8-4a0c-8924-97454571bca2> | en | 0.907559 | Latest University of California, San Diego Stories
2011-10-24 22:48:47
Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have succeeded in unraveling, for the first time, the complete chain of biochemical reactions that controls the synthesis of auxin, the hormone that regulates nearly all aspects of plant growth and development.
Image 1 - Planet-sized Object Is As Cool As The Earth
2011-10-20 06:45:36
The photo of a nearby star and its orbiting companion -- whose temperature is like a hot summer day in Arizona.
2011-10-13 20:53:24
Image 1 - Suspects Exonerated In The Quenching Of Star Formation
2011-10-12 04:23:27
Supermassive black holes millions to billions times the mass of our Sun lie at the heart of most, maybe all large galaxies.
2011-10-11 12:06:32
A newly developed method for microscopically extracting, or "mining," information from genomes could represent a significant boost in the search for new therapeutic drugs and improve science's understanding of basic functions such as how cells communicate with one another.
2011-10-03 22:51:28
Scientists at the University of California, San Diego have developed what they believe to be the first polymeric material that is sensitive to biologically benign levels of near infrared (NRI) irradiation, enabling the material to disassemble in a highly controlled fashion.
2011-09-27 18:01:28
A study by scientists at the University of California, San Diego and UC Irvine has identified an enzyme called a proteasome phosphatase that appears to regulate removal of damaged proteins from a cell.
Word of the Day | http://www.redorbit.com/topics/university-of-california-san-diego/?page=12 | dclm-gs1-147260000 |
0.029239 | <urn:uuid:2a8eafaa-b8d1-4366-90e7-06acffd14489> | en | 0.979068 | Police targeted in Iraq attacks
BAGHDAD Mon Jun 7, 2010 10:15am EDT
Related Topics
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Gunmen and bombers killed at least 11 people and wounded scores in a string of attacks in western Iraq and the capital Baghdad on Monday, targeting mainly police and Sunni ex-insurgents who turned against al Qaeda.
In Baghdad, a car bomb in the western Mansour district killed three people and wounded nine, while four roadside bombs in other areas of the city hit police patrols, killing two officers and wounding more than 20 civilians.
Overall violence has dropped sharply since the worst days of sectarian war, but insurgents have targeted police and government workers before and since a March 7 parliamentary election which produced no clear winner and is fuelling tensions.
In Abu Ghraib on Baghdad's western outskirts, armed men killed an imam who was a member of the Sahwa militia, or Sons of Iraq -- Sunni former militants who changed sides and fought against al Qaeda, helping turn the tide of the insurgency that nearly tore Iraq apart in 2006-07.
Two of the imam's sons were also killed. His wife and a third son, aged two, were seriously wounded, police said.
In Qaim, near Iraq's western border with Syria, bombs tore through the homes of the local Sahwa militia leader and his son. No one was hurt, but when police arrived to investigate another explosion killed two officers and wounded three.
In western Anbar province, pre-dawn attacks on the homes of five police officers killed one man and wounded at least 20, many of them relatives of the officers.
The dead man, shot by gunmen, was a member of the Sahwa.
The attacks, in and around the city of Falluja, followed a suicide car bombing on Sunday at a police station in Baghdad that killed four police officers and wounded 12.
"We accuse al Qaeda. Al Qaeda is trying to get revenge against members of the police in Falluja," Brigadier Mahmoud al-Issawi, head of the city's police, said of Monday's attacks. "They want to prove they are still active and they are still able to do such a thing, but we believe they are very weak."
General Ray Odierno, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq, said on Friday that U.S. and Iraqi forces had killed or captured 34 of the top 42 al Qaeda leaders in Iraq in the past 90 days, leaving the militant group struggling to regroup.
Hundreds of people have been killed since the March election, won narrowly by a cross-sectarian alliance led by secularist former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, strongly backed by minority Sunnis.
No coalition won enough seats to form a majority government, and while Shi'ite, Sunni and Kurdish blocs hold talks, insurgents appear to be taking advantage of the power vacuum.
Civilian deaths from bombings and other attacks were up sharply in April and May over the previous two months.
(Additional reporting by Fadhel al-Badrani in Falluja, writing by Jim Loney and Matt Robinson, editing by Peter Graff) | http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/06/07/us-iraq-violence-idUSTRE6550AV20100607 | dclm-gs1-147300000 |
0.057386 | <urn:uuid:9b921e43-f379-4eea-afd3-e4104ad4c61e> | en | 0.973649 | Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit Steps Down, Is Well Paid For . . . What Exactly?
Jemal Countess/Getty Images for TIME Inc.
Vikram Pandit
Departing head has earned approximately $261 million in five years
A friend forwarded this to me and advised me to post the following paragraph without comment. This is Bloomberg on the compensation package for departing CEO Vikram Pandit, and we will indeed leave it, as the Russians say, без комментариев:
| http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/citigroup-ceo-vikram-pandit-steps-down-is-well-paid-for-what-exactly-20121016 | dclm-gs1-147330000 |
0.032398 | <urn:uuid:c04551fb-8faf-4e0b-bbd9-1703ae1a184e> | en | 0.901888 | wow. They’re Real: Crazy Daredevil Robots That Fly, Build, And Make Their Own Decisions | Tracking Transmedia |
We all know that our military is deploying UAVs to drop bombs without deploying manned fighter jets, but in a world where flying robots are a reality, could we be using this technology to build rather than destroy? | http://www.scoop.it/t/tracking-transmedia?tag=Robots | dclm-gs1-147340000 |
0.032493 | <urn:uuid:bcb81061-f796-4bea-88e7-7f6a15197fb8> | en | 0.870582 | Thu, Dec 25, 2014 ●
BathHarpswellTopshamBrunswickCumberlandNorth YarmouthFalmouthFreeportPortlandCape ElizabethScarboroughSouth PortlandChebeague IslandYarmouth
Letter: Enforce the law of litter
Letter: Enforce the law of litter
Look around. Are the streets, sidewalks, paths, parks and beaches litter and trash free? Doesn't this reflect poorly on the community and yourselves?
The No. 1 offenders are cigarette smokers. No matter where you go, you'll find cigarette butts. Not only are these unsightly, but still-smoldering ones could possible cause a filed or forest fire, too. Why? No enforcement, no criticism and no ethics.
The others? Who tosses our drive-through fast-food bags, fountain drink containers, paper coffee cups, plastic and glass bottles, candy wrappers, soda cans, etc? How about empty beer cans, wine and liquor bottles? Why? No enforcement, no ethics and no guilt.
Any benefit? Well, those redeemable containers help some. Community and gas station trash containers help, but only if they are properly emptied.
There are those commendable individuals and groups that make an effort to clean out the litter and trash. But why not the whole community?
Enforce the litter laws. We can be litter- and trash-free. Shouldn't that be everyone's goal every day?
Chet Twarog
More stories like this: Brunswick, letter, Twarog, litter | http://www.theforecaster.net/content/m-lettertwarog-0 | dclm-gs1-147490000 |
0.023865 | <urn:uuid:2582346d-b555-4a56-ba65-b54f8e78867b> | en | 0.793424 | First: Mid: Last: City: State:
Bruce Poter
Discover a wide range of recent information about Bruce Poter at Users who log on to our user-friendly website will find billions of public records that are accurate and precise. The list of search responses will also provide details like phone numbers, updated addresses, and so much more.
An easy way to uncover Bruce Poter is by utilizing all the information you can, even a known nickname or previous address, in the search boxes. If the Bruce you need does not pop up, you can peruse a detailed list of all people named Bruce Poter, then narrow it down by location. When you discover your special someone, don’t forget to register with us to get complete access to their contact details and public records.
Our website sorts data into specific categories, including - name/aliases, age, location, and possible relatives, making it easier than ever to unearth the Bruce Poter you need to find. To delve further, just click on the details link for public records and information about Bruce or any other person you need to locate.
Name/AKAsAgeLocationPossible Relatives
1. Poter, Bruce F Louisville, KY
Springfield, KY
View Details
2. Poter, Bruce D Bountiful, UT
POTER, SUSAN View Details
3. Poter, Bruce Roy, UT
POTER, SANDRA View Details
4. Poter, Bruce J Brigham City, UT
View Details | http://www.usa-people-search.com/names/p/Bruce-Poter | dclm-gs1-147630000 |
0.049499 | <urn:uuid:c5783bc0-e9ca-4e7c-9dd3-c604b27cdb2d> | en | 0.873168 | South Dakota Openings
No Openings
Corporate Openings
No Openings
Phoenix Openings
No Openings
Type: Non-exempt
Travel: Little to none
Location: Phoenix (Tempe), AZ
Shift: 8:00a to 12:00p OR 11:00am to 3:00pm
Position Summary:
A part-time position with the main responsibilities of investigating and/or verifying an applicant’s public records, academic and employment information. This role requires little to no travel.
Duties and Responsibilities
1. By telephone, contact academic institutions, current/former employers, personal/professional references, and other information sources to verify information provided by applicants on employment applications.
2. By fax, mail or email, send and receive Special Country Specific Forms.
3. By fax, telephone, mail and internet contact government offices and investigators to perform searches.
4. Develop positive investigator relationships.
5. Obtain as much information as possible when conducting verifications.
6. Become proficient in using the verification processing system.
7. Use the verification processing system to access applicant records and enter verification results.
8. Monitor verification due dates to ensure reports are returned to clients on time.
9. Follow-up on incomplete verifications in a timely manner.
10. Represent Verifications, Inc. professionally and courteously.
11. Prioritize workload.
12. Participate in departmental and general staff meetings.
13. Maintain a high level of accuracy in working with all client and applicant information.
14. Keep confidential all applicant, client, and Verifications, Inc. proprietary information.
15. Advise Leader of anticipated processing delays.
16. Provide input for improvements in software functionality.
17. Perform general administrative duties if workload permits.
18. Other duties as assigned.
Flexible, strategic, and adaptable. Must be honest and selfless. Must possess strong customer service skills, basic computer experience, excellent communication skills and a positive outlook.
Professional Characteristics
This position requires bilingual skills. Open to spanish or any other language! Must be able to read and write in 2nd language, and interact with our international customers. Previous experience and college education preferred but not required. 32 wpm keyboarding skills. High level of comfort with computers. Excellent Internet skills. Excellent phone and customer service skills. Propensity for detailed work and research.
Click here to apply.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, sex, affectional preference, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status or any other basis protected by applicable law. | http://www.verificationsinc.com/eng/whoweare/international-specialist.cfm?utm_source=Indeed&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=Indeed | dclm-gs1-147660000 |
0.025745 | <urn:uuid:76beaa52-3c70-48a0-84ed-4617e7de4f82> | en | 0.964641 | Tunisia`s ex-premier quits own Islamist party
Tunisia`s former premier and Ennahda secretary general Hamadi Jebali announced on Facebook Thursday that he was stepping down from the Islamist party as he no longer agreed with its policies.
Former Tunisian PM declines to head new govt
Hamadi Jebali resigned after Ennahda, his own political party, opposed his efforts to resolve the country`s political crisis.
Tunisia PM sacks govt after Chokri’s assassination
Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali made the announcement in a televised address at the end of the day that saw clashes and protests over the assassination of Chokri Belaid, a prominent leftist and anti-Islamist politician.
Tunisia Prime Minister unveils cabinet lineup
Tunisia`s Prime Minister Hamadi
Jebali announced his new cabinet lineup, with key ministerial posts allotted to his dominant Islamist Ennahda party. | http://zeenews.india.com/tags/hamadi-jebali.html?t=redirect | dclm-gs1-147740000 |
0.101853 | <urn:uuid:af490047-57cb-4e2f-af73-6968c4da4d85> | en | 0.956179 | 101 reputation
bio website nerdland.net
location Sunnyvale, CA
age 30
visits member for 1 year, 10 months
seen Jul 27 at 23:28
I am a software engineer working on back-end infrastructure stuff at Google.
I was once a Ph.D. student concentrating in theory, but eventually I decided I'd rather write code than write papers.
I maintain a website, mostly about programming and computer science related topics, called Nerdland.
This user has not participated in any bounties | http://askubuntu.com/users/135963/tyler-mchenry?tab=bounties | dclm-gs1-147800000 |
0.061548 | <urn:uuid:b351f800-39e0-4ee6-8341-4fbac57c1235> | en | 0.942916 | An alert reader e-mails:
Thought you should know that the Guilderland Mr Subb location on the Thruway closed, the last of the equipment was removed yesterday.
Steve Barnes
6 Responses
1. Endless Ike says:
Mr. Subb is kind of gross.
I’m all about local pride, but it compares unfavorably to subway, which compares unfavorably to most any real deli
2. JJ says:
Actually Mr. Subb would be a good place if only they made their sandwiches on real Italian Baguettes instead of what they presently pass for ‘Italian Bread’ – which is soft and not so pleasant on the palate.
3. DR says:
who cares?
4. C says:
What’s up with the Mr. Subb Bistro in Newton Plaza? Do they have different menu items than a normal Mr. Subb? Or does Bistro just mean nice, new and clean building for that location?
5. MUB says:
I agree with #2. The one and only time I went there,I really disliked the type of roll they used. Too much bread.Oh for Mike’s Subs on a thin bun!
6. Sam says:
I like Mr. Subb’s roll. | http://blog.timesunion.com/tablehopping/12561/noted/ | dclm-gs1-147820000 |
0.022609 | <urn:uuid:95aeee60-71d4-45a0-8e5b-0cc52d996ab3> | en | 0.96808 | HOME > Chowhound > General Tristate Archive >
40th birthday in Norwalk...
• g
where's a good "girls night out" to celebrate--about 10 women????
1. Click to Upload a photo (10 MB limit)
1. re: jfood
I was going to suggest Barcelona as well - perfect girls night out venue.
1. re: Foodie Fairfield
My DH and I are going tonight for the first time (Habana). Anything you highly recommend there?
1. re: chocolate chick
The Sea Bass, without a doubt. Also, save room for dessert...the Habana banana is awesome.
1. re: chocolate chick
Won Ton Tuna appetizer - awesome! And the sea bass. YUM!
2. Or you could get one of the big booths downstairs at Ocean Drive....I think it fits 10. Complete with curtain for privacy.
1. If you want SoNo, Barcelona is nice, altho we've become more of a fan of the one in Ffld at the swanky HI-Ho Motel off the Merritt; it's quieter and more intimate.
If you don't mind the din and a bill that can get costly fast, the best eats in SoNo is still Match, IMO.
1. If you want a place you can just hang out, have fun, not be rushed -- not fine dining, but good food and a relaxed atmosphere, why not try Partners?
Great thin crust pizza, lots of other good stuff.
1. re: Foodie Fairfield
I went to Meigas for lunch a few weeks ago. It was empty, but we really enjoyed the food. I liked it better than Habana. I thought Habana was uneven and slightly disappointing. Our waitress was great and everything she suggested was very good, but anything we decided to try on our own was avaerage. The cocktails were almost inedible. We really wanted to love Habana, just wasn't what we were expecting.
Foodie--we did have the sea bass and that was one of the items we enjoyed very much, thanks for the reco.
1. re: chocolate chick
| http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/452419 | dclm-gs1-147870000 |
0.0457 | <urn:uuid:1adf7798-1f0a-4f5c-903d-2950c6417bc9> | en | 0.946302 | Gandhada Gudi
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Gandhada Gudi
Gandhada Gudi Kannada.jpeg
DVD cover of the movie
Directed by Vijay (Kannada director)
Produced by M. P. Shankar
Screenplay by Vijay
M. D. Sundar
Story by M. P. Shankar
Starring Rajkumar
M. P. Shankar
Music by Rajan-Nagendra
Cinematography D. V. Rajaram
Edited by Bal G. Yadav
Distributed by Bharani Chithra
Release dates
• 1973 (1973)
Country India
Language Kannada
Gandhada Gudi ( Temple of Sandalwood) is a 1973 Indian Kannada-language film directed by Vijay and produced by M. P. Shankar. The film stars Rajkumar in lead role. Vishnuvardhan appears in a villainous role, though his character is redeemed at the fag end of the film. A similar film was then made in Telugu in 1977 as Adavi Ramudu, starring N. T. Rama Rao. Because of Gandhada Gudi's success, a sequel was made in 1995 with Shivrajkumar as the lead, titled Gandhada Gudi Part 2. The film was seen as a milestone in the careers of both Rajkumar and Vishnuvardhan.[1]
Kumar (Rajkumar) is a range forest officer who goes to the Nagarhole National forest to protect the natural resources. His main rival is the poacher Anand (Vishnuvardhan) who unknown to him has been kidnapped and raised by Venkatappa Naika (Balakrishna) to exact revenge on his father. In the final scenes, Anand gets hold of Kumar's mother and asks him to not interfere or that he will set fire to the forest. But Kumar shoots Anand, fatally injuring him in the chest. Venkatappa then comes in climax and reveals that Anand is Kumar's own brother and he had done this to take revenge on his family. He tries to kill Kumar, but Anand kills him and dies on the lap of his mother.
The film has brilliant cinematography of the Nagarhole and Bandipur forest in Mysore which is the birthplace of Vishnuvardhan. The entire cast has given excellent dimensions to their role especially Vishnuvardhan who was acting in his third movie in a negative character.
Gandhada Gudi
Soundtrack cover
Soundtrack album by Rajan-Nagendra
Released 1973
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length 12:30
Label Saregama
Music for the film and soundtracks were composed by the duo Rajan-Nagendra.
No. Title Lyrics Singer(s) Length
1. "Naavaaduva Nudiye" Chi. Udaya Shankar P. B. Sreenivas 6:08
2. "Arerere Ginirama" Chi. Udaya Shankar P. Susheela 3:33
3. "Ellu Hogolla" Chi. Udaya Shankar S. Janaki, P. B. Sreenivas 2:49
Total length:
Gandhada Gudi was a box office-hit, which fetched around INR3.5 million (US$57,000) in 1973. The title song, filmed on Karnataka and Kannada is still popular among the Kannadigas. The song can be heard even today on any festival or function in Karnataka.
The power-packed dialogues, confrontation and fighting scenes between Rajkumar and Vishnuvardhan are the main highlights of this movie. At that time, Rajkumar was an established leader in the Kannada moviedom, while Vishnuvardhan had acquired the image of an angry young man, with the super-successful Naagarahaavu.
1. ^ "Born winner". Frontline. January 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
External links[edit] | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandhada_Gudi | dclm-gs1-147970000 |
0.01962 | <urn:uuid:0b15470f-a5d8-4a8d-a123-19b060c1736f> | en | 0.846796 | By Topic
Efficient and scalable all-to-all personalized exchange for InfiniBand-based clusters
Sign In
Formats Non-Member Member
$31 $13
Become an IEEE Member or Subscribe to
IEEE Xplore for exclusive pricing!
close button
puzzle piece
Learn more about:
IEEE membership
IEEE Xplore subscriptions
3 Author(s)
Sur, S. ; Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH, USA ; Hyun-Wook Jin ; Panda, D.K.
The all-to-all personalized exchange is the most dense collective communication function offered by the MPI specification. The operation involves every process sending a different message to all other participating processes. This collective operation is essential for many parallel scientific applications. With increasing system and message sizes, it becomes challenging to offer a fast, scalable and efficient implementation of this operation. InfiniBand is an emerging modern interconnect. It offers very low latency, high bandwidth and one-sided operations like RDMA write. Its advanced features like RDMA write gather allow us to design and implement all-to-all algorithms much more efficiently than in the past. Our aim in This work is to design efficient and scalable implementations of traditional personalized exchange algorithms. We present two novel approaches towards designing all-to-all algorithms for short and long messages respectively. The hypercube RDMA write gather and direct eager schemes effectively leverage the RDMA and RDMA with write gather mechanisms offered by InfiniBand. Performance evaluation of our design and implementation reveals that it is able to reduce the all-to-all communication time by upto a factor of 3.07 for 32 byte messages on a 16 node InfiniBand cluster. Our analytical models suggest that the proposed designs perform 64% better on InfiniBand clusters with 1024 nodes for 4k message size.
Published in:
Parallel Processing, 2004. ICPP 2004. International Conference on
Date of Conference:
15-18 Aug. 2004 | http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?reload=true&arnumber=1327932&sortType%3Dasc_p_Sequence%26filter%3DAND(p_IS_Number%3A29349) | dclm-gs1-148130000 |
0.039784 | <urn:uuid:b519411f-f8cc-4e69-9100-5c7a1a368d31> | en | 0.784663 | You are here
Birthday Lunch Ideas
nithya's picture
Chocolate Birthday Cake
Transform a simple birthday lunch party into an elegant affair with these exclusive ifood birthday lunch ideas. These idea for birthday lunch are easy to make, but have a royal taste. So try these birthday lunch ideas and know their mesmerizing effects on the palates of your guests.
Zesty Ideas For Birthday Lunch
Mini Thai Crab Cakes With Spicy Avocado Salsa
Thai Crab Cakes
Let the delicious mini crab cakes from Thai cuisine, served with savory avocado salsa, give a spicy, hot start to the birthday lunch party.
Tomato And Basil Bruschetta
Tomato And Basil Bruschetta
An Italian appetizer adored by food buffs, this alluring dish is a perfect start for an occasion.
Gourmet Lamb Chops
Gourmet Lamb Chops
The choicest dish of the birthday brunch ideas, the delectable blend of Burgundy with spices like parsley and onion powder makes its simply awesome. Parmesan cheese renders the richness and creaminess to this mouthwatering dish.
Seafood Noodles
Seafood Noodles
This delectable main course from Chinese cuisine is a true treat for the Chinese food and seafood lovers. The blend of shrimp, squid and fish fillet with vegetables and oyster sauce renders a mesmerizing aroma to this dish.
Sautéed Asparagus
A very humble and simple side dish, the richness comes due to the presence of margarine and unsalted butter, while pepper gives it a slight savory touch.
Caramelized Onions With Dried Tomatoes
A rich side dish from the Italian cookery, this baked dish is a delectable blend of sun dried tomatoes and caramelized onions spiced with rosemary and sage.
Refreshing Pasta Salad
Pasta Salad
Yet another delicious item from the Italian menu, the name of this dish itself indicates why it is unavoidable from the birthday lunch ideas. Serve with spicy garlic sauce.
Chocolate Cupcake
Death By Chocolate Cupcakes
Words fall short to describe this gorgeous dish that serves as the idyllic dessert for a marvelous occasion.
Almond Meringue
The delectable blend of almond paste, raspberry jam and light brown sugar turns this simple snack into a royal dessert choice, deem to fit any elegant occasion.
Black Forest Birthday Cake
Black Forest Birthday Cake
No birthday party is complete without birthday cake. And this luscious black forest cake is an irresistible choice.
Fresh Grapefruit Juice
Fresh Grapefruit Juice
Those who wouldn’t prefer to have desserts can choose the fresh juice to wind up the birthday lunch.
Make the birthday celebration an eventful one with these wonderful birthday lunch ideas.
Image Credit:
Rate This
Your rating: None
Average: 4.5 (2 votes) | http://ifood.tv/occasion/338932-birthday-lunch-ideas | dclm-gs1-148140000 |
0.153569 | <urn:uuid:97d0bb41-3b30-4984-9070-ad5eedf464dc> | en | 0.932953 | Social Media
Breakthrough: Organic Computer Could Change Everything [VIDEO]
The biological computer isn't pretty and doesn't look like a normal computer since it was created in a test tube by mixing chemicals in a solution that appears clear, said Ehud Keinan, the professor who led the research.
Scientists don't know what impact their findings will have on technological advancement, but biomolecular computing devices could redefine what a computer is. A computer is defined "as a machine made of four components — hardware, software, input and output," Keinan said in a statement.
"In contrast to electronic computers, there are computing machines in which all four components are nothing but molecules," said lead researcher Keinan. "For example, all biological systems and even entire living organisms are such computers. Every one of us is a biomolecular computer, a machine in which all four components are molecules that 'talk' to one another logically."
SEE ALSO: From Fantasy to Reality: Scientists Create Time Invisibility Cloak
Keinan explains how the biological molecules were created: “The molecules start interacting upon one another, and we step back and watch what happens,” Keinian said. "And by tinkering with the type of DNA and enzymes in the mix, scientists can fine-tune the process to a desired result."
The computing device can extract images similar to the way computer software does. The 100% biological computer may be useful for long-term storage.
Watch the video to see how the biological computer works.
Thumbnail photo courtesy of Flickr, Passive Income
Load Comments
What's New
What's Rising
What's Hot | http://mashable.com/2012/02/10/biological-computer-video/?WT.mc_id=obinsite | dclm-gs1-148240000 |
0.056313 | <urn:uuid:65203d4a-fbf1-4569-acfe-d7f45288af69> | en | 0.851199 | Wrong number of arguments (Error 450)
The number of arguments to a procedure must match the number of parameters in the procedure's definition. This error has the following causes and solutions:
• The number of arguments in the call to the procedure wasn't the same as the number of required arguments expected by the procedure.
Check the argument list in the call against the procedure declaration or definition.
• You specified an index for a control that isn't part of a control array.
The index specification is interpreted as an argument but neither an index nor an argument is expected, so the error occurs. Remove the index specification, or follow the procedure for creating a control array. Set the Index property to a nonzero value in the control's property sheet or property window at design time.
• You tried to assign a value to a read-only property, or you tried to assign a value to a property for which no Property Let procedure exists.
Assigning a value to a property is the same as passing the value as an argument to the object's Property Let procedure. Properly define the Property Let procedure; it must have one more argument than the corresponding Property Get procedure. If the property is meant to be read-only, you can't assign a value to it.
| http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/access-help/HV080756110.aspx | dclm-gs1-148400000 |
0.019994 | <urn:uuid:bcd1cd41-b737-486b-9b4b-c24df7c033ae> | en | 0.917571 | Meta Battle Subway PokeBase - Pokemon Q&A
Can you attack the same turn you evolve the Pokemon attacking?
0 votes
Is it legal to attack and evolve on the same turn?
asked Apr 23, 2013 by KJVermilion
1 Answer
1 vote
No, because your Pokemon evolves after the battle is over
Source: experience
answered Apr 23, 2013 by Candle | http://pokemondb.net/pokebase/134563/can-you-attack-the-same-turn-you-evolve-the-pokemon-attacking | dclm-gs1-148430000 |
0.975846 | <urn:uuid:a10bb4c9-3649-4124-98ed-1bc6699dd88c> | en | 0.82422 | Take the 2-minute tour ×
Despite sandboxing, two different tabs in Chrome can share the same renderer process, for example when they share the same JavaScript environment.
Given two Chrome tabs, how can I know if they share the same process?
share|improve this question
Do you mean... progammatically? Visually? Through the UI? Through the task manager? Surely there is a way to distinguish at some level of the architecture, but you didn't specify what your expected user experience is. Are you writing a program or are you looking for something a (power) end-user can use? – allquixotic Aug 24 '12 at 20:44
I'm looking for something a power end-user can use, so visually, UI or task manager are all fine. – Randomblue Aug 24 '12 at 20:46
1 Answer 1
up vote 4 down vote accepted
In Chrome, press Shift+Esc to open Chrome's task manager.
Task manager
Then, right click on the column headings in the task manager. Enable the "Process ID" column.
Process ID check box
Now, you can check the Process IDs next to each tab. If they are the same for two tabs, then the tabs are open in the same process.
Process ID column
share|improve this answer
Excellent. Thanks – Randomblue Aug 24 '12 at 20:48
Your Answer
| http://superuser.com/questions/466013/how-can-i-know-if-two-tabs-share-the-same-renderer-process/466015 | dclm-gs1-148670000 |
0.153805 | <urn:uuid:90b19a80-f886-4904-8375-5032e7e197ef> | en | 0.857004 | Take the 2-minute tour ×
Just learning java. I get the errorjavac is not recognized as an internal or external cmd. In my EV I start it with %PATH% then the C..Prog Files\java\ver\bin. Is this correct? And for classpath I just have same as above except no %PATH% and \jre\bin. I still get the error. Can anyone guide me ? Thanks so much..
share|improve this question
2 Answers 2
up vote 3 down vote accepted
Your first mistake is that javac is not in the JRE binary folder, it's in the JDK folder. You don't need to prefix your path with %PATH% either. Your path should look something like this:
C:\Perl\site\bin;C:\Perl\bin;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\Proram Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_06\bin
each entry is separated by a semicolon (;)
In case you may be configuring it in the wrong place, it is done under My Computer -> Properties -> Advanced -> Environment Variables. Simply append a semicolon and then the path of your JDK's bin folder to the existing line.
share|improve this answer
Perfect Solution by John, If you are confused with editing the variables, You can try Path Editor GUI
alt text
share|improve this answer
Your Answer
| http://superuser.com/questions/74114/javac-path-and-classpath-help/74115 | dclm-gs1-148680000 |
0.022601 | <urn:uuid:a04b284e-6946-4e83-86c0-036b2c33c407> | en | 0.96102 | Steve Chapman
Chrysler has not exactly set the world on fire either. It torched $8 billion last year. Some of its investors now value their stakes at pennies on the dollar -- or nothing. Its U.S. sales have plunged by nearly half over the last decade. In this year's Consumer Reports rankings of the 10 worst cars, seven are GM or Chrysler products.
The administration's own industry task force doesn't share Obama's unbounded optimism. In a report released this week, it noted that GM's supposed salvation, the plug-in hybrid Chevrolet Volt, "will likely be too expensive to be commercially successful in the short term."
It ridiculed GM's own cheery forecast, which assumes rising profits "despite a severely distressed market, lingering consumer quality perceptions and an increase in smaller vehicles (where the company has previously struggled to maintain pricing power)." Even under generous assumptions, it said, GM would keep losing money.
Given all these sad tidings, it's hard to avoid the conclusion that the only hope is bankruptcy court -- where it could shed some of its obligations by stiffing creditors and rewriting union contracts. Obama seems to think the auto industry is too important to be subjected to such an indignity, though he has not ruled it out.
But to survive in the long run, a company has to provide consumers with products they want at a price that yields healthy profits. That is exactly what GM, like Chrysler, has consistently been unable to do.
In those circumstances, neither bankruptcy nor any other course offers a plausible route to prosperity. Plausibility, however, is not a consideration among politicians determined to keep the Big Three in business no matter what.
In recent months, we've been told that ambitious federal action is needed in the financial sector because unregulated commerce produced disastrously perverse results. But in the auto industry, competition has functioned reliably to reward sound companies and penalize bad ones. So clearly, there are only two occasions for massive government intervention: when the market fails, and when it works.
Steve Chapman
©Creators Syndicate | http://townhall.com/columnists/stevechapman/2009/04/02/obamas_losing_bet_on_detroit/page/2 | dclm-gs1-148710000 |
0.018982 | <urn:uuid:4d729060-ac18-4c95-9b81-0802929fa243> | en | 0.948299 | How to compete with spay-neuter clinics
How to compete with spay-neuter clinics
Low-cost clinics provide the bare minimum. Start showing—and telling—your clients and community that your high-quality care is the well-balanced meal pets need.
Jan 01, 2011
Spay and neuter clinics are cheap. They work on the principle of low cost and high volume—kind of like McDonald's. And what pet owners receive there is similar: just the basic burger, no tasty or satisfying extras. You can't compete with these low-cost clinics on fees. So what's your competitive edge? Sure, your medical care may be of a much higher quality, but clients probably don't understand the technical nuances well enough to base their decisions on these differences.
Service strategies: Good ideas
No, your job is to tantalize pet owners with hearty servings of stellar customer service and regular sides of client education. You need to show clients the superior quality of medicine you provide, which is the equivalent of a well-balanced meal for their pets. Here's how.
The first step in coping with low-cost competitors is to make sure your shopped fees are reasonable for your area. Shopped fees generally include vaccination prices and spay and neuter procedures. (The rest of your nonshopped, value-based fees can be calculated as a ratio of your exam fee. Visit for an interactive spreadsheet that helps you do this.)
Legal issues: Keep your community survey kosher
You can also compare your fees to other local practices' by conducting a community survey. Ask your front-desk staff—and even your veterinary technicians and assistants—to call practices in your area that offer services and medical care comparable to yours. They'll call as potential clients and ask for the various fees for canine and feline vaccinations and spay and neuter procedures. Be sure to conduct this exercise anonymously; you don't want to violate antitrust laws (see "Keep your community survey kosher").
After your team completes the calls, compare the information you've gathered side-by-side with your practice's fees. This simple activity gives you an idea of where you stand in the local veterinary market. Remember, it's not a problem for your fees to be the highest in your area as long as you provide value that justifies that price. If clients don't think the value they receive matches the price they pay, they'll leave. For more information on conducting community surveys and their benefits to your team members, see "Conduct a community survey".
Client service: What I like about you
One way to prove that the price you're charging is worth it is to focus first on your patients' and clients' needs. During every physical exam, explain what you're doing and why. Explain the benefits of diagnostic tests and dental procedures. Keep every interaction focused on the client and the pet. You might love your new digital radiography system, but Mrs. Ballor will see only dollar signs when you start talking about its capabilities. Instead, explain how your equipment will help you determine the cause of her beloved Frankie's back pain. Ensure that all communication—whether it's face to face, over the phone, or via e-mail, Facebook, or Twitter—revolves around what you can do for your clients.
Offering clients value for their veterinary healthcare dollar means giving them complete information about the best care for their pet. But don't confuse them. Offering too many options in each case won't help clients find the perfect solution—it will cause them to spend less. (See "Offering veterinary medical 'choices' may hurt patients" for another opinion on this subject.) After all, the easiest thing for a person to do when he or she is confused is nothing. So explain why a treatment is the best course for the pet and leave it at that. Focus on that necessary care in your conversation with the client, and then give him or her time to think about it.
We often think silence is awkward in the exam room or over the phone, but thought is necessary to process information. If after thinking it over your client turns down the care you've described, offer a second recommendation. Repeat this process of recommendations and silence so the client can think over and ask questions about your plans for treatment.
Hot topics on dvm360
Vetcetera: The complex topic of canine fear-related aggression
Blog: Election results pose obstacles for veterinary prescription law
The war between shelters, veterinarians needs to end
Despite practitioners’ legitimate gripes, they’re hurting themselves.
7 steps to a better relationship between veterinarians and rescue groups
| http://veterinarybusiness.dvm360.com/how-compete-with-spay-neuter-clinics | dclm-gs1-148770000 |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.