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Rolling patches of endless landscape below. Mountain ranges rising ever higher in the distance, far from civilization's buildings and burning stacks of Beatles records. Trees, clouds, and wind—this is a typical day spent with Fly Gravity Sports.
An HPAC-certified pilot, David Llewellyn helps make these human flights possible. In his 15 years of hang-gliding, he has ascended thousands of times over Canada, the United States, and Latin America. Today, he uses Fraser Valley and the surrounding lower mainland as his backdrop during family-friendly tandem flights. He and the Fly Gravity Sports team also provide continuing education for experienced gliders, introducing them to the facility's modern winch-tow technique that requires no effort in becoming airborne.
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At City Dance Studios, classes are tailored for students with various levels of experience to ensure everyone can enjoy the art of self-expression through movement. Lessons introduce students to a diverse array of dance styles ranging from classical ballet and jazz, to contemporary hip hop and exotic Bollywood, and West African. Each of the five spacious studios (they range from 900 to 2,400 square feet) are equipped with sprung hardwood or Marley floors and are surrounded by mirrors, so budding dancers can keep an eye on their form and keep pet parakeets occupied until the class has ended.
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Dangerous temperatures push across U.S.
January 7, 2014
MINNEAPOLIS - The coldest, most dangerous blast of polar air in decades gripped the Midwest and pushed toward the East and South on Monday, closing schools and day care centers, grounding flights and forcing people to pull their hoods and scarves tight to protect exposed skin from nearly instant frostbite. Many across the nation's midsection went into virtual hibernation, while others dared to venture out in temperatures that plunged well below zero. "I'm going to try to make it two blocks without turning into crying man," said Brooks Grace , who was bundling up to do some banking and shopping in downtown Minneapolis , where temperatures reached 20 below, with wind chills of minus 50. "It's not cold - it's painful." The mercury also dropped into negative territory in Milwaukee , St. Louis and Chicago , which set a record for the date at minus 16. Wind chills across the region were 40 below and colder. Records also fell in Oklahoma and Texas . Forecasters said some 187 million people in all could feel the effects of the "polar vortex" by the time it spread across the country on Monday night and today. Record lows were possible in the East and South, with highs in the single digits expected today in Georgia and Alabama . Below-zero wind chills were forecast up and down the coast, including minus 10 in Atlanta and minus 12 in Baltimore . From the Dakotas to Maryland , schools and day care centers shut down. "You definitely know when you are not wearing your thermal undergarments," said Staci Kalthoff , who raises cattle with her husband on a 260-acre farm in Albany, Minn. , where the temperature hovered around 24 below zero and winds made it feel like minus 46. "You have to dress really, really warm and come in more often and thaw out everything." For a big swath of the Midwest, the subzero cold moved in behind another winter wallop: more than a foot of snow and high winds that made traveling treacherous. Authorities in Indiana and Kentucky - where temperatures dropped into the single digits and below, with wind chills in the minus 20s and worse - warned people not to leave their homes at all unless they needed to go someplace safer. Ronald G. Smith Sr. took shelter at an Indianapolis Red Cross after waking up the previous night with the power out and his cat, Sweet Pea, agitated in the darkness. "The screen door blew open and woke me up, and it was cold and dark. I got dressed and I was scared, thinking, 'What am I going to do? My cat knew something was wrong. He was jumping all over the place," Smith said. "This is brutal cold. The cold is what makes this so dangerous." Even after Indianapolis lifted a travel ban, officials urged residents to stay home for their own safety and that of police and other emergency workers. "It's still slick out there," said Marc Lotter , a spokesman for the mayor. "It's just not safe for people to be out on the streets." Many other cities came to a virtual standstill. In St. Louis , where more than 10 inches of snow fell, the Gateway Arch, St. Louis Art Museum and St. Louis Zoo were closed, along with shopping malls and movie theaters. Between a heater that barely works and his drafty windows, Jeffery Davis decided he would be better off sitting in a downtown Chicago doughnut shop for three hours Monday until it was time to go to work. He threw on two pairs of pants, two T-shirts, "at least three jackets," two hats, a pair of gloves, the "thickest socks you'd probably ever find" and boots, and trudged to the train stop in his South Side neighborhood that took him to within a few blocks of the library where he works. "I never remember it ever being this cold," said Davis, 51. "I'm flabbergasted."
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Jobs reveals some of the strategic thinking that's made Apple perhaps the most innovative and wealthy company on the planet.
Some day in the not-too-distant future, business-school professors who actually know what they're talking about will challenge their students to think about corporate strategy in these words uttered this week by Apple CEO Steve Jobs:
"You're looking at it wrong. You're looking at it as a hardware person in a fragmented world. You're looking it as a hardware manufacturer that doesn't really know much about software, who doesn't think about an integrated product, but assumes the software will somehow take care of itself. . . . And you assume that the software will somehow just come alive on this product that you're dreaming of, but it won't."
But. It. Won't.
Those words capture the major challenge facing both CIOs on the customer side and CEOs on the IT-vendor side: how do they shift their worldviews, rapidly and profoundly, from one focused primarily on infrastructure and architecture and servers and storage and networks and devices, to a new worldview concentrated on the power and value and potential of deeply integrated and optimized software?
Back to Jobs: "And you assume that the software will somehow just come alive on this product that you're dreaming of, but it won't."
I hope you're all laughing at the foolishness of your humble correspondent, and that this has all been obvious to you for years, because that would mean this industry over all is farther along the path to new innovation and prosperity than current signals would seem to indicate.
In too many cases, we are stuck today still "rubbing sticks together," as Oracle executive VP John Fowler recently said about the degree to which IT vendors and their enterprise customers are fully harnessing the raw power of the technology at hand.
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We're still taking hardware that's immensely capable but built for general purposes and pairing it up with software that's highly sophisticated but built to run on multiple types of hardware with approximately the same level of pretty good but not great performance.
Jobs is saying—and business schools will one day teach—that we are tackling the problems of tomorrow with the outlook of yesterday:
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Out of the misery {(hup, hup, hup, hup!)} to wash my soul
Out of the ground with a new eight count I never came to Rock 'n' Roll
Check in the mirror, and I don't mind
Same old cracks in the face and glass a-just a little more defined
Saw the mike in the distance, avoiding the business
And me? in time - let it shine, let it shine
I wanna go where the people go, yeah (x4)
Take me there, anywhere, just so long as there's an atmosphere we'll be round, round, round
Come on down, we all went down...
Show me a hero of head and heart
Rid of the stars and the blah-blah-blahs would be a worthy way to start
Greater the cliches that go round and around
I wanna be where the (cunts/****s) like me are buried six feet underground
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I think the most concerning thing is that he is soliciting donations for his project. This is certainly not acceptable protocol for any sort or research project. Makes me wonder if the whole thing is a money making scam for him.
I'm interesting in more information about who is funding the survey and what methodology will be used in interpreting the information.
Do you not see the difference between a scientific study that is industry-funded and ad copy?
TB is fascinating. It is spread through the air. However, it is not all that pathogenic. It often goes into a latent phase (that's what TB tests check for) when it is not contagious at all. However, under certain conditions of immunosuppression, or just long-term infection, it can become active, at which time it can be spread. Even so, it usually takes prolonged contact to spread it. Many countries in the developing world have a big problem with TB for several...
Wait, you're looking to someone who is trying to SELL a TB test for information about how contagious TB is????? Talk about an unreliable source!!! As for your everyday health site- well, I don't know who the "experts" are that you are claiming there. Possible the same ones trying to sell the TB test. Here, try this. http://www.health.ny.gov/diseases/communicable/tuberculosis/fact_sheet.htm And this:...
Maybe. They might be concerned about being accused of discrimination if they only have people who might be recent immigrants from Mexico get tested. However, I see a ton of inappropriate TB testing done. I think it's mostly done out of habit and not wanting to revise outdated requirements. A lot of the schools where I live require it, and I'm in New Hampshire, for God's sake. Not exactly a hotbed of TB activity.
Because they're not at all up to date on the latest recommendations. There is no reason in the world why you should need a TB test (I'm assuming you're not a recent immigrant from a country where TB is endemic). Here are the latest recommendations for TB tests: Risk Persons at risk Increased risk due to exposure of infectious cases Persons with recent close contact with person known to have active TB Children <4 years of age Tuberculin...
It's not highly contagious at all. That's one of the reasons that there is not mandatory vaccination. It takes very close contact with secretions, and usually household contacts are the main people at risk. You're very unlikely to catch TB from casual contact with someone.
So, from your sample size of 1, you can infer that all doctors receive no training in breastfeeding? Please see my previous post describing the training my classmates and I received.
Absolutely. Lactation consultant probably has 10x the training and expertise that I do. I never claimed otherwise. All I'm saying is that it's incorrect to say that doctors don't get any training in BF.I also think its stupid that insurance companies don't pay for an LC, but I think that pretty much all things that insurance companies do are stupid.
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4942314Peak holding circuit for a color television receiver
A peak holding circuit comprises a capacitor for holding signal charges corresponding to a peak level of an input signal, and a current amplifier circuit comprising transistors connected in a triple darlington manner for supplying an output current corres...
4893175Video signal transmission system with reduced number of signal lines
A video signal transmission system for transmitting a plurality of color video signals and horizontal/vertical sync signals from a transmitter part to a receiver part through a plurality of signal transmission lines is disclosed. The transmitter part incl...
4864399Television receiver having skew corrected clock
A digital TV receiver includes an apparatus for generating a skew corrected clock. The apparatus consists of a fixed frequency, free running oscillator for producing a signal having a frequency which is a fixed integer multiple K of the desired nominal fr...
4864387PAL video time base corrector inverts color difference signal (V) axis
A time base corrector converts an analog input PAL image signal including a certain time base error to digital form and then stores it in a memory by using a write clock signal derived from the input PAL image signal including the time base error. The sto...
4860120Low-frequency converter for carrier chrominance signal
A first PLL circuit receives a color burst signal of a carrier chrominance signal and outputs a first continuous wave signal which is identical in frequency and phase to the color burst signal. The first continuous wave signal is frequency converted by a ...
4843470Integrated synchronizing signal separating circuit for generating a burst gate pulse
An integrated circuit for improved burst gate pulse separation for use in a digital video system that receives a positive composite video signal wherein horizontal, vertical and composite synchronizing signals and a burst gate pulse signal are respectivel...
4803553Video timing system which has signal delay compensation and which is responsive to external synchronization
4788585Apparatus for measuring SC/H phase of composite video signal
A measuring instrument for SC/H phase of a composite video signal is provided in which a phase comparison is made between at least a portion of a color burst extracted from the video signal and a continuous subcarrier frequency signal that is phase-locked...
4782246Phase shift circuit for electrical signal
A phase shift circuit comprises a variable phase shifter responsive to an externally supplied voltage to change the amount of phase shift, and a phase detector operative to detect a phase difference between input and output signals of the variable phase s...
4714954Read start pulse generator for time base corrector
A read start pulse generator comprises circuit elements for automatically adjusting the phase of a read start pulse signal by cancelling phase offset caused when phase adjustments are made to a synchronizing signal, burst signal, and hue signal....
4706034Signal discriminating apparatus for extracting component signals from a composite signal
An apparatus for extracting a specific component signal from a composite signal composed of a first component signal and a second component signal. The apparatus includes two transistors which separate a received composite signal into two separate compone...
4688081Apparatus for correcting time base error of video signal
In order to correct a time base error of a video signal reproduced from a video signal recording/reproducing apparatus such as a VTR or the like, when the reproduced video signal is sequentially written into or read out from a memory, a signal which is ob...
4677459Reference signal generator
A reference signal generator used to compensate for a time base error of a color video signal reproduced from a video tape recorder having a memory into which the color video signals are written in response to a write clock and from which the color video ...
4675724Video signal phase and frequency correction using a digital off-tape clock generator
In a time base correction system, a composite color television analog signal derived from a prerecorded tape is converted by an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter to a digital signal having horizontal sync and color burst signal components. The digitized s...
4663659Video signal scrambling system employing full line reversal and double burst coding
A memory reverses the sequence of samples of selected lines of a composite video input signal without separating the color burst and chrominance components of the lines thereby preserving chroma-burst phase integrity of scrambled lines. A burst inserter a...
4652778I2 L delay circuit with phase comparator and temperature compensator for maintaining a constant delay time
A delay circuit for delaying an FM video signal is disclosed. The delay circuit includes an input for supplying the FM video signal, an output for producing a delayed FM video signal, and a delay line connected between the input and output for delaying FM...
4646136Television signal synchronizing apparatus with sync phase control for video signal
A television synchronizing apparatus for synchronizing an input television signal to a reference television signal. The input and output television signals are of the type which include several signal components including a video signal, a color subcarrie...
4635100Digital automatic video delay system
A digital automatic video delay system includes a device for digitalizing a television signal with sampling clock signals having a frequency of N (an integer) times as high as the frequency of the color subcarrier of the television signal, a device for wr...
4620219Apparatus for detecting a chrominance reference burst component to develop a burst gate pulse
Apparatus for generating a burst gate pulse from composite video includes a threshold detector for generating output pulses on consecutive positive and negative going burst signal cycles. Output signal from the threshold detector is applied to a digital c...
4613827Write clock pulse generator used for a time base corrector
A write clock pulse generator is disclosed, in which a horizontal synchronizing signal is separated from an input video signal and supplied to a PLL (phase locked loop) circuit to form a first clock with the frequency of nfH (n is an integer), ...
4611240Chrominance processor control system
In a color TV receiver, a color AFPC loop, responsive to line rate synchronizing bursts of subcarrier frequency derived from the output of a first of a pair of cascaded chrominance signal amplifiers, controls the frequency and phase of an output of a VCO....
4590510System for processing a composite color television signal obtained from a recording medium
An uncorrected composite color television signal, including frequency-modulated luminance and frequency-transposed chrominance components is recovered from a storage medium and separated by filters into its luminance and chrominance components. The chromi...
4581630Constant width burst gate keying pulse generator
4577216Method and apparatus for modifying the color burst to prohibit videotape recording
A method and apparatus which modifies a color video signal in such a manner that a conventional television receiver produces a normal color picture from the modified signal, whereas a videotape recording made from the modified signal exhibits annoying col...
4555722Tri-level sandcastle pulse decoder
Trilevel sandcastle pulse decoder includes a trio of voltage comparators for comparing incoming sandcastle pulses with reference potentials of respectively different levels. One of the voltage comparators, which is subject to change in operating state in ...
4555679Detection circuit for detecting synchronous and asynchronous states in a phase-locked loop circuit
The output of a phase comparator in the PLL of the data reproduction unit is filtered to remove low frequency components which may be due to record eccentricity. The filtered output is then rectified and integrated, with the level of the integrated signal...
4550338Detecting circuit
A detecting circuit comprises a synchronous detecting circuit (11, 12, 15 to 19, 22 and 27 to 29) and a switching transistor (35). The collector and the emitter of the transistor (35) are connected to junctions (A) and (B), respectively, of the synchronou...
4549202Trilevel sandcastle pulse encoding/decoding system
A color TV receiver is provided with an encoding/decoding system for a trilevel sandcastle pulse train, exhibiting a middle pulse level during recurring kinescope bias control intervals, and comprising excursions between a base level, a low pulse level, a...
4549225Color video signal processing circuit for performing level control and time axis deviation compensation
A reproduced color video signal processing circuit in a rotary recording medium reproducing apparatus reproduces a recorded signal from a rotary recording medium which is recorded with a composite color video signal in which a carrier chrominance signal i...
4514754Digital color television signal processing circuit
In a phase control loop (3, 15, 85, 87, 89, 90) for the A/D converter of a digital color television signal processing circuit an input (13) and an output (23) of a delay circuit (21) are connected to a comparator (19) to derive a control signal from the i...
4489348Video camera synchronizer
An apparatus for providing video signal synchronized operation between two or more video signal originating devices, such as video color cameras, one operating as a master, and the other one or more video cameras or devices operating as slaves or masters,...
4489343Television image receiver provided with vertical synchronizing circuit count system
In a television image receiver provided with a vertical synchronizing circuit of a count-down system, a down counter to be reset in the an even number of pulse section among the pulses to be partitioned off by the undercuts in the vertical synchronizing s...
4485353PLL Oscillator synchronizing system with matrix for phase correction
Color reference oscillator in a color television receiver comprises a non-inverting amplifier, with positive feedback from its output conveyed via a crystal filter to its input. A quadrature phase shift network, coupled to the filter output, develops phas...
4485354PLL Oscillator synchronizing system with DC control of free-running frequency
Color reference oscillator comprises a non-inverting amplifier, with positive feedback via a crystal filter linking its output and input. A quadrature phase shift network, coupled to the filter output, delivers phase shifted signals to a pair of independe...
4466022Color video signal reproducing apparatus which transforms the recorded signal of one signal format into signals of another format upon reproduction
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Modification for heat exchangers incorporating a helically shaped blade and pin shaped support member
Patent 4641705 Issued on February 10, 1987. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject June 24, 2005. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
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No. 06/747965 filed on 06/24/1985
US Classes:
165/85, AGITATOR OR IMPELLER MOTOR OPERATED BY EXCHANGE FLUID165/109.1, WITH AGITATING OR STIRRING STRUCTURE165/174, With internal flow director366/339Helical ribbon or strand
Primary: Richter, Sheldon J.
Assistant: Smith, Leonard E.
Attorney, Agent or Firm
International Classes
F28F 13/00 (20060101)
F28F 13/12 (20060101)
The remarkable increases in energy costs over the last decade have induced a great deal of developmental effort in conserving energy and more effectively using the energy already available. Almost every device which either generates or utilizesheat energy utilizes some device for transferring heat from where it is generated to where it is to be used. These devices, called heat exchangers, come in a great variety and can involve transferring heat from gases to other gases, gases to liquids,liquids to gases, liquids to liquids, and solids to or from either liquids or gases. The physical characteristics vary widely to adapt to the media (solid, liquid or gas) involved.
Heat exchangers have been known and manufactured for over a century and certain common factors include cooperation with two bodies of different temperatures which are disposed to facilitate the flow of heat from the hotter to the cooler body. Inthose situations involving two fluids, there is normally a solid barrier between them to prevent intermixing of the two fluids, since if mixing were allowable, a heat exchanger would be unnecessary.
Certain common principles apply to all heat exchangers involving two different fluids. It has long been recognized that, since fluids are good insulators, the transfer of heat requires movement.
Among the factors that affect the efficiency of such heat exchangers is the nature of liquid flow through the unit. In particular, the existence of stagnant films and laminar flow patterns inhibit heat transfer, the effect being especiallypronounced in the case of viscous fluids flowing relatively slowly through tubes. It will be appreciated that such conditions will typically exist in the case of shell-and-tube type heat exchangers or double pipe heat exchangers in which one fluid isviscous. In such circumstances, the fluid being heated will, of course, withdraw thermal energy from the hot fluid, thereby cooling the latter and making it more viscous, thus increasing the likelihood that laminar flow patterns and stagnation willoccur. This effect is most pronounced at the wall of the barrier between the fluids.
As is well known, devices have been developed for the purpose of inducing turbulent flow, and thereby mixing the fluid as it moves through the heat exchanger. For example, so-called "turbulators" may be fixedly mounted within tubes to producedirectional changes, and hence turbulence, in the flowing liquid. Devices for wiping or scraping the walls of the tubes have also been proposed in the interest of disrupting stagnant layers, and are disclosed, for example, in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,407,871, to Penney, and 4,174,750, to Nichols. However, such devices as are presently known tend to be complex and cumbersome, relatively difficult to install, and limited in their flexibility of application; they may also require an inordinate amountof maintenance. Many even require an outside source of mechanical energy. To an extent, the complexity of such prior devices may be attributed to efforts to minimize friction in the mounting means so as to facilitate rotation, and thereby render themmost effective and efficient in terms of power consumption. This, in turn, increases the cost and difficulty of producing and installing such devices and, to that extent, offsets the advantages afforded thereby. The configurations also limit theapplication to a specific type of heat exchanger- such as a shell-and-tube heat exchanger or a double pipe heat exchanger, but not both. They further limit the application to new construction, since a retrofit modification of an existing heat exchangerwould require custom machine hardware of high cost and costly design.
Accordingly, it is a primary object of the present invention to provide a novel method of creating a heat exchanger having means for preventing stagnation of the fluid against the walls of the tubes through and around which it flows, therebymaximizing the efficiency of thermal energy transfer regardless of the type of heat exchanger, or whether it is an existing or yet-to-be-built heat exchanger.
It is also an object of the invention to provide such a heat exchanger wherein the foregoing advantages are achieved in a manner that is simple, inexpensive and convenient, and in which the need for maintenance is minimized.
Yet another object of the invention is to provide a heat exchanger of the foregoing nature, wherein the wiping effect is independent of the direction of flow of the liquid through the tubes, thereby minimizing difficulty of installation,permitting backflushing of the system in which it is employed, and facilitating the incorporation of such features into single, double and multiple pass units, as well as double pipe heat exchangers.
Yet another object of this invention is to simplify any bearing or anti-friction mechanisms so that a retrofit device can be fashioned for existing heat exchangers, be they single pass, double pass, multipass, or double pipe heat exchangers. Tosecure maximum effectiveness, special construction is to be avoided and add-on capabilities must be available for existing operating units.
It has now been found that certain of the foregoing and related objects of the present invention are readily attained in a heat exchanger comprising, in combination, a shell having an inlet and an outlet for passage of a heat exchange fluidtherethrough, and at least one tube. The tube is mounted within the shell for external contact by the heat exchange fluid, and is adapted for passage of a heat exchange liquid therethrough in physical isolation from the heat exchange fluid. A generallyhelical blade is disposed within the tube for free rotation and free axial movement, the blade having a pointed portion on at least one of the ends thereof, and being of such a diameter as to cause the blade to pass in closely spaced relation to theinside surface of the tube during rotation.
The heat exchanger also includes a bearing member which is mounted adjacent one end, which ordinarily will be the exit end portion of the blade, and in closely spaced relationship to the corresponding end of the tube. As a result, passage of theheat exchange liquid through the tube toward the exit end of the blade will cause the blade to rotate within the tube, with the one end portion thereof bearing upon the bearing member. This, in turn, will cause the blade to effectively remove andsubsequently mix any stagnant layer or laminar film of the heat exchange liquid that might otherwise tend to form adjacent the inside surface of the tube and impede the flow of heat. The removal of this "heat barrier" will thus promote efficient heattransfer between the heat exchange liquid and the heat exchange fluid through the wall thereof.
In preferred embodiments of the heat exchanger, the blade has a laterally centered pointed portion on both of its ends, and a bearing member is mounted in closely spaced relationship to each end of the tube. The distance between the bearingmembers is greater than the length of the blade, thus permitting the blade to shift axially in the tube so as to cause it to bear upon either of the bearing members. Although not critical, this "shift" with reversing flow should ideally be about equalto the radius of the tube in which the blade is inserted. Hence, the blade can rotate in either direction, and can function to mix any fluid layer disposed along the inside of the tube.
In some embodiments a bearing pin may be provided within the tube. The bearing pin has a head which cooperates with the pointed end of the blade.
Generally, the heat exchanger will include a multiplicity of tubes mounted on parallel axes within the shell, with each of the tubes containing a helical blade of the nature previously described. In such a case, the tubes will normally all be ofsubstantially the same length, and mounted with their corresponding ends disposed in a common plane. Substantially flat bearing members will be employed therewith, and they will be mounted outwardly of the tubes with the axes thereof normal thereto. For especially efficient operation, the heat exchanger may be configured to function in a double-pass mode, for which purpose it will include, at one end of the bundle of tubes, means for defining a liquid inlet to certain tubes and for defining anoutlet from the remainder thereof. At the opposite end, means will be provided for establishing liquid flow between the tubes, thus permitting the liquid to flow twice through the length of the heat exchanger.
In certain very large heat exchangers, or in U-tube or bent tube heat exchangers, the tubes are not straight, but are bent. In such devices each such bent tube shall have a "spider" insert with 3, 4, or more legs equal in length to the radius ofthe tube, and in the center of which is a small bearing surface to receive the angle tip of the blade. This "spider" insert is carefully pushed down into the tube from its open end until it comes to the natural restriction in dimensions at the bend ofthe tube, where it is driven hard and "set" into the walls of the tube to act as the bearing for the rotating blade.
FIG. 1 is a partially schematic view of one form (called double pass) of the heat exchanger in accordance with the invention;
FIG. 2 is a diagrammatical, fragmentary elevational representation of a portion of the heat exchanger utilized in the module of FIG. 1, taken along line 2--2 thereof and drawn to a greatly enlarged scale;
FIG. 3 is a further fragmented view of the right end portion of the tube illustrated in FIG. 2, showing the helical blade received therein and shifted axially to contact a bearing plate;
FIG. 4 is a view similar to FIG. 3, showing the left end of the tube with the blade shifted in that direction;
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the helical blade utilized in the tubes of the heat exchanger, drawn to a scale slightly enlarged from that of FIG. 2 and showing, for simplicity, the blade partially in phantom line;
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a double pipe heat exchanger with two possible methods of providing a bearing surface for the helical blade;
FIG. 7 is a fragmentary exploded perspective view of the outer end portion of the heat exchanger of FIG. 1, drawn to a scale greatly enlarged therefrom;
FIG. 8 is a view similar to FIG. 7, showing the opposite end portion of the heat exchanger;
FIG. 9A is a schematic view of a bent tube liquid to air heat exchanger utilizing a spider support which is shown further in FIG. 9B;
FIG. 9B is an elevational view showing the spider in greater detail;
FIG. 10 is a schematic view illustrating other structure for mounting the film disrupting member in a double-pipe heat exchanger; and
FIG. 11 is a schematic view illustrating the mounting film disrupting member in other tube shapes used in a liquid-to-air heat exchanger;
FIG. 12 is a fragmentary elevational view of the head of the bearing pin 110, shown in FIG. 11.
Turning now in detail to FIG. 1 of the drawing which illustrates a commercial shell-and-tube heat exchanger 12, this particular unit heat exchanger 12 is a 2-pass unit to illustrate the manner of operation with flow in either of the two possibledirections. One of the two fluids involved enters and leaves the unit through "tube side" part having an inlet 54 and an outlet 66. The inlet 54 is functionally interchangeable with the outlet 66. At the opposite end of the body the flow of this fluidreverses in an end cap 20 and returns to leave the heat exchanger 12 at the same end that it entered. Although it is not essential, it is preferable both for the heat exchanger 12 in accordance with the invention and the known commercial heat exchangerthat the hotter fluid flows in this tube circuit, and still more desirable if that is also the more viscous fluid. The second fluid is passed through the "shell-side", entering and leaving a cavity 56 around the tubes and inside a shell 14 through ports24, 24. In this instance, it is immaterial which way the fluid flows, but it is important to note that in a single pass heat exchanger 12, where the tube side fluid flows straight through the heat exchanger 12 and leaves at the opposite end, that theshell-side fluid flows in the opposite direction from the tube side fluid. The shell-side ports 24 are mounted in hubs 16, 18 of the unit, which hold the heat exchanger 12 together and provide rigid mounting surfaces for bonnets 20, 22.
FIG. 6 depicts the flow path of the liquids through a double-pass heat exchanger 12. The one fluid (the hotter fluid preferably) enters the heat exchanger 12 through the pipe 66 into an inlet chamber 76 under the bonnet 22. The heat exchanger12 is again somewhat schematically illustrated, and the one fluid (the hotter fluid) enters only a single tube 78 or through other tubes 78' to an outlet chamber 84 from which it exits the heat exchanger 12 through the outlet 54. During its passagethrough the tubes 78 and 78', the fluid is cooled through the tubes 78 and 78' by the other colder fluid disposed in the shell-side cavity 56 outside the tubes 78, 78'. The cooling fluid enters the shell-side cavity 56 through the inlet 24 and passesout the outlet 26 after being warmed.
Basic features of the invention can best be appreciated by reference to FIG. 2, wherein the heat exchanger 12 is again somewhat schematically illustrated, and wherein only the single tube 78 (which may be in either the first or the second pass ofa double pass heat exchanger) is depicted. The tube 78 is mounted within the shell 14 by a header plate or tubesheet 86, which has formed therein an aperture 87 within which the end of the tube 78 is engaged in a fluid tight fit. This may be achievedby roller expansion of the tube end portion. Fixed beneath the end cap 20 and the bonnet 22, at the opposite ends of the shell 14, are bearing plates 88, 89, respectively, each of which is spaced by a gasket 90, 92 a short distance from thecorresponding end of the tube 78. A helical blade 94 (most clearly shown in FIG. 5) is disposed within the tube 78, and is of a length substantially equal thereto. Each end of the blade 94 is tapered to provide a pointed tip or end portion 96, which isaligned substantially on the central axis of the blade 94. Liquid flowing through the tube 78 will shift the blade 94 axially in the direction of liquid movement, causing one of its pointed tips 96 to bear upon the corresponding bearing plate 88, 89 andwill rotate the blade 94, causing it to effectively mix a fluid layer along the inside surface of the wall of the tube 78. FIGS. 3 and 4 are illustrative of the two alternatives with the direction of liquid movement being as indicated by the arrows.
As seen in FIGS. 7 and 8, the outer wall of hub portion 16 constitutes the tubesheet 86, in which is formed a multiplicity of apertures (not visible) each having engaged therein the end of one of tubes 78. Each of the tubes 78 has the helicalblade 94 disposed therein (although some are removed for clarity of illustration) for operation in the manner described in connection with FIGS. 2 through 4. A gasket 92, in the assembled apparatus, is disposed against the face of the tubesheet 86, andthe bearing plate 88 is interposed between it and the flange of the cap 20. As can be seen, the bearing plate 88 has two perpendicular, diametrically extending slots 98, which together define an X-shaped passageway for fluid flow between the tubes 78through a common cavity 80 formed within the end cap 20. Four bolts 100 (only one being shown) are provided to secure the cap 20, the bearing plate 88 and the gasket 90 to the hub 16.
The hub 18, at the opposite end of the heat exchanger shell 14, is similarly constructed, with the tubesheet 87 mounting the opposite ends of the tubes 78 in fluid tight frictional engagement. The gasket 92 and the bearing plate 89 are securedunder the bonnet 22, by bolts 100, and they are specifically configured to cooperate with a diametrically extending baffle element or rib 102 of the bonnet 22 to form the two chambers 76, 84 thereof. Thus, the bearing plate 89 has two aligned radialslot portions 104 formed therein, each of which permits communication with only one of the chambers 76, 84, with the solid portions of the plate 89 cooperating with the rib 102 to prevent leakage therebetween. The gasket 92, in turn, includes adiametrically extending element 106, which seals the two chambers 76, 84 against communication with one another on the opposite side of the plate 89, again to ensure that the streams entering and leaving the heat exchanger 12 do not mingle.
Although a double-pass heat exchanger is depicted in the drawings, it will be understood that the concepts of the present invention are not restricted to any particular flow configuration, and that the heat exchanger 12 may alternatively be ofsingle-pass or multiple-pass design. Indeed, a particular advantage resulting from the bidirectional rotational capability of the helical blades 94, mounted as described, is that different flow patterns are readily achieved, either in the originalmanufacture of the heat exchanger 12 or in conversion of a standard unit. Thus, because the blades 94 are entirely free-floating within the tubes 78, 78', and require no mounting means other than the bearing plates 88, 89 they can simply be insertedinto the tubes 78, 78' without regard for the direction in which flow is to occur.
The concepts of the invention are also applicable to heat exchangers of a wide range of sizes, although difficulties may be encountered if the unit is of excessive length, due to the increased tendency for the blades 94 to bind within the tubes78, 78'. Normally the shell 14 will be about 1 to 5 feet in length and about 1 to 10 inches in diameter; while virtually any number of tubes 78, 78' can be employed, about 20 to 80 will be typical for most practical applications.
Referring now to FIGS. 9A-11 it will be seen that the invention is applicable to straight tube heat exchangers as well as to bent or U-tube heat exchangers. It will be recognized that the curved part of the tubes 78, 78' will not lend themselvesto the blade 94 insert, but all straight portions of the tubes 78, 78' will. To allow for reversible flow, or flow in either direction, it is only necessary to provide a bearing point in each tube 78, 78' at an axial location slightly spaced from abend. For example, there is shown a bearing point which can easily be supplied without significant restriction of the flow by providing a "spider" insert 108 shown in FIGS. 9A and 9B. The spider insert 108 may have 3, 4, or more radial extending legshaving a length substantially equal to the radius of the tube 78, 78' with a centrally located bearing mounted at the central intersection, as best shown in FIG. 9B. Ordinarily the spider 108 will be substantially manufactured of the same metal as theheat exchanger pipes. In addition, for double pass heat exchangers, either a cap at the end of a straight flow section having a bearing surface mounted thereon or a bearing pin 110 mounted in a 90 degree elbow will suffice to provide a bearing point forthe free-floating blades 94, as best shown in FIGS. 10 and 11. Even a fin-tube liquid-to-air heat exchanger, such as those typically found in an air conditioner with 180 degree U-bends at each end, can utilize an embodiment of the invention whichincludes pin-bearing inserts 110 at each 90 degree bend, as best seen in FIG. 11. These pin-bearing inserts 110 may include a pin extending in generally coaxial relation to the blade 94 and may have a head for supporting the blade 94.
Generally, each blade 94 will be a twisted strip of flat, thin metal. In order to effectively disrupt the fluid film on the inner wall of each tube 78, 78', the width of the blade 94 should be a least about nine-tenth of the diameter of the tube78, 78' in which it is seated, and preferably it will be as wide as possible, consistent with free rotation under the conditions of the operation and adequate tolerances for expansion, distortion, manufacturing practicability, etc. It should beappreciated that, although the blade 94 might be said to "wipe" the wall of the tube 78, 78', the term "film disrupting" is more appropriate since the apparatus disrupts a film and does not touch the inner wall of the tube 78, 78'. This disruptionoccurs whether there is turbulent or laminar flow. This disruption maximizes heat transfer efficiency. The blade 94 will generally correspond in length to that of the tube 78, 78' in which it is seated, but it may be slightly longer or shorter, ifdesired. The blade 94 that is too short will, of course, leave a portion of the tube 78, 78' unwiped, thereby sacrificing some efficiency. Utilizing a blade 94 that is significantly longer than the tube 78, 78' will, on the other hand, expose theprotruding portion to damage, with a consequential risk that the blade 94 will be rendered inoperative. Typically, the helical configuration will be such as to provide one full twist of the blade 94 for every unit of its length equal to 5 to 50 timesits diameter.
A significant factor to be considered in the fabrication of the present heat exchangers concerns the rigidity of the blades 94 used, which, of course, is a function of the material of construction and its thickness; the blade 94 should berelatively rigid, but not unduly so. Thus, some flexibility is desirable to accommodate, without binding, the slight deviations from precise linearity and strict dimensional specifications that may be encountered in the manufacture of the tubes 78, 78'and the blades 94, permitting close tolerances between the blade 94 and the tube 78, 78', thereby affording optimum film disrupting action and, in turn, maximum heat transfer efficiency. On the other hand, the thickness must be adequate to provide thestructural strength and toughness necessary for effective and durable operation.
In more specific terms, when the blade 94 is made of metal, it will generally be less than about 0.025 inches in cross-section. As indicated, however, this will depend upon the particular material involved; for example, a rigid steel blade maybe about 0.007 to 0.16 inch thick, whereas one of brass would be in the range of about 0.009 to 0.018 inch in thickness; unannealed and annealed copper would typically be used in sections of about 0.01 and 0.02 inch, thick, respectively. Although itwill generally be desirable to minimize the thickness of the blade 94, to provide maximum flexibility and minimum cost and weight, a practical lower limit does, of course, exist, beyond which the blade 94 would be too fragile for use. The lower limitfor especially tough and rigid materials, such as spring steel, is 0.005 inch. A commensurate increase is necessary for less substantial materials.
As will be appreciated, it is important that the points provided on the end portions 96 of the blades 94 be centrally aligned with the axes of rotation, again to afford efficient operation and to prevent binding. The most facile manner ofproviding the pointed end portions 96 is simply to taper or sharpen the ends of the blades 94, particularly when they are made of metal, in the manner depicted in the drawings. Since hundreds of thousands of revolutions of the blade 94 are anticipatedduring its operating life, the individual angle at the tip 96 should be fairly great (no less than 90 degrees) to maximize the life thereof. Angles of 120 degrees to 150 degrees are desirable, but, aside from wear, are not critical to the function ofthe blade 94 or the invention.
While the bearing plates 88, 89 described in connection with the illustrated embodiment are simple and inexpensive, and therefore highly desirable, it will be evident to those skilled in the art that other types and configurations of bearingmembers 88, 89 may be substituted. A flat plate can be drilled with holes to permit fuid flow provided only that no hole is concentric with the tube 78. Moreover, although they are simply planar, slotted pieces, they may be modified in variousrespects, such as by forming surface recesses or cavities therein, in which the ends of the blades 94 are seated. The gaskets 90, 92 employed may similarly be modified, as long as they perform the sealing functions for which they are provided. It is,of course, important that the bearing plates or members 88, 89 be spaced a sufficient distance from the ends of the tubes 78, 78' to permit the free flow of liquid thereabout; generally, this will indicate an optimal spacing of approximately 1/4 to 1/2inch between the plates 88, 89 and the tubes 78, 78'.
By way of specific example, a series of tests were carried out using a single-pass tube-and-shell heat exchanger, both with and without the helical blades 94. The unit was about three inches in diameter and 16 to 17 inches long, and contained 56tubes 78, 78', 14 inches in length and with a 3/16 inch inside diameter, providing an effective heat transfer area of about 4.4 square feet. The blades 94 were made of 0.022 inch thick galvanized steel, and were constructed as illustrated in thedrawing; each blade 94 was about the same length as the tube 78, 78' length and had a width that was slightly less than the tube 78, 78' diameter, providing a wall clearance of about 0.004 inch.
The heat exchange liquids used were water and a commercial synthetic hydrocarbon heat transfer fluid. In one series of tests, the synthetic product passed on the shell 14 side with the water on the tube 78, 78' side, and in a second series theirpaths were interchanged; but in all cases, the synthetic liquid was used to heat the water. Inlet and outlet temperatures of both liquids were noted at minute intervals following the commencement of each test, which was carried out with the liquidsflowing at suitable practical rates.
From the foregoing, it is determined that, with the synthetic product on the tube 78, 78' side and the water on the shell 14 side (the preferred mode), a rate of thermal energy transfer to the water of 176 BTU/hour/degree Farenheit (thedifferential between the inlet temperatures of the two liquids) was realized with the unmodified heat exchanger. Using the blade-modified unit embodying the invention, a thermal energy transfer rate of 224 BTU/hour/degree was achieved. Transposing theliquids produced a rate of heat transfer in the conventional heat exchanger of 125 BTU/hour/degree, whereas the rate realized using the inventive unit was 145 BTU/hour/degree. These values indicate that the present heat exchanger enables increases of 27percent, over the conventional unit, when the more viscous liquid (i.e., the synthetic product) is used on the tube side, and 16 percent when it passes on the shell side, respectively. Thus, not only is the general effectiveness of the present devicedemonstrated, but the foregoing results also show its particular value in handling viscous liquids.
Since heat exchange liquids are often referred to in the industry as "fluids", the terms "liquid" and "fluid" have been used herein as somewhat of a convenience in referring to the substances that flow, respectively, through the tubes 78, 78' andthe shell 14 of the heat exchanger 12, more than for technical accuracy. While the substance flowing through the tubes 78, 78' will invariably be a liquid, that passing on the shell 14 side of the heat exchanger 12 may be either a liquid or a gas, suchas when, for example, steam is utilized as the heating medium.
Thus, it can be seen that the present invention provides a novel tube-and-shell type double pipe or finned liquid-to-air type heat exchanger having means for preventing stagnation of the liquid flowing through the tubes 78, 78' thereof, tothereby maximize the efficiency of thermal energy transfer. Because of the film disrupting action of the blades 94 upon the tube 78, 78' walls, efficiencies of thermal energy transfer can be realized that are as much as fifty percent greater than arerealized in the absence of such operation. These advantages are achieved in a manner that is simple, inexpensive and convenient, and in which maintenance requirements are minimized. The film disrupting effect occurs regardless of the direction of flowof the liquid through the tubes, and consequently installation of the unit is simplified.
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A Prince from Western Libya
Aristomenis, son of Menelaos,
the Prince from Western Libya,
was generally liked in Alexandria
during the ten days he spent there.
As his name, his dress, modest, was also Greek.
He received honors gladly,
but he did not solicit them; he was unassuming.
He bought Greek books,
especially history and philosophy.
Above all he was a man of few words.
It got around that he must be a profound thinker,
and men like that naturally don't speak very much.
He was neither a profound thinker nor anything else—
just a piddling, laughable man.
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learned to behave more or less like a Greek;
and all the time he was terrified he would spoil
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• Douglas Scotney (2/5/2013 7:59:00 PM)
Fancy, imagine being embarrassed to not be a Greek. There's another poem, 'Philhellene', with a similar theme. I thought for a while he was putting Jesus into that category. Saviour, however, had wider applications in those days apparently.
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• Elena Sandu (6/26/2012 6:28:00 AM)
Thank you for sharing Cavafy's poems. In the original tongue may be more music, we usually loose a lot in translations, but I shall never mind it I am so happy for being able to read his poems wise, kind and very modest a treasure to the soul..
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Athletics at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games:
Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase
Host City: Ciudad de México, Mexico
Venue(s): University Olympic Stadium, Ciudad de México
Date Started: October 14, 1968
Date Finished: October 16, 1968
Gold: KEN Amos Biwott
Silver: KEN Benjamin Kogo
Bronze: USA George Young
Viktor Kudinsky (URS) had won the 1966 European Championships and was favored but also highly considered was American George Young, who was entered in the unusual combination of the steeplechase and marathon. Track & Field News noted that Kenya's Amos Biwott could be "a possible surprise". Biwott amazed the crowd with his technique over the water jump. Apparently almost afraid of the water, he leapt over the jump using long jump-type technique, completely clearing the water. His barrier technique was also unique and he jumped with both feet together rather than in a hurdling technique. Kenya's Benjamin Kogo led the final thru the kilometer but at the bell he was leading with Young. Young went to the lead with 300 to go, but Biwott ran down everybody in the final straight to win the gold medal. This began the Kenyan dominance of the steeplechase event.
Final Standings
Rank Athlete Age Team NOC Medal
1 Amos Biwott 21 Kenya KEN Gold
2 Benjamin Kogo Kenya KEN Silver
3 George Young 31 United States USA Bronze
4 Kerry O'Brien 22 Australia AUS
5 Aleksandr Morozov 28 Soviet Union URS
6 Mikhail Zhelev 25 Bulgaria BUL
7 Gaston Roelants 31 Belgium BEL
8 Arne Risa 24 Norway NOR
9 Jean-Paul Villain 21 France FRA
10 Bengt Persson 28 Sweden SWE
11 Javier Álvarez 24 Spain ESP
AC Viktor Kudynskiy 25 Soviet Union URS
5 h1 r1/2 John Jackson 27 Great Britain GBR
5 h2 r1/2 Willi Wagner 27 West Germany FRG
5 h3 r1/2 Bill Reilly 25 United States USA
6 h1 r1/2 Conrad Nightingale 23 United States USA
6 h2 r1/2 Labidi Ayachi 30 Tunisia TUN
6 h3 r1/2 Peter Welsh 25 New Zealand NZL
7 h1 r1/2 Tadesse Wolde-Medhin 32 Ethiopia ETH
7 h2 r1/2 Nobuyoshi Miura 24 Japan JPN
7 h3 r1/2 Gareth Bryan-Jones 25 Great Britain GBR
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AC h3 r1/2 Guy Texereau 33 France FRA
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He was the first Kiwi to record an overseas No.1, gave the world a signature dance move, and mentored a host of successful entertainers.
But now pioneering rocker Ray Columbus, best-known for the 60s chart hit She's a Mod, is terminally ill. Columbus, 71, has suffered poor health since a heart attack in 2004.
He is suffering from an immune deficiency problem thought to have been brought on by the heavy medication he has had to take in recent years. He is being cared for at his home north of Auckland, where he lives with wife Linda.
"He was ahead of everyone else with what he was doing," said his long-time friend, the singer Suzanne Lynch (nee Donaldson). "I think Ray and the Invaders [his band] raised the bar for New Zealand music."
Ray Columbus and the Invaders played together for only two years, from 1964 to 1966, but were the first New Zealand band to record an international No 1 hit when their cover of British band Terry Beale and the Senators' She's a Mod topped the Australian charts. When the band split, Columbus spent years living in the US, presented television shows and continued to play solo.
Among those he discovered or managed were Tina Cross, the Rumour, Zed and Shane, and he began managing Lynch's group, The Chicks, when she was just 14.
While Columbus was famously clean- living, he smoked for 30 years and blamed the habit when he had a heart attack in 2004 and a stroke in 2008, which caused him to take extensive medication. He attributed a rejuvenation in health to an alternative health therapy called EECP, but last year he suffered another stroke.
His impact on the Kiwi music industry would be permanent, said Lynch - not least for his trademark move from She's a Mod: "Even now, if I break out into the Mod Nod on stage, everyone laughs and does it too."
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The Pentagon's plans to create a new US military command based in Africa have hit a wall of hostility from governments in the region reluctant to associate themselves publicly with the US "global war on terror".
A US delegation led by Ryan Henry, the principal deputy undersecretary of defence for policy, returned to Washington last week with little to show from separate consultations with senior defence and foreign ministry officials in Algeria, Morocco, Libya, Egypt, Djibouti and with the African Union (AU).
An earlier round of consultations with sub-Saharan countries on providing secure facilities and local backup for the new command, to be known as Africom and due to be operational by September next year, was similarly inconclusive.
"We've got a big image problem down there," a state department official admitted. "Public opinion is really against getting into bed with the US. They just don't trust the US."
Mr Henry said African officials had agreed during the talks that counter-terrorism was "a top security concern". But he added: "The countries were committed to the African Union as the continent's common security structure. They advised us that Africom should be established in harmony with the AU."
The US talks with Libya appear to have been frank. "In the area of security, they are looking for Africa-only solutions... I wouldn't say we see eye to eye on every issue," Mr Henry said. "I wouldn't say we see eye to eye on every issue."
Mr Henry emphasised the US was not seeking to supplant or supersede African leadership but rather to reinforce it. He said the creation of Africom would not entail the permanent stationing of large numbers of US troops in Africa, as in Asia and Europe.
Its overall aim was to integrate and expand US security, diplomatic, developmental and humanitarian assistance in collaboration with regional allies, not increased interventionism, he said.
Unveiling the plan in February, president George Bush said Africom would advance "our common goals of peace, security, development, health, education, democracy and economic growth".
But African opposition appears to have modified Washington's approach. Mr Henry said the latest plans envisaged "a distributed command" that would be "networked" across several countries, rather than a single, large headquarters in one place.
"There will be a staff headquarters... with a four-star in-theatre commander," he said. "(But) information technology allows us to bring people at dispersed geographical locations together. We are investigating the possibility of having the command distributed in a number of different nodes around the continent."
Mr Henry said this approach matched that of Islamist terrorists. "Al-Qaida is working in a distributive structure itself. It's establishing nodes throughout the region and there's been an establishment of al-Qaida in the Maghreb."
The state department official said the US remained confident that partners for the Africom project would eventually be found, although concerns persisted about political stability, misgovernance and corruption issues in some potential sub-Saharan partner countries.
The official added that the command's security focus would include suspected terrorist training camps in Mali and southern Algeria, the spread of Islamic fundamentalist ideas and violence in the Maghreb, northern Nigeria and the Horn of Africa, suspected uranium smuggling in the Sahel region - and addressing the political instability and economic deprivation that fed extremism.
Energy supply is another factor sparking heightened US interest, notably in west Africa. Gulf of Guinea countries including Nigeria and Angola are projected to provide a quarter of US oil imports within a decade.
US aid and development projects in Africa are expanding rapidly. Mr Bush asked Congress this month to double to $30bn (£15bn) over the next five years US funding for Aids relief, plus $1.2bn to fight malaria. Washington has also broadened its involvement in efforts to end the Darfur crisis. Laura Bush, the First Lady, embarked on a five-day consciousness-raising tour today, to Senegal, Mozambique, Zambia and Mali.
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I really hope this douche bag only kills himself and not other motorists driving like that. Such an irresponsible piece of s***.
618 days ago
So much for not using your cell while driving...
618 days ago
what sort of car should I get so that I can avoid being spotted by my fans and paps? Oh I know, one that is chrome and really stands out and screams "look at me".......
618 days ago
Fat Mike
I assume he has a GPS. Can't that be checked to see what speed he was doing?
618 days ago
Why hasn't he been arrested yet?? Anyone else would be! So what if photogs were following him, they always do - but this time he decided he'd endanger the public by playing a life-threatening game, trying to outrun them? He's 18, throw him in LA County jail, get this on his record. So outrageous and dangerous, what a dumbazz as are cops for doing nothing at the scene.
618 days ago
Stupid little douche will probably turn out like Lindsay Lohan.
618 days ago
Zombie Whitney Houston
Why in the hell is the paparazzi following him a valid excuse to be driving that recklessly?? I mean, if he was drive 40MPH they would be too. It's not a shootout, idiot. They're following you to take your picture because, for some reason, you're famous. Drive like a normal driver and quit endangering other people. He should have been arrested on the spot. Is the CHP such a joke that they let this nonsense pass with a ticket??
618 days ago
Is there such a thing as a male version of Lindsay Lohan, Miley Cyrus and Paris Hilton combined? Perhaps the male part is in question?
618 days ago
just my opinion
typical overpriveleged.
618 days ago
This kid need a good ass kicking. Being chased by the paparazzi is just an excuse for speeding. If it were anyone else they would be sitting in jail.
618 days ago
two cents
Oooo, I'm salivating at the thought when breaking news is that little princess is found wrapped around a tree.
618 days ago
Go back to Canada and drive like that, effer!
618 days ago
no talent ass hole
618 days ago
This is very serious... I don't care about that little stains life... but how many people could have killed by him... because of why... he didn't want his picture taken.... (which is in conflict with the message his car gives out) He has really started to be a manace to society, not just annoying anymore.
618 days ago
lost grrl
How stupid do you have to be to so blatantly break the law while driving the most recognizable (and annoying) vehicle on the road? Justin Bieber-level stoopid, I guess.
618 days ago
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Here come the trailer park, redneck H8turds, in phatt force. Bring it LOSERTS. Lilolicious!
353 days ago
Mumra the Ever Living
I wonder how Avi Snow feels about all this. All he wanted was a little publicity for his band, and he winds up in the middle of a SHYTE STORM.
He should have flown back to NYC and spent Passover with his family/friends. Instead he went to Brasil and well, you see the result.
353 days ago
She is living in a world of false reality. When she thinks she's got it...she's so far off.
353 days ago
Even though Charlie Sheen clearly has a lot of issues, he at least seems to be generous. I hope he catches wind of her having the nerve to steal from his show after all he's done to try to help her.
Maybe if Charlie Sheen calls her a loser she will finally wake up and hit rock bottom.
353 days ago
Lindsey you are ill seek help.
353 days ago
Sticky Fingers Lohan. Charlie will be on E.T. Monday, as I've stated too many times now, but one thing he said was essentially he seems some of the substance abuse she has that he had, but he got help quicker. Well, now's the chance Charlie. File a complaint with the police. I don't know if she's intentionally going more off her rocker, or is it just her trill of thievery and lying when caught, or is she thinking her more bizarre behavior will get her rehab changed? I don't know but she's an embarrassment. And to then flaunt it everywhere. I've got nothing good at all to say for her and frankly I don't think she's sick, or this or that excuse. She knows exactly what she is doing, being the world's biggest p.o.s.
353 days ago
I doubt very seriously that the wardrobe mistress did any such thing. That's their baby very protective and they know everything they have. Same as a prop master it's a huge responsibility and alot of money involved and has to be accounted for.
Again TMZ...'we're told' told by who? The wardrobe mistress?
Let's see if the producers or Sheen comes forward and saying yes it was all a misunderstanding. So far nothing yet. It's been a few days.
353 days ago
How will the KOWDASHIANS stay on the front page with all the junk about JUSTIN SPITTER. Lil TWINK, and Sticky Fingers Lohan?
353 days ago
Fat Jesus
And.........nothing will come of this either. Move along!
353 days ago
Brazil is a foreign country.
Maybe something real bad will happen to our little American bad apple on foreign soil, something not anticipated, not in the rule book.
She must be creating a real bad name for herself there doing stuff under the table!
353 days ago
Why dont they just lock her up for 2 years & lets see how she is after that. You would not have to worry about rehab, stealing or Lying.
353 days ago
All they have to do is file a police report, but instead they're selling the story? WTF
353 days ago
Hot Farts
If you walk into someone's home or place of business or store WHATEVER. And you walk out with say...a package of post-its and a box of pens. The office manager or the store clerk sees you and says that is our property you cant take it and you walk out with it and say "bill me" is that stealing...the answer is YES.
353 days ago
This girl is a common thief. If anyone else did this they would be arrested. It's not the first time this has happened (Liz & Dick bracelet???). When are people going to wise up and make her pay for her actions?
353 days ago
Why are they not pressing charges?!
353 days ago
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Yes, that was my thought too, as it's about zero and snowing again here - a little rain feels and smells so good, though I hope they don't have any bad problems, as I wouldn't want to wish that on delightful Hanalei! :)
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:) is it possible to dual boot the stock os and the pre alpha?
Afraid not; but that is where the benefit of making full ROM backups comes into play :) Recovery = your friend.
yea figured...but i was tired of doing that...dont like backup and recovery :/ would be nice if i can dual/tri boot :)
Why is the camera always the last thing to work? Honest question.
because the source is not fully out yet, I suppose
The camera issues stem from multiple reasons, but are generally related to framework changes, lib issues, or framebuffer issues. They can be worked around, but take a lot of time to do correctly.
Damn I am really regretting buying the Verizon version.....
So if only camera doesn't work, why exactly do you wanna release it as alpha? why not beta level? anyway you are providing it to everyone
Our beta's and stables always require 100% working hardware. As we've said before, quality > speed of release. Others can use the source and become the 'first stable', but by waiting till its ready, we remain the best bet ;)
you should make a build for the photon 4g.
we have an unlocked bootloader.
Would this work on a p7500r ? I only use it on wifi so wouldn't care if the 3g didn't work
Not to sound like a total idiot for lack of better wording but would the 10.1 mods work with the 8.9 tab? Essentially isn't the hardware the same minus the screen size? I am sure I am not the only one carrying an 8.9 who has these questions.
Is there somebody who is able to tell me what fastboot is?!?
To add to Chris Paik's comment how is this different from CM9 Kang?
Depends on the Kang. Most Kangs use CM source then change something here or there; this is a true snapshot of CM code and from a CM dev.
(Note: This comment is meant as a generalization, I have not tested the other builds mentioned).
Thanks for the straight forward explanation. Currently running CM9 Kang on my tablet with no problems other than lack of MTP and camera functionality. What I can't figure out is that CM9 for the GS2 has camera support (bar no video).
No, it is not working. Using Airdroid instead.
The MTP option in mounts does nothing? Settings > storage > Menu > USB computer connection > MTP
Are we able to flash this in CW Recovery or only the recovery from the download list?
The recovery in the download is suggested so you don't get assert issues
Any feedback from anyone on this...Charging my tablet...seems very tempting. Don't ever use my camera anyway.
Been using the KANG CM-9 pre-alpha for a couple of weeks now. It's great. The camera doesn't work but everything else does, so I would say that's pretty similar to this ROM. One thing though... I get about a day and a half less battery life, so I have to shut it off instead of using standby mode. But, oh well. I'm a geek and I don't care. Performance is definitely increased!!
At the risk of sounding like a brat (not trying too) I am curious as to how the camera drivers are coming. I read somewhere they got it working, it's the frame rate that is an issue right now. (can't think off the top of my head, it wasn't official, that much I know) so basically I'm asking what are we looking at that's causing the problem? (Don't worry about speaking over my level, dumbing stuff down makes people lazy.)
The recovery image given is actually a "CWM-based recovery". Other than the different color/version number, it looks/acts just like CWM. Since I was unable to figure out how to get my tablet into fastboot mode, I converted the recovery.img file to an odin usable image (instructions here:,
I was able to flash the CM9 ROM with no issues and its working perfectly! I also flashed Google Apps for ICS. My tablet, without Samsung's bloatware (not that there was a lot of it) is blazing fast!
Regarding MTP, I checked the setting on my slate and had no problems moving files to and from the tablet. Since I hardly ever use the camera on my tablet, I won't miss the fact that its not currently working.
My personal thanks to the CyanogenMod team! Now I have something to do while I eagerly await CM9 for T-Mobile's Galaxy S II and Amaze 4G.
Hi! Would like to know if usb on the go works on that rom? because with the Kang rom it doesn't, and I really need it, not only for usb storage mounting (I say that because I know that there are some aps to mount usb storage devices).
I am running mabalito's KANG of CM9 for my GT-P7500 (on xda) and I saw the latest release from 20/2/2012 has a new CM9 boot animation. I thought I would post in this thread since it is about CM9 on GT.
Would you consider using this as your new CM9 logo? I think this would work well with the new darker color scheme of ICS and compliments the CM branding quite nicely.
In other news. Keep you the great work! ICS makes my tablet what it should have been from the beginning. :D
As +Tom W asked before, would it work with the p7500 (GSM) version? I'm also not using the mobile data much so I wouldn't mind for now. I can live without camera and mobile data but am eager to try out CM9.
I know I repeat myself, but is usb host supported? did someone test it?
I consider a build unusable when the camera doesnt work...but then again I dont think a pre-alpha version is doing anything more than showing there's honestly good progress for this device. Bets are that it's unstable
Plan on installing later when I get home today.
+Zazie Lavender - It is actually quite stable. The camera doesn't work. Big deal. Its a pre-alpha release. Steve and crew were good enough to share it with us. Try it. You'll be pleasantly surprised.
+Scott Steinhart Did you read my comment properly? Build is unusable without camera...pardon for being a bit OCD about demanding all my hardware be 100% functional. XD
Especially since I want to be able to use ICS features like Face Unlock which pretty much require the camera drivers not to be on the fritz. Not to mention...some apps tend to cause FCs or ANRs when the Camera isn't working.
Just need usb to work, if anybody have an idea? It was working before I installed this.
Figrued it out from the +CyanogenMod post...Settings > storage > Menu > USB computer connection > MTP
+Zazie Lavender - I did in fact read it properly. And my point is simply that it is pre-alpha. Not even alpha. No one is saying you should use it. If you don't want to, don't. Its all good. Fact still remains that I am not experiencing any major issues. In fact, I'm using CM9 to type this out.
As far as face unlock is concerned, I'm sure by the time CM9 goes to nightlies, everything will be working. But don't worry, Apple will soon be awarded a (read: "steal the") patent for it and Google will be forced to remove it. (Yes... sarcasm)
Zazie Lavender - I think Scott did read your post right. You stated "Bets are that it's unstable". Scott simply stated that the OS is quite stable and I agree. I've been using it for weeks and have not had 1 FC. In case you didn't read that correctly, NOT 1 FC since the install weeks ago. Every thing I use is much faster than stock. Not having the camera doesn't make the OS unusable or unstable. Just because you feel the need for the camera doesn't mean that everyone else does. I have no need for the camera, could care less about the camera and have NO desire to go back to stock. The OS build is EXTREMELY stable. Your making assumptions about something that you haven't tried. The people who have tried it are telling of our experience not our assumptions.
I have yet to try an external keyboard. I have a Blue Tooth keyboard that I will pair in a little while.
Galaxy tab p1010? Never? I can be a tester for anyone. ;)
Stupid question, but is there a howto on putting this new firmware on the tablet ? I have rooted mine, and it runs with the latest version of Samsung's firmware. I just don't to brick it. Also, is there a way to backup the existing firmware, so I can restore it back ?
+Jean-Francois Messier If you have root, it's basically the same process. You have to flash the recovery.img the same way you did in order to root your device, then just flash the rom.
Craig L
+Scott Steinhart , thanks for the Odin package. I have a locked bootloader, so it's much more convenient to flash with Odin.
I didn't think the galaxy tab (or any Samsung device) had a locked boot loader...
Some galaxy tabs 10.1 were locked. I was thankful to get an unlocked one.
Craig L
Pretty sure quite a few of the retail wi-fi tabs have locked bootloaders. Hasn't stopped me from using a custom kernel.
Well if mine was locked, it gave me no issues. Took 15 minutes to root nandroid, and slap a rom on it
+Scott Steinhart I don't currently have Linux system up and running can you hook me up with that ODIN package also?
Well use Odin to flash the CW based recovery then install Rom from Clockwork.
+Samuel Cortez flashing CWM is easy odin. Takes maybe 1 minute. Very easy. But as +Adam Richardson said earlier Odin is used to flash a recovery image (ie: CWM) and then you use the recovery to do a nandroid backup and then flash your ROM of choice.
Is it possible to use CWM to flash the rom or is the provided recovery image necessary?
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Something you look forward too all your life...
Passing from one life to the next...death.
We are not comfortable with death.
Death is a gift to help us feel new.
1. Certainty of Death: 100% death rate
Ecclisiastese: the living know that they should die
Hebrew 9:26: once death, then judgement
Genesis 7:21: everything dies
2 Kings 20:1: everyone dies
2.Cause of Death: SIN
Romans 6:23: wage sin for death
Ezekiel 18:4: souls that sin, die
James 1:15: sin brings death
Romans 5:12: one man sinned and death followed
Romans 2:23: everyone sins
We will all die because of sin
3. Culmination of Death: For the Saved
Paul "fought te fight and won the race". He did not fear death. To live is in Christ, to die is to gain.
To fear death is to not understand
Genesis 49:33: you are brought together with the people of God, reunited with past saints.
Romans 8:11: the same power that raised Christ will be the same power to resurrect you
Revelations 22:12: as a Christian we can not work our way to heaven, we must live the life to earn our rewards. The Lord will reward us for what we have done.
You don't wanna be the one to have no rewards. You will have nothing to lay at Christ feet.
Revelations 22:3-4: nothing bad in heaven, the Lords throne will be there, we will see Christ, and we will be apparent Christians
For those that are unsaved you will be separated forever. THERE ARE NO DO OVERS. (Revelation 20:12-15)
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"What's this Danny?" Allyson Miller asked the boy Danny as he pulled a necklace from his pocket. He gave her a slight smile, "this will protect you from most of Max's powers and it well tell you if he's near. Because knowing him he will come after you. So this will protect you if he ever comes after you and I'm not there for you." He said as he faïenced it around her neck. It was now near dusk and the sunset shone beautifully on the water of the pond. The two sat side by side watching as the sun set. Over the last few months since the final magic show their relationship had grown beyond believe. As the last of the suns rays left Danny turned to her, "You should probably be getting back see you soon." He said smiling as he kissed her forehead. That had been about a month ago and Danny hadn't sent for her in all that time. Allyson knew their feelings for each other had to stay as hidden as possible, but is was very difficult to do.
It was a warm summer day as Allyson walked to school. She couldn't believe that Danny had just forgotten about her, but every time she tried comminuting with Danny telepathically he would always say he was busy at the moment. She sighed heavy, she knew it was important for him to get his magic stronger, but still she missed him terribly. As she sat down at her desk she felt something fall from her purse. She bent down and picked it up smiling. It was Danny's protection necklace. It wasn't that big of a deal, but it was to her. In the middle of the chain was a big ruby red heart, but the color was dulled from age and the golden chain just resembled any other golden chain in the world. She sat there and put it around her neck somehow feeling closer to him then she had that whole month. As the bell rang a girl came up behind her, "Hey Al. what have you been doing lately I haven't seen you in months," her friend Phoebe asked. Alyson looked at her friend and smiled, "I've been busy lately homework and everything." Phoebe sighed and went back over to her desk. Allyson looked out the window, 'now I sound just like Danny,' she thought as class began.
Strangely their teacher seemed to running late. 'But she never has been absent before,' Allyson thought as she got up to go get a book from the back of the room. Phoebe laughed joyfully, "Yeah, now we don't have class…yeah…yeah…yea." She stopped abruptly when she saw a man standing in the door way. The man had brown hair and dull almost grayish eyes. Something inside made Allyson uneasy about this man, but she let it pass, it was probably another longing to see Danny moment. "Hello I'm going to be your new substitute teacher Mr. W. Your teacher left plans for you so why don't you guys start working on it." He said warmly. As he handed out the sheets of work Allyson looked at him hard to try to see why he made her feel so uneasy. Yet, she couldn't find anything on the surface. While she did her work, which only took her about ten minutes to do she tried contacting with Danny again. When her thoughts reached his he said, "I'm busy Ally leave me alone do you what Max to find me?" That was weird his thoughts had sounded close, much closer then they normally were.
"Miss Miller may I have your paper please?' Mr. W asked kindly. She nodded still lost in her own thoughts. After class she went over to his desk and asked, "A… Mr. W actually where is Mrs. Mitch anyway?' He looked up from his papers and looked at, and she felt heat rising in her body as he stared at her. "She left on a business trip Miss Miller is that ok with you," he said calmly She nodded still a little unsure, but she lat it be for now. That night she tried once again to talk to Danny. She needed his advice about what to do about Mr. W, but he didn't answer. "He must be asleep' she thought feeling hopeless. | https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3230373/1/The-other-one | dclm-gs1-200560000 |
0.152087 | <urn:uuid:c1282302-33cc-4107-8c3e-8a86ff7372d1> | en | 0.991586 | A/N: I don't own The Avengers or anyone else of the Marvel Universe.
There will be some m/m-romance and definitely slash in later chapters. If you don't feel okay with that, better stop reading.
This is my first fanfic and the first story I write in English, so don't be to harsh on me. ;)
Update: I just moved this story from the comic- to the movie-section.
New Territory
Tony Stark had to walk a couple of feet away from the lithe frame lying still on the ground - just to scream out all his frustration and desperation. Then he listened to the ocean waves washing away his noise, returning back to the peaceful sound of a late summers night. He couldn't stand that peace and he didn't feel any better, so he screamed again, until it hurt.
A few hours ago Tony stood in the middle of an apocalyptic chaos. An unknown giant half-mechanic creature had attacked the city and the Avengers came to fight it. Metal seemed to fuse with it's flesh and vice versa. It's five tails swooshed around like whips. Where it came from or who had sent it nobody knew at that moment. All that mattered was to stop it from destroying everything in it's reach.
Tony remembered having trouble even aiming at this thing. It moved unearthly fast and was constantly shooting strange looking energy blasts out of his head at each and every direction. He eventually got hit by one of them and found himself flying in a nearby car. Instantly his suit went out of power, leaving him blind and vulnerable in the middle of the battlefield. He called out for JARVIS several times, but never got an answer. His com to the other Avengers was down as well. For a split-second he tried to figure out, what energy could possibly be that powerful to sent his suit offline, but then he thought it more useful to regain some eyesight for a start. The analysis had to wait until the fight was over. It took a lot of strength to lift his hands to his mask and pull it open. All that metal was now dead weight on him. Tony had to laugh darkly at his choice of trying out his new heavy suit today. How ironic. The creature busied itself attacking someone to Tony's far left side, and then a green flashing light rushed over Tony's head and right into said creature. The thing gave a deafening howl and whirled around.
Out of nowhere Loki came into Tony's view and he watched him walk almost casually towards the half-machine. The trickster god looked like shit, Tony noted. His face was worn out, dark shadows under his eyes, his armor covered in dirt and dried blood. And still his gaze was determined, his movements graceful, green cloak floating behind him like a second shadow. For the blink of an eye, Tony wondered, what Loki was up to, why he was here in the first place, if this creature was one of his possible allies, that seemed unable to be tamed after all, or if Loki had fought it before and therefore looked so awful. He decided he wouldn't find that out by lying around in the rubble.
Tony tried to stand up, but couldn't. Getting out of his suit wasn't a good idea either, leaving him without protection at all. He was trapped. So he decided to wait and watch.
The fight went on for long minutes and both sides fought with unleashed power. A few times Tony almost got hit again and he would have started to pray, if he would believe in any god he hadn't seen with his own to eyes – and the gods he knew were real, he wouldn't pray to.
Behind him something big exploded, if the loud noise was any indication, and he had to cover his eyes from the cloud of dust and rubble.
When finally most of the dust settled and Tony could see again, he saw the creature towering over him, just mere meters away. From somewhere Mjolmir hit the thing at it's head and it reeled to the side. And then there was Loki flying right towards its face. With a blood-curdling cry he rammed his scepter into one of it's eyes and right through it into its scull. All went silent and the creature started to slump down. Slowly it fell face down. And Tony's heart stopped. He couldn't get away, could only wait for the inevitable impact. He called out for someone to help him. Did anyone even register he was there? His eyes fixed on Loki, who still held a firm grip on his staff and fell down together with the lifeless creature. The god looked down, making no attempt to get away. Their gazes met and Tony wondered if that was fear in Loki's eyes.
Then there was only green fog around him, sending his senses on a weird trip. His world seemed to topple over again and again until it came to a sudden halt.
He found himself lying on his back, trees above him swaying softly in the wind, sun and shadow playing with each other on his face. He smelled the salty scent of an ocean, heard the waves crawling over the sand, heard something slump down. He blinked a few times against the light, collecting every piece of memory and putting it back together to the picture of what had happened. When everything kicked in again, he hastily fumbled himself out of his suit and got to his feet, taking a look at his surrounding. All of this was wrong in so many ways. There where only trees and bushes and a short beach full of rocks. No streets, skyscrapers, cars, people – no Avengers, no monster-creature. What the hell was going on here! He ran his hands through his hair and tried to think of something useful. A soft hiss caught his attention and he whirled around to see where it came from. His gaze fell upon a shade of green, that was clearly different from it's surrounding. A familiar green. Tony froze and waited for something to happen, anything. The seconds ticked by agonizingly slow and Tony kept on staring for any kind of movement. When nothing happened, he found the courage to step closer. Loki's green cloak covered half of the still form of the God of Mischief. His helmet lay a few feet away. Blood painted red patterns over the surrounding plants, more of it pooling right under the lifeless body in the grass. Tony pondered, if Loki played possum, enjoying one of his sick games. But his mind said no, not after what had happened, after Loki fought on the good side for a yet unknown reason, after the look he gave him, right before he … teleported him? Was that it? He crouched down next to the god and hesitantly brushed a few ebony strands out of his face to get a better look at him. His eyes were tightly shut, his breathing shallow and uneven. Tony tapped the god's shoulder with a shaky hand. "Loki?"
No reaction.
"Loki? You awake?"
A small movement of a bruised hand. Tony took that as a yes.
"Good. Well … can you, you know, heal yourself or something? 'Cause you're makin' a mess here, buddy." Tony knew, that wasn't smart, but the whole situation was creepy and he was defenseless. No one could expect him to be reasonable right now. Loki did only respond with a barely audible sigh.
"Come on, now! I'm so not in the mood for this! You brought us here, so get up already!" Tony tried to anger the God, 'cause usually that would do the trick. But not this time.
"Okay then, let me see, how bad it is," Tony said with a groan and carefully turned the lithe body around. The trickster's face contorted with pain. And Tony became aware of a large metal shred sticking way to deep in Lokis side. "Oh shit..." was all he could say. He put two and two together and understood, that Loki's condition was serious. Tony remembered a particular talk he had with Thor, about if it was possible for gods to die, and how the Thunderer laughed in his typical way and declared almost proudly, that, of course, gods had the ability to die like anyone else, and Tony had to laugh then at his choice of the word ability. Tonys gaze fell upon the large puddle of blood, deciding that he had to help, because if he didn't, he would have Thor killing him the moment he found out Tony had his little brother left to his fate. Then he got to his feet again and took a look around, searching for any kind of shelter. "Hang on. I'll be right back. Stay where you are," he said over his shoulder and walked off to find a safer place. He found a small cave eventually, maybe twice the size of his bedroom and wide open to it's surrounding, but it would keep the wind and possible rain out. He hurried back to the trickster god, finding him in the same position he left him a while ago. Tony considered pulling that damn shred out, but came to the conclusion that it would do more harm than good, causing more bleeding, if Loki would be unable to close the wound.
He scratched his neck and took a deep breath. "I need your help now. I'll bring you somewhere … more comfortable. But you'll have to work for that." Tony pulled at Loki's shoulders, lifting him to an upright position. The god hissed dangerously, but did nothing else. So Tony wrapped one of Loki's arms over his shoulders and lifted him slowly to his feet. The trickster leaned heavy against him, chin resting on his chest, eyes shut tight. Tony guided him to the cave and Loki stumbled from one foot to the other, almost tripping every now and then.
It felt like an eternity for both of them to reach their destination. Tony lay Loki carefully to the ground. As soon as he let go of the god, Loki's fingers searched for the metal-piece in his body. Tony took a few steps back, not sure, what to expect. Loki was like a wounded wild animal to him, almost helpless, his eyes constantly shut, but maybe even more dangerous. Long finger's wrapped themselves clumsily around the metal and pulled. The shred did only move an inch or two. A small frustrated sob left Loki's lips and his fingers trembled, but didn't let go.
Finding his courage, Tony moved forward and knelt at the trickster's side, putting his hands over the blood-covered one. He looked at Loki's face and was greeted by two emerald eyes, barely open, but piercing nonetheless.
"Are you sure you want this thing out? It's going to bleed like hell," Tony asked.
The trickster blinked twice.
"I hope that means yes," Tony sighed helplessly and lifted Loki's hand to the side.
He took a firm grip on the metal piece and looked into those green orbs for any sign of doubt or reassurance. Loki closed his eyes and exhaled audible, determination written all over his features. Tony dearly hoped, that the god had a plan. He didn't want to die, right? He saw a turquoise misty flame suddenly spread over Loki's hand and stay there. He got the message and pulled. Loki's mouth opened for a silent cry. The metal slid slowly and with a nasty sound out of the trickster's body, sharp edges cutting at the flesh. Tony had trouble keeping his stomach in check. Thick blood oozed out of the ripped armor. Turquoise flames tried to find their way to the wound, as if having a mind of its own, but the hand wouldn't move. Tony let go of the metal shred and lifted Loki's hand on top of the injury and held it in place. Within moments the blood-flow died down and with it the flame went out. The hand was put down carefully. The god's face fell into some kind of peace, leaving him motionless except for the occasional rising and falling of the chest. Tony stumbled back on his feet and put his hands over his face, trying to block out some of the stress that was building itself up inside of him. It was to late for him to recognize his hands where covered in blood as well. When his sticky palms touched his brows and cheeks, he could smell the iron scent – causing his stomach to make a somersault. He all but ran out of the cave emptied himself in a bush.
And then everything was clear to him. He was stranded. Possibly anywhere in some fucking wilderness, on some island even. He had to find this out, though. More important, there was an injured god, who's well-being depended on him. And there was nothing he could do. He was good with machines. He was no freaking doctor!
He remembered his suit. It was still lying around somewhere near the beach. Maybe he was able to get it back to work, to call for help. Maybe he could do something without the tools he didn't have. He started to run, his eyes fixed on the ground, searching for something red and golden. He had no difficulty to find it, with the sun already so low that it bathed his suit in an orange light that made it look like a ripped holy statue embedded in grass and ferns. Tony examined every single part of it for anything he could get back to work, but after an hour he had to give up. Tony Stark had to give up. Frustrated to no end he kicked against the useless metal, causing pain to shoot up his foot and leg. And he was good with that, because somehow the pain covered everything else he felt right now.
He stared out at the ocean, at the sun sinking down to the horizon, coloring itself blood-red. He remembered his own face still being covered in the same color and stepped to the water to wash himself clean. The cool liquid calmed his mind and he decided it was time to make a plan.
On his way back to the cave he made a priority list, starting with finding fresh water and making a fire. He had taken his helmet with him, in order to fill the water in it, when he found any. In the morning, he would have to find out where they were exactly. He hoped they were on mainland, so it would be easier to find back to civilization. If the vegetation was any hint, they were somewhere in the temperate latitudes. The fauna was rich and untamed. The birds sang in melodies Tony had never heard before. Everything felt foreign for him.
On his way back he didn't find any source of fresh water, which made him come back to number one on his list. He checked on Loki once more, finding him fast asleep. Or at least, that was, what Tony told himself. He was there with his eyes closed and he didn't move - that had to be enough information right now.
The sun had almost sunken behind the horizon. Tony had to be fast. He could still hear the ocean from here, but listening closer, he heard something else. Was that the soft murmur of a small river? He followed the sound and was pleasantly surprised to find a small watercourse flowing a few feet down into a small pool. Tony gave himself a mental high-five and climbed down his way to the new-found water-supply. It tasted wonderful, even if Tony's tongue was used to liquids with a different flavor. He cleaned his helmet and filled it with as much water as possible. Then he went back to the cave.
The twilight drew the warm colors out of everything, leaving all in dark shades of gray, green and blue. Tony built a ring of stones, keeping the helmet from tilting to the side. Then he started to collect as much wood as possible and made up his mind of how he could make a fire. He had no idea. There was that movie with Tom Hanks, that he was forced to watch when Clint suggested an Avengers-movie-night. He remembered this particular scene, in which the protagonist was making his first fire. So he tried it that way. But no matter how hard he rubbed the woods against each other, nothing happened. He tried it for what felt like hours. Until it was pitch black outside. Until his arms and shoulders wouldn't move anymore. Until his hands where raw and blistered. Frustrated he threw the stick somewhere into the dark of the cave. It clacked a few times, until it lay motionless, like the god.
Tony got to his feet and walked off. Somewhere. Anywhere. Just away.
He tripped and fell. Something cut a small gash in his hand.
He got up again and screamed. Again and again. Until it hurt. | https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8076759/1/Shades-of-Green | dclm-gs1-200680000 |
0.062417 | <urn:uuid:336bb43b-4855-4799-8704-24b6458edab3> | en | 0.946365 | Sales Person to Present & Attempt to Close on Appointments / Meetings
Job Description
As per title. I require someone who:
* Must be in Sydney because that is likely where potential clients will be
* Can go to client sites to present & attempt to close sales. Obviously, I will teach in terms of what we are selling etc...
* Has no fear with meeting clients or won't care about rejection
* Calm & composed (i.e will never abuse the other person no matter what they say)
* Friendly, fun, light hearted to chat to.
The whole aim to is meet business owners (or maybe marketing managers) of companies, and present in a meeting of eg 15-30min.
Likely start off on a trial basis. Time will again depend on success rate of how many appointments there are to attend do. You are also welcome to do cold calling if you want to accelerate earnings.
Fixed Price job type. Basically you'll get a fixed percentage of what the sales closes for. You name this commission rate because I've never hired anyone in a similar role before so don't know about rates, the standards etc. I've just put down $5.
Skills: marketing
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svenf 2006-02-18 01:20
Extremely slow patch browsing in Reason 3.0.4 using rewire
Dearest fellow-composers. It's been quite some time that I am looking for a proper answer the following question:
When using Reason in Cubase LE (rewire-mode), I notice extremely slow patch browsing when I have created about 5 devices or more. Using the Task Manager, I see it's not Reason but Cubase that's eating away ALL of my processing power when Reason is loading a new patch.
If I open the same rack in Reason, but without opening Cubase (i.e. not rewired), patch browsing is as smooth as a baby. Not only with 5 devices but with many more as well (long live the Propellerhead team !!!)
Using Reason as a rewired rack causes patch browsing to take up to a minute or two (!!!), whereas patch browsing in Reason as a standalone rack never takes more than a second. That's a factor 60 !!!
Does anyone know what I should do to resolve this issue?
I don't seem to find the answer on Steinberg's forum, although I'm afraid this is really a Cubase LE issue. Could this problem be solved using a commercialised (aka. frequently updated) version of Cubase (Cubase LE is only provided as a bonus with hardware-sales and updates are not available)
Any help is welcome !!!
(FYI: I'm working with a 3.5 GHz Atlon processor and 2Gbytes of RAM, ASUS motherboard A8V Deluxe, Tascam FW-1804)
svenf 2006-06-18 19:39
Re: Extremely slow patch browsing in Reason 3.0.4 using rewire
To all who may bring deliverance:
Following my previous post, I have now switched from the free Cubase LE to Cubase SL3. I can say that I'm extremely pleased with this daunting piece of software and do not regret having payed dearly for it, except for one important issue. The switch to Cubase SL3 did not solve my ReWire problem. I have installed all latest updates, both from Cubase as from Reason, including a special update by Propellerhead (ReWire 1.7) which increases ReWire performance, but without any improvement.
To summarise: the sample-loading still takes much more time in ReWire mode than when working directly under Reason. When loading heavy samples (such as Combinator patches), Cubase continues to use up all my CPU's processing capacity.
Please, someone help me, I'm desperate!!
tormod 2006-06-18 21:45
Upgrade your rewire
The new rewire will make you very happy.
Get it here.
svenf 2006-06-19 22:00
Re: Upgrade your rewire
Hi Tormod,
First of all: thanks for your reply. I had already tried running the ReWire 1.7 update for Windows previously. All it did was mention that it was successfully installed, without any noticeable difference inside Reason. I'm wondering if there's any way of checking within Reason whether it recognises the update. I ran the ReWire 1.7 update a second time after having de-installed Reason completely, and it gave me the same "successfully installed" message as well. After installing Reason again, I can't really be sure whether Reason actually recognises the update. In any case, it didn't change the slow sample-loading...
My quest continues...
tormod 2006-06-20 00:26
It cut down my sample loading time very much indeed.
I can't remember the exact numbers now, but I think it was something like a full all-mics RDK kit would take three or four minutes to load, now it's less than 30 seconds. Substantial improvenemt, in other words, and I notice it with a smile every time I load a kit.
I don't think there's a much better way to find out if it's new than looking at the date stamp of the rewire.dll file in your windows/system32 folder.
svenf 2006-06-20 08:28
Re: Really?
The date of the rewire.dll file shows the date I installed Reason last time (18/06), not the date I ran the ReWire update the last time (20/06). Looks to me like somehow the rewire-update doesn't affect my Reason installation. Might this be because I have Reason installed on another partition then my OS? Or do I need to run the update file within a certain folder?
Here's how I did it:
1. de-installed Reason
2. ran the ReWire upgrade as a test (strangely, this gave no error messsage but a successful installation)
2. re-installed Reason 3.0.4
3. ran the ReWire upgrade
tormod 2006-06-20 11:56
Re: Really?
Do a full system search for "rewire.dll" and make sure you don't have duplicates. Mine lives in the Windows/system32 folder, but I didn't follow the regular installation procedure anyway...
Make sure you only have one rewire.dll, and that it's from this spring. You will love the result of this, because the much lower loading time is soooo nice...
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. all of this is happening and secretary of state clinton has gone to egypt and the west bank helped broker a cease-fire deal. joining us now is michael oren who is is really ambassador to the united states it's great to have you with us today. >> good to be with you too, jenna. jenna: what information you have about the bombing? >> we don't know who is responsible yet, but we do know that hamas is celebrating. giving out candy to children, you can go on youtube and see that hamas supporters saying that they want more israeli body bags. it is about genocidal groups in gaza trying to kill the maximum number of israelis, while we are trying to defend ourselves and reduce the palestinian civilian casualties to the greatest extent that we can. the terrorists are digging in behind us million population. jenna: how has the cease fire talks been going? >> they have not been going well. they are discussing a long-term arrangement to put in a mechanism that prevent hamas from shooting at our population and paralyzing half the country. also stopping iran from smuggling long-range missiles into
news alert out of egypt where we're seeing new clashes between protesters and police at a massive opposition rally against president morsi there. escalating violence is spreading across the city and much of egypt really for the last five days ever since the president's controversial decree granting himself nearance sew lieutenant power. that is a move many critics say is veiled attempt to turn egypt back into dictatorship. others say morsi is attempting to clean out the old guard and reaffirm a brand new move to a new government in egypt. something we're watching closely in the middle east. with pressure growing last night, morsi sat down last night with a five-hour meeting with the country's senior judges in an attempt he says to diffuse the situation but refused calls to withdraw the decree. >>> there is new push on capitol hill to stop the environmental protection agency from moving forward with a plan to impose stricter oil and gas regulations which opponents say will only cause more pain at the pump and drive a gal ghoul lon of regular -- gallon of regular gasoline higher tha
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mohammed morsi. this is central cairo. that is live look after friday prayers, right before sundown. this is when we see frankly a lot of action in the streets of egypt. in reese days the demonstrations turned violent, even deadly. tanks deployed to the presidential palace late yesterday. defiant president morsi spoke to his nation calling for a national dialogue but he refused to bend on his controversial decree. stephen hayes, senior writer, "weekly standard", fox news contributor watching with us here. good morning to you. >> good morning, bill. bill: we wait to see what happened here. seven people were shot in the street the other day. the ultimate question for me trying to figure out what the army will do. they're the ultimate arbiters of power still today in you get, whether under mubarak or under morsi. if they do what morsi says, then he wins. but if they don't, what happens then? >> well, i think that's right. you're pointing to the exact locust of power in egypt depresident morsi having the backing of the muslim brother hood of the what he did was very having having move w
constitution. there are signs of trouble. the mohammed morsi's brother food is coming out, and they are mobilizing 120,000 troops during the different ways. supporters of the president say they are just defending the gains of the revolution, bill. bill: you know, who is going to win? i think everybody is watching that from around the world, including right where you are in cairo, and which way this vote will go. what is your sense after talking to people there, greg? >> reporter: most analysts we've heard from, we've seen say that president mohammed morsi constitution should pass maybe by a big margin. his muslim brotherhood party is just too well organized. they are involved in a strenuous get out the vote effort and some say there could be fraud involved with the vote. voting is going on at egyptian embassies around the world. muslim brotherhood operatives we are told busy there too helping at that vote. there could be another factor behind this constitution going forward, the folks here are just tired. it has been nearly two years since we were first here seeing the beg
it is calm in cairo, but yesterday we saw protests for and against egyptian president mohammed morsi, and the planned referendum about that controversial constitution. voting is set to begin on saturday. due to a shortage of judges used to monitor the polling some of them have called this document an insult, so they are boycotting it. it's extended to a second saturday december 22nd. the opposition to morsi which has branded this coons taougs islamist and none inclusive will boycott it. they said they wanted to participate today in a national unity meeting which had been called for by the military. that has been called off today, apparently mohammed morsi didn't want it, bill. bill: what is the expected outcome of this vote, greg, read twaep between the lines. >> all indication is that mohammed morsi wants to push it forward because he thinks he can win. his muslim brotherhood party and allies won the majority of votes in the last elections here. they have the best grass roots effort, they had the best ground game, and the opposition is divided. they are split between their tactics,
is ignoring the islamic power grab in egypt. the new constitution pushed through by mohamed morsi gives himself sweeping powers. lieutenant colonel ralph peters, thank you for coming here. the white house said they discussed a broad range of issues. i don't know what that means but you say they are down playing this for a reason. why is that? >> the white house is very, very embarrassed. it's got a bad case of strategic add. it took its eye off the ball in libya and took its eye off the ball in egypt, figuring everything was fine. it's at sea, a sea of sand on syria. but specifically in egypt, the administration want quiet and wants to focus on its domestic agenda. so it's giving a pass to president morsi who is turning into a dictator who is ramming through a constitution that while it does not specify sharia law as the ruling factor nonetheless has various clauses that take the country toward sharia law over the coming years. i think they are embarrassed. we can't change egypt. but we give them well over $1 billion in aid a year and we can play on the margins. bill: many people think
between unions and management. martha: egyptian protesters keeping up the pressure on president mohammed morsi. the latest in the clashes in tahrir square. the next hour of "america's newsroom" is coming up. don't go away. [ male announcer ] when was the last time something made your jaw drop? campbell's has 24 new soups that will make it drop over, and over again. ♪ from jammin' jerk chicken, to creamy gouda bisque. see what's new from campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. >> announcer: 'tis the season of more-- more shopping, more dining out... and along with it, more identity theft. by the time this holiday season is over, an estimated 1.2 million identities may be stolen. every time you pull out your wallet, shop online or hit the road, you give thieves a chance to ruin your holiday. by the time you're done watching this, as many as 40 more identities may be stolen. you can't be on the lookout 24/7, but lifelock can. they're relentless about protecting your identity every minute of every day. when someone tries to take over your bank accounts, drain the equity in your home, or
by the mohammed video. bill: you think you get answers to all three in a review like this. >> you have the capability of it, i do? >> this is not just former state department people. admiral mullen, former joint chiefs of staff. a member of the intelligence community is member of this board. they could reach out beyond the state department and i hope they did but we obviously don't know at this point. bill: we will get some word on the report and then it goes up to capitol hill, right. they can't keep a secret? >> there are two parts. classified version and unclassifieders have. we'll see the unclassified version in the hearing on thursday as you mentioned is a opportunity for congress to ask about it. bill: do you think that is must-see tv on thursday? >> i'm certainly going to watch it. i'm very disappointed secretary clinton is not there. obviously we wish her well for the holt situation. it is postponing the moment when she will have to testify. bill: she is going to testify according to the reports we're getting, not this month but perhaps january after the new year. >> i think sh
them. gregg: and to egypt now. president mohamed morsi is reportedly putting a second decree forth. he's putting his newly-approved constitution into effect. voters approving the islamist-backed constitutions by what an election official calls a nearly two to one margin. protesters have broken out over the constitution since it was passed by the islamist-controlled legislature. opposition members say it does not protect the rights of egyptians for the rest of the year which ousted former form e president hosni mubarak. patti ann: well, a top syrian general has reportedly switched sides to join the opposition. the military police leader made the announcement in a video. dozens of officers have defected since the crisis evolved last march, but this is one of the most senior. could it be a turning point? joining us now, navy captain chuck nash. thanks for being with us. how significant is this defection? >> well, i think it just shows that the tower's crumbling around assad, and it's certainly not good for him, and it's going to make those who are supporting him question his staying power
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Iraqi man at Sabaa Nissan (2003) wearing keffiyeh in Charraweyya style
The keffiyeh has been worn by Arabs residing in regions in Arabia, Jordan, and Iraq for over a century, but its prominence increased in other regions in the 1960s with the beginning of Palestinian movements and its adoption by Palestinian politician Yasser Arafat. The keffiyeh has been a fashion accessory in the United States since the late 1980s. In the early 2000s, keffiyehs were very popular among adolescents in Tokyo, who often wore them with camouflage clothing.[2]
Varieties and variations[edit]
Bahraini potter with keffiyeh making vases
During his sojourn with the Marsh Arabs of Iraq, Gavin Young noted that the local sayyids – "venerated men descendants of the Prophet Mohammed & Ali ibn Abi Talib" – wore dark green keffiyeh or Cheffiyeh, in contrast to the black-and-white checker ones typical of the area's inhabitants.[3]
Many Palestinian keffiyehs are a mix of cotton and wool, which lets them dry quickly and keep the wearer’s head warm. The keffiyeh is usually folded in half, into a triangle, and the fold is worn across the forehead. Often, the keffiyeh is held in place by a rope circlet, called an agal (Arabic: عقال, ʿiqāl). Some wearers wrap the keffiyeh into a turban, while others wear it loosely draped around the back and shoulders. Sometimes a taqiyah is worn underneath the keffiyeh, and, in the past, it has also been wrapped around the rim of the fez. The keffiyeh is almost always of white cotton cloth, but many have a checkered pattern in red or black stitched into them. The plain, white keffiyeh is most popular in Arab States of the Persian Gulf, almost excluding any other style in Kuwait and Bahrain. The keffiyeh is worn by men of all ages, be it on their heads or shoulders (like a scarf).
In Jordan the red-and-white keffiyeh is a symbol of Jordanian heritage, and is strongly associated with Jordan, where it is known as shemagh mhadab. The Jordanian keffiyeh has decorative cotton or wool tassels on the sides. It is believed that the bigger these tassels, the more value it has and the higher a person’s status. It has been used by Bedouins and villagers throughout the centuries and was used as a symbol of honor and tribal identification. The tasseled red and white Jordanian shemagh is much thicker than the red and white shemagh used in Persian Gulf countries (no tassels).
In Yemen it is used extensively in both red-white and black-white pattern and some traditional Yemeni designs and colours. Multi-colored tribal shemagh were used widely before the 1950s. Nowadays these are mostly worn in Yemen and Oman only while in the Persian Gulf and Levant the black/white red/white or pure white styles succeeded. The shemagh is part of an ancient Middle Eastern headgear tradition.
Ancient Jews used to wear a headgear that was similar to either a keffiyeh, turban or a stocking cap called a Sudra.[4]
The keffiyeh, especially the all-white version, can also be called a ghutrah, particularly in Arabian Peninsula (where the skullcap is called keffiyeh), but is also known in some areas as shemagh or ḥaṭṭah:
Palestinian national symbol[edit]
Yasser Arafat in his trademark keffiyeh, 1974
Traditionally worn by Palestinian farmers, the keffiyeh was worn by Palestinian men of every rank. It became a symbol of Palestinian nationalism during the Arab Revolt of the 1930s.[5][6] Its prominence increased in the 1960s with the beginning of the Palestinian resistance movement and its adoption by Palestinian politician Yasser Arafat.[5]
The keffiyeh would later become a trademark symbol of Arafat, who was rarely seen without a distinctively-arranged black-and-white scarf. (Only occasionally did he wear a military cap or, in colder climates, a Russian-style fur hat called ushanka). Arafat would wear his keffiyeh in semi-traditional way, around the head and wrapped by an agal. He also wore a similarly patterned piece of cloth in the neckline of his military fatigues. Early on, he had made it his personal trademark to drape the scarf over his right shoulder only, arranging it in the rough shape of a triangle, to resemble the outlines of the territory claimed by Palestine. This way of wearing the keffiyeh became a symbol of Arafat as a person and political leader, and it has not been imitated by other Palestinian leaders.
The colors of the stitching in a keffiyeh are also vaguely associated with Palestinians’ political sympathies. Traditional black and white keffiyehs became associated with Fatah. Later, red and white keffiyehs were adopted by Palestinian Marxists, such as the PFLP. Today, Palestinian Marxists have virtually disappeared, and red and white keffiyehs are instead identified with Hamas.[verification needed][5][7]
Today, this symbol of Palestinian identity is now largely imported from China. With the scarf's growing popularity in the 2000s, Chinese manufacturers entered the market, driving Palestinians out of the business.[8] In 2008, Yasser Herbawi, who for five decades had been the only Palestinian manufacturer of keffiyehs, is now struggling with sales. The Herbawi Textile Factory has 16 machines. In 1990, all 16 machines were functioning, making 750 keffiyahs per day. Today, only 2 machines are used, making a mere 300 keffiyahs per week. Unlike the Chinese manufactured ones, Herbawis uses 100% cotton. Yasser Herbawis son, Izzat, states the importance of creating the Palestinian symbol, in Palestine, “the keffiyah is a tradition of Palestine and it should be made in Palestine. We should be the ones making it.”.[9]
Westerners in keffiyeh[edit]
T. E. Lawrence at Rabegh, north of Jeddah, 1917.
The 1920s “silent-film” era of American cinema saw studios take to Orientalist themes of the “exotic” Middle East, possibly due to the view of Arabs as part of the allies of World War I, and keffiyehs became a standard part of the theatrical wardrobe. These films and their male leads typically had Western actors in the role of an Arab, often wearing the keffiyeh with the agal (as with The Sheik and The Son of the Sheik, starring actor Rudolph Valentino).
Erwin Rommel also commonly wore a keffiyeh around his neck during the Western Desert Campaign.
Symbol of Palestinian solidarity[edit]
The wearing of the keffiyeh often comes with criticism from various political factions in the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The slang “keffiyeh kinderlach” refers to young left-wing Jews, particularly college students, who sport a keffiyeh around the neck as a political/fashion statement. This term may have first appeared in print in an article by Bradley Burston in which he writes of “the suburban-exile kaffiyeh kinderlach of Berkeley, more Palestinian by far than the Palestinians” in their criticism of Israel. While this political use is generally associated with the left wing, European activists have also worn the keffiyeh.[10][11]
In 2007, the Prime Minister of Spain, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero gave a speech in which he criticized Israel harshly, then accepted a keffiyeh from members of the audience and had his photo taken wearing it.[12]
Military use[edit]
Border Station Torkhemn by James G Pinsky 2006.jpg
Fashion trend[edit]
A model wearing an Arabic keffiyeh around his neck
As with other articles of clothing worn in wartime, such as the T-shirt, fatigues and khaki pants, the keffiyeh has been seen as chic among non-Arabs in the West. As the Palestinian liberation movement became increasingly popular amongst leftwing activists in western Europe during the 1960s and 70s the Keffiyeh soon became symbolic of socialist activism, transformed into a general symbol of rebellious behaviour after being adopted by Punks during the 70s and 80s and was still considered synonymous with socialism-inspired anti-liberal opinions during the wave of anti WTO riots in the early 2000s.[14] Keffiyehs became popular in the United States in the late 1980s, at the start of the First Intifada, when bohemian girls and Jewish punks wore keffiyehs as scarves around their necks.[2][5] In the early 2000s, keffiyehs were very popular among youths in Tokyo, who often wore them with camouflage clothing.[2] The trend recurred in the mid-2000s in the United States,[2][5] Europe,[5] Canada and Australia,[15][16] when the keffiyeh became popular as a fashion accessory, usually worn as a scarf around the neck in hipster circles.[2][5] Stores such as Urban Outfitters and TopShop stocked the item.[5] (after some controversy, however, Urban Outfitters pulled the item).[5] In spring 2008, keffiyehs in colors like purple and mauve were given away in issues of fashion magazines in Spain and France.
In recent years, new keffiyeh designs with Israeli and Jewish motifs have also been sold. Jews have historically worn their own variations of the Keffiyeh and in pre-state Mandate Palestine, both Jews and Arabs dressed in keffiyehs.[17][18]
Controversial symbol[edit]
The keffiyeh has become a symbol of Palestinian nationalism, dating back to the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine. As a result of its symbolic meaning in this context, its display in the West has periodically been the subject of criticism.
In 2007, the American clothing store chain, Urban Outfitters, stopped selling keffiyehs after “a pro-Israel activist… complained about the items”, and the store also issued a statement that “the company had not intended ‘to imply any sympathy for or support of terrorists or terrorism’ in selling the keffiyehs and was pulling them”.[19] Caroline Glick, deputy editor of the Jerusalem Post, equates the Palestinian keffiyeh with the fascist wearing of brown shirts.[20]
See also[edit]
2. ^ a b c d e Lalli, Nina. "Checkered Past: Arafat's trademark scarf is now military chic." Village Voice (February 17, 2005).
3. ^ Young, Gavin (1978) [First published by William Collins & Sons in 1977]. Return to the Marshes. Photography by Nik Wheeler. Great Britain: Futura Publications. pp. 15–16. ISBN 0-7088-1354-2. "There was a difference here for nearly all of them wore dark greenkefiyahs(or Cheffiyeh) (headcloths) instead of the customary black and white check ones. By that sign we could tell that they were sayyids, like the sallow-faced man at Falih's."
4. ^ J. R. Bartlett (19 July 1973). The First and Second Books of the Maccabees. CUP Archive. p. 246. ISBN 978-0-521-09749-9. Retrieved 17 April 2013. "traditional Jewish head-dress was either something like the Arab's Keffiyeh (a cotton square folded and wound around a head) or like a turban or stocking cap"
5. ^ a b c d e f g h i Kim, Kibum. “Where Some See Fashion, Others See Politics.” New York Times (Feb. 11, 2007).
9. ^
12. ^ “Spanish Minister Objects – Says Criticism of Israel Not anti-Semitic” International Herald Tribune, July 20, 2006 [1]
14. ^ "arab scarf". Urban Dictionary. Retrieved 2013-02-11.
17. ^ Faddi Iyadat. “Hummus and Keffiyehs, Israeli style” (in Hebrew) Walla (Jan. 11, 2007).
18. ^ Ruth Eglash (29 January 2010). "Heads up! It’s the new ‘Israeli keffiyeh’". The Jerusalem Post.
19. ^ US chain pulls ‘anti-war’ keffiyehs | Jerusalem Post
20. ^ No Tolerance for Genocide, By Caroline Glick, Jerusalem Post, August 2, 2002
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San Francisco firefighters climb down from a ladder at an apartment fire in the Western Addition area of San Francisco, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As many as 60 people were left homeless Thursday by a San Francisco apartment building fire that took firefighters nearly three hours to control, Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White said.
The five-alarm blaze engulfed three buildings before 150 firefighters, or about half the department's daytime firefighting force, were able to bring the fire under control around 3 p.m., Hayes-White said.
The blaze sent one firefighter to the hospital with a burn to the neck, and a civilian was treated for mild smoke inhalation, Hayes-White said. A second firefighter, originally reported as hospitalized, was given oxygen at the scene.
"It was a challenging fire to fight, but given the time of day, it was actually helpful because most people were out of their dwellings," the chief said. "Other than two minor injuries we were very fortunate given the magnitude of the fire."
Hayes-White said the fire started in one of the neighborhood's trademark three-story Victorian homes and spread to a nearby apartment building and a single-family home. A total of 32 dwellings were destroyed.
As the fire burned during the afternoon, a pillar of thick smoke rose over the residential neighborhood dotted with century-old Victorian homes. Authorities closed several blocks of streets, causing massive traffic jams in the area.
Firefighters believed they had successfully evacuated everyone from the buildings, with everyone accounted for, Hayes-White said.
The cause of the blaze was not yet known, but arson crews would be in the building during the night trying to determine what sparked the fire.
The fire spread easily due to brisk winds and because the building where the fire started was made of wood and directly attached to other buildings, Hayes-White said.
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Latha Mabrin
Latha Mabrin was a Bajoran male who lived during the mid-24th century.
During the Occupation of Bajor he was a member of the Shakaar resistance cell at that time under the command of Shakaar Edon. He was a very violent man, acting as both a smuggler and an arms dealer, but after the occupation ended in 2369 he found the Prophets and became a Vedek.
He was murdered by Silaran Prin in 2373 via a small hunter probe while leading a ritual in preparation of the Days of Atonement at the Calash Monastery. (DS9: "The Darkness and the Light")
Latha was played by actor Matt Roe.
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Pens is a card game for two or more players. It is similar to the card game Spoons.
The players sit around a table, and a number of pens (one less than the number of players) are laid with equal spacing in the center of the table, at an equal distance from each of the players. Cards are then removed from the pack such that only one group of four of a kind per player remains. For example, if there were four players, one possible pack would be all the threes (diamonds, clubs, spades, hearts), all the kings, all the jacks and all the eights.
The pack is shuffled, and four cards are dealt to each player. No player may look at another player's cards. The game starts when one player says "1, 2, 3, pass." On 'pass,' each player passes any one of their cards, face down, to the player to their left. This process repeats until somebody has a hand of four cards of the same value, at which point they grab one of the pens in the middle of the table. The other players then do the same. The person left without a pen drops out, and the whole game repeats without that player. This continues until there is only one player remaining. That player wins the game.
If a player grabs a pen despite not having four of a kind, they lose the round. However, feinting is allowed, and if by motioning as if to grab a pen (without actually touching one) a player causes others to grab for the pens, the first to touch one loses the round.
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Ten-year-old Danny DiPietro was on his way home from lacrosse practice with his dad on Saturday night when he thought he spotted a dog lying in the open garage of a condo complex near his home in Howell, Mich.
“It was really cold out and something didn’t seem right,” Danny told TODAY.com.
DiPietro’s parents assured him that no one would leave their dog out on such a frigid evening, but he couldn’t shake the feeling that something was wrong. After a bit of prodding, his mom, Dawn, agreed to investigate the garage for him.
“He wouldn’t give up,” Dawn, 44, told TODAY.com. “Thankfully, he was persistent.”
As Dawn walked up the driveway, she realized what Danny had seen was actually an elderly woman lying on the ground, waving her gloveless hands in the air for help.
The woman, 80-year-old Kathleen St. Onge, had been stuck in below-freezing temperatures for an hour and a half after slipping on a patch of ice in her garage. To make matters worse, she had lost her gloves and shoes in an attempt to scoot herself to the front of the garage, where she thought she would be spotted more easily. And a bitter wind was carrying snow inside.
“She said she had prayed to the Blessed Mother that someone would help her and find her,” St. Onge’s daughter Sandy St. Onge-Mitter told TODAY.com. “She knew she only had about an hour left. She thought she would be gone.”
Dawn immediately ran home and called 911. The DiPietros and a neighbor came back with blankets and chatted with St. Onge while she warmed up. When police arrived, she was rushed to a nearby hospital.
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All Giz Wants: Consumer Electronics That Don't Act Like PCs
I know "All Giz Wants" are supposed to be fantasies involving shiny objects, but this really is my fantasy: I'd like high-def disc players that don't flash "unreadable" error messages, receivers that can pull music from a network without headaches—in general, home electronics that aren't shacked by Ethernet plugs, firmware-update discs, slow boot times and mandatory periodic hard restarts.
I'm not saying I'm anti-progress. We've reached a point in this industry where everything worth a damn is more PC than CE on the inside anyway, and we have to take the growing pains if we want the growth. But suffering a Blu-ray disc error on the PS3 the other day caused me to consider the issue: is it so wrong for us to ask for reliable CE products, ones whose added functionality is not complemented by added hassle? I feel like half of the products I've reviewed this year were cool but had at least one feature that was not ready for primetime. Yet they are sold in Best Buy. Even the beloved TiVo, role model for the New CE, has an occasional propensity for misbehavior.
So, for 2008, I want consumer-electronics product developers to spend more time on quality assurance, and less time shopping for gimmicky third-party software to tack on at the last moment. The temptation is highest in the realms of high-def disc players, "connected" receivers and sound systems, DVRs, game consoles and digital picture frames. Keep 'em clean, guys—we love all the added functionality, but if it doesn't work 100% of the time, for the love of God don't ship it. [All Giz Wants] | http://gizmodo.com/337396/all-giz-wants-consumer-electronics-that-dont-act-like-pcs?tag=consumer-electronics | dclm-gs1-201330000 |
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Zune HD users should be able to download the latest firmware update now, and it's substantial enough to warrant grabbing ASAP. There's a speedier browser, predictive text entry (a la iPhone), and that's just the beginning. Updated:
Update: The firmware upgrade went through just fine on my 32GB Zune HD, and I'm definitely seeing an improvement in the browser's speed. Before, it was mysteriously slow, especially compared to the iPod Touch's browser—there's no reason for that, especially given the Zune HD's speedy Tegra processor. Even with the upgrade, it's slightly slower than Mobile Safari, especially when loading heavy sites like Gizmodo, but it's noticeably faster and not at all irritating anymore.
It's good to see Microsoft offering optimizations, but we're still waiting for a more major firmware upgrade: Social networking, IM, and YouTube should be top priorities. That being said, I still love the Zune HD—it's even wowed the notoriously hard-to-please Brian Lam.
•Faster performance in navigating web pages
•Better Tap-To-Zoom
•Better ability to scroll when typing a message online
•Predictive Text
•Auto capitilization
•Dedicated Settings Menu
•Wider keyboard in landscape mode
•Choice of seek method (presets or seek) in settings
•Apps close faster
•The power off says "slide down to power off" instead of just "Power Off"
•Faster Startup (less than 15s)
The download should be available through the Zune software, but some 16GB users are reporting it hasn't been pushed through to them yet. If you can get it, report back with anything else new/better you find. [GDGT, MobileTechWorld, thanks Ubi79!] | http://gizmodo.com/5399336/zune-hd-update-43-speedier-browser-predictive-text-and-more?tag=zunehd | dclm-gs1-201340000 |
0.187106 | <urn:uuid:acdde26b-7517-4004-b92f-b742ab76c014> | en | 0.949151 | Oh I See! Getting CIOs to view their jobs from a different angle » One-stop-shop http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/Oh-I-See Mon, 10 Mar 2014 12:22:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 One Stop Shop? http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/Oh-I-See/one-stop-shop/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/Oh-I-See/one-stop-shop/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 05:01:50 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/Oh-I-See/?p=517 The IT industry has many types of vendors; some focusing on niche solutions, some specializing in specific technologies or domains, some who offer a menu of products / services ranging from infrastructure to applications, and then there are large diversified companies who do everything from consulting to implementation of technology solutions or packages backed by support services in a local, offshore or multi-location model. The big guys manage all kinds of requirements and bring to the discussion table a comprehensive long-term engagement model.
Different vendors set different expectations on what they can deliver; the niche providers do not promise a breadth of services, they stay focused on their expertise. The big ones claim to have expertise across the legacy to contemporary and cutting edge; they have industry practices and business consultants who profess incremental to transformational change capabilities. You name it we can do it; even if you cannot put a name to it, we will find a way to do it!
Complexities in governance
The large one-stop-shop engagements typically begin with setting of scope and expectations on delivery, timelines, and quality of service, rewards, penalties, force majeure, arbitration, cost, escalations and a lot more. The larger the scope, or the longer the time period of the contract, the governance becomes complex. We know that Total or Strategic outsourcing can cover everything; in recent times though the number of such deals has been dwindling.
So it was an interesting debate when a few CEOs on a panel berated the one-stop-shop companies giving it a new twist. Consider you wanting to reach a far-far away destination and the only option is to go by bus. Every bus gets you there, some are slower than others, some offer many comforts through the journey; the cheaper ones just get you there. Depending on what you can afford, there are many options to choose from. Caveat is once you have bought a ticket, a change is difficult and painful.
When someone advertises ‘one-stop-shop’, the conventional understanding is that I get from where I am to the final destination with no stops with the advertised and agreed comfort. Reality as we know is not always as advertised. A CEO remarked on his journey with one of the global biggies; he signed up for a long journey wanting to focus on his business. Very quickly he was on the discussion table with the bus driver, conductor and the entire fleet management company.
Why is my journey so excruciatingly slow? Why is the transformation promised not happening? When will I see any impact to my employees, stakeholders, customers, or for that matter any efficiency to business operations? Whatever happened to the pre-sales promises made by the various function heads of your company on various domains and technologies? Pat came the answer, “we are a one-stop-shop company; we go one stop at a time. This is what we promised; we did have a driver change and a breakdown; that is part of the contract. We meet defined service levels.”
Devil lies in the detail
Both are right in their frame of reference; so where is the problem? I believe that any such engagement should have common definition of reference points with clear understanding of step-by-step process, impact and governance. Otherwise the semantics of the one-stop-shop can be painful for everyone involved, the deliverer and the recipient. The bus is still moving but not in the way that makes the journey a pleasure. CIOs will be at the receiving end if there are such gaps.
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Koster, a Democrat, says a federal judge likely would strike down provisions attempting to nullify some federal gun laws and making it a crime for federal agents to enforce them. But Koster says other parts of the measure that could be upheld are troubling.
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November 05, 2007, 01:25 PM
hey there, I recently browsed through my old naruto mangas and thought I might be able to make them look better. I'm new at this, so constructive criticism would be highly appreciated.
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/5995/testah3.th.png (http://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?image=testah3.png)
November 05, 2007, 04:43 PM
Looks very good! You did all the right moves and even redid the borders, so yeah, great job!
My recommendation would be to get yourself some HQ RAWs so you can really let your skills show because even after the cleans the image is still blurry as a result of its original RAW. I would also recommend you use all all caps for the Translator's note. You might want to use some faux bold+italics for emphasized words...eg..I am named Konohamaru.
November 06, 2007, 11:16 AM
first of all, thanks for the input.
the page in the above post is from naruto chapter 2, which is from 2000 i think....i didn't find a hq raw anywhere. :s Also as my "skills" in this case where mostly applying a few very simple filters (except for the gray parts, which i let shine through from the original, because they looked crappy after using the filters), so i'm not so sure a hq raw would actually help that much :p
i'll do all the text in caps now, really looks better ^^.
as for the emphasizing part, i'm using paint shop pro 5, where each textblock can only have 1 style (font/size/...). So i'd have to do the alignment towards the other words of the sentence by hand, which i figured isn't worth the extra work....
November 06, 2007, 03:58 PM
wow, I didn't know you were using paint shop, which is an awesome program...but I hope you'd be able to get your hands on PS for typesetting purposes :P.
OTOH...if you would like to hone your scanlation skills, a group I know which does HQ scans and also provide training is TMI-Scans. (I'm not related to them in any way, lol) But in retrospect I should've joined a group like that, I would have learnt a lot. This is the link to their latest release http://mangahelpers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20948 =D
November 07, 2007, 08:15 AM
well ps wouldn't be that much of a problem, as there is a trial and there is vmware/virtual pc *hint*......i actually like my psp since it is easy to use and can handle all the stuff i've needed so far (except for the typesetting issues).
i don't have a fixed schedule right now, so i probably won't be able to help out every week at the same time, but i'll think about it.
Vato Loco!
November 07, 2007, 05:26 PM
Actually, I don't know what silver sea is talking about but this is horrible. I don't know what made you think that only filtering this image would make it look good, but this just looks like an over smoothened, over blurred piece of trash. The page wasn't rotated before you did the borders. Most of the close line art has started to blur together, the whites still have a fair amount of dust on them, you put borders on the edge of the page where there shouldn't be any, and there are still traces of the original borders around the new ones. Really, this looks like it went bad as soon as you thought to apply filters to the image. This is also the reason I resolve myself to never show filters to people before they know how to clean to HQ quality, and even then I'd still have to go into deep consideration about it. Just go into the Cleaners Compendium (http://mangahelpers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1276) and commit it to heart. And also look through the unblessed guide in order to learn to get rid of gutter shadows.
November 07, 2007, 10:12 PM
lol. what made you think i was aiming for hq. it's pretty obvious that i wasn't. considering the "raw" cleaning it to hq would have been a shitload of work. i'm more or less ok w/ how it turned out and i'm basically here to get a few tips.
but now that you've put it that way, piece of trash and all, i'm feeling so down, i'll never do anything like cleaning again..............not.
to make it clear, i don't mind you saying you don't like what i did, but you could have said that w/out sounding like a total asshole. Oo
btw: the filters used were Highlight/Midtone/Shadow, Brightness/Contrast and finally some antialiasing, making the black parts black and the white parts white. it definitely looks better than before, so why should i not use filters.
November 08, 2007, 05:34 AM
Ooops... looks like this thread took an awkward turn. XD;;
@Hakai: I didn't expect Vato's outburst, but since he has 20 times more knowledge than me in scanlation, and he gave a detailed troubleshoot of your work, I feel that he's really helped you with a lot more constructive comments than I possibly could have. In fact, I feel guilty for not spotting those problems which he listed because I only work with HQ RAWs. And also I wasn't paying close attention. DD:
Hmm....maybe I can clarify what he meant by "trash". It's got nothing to do with the ego. There are rules in any kind of publication that images that are pixellated or blurry can't be used. Same for school or work. We can't submit a paper with a pixellated photo right? We'd be failed for such an image...Or if we put a blurry image in the sales copy, our career is over... It's in that vein. Looking closely, I would agree that the lines in the RAW, bad as it is, was still sharper than the filtered version.
Hmmmmm....it does "look" better because its high contrast, but actually the resolution has deteriorated, so...its not better. If I were you I would probably do a second try attacking all the problems that Vato pointed out and convince myself of the truth of the matter. You could then put both scanlations side by side and compare. It'll be easy to judge which is better. :D
I'm looking forward to your second try!!
@Vato. Thanks making those points...it learned me. :P
November 08, 2007, 07:59 PM
I don't really get what you're trying to say. what do you mean by being used? if i follow through w/ your argumentation, a lot of speed scanlators like toriyamas world did totally useless stuff by releasing lq scanlations like they did, if you look at the the before pic, it's blurry at the edges! i know a lot of people who would disagree with you on that!
i did! i intended to do so already. all i'm saying is: it's at the best impolite to call someones work, on which a fair amount of effort was spent on, a piece of trash. if that is the way the people of this board talk to each other, i don't think i want to post here any more.
but as it hopefully wasn't meant as bad as it looked to me, here's my v2. it is not rotated since i was too lazy to redo the borders for now, but i'll consider that from now on. i'm aware of the dust on the white parts, but as stated above, that would take more time then i'm able to invest atm.
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/8859/naruto210wb8.th.png (http://img221.imageshack.us/my.php?image=naruto210wb8.png)
well i actually don't know where i put borders that weren't there before, except for maybe the left border of the bottom left panel. on that it looked to me like the line was just blurred in with the bending at the edge, especially since it begins at the same point as the panel above, which has a border at that site.
i don't know where the traces of the old borders still show either. that shouldn't be possible as the new borders were placed touching the old ones from the inside.
could you plz point those last 2 points out again?
btw: the reason for adding some antialiasing at all was the pic looking like this after doing the contrast/... stuff:
http://img473.imageshack.us/img473/5634/naruto210en8.th.png (http://img473.imageshack.us/my.php?image=naruto210en8.png)
i think i found what you meant with old borders still showing, i guess it was at the bottom right balloon.. heres v3
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/6541/naruto210dt6.th.png (http://img231.imageshack.us/my.php?image=naruto210dt6.png)
November 09, 2007, 06:47 PM
Hey hey Hakai, lighten up! You need to read a kick-ASS comedy that I just read called "Tsumikabatsu" (http://mangahelpers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21046) XD
Ass much ass I can say this without soudning like an Asshole, I can't comment on your version 2 because my usual computer that has PS on it went Kaput. But I'm glad you were a good sport and persisted in improving...no matter how many people give feedback, the decision is always your own, so good luck! ^_^
BTW, do you need tips on finding HQ RAWs? You can go to Bomber's RAW request thread:http://mangahelpers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14255 That's how I get some of my RAWs.
Another hot area is the RAW forums. I noticed that the Square Jump RAWs were supremely scanned by Asakura -- you'd probably love the greys you see there so...here's the link. | http://mangahelpers.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-21017.html | dclm-gs1-201620000 |
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Consider function $$f(x)=\frac{x^{n_{1}}}{1-x}+\frac{(1-x)^{n_{2}}}{x},x\in(0,1)$$ where $n_{1}$ and $n_2$ are some fixed positive integers.
My question: Is $f(x)$ convex for any fixed $n_1$ and $n_2$?
The second derivation of function $f$ is very complex, so I wish there exists other method to verify convex property.
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Yeah, you can always use the definition ;-) – dtldarek Apr 22 '12 at 12:51
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A method to show f is convex is to show $f''(x)>0$. Do the two terms separately, reduce to determining the sign of a quadratic polynomial in the numerator.
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Thank you very much! I work out it follow your idea. – Wayson Kong Apr 22 '12 at 14:26
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In mathematics, a real-valued function defined on an interval is called convex (or convex downward or concave upward) if the graph of the function lies below the line segment joining any two points of the graph. Equivalently, a function is convex if its epigraph (the set of points on or above the graph of the function) is a convex set. More generally, this definition of convex functions makes sense for functions defined on a convex subset of any vector space.according to wikipedia
A real valued function f : X → R defined on a convex set X in a vector space is called convex if, for any two points x1,x2 in X and any t belongs [0 1] we have $f(t*x1+(1-t)*x2)<=(t*f(x1)+(1-t)f(x2))$ now let's take $n1$ and $n2$ some fixed values,let say 5 and 10,and try it
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Thank you for your answer. – Wayson Kong Apr 22 '12 at 12:39
you are welcome, good lucks – dato datuashvili Apr 22 '12 at 12:46
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I'm studying math by myself, and now I'm wondering what is the most appropriate for me to study. I think my interest goes to rather pure mathematics than applied math or math for engineers.
So far I finished studying Thomas' Calculus (12th Edition), and I'm basically done with reading the first half of Baby Rudin. In the fall semester, I'm thinking of studying the second half of that and also starting something else together with that. The followings are some options that I'm considering.
1. Linear Algebra.
2. Algebra (These two seem to be very important in mathematics)
3. Topology (I kinda liked the chapter of the basic topology in Baby Rudin)
4. Abstract Algebra (I found it very powerful in problem-solving while preparing for Putnam. However, I don't know if I can study it or not.)
I also need some recommendations for textbooks. I kinda liked Rudin's style, the repetition of Definition, Theorem and proof. Though it is really tough, I like to fill in the gaps and read between the lines. Last but not least, I prefer old books like Rudin to new books.
Any advice and recommendation are welcome :)
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Linear algebra comes first. I don't know what you mean by 2., since you listed abstract algebra already in 4. – Cocopuffs Aug 18 '12 at 16:57
Linear algebra is a must know – Belgi Aug 18 '12 at 16:59
I disagree; at least not anymore important than other area. It is helpful to know about vector spaces, bases and linear transformations. You can learn these in an abstract algebra textbook; however, there are plenty of math you can do if you don't know all the tricks to solve system of equations by matrices or put matrices into rational canonical form. – William Aug 18 '12 at 17:05
@Cocopuffs I see. I thought algebra, abstract algebra, linear algebra are all different. – Tengu Aug 18 '12 at 17:10
@William I see. Could you recommend any abstract algebra textbook? – Tengu Aug 18 '12 at 17:18
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My favorites are:
for linear algebra: Axler's "Linear Algebra Done Right"
here is a link to an MIT class that uses it with problems, etc.
and for algebra the free Harvard video series by Benedict Gross:
This follows Artin's "Algebra" which I think gives a very intuitive presentation which is yet rigorous. But for material after that I would switch to "Dummit and Foote"
These are all highly regarded and are widely used. They can give you a good basis for further study.
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Thank you for your recommendations :) I did not know either of the links. but both seems to be very helpful. How long do you think it will take to finish Artin's Algebra and Axler's Linear Algebra Done Right? I can spend 3-4 whole days per week to study math, and I think I will study analysis, algebra and linear algebra. – Tengu Aug 19 '12 at 3:51
Both links were for one semester courses. But in that context, they are embedded with 3 -4 other classes. Just focusing on one at a time, I would say around three months. One thing to consider is you want to really absorb and retain the material, so it might be better to pace yourself accordingly. BTW I would do the linear algebra first. – Andrew Aug 19 '12 at 11:43
I'm thinking of studying 2-4 subjects in math in fall semester and pacing myself accordingly. I will probably study Analysis, Topology, and Linear Algebra for fall semester. – Tengu Aug 19 '12 at 13:59
Of course, it's up to you. And math is so thrilling, that there is a desire to have it all. But, for example,I've been thinking about a problem all day now. And even though I know the answer, I am still luxuriating in looking into the matter further for a more elegant solution. It's hard to do that with three courses at one time. Rather than predetermine your program, why not try one and see how it goes. Maybe linear algebra since it is somewhat different than analysis. – Andrew Aug 19 '12 at 17:40
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Having read half of Rudin, you should have the mathematical maturity to begin learning algebra or topology. These two topics really don't require any knowledge of analysis, but some comfort in reading proofs is helpful.
I also really like the topology chapter from Rudin. I believe Rudin only does metric space topology. If you want to learn general topology, you should read Topology by Munkres. It is very well-written and clear. (Possibly my favorite math textbook!) Further along you can go into Algebraic Topology, manifolds, and differential topology. Algebraic topology studies various ways to distinguish between various shapes like Torus, Spheres, n-genus surfaces, projective space, etc usually up to homotopy equivalence. Hatcher has a notable book in Algebraic Topology. There are even some people who believe that you can dive right into Algebraic Topology with minimal general topology background.
Algebra studies generalization of familiar algebraic structures like groups, rings, modules, fields, etc. Abstract Algebra by Dummit and Foote is a very comprehensive book.
If you want to continue in analysis, you may eventually want to study functional analysis. You will need to know what are linear transformations and vector spaces are so some linear algebra is needed. General topology is quite important for functional analysis. When you study things like the weak and weak * topology, some of your intuition about limit points and closures fall apart. Some knowledge of general topology such as the countability axioms may help here.
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"Rudin only does metric space topology"...alternatively, learn what a net is and then prove most of the metric space theorems with nets in place of sequences! :) – Jon Bannon Aug 18 '12 at 17:41
@William Thank you for your recommendations! I checked $Topology$ by Munkres and $Abstract Algebra$ by Dummit and Foote. It seems that both are more than 500 pages, so I'm wondering how long students usually spend on each book. (I think I can spend 3 or 4 whole days per week to study math.) – Tengu Aug 19 '12 at 3:46
@Tengu The first half of Topology can be done in about a quarter (which is about 10 weeks). The second half is algebraic topology, but Hatcher is more complete for that. My entire year long (3 quarter) algebra class could not finish all of Dummit and Foote. Don't forget to do some of the exercises. – William Aug 19 '12 at 4:02
@William I see. Then for topology, I will try to finish $Topology$ first around in half a year and decide what to read next depending on my interest. Thank you for all your advice! – Tengu Aug 19 '12 at 4:20
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I'm looking for the Fourier transformation of the (constant) uniform B-Spline $$N_0(x) = \begin{cases}1 & 0 \leqslant x < 1 \\ 0 & otherwise \end{cases}$$
If $N_0(x)$ would also attain value $1$ when $x=1$ (i.e. the $<$ would be $\leqslant$), it would just be a shifted version of the rectangular function R(x), which has (if I'm not mistaken) the following Fourier transform ($T=1$ and shifted $1/2$ to the right):
$$\hat{R}(\omega) = e^{-\tfrac{i\omega}{2}}\, \frac{\sin(\omega/2)}{\omega/2}$$
However, I'm not sure if this is helpful in finding $\hat{N_0}(\omega)$, the Fourier transform of $N_0(x)$...
Once I know $\hat{N_0}(\omega)$, it is easy to find the Fourier transforms of higher order uniform B-Splines, since they are (or can be) defined using convolution. Of course, the Fourier transform of a convolution is just a multiplication of the two Fourier transformed functions, therefore:
$$\hat{N_k}(\omega) = \left( \hat{N_0}(\omega) \right)^{k+1}$$
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Since the Fourier transform is defined through an integral, the condition $f=g$ almost everywhere implies $\hat{f} = \hat{g}$. So in this case the Fourier transform of $N_0$ is indeed the same as that of $R$, and your formula is correct, assuming you use the convention $\hat{f}(\omega) = \int_{-\infty}^\infty f(x) e^{-i\omega x} \, dx$ for the Fourier transform.
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Thanks. Somewhere I found stated that $\hat{N_0}(\omega)=\dfrac{1-e^{-i \omega}}{i \omega}$. I'm not quite sure whether this is the same as the function I found -- I'll take a more detailed look at a later time and update my post / add a comment. – Ailurus Oct 21 '12 at 20:11
Yes, that is the same, using the identity $\sin z = \frac{e^{iz} - e^{-iz}}{2i}$ with $z = \omega/2$. – Lukas Geyer Oct 21 '12 at 20:27
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LONDON (AP) — Two British-born, al-Qaida-inspired extremists who considered themselves "soldiers of Allah" were convicted Thursday of murdering an off-duty serviceman who was run down with a car and stabbed to death in a frenzied attack on a London street.
The two men will be sentenced early next year.
Neither defendant reacted as the jury foreman announced the verdicts. Adebolajo, at 29 the elder of the two, smiled and kissed a copy of the Quran as he was led down to the cells.
Members of Rigby's family stood in tears outside London's Central Criminal Court as a police officer read out a statement on their behalf.
"We are satisfied that justice has been done," the statement said. "But unfortunately no amount of justice will bring Lee back."
One witness described the attack, which took place on a busy street near a primary school, as looking "like a butcher attacking a joint of meat."
Adebolajo was filmed by a passer-by moments later, covered in blood and holding a cleaver and a knife, justifying the attack "because Muslims are dying daily by British soldiers."
"An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth," he said repeatedly on the video.
Adebolajo later told the police, in an interview played in court, that he and Adebowale had decided to kill a British soldier, and Rigby had been targeted because "he was the soldier that was spotted first."
Adebowale, who has suffered mental health issues since his arrest, chose to present no evidence in his defense during the three-week trial. His lawyer, Abbas Lakha, told the jury that his client agreed with Adebolajo's description of the attack as a "military operation" and the two men as soldiers.
Both men had denied trying to kill a police officer, saying they hoped to provoke police into shooting them. Lakha said Adebowale had brandished a 90-year-old unloaded pistol so he "would achieve martyrdom."
Armed officers shot the two men several times — blowing off Adebowale's thumb as he raised the gun — then gave them first aid.
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The question is whether Ryan Broyles, Travis Lewis and Ronnell Lewis can help the Lions reach the Super Bowl for the first time.
By Michael Baldwin Published: April 29, 2012
Schwartz said Lewis playing with a broken toe his senior season explains how a player that averaged 121 tackles his first three seasons recorded a career low 84 his senior year.
“It affected him,” Schwartz said. “But if you look back, he has a history of production at a Big 12 school. He was Big 12 Freshman of the Year. He's been on All-Big 12 teams a bunch of times. He didn't run real well, but if you watch him on the field, he plays fast.”
Ronnell Lewis has the opposite issue. He has speed and can be a feisty pass rusher. If he's moved to linebacker, Lewis' role could be a third down, pass-rush specialist and special teams stalwart.
Best known as “The Hammer,” Ronnell Lewis lived up to his big-hit personality when asked in a conference call with Detroit reporters what he hopes to accomplish in the NFL.
“Inflict pain,” Ronnell Lewis said.
But how much of an impact can he make at the next level?
Schwartz was asked about Lewis ending his career early because of academic issues, even four months after being eligible was a hot-button topic during two-a-days.
“There's been plenty of players that have struggled in school that were smart football players,” Schwartz said. “That's the main thing. How do they play on tape? Do they require extra attention?
“This is the National Football League. We've got All-Pro. We have Pro Bowl. But we don't have Academic All-NFC North or All-Academic NFL. I think he plays smart on the field.”
The Lions actually could become Oklahoma's team. In addition to Pettigrew, they have three other Oklahoma State players on the roster.
Detroit signed free agent Jacob Lacey, a former undrafted cornerback who earned an NFL career in Indianapolis. Former OSU defensive end Ugo Chinasa and offensive lineman Corey Hillard also are on the roster.
Seven in-state products are part of an organization that's dreaming big.
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Searching for Kau Kau
I first came across the word kaukau in a note that the Hawaiian Princess Ka‘iulani wrote to Robert Louis Stevenson more than a century ago.
The Scottish novelist and his family had arrived in Honolulu in the afternoon of January 24, 1889, and the beautiful princess dropped them a short note, inviting them to her family’s estate and adding that “Papa promises “good Scotch kaukau….
To try to track down the word’s meaning, I went to the Hawaiian Electronic Library Web site, which searches several Hawaiian dictionaries simultaneously. But because Hawaiian words can have multiple meanings depending on their diacritical marks (which weren’t used in the 19th century) the modern Web site offered an array of possible spellings and definitions.
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The relationship between R.L. Stevenson and Ka'iulani was depicted on a commemorative postage stamp in 2000.
Could it mean “to slow down, linger or procrastinate?” Hmm. Stevenson and Ka‘iulani did famously sit together under the spreading banyan tree at ‘Āinahau, her family’s estate at Waikīkī. But probably not, given the context of the sentence.
Or did kaukau mean, in another definition, “a hemorrhoid or exterior obstruction to bowel evacuation”? Almost certainly not. A well-educated Victorian lady, no matter how earthy her humor might have been, would never had written such a thing to the eminent author of of Treasure Island, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Kidnapped!.
Or could it be Pidgin, the uniquely Hawaiian language that developed from the islands’ mix of immigrant influences? Checking a Pidgin-specific dictionary at e-Hawaii.com, the definition was “food; meal; to eat.” This clue led me to the right entry on the original dictionary site.
Author Arnold Hiura and his book Kau Kau
Arnold Hiura signs a copy of his book. (photo courtesy Arnold Hiura)
This week in Honolulu, I came across the word kaukau again, in a small notice for a talk on Sunday afternoon by Arnold Hiura at Native Books in the Ward Warehouse. In his first book, titled Kau Kau: Cuisine & Culture in the Hawaiian Islands, Hiura relates that growing up, “when someone bellowed, ‘Kau kau time,’” it was the equivalent of saying “Chow time!” or “Come and get it!”
Originally he’d thought the word was from the native Hawaiian language. But over the three years he took to write his marvelous food history of the islands, he learned the original derivation of the word, stemming from “chow chow,” which is Chinese for “food.”
The mystery deepens, though. Chinese contract workers were first brought to the islands in 1852 to labor on sugar plantations. Would the princess, who was born in 1875 and died at age 23 in 1899, have known the slang that these workers used to describe their food?
The fact is that by 1889, when Ka‘iulani wrote her note, Chinese cultural influence on the islands was ubiquitous enough to have influenced everyday language at all levels of society. By the 1884 census, according to Thrum’s Hawaiian Annual, there were nearly 18,000 Chinese in Hawai‘i, making them the largest immigrant group by far – dwarfing the American presence and rapidly catching up to the native Hawaiian population, which had dwindled to just over 40,000. Honolulu’s Chinatown had long been a bustling waterfront commercial hub, and in 1889 the district was rapidly recovering from a fire three years earlier that destroyed 7,000 Chinese homes and caused $1.5 million in damage (more than $30 million today).
Hiura himself grew up on a sugar plantation on the Island of Hawai‘i, working there periodically until his early twenties. He remembered how he and the other workers would stop work when the whistle blew mid-day and take out their metal lunch cans – the bottom half filled with rice and the top with vegetables or pickles. They’d all squat down to eat, reaching over and picking from their co-workers’ cans for tastes of different toppings.
The night before his book talk, he and his wife Eloise had attended a “plantation potluck” in Hilo in which everyone brought their favorite dishes from the old days, when the islands still had sugar plantations (there is only one left now: the Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. on Maui). As they described the way in which sharing their food created feelings of closeness, another Pidgin term popped up: real ono – an allusion to the prized ono tuna fish, slang among young Hawaiians for something truly fabulous. | http://redroom.com/member/julia-flynn-siler/blog/searching-for-kau-kau | dclm-gs1-201970000 |
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I have a cold. I'd been denying it for a while, but there's no denying it now. Maybe it was my exposure to the frigidity of the tale from The Lavender Menace yesterday. Or maybe it was just being exposed to the right germ at the wrong time at work, as usual.
Probably that.
Still, today has had it's ups all right. The latest Bold Strokes Books newsletter has an excerpt of my upcoming novel Light in it, as well as an interview.
It's becoming more and more apparent that this whole novel thing is actually going to happen.
"The Plan," by Charles Christensen
Okay, this story has real cheek to it, and I dig cheek.
Here we have a villain whose powers are artifact based and who realizes that a life of being the good guy is morally enriching but financially disastrous. So he goes villain. Except then he starts to kinda-sorta fall for one of the good guys, and, really - it's hard enough being a gay fella without being a super-powered gay fella. The single scene is not exactly wide open, right?
Still, once a villain, always a villain. Right?
This story definitely left a grin on my face. I could picture everything so clearly - especially the revenge.
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By Joni Blecher
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May 20, 2004
Section Editor Joni Blecher, a.k.a. the Cell Phone Diva, wants to answer all your questions about cell phones, service plans, and wireless connectivity. Send her a question!
Bluetooth behind the wheel
Q: We are about ready to take delivery on a new Toyota Prius that claims it has a built-in Bluetooth phone system. The company lists specific Bluetooth phones that it guarantees are compatible. But I want to know if a Treo 600 will work with the Prius if you add a Bluetooth SD card.
A: In theory, if you were to add a Bluetooth SD card into the SDIO slot of the Treo 600, it should work with the Prius, although Toyota can't guarantee compatibility with anything it can't test. And the reason that it can't run the test is the fatal flaw of the Treo 600: it doesn't have integrated Bluetooth, and there are no Treo 600-compatible Bluetooth SDIO cards available to date--no card, no test. For the record, I have asked repeatedly if there is such a card in the works and have received no official word on the subject.
Assuming you haven't already bought a Treo 600, the good news is that we recently tried out the Prius's Bluetooth feature with the Motorola V600 and found that it worked like a charm. We encountered one noteworthy bit of weirdness: when the car is in drive, there's no way to dial a number that's not already in the phone book. Considering the way some people fly through red lights while looking down to dial a number, I'd say that's a good thing.
Q: I have a Sprint cell phone. Can I get it changed over to Verizon Wireless service? They are both CDMA.
A: It's a possibility, but someone at Verizon would have to do it for you, and there's a good chance they'd refuse since the company is so picky about which phones it supports. Considering the good deals available on phones with new service, I'm not exactly sure why you would want to keep your old Sprint handset anyway.
For you and anyone else out there who's considering switching, the nationwide availability of number portability on May 24 will make it possible to take your phone number with you when changing service providers. Since you're thinking of moving over to Verizon, look for a good deal on a phone that has more features than your existing handset (in the $50 to $100 range) when you sign up for new service. If your main concern is transferring the numbers in the Sprint phone book over to the Verizon mobile's, don't worry yourself. When you go into the store, ask them to switch the numbers for you. Most stores have a nifty machine in the back that does just this in minutes--and even better, it's free.
Catch a wave
Q: If I purchase a Bluetooth-enabled cell phone with a data-access plan to surf the Internet, can my Bluetooth-enabled laptop also surf the Internet via the cell phone?
A: The short answer is yes. That's one of the main reasons people want Bluetooth in cell phones (from what I can tell, it's certainly not for all those wireless headsets that you have to charge to use). Since I don't know what kind of laptop you have, I can't give an unequivocal yes or no on compatibility. But I can tell you that the only time you'd run into a problem with this sort of setup is if the Bluetooth in the laptop isn't compatible with the Bluetooth in the handset. Before you buy, visit the manufacturer Web sites to find out what version of Bluetooth each device has. There aren't a lot of options, so chances are high that the two products will be compatible.
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I thought I heard everything when I discovered the mobile-throwing contest that takes place annually in Europe--then the story of Jason Perala crossed my desk. For those of you who haven't yet read about his recent (mis)adventure, this Fargo, North Dakota, man, like so many of us, was sick of his cell phone service and decided to take matters into his own hands. How?
By running amok in the West Acres Mall's Verizon Wireless store, hurling phones and computers to the tune of more than $2,000 in damage. But that's not the best part. Before his rampage, Perala took the time to remove his shirt and don a pair of safety goggles. Perala denies that his plan was premeditated--he claims he intended only to yell at the store's employees.
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By Joy Bauer, RD
If you're trying to eat well, tempting seasonal sweets can be extra-spooky. But there's good news for your cravings: You can enjoy tasty treats without tricks. I've come up with some delicious options that give you the flavors you love, but with less sugar and added nutrition. Photo by Getty Images
If you're craving Almond Joys
Try this: Make a trail mix that mimics the same flavors. Mix 1 to 2 Tbsp dark chocolate chips, 2 Tbsp unsweetened coconut flakes and 12 oil-roasted almonds (dry-roasted work, too). To pump up the volume, toss in a handful of light popcorn.
Healthy benefit: Almonds contain heart-healthy fats that can help lower cholesterol and ease inflammation.
Related: Discover foods that keep you full longer.
If you're craving Peanut Butter Cups
Try this: Spread 1 tsp all-natural peanut butter on a square of dark chocolate. Eat it at room temperature, or pop it into the freezer for a few hours and enjoy later as a chilled treat.
Healthy benefit: Peanut butter has vitamin E, a powerful antioxidant that's good for your skin, and magnesium, which helps strengthen your bones. One study found that eating a little bit of the smooth stuff five days a week may reduce your risk of type 2 diabetes.
If you're craving Cookies 'n' Creme Bars
Try this: Crumble a small handful of chocolate Teddy Grahams over ½ cup vanilla nonfat Greek yogurt.
Healthy benefit: You'll get a burst of filling protein (the yogurt packs 16 g protein) along with a chocolaty crunch to satisfy your sweet tooth.
Related: Check out 8 calming foods that ease stress.
If you're craving Crunch Bars
Try this: Melt 6 oz dark chocolate and stir in 1 cup puffed brown rice cereal. Spread the mixture on a parchment-lined baking sheet and stick it in the fridge for 30 minutes. Once it's cool, cut into bars and serve.
Healthy benefit: The flavanoids in dark chocolate help open up your blood vessels, which can lead to lower blood pressure.
Related: Try 6 stomach-friendly foods.
If you're craving Junior Mints
Try this: Mix a drop of peppermint extract into a lowfat chocolate pudding cup. Then poke mini-marshmallows with a toothpick and dip away!
Healthy benefit: Low-calorie pudding contains calcium, which can help relieve PMS symptoms and boost bone strength.
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by ambidextroustech (#45728141) Attached to: Apple Pushes Developers To iOS 7
For a tablet/touchscreen device, the Windows 8+ is doing okay but it's the crappiest system to ever use for a desktop. Two apps, side-by-side, are you kidding? I have 4 operations in dual screen right now on Windows 7, and I can be swamped by as many as 10 at a time. Sure, Windows 8 may have the desktop app but is it an app or is it the desktop?
Comment: Of Course... (Score 1) 387
by ambidextroustech (#43337067) Attached to: Alan Kay Says iPad Betrays Xerox PARC Vision
Of course it betrays his vision. The reality is is that the market is a battle field, and to have a monopoly in the education sector, you'd better not be making much bank off of it. Are either Apple, Inc. or Microsoft Corp. non-profit? No. The next contender could be Google, Inc. but they're not non-profit. Last time I looked at the trading tickers, Google was making more bank than Microsoft.
The Raspberry Pi Foundation is the only one that could deliver on his vision, but it's based in the UK and it's for the UK.
This is the USA. Do we make much sense anymore?
Comment: Re:And The Poverty Divide Grows (Score 1) 312
When will we move away from currencies? It seemed a good idea when there were fewer people, and society was small but clearly, the system is not designed for these numbers -- and upper class people tend to change the rules often.
I'd also like to participate in economics without having to evaluate how much a currency is being traded.
William Harrison in a 1840 speech (making the rich richer and the poor poorer) Shelley in 1840 said That the rich have become richer and the poor poorer. In modern times, Stanley Lebergott states that under a free market, the rich get rich and the poor get poorer. Source
The digital divide will soon encompass the poverty divide
Comment: Romney Is Full of %*#% (Score -1) 420
by ambidextroustech (#41050549) Attached to: Where the Candidates Stand On Net Neutrality
Then, Romney should be in favor of net neutrality since he's in favor of smaller government? I don't understand why anyone will vote for this man when he clearly wants to increase regulation, which will cause an increase demand for regulators thus expanding government/commercial authority.
I will not be voting for Romney; he talks out his ass.
In full support of Obama's stance. I might be able to see eye-to-eye with Ron Paul.
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Comment: Re:THE DEATH OF PC GAMING (Score 1) 272
by moogaloonie (#45184235) Attached to: The Battle For the Game Industry's Soul
I dunno... I configure and buy a rig every 2-3 years and/or make significant upgrades in the meantime. But I do it to speed 3D and video rendering. I bought GTA4 and Just Cause 2 when they were out and only ended up playing JC2. But I spend a ton of time gaming on my iPod. Bought a used 360 and a pile of games I had made note of and yet haven't played it nearly as much as I expected. I think when I am at my PC I feel I should be doing useful creative things. The iPod lets me get my gaming fix at times when I won't feel guilty about not doing something more productive. But my main point is that there are still areas of interest besides gaming in which having a high-spec custom rig can still be a top priority.
Comment: Re:Fuck that. (Score 1) 396
by moogaloonie (#44898199) Attached to: <em>GTA V</em> Makes $800 Million In 24 Hours
Also, I have played GTA from I think GTA 3, and I have always played it from the perspective of doing the least harm possible. When I first started, I didn't even run red lights, until I learned that the cops won't chase you for that. I still am disappointed when I am in the middle of a mission and I accidentally hit a pedestrian while being chased or even worse is when the story requires you to kill a bystander. Heck, even when they give me a choice about killing a criminal, I choose to let them go. Frankly, I think that most of the assumptions that people make about the GTA series comes from people who haven't actually played it. Just like most any other topic, most people who talk about it are talking out of their rear end.
I have always been the same way. The thing I like about sandbox games is that they are the most immersive for me. I like the feeling of being in the place as a tourist trying to learn my way around, and I find that trying to obey (assumed even if unenforced) rules and respecting the rights and dignity of NPCs is more fun for me than just running around as an unstoppable force of chaos. Gameloft's Gangstar games have a tendency to ask players to engage in wanton destruction and targeting of innocents, and I really do hate when the game forces that upon my character. Then again, I think wrecks in Nascar prolong the race and can disrupt hours of planning mileage/tire wear etc.
Comment: Re:Solution is easy (Score 1) 435
by moogaloonie (#43569223) Attached to: New Console Always-Online Requirements and <em>You</em>
I agree with this far more than the "It's so terrible that something I don't have to buy isn't exactly how I want it to be" arguments.
It's like that car from Southpark that you had to suck and let screw you to drive it, even though it didn't really need to do that to do the one thing you wanted it for in the first place.
Comment: Re:Between this and Win 8 I need to reinvest (Score 1) 108
by moogaloonie (#43305945) Attached to: The Leap Motion Controller is Sort of Like a Super Kinect (Video)
I'm pulling my money out of foolish things like municipal bonds and buying stock in companies which make rotator cuff treatments and therapies because that is apparently going to be a huge growth area soon.
Yeah, because doing things with your arms and hands that require more motion than moving a mouse around on a desk just isn't natural... or what?
It's not about the motion, it's about not resting any part of your arm for extended periods of time. I mouse with my palm and/or elbow resting on a surface.
Comment: Re:Exactly (Score 1) 369
by moogaloonie (#43050977) Attached to: Cliff Bleszinski: Vote With Your Dollars
The first backward compatible console with expanded functionality was the Atari 7800. I think many parents did complain that the systems weren't compatible as they tend to care more about the clutter in their living rooms than the kids typically do. The generational leaps seem smaller with each generation. Before, the experience was so vastly improved that the new console truly did obsolete the old one in that it made people practically forget the previous generation had existed. But as games become more of an art form and less of a novelty, the older titles have significantly more relevance than before. I've still not played Gears of War, or God of War or any of the other notable games of this generation. I'd like to play them someday. But in time it may become impossible to find anything to play them on.
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I'm having a problem with the jQuery hide() and show() methods. Below is a snippet from a project I'm currently working on. This code comes from a multi-page form which is loaded in it's entirety, then jQuery is used to show and hide the various pages. I should metion that this technique works in every broswer except IE7.
//Hide all pages of the form
$("#client_form div[id*='client']").hide();
//Show just the first page
$("#client_form div#client1").show();
The issue is not that the hide() fails but that the subsequent show() doesn't bring the desired page back. I've tried using different methods like slideUp() and slideDown(), I've tried doing css("display","none"), various other ways to perform the hide/show.
I've also tried chaining methods, doing callbacks from hide to then show. Nothing seems to work properly in IE7.
Any thoughts oh mighty Stack Overflow hive mind?
Many thanks, Neil
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Have you tried just using the id(s) of the DIVs? Since they are unique to the page, you shouldn't need to make them relative to the form.
Note the chaining so it doesn't need to retraverse the DOM, but simply filters the elements that it has already found.
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Performance question -- is having the .filter('#client1') going to be faster or slower than just doing $('#client1')? I'd think being able to let jQuery use getElementById would be fastest. (and no, downvote wasn't me, I got hit too) – Parrots Jan 12 '10 at 21:22
Filter will simply look through the array of elements to see if one of them matches the selector. It should be much faster than going back through the entire DOM. – tvanfosson Jan 12 '10 at 21:23
OK, cool, thanks, always wondered that. – Parrots Jan 12 '10 at 21:23
Thanks so much for this, your solution proved ideal and IE7 is now behaving itself. – Neil Albrock Jan 12 '10 at 22:17
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What about just:
Not sure that's it, but give it a shot? IDs should be unique so no need for the hierarchical selectors.
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have you tried adding a class to all the divs you are trying to hide, and hiding that class. Also change your show selector to use $("#client1") instead of that huge selector.
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Have you done a simple test to make sure that your second jQuery is returning the correct object(s), if it's returning anything at all? eg:
alert($("#client_form div#client1").length);
alert($("#client_form div#client1").get(0).innerHTML);
alert($("#client_form div#client1").eq(0).text());
This would be the first place I would start - you'd then know whether you had a problem with the show() method, or the behaviour of the jQuery selector.
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Care to comment on the downvote? My intention was to point him towards some checks to do which would help him work out the answer himself - the above code was not intended to be an answer in of itself. Fair enough that as it's not an answer as such, it doesn't get a vote up, but a down vote? – Graza Jan 12 '10 at 21:26
Drive-by downvoter, I suspect. Normally I'd avoid alerts but seeing as it's IE7 that may be better than debugging, though, with IE8 I'd probably fire up the developer tools. – tvanfosson Jan 12 '10 at 21:32
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You might also try running your final HTML markup through a validator to see if there are any errors. IE7 is more strict than most other browsers.
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My application receives a jpeg file as a MemoryStream from a webservice. I need assign the image to image.Source. How can this be done?
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In here it is described:
void proxy_GetImageCompleted(object sender, GetImageCompletedEventArgs e)
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BitmapImage b = new BitmapImage();
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The System.Windows.Controls.Image.Source property is of type System.Windows.Media.ImageSource A System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapImage is derived from ImageSource.
And BitmapImage has a SetSource(Stream streamsource) method.
So with the following code you can add an image from a stream:
Stream inStream = [your MemoryStream];
BitmapImage tempImage = new BitmapImage();
YourControlsImage.Source = tempImage;
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I want to select the abcs in front of the 4 lines.How can I do this?
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CtrlV will allow you to visually select a rectangular block. Under Windows, try CtrlQ instead.
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"Putin has systematically weakened or marginalized independent media, advocates for democracy and regime critics generally," the NGO's research director Arch Puddington writes, citing the murder of reporter Anna Politkovskaya, abuses in Chechnya and a crack-down on foreign funded NGOs.
"Russia thus serves as a model for authoritarian-minded leaders in the region" and is a "pervasive influence" Mr Puddington added, with Freedom House pointing out that Russia-oriented states Belarus, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan "are among the world's worst" in human rights terms.
The US-funded NGO - frequently attacked by the Kremlin as a "soft power" arm of the US state department that helped train the Orange Revolution movement in Ukraine - praised EU-oriented states Ukraine and Georgia as "the only bright spots in the region" despite corruption problems.
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The oil-and-gas rich Kremlin is less inclined to take lessons from the west than in the early 1990s however, with state-linked Russian intellectuals popularising a concept of a special Russian "sovereign democracy" that operates outside western categories such as free elections and free press.
Meanwhile, the Kremlin has begun funding its own "soft power" groups to spread pro-Russian ideas in areas such as Moldova and the South Caucasus, with CEPS analyst Nicu Popescu naming NGOs "Caucasus Institute for Democracy" and "Free Europe-Moldova Foundation" as having "obvious" Kremlin ties.
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The latest paper explores the environmental consequences of interconnected economies. The scientists wrote that "outsourcing production to China does not always relieve consumers in the United States — or for that matter many countries in the Northern Hemisphere — from the environmental impacts of air pollution."
The movement of air pollutants associated with the production of goods in China for the American market has resulted in a decline in air quality in the Western United States, the scientists wrote, though less manufacturing in the United States does mean cleaner air in the American East.
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Jintai Lin, the lead author of the paper, said in an interview that he and the other scientists wanted to examine the transborder effects of emissions from export industries to look at how consumption contributes to global air pollution.
"We're focusing on the trade impact," said Mr. Lin, a professor in the department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences at Peking University's School of Physics. "Trade changes the location of production and thus affects emissions."
Powerful global winds called westerlies can carry pollutants from China across the Pacific within days, leading to "dangerous spikes in contaminants," especially during the spring, according to a news release from the University of California, Irvine, where one of the study's co-authors, Steven J. Davis, is an earth system scientist. "Dust, ozone and carbon can accumulate in valleys and basins in California and other Western states," the statement said.
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Black carbon is a particular problem because rain does not wash it out of the atmosphere, so it persists across long distances, the statement said. Black carbon is linked to asthma, cancer, emphysema, and heart and lung disease.
"Los Angeles experiences at least one extra day a year of smog that exceeds federal ozone limits because of nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide emitted by Chinese factories making goods for export," the statement said.
Using a modeling system called GEOS-Chem, the scientists estimated that in 2006, sulfate concentrations in the Western United States increased as much as 2 percent, and ozone and carbon monoxide levels also increased slightly because of the transportation of pollutants from emissions that resulted from the manufacture of goods for export to the United States.
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Because the Eastern United States has a much denser population, the outsourcing of manufacturing to China still resulted in "an overall beneficial effect for the U.S. public health," even if Western states suffered, the scientists wrote.
The amount of air pollution in the Western United States resulting from emissions from China is still very small compared with the amount produced by sources in the United States that include traffic and domestic industries.
The study's scientists also looked at the impact of China's export industries on its own air quality. They estimated that in 2006, China's exporting of goods to the United States was responsible for 7.4 percent of production-based Chinese emissions for sulfur dioxide, 5.7 percent for nitrogen oxides, 3.6 percent for black carbon and 4.6 percent for carbon monoxide.
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The scholars who gave emissions estimates for China's export industries, a significant part of the country's economy, looked at data from 42 sectors that are direct or indirect contributors to emissions. They included steel and cement production, power generation and transportation. Coal-burning factories were the biggest sources of pollutants and greenhouse gases, which contribute to global warming.
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In recent years, scholars have been studying the impact of China's total emissions on global air pollution and warming. Residents of nations in the path of winds carrying pollutants from China have grown alarmed at what they believe to be deteriorating air quality in their countries because of that pollution. In Japan, for instance, an environmental engineer has attributed a mysterious pestilence that is killing trees on Yakushima Island to pollutants from China.
Alex L. Wang, a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, who studies Chinese environmental policy, said after reading the new paper: "This is a reminder to us that a significant percentage of China's emissions of traditional pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions are connected to the products we buy and use every day in the U.S. We should be concerned, not only because this pollution is harming the citizens of China, but because it's damaging the air quality in parts of the U.S."
Mr. Lin, the report's lead author, said he hoped that the research would stimulate discussion of adopting consumption-based accounting of emissions, rather than just production-based accounting.
Exports accounted for 24.1 percent of China's entire economic output last year, down sharply from a peak of 35 percent in 2007, before the global financial crisis began to weaken overseas demand even as China's domestic economy continued to grow. The 2013 number takes into account economic data that was released on Monday.
Economists caution that this does not mean that a quarter of the economy was dedicated to producing goods for exports, since China still does a lot of reprocessing instead of making exports entirely itself.
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But the proportion of China's exports that are made in China has risen steadily in recent years as many companies move more of their supply chains, instead of just having final assembly work done here. So the overall percentages of economic output might not by themselves be fair indicators of the importance of exports to the Chinese economy.
Chinese exports to the United States sagged in 2009 because of the global financial crisis but have resumed vigorous growth. By China's method of counting, which includes only direct shipments from mainland Chinese ports to the United States and excludes goods that travel by way of Hong Kong, Chinese exports grew to $368.5 billion last year from $252.3 billion in 2008. By contrast, China imported only $152.6 billion worth of goods directly from the United States.
The United States, which does include goods briefly transiting Hong Kong in its trade figures with mainland China, has shown even larger American trade deficits with China for many years, because Chinese companies use Hong Kong heavily for exports but much less for imports.
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It's a different technology.
So far as I'm aware, it's the same tech, just on a finer scale. It's not the pixel size or sensor size for DR, but the sensor efficiency. Pixel size does play a role, but it's a secondary role, and they way it pans out is that smaller pixels, for a given sensor size and efficiency , result in greater DR per area , but the same DR per pixel .
That's not what he's saying at all. As I highlighted, he claims better per pixel noise performance , which is true for larger pixels. But that doesn't amount to better per area noise performance , which is the proper measure for the photo.
Well read what he does say -
If you're talking about sensors, pixel noise performance is what it's about. If you're talking about photos then it depends also on the processes followed after image capture. However, image SNR cannot be more than pixel SNR at the same resolution.
And, as I've said elsewhere in this thread, the DR is the number of stops from the noise floor to the saturation limit. Smaller pixels have both lower noise floors and lower saturation limits, which are in proportion to the pixel area for a given efficiency, so the DR / pixel remains unchanged.
I'm not arguing the definition of DR, merely pointing out that what you say is in disagreement with Canon's spokesman.
Doesn't Chuck Westfall work as a marketing representative for Canon? He would be no more interested in hearing that smaller pixels have no IQ advantage than hearing that lens IS has no advantage over sensor IS.
I don't know who Chuck Westfall is but his title is given as "Technical Advisor in Canon USA's Pro Engineering and Solutions Division" by DPR. It doesn't sound like marketing to me.
That would be the green text above (I put it in bold) and also the green text in the paragraph below.
Then I misunderstood you. I consider that a 'technical' rather than operational consideration (normally operational refers to the actual operation of a business - so if, for example, not enough 36mp sensors could be manufactured in time for a fixed date product launch, that would be an operational reason to go with something else).
Nevertheless, that's just conjecture on your part.
A nice story. But is it true?
If not a design choice , then it's likely that Canon is using a new sensor tech, and they lacked the ability to make smaller pixels with it at this time. In the next generation, they will likely shrink the scale, making more pixels with it. In fact, that has been Canon's history in sensor design for some time.
Well the history with their G series is one of increasing pixels and then decreasing them. So the question is why?
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Jet Screamer - I don't have any data to back it up, but if the obesity trend is increasing in other parts of the world as well its due to one of the two factors involved in being obese; not exercising enough or eating too much.
I don't really think there is such thing as 'uncorruptably healthy,' habits can change anywhere. Succumbing to the temptation of eating all those fatty and fried foods constantly is possibly, and its easy to stop living a active life style.
Its obvious that poor diets contribute to obesity but poor diets are a lifestyle choice. What I was referring to with my 'big mac' example is that its rather easy to find inexpensive, healthy foods. In this debate people too often refer to this vague 'unhealthy food' that 'people are served,' as if people aren't free to choose from a myriad of food options.
But seriously - the pmasters22 book on being healthy and getting in shape is as follows: Exercise more and don't eat so much.
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@ EW... totally agree, however should the demographics of poverty and wealth have changed so significantly in the US in the most recent 10 years as opposed to the 10 years previous to that?
Demographics has a lot to do with it. Fatter people are generally poorer, and cannot/will not pay for healthy food (Fruits and vegetables are pricier than junk food and carbohydrates) and exercise. An aging population is also a factor. A third factor is the Western world's hurriedness of life - we go, go, go and do not slow down to eat properly and exercise.
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People, ALL developing nations are going down the same path. Even nations long considered very healthy. There is something more here than an 'American' phenomenon, and it isn't just Cheetos, beer, and lack of exercise.
BTW, even if Australians are fatter than Americans, does that somehow make obesity no longer a problem?
Regarding your claim about Australians, a little online research doesn't seem to bear it out. According to http://www.obesityrates.net/obesity-rates-ranked-by-country/, Australia has the sixth highest obesity rate among OECD countries, 8.9% lower than the rate in the US. Have you got more recent information than January 2 of this year? Though the data that's based on is presumably from 2008 or earlier. Also, I did find other news articles suggesting that the rate of overweight and obesity combined might (it seemed to be in dispute) be higher in Australia than in the US.
Its not that we dont exercise...its that we dont even MOVE! Apart from walking from the bed to the bathroom to the kitchen to the couch to the car to the office chair...we dont USE our bodies!
For thousands of years, since the birth of humanity, humans have had to work hard just to survive one day. In only the past century, and even since the 1970s, have we seen a complete lifestyle transformation due to labor saving devices. Up until then, the concept of exercising was been limited to an elite few that ruled over the masses of workers. Thus, exercise is an invention to make up for the severe lack of physical labor in our lives. It must be done, simply because the human race cannot evolve fast enough in only a few generations from a hardworking 5,000 calorie burning a day race to barely burning 2,000 calories sitting at our desks.
America is the fattest nation on earth in many ways.
1) Physical obesity as mentioned in the article abounds..
2) Cultural obesity in thinking that everything and everyone envies them and their way of life as perceived by Hollywood and propagated by CNN and their other media outlets
3) Financial obesity which translates to a love of consumerism and consumption beyond their means, to the point of indebtedness
All the above ailments can be corrected by following a strict regime of
1) Exercise, be it physical, mental or financial
2) Eat less , talk less and spend less
3) Move from quantity to quality
I hope to see an America that is thinner, leaner and fitter soon emerge from beneath the blubber..
Though it would never ever ever happen, if Americans all started riding bicycles more (especially for that short trip down to the convenience store), it would kill two birds with one stone.
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Thank God beer drinking does not contribute to weight problems. But why, oh why, do taverns serve those waist-expanding peanuts?!
However flawed or not, America is full of some very fat people. I am typically very pro free market, but a blubber tax may help solve the national debt.
I hate to think how this contributes to healthcare costs. What's worse is to think about paying for universal healthcare while this problem is getting worse. The obvious focus should be directed at children, both through education and limiting the time that they are exposed to marketing.
Eat healthy which means not over eating and eating quality foods such as fruits and vegetables.
Exercise- run, bike, or swim almost everyday for about an hour.
Get plenty of sleep. (Most people 8-9 hours).
Its that simple. This is drilled into many school kids at a young age. Adults should know better. Therefore, a universal healthcare system does not have my vote. Fat, burger munching Americans should pay for their own health care.
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"The map shows a clear correlation between obesity in the individual US states and the proportion of the black residents."
Just like an American... Everything is attributed to race, lets make everything a racial issue. Scrap the hard sciences.
This is a piece on USA people! Its good to we know where we stand. Of course all over the world more and more people are getting fatter (even in Asia) and they wish there are more such statistics in their country to promote awareness and more support to change this situation. The last World War was 64 yrs ago. Life has been getting better for most of us who do not have to live through another war or born during its aftermath. Most of us have motorised vehicle to get from A to B. We are better able to afford to eat whenever we want and most of us have desk jobs. Having said that, its also true that the poorer are less conscious of their eating habits and either have less time to excercise or not as bothered. Before anyone crucify me, its in the statistics too.
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@ pmasters - if that is so, and I'm not saying it isn't, then why do we see the obesity trend happening in ALL developed nations, including those considered to be uncorruptably healthy, like Japan?
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1. 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2. 1/3 cup cake flour
3. 1 tablespoon sugar
4. 1/2 teaspoon salt
5. 1/2 cup butter, chilled, cut up
6. 2 tablespoons shortening, chilled
7. 4 -6 tablespoons ice water
1. 2 tablespoons butter
2. 2 tablespoons maple syrup
3. 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
4. 1/8 teaspoon salt
5. 1 1/2 cups pecan halves
1. 3 eggs
2. 1 cup maple syrup
3. 1/4 cup sugar
4. 1/8 cup butter, cut up
5. 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1. Pulse all-purpose flour, cake flour, 1 tbsp sugar, and 1/2 tsp salt in food processor until blended. Add 1/2 c butter, pulse until cut into smaller pieces. Ad shortening, pulse to cut up. Add 4 tbsp water; pulse until dough just begins to form, adding additional water as needed.
2. Shape dough into flat round. Cover and refrigerate 1 hour or up to 2 days.
3. Heat oven to 400. On lightly floured surface, roll dough into 13 inch roud; place in 10 inch tart pan with removable bottom. Trim overhan to 1/2 inch; fold overhang under. Firmly press sides of dough all around to extend 1/4 inch above rim of pan. Line crust with foil; fill with pie weights or dried beans.
4. Bake crust 15 min; remove foil and weights. Bake an addition 15 minutes or until golden brown. (If crust puffs during baking, poke with fork to break air pockets. Cool on wire rack.
5. Reduce oven temp to 300. Melt 2 tbsp butter in large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Stir in 2 tbsp syrup, cinnamon, nutmeg, and 1/8 tsp salt. Bring to a boil, stir in pecans until well coated. Cook 4 minutes or until pecans are deep golden brown and smell fragrant, stirring constantly. Spread on parchment paper-lined baking sheet; cool completely.
6. Meanwhile, whisk eggs in heavy medium saucepan until blended. Whisk in 1 cup syrup, 1/4 c sugar, and 1/8 tsp salt. Add 1/4 c butter, cook over medium heat 3-4 min or untill butter melts and sugar dissoves, whisking constantly. Remove from heat, stir in vanilla. Place tart pan on rimmed baking sheet. Pour hot filling into crust, sprinkle with pecans.
7. Bake at 300 for 25-35 min or just until full set with knife inserted in center comes out clean. Cool on baking sheet on wire rack 10 minute Remove tart from baking sheet, cool completely. | http://www.food.com/recipefullpage.do?rid=402735 | dclm-gs1-203170000 |
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+14 #1 nECrO 2011-04-27 17:17
This is what happens when there is no strong competition. If Bulldozer fails to deliver, this will only get worse.
+2 #2 yasin 2011-04-27 17:59
Well if a lot of people are to new systems at the moment, that's only going to cause the average price to increase.
+13 #3 Bl0bb3r 2011-04-27 18:40
You think Intel wouldn't take advantage?... the more the merrier. No price drops.
BD will deliver... and even if it won't beat Ivy or Sandy it will still be a better choice than one-socket-per-year intel.
0 #4 dicobalt 2011-04-27 23:44
Considering CPU's have northbridge, graphics, and pcie controllers inside them they should increase the average cost in comparison to previous generations.
+1 #5 Bl0bb3r 2011-04-28 00:10
Not really... what intel does is to take logic from chipsets that are manufactured at a higher tech node than the CPU's, reduce the cost per chipset or controller hub, and shrink that logic to the CPU's tech node, while bigger it will still need less Si, so less cost for more logic. Also there are less wafer lines that need to make less types of PCH, take a look at intel's x6x PCH, it's one and the same but with some fuses burned out or not, depending on what they target. If you compare that to AMD's x00 series, where they have several different chips altogether, which might imply added cost, you see intel's playing the cost game... again.
+5 #6 fuadzilla 2011-04-28 18:49
let's boycott intel's greedy ass!!!
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Part of the allure of video game is doing things you would never be able to do in real life. You know, things like taking out a rival sniper from 100 yards, chain-sawing a man-sized bug in half or…drowning?
Some video game deaths are comical. These, on the other hand, are the most brutal drownings you’ll find on consoles. Sweet dreams tonight!
7. Grand Theft Auto III: The first time you actually played Grand Theft Auto III, it was life changing. You had total control. Rockstar created this huge, open world for you to roam at whim, and that novelty was more than enough to keep players invested for hours in Liberty City. Part of the mystique of the game was exploring its many nooks and crannies.
So invariably, one of the first things you would do is grab a car, and start immediately high-tailing it around town. Eventually, you’ll find yourself at a dock. (I have a theory that, somehow, everybody ended up at the exact same dock. The game temporally distorts itself or something.) And of course, the only thing to do is speed off of said dock into the ocean. As far as you can go. You’ll lose the car, but you can swim back, right?
Wrong. Poor Claude (yep, that’s his name) can do a lot of things, but swimming isn’t one of them. Poor *** just sits there, morosely, as the water pours into the vehicle, and he slowly sinks beneath the bay. That’s the worst part; he just accepts his watery grave with a peacefulness I find a trifle unnerving. Then, like a nightmare, he wakes up at the hospital. Again.
6. Final Fantasy VII: It isn’t gory graphics or terrifying visuals that make this drowning brutal, it’s the situation it happens in. The only time you can drown in this game is during the optional boss fight with Emerald Weapon. Not only is she absurdly hard, but you have a twenty minute to deplete her million-point hit bar. Apparently Cloud and Co. can hold their breath for quite a while.
The worst part is that, if you make it twenty minutes, you already have figured out a successful strategy. She makes short work of most people, but it can be done. Because of her high HP, you need to wage a war of attrition, however, always that drowning timer is looming. And just when you think she has to be almost dead, you die. There’s no dramatic drowning FMV or anything, you are just sent back to the start menu.
Of all the deaths on this list, this is perhaps the most disheartening. You pour your heart and soul into beating that creature, only to be humiliated not by her lasers, but by your own lungs. Unless you get the Underwater material. You know where that is, right?
5. Worms: For such a cute and charming game about adorable, tiny worms working out their differences, Worms is excruciatingly violent. In addition to blowing each other up with explosive ordinance, shooting each other with Uzis and launching sheep at one another, you can use the environment to drown each other.
And oh how satisfying it is, if you are on the giving side. However, the other side of the coin shows a terrifying scene. You are forced to watch, paralyzed by fear, as your killer slowly inches his way towards you, and your doom. The method of delivery could be anything from a gentle prod to a baseball bat to the head, but the end result is always the same.Drowning. Notice the worms don’t even try to swim. Of course, they have no arms or legs, but that’s beside the point. They just look up at the world they are leaving behind, as they sink to the depths.
4. Tomb Raider: Lara Croft is one of the most iconic video game heroines ever. She is smart, able, powerful and, above all, willful, woman who proved that not all females are in need of rescuing. That makes it so much more startling when she brutally drowns…sometimes in her own pool.
I admit it, I did it. When I first explored Croft Manor and found Lara’s sweet pool, the first thing I did was promptly see if you can drown yourself in it. Spoiler alert: You totally can. Watching beautiful, young Lara choke on a lack of oxygen wasn’t exactly easy to watch. In that vein, here’s a montage of some brutal Lara Croft deaths, including a few bonus drownings.
That is just difficult to watch. Seriously, did you see that? Lara getting mowed down by a tiger? Or what about breaking her neck on a sixty foot swan dive? And people say today’s games are violent.
3. Limbo: Playing Limbo is already like playing through a virtual nightmare, but the guys over at PlayDead Studios decided the creepy black-and-white visuals and haunting sound design weren’t enough. No, they had to include every fear ever.
Yep, they have it all. Heights? Check. Electricity? Check. Spiders? Double check. And the water. Oh the water. Drowning in lakes. Drowning in rapidly rising pools. Drowning in glorified puddles swamped with dead bodies. Limbo offers many different flavors of drowning, but they are all unified by one theme: they are terrifying.
Not just regular terrifying either, but disturbing terrifying. Everything about this game is disturbing, really, but watching that kid try to claw his way to the surface only to sink back down, man. That is just wrong.
2. Sonic the Hedgehog 2: One of the more iconic drowning deaths around, not to mention featuring perhaps the best drowning music ever, the Sonic series proves that hedgehogs and water don’t mix. While more than few zones feature the dangerous liquid, I learned that particular lesson in the Chemical Plant Zone of Sonic 2.
It started innocently enough. I was just exploring this chemical plant, freeing tiny woodland creatures from their mechanical prisons, when I came upon a pool of water, and some moving blocks within it. No problem, I thought. I hopped on the first set of blocks, and immediately fell to the bottom. As I’m climbing, that music starts playing, adding an insane sense of urgency to my climb. Suddenly, it’s a matter of survival.
However, as my timer ticked down, I knew I wasn’t going to make it. At the end, I stopped for just a second, perhaps to reflect on my impending death, and then, the music crescendos. Darkness.
1. Mario 64: Bad things aren’t supposed to happen to Mario. You know, they just…aren’t. Sure, he comically shrugs his arms and falls down when hit by a stupid Goomba, or he simply disappears into a bottomless pit. But he doesn’t brutally drown in a way that will give you nightmares for weeks, does he?
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I want to see games along with all the extra frills. Not just talking for ten minutes about Call of Duty: Ghosts.
by 10 months ago
I think it is safe to say that we have plateaued and reached a point of diminishing returns.
Not only is this on content for a new console release, but also graphically. I could be here all day categorizing what they should have changed or how to have done things differently, but then again I don't know why they might not have been able to do that the first time. In fact, I was tasked to find on thing to talk about but I can't just find one thing. All of it sat uneasily with me despite not expecting much. I think the thing that hit me hardest though is something I scream at the top of my lungs ANYTIME there is a new console release:
A console is an expensive paper weight unless you got games to play on it.
They claim 15 exclusives to Xbox One in the first year and 8 of them being new IPs. This is rad but when the only one I care about is from Remedy and nothing else, I kind of shrug it off. It is like telling me you have 15 cakes you'll be making this year and one is gonna be vanilla (Forza) and the other Confetti (Quantum Break). Confetti seems different than what you are obviously expecting but you know nothing about the other mystery cakes. No clues, no hints, no nothing. Why should I care?
Exclusives games to a new console should be the boat you set your console out to sail on, not apps or gimmicks.
When I look at a new console I want games that have me excited and ready to throw down hundreds of my hard-earned dollars. I don't want to see how Call of Duty is totally new despite it still being the exact same game. I also don't care about another racing game or sports game that zooms in on details that you will never notice in the actual gameplay.
The only thing to catch my attention was Quantum Break. The obvious reason for that was because Remedy is behind it and I've got a soft spot for them. Fanboy aside, that really showed nothing to get too amped over. That boat smashing through a bridge was pretty awesome looking, so I wanna know what this whole time thing is.
I also can't confirm, but Halo is going to appear at some point. Why would they announced a TV series if a Halo 5 is not right around the corner? Most likely, it will be at E3 in just a few days.
With all that in mind: Call of Duty, Sports Games and Racing games are staples for ANY console launch. Show me a time after the original Playstation that did not have either a sports game or racing game showing off their tech? I just think that with Sony being able to show off more games then Microsoft at their announcement will prove detrimental to Microsoft. I want the system that has interesting games from the get go and not another first year of PS3 or PSVita.
Heck for all I know I might get a new Fusion Frenzy or Brute Force. I would be more psyched for those then anything they mentioned today.
Let those memories wash back...
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GAZA - It's Ramadan and everyone's fasting. Maybe it's the heat, the hunger and the thirst that generate the feeling that the Gaza Strip is liable to blow up at any minute. It seems that with every passing week, the distress deepens and the poverty becomes more tangible.
Only last week, Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh promised that by Ramadan some of the PA employees' salaries would be paid. But on Sunday came the announcement that this month, too, the PA did not have the money to pay its workers. The despair is visible in the people's eyes, as irritable drivers get into fights with each other at every traffic jam.
A traffic jam of a different sort blocked the area across from the main marketplace in the Jabalya refugee camp yesterday. Although donkey carts are popular here, the dozens that filled the square yesterday were not there for the regular market run, but had been rented so the lucky residents could bring home the food packages supplied by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) once every three months.
Since UNRWA only helps refugees, the rest of Gaza's residents are left without aid. The irony is that the residents of the refugee camps enjoy economic privileges that the others don't, even though today everyone needs assistance because they aren't getting paid.
But even the lucky ones still need to take action to receive the food to which their orange UNRWA coupons entitle them: a few sacks of flour, milk powder for children, rice, sugar and broad beans (ful). They gathered around the food truck and tried to get the attention of the person who mans it. Waving their hands in the air and shouting "Rajeb, Rajeb," they looked like ardent fans of a singer.
"Last year I got unemployment benefits but since the Hamas government took power, there have been no unemployment payments," said Adnan, who is eligible for the food packages. He has seven children, two of whom are studying at university, but he has no way of paying their tuition.
"Without UNRWA, Gaza would be in flames," said a porter carrying the food. "I'm carrying on my back right now a sack that, for a lot of people, is worth a million dollars."
In the market itself, the produce is cheap: a kilo of tomatoes costs NIS 2, and three kilos of cucumbers cost NIS 4. But almost no one is buying, said vegetable vendor Zuhir Dawas.
"If one of the vendors makes NIS 10 to NIS 15 a day, he can be satisfied," said Dawas. "We've reached the point where even the dogs of the Jews live better, and since Hamas won, the situation has become still worse. Only UNRWA is helping people now - the PA can't do anything."
Dawas said he and his family are going hungry, and break their daily Ramadan fast on nothing but rice and vegetables. "I don't have money anymore for meat and chicken," he said.
But while Adnan and Dawas saw the establishment of a Hamas government as a turning point for the worse, store owner Abu Mustafa al-Januni pointed the finger at Israel and the rest of the world.
"Who's responsible?" he said. "Israel is to blame, America and the international community. You're the ones who have kept food from us."
Al-Januni, who owns a store in a Gaza market selling special pancakes for Ramadan, recalled better days.
"In previous years, our store was full of people, it was impossible to move," he said. "In the past, the laborers worked in Israel, the clerks had salaries from the PA. Now everything has disappeared."
The distress of the residents of Gaza is putting the Hamas government at risk. Many of the organization's top leaders realize that thousands of their supporters are liable to turn against Hamas, leading them to reconsider the idea of a unity government and the need to compromise with Abbas. The PA chairman, for his part, is in no hurry. After all, time is working against Hamas, and the Ramadan fast isn't helping either. | http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/gaza-is-hungry-and-not-because-of-ramadan-1.198009 | dclm-gs1-203380000 |
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Unbleached all purpose flour1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
Eggs2 Large, beaten
Plain bread crumbs1 1⁄4 Cup (20 tbs)
Dried rosemary/Dried basil1 1⁄2 Teaspoon
Salt1 1⁄2 Teaspoon
Black pepper1 Teaspoon
Veal scaloppine/12 veal medallions pounded 1/4 inch thick12
Olive oil2 Tablespoon
Lemons2 , cut into 8 wedges
Nutrition Facts
Serving size: Complete recipe
Calories 2299 Calories from Fat 606
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 68 g104.6%
Saturated Fat 20.4 g101.8%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 1499.2 mg
Sodium 4338.2 mg180.8%
Total Carbohydrates 101 g33.7%
Dietary Fiber 13.1 g52.6%
Sugars 3.4 g
Protein 313 g626.3%
Vitamin A 15.4% Vitamin C 158.3%
Calcium 33.9% Iron 65%
*Based on a 2000 Calorie diet
1. Place the flour on a plate, the eggs in a shallow bowl, and the bread crumbs, herbs, salt and pepper on another plate. Pat dry each scaloppine with a paper towel. Dredge each in the flour, then the egg, then the bread crumb mixture. Let sit for about 20 minutes so the crumbs adhere.
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One of the largest shopping streets both above the ground and underground, satisfying needs for shopping and eating
Sakae, the largest shopping area in Nagoya, is next to Sakae Station, two stations away from Nagoya Station on Nagoya Municipal Subway. The area forms a huge commercial area, mainly around Otsu Street running north to south and Hirokoji Street stretching east to west. There are major department stores, such as Matsuzakaya, Maruei and Mitsukoshi, and large-scale shopping centers, such as Parco, Nadia Park (with International Design Center), and Lachic, offering stylish products including fashion items, cosmetics, bags and household goods. Recently, luxury brand stores opened along Otsu Street, forming one of Japan's largest brand streets. It is a great place for shopping. There is also a vast mall spreading underground. Three underground streets, namely Central Park, Sakae Mori No Chikagai, and Sakae-chika, connect the station, department stores and commercial buildings, so it is very convenient.
If you go above ground and head towards Hisaya Odori Park, you will find Nagoya TV Tower, the symbol of Nagoya. From the 90 m-high sky deck, you can watch the sunset and the night view of the city. There are also recommended spots nearby, such as Oasis 21, a three-dimensional park resembling a spaceship made of glass, Aichi Arts Center, where art exhibitions and concerts are held, and Ran No Yakata, where there are about 20,000 orchids.
Address: Sakae , Naka-ku, Nagoya City, Aichi
Phone: 052-541-4301 (Nagoya City Tourist Information Center at Nagoya Station)
Directions: (Train) Sakae Station on the Nagoya Subway Higashiyama line (5 minutes from Nagoya Station).
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• Summary: Designed by the legendary John Romero, Daikatana is a first person perspective action, which takes the 3D shoot'em up genre into a new dimension.
Players assume the role of Hiro, traveling through time with his two sidekicks, the beautiful, yet lethal Mikko and the powerful mercenary
Superfly Johnson. The player must lead this team, interacting with them to guide them through perilous worlds, exploring vast levels that are filled with an array of intelligent enemies.
In their quest to save history, players will journey through four different time periods, traveling from mythical Greece to a post apocalyptic San Francisco 500 years in the future. Battling over 60 different monstrous enemies with more than 30 different weapon types, breaching obstacles and unearthing secret locations.
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1. May 3, 2013
Ah, hell how i'm tired of all that "Daikatana is bad" things. Let's see: it has beautiful and catchy music, that will find a place on your player. Level design varies from "interesting" to "just really great" (Ancient Greece levels, for example). Overall epicness, different epochs different enemies and weapons, and funny ones also. And, while it was alive, multiplayer was really fun. I can critic Daikatana only for stupid AI of sidekicks and different bugs and glitches. Well, maybe also for colours of first episode. What am i doing wrong? Hm..maybe coz i played Daikatana first 6 years later than it came out... Expand
2. Nov 5, 2013
Daikatana is difficult. In that difficulty there is a fun and rewarding experience. The game was definitely over ambitious and was pushed back/redesigned on new engines for long enough to make it fizzle out beneath better FPS games of the day. It has it's bugs and issues. Most notably with your companions. If you figure out how they work and when to tell them to stay put rather than attack, they're not a serious issue. I give this game a positive score because I believe that underneath the controversy it's still an interesting game that's a lot of fun to trudge your way through. If you're an expert FPS it's worth checking out. Expand
3. Oct 19, 2013
What the ass. talk about sh%^ I would have more fun playing Mario's time machine then this. First off the AI who was responsible to program the AI? You might think ok if they die I don't need them anymore right WRONG! Every time the AI dies you have to go back to the beginning of the stage. Second the graphics are a ugly mess like what year is this 1997? No its the year 2000 and your making a game with the dated quake 2 engine. I amving it a one because even though the game sucks because of the AI, at least its playable (YES I AM LOOKINGAT YOU BIG RIGS). Expand
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Could you stay friends with this person? Should I? So confused.
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DH and I have been close friends with another couple for over a decade. They've been together for 12 years, we've been together nearly 11. They got married in 2011 and were planning to start TTC this year.
Towards the end of last year the male friend asked for a separation, completely out of the blue. Over the next couple of months it came out that he had been having an affair for over 6 months and he's now living with the OW and her children.
Throughout the whole thing he has lied. He lied to his wife, his friends, his mother. When one lie was discovered he would lie again to cover it up. Apparently he even lied to the OW but it seems she's the forgiving sort. hmm
I am livid with him. I am angry that he cheated (not that it's my business, I know) and I am especially angry that he lied and has kept lying. But at the same time we've been friends for a long time - until this happened I would have said that he was a kind and sweet man absolutely in love with his wife.
I don't know who he is any more and I don't know how to feel and act towards him. His wife is my best friend and is adamant that she's happy for me to be friends with him if I want to be, a lot of his friends (including DH) have just dropped him and she doesn't want him to have no-one left.
Any words of wisdom?
Numberlock Tue 29-Jan-13 12:28:41
Were you always friends as a couple or did you know one of them individually first? Did you always socialise as a foursome or would you go out with his wife, just the two of you?
DH and I got caught in the fallout of our best friends' separation / divorce after she fell out of love with him (while working overseas and snogging another man), told him she wanted to leave and then while they were trying to sort it out through counselling, she slept with a colleague twice, effectively to drive her DH away. He ended up sobbing his heart out round at ours, completely broken.
We started off trying to get our heads round everything, it was all out of the blue for her DH as well as all of us, and initially tried to stay friends with both of them but it's taken best part of five years to forgive (if that's the right word) her for what she did to him and start getting in touch properly again.
He's only able to happily get back in touch with us now because he's moved on with his life and fallen in love since. But it'll never be the same between any of us all.
The only thing I can say is that it's very hard to be the one/s stuck in the middle, and in hindsight for us it would have been easier to keep one friendship strong (with him) rather than keep both going badly.
After the dust had settled I ended up really quite depressed over it all (they were our closest friends, went on hols together and everything) so take care of your own emotions too if you get involved.
CogitoErgoSometimes Tue 29-Jan-13 12:30:38
If you don't like the guy any more because of the way he's behaved then tell him you don't want to be disloyal to his ex and therefore can't be friends any more. Simple as that. Very noble of his ex to want people to remain friends with him but it's not really her decision.
Number we met at university so I've always known them as a couple. I'm closer to her than to him but have always counted him as a good friend too. We live a few counties apart now but have always been emotionally close iyswim.
Thanks Jammy that’s really helpful.
Cogito I think my confusion stems from the fact that he seems to be a completely different man now from the one I've been friends with. I don't like this new man - but I hate the thought that at some point he'll realise what an idiot he's been and revert back to his old self but have no friends to rely on.
Numberlock Tue 29-Jan-13 12:43:10
I'm in a very similar situation with a very close friend. She discovered recently that her husband had been having an affair and has decided to stay with him.
Same as you, I have always known them as a couple, I am closer to her but have also socialised with them together.
The difference is though that they are still living together. So when I visit, I am polite and friendly towards him up to a point, but there is an edge now and it's not the same. If they ever separated, I can't imagine I would keep in touch with him.
I can fully identify with that. My friend's husband was the 'least likely to' if you see what I mean.
CogitoErgoSometimes Tue 29-Jan-13 12:44:35
I think the expression applicable is 'you make your bed, you lie on it'. He's chosen a particular path with all the implications and if he loses friends as a result, that's entirely his look-out.
I guess you're right Cogito - I'm deluding myself a bit aren't I?
Number yes, the same here - the last man I would have expected to do something like this.
Both our 'best friend couples' have now split up sad. With both couples, we were clearly better mates with the male partner (although they were, arguably, both more in the wrong over the split - one had had an affair, the other had teetered....) We have stayed friends with both blokes, but both of them were honest with US however much they were lying to their partners. I never felt I didn't understand them - however much I disagreed with their actions on occasion. I don;t think I'd want to work on a friendship with someone who had lied to me, and I think it's very, very hard to stay 'proper' friends with both parties (I did this for a while with one couple - it was tricky, and now I hardly ever see her)
I think our mates would have fallen into the 'least likely to split up' category too.
Don't feel bad if you do want to loose touch with him, he'll make new friends.
If you really want there to be a hope that you can all be mates again in the future, maybe just tell him you're struggling to get your head round this all and have found it quite upsetting, would it be okay to let things go quiet between you for now but maybe you can catch up at some point in the (potentially distant) future?
joblot Tue 29-Jan-13 13:12:27
I've stayedfriends with both parties where one cheated and behaved extremely badly. I knew them only as a couple and part of the problem, imo, was they did everything as a couple. Thus no opportunity to talk about the numerous problems they had. I felt I should be kind to the cheater and try to forgive, as we all make mistakes. I know many don't agree but from long experience I rarely see relationships end just because one party behaved badly- there are other issues going on which also make it doomed/in trouble. Most mutual friends- not all- cut the cheater off. I still feel unsure of whether I did the right thing.
I'm not sure this is of any use to you, just wanted to add another perspective.
perceptionreality Tue 29-Jan-13 13:15:56
Well, you can't help how you feel can you?
One thing I will say though is that I believe nearly everyone is capable of cheating in certain circumstances. It doesn't excuse it, it doesn't make it right but I think it's a human failing that a lot of people succumb to and does not make a person a monster or a bad person through and through.
Thanks job. The male friend now says he's been unhappy for years but this doesn't fit with the way he's behaved and spoken over the years - so either he was lying then or he's lying now (again).
That's a good point perception.
We have another couple that we're friends with and they did get past the infidelity - but the one who cheated was honest about it. Having a one night stand is very different to a sustained affair over 6 months where you go on holiday with the OW having told your wife that you're working abroad, and referring to her children as your step-kids.
If he had been honest from early on I don't think I would feel quite so conflicted about everything.
ThePlatypusAlwaysTriumphs Tue 29-Jan-13 13:23:17
I've recently been in this unhappy situation too sad Our best friends, she was seeing someone behind his back, apparently for a year. None of us knew anything until the huge fallout. We had to help him and the kids pick up the pieces, so so sad.
When things seemed to be going better for our male friend, and I heard on the grapevine that she had split from OM, I did feel sorry for her and got in touch....only to kind of wish I hadn't! There was so much drama around her and OM, which I didn't really want to get involved with. I felt I had to tell her how I felt about what she had done, but that I was still around for her as a friend if she needed me. I didn't pull any punches, although I was not berating her, and to be fair, she took it on the chin, but we haven't really been in touch since, and I don't know that we'll ever be really close. Her ex-DH is my DH's best friend, so we still stay in touch with him, and I feel for the kids, as it has been a crazy and confusing time for them, and they can always talk to me if they need to.
You have my sympathies
SueFawley Tue 29-Jan-13 13:23:49
I'm in a very similar situation. He was my friend before either of us got married. Our friendship was over 25 years. He had been married for nearly 20 years, and has 3 DC. The last 18 months was awful, with him telling me about his affair, lying to his DW repeatedly, telling me he's moving in with OW, going back to DW.
I decided that I couldn't continue to be friends because of his continued lies and deception to his DW, his eldest DC, to me and his other friends, and even started to feel sorry for OW. He was lying to EVERYONE. When he started to try to get me to cover for him, that was the final straw.
Fortunately they live in a different part of the country so it's been relatively easy for me to cut out of their lives but I do feel for his DW. I still have mutual friends who don't know the full story and are friends with them, and as someone else pointed out upthread, they are getting on with their lives and have made new friends.
HecateWhoopass Tue 29-Jan-13 13:24:51
I wouldn't.
Because I don't like liars. I can't be friends with someone who is the sort of person who thinks it's ok to lie and cheat. Who is happy to betray someone they claim to love. That sort of person is not the sort of person I can get on with.
I realise I am very black and white on this issue, but there are a few non negotiables for me.
no bigots
no liars
no thieves
no selfish arses
And someone who could look in the face of someone they claimed to love while knowing they were shagging someone else ticks two of those boxes.
That's how I feel too Hecate.
I think I feel bad because I feel like I'm considering abandoning a dear friend - but tbh that friend doesn't seem to exist any more. But people can't just change that quickly can they? Can someone really be a kind, sweet, gentle, loving person for so long and then just change into a selfish, inconsiderate and unrepentant arse?
perceptionreality Tue 29-Jan-13 13:34:54
Hecate - I generally agree with your sentiment but everyone in the world has lied about something in their lives. There are of course, various degrees of how bad a lie is.
The pain that is caused by cheating in a relationship is awful, not just to the wronged partner but also to everyone else - hence why the OP has started this thread.
HecateWhoopass Tue 29-Jan-13 13:57:23
Aah, well, I have a lie and fib system grin sorry. Should have been clearer.
we all fib. ooh yes, that dress looks GREAT! nooooo, that colour is so slimming. report? yes, of course I did it grin
lies are the more damaging things.
Charbon Tue 29-Jan-13 13:58:43
What often happens in these situations is that the person having an affair re-writes history because they cannot face something in themselves. It would be hard to confront the fact that as a person you are so shallow that you have an affair with the first person to give you an opportunity, despite being content in your relationship, wouldn't it?
So people who do exaggerate the significance of the affair and/or denigrate the relationship left behind.
Chances are, he's lying about the past but most critically, he's lying to himself because he cannot face his own personality and character.
Unless he's trying to keep the friendship going himself and it's close enough where you could tell him some home truths and ask some uncomfortable questions (in which case he'd head for the hills right now because he won't want to confront that) I'd keep your distance and wait for the dust to settle.
The success rate of history re-writers' relationships is notoriously poor. They are usually based on romantic notions and typically therefore, that fades.
When it does, it's possible you can resume your friendship but for now I'd devote your energies to supporting your friend who is having her memories rewritten and trashed. I'd encourage her to trust her own memory and yours on this and not his.
SueFawley Tue 29-Jan-13 14:49:10
What Charbon writes is so true. My old friend has been re-writing the history of his affair already. He's still in it, forgot to add that, but his story keeps changing about how/why/when it started, how many times he ended it with OW, how OW is now suddenly a 'psycho bitch' that he's still shagging. Then there's the story about how evil his DW is, always has been, nobody knows how utterly vile she is. Blah blah.
I had missed that you are very close friends with his DW. I think here too, Charbon has it spot on with her advice.
Best of luck whatever you decide, it's a horrid place to find yourself.
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It is the incomprehensible scale of the tragedy that silences you. There's the physical scale: A car perched on the roof of a three-story building in Minami Sanriku, or the 200-ton tug Kazumaru No. 1, swept 1,500 feet inland in the port of Ofunato, smashing every house in its path to splintered pulp.
The Kazumaru No. 1 tugboat, where the March 11 tsunami left it. Image courtesy WGBH.
But there's also the scale of the human tragedy. Rikuzentakata must once have been a stunningly beautiful coastal town. If you stand in the bay and look up at the mountains, the view is lovely, the mountains still and peaceful. But lower your eyes and the scene is of awful devastation. Where once there was a town of over 20,000, now there is a blasted mudflat.
I followed a group of perhaps 50 soldiers from the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, armed with bamboo canes, onto the mud. They formed a long line, waiting for the order, then set off on a careful yard-by-yard search.
Slowly and methodically they advanced, pulling and tugging at every piece of cloth or material they found, partially submerged in the clinging mud. Was this just wasted detritus, or was it a sleeve, a skirt, or a jacket? Was it empty, or did it contain an arm, a limb, a snuffed-out life? You could sense the relief every time it came away in their hand empty. And their pain every time it was a body--a child perhaps, or a mother or grandfather.
Somebody shouted. It was another body. Six men were assigned to dig it out. The rest continued the search. The body was extracted and wrapped in bright blue polyethylene sheeting. The men set off, leaving just two soldiers behind.
They crouched by the body. I thought they must be filling in paperwork, or taking a photograph for the record. Then they stood up, removed their helmets, and bowed. They left the body in its tarpaulin, marked with a fluttering cloth on a bamboo pole, ready for the recovery team that would follow.
When they left I walked closer. The soldiers had not been filling in forms or doing anything bureaucratic; they had been lighting incense. They were just paying their respects.
It has been difficult in this horror to be anything but impressed by something in the character of Japanese people. Sometimes, as a Westerner, you feel annoyed: "How," you chide, "can you seem to accept so easily your government's assurance that things will be fine at the nuclear plant!" Other times you look at the discipline, the self-control, and the sense of responsibility and responsiveness to the needs of the community, and you are truly awed.
Callum Macrae in Ofunatu. Image courtesy WGBH.
At one point we went off to talk to some people and, slightly phased by the situation, I left my camera in the car. Almost immediately I started panicking. Leaving your camera when on assignment is just something you never do. Someone might steal it, and without it there is no point in you being there.
My driver Nickie Matsumoto looked at me as though I was mad. "You think that in this situation someone will break into the car and steal your camera?" he asked incredulously.
You know what: Looting in a disaster? In America, in the U.K.--yes, that is exactly what might happen.
But not here. Not in northern Japan.
Callum Macrae is the producer of Japan's Killer Quake, premiering Wednesday, March 30 at 9pm on most PBS stations. Please check your local listings to confirm when it will air near you.
Correction: March 28, 2001
This post has been revised to correct the spelling of "Ofunato" and "Minami Sanriku."
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I am curious about the time difference between the earthquake and tsunami warning. Why were trains running in the earthquake zone if they knew/expected that a tsunami was or might come? How much time did residents have between the tsunami warning and the actual wave? Finally, if the earthquake location was known to be so close to the Japanese shoreline, why was there no cautionary evacuation in case a tsunami came (which would be inevitable, no?)? Thank you.
Thank you for articulating what I have been thinking since this disaster struck. I have such great respect for the Japanese people for their dignity during all of this. I will be watching the special. I wish I could be there to help with clean-up and rebuilding.
My understanding is that it was on the order of 15 minutes between the earthquake in Japan and the arrival of the first waves. Having been in the 7.1 Loma Prieta earthquake in California, I can tell you that it would have taken an AMAZING amount of self-possession and discipline to have gotten it together to evacuate within 15 minutes after the 9.0 shaking. Sirens probably started sounding in the coastal areas within a few minutes of the quake, but the quake itself causes a rush of fear that easily stuns and paralyzes you and 15 minutes goes VERY quickly. I'm sure it took us 10 minutes just to get out of our building and into the parking lot after Loma Prieta. As for the trains, they may have already been off the tracks just from the quake even before the tsunami came. Or stopped for safety and in the middle of evacuating. (They can only go where the tracks are.) I haven't heard reports on that.
It is standard procedure for the trains to shut down during an earthquake. The possibility that tracks may be compromised makes it too dangerous to operate them. The distances to safe refuge is the biggest reason for most people to escape. Couple that with trying help people that are compromised by old age, youth, injury, Etc. Reliance on Tsunami Barriers that were too low, a lack of power, destruction of roadways and confusion. All of these things contributed to the loss of life. It is why I advocate tsunami free construction. They should never allow populations to build their homes, schools and hospitals in areas prone to flooding. At the very least there should be elevated structures in place that can withstand tsunamis. They should be dispersed through out the community at intervals that would allow access to everyone. If they incorporated water supplies, stores and restaurants everything needed for survival would be in place. Unfortunately we have yet to learn much from most disasters so we keep having them.
During my tour of duty in the USAF I had the opportunity to visit Japan. I found the people to be gracious and respectful. They are an ancient society. Maybe if we survive as a society for another thousand years or so we will be fortunate enough realize the value of respect. But for now it seems to be a word that does not translate well into English. I am eager to watch this program and will recommend it to my friends.
While I appreciate Mr Macrae's sentiments, it would be more respectful of him to double or triple check the spellings of place names before he publishes. I did as much for his name. Minami Sanriku. Ofunato.
Although Japan's Killer Quake can be viewed online, due to "rights restrictions", it cannot be viewed from Japan.
Is that not lacking in tact to say the least?
Amazing documentary. I am so grateful for the amazing speed you were able to produce this film and with such depth. I need to watch it many more times. I listen to world news several hours a day but learned so much more through your film.
Thank you for capturing the Japanese spirit and humanity so aptly. It is truly difficult to fathom the amount of devastation. Sound bites do not begin to explain what you have shown us. Like a previous blogger, I wish I was there to help.
Recently I wrote down a Japanese cultural expression I heard. "How does my behavior affect others." It is unfortunate how foreign this concept is to me and I consider myself rather empathic.
Again, thank you for this film and the risks to your health that you and others took so the rest of the world could understand this tragedy.
I thought the report was very informative and educational. Our daughter lived in Japan as an Assistant Language Teacher for two years. She has been back in the US for a year. The Japanese people welcomed her and she had friends there that would watch out for her while there. She still gets cards and mail from the school where she taught and a part of her will always be in Japan. Sendai was her favorite place to visit because of the beauty of the landscape and the warmth of the people.Our hearts goes out to those living in the disaster zone of Japan. Wish We could return the love and care to them that was given to our daughter. Thank you for a great broadcast.
Apologies - you are quite right. this was written in a hurry, but that is no excuse.
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religious easter basket stuffers.
lent calendar for kids. {printable}
pretzel & peanut butter crosses.
last supper craft {printable}.
kids can only collect their "color". allows for ages/levels of hunting abilities and even collecting.
number matching. {i like that the eggs aren't color coordinated, so kids can't "cheat"}
snack. {hilarious. from fig newtons.}
easter jelly beans {printable & bookmark too}
place setting.
slowly add more and more water until the eggs are completely covered.
"you've been egged" {leave easter eggs and this sign at friends' doors}
easter cupcake printables. | http://www.pinterest.com/4bell/easter/ | dclm-gs1-204000000 |
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I need a reason for this 'do
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Sunflower Summer / Robert Kushner
How true this is!
Commandeer Vest
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0.020036 | <urn:uuid:2e8da75c-a5fb-4106-aaba-18f436789f44> | en | 0.96714 | Residents told to embrace wastewater proposal
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Just 26 objections have been lodged so far against plans to install wastewater tanks in 5500 Christchurch properties considered at high risk of liquefaction, but the city council is bracing for more.
The Christchurch City Council, the Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild Team and the Government will spend more than $82 million installing the tanks, which are part of new low-pressure sewer system being introduced in parts of Parklands, Aranui, Shirley, Woolston, Hoon Hay, Halswell, Southshore, and Richmond.
The authorities say the tanks are a more resilient solution for households in areas prone to liquefaction, but some residents are unhappy at having them sited on their land and fear they will be lumped with the electricity costs of running them, estimated at an average of $23.50 a year.
The council's environment and infrastructure committee was yesterday told a rates rebate proposed in the council's draft Three Year Plan would offset the small cost of running the plant.
Committee member Barry Corbett pointed out that people with tanks were likely to incur fewer costs than other homeowners.
If any faults or blockages occurred in the pipes between a person's house and the tanks the council would be liable for the cost of repairs.
"If anything they are going to be better off," Corbett said.
Council solicitor Ian Thomson said the council had to get the written consent of affected property owners before it could proceed with any work on their properties. The experience to date was that the response had been mostly positive.
"However, 26 owners have objected so far and the scale of the project is such that there is potential for relatively high numbers of objections to be received," Thomson said in a report.
The committee has agreed to set up a hearings panel to consider any objections that are lodged.
If property owners are unhappy with the panel's decision they can appeal to the district court.
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Then and Now | http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/8397703/Residents-told-to-embrace-wastewater-proposal | dclm-gs1-204280000 |
0.03904 | <urn:uuid:bf8bb31e-56dd-48cc-8831-8c23af67ddae> | en | 0.988118 | Still a mountain to climb ... Jobe Watson.
Brownlow medal winner Essendon's Jobe Watson. Photo: Sebastian Costanzo
AFTER delivering his Brownlow Medal winning press conference, Jobe Watson found himself in a room, with plenty of food and drink and two men who had also taken home Charlie.
He was celebrating with friends, family, teammates, the people "he wanted to believe with". But as he looked at his coach James Hird and fellow Essendon great Gavin Wanganeen, something was missing.
Although Watson said in one way his Brownlow win had elevated him into such elite company, having a drink with Hird and Wanganeen was a reminder his career is still far from being fulfilled.
"Those guys are both ... premiership players and that is something that I think when you finish you career you want to be known as someone who has played in a premiership," Watson said. "Certainly that would be the goal for me and that's where those guys sit in my mind is they've had the ultimate team success and that's what we all play for.
"It's hard to know how the guys from the Swans and the Hawks are feeling. You could imagine that they're just beside themselves with excitement and that feeling I had last night is something that you want to emulate with your teammates. Only the opportunity to be involved in a premiership will deliver that."
Watson believes his dream can be realised, with Essendon on the cusp of catapulting itself into the top four, despite the Bombers crumbling in the past two seasons.
"It's so even the competition and the amount of improvement a side can make from one preseason to the next, I think it's 17 out the last 19 years someone outside the top eight has finished in the top four the following year.
"The game is conducive to a rapid amount of improvement. We have got a lot of work to do but I wouldn't be playing if I didn't think we are a chance of being successful."
While Watson said he wasn't keen to hit the track again just yet, (allow him a decent night's sleep first!) his reddened eyes lit up when asked about the upcoming preseason.
He will join several of his teammates on a trial altitude training camp in the US, a first for Essendon.
The Bombers emerged bigger, faster and stronger after last year's preseason under a gruelling program by high-performance guru Dean "the Weapon" Robinson. But Robinson's program, which the club is reviewing among other things, came under fire after the Bombers were hit with a soft-tissue injury epidemic in the second half of the season. | http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/ultimate-team-success-is-watsons-dream-20120925-26iq3.html | dclm-gs1-204330000 |
0.045838 | <urn:uuid:508bdd36-c1e4-4642-83db-67ebd8bef5a0> | en | 0.95228 | Xerox workers strike over spying
September 22, 2004 - 5:03PM
Photocopier repairers walked off the job today over a plan by Xerox to monitor staff movements using satellite technology.
About 120 NSW Xerox workers will remain on strike until Monday over the company's future plan to install GPS units in their vehicles.
A further 80 Xerox workers in Victoria threatened to strike unless the company ditched the plan by tomorrow.
Australian Services Union (ASU) NSW branch president Sally McManus said technicians used their cars like their offices, and they resented being monitored every moment of the day.
"For them, it's just an issue of trust, number one," she told AAP.
"And number two, it's just another layer of monitoring, of surveillance, that they're not prepared to cop."
Fuji Xerox issued a statement saying it had no immediate plans to install GPS technology in technicians' vehicles or equipment.
But it wanted to be able to use such technology in the future.
"Fuji Xerox wishes to protect its ability to implement suitable new technologies in the future and not be limited to using outdated technologies," customer support manager George Nides said.
The ASU and Xerox are currently negotiating a new pay and conditions agreement. | http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/22/1095651385674.html?from=storylhs | dclm-gs1-204340000 |
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