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Time is a central theme of the novel. Time slips back and forth throughout each section giving the reader a glimpse of the past as well as the present lives of the Compson family. Time is seen as ill relevant. The Compson family members make the same mistakes throughout time.
In the April 7, 1928 section, Faulkner uses the view of Benjy Compson a severely mentally challenged man to show the ill relevance of time. To Benjy time has no meaning. His days are the same only the people change. This gives the reader a sense of confusion of the time that the events are taking place. This confusion shows the intensity of the family’s relationships and the interwoven connection between the family members.
Benjy interweaves the past and the present seamlessly negotiating time without noticing the time change. Quentin is stuck in the past. He cannot let go of the past and only escapes it by taking his life. The ticking of his watch show the passage of time. He breaks it in an attempt to stop time, but cannot stop it or keep it from being constantly present in his mind. Jason focuses on the future. He always looks to what could be rather than what is. Dilsey focuses on the present and is the only one who seems content with her life.
Pride is a theme of the novel. Mrs. Compson believes herself to be superior to those around her because of her family’s station. This has fallen over the years, but Mrs. Compson remembers when their family was respected in the community and will not relinquish her feelings of superiority. She lords this over her household staff and makes them wait on her hand and foot as if she is aristocracy.
Jason’s pride makes him feel that his job at the farm supply store is beneath him. It leads him to steal from his own sister because he blames her for not being more successful. His pride makes him a bitter cynical man who does not enjoy the simple pleasures in life, but is always looking to the future and how to capitalize on the actions of others. He goes after Quentin when she steals his money because his pride is hurt. She outsmarted him and was able to take back what was hers.
Jason and his mother believe that they deserve better in life because of their family name. Mrs. Compson believes others should wait on her hand and foot and be happy to do so. Jason believes that a good life should be handed to him and he should not have to work hard for it. He blames others for his not having the life he believes he deserves. Pride makes them self-centered and believing that the world owes them a good life.
Loyalty and Obsession are themes of the novel. The Compson family is loyal to one another. Quentin is loyal to Caddy so loyal and obsessed that he feels responsible for Caddy’s mistakes and tells his father that Caddy’s baby is his. Mr. Compson sends him to Harvard early because he is concerned with Quentin’s obsession with his sister.
Jason Compson IV is obsessed with money and has no loyalty for his siblings. He does not like his brothers and sister. He is loyal to his mother. Throughout his childhood and adulthood he has spied on his siblings for his mother telling her all of their transgressions. This loyalty leaves him alienated from his siblings, which affects his forming relationships in adulthood. Jason becomes a cynical man who relies on himself and does not trust anyone else.
Benjy has an obsession with Caddy. When he hears her name, he becomes upset and cries because he misses her. Even when he hears the golfers on the golf course next to the family home call out for their caddies, he becomes upset because it sounds like her name. She is a kindly presence in his life that he misses and mourns its loss.
Innocence is a theme of the novel. Benjy embodies innocence. He cannot be corrupted by the other members of the family. He lives in his own world where the selfishness, creed and lust of the Compson family does not reach him. He loves Caddy like his brothers, but her transgressions do not affect his outlook on life. Quentin is so affected by her pregnancy and the blight on the family name that he takes the blame and kills himself. Jason blames Caddy for the problems of the family and his lack of a proper living.
Benjy does not understand what has happened. He has no sense of time so to him Caddy is still part of the family and he misses her, but as long as her name is not mentioned he does not understand that she is not there. In his mind, he travels to a time when she was there and he cannot differentiate between what is the present and what is the past.
Love is a theme of the novel. Mr. Compson loves his children and his wife. Quentin loves him his family and becomes very homesick in Boston away from his family. He loves his sister, Caddy, so much he risks the wrath of his father by telling him that Caddy's baby is his. He insists he committed incest to try to save his sister's reputation. Benjy loves Caddy. He could always distinguish her because to him she smells like trees. Mrs. Compson loves Jason because he is more like her than any of her children.
Dilsey loves the Compson children as if they were her own. She raised them because their mother is a hypochrondriac who spends her time in her bed waiting to die. Dilsey is a kind person who does not begrudge anyone anything, but spends her life looking after someone else's children. She protects Benjy by keeping him calm and from disturbing the rest of the family who get upset with him when he is loud. She also attempts to protect Miss Quentin from Jason. She believes he is too harsh on her and protects her no matter what wrath comes her way. She is like her own granddaughter because she took care of her mother Caddy. Miss Quentin is so much like her that it is uncanny. Dilsey wants to protect Miss Quentin like she was unable to protect Caddy.
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Resonance structures are two forms of a molecule where the chemical connectivity is the same but the electrons are distributed differently around the structure. Resonance occurs when electrons can flow through neighboring pi systems. An important example of resonance is found in the bonding of benzene, a planar six-membered ring with alternating double and single bonds (three of each). Two distinct pictures can be drawn, and the true structure of the molecule is a mixture of the two resonance structures. Having multiple valid resonance structures makes a molecule more energetically stable. Resonance helps to explain structure and reactivity of organic molecules.
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Publication numberUS4647834 A
Publication typeGrant
Application numberUS 06/682,553
Publication dateMar 3, 1987
Filing dateDec 17, 1984
Priority dateDec 17, 1984
Fee statusPaid
Publication number06682553, 682553, US 4647834 A, US 4647834A, US-A-4647834, US4647834 A, US4647834A
InventorsCordell V. Castleman
Original AssigneeCastleman Cordell V
Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
Battery charger
US 4647834 A
This invention relates to a battery charger which includes a timer which becomes energized upon a battery approaching a fully charged condition and the timer then commences a preset timed equalization or finishing charge which brings each cell of the battery into a 100% fully charged condition. The battery may remain connected to the charger which includes a restart monitor which causes the charger to automatically re-charge the battery to a fully charged condition when it senses that the battery is losing its charge.
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1. In a battery charger for a storage battery having circuitry including a primary charging path consisting of means to reduce the voltage of a power source to a level to be applied to a battery to be charged, means converting power from said power source to a pulsating direct current applied to an SCR and gating it on at the beginning of each selected half cycle and passing said current to the positive terminal of said battery wherein the improvement in circuitry in said charging path consists of
voltage control and time control means of a battery charger,
said voltage control means comprises a voltage low pass filter and sensing means, the same being connected to the leads of a battery as a charging input voltage source and having as its output a filtered voltage proportional to the Vmin voltage of a battery,
said Vmin voltage being applied to a voltage comparator,
means feeding a fixed reference voltage to said comparator, said reference voltage being proportional to an equalization voltage to be impressed upon said battery,
whereby when said reference voltage is exceeded by said Vmin voltage from said battery, current flow through said SCR ceases and said voltage in said battery decreases, and when said Vmin voltage is less than said fixed reference voltage, said SCR resumes charging said battery to maintain said battery at its equalization level voltage, and
means causing said time control means to run for the time of the equalization charge and to pause and hold its time setting in the event equalization charging ceases prior to the completion of the equalization charging cycle.
2. The circuitry of claim 1, including
means causing said time control means to be energized when the commencement of equalization voltage charging is sensed.
3. The circuitry of claim 1, including
voltage control means monitoring the Vmin voltage across the terminals of said battery at every half cycle during which near zero current is flowing.
4. The circuitry of claim 1, including
internal thermal limiting means comprising
a pair of thermistors of different values,
one of said thermistors included in a transformer of said battery charger,
one of said thermistors being included in thermal contact with a heat sink of said SCR,
said thermistor in said transformer operating at a higher value than said thermistor in contact with said heat sink, either thermistor causing the input current to said battery to cease upon sensing an exceeded predetermined temperature, and
said thermistors automatically permitting resumption of charging current upon attaining again a predetermined thermal operating range.
5. The circuitry of claim 1, including
means being powered by said battery being charged to keep said time control means energized in the event of an input power failure, and
means in connection with said last mentioned means preventing said time control means from changing its predetermined time setting during the time said battery is not being charged.
6. The circuitry of claim 1, including
means causing said time control means to be inoperative until said means senses that the voltage of said battery to be charged exceeds the equalization voltage with the battery in open circuit condition.
7. The circuitry of claim 1, including
means comprising an anti-sparking circuit which, responsive to a positive signal from said battery to be charged, produces a logic high signal preventing the triggering of said SCR until battery clamps are firmly applied.
8. The circuitry of claim 1, including
means preventing the passage of odd numbered half cycles through the secondary of the transformer, said half cycles constituting a cause of excessive noise and self-heating in said secondary of said transformer.
9. The circuitry of claim 8, wherein
said means preventing the passage of odd numbered half cycles comprises a flip flop circuit.
1. Field of Invention
This invention relates to an electric battery charger.
2. Description of the Prior Art
When a battery is charged up to what is referred to as a basic charged condition, it is about 85% charged and the individual cells may be at different charged levels. It is desirable to apply a finish or equalization charge to the battery which is intended to bring each cell of the battery up to a 100% charged condition. Conventional battery chargers attempt to attain a fully charged condition in various ways.
Conventional electric battery chargers are of three general types. There is a simple unregulated taper charger. The finish charge of the battery is not regulated with respect to the line voltage. There is no regulation and no automatic shut off.
There is a so-called automatic battery charger which is like a taper charger except as the battery voltage approaches its high finish value, the finish charger or voltage is limited to a preset value such that possible damage to a battery will be reduced. The finish voltage will be constant and at its proper setting for the general type of battery being charged but not necessarily for the particular condition of the battery.
The third type of conventional battery charger is a deep cycle charger having an electric timer to be set manually by the user to bring the battery to what the user believes will be a full charge and to include an adequate equalization charge. This is a mechanical timer and it does not sense when the equalization charge begins and whether the timer has been set correctly.
With this third type of battery charger, if the battery is more discharged than thought to be, the total time for the charge and equalization charge will be insufficient to equalize the charge within the battery. If the timer is set for too long a time, the total charge will be excessive causing water in the battery to become decomposed and often also leading to corrosion of the electrodes.
It is desirable to have a timing apparatus included in a battery charger such that the equalization timer does not turn on until the basic charge is completed and then the equalization charging time is set precisely for the equalization or finish charge.
The structure comprising the invention herein represents substantial improvement in controlling the charging of a battery. When a battery is said to be fully charged, it may be only 80% or 85% charged and to get a 100% charge requires what is referred to herein as an equalization charge. Some prior art devices attempt to accomplish this by an improperly applied overcharge which may result in damage to the battery.
The structure herein safely brings a battery up to a basic charge or what is about 85% of its complete charge at which point an equalization charge timer is preset to achieve a 100% or complete charge without overcharging. The increment of charging to achieve a 100% charge is termed an equalization or finish charge which brings each cell of the battery up to substantially a 100% charge and the battery is prevented from becoming overcharged. Any interruption of the charge as by a power failure will not set the timer back to zero, but instead when power is restored, the timer continues from the time interval at which power was stopped. Further when a battery is in storage or not in use, the battery tends to lose its charge, which condition is automatically sensed and which then causes the battery charger to restore the battery to a full 100% charge on an ongoing basis.
It is a particular object of the invention herein therefore, in view of the above summary, to provide an apparatus to safely charge batteries to the extent of a conventional charge and to further apply to the battery a timed equalization charge which will fully charge each cell of the battery.
It is a further object of this invention to automatically maintain and to restore a battery to be in a fully charged condition.
There is one Figure referred to generally as FIG. 1 which is shown in three segments as 1A, 1B and 1C. The circuit consists of a block type wiring diagram showing sub-circuit portions thereof by dotted line.
Referring to FIGS. 1A, 1B and 1C, there is shown a functional block diagram of applicant's circuitry, said circuitry being indicated generally by the reference numeral 1.
The circuitry for the most part will be described in connection with a description of the operation thereof.
An AC power source 10 connects to the primary of a transformer 12 and of a transformer 14. The main transformer 12 is designed to have its output voltage fall off with increasing current and the transformer 14 represents a conventional transformer designed to have a low regulation, that is, its output voltage does not fall off any significant amount with increasing current.
The use of the two transformers as described is for purpose of illustration and not for the purpose of limitation and though preferable, like results could be attained by the use of a single transformer and a modification of the power supply.
A secondary transformer 14 connects to an auxiliary power supply 9 which includes the circuitry shown and provides output for the following elements of the battery charger:
1. Precision reference voltages 16 which provide voltages against which voltages and currents are compared.
2. Linear power 17 which supplies power to the amplifiers and voltage comparators.
3. Logic power 18 which provides power to the AND gates, OR gates and other logic circuits.
4. Various ground returns 11.
5. The following signals are energized:
a. The power up pulse signal 19 which goes high and then drops low the instant that AC power and a new battery are both supplied.
b. The AC power failure signal 20 which changes state when AC power is lost and reverts to original state when AC power is restored and is used to cause the timer to stop increasing time without losing the record of the time accrued.
c. The AC zero crossing signal 21 which goes high briefly as the AC power is at or near zero.
d. A power line frequency 22, of the same frequency as the AC power frequency which is used to insure that the SCR 27 will be on for two consecutive half-cycles or one whole cycle of AC power line frequency.
The signal 22 may be applied directly to the clock input of 77 of flip-flop 77 as an alternative to the use of flip-flop 77a generated from input 21 applied as shown.
The main charging path in the circuitry 1 is described as follows.
Power from the AC power source 10 is applied to transformer 12 which reduces the voltage of the power source to a level suitable to be applied to the battery to be charged. Said power is then applied to the rectifier diodes 23 and 24 for conversion to a pulsating direct current. The outputs of said diodes by lines 2 and 3 are applied to the anode A of SCR 27 which, when triggered on by a positive signal on its gate lead G, will allow the current to proceed to its cathode K through the relay 120 to the positive terminal 30a of the battery 30 through connecting means (such as clamps) 31, through the battery 30, and on a return path from the negative battery terminal 30b through connecting means (clamps) 31a, back through said relay 120, through the resistor 60a in line 3, and back to the center tap 12b of the transformer 12.
It is desirable to use the transistor 60a but the same may be omitted and a direct connection be made to the center tap 12b of the transformer 12. The relay 120 is preferably used but may be replaced by direct connections through the normally closed contacts of said relay.
The particular method of SCR control herein with said pulsating direct current is half cycle control, that is to say, the SCR is turned on at the beginning of each half cycle and remains on through the complete half cycle, without the gate turn-on signal being delayed in phase, as is common in phase control systems. Preferably, consecutive pairs of half cycles are controlled (whole cycle control). However half cycle, whole cycle or phase control approaches are embodied within the concept herein.
There will be a one half cycle of charging current present every time the SCR is gated on at the beginning of each half cycle. If said SCR is not gated on, there will be no current for that half cycle. The SCR will remain off until a trigger-pulse is applied to its gate lead G and then for as long as current is flowing, said SCR will remain on. Said SCR will turn off again when the current approaches zero. Said SCR is triggered by a positive signal applied to its gate lead G by means of circuit block 27a which is the level shift and gate driver circuit for said SCR.
A voltage from the cathodes of diodes 23 and 24 proceeds along line 1 to the power input of said block 27a. If there is a positive logic level on line 54 applied to the control input to the driver block 27a, then the internal transistor switches (not shown) will close allowing the power to proceed to the output along the line 54a to said gate G of said SCR 27.
If the logic level is zero on line 54, the switches internal to block 27a will remain open. Power will not be applied from line 1 through SCR gate A and said SCR will remain open.
It is well now to consider the control aspects of the invention.
The primary control or charging path is concerned with voltage and time control, the same being accomplished with the use of a voltage sense and low pass filter circuit block 32. Said block 32 is connected to the positive and negative leads of the battery 30 to be charged as an input and has its output on line 32a which is a moderately filtered voltage proportional to the average battery voltage. This voltage is applied through line 32b to comparator 34 at its non-inverting input 34a. The inverting input 34b of comparator 34 connects to a reference voltage from line 35. As shown here, said reference is derived from a potentiometer 36 having both its ends connected to reference voltages.
The reference voltage of line 35 is set to be a voltage proportional to the absolute maximum voltage desired to be impressed upon the battery. Herein, this maximum voltage is called the Equalization Limited Voltage, or simply equalization voltage. Equalization voltage is maintained at the battery terminals during the equalization or finish charge phase, after the basic charge is completed. The output of the charger is designed not to exceed the equalization voltage through the following means.
First, assume that the battery voltage is well below the equalization voltage. In this case, the equalization limit voltage reference 35 will be greater than the output on line 32b from said voltage filter block 32, such that the output of the comparator 34 will be nearly zero on line 68; in other words, a low logic level.
Assuming that all other inputs to the NOR gate 37 are also low, then output of the NOR gate 37 on line 70 will be high. Assume that circuit block 77 D-type flip-flop is replaced by a direct connection from the D input to the Q output of said flip-flop such that line 70 is connected directly to line 54. Since line 54 is at a high logic level, the level shift and SCR gate drive circuit block 27a will make a connection from its input lead, line 1, to its output 54a, the gate G of SCR 27.
At every half cycle of input power therefore, said SCR will be triggered on and the battery will receive a pulse of charging current. Charging will proceed continuously.
The voltage across the battery now rises and continues to rise until at some point voltage on line 32b exceeds the voltage on line 35 so that comparator 34 changes state presenting a logic high on its output line 68. The output of the NOR gate 37 then goes low so that line 70 and therefore line 54 are also low. Block 27a therefore opens its connection from line 1 to the SCR gate G and no longer triggers the SCR. Current flow to the SCR ceases with the end of the half cycle.
Since the battery now is no longer being charged, its terminal voltage decreases and so does the voltage on line 32b. When the voltage on line 32b becomes less than the fixed voltage on line 35, the output of comparator 34 on line 68 goes low. This permits the output of the NOR gate 37 to again go high.
With the high on line 70 and therefore line 54, block 27a closes its switches, allowing line 1 to apply power to the gate G of SCR 27, turning it on again. This cycle repeats such that the effect is to maintain a voltage on the battery which, on the average, is equal to the equalization voltage. The charger will maintain the battery at the equalization voltage indefinitely except for the further path into the NOR gate 37 by line 44, provided by the equalization timer 40.
The setting of the equalization timer 40 may be described as follows. Inputs 41 and 42 are pulse responding inputs. That is to say, the timer will start timing by a pulse at input 41. This is accomplished by simultaneous highs to the inputs of AND gate 38.
As soon as a new battery is connected, as sensed by line 15 feeding into block 9 and AC power is applied, a pulse is applied to the input of gate 52 by means of line 19. OR gate 52 propagates this pulse to line 42, the stop-reset line of equalization timer 40.
Said equalization timer then sets both of its output lines 44 and 46 to logic low levels and internally, its time registers (not shown) are reset to zero. The timer will continue to do nothing even though the reset pulse line 42 returns to a low level until such time as a pulse is applied to line 41, the start input. When a pulse is momentarily applied to the start input line 41, then the internal registers of said equalization timer begin accumulating time and the timing-in-process output 46 causes the timer running LED 46a to begin flashing to assure the operator that said equalization timer is operating. The timed output 44 remains at a logic low even though said timer 40 is running until the time settings 48 of the input timer have been satisfied. For example, if the total time is to be one hour, then no change will occur on line 44 until one hour after the time that the input pulse is applied to line 41. The equalization timer is thus a delay circuit which produces a logic high level on line 44 at a time interval after the presence at a start pulse on line 41 as determined by the time setting inputs on all of the lines to 48a. In the basic embodiment of this invention, these inputs are selectably fixed times as determined by the voltage from the hours potentiometer 48c and by the setting of the multiplier switch 48d.
In other embodiments, however, the time might be a fixed time plus a variable time as determined by the inputs to line 48a; the total length of time that charging has occurred, or by the inputs to line 48b, the total number of amp hours returned to the battery until the equalization voltage across the battery has first been reached. No matter whether a fixed or variable or combination time is used, however, the salient feature of the timer is that it does not begin until the basic charge of the battery has been attained. Subsequent to this event, the output line 44, does not change state, that is, go high until the time period called for has elapsed. It is important to recognize that the equalization timer is controlling the equalization phase of the charging cycle only and that the timer does not start prior to sensing the first attainment of the basic charge voltage across the battery. This differs from the usual prior state of the art in which the timer is running not only for the equalization charging phase, but for the entire charging phase prior to the attainment of the basic charge of the battery.
Going back to the overall circuit description, assume that line 41 has gone high, indicating that the basic charge is complete and the equalization voltage has been achieved, the timer will start running internally and its line 46 output will cause the LED 46a to flash but its main output line 44 will still not change state. This means that the output of the NOR gate 37 is controlled solely by input equalization voltage line 68 and, as such, an average voltage across the battery equal to the equalization voltage is maintained, for a time period determined by the inputs 48 and at the expiration of said time period, the output line 44 will go high and remain high. A feedback path through gate 65 and thence to input 43 will cause the internal timing to go into a hold mode thereby forcing the output line 44 to remain high. That is to say, once time-out has been achieved on line 44, the internal timing operations will cease and the timer output will be held high. The logic high on line 44 is applied to the NOR gate 37 so that its output 70 goes low.
Line 54 goes low causing block 27a to open the drive to the gate G of SCR 27 thereby causing all charging current to cease. Charging current will not resume even when the battery terminal voltage again falls below the equalization limit. This is because the input 43 to the equalization timer 40 causes its output line 44 to remain high indefinitely, for hours, weeks or even months. Output line 44 will remain high until input line 42, for purpose of stop or reset, again receives a pulse. During this phase, LED 44a illuminates, indicating the end of the cycle; that the basic charging and the equalization charging are both completed and the charger is now in a maintaining or babysitting phase called Restart Monitor.
As the battery stands, open circuited, over a period of time, it begins to self-discharge as terminal voltage slowly drops off with time. Eventually its voltage will fall below a level represented by item 51, restart monitor voltage. When this occurs, the voltage on line 51 will exceed the voltage on line 32c such that comparator 50 will switch state so that its output line 67 will go to a high logic level. Said output will feed to OR gate 52 and be applied to line 42 which is the stop or reset input to said equalization timer. When this pulse is applied to said equalization timer, the interval registers of said timer again go to zero and all of its outputs also go to zero, including output 44. When output 44 goes to zero, again all four inputs to NOR gate 37 are low and therefore the output line 70 goes high, and line 54 applies a high to block 27a again, applying a drive to the SCR and charging recommences. Note that this may be weeks after charging has originally ceased. The charger herein will then go through the entire basic charging and equalization charging phases again, including the equalization timing, before the equalization timer again cuts off charging via its output line 44. The battery is thus maintained in a state of charge readiness without being overcharged by excessive equalization time. The basic operation of the battery charger herein thus consists of the equalization timer beginning its timing period as equalization voltage is first attained and which continues to time internally, during which time equalization voltage limit is maintained by comparator 34, which, at the end of the equalization charging period, applies an output on line 44 to terminate the charging process until such later time when the battery voltage falls below the restart level indicating that it has lost charge, and again needs to be recharged.
Reference is now had to AND gate 38, with its inputs from comparator 34, line 68 and the zero crossing input line 21. The reason for said AND gate is to assure that the equalization timer 40 does not start until the Vmin voltage of the battery exceeds the equalization voltage limit. The term `Vmin voltage` as used herein is defined as the instantaneous voltage at the battery terminals during those instants when the current is substantially zero; e.g., during zero voltage instants of the AC power line. Without this gate, the voltage on line 32a and 32b and thereby the output of comparator 34 on its output lead 68 would sense not just the battery terminal voltage, but also the IR drop across the lines to the battery caused by charging current. As such, the equalization timer would start too early; it would begin timing when the voltage at the charger exceeded the equalization voltage limit and not when the voltage at the battery exceeded that limit due to the additional voltage drop along the leads to the battery. Said AND gate 38 insures that the input to the equalization timer start lead 41 will go high only when the instantaneous battery voltage, at instants of pracatically no current through it, exceeds the equalization voltage limit. This is because the AND gate 38 is enabled by line 21 only at the zero crossing point of the AC power input and therefore, by definition, no current will be flowing into the battery. Likewise, the voltage limiting LED 41a will also be turned on only when the instantaneous battery voltage exceeds the equalization limit with no current flowing through the battery. In effect, the AND gate 38 causes the circuit to behave as a minimum or "valley" Vmin voltage detector which looks at the minimum voltage across the battery and not the voltage while current is flowing. The essential operation of the battery charger herein has now been described.
Modification to said circuit 1 will next be described.
A block circuit 77 D-type flip-flop is provided. The purpose of this flip-flop is to prevent an odd number of half cycles from being triggered on the SCR 27. The circuit would still be functional. However it would be possible to conduct an odd number of half cycles of current through the secondary of transformer 12; for example, half cycles numbered 1, 3, 5, etc., which would constitute a DC component in the secondary of said transformer causing excessive noise and self-heating. Operation of the charger is quieter and cooler with the addition of flip-flop 77 which is a conventional edge-triggered D or data type flip-flop well known in the art. A low-to-high logic level transition applied to the clock input line 22 will cause whatever instantaneous logic level is present on said flip-flop input line 70 to be transferred to its Q output line 54. Said Q output line will then remain in this state until the next low to high transition on the clock input. Since the clock input is connected to a square wave of frequency equal to the power line frequency, it will receive a low-to-high transition once every whole cycle of the AC power line. Therefore, whatever logic level is present on line 70 at the instant of this transition will be held constant on the Q output line for the next two half cycles. This assures that no DC component will be present in the secondary of transformer 12.
Further, a modification to said flip-flop circuit 77 is the clear or reset input 75a from the one shot anti-sparking circuit 75. The purpose here is to prevent sparking at the charger clamps 30a and 30b should they be connected to a battery with AC power applied. Because the flip-flop 77 may have its output at either of two states, it is possible that line 54 will be at logic high at the instant that the clamps are applied. In this event, said SCR 27 will be triggered on and sparking would occur. To prevent this, said anti-sparking start-up delay block circuit is included. At the instant the charger clamps 31 and 31a are connected, a positive signal from the battery is sent via line 55 into said circuit 75. Circuit 75, as a one-shot circuit, then produces a logic high pulse for approximately one second to the clear input of the flip-flop 77. The pulse is usually long enough to allow the clamps to be firmly applied and left applied, thus preventing sparking. As the pulse disappears, the flip-flop 77 is free to function normally, and charging, if commanded for, will begin. The charge pulse LED 54a is included as information to the operator.
Considered next are the remaining two inputs to the NOR gate 37. Begin with line 62b, the current limit input. Beginning at the resistor 60a, the circuit 60 consists of the current sense resistor 60a, the current sense amplifier and filter 60b, a comparator 62, and a reference voltage source 62a. Charging current to the battery produces a voltage across resistor 60a, which is amplified by the current sense amplifier and filter 60b, to produce a DC output voltage on line 60c which is proportional to the gain of said amplifier A, the value of the resistor 60a and the average current through the resistor Idc. The voltage on line 60c will proportional to the long term DC average current into the battery and not to the instantaneous values of the pulsating current to the battery. If the average current into the battery exceeds a preset limit, as determined by the voltage on line 62a, then the voltage on line 60c will exceed the voltage on 62a causing comparator 62 to go to a high state, that is, to present a logic high level on line 62b. This will allow the current limiting LED 62c to illuminate as such an indication to the operator. The high level on line 62b will be applied to the NOR gate 37, causing its output 70 to be a low, thereby shutting off said SCR. At this time the average current will again drop below the preset level so that the voltage on 60c will be less than the voltage on 62a. The comparator 62 will then go to a logic low and the logic low level on line 62b will allow the NOR gate 37 to output a high on line 70 allowing charging to resume again. In this way, the absolute average current output of the charger may be controlled not to exceed the preset limit.
The final input to the NOR gate 37 is a line 88 from the thermal overload protection block circuit 80, which as here shown, comprises negative coefficient thermistors 81 and 85, although one or more than two thermistors could be used. A reference voltage is applied to said thermistors, which, in this embodiment, are respectively placed in thermal contact with said SCR 27 and the transformer 12. Additional thermistors may be used, depending upon the degree of protection desired. Although the thermistors are identical in type, they control different temperatures by virtue of the fact that the respective related resistors 82 and 83 are different in value. The resistance of 82, for example, is designed to be such that at the desired limiting temperature of said SCR, the voltage present on line 81a produces an output voltage on line 86 equal to the reference voltage on line 89. Any further increase in the temperature of said SCR, for example, will cause a further increase in voltage on line 86, causing comparator 87 to have a logic high level at its output. This will cause the LED 90, indicating internal thermal limiting, to illuminate as a signal to the operator and line 88 to have a logic high level which will cause the NOR gate 37 to have a low level on its output 70. Said SCR will thus not be gated, so that charging current will cease until said SCR cools in temperature, causing thermistor 81 to increase in value again, allowing line 88 to go to a logic low permitting reestablishment of charging current.
Similar comments apply to thermistor 85 and its resistor 83 which can be different in value from 82 such that thermistor 85 senses a different temperature from thermistor 81. In this embodiment, for example, permitting the temperature of said transformer to be higher than the temperature of said SCR 27, although both are limited to their respective maximum temperatures. Element 84 having as its input lines 81a and 85a is really not a logical OR gate but a linear gate, which allows the higher of the two voltages present from thermistors 81 or 85 to determine the voltage on line 86. Thus a single comparator 87 may serve a pair or a multiciplicity of thermistors.
Any number of thermistors which may be employed will all control a common output on line 88. It will be seen that the NOR gate 37 produces a low output on its line 70 in response to any one or more of the input lines 62b, 68, 88, and 44. Although in practice, only one of these inputs will be at a logic high depending upon whether the charger is in the current limiting, voltage limiting, temperature limiting, or a timed out mode. It is important to realize that any one of the inputs will cause said SCR not to be retriggered. This permits charging to stop in response to excessive temperatures, a set point current, a set point voltage of the equalization limit voltage, or attainment of a preset equalization time from the timed out line 44 of the equalization timer block 40.
The salient feature of the invention is thus seen to be said equalization timer 40 which begins timing as soon as and not before the battery voltage attains a basic voltage level when current through the battery is instantaneously zero, and which thereby senses what is regarded as a full charge on the battery and which then causes the charger to maintain a constant output voltage called the equalization limit, for a time determined by the equalization timer. Only then does equalization charging cease. At that point, a monitor senses the gradual decrease in terminal voltage which would indicate self-discharge of the battery over a long time period, indicating the need for an additional recharge and reequalization cycle, and returning again to the monitoring mode.
Reference is now made to block circuit 100 referred to as the autopolarity circuit. This circuit allows the operator not to be concerned as to the polarity of the connecting means 31 and 31a. If the clamps are transposed, a relay coil 103 is actuated to effect the reversal of leads 2a and 3a, resulting in proper polarity as if the clamps 31 and 31a were correctly connected.
With the polarity of the battery correct, it will be seen that resistor 110 and diode 111 will apply a voltage of one diode drop across the base to emitter of transistor 109, but that the polarity will be in the direction opposite that required to cause the transistor 109 to conduct. Transistor 109 will therefore be cut off, transistor 106 will also be cut off and no power will be applied to the relay coil 103. The normally closed contacts of the relay as shown in the drawing will therefore connect the clamp 31 to the cathode K of said SCR and connect clamp 31a to the center tap 12b of transformer 12. This is the correct polarity for normal operation since normally clamp 31 is positive and clamp 31a is negative. If the clamp 31 and 31a are reversed, the resistor 110 will apply a forward bias to the base of transistor 109 turning it on. This will then allow current to be applied to the base of transistor 106 turning it on, which will allow a potential to be applied across the coil of relay 120, causing it to be energized, thereby causing the effect of a reversal of the connections to the battery charger.
The function of capacitor 104 is to keep the relay closed at all times, even though only half wave pulsating DC current is obtainable through diode 102 from winding 101 of transformer 14. A resistor 105 simply limits the current through the collector of transistor 106 preventing possible damage. Resistor 107 simply assures that when transistor 106 is to be off, it will be off. Resistor 108 limits the base current to transistor 106. Resistor 110 limits the base current to transistor 109. Diode 111 limits the voltage applied to transistor 109 to a value which will not exceed the base-to-emitter breakdown voltage, thus preventing possible damage to transistor 109 when the connections to the battery are correct and circuit operation is not desired. All of these preceding components are arranged in a manner well known to those skilled in the art.
It will of course be understood that various changes may be made in form, details, arrangement and proportions of the parts without departing from the scope of the invention herein which, generally stated, consists of circuitry capable of carrying out the objects above set forth, in the parts and combinations of parts disclosed and defined in the appended claims.
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Mitchell, 42, served eight years in a Virginia prison for the 2003 abduction of an ex-girlfriend and got out last year. Records show he violated probation three times, then apparently fled to New York, where police say he attacked a 73-year-old bird-watcher in Central Park near a memorial to peace-loving John Lennon.
In Jenkinjones, a coalfields town of fewer than 300, a man well-acquainted with both Mitchell and some of his alleged victims said it's best if New York locks him up for good. He said when word spread of Mitchell's release last year, people started buying guns. "They ain't gonna trust him down here again. They're gonna end up killing him," said Wayne Mitchell, 45, no relation to the suspect.
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Whitby's awkward access made natural navigators of its population: the town is not an island but it has an island mentality, cut off for so many centuries by the sea and the moors. At least one young shipmaster out on those desolate moors used the skills he had picked up at sea to guide him safely home in foul weather. Captain Cook discovered Australia in a Whitby coalship, and the lessons he learned in the Whitby trade made him one of the world's greatest navigators.
When Queen Victoria plunged into prolonged mourning on Albert's death in 1861 she popularized jewelry fashioned from jet at the very moment local turners discovered a way to carve the black stone on a lathe. Jet is native to Whitby; the fossilized remnant of the monkey puzzle tree, it is mined from the cliffs and found on the beaches, and when cut and polished it glows. For a while the industry employed hundreds of workers.
The town is still hard at work. The fishing is not what it was, but there is a fleet of bulbous, battered, whalelike trawlers in port, and the fish market opens every morning on the quay. The morning I visited, just one boat had unloaded its catch, and there were only four buyers, but the auctioneer shouted and waved his arms and ratcheted up the excitement as if he were addressing a roomful of eager wholesalers. There must be more fish and chips shops per capita here than in any other English town, and they are very good.
There is a cheesy Dracula Experience on Marine Parade, with waxwork scenes from the novel and a trip out into the bay on the old lifeboat.
There is plenty of rock candy for traditionalists, and a beach lined with brightly painted bathing cabins, and tackle shops for fishermen who dangle their lines at the end of the harbor wall and saunter back along the promenade with plastic shopping bags bulging with fish.
There's the factory where they make Burberry raincoats. There's the marina, where they tend other people's boats. The tourists come to eat the fudge local people make, and buy the fossil shells they find, and play video games in the little purplish rash of amusement arcades along the seafront. Having once lost the art of carving jet, Whitby has picked it up again, and you can buy newly made earrings, rings and bracelets of pure black stone all over the old town.
Visitors who want respite from the genteel bustle can take a bracing walk along the cliffs to Robin Hood's Bay, six miles to the south. This, like Whitby, was a fishing port once, but far smaller and poorer. It is really a Yorkshire version of a Greek island village, tightly clustered into little alleys and yards, with no room for cars. Its pubs reek of smugglers' tales; and when the tide is out you can go shrimping on the rocks or ride a pony on the sands -- but I preferred rummaging through secondhand bookstores.
Back in Whitby, I was enjoying it all, the fish, the sea, the quaint streets, when one morning I discovered, to my joy and astonishment, my favorite museum in the world. There are some excellent museums in the town, to be sure, but the Whitby Museum was stupendous. It stands alone, in the genteel public gardens known as Pannett Park, which are bordered by a splendid row of double-fronted Georgian houses put up by rich shipowners along St. Hilda's Terrace. The origins of the museum lie with the same people, for it was one of those philanthropic institutions set up in the early 19th century that depended entirely on the generosity of local citizens for its treasures.
The splendid mahogany cases are full of old costumes, and stuffed birds, rocks and flint arrowheads, bits and bobs from Captain Cook's voyages, and the tail of a very large tuna. There is a model of the very first crow's nest, devised by Capt. William Scoresby in 1807 for picking a channel through the Arctic ice, and pieces of bone carved by sailors, and curiosities brought back from Africa and the East. Also on view are ivory ships carved by French prisoners of war, a Japanese suit of armor, and any number of guns and pistols and coins and medals.
I had already decided that this was the nicest museum I had ever seen when I stumbled through a side door into the mahogany-lined library and reading room of the Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society, where half a dozen members were reading quietly at the tables. Here were more than 4,000 books on Whitby, birds, fossils and explorations. They weren't all old and dusty either. I wasn't hooked; I was flatly harpooned.
I scampered down to the local real estate agent and asked about the Georgian mansions on St. Hilda's Terrace. I could get one for about $270,000 or so, he said. In the morning I would buy fish fresh off the trawlers. I'd bathe in the North Sea, and jog back up a road known, imperially, as Khyber Pass, overlooking the bay. I'd write in my study, frequently stopping to inspect the shipping through a brass telescope at my window; and in the evenings, now and then, I would attend a lecture at the Literary and Philosophical Society.
And who knows? After 20 years or more, I might develop sufficient grit to deliver a paper there myself.
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I would say teaching...but since I'm not teaching anymore, maybe not a thing. I'm not interested in having kids myself, but teaching them was a blast and something I enjoyed when I was living overseas.
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Basically I'll try anything once. Indian food is a favorite, along with Japanese and Chinese food...Korean, Ethiopian, French, well on and on. There is something just right about cooking meat on a bbq, so I do that any chance i get. I really enjoy cooking, and I like to experiment when I can.
I normally watch whatever hit the spot movie wise. Things like In Bruges, Leon the Professional, Indiana Jones, Old Boy, Predator, etc etc. Something funny or something serious, just depends on my mood.
I don't really watch a lot of TV these days, I tend to download more or stream. More comedies though, Archer, China, IL, Sons of Anarchy, Rome, Deadwood, Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad. Venture Brothers, Ugly Americans, Rick and Morty, Babylon 5, Blackadder, Futurama. Just as an example, even if that's a big list of examples.
I like a mix of music, I've been listening to more metal recently, but I still like a lot of alternative and rock. I don't really mind what's being played, I enjoy bluegrass and viking metal equally. The last two years I volunteered at Folkfest in Ottawa, it was a blast, but this year I think I'm going to just go and enjoy the music.
I always try to have a book on the go, and recently its mostly been pulpy sci-fi stuff. I normally go between that and non fiction historical stuff. John Keegan would probably be my favorite military historian. I've really been enjoying some of David Drake's older stuff as well recently. He has some good short story compilations.
I game a bit when I can, some tabletop stuff here and there too. Something to relax with at the end of the day, but I find I don't really have time for it until the weekend.
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Glasses (practical)
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What I'm going to be doing the next week, month, year. I have a tendency to plan ahead, even if that's a plan for relaxing. I think about work, friends, whatever next adventure I'm going to have.
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Going out with friends, getting a beer at a local. Find a festival, see a show. Hop from place to place and talk loudly about all manner of things.
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I get hiccups that sound like I'm a pterodactyl.
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A week ago, the smart money was on the league doing whatever they could to ensure a Manning/Brady AFC Championship Game. Now, after watching the officiating in both the AFC Divisional Games and seeing the way they were blatantly screwing Denver and NE, I'm convinced that there is one of two things going on:
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2. The refs were instructed to go out of their way and do whatever they could to NOT make it look like they were pulling for the Manning/Brady ratings bonanza.
I'm leaning towards #1. They didn't get their wish of having the easier matchup with Houston in the 2nd round, but they'll pull a few more strings next week to try to ensure that Ray gets there.
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The former communist countries in the eastern corner of the European Union are reliant on gas imports, mostly from Russia, and want to diversify their energy sources.
"We expect the European Union to help rather than hinder the increase of nuclear capacity in central Europe," Orban told a news conference after the meeting.
"This area must not be over-regulated and the issue of state aid for energy investments should also be reviewed, because we think that nuclear energy is being discriminated against here."
While Orban did not expand on this, European Commissioners decided last week to exclude a specific reference to nuclear power in an update to their guidelines on state aid for the energy sector, expected to be published next month.
This does not necessarily mean that using taxpayers' money to help finance nuclear power would be illegal under EU law, but that each case will have to be examined on its own merits.
The issue of whether the public should subsidise nuclear as well as other forms of energy has divided the European Commission, the EU executive, as well as national governments.
While countries such as Germany and Austria oppose nuclear power, others such as Britain and the Visegrad four are in favour.
Opponents including environmental groups say government funding for atomic power would breach EU legal principles and mark a major shift in policy. Meanwhile, pro-nuclear countries have found developers unwilling to build plants without state guarantees on prices for the power they will generate.
Hungary plans to expand its existing nuclear plant, though it has not issued a tender yet.
The Czech utility CEZ is running a tender to build two big new units of about 1,200 MW each at its Temelin plant.
In Slovakia, two new reactors with a combined capacity of 880 megawatts are expected to start up in 2014 and 2015.
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DEPARTING VETERANS: Some of the 30 Korea War veterans at Auckland Airport before leaving for the 60th anniversary of the truce.
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Kiwi Korean War veterans are visiting the demilitarised zone on the first day of a trip back to mark 60 years since a ceasefire brought peace to the peninsula.
The men, who are part of a delegation travelling with Veterans' Affairs Minister Michael Woodhouse, will today visit the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) which separates South Korea from the communist North.
Running through the 38th parallel, the zone has divided the two Koreas since the end of World War II. The Korean War was sparked when North Korean troops crossed into the South in 1950, taking control of Seoul, which was later recaptured by United Nations forces. Three years later a ceasefire was signed, with the uneasy situation still enduring.
Mr Woodhouse visited the DMZ in 2010 and said he hoped the veterans could be taken beyond the border of the zone, which is several kilometres wide.
Beyond here, troops from either side take part in seemingly hostile but highly scripted monitoring of each other, on either side of a building where the ceasefire was signed.
"It's a really, really sad example of the old Cold War mentality that we had up until the 1980s," Mr Woodhouse said.
How far into the DMZ the Kiwi veterans are taken may depend on security issues. Earlier this year the Korean Peninsula experienced the so-called "Spring Crisis" when the North Koreans issued warnings of a possible attack.
"I think the risk is low that anything would actually happen, but my guess would be that we'll see some statements coming out of [North Korean] President Kim [Jong Un]," Mr Woodhouse said.
"I would be surprised if some posturing didn't go on, a bit of sabre rattling."
Previous trips to the DMZ by Kiwi veterans have not been without antics. During the campaign for the Ikaroa-Rawhiti by-election, Wi Rangi Whaitiri, father of new Labour MP Meka Whaitiri, confided that on the 40th anniversary of the ceasefire, he was warned he may be shot by the North Koreans if he didn't stop giving them the fingers.
This week's delegation of 30 was reduced by one when a veteran reported respiratory problems and failed to convince a doctor he was healthy enough to travel from Whenuapai Airbase on Tuesday.
One of those on the plane said the group were upset by the departure of their comrade, who was himself in tears.
Mr Woodhouse said that although he was sure the man would have insisted on being allowed to risk the trip, they could not in good conscience take the chance.
It was likely to be the last time such a delegation would be taken to Korea because of their age, he said.
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Take, for instance, Mario Cuomo. It was the elder Cuomo, after all, who played the key role in rejuvenating the language and the politics of New Deal liberalism in the Reagan era. His words still managed to revive the progressive vision languishing at the time, beneath Reagan’s two landslide electoral victories and endless episodes of intra-liberal bloodletting. Cuomo’s simultaneously erudite and eloquent orations succeeded in honoring (New Left) cultural difference as they embraced the (old left) ethic of team work and economic opportunity for all: a “patch-quilt” nation working together, rather than the “melting pot” of old. Most moving, politically and emotionally, was his 1984 Democratic National Convention keynote address, still engraved in the memory of millions who watched it on TV or heard it on the radio. In that speech, as in many others, Cuomo argued for a liberal philosophy built on a foundation of “family, mutuality, the sharing of benefits and burdens for the good of all, feeling one another’s pain, sharing one another’s blessings.” True, few political lives demonstrate the adage that Cuomo himself coined—politicians “campaign in poetry” but “govern in prose”—more than Cuomo’s own, as his policies were often more conservative than his rhetoric. (New York liberals’ gallows humor at the time included the observation that his administration’s most significant jobs program was prison construction.) Even so, under the first Cuomo administration, the state made a strong commitment to such unfashionable causes as increasing unemployment benefits, exempting low-income workers from the tax rolls, building housing for the homeless, helping seniors pay for prescription medicine and aggressively enforcing the state’s environmental laws. Cuomo also paid close attention to civil liberties when appointing judges and drafting legislation. But if Mario Cuomo represented the pinnacle and perhaps the last gasp of New Deal liberalism, Andrew Cuomo may well turn out to be its undertaker.
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Cuomo had justified his hard-line opposition to taxing the wealthy with the argument that New York cannot remain economically competitive if its wealthy residents are asked to pay higher taxes than they would elsewhere. Though he did support President Obama’s call for higher taxes on the wealthy at the federal level—as a top administration official was quick to point out when I raised the issue—Cuomo repeatedly demanded that if taxes were to be raised, this should only be done at a federal, rather than state level. In the course of our discussion of the issue, I pointed out that wealthy people on Wall Street and elsewhere in the state have never had it so good: stock market prices and corporate profits are at their highest points ever recorded, while virtually every serious study of the issue demonstrates that “tax flight” by the wealthy is a myth propagated by anti-tax ideologues. (Indeed, state revenue almost invariably increases when levies at the top are raised, while inspiring little if any so-called migration of the wealthy to neighboring states.) To this, Cuomo’s aide replied that this was simply a philosophical disagreement, and we would have to leave it at that. I asked if the aide could point me to any research that might support the administration’s “philosophy.” None was forthcoming.
What was forthcoming, in secret, however, turned out to be a shocker. Literally on the day the print version of this article went to press, Cuomo, according to press reports, reversed himself on the issue, and helped engineer an extension of what he had previously insisted had been a temporary higher tax bracket for seven-figure incomes in order to fund a cut for middle-income earners. The tax had been set to expire at the end of 2014 (which happens to be an election year). Cuomo had made no mention whatever of extending the tax in his January “State of the State” message, nor did either he or any of his aides bring it up as they travelled around the state to win support for their proposals. (And I heard no hints about it during my back and forth with his aides.) The New York state Democratic Party went so far as to commit itself to a television campaign trumpeting the lack of new taxes of any kind in his budget.
If we rule out the possibility that Cuomo so feared being portrayed as a economic conservative in a lengthy Nation article and so reversed himself on what had been a defining foundational aspect of his administration in order to mess with its author, then one can only conclude that the combination of the ongoing budgetary crisis, Washington’s sequestration melodrama, and the actual fact of the explosion of inequality in New York forced him to reverse himself in plenty of time to remake his image for both the 2014 and the 2016 elections. The surprise factor, moreover, had the effect of catching potential opponents off-guard, which has always been Cuomo’s modus operandi.
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Jake is such a dicksplash
by Ashmaggot May 31, 2011
when a guy splashes his urine or cum (sperm/semen) over something.
"Oh Dude! My Porn Magazine covered in your dick splash"
by Dude123 August 30, 2007
A stain, presumably on clothing, caused by either urine or ejaculate. Popularised by English language version of early 90's anime production, "OEDO 808."
Eat this, Dicksplash!
by Bobby Chopra October 23, 2010
can refer to the sound of a the male gentalia hitting water or the actual spash of water as a result
When a man sits in the bath and proceeds to hit his penis on the water, creating dicksplash
When a penis is cut off and thrown in a swimming pool. Dicksplash
by cybercityoedo July 12, 2010
Mistakenly utilized slang term too often associated with discharges from the male penis. In reality, the "dick splash" is associated with the large orgasm of a woman who is enjoying sex and completely soaks a man's penis when the orgasm occurs.
Woman: "Oh baby, oh baby, oh baby, oh baby! Yesssssssssssss!"
Man: "Whoa! Honey, you just seriously dick splashed me!"
by Brainiac March 02, 2005
Used as a slang word for male ejaculation of semen from the penis
Stop laughing, you Dick splash, its not my fault i cant control my testosterone
by CaptainCoolAsFuck September 18, 2009
A tiny splash of urine from the japs eye that lands on unwanted places such as inside your trousers after urination
When you have discharge from your cock and it comes out in your pants and you piss yourself
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Kaiyan Duskblade
Kaiyan Duskblade
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Gender Male
Race Blood elf
Affiliation Knights of The Ebon Blade
Position Death Knight, formerly General, Warrior, Paladin and Noble.
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Kaiyan Duskblade, previously known as Kaiyan Dawnblade, is a Blood Elf Death Knight currently fighting in Northrend against the Lich King's forces under the banner of The Knights of the Ebon Blade. He is also a member of the Horde and a champion of Silvermoon and The Undercity.
Early LifeEdit
Kaiyan Dawnblade was the favoured nephew of Malak Dawnblade, a figure of high political and military power within the silvermoon hierachy. Kaiyan proved himself from an early age as an immensly skilled and cunning warrior as well as a fierce general. He was good friends with Sylvannas Windrunner, and they fought together many times defending Silvermoon. He barely knew his parents and was raised by his Uncle, although he never required too much attention or care, something Malak greatly respected him for.
Third WarEdit
During the Third War, after news of Arthas' treachery, Kaiyan was put in charge of a small high elf fleet to chase down fleeing cult of the damned members who had been hiding in Silvermoon. It was during this time that Dar'Khan Drathir betrayed the high elves allowing Arthas and his scourge to assault the city. Kaiyan and his troop had managed to eliminate the cult of the damned and were sailing home, unaware of what was happening to their homeland. When their ship came in, the first person the young general saw was a nervous looking Dar'Khan, who fell at his feet, crying that the city was under siege and the scourge were breaking through. He also told Kaiyan that Sylvannas was being tortured and soon to be killed by Arthas' commanders in the Court of the Sun.
Frantically, Kaiyan led his troops into the city, slaying all the scourge they could on the way to rescue Sylvannas. However, once they had made it to the Royal Exchange, the party was held up by a wall of abominations and necromancers, raising the corpses of their former brothers to fight against them. Kaiyan knew that they didnt have time to try and fight their way through so told his troops to follow him through a secret passage to reach the Court of the Sun. His troops saw that the passage was blocked, and in an act of sacrifice for their general, took the attention of the scourge, and drew them away, yelling at Kaiyan to go on and save Sylvannas.
On the other end of the passage, Kaiyan found the court deserted, but covered with the ravages of war. Thinking he was too late, he ran into the open where Arthas' Lietuenants Falric and Marwyn emerged from the shadows, grabbing him and bringing him to his knees, facing towards the Sunfury Spire. From the spire, Arthas himself emerged and walked slowly towards Kaiyan. Arthas revealed that he had admired Kaiyan's prowess for a long time, and used the traitor Dar'Khan to trick the young general so that he could transform him into one of his elite death knights. Kaiyan was in part relieved that Sylvannas was safe, but Arthas saw this, and told Kaiyan that Sylvannas whad been killed and converted long before his arrival.
In furious rage, Kaiyan managed to free himself, seriously wounding Marwyn and charging at Arthas, managing to clash blades with him before the tratior prince threw him down, raising frostmourne and laughing as he killed then raised his new Death Knight, mindless to serve, but with all the power and cunning he possessed in life.
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U.S. Offers An Official Apology to Native Americans
• Wow, how meaningful. And won't cost a cent....
• This apology to Native Americans is long overdue. It can't make up for the past but maybe, just maybe it wil make a difference for Native Americans as well as all other Americans.
Ruth Beazer
• Like the ill-conceived but oh so politically correct 1993 Apology to "Native" Hawaiians, this will lead to further costs and acrimony.
The Akaka Bill seeks to do the same for so-called "Native Hawaiians" even though the kingdom that was overthrown was a fully integrated multi-cultural government with no special rights for groups with the magic blood(the 1993 Apology Resolution lied about this).
This is a sad day for all Americans.
• Sad to see there is so much racism out there still, Ha you should be ashamed it was the europeans that started this entire mess. They brought disease,slavery etc over. Learn your history you are showing your ignorance. A apoligy is the least that this govm't can do. It's nice to see that we finally have a President with morals and compassion for this country.
• If you only knew the strugles of most indian tribes in this nation, the Juaneno Indian tribe in so Ca has been fighting disease and poverty for many years. They had there land and rights stripped from them, then forced into slavery. The Juaneno's built missions for the spaniard's then told to go intergrate into mainstream with little or nothing but the clothes on there back. Now they strugle for federal recognition, wich would give them back there soveriegn rights. There not asking for anything extra they just want back what was taken.
• Who is this apology directed at? Dead people?
Wrongs were done years ago, but the modern rationale for an apology has always been civil opportunism for modern people who claim abused ancestry. I'm sure I could find an ancestor who was wronged if I looked - where's my retribution?
Bottom line is, Obama just loves to apologize to people. Nothing new here. I'm only wondering when he will apologize to America for his policies.
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>" Now, I wonder when the American Indians will apologize to the white man for stealing their
> women & children, & killing & torturing soldiers & civilians."
If you doubt me, look at the research literature on the secondary trauma experienced by the children of holocaust survivors. Now imagine what that would be like if the NaziI's hadn't been defeated and the surviving Jews went into hiding to survive, and that might approximate what many native people have experienced.
• To Jd: Where's your retribution? I'm sure we could find something to give down in North Carolina. Ignorant people like you are the reason that Native People were officially allowed to be murdered, raped, lied to, stolen from, black mailed etc. Every act that was considered to be anti Christian were perpetraited against the Native People by the so called Christian white man. You are right, there's no direct corelation to what happened 500, 300, 200, 100 or even 10 years ago to the people living today. Classic narcissitic thinking that you and your ancestors could be the only ones ever wronged!
• i ve heard lots of people say lots of things that sounded good and great....if its true then its good, but going on the past history of things, its all most likely just more of the same: smokescreen and lies. if they really mean it, let us see something, let us have some proof....step 1: FREE LEONARD PELTIER !!! then we can talk about step 2. you are still on indian land !
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• I am a middle-aged white female, although I am a "mutt"...just as our President has admitted and am majoring in American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota. My elementary or high school curriculum never taught the truth and it's taken me decades to finally learn what really happened during the infancy of this country. Unless you are Native, I fail to understand how anyone could possibly attempt to understand or judge the depth of pain and suffering Native peoples have endured for centuries. I am thrilled that for however meaningful, this apology has finally been spoken. If my children had been forcefully taken away to boarding schools, my beliefs/ceremonies and food sources stripped, or my culture attacked with genocide attempts, I'm not sure how I could have survived.
• Wow. This is a big step for the government.
• After reading some of the other comments, I wish I hadn't commented earlier. Nothing will ever be good enough, and that's how some people want it. I have a relative like that.
I also think its time to teach our children the truth about what we did to the indigenous people of this country. TRUTH isn't this one of the great principal's our government is based upon, we always tell our children to speak the TRUTH!!!
• The assault on the Crow Creek Rez is proof of just how genuine the apology is. The people wanted to build a wind farm on the 7000+ acres but the feds don't want them to get ahead. People died there this winter because they couldn't pay the outrageous costs of electricity to heat their homes. More atrocities. The whole issue of the tribe owing taxes is disgusting. It seems the land was valued at about 4 1/2 million, the tax bill was supposed to be 3 1/2 million and the land was auctioned for 2 1/2 million. The tribe not only looses the land but apparently still owes a million to the feds. The average income is about $400 a month so just how does this work. This buried apology is meaningless. It could only have value if it were made a public statement and all perceived "debts" owed by Natives forgiven. And how about changing ALL school books to teach the truth. That could be a more positive step toward healing, especially for future generations, than some obscure apology
• I think the comment from Obama was fine---but what the white man failed to do the so called indian tribes are doing to their own---check out the pechanga tribe in temecula california for disenrolling members--hey if the white man knew you just had to disenroll this would of been over along time ago. And many of these so called tribal members of pechanga are really adoptees from who knows where---are they even indian of any kind???
• Are we really even apologizing to them? It really seems like just a waste of time and effort. While there is absolutely no doubt that what we did to the Natives was horrid, WE HAVE ALREADY APOLOGIZED. Native Americans are afforded rights that no other cultures we wronged get. For example, they are able to have their own tribal government and create their own laws, whether or not they comply with that particular state's laws, but you don't see any Hawaiians with that or even their own reservations. And, let's face it- why are we apologizing anyway? Every acre of land out there was once owned by somebody else, but was fought for and won by another party. You don't see the British apologizing to the real Indians for the years of discrimination and land plunder. Only America does that. It really is awful, but what was fought was a war. They fought just as hard as us, a fact often overlooked, but we had superior technoogy and won. They lost and thats the truth of the matter.
• I was pleasently surprised by this apology from the US Govt. Some people don't like it...some do. Some say it's not enough others say it goes to far...I say it's a start. At least it recognizes atrocities never mentioned "officially" before. All of these flag wavers think they know something . Native Americans loved this country before it was a country. If we adopted their attitude of how to treat the earth, maybe global warming could be adressed. I salute Sen. Brownback and Dorgan
• apology to native peoples of the united states
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I am a Chinese, and I don't hate Mongolian. But if I am a Amerindian, I think I still hate European.
• This is just like the United States, to bury an apology in a bill that will never be read buy the public, this is a shamefull act for shamefull deeds. I'm reminded of what the Prime Minister of Australia did when he issued an apology to the Native Austrailians, a least he did it in front of the entire parliament and public in Australia, wouldn't it be nice if our president had the same respect for the Native Americans in this country, instead of this shamefull responce.
Mark Charles
• I just heard of this apology today, 6 January 2013. I didn't know that the United States even had the courage to offer this, a half-hearted apology. I agree with others that the president of the United States needs to go before Congress and the American People and first and foremost before scores of Native Peoples assembled, to make a humble apology for the 500 plus years of occupation, and desolation laid on the true owners of this land. I'm sure that the good ol' US of A meant "well" with this, but it falls way short. Why doesn't this apology include a statement that says "You are free, totally." Let Hawaii go. Let the Lakota Republic go. Let the Dine go. Let ALL Native Nations leave the States and be true sovereign Nations of the world. The United States doesn't "share" this land with the Native People. The colonies and then the United States and Canada stole every square inch of land from them. Don't talk about sharing. What a shameful country we live in. How can anyone love or respect the United States and its' diabolical ways?
• I support the apology. It's a step. However, the commenter crying for the US to "let go" the first nations seems to have forgotten..many of the biggest Native American nations are land thieves themselves. War and conquest were not invented by Europe, to make an appearance only with the advent of Columbus. Slavery is native. This is nothing but self-serving hypocrisy.
• Yeah, let's just commit genocide and then apologize. That'll make it all better. Maybe if I go rob a bank and murder everyone inside then apologize to the judge he'll be like oh it's all good bro no worries. This is a small step. What the US did was 10 times what Hitler did. It will take time and a lot more to ever make this better. If it's even possible at all.
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guests not offering to do dishes, is it rude?
Hubby and I were brought up to always offer to do the dishes after dinner at someone's house. We always ask first and if our offer is accepted, we do it gladly. We appreciate the effort the hosts have put into the meal and we are happy that we are not leaving them with a dirty kitchen.
When people come to my house and offer to help me clean up, usually, i will decline unless i am sick, tired, or have to wake up very early to go to work. I am a neat cook so usually, there are very few pots and pans to clean and almost everything else goes in the dishwasher, and i never let anyone wash something that can be washed by the dishwasher. NEVER. Oh, and I always try to give them a way to back out of doing dishes just in case it had been only offered for the sake of politeness.
Yet, i cannot help but feel that -unless it is an extreemly formal dinner- not offering to help do the dishes is rude. I understand that I invited them and that I am the one responsible for the clean up, but for them not to even offer to help is a bit weird.
Having written this, I realised that I did not mention i am talking about people who just sat down for the entire meal and did not help with other aspects of it (prep, getting dishes to table, clearing table......) I certainly wouldn't think it's rude if someone who helped do prep other things did not do dishes.
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1. Hala,
My opinion: not rude. Not polite, but not rude.
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1. re: Chemicalkinetics
I agree absolutely. Offering to help would fall, imo, under "thoughtful and gracious" rather than "necessary for politeness' sake."
2. A potential girlfriend invited me to her place for dinner. for reference: we were both in out 40s, roughly, and she had been married some years earlier, but had dated extensively on both sides of the marriage.
After dinner, I offered to help her wash dishes. (why not? Was I supposed to watch TV while she.did "woman's work"? It was easy enough, and would give us more of a chance to talk).
Imagine my surprise when she told me I was the first guy who'd ever volunteered for KP duty. Even allowing for a bit of flirtatious overstatement, that was a real shocker.
From that anecdotal experience, I'd say it's not expected, but couldn't hurt. Generally speaking, I always offer, but the host almost never takes me up on it.
In your case, my first impression is that they're your guests, not your co-workers (here, at least). When they invite you somewhere, let them do all the work. Or, since you seem really offended by this, scratch them from your phone book.
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1. re: Muskrat
Brownie points are always good reasons to offer. Same goes for visiting someone else's family, especially if they are potential in-laws. Goes a long way. I used to regularly visit an ex-bf's family, along with another g.f. of his brother, who never offered to help in the kitchen or do dishes. It was needless to say, mentioned once or twice (not by the parents)
1. re: Muskrat
About offering to do dishes, I think different rules apply to at least three categories of gatherings: (1) gatherings of family members, (2) gatherings of prospective in-laws with one's family, and (3) meals for houseguests staying overnight or longer.
The OP seems to say that she expects an offer to do dishes even by guests not well known to her at a simple dinner party, that it's even rude of them not to offer. This idea is completely foreign to me. In my parents' house when I was growing up and now in my house, non-family guests at a simple dinner party are not expected to work, or even to offer to work.
1. re: browniebaker
To me it seems rude to expect an offer. Did you bring guests to your house to do work?? I do expect that my guests will not leave dirty dishes lying around all over the place but to actually roll up their sleeves and help with the actual clean up is ridiculous.
Now, I do expect them to mow my lawn or shovel the driveway!!!!LOL
1. re: Davwud
Agreed. This proposition is an affront to the idea of hospitality.
1. re: Leonardo
Absolute agreement. Stay out of my kitchen if you're a guest please.
2. No, it's not rude. Guests are guests -- they do not work. If they offer to help with the dishes, that's nice, but it's not rude not to offer.
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1. re: Ruth Lafler
Agreed. Not rude. In fact, I don't want to think about dishes with guests present. I want to enjoy their company and conversation, and to genuinely connect with them. The dishes can wait.
1. re: maria lorraine
Hear, hear. I do not want to waste time while I have guests over doing the dishes. They can wait until when my guests leave or until tomorrow.
1. re: Atahualpa
Ditto! There isn't enough room in our tiny little kitchen for two people at the same time anyway... if help is offered they can clear the table and put everything on the counter, but once the leftovers are safely stowed away in the fridge, that's where KP ends. The dishes will still be there when the guests go home.
2. re: Ruth Lafler
Ruth is right, that's why they're called guests.
One time some friends had us over, DAvey was newly married and we were looking forward to getting to know Sussane. She knocked us out with an Indian meal, complete with crystal and china, and put a ton of work into it. The next morning I got up and saw this army of crystalware and china on the counter- she was a Marine's daughter and had the table setting protocol down, and used the right everything for the right course, which to me was a miracle of knowledge, so what could I do but start washing all that crystal? She assured me I didn't have to, but by God I did too- i'm just glad I didn't have to do it the night before.
1. re: Ruth Lafler
I agree. Only very close family and friends who eat here often are allowed to help - IF they want to.
1. re: bayoucook
This is basically my policy, as well. But I do appreciate it when a guest or two helps to clear the table.
1. re: bayoucook
I will say that sometimes very close family needs to do their own dishes. Example: my family hosts Easter and Thanksgiving with my mom's relatives who spend a few nights. We provide most meals but we expect you to eat with us. Family members who sleep in until noon are expected to fend for themselves for breakfast bd clean up after themselves. In recent years my father has gotten sick of the 40 somethings who are still expecting to be waited on by their mother and then just drop the pans etc in the sick still dirty.
Otherwise it isn't rude not to offer. Especially at a dinner party.
2. re: Ruth Lafler
Agreed, I don't think it's rude either. However if you are say at, your girlfriend's parent's house for dinner, it does win you some brownie points.
If I am washing things up and someone asks if I need help I always ask them to just keep me company while I wash dishes. And we're like you OP, we are very organized in the kitchen, we clean up as we cook and we always jam as many things into the dishwasher as possible and throw 2 pucks of dishwashing detergent in. Usually the only things left to wash after dinner are serving trays and platters.
3. Unless it is very close friends or family, I have never heard of guests being expected to help with the dishes.
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1. re: Samalicious
That is my expectation. Even tho I have a dishwasher, I'm pretty picky about how it is loaded as it's very old and if you don't load it correctly, things won't get clean. It's rare that I offer (except under those circumstances above) and I would never accept help.
2. If it were family, I would expect the help or would ask if I could help. If they were friends and it was not a potluck, then I would expect some help, but would offer help if I were a guest.
No matter the situation though, there are people that will never help and this includes relatives. I've have relatives show up at potlucks with no food, eat and leave.
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1. re: flylice2x
Why is it that no one has explained the concept of potluck to the people who continue to show up empty-handed? I would think they would stop being told the time and date!
1. re: flylice2x
Occasional guests, no. But family who is at your house for every holiday, I do think it is rude not to offer. I would decline or allow them to take a lighter duty than me, but the offer is what is important. I don't know if i 'expect' help, but after a tiring day, it does occur to me that it's unfair, and yes rude, to sit for a meal, not clear your dish, and retire to the living room while the host does all the cleaning up. Guests are not the only ones who should be shown courtesy in this equation. | http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/682574 | dclm-gs1-150350000 |
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Location of Hazel Dell North, Washington
Coordinates: 45°41′14″N 122°39′29″W / 45.68722°N 122.65806°W / 45.68722; -122.65806Coordinates: 45°41′14″N 122°39′29″W / 45.68722°N 122.65806°W / 45.68722; -122.65806
Country United States
State Washington
County Clark
• Total 2.7 sq mi (6.9 km2)
• Land 2.7 sq mi (6.9 km2)
• Water 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Population (2000)
• Total 9,261
• Density 3,469.3/sq mi (1,339.5/km2)
Time zone Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)
• Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)
FIPS code 53-30312[1]
Hazel Dell North is a census-designated place in Clark County, Washington, United States. The population was 9,261 at the 2000 census.
Hazel Dell North is located at 45°41′14″N 122°39′29″W / 45.687155°N 122.658146°W / 45.687155; -122.658146 (45.687155, -122.658146).[2]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.7 square miles (6.9 km2), of which, 2.7 square miles (6.9 km2) of it is land and 0.37% is water.
This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Hazel Dell North has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.[3]
Historical population
Census Pop.
1990 6,924
2000 9,261 33.8%
As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 9,261 people, 3,535 households, and 2,403 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 3,469.3 people per square mile (1,339.2/km2). There were 3,744 housing units at an average density of 1,402.5/sq mi (541.4/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 84.29% White, 2.58% African American, 0.87% Native American, 2.24% Asian, 0.41% Pacific Islander, 6.04% from other races, and 3.57% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 11.20% of the population. 14.6% were of German, 10.4% English, 8.1% Irish and 6.6% American ancestry according to Census 2000.
There were 3,535 households out of which 34.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.7% were married couples living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.0% were non-families. 24.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.11.
In the CDP the age distribution of the population shows 27.7% under the age of 18, 9.9% from 18 to 24, 30.5% from 25 to 44, 21.1% from 45 to 64, and 10.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 99.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.4 males.
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The healthy user bias is a bias that can damage the validity of epidemiologic studies testing the efficacy of particular therapies or interventions. Specifically, it is a sampling bias: the kind of subjects that voluntarily enroll in a clinical trial and actually follow the experimental regimen are not representative of the general population. They can be expected, on average, to be healthier as they are concerned for their health and are predisposed to follow medical advice, both factors that would aid one's health. In a sense, being healthy or active about one's health is a precondition for becoming a subject of the study, an effect that can appear under other conditions such as studying particular groups of workers (i.e. someone in ill health is unlikely to have a job as manual laborer).
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• Li, C. -Y.; Sung, F. -C. (1999). "A review of the healthy worker effect in occupational epidemiology". Occupational Medicine 49 (4): 225. doi:10.1093/occmed/49.4.225. edit
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Preparing a shrimp menu? Why not try dishes and flavors from different cuisines to really spice up that shrimp menu. Shrimp is rich in calcium, iodine and protein but low in food energy.
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Shrimp and Vegetable Stir Fry with Chili Mint
Shrimp stir fryThis is an simple recipe that includes plenty of flavor and heat due to the ample amount of mint and jalapeno peppers used while cooking it. You can even throw in some finely chopped bamboo shoots and spring onions to give it an extra crunch. If you like pineapple, chop up some pieces and put them in towards the end of the cooking time, to add some sugariness to that spicy flavor! This vegetable and tofu stir fry can be enjoyed by both vegetarians and vegans.
Spicy Orange Shrimp
This is a fantastic shrimp dish with orange and some Asian flavors. Oranges can have a fairly subtle flavor so the idea is to season the sauce without overpowering the flavors of the orange. Basically you want to balance the flavor of the orange with the saltiness from the soy sauce, some relish from the vinegar, a bit of sweetness from the honey and some chili heat. The end product is a dish of moist shrimp covered in a sauce with the aroma and flavor of oranges.
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Shrimp dishThe secret to this shrimp dish is an Asian technique called "velveting" or "passing," in which the shrimp is immersed in hot oil for a second or two before stir-frying. This method gives the shrimp an immense texture. Garnish the dish with some fresh cilantro and serve with steamed rice.
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October 8, 2001
The government is probably no more interventionist-minded than the United States, and all governments seek ever more power and are limited, as Ludwig von Mises pointed out, only by the level of public resistance. But Guatemalans do not have a long history of well-developed private enterprise, and thus they are capital-starved to the point that even small hindrances to trade are felt very strongly. The annual output of the country is $16 billion, which is less than half of the new spending the US government authorized after the terrorist attack.
Last year, the US and the IMF took a look at Guatemala with an eye toward fixing up the economy, with the goal, of course, of reshuffling the country's loan portfolio. After extensive study, the conclusion of the geniuses was the following: the country needs more financial transparency and higher taxes.
Now, the financial transparency issue is a red herring. It helps the banking class keep a close eye on the finances of a particular country, which matters for the accountants but does little to promote prosperity. As for high taxes, there turns out to be a political problem with that. The way the US sees it, the economy will be helped by higher taxes to fund infrastructure and more compliance with existing taxes.
This summer, the Guatemalan Congress passed a new consumption tax of an additional 2 percent to the existing rate of 10 percent. But it turns out that the people were not pleased. Workers in all twenty-two provinces went on strike. Eighty percent of public transit stopped, and the entire country, apart from the political class, joined together in outrage. Students were appalled and gathered to protest.
The crowds continued to grow, and by noon, they numbered 16,000 in Guatemala City alone, to say nothing of the rest of the country, where the business class joined with peasants to denounce the state. And there was violence, particularly against politicians. Government buildings were attacked and their windows broken. The residences of some members of congress were burned. In a nearby farming community, the mayor's house was torched, and the local banks, said to favor the tax, were vandalized.
Meanwhile, the government stuck to its position on taxes: "The country needs resources to respond to social demands," a spokesman said. "Congress, the government, and the ruling party are aware of the political cost, but it is necessary."
The US embassy is particularly struck that such opinions would take root in Guatemala, because there is virtually no socialist threat, particularly not an academic one. "There are probably fewer Marxists at San Carlos University today," the report observes with candor, "than at many American universities."
But of course socialist doctrine is different from run-of-the-mill government intervention only by degree and not kind. It is useful, in fact, to think of socialism as nothing more than complete permission for government to do what it instinctively wants to do anyway, which is order people around as much as possible.
What the Misesians have done in Guatemala is create an intellectual infrastructure that promotes a hard-core attachment to freedom among the business class, which dovetails very nicely with the working classes' instinctive opposition to taxes.
Yes, this infrastructure sustains an abiding hatred of socialism, but it does something more: it creates a love and longing for liberty, which is the necessary precondition for economic advancement. In the end, this intellectual infrastructure is more important to the country's future than all the natural resources or foreign aid, to say nothing of the IMF's preposterous advice.
And we can draw a lesson here from this incident-namely, that the government fears political rebellion most of all when it is backed by a serious intellectual movement. The right combination is beginning to exist in Guatemala, and it is having a huge effect.
Credit goes to Manuel Ayau, who founded the Francisco Marroquin University in Guatemala. He is a disciple of Mises who has worked to build an independent intellectual presence there.
And when his institution and ideas were blamed for raging political violence, Ayau didn't back down. He stated very plainly that the ideas he holds are the same as those of America's Founding Fathers. The real scandal, he said, is that the US is now trying to work against those ideas in the tax policy it is pushing on the world.
Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. is president of the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama and editor of LewRockwell.com. Send him email at [email protected]. See also his Mises.org Daily Archive
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0.052867 | <urn:uuid:e5737b97-250c-4a02-bff8-8f549d4fc9b3> | en | 0.880694 | See - not entirely ready yet, but I plan on moving (at least some of) the stuff in this TODO file to this wiki. This allows for better categorization, discussion, etc of ideas than a plain-text file in subversion that only a few people have write access to. 0.4 targets: * Replace QCanvas with own optimized implementation. * Only use IDs for items, etc, in ItemDocumentData - otherwise they lead to too many bugs. * More intelligent connector routing. * Variable time step in Simulation. * Fix subcircuits so that they are saved in an itemdocument. Bugs: * At the moment, KTechlab auto-detects a point in the circuit to use as ground, according to a set of priorities (e.g. the Ground component has the highest priority, then voltage elements, etc etc). However, some circuits do not have any point which should be considered ground, e.g. "(+9V)-------(Battery)". Suggested solution: detect a point to have as a fixed voltage, that can be anything including 0V. * Microbe should give "noline" where applicable in show-source (such as in delay routines). Features: * Bookmarks in the oscilloscope. * Work area text: allow clickable URIs, rich text editor. General TODO: * optimize microbe some more? Polishing: * Informational message when user attempts to paste flowcode into a circuit (can't do so; must save and load into pic). * On program startup, use "text blobs" pointing to sidebars to explain what they do. * Update register info even when PIC is paused. * replace "refresh rate" slider in settings dialog with standard one. [Being worked on or soon to be worked on] david: electronerd: * refactor the oscilloscope for better code reuse and so I can add a view that looks more like an oscilloscope's screen instead of a printed tape william: * In progress: - variable capacitor/trimmer - Done. - variable resistor - Done. - Voltage Regulator - On Hold. - bar graph display - Done. * Future Ideas: (leave me a note if anyone wants to do any of these so I know and can remove them) - crystal oscillator - 16 seg display - bridge rectifier - opto isolator - Scmidt NAND - Schmidt Inverter - Thyristor - Zener Diode - Logic analyser (16 bit) and graph output - Variable Inductor - Solenoid ( requires animation ) - Bar Graph Display Driver ======= The following have been brainstormed with reference to other electronics software I have used. I have found these features useful and these are all wishes for the future that may or may not be relevant to the direction the software takes in the future. I will obviously consult before attempting any of them: - Model poperty framework for components to include things like wattage, frequency, resistance, etc... of components using specs of manufactured components, with the future goal of accurate simulation of component destruction. This will also allow a parts list to be created when a circuit is completed. Just an idea, up for discussion. - Allow labeling of components in circuit, eg. R1, R2, C1, C2 etc.. Maybe a caption facility. - Right click properties for component model, values with separate value and multiplier selection to make it easier. This could be implemented in the Item editor too. -Circuit drawing on a black background to better visualise animated wires and logic levels through wires. Different view options: voltage levels, current flow, logic levels, normal(no wire animation of any sort). - A means for users to create a circuit which is intended for use in a component, and to link the created circuit to a generic component that automatically creates the required in/out pins with reference to the created component circuit. On top of this, a means for users to submit new components they have created this way to allow the library of components to be built. So instead of a long list of IC's one generic one may be used with a library containing the circuits needed to simulate different types which can be chosen for example through the Item Editor. | http://sourceforge.net/p/ktechlab/ktl-j-ohny-b/ci/routing/tree/TODO?format=raw | dclm-gs1-151030000 |
0.063116 | <urn:uuid:6a36dc12-82ed-41bb-93d2-d511e5d15765> | en | 0.656026 | Recent changes to bugs doesn't return null if undefined porttyp2013-03-30T19:46:23Z2013-03-30T19:46:23ZAnonymous<div class="markdown_content"><p>As long as wsdl:binding contains an attribute named "type" in the WSDL file, the Binding.getPortType() method will not return NULL no matter if the PortType is defined in the file or not. I suspect this is a bug because i experience opposite behaviour of the Port.getBinding(). It returns NULL if the attribute "binding" is not defined in the wsdl:port OR if the Binding that is referenced doesnt exist/is not defined within the WSDL.</p> <p>However, I have discovered the method PortType.isUndefined(), but lack of the API documentation makes me not confident in trusting that this is the right place to the validation on.</p></div>Implement equals() and hashCode()2011-06-16T11:09:12Z2011-06-16T11:09:12ZTammo van Lessen<div class="markdown_content"><p>WSDL4J definition objects can become pretty memory consuming. This makes it sometimes important to cache definitions. This is however not easily possible since most WSDL4J implementation objects do not implement hashCode() and equals().</p> <p>Please implement these two methods.</p></div>MessageImpl.getOrderedParts() bug2011-04-14T18:20:31Z2011-04-14T18:20:31ZRatoo<div class="markdown_content"><p>The method returns duplicated parts when a part was reinserted into the message.</p> <p>Part part = definition.createPart();<br /> part.setName("part");</p> <p>message.addPart(part);<br /> message.removePart(part.getName());<br /> message.addPart(part);</p> <p>message.getOrderedParts(null) // returns 2 (!) parts</p> <p>Actually whole getOrderedParts() is a mess...</p> <p>Would it be better to use LinkedHashMap instead of HashMap for parts and reimplement the method:</p> <p>public List getOrderedParts(List partOrder)<br /> {<br /> if (partOrder == null)<br /> {<br /> return new ArrayList(parts.values());<br /> }</p> <p>List orderedParts = new ArrayList();</p> <p>Iterator partNameIterator = partOrder.iterator();</p> <p>while (partNameIterator.hasNext())<br /> {<br /> String partName = (String);<br /> Part part = getPart(partName);</p> <p>if (part != null)<br /> {<br /> orderedParts.add(part);<br /> }<br /> }</p></div>No defined Extension element for PolicyReference2010-11-22T04:14:26Z2010-11-22T04:14:26ZAnonymous<div class="markdown_content"><p>If we have a policyReference element in WSDL, we cannot get it as a defined element object like we do with SchemaReferences. So when we have a policyReference defined in our WSDL, WSDL4J parse it as an UnknownExtensionElement , I believe we should provide a defined object model for this otherwise users have to get iterate through all the UknownExtensionElements and find whether it's a policyReference or not from the value of the element.</p> <p>I have a patch created in 1.6.2 source pack and I will be able to provide the patch soon.</p> <p>Thanks<br /> Lahiru</p></div>Binary distribution still doesn't contain META-INF/services2010-10-07T13:31:20Z2010-10-07T13:31:20ZMichael Hollatz<div class="markdown_content"><p>...for the WSDLFactory.</p></div>API depends on implementation?2010-10-07T12:20:31Z2010-10-07T12:20:31ZMichael Hollatz<div class="markdown_content"><p>In the latest release (1.6.2) I still see imports like* inside the API:</p> <p>javax.wsdl.extensions.UnknownExtensionDeserializer<br /> javax.wsdl.extensions.UnknownExtensionSerializer</p> <p>So the API depends on the implementation, which is really weird.</p></div>Unable to send Basic authentication via WSDLReaderImpl2010-09-14T15:47:58Z2010-09-14T15:47:58Zmkinsella<div class="markdown_content"><p>I came to this via Axis2, which is apparently making use of this code, when I found I couldn't collect WSDL data from an authenticated site using their wsdl2java script. I did some testing it with a quick-and-dirty PHP page to view what (if any) credentials were being passed. None were.</p> <p>So, I looked into the source a bit to see what I could find.<br /> I'm a little rusty on how is intended to work these days, but it seemed that the root of this issue lies in the class and its method getContentAsInputStream(URL url) doesn't seem to be sending any authentication when it calls url.openStream()</p> <p>I believe the Java-approved approach for this is to extend the Authenticator class, so as a test, I added an inner class within StringUtils, and added one line to the getContentAsInputStream and was able to get access to the WSDL file using my credentials.<br /> ......<br /> Here's my inner class...<br /> .....</p> <p>static class WSDLAuthenticator extends Authenticator {</p> <p>public PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() {<br /> String[] userInfoParts = uri.getUserInfo().split(":");<br /> return (new PasswordAuthentication(userInfoParts[0], userInfoParts[1].toCharArray()));<br /> }<br /> }<br /> ......<br /> and I added this line after the if (url == null) block, to point the URL object to the Authenticator<br /> ......<br /> Authenticator.setDefault(new WSDLAuthenticator());<br /> .......</p> <p>Not sure what the protocol is for suggesting patches to the wsdl4j project , but I suppose I'll cross my fingers that good karma will come my way if I try.</p> <p>Anyway, thought I'd post this in case anyone finds it useful, or has other suggestions for how this is intended to work.<br /> Thanks.</p></div>NPE when import can not be found by WSDL Locator2010-08-17T22:10:05Z2010-08-17T22:10:05ZAnonymous<div class="markdown_content"><p>I know this is a duplicate of 1802247, but it's so easy to fix and the other issue is 3 years old assigned to noone</p> <p>In WSDLReaderImpl:</p> <p>373 inputSource = loc.getImportInputSource(contextURI, locationURI);<br /> 374<br /> 375 /*<br /> 376 We now have available the latest import URI. This might<br /> 377 differ from the locationURI so check the importedDefs for it<br /> 378 since it is this that we pass as the documentBaseURI later.<br /> 379 */<br /> 380 String liu = loc.getLatestImportURI();<br /> 381<br /> 382 importedDef = (Definition)importedDefs.get(liu);<br /> 383 <br /> 384 inputSource.setSystemId(liu);</p> <p>Just add a if null check and you're good to go</p> <p>inputSource = wsdlLocator.getImportInputSource(contextURI, locationURI);</p> <p>if (inputStream != null) {<br /> /*<br /> We now have available the latest import URI. This might<br /> differ from the locationURI so check the importedDefs for it<br /> since it is this that we pass as the documentBaseURI later.<br /> */<br /> String liu = wsdlLocator.getLatestImportURI();</p> <p>importedDef = (Definition)importedDefs.get(UrlUtils.normalizeURL(liu));</p> <p>inputSource.setSystemId(liu);<br /> }</p></div>soap:header in a mime:part cannot be recognized2010-08-05T13:34:40Z2010-08-05T13:34:40ZDave Barfield<div class="markdown_content"><p>A multipartRelated construct within an element like the following:</p> <p><wsdl:input name="echoRequest"> <br /> <mime:multipartRelated> <br /> <mime:part> <br /> <soap:body parts="input1" use="literal"/> <br /> <soap:header message="Port_0:echoRequestMsg" part="input2"/> <br /> </mime:part> <br /> <mime:part> <br /> <mime:content part="input3"/> <br /> </mime:part> <br /> </mime:multipartRelated> <br /> </wsdl:input> <br /> </p> <p>will parse but will not resolve the soap:header (or soap12:header) correctly but will resolve it as a UnknownExtensibilityElement rather than a SOAPHeader (or SOAP12Header).</p></div>Unit test failure in SetFactoryNameTest2010-07-27T13:43:41Z2010-07-27T13:43:41ZDave Barfield<div class="markdown_content"><p>Constructor count not being reset before test is run leading to a spurious error.</p></div> | http://sourceforge.net/p/wsdl4j/bugs/feed.atom | dclm-gs1-151040000 |
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I have an array of integers stored in a plist. I would to load them and do fast enumeration over the array. Is there a way to do this or does fast enumeration work only for objects?
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Fast enumeration do only work with objects in Obj-C.
However, if you stored integer values in a plist, you'll have an NSArray or an NSDictionary instance representing that plist. The NSArray/NSDictionary works with fast enumeration and will output NSNumbers when working with them, not int.
That way, you can retrieve your int easily with [anNSNumber intValue].
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I do undestand OOP is nice but if You have an array of integers and You must scan values very often, consider storing value in a simple C array:
1) much less memory footprint
2) blazing speed in searching (for via and index, a REAL index in memory.. will be a register in µp directly...)
a) you must think in old style C
b) save the number of items
c) you must convert from plist to int arr[..] but is very easy.
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This might be a dumb question but when I'm putting together an HTML email in Rails, is there a particularly easy built-in way to preview the template it in the browser or do I need to write some sort of custom controller that pulls it in as its view?
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Action Mailer now has a built in way of previewing emails in Rails 4.1. For example, check this out:
# located in test/mailers/previews/notifier_mailer_preview.rb
class NotifierPreview < ActionMailer::Preview
# Accessible from http://localhost:3000/rails/mailers/notifier/welcome
def welcome
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Hello, in production environment send error with route when i try open url ERROR ActionController::RoutingError: No route matches [GET] In test environment i don't have problem. – andres Dec 17 at 17:23
The previous answer is a good start, but if your email templates contain any dynamic data, it won't work. E.g. suppose your email is an order receipt and within it you print out @order.total_price - using the previous method the @order variable will be nil.
Here's a little recipe I use:
First, since this email preview functionality is definitely for internal use only, I set up some generic routes in the admin namespace:
MySite::Application.routes.draw do
namespace :admin do
match 'mailer(/:action(/:id(.:format)))' => 'mailer#:action'
Next, I create the controller. In this controller, I create one method per email template. Since most emails contain dynamic data, we need to populate whatever member variables the template expects.
This could be done with fixtures, but I typically prefer to just grab some pseudo-random real data. Remember - this is NOT a unit test - this is purely a development aid. It doesn't need to produce the same result every single time - in fact - it's probably better if it doesn't!
class Admin::MailerController < Admin::ApplicationController
def preview_welcome()
@user = User.last
render :file => 'mailer/welcome.html.erb', :layout => 'mailer'
Note that when we render the template, we use layout=>:mailer. This embeds the body of your email inside the HTML email layout that you've created instead of inside your typical web application layout (e.g. application.html.erb).
And that's pretty much it. Now I can visit http://mysite.com/admin/mailer/preview_welcome to preview change to my welcome email template.
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This was in fact exactly the approach I had taken and just coded as I started to read your answer - thank you :) – Peter Nixey Aug 24 '11 at 13:27
Great answer! Exactly what I needed! – Kulgar Mar 26 '12 at 13:05
Now that's a tasty recipe! Thanks for the great answer! – Rob Cooper May 7 '12 at 19:38
This is an awesome answer! Thank you! – OzBandit Jul 5 '12 at 6:50
The route should be get 'mailer... now instead of match. – patrickberkeley Feb 5 at 22:24
37Signals also has their own mail testing gem called mail_view. It's pretty fantastic.
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Brilliant- thank you – Peter Nixey May 3 '12 at 14:17
No problem. What way did you end up using? – Marc May 3 '12 at 15:28
Bac when I posted this I solved the problem with a custom controller I wrote myself but am going to hit it again soon so will be experimenting with this – Peter Nixey May 7 '12 at 20:48
I just tried mail_view- it's awesome – Yarin Nov 8 '13 at 23:41
I use email_preview. Give it a try.
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The easiest setup I've seen is MailCatcher. Setup took 2 minutes, and it works for new mailers out of the box.
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You can use Rails Email Preview
rails-email-preview screenshot
REP is a rails engine to preview and test send emails, with I18n support, easy premailer integration, and optional CMS editing with comfortable_mexican_sofa.
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Are there any samples on how to actually do the integration betwen REP and CMS? – danieldekay Oct 5 at 15:46
I don't know of any demo applications, but there is a comprehensive article in the wiki – glebm Oct 6 at 11:37
There is no way to preview it directly out of the Mailer. But as you wrote, you can write a controller, which looks something like this.
class EmailPreviewsControllers < ActionController::Base
def show
render "#{params[:mailer]}_mailer/#{params[:method]}"
But I think, that's not the best way to test emails, if they look correctly.
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render "#{params[:mailer]}_mailer/#{params[:method]}", :layout => 'mailer' will embed the body of the email inside the HTML email layout you have created for your app. – dexter Aug 23 '11 at 17:48
Thanks for that - I'm not wanting to double-check browser compatibility, I would treat that separately, I just simply want to spit the thing out quickly and see how it looks - I think your approach works well for that – Peter Nixey Aug 23 '11 at 17:56
I prefer mails_viewer gem. This gem is quite useful as it save the HTML template into tmp folder.
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I recently wrote a gem called Maily to preview and edit (template file) the application emails in the browser. I have planned to add new features in the near future, like:
• Play with translations keys
• Render emails with different parameters (arguments of mailer method)
I hope it can help you.
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I have a matrix
x = [0 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 7 0]
I need to remove all of the zeros such as
x=[1 1 5 7]
The matrices I am using are large (1x15000) I need to do this multiple times (5000+)
Efficiency is key!
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One way:
x(x == 0) = [];
A note on timing:
As mentioned by woodchips, this method seems slow compared to the one used by KitsuneYMG. This has also been noted by Loren in one of her MathWorks blog posts. Since you mentioned having to do this thousands of times, you may notice a difference, in which case I would try x = x(x~=0); first.
WARNING: Beware if you are using non-integer numbers. If, for example, you have a very small number that you would like to consider close enough to zero so that it will be removed, the above code won't remove it. Only exact zeroes are removed. The following will help you also remove numbers "close enough" to zero:
tolerance = 0.0001; % Choose a threshold for "close enough to zero"
x(abs(x) <= tolerance) = [];
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This fails on negative numbers Try abs(x)<= tolerance – KitsuneYMG Apr 10 '09 at 18:38
The x <= tolerance would exclude negative floating point numbers. You would probably need to expand the comparison to be x >= tolerance and x <= tolerance. The operator for logical and in matlab escapes me at this moment. – Bill Perkins Apr 10 '09 at 18:39
I corrected the answer to remove any value close enough to zero from either the negative or positive direction. – gnovice Apr 10 '09 at 18:40
Just to be different:
This has the bonus of working on complex numbers too
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Those are the three common solutions. It helps to see the difference.
x = round(rand(1,15000));
y = x;
tic,y(y==0) = [];toc
Elapsed time is 0.004398 seconds.
y = x;
tic,y = y(y~=0);toc
Elapsed time is 0.001759 seconds.
y = x;
tic,y = y(find(y));toc
Elapsed time is 0.003579 seconds.
As you should see, the cheapest way is the direct logical index, selecting out the elements to be retained. The find is more expensive, since matlab finds those elements, returning a list of them, and then indexes into the vector.
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Wow! Are those numbers right? I could have sworn that "y(y==0)=[];" and "y=y(y~=0);" were comparable to each other speed-wise. I'll have to check my numbers again. – gnovice Apr 10 '09 at 22:02
Never mind... I just found a blog post by Loren at the mathworks that addresses exactly this problem, and it seems to agree with your numbers. – gnovice Apr 10 '09 at 22:08
@gnovice Note that you can now use [~, ~, y] = find(y) which should give similar performance to the solution with logical indexing. – Dennis Jaheruddin Jul 23 '13 at 11:48
Here's another way
y = x(find(x))
I'll leave it to you to figure out the relative efficiency of the various approaches you try -- do write and let us all know.
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Though my timing results are not conclusive to whether it is significantly faster, this seems to be the fastest and easiest approach:
y = nonzeros(y)
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y = [0 2 0 1 1 2 5 2 7 0]
Then x2 and y2 can be obtained as:
x2=x(~(x==0 & y==0))
y2=y(~(x==0 & y==0))
x2 = [0 1 1 0 5 0 7]
y2 = [2 1 1 2 5 2 7]
Hope this helps!
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By RufusM on 12/27/2012 12:29:08 PM , Rating: -1
Most of the time there is no ROI for trains. Only those in quite densely populated areas have achieved any kind of ROI at all. The cost of a train ticket is almost always heavily subsidized.
Having said that, China's transportation needs are quite different than those of the US population. A national train system for people here makes zero sense to me. To me, virtual commuting makes much more sense for the US.
By TSS on 12/27/2012 12:44:13 PM , Rating: 4
Maybe not in the sense that the train itself makes money, but it definitly brings benifits. Business men in China would now be able to travel from one side of China to the other, do business, and be back in the same day. When you can reach a greater public to make deals, you've got more opperunity to expand.
Then when you actually expand into another part of china you just hire people locally. Those people still have no need for a high speed rail - but they now do have jobs they wouldn't have had without it. That, in turn, brings in more tax revenue which can be helped in part or maybe even in full to pay for the trains. That's why it's hard to judge it's economic impact, especially in a still developing nation as China.
As a mass transit system, no high speed rail makes sense. Rail hardly makes sense, depends way too much on population density. Trams or Monorails would be a far more efficient mass transit for within a city (using bicyles for even shorter distances), then use massive airplanes for longer distances between population centers and cars for the rest.
But as a transit for the middle and upper class, it beats airplane flights in comfort.
By dsx724 on 12/27/2012 12:46:27 PM , Rating: 2
Except the flight is 3 hours and the "fast" train ride is 8. I'd take the flight in first class please.
Did I mention the flight ticket is only $120?
By danjw1 on 12/27/2012 6:03:53 PM , Rating: 5
3 hour flight? I guess you aren't flying in the western world. Haven't you heard of TSA? While they have started smaller footprints for train and bus travel, it isn't anything like Airplane security. 3 hour flight and having to be at the airport 2 hours early to be sure you can actually get to and on the plane in time, makes it a 5 hour flight. And First Class? Sure if you are a CEO at a major corporation, but most travel business class at best. After all, employee comfort has to be second to those quarterly reports.
By nafhan on 12/27/2012 3:12:00 PM , Rating: 1
...and for only a trillion dollars, too!
Where rail really shines from an economic perspective is for transporting freight, and for that, speed is usually less important than cost.
I also think that before long self driving cars will cancel out a lot of the other benefits of passenger rail travel (primarily being able to do things other than drive during your commute).
By PrinceGaz on 12/28/2012 4:19:39 PM , Rating: 2
Self driving cars? For high speed journeys of hundreds of miles? That seems like a crazy answer.
Rail is unbeatable for transporting large loads of freight over land as happens in the US.
Rail is also extremely good at transporting large numbers of passengers very quickly over distances of hundreds of miles as happens across much of western Europe, as well as China now. Japan realised that decades ago.
For long distances air travel will always be quicker than rail (though by an ever reducing amount unless a replacement for Concorde is developed), but rail is always going to be a lot cheaper to run than the equivalent plane journey, which makes a long distance rail journey (perhaps overnight asleep) a better option than several hours on a cramped plane.
By StanO360 on 12/27/2012 1:20:44 PM , Rating: 2
Don't know about the last couple of years. But there were only three lines that actually paid for themselves (and I'm sure this does NOT include opportunity cost, infrastructure, capital costs) one in Japan, one in France, and DC-NY Amtrack.
By Uncle on 12/27/2012 1:24:20 PM , Rating: 2
Always an American apologist with excuses, for not being No1. Your interstate highways weren't built by Capitalist, good thing for that otherwise you would be traveling on dirt roads. Some time the state has to intercede for the benefit of the many instead of the few.
By integr8d on 12/27/12, Rating: 0
Read a little before you ask about fantasy ROI numbers.
By Motoman on 12/27/12, Rating: 0
capitalism = Chinese economic system
I think you all need to redeine what socialism mean.
This was gotten from
Public Schools
The police
These are all socilist
sorry bout any spelling mistakes...
I didnt proof read...
By nafhan on 12/27/2012 3:34:45 PM , Rating: 2
The ROI on high speed rail was being discussed. The person you're responding to didn't say anything negative about China. Rather, he said the same system wouldn't be as good of a fit in the US. Similar things get said any time high speed rail comes up.
Anyway, your other stuff. Interesting fact about the Interstate Highway system: a major reason it was funded and built was for use by the military. American generals (specifically Eisenhower) saw how well the German highway system worked for transporting troops, etc., the American government emulated and improved on that. From the perspective of goals the highway system was set out to accomplish (improve interstate commerce and military mobility), it's arguably been a good investment.
Also, from a purely economic perspective China is definitely a capitalist country. So... technically the high speed rail in China is being built by "capitalists". Relevant Wikipedia quote:
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This is an internal confrontation between those seeking to become the Haredi candidate in the November elections, led by Mayor Uri Lupolianski (Degel Hatorah), and his deputy, Yehoshua Pollack. Pollack, the right-hand man of MK Meir Porush of the Shlomei Emunim faction in the Agudat Yisrael Party, is waging a dual battle against Degel Hatorah and certain figures in his own party, primarily Agudat Yisrael leader MK Yaakov Litzman. The latter told Haaretz this week, "Pollack is not worthy of being a candidate."
A holy war, even if aimed against 12-year-old dancing girls, seemed a golden opportunity for Shlomei Emunim to gain some Haredi street cred. The ski-cap affair began with the dress rehearsal on Monday, at the entrance to Jerusalem. Haredim from neighboring Givat Shaul watched the show, thereby discovering that "prostitutes" were supposed to appear on stage. They turned to municipal officials and to the mobile news service Hakol Haharedi, and shouted on the air about the "brazenness" and the "terrible harlotry" threatening the city.
The direct culprit, they claimed, is Lupolianski. One Jerusalemite screamed on air that the ultra-Orthodox Lupolianski "sits with prostitutes" and "wants to desecrate Jerusalem at any price" and turn it into "Sodom."
On Tuesday evening, Pollack announced on Hakol Haharedi that he had forced the ceremony's organizers to censor the show. "I'm positive the business is clean," Pollack told the Haredi listening public. "I assure you that if I see even the slightest problem, I, by the power vested in me, will remove them from the stage." Pollack also noted that the ceremony was not intended for Haredim, but rather "for the general public."
Lupolianski was elected five years ago under an agreement between the Haredi-Lithuanian Degel Hatorah and the Hasidic Agudat Yisrael: Hasidim voted for Lupolianski in 2003 in return for the Lithuanians supporting an Agudat Yisrael candidate in 2008. Lupolianski nonetheless hopes to contend the next election, but Agudat Yisrael has made it clear it will not back down.
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The $1.15 billion total is higher than NFL post-season programming, which runs from from January through February, totaling $1.1 billion. NBA post-season TV content (April through June) was at $929 million; Major League Baseball (September to October) totaled $592 million. NHL Hockey was at $124 million. Kantar Media says this includes all pre-game, in-game and post-game programming for the post-season.
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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger believes they deserve credit for producing England trio David Bentley, Matthew Upson and Ashley Cole.
"We do not get much credit for it [England], but I am pleased that they have made a great career," said the Arsenal boss, often criticised for a lack of Englishmen in his first team.
"That is the most important thing - that they make a great career. Where they play is not so important."
Wenger continued: "You can ask, whether David would be where he is at the moment without Arsenal? Like Upson, at the time he left there were big players in front of them and I could not see how, at their age, they could get in front of them.
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It has been more than 13 years since the alleged mastermind of those attacks, Khalid Sheik Mohammed, was captured and sent to the U.S.-run military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where he remains today with no trial in sight.
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"It is a triumph for federal courts and for our justice system," said Sally Regenhard, whose son Christian, a firefighter, was killed responding to the attacks on the World Trade Center. Regenhard was one of a handful of Sept. 11 family members who attended parts of the trial, which took place just blocks from where the towers once stood.
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"This successful prosecution again shows that the criminal justice system is not just a valid way to prosecute al-Qaida terrorists, but a better and more reliable way," said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. "I look forward to seeing additional prosecutions of terrorists in federal criminal courts, including some of the terrorist detainees at Guantanamo. This is long overdue."
Potential jurors were quizzed about their knowledge of al-Qaida and their personal connection with Sept. 11. Those who knew victims or had friends who knew victims were excused from serving. In the end, nine women and three men heard prosecutors describe Abu Ghaith as al-Qaida's chief spokesman and bin Laden's right-hand man, who was summoned to bin Laden's mountain hide-out the night of Sept. 11, 2001, and told to deliver a speech urging violence against America.
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The gender pay gap starts early: 22-year-old women earn, on average, $8,900 less than their male counterparts for jobs that typically require a bachelor’s degree, according to Payscale, a salary-data collection service. Early on in their careers, however, women have a little bit of headway in playing catchup: The percentage growth in their pay is slightly higher than men’s pay growth throughout their twenties. By age 30, they still earn $14,300 less than men, but their pay raises up until that point had been higher than men’s, in percentage terms. Michael Yarish/AMC Guess who has to take him home?
That trend, however, abruptly stops after the age of 30, when college-educated women typically start having children. Their wage growth then slows significantly for the rest of their working years, compared with men’s, and then almost levels off completely at age 39, as Payscale charts:
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Flourless Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
Posted Oct 19 2011 8:00am
Oh my GOD were these good. I scarfed down more of them than I honestly care to admit, although I did give a significant portion of them away, too. So at least there's that.
Trader Joe's makes gluten-free oats now - did you know that? I just discovered them recently - and not only are they certified gluten-free, they are also a lot cheaper than their competition - by several dollars. AND they come with a recipe for oatmeal cookies on the back. What more could you want from a bag of oats, celiac friends?
I modified the recipe quite a bit, of course. I added a few different ingredients, reduced the fat, etc. (all my usual courses of action). And they turned out to be fabulous - they were chewy, moist, and full of flavor. Everyone who tried these loved them, and I suspect you will, too.
Flourless Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
Makes about 3 dozen medium cookies
1.5 tbsp. Earth Balance Buttery Spread
1/4 cup fig butter
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup sunflower butter or peanut butter
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 egg
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking powder
2 cups gluten-free oats
5 tbsp. unsalted roasted sunflower seeds
3/4 - 1 cup chocolate chips
Preheat the oven to 350 F. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
Whip together the Earth Balance, fig butter, and white and brown sugar until well-mixed. Add the egg and mix together well. Add in the sunflower butter or peanut butter (depending on your own taste/tolerance) and vanilla.
In a separate bowl, combine the oats, baking powder, and salt. Stir them into the wet ingredients and mix well. Add the sunflower seeds and chocolate chips and stir in to combine.
Scoop the cookies out by the teaspoonful or tablespoonful onto the cookie sheets and space 2 inches apart. Bake for 8 - 10 minutes (JUST until they start to brown on the edges), then remove from the oven. They probably won't look completely done - that's ok. Let them sit on the hot cookie sheet for another 3 - 5 minutes or until you can scrape them off onto a wire rack without their falling apart. Cool completely, then store in an airtight container until ready to serve.
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Checklists first became common in aviation, where pilots found that minor oversights in sophisticated planes led to tragic crashes. Boeing lost a bid to provide bombers to the Army in 1935 when its "flying fortress" crashed in the test—the pilot had forgotten to unlock the tail rudder. Flying today involves formal checklists and oral confirmation among pilots, air-traffic controllers and anyone else involved in air travel.
So far, so good. But Dr. Gawande wants to make a bigger point: that formal checklists, if not exactly holding the secret to human success, will make a major difference in many other aspects of life, such as business and law: "Checklists seem able to defend everyone, even the experienced, against failure in many more tasks than we realized. They provide a kind of cognitive net. They catch mental flaws."
Here "The Checklist Manifesto" becomes less persuasive. Dr. Gawande tells the story of how Wal-Mart was heroic in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, authorizing local managers to do whatever it took to help people. One manager drove a bulldozer through her ruined store to retrieve supplies. Dr. Gawande attributes this delegation of authority to a checklist. But giving someone the authority to use her judgment means relying on individual creativity and improvisation—the opposite of a checklist. Dr. Gawande contrasts the Wal-Mart example with the centralized bureaucracy of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. But bureaucracy is nothing but checklists. That's part of what's wrong with modern government—officials go through the day with their heads in a rulebook, dutifully complying with whatever the lists require instead of thinking about what makes sense.
In fact, many aspects of modern life suffer from too many checklists. Teachers, for example, are shackled to lists and protocols that prevent them from doing their jobs properly (e.g., disciplining students). Complying with the requirements of due process—a kind of legal checklist intended to protect against abuses of police power—has corroded the authority of teachers to maintain basic standards of order and respect.
The Checklist Manifesto
By Atul Gawande
Metropolitan, 209 pages, $24.50
The utility of formal protocols, according to organizational experts, varies with the nature of the activity—some activities are highly systemized, like engineering, and others dependent on the judgment and personality of the individual. Spontaneity and imagination are important in many jobs, including teaching and management of all kinds. Dr. Gawande seems to assume that formal checklists will be an unalloyed benefit. But most people can think of only one thing at once: If they're thinking about a checklist, they may not be focusing on solving the problem at hand. Many tasks require trial and error—not checklists designed to avoid error. "Hell, there ain't no rules around here," Thomas Edison famously said. "We're trying to accomplish something."
Dr. Gawande closes "The Checklist Manifesto" with the story of the crash landing on the Hudson River, in January 2009, of a US Airways plane that had lost its power in both engines. It was undoubtedly a good thing that every member of the crew had been drilled in various procedures. But the "miracle on the Hudson" happened because Capt. "Sully" Sullenberger focused on flying the plane, not a checklist on how to fly the plane. As William Langewiesche put it in his account of the incident, "Fly by Wire": "There was no time for the ditching checklist. . . . Across a lifetime of flying, Sullenberger had developed an intimacy with these machines that is difficult to convey. He did not sit in airplanes so much as put them on. He flew them in a profoundly integrated way, as an expression of himself." Capt. Sullenberger himself described the final moments this way: "The earth and the river were rushing towards us. I was judging our descent rate and our altitude visually. At that instant, I judged it was the right time. I began the flare for landing. I pulled the side-stick back, farther back, finally full aft, and held it there as we touched the water."
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of the federal government. if passed texas would be the first state to have its own fort knox. joining us now to talk more about this is senior managing director at tangent capital. what's going on here? >> it's proposed legislation. it would set up a bullion depository. it also allows for silver and platinum. >> is that because they don't trust the federal government? >> sure, in part. you want to give people a way to store their gold properly. this is safe storage. what's interesting about it is there are sovereign depositories like fort knox. this is the first for private gold. and the law says if the federal government pro ports to confiscate we consider that null and void. this would be a way to prevent that. so you would be relying on texas sovereignty. >> this is interesting. you hear of the germans bringing gold and not wanting to leave it in the u.s. >> hugo chavez did that a couple of years ago. he had armored cars going through the streets of caracas. azerbaijan, small player, but they're taking their gold. it's being debated in the netherlands. so what we are seeing is a slow moti
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After the holidays, Humphrey is shocked by a big surprise in Room 26-a new class pet! Humphrey tries to be welcoming, but Og the frog doesn't respond to any of his friendly squeaks or visits (remember, he has a lock-that-doesn't-lock). Plus, the students are so interested in Og, they almost stop paying attention to Humphrey altogether. Humphrey doesn't like the mad-bad-sad feelings he's had since Og came, but luckily he still gets to have adventures with different… (mehr)
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ProcedureHow to Restrict Access to KDC Servers
Both master KDC servers and slave KDC servers have copies of the KDC database stored locally. Restricting access to these servers so that the databases are secure is important to the overall security of the Kerberos installation.
1. Disable remote services, as needed.
To provide a secure KDC server, all nonessential network services should be disabled . Depending on your configuration, some of these services may already be disabled. Check the service status with the svcs command. In most circumstances, the only services that would need to run would be krb5kdc and kadmin if the KDC is a master. In addition, any services that use loopback tli (ticlts, ticotsord, and ticots) can be left enabled.
# svcadm disable network/comsat
# svcadm disable network/dtspc/tcp
# svcadm disable network/finger
# svcadm disable network/login:rlogin
# svcadm disable network/rexec
# svcadm disable network/shell
# svcadm disable network/talk
# svcadm disable network/tname
# svcadm disable network/uucp
# svcadm disable network/rpc_100068_2-5/rpc_udp
2. Restrict access to the hardware that supports the KDC.
To restrict physical access, make sure that the KDC server and its monitor are located in a secure facility. Users should not be able to access this server in any way.
3. Store KDC database backups on local disks or on the KDC slaves.
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Monday, March 23, 2009
Minute by minute: 'March Badness'
By Jake Rossen
This is how MMA has poisoned me: It has been seven years since I willingly plunked down cash for a boxing pay-per-view. (I don't think foxy boxing counts, but I'm open to arguments.)
Why bother? It's an upturned file drawer of meaningless rankings, belts, corruption and -- most egregious of all -- boredom. Athletes paw and jab at each other expertly, but once you've seen a fight in which all ranges of hurt are allowed, it's tough to appreciate anything else. At 30 years old, I'm officially a UFC baby.
Roy Jones Jr., noted legend and mellowed trash-talker, has addressed my disinterest by acting in collusion with MMA to present "March Badness," a hybrid affair that beamed from Pensacola, Fla., on Saturday and reminded me why it'll be another seven years before I make the same mistake three times.
Sure, mingling sports -- the combat-sports equivalent of tofurkey -- cut my boredom level roughly in half. But that's still a lot of boredom.
All aboard the train wreck.
9 p.m. ET: We're live from Pensacola, Fla., for a "historic night." I think that's how they described the Titanic's maiden voyage.
Roy Jones
Roy Jones' biggest concern Saturday probably wasn't Omar Sheika but rather how badly his "March Badness" show would tank.
9:01 p.m.: For the boxing portion -- aka the ambient noise while I read a stray copy of O: The Oprah Magazine -- we're informed that Jones will take on human speed bag Omar Sheika, while B.J. Flores will combat Jose Luis Herrera. I've heard of one of those guys.
9:02 p.m.: The MMA main event: chiseled Jeff Monson and doughy Roy Nelson. Thematically, it's a battle of Before versus After in a supplement ad.
9:02 p.m.: We're told the action is set to take place in a ring. More interesting would've been for the boxing matches to be contested in a cage. Why am I never hired as a consultant? What, I'd ruin it somehow? These things come pre-broken, like cheap airplane models.
9:03 p.m.: The broadcast team: Colonel Bob Sheridan, Seth Petruzelli and boxing's Nate Campbell.
An unfortunate alumnus of the fairly maligned BodogFight, Sheridan was incensed the last time I mentioned his name and doubted his military credentials. I had thought it was a nickname, but he's an actual colonel. This means he not only dwarfs play-by-play announcer Mike Goldberg in talent but outranks him, too.
9:03 p.m.: On the subject of Jones' stubborn presence in boxing despite some frightening losses, Campbell says, "If he [Jones] was a mechanic, you wouldn't tell him to quit." Well, you would, if he were to keep dropping concussive car parts on his head.
9:03 p.m.: Petruzelli claims he's getting "offers all over the place" since his knockout of Kimbo Slice in October.
9:04 p.m.: A refreshingly honest Sheridan says the pioneering Ken Shamrock had to pull out of the card because of a "steroid issue." He also apologizes to MMA fandom in advance for having to spell things out for the boxing contingent. I like him.
9:07 p.m.: The evening opens with an MMA bout, Dennis Hallman taking on Danny Ruiz. Ruiz is taking forever to get to the ring. A cornerman yells at him to get in the passing lane.
9:10 p.m.: Hallman enters in half the time.
9:12 p.m.: Hallman is announced with a fighting style of "cowboy karate." The audience boos the eccentricity.
9:13 p.m.: Hallman nails a takedown, gets the back and cinches up a rear-naked choke. Academic trachea crushing. Bert Sugar chokes on his novelty cigar.
9:18 p.m.: Din Thomas and Gabe Lemley are up next. More MMA? Boxing fans worldwide knock over their cans of Ensure in disgust.
9:26 p.m.: As Thomas and Lemley waltz in the clinch, Sheridan points out the differences in stances between sports. He's so wonderfully unannoying that I fear getting spoiled by his professionalism. I know that I'll have to come back to Goldberg one day and the dichotomy will hurt.
9:29 p.m.: Thomas and Lemley begin using their feet to strike! I say, sir! Most unsportsmanlike! "Fancy" Tom Paddock would've given these boys a solid what-for on such an attempt! Pepper their porridge, he would!
9:30 p.m.: Thomas lands a big knee for the win; Lemley cancels his upcoming wisdom-tooth extraction. It'd be redundant.
9:35 p.m.: A jovial Thomas offers to kick Chris Brown's ass on behalf of Rihanna. The crowd cheers the idea of vigilante justice.
9:38 p.m.: Shamrock replacement Jason Guida brays about former WWE rodeo clown Bobby Lashley having "no experience." Yeah, a national champion wrestler with 260 pounds of lean body mass is training at American Top Team. What's to worry about?
9:43 p.m.: Lashley enters the ring. His physique defies description. Guida's only chance is if his mood changes and he turns back into Bill Bixby.
9:47 p.m.: Surprisingly, Guida is able to stuff Lashley's takedown attempts. Lashley's "scary prospect" status begins to slowly circle the drain.
9:51 p.m.: The end of an uneventful Round 1. Clay Guida jumps on his brother's back. "We're Master Blaster!" he yells. The commission talks him down.
9:53 p.m.: Lashley finally nails the big takedown. Guida ties him up, but some strikes still come through.
10 p.m.: Round 3: Lashley scores a single leg. Guida has a tight guillotine, but Lashley pops out. Lashley smash.
10:06 p.m.: Lashley wins a unanimous decision.
10:10 p.m.: Sheridan announces the transition from MMA to boxing on the telecast; I announce my transition from interest to complete and total catatonia.
10:15 p.m.: Flores and Herrera enter the ring. They appear to be wearing some kind of leather-encased pillow on their hands.
10:18 p.m.: The bout is announced as being for the NABO Cruiserweight Championship. Oh, that makes all the difference, then.
10:19 p.m.: The fighters engage and are restricted to punching each other in the head. Who sanctioned this barbarism?
10:38 p.m.: Despite what clearly is a sanctioned homicide attempt, this is a joyless, unexciting affair. I switch over to Telemundo, give it 20 minutes, then switch back. Flores and Herrera are in Round 5, stolidly jabbing and sticking each other. The only punishment sustained thus far has been by the viewer.
11:02 p.m.: Unanimous decision victory for Flores, now the proud owner of a worthless title. He immediately dials Cash4Gold.
11:27 p.m.: The telecast wraps up a six-rounder from the undercard; I'm able to squeeze in an episode of "Los Kakucomicos."
11:30 p.m.: More downtime, so I Google "Sheridan." Interesting story: The night before he was to call the Mike Tyson-Evander Holyfield rematch in '97, he suffered a heart attack, had an angioplasty, went to the arena, announced the bout with his doctor ringside, then returned to the hospital for another angioplasty. That's a man.
11:36 p.m.: It's MMA main event time, with Nelson taking on noted political loudspeaker Monson. Sheridan explains to boxing fans why the portly Nelson looks like a fat Kevin James.
11:40 p.m.: Nelson lands in half guard and punches Monson. "It's anarchy in here!" Sheridan bellows. Actually, he doesn't, but Goldberg certainly would have.
11:48 p.m.: Round 2: Monson lands some nice knees to Nelson's bulbous stomach, which quivers like agitated Jell-O.
11:54 p.m.: End of fight. Monson snags the surprise decision, likely from his two big right hands late in the bout. Nelson exits the ring. If he couldn't finish off Monson, he would finish off a breakfast plate at Denny's.
12:13 a.m.: Pensacola native Jones enters to a hero's welcome. Trivia: Jones once had to rebuff a challenge made by Ralph Gracie during a news conference in the 1990s. Ralph was missing, oh, six or seven zeroes on the check he forgot to bring.
12:22 a.m.: Jones is faster than Sheika, landing more punches with enough left over to showboat a little bit. The crowd goes wild: Their star is doing well in an irrelevant fight against an overmatched opponent. What's not to like?
12:30 a.m.: Jones is hit twice. Sheika might be going down, but not without hurting his hands in the process.
12:36 a.m.: Jones is out on target practice. The referee steps in, though Sheika didn't absorb any particularly hard shots, just lots of them. It's a humanitarian gesture. I guess boxing isn't so brutal after all.
12:38 a.m.: Sheika greets his family with, "Who are you people?" Disregard previous comment.
12:42 a.m.: A jubilant Jones promises to stick around for a while and lose a few million more brain cells in the process. "I can still enunciate too clearly," he tells the crowd. "I ain't gonna quit 'til y'all need a translator to understand me."
All in all, "March Badness," an event priced at $29.95, was overpriced by about $29.95. But at least there's still some truth in advertising. Badness was promised, and badness is exactly what we got.
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I'm new in Game development. I have researched many open source games. But I have not met any open source game which has high quality graphics, comparable to these found in commercial games.
What is the reason for this? Are open source game engines not advanced enough to support such graphics or is there just a lack of assets, textures and models?
I know that this question is very general, I would like to hear some points of view.
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Since there are likely to be much more in-depth answers to this one, I think it is fair to say that programmers are not always artists, so you get games with a great deal of 'Programmer Art' in the open source area vs games made by paid professional artists in the commercial environment :) Oh, and most Open Source projects are Programmer driven (hence open source :)) – James Apr 7 '11 at 23:46
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The look of a game is rarely down to the code quality, but down to the art quality. Art doesn't really come under the 'open source' concept so getting a coherent set of good art assets for a game for free is very difficult.
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My gf is a professional illustrator so I asked her to help me out on my latest game as I wanted more commercial level graphics.
I now know why the credits at the end of the game go on for so long.
In a 2d game each character sprite is drawn 30 to 40 times depending on the depth and that takes a lot of time.
3D textures take even more time when you think of characters, terrain can be faked but character that include complex movement require a huge amount of graphical resources.
The fact that you are asking such a question leads me to believe you have no idea just how much is required for a commercial quality game. Yes the programming plays a big part but the graphics take as long if not longer and you haven't even considered sound or plot.
Bottom line time.
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Open source games are usually people who work during their free time, when they want to. They don't have any obligation to work.
For a commercial game, the people working on the game get monetary compensation for their work, and if their work is no good, they get fired. Basically they have more motivation. Another factor is the number of people.
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Yeah it's all about time and also, and creators of open source games are probably doing it for fun. The last 10% of polish gets into more grunt work/less fun territory. – Nicolas K. Apr 7 '11 at 22:44
Enthuatism(fun) is better motivation than money.. At least for me. – Toktik Apr 8 '11 at 15:40
@Toktik Then use you enthusiasm to put a few thousand hours into an open source game, like a paid artist would for a commercial game. – eBusiness Nov 12 '11 at 13:57
An average person with a decent amount of experience likely has children, debts and mortgage to pay off. Motivation by enthusiasm is usually not an option for some people. – 5ound Nov 12 '11 at 17:36
Bad code is far easier to gloss over than bad art or bad design.
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From what I have seen It is my firm opinion that what is plaguing open source games is actually gameplay and engines.
It actually stands to reason as uninteresting or "alpha" gameplay will not interest anyone,and if the engine is limited it might deter artist since they can't reach an acceptable level of quality or style.
Most games with solid interesting gameplay and a solid engine I have not seen to have bad art.
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This. Too often they forget that a game is, well, a game, and it should be fun to play. Most open source games badly need good game design, and they usually don't even realise that! – Lohoris Apr 9 '11 at 12:38
The issue comes down to art. Many of the open source programmers either want to moon light as a gamer developer or are game developers by trade and want to help FOSS games get to the next level. Some open source commercial games are rather old, but are a good starting point for some. Let us not forget that you can create a complete modern game using the Unreal Development Kit of even Unity3D. On the other side of the equation you have the Irrlicht Engine and Ogre3d.
In every project, it always comes down to the art assets. Doesn't matter how poor or modern the code is. Textures are fairly easy to find, but an artist who is willing to spend weeks or months to create models for a game for free... thats a much more difficult challenge. Another issue is modeling packages. Not many people have $3,000 or more to buy 3ds Max, Lightwave3d, Maya, SoftImage, etc. That leaves what... MilkShape3d, Blender, trueSpace 7 (released as freeware), and ???
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Open source and commercial are not mutually exclusive! Do you know anything about free software? There's a difference between free as in software and free as in beer.
For instance, Quake 3 was a hugely popular, very technical, 3D, high performance, commercial game engine. It sold as its own game, and then Id sold it out to other developers to make lots of games. They didn't do it immediately, but the quake 3 engine is now open source under the GNU public licence v2. Lots of indie / open-source games are being built upon the open sourced Quake 3 engine.
There's tons of other modern games that are open source as well, just look around. Myst URU Online just announced that they are going to be releasing the source code to both the client, the tools, and a server. Thats a modern, totally 3D game. There are tons of others.
"What is the main problem? Engine(Programmable part) or just textures/models?"
I'm not sure you even know what it is you're asking. Are you talking about open source, or are you talking about indie games? There's a HUGE difference.
Also, have you heard of mods?
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One of the reason open source games often suck is that the people working on them vehemently believe things like Quake 3 (1999) or Uru Online (2003) are modern technology. (-1) – user744 Apr 8 '11 at 8:19
"Open source and commercial are not mutually exclusive!" - They aren't, but you can assume that the question asker means non-commercial games. – Bart van Heukelom Apr 8 '11 at 8:39
By open source I mean games which are developed by community and licensed under GPL or similar license. For example 0ad, Flightgear... Good example is FlightGear, which cannot be compared with Flight Simulator from Microsoft. Flightgear is developed over than 15 years... But.. Huge difference. – Toktik Apr 8 '11 at 15:38
Definite +1 to Joe's comment. I'm working on an Open Source game at the moment, and I had an incredibly difficut time convincing the rest of the team that making something as fundamental as multitexture a requirement was a good move! I likely won't ever get involved in such a project again as it's too much pain. – Darth Satan Nov 14 '11 at 1:42
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Head2Head: Killzone: Shadow Fall Vs Battlefield 4 Side By Side Comparison (Easter Egg Inside)
Lens of Truth Writes "Welcome back everyone and Happy Easter! Today the Easter Bunny has brought us a special gift, he wanted to see how the “best of the best” next generation FPS compare to one another when side by side. Although we don’t have the exact specifications running Battlefield 4 we can assume its top of the line hardware. So, with that being said, we want to hear from you in the comments section on how you think the PlayStation 4, graphics, HDR lighting and performance is compared to top end PC’s. Let us say this, its going to be very interesting “Rabbit” when the system finally hits this fall.. Let the “Battle” begin!"
Also there's an Easter Egg somewhere in the post linking to a side by side video of the PlayStation 4 and PC Unreal Engine 4: Tech Demo.. I found it and its really worth checking out. (Battlefield 4, Killzone: Shadow Fall, PC, PS4)
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NastyLeftHook0 + 633d ago
both look amazing. and its a win win for future ps4 owners.
JoGam + 633d ago | Funny
Thats not a picture of Battlefield, Its a picture of Socom Confrontation.
NastyLeftHook0 + 633d ago
i will be the first to be honest and admit that i did not notice until you said it. smh-_-
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brettyd + 633d ago
For some reason people always seem to use that image for military shooters. I don't get it.
thechosenone + 633d ago
So the obvious and biggest difference is the lighting, also the textures are bit lower rez in certain places and the particles are a bit more muted in the PS4 version. Man Epic did a sh*t job with UE4 for consoles. But what do you expect from an engine that's meant for multiplat development. It'll never tap the true power of the PS4's hardware.
The xbox version will fair far worse if the rumors are true about the weaker specs.
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IcyEyes + 633d ago
Both are amazing ...
But Killzone is simply awesome because its not only about texture quality/resolution is also about the tons of stuff on the screen.
Looks like a live-cam :D
FATAL1TY + 633d ago | Well said
thechosenone + 633d ago
And of course I was only talking about UE4 demo in my comment above not about BF4 vs KZ.
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kevnb + 633d ago
none of those killzone shots are the actual playable bits.
actual gameplay of KZ SF
the quality of the images might not be the greatest, but watch the trailer they showed again. Im highlighting the parts that are playable.
Im not even going to pick which game I think looks better, but fair is fair. And at the end, its just a cod style barely playable section thats almost a cutscene. I already know artists can make those look good.
battlefield 4 looks really similar to battlefield 3 in my eyes, but battlefield 3 looks and plays great.
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TheRealSpy + 633d ago
If you desperately want Killzone to look better, it will. That's the mindset of a fanboy.
It's night and day.
Dee_91 + 633d ago
gotta love this pixel counting gaming era.
DOMination- + 632d ago
Its hard to define "better" and we will all choose whatever looks aesthetically pleasing to us personally. Both look good and it makes me excited for the next few years.
silverbeld + 632d ago
Battlefield looks to GREY!
Killzone looks much better.
Muerte2494 + 633d ago | Well said
Both look amazing....
but the playing fields aren't remotely level. Let's wait until we get some ps4 footage of BF4 before we start comparing. Comparing locked in hardware to something only 5% of the PC gaming market owns is a little biased if you ask me.
AngelicIceDiamond + 633d ago
You can't compare them? Ones Syfy shooter and the others a modern real world shooter? two different engines two different goals.
Mustang300C2012 + 633d ago
Not that I don't agree with you but most games being compared have different engines.
BISHOP-BRASIL + 633d ago
Yeah, but when you compare pics of two games running on different engines that happen to have similar scnearios, weponry, lighting and what not, you at least get a good comparison of how the different engines deal with those and, if both indeed aim for the same final look, you can say who did the best job in achieving, i.e., realistic graphics if we were comparing modern militar shooters (COD, BF, Arma, Op. Flashpoint, Rainbow Six, the very Socom - as in the image -, the list could go on and on).
Here the only thing in common really is the genre, they are both first person shooters, so meybe you could compare some gameplay elements, physics, etc... But there's nothing there to make a graphical comparison. Even if you get two similar scenarios (like the overview of the city, or just staring down at your own gun), they are not necessarily aiming for the same final look, point in case BF want to be realistic while KZ (or Halo, Gears, Resistance, Metro, Crysis, Unreal Tournament, etc) have a much more stylized graphics (as you would expect in a completelly fictional setting). It's just like comparing art styles, in the end any judgement will be highly subjetive.
Now if we had both games released we could indeed make a technical comparison of graphical effects and performance, analyse and pick each engines strong points or limitations, but that not just some side by side look at pictures as the final visual doesn't necessarily represent technical prowess, it would be much more technical talk and, probably, still wouldn't mean which look best or worst.
TheRealSpy + 633d ago
Are you asking a question or making a statement.
Learn to question mark.
Of course you can compare them. You're comparing graphics, not story or setting.
OpieWinston + 630d ago
I agree, the engine is focused on maximizing flexibility of destruction and sound.
Comparing graphics is just stupid, BF4 is leaning more towards a realistic feel rather than Arcade style shooter.
ijust2good + 633d ago
The Character model is vastly superior in BF4, they look more realistic. However there are certain places where KZ looked better.
Aceman18 + 633d ago
they both look great, and i'll be purchasing both titles easily as i love both franchises.
okmrman + 633d ago
you guys must have balls pain due to amount of jizzing
bf 3 and kz 3 have completely different art style
of course everything wont be all shiny in a fucking war zone
people are so dumb
pixelsword + 633d ago
Killzone 2's realistic concrete backgrounds, and people say:
"They should call it GREYzone"
ShadowFall adds some color and people say:
"of course everything wont be all shiny in a fucking war zone"
It just goes to show that people whine for the sake of whining.
jcnba28 + 633d ago
They're both boring generic fps's.......NEXT
Ritsujun + 633d ago
Cryingtek's shooters were horrible.
pixelsword + 633d ago
"They're both boring generic fps's.......NEXT"
...says the Wii fanboy.
Don't worry, dude: I'm almost certain that the next Wii or two will have graphics like that. Until then, don't be bitter, it just makes people giggle.
Just enjoy your generic Mario game and relax, man. Do you think Mario will have to rescue the princess? Ooh, I can't wait for the unpredictable plot twists in that one!
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thedon8982z + 633d ago
This is the dumbest comparison I have ever seen first of all BF4 IS PRE ALPHA (AKA NOT REAL GAMEPLAY)and killzone is running off of early dev kits (no where near using PS4 real power). To top it all off I really believe killzon was originally a ps3 tital,the set peices look like it all day.I am waiting to see what games my PS4 WILL ENTERTAIN me with in 2014/15 now thats when they begin emulating the spu from the cell chip on the gpgpu and with all that gddr5 ram- all I CAN SAY DEVELOPERS DONT LET XBOX 7SHITTY HOLD YOU BACK- THE SKY IS THE LIMIT!!!LLLLLOOOOLLLLL!!!!!
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pixelsword + 633d ago
If they do, it won't be the 720's fault, The developer's greed is hampering their games and their vision of what their games should be, not any one console or PC.
Joe Bomb + 633d ago
Killzone for the win.
Sandmano + 633d ago
I was literally just going to come and post that! What a coincidence! crazy! Anyway! Yes! Kill zone shadow fall FTW!!!!
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user7693958 + 633d ago
Is not coincidence.. KZSF looks way better but BF4 looks good and their fans should be happy!
abzdine + 633d ago
i just played a multiplayer game of KZ3 with Move! great sensations
songoku + 633d ago
BF4 looks like BF3 i couldnt tell the difference, but with KZSF i saw a big difference and love the new art work they have and the colors OMG!!! orgasim. its not KZ4 but its still good. BF4 will still be good cuz i like battle field but trying to compare it to the sony's halo is stupid cuz KZ always wins as best looking FPS. when KZ2 and 3 came out they got best graphics of the year.
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wishingW3L + 633d ago
Killzone looks last gen compared to Battlefield 4. And not to mention that the maps are not only bigger but the destruction is incredible and that requires an insane amount of calculations. But Battlefield was running on a $900 dual GPU after all... They can't be compared.
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zebramocha + 633d ago
You can't be serious? The biggest difference between the two is,image quality,likely to change and lighting.
Sandmano + 633d ago
Bubbles for making me laugh wishingW3I
Ame_No_Shiryuu + 633d ago
Yeah.., WishingW3L is totally right, there no way console will be comparable to thousand dollars rig, to the people who say shadowfall is better, shame on you!!, just give it up PS fans, it's a natural order, where the rich stand above the poor.., well.., sucks to be you poor console gamer.., :D LMAO!!!
regard. PC gamer representative
Edit, please don't bubble me down, i'm just trying to be as asshole as possible as a PC "guy" cause every body else does the same, if you know what I mean..
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GraySnake + 633d ago
You don't Represent me.
Well then, next time add a /s or something lol
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songoku + 633d ago
have fun with a game that has the same guns and gameplay like call of duty, nothing new with modern shooters cuz they all have the same stuff.
scott182 + 633d ago
I own a $2,000 gaming pc and play my ps3 while my PC catches dust. Alot of the best game designers and developers work for sony, seriously! I will admit there are games I wish were on consoles, like shogun 2, but i'm not sure the ps3 or xbox 360 have enough ram to handle it, I love it on PC though. But I haven't played a game that looked that much better, if any, than Uncharted 3. Just imagine what sony's developers will be able to do with the PS4! I am far more excited for PS4 games and graphics then for PC's.
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tee_bag242 + 633d ago
@Scott182 - I got a $2000 gaming PC too. I bought it in 1991, It's called an AMIGA 500..maybe you heard of it. It doesn't look as good as a PS3 either.
Get my drift?! Saying you have a $2000 is meaning less if it's junk old hardware. Its whats inside that matters, not the purchase price!!!
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scott182 + 633d ago
I hear ya tee bag, I bought it a couple years ago.... Still plays games full power. That's really not the point i'm going for anyways. Of course good PC's have better hardware and more power than consoles. It's the developers and the games they make that matter to me, look at uncharted 3 for instance. I know the raw power isn't there for the ps3 like it is for good PC's, but look what naughty dog made with that game. I'm not trying to be biased for playstation, I just get more excited for playstation games...
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mcnablejr + 633d ago
Full power lol.
MuhammadJA + 633d ago
This is the only site where they can't admit the obvious and start posting their fanboyism.
BTW, it's hard to convince people who haven't gamed on PC. -_-
JackVagina + 633d ago
Running on a 900$ GPU doesn't mean the game is optimized for it
Ezz2013 + 633d ago
KZ4 look last gen ?!
are we looking at the same pics ?!
both look really close and almost the same (the art style is different though )
and both are still alpha stage
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Reverent + 633d ago
He's just trolling. Mark him as such, and he'll have less bubbles to do it again. And people wonder what's wrong with N4G.
songoku + 633d ago
this game isnt KZ4 its KZSF, if it was KZ4 the graphics would shit on everything like all the other KZ2 and 3 did at that time. cant compare BF4 to a game not shown.
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ABizzel1 + 633d ago
@wishingW3L & Zebramocha
The true answer / response is a happy medium between the both of your comments.
There's no way Killzone can look better than that Battlefield 4 trailer, from a RAW graphical standpoint. It's running on vastly superior that's at least 4x as powerful as the PS4 (my guess is at least i5-3750k CPU, HD 7990 GPU confirmed, and 32GB of RAM). The PS4 is a great console spec. wise (mid range PC, likely to be sold at a low-end price which is what PC gamers were upset about), but it can't compete with PC specs. like that (aka maxed PC specs.).
The lighting in BF4 is better, The character models faces were better in BF4, the environments are much bigger (based on the sections shown from both games), effects (smoke, fire, particles) look significantly better in Battlefield (and also proven in the UE4 comparison), and the destruction in Battlefield is in a whole other league.
Now it's time to praise Killzone. The fact is many people think of Killzone as a corridor shooter, and it was on PS3 for the most part, but the KZ4 demo all took place in a large open area. It wasn't a room that loaded the work as you progressed, but a HUGE Foyer that leads to a set piece moment. The tessellation was great, and arguably better than what was shown in BF4, the weapon models look much more detailed than BF4 (especially compared to the shotgun), the character models "In Action" are on par with BF4 if not better, and Killzone has a better artstyle IMO.
That being said KZ4 is using smoke and mirrors to achieve what BF4 is doing off RAW Power. A better comparison would be Killzone's E3 demo when the company has had time to polish up the loose ends and graphics since the game is technically finished. It will also allow Guerilla to use more of the systems 8GB of RAM compared to the 1.5GB - 4GB they maximum that had for the first reveal which would improve some aspect of the game. Killzone is also a launch title for new hardware vs. PC gaming which has been established for decades.
So while BF4 looks better, there are a lot of things that Killzone has going against that can easily be addressed before it's launch (2x more RAM, dedicated graphics development time, and improved understanding of PS4 architecture). Also a fair comparison would be BF4 running on PC hardware comparable to the PS4 (HD 7850 / 7870) or on the PS4 itself in which case Killzone is likely to give it a serious run for it money via PC hardware, and stomp it on the PS4.
I will say this; however, Killzone looks like a PS4 game, but it doesn't look like a huge evolution over Killzone 3 gameplay-wise based on that small demo.
BF4 looks like another BF as well, but the sheer amount of horsepower the game is pushing out through Frostbite Engine 3 from huge maps, multiple vehicles to freely drive, insane amounts of destructible environments, all while looking as great as it does is the first step to evolving the FPS. Now if only they could nail the story and single player, like Killzone is likely to achieve.
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Muerte2494 + 633d ago
That was a long read...
but all in all, I agree with what you said. There are however a few things people should take into account. Mark Cerny said that only people who have an enormous amount of knowledge coding for ps3 would understand ps4's "low-level hardware" support. DICE is actually one of the few 3rd party developers who truly know how to manipulate the CELL. I believe that they can give us a PS4 experience similar to that of PCs, lacking only minor bells and whistles.
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AnteCash + 633d ago
It was running on i7 , 32gb ram and TWO 7990.
The_Infected + 633d ago
Just because a game like BF4 is running on better hardware don't mean anything. It's down to how good the developer is and how far they push things. Also every PS4 gamer will enjoy KZ: Shadow Fall exactly how it looks while not many will enjoy BF4 as it was shown because not everyone will have a super high end PC.
That's the reason I enjoy being a console gamer we all enjoy the games exactly the same so we all have the same experience even if its not the best it's still the same for us all.
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tee_bag242 + 633d ago
Well said ABizzel1 - Shame the obvious and logic never prevail on N4G - The site where emotional and immature gamers take their first steps.
@Kratos_Kills - I agree with you, it doesnt mean bf4 is better at all. Likes and Dislikes aside, what is does show as Abizzel1 detailed, BF4 is more of a technical marvel.
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Ravenor + 633d ago
Both looked great, and things are looking up if you enjoy FPS games. I certainly wish gaming communities focused a bit less on the Game A) vs. Game B) or Platform A) vs Platform B) it's boring to read and the comments are just grating.
Both Killzone SF and BF4 looked great and they will both be enjoyable romps shooting dudes. Just like games in the past from both series they will both offer competent and enjoyable multiplayer. Why is this simple idea so hard for some of you?
Twinzclipz + 633d ago
Are you Blind?????
thechosenone + 633d ago
KZ's level was massive with loads of on-screen assets, dynamic lighting, reflections, volumetric smoke, dozens of NPCs, etc. BF4 demo on the other hand felt mostly empty it didn't really feel like a living breathing world like KZ:SF did.
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scott182 + 633d ago
SHHHHH the BF4 demo had better everything because PC's have 500 Gigawopflops....
RegorL + 627d ago
Take another look...
KZ3 world is rather futuristic sterile.
I think you take real world environments for granted...
Take a look at the environment in this part of BF3.
- people
- animals
- wires
- vehicles/traffic (including as light sources)
- trees (that moves in the wind)
- litter, chairs, ... (non gameplay related stuff)
- and later other forms of vegetation
BF4 looks like BF3 as they have a common artistic target - realism in near future.
Sub-Zero85 + 633d ago
Spoken like a typical PC elitist #WellDone , Killzone : Shadow Fall looks GREAT how ever I'm a huge fan of both franchises so I want both and both look stunning !
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DeadlyFire + 632d ago
PS4 - nearly 2 Tflop with a co-processor.
AMD 7990 - between 4-6+ Tflops
Not to much of a difference graphically between the two. Yes there are some bits here and there with the PC version that are better. I wouldn't judge map size based on one demo of KZ Shadow Fall. To run side by side its not bad at all. Many improvements will be made by time E3 erupts in June. Anything shown to the public is one month behind on what development has pushed forward too.
Sony's goal is to push their PS4 to run like it has nearly 3 Tflops of power in it. Which is why Epic's Infiltrator Demo was running on a 680 with 3 Tflops of power behind it instead of something with more juice running it. PS4 will be able to do that if all goes according to plan within 5 years.
PC games require raw power. Unless multiplatform. Then they are just ported in many cases.
Console games get specialized code lined up directly to the CPU/GPU from every game which is improved upon with every generation.
Its not hard to see why its comparable. As consoles do push forward further than their specs, but only so far. They will not breach anything above 3 Tflops side by side to a console.
My system only has a 2.2 Tflop GPU and 5 year old 4 thread quad core CPU. A PS4 launch game should match up to its PC counter part pretty well without any effort in my home.
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DEATHSTROKE-cro- + 633d ago
Both look amazing but I like something new like that Killzone futuristic city and futuristic weapons.
I'm buying both.
LOGICWINS + 633d ago
It's scary that these games aren't even final code yet. If launch games look THIS good, then the PS4 has a VERY bright future.
GraySnake + 633d ago
and can you imagine the optimization later down the road? it's gonna be crazy!
Reverent + 633d ago
I take back my comment towards you from a couple weeks ago... I see how you have all of your bubbles. I admit, I do agree with you most of the time, but you're comments can be pretty hit & miss sometimes.
Anyways, yeah, I personally cannot wait. Both of these games will definitely be played on the PS4 for me.
Lelldorianx + 633d ago
I don't understand the premise of this blogspam. This is a non-linear comparison, no conclusion can be drawn.
Reverent + 633d ago
That's what I thought. If I absolutely had to compare them though, I honestly think Killzone looks graphically better, while Battlefield looks technically better. Both are going to be amazing though. Can't wait!
Metfanant + 633d ago
i think what you MEANT to say was that to you, Killzone has a more appealing art direction...
because when youre talking "graphically" and "technically" youre really talking about the same thing...
Relientk77 + 633d ago
Definitely wanna see them both, bet that they look extremely impressive
RudeSole Devil + 633d ago
Any one find The Easter egg?
WUTCHUGUNNADO + 633d ago
I'm guessing it was in the video... I don't do video comparisons especially from streaming sources but I did at least attempt to watch it until I noticed it wanted me to wait 30 secs to watch a commercial.
sjaakiejj + 633d ago
Though I don't think I found it the way I was meant to.. It was listed in their "Latest" sidebar lol.
BattleAxe + 633d ago
Gentlemen, we are looking at the two best shooters of this holiday season.
Sandmano + 633d ago
Don't forget COD! You don't need to see it to know It will be the best!
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LOGICWINS + 633d ago
Battlefield and Killzone are my two favorite shooters without a doubt. If Sony announces Move support for the PS4 version of BF4, I will LITERALLY crap my pants.
Reverent + 633d ago
Same here. I spent over 600 hours with Battlefield 3, and I'm definitely ready to spend more with Battlefield 4. As for Killzone, I probably won't spend as much time with it as Battlefiled, but it will definitely give me plenty of entertainment for a long time to come. Next generation is looking to be a juggernaut.
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LOGICWINS + 633d ago
"Same here. I spent over 600 hours with Battlefield 3"
Yeah, I agree. I think multiplayerwise, BF4 will be the better game. Singleplayerwise, I think Killzone might be the better one. We'll have to wait and see!
MariaHelFutura + 632d ago
Yeah I got 500 hrs on the Battlefield. I've been playing it consistantly since its release in October of 2011.
Kennytaur + 633d ago
Halo 5 will probably be decent too.
saint_seya + 633d ago
I just vote disagree not because i dont think Halo 5 isnt going to be a good game #actually i believe it will#, just because its out of topic, and prolly will activate some trolls...
user7693958 + 633d ago
a fact..
Hufandpuf + 633d ago
Both are really good I can't wait to see more
HeavenlySnipes + 633d ago
A better comparison would be BF4 and Crysis 3. Both aim for hyper realism and Killzone SF isn't based in reality so they have leeway to make things look however they please. KZ looks more like a CG video from Pixar
ColeMacGrath + 633d ago
Crysis 3 looks pretty si-fi to me imo..
killzone looks amazing, and saying this doesn't make it anything less, but it looks to me that this is running on a very refined killzone 3 engine, anyone else see the same thing?
ZodTheRipper + 633d ago
I guess it's safe to say that they took their existing engine instead of starting from scratch.
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Lolrus + 633d ago
I believe they confirmed its the same engine as it has the same optimisations and techniques used in KZ3 but with all the extras that werent feasible on the PS3 and at a much larger scale at 1080p.
Metfanant + 633d ago
can you point me to a source?...find it hard to believe considering the KZ engine would have been built from scratch and optimized for PS3 hardware...it would have had to be re-tooled significantly to translate to the new hardware...
Hard to compare really. Different lighting scenarious and what not. I know alot of people will say Bf4 looks more realistic but it's actually pretty artistic as well with it's hollywood style shaders.
GABRIEL1030 + 633d ago
Killzone looks much better, but Battlefield looks great.
profgerbik + 633d ago
Why are people comparing two completely different games that run under two completely different engines? That don't even have the same design or art style.
How can you compare something but have so many random variables like that, random shots that aren't even remotely the same..
Twinzclipz + 633d ago
KZSF>BF4"high end Pc"
are u mad bro?
B-radical + 633d ago
Run at me bro
profgerbik + 632d ago
Ok? They both look fine to me so..
No "brah" I am not mad, I just think it is a little retarded. That is like me buying a Nikon L105 and comparing it to a Canon EOS 5D Mark III.
Two completely different things. That you know just aren't comparable. Just like you can't compare two completely different games from two different engines. On top of that they are in no way near the same to be able to compare.
It isn't like they are comparing Killzone on Frostbite 3 versus GG's in house engine. It isn't like they are doing the same with BF4 comparing what it would be like on GG's in house engine versus Frostbite 3.
They are completely subjective, no one can actually say one looks technically better than the other when they have completely different art styles, direction and design. They will appeal to people just as art would. Now if you have the same pictures, that is little different now isn't it.
Now if they wanted to compare their engines and what they are capable of doing that is fine but within a two different games it is pointless. As both engines could be used on a PC anyway.
God forbid I like comparisons to have a little more depth and some actual relation between each other. That is just a basic rule in science that I had assumed everyone learned at one point in their life, you just don't waste your time comparing things like that especially when you are trying to nit pick like like this. It is just too random to be compared at all..
It isn't a real comparison if it is so subjective. With a properly made comparison, you know for a fact what you are comparing and which is better.
Stupid people even disagree with that but that is nothing new on this site.
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Autodidactdystopia + 633d ago
the same way you compare two different vaccums for suction. :)
Rask + 633d ago
Battlefield 4 graphics looks slightly better, but Killzone is a much better shooter than Battlefield.
Ame_No_Shiryuu + 633d ago
I'm already tired of this graphic comparison, it's not even fair from the start, in term of specs and price for the obvious, shadowfall is great, BF is great, why people just don't and can't leave it to that..??
what's next?, PS4 versus latest NASA's supercomputer..??
OmniSlashPT + 633d ago
PS4 vs reality, PS4 has more GPU memory than reality, can handle more teraflops and polys, PS4 wins /s
Clarence + 633d ago
I can't wait for both of them.
ironmonkey + 633d ago
getting them both for ps4 now thats a win! both are beautiful games. but exclusives always have the better hand because of the developers time on it and not having to work on a port but just the game.
NateCole + 633d ago
Well i am getting BF for PC and KZ on PS4 so i guess i win.
BF looked better but KZ is very close. On my current rig though they would most likely look similar.
francknara6 + 633d ago
Killzone looks way better. At least, it has an art direction.
DarthJay + 633d ago
Terrible comparison across the board.
xX_Altair_Xx + 633d ago
There's no point comparing the two - BF4 is running on a £900 graphics card; KZ on a console costing probably a third of that. I suppose it's a testament to the PS4 (and GG) that it is being compared to such powerful GPU performance.
pandehz + 633d ago
These comparisons need to stop.
Both look good, I want to play both.
Im looking forward to playing them and not comparing.
OWWO + 633d ago
yuck..blurry KZ4 textures..i cant see shit...while on the other hand BF4 looks jaw droping..fu.k that if ps4 is anything above 300$ i am not buying
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Aceman18 + 633d ago
oh please your hating a$$ wasn't going to buy the system. also get your eyes checked with the blurry texture crap.
Metfanant + 633d ago
josephayal + 633d ago
I Want Both
Thatmattkid + 633d ago
Personally I think the Battlefield visuals look better. IMO the movements of the characters in Killzone look a bit stiff and rigid. However it really doesn't matter, both games will excel but probably in different fields.
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Thirty3Three + 633d ago
Killzone's only using a small fraction of the PS4's power...
OWWO + 633d ago
my as$
dafegamer + 632d ago
u sound mad
telekeneticmantis + 633d ago
Just much more detail. KZSF has better lighting, and a more interesting setting, and colors, but BF4 captures reality well.
venom06 + 633d ago
and meanwhile, back on the CoD ranch, the're STILL using a 8yr old engine, and STILL don't have dedicated servers and STILL have terrible lag compensation.... HAHAHAHA!!!
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Majin-vegeta + 633d ago
Oh god my sides xD.
AnteCash + 633d ago
Its not 8y old, its 14 year old Quake 3 engine in its core.
Metfanant + 633d ago
in fairness it makes COMPLETE sense for them to have stuck with the same engine the whole generation...and i expect them to do the same next generation (and they should)
CoD has a gameplay forumla that includes a no compromise stance on a solid 60fps...because of that, sacrifices need to be made in other areas...the CoD games for the PS3/360 were never going to look as pretty as BF or KZ or Halo...because the frame rate goals set by the developers...
there is a reason BF and KZ ran at 30fps this generation...because no matter how much "better" their engines are than the IW engine (thats debatable on what you consider "better") there was no way they could achieve the visual fidelity they did and have each frame render twice as fast...
its just factual...the IW engine (for what it is) is impressive in its own right...its not the prettiest engine...but it performs VERY well...
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Ravenor + 633d ago
But I want to be one of the cool kids who rags on it constantly even though for a 60FPS game CoD looks fantastic on the consoles.
The CoD hate is so played out, play it or don't, buy it or don't. At the end of the day, the market doesn't give a shit.
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We are looking for a C++ Soap web services framework that support RPC, preferably open source. Any recommendations?
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WSO2 Web Services Framework for C++ (WSO2 WSF/C++), a binding of WSO2 WSF/C into C++ is a C++ extension for consuming Web Services in C++.
Apache Axis is an open source, XML based Web service framework. It consists of a Java and a C++ implementation of the SOAP server, and various utilities and APIs for generating and deploying Web service applications.
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After trying several different packages we found Axis to be the most comprehensive, easy to use lib. – Raz Oct 29 '08 at 6:58
Staff is Web Service Framework for C++ (service/component and client-side)/JavaScript(client-side) based on Apache Axis2/C.
Open-source, released with Apache License V2.0.
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Will this work On linux? – user1291235 Aug 7 '13 at 17:12
Try the ffead-cpp framework, it provides in-built web-service support, rest, json and many other useful features.
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You could try gSOAP. Available under GPL and commercial licences.
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I have used SWIG to make an interface from C++ to Java or Python and then used the typical web interface support for those languages.
Since Java and Python have reflection the web services frameworks that exist for them have a much easier time passing data around.
Threading wise if your C++ code is thread safe you can let the Java server manage the creation of threads for concurrent requests etc. and just call into your C++ code using JNI.
As a bonus you can test your C++ code from Python using these same SWIG interfaces.
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I think the way to go is to write your service in C++ (I am assuming you did all the homework and there is a good reason you want to write in C++) and then front it using an RPC server. Use something like Thrift or Protobufs for a fast RPC implementation.
Now write your web frontend in the language of your choice - python would be mine - and make RPC calls to do all your heavy lifting.
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POCO Remoting gives you a very simple way of creating web services in C++ by just annotating C++ class definitions with special comments and running a code generator over it. It's commercial, but delivered with full source code. A free eval version is available. Runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, etc.
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"web services" is not a well defined term.
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Yes, it is. A Web Service is a Web application that exposes a set of functions (in the programming sense of the word function) that can be called by sending its parameters over HTTP requests, and whose return values can be retrieved from the corresponding HTTP responses. – Eduardo León Feb 19 '11 at 13:10
I concur with imjorge's answer and add that there's a C/C++ version of the Axis2 framework (a more flexible, extensible Axis) that does SOAP via RPC and all sorts of stuff including a bunch of the WS-* specs.
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We are using EasySoap (http://easysoap.sourceforge.net/)
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While not FOSS another library is ATL Server library from Microsoft. It is C++ template based with some proprietary attributes by Microsoft. i.e. not standard C++
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Irony of that one is that just as it got dumped by msft on CPlex, Google started rolling out its own, very similar in structure.. – rama-jka toti Oct 27 '09 at 9:43
You can check out xmlbeansxx. This is a kind of lightweight, low level solution, compared to complete frameworks. This has advantages in some cases.
Invoking SOAP WebServices using xmlbeansxx Article
Code example is here: WsClient.cpp.
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Apache axis-c: Simple to use, but seems abandoned.. not even download pages is working for several months
WSOF WSFCPP: Fast quickstart dev, both binded or no-binded implementation, based on Apache AxisC and it seems most of the current developers of Apache Axis is from WSOF company. Besides the Great potential I've detected a memory leak.
I'm currently using Gsoap and It has very good performance. Gsoap "mixed notation" between old c style and some (bad?) practices for C++ bothers me some.. but this is only code-furniture.
POCO: Is a full-feature, modern (java?) like library. It is open source software, licensed under the Boost Software License 1.0. You'll have to write some things from scrach, but with great support, utility classes and etc great library.. Innovations from c++11+ with all boost initiatives + POCO + a new Build/Dependency system more "gradle like" will certainly bring c++ to new areas of development.
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Do You REALLY need it to be C++? If so you may think of integrating it with some other language that has close-to-native support for some Web Services standars.
However, you should look into REST (http://w.cx/d39d11) for web/internet-based apps. It's probably the best option out there to get code out fast.
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I could not follow your link, can you please edit? – Raz Sep 15 '08 at 20:04
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Actually I can detect the iOS version but it is possible to detect a iPhone model 3G or 3GS inside iOS?
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possible duplicate of how do I detect whether I have iPhone 2G,3G,3GS – Evan Mulawski Aug 17 '11 at 14:42
Check for the capabilities that you need (ie: video, phone, compass, gyros, etc) rather than check for specific models. – progrmr Aug 25 '11 at 22:56
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You can find the exact model string using this post (which I think is also a duplicate question):
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/sysctl.h>
@implementation UIDevice (Hardware)
iPhone1,1 -> iPhone 1G
iPhone1,2 -> iPhone 3G
iPod1,1 -> iPod touch 1G
iPod2,1 -> iPod touch 2G
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size_t size;
char *machine = malloc(size);
NSString *platform = [NSString stringWithCString:machine encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
return platform;
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You need to check for device capabilities. The 3g does not support video recorder and the 3gs does not support front facing camera. Take a look to this question.
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I have a backup ('Windows Image Backup') of a Windows 7 system, and I'd like to be able to run this system in a virtual machine on Windows 8.
Obviously I've got the default VM runner, Hyper-V, but I'll happily use any other free package.
Can I do this? How?
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Sure. I am sure there are programs that will convert a Windows Image Backup image into a virtual machine. Furthermore there are tools to take a physical computer and turn it into a virtual machine, for instance, VMWare has this capability. – Ramhound Nov 7 '12 at 19:41
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1. Install Windows 7 on the VM.
2. In the start menu search box, type recovery and press enter.
3. Click Advanced recovery methods.
4. Click Use a system image you created earlier to recover your computer, and then follow the steps.
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I'm installing Windows 8 in a virtual machine? I want Win7 in the machine. – ACarter Nov 7 '12 at 19:59
Updated answer. – Zuck Nov 7 '12 at 20:11
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Is there a way to directly tar the latest version of an SVN folder without the SVN hidden files? I would like to create a tar archive without the SVN files. I know you can get the latest with the SVN tracking files, but is there a one liner that will directly send the information to an archive?
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I don't know about svn, but github allows you to download .tar.gzs of a git repo. – Macha Nov 29 '09 at 13:54
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The easiest way to make a copy of the latest version of a repository without all the .svn folders is to use the svn export command.
Here's how I would make the archive:
$ svn export URL PATH ; tar czf exported_copy.tgz PATH
Where URL is the URL of your svn repository and PATH is a local path suitable for saving a copy of the exported repository. I don't know a way to do it more directly than this. Unfortunately you do end up with the exported copy hanging around, so you might just want to put the whole thing in a short bash script which then deletes the temp files afterwards.
EDIT: While this is the easiest method and is what I used as well I would be careful. In my research I found this http://narfation.org/2009/01/08/creating-recreatable-tar-gz-from-svn which clearly tells us the problem of preserved group/user ownership which causes problems when deploying to another system. I have tried this script with modifications of my own to suit my purpose and you might benefit as well.
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Maybe version 1.23 of tar allows you to exclude all versioning files from command line but unfortunately don't work on my 1.20 version:
tar --exclude-vcs -cvzf archive.tar.gz directory/
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Very nice! I didn't know about that option. – Peter Murray Jul 7 '10 at 15:16
Go to the subversion working directory (checkout) and run this:
find -name .svn -prune -o -print | cpio -o -H tar | gzip > archive.tar.gz
If you're using GNU utilities you can also run:
find -name .svn -prune -o -print0 | cpio -o -0 -H tar | gzip > archive.tar.gz
If possible, I would recommend using the ustar format (-H ustar).
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I see as well:
tar cvfz archive.tar.gz directory/ --exclude='*/.svn'
Thanks tar.
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If I understand correctly, you're wanting to tar the results of an svn checkout?
So, in pseudocode, it'd look something like this:
svn export branch; find branch | grep -v '/.' | xargs cp tarbranch ; tar -zcf tarbranch.tgz tarbranch
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*[[Triglav National Park]] — Home to national symbol Mt. Triglav and mythical golden chamois Zlatorog.
*[[Soča Valley]] — Soča river is with its emerald colour one of the most beautiful European Alpine rivers.
*[]The Kolpa River, a tourist destination in the far south-eastern part of Slovenia, in the region [[Bela Krajina]]. This green beauty is comprised of a 113km-long strip of land which borders the Republic of Croatia. The river is one of the warmest and intact rivers in Slovenia. A European Destination of Excelence (EDEN Destination) since 2010.
==Get in==
==Get in==
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Quick Facts
Capital Ljubljana
Government parliamentary democratic republic
Currency € euro (EUR)
Area 20,273 sq km
Population 2,054,199 (July 2009 est.)
Language Slovenian; Italian, and Hungarian (minorities)
Religion Roman Catholic 84.3%, Eastern Orthodox 2.4%, Muslim 2.3%, Protestant 0.9%, atheist 10.1%
Electricity 230V/50Hz (European plug)
Country code 386
Internet TLD .si
Time Zone UTC +1
Slavic ancestors of Slovenians came from eastern parts of Europe and inhabited territory north of present Slovenian territory in the 6th century AD. They established a state called Caranthania (Karantanija in Slovene), which was an early example of parliamentary democracy in Europe. The ruler (knez in Slovene) was elected by popular vote. The Caranthanians were later defeated by Bavarians and Franks, who subjugated them. They were christianized, but they preserved many rituals of their pagan religion, and above all, they preserved their native language. The Slovene lands were part of the Holy Roman Empire and Austria under the Habsburg dynasty until 1918, when the Slovenes joined the Serbs and Croats in forming a new south-Slavic state ruled by Serbian Karađorđević dynasty called the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenians ("Kraljevina Srbov, Hrvatov in Slovencev" in Slovene), renamed Yugoslavia in 1929. In WWII, Slovenia was invaded and occupied by Germans, Italians and Hungarians, leading to a parallel civil war between pro-communist liberation forces (Partizani) and axis-sponsored anti-communist reactionary factions ("Belogardisti" and Domobranci). The victory of the Allies and consequently the Partizans resulted in a violent mass exodus of those who had fought with with the occupying forces, including most of the native German and Italian minorities. After World War II, Slovenia became a republic in the reestablished Yugoslavia, which although Communist, distanced itself from the Soviet bloc and small territorial gains were made from Italy. Dissatisfied with the exercise of power in Belgrade, the Slovenes succeeded in establishing their independence in 1991 with minimal bloodshed. In 2004, Slovenia joined the European Union and NATO. Most recently, Slovenia adopted the euro in 2007, completing a quick and efficient accession to Europe and the EU.
25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)
National holiday
Statehood Day, 25 June (1991)
Independence and Unity Day, 26 December (1990)
adopted 23 December 1991, effective 23 December 1991
Historical ties to Central Europe, a strong economy, and relatively stable democracy make Slovenia one of leading country among the new members of the EU and NATO.
Tartinijev trg/Piazza Tartini in Piran/Pirano.
Predjamski Castle in Karst
Natural hazards
flooding and earthquakes
highest point
Triglav 2,864 m
lowest point
Adriatic sea 0 m
Regions, cities and other destinations in Slovenia
Coast and Karst (Piran, Postojna)
The southwestern corner of Slovenia with rolling hills, awe-inspiring caves and the country's 47 km of coastline.
Julian Alps (Bled, Triglav National Park, Kobarid, Tolmin)
The mountainous northwest with hiking, rafting, postcard pretty lakes and Mt Triglav, the symbolic heart of Slovenia.
Central Slovenia (Ljubljana, Kamnik)
The urban part with capital Ljubljana and surround region.
Southeastern Slovenia (Novo Mesto, Brežice)
The region around the Krka and lower Sava Rivers.
Pohorje-Savinjska (Celje, Velenje)
Mountains in the north and the Savinja river valley.
Eastern Slovenia (Maribor, Ptuj)
The region around the Drava and Mura Rivers, with plenty of vineyards and a Hungarian influence in the east.
• Ljubljana - the picturesque pint-sized capital
• Bled - impossibly romantic mountain lake complete with castle and island
• Celje - one of Slovenia's oldest cities
• Maribor - Slovenia's second largest city
• Nova Gorica - the city literary on the border with Italy
• Piran/Pirano - gorgeous Venetian port
• Postojna - Site of the gigantic Postojna caves
Other destinations
• [2]The Kolpa River, a tourist destination in the far south-eastern part of Slovenia, in the region Bela Krajina. This green beauty is comprised of a 113km-long strip of land which borders the Republic of Croatia. The river is one of the warmest and intact rivers in Slovenia. A European Destination of Excelence (EDEN Destination) since 2010.
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Unless you're just passing through, Slovenia is not the place for bums. Stores are friendly and gas stations usually have free access to toilets, water and quick washing necessities (by the sink), but all that becomes negated by the smug commoners patronizing you throughout the day and treating you (or the public place where you're at) as their private property.
Entry requirements
Slovenia is a member of the Schengen Agreement.
Citizens of the above countries are permitted to work in Slovenia without the need to obtain a visa or any further authorisation for the period of their 90 day visa-free stay. However, this ability to work visa-free does not necessarily extend to other Schengen countries.
By bus
The Ljubljana Bus Station (Avtobusna Postaja Ljubljana) provides composite information about international and airport bus services. Phone: 090 93 42 30 (inland only), website in English: [3].
Connections between the Italian city of Trieste and nearby Koper and Piran are frequent on weekdays. There's also a daily bus between Trieste and Ljubljana. In addition, services between Gorizia (Italy) and its twin town of Nova Gorica (Slovenia) are at least hourly throughout the day although the journey is easily walkable. This offers an ideal connection between the Italian and Slovene railway networks or an alternative entry point from Trieste's Ronchi Airport or the city of Venice.
By plane
Ljubljana is Slovenia's primary international airport and the hub of national carrier Adria Airways [4], which flies to a number of European cities and offers connections to Southeast Europe. The cheapest ways into the city, though, are via easyJet's daily flight from London-Stansted.
There are a few other options worth exploring. Ryanair also runs flights from Dublin to Pula across the border in Croatia. Another convenient gateway, especially to western Slovenia, is via Italy's Trieste airport, which is but an hour's drive from Ljubljana via super highway. Klagenfurt, in Austria, is also an option. Although further away, the Italian airports in Venice and Treviso (called 'Venice Treviso) offer other entry points to Slovenia or good day trips to/from Slovenia. Note that railway connections between Slovenia and Italy are rather poor, though (see below).
By train
Slovenia is well connected to Austria, Croatia and Hungary by train. The most popular routes connect from Vienna or Villach in Austria (in good weather, this journey past the Julian Alps is spectacular), from Budapest in Hungary and from Zagreb in Croatia. All lines converge on the capital Ljubljana.
Italian Railways have slashed the only remaining cross-border service. To get around this poor connection, one can take a train to Nova Gorica (Slovenia) and then walk or take a bus to its neighboring town of Gorizia (Italy) from where there are frequent trains to Trieste, Udine, Venice and further afield. For trips to Trieste, it may be more advisable to take a train to Sežana and then take a taxi on to Trieste (about 10km, €10) or a connecting bus (3 times a day, weekdays only, €1).
English website of the Slovenian Railways company [5]. There are numbers of international routes [6] and special offers exist for some destinations, so you should consider informing yourself about that in advance. There are destinations, which have tickets on contingency basis, meaning that they could run out fast, but are usually a lot cheaper, such as Ljubljana - Prague line (cooperation between SŽ and Czech railways), €58 for a return ticket (compared to a normal price of €200). For return trips originating in Slovenia, "City Star" tickets, which are open-dated, but usually require a weekend stay, are often the cheapest choice[7]. Also, be aware that you also receive a discount with the Euro<26 youth card [8] on most international lines (of course the discount does not stack up if you already have a special deal). The same card also applies for all domestic lines, with a 30% discount.
The quality and comfort of the trains on international routes varies significantly. The unwritten rule is that everything heading up north from Ljubljana has a pretty good standard. The trains usually have restaurants on board, with clean and modern toilets. The same can not be guaranteed for the lines heading south (such as Belgrade, Sofia, Skopje or Thessaloniki), so be sure to carry a supply of food and beverages on board (water (and coffee) is available in every sleeping compartment), when heading to or from Ljubljana from the Balkans, with the train. However, the express services which run to Zagreb (usually starting in Munich, Germany) are very high quality - but the price shows this.
By car
Slovenia has an excellent highway network [9] connected to neighboring countries. Slovenia demands that all vehicles with a permissible weight of up to 3.5 tons buy a vignette (road tax) before using motorways or expressways. For passenger vehicles, the vignette costs €15.00 for a week, €30.00 for a month, or €95.00 for a year. For motorcyclists, this costs €7.50 per week, €25.00 for 6 months and €47.50 for a year.[10]. Using motorways without a vignette will result in a fine of €300+. Vignettes are actually sold at the border, and the border agents are supposed to give you a flyer advising you to buy one, but they don't always do that. There are also signs advising you to buy, but they are in Slovene only.
When entering through northern neighbor Austria, you also need a separate vignette to use the Austrian highway network.
From Austria
From Italy
By boat
• There is a fast ferry between Venice and Izola, running with an irregular schedule mainly during the summer season (for the timetable see [11]). The journey takes 3 hours.
• Venezialines [12] run one fast ferry per week between Venice and Piran.
• During the summer months, there is a fast craft service operated by Trieste Lines between Trieste (Italy), Piran (Slovenia), Poreč (Croatia) and Rovinj (Croatia). The portion of the journey between Piran and Trieste lasts 30 minutes, which is pretty much the same as the same journey in a car.
Get around
Slovenia is a relatively small country and getting around is generally quick and painless. However, the explosive growth in car ownership has meant tougher times for public transport, and bus schedules in particular have been slashed, so some planning ahead is required. Services are sparse on Saturdays and very limited indeed on Sundays.
By train
Timetable decoder
D — Mon-Fri
D+ — Mon-Sat
N — Sundays
NP — Sundays and holidays
PP — Mon-Fri
SN — Sat-Sun
Šr — School days
V — Daily
Slovenia's train network, operated by Slovenske železnice (SŽ) [13] will get you to most destinations in the country, although there are some annoying gaps in the network and routes can be circuitous, so going from anywhere to anywhere usually requires a change at Ljubljana. Trains are, however, some 30% cheaper than buses and return discounts are available on weekends. Buy tickets before you board, as there's a surcharge for any tickets bought from the conductor - except if tickets are not sold at the station. A €1.20 surcharge also applies to any InterCity trains.
Quite a bit of money and effort has been put into modernizing the system and the newest trains are as nice as anything you'll find in Western Europe, and although rural stations are often quite basic, most stations are extremely well kept with flowers decorating the platforms throughout summer months. In particular, the name of the station is typically only visible on a single sign on the station building itself, so figuring out where you are means craning your neck a lot. Newer trains do have an voice announcement system that tells you to which station you are approaching. Trains are punctual (except some international ones), so check the expected arrival time and some previous station names to be sure where to get off. For figuring out your next train from a station; electronic signboards are a rarity (outside Ljubljana), but printed schedules are always available: odhod (yellow) means departures, while prihod (white) is arrivals, although this is usually indicated in both English and Slovene.
By bus
Buses fill in the gaps, and are usually a better option for some towns not directly served from Ljubljana by train (eg. Bled, Piran). Some bigger stations have handy electronic search engines for schedules and fares.
Time table in English: [14]
By car
Slovenia's roads are for the most part well maintained and well signposted, and you won't have a problem if you drive or hire a car. Having a car certainly does add a level of mobility and self direction that you won't get by train or bus.
There are a number of car rental and taxi businesses in Ljubljana. The big international companies are all represented [15], but if you are on a budget, the local companies have some nice offers if you do not mind using a car which is a few years old.
Ljubljana's Triple Bridge at night
• Visit in Ljubljana 'NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SLOVENIA' - Presernova (Muzejska ulica 1)
National museum of Slovenia is the oldest and the largest Slovene museum. It was founded in 1821. Existent museum building on the Museum street, was built in 1888 and was the first, building, assigned solely to culture in Slovenia. Today its stores a rich collections of valuable objects. The oldest spring back to the Stone Age, but there are also the newer ones, which are still used in our everyday life. Important columns of museum activity are also rich museum library and unit for preservation and restoring
Permanent exhibitions:
• Treasures of the NMS
• The acient egyptian mummy
• The lapidarium
• Visit in Ljubljana NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SLOVENIA - Metelkova (Maistrova 1)
• Adrenaline adventures in the Posočje area, you can stay in Ljubljana and, in a short distance away, discover the amazing North-Western area of Slovenia called Posočje and Triglav National Park -- canyoning, rafting, para-gliding and much more! *While Slovenia is a small country, you can discover it in a few days. Therefore you can visit the capital (Ljubljana), Alps, Karst region, alpine lakes and much more.
• Visit of one many spa resorts in Slovenia.
• Visit one of the golf courses in Slovenia.
The euro replaced the Slovenian tolar (SIT).
The flip side to the near-disappearance of Communist-style "service with a snarl" is that tips for service are not expected.
People from Slovenian northern neighbour Austria come to Slovenia just for the food, cause with Subalpine, Italian, Hungarian and Balkan mixture most people will find something to their liking - unless they're strict vegetarians. Many say that the pizza here is as good or even better as in neighboring Italy.
Generally speaking, Slovenian food is heavy, meaty and plain. A typical three-course meal starts with a soup (juha), often just beef (goveja) or chicken (piščančja) broth with egg noodles (rezanci), and then a meat dish served with potatoes (krompir) and a vinegary fresh salad (solata). Fresh bread (kruh) is often served on the side and is uniformly delicious.
Common mains include cutlets (zrezek), sausage (klobasa) and goulash (golaž), all usually prepared from pork (svinjina), lamb (jagnjetina) and game (divjačina), but there is a large choice of fish (ribe) and seafood even further away from the coast. Popular Italian imports include all sorts of pasta (testenine), pizza (pica), ravioli (ravioli) and risotto (rižota). A major event in the countryside still today is the slaughtering of a pig from which many various products are made: blood sausage (krvavica), roasts (pečenka), stuffed tripe (polnjeni vampi), smoked sausage (prekajena salama), salami (salama), ham (šunka) and bacon (slanina). Recipes for the preparation of poultry (perutnina), especially turkey (puran), goose (gos), duck (raca) and capon (kopun), have been preserved for many centuries. Chicken (piščanec) is also common. Squid is fairly common and reasonably priced.
Uniquely Slovenian dishes are available, but you won't find them on every menu, so here are some to look out for:
• Kraški pršut - air-dried ham, similar to but not the same as Italian prosciutto
• štruklji - dumplings which Slovenians prepare in 70 different ways stuffed with sweet fillings, meat or vegetables
• žganci - a type of polenta (ajdovi žganci are made of buckwheat)
• žlikrofi - potato dumplings similar to gnocchi, specialty of the Idrija region
• jota - a type of soup made of beans, sauerkraut, potatoes, bacon, spare ribs, and the main seasoning is garlic.
Some Slovenian desserts can also be found:
• potica - a type of nut roll for holiday occasions also prepared with the widest variety of fillings.
• gibanica - a very heavy cakelike pastry of poppy seeds, walnuts, apples, raisins, cheese etc, topped with cream
Places to eat
A typical gostilna, Kamnik
At the top of the food chain is the restavracija (restaurant), which could be a fancy restaurant with waiters and tablecloths or just a typical Chinese restaurant. More common in the countryside are the gostilna and gostišče, rustic inns serving hearty Slovene fare. Lunch sets (dnevno kosilo) cost around €7 for three courses (soup, salad and main) and are usually good value.
Fast food, invariably cheap, greasy and (more often than not) terrible — it's best to steer clear of the local mutation of the hamburger — is served up in grills and snack bars known as okrepčevalnica, where trying to pronounce the name alone can cause indigestion. There is no real Slovenian fast food, but Slovenians have adopted greasy Balkan grills like pleskavica (a spiced-up hamburger patty) and čevapčiči (spicy meatballs) are ubiquitous, but one of the more tasty if not healthy options is the Bosnian speciality burek, a large, flaky pastry stuffed with either meat (mesni), cheese (sirni) or apple (jabolčni), often sold for as little as €2. In recent years many fast food places started making döner kebabs, and they are now among the most popular fast foods in Slovenia, and can be found virtually everywhere.
Dietary restrictions
Slovenia is not the easiest of places for a vegetarian, although even the smokiest inn can usually whip up a decent fresh salad (solata) and fried vegetables on request. Lacto-ovo vegetarians will have it easy in Slovenia, while strict vegans won't find more than a handful of vegan restaurants in the country (most of them in Ljubljana). It is wise to know that even the smallest store has its healthy food shelves with many non-animal alternatives. In the cities the Mediterranean chick-pea staple falafel and its cousin the vegiburger have made some inroads on fast-food menus. Many restaurants offer a "vegetarian plate", which includes potatoes, fresh or boiled vegetables and soya "steak".
In coastal cities, there is a paradise for pescetarians and seafood lovers. Local specialities are fish, squids, mussels, and octopus.
In proper Slovene style, all bases are covered for drinks and you can get very good Slovenian beers, wines and spirits. Tap water is generally drinkable.
Coffee and tea
In Slovenia, coffee (kava) usually means a tiny cup of strong Turkish coffee, and cafes (kavarna) are a common sight with a basic cup costing €1.00-€1.50. One can also order coffee with milk (kava z mlekom) or whipped cream (kava s smetano). Coffee culture is wide-spread in Slovenia, and one can see Slovenes with friends sitting in the same café for hours. Tea (čaj) is nowhere near as popular, and if they do drink it (mostly in the winter), Slovenes prefer all sorts of fruit-flavored and herbal teas over a basic black cup. Tea is served with honey and lemon by request.
Beer (pivo) is the most popular tipple and the main brands are Laško and Union. Adam Ravbar beer is good quality and is usually hard to find anywhere except in their small brewery (located in Domžale, a town about 10 km north of Ljubljana). A bottle or jug will cost you €2.50 in a pub (pivnica). Ask for veliko (large) for 0.5L and malo (small) for 0.3L. Also try "Union Radler Grapefruit".
Despite what you might think if you've ever sampled an exported sickly sweet Riesling, Slovenian wine (vino) can be quite good — they keep the best stuff for themselves. Generally, the Goriška brda region produces the best reds and the drier whites (in a more Italian/French style), while the Štajerska region produces the best semi-dry to sweet whites, which cater more to the German/Austrian-type of palate. Other local specialities worth sampling are Teran, a very dry red from the Kras region, and Cviček, a red so dry and light it's almost a rosé. Wine is usually priced and ordered by the decilitre (deci, pronounced "de-tsee"), with a deci around one euro and a normal glass containing about two deci.
A Slovene brandy known as žganje or (colloquially) šnops, not unlike the Hungarian palinka, can be distilled from almost any fruit. Medeno žganje also known as medica has been sweetened with honey. Vodka is, as in most of Slavic nations, also very popular, especially among the youger generation.
Slovenia has a wide variety of accommodation, ranging from five star hotels to secluded cottages in the mountains.
There are hostels in all of the tourist destinations in Slovenia. The average price for a basic bed in a dorm is €10-€20 euro. Quite a few student dormitories (dijaški dom) are converted into hostels in the summer, but these tend to be poorly located and somewhat dingy.
Mountain Huts can be found in Triglav National Park, and they are very warm, welcoming and friendly. Information about these huts can be found at tourist information offices who will also help you plan your walks around the area and phone the hostels to book them for you. The only way to get to the huts is by foot, and expect a fair bit of walking up hills, as the lowest huts are around 700m up. There are clear signs/information around stating how long it will take to travel to/between all the huts indicated in hours.
Tourist farms
Tourist farms can be found around Slovene countryside and usually they offer wide selection of traditional food, local wine, different sport activities etc. They also offer opportunities to experience real traditional countryside life.
Camping is not permitted in the national parks of Slovenia, but there are various designated camping grounds. It's advisable to take a camping mat of some sort, as nice, comfortable grass is a luxury at camp sites and you're much more likely to find pitches consisting of small stones.
Slovenia has four universities, located in Ljubljana [16], Maribor [17], Koper [18], and Nova Gorica [19] as well as several independent colleges (i.e. BSA Kranj, IEDC Bled [20]).
University in Ljubljana is the oldest, largest and most well-respected teaching institution in the country. The University of Ljubljana also contains 3 art academies: Theater and Film, Music, Fine Arts. Various recognized international charts list the University of Ljubljana in the top 3% of universities worldwide.
Citizens of the EU, Norway, Iceland and Switzerland can work without the need to apply for any visa in Slovenia.
Citizens of some non-EU countries (see the 'Get in' section above) are permitted to work in Slovenia without the need to obtain a visa or any further authorisation for the period of their 90 day visa-free stay.
It's possible for English-speaking graduates to get work in a Slovene school teaching English for around a year in a scheme similar to Japan's JET programme.
Stay safe
Stay healthy
Practical advices:
Mobile networks use the common European frequencies (900 and 1800 MHz for GSM and 2100 Mhz for 3G). Two major Slovenian mobile companies, Mobitel and Simobil, provide an excellent coverage in GSM, while 3G is mostly unavailable in mountainous regions. Roaming between European phone companies is becoming cheaper due to the EU regulation setting a maximum of 0.42€ per minute for calls made and 0.132€ for calls received, while calls to or from non-EU providers remain expensive. Slovenian pre-paid SIM cards are also available in supermarkets and gas stations.
A free wireless internet network is also being set up in some cities by volunteers (Ljubljana [21], Maribor, Nova Gorica). You can use it if you have a computer or a WiFi enabled phone.
Postal Services
The offices of Pošta Slovenije are ubiquitous. Look for french horn-like signs on dark yellow background. Delivery takes one day within Slovenia, a few days within Europe and (usually) less than two weeks worldwide. DHL is also available.
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• LP Record (May 29 2012)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Distribution Select (Music)
• ASIN: B007OWG3L2
• Other Editions: Audio CD | LP Record
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #36,978 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
Disc: 1
1. Ég anda
2. Ekki múkk
3. Varúð
4. Rembihnútur
Disc: 2
1. Dauðalogn
2. Varðeldur
3. Valtari
4. Fjögur píanó
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Double vinyl LP pressing. 2012 release from the highly acclaimed Icelandic band. In English, Valtari translates as "steamroller" and there is something right about the title in terms of the process of its creation. The last three tracks of Valtari are like one long slow gorgeous fade out, as the listener, having been softened up by the slightly more "song-y" start to the album, is left with the subtly shifting, deep introspective beauty of the last 24 minutes. After that, penultimate track, Valtari is like the far heart of the album; eight minutes that feel like being alone in row boat on a chill day.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful By Frederick Bertrand on July 5 2012
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Excellent album, with deep sounds, atmospheric music. Listening to it makes your life is unreal, part of a movie. I recommend it!
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful By Mahesh Jayaraman on May 31 2012
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This really speaks to your soul. One of the best albums made by Sigur Ros. I think words cannot explain a lot here but you will have to listen to it to experience the "bliss". It's like asking an enlightened man, what it means to be always blissful. It has lot of ambient feel to it. You might need patience to listen to it. Once you let it go, the music will take to a place which offers hope and compassion (at least that's what I felt :)). A must buy for any Sigur Ros fan.
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53 of 56 people found the following review helpful
A WORK OF ART May 29 2012
By Tyson - Published on
It's been 4 years since the last Sigur Ros album and for a while fans wondered if we'd ever get to hear it. But since then we've received the fantastic live album Sigur Rós: Inni (Blu-Ray + 2 CD) and now, yet another masterpiece, Valtari. Like their previous albums, this is a hushed back, subtle-vocal work that transcends mind and genre. Listening to Sigur Ros is like experiencing a reverse hangover. It is peaceful, relaxing, imaginitive, inspiring..a journey. I really don't know how else to describe it.
It should also be noted that any Sigur Ros album is an ALBUM, meaning you should really listen to it from beginning to end, no skips or rewinds. It is a narrative of sorts, and should be experienced that way. That being said, I have to point out that Varúð and Fjögur píanó are two stand-out tracks worthy of the admission price alone. Varúð especially. That is one of the greatest songs I've heard in years. I love every song, but those are the stand-outs in my opinion.
OVERALL: If you're a longtime fan of Sigur Ros, prepared to be pleased. If you're just getting in on the game, Valtari is as great of a place to start as any. Newbies might also want to check out the song Saeglópur - it's another one of my favorites.
54 of 58 people found the following review helpful
All this useless beauty... June 5 2012
By Paul D. Sandor - Published on
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My first impression of the new album Valtari by Sigur Ros was underwhelming to say the least. I fired myself up to write a three star review and complain about the sad decline of the once brilliant Icelandic band. After my first listen, I agreed with fans who described the music as pretty but uninspiring. This, coming from artists who invented a genre of emotional music as moving and innovative as any created.
I was determined to have the music on the new disc move me with the same impact I felt from Agaetis Byrjun,() and Takk. I kept anticipating the barren cold textures, the unexpected sweeping turns and finally, the breathtaking climaxes (the "I need a cigarette kind!") It never happened; what a disappointment.
Then something else happened...After an extremely tiring yet pleasurable surf session, I decided to try Valtari again. Exhausted, I closed my eyes and listened without expectations. By the second track, Ekki Mukk, I felt as if a door had been opened. Next, Varuo completely took me over (tears escaped my closed eyes.) I started seeing colors. I felt as if I was still in the Pacific riding waves. The music, just like surfing, had picked me up and moved me. In the ocean, one can not make a wave. When listening to Sigur Ros, the listener can't make the music move them.
My assessment: The first five tracks pour in, a liquid steamroller. Jonsi's vocals rise and fall like an ocean wave. The final three songs are mostly instrumental and lovely, almost like one merging outro. These last three, a sailboat riding the tide out and taking the listener to relative safety of the sea. The soft ending is welcome after the beauty and glory by the shore.
Please excuse the dramatic metaphors; I know it sounds pretentious. But every word and sound rings true for me. So please, long-time fans, give the record a chance; don't compare it to their storied past. Newbies: just get on board and enjoy the ride...
19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Indescribable beauty May 29 2012
By Nse Ette - Published on
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"Valtari" is the latest Sigur Rós album, and it is their most laid-back to date comprising pastoral choral pieces. Listening to this is akin to floating on a calm ocean. Everything flows into the next, making this an album to be experienced as a whole, a far cry from lead vocalist Jónsi Birgisson's 2009 solo debut "Go" which was more upbeat and electronic.
Standouts include the tender piano/string "Varúð" with Jónsi's ethereal vocals juxtaposed against an ornate soundscape with strings and harmonies ascending to a skyscraping climax. Awesome and enthralling, my favourite. "Rembihnútur" is a gently ascending number with Jónsi coming in midway, while "Dauðalogn" is like a Hymn. Jónsi sings on the first 5 tracks, while "Varðeldur", "Valtari", and "Fjögur píanó" (the latter with delicately tinkling keys) are largely instrumental with Jónsi's harmonies adding instrumental tone on some.
The music is dense and requires time for everything to come into focus, but once it does, there's no letting go.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
No BS Hipster/Alty Filler This Time Around! July 7 2012
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I'm a fan of Sigur Ros' more mellow work, the songs that tend to meld into themselves to create a cohesive album vs a "song oriented" album. With that said, "Agaetis.." and "Med Sud.." are my least fav; "( )" and "Valtari" are my favs. "Takk" is a pretty good meld of the two faces of SR, prob 3rd on my list.
I love the fact that they didn't simply churn out another album with the usual post-rock conventions, as other reviewers have mentioned; even though they would've done a fine job I'm sure. The whole "build-up to a beautiful crescendo that overflows into shimmering bliss" is great, but predictable after the genre's been around for 10 years and then some.
For "Valtari" it seems the band went into it with a creative, more experimental idea in mind. There are lots of layered sounds, parts that've been slowed down, etc. It's as if Jonsi brought the idea for he & Alexs' "Riceboy Sleeps" (dreamy soundscapes) album and SR decided to do a similar thing, but actively use more studio manipulation to bring the atmosphere closer to the intended emotional response. Usually I can smell the stench of studio tinkering a mile away, and it distracts/detracts from the music; not here in the least, however--the puzzle is complete in all its airy-but-full, "small-feel" glory. It all creates a floating feeling that isn't jarring to the ears in the least; although many will likely complain that it's nothing more than a sleep aid. I'm also partial to ambient music, so my likings may be explained there.
"Valtari" also really grasps the feelings in some of the sets/stages in the "Heima" DVD, with more intimacy in the playing than I've heard in any of their other releases. Liked it so much I had to get the double LP.
27 of 36 people found the following review helpful
Ambient or anemic? May 31 2012
By Kenneth - Published on
Throw me in the mire with the rest of the apologists with this one, as i too am a huge Sigur Ros fan, but as you can probably decipher from my supercilious title for this review i was regrettably disappointed by this album. Let me start with the positives though, firstly Sigur Ros have shown considerable courage in choosing to mainly avoid post rock cliches this time around, the most obviously absent of these being the slow build tension and cathartic release technique that i personally think has been done to death over recent years. Admittedly These guys do it better than almost anybodyelse which can be evidenced in all of their previous albums post Von.
This decision to move in a new direction leaving behind arguably the bands greatest strengh is something i can't help but admire and occasionally it's been known to yield some truely amazing results the most recent example being when Radiohead decided to move away from the highly successful alt rock of Ok Computer to the abstract electronica of Kid A. Unfortunately for Sigur Ros though this album is more comparable to R.E.M's transition from the sprawling eclecticism of New Adventures to the politely underwhelmng Up which although pretty, failed to really captivate or galvanize a strong emotional reaction like their previous work had done.
Valtari doesn't do anything audaciously wrong here, the music like Up is also pretty, delicately ambient and i'd imagine quite soothing to listen to if you had a migraine or were looking to get an early night and needed something relaxing to help you doze off. That last sentence might sound unfairly flippant but the unobtrusive feel of this album doesn't do anything to elevate Sigur Ros to the next level of musical perfection (i think they already achieved that with agaetis byrjun). Instead it justs sounds a little tired and lacking in ideas, the less is more approach is something they're not necessarily unfamiliar with () is faily narrow in scope and repeats a similar formula throughout it's 8 tracks, the differences between the two abums though are that () has a devastatingly powerful feel that is capable of flooring you at various times throughtout it's 70 minute playing time. Valtari has no such moments and remains largely innocuous throughout, comapared to Sigur Ros's former albums this sounds plaintively tame, taken on it's own merits it's a pleasant collection of ambient soundscapes that are ideal for background music.
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Discovery also named John Leone, 65, as its chairman. Leone joined the company's board in November. He is a former president and CEO of Cambrex Corp. and is currently a partner at Paul Capital Healthcare, Discovery said.
In addition, Discovery named Joseph Mahady, 59, to its board. Mahady had a 30-year career with Wyeth Corp. where, until its acquisition by Pfizer Inc., he served as president of its pharmaceutical business.
The company also said that Dr. Max Link, 72, and Dr. Antonio Esteve, 55, both resigned from the board. Link had served on the board since 1996 and Esteve had been a member since 2002.
Discovery shares rose 3 cents to $2.37 in morning trading. They have traded in a 52-week range of $1.71 to $5.39.
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I was shopping alone at World Market the other night when I found myself staring for what seemed like hours at the clearance tables. I was nearly alone in the store and I felt a sudden, frantic realization that I was in fact very, very alone. No kids. No other shoppers. I just stood staring at the tables like maybe they’d start talking just to help fill the infinite void of sound. I was transfixed. I was by myself for the first time in a long time. I mean, I guess you could argue that I was alone when I drove to the store, but I always have the radio on and my mind is off planning....more
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6 Things This Mom Learned in the First 6 Months
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Isn't it amazing how food (especially great food) can evoke the past? This week's poll wonders about your favorite food memories from childhood. Did your mother cook something so special that you dream about it to this day? Was it a casserole? A secret recipe passed down from one generation to the next? My mother loved to cook, and around the holidays our big kitchen was alive with the fragrance of cinnamon and nutmeg. I learned how to cook Swedish meatballs from my mom, who in turn had learned it from her mom, who was actually born and raised in Sweden....more
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Motherhood… a whole other level of EXHAUSTION.
I am exhausted. I am physically and mentally tired so often that I honestly have just stopped recognizing how exhausted I really am. I am a perfectly healthy active young woman (well… young may be exaggerating), yet I feel like I am constantly just overcoming the feeling of being worn out. I look around and I see other moms that have just as much on their plate that always seem to look like they are full of energy. Am I missing something?...more | http://www.blogher.com/blogher-groups-tags/mom?page=6 | dclm-gs1-155050000 |
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Françoise Sagan, pseudonym of Françoise Quoirez (born June 21, 1935, Carjac, France—died September 24, 2004Honfleur), French novelist and dramatist who wrote her first and best-known novel, the international best-seller Bonjour Tristesse (1954), when she was 19 years old.
Educated at private and convent schools in France and Switzerland, Sagan attended the Sorbonne. She wrote the manuscript of Bonjour Tristesse in three weeks; it was made into a film in 1958. Among the novels that followed Bonjour Tristesse are Un Certain Sourire (1956; A Certain Smile), Aimez-vous Brahms? (1959), Les Merveilleux Nuages (1961; Wonderful Clouds), Un Profil perdu (1974; Lost Profile), De guerre lasse (1985; Engagements of the Heart, or A Reluctant Hero), and Un Sang d’aquarelle (1987; Painting in Blood). Most of Sagan’s novels feature aimless people who are involved in tangled, often amoral relationships. Almost all her protagonists are young women involved sexually with older, world-weary men or, less frequently, middle-aged women and their young lovers. Her plays, which resemble her novels in content, were generally well received. They include Château en Suède (1960; Castle in Sweden) and L’Excès contraire (1987; Opposite Extremes). She also wrote film scripts, short stories, and nonfiction. | http://www.britannica.com/print/topic/516199 | dclm-gs1-155100000 |
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How So Much Plastic Got Into the Frozen Arctic Sea
How So Much Plastic Got Into the Frozen Arctic Sea
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The Arctic Ocean is considered one of the world’s “last pristine ecosystems.” That’s why Rachel Obbard, a Dartmouth University professor who studies polar ice and materials science, was shocked to find that Arctic sea ice contains large quantities of plastic and synthetic particles. “I used to think of Arctic sea ice as unaffected by man-made pollutants,” she says. “It’s not the case.”
In a study published in the open-access journal Earth’s Future, Obbard and her colleagues write that more than a trillion bits of plastic may be released into the ocean over the next 10 years as global warming speeds the melting of Arctic ice. Obbard stumbled upon the microplastics while examining four enormous samples of so-called “sea ice,” which generally forms during the winter and largely melts away during the summer. Most sea ice has been frozen from two to five years and measures roughly one to five meters from surface to sea level. The samples, each about 1 meter thick (3.2 feet), had been collected from locations roughly 1,000 kilometers apart during Arctic expeditions in 2005 and 2010.
“I melted [the ice] through a very fine filter,” Obbard explains. “There was some sediment, like sand, and some microorganisms … and then these little brightly colored pieces of plastic.” Most of the particles were roughly the size of a pin head and made from commonly-used synthetic materials such as polyester, nylon, and polyethylene. The researchers found anywhere from 38 particles to 234 particles per cubic meter of ice.
Obbard and her colleagues believe that micro-plastics typically land in the ocean in one of three ways: “One way is through laundry,” she says: “The lint particles that come off in your washing machine and then get washed out with the water.” A second type of particles results from fragmentation in the ocean of larger plastic waste such as water bottles and fishing nets. The last major source is probably waste from companies that use small plastic particles to manufacture larger items.
It’s unclear whether the majority of the plastic flows into the Arctic from the Pacific Ocean or the Atlantic Ocean, says Obbard. The particles are found in higher concentration in ice than in water because they’re light and tend to float at the surface of the ocean, where they get trapped in ice as the water freezes.
The potential ecological hazards of the synthetic fragments to Arctic marine life are unknown, but Obbard’s discovery may help solve a longstanding mystery: Humans produce huge amounts of plastic but cannot account for where much of it ends up. “Polar sea ice represents a major historic global sink of man-made particulates,” the study suggests.
To make matters worse, plastic lasts forever. Even most biodegradable plastics don’t degrade in seawater because they require the relative warmth of soil or a compost heap. “We have managed to pollute the entire earth,” says Obbard. “There’s no place that’s exempt.”
Winter is a reporter for Bloomberg Businessweek in New York.
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February 11th, 2010
So, how did the first half between New Mexico and UNLV turn out? More than a valid question given the four-overtime contest between TCU and Utah (womens) that spanned the entire first half of Wednesday's game of the night. The Lobos went into the locker room with a 40-28 lead thanks to shooting 15-for-29 from the field and outrebounding the Rebels 23-12. On the verge of turning into a one-sided affair with the lead getting up to as many as eighteen points (61-43), the game actually saved its best drama for when the nation was tuned in. Lon Kruger's team made a 20-4 run to close to within two points (65-63) with 3:38 to go but a Darington Hobson putback moved the game past the one-possession barrier for good.
With the 76-66 win the Lobos take over first place in the Mountain West and gain a valuable season split with UNLV. The differences on Wednesday night: rebounding and three-point shooting. The Lobos were a plus-9 on the boards (35-26) in the first meeting but Steve Alford's club was flat-out dominant in the rematch, outrebounding UNLV 45-23 and grabbing seventeen offensive boards (take away UNM's defensive boards and they would have been just a minus-6). The rebounding edge led to a 19-2 advantage in second chance points, a huge disparity given the teams combining for six fast break points. The Lobos also made eleven of twenty-one shots from behind the arc while also doing a far better job of defending the three-point line.
UNLV made just ten of thirty three-pointers, including 3-for-14 in the first half. In the first meeting the Rebels hit eleven of twenty-six and Kendall Wallace accounted for six of those makes (seven attempts). Wednesday night Wallace made three of six and Tre'Von Willis hit just one (five attempts). Oscar Bellfield led the Rebels with 15 points but they were unable to wrestle away control of the game. Darington Hobson and Roman Martinez scored sixteen points apiece while Dairese Gary (15) and Phillip McDonald (13) also reached double figures.
"I thought we did a good job executing offensively," said Coach Alford after the game. "You come into Vegas and come into this building and we never trailed. We led start to finish, so this is a very, very impressive night. They played outstanding basketball (quote courtesy of"
Three Key Happenings
1. Connecticut and North Carolina leave opportunities on the table, but the Huskies are better equipped to still make a run. Both UConn and UNC went into their games on Wednesday needing wins to turn things back in the proper direction; both are at the point where moral victories earn you nothing more than a pat on the back and a directive to get the next one. But after dropping said games the Huskies look to be better equipped to fight their way into the NCAA Tournament. The Huskies fell 72-67 at Syracuse, fighting back from a 16-point second half deficit to have a shot to win in the final minute. Of course the timeout granted the Orange with just over 35 seconds remaining will receive much of the attention but that whistle didn't tell Jerome Dyson to attempt a contested 25-footer with the Huskies down just two.
Should John Cahill granted the timeout? It was clearly called by Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim while Scoop Jardine was still in possession of the basketball. But it wasn't granted until Stanley Robinson had possession, which is where the controversy lies. As for the result itself the Huskies used the usual formula of their big three (Dyson, Robinson and Kemba Walker) doing the scoring with Gavin Edwards providing the appearance of a bench presence. In order for UConn to pull off a run for an NCAA Tournament berth they need a Jamal Coombs-McDaniel (or anyone else for that matter) to provide some scoring.
As for the Tar Heels the lack of a player who can be a consistent primary scoring option late combined with some shockingly poor rebounding in the final ten minutes to result in Duke's 64-54 victory. One of the taller teams in college basketball you wouldn't expect rebounding to be an issue especially with Duke losing Lance Thomas to a knee injury but the Blue Devils grabbed 19 offensive boards and Jon Scheyer made key shots late. Not trying to make a direct correlation since Carolina is a far more talented team but the issue of lacking a bona fide primary scorer is very similar to what St. John's is going through. And in late-game situations that deficiency will get you beat more times than not.
2. Dayton announces its return to the A-10 race, and Richmond also makes a statement. Dayton's home game against Charlotte was a big one for both with the Flyers needing a win to remain in the Atlantic 10 race while Bobby Lutz' 49ers would have moved one step closer to an NCAA bid with a positive result. Chris Wright made sure there was no doubt who the better team was, scoring 30 points while grabbing nine rebounds in the 75-47 beating. But even with his performance the real star at UD Arena was the Flyers' defense, holding Charlotte to 25% shooting from the field and forcing 13 turnovers to just six 49er assists. The win moved Dayton to within a game in the loss column of first place and given how they've played in decisive wins over Xavier and Charlotte Brian Gregory's team could come through on the preseason expectations of winning the league.
As for who's now in first place, Richmond picked up one of Wednesday's more impressive results in their 69-67 win at Rhode Island as a result they're tied with Xavier atop the A-10. A Keith Cothran three-pointer missed with one second remaining to preserve the win, one the Spiders earned by shooting 58.3% from the field (73.7% in the second half). David Gonzalvez (19 points) and Kevin Anderson (18) led the way for Chris Mooney's team while Dan Geriot added 12 points off the bench. Richmond, who limits opponents to 29.1% from behind the arc, held the Rams to 3-for-15 and that stat likely made the difference. The win should erase any doubt in regards to Richmond's tournament hopes. Barring a collapse they'll be in the field.
3. Sometimes getting to the tournament is more about not showing that you don't belong. That statement refers to Northwestern, who have at the least put themselves right behind the proverbial 8-ball with their disappointing effort at Iowa, falling 78-65 to the Big Ten's 10th place team. The Hawkeyes hit twelve three pointers for the game as the Wildcats had numerous defensive lapses, even allowing three-point specialist Devan Bawinkel hit five shots from distance. Why's Bawinkel's performance so alarming? Because he's yet to attempt or make a two-point shot. Although he's a very good shooter from deep you would think that was mentioned in the scout leading up to the game.
"We just got smacked. They just started making shots right from the beginning and their good shooters were getting the ball," remarked head coach Bill Carmody. "It was like we disregarded the scouting report on [Devan] Bawinkel. We picked other guys to guard tight leaving him open and he's a terrific shooter (quote courtesy of" Three other Hawkeyes scored in double figures with Matt Gatens scoring a team-high 16 while Michael Thompson led the Wildcats with a game-high 20. But this a crucial loss for Northwestern, who could learn the hard way that a team can also distinguish itself to the selection committee by losing games it should win.
Top Three Games
1. Richmond 69, Rhode Island 67 See above.
2. Miami 64, Georgia Tech 62 The Yellow Jackets dropped a game that on paper they should have won, having to come back from a double-digit halftime deficit only to have James Dews knock down a jumper as time expired. Brian Oliver led all scorers with 19 while Dwayne Collins led the Hurricanes with 13.
3. Nevada 67, Idaho 66 An Armon Johnson three-point play with just under three seconds to go proved to be the difference in Moscow. Johnson led all scorers with 23 points and Luke Babbitt added 21 and seven rebounds while Mac Hopson led the Vandals with 17.
Three Notable Performances
1. F Chris Wright (Dayton) 30 points and nine rebounds in the Flyers' 75-47 pasting of Charlotte.
2. G Josh Davis (Samford) 30 points (7-13 3PT) and seven rebounds in the Bulldogs' 78-54 road win over Chattanooga.
3. F Kawhi Leonard (San Diego State) 26 points (10-14 FG) and eight rebounds in the Aztecs' 88-57 win over Wyoming.
Honorable Mention: TCU 105, Utah 96 (womens) This four overtime game is why the nation missed the first half of the New Mexico/Utah game and to be honest the extra sessions were entertaining to watch. Utah's Kalee Whipple scored a Mountain West-record 45 points, which included an improbable three pointer to send the game into a fourth overtime. | http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/college-hoops-wednesday-recap-lobos-win-las-vegas-168163 | dclm-gs1-155250000 |
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By , Robert C. Cowen is the Monitor's natural science editor.
It's official now. The speed of light is exactly 299,762,458 meters per second. There's no ambiguity about it, none of those ''error bars'' with which scientists indicate the uncertainties inherent in every measurement. The value of this fundamental natural constant has been arbitrarily set by international fiat.
Yet in adopting a fixed value for the speed of light, the General Conference on Weights and Measures is not trying to preempt nature. Instead, on Oct. 20, it gave the world a more accurate standard of length, in which the meter now is derived from the color of a laser beam with the help of the agreed-upon light speed.
In doing this, the conference has taken a giant step toward simplifying our system of weights and measures so that at least some of the basic units are based directly on time.
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The meter now is officially defined as the distance light travels, in vacuum, in the incredibly short time span of one second divided by 299,762,458. Thus the units of length used to describe the height of a mountain or the reach of your forearm are tied directly to the second. Someday the kilogram, for example, may also be based on time.
Astronomers have long been accustomed to using time to define a unit of length with the help of the speed of light. The light-year, by which they specify the distance to a star, is the distance light travels in a year. But that has not hitherto been the case for the standard basic units (such as meter, kilogram, second, or ampere) which, by international agreement, underlie all other systems of measurement. Even the light-year is referenced ultimately to the standard meter.
Up to now, that standard has basically been a length. It once was literally the distance between two marks on a platinum-iridium bar kept by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures in Paris. By 1960, however, this had become much too crude for the precision measurements of physicists and astronomers. So the meter was redefined to be 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red light emitted by a krypton-86 lamp (krypton-86 being one of several forms of that element). Now this standard has also become too imprecise for the needs of science.
This search for ever-greater precision is what has driven metro-logists to base the unit of length on the second rather than on an actual physical distance. ''The main reason for doing this is that the second is the most accurate of all the base units,'' explains Kenneth W. Evenson of the US National Bureau of Standards (NBS). It can be measured to better than one part in 10,000 billion. The krypton meter was accurate to about 4 parts in a billion.
The key tool in tying the meter to the second is the laser. The wavelength of light is related mathematically to its frequency - wavelength is just the speed of light divided by frequency. And frequency, Evenson says, can be measured 1, 000 to 10,000 times as accurately as can wavelength.
A laser provides the kind of pure, stable light source needed for this precision work. Then, with the use of a mirror, this light can be made to interact with itself to produce a characteristic pattern of bright and dark lines called fringes. The spacing of these fringes is directly related to the wavelength of the light. And since wavelength is accurately calculated from the light's frequency, a metrologist has only to count the appropriate number of fringes - that is, the appropriate number of wavelengths - to lay out a standard meter, Evenson explains.
Since the measurement of frequency is directly linked to the measurement of time, the accuracy of frequency measurements, and hence the precision of the standard meter, now is tied directly to the precision of the atomic clock, the most precise of all present standards for weights and measures.
The work of Evenson and his colleagues at the NBS laboratory in Boulder, Colo., helped encourage the General Conference on Weights and Measures to adopt the new definition of the meter. Already, he says, the standard meter is 10 times as accurate as when it was based on the wavelength of krypton light. He adds that there should be little difficulty in gaining another tenfold improvement in accuracy.
But what of other units? Is it realistic to try to base the kilogram on time measurements, for example, now that this has been done for the meter? Evenson says he can't imagine how to do this for degrees of temperature or amperes of electric current. But he says it may be possible to do it for the kilogram by measuring the distance between atoms in crystals of silicon. If the number of atoms in a standard volume of such a crystal could be accurately measured, this could be a way of defining mass (that is the kilogram) in terms of length. Thus, Evenson says, with the meter and kilogram tied to the second, ''you could do a fairly good job of reducing the number of base units in terms of the second.''
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The Iranian government announced earlier in the year it has started UAV development
Iran remains a nation closely watched by the United States and the rest of the western world, especially now that the country is developing a more sophisticated unmanned drone program. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is concerned with the progress of Iranian drone development, and there is a growing concern the drone technology could be sold to terrorist groups.
"Countries like Iran are developing their own UAVs and already have a UAV capability," said Gates, speaking in front of the Senate Appropriations Committee. "That is a concern, because it is one of these areas where -- if they chose to, in Iraq, in Afghanistan -- they could create difficulties for us."
The country began development in February, seeking to manufacture "advanced" UAVs able to conduct surveillance and coordinated strikes. Furthermore, if the country is successful in developing nuclear weapons, there is a grave concern the drones could one day be used to attack major targets.
Even so, the U.S. military has an advanced air fleet that should be capable of shooting down the drones according to military analysts.
The U.S. military continually uses UAVs in coordinated airstrikes in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, with the Pakistani military expected to receive UAV technology from the U.S. Russia also is developing advanced UAVs for future use, with European news reports specifically mentioning their use to prevent attacks from terrorists based in Chechnya.
It's also possible UAVs will be used to patrol the Somali coast to help locate and identify pirates before they are able to hijack commercial vessels.
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RE: Fixed.
By MrBlastman on 4/7/2010 11:40:22 PM , Rating: 2
Dude - you a racist idiot
Since when is Islam a specific race. Last time I checked, someone who practices it can be white, black, hispanic, asian or whatever.
The individuals responsible for 9/11 are a fanatical group that just happens to worship Islam.
Islam is the poison, the fanatics that abuse it, just stir the poison right and manipulate it in their favor. Did you not know there are two versions of the Qur'an--an English, and an Arabic. The Arabic version is _far_ different in certain places. It is dark, forboding and shows a nasty side to the religion.
Muslims, in general, are a peace loving group
They are? Tell that to the women who are stoned to death for wearing a wrong piece of clothing, or disobeying their husband. Tell that to the women who are buried up to their necks, while men are only buried up to their waists, where if the man or woman manages to escape the circle of stoning before dying, they are absolved and get to live.
The women... have no chance. They are purposefully given no chance at escape.
There is no peace in Islam. It is a sick, twisted mess of a "religion" that is incredibly barbaric and nasty.
RE: Fixed.
By Spivonious on 4/8/2010 11:34:30 AM , Rating: 2
Geez, ever read the Bible?
What about the Crusades? What about the violence in Ireland? Islam is not the only religion with fanatical groups.
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Help me understand...
By KillerNoodle on 7/27/2010 9:08:01 AM , Rating: 2
The thermal conductivity of Single Wall Nanotubes (SWNT) is aproximately "6600 W/m K for an isolated (10, 10) nanotube at
room temperature,"
This is the thermal conductivity along a single SWNT...So how is 550 W/(cm*cm) an improvement?
RE: Help me understand...
By MrTeal on 7/27/2010 10:10:45 AM , Rating: 2
The numbers you give are completely different quantities. One is thermal conductivity in Watts per meter Kelvin, the other is not really a formal unit, it's just power dissipated per unit area. It's kind of a useless measurement since it doesn't indicate the heat delta.
But yeah, if you assume a 1cmx1cm area, and if you have to move the heat 1cm up from the surface of the chip, that's
[(6600W/mK)*0.01m*0.01m/0.01m], or 66W/k for the number you quoted. IE, you can move 66W of heat per degree of temperature difference. Start adding in some interface losses, and it seems like a pretty good number they posted.
RE: Help me understand...
By MrTeal on 7/27/2010 10:17:25 AM , Rating: 5
I should probably also point out that, if one reads the article, they aren't actually using the CNTs as a bulk transfer medium. The system is basically a traditional heat pipe design, but with a smaller pipe size that's stuffed with copper coated CNTs.
Not that I can blame anyone for not reading the original article, it takes awhile to find the damned thing when you have to mouse over 20 links to find the one that doesn't link back to another DailyTech article. How about placing the original article in the subheading or footer of every post so that we can find it, DT?
RE: Help me understand...
By KillerNoodle on 7/27/2010 10:56:37 AM , Rating: 2
WOW...After reading the original article I understand how they are using nanotubes....They aren't . They are using particles of copper bonded to one another not copper coated nanotubes.
The only mention of nano in the article is the authors' institution of research.
This article seems to be an evaluation of a pore size's ability to evaporate a fluid, in this case water.
RE: Help me understand...
By MrTeal on 7/27/2010 11:13:50 AM , Rating: 2
The researchers are creating smaller pores by "nanostructuring" the material with carbon nanotubes, which have a diameter of about 50 nanometers, or billionths of a meter. However, carbon nanotubes are naturally hydrophobic, hindering their wicking ability, so they were coated with copper using a device called an electron beam evaporator.
The carbon nanotubes were produced and studied at the university's Birck Nanotechnology Center in work led by mechanical engineering professor Timothy Fisher.
My impression was that they actually are using carbon nanotubes in their test setup, not so much for the properties of CNTs as much as their nano-ness. They're just using them to get the small feature size they need to get really strong wicking. It's hard to tell even from the original article, though. You'd probably have to read the actual journal article to get a better idea.
RE: Help me understand...
By KillerNoodle on 7/27/2010 11:22:19 AM , Rating: 2
When you said original article I thought you meant the journal article so that is what I was reading when I commented about not using nanotubes. The last link in the DT article takes you to the published journal article.
RE: Help me understand...
By KillerNoodle on 7/27/2010 11:42:16 AM , Rating: 2
Just read the Purdue press release...
I really am lost now as to where the nanotubes are coming into play.
The press release talks about nanotubes and says that
The findings are detailed in a research paper appearing online this month in the International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer and will be published in the journal's September issue. The paper was written by mechanical engineering doctoral student Justin Weibel, Garimella and Mark North, an engineer with Thermacore, a producer of commercial heat pipes located in Lancaster, Pa.
But the journal article referenced says nothing about nanotubes.
Are they getting their research mixed up?
RE: Help me understand...
By DanNeely on 7/27/2010 10:12:44 AM , Rating: 2
First guess would be that the macro properties don't scale to match the properties of a singe nanotube.
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#21VeliconisPosted 11/11/2012 4:19:00 PM
Ryan, why the hell are you trying to troll Gradieus? :P
Your = belonging to you, you're = you are, their = belonging to them, they're = they are, there = not here.
#22EternalFlame66Posted 11/11/2012 4:21:44 PM
it's really annoying in all the MMOs, the people who actually play the game legit are always the poorest and then those merchants who don't even play the game but just flip items and **** become the strongest.
Such is your fate.
#23Gradieus(Topic Creator)Posted 11/11/2012 4:23:38 PM(edited)
check out that flipping!
Start at bottom left :P
#24Gradieus(Topic Creator)Posted 11/11/2012 4:27:19 PM
Buying two hellfire rings, one for me and one for a friend for 12m, any other suggestions?
#25beezer08Posted 11/11/2012 4:30:10 PM
LookANinja posted...
From: Amilgahoul | #005
donate some to the less fortunate (me) :)
PSN: beezer08
#26SpArDa_GoD07Posted 11/11/2012 4:43:32 PM
You could always give me a couple hundred million. Ya know out of the goodness in your heart?
Step twice you invite and you welcome death...
PSN: Thebutcherx
#27Gradieus(Topic Creator)Posted 11/11/2012 4:58:30 PM
lol borrrring, come one guys, something fun!!
#28Evil_Evil_Evil_Posted 11/11/2012 4:58:41 PM
where is your legendary alt, majik?
#29MASKOAAAPosted 11/11/2012 5:05:27 PM
Its not photoshopped Grad is on my friendslist and he's always logged into the same character AT THE MENU. If you spend alot of time on the AH you can make alot of gold.
D3 Armory Profile - http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/MASKOAA-1251/
#30owdPosted 11/11/2012 5:13:56 PM
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A: Moles are hereditary, so your genetics largely determine how many you’ll have and where you’ll have them. Other factors that may play a role include skin color and amount of sun exposure. According to the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD), the dark color of moles is caused by melanocytes, which are cells that produce the pigment melanin—the same pigment that determines an individual’s skin color and tans the skin after sun exposure. These pigmented spots develop throughout a person’s life, most starting relatively soon after birth. “Moles tend to grow over a lifetime—it’s very unusual to see them at birth, but they typically start to grow within the first five years of life,” says Joel Schlessinger, M.D., a board-certified dermatologist whose Omaha, Nebraska-based practice includes a full-service day spa. “Interestingly, moles sometimes disappear as one ages.” They also tend not to appear after age 40 or 50, he says. Robert T. Brodell, M.D., professor of internal medicine, dermatology, at Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine in Rootstown, Ohio, explains the life cycle of a typical mole: Pigmentation begins between the ages of 5 and 10 when the mole is a flat brown lesion that’s smaller than a pea, at which point it’s called a junctional nevus. It then rises for the next 5 to 10 years—a compound nevus. Over the course of several decades it will continue to rise as an intradermal nevus.
Brodell further explains, “Moles that a person is born with are called congenital melanocytic nevi, or birthmark moles, and are more likely to turn into melanoma skin cancer; they should be either removed or watched carefully.” Regardless of type or stage of progression, moles can take on a variety of appearances with different people. “The size of a mole and its characteristics—whether it’s raised or flat, how dark the color is, whether it’s multicolored and whether hair grows on it—vary from person to person and can even vary on the same person, depending on the area where it’s located,” explains Raffy Karamanoukian, plastic surgeon and assistant clinical professor in the Department of Plastic Surgery at the University of California, Irvine. “They usually change gradually and uniformly.” When nonuniform and/or sudden changes take place in a mole, there may be a problem.
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The health care system wastes a lot of money. Economists say one reason is that it is not set up like a traditional market: It's full of peculiarities.
For instance, what role, in economic terms, does the doctor play?
The Problem Of Doctors
Economically speaking, doctors are like moms. They have our best interests at heart, take care of us, deliver our babies and check our ears when we're little. Mom listens, cares and prescribes. Mothers, however, do not get paid. Doctors do.
In fact, most doctors get paid for every single sale, every surgery and every procedure. So, another proposal: The doctor is a salesman just like the guy who sells you sunglasses on the street.
This is what makes doctors such strange economic actors. In fact, the Nobel Prize-winning economist Kenneth Arrow wrote about how crazy this was in a famous 1963 paper. Doctors have a financial incentive to act as salesmen. But the Hippocratic Oath reminds them to act more like your mom.
The Auto Mechanic Analogy
When asked what profession, economically speaking, the doctor resembles most, many economists say auto mechanic — because of a big issue you don't get with the mom or the street salesman: the information problem.
To illustrate, try this example. "Car doctor" Ari Cohen, who runs ABC Erikson, says that recently a customer came in with a Buick. The customer says that every time he steps on the brakes, the entire steering wheel shakes. Cohen says, no problem, it's a $320 fix.
But then, Cohen says, the mechanics examine the car more closely and discover problems with the wheel bearings and axles. It could cost another $1,000.
Everyone has been in this situation. You take the car in, and though Cohen is a good guy, you don't really know. Customers have an information problem.
Strange Situations
In health care, patients can't always judge whether they need surgery. They don't know what procedures are necessary and which aren't. Doctors don't always know what drugs or treatments work best.
This is why when proposals are made on how to fix health care, there is also talk about changing how doctors get paid, or calls for more research so there aren't these information problems. The doctor is in a strange spot. Unfortunately, they are not the only strange thing: Customers are strange, too.
The customer with the Buick may decide his car is not worth fixing. But if you take your grandma into the doctor, you will pay whatever it takes because you love her — and because you are insured.
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The Honda Torneo import has topped the AA's most stolen list for a third year running. Photo / Supplied
"It's a disgrace," wrote a mate on Facebook this week, "The Honda Torneo is New Zealand's most stolen car. Skylines don't even make the top 10 -- and they're a far better car. What's wrong with car thieves these days?"
Why is one of the less desirable Japanese cars sitting atop a list of the biggest theft targets? It comes down to technology. Though some older vehicles have aftermarket alarms fitted, it's rare for a new car not to have security fitted as standard. The humble Torneo simply can't compete.
We're talking an average price of under $5000 for these victims -- so nothing recently produced, although newer versions of these models are still available in some cases. In case you missed the news this week the rollcall is here:
This list isn't a joy for manufacturers to read -- it doesn't necessarily indicate their cars are easy to steal, but it doesn't necessarily help their reputation either.
Subaru, for instance, has its Impreza, Forester and Legacy on the list -- and it's taken radical action to ensure its newer vehicles are well protected. Its parts are coated in microscopic dots with vehicle details -- so if a chop shop wants to pick a Subie to bits and flick the pieces off for a profit, they're out of luck.
Part of the reason older cars are targeted is we're the not-so-proud owners of a vehicle fleet that's almost qualified for one of Winston's Gold Cards. These older cars are soft targets for low-tech car thieves.
Modern machines have brought modern techniques from criminals -- such as code grabbing. Basically, when you hit the alarm/immobiliser button on your keyring, a signal interceptor grabs the code and stores it.
I had a Honda (not a Torneo) that was stolen six times, despite being fitted with a good alarm. After being called to court on behalf of the police I was expecting someone to face the music. When the prosecutor held up a bag of wheelnuts and asked me to identify them, I wasn't so sure.
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Toronto police said they have obtained a video that appears to show Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking from a crack pipe - a video that Ford had claimed didn't exist and has been at the core of a scandal that has embarrassed and gripped Canada for months.
Police Chief Bill Blair said the video, recovered after being deleted from a computer hard drive, did not provide grounds to press charges. Ford, a populist mayor who has repeatedly made headlines for his bizarre behaviour, vowed not to resign.
Ford, speaking outside his office door, said with a smile: "I have no reason to resign." He said he couldn't defend himself because his case is now being handled by authorities, adding: "That's all I can say right now."
He said he needed to "go back and return my phone calls".
The scandal has been the fodder of jokes on US late night television that has cast Canada's financial capital in an unflattering light.
Ford was elected mayor of Canada's largest city three years ago on a wave of discontent simmering in the city's outlying suburbs. Since then Ford has repeatedly appeared in the news for his increasingly odd behaviour.
He has repeatedly refused to resign.
Ford faced allegations in May that he had been caught on video puffing from a glass crack pipe. Two reporters with the Toronto Star said they saw the video, but it has not been released publicly. Ford maintains he does not smoke crack and that the video does not exist.
Blair said he was "disappointed" after viewing the video which he said "depicts images that are consistent with those previously reported in the press".
Blair said the video will come out when Ford's friend and sometimes driver, Alexander Lisi, goes to trial on previous drug charges. Blair did not say who the computer belonged to but police later said Lisi has now been charged with extortion for trying to retrieve the recording from an unidentified person.
"As a citizen of Toronto I'm disappointed," Blair said. "This is a traumatic issue for citizens of this city and the reputation of this city."
Before the disclosure, Ford angrily screamed at reporters to get off his property as he left his house Thursday morning. At City Hall, tours were given of his office's Halloween decorations.
The prosecutor in the Lisi case released documents Thursday showing they had rummaged through Ford's garbage in search of evidence of drug use. They show that they conducted a massive surveillance operation monitoring the mayor and Lisi following drug use allegations.
The documents show that friends and former staffers of Ford were concerned that Lisi was "fuelling" the Toronto mayor's alleged drug use.
The documents also detail evidence that led to Lisi's arrest on drug and extortion charges.
On August 13 documents say Lisi and Ford met and "made their way into a secluded area of the adjacent woods where they were obscured from surveillance efforts and stayed for approximately one hour." Police later recovered a vodka and juice bottle from where they met. "So as not to reveal that the original bottles were seized replacement ones were left behind," the document says.
Toronto councilor Paula Fletcher said Ford needs to act in the best interests of the city. She said all citizens of Toronto are disappointed.
"The mayor has said there wasn't a video," Fletcher said. "He has said there is a conspiracy against him. With Chief's Blair's press conference I think that's put to rest."
Councilor Joe Mihevc said he continues to be shocked by the "depth and revelations that are coming out"
"The mayor has to come clean and do it as soon as possible. He needs to talk honestly about his use of illicit drugs," Mihevc said.
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Brian McCann drove in 5 runs as his Yankees defeated Toronto 7-3 at Yankee Stadium.
Bettors who backed the Yankees were rewarded as -111 favorites at sportsbooks. Over-Under bettors saw the total score go OVER the closing total of 9.
New York got 5 innings from Chase Whitley, who gave up 2 earned runs on 5 hits, while striking out 2. Chase Whitley earned the victory, while the Yankees got 5 RBIs from Brian McCann in the win.
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Where Did I Leave My Arousal?
Some psychologists think our brains are bad at keeping arousal from fear separate from arousal from sex. I think they happen to be looking at the mind from the entirely wrong perspective. Read More
Same circuitry
Can't it be just because fear and sexual arousal share the same neurological pathways? Maybe arousal needs a qualifier before triggering a reaction, and such qualifiers are faster / less stable than arousal itself, so they can switch from one to the other not because some evolutionary advantage, but because of the quirky way brains happened to evolve? In the bridge experiment, subjects didn't have less confidence in their future _after_ they've crossed the bridge.
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BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China eased export curbs for rare earth elements on Thursday, restoring them to near-2010 levels in a bid to appease trading partners, but the European Union said the move did not ensure stable supplies and the United States said the Chinese were heading the wrong way.
China accounts for around 97 percent of the world's output of the 17 rare earth metals, which are crucial for global electronics production and the defense and renewable-energy industries. They are are used in a wide range of consumer products, from iPhones to electric car motors.
This year's second set of export quotas on the minerals made up for previous cuts and it came just a week after the World Trade Organization ruled against China's curbs on a different mix of raw materials, which some trade partners say could set a precedent.
The EU and the United States were not satisfied.
"This is highly disappointing and the EU continues to encourage the Chinese authorities to revisit their export restrictions policy to ensure there is full, fair, predictable and nondiscriminatory access to rare earth supplies as well as other raw materials for EU industries," EU trade spokesman John Clancy said in an e-mailed statement.
In Washington, the U.S. Trade Representative's (USTR) office said China was moving in the wrong direction because Beijing's latest move expands the scope of products covered by the quota, which for 2011 represented a 40 percent decrease from 2009.
"We continue to be deeply troubled by China's use of market-distorting export restrictions on raw materials including rare earths," USTR spokeswoman Nkenge Harmon said.
"This is not the direction that China should be headed in. We will continue our efforts to engage China in the most constructive ways possible, through both bilateral and multilateral mechanisms, to address its continued use of raw materials export restrictions," Harmon said.
China has set the second batch of quotas at 15,738 tonnes, bringing the full year total to 30,184 tonnes. The allocation has almost doubled from last year's second batch of export caps of 7,976 tonnes. However, it is down a notch from 2010, when China limited exports of the 17 minerals to 30,258 tonnes.
China produced 118,900 tonnes of rare earths in 2010.
China's policies on rare earths are closely tracked by companies and policy makers around the world, especially as suspicions have grown that Beijing was using quotas to give unfair advantages to its own producers.
"A first analysis of China's rare earth quota announced today shows that there is no noticeable change in the annual amount of rare earth China will allow to be exported to the EU," Clancy said.
The issue became a flash point last year after China halted rare earth shipments to Japan during a diplomatic dispute, a move that worried its trade partners and underscored that Beijing was ready to use its monopoly as a political tool.
China slashed rare earth export quotas by 35 percent for the first half of 2011, choking off global supplies and causing prices to soar.
The announcement of the quotas coincided with China-EU trade talks in Beijing and came just a week after the WTO ruled against China's export curbs on eight raw materials, such as bauxite, coke and magnesium.
Some have argued that ruling set a precedent on the legality of export curbs and led Europe and the United States to say China should also be forced to increase exports of rare earths.
At a briefing on Thursday, Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming did not mention the new quotas but sounded a note of confidence, telling reporters he was not concerned about any possible WTO challenge to Beijing's rare earths restrictions.
"The rare earth issue has not entered the WTO stage," Chen said during a joint briefing in Beijing with the visiting EU trade commissioner, Karel De Gucht.
"I am not worried because we have already had some negotiation (with the EU)," Chen said without elaborating.
At a later briefing, De Gucht said he was confident a negotiated solution could be achieved, but said China should publish such quotas further in advance of when they are imposed.
"The level of the quota is very important and also the predictability," he said. "What the industry needs is predictability."
Following the WTO's earlier ruling, De Gucht had said the EU, the United States and Mexico could consider legal action if China fails to cooperate.
"On rare earths, what we have been saying is that we want to see applied to rare earth materials the principles that have guided the WTO panel when making the judgement on the raw materials case. We want the same rules to be applied," De Gucht told reporters after he and Chen read separate statements on the morning's trade negotiations.
China expressed its intention to appeal the WTO raw materials decision, De Gucht said, adding that the rules on trade in raw materials would be clear by year-end.
In its raw materials ruling, the WTO panel said China's domestic policies fell short of demonstrating that its export duties on the materials were to curtail pollution or conserve exhaustible natural resources.
China has taken steps to consolidate and rein in its polluting rare earths industry, which may bolster its case if the raw materials ruling is used as a precedent in a similar challenge.
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While the HTC One joined the Samsung Galaxy S3 in promoting the benefits of a quad core processor to the specification geeks around the world, it lacked one feature that users were hungry for - 4G connectivity.
HTC's response was to release this handset, the One XL. Available exclusively through Telstra in Australia, the One XL offered practically the exact same experience as the HTC One X, but replaced HSPA connectivity with 4G, while dropping back to a dual-core processor to save battery life.
With an update to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean released for the phone just before Christmas, the One XL has also become one of the most advanced Android smartphones on the market
Combined with its sleek unibody design, which incorporates the stunning 4.7-inch 1280x720 pixel display found on the One X, this handset has stood out as a flagship for Telstra's LTE network.
Given the One XL has an identical appearance to the One X, we could almost copy and paste our review from the 3G handset here and be done with it.
Instead, we'll recap. The One XL has a sleek unibody design that is a testament's to HTC's engineering team. Despite the massive 4.7-inch screen, the phone feels comfortable in the hand.
HTC One XL review
At 129 grams, the handset is nice and light, which is about 20 grams heavier than the iPhone 5. That 20 grams makes all the difference though, as the phone feels solid, rather than underweight.
The 8.9mm thick body is stunningly thin, while the matte finish offers plenty of grip, as opposed to the slippery plastic of Samsung's Galaxy S3.
The One XL's screen is definitely a highlight of the handset, which isn't a surprise as it's the same one used in the One X. The Super IPS LCD 2 technology creates a brilliant picture that offers an abundance of colours, wide viewing angles and responsive controls.
HTC One XL review
Below the screen are the standard three Android control buttons - home, back and menu. The dedicated real estate on the device for these soft buttons - as opposed to the Xperia TX, for example - is a much more convenient solution for navigating the handset.
Because of the unibody construction, you probably shouldn't expect too much in the way of hardware versatility. There's no replaceable battery and no expandable memory to supplement the 32GB of on board storage.
HTC One XL review
In fact, connections are a pretty basic, standard affair. A single micro-USB port can be found on the handset's left side, while a volume rocker sits on the right.
On the top of the phone, a power toggle, 3.5mm headphone jack and Micro-SIM card slot have taken up residence. The Micro-SIM card slot is of the Apple variety, requiring a dedicated tool (or a paperclip) to open up.
The back of the phone is marked by the presence of an eight-megapixel camera with LED flash. The larger lens actually sticks out on the phone's back like a boil, but given the quality of photos, is a negligible design flaw.
HTC One XL review
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S&M 201 is very choppy
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Ice Station Santa has been very choppy on my laptop. It was going pretty well and then the whole game started getting choppy - music & animations. It was so bad at one point that I finally got to save my game (which saved) and then quit and everything froze. If I stop and restart the game, it goes well for a while, then gets choppy and stuttery again.
I have a HP Pavilion ZD8000 laptop - Windows XP Home, Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz processor, 512 MB RAM, 128MB Radeon Mobility X600 video card.
I turned down the hardware acceleration a couple of notches but that didn't help. Should I try turning it down more?
Edit: I know it's a holiday weekend, so I know it'll be a bit before I get any suggestions from the tech gurus (aka Will and Seg). :)
Edit 2: I noticed that the game will be going along fine and it's when I change locations that the choppiness starts. I have no idea if that's indicative of anything but thought I'd mention it.
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A few things to start:
* As a point of reference, how does any of the Season 1 games run on that machine?
* What resolution are you running the game at?
* I know we say it every time, but do you have the latest drivers installed? (Direct link for your card's drivers)
Make sure you don't have any other applications running in the background. The smaller taskbar stuff like an Antivirus program and such are OK, but close any major applications while playing. Helps out a bit.
If you put in updated drivers, make sure you crank up the hardware acceleration back up to the highest setting.
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[*]Season 1 ran fine (although I haven't played them lately).
[*]I'm running it at 1440x900 resolution
[*]I haven't updated my drivers (I don't think I ever have).
I did turn off background programs but that didn't seem to help much. It seemed to happen most when I switched major locations (office --> street or vice versa).
I'll try different resolutions just to see if that does anything and then update my drivers. Thanks! :)
• Hey Mel!
It is always worth updating drivers like Seg said, but it sounds to me like this is a RAM issue. The big scenes are pretty memory intensive :(. Background programs will make a bit of a difference, but mostly I would suggest saving and restarting the game whenever it starts to get crufty.
• I've got this problem.
I'll say it once and I'll say it again.
You guys really need to get a handle on release of resources.
Sure, it's nice when you can swap out nodes really fast walking back and forth, but if you've just examined everything in both nodes and entered a third, it's gonna hang for a good long while. Has done all of last season, too. It's just worse now because the nodes are bigger and more numerous.
Try loading things from the hard drive a little bit more often, perhaps?
• @Maratanos said: I've got this problem.
I'll say it once and I'll say it again.
How much internal memory do you have and which OS do you run?
I'm running XP with 2GB memory here and never have problems, likely because S&M cleans up its garbage long before running out of memory :)
As far as I remember 512MB (which the original poster has) is the absolute minimum to run XP, even Home.
• Yes. I have had this problem with a gigabyte of RAM on both XP and Vista.
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First my organic brain is short on memory and now my laptop. :(
At least I can buy more memory for the laptop. ;)
Thanks for all the input!
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0.092063 | <urn:uuid:2bdf19bd-a579-43a3-a3ca-57c2e7d6610d> | en | 0.987359 | Documentary producer found dead in likely suicide
— A documentary producer who worked with Leonardo DiCaprio on the environmental film "The 11th Hour" has been found dead.
Coroner's spokesman Ed Winter says Brian Gerber's body was recovered Wednesday morning after being found near a vehicle that plunged from a mountain highway northeast of Los Angeles.
Winter says his death is being investigated as a possible suicide. Gerber had been reported missing over the weekend.
The 41-year-old's film credits include "The Dungeon Masters," which focused on three Dungeons and Dragons game devotees. According to a biography on his company's website, Gerber worked with the band R.E.M. and has worked on several music documentaries.
He also co-founded a series of conferences titled "Digital Hollywood."
He is survived by his wife, actress Arabella Field and two young sons.
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In light of that, principal author Assemblyman Louis Alejo, D-Salinas, dropped the bill and as late as Thursday morning said he planned to work with critics to come up with a compromise. But the Senate moved ahead regardless and a deal was struck for the Assembly to take action.
Assemblywoman Marie Waldron, R-Escondido, said the bill would set a precedent that could eventually open the doors for licenses to be used for identification purposes as well as driving. She added that it was a “weakening of the responsibilities and values” of becoming a legal permanent resident.
In other action:
• California’s minimum wage would rise to $10 an hour within three years under a bill that is headed to Brown’s desk, giving the state one of the highest rates in the nation. AB 10 would raise California’s $8 hourly minimum wage by $1 on July 1 and another dollar on Jan. 1, 2016. Brown said he will sign the first minimum wage increase since 2008.
• Brown has signed into law a compromise bill intended to ease the state’s prison crowding crisis by asking federal judges to delay their year-end deadline for releasing thousands of inmates. SB 105 authorizes the administration to spend a projected $315 million to lease cells in private prisons and county jails. Yet part of the money would instead go to rehabilitation programs if the court agrees to extend its deadline for reducing the prison population by about 9,600 inmates.
• A bill to strip the Boy Scouts of America of its tax-exempt status in California because of the organization’s refusal to allow gay troop leaders failed. SB 323 called for denying state tax breaks to nonprofit youth groups that discriminate on the basis of gender identity, race, sexual orientation, nationality, religion or religious affiliation. Because the legislation was a tax measure, it required a two-thirds vote in both houses to pass. The Senate approved it in May, but it stalled in the Assembly on Thursday.
• A proposal that would have banned ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 bullets also failed. State law already prohibits the sale, gift and loan of large-capacity magazines that hold more than 10 rounds. SB 396 would have forced gun owners who already had such magazines to dispose of them by July 2014.
• The governor also received a bill intended to speed and streamline the process for dismissing teachers accused of misconduct, despite the opinion of some lawmakers that the measure should be improved, possibly next year. AB 375 adds homicide charges to the list of offenses that can prompt a teacher’s removal. But it removes possession of marijuana and some other drugs from the list of offenses that can trigger immediate removal from the classroom.
• Employers would have to pay overtime to domestic workers under a bill sent to the governor, but the mandate would expire in a few years unless the Legislature renews it. AB 241 was scaled back from the original version and now exempts part-time baby sitters, but it requires that other domestic workers be paid time-and-a-half if they work more than nine hours in a day or 45 hours in a week. That requirement expires Jan. 1, 2017, unless renewed by the Legislature.
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Chatting with the rising design duo Phillipe and David; a more serious Tori reading.
Picture a stage that looks like a giant clam shell, and fill it out with presenter Pat Field arriving on a barge dotted with hot slave boys and Katy Perry entering on a mutant seahorse to sing two songs, as models and mermaids flap around the runway while paparazzi of many nations click away.
No, you haven't been slipped a mickey. It's all very much "for reals" and is happening at the LIFEball, the May 16 AIDS benefit in Vienna, which will open with the above-described show, courtesy of rising New York designers Phillipe and David Blond, a/k/a the Blonds, i.e., the sort of nouveau Heatherette.
Those two are ornately interesting works unto themselves. Phillipe Rollano was born in Puerto Rico, where his father noticed he had a flair for dressing his Barbies, so he encouraged him to pursue fashion design. (Is Dad gay? "No," Phillipe told me, "but he was a hippie.") The style-savvy Puerto Rican boy ended up going to FIT, doing illustrations, and hooking up with David Trujillo, who shared his obsession with all things blond and sparkly (like, eventually, each other). David happens to be from Key West, where his mother didn't notice they were living in a gay mecca, but he certainly did, going on to design department store windows en route to his mission of bringing '80s high glamour back to the future. (The Blonds' high god is Thierry Mugler, and David feels he'd have to be hosed down if he ever got to meet him. Probably with sparkles.)
Toothsome twosome: Phillipe (left) and David Blond
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Toothsome twosome: Phillipe (left) and David Blond
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Together, the Blonds create eye-popping clothes dotted with stars, chains, and sequins for the likes of Rihanna, Madonna, Shakira, Fergie, Britney, and even some people with two names. Over Moroccan tea the other week, they treated me to a whole other bunch of blond observations and revelations.
MM: Let's start with the clichéd question about how you kids met. PB: It was on my prom night over nine years ago. I ditched my prom to go to the Roxy. I was with my best friend, whom I had dressed for the night. I put her in hoochie vinyl pants and hooker shoes. DB: Phillipe was in a sheer top with crystals all over it. I was a little tipsy, so all I remember is a sparkly fairy in the corner.
MM: Happy anniversary. But I hear you have some vicious fights, no? PB: Yeah! It's very healthy. Anytime you're doing something creative together, living together, and spending all your time together, you fight. It never bothers me, but it bothers him all the time. Just as long as I have time to get ready. DB: As long as he can do his hair. MM: Do you get off on the fights in a way? DB: You mean, sexually? PB: Well, the best part is when he pulls my hair. (Pause.) No, we never fight like that. Only on Tuesdays.
MM: Phillipe, when I first started seeing you around, you were so gorgeous I assumed you lived as a woman. DB: This is his year before he makes the transition (joking). PB: It's fun to express yourself as your vision. It's just me. I have an obsession with shoes, and I love my clothes and love wearing them. DB: He keeps his name, and he doesn't even wear drag tits. MM: But you must get hit on like crazy by married men with manboobs. DB: I notice him getting hit on a lot, and Lord knows I'm not getting hit on very much. PB: 'Cause you're usually hitting on people. But, yeah, there are always all these men from Connecticut on Facebook who like me. I read the e-mails all day and laugh.
MM: Do you boys open up your relationship via Manhunt? PB: No, we don't. Not on Manhunt anyway. (Awkward pause.) No, we usually don't discuss that. But back to the LIFEball! MM: Um, OK. Do your celebrity customers pay you for the sparkly pieces you supply? PB: Some of them pay, but sometimes it's for free. DB: Don't say that! You have to be clear. When we've already made something and they'd like to borrow it, we lend it for the publicity. But when someone wants something custom-made, they pay. Don't say, "Some people get it free because we like them." That'll start trouble. PB: Shut the fuck up. DB: Be careful when you talk about shit like that! (Pause.)
MM: Back to the LIFEball? No, wait. What do you guys think of Michelle Obama? PB: I think she's so beautiful. I'm glad she's so fashion-forward. DB: Everyone keeps calling her a black Jackie, but she's her own person. PB: She's glamorous. Trying to be. DB: Don't say that! PB: What? She's doing it! DB: If he was in charge, she'd have an 18-inch waist with a corset!
And on and on, with every topic ending with me laughing and ducking for cover. But don't be disturbed by the cross-talk. For the Blonds, it's obviously become a productive way to communicate and collaborate.
We wrapped up with a discussion of '60s starlet Julie Newmar, who told the guys she ritualistically strokes the leaves of the roses in her garden. "I love people that live in the pink-lens world," said David, misting over. I joked that I stroke my roaches, which led to yet another Blonds tussle—this time about whether they have roaches. David agreed with me that Phillipe probably sees them as sequins: "Little pailettes running across the floor . . ."
Tori! Tori! Tori!
Blonde scion-turned-reality-star Tori Spelling came out of her pink-lens world to promote her book Mommywood at a Rouge Tomate party, where she told me that being a celebrity mama isn't all bangles and pailettes. The biggest challenge? "Finding the balance," said Tori, "especially since my two-year-old, Liam, is in his terrible twos. Most mothers deal with tantrums quietly. For me, all eyes are on me."
While mine were on her, I managed to ask Tori whether she thinks Madonna is Mother of the Year or just a big mofo. "I saw a picture of her and Lourdes holding hands," she replied, glowing, "and I thought, 'That's amazing. I hope Stella and I are like that when she's 12.' " I hope I'm invited to Lourdes's inevitable book party.
Blonde women in black dresses filled the top-floor lounge of the Cooper Square Hotel—along with me in flip-flops and three pairs of socks—all of us united in a lust to check out anything new while bagging some pass-alongs. The hotel—right across from the Voice office—is a tall glass-and-steel structure that looks like a giant suppository. I told that to owner Klaus Ortlieb, but he corrected me: "It starts narrow, then widens, then gets narrow again. It's actually shaped like a face." And this roof deck is the scalp? "The brain," he advised. Aha! And, fortunately, Ortlieb has one. When I asked him who he's targeted as customers, he said, "People in the creative arts. Thank God I didn't go after Wall Street!"
The creative arts community converged for the Tribeca Film Festival opening attraction: Woody Allen's Whatever Works, which breaks the curse of his New York films and means he doesn't have to live in exile anymore. Sure, it's the usual Woody premise—hot, young blonde girl is crazy about a bald, neurotic old Jew, duh—but it's fairly hilarious in its fluffy, optimism-posing-as-misanthropy way, and it even suggests that God is a gay decorator. And that's enough gay decorators for one column.
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D-mannose is a simple sugar found in many fruits. It is related to glucose. It also occurs naturally in some cells in the human body.
Other names for D-mannose are:
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• Carubinose
• D-manosa
• Mannose
• Seminose
Why do people take D-mannose?
D-mannose is used to treat a rare disease called carbohydrate-deficient glycoprotein syndrome type 1b.
This disease is passed down through families. It makes you lose protein through the intestines. Some reports say D-mannose slows down this protein loss and makes your liver work better. It may also reduce bleeding disorders and low blood sugar in people with this disease.
D-mannose may also treat or prevent urinary tract infections (UTIs). Animal research suggests the supplementstops certain bacteria from sticking to the bladder walls.
Scientists think that the bacteria stick to the sugar instead. This helps the bacteria leave the body through your urine. Fewer bacteria in the bladder lowers your risk of a UTI. However, no studies of D-mannose have been done in people to determine if it effectively treats or prevent UTIs.
Some studies suggest D-mannose may play a useful role as a "prebiotic." Prebiotics are substances that may help your body by stimulating the growth of "good" bacteria in your digestive system.
In some lab studies and studies in mice, D-mannose components were shown to increase the growth of "good" bacteria. This suggests D-mannose may have some use for people with dysbiosis, an imbalance in good and bad bacteria.
D-mannose supplements are taken by mouth.
Can you get D-mannose naturally from foods?
D-mannose is found naturally in high amounts in many fruits. Such fruits include:
• Apples
• Oranges
• Peaches
• Some berries such as blueberries and cranberries
What are the risks of taking D-mannose?
Long-term studies in mice suggest it is safe when taken by mouth in appropriate amounts.
You should be cautious about using D-mannose if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, because there has not been enough study on its safety in these circumstances.
Side effects of D-mannose may include:
• Bloating
• Loose stools
D-mannose supplements should be used with caution if you have diabetes. It may make it harder to control your blood sugar.
High doses of D-mannose may cause kidney damage.
Always tell your doctor about any supplements you are taking, including natural ones and those bought without a prescription. That way, your doctor can check on any potential side effects or interactions with any medications.
Supplements are not regulated by the FDA.
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George W. Bush tells the United Nations that he's going with or without them--but he wants to see their cards anyway.
11:00 PM, Mar 6, 2003 • By DAVID BROOKS
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THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THING President Bush said during his press conference--just about the only significant thing he said--is that regardless of the whip count, he will put a second resolution up for a vote in the U.N. Security Council.
This is remarkably bold. The normal thing to do, especially if three of the major powers are threatening vetoes, is to withdraw the resolution, and thereby try to diffuse the showdown. But Bush has chosen the path of maximum confrontation. So imagine this scenario: The United States puts forward its resolution. It gets vetoed, or even voted down by a majority of the members. And then, on the heels of U.N. rejection, the United States still launches an attack against Iraq. This would give the expression "in your face" new dimensions of meaning.
Maybe Bush thinks that by essentially threatening the diplomatic equivalent of the doomsday scenario, he can induce Russia, China, and France to abstain, rather than veto the resolution. But it is an incredible gamble. It certainly does nothing to help Tony Blair, who has been trying to somehow finesse things at the United Nations.
If the resolution fails and the United States acts successfully, then the consequences will be amazing. The U.N. process will have been fully discredited. I happen to believe the East River will run gold with champagne before another U.S. president, of either party, takes another problem of this sort to the United Nations anyway. The process there is simply too treacherous and too dishonest for any president to trust. But this would really ruin the organization.
If on the other hand the United States acts over a negative U.N. vote and the action is not successful, then some of the American public, and much of the American elite, would lose confidence in non-U.N. actions of all sorts. The multilateralists would gloat and Kofi Annan and his successors would suddenly emerge as powerful global figures.
I hope the administration has thought all this through. I do suspect that the decision to pursue this confrontational course emerges from Bush's own nature. He is a man of his word. He expects others to be that way too. It is indisputably true that Saddam has not disarmed. If people are going to vote against a resolution saying Saddam has not disarmed then they are liars. Bush wants them to do it in public, where history can easily judge them. Needless to say, neither the French nor the Russians nor the Chinese believe that honesty has anything to do with diplomacy. They see the process through an entirely different lens.
The rest of the press conference was a bore. The reporters tended to ask the same questions over and over again. Bush was repetitive and often long-winded. He broke no news in his opening statement, and spoke remarkably little about the recent captures in Pakistan.
Still, we are on course for war, a week from Monday if you want my guess. Bush set the bar for Hans Blix incredibly high.
After that, to switch metaphors, he is forcing everyone to show their cards. The 12-year diplomatic game is coming to a close.
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Silly straightforward question: are updates to Samsung devices firmware regional, meaning that US may get an update earlier than South America or EU?
Also: who controls those updates? Do they depend on carrier when the device is tied to one?
Thanks a lot...really!
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Samsung's OTA updates are carrier-based, as usual. Kies updates are usually regional, but not particularly restricted; you can usually select a different region when installing Kies and get updates from there.
Kies updates are up to Samsung, though they would probably work with carriers on it to ensure it works well and whatnot. OTA updates are controlled by the carriers, though of course they rely on Samsung to actually produce the update. There's being some speculation that Google wants to break the carriers' tight control over this (and pricing, etc.) but in general Samsung et al. don't want to get on their bad side.
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Thanks again. So this means that if for some reason I find out that someone has a more recent update in the same region as mine, I can expect or at least have some hope that Kies will give me the update? – Bruno Brant Feb 22 '12 at 23:42
@Bruno Hard to say. It's certainly possible for an OTA to go out before a Kies update, I think usually they've been within a week though. – Matthew Read Feb 23 '12 at 0:39
What about WiFi-only devices, and the 'Update option under settings. Is that usually regional? – Julian Fondren Feb 23 '12 at 2:07
@JulianFondren Good question. I would assume it is and sends version info when checking for an update so that it can get the right one. Probably it depends on the particular device and manufacturer. – Matthew Read Feb 23 '12 at 18:51
@MatthewRead, one last question: is it possible to break the "regional lock" on my Samsung Galaxy S2? Or all I can do is manually flash the latest firmware? – Bruno Brant Feb 26 '12 at 21:55
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