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Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 148 Ratings
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1. Sep 6, 2012
2. Nov 30, 2012
3. Jan 20, 2013
4. Sep 12, 2012
5. Nov 14, 2012
6. Dec 28, 2012
7. Dec 27, 2012
8. Oct 6, 2012
9. Dec 25, 2012
10. Jan 6, 2013
11. Dec 28, 2012
12. Dec 27, 2012
13. Nov 6, 2012
There's just no excuse... Using an engine
Avoid, avoid, avoid.
14. Jan 16, 2013
15. Jan 12, 2013
16. Jan 20, 2013
17. Jan 21, 2013
18. Sep 25, 2012
Ok, the game is... hmmm... truly "special", here's what I want to say to its creators: 1) What the f**k was that?
2) Do you consider this art or what?
3) Oh, you even charge money for that?
4) Shame on you, "game" creators!
19. Feb 21, 2013
This experimental title tells a short story in a unique way, similar to that of Dear Esther and The Path. Unlike the other games I mentioned, Thirty Flights of Loving is annoying to play, triggers no emotion and features no attempt to immerse the player. It is true that this game is as long as it should be, but only in the fact of telling a story. The game has plenty of pointless "gameplay" elements, annoying sound effects and confusing mechanics. The title goes for 10 minutes, for a 5 dollar "game" it is a pretty damn big rip off. 10 minutes of confusion, 0 gameplay, linear progression, pointless features and no player impact of the story begs the question of why the player was given the controls in the first place. The new scene of art inside gaming is an interesting and for the most part a good thing, but Thirty Flights of Loving takes this scene to beyond ridiculous. The whole title is basically a waste, the story told in the "game" can be told a hundred times better on paper, or in a cartoon. The whole experience of this game can be summed up in confusion, and when the end credits smack you in the face after 10 minutes, you can't help feel like you have been hypnotized, then mugged for your lunch money without realizing. Expand
20. Apr 6, 2013
There is such little game-play besides moving and occasionally pressing E. I've played point and clicks games at least most try to put in puzzles. This is a game that was better served being a animation on YouTube. Torrent, watch a YouTube video, or play it if a friend has it don't waste money on this.
21. Jan 24, 2013
Eh....Ok. You basically walk through an artsy story that doesn't make much sense and which leaves a lot up to interpretation. The story was not interesting or compelling to me. It also takes less than 20 minutes to complete this "game." I feel compelled to be especially harsh here, because critics have given so much praise to Thirty Flights of Loving, when I couldn't really recommend that anyone should buy this. So, you have been warned. Expand
22. Mar 16, 2013
This is not a game. If you're looking for anything approaching gameplay, go somewhere else. Anywhere else. Go watch someone play it on YouTube. It'll be the same experience, but you'll still have your money.
23. Mar 10, 2013
This should be a free download. DON'T buy it. Those are 5$ totally thrown away.
Critics should actually help gamers to choose which game to buy and this shouldn't have gone far than a "20" average vote.
24. Mar 22, 2013
Normally you should beware reviews of 0 and 10, because the reviewer has an agenda or is simply being childish in his extremity. This is the first game in 25 years of gaming that I truly thought deserved a 0, and it's because it isn't a game.
What you will find in most of the high reviews is a lot of vague, flowery language used to champion the storytelling and quality of plot. I
thought it was like 21 grams: a boring, predictable story that would have been so obvious and boring if told sequentially that they had no choice but to try and faux-art it up. So I would caution you as a reader to always look for the actual points made and examine them for content, rather than form.
Here's an example. "It's a portal to one's own imagination, the only lock on which is the limit he would impose on his own dreams--let go of all expectations to find it so much more than it first seemed." I just described a door hot glued to a solid brick wall. Not only will if take effort to remove the door, but when you do, you're still faced with a brick wall, whose function is antithetical to that of a door.
When describing a game, your first concern should be gameplay. If it isn't, you're not a gamer. You can care about other things, like plot/character, quality of voice-acting, graphics, price, etc, but gameplay is the fundamental reason why an idea becomes a game and not a movie.
A blogger put it best (and I paraphrase) that it seemed like an attempt by someone who is confused by art and assumes that others are likewise confused, to reproduce that which confuses him. It's just a heist story with characters that don't even achieve one-dimensionality. The mountebanks that tell you otherwise are responding to their ill-informed gut instincts that the game is art, and as people are given to do, they oversell it as brilliant and groundbreaking in an attempt to somehow internalize those misperceived traits. These same mental gymnastics allow some to continue support of "Indoctrination Theory" in 2013.
It's a half-story told though asynchronous set pieces separated by jump cuts. It has a kind of Diabolik era look to it, but each set piece is simply walked (or run) through with the occasional static activation of an object. In the opening scene you can grab bottles of liquor, a gun and some ammo, but you will never use them.
As I approached what ultimately was the end, I thought it was a fun way to introduce elements of the back story before launching the actual gameplay. And then it was over, 10 minutes of absolutely nothing.
I considered calling Steam and requesting them to remove it from my account, but its presence serves as an albatross around my neck and reminds me to always do my research.
Dust off your copy of Out of This World if you're old like I am, or buy it from GOG if you still have your youth.
25. Jan 5, 2014
26. Jul 16, 2013
The 88 metascore is very misleading. I would not consider this even a game. It is a small interactive story that has nearly 0 things to interact with. The game takes around 10 minutes to finish.
If you want to PLAY a game then avoid this demo. If you want to feel artistic and look at the blocky characters while wondering what is the meaning of live and how Reservoir Dogs is the best
movie ever then this is the right kind of entertainment for you. Expand
27. Feb 26, 2013
Thirty Flights of Loving is a first-person interactive story. The story's incredibly short, and can be experienced in about 15 minutes. The story itself is told in short, disconnected segments requiring you to fill in the blanks yourself.
30 Flights is definitely an arthouse game. It has an interesting approach to interactive storytelling that may be worth seeing, but unfortunately, the
story it tells is unremarkable. From what I could tell, there just isn't much substance there. What's much more interesting is playing with the developer's commentary on, so you can see some of the thought that went behind the experience.
The game's prequel is also included, and while it's a longer game with more gameplay elements, it's designed clumsily, and you might be left with no idea where to go.
This game has a very niche audience, and to them, this game will be worth far more than the asking price. It wasn't for me, though, and I get the feeling that it's not for most people, especially because the price doesn't pay for much content. It's worth experiencing if you have a few extra minutes, but I wouldn't pay over a dollar for this. If this looks interesting to you, I'd recommend checking out The Stanley Parable instead.
28. Nov 16, 2013
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Jun 4, 2013
This is not a game and whatever this is supposed to be I must admit I didn't find it very artsy neither.
The story is confusing (what's with the wedding scene?) and the graphics are not so interesting.
I don't regret the money I spent for this (less than 2€ on Steam) but I surely regret those 20 minutes I spent running it.
30. Nov 27, 2013
I don't get this game. It is so weird and random (Not in a good way). The gameplay is none. The only thing you do is move. THAT'S IT! The game is really bad, stupid and it just doesn't make any sense.
31. Dec 24, 2013
I can't believe I brought this game, story isn't interesting at all. And to reviews saying it put a lot of love and details in the game clearly hasn't been playing it. More of a school project...
Play The Stanley Parable that is a good game with interesting narrative. Not this...
32. Jan 28, 2014
If this so called game had been honest about what it was I wouldn't have to give it such a terribly low score. But the simple fact is that it promised me a unique game, yet after I had handed over my money it turned out to be a short, uninteresting, completely linear story about some heist or something. I honestly can't even remember, that's how great it was. It is more like an interactive short story than a game, but not in a good way. Interactive only means you make you character walk somewhere with your keyboard sometimes, and sometimes you click something with your mouse. You don't do these things because you want to, or because you have the option to, you do them because you must.
There is no depth to the characters, no incentive to continue other than wanting to get this the hell over with, there's no voice-acting, no text, nothing. The developers made the characters moan from time to time, that's it. All of this no doubt in an attempt to come of as "artsy".
For me, that pretty much sums up this game: arty-farty for the sake of being arty-farty. At the end of the game you get to walk around in a museum of sorts, where the devs display all the assets and explain about the creation of the game. Like you would do with something that actually deserves that extra attention. This piece of software doesn't. It feels more like a high-school project for Game Design 101 than anything else. Only thing good about it is that it is over quick.
You know what all these "professional" critics with their high scores remind me of? They remind me of people who know nothing about art, but who, when they are confronted with some questionable modern work of art which they know nothing about, frown, stroke their chin, swirl their wine, and say something like: "I really like the depth and the balance of colors", or some vague stuff like that, just to make it seem like they know what the hell is going on. They don't because there is, quite simply, nothing going on at all. Same with these critics who don't know what this game is supposed to be. "I clearly don't understand this **** but I'll give it an 8 anyway because it seems "arty" and I want to seem cultured, and I don't want to admit that I have no clue what's going on."
There's a difference between art and arty-farty, my friends. Art MOVES you. The only movement this game creates is me walking away from my pc.
1 point for simply existing, that's an achievement...I guess.
33. Sep 6, 2012
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• Summary: Diplo and Switch return as Major Lazer with a six-track EP which includes a remix by Thom Yorke (Radiohead) of one track from their 2009 release Guns Don't Kill People...Lazers Do.
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1. The remixed versions of the songs from Guns Don't Kill People all demonstrate an intuitive understanding of what worked about those songs in their original forms, while the new songs continue in Major Lazer's exploration of the sounds found on nearly every dance floor in the world's tropical climates.
2. The remixes feel equally vital to the EP, because after all, the great appeal of Major Lazer is watching these dancehall concoctions transform, as elements of dub and hip-hop and reggae are also smashed into one freaky, juiced up mutant (kinda like the fictional Major Lazer himself).
4. Not everything on this EP is stellar material, but the five tracks together are greater than the sum of their parts, because they come across as a murkier, more varied rewrite of Guns Don't Kill People…Lazers Do. With any luck, this is a sign of things to come, and not simply an experimental lark.
5. 70
Major Lazer have never been bashful about appropriating musical styles where ever they find them; every song they make seems to be trying to remix the entire global street culture all at once. On Lazers Never Die they manage to duct tape all their influences together into a fun, listenable package.
6. The dirtier and more obnoxious of the two tracks, "Sound Of Siren" utilizes special guest M.I.A.'s abilities to their fullest, making it infinitely danceable. In contrast, "Good Enough," with Collie Buddz and Lindi Ortega, sounds like No Doubt should have when they spent so much time recording in Jamaica.
7. Recorded at Kingston's legendary Tuff Gong studios, this EP twists dancehall and dubstep into kinky new directions.
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Trayvon Martin, 17.
An autopsy report reveals that 17-year-old Trayvon Martin had drugs in his system the night he was shot and killed by neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman.
As ABC reports, Martin’s blood and urine tested positive for THC, the active chemical in marijuana. The autopsy also revealed that Martin had a quarter-inch by half-inch abrasion on a finger, which may have been caused by a struggle. He was shot from a distance of between one and 18 inches away.
Zimmerman, who is charged with murder, has maintained that he shot Martin in self-defense during a scuffle with the teen. Photos taken on February 26, the night of Martin’s death, show bleeding abrasions to the back of Zimmerman’s head, which he claimed was slammed on the ground by Martin. Other reports have revealed that Zimmerman suffered a fractured nose and two black eye the night Martin was shot.
The autopsy report with Martin’s drug test results came to light as prosecutors prepare to make public new evidence, including videos and photos from the crime scene.
Zimmerman told police he called 911 to report his suspicion about the teen after he spotted him in the gated community where Martin’s father’s girlfriend lived. He followed Martin, despite the 911 operator’s urging him not to, and told police he shot the teen during a struggle. He has been released from jail on a $150,000 bond.
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Why is my child still awake.... I hear her talking. She should've been asleep almost an hour ago. Oy.
Alright, gotcha. I take it it's just happening slowly.
Amanda, do you want me to help approve people? I'm not sure what the issue is. I'm pretty sure my DH had to approve me before I got the activation key. How did it work for you, Ash? I see you just got registered.
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You don't have to buy it to use mobile. Just go to the site thru your phone and it should be mobile-friendly. I'm guessing the app you pay for may just have more features.
WOW wtf, why would your uncle want to avoid having your dad as POA at the other hospital?! What is his deal???
Oh no, Nicole! I'm so sorry on both counts. I can't remember, who does have medical POA over her? I hope not your uncle?
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post #21 of 30
I'm cranky because I have a nasty ovarian cyst that hurts. I was supposed to have a fun day at the zoo today and had to cancel it. I'm really hoping I feel better by this weekend as we are camping with friends on the lake with lots of boating, waterskiing and tubing involved.
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Add this to my cranky list, people that state the obvious.
post #23 of 30
Hah Cranky doesn't even describe it!
I am down right po'd.
Where to begin.... Dh was in a car accident, and the other driver lied and said it was his fault. DH got one ticket for $260, then another three weeks later where the officer noted several infractions (DH drives for a company) went to court and had it reduced to a whopping $800. Dh went to our apt pool and his bike was stolen while he was doing laps. Then right now, his keys and t-shirt were stolen, and they have our garage keys on there but not our house/car keys (small mercy at least). So I guess you can sense a theme here.
DH is all keyed up, get it huh huh! And I told him to write a letter, and he told me to do it. And I told him no, he is the one responsible for these messes and he needs to clean them up. It's not like it was a huge surprise that any of these things happened to him, because well, he gets into these messes ALL. THE. TIME. One would think he would learn his lesson, but no. And I am the one that usually has to deal with all the paperwork aspects of it because my thought process is more clear .
So now he is upset with me because I told him to take care of it. I mean come on we are not in the suburbs, WTH did he expect to happen. That all of a sudden the people that are making a buck off of his stuff would stop. Why would they stop stealing when they are practically making their rent off of his stuff. Because, oh yeah, we saw his bike on CL and I called too late because the guy had another "customer" on the way. And yep, the photo was of our same living room exactly. Neighbors really suck .
Thank goodness it's not worse though, so I at least try to stay somewhat grateful and positive about the situation.
I hope I don't wake up in the morning to the garages empty. We have insurance but filing a claim I am sure it something really impossible. DH was too whatever to go buy new locks. Please keep your fingers crossed for us that are garages remain full. I would go to the store right now, but I am afraid the baby will wake up anytime. I feel relly crappy right now. Well when it rains it pours.
post #24 of 30
I'm really cranky that MIL is NOT going to move to Texas (i.e., away from us) like she was going to!!
post #25 of 30
I'm cranky because I seem to have come back from my mini-vacation with a stomach bug. And because it isn't very hot but it sure is humid and I have a ton of weeding to tend to in the garden, it looks like a jungle. And because I really need new bras but I have no money for the ones I really want. And because I have so much to do but instead I am wasting time on the computer because I have no motivation.
post #26 of 30
I'm cranky because I have things to do and don't really feel like doing them.
I'm cranky because dh is not coming home this weekend and we'd like to go see him, but that involves leaving the dog behind. My neighbor or my babysitter would happily come over and take her out, but then she's alone except for when they come by. Friday night to Sunday night is a long time to be alone
AND we have to go pick dh up next weekend anyway so what's 7 more days of not seeing daddy? A long time that's what. I don't know what to do and I'm unusually stressed about it.
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acckkkkkk for the millionth time, please stop emailing me forwards mom!
post #28 of 30
My head hurts and I don't want to do anything.
post #29 of 30
I'm cranky and sad because my BFF was supposed to get married next month and just cancelled it. NOT blaming her....things happen, I honestly understand. But this is after I already bought a $200 bridesmaid dress that can't be returned, decorations/food for the shower that was supposed to happen this Saturday, and an expensive wedding gift.
Just sad and cranky...
post #30 of 30
I'm cranky because BF has two classes left to finish his bachelor's and WON'T take them, but won't admit that he isn't going to finish his degree. Leaving us stuck in this craphole college town with a skyrocketing crime rate. I'm also cranky that he won't save money to take the classes, instead blowing it on ... I don't know what.
I'm cranky that my parents also convinced me to stay here in said town so they could "help" me, when they won't watch DD EVER. I'm cranky that I keep having to give up shifts at work because of childcare emergencies, while they sit at home and do nothing. I'm cranky that my stepmother just redecorated DD's "room" at their house, but refuses to watch her at all if it involves bedtime. The room is just for show for her friends so they think she's such an involved grandma.
...and DD just peed on the floor next to me, after insisting she didn't have to use the potty. That actually makes me much less cranky than anything else, but still...
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A common and frequently correct view of biological evolutionary change is that once an adaptive trait has arisen, it is honed to ever greater states of refinement, like the ideal match between the shape of a hummingbird's beak and its flower. This concept fits seamlessly into our engineering modes of thinking: you first design something, and then you carefully improve it, adding additional constraints on its operation with perfection as the goal.
But evolution does not always follow such a pattern. In some cases, selection backs off, in which case the trait accumulates mutations over time since there's no selection to weed the variants out. This could, of course, have disastrous consequences, but sometimes, as constraints relax, creative alternatives arise. Such is the story of some finches under study by Kazuo Okanoya, a story used by Terry Deacon to suggest possible parallels with the evolution of human language -- a core feature of human evolution writ large.
Okanoya's story begins with the white-rumped munia (Lonchura striata), a finch that lives in the wild throughout Asia. Male munias sing a highly stereotyped song: motif A is always followed by B which is followed by C. Such song constraints are thought to be crucial to attracting females. Indeed, under theories of sexual selection, first articulated by Charles Darwin, the females of many species exert "mate choice," interpreting the adept performance of a ritualized behavior or the generation of an impressive visual display (think peacock tails) as indicating that she is in the presence of a "high-quality male." Accuracy makes the heart grow fonder.
About 250 years ago, a few munias were brought to Japan and subjected to a completely different mode of selection: birds with particularly colorful plumage were mated with one another to generate ever more interesting plumage, and the progeny were sold to bird fanciers. Some 1000 generations of such selective breeding has generated the present-day Bengalese finch, (Lonchura striata var. domesticus). What attracted Okanoya's attention was that the domesticated Bengalese sing a highly unconstrained song: A might be followed by B, or by a repeat of A, or by something else altogether. Moreover, the domesticated male birds, as chicks, are highly adept at learning the song of another male in their enclosure; indeed, they have no problem learning the munia's song if that's what they are exposed to. By contrast, wild munia chicks show no ability to learn songs from a Bengalese.
Meanwhile, neurophysiologists have been comparing the brains and vocalizations of bird species that are capable of learning songs with those that cannot. It turns out that brains capable of producing only an innate song have very simple neural pathways: the primary forebrain motor center, called the robust nucleus of arcopallium (RA), connects to midbrain vocal outputs which in turn project to brainstem motor nuclei. By contrast, in brains capable of learning songs, the RA receives input from numerous additional forebrain regions, including those involved in learning and social experience. Control over song generation has become less constrained, more distributed, and more flexible.
So what does this have to do with humans? When compared with our primate relatives, whose communication system is restricted to a highly stereotypic repertoire of hoots and calls, humans have very few prespecified vocalizations, extant examples being laughter and sobbing. Moreover, these remaining innate vocalizations are generated by restricted neuronal pathways, whereas language is generated by a highly distributed system involving numerous regions of the human brain, a system so complex that we remain very far from being able to explain how language works. The finch story offer a scenario -- speculative to be sure, but intriguing -- for what might have happened during the evolution of human language competence.
A salient feature of language is that while language competency is inherited, the languages themselves are transmitted via culture. Also transmitted via culture are understandings, such as technological ways of doing things, that are framed as language-based explanations. Hence one would expect a robust co-evolutionary trajectory between language competency and culture: proto-humans capable of the first, and presumably rudimentary, versions of protolanguage would have better access to cultural understandings, and cultural understandings, conveyed in protolanguages that children's brains could readily learn, were more likely to be transmitted, thereby conferring the benefits accrued.
Hence proto-humans indubitably engaged in, and continue to engage in, what is called "niche construction", creating cultural niches that provide understandings key to survival, and undergoing evolutionary changes that optimize their ability to flourish in such niches. Selection pressures that operated to sustain instincts important for survival in prior niches would be expected to relax as humans became increasingly dependent on their self-created cultural niches, while any innovations that facilitated cultural adaptation -- in this case, innovations in language competency -- would be expected to spread.
So, Deacon suggests, one way to think about human evolution is that we are basically self-domesticated apes. Just as domestication relaxed selection for stereotypic songs in the finches -- mate choice was supplanted by choices made by the aesthetic sensibilities of bird breeders and their customers -- so might our cultural domestication have relaxed selection on many of our primate behavioral traits, allowing old pathways to degenerate and reconfigure. Given the highly indeterminate way that mammalian brains develop -- they basically construct themselves "bottom up," with one set of neuronal interactions setting the stage for the next round of interactions -- degraded pathways would tend to seek out and find new opportunities for synaptic hookups. Such inherited de-differentiations of brain pathways might have contributed to the functional complexity that characterizes human language. And, as exemplified by the finches, such de-differentiations can occur in very rapid timeframes.
Such a scenario in no way suggests that classic natural selection did not play important roles in sculpting our modern language capabilities -- doubtless it did. But it lifts up the important role that can also be played by various forms of drift. Another example, found in all organisms, is the path taken by gene duplications: one copy typically continues to cover the original function while the second accumulates mutations and, on occasion, generates proteins with novel shapes that participate in novel functions.
As Deacon puts it: "Perhaps our great leap forward required first taking a few steps back."
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They called her the Lark of the Border. Lydia Mendoza was the first star of recorded Tejano, Texas-Mexican music. She became a sensation in the 1940s and 1950s, taking her 12-string guitar and her clear, heartfelt voice throughout Latin America. She died three years ago at the age of 91, nearly forgotten.
John Burnett has the story of Lydia Mendoza, one of NPR's 50 Great Voices.
JOHN BURNETT: The Del Bravo Record Shop on the west side of San Antonio is one of the coolest record stores in America. It specializes in Tejano and Norteno music, the soul music of Mexican-Texas. It's also a living museum - they still sell LPs and styluses. It's only fitting then that the Del Bravo Record Shop would be a shrine to Lydia Mendoza, Tejano music's first superstar.
Mr. SALOME GUTIERREZ (Owner, Del Bravo Record Shop): (Foreign language spoken)
BURNETT: So this is the 12-string guitar of Lydia Mendoza.
Mr. GUTIERREZ: (Foreign language spoken)
BURNETT: Del Bravo's owner is 79-year-old Salome Gutierrez, himself a performer and longtime Tejano music producer. In plastic cases, he reverently displays Mendoza's instrument and two colorful stage dresses she performed in. In a corner of the store is a large photo of the singing sensation from 1948, framed in glowing neon. Gutierrez recorded Mendoza on this CD in 1984.
Ms. LYDIA MENDOZA (Singer-Musician): (Singing in foreign language)
BURNETT: Gutierrez first heard Mendoza sing in a bullfighting ring in Nuevo Laredo in 1950. It was the beginning of a lifelong friendship.
Mr. GUTIERREZ: (Foreign language spoken)
BURNETT: There were other female singing stars in Mexico and Brazil, he says, but for our people she was the greatest of them all.
Mendoza told her own story on the 1984 CD.
Ms. MENDOZA: (Foreign language spoken)
BURNETT: She was born in Houston to Mexican parents who were part of the great wave of their countrymen who fled the revolution for south Texas. By the time she was 11, she was singing and playing guitar in the Mendoza family band. They performed in restaurants, street corners, barbershops, fiestas - anywhere they could pass the hat. They barely made enough to eat.
(Soundbite of music)
BURNETT: The Mendoza family briefly followed the migrant trail, picking beets in Michigan, but they quickly learned that playing music paid better and was a lot easier on the back.
With her clarion voice, muscular guitar style and smoldering beauty, Lydia soon emerged as the star of the family ensemble. Her reputation spread. In 1934, she recorded this tango for the Blue Bird Record Company, which was in San Antonio looking for undiscovered talent.
(Soundbite of song, "Mal Hombre")
Ms. MENDOZA: (Foreign language spoken)
BURNETT: As Mendoza tells it, "Mal Hombre" - "Evil Man" - became her signature song. The audience demanded it every night and she continued to play it for a career that spanned six decades. At some point she became known as Alondra De La Frontera, the Lark of the Border, and every aspiring young Mexican-American singer wanted to sound like her.
Ms. RITA VIDAURRI (Singer): My name is Rita Vidaurri. I was little and I remember - ooh, I get goose pimples - I remember Lydia Mendoza, La Alondra De La Frontera. And she would sing "Mal Hombre." That was the song that made her famous.
BURNETT: Rita Vidaurri was one of Lydia's oldest friends and a successful performer in her own right. She sang torch songs at the Tropicana in Havana, and posed as the leggy Jax Beer girl. Vidaurri, now 86, sits on the front porch of her tidy house in San Antonio, full of mementos of her music career.
Vidaurri usually sang with an orchestra or a Mariachi band. What made Mendoza different is that she stood on stage alone, with only her guitar as accompaniment. Mexican female solo performers were rare back then. But what also set Mendoza apart was her audience. She became known as the Singer of the Poor.
Ms. VIDAURRI: Thats what they would call her: Lydia Mendoza, la conciernida(ph) del barrio - from the bottom, from the poor, from the barrio.
Ms. MENDOZA: (Singing in foreign language)
Mr. CHRIS STRACHWITZ (Owner, Arhoolie Records): My name is Chris Strachwitz and Im the owner of Arhoolie Records. Lydia sang in the vernacular, which means in the peoples' way of singing, not the highly trained or theatrical performers. She sang like the Carter Family - just their natural self, you know.
BURNETT: Strachwitz's Arhoolie label carries a half-dozen Lydia Mendoza albums. He co-produced the acclaimed 1976 documentary about border music in which she appeared. It's called "Chulas Fronteras."
Perhaps what made Lydia Mendoza the first great Tejana star was her approach to every song she ever sang. She describes it in his film.
Ms. MENDOZA: (Foreign language spoken)
Unidentified Man: Polka.
Ms. MENDOZA: (Foreign language spoken)
BURNETT: It doesnt matter if it's a corrido, a waltz, a bolero, a polka or whatever, when I sing that song, she says, I live that song.
Late in Mendoza's long career, though her crowds had diminished, she began to be recognized for her tremendous contributions to Mexican-American music. She received nearly every accolade available to a Tejana artist, culminating with the National Medal of Arts in 1999.
Few Tejano artists are aware today that it all started with Lydia Mendoza.
John Burnett, NPR News.
Ms. MENDOZA: (Singing in Foreign language)
GREENE: And if you want to hear more Lydia Mendoza music, you can visit
This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. Im David Greene.
And Im Renee Montagne.
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I laughed way to hard at this
The cunning rabbit and the fox
Chocolate is pretty cool like that.
waiting for summer to taste morning milkshakes instead of hot tea
Why don't high school teachers ever appreciate these kind of answers? If I were a teacher, I'd definitely give points for that.
Haha Yoda. Still love him though
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Submerged tree in the Green Lake. The Green Lake or Grüner See is a lake in Austria that dries out almost completely during fall, is used as a county park in the winter and is famous for the underwater park which forms during the spring due to the snow meltdown. | http://www.pinterest.com/jhemstock/nature/ | dclm-gs1-285810000 |
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Former New York City mayor Ed Koch passed away on Friday at the age of 88. For the popular figure who was known for stopping constituents on the street to ask, “How’m I doin’?”, Joseph Berger endeavors to deliver an answer.
By Jonathan Nettler
Published: Feb 2, 2013
"There is no doubt that Mr. Koch restored the spirit of the city after years of urban decay that had crystallized in the city’s near bankruptcy, and that reached a nadir of sorts in 1977 with the Son of Sam killings, a blackout and riots," writes Berger. "Mr. Koch, a Democrat, took office in January 1978 and, with his moxie, was able to quickly create a sense among New Yorkers that someone was fighting to turn the city around."
“The city needed hope, it needed a champion, it needed a voice,” said Mitchell Moss, a professor of urban policy at New York University. “Ed Koch became that voice.”
But what were the substantive accomplishments that turned the city around? "Experts cite the investment of billions of dollars in rebuilding abandoned housing, which revived desolate areas of the South Bronx, Harlem and central Brooklyn; the restoration of the city’s fiscal integrity to the point where banks and government watchdogs were ready to let it manage its own finances; the rehabilitation of neglected parks; the genesis of Times Square’s transformation from a sleazy, dangerous crossroads to a family-friendly entertainment and office center; the trading in of federal money designated to build a new West Side Highway for money that would buy subway trains and buses; the pressure on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to virtually eliminate subway graffiti; and the enacting of a campaign finance law in 1988 under which candidates would limit their spending in exchange for receiving public matching funds."
To look at the differences between New York City during Edward Koch's mayoralty and today is to see a dramatically changed city. Over the past thirty years, the city's white population has seen a steady decline while income inequality has increased. And after public spending on affordable housing rose dramatically during Koch's tenure (doubling between 1986 and 1987 and tripling between 1987 and 1988) it has remained at a higher level since his departure than it was before he took office.
Berger details the "blunt-spoken and theatrical" mayor's legacy in key areas: housing, parks, crime, health, race relations, and transit.
Full Story: So, How’d He Do?
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ABSTRACT: To compare the different prognosis between enteral nutrition (EN) and parenteral nutrition (PN) in patients after gastrointestinal surgery (GIS), and to investigate a reasonable regimen of enteral nutrition (EN) after GIS. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on EN/PN after GIS from 1970 to 2008 retrieved from the data bank of Pubmed, EMBASE and Cochrane Library were analyzed. Evaluation endpoints were anastomotic dehiscence, infection (catheter sepsis, wound infection, pneumonia, intra-abdominal abscess and urinary tract infection), vomiting and abdominal distention, other complications, length of hospital stay and mortality rate. Twenty-three RCTs including 2784 patients met the entering criteria. Compared with PN, EN was beneficial in the reduction of anastomotic dehiscence (RR = 0.67, 95%CI: 0.50 - 0.91; P = 0.010), infections (RR = 0.72, 95% CI: 0.64 - 0.81; P < 0.001), other complication (RR = 0.82, 95%CI: 0.73 - 0.92; P < 0.001) and duration of hospital stay (weighted mean difference: -3.60; 95%CI: -3.88 - -3.32; P < 0.001). But the risk of vomiting was increased among patients with EN (RR = 1.39, 95%CI: 1.21 - 1.59; P < 0.001), and there was no significant differences in mortalities between the two groups (P = 0.400). There is no advantage in treating patients 'nil by mouth' after gastrointestinal surgery. It indicated that early commencement of enteral feeding is beneficial.
Zhonghua wai ke za zhi [Chinese journal of surgery] 09/2009; 47(18):1368-73.
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ABSTRACT: To study the clinical value analyzing of colorectal cancer prognosis by the Sixth Edition TNM Stages. 5481 cases with colorectal cancer and treated by operational methods, were collected. All the cases were separately staged by the Fifth Edition or Sixth Edition TNM Stages standards. The 5-year survival rates were analyzed by the life table method. The 5-year survival rates of the Fifth Edition TNM Stages of I, II, III and IV were 80.1%, 68.0%, 40.5% and 9.8% respectively. The 5-year survival rates of the Sixth Edition TNM Stages of II(A) and II(B) were 71.6% and 66.4% respectively, and of the stages III(A), III(B) and III(C) were 46.2%, 40.1% and 28.3% respectively. There were statistical differences among the sub-stages II and III, P < 0.05. The Sixth edition TNM Stages laid more stress on effect of the local infiltration depths and lymphatic metastasis in the prognosis of colorectal cancer, therefore, the stages were more fine, to analyze prognosis of the colorectal cancer were more precise. It is high clinical value for the individual complex treatment with every sub-stages.
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An Offer They Should Have Refused
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Wrong Moves, Right Reasons
Julie reminds her that Jeremy left last week, and asks what's next for them. All she says is she's going to Vegas and Jeremy can do what he wants. Sounds like she's over him already. In the farewell messages, Helen regretfully tells Kaitlin that Aaryn made them an offer they couldn't refuse, and that Kaitlin would have been "tough to beat at the end." Candice blames Kaitlin's exit on her falling for Jeremy, which is one of the less perceptive comments she's made. Judd says she's hot as hell and wishes they'd worked together sooner so he could have fought to keep her there, which is kind of amazing given his major role in her exit. But then maybe even he doesn't realize what a big part he played. Aaryn calls her the strongest competitor and a great friend. Julie asks Kaitlin's final thoughts, and she says she's looking forward to seeing everyone at finals. "This game turns some people into bad eggs," she says. As for the rest of them, they pretty much already are.
Julie turns to the audience to say that America gets to be the secret MVP again this week, causing Kaitlin to go, "Ooh!" from off-camera, having just learned this. Then about ten minutes of air time are burned off telling us how to vote for one of the remaining twelve players as the third nominee. Yes, there are still twelve people in the house. It's shaping up to be a looong summer.
For the live HoH competition, the back yard has been set up to look like a big casino. Players (not counting outgoing HoH Judd) will take turns rolling croquet balls down a bumpered ramp into a giant, slowly spinning roulette wheel, with the goal of getting their ball to land in the slot with the highest number. Andy takes a while preparing to roll, as if this isn't totally random, and gets a 23. McCrae rolls a 28 and takes Andy's place in the winner's circle. GinaMarie gets 3 and Candice gets a 27, so McCrae holds onto the lead. But then Spencer gets 34, so he steals the lead from McCrae. Aaryn also takes a while setting up her shot, but it turns out to be worth it, because her ball lands in the 36 slot, the highest number. Howard rolls a 17, Jessie a 2, Helen 28, Amanda 1 and Elissa 0. So Aaryn's HoH. See, this is why you don't keep horrible people in the house for being horrible, everyone. They win the next HoH every time.
For some reason, Julie has Jeff Schroeder in the studio. The audience cheers for him like he's not a homophobic prick, which to be fair they might not all know about. Julie asks him what he thinks the chances are that Aaryn will go back on the deal she made to stay in the house, like his opinion means anything. Jeff is doubtful, so Julie asks whether Aaryn should keep her word. Jeff ruefully says that he always did and look where it got him. Well, he keeps coming back, doesn't he? She asks him his thoughts on the BBMVP twist, which turn out to not be remotely coherent, and what he thinks about the effect it must be having on the players. Jeff says that people go crazy in the house, which we saw this week with the rampant theory that Elissa nominated herself. As for his relationship with Jordan, Jeff pretty much dodges the question by talking about their travel itineraries, but Julie wants to know if they're engaged yet. Jeff tries to run out the clock before saying, "Almost." He picks McCrae to win the season, and that's it for Jeff. Julie plugs the upcoming week as always and then we're back in the house in the aftermath of Aaryn's HoH win, not that we can hear anything they're saying. But I think it's said best by one of the Tweets on the bottom of the screen that I usually ignore: "We have to look at that clown again…. NOOOO" Right there with you, @IGOBYPUTT.
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The excitement, the thrill of the black and white era in cinema cannot be replaced. A whole new brave world was opening up. People forgot in the darkness, the blackness of the theatre. On the screen before them they saw montages come alive, haunting landscapes, beautiful men and women, gods and demons. People forgot themselves. For a few hours they became one with the characters and situations on screen. Did anyone really give a damn to the colours they were so familiar with? They sang and danced along with the stars.
Golden Era
Black and White, a Hindi musical produced by Niche Entertainment, Pune and presented at JTPac, Tripunithura, brought back memories of the era. It narrated the story of Hindi cinema from 1945-1968, Bollywood’s golden era. There was a certain charm about this period, a sort of permanence that somehow is lost these days.
Early Hindi cinema reflected the times of pre-Independence and the immediate years after Independence. Life was simple then, there was hardly room for cynicism, self-doubt, it was romantic, melodic. Using a collage of screen, stage and music, Black and White journeys through films of this period visiting landmarks, filmmakers, actors, singers and songs.
A minimally lit stage, a huge screen in the background, a raised platform is in keeping with the black and white theme. The anchor or narrator, Rahul Solapurkar, a noted Marathi film-stage actor, emerges into the spotlight. He then links the visuals on screen, the songs, and movements on stage with his brilliant narration.
Conceptualised and directed by Milind Oak the story of Hindi cinema unfolds through timeless melodies. Singers render songs ‘live’ on stage matching the movements, the costumes, and even the lip movements of the stars on screen. The costumes of the singers and the narrator were an appropriate mix of black and white.
“The presentation format is reminiscent of Natya Sangeeth, a traditional stage musical where the singers ‘act’ the characters. There it was very classical-based, often scripture-oriented. We have been inspired by this format and have used music, pictures, movie clips, anecdotes and trivia. The concept we have worked on is to provide a sort of three-dimensional effect where the people seem to walk out off the screen and perform on stage,” says Milind Oak.
The show began with the haunting ‘Woh bhooli dastaan…’ from the film Sanjog. It was almost as if the singer was getting right to the point asking if the era of melody will come back again. Then for two hours and more some of immortal songs flowed, unforgettable scenes flashed and Rahul Solapurkar went on with interesting snippets and info.
‘Aaja re main to kab se khadi is paar…pardesi’ (Madhumati) followed and as the singer moved up the raised platform on stage the screen flashed Vyjayantimala on a cliff with the rushing waterfall in the foreground. For a moment the singer and the actor fused harmoniously. The classic number ‘Waqt ne kiya…’ from Pyaasa, the famous Raj Kapoor-Nargis song ‘Pyaar hua….’ (Shree 420) and the typically Shammi Kapoor one ‘Yun to hamne lakh hasin…’ (Tumsa Nahin Dekha) all find life.
“All the four singers are professionals. In fact, Hrishikesh Ranade has won the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa music contest and accompanies Shreya Ghoshal for her programmes. It took time to convince the singers of the need to change costumes and also to to move on stage. But now they seem to be enjoying it.” The other singers on stage were Jitendra Abhyankar, Priyanka Barve and Swapnaja Lele.
From singing stars like K. L. Saigal, Suraiya, Noor Jahan to legends like Mohammed Rafi, Hemant Kumar, Mukesh, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle and some of their immortal songs were recreated on stage. Bimal Roy, V. Shantaram, Guru Dutt, to Raj Kapoor the directors and their landmark movies find a place. Heroes, heroines, vamps, villains and comedians, all of them are there. Mention is also made of the great music composers and lyricists who contributed to this melodious world.
Meet the real stars
In the course of this journey we meet the debonair Dev Anand, tragedy king Dilip Kumar , the ultimate showman Raj Kapoor, the lively Shammi Kapoor, the beautiful Madhubala, classy Meena Kumari to name a few.
Black and White is one of our many shows. This was launched in 2007 and so far we have done over 270 shows in the country and abroad. This was the first in Kerala. We also have a second series for this with a different set of songs and scenes.”
The timing of the artistes, all the four singers, the quality of projection and sound were excellent. The best part was the way the programme closed. Technological developments changed cinema, black and white gave way to colour. But the screen remains white and the theatre turns dark, black, when the film rolls. A scene from Mughal-E -Azam, a film that began in black and white and was completed in colour, flashes on screen. Two singers on stage render ‘Pyar kiya to darna kya…’ Suddenly the scene changes to colour, the lights come on and for the first time you see the singers in bright coloured costumes. Changes have come, songs, melodies linger.
‘Alvida alvida…’ from Anarkali sing the two girls. Their voices linger. | http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/nostalgia-in-black-and-white/article4504796.ece | dclm-gs1-286120000 |
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2. This whole country is apology happy. What the f@ck does the army have to apologize for in the first place???
Posted at 3:11PM on Nov 2nd 2009 by What The H*ll?
I agree.
"Oh I'm sorry that my step-cousin in-law beat up my your lawyer."
They apologize for stuff that's not even their fault.
1595 days ago
I find it really shocking that the army has apologized for this, I didn't expect them to go that far. HTTP://BLOGGYBLOGDESIGNZ.BLOGSPOT.COM, HTTP://WHITNEYB99.BLOGSPOT.COM
1595 days ago
NJ Nailbunny
That's freakin lovely. The army apologizes for some jerk who stalked Ryan Seacrest when they found out he was one of their own. When is the US Marine Corp gonna apologize for Nathan Gale murdering DimeBag Darrell?
1595 days ago
I think if someone stalks me or someone I love and ends up hurting them I will forget the poleeece and take care of them myself.
1595 days ago
Tyra Banks
it's not the army's fault for god's sake. i just wish he had gotten closer to ryan. i think he's a douche.
1595 days ago
I've actually known two men who were in the US Special Forces, and, yes, they were, in a sense, "dangerous men". Both of them knew things, and had experienced things, that, in the appropriate situation, could have made them exceedingly dangerous if threatened (not provoked...these men were not psychotic, or killing machines). They were not braggarts, and did not like to discuss their past lives and training. Quiet men leading quiet lives.
Btb, #5, most people consider me a liberal (although most "liberals" cringe at my attitude toward "gun control", amongst other things). I read for amusement...and for the sometimes ludicrous and often hateful comments of my fellow humans. I don't read it to get bottom-line, serious information, although I do find TMZ to be more honest, and willing to admit errors, than most "celebrity news sites". I don't revile our armed forces. My father served in Korea, my husband's father in Vietnam. Neither had a wonderful experience, both came away scarred, and both raised families despite everything and made their way in the world. I have deep respect for the men and women who serve, and put their lives, and worse, on the line for me and mine. I don't think the Army need apologize for a stalkers predilections. They didn't make him what he is, and, as a Reservist, he's barely under their watch at all, and his "civilian" activities are not their fault, however aberrant they may be.
I don't like labels. Labeling is for ignorant people who just have to pigeon-hole people in order to deal with those who differ from themselves. It is a very foolish and often dangerous practice. Humans are extremely complex.
1595 days ago
Why should the military (any branch) have to apologize just because one of their members turns out to be a kook? What if the guy had been a school teacher? Should the superindendent of public schools have to issue an apology, too? I get that he has skills that could hurt someone more than the average but the military should not have to apologize for training someone years ago and now that guy/gal has gone off the deep end...
What if the guy was an expert in Kung Fu? Should a spokesperson for the Kung Fu Federation (I'm making that up) have to issue an apology? This is ridiculous!
1595 days ago
One point for clarification: This man has been honorably discharged and is not active so it especially makes the Army not culpable for this guy has become. I could ALMOST see them having to apologize say, if he went AWOL or something but that is not the case.
1595 days ago
Uh, the guy is a mental patient who somehow made it into the elite forces of the military. Don't you think they should be concerned that they didn't recognize his mental instability? Or maybe that is what makes the special forces so special.
1594 days ago
huh? Is he dangerous because he is in a speical forces unit?
If the guy is a nut he is no less dangerouse if he worked at Taco Bell!
1594 days ago
On top of OLD KOOKY,
All covered with cheese,
I lost my poor meatball
When somebody sneezed.
B O I N G !!! B O I N G !!!
1594 days ago
Being assigned to a Special Forces unit and being Special Forces qualified are entirely two different things. This guys is assigned to a Civil Affairs unit which likely means his job is clerical, public affairs, etc. Of course, it's a better headline to scream out that he's "Special Forces!!!" OMG, everybody run!!! Being in the military doesn't make this guy dangerous. Being a whack job stalker is what makes him dangerous. That being the case, no one walking down the street in L.A. is safe.
1594 days ago
Let me clear something up for TMZ. There is no "Special Forces" in the reserves, so what are you talking about? and how does being assigned to a SF unit make you dangerous? finally, if he was SF he won't do what he did, please keep SF and SOF out of this non-sense.
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1594 days ago
This guy is a translator assigned to an SF unit - is not "SF trained" as a war fighter and is not a "Green Beret" as in he didn't earn it at Camp Mackall or similar SF Q-course sites.
BUT "Special Forces" makes for a great headline, so they run with it. Go figure. Remember people, even an elite unit like SF needs translators, secretaries and supply people...those aren't the ones that swim with the snakes in the swamps of the US just to get into SF, fall from perfectly good airplanes from above 10k feet (HALO), etc. They're just support personel. Important, to be sure, but no more dangerous than your average "guy next door" with a steak knife or hunting rifle.
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Please read the other reviews you wouldn't believe the trouble I have had. Let's just say I have had to contact companies house, my banks fraud department and the police. They have had my money for 4 weeks, no order fulfillment, no refund. Said refund will take another 4 weeks which is ludacris and against statutory rights. I work in the ecommerce industry and I know that refunds can be sent within 1 minute so they obviously have no money to refund me. STAY CLEAR!
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On your applications, prove you possess these characteristics.
Business team at a meeting.
You already know that you typically need a high GPA and LSAT score to earn admission to the top law schools, but those are not the only important factors in your law school application.
Here are five traits that every law school candidate should ideally demonstrate in his or her application:
1. Intellectual curiosity: While your college transcript and GPA may speak for themselves in terms of your academic potential and work ethic, you should consider highlighting a specific academic project, like a thesis, to illustrate your intellectual curiosity.
Lawyers spend much of their time reading about, researching, and analyzing complex situations, so law schools want to see that you not only have these skills but also enjoy this type of work.
2. Ethics: Lawyers are held to an extraordinarily strict code of conduct, and one serious infraction can lead to disbarment. No law school wants its name to be associated with such a case, so admissions officers are looking for applicants who hold themselves to the highest ethical standards.
You do not need to (and should not) explicitly profess your honesty, but you should include examples that show your commitment to integrity. You might also ask your recommenders to speak to this critical factor.
If you have any kind of criminal record (even if it has been expunged) or you have been arrested, you will almost certainly have to disclose this in your application. Honestly and directly explain the situation and show the admissions committee that you learned from this misstep and are not defined by it. Do not be tempted to lie about criminal matters on your application as the consequences can be very severe and could even include not being admitted to the bar.
3. A passion for law: Having a personal and meaningful reason for going to law school is essential for a successful application. With many college graduates still applying to law school because they are having trouble finding employment, you need to prove to the law schools that you truly want to practice law.
Try to pinpoint a defining moment in your life that made you decide to go into law. You might also discuss what you plan to do with your law degree in the short and long term.
4. Tenacity: Lawyers are often up against seemingly impossible odds, whether in a courtroom or a boardroom, so law school admissions committees are looking for applicants who have faced challenges in the past and successfully overcame them.
Think back to a time when you faced an obstacle in a class, in a job or internship, or in a more personal context, and use that experience in your application to demonstrate your determination, resilience, and perseverance. Be sure to focus on your role in surmounting the challenge and what you learned from this trying ordeal.
5. Leadership: Holding a leadership position requires a range of skills that law schools highly value, such as organization, the ability to communicate effectively with diverse individuals, and assertiveness. You can gain leadership experience in clubs at your undergraduate institution, through class projects, and at work or in your internships.
When explaining a leadership experience in your essays, mention how you were selected to undertake this role, what positive impact you were able to make, and any lessons you learned from your experience.
What makes you an excellent law school applicant? Let me know in the comments below, E-mail me at [email protected], or contact me via Twitter at @StratusPrep. | http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/law-admissions-lowdown/2012/08/13/5-traits-of-successful-law-school-applicants | dclm-gs1-286280000 |
0.049838 | <urn:uuid:1ae07aa5-23da-4824-976d-d59357d810b1> | en | 0.971286 | 3 Lessons From the Sequestration Fight
President Obama and the GOP need a long-term plan to reduce the deficit in a targeted, prioritized way.
There's an old opening we speechwriters like to use, and it goes like this: So I'm sitting on a plane, and the pilot says over the intercom: "I have some good news and some bad news. The bad news is that we are terribly lost. I have no idea where we are. The good news is we have a strong tailwind. In other words, we don't know where we are going, but we're getting there awfully fast."
The sequester fight was similar—heading nowhere fast. Let's take a look at three things that did become clear by the end of that long, difficult ordeal:
"Firemen first" doesn't work anymore. For years, when big government supporters faced the possibility of spending cuts, they'd close down the firehouse first in an attempt to stop all spending cuts. Laying off teachers will come next, they'd say, and then cutting aid to disabled kids, instead of prioritizing important programs and eliminating unnecessary ones. This time, the president painted the looming sequester—just a 2.4 percent reduction in federal spending—in the most dire terms possible, saying streets would be unsafe, borders would be lax, and our national security was at risk … and then he left town instead of negotiating.
"There was a lot of crying wolf," Jeb Bush said on NBC's Today. "The president kind of led the charge to say widows and orphans are going to be out on the street, so when it didn't happen, he actually himself had to step back on Friday and say it wasn't going to happen that way," he added. One reason the president had to step back: His Gallup approval ratings were sliding downward (from 52 to 46 percent since the inaugural), and his disapprovals were up (from 43 to 46 percent immediately after the sequester). People weren't buying it. In fact, they saw right through the president's hyperbole.
The left may not be ready for spending "cuts," but taxpayers are. The conventional wisdom in Washington is that polls show Americans are opposed to spending cuts, especially when the cuts affect them personally. Yet as pollster Scott Rasmussen points out, a careful read of the latest Pew Research Center poll shows majorities of Americans actually favor decreasing or holding spending at the present levels. Because current federal budgets include an automatic increase from year to year, saying you're in favor of holding spending at this year's levels is, in Washington-speak, a "massive cut"—because it doesn't allow for these billions in automatic spending increases. But to most Americans, holding spending at the present levels isn't a cut at all—it's common sense, given how high our deficits are. Pew shows pluralities of voters want to hold spending at current levels without the automatic increase. Only in D.C. is that considered a "cut."
Pew also found that a whopping 70 percent of Americans think it is "essential for the president and Congress to pass major legislation to reduce the federal budget deficit this year." That survey, conducted with USA Today, found that more Americans want deficit reduction plans to give greater emphasis to spending reductions than tax increases.
Unlike the politicians in Washington, families understand that we can't spend more than we take in, and that holding the growth of spending isn't as extreme as some make it out to be. That's why "firemen first" doesn't work anymore.
Enough with the brinksmanship. Despite all the breathless media commentary about which side would be willing to "shoot the hostage" first, the sequester fight showed us that both Republicans and Democrats have backed away from the brinksmanship we saw a few months ago. In December, Republicans were willing to give Obama $620 billion in higher taxes over the next 10 years during the fiscal cliff negotiations; Obama talked a big show during the sequester fight, but in the end, he gave Republicans $1.2 trillion in across-the-board spending cuts. (By the way, the nearly $3.6 trillion in spending cuts and tax increases enacted since 2011 is close to the $4 trillion called for in the 2010 Simpson-Bowles recommendations.) The New York Times reported that both the president and House Republicans have agreed that they will not continue to fight over financing the government—averting a shutdown in late March—something the Times calls a "fiscal peace through political exhaustion." Both sides have realized that keeping the fight going was going nowhere. | http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2013/03/14/3-lessons-from-the-obama-republican-sequestration-fight?s_cid=related-links:TOP | dclm-gs1-286300000 |
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Robert Brewer 04-21-2004 11:06 PM
Cell objects and their values
Say I obtain a cell object via:
>>> def f():
.... y = 3
.... def g():
.... return y
.... return g
>>> f().func_closure[0]
<cell at 0x011787F0: int object at 0x002F9320>
Is there a way to get the value of the int (f.y) which is referenced by
the cell, without inspecting (or even having a reference to) f? That is,
using only the object "g()" and its attributes, I'd like to obtain the
same value for LOAD_DEREF that the interpreter does; in the same way
that I can access g.func_globals, I'd like something similar to
"g.func_cellvars" (not just the names as in g.func_code.co_cellvars, but
the values)...
Robert Brewer
Amor Ministries
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America needs its guns
Remember, guns don’t kill a single soul – people do. Cars kill far more innocent children than guns ever have, yet no one is asking us to sell our cars. The real issue is power and control- without guns to defend ourselves they have control and power.
History tells us that tyrants, Nazis or Communists, have always disarmed the masses, then murdered their opposition. Tyrants always destroy prosperity and increase poverty leading to the starvation of thousands.
Has Obama disarmed his security personnel? Why has he given thousands of automatic rifles to his Muslim Brotherhood? Guns of equal force are needed by the citizens to defend themselves against thugs in the street and thugs in government.
The men who wrote our Constitution knew that one day tyrants would try to disarm us for their selfish goals, so never give up your vital First and Second Amendment rights, no matter who smiles and lies to you.
Bill Wilson
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0.031508 | <urn:uuid:90f17218-06d1-49e2-b048-77d28cfe2dba> | en | 0.971055 | BEIJING’S beleaguered cab drivers have been complaining for years about the relentless growth of their operating costs, and the city government’s stubborn refusal to allow them to raise their taxi fares. The first proper increase in seven years, including a 30% increase in the base fare, was authorised this week. But even so, many drivers remain grumpy.
The fare hike—from 10 yuan ($1.60) to 13 yuan for the first 3 km of any ride, and from 2 yuan to 2.3 yuan for each additional kilometre—went into effect nominally on June 10th, but drivers will not see the extra money until their fare metres are converted. This will be done on a rolling basis, officials say, and the job will not be finished until the end of June.
Even then, drivers say, they do not expect much of the money to come their way. “The big meaty part of the crab stays with the taxi company,” said one driver who contracts his car from Shouqi (Capital Car), one of the biggest taxi companies in Beijing. “The drivers just get to gnaw on the little crab legs.”
Beijing cabbies have long been prone to grumble, and it is easy to sympathise with them. They often work 12-hour shifts in a city where living costs are high, traffic is brutal, and tips are rare. Petrol prices alone are nearly double what they were in 2006, when the last fare hike was implemented. They have been allowed to levy small fuel surcharges in recent years, but in amounts that barely make a dent against the increase in their overall costs.
The unhappy drivers have in turn made for an unhappy taxi-riding public. Because of their tiny margins, drivers often refuse to pick up customers if conditions are not just right. Heavy traffic means too much waiting time and too much fuel consumed. Wet weather almost always leads to bad traffic, and also to higher risk of accidents. An unattractive destination could lead to an area with bad traffic, or a long and empty ride back to richer pastures.
New ways have emerged for passengers to sweeten the pot on their own. On the low-tech side, would-be passengers can offer extra money to the many “black” cabs—unregulated private cars—that now prowl Beijing streets.
On the high-tech side, increasingly popular mobile-phone apps, like Di Di Da Che, allow Beijing taxi-seekers to give not only their location and destination, but also the size of the tip they are willing to pay. Interested drivers can reply with their own location, estimated arrival time, and number-plate information.
Regulators do not approve, however, and are moving to restrict the use of such systems, out of the worry that giving passengers the ability to signal a tip will undermine their overall control of pricing. Increasing the number of taxis on the road might offer them a similar measure of control, but unfortunately they have not seen fit to use it.
According to the Economic Observer, a Chinese newspaper, the number of taxis in Beijing has remained steady at 66,000 over the past ten years, despite the city’s growing population and the rising levels of income that make it possible for a greater proportion of residents to hail a taxi now and then. Planners, the report says, will continue to limit the total number of taxis.
They may have their reasons for that. But on the streets of the capital—of a country that says it wants to increase the role of market forces—one thing is clear. Something in the equation of supply, demand and pricing is not adding up.
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New Delhi: Delhi police on Tuesday claimed before a court here that sacked Uttarakhand minority commission chairman SS Namdhari's PSO Sachin Tyagi allegedly conspired with him and Ponty Chadha to kill the liquor baron's brother Hardeep.
"He (Tyagi) himself disclosed that he was actively involved in the conspiracy of trespass and he along with Namdhari fired shots at Hardeep in furtherance of conspiracy made earlier with Namdhari and Ponty Chadha," Police, which was allowed to interrogate Tyagi in custody for three days, told Metropolitan Magistrate Neha. Ponty and Hardeep were killed in the shootout here last month.
"In continuation of the offence Namdhari and Tyagi fired and killed Hardeep as per conspiracy hatched earlier...," the court was told.
Tyagi, who was arrested last night, was remanded in police custody to unearth the conspiracy and the sequence of the shootout.
"Sustained custodial interrogation is required to unearth the entire sequence and consequences of crime and also for the recovery of weapons used in the crime.
"In view of the submissions made in the application for recovery of other weapons, the accused is remanded to police custody till December 7," the court said.
Crime Branch ACP SP Gupta told the court that Tyagi and Namdhari had allegedly killed Hardeep and thereafter, the PSO had removed the weapon used in the crime from the spot.
He added that Tyagi, a constable with Uttarakhand Police since 2005 and attached with Namdhari as his Personal Security Officer(PSO) since January 2012, had allegedly destroyed the evidence which was part of the investigation.
The police told the court that Tyagi had failed to perform his duty as instead of informing the agency about the plot, he took part in the act and also allegedly fired at Hardeep.
Tyagi's counsel Ranbir Singh opposed the prosecution plea for his remand for three days saying his client had co-operated with the agency since the day of the shootout and that his custodial interrogation was not required. | http://zeenews.india.com/print.aspx?nid=814706 | dclm-gs1-286410000 |
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This is a java plugin for the Minecraft server software Bukkit.
It allows you to create your very own guns and ammo for these!
The properties of the items can be set in the configuration files.
Enjoy! :)
* ---NEW---
* 1. Hook into certain plugins: Citizens(request that npcs can held guns an use them), Chestshop(guns should be buy/sellable)
* 2. Make magazines as ammo, which contains a specific amount of bullets to safe inventory space
* 3. Add "Number of Bullets" option (fireing takes config amount of ammo each shot)
* 4. Add Area of Effect option (such as targetenity in effects, area that is influnced) # but perhaps also add configurable
* amount for each axis.
* ---FIX---
* 1. HUD should overlay the zoomtexture
* 2. The file data.dat has a bunch of empty lines before the actual data, perhaps add sql support for storing the data
A '#' behind the todo/fix means they are done.
A '+' behind a todo/fix means they are in progress of being added.
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SubjectRe: [Patch][RFC] epoll and half closed TCP connections
David Schwartz wrote:
> For most real-world loads, M is some fraction of N. The fraction
> asymptotically approaches 1 as load increases because under load it takes
> you longer to get back to polling, so a higher fraction of the descriptors
> will be ready when you do.
Ah, but as the fraction approaches 1, you'll find that you are
asymptotically approaching the point where you can't handle the load
_regardless_ of epoll overhead.
> By the way, I'm not arguing against epoll. I believe it will use less
> resources than poll in pretty much every conceivable situation. I simply
> take issue with the argument that it has better ultimate scalability or
> scales at a different order.
It scales according to the amount of work pending, which means that it
doesn't take any _more_ time than actually doing the pending work.
(This assumes you use epoll appropriately; there are many ways to use
epoll which don't have this property).
That was always the complaint about select() and poll(): they dominate
the run time for large numbers of connections. epoll, on the other
hand, will always be in the noise relative to other work.
If you want a formula for slides :), time_polling/time_working is O(1)
with epoll, but O(N) with poll() & select().
-- Jamie
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+Burkhard Kaiser I was interested in doing portraits with faces darker than the background, as in this case. However, it is difficult to predict how overexposure can emphasize the anthropological features of the characters, the shape of the forehead, head and facial features.
Excellent photo!! The lighting is wonderful. :-)
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In Britain There Are No Human Beings
No one to sing "No Future."
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In Britain there are no human beings or citizens, no.
There are live money beings.
Britain is heading towards an intellectual black hole.
There is no one to sing “No future.”
This is Britain.
Now put this poster up
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This is really disappointing, Adbusters has a huge following and could be part of a sorely needed voice in the UK. A voice which would act in opposition to much of the right leaning dumbed down media that you describe. Instead you've wasted your opportunity and sound like a maniac troll, that cannot offer anything more than the same reactionary drivel that The Daily Mail does.
I hope that in years to come we won't be back here saying this article had a point. I think that UK's situation is pretty obscure.
Britain’s testing poisonous gas on Indian soldiers before WWII is among the most notorious atrocities in Britain’s colonial history, leaving hundreds of Indians dead and the survived victims severely injured.
Here is few headlines about our nation "Food banks can only plug the holes in social safety nets
Donation-dependent, food banks aren't a 'normal' part of support for those in need, but they help identify flaws in social protection" and" Poverty map shows how cuts in benefits will hurt children
Growing up in the 60s, I've always had an interest in creating slang, we laughed at the grammar nazis, they just didn't understand, so they criticized. I guess some people want to feel like they 'know it all', so they hate anything they can't comprehend. Adbusters is a type of graffiti, it may not be Shakespeare, but it sure is poetry.
I absolutely love this, it is one a beautifully poignant statement.
Long may we see the poetry in the 'graffiti' of the counter culture...for all our sakes'...
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0.035524 | <urn:uuid:7627ba9f-6b20-4e5e-86e7-b19ff3d49ac6> | en | 0.911216 | Reviews for Sweet Sassy Demon
Tolling chapter 6 . 1/23/2007
YAYAYA!And,you got it right the first time you typed her 's ,kinda curiouse,how are you going to make her react to the characters?Ya know,bandit keith,weevil, and all the others.!I just rememberd sumthin...I actually made friends with Rex Raptor on a game just hated me,but bonez also liked ,both kaiba brothers were okay with must I be friendly enough for it to radiate and affect my games!(hits her head)BTW,I wanted to tell you something...Their is a little peice of everyone's past in the game,exept for reeve/cait sith,but they play a big part by sacrificing themselves and switichng ,I thoght that maybe their could be another stop,for Tolea,and she tells them , they're running from the turks in Zack's village,and she leads them to her old hideout in the trees from her days as a Midgar Fox,and a item there takes them to a peice of her past,like a magic , maybe it should be at a time later in the game...maybe after rocket town,and it's a hut on the ,here's a few memories:
Leanna and Toby fighting over who had "big sibling" rights when Tolea's mom was still alive, and Leanna was 4.("Im the brother,so I get to protect you and Tolea!""Whell, Im the oldest,so I get tp protect YOU and Tolea!"You two,calm sister's sleeping."Sorry momma(whispers to Toby)I win."(yelling)"NU-UH!"Toby!"Giggle."(silence for 3 seconds"...DADDY'S HOME!"(Tol always giggle when 'daddy came home')
Father training them to defend themselves("Okay,Tolea,hold your weapon up like this,and DO NOT move the saftey"Okay,Daddy."I wanna duel with her first!"NU-UH!"Toby,Leanna already 'called dibs' this ,speak more of 'Nu-uh', say 'I do' or something along those lines."yes sir."Okay, you take this part off and pull tihs thing!"Okay!"NO TOLEA!LEANNA!"What!I was teachin her!"(boom goes a birdy)"...(starts wailing)WHA!"Oh,Tolea...It's okay baby..."(death was too much,espetially only after 2 mounths after mommy died))
right after Dad died(they all go back and grab thhe body and buried him near Cosmo canyon,next to Mother)"...Sniff..."Tolea,you have cried enough today."But...(starts crying more)You and Leanna havent cried all day,and Leanna is not speaking, and she's all scary, and your all quiet, and,and-(starts crying hugs her)"It's corse things wont be the same,but we will ,we are going back to cosmo and Nanaki will take care of us...(mutters)at least...Till we can find a solid job...(Leanna comes back, and has the glare on she had on all day)"...Leanna...(grabs her and pulls her into the starts crying)"I want to Kill Shinra!Look what they did to you and Tolea and-(starts crying more,while Toby holds her closer)"We'll be alright!And...(takes out his gun and cocks it)I'll make sure you both'll be fine!If I fall, Nanaki will take my place!(puts away his gun,grabs them and holds them closer)"I promise you...(cries one single tear)I wont see ether of you cry because of Shinra anymore...I WONT HAVE IT!(Turns into a winged black wolf and roars, while a purple winged fox and a giant blue eagle join him)
and,finally,just before they get captured away from Tolea,on the very forenight("Hey,Leanna,Tolea.(eating a burrito Tolea made)When we get out of our theives gig, whaddia think we can do?"Um...I wanna support you 2, make sure Leanna gets married, and make sure YOU dont."(Toby and Leanna do a spit take,dousing each other)"TOLEA!"What?Leanna can marry a weak guy,and make me a aunt,and be a working mommy, and Toby can work his butt off and support us while I'll cook and sell art."Nice try,but men are ikcy!(toung stick out)"Yeah,besides,you'd make a great mom,not Leanna!"WHAT WAS THAT GOTH BOY!"Crap!Mad Leanna dsease!"(him and Tolea laugh and run into the waters nearby Rocket Town,while their'men are ikcy' sister tries to kill them)
Though they'd be good memories for Tolea to see again.
Arashii the black bird chapter 6 . 1/15/2007
Nice, so someone of Tolea's is there? huh. This doesn't bode well for kelly... Keep it up!
AnimeCrazy88 chapter 6 . 11/29/2006
Uhoh This can't be good. Hmm I wonder Yugi and gang and Seto is going to find about the truth about Kelly. Please hurry up with the next chapter!
Tolling chapter 5 . 10/25/2006
Okay,3&4 are switched ,can Leanna Bahnwhick be in this one?The 3rd bahnwhick child!Gold cat eyes,dark blue hair,down&long,and her deck contains:
all 3 sphinxes
both dark magitian(red and purple)
3 harpies brother
all three harpies sisters by 2(3x26,2 of each one)
1 harpies dragon
2 harpies girl
4 fox fire
*2 Ninja foxes(8made up)(at:1800 df:1300 4stars,foxes standing on 2 legs and a ninja outfit thats black,fire element,warrior)
*3 phoinex women(at:1500 df20 4 stars,really tan women with red dresses on and fire for hair that gose to the ground and firey wings,fire element,fairy)
*2 hawk men (at 1600 df 1400 4 stars,brown hawks standing on their claws, and arms,with wings on their backs,wearing black shirts and pants and a spear with them,wind element,warrior)
*gift from Tolea*White Fox spirit( at 20,df 2500 6 stars,big white fox&purple markings on her head and tail,god element,divine creature)
*gift from toby*Black Wolf spirit(at 2300,df 2200,6 stars,big black wolf with gold markings where the foxes are,god element,divine creature)
*her favorite card*Gold eagle spirit(at30,df30,8 stars,big gold eagle with blue marks on its wings,head and tail feathers,god element,divine creature)
2 moonya curry
2 graceful charity
2 harpies hunting ground
*4 magical portals(takes a monster on the opponets field and makes it hers,a colorful portal)
4 trap holes
2 acid trap holes
*1 divin play(if a spirit card is on the field, she can take the other 2 and put them on the field)
There!40 total!Woot!Sorry,been a long time since I play or seen Yu gi ,she also,if you allow it,could fall in love with Yugi,because she loves sensitive guys...and being taller than her bfs!Yup,she is even taller than Seto,and she is actually a eagul demon,getting demon but divin genes from her other 2 ended up being foxes because of...I DONT NEED TO EXPLAIN THAT!Anyway,she has wings, and claws,and can hear and see ,DONE!
Mekanizumu no kiki yari chapter 6 . 8/28/2006
hey the chapters are all f*ed up can you fix it?
AnimeCrazy88 chapter 9 . 8/26/2006
This is maybe going to be a stupid question. but way did you post those 4 first chapters again when they already was there?
Anyway, chapter 5 was awsome!_Please hurry up with the next chapter!
AnimeCrazy88 chapter 4 . 3/24/2006
Awsome story! Please come up with the next chapter soon!-
Midsummer'sQueen chapter 2 . 3/15/2006
Battle City..Battle City..Battle City..Battle City..BATTLE CITY!
Mekanizumu no kiki yari chapter 4 . 2/10/2006
Kuragari75 chapter 3 . 12/16/2005
YYAY! GOOD CHAPPIE! (that sums it up ;)) KK,
Plutobaby494 chapter 2 . 11/12/2005
Funny stuff, Please update soon!
Kuragari75 chapter 2 . 10/13/2005
I think duelist Kingdom... but I'm probably not the person to ask seeing as I only remember what the Battle City one was! I really like it though! I want to read more... I'm updating black wolf soon... LOVE THE STORY! Talk to you tomorrow! ME*
Midsummer'sQueen chapter 1 . 8/17/2005
Bad? Are you frippin' KIDDING! THAT WAS AWSOME! Dude, please make the next one soon! That ruled for a first chapter! n_n | https://www.fanfiction.net/r/2537781/ | dclm-gs1-286530000 |
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Ok, so here in Ireland, we're only on the third ep, so forgive any inconsistencies with the series, though it's probably too short to hold any.
Just a drabble that came into my head one night.
A Little Less Conversation
By Chaimera
Jaye rolled over and growled as her 'room mates' began to sing. Again.
The wax lion glanced at her as she mumbled a curse under her breath and stuffed her head under her pillow.
The monkey looked over his glasses at her as the entire chorus of animal decorations fell silent. Jay jumped out of her bed and glowered around her room at the assortment of stolen items that regularly talked to her.
"What is it that you want from me? You haven't even asked me to do anything at the moment. You're just singing."
She threw her arms up in the air as she paced up and down the length of her trailer. "I cant take the singing anymore. Talk amongst yourselves why don't you. I don't care if you even have a normal (or as normal as you can get) conversation with me. I really don't care. Just NO MORE SINGING. Not to mention you're horribly out of tune."
For a moment, silence reigned in the small trailer and for the briefest of seconds, Jaye thought that it might be over. That her out burst had silenced those damn plastic animals once and for all. And then….
Jaye looked around her room for the source of the noise.
It was the wax lion, looking up at her expectantly. It jerked it's head, indicating her to lean down to it's level.
She raised an eyebrow. "You wanna talk?"
It nodded and she knelt down beside it leaning in close. It looked around, as if checking for listeners and then whispered to her.
"I think the monkey's cute."
Jaye jumped back and looked at the monkey who quickly hid behind its book with a smile.
She wasn't sure that originally inanimate objects could have sexual urges, of course there was the distinct possibility that they were trying to mess with her head again. She shook her head.
"You know what? Forget it. Forget I said anything. Go back to you're singing. It's less disturbing. I'm going out for a drink."
"It's three am."
She looked at the stuffed lizard, surprised. "Since when did you care?"
It shrugged and Jaye rolled her eyes. "I'm going, and I'm probably going to sleep at the bar."
With that, she swept out of the trailer leaving the animals to their own business.
The wax lion looked around at his cohorts.
"One… Hundred of bottles of beer on the wall, one hundred bottles of beer…."
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0.166861 | <urn:uuid:a46029af-288b-4fc9-bdb4-63d90f1c2876> | en | 0.973345 | Warning : heavy AU, shounen-ai, yaoi, fantasy-world with lots of action (the descriptions would be really flowery though), mild violence, slightly-coarse language, my hyperactive mind placing the Naruto world in another different one… bastardized Sasuke (uhh, and a lot of characters too)… yeah XD Uh… another one of those super-AU stuff… with forbidden love and all that XD
Disclaimer: I don't own anything.
Inspired By: Gatekeepers (It's a pretty cute anime…), me watching the reruns of Beyblade (all seasons; Kai is such a traitor… a sexy, adorable traitor…), me getting fed up with the filler arc of Naruto… me indulging myself in the latest Naruto manga chapters… Card Captor Sakura (another cute anime), Bleach (OMG another great anime), Full Metal Alchemist (OMG, yet another cool anime)… and yeah T-T
Duel of Destiny
His hands are poised for a lethal shot, and he knows that despite his earlier hesitations, he's going to kill this guy. He wonders, not for the first time (and sadly, most probably not the last), about the circumstance they found themselves in. Everything has been going quite well between the two of them, friends, comrades, rivals… and he had hoped for them to become so much more…
He's caught-up in his musings and his heartbreak, and the other's movements suddenly becomes too fast for his reflexes. He barely has a millisecond before the dangerous shadow-black daggers that the other fancies so much hit his liver. He swiftly twists his body, the dagger catching a handful of clothing, leaving a middle-depth scratch on its wake.
Uzumaki Naruto lands on the rough ground, but the pain on his side (and on his knees when he scrapes his skin on the coarse soil) is negligible compared to the pain that's engulfing his insides. He should've known; Iruka has been acting weird since he introduced Uchiha Sasuke to him. He has mentioned the dark-haired teen's name to Tsunade, and the blonde's reaction is much less than simple dissatisfaction.
He half-kneels on the uneven soil, and he hears faint scratches. There's a distinct smell in the air, and his eyes widen in realization. This moment of realization is enough for his opponent to attack ruthlessly. "You're too slow, Naruto!" The other's voice is ice-cold, much colder than the sword-like projections that rain from the darkened sky.
Uchiha Sasuke's power resides in his ability to compile different objects (or attacks) on special cards, and he releases the cards' contents (he could combine different cards to produce different attacks) when fighting with his enemy. Right now, he is releasing the contents of the Ice and the Sword card, causing ice swords to rain from the sky.
Naruto, however, isn't about to let the other beat him. He's determined to get to the bottom of this and save Sasuke from the shadows haunting him constantly. Uzumaki Naruto's power involves the ability of changing the form of objects to whatever he desires. Right now, he is changing the jagged ground into a shield from the ice swords.
The smell of heavy water disappears after a few moments, and Naruto warily stands away from his shield. He sees Sasuke panting slightly, a couple of meters away from him. He lets himself show his exhaustion too; the attacks they performed not more than ten minutes ago are energy-draining.
"Yo, dobe," The silky voice wraps around him, and it slithers (much like a traitorous snake) smoothly towards him. In a second, Sasuke is already behind him, warm breath tickling his right earlobe. Sasuke's navy-blue bangs tickle the back of his bare neck. The other's teen fingers rest lightly, teasingly over his heart, while Sasuke's right hand lounges comfortably on his neck, ready to cut his carotid artery.
Naruto takes a shallow breath, idly wondering if Sasuke would really kill him. "Bastard…" He breathes out raggedly, his fatigue catching up with him. The cold metal of that damned black dagger reminds him of Sasuke; darkened with his inescapable past, burdened with his relentless fate, sharpened with his desire to emerge victorious.
It also reminds him that the same Sasuke that he has met and befriended (and complained about and insulted more than the number of sheep it takes to make him fall asleep on insomniac nights), is the same Sasuke that is going to kill him soon.
His determination dwindles, like the flame on a dying candle, with surroundings' oxygen exhausted. The wick falls to the wax, bowing down, as though apologizing for being unable to keep the light going. The darkness wraps everything tightly, including the extinguished candle, much like the way Sasuke's body presses up securely to his, like the way Sasuke's arms hold him firmly, never letting go.
He promised his friends, he promised everyone, that he's going to finish their work, as their top fighter. He promised his friends that he's going to defeat and kill the Akatsuki's trump fighter, and end the long battle between the two. He grinned his trademark "Uzumaki grin", and he set out to fight their enemy's best soldier.
If only he had known that it'd be Sasuke, he would have turned down the order, and even pleaded Tsunade for some reconsideration. The Akatsuki is a notorious organization threatening the peace of every people living on Earth, but if Sasuke is a member, then… they couldn't be that bad.
The flabbergasted look in Sasuke's eyes when the other saw him shows that the Uchiha is also surprised to see him as their opponent's best fighter.
And now…
He tries again to push himself forward to get rid of Sasuke's silky arms wrapped tightly around him, to no avail. "Don't you wonder, Sasuke?" Those words are enough for Sasuke's heartbeat to quicken, and Naruto feels it from his almost-shirtless back.
"Yeah…" Sasuke's heavy sigh washes over Naruto's neck and ears, making the dagger's blade feel colder than before. "… I do."
"I… feel so stupid, you know. I…" Naruto's voice is a mixture of longing, despair and hope. It's combined with the self-hate and hate towards his fate. To think that he thinks that people could change fate…
"I know." The Uchiha's reply is terse, and Naruto sinks slowly to Sasuke's embrace, both teens highly aware that their comrades are watching their face-off. The dark-haired teen sinks forward, fitting their tired, wounded bodies as tightly as possible.
"Naruto…" Sasuke has never said his name as beautifully as that. The blond closes his eyes, disinterested with watching how the black clouds start to disperse and let the sun's afternoon, scarlet rays pierce the sky.
Sasuke swallows thickly, and Naruto feels it against the back of his neck. The dagger lifts away from his skin, and it comes back a mere second later, and viscous, crimson liquid spills out from broken skin.
Naruto feels wetness at the back of his bare neck, and thinks that Sasuke must be crying. He can't, however, turn around and hold the other even if he truly wanted to. So Naruto stays in Sasuke's arms, welcoming the approaching darkness with open arms.
To Be Continued
It's short, it's the prologue and it's a sort-of cliffhanger –sweatdrop- I'm sorry, but that's how it's supposed to be. As some of you may have figured out, the next chapters would be flashbacks, since the scene above is the "climax". I'm trying out a new method of writing, so I hope you all give feedback about this one too :) Though I must admit that writing "backwards" is more than a bit difficult T-T
Oh, and Naruto's not going to die :) After all, I never said that blood came out from Naruto's broken skin XD
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0.116583 | <urn:uuid:e6adb79d-3efd-423b-942c-ed4032a34f44> | en | 0.979274 | NOTE: Before we begin, I would like to say that this is the first fanfic I will be making. This is an original story based on the Digimon anime although I put some elements of the actual anime into it. The human characters are original, although their personalities are loosely based on actual Digimon characters. This series will be divided into "episodes" as chapters. Ok, now hope you enjoy reading the fanfic. Also, description and interesting words are never my specialty, especially since this will be my first fic. You might want to check my forums on my account in case you want some info I may have missed from the first chapter.
Digimon Burst Dimensions
Episode 1:
Twisted Destiny
Friday, July 2, 2010. Layton, Utah... (11:00AM)
John is asleep, but he is rolling in his bed. He is having a nightmare of about creatures invading Earth and destroying lands and countries. The creatures are led by something surrounded by a dark aura who chases John to an alley. When he was cornered in the alley, he heard a voice, a strange voice, one that he never knew before. John cannot hear the voice clearly, but after it spoke, everything including the creatures vanished into thin air. John woke up with a start.
"Oh, it was just a dream, I wonder who those creatures are? Anyways, I guess it's back to my regular life"
John got out of his bed, realizing he overslept. John entered the bathroom and does his daily routine of showering and brushing his teeth. He got dressed and put on a ponytail. John was planning to stay at his friend's house later tonight and they can go gaming at Sunday. Just as John was washing his hands, his cellphone's ring tone goes off and he checks his text message. It was his friend who messaged him that gaming will be canceled due to the Fourth of July being a holiday and that he wants some rest.
"Lame, what am I gonna do now for Sunday?"
John wanted some food, he got some softdrinks, and a piece of corn.
7 Hours Later...
John is thinking about his dream, about all those creatures. He couldn't get those things out of his mind. He decides to get some fresh air and go outside. The night breeze is cool, as John wandered around into a lake. The lake is pretty deep. John is still wandering around with his cellphone, when a strong breeze knocked his cellphone away into the lake. Before it fell, John is off his feet trying to save it. It is waterproof, so there will be no problem with it getting wet, but John still wanted to get it. John finds himself in the lake with his phone safely in his hands. Suddenly, the waters start moving weirdly. Out of nowhere, the lake creates a big wave, which swallowed John. As the wave goes, John is nowhere to be found.
At the same day in Las Vegas, Nevada... (4:00PM)
A thin tennager of 15 years old with brown hair and bangs is playing some cards with people. He plays the winning card and wins. A nearby man sees him.
"Hey, shouldn't you be going to class or what?"
"Sorry, got suspended. Sometimes, those teachers can be a real pain." answered the boy. "Oh, by the way, got to go. The name is Zel, don't forget it. I rarely come here to play though."
Zel walks in the streets of Las Vegas. The place isn't as good as it is when nighttime comes. Zel checks the time and find much time left. He decides to visit a coffee shop to get some internet time. Zel notices that the internet connection is going slower than usual.
"Aw, come on, what's causing this? This is lame. Anyways, at least they still got decent connections for now. Not sure if this going to get worse."
Zel leaves the coffee shop after buying drinks. He noticed that he spent a lot of time with his laptop, as it is now 6PM. He walks to his home, passing by a dark alley with many graffiti. In the wall he sees something written. His laptop starts acting weird with multiple symbols appearing on and off it. A portal appears in front of him.
"This is...a Digital Gate? I never knew things like this existed. I thought these are mere fiction."
Zel left a text message to the people at home that he will be coming home late tonight. Zel enters the gate with his laptop...
In a luxurious school in Vegas... (3:45PM)
The teacher is discussing a lesson. She stops though and reminds the class.
"One of you is going to a field trip tomorrow. Please stand up, the one leaving today"
From one corner, a girl stood up. She is 14 years old with long pink hair. She is very pretty, and quite popular in school, although with a bad reputation. As she got up, some whispering begins at the classroom. A student begins...
"Well, I don't mind her leaving. She is just so annoying."
The student suddenly got a water jug thrown at him by the girl. The teacher is alarmed at this.
"Riana! What did you do that for?"
"Well, if I don't do anything, then it would be as good as accepting that I am a worthless, annoying student in this room." Riana answers back.
"Even so, Riana, what you did was wrong..." her teacher replied.
The bell rang for dismissal. Everyone left, including Riana, who is in quite a bad mood.
An Hour Later...
Riana is back at home. Her aunt is done cooking. She calls for Riana, who is upstairs fixing her things.
"Time to eat, you need to be at the airport by 5:45PM."
"I don't want to eat." answered Riana, who still hasn't gotten over from the events earlier at school.
"Don't let me come up there." her aunt said sternly. "If you don't go down, you won't have anything to eat. Pack your things later."
"Fine..." Riana answered, as she went down.
"I don't mind leaving school. I have been through more than 6 already. But...I wish tomorrow I can do something that I never did before. Yes, something new. I want to have friends, not too playful, not too serious, not too shabby, not too smart, not too lovable, just friendly and kind..."
Riana finished packing the stuff and went to the airport with her aunt. They just made it, and it is 5:30PM. Riana boarded the plane, got to her seat on the very back of the plane, and fell asleep the moment she entered. An hour later, she woke up due to some weird feelings. Something went wrong with the plane and they landed on water! Riana got out, only to find all rafts full. Luckily, she was able to find a final one empty. She boarded it, and got a floating log from the plane. She tried rowing her way to land, but then the waters become wilder. Suddenly, Riana's raft was turned upside down, but as she goes under the water, a light flashes from there, and she was gone.
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada...(5:30PM)
Joseph "Joey" Wayne is surfing the internet when he decides to go downstairs for a while. Joey looks pretty young for his age, as he is 16 years old. Joey has medium length hair that goes down to his neck. Joey returns to his computer after checking on the things downstairs and he notices that the computer is making weird noises. Joey tries fixing it, but the computer went even more haywire. Suddenly, bright light engulfed the room, making him disappear.
San Francisco, California...(4:00PM)
School is over, and a boy started chatting with his friends on his way home. They are talking about Digimon games. One boy is especially enthusiastic about it. His name is Sena Matthews. Sena is 7 years old. He continues talking with his friends until it is time to go home. Sena stayed up quite late, around 5:00PM. Sena runs toward home excited after he got good grades in his report card. He arrived home. Before dinner, he is playing with his console games hooked to the TV. The TV then started to talk. Sena freaks out as a bright light fills the room and makes him disappear.
Somewhere else in San Francisco...(5:15PM)
A small girl just woke up in her room. She didn't go to school now because she doesn't feel well. She seems to be okay now. Her grandparents, who she is living with, just left. The girl has hair that reaches her neck. She is a typical 7 year old girl in stature. She has an innocent looking face. Her name is Ayu Takashi. Ayu checks her e-mails. She finds one interesting. After reading it, she saw an option of Yes and No. Ayu wanted to click no, but her heart is telling her to click yes. She did so, and she feels herself getting sucked into the computer. In a few seconds, Ayu was gone from her room.
New York City...(5:50PM)
In a school, everyone went home already. One boy sat quietly in the library doing his homework. The name written is Tsuna Sadawa. Tsuna is 13 years old, and he is the typical workaholic type of student. He has short black hair and wears a black jacket.
"There is no peace and quiet at my home...*sigh* that's why I must do my homework here."
Tsuna threw his pen after it stopped working.
"How am I gonna finish this homework when even my pen wouldn't work?"
Tsuna then noticed a bag someone left some time ago. He decided to inspect it and found out it is a laptop. Strangely enough, when he flipped the laptop screen up, the computer is running fine. He tried shutting it down but it wouldn't shut down. Tsuna then saw something at the bottom of the screen which looked like a help button. Tsuna clicked it, and he was sucked into a blinding light.
Somewhere else in New York at around the same time...
A girl, around 15 is sitting in her room. Her name is Tea. She is quite tall and has long brown hair with two toxic green streaks of hair, one behind each ear. Her face is looking irritated. Her little sister is knocking the door. Tea rolled her eyes in annoyance and unlocked the door.
"What do you want?" Tea asked
"I...I just want to play with you." her sister answered
"Well, I don't, so just buzz off!" Tea shouted
Her sister starts to get teary eyes.
"Why do you have to be so mean...I hate you!" shouts her sister back as she runs down.
"Whatever." Tea thought to herself.
Tea grabbed her messenger bag and got her sneakers with a plan to cool off outside. Tea checked the computer to shut it down, but something is going wrong with the screen. Tea tries clicking stuff, then a bright light filled up the room, and Tea was gone.
At the middle of Continent of COMP, a place in the Digital World.
After what seemed like hours, John woke up in an island. He noticed he was lying in a sandy beach. He saw a white creature in front of him. He thought he was dreaming and ignored the white creature. The white creature then grabbed a coconut and hit him in the head.
"What the heck! That hurt a lot man, what did you hit me with?" shouted John in surprise
"My name's Gomamon, and I'm a Digimon, you insensitive human, and this is Shallow Reef."
John smiled at it.
"Yeah, I was right, everyone is. There are really Digimon! So, where's my Royal Knight Partner? Where's Ulforce? I can't belive this is happening!" John started to laugh here. Gomamon though isn't happy about it.
"Why God, why did you pit me with a nutcase of a partner?" asked Gomamon. He hit John with his claws. "Alright, alright, John, you and I are PARTNERS, there's no armor clad Royal Knight for you. You got me and I got you. Now you wanna find shelter or you wanna talk about your silly fantasies?"
"Yeah, ok, ok,as long as you do not hit me again. That really hurt." said John with a reddish face after being scratched. "But seriously, I cannot swim, how can we get off this island, well, for you it's no problem, but for me..."
"Well, today is a good day to learn." Gomamon pushes John to the water, but instead of sinking, he realizes that he has a lot of rainbow colored fishes underneath him. "And you act like some Digimon expert...You're such a loser, nevertheless, you are my loser."
Somewhere near shallow reef...
Zel steps out of the Digital Gate to find himself in a place full of trees. He looked around and saw many little Digimon living all around him. He knew in an instant that this is the Digital World. Zel stars scratching his head and asking himself where to go. Then, a ladybug-like Digimon got his attention.
"Hi, Zel, I have been waiting for you, my partner, my name is..."
"Tentomon, about you being my partner, no thank you." Zel started walking off.
"Wait for me! did you know my name?" Tentomon went after Zel
"I knew about you Digimon, but only in fiction. I never knew you really existed. As for us being partners, no I didn't sign up for this. Tentomon, I am only going to stay here for a while after I find a way back home."
Tentomon kept following.
"Alright, what do you really want? It's like by some luck you recognized me, and now you are acting like my shadow. Don;t you have more important things to do?" Zel didn't stop in his walk until around 5 seconds later. "Wait, you're a regular here? If so, we could work things out. You guide me in this place and I be your "partner" here, deal?"
Tentomon is really happy about Zel finally accepting him.
They continued walking on, with Zel asking some things regarding Shallow Reef and the Digital World. He found out that the Digimon are fighting Shadramon, and that Shadramon is lcoated near Raptor Valley. Zel found Raptor Valley's location on his laptop and they moved north, to where Raptor Valley is. Along the way, they saw a girl and Commandramon.
"People? Who are you?" asked Zel. "I never thought there would be other Digidestined here. Now, with the two of us, we could defeat Shadramon at Raptor Valley and get home."
The girl looked with an emotionless face at Zel. She answered with a straight face.
"I'm Tea, whoever you are. So if these Digidestined, whom you believe we are, can defeat that whoever you said, we can all go home. Well, good thing."
Commandramon interrupted, "But there's only two of you. There are eight total chosen children."
Zel looks around wondering, when he sees someone at shore on the other side of Shallow Reef. Zel figures out he is another Digidestined. Then, in front of them, a guy with Gotsumon came walking. Gotsumon noticed Commandramon. They know each other.
"Commandramon, I found my partner." Gotsumon said to Commandramon
Joey talks to Tea though.
"A dinosaur soldier, I have never seen those before."
"I never did before too." Tea answered.
At the other side...
"So, an armor level Digimon that is causing ugly stuff to happen in this continent and you want me to be leader of eight people? Are you serious? I can barely remember taking my medicine let alone lead a team into victory. Besides, I have no digivice and have a lot of medical conditions." John said as he was talking to Gomamon, who told him about Shadramon.
"Well, you know what, you may be an idiot at times, but you have a heart of a true hero. Trust me, you will be staying here in the Digital World and you can count on me to protect you. Wait, I see some Digimon, and their partners over the other side." Gomamon responded.
"Well, I guess if Gomamon believes me, I could wait to see who the team of Digidestined are." thought John.
"Alright, my fishes, I want you to tell them to expect John real soon. Please pick everyone up." Gomamon said to his fishes.
Back to the side of Zel, Tea, and Joey
Zel is pretty surprised now.
"Whoa, looks like we got some crowd here. How about we cross to the other side. We could actually walk around this place to get there, although it's gonna take time."
The fishes arrive and form a raft.
"Just in time, let's get in."
Zel got on the raft with Tentomon. Zel notices a group of people. Three people that seem pretty acquainted with each other already.
"Thats, one,! Seven of us. Tentomon, could you call them here?"
Tentomon flew towards the three people.
"The three of you, we noticed you are three special people. Please come to the other side, to that guy on water. We have surprises, and someone you might like to meet."
The three of them followed Tentomon and met up with Zel and everyone. The raft begins to move towards the other side of the Shallow Reef.
Back at John's side...
"Wow, a Tentomon, if he can become a GranKuwagamon, that will be so awesome!" said John to himself.
"Ahem, are we eyeing other Digimon now, John? I thought we already went through this. I am the only Digimon for you! Now, can we continue with...SAVING THE CONTINENT?" said an irritated Gomamon.
"Maybe you're right. You might be the only thing I need." John answered.
From behind them, a girl with Lalamon came out of the woods. It is Riana, and her partner is Lalamon. John noticed her too.
"I don't know how I am going to act here...Gomamon..." John said softly to himself.
In a flash, Gomamon was hurled right into Riana. Riana is shocked at Gomamon hitting her.
"Eek! Gross!" Riana hurled Gomamon back at John
"Is this dodgeball?" asked Lalamon.
"I'm not a dodgeball!" Gomamon yelled at Lalamon and Riana. "And what do you mean gross, you don't have minty breath yourself."
"Oh, I'm very sorry, miss. I thought you were a Digimon or what. Please forgive me, so are you one of the Digidestined? Name's John Radl, what's yours?" asked John
"Riana Hino, no one asked you to tell your name, but I forgive you." answered Riana
Lalamon thought to herself. "Here she goes again with that bratty attitude. An hour of spending with her and I am getting tired from her attitude."
The raft comes to the other side. Tea and Commandramon immediately went to the sides. Patamon sat on Sena's head, as he went down the raft.
"Eight. We are all here" Sena said
"Well then." said Patamon.
"I want to go home!" said Sena
"You can't, we need your help," answered Patamon.
"Well then, my name is Sena and nice to meet you all."
Ayu and Salamon stood by Sena.
"I'm Ayu, nice to meet you too. I feel like everyone is older than me and Sena. We should get home now, I think grandma will be mad at me when I get home late."
"Don't worry, things are a bit different here at the Digital World. Especially the flow of time. But maybe you won't understand yet." said Salamon.
Tsuna stood by Bearmon.
"So we have two kids and a bunch of older people." Tsuna mentioned.
"So what, they have Patamon and Salamon," assured Bearmon.
"I need to go too, I have a lot of homework and presentations," commented Tsuna.
"You can't go till we win." Bearmon said.
"I didn't sign up for this!" complained Tsuna "You have everyone, why do you need me?"
John looks at everyone.
"Let me get this straight, you are all Digidestined? Ok, let me answer questions one at a time. I am not very good in multitasking even though I say I am."
Gomamon looks at Commandramon.
"That Commandork, he knows he can just get to here right?"
Gomamon lies down and makes a sand angel thinking who will get their first digivolution.
Zel took this time to speak.
"Now, technically we have everyone here. Let's make camp for now, we need rest."
An hour later, after a not-so-smooth setting up of camp...
"Hmmm, something is lacking. Hey, Gomamon-guy, could you get some wood from the forest before it gets dark?" Zel ordered John.
"You know, I have a name, and it's John. Why don't you do it yourself? No one appointed you leader. Nevermind, I will go." John walked off with Gomamon.
"I wanna leave too. Commandramon is getting annoying staying away from everyone." said Gomamon as he follows John.
"What's with him?" asked Zel, who started doing something on his laptop away from everyone. He was actually looking for the way to Raptor Valley. Tentomon flies to everyone.
"Sorry for him. He's actually a nice guy when you get to know him well." Tentomon told everyone.
In the woods...
"That guy is so annoying, it's like I wanna punch him in the face." said John irritatingly after getting 8 pieces of wood. He noticed something behind the leaves. "Hey, a Garurumon, maybe it can help us." He ran towards the Garurumon and as he approaches it, it got up.
"Um, that's not a Garurumon, and even if it is, please remember the saying 'Let sleeping dogs lie'," said Gomamon.
The Digimon turns out to be Gururumon, who is pretty upset about John waking him up. It swiped at John, who uses a log to block it. John and Gomamon then hurried to camp. They ran for their lives, with Gururumon at their back. They burst through the bushes into camp. Zel saw them.
"Back so soon? Wait, that's..." Zel then turned nervous. John tried to explain.
"You led a Gururumon here?" Zel is starting to raise his voice. Tentomon arrives at the scene.
"Gururumon is basically Garurumon with dark energies. Let's do it even though he is a champion level, one level higher than us." said Tentomon.
Tentomon shoots Super Shocker at Gururumon and made it recoil a bit.
John stopped running and slid beside Riana and Lalamon, who hurried to the spot after hearing the commotion.
"Sorrry everyone, I thought we could get help. Looks like I am wrong. Gomamon, let's fight back. Attack with Marching Fishes." ordered John.
Gomamon uses Marching Fishes on Gururumon, which doesn't seem to do much. Gururumon used Chaso Fire to knock Tentomon, Gomamon, and Lalamon. Gururumon goes after Tea, who is some meters away.
"What are you waiting for?" Riana asked Lalamon.
Without a word, Lalamon fires Seed Shot at Gururumon. It managed to get Gururumon's attention but not do too mcuh damage.
"Wow, the seeds exploded, it's so cool!" said Riana in excitement. "Too bad it didn't do much."
"What! Look, I made that shot there." said Lalamon
"What's with that attitude?" complained Riana.
"You started it." answered Lalamon.
Gururumon attempts to leap at Tea, who just noticed Gururumon. Joey managed to save her though. Gururumon then sets his sight on Ayu. This time, it is Tea who pushed Ayu out of the way but got a cut on her arm in the process. Commandramon rushes to Tea in order to protect her. Tsuna comes rushing to the scene with Bearmon.
"Patamon!" called Sena.
"Got it." said Patamon with a nod.
"Let's join too." said Ayu to Salamon.
Both Digimon shot Boom Bubble and Puppy Howling, respectively, although it didn't harm Gururumon. Gururumon flings Salamon to a tree.
"Sorry I didn't help much," apologized Salamon
"No, you were awesome." answered Ayu.
Tsuna orders Bearmon to attack Gururumon in close range, but Gururumon is too strong and sends Bearmon flying. Tsuna suggested everyone attack together. Gururumon goes after Riana, but John distracts Gururumon. John gets hit by Gururumon and gets a wound on his midsection. Every Digimon attacks Gururumon, finishing with Gomamon's sharp edge attack.
"He should be going down right around now..." thought Zel.
Gururumon seemed not affected by all the attacks, but he started falling down. Gururumon then disappeared into eight lights that turned into the digivices. One went beside John, who is lying down in pain.
"Digi...vice..." said John as he passed out.
Everyone gets their digivice. Riana runs at John.
"I need to help now..." said Riana, with a feeling of guilt.
"It's ok, let's treat him" answered Lalamon.
As they did their bandaging and treatment, Zel and Tentomon gets beside them.
"Not too much of a problem, he just passed out. One problem is that he would drag our journey slowly if this condition persists. Things looked harder than I thought. At first, I thought Shadramon will not be too much of a problem, but it seems like I was wrong. We had trouble here, who knows what's gonna happen when we fight Shadramon. I don't like being leader, but I say we rest here tonight." said Zel.
"Right, everyone is tired. We tried our best, sorry if that's all we can do." said Tentomon.
Zel is quiet. He is thinking.
"We seriously need to find a way to digivolve..."
Everyone got to their spot and set up campfire. They got some food from Tsuna, and the team decides to rest for tonight.
To be continued...
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Dear Rahul Gandhi, You hit the headlines last week by saying you are disinclined to marry and have kids because then "I will become a status quoist and will become concerned about bequeathing my position to my children." Second, you said you are not in the race to become prime minister.
It would be gratifying to think you actually seek to end the status quo, but I suspect nobody believes you. Why have you and your mother done absolutely nothing to erode, let alone end the status quo after so many years in power? Why have you fortified the belief of every Congressman that your party has no rationale, ethos or future without the Gandhi dynasty?
No Congressman thinks the feudal principle is affected by your getting married or having children. Mayawati and Jayalalithaa are both unmarried and without kids, and they run fiefdoms no less feudal than the Congress. Absence of children has never meant decentralisation.
In feudal parties, criticism of the family is treason. All successes (like the 2009 general election) are attributed to the family, while all debacles (like the 2012 UP election or 2010 Bihar election) are blamed on flawed courtiers. If you really want to end the status quo, you should say plainly that you flopped badly in Bihar and UP, and so should be replaced by somebody better. If you don't say so, and if you and your partymen think nobody is better, then the status quo is here to stay.
After talking for years about promoting youth in politics, you have indeed promoted many newcomers to important ministerial positions. They are young by Indian standards, but many have greying hair. The list in New Delhi includes Jyotiraditya Scindia, Sachin Pilot, Milind Deora and Jitin Prasad.
Is this your idea of smashing the status quo? Every one of these young men is son of a top Congress politician. They are intelligent, well-educated, and capable enough. But they represent dynasty with a capital D.
Is the position very different in the states? The new chief minister of Uttarakhand is Vijay Bahuguna. Is it just a remarkable coincidence that he is the son of former Congress Chief Minister HN Bahuguna? You lost the UP state election, but had you won, Rita Bahuguna (daughter of HN Bahuguna) would have been in line to become CM. Does the status quo get any better than this?
In Maharashtra, you appointed Ashok Chavan as chief minister. Predictably, he was the son of a former CM, SB Chavan. After the Adarsh housing scam, he was replaced by Prithviraj Chavan, a decent man but one lacking a political base in Maharashtra. He owed his appointment entirely to the high command, which you accuse of excessive power, but then do nothing about.
You have repeatedly said that you want to bring more intra-party democracy to the party. You once said that every MLA you meet aspires to become an MP, and every MP aspires to become a cabinet minister; but every sarpanch you meet does not aspire to become an MLA. You criticise this lack of upward mobility, and say it must be corrected.
But intra-party democracy surely has to go further than that. You fail to say that you want every cabinet minister to aspire to become prime minister or Congress president. That is the true test of intra-party democracy. As long as the top positions are hogged by the Gandhi family, intra-party democracy is a sham. You and Sonia look as entrenched as Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles in England.
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
It's Page 2's Christmas movie bracket!
By Jim Caple
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It's a Wonderful Life
"It's a Wonderful Life" is a No. 1 seed in Page 2's Christmas movie bracket. Can it bring home the title?
I've seen "It's a Wonderful Life" more often than any other movie, probably close to 50 times. I even wrote a college essay on it. Each year, my old college friends and I make a pilgrimage to Seattle's cozy Grand Illusion theater to watch its annual showing. While the movie's flaws stand out with each viewing -- should you really trust your savings to a building and loan with a goofy partner who has a pet squirrel and can't even keep track of $8,000? -- I still tear up when I hear Harry Bailey say, "To my big brother George, the richest man in town."
"It's a Wonderful Life" is a national institution, but is it the best Christmas movie of all time? Is it better than "A Christmas Story" or "Bad Santa"? Is old man Potter meaner than Ebenezer Scrooge, Scut Farcus or Hans Gruber? Who is the best child in a Christmas movie -- Ralphie, Zuzu, Kevin McCallister or Thurman Merman? Which department store has the best Santa -- Macy's, Higbee's or Chamberlain's?
With so many movies and so much competition, there is only one sensible way to settle the issue: with an NCAA-style bracket!
Important note: No TV specials are eligible (Rudolph, Charlie Brown, Grinch, etc.). This bracket is strictly limited to theatrical releases!
First Round
East Region
1. "It's a Wonderful Life": If old man Potter were alive, he would foreclose on the Dodgers and sell off Matt Kemp and Clayton Kershaw for parts.
16. "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians": Frequently listed among the all-time worst movies but even worse is its sequel, "Santa Claus Goes to Japan."
Outcome: "It's a Wonderful Blowout."
8. "Mickey's Christmas Carol": Featuring one of literature's greatest characters -- Uncle Scrooge -- it ends with joyous Disney characters turning to the camera and shouting, "We're going to the Meadowlands!"
9. "Scrooged": Bill Murray plays an amoral, despicable TV executive who thoughtlessly fires employees and insists World Series games not start until 8:30 p.m.
Outcome: "Scrooged" in OT (but don't tell my bosses at Disney).
5. "Black Christmas": A very scary slasher movie directed by Bob Clark, the same guy who did "A Christmas Story." That's like a guy playing quarterback AND linebacker.
12. "Mixed Nuts": It's about a crisis hotline clinic at the holidays, not the 2009 Cubs roster.
Outcome: May all your Christmases be "Black."
4. National Lampoon's "Christmas Vacation": "Is your house on fire, Clark?" "No, Aunt Bethany, those are my Christmas lights." Or Vancouver is rioting over the Canucks again.
13. "The Santa Clause 2": Most annoying series of sequels since the Yankees 1996-2000.
Outcome: Griswolds advance, but hopefully not in a station wagon with Granny strapped to the roof.
6. "Arthur Christmas": I haven't seen it yet, but I assume it's about that old white-haired guy -- Arthur Rhodes.
11. "Babes in Toyland": Sadly, it's not about the USC Song girls.
Outcome: "Arthur" advances. Babes can come over to my house for eggnog.
3. "Die Hard": Ho-ho-ho and yippee-kai-yay!
14. "Fred Clause": It still always fascinates me Paul Giamatti is former commissioner Bart Giamatti's son. But I'm more amazed such a good actor could be in such a bad movie.
Outcome: You don't want to see Fred after Bruce Willis finishes him off.
7. "The Santa Clause": What's worse than signing a closer to a $50 million contract? Basing a movie around a single, silly pun.
10. "The Family Man": Oddly, not a heartwarming Christmas story about Travis Henry.
Outcome: "The Family Man" in a mild upset.
2. "Love Actually": I know. A guy saying he loves this movie is like saying you love figure skating. By the way, did you know 2010 Olympians Amanda Evora and Mark Ladwig skated to this movie's theme music?
15. "Christmas With the Kranks": Christmas with the McCourts might be preferable.
Outcome: "Love Actually." I will now hand in my man card.
Southeast Region
1. "Miracle on 34th Street" (original version): If there really is a Santa Claus who spreads joy and gives everyone what they want, how come Daniel Snyder still owns the Redskins?
16. "Deck the Halls": Richard Roeper's review: "You cannot believe how excruciatingly awful this movie is. It is bad in a way that will cause unfortunate viewers to huddle in the lobby afterward, hugging in small groups, consoling one another with the knowledge that it's over, it's over -- thank God, it's over." Or was that his review of the 2011 Colts?
Outcome: No Miracle needed for 34th Street to deck the Halls.
8. "Scrooge" (the 1970 musical): In this musical version, Scrooge tells Minnesota that if it doesn't build him a $1.25 billion stadium he'll move the Vikings, fire Cratchit and burn Tiny Tim's crutch.
9. "This Christmas": According to IMDb, it grossed nearly $50 million on a budget of $13 million, making it the Tampa Bay Rays of holiday movies.
Outcome: "This Christmas" there are no singing Scrooges in the second round.
5. "Joyeux Noel": The true story of World War I troops spontaneously leaving their trenches to share a Christmas in peace with the enemy. See? There is hope for Red Sox and Yankees fans.
12. "All I Want for Christmas": ... is that my wife doesn't give me a baseball Derek Jeter autographed for her.
Outcome: Ode to "Joyeux."
4. "Home Alone": Enormously popular but it would be better with Li'l Wash instead of Macaulay Culkin.
13. "Ernest Saves Christmas": Sure, but could he save the Clippers?
Outcome: "Home Alone" for Child Protective Services to get him in second round.
6. "The Bishop's Wife": Cary Grant descends from heaven to help raise money for a church. But my favorite case of divine intervention is still the immaculate reception.
11. "One Magic Christmas": I believe Lifetime airs this on a continuous loop between Thanksgiving and Christmas. But try filling that slot without a single broadcasting deal from the NFL, NBA, NHL or NCAA.
Outcome: No magic here, "Bishop" advances.
3. "Scrooge": Did you know Art Modell is based on Alastair Sim's classic portrayal of Ebenezer Scrooge?
14. "Prancer": The movie is bad enough, but at least it's not about a dancing grounds crew.
Outcome: "Scrooge" says "Bah, humbug" to "Prancer."
7. "Rare Exports": An offbeat Finnish horror/comedy about a corporation digging up the real Santa Claus, and trust me, everyone is on this Santa's naughty list. This is the Santa that Cleveland fans are accustomed to sliding down their chimney.
10. "The Holiday": Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet swap homes. Then Diaz gets Jude Law while Winslet gets Jack Black in the most lopsided trade since Heathcliff Slocumb for Jason Varitek and Derek Lowe.
Outcome: "Holiday" hours extended.
2. "The Ref": Fortunately, this is a great, often overlooked black comedy with a terrific Kevin Spacey, Judy Davis and Denis Leary rather than a documentary about Ed Hochuli.
15. "Surviving Christmas": The only thing worse than this movie would be surviving Christmas without an NBA, NHL, NFL or bowl game to watch instead of talking to your relatives.
Outcome: All the calls go to "The Ref."
Midwest Region
1. "A Christmas Story": All I want for Christmas is an official Red Ryder Carbine-Action 200-Shot Range Model Air Rifle with a compass on the stock and this thing that tells time. And that the Mariners sign Prince Fielder.
16. "A Christmas Tale": This supposed French comedy was the absolute worst thing I saw in 2008, apart from the Lions' season highlight tape.
Outcome: Ralphie would win this mismatch dressed in pink bunny pajamas.
8. "The Ice Harvest": With an excellent cast featuring John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Randy Quaid and Oliver Platt, I expected better, as I also did for the 2011 Giants.
9. "Blizzard": Either a heart-warming Christmas indie or an advance look at the 2012 World Series.
Outcome: "Harvest" time.
5. "Holiday Inn": The basis for "White Christmas," this features a Fred Astaire drunken dance in which he was actually drunk. It's the best performance by an inebriated man, other than half of David Wells' starts.
12. "Silent Night, Deadly Night": The official slogan for the 2011 St. Louis Rams.
Outcome: "Holiday Inn" upgraded to a second-round corner room.
4. "The Muppet Christmas Carol": Anyone who doesn't like the Muppets probably doesn't cry at the end of "Brian's Song."
13. "Santa Clause: the Movie": Rule of thumb: If any part of the name Santa Claus appears in a title, it won't be good. Same for a jersey with Minnesota on it in 2011.
Outcome: Even Statler and Waldorf give this victory to the Muppets.
6. "Frozen River": It received Oscar nods, but the story is so depressing you'll envy Pirates fans.
11. "Trapped in Paradise": I would rather be trapped in a Giants jersey at an Eagles game than watch this movie again.
Outcome: Old man River keeps flowing.
3. "Elf": "We elves try to stick to the four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns and syrup." I.E., offensive lineman Leonard Davis' diet.
14. "The Polar Express": The "performance-capture" effect creates the creepiest looking characters outside of the Nebraska Cornhuskers mascot.
Outcome: "Elf" advances. Get ready for Type 2 Diabetes.
7. "While You Were Sleeping": Sandra Bullock falls for a man left comatose from a vicious blind-side tackle by Lawrence Taylor.
10. "Jingle All the Way": Proper punishment for steroid user? A ban from competition, watching a comedy with Sinbad or electing him governor of California.
Outcome: Arnold and Sinbad aren't as bad as you might imagine. "Jingle" in an upset.
2. "The Shop Around the Corner": The difference between this and the remake "You've Got Mail" is only slightly less than that between Jose and Ozzie Canseco.
15. "The Santa Clause 3": Fortunately, like that Yankees 1996-2000 postseason run, this series finally ended.
Outcome: Jimmy Stewart in a knockout.
West Region
1. "White Christmas": When I watch Danny Kaye perform "Sisters" with Bing Crosby, I think, "This man once owned the Mariners."
16. Dr. Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas": Definitely NOT to be confused with the cartoon. This one stars Jim Carrey, and I'd rather have a hideous green creature break in and steal my every possession, including my baseball autographed by Willie Mays and Willie McCovey, than watch this again.
Outcome: How the Grinch Lost by 40 Points
8. "Miracle on 34th Street" (1994 remake): In God, Santa, and Tebow, we trust.
9. "Comfort and Joy": What Albert Pujols brings to Anaheim.
Outcome: Do you believe in Miracles? Yes!
5. "We're No Angels": A Christmas comedy starring Humphrey Bogart? And you thought the Cardinals postseason run was improbable.
12. "Four Christmases": Some early fun, but it soon loses steam and goes on too long. Like the 2011 Pirates.
Outcome: Upset! No Angels in the second round.
4. "Bad Santa": Last time I watched, I counted 116 uses of the F-word -- and I didn't start until 20 minutes in. Even Ozzie Guillen would blush.
13. "Home Alone 2": The worst trip to NYC -- outside of the Red Sox's for Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS.
Outcome: Bad Santa kicks Macaulay's @&^$%*# ass!
6. "Christmas in Connecticut": Fortunately, it's with Barbara Stanwyck and Dennis Morgan, not Geno Auriemma and Jim Calhoun.
11. "The Family Stone": New Yorker Sarah Jessica Parker spends very unpleasant holidays with her future in-laws when she learns they're Boston fans.
Outcome: It's second round in Connecticut.
3. "The Nightmare Before Christmas": Otherwise known as the Poulan Weed Eater Bowl.
14. "Jack Frost": Michael Keaton dies and comes back to life as a snowman in the worst comeback until Brett Favre's next one.
Outcome: Your long national Nightmare continues.
7. "A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas": Its sequel? "A Very Tom Brady Christmas."
10. "Unaccompanied Minors": The Luis Polonia story.
Outcome: It's a Very Harold and Kumar second round.
2. "In Bruges": Actually, I'm not sure this is a Christmas movie. But it's a great black comedy and it takes place amid snow and chocolates and the exquisite Belgium town of Bruges, so it seems like Christmas to me. Plus, in addition to Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleason and Ralph Fiennes, it has the best performance by a dwarf outside of Eddie Gaedel.
15. "Elves": I've never seen it, but Wikipedia says the plot involves skinheads impregnating a waitress with one of Santa's elves. And you thought the Purdue-Western Michigan matchup in the Little Caesar's Pizza Bowl sounded bleak.
Outcome: Christmas movie or not, "In Bruges" wins easily.
Second Round
East Region
1. "It's a Wonderful Life"
9. "Scrooged"
Outcome: Potter forecloses on Bill Murray.
5. "Black Christmas"
4. National Lampoon's "Christmas Vacation"
Outcome: The sorority slasher turns out the Griswold holiday lights.
6. "Arthur Christmas"
3. "Die Hard"
Outcome: Arthur may be nice, but "Die Hard" is fully armed.
10. "The Family Man"
2. "Love Actually"
Outcome: Really, must I apologize for liking a movie with Colin Firth, Bill Nighy, Liam Neeson, Keira Knightly, Hugh Grant, Laura Linney, Emma Thomson, Billy Bob Thornton and Rowan Atkinson?
Southeast Region
1. "Miracle on 34th Street"
9. "This Christmas"
Outcome: Miracle still flying like untethered Macy's balloon.
5. "Joyeux Noel"
4. "Home Alone"
Outcome: Still home, still alone.
6. "The Bishop's Wife"
3. "Scrooge"
Outcome: Cary Grant hits buzzer beater.
7. "Rare Exports"
2. "The Ref"
Outcome: Further review unnecessary -- "Ref" in another blowout.
Midwest Region
1. "A Christmas Story"
8. "The Ice Harvest"
Outcome: Ralphie shoots the lights out ... as well as his eye.
5. "Holiday Inn"
4. "The Muppet Christmas Carol"
Outcome: No room at the Inn for Kermit.
6. "Frozen River"
3. "Elf"
Outcome: This elf isn't going to dental school just yet.
10. "Jingle All the Way"
2. "The Shop Around the Corner"
Outcome: Jimmy Stewart terminates Arnold.
West Region
1. "White Christmas"
8. "Miracle on 34th Street" (1994 remake)
Outcome: "White Christmas" in triple OT.
4. "Bad Santa"
12. "Four Christmases"
Outcome: There's only one Christmas, and it's Bad.
6. "Christmas in Connecticut"
3. "The Nightmare Before Christmas"
Outcome: Connecticut wakes up from Nightmare to advance.
7. A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas
2. "In Bruges"
Outcome: Bruges is THE Christmas destination.
Third Round
East Region
1. "It's a Wonderful Life"
5. "Black Christmas"
Outcome: Even serial killers no match for Potter.
3. "Die Hard"
2. "Love Actually"
Outcome: And did I mention the Claudia Schiffer cameo?
Southeast Region
1. "Miracle on 34th Street" (original version)
4. "Home Alone"
Outcome: Natalie Wood dispatches Macaulay.
6. "The Bishop's Wife"
2. "The Ref"
Outcome: Ref blows whistle on Bishop.
Midwest Region
1. "A Christmas Story"
5. "Holiday Inn"
Outcome: There's a reason TBS shows "A Christmas Story" 24 hours consecutively every year.
3. "Elf"
2. "The Shop Around the Corner"
Outcome: Hit the showers, Elf.
West Region
1. "White Christmas"
4. "Bad Santa"
Outcome: Bad, Badder, Baddest Santa.
6. "Christmas in Connecticut"
2. "In Bruges"
Outcome: And this year's Christmas is in ... Bruges.
Fourth Round
East Region
1. "It's a Wonderful Life"
2. "Love Actually"
Outcome: "It's a Wonderful Final Four."
Southeast Region
1. "Miracle on 34th Street" (original version)
2. "The Ref"
Outcome: The ability to call technicals comes in handy for "The Ref."
Midwest Region
1. "A Christmas Story"
2. "The Shop Around the Corner"
Outcome: Story gets A++++++ and trip to Final Four.
West Region
4. "Bad Santa"
2. "In Bruges"
Outcome: "Bad Santa" wins profanity-laden game.
Final Four
1. "It's a Wonderful Life"
2. "The Ref"
Outcome: Instant replay shows IAWL by a nose.
1. "A Christmas Story"
4. "Bad Santa"
Outcome: Ralphie's old man out-cusses Billy Bob.
1. "It's a Wonderful Life"
1. "A Christmas Story"
Outcome: To my big brother George, the richest movie in town.
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Uhm, not sure why you're asking this question on MacRumors but the question is: did you/the shipper purchase insurance for the item? If so, you should be compensated for the cost of the item by the shipping company.
However, if you did not purchase insurance you're mostly out of luck. For example, if UPS mishandles your package and it breaks but you don't have insurance, the most you can get is 100 bucks.
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Let $A$ be a finite, Abelian, additive group. Let $A^{*} = Hom(A, \mathbb{Q}/\mathbb{Z})$ denote the group of homomorphisms $f$ from $A$ to $\mathbb{Q}/\mathbb{Z}$. Take for granted that $A^{*}$ is an Abelian group (I have already proved this). Prove that $A$ is isomorphic to $A^{*}$ if $A$ is cyclic.
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What's the group operation on $A^*$? $(f \cdot g)(a) = f(a) \cdot g(a)$? – Clive Newstead Oct 30 '12 at 18:30
That is indeed the case! – user44069 Oct 30 '12 at 18:36
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Hint: If $A$ is cyclic, and $a$ generates it, then every homomorphism $f:A\to G$ is completely determined by $f(a)$.
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CommentaryDurant, team will grow up together
By Jenni Carlson Published: September 30, 2008
Kevin Durant celebrated his birthday on Monday.
The face of Oklahoma City's NBA franchise is now a whopping 20 years old. That actually makes him the baby face of the franchise.
Thing is, it's fitting that his birthday was also media day, the Thunder's first official team function.
The franchise and the face are going to grow up together.
"For him to come here early in his career ... ,” Thunder point guard Earl Watson said, "20 years from now, 30 years from now, you think of the Thunder being in Oklahoma City, you're going to have to think of Kevin Durant.”
The NBA has a Durant-only spot that's big-time. Walking from the locker room in a Boys and Girls Club jersey, he peels away one jersey after another. Junior high. High school. College. Finally, he ends up in his Sonics jersey.
Time to add a new jersey.
This is a new era for this franchise and this state, and Durant is just the player to build around.
"I grew up a lot last year,” he said. "I had to grow up a lot, coming to this lifestyle, coming to it early.
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I'm attempting to manage ESX 4.0 hosts that sit in front of the firewall that protects my vCenter 4.0 Server. The ESX hosts are public. After a minute or two the hosts drop out of the cluster and say "Not Responding". I've set the firewall to time out 'never' on the ports that I've assigned to it. The firewall is a Juniper SSG-550. I've got these ports opened:
53, 80, 389, 427, 443, 626, 902, 903, 905, 5988, 5989, 8080, 8443, 9000-9010, and 27000-27010
Can anyone offer a solution to why my hosts drop out of my cluster? If I put them on the private network behind the firewall they stay with no issue. I can't open console on the VMs then from a public connection.
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Not to question your setup, but it seems like a bad idea to put the hosts outside your firewall. If they get hacked, all your VMs are now owned by the hacker...
Rather, you should put the ESX Host on the private side of the firewall and then make a DMZ vSwitch within the ESX host. You should be able to do this easily by physically setting one of the NIC cards in your ESX Host outside the firewall and including ONLY that card in your DMZ vSwitch -or-
you can use VLANing, if you have an ethernet switch that supports it, and combine the DMZ network with other networks on your vSwitch and take advantage of existing NICs in your ESX Host(s).
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Comment: Re:Java killer? (Score 2) 623
by cakoose (#35805292) Attached to: Red Hat Uncloaks 'Java Killer': the Ceylon Project
In a perfect world probably. But have you considered that there's a reason why primitive types are left as primitives even in C# (which had the opportunity to correct the mistakes Java made).
I'm not suggesting that primitive types be implemented using the mechanics of regular objects. I'm just saying that they could be made to appear to the programmer like regular objects. Combined with certain restrictions (e.g. no extending from primitives) and some compiler tricks, this can be made to work efficiently. The fact that Java's primitive types are all immutable makes this even easier -- immutable objects are very well-behaved.
And sure, your performance might suffer if you're not careful, but I don't think that's necessarily worse than having to force people to deal with the primitive/object difference even when they don't particularly care. It's kind of like the autoboxing situation today. If you're not careful you could end up with a bunch of unwanted boxing/unboxing operations. So when I need to be careful, I am. But when I just want to get something done, it's way easier to just let the autoboxing happen.
Comment: Re:Java killer? (Score 4, Insightful) 623
by cakoose (#35803446) Attached to: Red Hat Uncloaks 'Java Killer': the Ceylon Project
My favorite part about the post is that he points to C# as an example of a "good" language, as if C# and Java were not essentially the same language.
C# started out essentially the same as Java. But at this point it's way better.
• Function types and closures. This alone makes it way better.
• More efficient generics (no boxing/unboxing).
• Local variable type inference.
• Coming in C# 5.0: automatic CPS transformation (async/await).
Comment: Re:Java killer? (Score 5, Insightful) 623
by cakoose (#35803288) Attached to: Red Hat Uncloaks 'Java Killer': the Ceylon Project
Any experienced c++ programmer will tell you that "classes if necessary, but not necessarily classes" is the way to go. Class explosion is not pretty, and makes for over-complex stupid implementations.
When trying to design a new, clean, high-level programming language, I probably wouldn't pay much attention to C++ rules of thumb.
Making everything behave like an object can make things much cleaner. It all depends on how exactly this is done, but a lot of complexity in Java comes from the fact that primitive types behave differently. C# did a bit better, but there's still the value-vs-class distinction which can trip you up in subtle ways.
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soupman55 writes "I teach Chemistry to students completing their last two years of high school. Basically it's a 'teach and test' course with a few experiments thrown in. I want to jazz up the course using computer and internet resources. For instance, I could set some tasks that require Excel spreadsheet calculations. Or I could set some web quests where students search for information online. One of the decisions to be made is: Do I use computer/internet tasks to help the students grasp the material that is already in the course, or do I help them become aware of ideas that are extensions to their course? Also, when I compare Chemistry classes with Accounting classes, it strikes me that unlike Accounting where learning to use software like Quick Books is an integral part of the course, that there is no particular software that a chemistry student must learn to use. Or is there? What in terms of chemistry and computers worked for you? Or what is there computer-wise that wasn't in your high school chemistry course but should have been?"
Comment: Re:Say goodbye for XML (Score 1) 272
by cakoose (#30531448) Attached to: Microsoft Ordered To Pay $290M, Stop Selling Word
I think you're wrong. From the coverage I've read, it's a method of processing and manipulating XML documents, and they designed an piece of XML editing software around it which they showed to Microsoft and Microsoft then stole the ideas from.
News coverage of technical things is so effing horrible. Most tech articles are written by people who don't understand programming but don't see why that should stop them from broadcasting their misinterpretation of technical information. You should just read the patent; most of it is very clearly-written.
It does not predate XML, and has nothing to do with XML-based standards.
Filed in 1994, it does predate XML. It doesn't predate SGML, though, and since core XML is essentially the same thing, it's probably safe. However, I it does affect XML-based standards -- specifically the ones that separate content from structure/presentation.
The Patent
It's a way to separate content from structure. So, for example, where and SGML document would store data like "<p>Hi <i>friend</i></p>", they store it as two separate pieces of data. The content piece would be "Hi friend", the structure piece would be "0:p, 3:i, 9:/i, 9:/p" (roughly). So now if you wanted to format that document differently, you could just use a different structure piece; the content piece doesn't change.
This exact technique obvious, so I don't think it should have been awarded a patent. But maybe what's obvious to us in 2009 may not have been obvious to the patent examiner in 1994 and, in any case, it doesn't look like any of the affected parties are going to try and argue obviousness. The important question is how generally will their technique be interpreted?
Taken narrowly, it's a way of putting XML-like tags in a separate file, mapping them back into the content using byte offsets. This is easy enough to work around. Taken broadly, it's a way of separating content from structure. So, any time you augment the content in one file by some kind of annotations in another, you're violating their patent. So HTML and CSS are problematic because the style information is in a separate file, even though the mapping is done using tag and class names and not using byte offsets.
I don't know much about patent litigation, so I don't know how much leeway they give plaintiffs. But I doubt Microsoft Word uses their exact technique; they probably do something similar to HTML+CSS or XSLT. So this victory could indicate that the courts are interpreting the technique broadly. Which sucks. Man, patents like this are killing the industry.
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Comment: The BetaNews article is horrible (Score 1) 332
by cakoose (#24106331) Attached to: Google Open Sources Its Data Interchange Format
Man, the BetaNews article is horrible. Practically everything — except for the direct quotes from the Google blog post — is incorrect. I somehow expect more from someone who goes by "Scott M. Fulton, III".
Google's public documentation shows Protocol Buffers (which has yet to be formally abbreviated) is indeed conceptually different from XML, in that it's rooted more in procedural logic than structural declaration. In XML, there's a schema which defines the structures of tables and recordsets, which is separate from the document that relates the contents of records in that structure.
Nope, they're conceptually the same. The ".proto" files are like DTD or XSD. The actual document data is stored in a binary format (though there's also a text representation). The data manipulation API is similar what you get from Castor or JAX-B.
But here, in an unusual departure from the norm, the default values for these members are set to digits (for strings or literals) or values (for numerals) that define their place in a sequence -- where they fall within a record. Imagine if data were streamed onto recording tape, the way it used to be in the late 1960s and '70s. It's that streaming of the data sequence, without all the fenceposts, that differentiates XML from Protocol Buffers, by taking out all those markups that say when an entry or a record starts and stops.
The "= number" at the end of a field definition is not a "default value". It is a numeric tag that identifies that field. That said, "= number" is quite unintuitive syntax; maybe something like "@number" would have been less confusing.
Looking at some of the documentation, I don't think the aforementioned numbers directly index the field's location in the record. They lay down the present fields one after another, probably putting each field's tag number before the field data. This also allows them to avoid sending fields that use the default value. So they still need to specify how long each record is — either with "fenceposts" between records or a "length" specifier before each record.
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Comment: Re:Learned our lesson from the Wii (Score 1) 281
by ditoa (#42083431) Attached to: THQ Clarifies Claims of "Horrible, Slow" Wii U CPU
Comment: Re:Smart boxes not TVs (Score 1) 183
by ditoa (#38717128) Attached to: Ubuntu TV: Coming Soon To a Living Room Near You (Video)
I have a brand new Galaxy Nexus which I switched too just over a month ago from an iPhone 3GS. My biggest diappointment with Android is that the BBC iPlayer app is not available for the GN still! :( It doesn't even appear in the Android market as it is "incompatible". I can watch it view the iPlayer website (if I request the "full" site not the mobile version) but performance is not great and it eats thru the battery. It sucks as the GN has such a beautiful big screen. Yes the iPhone has newer apps (mostly games from my experience) that required an iPhone 4 or 4S due to graphical performance but I am yet to find a "general app" that does not work on my 3GS. The fragmentation on iOS is there but very minor however on Android it is pretty awful. Not to mention stock Android not coming with what I would consider to be "standard" features (such as a timer or notebook app, I was shocked to find I had to get third party apps for such things, especially when the phone comes with things like Google+, you would think Google would have been able to write a couple of simple apps that iOS had at v1).
Comment: C Primer Plus (Score 1) 799
by ditoa (#30565682) Attached to: How To Teach a 12-Year-Old To Program?
Buy him a copy of C Primer Plus (5th Ed) by Stephen Prata and work through it with him. In my opinion it is one of the best introduction to C books available, if not the best and very friendly to first time programmers. Another option is Java: A Beginner's Guide (4th Ed) by Herbert Schildt.
I too believe that learning the lower level things such as memory allocation is the best way to make yourself a better life long programmer so I would advise C over Java however I know a lot of people who only know Java (or C#) and do just fine however they knew next to nothing about what I consider to be "real" programming. Everything they do is drag and drop then writing some logic to handle an event and letting the runtime deal with the "nitty gritty" stuff.
Comment: Re:This is why they were prosecuted (Score 4, Insightful) 574
by ditoa (#28570651) Attached to: US Couple Gets Prison Time For Internet Obscenity
I saw some movies worse than that! This dude keeps kidnapping people and hooking them up to machines that they can't escape from. The only way to survive is to admit something about yourself and sacrifice part of yourself or do some kind of other horrible act like cut the key out of somebody elses stomach. The worst one for me was a reverse bear trap on somebodies head which ripped their head in half when the timer went off. Needless to say I don't think anybody actually ever survived any of it.
Oh yeah these movies were called Saw. And I saw it in the cinema. The realism and gore was extreme. If these people were put away for making similar movies and selling them on the net then how can Amazon and Play.com sell the Saw movies? Surely every horror movie should be illegal and the directors and distributors arrested?
Comment: Re:Google hates ? (Score 1) 640
by ditoa (#28562577) Attached to: Browser Vendors Force W3C To Scrap HTML 5 Codecs
While I understand Google's problems with Theora quality it is surprising for them to be against it (which is what I assume is their official position for Theora support in the video tag?). By the time HTML5 is all finished I am sure Theora will be good enough and if they are unsure that it will be why can't they help it along with a few $$ or directly helping with development for it?
Comment: Re:Why do the vendors have a say? (Score 3, Interesting) 640
by ditoa (#28562375) Attached to: Browser Vendors Force W3C To Scrap HTML 5 Codecs
I agree. Mozilla have supported Ogg Vorbis and Theora as of 3.5 and it works pretty good from the demos I have used. The W3C needs to ignore everyone and push forward with Ogg support in the spec. If hardware acceleration is a problem then work with companies to get it supported in hardware. I know it won't be easy but saying "ugh that is gonna be too hard, lets just drop it from the spec" is stupid, work with Nvidia and ATI and Intel, etc. to get h/w support for Ogg. I am not a specialist so I have no idea how hard it would be to get h/w support for Ogg up and running but I know that my iRiver H10 mp3 player had Ogg support back in 2003 or so, so I am sure it is possible without _too_ much work.
Comment: Why do the vendors have a say? (Score 5, Insightful) 640
by ditoa (#28562189) Attached to: Browser Vendors Force W3C To Scrap HTML 5 Codecs
Perhaps it is a stupid question but why do the vendors have a say what goes into the spec and what doesn't? Isn't it up to them to choose to implement the spec fully or not? FFS just make it Ogg Vorbis/Theora and if Apple doesn't want to support it then Safari can just not support that part of the spec. It isn't like any of the browser are 100% complient anyway.
Comment: Re:Oh for crying out loud (Score 1) 352
by ditoa (#28148877) Attached to: Microsoft Kills 3-App Limit For Windows 7 Starter Edition
I am getting fed up with all the BS about Windows 7 being posted on /. A few years ago the MS bashing was valid due to what they were actually doing however now people just posted a load of crap that they half read on some blog 6 weeks ago and can't remember 90% of it anyway so just make it up.
So thank you for posting that :)
Microsoft are trying to "do the right thing" by listening to customers but when they do everybody changes the topic from the good (the removal of the crappy 3 app limit) to limitations which are there because it is designed for a netbook (i.e why have DVD playback on a netbook when not one netbook has a DVD drive?!, also DVD playback isn't free, if you want DVD playback get VLC not that hard). Windows 7 is looking to be a pretty decent upgrade. I am still not that crazy about the taskbar in 7 but Homegroups are really nice and the other UI changes like desktop peek are great.
Anyway I just wanted to say thanks :) have a good weekend!
Is Flash Really On 99% of Net Devices? 383
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Barence writes "Adobe claims that its Flash platform reaches '99% of internet viewers,' but a closer look at those statistics suggests it's not exactly all-encompassing. Adobe puts Flash player penetration at 947 million users out of a total 956 million internet-connected devices, but the total number of PCs is based on a forecast made two years ago. What's more, the number of Flash users is based on a questionable internet survey of just 4,600 people — around 0.0005% of the suggested 956,000,000 total. Is it really possible that 99% penetration could have been reached? Including Linux users? Including users at work? Including brand-new systems?"
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pdabbadabba points out a CNN report on changes to the planned economic stimulus bill (the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 [PDF]) that will remove the $2 billion allocated to broadband development. The changes also eliminated smaller amounts allocated to NASA, the National Institute for Standards and Technology, and the National Science Foundation. $16 billion in school construction funding was removed, as well as another $3.5 billion for higher education construction. A variety of environmental projects were also cut or reduced (half of the $7 billion set aside for energy-efficient federal buildings, half of the $600 million for hybrid federal vehicles), and over $8 billion in health-related provisions are gone. The bill will likely go to vote in the Senate on Tuesday.
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Michael Salfino
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This was the "Any Given Sunday" Sunday. Let's dissect in the Scouting Notebook. Remember to send me any questions, comments, pro-Tim Tebow tirades/eternal damnation threats to me via Twitter @MichaelSalfino.
Since Reggie Bush was drafted in 2006, there have been 380 games where a back has had at least 25 carries. Bush hadn't been one of them until Sunday. He made the most of these extra touches, topping 200 rushing yards. He's only going to be 27 next season, younger than Michael Bush and DeAngelo Williams and only six months older than Chris Johnson. Where does he get drafted in '12? He's an injury risk, but every running back is that. Let's put him comfortably in the top 36.
I really thought that this was Tebow's best game. I'm not going to be a hypocrite about it. It doesn't matter to me that the Broncos lost just like it didn't matter to me that the Broncos won his other games. Tebow threw the ball better than I've seen and also had by far his best game as a runner (where he's been ordinary). Still, he had two quarters where he wasn't able to generate any offense at all. Tebow to me is the QB equivalent of a knuckler. When he's going good, you enjoy it but you know it's not going to last. If he does become good/valuable, the Broncos can't use him in the read option because teams have a free shot on him every time he fakes the ball. Thus far, I'm only aware of the Jets' Bart Scott taking advantage of this. But it's legal. Right now, the Broncos don't care very much if he gets hurt. It's like the Abbott and Costello joke: "I want to marry an ugly girl because the pretty girl is liable to run away." "Isn't the ugly girl liable to run away, too?" "Yeah, but who cares?" And I will still wager that Tebow, when he loses the read option, will end up being like Tim Wakefield without his knuckler. Tebow would be a dynamite backup/relief pitcher though.
C.J. Spiller is interesting. The Bills, if they are smart, will trade Fred Jackson, who will be 31 next year. But I do not think the Bills are smart. Drafting Spiller in the first place in the top 10 was insane. Backs hardly ever get taken that high anymore because backs are mostly fungible.
The Titans are not remotely a playoff team, so losing to the Colts is the best thing that could have happened to them. Jake Locker has been effective in relief and needs to start now.
We don't know enough about the 2012 Colts to project Donald Brown, but I liked Brown this summer only because the Colts don't generally whiff on No. 1 picks. But I do not like him next week against the Texans, who should have Wade Phillips wearing a headset next week and really need the game to try to get the No. 2 seed.
Cam Newton and Steve Smith (and also DeAngelo Williams to a lesser extent) took advantage of Phillips's absence. The Texans looked pretty ordinary on defense. Coaching is so much more important in football than in any other sport. It's another wild card in projecting players, making doing so in fantasy football so difficult but so interesting, too. Compared to fantasy football, fantasy baseball is painting by numbers. It's hitter vs. pitcher and often the baselines for each are so well established. Take Player A in football and put him with Coach B in System C and the range of possibilities is enormous.
Drew Brees against the Vikings wasn't fair to everyone who faced Brees in the fantasy playoffs this week. But you can't say you didn't see it coming.
If you had Eli Manning on your team, though, you may have thought you could counter Brees. For most of that game, in most scoring formats, Manning was in negative point territory. Hakeem Nicks trying to catch a wide open bomb with his face mask didn't help. Nicks is known league wide for his great hands. He later dropped another touchdown pass, too.
Boy, that Kyle Orton didn't really produce much in fantasy but he's a real winner, isn't he? Remember when he went 6-0 to start his Broncos career with some miracle finishes? That raised his career mark at the time to 18-6. Then all of a sudden he couldn't win anymore. Hmmm. What's the lesson here, class?
Darrius Heyward-Bey was mocked for years but sure looks like a top 20 fantasy receiver with Carson Palmer throwing him the rock.
Calvin Johnson is just ridiculous. His showing on Sunday in Oakland was epic. It's pretty sweet when your player's performance matters even more to him and to his teammates than it does to you in winning your week. Makes the universe seem like it's in harmony, doesn't it? Johnson gives Matthew Stafford such a high floor. I don't like all the shots Stafford takes, but he's a solid pick next year in the fifth round (and I hate taking QBs then in 12-team leagues). Since he plays indoors, I'd take him over Eli Manning. And if Norv Turner is fired, over Philip Rivers, too. (Turner knows his offense, don't kid yourself.)
It's funny how the Jets and Giants were both pasted but still control their playoff destiny (Jets own tiebreakers over the Bengals). The Jets defense is going to be in a nasty mood after being dismantled by the Eagles in a turnover-plagued game. If you survived Hakeem Nicks this week, you will not in Week 16. Same goes for Eli Manning, who will not score as many fantasy points as Mark Sanchez, book it.
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We develop games for ios and need the most durable method to track in-app payments.
In Google Play we use google checkout API to export all transactions.
Is there a similar way to do it with IOS In-App payments?
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Upto my knowledge there is no backend server api that reveal In App Payments you should manually check them and save them in itunesconnect.apple.com
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I've got a multithreaded application that calls the same service 200,000+ times per day. Currently it instantiates a new ClientBase auto-generated proxy for each call.
What can I do to boost performance? Instantiate one client and share it? Should I investigate an async client, and if so, can that be shared?
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200000 calls per day is no big deal. Requesting a proxy for each call is quite inexpensive (WCF internally caches it). Are you sure the bottleneck is on client side? – UserControl Oct 19 '12 at 8:26
More Info: the calls are NOT one way. They pass some params and get data back. Also, Basic Authorization is injected into the request header. – dcrobbins Oct 19 '12 at 13:30
First of all you need to specify what exactly you want to achieve. Do you want to decrease the app response time? Allow more requests handled per same time frame? Minimize system resource usage? Is your app ASP.NET site, Silverlight app or Windows Forms? What do you mean by "boost performance"? – UserControl Oct 20 '12 at 0:07
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What is the nature of your service operations? One-way operations can be easily switched to async with minimum efforts. Especially using TPL (from Async methods family).
Also usually object instantiation is cheap. Just make sure that it doesn't have a heavy constructor. And minimize a number of members to make a type to be constructed as lightweight as possible. This is not a good point for optimization.
You need probably to optimize service calls, data types (de)serialized during them.
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I get this warning when running scrapy :
[scrapy] WARNING: Disabled HttpCacheMiddleware: Unable to find scrapy.cfg file to infer project data dir
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Where is your scrapy.cfg file? Are you running from the command line? If so, you should be running from the same directory as scrapy.cfg.
What does your project directory look like. It shoud look something like:
├── dirbot
│ ├── __init__.py
│ ├── items.py
│ ├── pipelines.py
│ ├── settings.py
│ └── spiders
│ ├── dmoz.py
│ └── __init__.py
├── README.rst
└── scrapy.cfg
If you are using cron, try not to (meaning don't) use the root user. You can add the PATH info right into the crontab: How to get CRON to call in the correct paths
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Project directory is the same as the one you described, the spider is called from a scheduler.php file in the same dir as scrapy.cfg – Vanddel Apr 2 '13 at 12:20
How are you calling scrapy? Popen()? who is calling scheduler.php? Apache? It sounds like the user does not have this directory in their Python path. – Steven Almeroth Apr 2 '13 at 12:45
a cron job calls scheduler.php which runs the spiders that should be running now. – Vanddel Apr 2 '13 at 12:47
What is the cron user? He does not have your directory in his Python path. – Steven Almeroth Apr 2 '13 at 12:51
The cron user is root, how do I add the directory to his python path? – Vanddel Apr 2 '13 at 12:56
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I'm trying to read buddy class metadata information for usage outside of the normal asp.net mvc 2 validation process. I thought it would be as simple as saying:
DataAnnotationsModelMetadataProvider metadataProvider = new DataAnnotationsModelMetadataProvider();
var metaData = metadataProvider.GetMetadataForType(() => new T(), typeof (T));
That works, but is returning me the entire types metadata information and not just what is in the buddy information. According to the MVC2 source ( It uses the buddy class support from DataAnnotations, ) it should support getting the buddy data information but I don't see the part in the code where it reflects into the Metadatatype() attribute.
Generally confused here. Did I miss an overload or something?
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I had the same problem. I have looked at literally 30 maybe 40 tutorials about why this Entity Framework "Database First" partial classes wasn't working. Then I found this post -- MVC 4 EF5 Database First set Default Values in Partial Class -- that gave the following suggestion:
belongs in the partial class generated by the EF, even though it will be erased if and when you change the model. So your EF-generated file should look like this:
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I am working on an application that runs on multiple clients that talk to one main MySQL database. Additionally, we have a web application that uses the same MySQL database.
Due to latency issues, all clients will have to run their own local MySQL database which should be a copy of the main MySQL database. The web application remains to use the main MySQL database.
The clients only read from table A, and write to table B. The web application writes both to tables A and B.
How should I setup a replication scheme that ensures data consistency? It should be possible for clients to go offline for an extended period of time. Is this even possible using MySQL or am I better of having a look at something like CouchDB? CouchDB seems to support this explicitly according to the website:
it allows for users and servers to access and update the same shared data while disconnected and then bi-directionally replicate those changes later
(from: http://couchdb.apache.org/docs/overview.html)
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CouchDB has the semantics you need if it's feasible for you to move to away from MySQL.
You wouldn't even need to "two table" system. The document system has MVCC built in so you can update documents and resolve conflicts, etc. Replication is awesome and fully peer-to-peer and intended, by design, to support offline applications.
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The only problem I have with this solution is that I feel a relational database is a better fit for our data model. – Ton van den Heuvel Feb 25 '10 at 9:04
why do you feel that way? do you need to indexing on every key? is all of your data uniform in the column values (you never use null, ever)? – mikeal Mar 9 '10 at 18:11
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Today I was returning a JSON String from Java to Objective-c. It outputted a null. To check for the Java null in objective-c I can use KCFNULL which is a typdef to some struct (as far as I can remember).
The question here is how to map Java's null to Objective-C's KCFNULL?
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you better to find where you read that! – sidyll Sep 14 '11 at 22:25
@Muhammad: I reformulated the question. Tell me if it fits what you're looking for. – James Poulson Sep 14 '11 at 22:38
I've found more than one post useful.. Although, I cannot find one that 100% answer me... so I cannot decide which one to choose – Muhammad Hewedy Sep 15 '11 at 13:01
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There is none.
null is null -- it is the only value of Object which represents "no object". This differs from C/C++ where NULL is a #define for (void*)0 (which generally means 0) or similar.
In addition, Java strings are not NUL-terminated (note NUL, the NULL character -- and not "NULL"!). Rather, they are stored with an explicit length like C++'s std::string. (NUL is 0 in ASCII and Unicode, thus (char)0 represents NUL.)
Happy coding.
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Well, I am agree with you.. but Today I was returning a json string from Java to Objective-c which contains null and to check for the java null in objective-c I used KCFNULL which is a typdef to something else, the question here how Objc represents the KCFULL??? – Muhammad Hewedy Sep 14 '11 at 22:18
@Muhammad See CFNull. Note that is a special object (not nil!) that represents "no value". .NET has a similar DbNull type which represents "no value" in a specific context. Consider updating the question with code that pertains to what is actually being done. Note that any mapping of null to CFNull (or nil or whatever it may be) is done in said language-binding layer. Perhaps you mean to have Objective-C load JSON's "null" as kCFNull? – user166390 Sep 14 '11 at 22:21
really confused! – Muhammad Hewedy Sep 14 '11 at 22:24
@Muhammad I am too! Consider updating the post with sample code showing the exact problem :) – user166390 Sep 14 '11 at 22:25
thanks I'll try... – Muhammad Hewedy Sep 14 '11 at 22:30
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The null value in Java has nothing to do with ASCII or any character set.
If you're trying to represent the ASCII null character in Java, it's '\u0000'
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Maybe he's talking about the C Null-character, \0? – FrustratedWithFormsDesigner Sep 14 '11 at 22:12
could be. i'll update. – Jason S Sep 14 '11 at 22:12
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Are you perhaps thinking of the null character "like\0this" in a string constant (which has nothing to do with the null keyword, just to prevent misunderstandings)?
That one is really zero, also known as U+0000 or (char)0, and identical to ASCII's NUL.
What you may be remembering is that the internal representation of string constants inside a .class file uses a "modified UTF-8" encoding which represents all ASCII characters as bytes with the ASCII value -- except the null character, which is represented as the two-byte combination 0xC0 0x80. That is, however an implementation detail, solely a matter between the bytecode compiler and the JVM, and it should not be visible to the programmer at all.
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So, can I consider 0xC0 0x80 is the null jvm-internal representation? – Muhammad Hewedy Sep 14 '11 at 22:22
@Muhammad, I'm don't really understand what you're doing, but probably it doesn't mean whatever you think it means. It is simply a feature of the file format, and for all intents and purposes has no significance at all for how a program behaves. In particular, it has absolutely nothing to do with JSON serialization. – Henning Makholm Sep 14 '11 at 22:25
really confused! can you point me where to start to understand this topic? – Muhammad Hewedy Sep 14 '11 at 22:27
It now sounds to me like your problem has nothing at all to do with Java (and nothing to do with ASCII either), but is purely a question of how your JSON parser on the Objective-C side represents JSON's "null" construct. – Henning Makholm Sep 14 '11 at 22:30
@Muhammad: Read this article en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_bytecode. Henning Makholm is talking about the binary contents of a class file. In other words the bytecode that has been produced after compilation. – James Poulson Sep 14 '11 at 22:31
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Null is not an object in that represents the absence of the latter. It will print out as null in the console despite the lack of a toString method. However to get an ASCII value you'd need to cast it to char/Character first and the chances are that the compiler will refuse this. So the short answer is that there is no ASCII equivalent for null in Java.
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In Objective-C, we have "Nil", "nil, and "null". They are all zero, but their types differ. Nil is a Class pointer, nilis an object pointer, and null is a void *. There is also the NSNull class, which can represent a null value in collections like NSArray.
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(This is a continuation of the question asked in this thread)
I'm using apa.cls (in doc-mode) in conjunction with biblatex. The apa.cls prints a header for me on every page, except for when biblatex prints the bibliography. At this point, is seems like biblatex takes over and creates a different heading which says "REFERENCES".
I would like to have exactly the same header for the references as for the rest of the paper. In this thread (the same one which is linked to above), Gonzalo Medina suggested a solution using \fancyhdr and emulating the header of the apa.cls. However, this seems to run into all kinds of troubles. It is hard to get the exact fontsize, thickness of the text, placement et cetera correct. For example, apa.cls puts the header text in the middle but nudges it a couple of pixels back and forth depending on if it's written on an even or odd page (see original thread for more problems).
For consistency, I could just use \fancyhdr to redefine the header for the whole document but I'd like to use the header that apa.cls specifies (style-wise, it goes well with the main text). So, is there anyway for me to do this?
Minimal (non)working example:
\documentclass[noapacite, twoside, doc]{apa}
\title{This is the Title}
\rightheader{this is the header}
author = {Megalomanius, M.},
year = {1900},
title = {Why I am so great}},
This is the first page.
This is the second page.
This generates the following output (the positioning nudge isn't obvious in these screenshot since they're not lined up):
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after having loaded biblatex and then
The default heading used by biblatex calls \section*{\refname} and \markright{\refname}. So the trick of defining a new header is what you're looking for.
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I'll be damned. It works. Thanks! – Speldosa Nov 3 '11 at 22:16
@Speldosa I've added a bit of explanation (I was in a hurry when answering). – egreg Nov 3 '11 at 22:19
What a great answer. I exactly needed this. egreg I love you. – Henrik Feb 7 '12 at 16:41
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Western Animation: Archie's Weird Mysteries
Archie's Weird Mysteries is the most recent animated adaptation of the Archie comic book, airing from 1999 to 2000 (two seasons). Unlike the usual goofy nature of the series, this show actually showcased the gang getting into supernatural adventures and having to tangle with monsters, ghosts and other paranormal or extraterrestrial activity. DiC Entertainment provided the animation and the series, while still fairly comedic, actually drifted into dark territory sometimes (though not by much; think of something along the line of Goosebumps).
Worth a look if you can find videos or DVDs of it. The entire series is available on DVD as of February 2012.
Currently airing in reruns on Qubo.
Archie's Weird Mysteries provides the following tropes:
• Action Girl: Betty and Veronica step up to the task if needed.
• A Day in the Limelight: "Something is Haunting Riverdale High" focused on Dilton building a device that wound up phasing himself, Archie, Midge, and Big Ethel into another plane of existence, basically turning them intangible and invisible. The episode revealed more about Midge and Ethel beyond Midge simply being Moose's girlfriend and Ethel chasing Jughead. Dilton also sadly notes that the only time anyone talks to him is when they need help with science (which is also true given the episode format). He was missing for an entire day and no one noticed before Archie became intangible. After they get turned back to normal, Archie decides to spend the rest of the day with them.
• "Dance of the Killer Bees" was another episode which focused on Ethel, as we learn she's also president (and the only member) of the Bee Keeping Club. Archie also inspires her to run for Prom Queen alongside Betty and Veronica, and she wins.
• Aliens Speaking English
• All Just a Dream: The episode "Dream Girl" does this.
• Alternate Timeline: "Alternate Riverdales", the second in a trio of connected episodes focusing on time travel.
• And I Must Scream: One story line was about teenagers were being lured into a cursed mall, being turned into store window dummies.
• Attack of the 50 Foot Whatever: Veronica in one episode.
• Be Careful What You Wish For: Many, many times.
• Betty and Veronica: The originals, no less.
• Between My Legs: Both Veronica and Betty in "Dream Girl".
• Big Eater: Jughead, as usual.
• Book Ends: Some episodes begins and ends with Archie writing an article for his school newspaper. The ending usually has him going over an Aesop and the ending lines being, "In a little town called Riverdale."
• The Cassandra: Archie becomes one.
• Cassandra Truth: Lampshaded by Reggie in one episode.
Reggie: Newsflash: The World Does Not Revolve Around Archie Andrews and His Overactive Imagination!
• Christmas Episode: "The Christmas Phantom". The episode is actually based on Santa Claus answering Archie's wish for a weird mystery.
• Clark Kenting: Used in "Supreme Girl vs. Dr. Arachnid" with Supreme Girl and her alias, Olga Capucchi.
• Comic Book Adaptation: Naturally, Archie Comics published a tie-in comic book (thus, making the book a Recursive Adaptation). It was notable for featuring Riverdale characters like Cheryl Blossom who never appeared on the show.
• Contrived Coincidence: Played straight in one episode. In order to stop a giant pudding monster from growing out of hand, Archie and his friends need to drop a rain formula from the sky by someone who has a plane and can fly it. It just so happens that Reggie's uncle has a plane and Pop Tate has an aviator's license.
• Cross Over: The comic book series did an issue guest-starring the original Mighty Crusaders, visiting from a parallel universe.
• Darker and Edgier: It still retains its comedic values, however.
• Enemy Mine: Betty and Veronica in "Green-Eyed Monster".
Veronica: Look, we've been rivals long time, right?
Betty: Longer than I could remember.
Betty: Wouldn't have it any other way.
Veronica: Then let's join forces and submarine this new Dorsa girl.
Betty: Love, love.
• Scarlet with Archie, Jughead and Reggie when Medlock starts favoring Veronica over her.
• Dramatic Irony: After relating her nightmare about a redheaded vampire to Betty, Veronica insists it wasn't the vampire angle but the red hair part that scared her. Considering the object of Veronica's affection has red hair, this is either the case or she simply didn't want to admit she was scared of vampires.
• Even Reggie Has Loved Ones: He stops a gang of trolls from hurting some kindergartners because he had a young niece named Amy staying there. He comforts Amy and make sure she's safe before heading off.
• Everything's Worse With Bees: One episode had the gang dealing with mutated bees. In a surprising twist of fate, Big Ethel saves everyone by dousing the Queen with smoke and commanding the other bees to never come back.
• Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Many stories have the villains' plan ruined because they fail to see their victims as anything more than pawns.
• Mega-Mall of Horrors: The villain never expects Jughead to not be greedy and remain loyal to Pops' Chocolate Shop when the mall closes it.
• The Vampire Arc: Medlock fails to understand the concept of friendship when he betrays his most loyal servant, who ends up turning against him.
• Fountain of Youth: In "Twisted Youth" all the adults become young from drinking bottled water. The reason is because a special crystal was found in the spring that bottled the water and is thus causing them to become young.
• Genre Blind: So...after a lot of times where Archie suspects something, and it'd turn out to be real, you'd think that people would realize he's not kidding, right? Nope.
• A couple of episodes have people believe this, though.
• Gentle Giant: In the last episode, we see Moose befriending the rival school's ultimate wrestler who's really a robot.
• Getting Crap Past the Radar/Scenery Censor: When Veronica suddenly outgrows her swimsuits and then wraps herself up in a Cabana, many of the partygoers look at her with a smile on their faces. It's pretty clear they saw Veronica naked.
• Heel-Face Turn: Scarlet, the vampire girl in the second and third episode of the vampire arc.
• Hidden Depths: One episode revealed that Midge is training in gymnastics because she wants to be a stuntwoman, and Big Ethel is knowledgeable of old coins and interested in magic.
• Hypocritical Humor: "Twisted Youth" showed this relating how the adults were trying to kill everyone's fun until we see them as teenagers....
• The Huge Mall That Wasn't There Yesterday: An episode has one of these.
• Invisibility: One episode has Archie and Reggie becoming invisible. Reggie proceeds to act like H.G. Wells' invisible man.
• Another episode had Archie, Dilton, Midge, and Ethel turned invisible and they were in another plane of existence.
• Ironic Echo: Reggie's line about things being 'too good to be true' and how it relates to the nice robot that replaces him later.
Reggie: (to Veronica) Wake up and smell the rip-off; if something sounds too good to be true, it is!
• It's All About Me: Veronica, of course, due to a spell which, as you can imagine, didn't pan out so well.
• I Was Quite a Looker: In "Twisted Youth", any adult drinking a specific brand of bottled water becomes younger. This is especially noted when Miss Grundy turns young.
• Jerk Ass: Reggie. He was already one in the comics, but there he's sometimes been a Jerk with a Heart of Gold.
• Magic Pants: Averted in "Attack of the Fifty Foot Veronica" (if you don't count her earrings, which oddly grew with her).
• Mayfly-December Romance: Implied in "Green Eyed Monster" where Dorsa outlives her husbands. To be fair, She's a sea creature who kept those "husbands" trapped with her forever. It was just a source of will power for whomever could survive her.
• Me's a Crowd: Veronica learns the hard way that the world's all right with only one of her in "Me! Me! Me!".
• Mundane Solution: In "Brain of Terror", the only way to reverse a brain growth helmet that Moose has been constantly using is to cross the wires. Dilton dismisses it until Moose does it in the end. Also counts as a Brick Joke.
• Mummy: Seen in "Curse of the Mummy". He was a pharaoh who was in love with an ancestor who looked similar to Betty...but kept constantly stalling their wedding. When she died, he was so upset that he desecrated all the statue faces, shattered every mirror and even carved off the face of his own sarcophagus. He came back to life after Archie kept taking pictures of him, and stopped when every picture got ripped in half.
• Muscle Angst: Archie and Reggie both go through this in the episode "Invisible Archie" due to Betty & Veronica's attention being focused on some large jock.
• My Friends... and Zoidberg: "Archie, Reggie, Veronica, Betty! Jughead, too!"
• My God, What Have I Done?: Betty and Veronica both experience this in "Dance of the Killer Bees". While both are running for Prom Queen, neither of them thought they'd lose against Big Ethel and spent most of the episode "feeling sorry for her," until Ethel told them she had fun running against them even if she probably doesn't win. Betty and Veronica then both felt horrible for being so condescending when they realized Ethel deserved to win, as she just spent her time earnestly campaigning instead of trying to tear down her competitors, like the two girls had been doing to each other.
• Nice Guy: The robot lookalike of Reggie in "Reggie or Not". The climax features the robot and Reggie trying to out nice each other and Reggie winning because if the robot really was that nice, he'd let Reggie win.
• Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: There are some episodes where Archie or his friends will be blamed for the trouble.
• Archie buying two dice for his car in "Driven to Destruction" results in his car coming to life and going Yandere on him.
• "Fleas Release Me" has Reggie dressed as a werewolf and scaring Archie, Betty, and Veronica. The consequence is that the sheriff (who is the real werewolf) takes Reggie into custody for the werewolf attacks around Riverdale.
• "Attack of the 50ft Veronica" has the titular character of the episode getting herself zapped with the growth ray. Guess what happens?
• "Green-Eyed Monster" would have Betty and Veronica trying to get rid of Dorsa. Not only the attempts failed, but also Archie losing his trust in them.
• Veronica is unknowingly responsible for getting Dr. Arachnid the means to defeat Supreme Girl.
• Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Medlock, the vampire master, actually had all the cards that the prophecy foretold would bring about darkness. But then he betrays Scarlet, his most loyal servant, by taking away her youth to revive himself. This backfires when it turns out Scarlet was suppose to be girl to help him take over the world.
• Noodle Incident: We don't know why other than he must have done something to tick her off, but for some reason Jughead is very afraid of the Tooth Fairy.
• Our Werewolves Are Different: Turning into a werewolf requires a werewolf bite, the full moon, and possession of a pentagram (which is only defined as a "five-pointed star", so a sheriff's badge works just fine). Putting something silver on the werewolf will turn it back and prevent further changes.
• Prophecy Twist: Used in the three-story arc upon the chosen one who could defeat Medlock.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: Betty and Veronica, judging from the color of their dresses.
• Robotic Reveal: Subverted the first two times and then played straight in "Reggie or Not". First, Archie uses a magnet on the Reggie-bot, but it's because the robot has a cookie tray on him. Then, Archie tosses a bucket of water on him, but the robot senses it. Last, Archie is almost run over by a truck and the robot pushes him out of the way...but half of the robot's face got scraped off.
Jughead: Holy Cosmic Muffins! Archie was right!
• Reed Richards Is Useless: How the hell does Dilton not get have government agents knocking on the door asking for him to come up with inventions for them to better mankind? Even if a lot of his inventions wind up setting up the plot somehow, it's because they're irresponsibly used or they malfunction.
• Royal Brat: Veronica, though she's shown to learn her lesson.
• Secret Test of Character: In "Driving to Distraction", one is given to Archie, due to basically ignoring his friends in favor of his car, so the fuzzy dice he buys make the car go Yandere. Lampshaded by the person who gave him the fuzzy dice, who complains that they "always want to do it the hard way".
• Scary Librarian: Shown in "A Haunting of Riverdale". The ghost of Quiet Violet is haunting the library for two reasons: 1) to make sure all the people who had overdue books returned them and 2) finally meeting up with Jughead to make amends to their first meeting and encouraging him to go to the library again.
• Shout-Out: Betty actually dressed as Lara Croft in Misfortune Hunters.
• Shirtless Scene: Archie gets one in the episode "Green Eyed Monster". He's surprisingly buff.
• Story Arc: Two major ones that made up three-part episodes. One dealt with vampires, and the other dealt with time travel.
• Unreliable Narrator: In "A Haunting in Riverdale", the former head librarian is haunting the town. Jughead remembers going to said library, where she bullied him and scared him away from the library, yelling at him for playing with the globe, telling him a book that interested him wasn't for little boys, and finally yelling at him to be quiet because he was laughing. However, when the ghost is asked on what happens, she presents a different version. She did come up and tell him to stop playing with the globe because it almost fell down on him. She did take away a book he wanted to read because it was falling apart and needed to be repaired. And she finally did admit to telling him to be quiet because he was making too much noise.
• Witch Doctor: Lucinda, whom the gang consult on occasion to help them.
• Whole Plot Reference: "Attack of the Killer Spuds" to Invasion of the Body Snatchers. There was also Little Chocklit Shop of Horrors to 2001 A Space Odyssey.
• Wounded Gazelle Gambit: A cute little alien does it to Archie and the gang so he could gain their trust and make an alarm disruptor device so he can collect Riverdale's plutonium and sell it on the black market.
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The official answer is Yes, according to the James Beard Foundation, which put out the quiz. (You can see the whole quiz below). But we reached out to Jason Clay of the World Wildlife Fund who's being honored by the JBF tonight, for a slightly more nuanced response.
For starters, Clay says, it's important to point out that we import about 30 percent of the fresh fruits we consume now. So perhaps we could make up difference by increasing our imports.
So, there's really no quick and easy answer.
Here's the whole quiz:
A. Rice
B. Soybeans
C. Cotton
D. Oats
A. Corn
B. Broccoli
C. Carrots
D. Cauliflower
E. None of the above
A. True
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A. True
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A. 2 percent
B. 5 percent
C. 10 percent
D. 20 percent
6. How much of the nation's total land area is controlled by farmers?
A. 10 percent
B. 20 percent
C. 40 percent
D. 60 percent
A. 10 million
B. 20 million
A. True
B. False
A. True
B. False
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So they approached the spot, and, after much labour to get at the well, drank of the water, which had a brackish taste, and proceeded on their journey southward through Kirtlington, then a considerable city, although now a small village. It was their intention to pass by the cathedral city of Dorchester, where Wulfstan was then bishop, where they arrived on the second night of their journey.
It was the largest city Elfric had as yet seen, possessing several churches, of which only one now remains. The hand of the ruthless Danes had not yet been laid heavily upon it, and the magnificence of the sacred fanes, built by cunning architects from abroad, amazed the Mercian boy.
There was the tomb of the great Birinus, the apostle of Mercia, who had founded the see in the year 630 A.D., and to whose shrine multitudes of pilgrims flocked each year. But the remains of Roman greatness most astonished Elfric. The ruins of the amphitheatre situate near the river Tame were grand even in their decay, and all the imaginative faculties of the boy were aroused, as one of the most learned inhabitants described the scenes of former days, of which tradition had been preserved, the gladiatorial combats, the wild beast fights.
The heir of Aescendune found hospitality at the episcopal palace, where Wulfstan,[vii] once the turbulent Archbishop of York, held his court. The prelate seemed favourably impressed with his youthful guest, whom he dismissed with a warm commendation to Dunstan.
They left the city early in the morning, and passed through Baenesington (Benson), which having been originally taken from the Welsh by the Saxon chieftain Cuthulf, in the year 571, became the scene of the great victory of Offa, the Mercian king, over Cynewulf of Wessex in the year 777. One of Elfric’s ancestors had fought on the side of Offa, and the exploits of this doughty warrior had formed the subject of a ballad often sung in the winter evenings at Aescendune, so that Elfric explored the scene with great curiosity. Inferior to Dorchester, it was still a considerable town.
Late at night they reached Reading, where they slept, and started early on the morrow for London, where they arrived on the evening of the fourth day.
London, in the days of King Edred, differed widely from the stately and populous city we know in these days, and almost as widely from the elegant “Colonia Augusta,” or Londinium, of the Roman period. Narrow, crooked, and unpaved lanes wound between houses, or rather lowly cottages, built of timber, and roofed with thatch, so that it is not wonderful that a conflagration was an event to be dreaded.
Evidence met the eye on every side how utterly the first Englishmen had failed to preserve the cities they had conquered, and how far inferior they were in cultivation, or rather civilisation, to the softer race they had so ruthlessly expelled; for on every side broken pedestal and shattered column appeared clumsily imbedded in the rude domestic architecture of our forefathers.
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Mon, 2011-03-28 09:24Chris Mooney
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Get Ready for More Congressional Doubt-Mongering on Climate
In the current Congress, we’ve already seen one example of an “on the one hand, on the other hand” hearing about the science of climate change, courtesy of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Now, get ready for another, courtesy of the House Science Committee. The broad strategy reflects what is sometimes called “agnotology”—the strategic sowing of doubt about science.
Let’s run through the listed roster of those testifying at Thursday’s hearing:
1. Dr. J. Scott Armstrong, Professor, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. A recent Armstrong paper on global warming is hereThe first sentence begins, “We summarize evidence showing that the global warming alarm movement has more of the character of a political movement than that of a scientific controversy…”
2. Dr. Richard Muller, Professor, University of California, Berkley and Faculty Senior Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. While Muller has been criticized in the past for supporting climate skeptics, more recently his Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature Study—which initially drew criticism and raised alarmsapparently reconfirms the basic scientific consensus that global warming is happening and caused by humans.
3. Dr. John Christy, Director, Earth System Science Center, University of Alabama in Huntsville. Christy is not a climate denier, or even a full-on “skeptic” of human caused climate change—but he is known for calling into question how serious the problem is and whether it will be a “catastrophe.”
4. Mr. Peter Glaser, Partner, Troutman Sanders, LLP. Glaser has previously testified that the Clean Air Act should be amended so that the EPA is fully blocked from using it to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
There will presumably be other witnesses as well--"minority" witnesses called by the Democratic side that represent the mainstream scientific/IPCC view--but they aren’t listed yet.
What to make of this? On the one hand, and as I've noted previously, House Republicans are no longer behaving as though they’re 100 percent convinced that global warming is bunk. But it is only the barest of improvements for Congress to throw up its hands and construct a "debate" over where the science lies—performing the legislative equivalent of “on the one hand, on the other hand” media coverage of global warming.
Actual press coverage of the upcoming hearing will surely do likewise. And citizens, we now know, will respond to this approach by feeling defeated, deflated, uncertain where reality lies.
This sort of thing has been going on in the US Congress for a long time—for over a decade. So in a sense, one more doubt-mongering hearing doesn’t move the cultural confusion needle much.
The real problem, for me, is that our culture’s outrage meter seems similarly calibrated.
I love how the Armstrong paper starts out with "We summarize evidence showing that the global warming alarm movement has more of the character of a political movement than that of a scientific controversy," restates this over and over again, and yet, ends with:
"Using structured analogies, we forecast that the global warming movement, like the previous alarmist movements that we were able to identify and analyze, will continue to produce poor forecasts and harm people. Resources will be used inefficiently, and most people will be worse off than they would have been had the alarm never been raised.
We found that alarms based on unscientific forecasts are a surprisingly common social phenomenon. Alarms are used to support political movements. Dissent is punished. Expensive government interventions are frequently recommended and often implemented. Once in place they continue even when the alarming forecasts prove to be groundless, perhaps because a large sector of the economy depends on jobs created to “protect” against the predicted catastrophe."
Now, theres *clearly* nothing alarmist about that!
here's alarmism:
Barack Obama
the definition itself?: Quote by Al Gore, former U.S. vice president, and large CO2 producer: "I believe it is appropriate to have an over-representation of factual presentations on how dangerous it is, as a predicate for opening up the audience to listen to what the solutions are, and how hopeful it is that we are going to solve this crisis."
Quote by Jim Sibbison, environmental journalist, former public relations official for the Environmental Protection Agency: "We routinely wrote scare stories...Our press reports were more or less true...We were out to whip the public into a frenzy about the environment."
Quote by Stephen Schneider, Stanford Univ., environmentalist: "That, of course, entails getting loads of media coverage. So we have to offer up scary scenarios, make simplified, dramatic statements, and make little mention of any doubts we might have."
Quote by Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury: “We must support government coercion over enforcing international protocols and speed limits on motorways if we want the global economy not to collapse and millions, billions of people to die.”
a real gem!:Quote by David Suzuki, famous Canadian environmentalist: “All life on Earth is our kin. And in an act of generosity, our relatives create the four sacred elements for us.”..."We have become a force of nature...Not long ago, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, drought, forest fires, even earthquakes and volcanic explosions were accepted as "natural disasters or "acts of God." But now, we have joined God, powerful enough to influence these events
The denial of the facts around climate change grows ever more worrying each day. When are they going to face the facts?
St Maarten All Inclusive
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01-01-2009, 10:40 AM
When an airline loses luggage, how long does it usually take to get it back? And will it go to your home, or where you're at? (like would it go to you in WDW if that's where you were when they found it?)
Just curious! And since I'm sure someone will jump in telling me this is why I should have a well stocked carry-on, I know that. ;) But I'm simply asking just because I've always wondered.
01-01-2009, 10:47 AM
My neighbors luggage got lost once but they were one their way home. The airline had it delivered to their home.
01-01-2009, 10:50 AM
Yes, they will deliver it to your hotel or home, depending on where you are at. Depending on the airline, they may scan the luggage and tell you right where it is at. That happened to me a couple of weeks ago on Delta. I flew from Richmond to Atlanta to Pittsburgh (I know, the long way). I had an hour connection in Atlanta but unfortunately, my luggage did not make it (it was crazy with all the pre-holiday travelers). When it didn't come off in Pittsburgh, I went to the baggage office. They checked the computer and said it was on the next flight coming from Atlanta, arriving in about 20 min. They gave me an option of waiting for it or having it delivered to my home the next day. I decided to wait for it, there were items I needed for the next day. Make sure you hold onto your claim checks.
Donna M
01-01-2009, 10:53 AM
Last time that's happened to us it was sent to the airport it was destined for and since we went to baggage claim to let them know it was missing we gave them the local address. Once we went back to the airport to get it (our choice) another two times it was delivered to the address we gave.
01-01-2009, 11:17 AM
Rest assured that truly 'lost' is extremely rare. 'Delayed' is somewhat more common, especially with short connections and/or irregular ops.
In that case a few things can happen
luggage will be boarded on the next flight and you may choose to wait at the airport if it is not a long time
luggage will be delivered to your point of destination
The challenge comes when your point of destination is no longer the city in which you landed. This happened to me - I flew into MSY and drove into AL. UA does not fly to AL but they managed to courier my luggage to me and I received it in under 12 hours. If you are boarding a cruise, you may be out of luck as they won't of course deliver to the ship while it is underway.
Another challenge is when it is delivered late at night/early morning. If you want it right away in your hotel room, tell the front desk and the bell desk. UA did deliver a delayed bag to me at WDW recently but the bell desk misplaced it. I was able to get the name of the CM who signed for the bag from UA's courier service, and track it down that way, but it took several hours (and was not due to the airline - they delivered the bag in under 3 hours - but due to WDW and an overcrammed luggage storage area)
If you made a very tight connection, you may want to have one member of your party go to the luggage office right away, or call the luggage line for your airline (or use the UA luggage tracing machines). I do this quite often and thus don't have to wait for all the bags to come off the flight, but can deal with my delayed bag before other passengers form a line at the office.
If your bag is delayed a lengthier amount of time, you can also submit receipts for any necessary items. That doesn't mean an entire wardrobe, but usually $25-50 worth of toiletries, etc. Make sure that you file a claim before leaving the airport, and that you ask about any reimbursement.
And don't worry, it very rarely happens! :)
01-01-2009, 11:22 AM
I had a friend fly out to Yellowstone National Park to visit me and his luggage missed the second leg of his trip, the airline delivered the bag to us in the Park the next day. DH and I flew home from Orlando a few years back and our luggage didn't make the connecting flight. The airline had someone drive the 70 miles to our home to deliver our luggage to us. It was the middle of the night but I was glad to get our luggage.
01-01-2009, 11:40 AM
DH travels a lot. Once, it took nearly a week to get one bag back. His flights changed at the last minute--his bag made the original flight then traveled around the country for a few days trying to catch up with him. We decided to give it a week, and if the bag didn't show up we were going to file a claim. On the sixth day we got the call that they'd located the bag and would deliver it the next day. They did.
A couple of weeks ago, a bag went missing again. This time, they were able to catch up with it very quickly. It was delivered in the middle of the night on the same day DH got home.
01-01-2009, 11:46 AM
Airlines misdirect about three million pieces of luggage a year, and outright lose about 250,000 of those. This SOUNDS like a lot, but it's really less than one percent of all checked luggage (and all figures may be lower for 2008, given the reductions in capacity and travel).
I've had luggage misdirected twice - once recently - and my brother once that I'm aware (the rest of my siblings either carry on or don't travel).
My brother's problem was that despite checking in for his flight online in advance, he got to the baggage check at the airport at exactly 45 minutes before his flight departed. When AA says your luggage must be checked at least 45 minutes in advance, they mean 45 full minutes, or in/prior to the 46th minute (e.g. for a 6 AM flight, your luggage would need to be checked BEFORE 5:15, not AT 5:15). He ended up not getting on his flight; it took him nine hours to travel what should have taken five (I've eliminated time changes - add three to each number), and it took his luggage 36 hours. And for some stupid reason, he had NO backup outer clothing in his carry-on. Good thing the friend he was visiting is about his same size. The airline delivered his luggage to that address when it showed up, even though I offered to pick it up because one route I can take home from work goes by the airport.
My first misdirect was on the twice-defunct Braniff, in its second incarnation. After lies about delays on the way to Florida (and finally putting us Tampa people on Continental in Newark) and claiming snow delays in Boston on the way home, the connecting plane had no enclosed overhead bins - just open areas like on the DME buses - so a number of us had to gate-check our carry-ons. We were assured the bags would be waiting for us on the jetway in Boston. Nope. Then we were told they were with the rest of the luggage on the carousel. Nope. Again, when the luggage did finally arrive they delivered mine to my home.
Other time was last year going to Las Vegas. Due to storm delays, the plane I was supposed to be boarding in Boston, to connect in Washington, had not left Philadelphia at the time it was supposed to land in Boston. The gate agents insisted on changing three parties who thus would not be able to make connections. At 3 PM, while I stood at the counter, the GA called baggage handling and told them to remove the three parties' luggage and on which flights those bags should go instead. Now, our original flight had been scheduled to depart at 4, and remember the plane had not yet left the ground at its originating airport (it ulitimately arrives around 6, yes, making my intended 7 PM connection pretty much impossible). My new flight was departing at 8:30. Baggage handling had three hours to take my luggage off the Washington-bound cart, and a total of five and a half hours to place it on the nonstop to Las Vegas.
Nope. No suitcase in Las Vegas - which is not necessarily a bad thing, given the ease with which I could now move through the airport and to the car rental center - AFTER filing a lost luggage report, where the gentleman tracked my luggage to... Boston! The next day, when I hadn't heard anything by the time stated and had changed hotels, I called the airline. Somebody tracked the bag, and it finally showed up around 3:30. Except it didn't go where the person on the phone told me (BOS-WAS-LAS). Instead, it traveled further than I did - BOS-JFK-LGB-LAS. I tried getting miles for my suitcase, but no go.
But, the airlines will deliver your luggage where you request, IF it's misdirected. And the chance of this happening is just one more argument for cruisers to fly to their departure port a day early :)
01-01-2009, 11:52 AM
I've only had misdirected luggage once - and it was partially/mainly my own fault.
I was in high school and flying to Paris, without my parents. I used a suitcase that had my father's name/information on the ID tag and somehow, the luggage tag (the only saying where the bag should be going) fell off. They looked up my dad's name (the one on the ID tag) and saw that someone with his name was flying to Tokyo - so my bag went there! I did eventually get it (they sent it to the town I was staying in, which was a few hours from Paris), but it took a while.
Learned a lesson - your baggage should have YOUR name/information on it.
I suspect though, that this wouldn't have happen in the current climate and my bag would have stayed at my departure city, rather than being sent based only on the name on the ID tag.
01-01-2009, 09:54 PM
Our luggage did not arrive at WDW in March. We used ME and checked in after midnight. The next morning I called for our luggage and it was not in the ME system (not scanned in at MCO). I called the airline and it did not make our connection. They had it on the next plane out. The hotel (ASMu) was great. They gave us a credit for any supplies we needed from the gift shop, and delivered the luggage to our room when it arrived. We just changed into park clothes from our carryons and enjoyed the day!
01-02-2009, 07:50 AM
They do however get it to the next port. On our Disney cruise we watched bus after bus pull up on the pier in St. Maarten offloading suitcase after suitcase to bring them onboard the ship. Actually many people actually caught up with the ship then too. Unfortunately for them though this was a Tuesday on a cruise that left on Saturday.
01-02-2009, 08:10 AM
Never had lost or misdirected luggage. The chance are slim, it does happen and I am not naive to it, but I can survive a few days with my ONE SMALL carry-on.
01-02-2009, 12:32 PM
I like to say that I've had a few instances where my luggage went on vacation, but I had to go to work.
Never actually lost anything permanently though.;)
I tend to travel light through the airport. If my luggage gets lost I can afford to spend $10 to $20 at Target or Wal-Mart for a fresh pair of socks, panties, bra and a toothbrush and toothpaste. I carry powder and blush, deodorant, travel hairbrush and lip balms/sticks and a t-shirt with me in my backpack. (Sometimes I've spent less than that and washed the undies out in the hotel sink.:laundy: - but that was when I KNEW I'd only have to go one day without my luggage. )
When I went to Disney in October, I'd read up on the DME and knew I'd be stuck without my bags for a while, so I packed my usual ditty bag and threw in a pair of bermudas. I probably could've survived two or three days on just that and tooth cleaning accoutrements from the gift store if my luggage had gone on a side tour. | http://www.disboards.com/archive/index.php/t-2044967.html | dclm-gs1-288460000 |
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Here's Your Chance to Win a Walk-On Role in Susanna Lo's Manson Girls
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Susanna Lo's Manson Girls Begins Filming
It's been several months since last we heard anything about writer/director Susanna Lo's Manson Girls, which focuses on the period leading up to the 1969 murders of nine people by members of Charles Manson's "Family", but finally production has begun with a half dozen or so scenes being assembled into a "sizzle reel". | http://www.dreadcentral.com/slomotion-studios | dclm-gs1-288480000 |
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Seanavery >> Oh, interns. Hockey player Sean Avery just started his stint at Vogue on Monday, for which he's earning minimum wage — since when do interns get paid at Conde Nast? Causing even more waves is the talk that Avery may attend the couture shows next month along with the hardly-intern-status Anna Wintour, Andre Leon Talley, Hamish Bowles, and Sally Singer. Is he getting super special treatment, or is it for an upcoming Vogue or Men's Vogue feature?
Also on the intern front, Jezebel got a tip about why there are no more high school interns at Teen Vogue:
So last year, one of Teen Vogue's interns crashed the Met Ball in a dress she had borrowed without permission from the Teen Vogue fashion closet, and then [blogged] about all the celebrities she met and exactly what they said to her . . . and then [former Teen Vogue editor] Kimball Hastings lost his sh*t, obviously.
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A good set up for Reyn?
Which arts are most effective for reyn, or which combinations (he seems to have a few which are meant to be paired...)
I couldn't quite figure out anchor chain from the in game description, anyone tell me exactly what it does as well?
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From: foo1239 1 year ago
This question is two years old, but I'll try my hand at it anyways.
The previous post covered Tank-Reyn, but he is also capable dealing huge amount of burst damage, so you could try setting up for that as well. Berserker->Magnum Charge->Sword Drive deals massive damage, and using Sword drive in chain attacks is also great for damage as well. This makes taking out regular enemies quick and easy, and can be combined with Tanking later in the game to make Reyn very effective. Early game, this isn't really possible, but late game, you could use this strategy to draw aggro to Reyn, then use Hammer Beat and Mad Taunt to keep Aggro, and Last stand or Rage to keep Reyn alive. Mad Taunt only gives a temporary aggro boost, but considering you can reset it fairly often, it should be able to keep aggro on Reyn for long enough for your burst arts to recharge. Its also worth mentioning that Wild Down has the lowest cooldown of all topple arts, so Reyn is an excellent choice in a topple lock party. Additionally, seeing as he deals very high burst damage, he is useful in a party designed to kill things before they kill you. What i mean by this, using chain attacks to deal massive damage to kill things immediately, which is accomplished by sacrificing defense and healing. A chain attack of Magnum Charge->Talent Art->Red Art->Sword Drive would deal a huge amount.
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It basically depends on how you want to use Reyn... the game's intention seems to be to use him as an aggro magnet, drawing the attention of all enemies, so that he takes the damage instead of the other characters, which is generally done by dealing heavy damage.
I personally find Lariat (decent damage to multiple enemies), Hammer Beat (draws aggro), and Sword Drive (huge damage) work pretty well at doing that, so I don't really use his talent art (Mad Taunt) at all, so instead I use Magnum Charge, which uses up the talent guage instead, but multiplies the amount of damage done by the next art (by 4.2x at the maximum level) which when used before Sword Drive causes massive damage.
The other moves would depend on how you want to use him... personally I kept Wild Down and Shield Bash as they are handy for topple and daze, but you'd need someone else who can break, and I also like Aura Burst, as this helps to draw aggro, hits multiple enemies, and reduces their strength, but it does require an aura to be active, so my last slot is Rage (aura that reduces attack but creates spike damage, and reduces physical damage taken) which is handy for surviving longer once you've drawn the aggro with your other moves, but I could probably switch that one out quite easily depending on the situation.
As for Anchor Chain, it's main use is to stop you from being knocked or blown backwards by certain attacks (mostly later in the game) which I found useful in narrow areas or areas with dangerous surroundings (they get quite annoying when enemies keep getting thrown backwards)... the other effects of the move just relate to aggro, as I believe that when you take damage, the aggro of that creature towards you would go down, and if it goes below the aggro of another character, the creature's focus will shift to them, so this prevents that, while also slowly increasing aggro as well, helping to keep the focus of their attacks on Reyn.
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After the first two episodes of this season's Muv-Luv Alternate: Full Eclispe, it was hard to avoid noticing the similar thematic elements it had going with the classic Gunbuster. There is the idyllic school setting prelude to a blood bath of a war, the masses of faceless space monstrosities, and the rather hilarious acronym names given to them. Most importantly though, there is the abundant usage of of Imperial Japanese imagery and verbiage in both shows. That last bit reminded me of the following.
This is a series of essays written about a year ago dissecting Gunbuster and viewing it through a Japanese Imperialism lens. Knowledge of Gunbuster is not a prerequisite to understanding the content of the essays, but previous viewings of it as well as historical knowledge of Japan during the World War II period will help. (Note: I did not write any of these, nor contributed to any of them.)
Episode 1
Episode 2 (NSFW)
Episode 3
Episode 4
Episode 5
Episode 6
If you enjoy this form of analysis of any form of media, not just anime, the above pieces are definitely worth your time.
Not Game Related: Music as Narrative
I had a wall of text written speaking to my reactions to this Kids on the Slope, but in hindsight, it really was just an excuse to get people to watch and listen to the following. So I'll save that for a later time and keep this brief. Kids on the Slope sets up musical pieces as important points in its story: music that symbolizes the wishes and motivations of the characters. In this scene, we see Kaoru and Sentaro, two friends and musical partners, coming back together to reclaim both their personal connections as well as musical connections they had lost. Moving through My Favorite Things, Some Day My Prince Will Come, and Moanin', all pieces that set up major points in the story told so far, they remind each other as well as the viewers of just what they are reclaiming.
More, than anything else though, it just sounds so good. So listen, and smile.
Gundam 00 The Movie: A Wakening My Fanboy Rage
This post might be better titled "How Cross Textual Knowledge Bites me In The Fucking Ass"
I finally decided in a bout of grad school workload caused insomnia and depression to jump the shark and watch this movie. I always knew it was bad, but man. Mannnnnnnnn. The story and character portrayals are bullshit. Building the ultimate Gundam for the ultimate Innovator so it can go fly off and take a psychic history lesson about some pieces of living liquid metal? Seriously? I don't need to go into that. But what makes me angrier is all the ways it so clumsily tries to ape the better moments of superior shows and present loose ends of actual merit and discard them completely.
Descartes Shaman, one of the first innovators to appear after Setsuna, proved to be a xenophobic racist, calling non-innovators the inferior species. One would think when a wave of innovation(TM) is spreading across the human population, the movie would do well to touch further upon this racial tension right? Nope. Lets just kill him off. Further, lets completely abandon any notion of that sentiment and by the end of the movie, let a population with 40% innovators live in complete peace and harmony because apparently he was the only racist in the history of the species except for all the innovades that came before him.
And then there are the referential moments. Andrei Smirnov and four of his GNX buddies using transam to push a giant ELS capitol ship as it falls on earth, and exploding just as they succeed. Well doesn't that sound familiar? The movie was literally shoving a shitty tasting poopsicle in the shape of Char's Counterattack into my mouth and I was literally giving my computer screen the finger. You're going to replace Amuro with Andrei? Seriously? You couldn't at least do it was a character that was memorable in anyway and give Graham the heroic death he so dearly deserved despite his antics as Mister Mushido (His first Name Is Mister)? (For the record, SolBraves is a pretty awesome name for a MS team.)
And then of course there is the whole Jupiter Express of enemies. The fact that something in here reminds me of the glorious Diebuster is an absolute affront to the latter. But it doesn't take a seasoned film critic to know that this show can ONLY end with humans and aliens finding peace. So what better way to present an alien enemy than ones completely devoid of any character at all. In shows such Diebuster or Gunbuster where the mass of characterless aliens are titled the Space Terrible Monster Crowd, that is excusable. In fact, that is what you should be doing. In a show where our man protagonist is suppose to be having a dialogue with them at the climax of the movie, this does not effing work god damnit. The fact that it made all combat between the armada of GaGa Squadrion in GN Lance costumes and the Feddies a snore fest is not lost on me either.
Though for the sake of being fair and balanced, I will say one thing. At least the Zabanya was entertaining to watch. Lockon actually used its bits (fins, funnels, fangs, DRAGOONs, WHATEVER) dare I say, intelligently. Rifle bits are fucking RIFLES and shoot from far away. They don't go charging into melee range. Shield bits are shields and they not only defend the MS itself, but also the rifle bits from incoming shots, prolonging its combat capability. Totally nominating the Zabanya for Saimecha 2013 because it made me enjoy this movie for just a few moments, and that is a fucking momentous achievement.
It's Robot Voting Time
The nomination phase for the second annual Sai Mecha has started once again. This is a time for bloody battle, vitriol filled hate, and the drinking of the tears of anyone who thinks Shin Getter Robo has a chance of being nominated. Head over to the the main site for all the information on how the brackets will break down, but I'll leave the rules for submissions here.
1. Choose up to 10 mecha, and email them to [email protected]. One entry per person. Please put the series the mecha is from after each.
2. The 32 mecha with the most nominations will be put into a randomized bracket and split into the Earth Side and Colonies Side.
3. The following 4 mecha cannot be nominated as they are the final four of the previous year and are already seeded: Zaku II, Eva Unit 01, VF-1 Valkyrie, YF-19 Excalibur
For all of you guys going "Fuck you and your animu robots. I'd rather nominate something out of Mechwarrior", go watch Flag, and then nominate the HAVWC. That's about as real world practical but remain sci-fi fancy as you can get.
Here are my own submissions in no particular order. The VF-1 is my first love and YF-19 my true love, so it's a good thing I don't need wax emotionally about those two and have two more slots in my list. I have a general lean towards reals over supers, so anyone wondering why Gurren Lagann is not on there, there you go. (Also I'm trying to have as few renomination as possible and Gurren Lagann made the list last year.)
1. YF-29 Durandal (Wings of Goodbye). It's the latest variable fighter entry in the Macross franchise and oh god what a beauty this thing is. While the VF-25's Tornado pack might let it roll like no tomorrow, the Durandal has a slimmer, far snazzier frame while still inheriting the VF-25's ridiculously good looking battleroid mode.
2. GP-03 Dendrobium Orchis (Stardust Memories). Probably my favorite design out of the Gundam franchise, it is a giant mobile armor weapons platform carried on the back of a Gundam. It fits its flower derived name as it is one giant flower of death for entire fleets with its array of beam rifles, bazookas, chain mines, and cluster missile packs. All this firepower takes up space, and it's nice to see one of the few mecha designs in general that does not streamline it all into the frame, and instead gives it a proper amount of bulk. Also a fantastic enough of a design that Marvel Comics ripped it off wholesale.
3. Genesic GaoGaiGar (GaoGaiGar Final). It is a robot that runs on courage. If you dislike it, you are a horrible person who does not deserve to see the light of day. Unless that light is caused by GaoGaiGar swinging down the full might of the planet sized Goldion Crusher.
4. Big O (The Big O). When the class of your super robot is called a Megadeus, you envision something that exudes gigantic strength. Something that is thick, lumbering, seemingly indestructible. That sums up the design philosophy behind the Big O. When it punches with its arms, you can feel the raw power behind those strikes. It also helps that it is piloted by the mother fucking batman as well as a far more awesome Robin, and serviced by an Alfred that knows how to use grenade launchers.
5. Knight of Gold (Five Star Stories). While the lead Mortar Head of Five Star Stores, it is not my favorite design in that universe. (That vote goes to either the AUGE or the Blazing Empress). However, it is the only one that was animated and is still one hell of a sight to behold. It tugs at my heart strings for mecha of a very regal design along with a beautiful golden color scheme, just as the name suggests.
6. Escaflowne (Vision of Escaflowne). Speaking of mecha with regal ass designs, you really can't go wrong with this one. The show (much like FFS) has it's armored beings serve not just as usual pieces of military hardware. They are the swords and steeds of knights, and look and act as such. As a sword, Escaflowne is clad in white armor. It needs no fancy schmancy weapon platform system, satisfied with the sword in its hand that allows for duels. As a steed, it turns into a mother fucking dragon.
7. VF-25F Messiah (Macross Frontier). Another variable fighter coming out of Macross Frontier, the Messiah is probably the first one of its kind with a battleroid mode that I'd consider pretty. Also that pitch. That yaw. That mother fucking roll. (Can anyone tell that I'm a giant fan of Kawamori's designs yet?)
8. Delphine (Broken Blade). The trope of putting an inexperienced pilot in a relatively overpowered suite is not a new one. But the way Rygart's fights with the Delphine plays out most definitely is not the norm. Swords, kunais, nunchucks, spiked bulldozers with a sword in it, and a giant ninja star yoyo of death. It's final fight was one of my favorite moments of last year, and I still stand by that.
9. Mazinger Z (Shin Mazinger Z). The original Mazinger series was way beyond my time, so I am quite happy with the ability to watch it yet again. I've always liked the design of the Black Castle of Steel: simple with a great color scheme. It's modernized version still boasts many of its iconic moves including the rocket punch and breast fire. But it also has a few more tricks up it's sleeves. Such as turning into a giant rocket punch, or summoning a legion of rocket punches that turn into one giant rocket punch. For the super robot that originated that attack, it definitely makes the most of the incredible legacy.
10. Hyaku Shikki (Z Gundam). Here are the reasons: 1. It is piloted by the most awesome version of Char (the one that wins because he's a good guy for once lol). 2. It looks pretty as all hell. 3. It's designed by Kawamori. I really wish Gundam Unicorn's Delta Plus kept that gold paint job. I'd nominate that instead if it did due to its transformation that looks better than almost every other new variable mobile suit Z Gundam vomited out on a per episode basis.
Calling for all ME3 articles
It's probably with some depressing irony and self-hatred that the situation surrounding this game has turned into a rather fitting topic for a paper in one of my communications courses. I won't bore anyone with the preliminary outlines of the paper. What I'm asking for is links to any articles or reviews published in reaction to either the game itself or the community reactions towards the game.
Yes, I realize I'm asking you guys to help do some of the research leg work for me. But taking advantage of the sprawling network here is probably going to be a lot more effective than trawling on Lexus Nexus. Feel free to either leave the link in the comment section, or sent to me as an PM. Thanks all for your help.
Noboru Ishiguro Passes Away
I'm personally not familiar with many of his works where he served as director. Shows like Lupin III, Astro Boy and Space Battleship Yamato were too far before my time. But there are two that served as the most formative experiences I've had with the anime medium. Super Dimension Fortress Macross drew me in and never let me go when I watched a syndicated version of it in China in 1990, 8 years after its initial release. After all, what 4 year old boy could say no to F-14 Tomcats that turned into robots fighting aliens in space? And about 19 years after that initial experience, long after many, me included, thought Cowboy Bebop may have been the apex of the medium, I stumbled upon Legend of the Galactic Heroes, and realized the anime that would ruin all other anime for me through sheer brilliance was created back in 1988.
So here's a cheer to the man that that directed two of the most marvelous animated experiences of my life.
Persona 4 Episode 4: Three's a Trend, And Our Heroes are Helpless
When I started my attempts at internet blogging about two years ago, one of my first entries was on Persona 3. What drew me to that game was the nature of the enemy, and the futility of the conflict. The ultimate evil in that game was Nyx. It was a being of death manifested by and attracted to the negativity of mankind. It knew no malice and did not seak power. It was instead manipulated by mankind's unconcious negativity. Our heroes fought against it, and even with the "Power of the Universe", the strength to perform miracles, all the main character could do was use his own life force to create a seal, blocking Nyx off from man kind's thoughts.
The conflict was against a being of man's own creation and unconscious manipulation, and fighting against it directly was futile, as refuting the will of all mankind with just your own was futile. Far outside the JRPG norm, this is what made Persona 3's story appeal to me. When Persona 4 came around, I loved it, and yet couldn't help but feel a twinge of disappointment because of how the balance of power played out in the conflict. The heroes fought against the monsters, and each time came out victorious. Personal acceptance of one's demons became less life threatening as the ability to fully subdue them over and over was always there.
And then came along the Persona 4 anime. Within the last 3 episodes, we have seen three boss fights and none of them gave us an Investigation Team victorious on their powers. Narukami fought Shadow Yosuke to a standstill at best. Shadow Chie had Jiraiyah and Yosuke tied up with her bondage hair. Shadow Yukiko's flames were more than even Pyro Jack's absorb flame affinity could handle. Once is a fluke, but three is a trend. The conflict puts emphasis on the futility of combating psychological beasts with brute strength. Every time, it took a change in mind set on the part of the host to give our heroes a fighting chance.
While the criticisms of melodramatic nature of the self-acceptance is understandable, in this sense, it also makes sense. One cannot win through fighting, and hold the shadow back is already a near impossible task. The priority is acceptance, one that the heroes need to work towards through emotional appeals more than anything else. The change in this emphasis is also backed up by an expansion on the back story and motivations of the characters that I have praised in previous writings. The true source of Chie and Yukiko's friendship, the set in stone routine of Yukiko's life at the inn, what people really think about Yosuke behind his back, these moments help gives depth to this new priority.
Persona 3 showed the supreme power of the subconscious. It is good to see the Persona 4 Animation following in those foot steps.
Persona 4 Episode 3: The Rights and Wrongs of Social Links
Social Links are the non-linear story threads of the game. It allows for the player to delve and discover the depths of the many side characters the game throws at you. They are not required for progression, and yet are essential for fully experiencing the game. However, they are again, non-linear. Persona 4's attempt at translating this into the linear anime format leads to success and failure, both conveniently placed in the same episode.
Episode 3 begins with what is probably my favorite scene so far. As you develop the Chie social link, one of the later levels has Chie telling you about how her and Yukiko met, little lost puppies and all. It helps further develop their friendship. The show takes perfect advantage of this, placing it within the same episode as Chie's confrontation with her shadow.
Her hidden motivation for being friends with Yukiko, the enjoyment of being Yukiko's master, the latter whom cannot do anything without her, is meant to be her true face. The game responds to this not with grim acceptance at her own perverse motivation, but with a "the ends justifies the means" kind of attitude, that as long as she and Yukiko are friends, nothing else matters. This has never sat all that well with me. It wasn't a true acceptance of self, but pretending its alright because of what it results in.
However, by adding the social link scene so early on as the show has done, it brings a new level of legitimacy to this line of thinking. Chie and Yukiko befriended each other long before this perverse relationship between them came into being. They became friends as children, innocent of all the faults that currently tarnish them as teens. Their relationship had a pure beginning, and that's what counts in the end.
On the other side of this magnificent scene however we have the symptoms of over indulgence in references rearing its head. A proper reference gives much to those that catch it, but does not take away from those that do not. And the following moments fail this rule.
There was no reason for the Kou Ichijo scene, and its presence felt very much like a "hey, remember this guy" moment. The sports team social link however is not the only one at fault. It merely is the least subtle. In the second episode, the auditorium announcement is preceded by a quick pan of the teachers standing on stage. And of course, one was a gym teacher, one was wearing a pharaoh head dress, and one had his right up holding a sock puppet. Not as heavy handed as the Ichijo moment, but any viewer unfamiliar with the game would probably look at the characters, and be dismayed by the ridiculousness.
In other less analytical news, Narukami's cheating ways continue. Two more rank ups in stats and pyro jack all before Yukiko's castle is even finished? How dirty are you going to play.
Persona 4 Episode 1: Success and Failure in Familiarity
Adaptations are tricky things to get right. Cross-medium adaptations are even more difficult. Like others before it, Persona 4 wades its way through trying to capitalize on the source. And like others before it, the results are mixed, though I'd say it succeeds more than it fails thus far.
Both in visual and audio, the episode strives for familiarity. Tracks from Persona 4's OST are inserted properly through out the episode with the OP theme being the opening track for the game in full. Visually, things like the above calender and the persona summoning eye catch are seen, certain to bring much delight to fans of the game. The usage of the status growth screen as the episode eye-catch is particularly interesting. One can only speculate, but perhaps they will let it develop just as it did in game, hinting at possible S.link based plot points in up coming episodes as it reaches the proper number of courage points to down the curry.
Max Knowledge First
As I said previously though, its attempt at familiarity is both success and failure, and I don't just mean how the MC's name is not "Charlie Tunoku". Certain scenes simply do not translate from game to anime all too well, the most obvious being the initial entry into the television world. The televised version simply felt rushed and Yosuke's urine antics leading to the falling into the TV, instead of delivering a good laugh as it did in game, had me raising an eye brow at in annoyance at how absurd and poor that scene felt.
The MC's silent protagonist retreatment also bears mentioning. One can count the lines of dialogue he has in the episode on your fingers and toes. While that is not bad unto itself, his incredibly reserved, shy, and passive personality is simply not the type of character he presented himself as in game, regardless of player decisions. Things do get a bit more lively and heated during the combat scene (and I don't just mean when he starts stripping) as he utters a few emotion filled lines, and one can only hope his personality does not remain so blank.
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Familiarity is a double edged sword, and perhaps Persona 4 will wield it well. The first episode was far more good than bad despite my criticisms, and one can only hope it keeps going that way.
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1. Clear the Balance
If you are carrying a balance on a credit card, you can't close the card without first clearing the balance. You can do this the old-fashioned way, which is the best way: pay off the balance. If you can't afford to pay the card off, you can transfer the balance to another credit card, preferably one with a lower interest rate.
2. Read the Fine Print
Check your card holder's agreement for closing procedures and possible penalties before you make the call. If you've opened the card recently, you may find that there is a charge for early closure.
3. Collect Outstanding Rewards
Generally, any rewards (such as points or airline miles) still technically belong to you even after you close the credit card. But the wise person will collect before closure. If you're not up to a certain amount of points or dollars earned to collect your reward, decide if it's worth it or not to hang on to the card until you reach that amount. If the reward is only worth $50, but you'll be shelling out $100 a month in extra interest, cut your losses, pay off the card and close it.
4. Cancel Automatic Payments
Before you cancel your account, log onto your bank's website and cancel any automatic bill payments or transfers you have set up to go toward the credit card. If you don't do this, you'll have payments go through on a $0 balance; which might actually result in additional fees or time-consuming paper work.
5. Change Bill Payments
Look over the last statement from your card before canceling. Do you have any recurring bills or charges set up with this card? Before you cancel, go change those methods of payments so you won't have last-minute charges appearing when you thought you'd cleared the balance, and also so you won't find yourself with interrupted services or non-payment fees because your credit card (now closed) didn't work anymore.
6. Call, Cancel and Get an Effective Date
Look on your credit card statement for the customer service number to call. In many cases, there will be a separate number to call for closures or issues with your card. Be prepared for a conversation with an employee who has been trained to try to talk you out of closing your credit card. Just answer any offers or questions with your bottom line: "No, thanks, I want to close the card." Ask for the date when the closure will be effective, and clarify if there are any outstanding finance charges that will come through before the closure date. Don't assume that closure is effective immediately. If there will be finance charges, ask if you can go ahead and pay them over the phone. You can also send a letter requesting closure and save yourself some time on the phone.
7. Get Confirmation in Writing
When you call to cancel your card, request that the credit card company send you a confirmation letter with the request for closure and the effective date of closure on it. Be sure to keep this letter for your records. If you have a credit report done (which is a good idea to do annually) and notice that this credit card still shows up, you'll have your proof, in writing, that you did indeed close the account and the credit card company did not follow through.
The Bottom Line
It's a good idea to get a credit report several weeks after you've closed a credit card, and especially if you've closed more than one, just to be sure that everything has gone through as it should have. The sooner you check up on this, the easier it will be to deal with anything that might come up. Remember that open credit cards affect your credit score, even if you don't carry a balance on them, so get rid of that deadweight while you start the new year.
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Over the last six years, I have intentionally slapped myself in the face to say the least with a relationship that was doomed for failure from the very beginning. It all started when I was entering high school. I met individuals who completely changed my life for the better and individuals who completely destroyed it. One specific person put a burden on me, and to be perfectly honest I don’t know how to get rid of his presence in my life. I feel nothing because of him; I’m so empty on the inside and I constantly crave danger or dangerous situations. To tell you all the truth, he really did ruin a good portion of my life.
I went from being a scholar student to snorting lines of cocaine off bathroom sinks in bars and then illegally driving down the 401. If I have to tell the truth it was fun for a very short amount of time. Thankfully, I do not have an addictive personality and the few times hard drugs were in my system I never craved them again. I wish I could say the same about him but everyone has their reasons as to why they do certain things. I will not sit here and say the things we did were ok but many of the things I did were because of how others treated me (mainly him).
Here are some things to expect when dating an addict:
They will never love you; they are in love with themselves and the drugs their body yearns for
The drug addict never realizes what they have and what they will lose. They are their only priority; YOU will never be the priority. This took me such a long time to believe. I thought that he loved me and that everything would change. I didn’t think he was as addicted as everyone saw him to be because after a while it was normal to me. After about two years of dealing with the addiction, we constantly fought and we fought to the point where the police were involved. I still remember crying in a staircase at 6:45 in the morning after he kicked me out of his house in the middle of the night while I was extremely intoxicated or the time he cheated on me with a prostitute and he filmed it. Even though all this was evolving in front of me, I still wanted to believe he was a great person. The next morning he called, told me he was sorry and that he loved me for being there. Of course, I forgave him and this happened at least thirty more times.
They will use you for your money and scam you into ways of getting money from you
I used to write letters, call him, take him to concerts, pay for all the drinks at the bar, and finally pay for our vacations. I did all this while attending university and being a student with a minimum wage job. Yes, it sucked. I got used for my money, my feelings, and my love for another human being all so they could support an addiction that did not involve me. He told me he couldn’t afford anything, ever. We dated for a very long time and I can’t remember a date where he paid for dinner or even for my coffee. It took me a year to pay off all the debt he put me into, but it was my own fault I never said no. I didn’t think it was ok to say no.
They will expect you to do drugs with them and 99.9% of the time you will ACCEPT the offer
A person you love offers you a little bit of cocaine after the bar, what are you going to do? Say no? How would that play out after being emotionally scarred for four years? Most women will say yes, they will agree just to get out of the argument. I said yes because I was at the point in doing anything I could to keep my relationship together. He loved it and he got a great night out of it all followed by more alcohol, sex and a cab ride home. Meanwhile, I was at home shaking in my bed thinking I was going to die considering I have a previous health history of seizures and an irregular heart beat at times.
They can be extremely fun people to be around but you have to realize they are NOT living in reality
Sure going to the bar and getting completely loaded on a Monday night seems fun but it’s extremely unrealistic. He doesn’t have to wake up for work the next morning, but guess what YOU probably do–and you know if you call in sick one more time you’re going to get fired. Staying up every night till 6am is also not realistic because you have to be up at 8am for work and he once again DOESN’T.
They will most likely quit their jobs/school and have very bad relationships with their families/friends because their addiction is more important
This brings me right back to number 4, most likely the addict will not have a job and they wont attend any type of post secondary education. They will have very bad relationships with your parents/friends and their own parents due to the fact that they do nothing all day long and are extremely sensitive when the idea of a job or attending school is brought up. They get very defensive because they are beginning to realize that the addiction is real.
You are constantly worried about their safety and pray for them to live through the night
No one will understand that after a while you develop an addiction yourself. Not to the drugs themselves but to the person. This doesn’t happen because you love them, this happens because you are so invested into trying to fix their life. One minute they are getting back on track and the next they come home with a giant stab wound across a part of their body at 3am and you don’t know what to do. You’re afraid that they won’t wake up one morning. I can’t even begin to count the amount of times I thought he was going to die. I would wake up in the middle of the night and he would be lying next to me not breathing. I do not wish this upon anyone; the cold chill that crawls down your spine while you try to revive someone is horrifying.
No matter how many tears have crawled down my face over the years, the money I spent, and the feelings I invested I will never feel sorry for myself. I will never truly understand the attraction that kept me around for so long. Maybe I felt bad for him; maybe he was around to teach me a lesson. At the end of the day the best thing to do is run. If you are or ever were in a situation similar to mine just run away. No matter how much it hurts, it will hurt you more to stay. TC mark
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I know how to be alone better than anything else. Alone at a restaurant, alone at the movies, while taking a long drive. I know how to be alone in my bed during brutal winter nights, when all I need is another body under my blankets. And when the air is so hot and thick, I can’t imagine anything touching my skin. During holidays when every other person in the room has somebody to love. I know how to be alone when everything is crumbling into a thousand pieces and there is no body by my side while I try to pick them up. And while I am on top of the world, when nothing can tear me down.
I have mastered the art of being alone. During my best and worst self. I know how to make it, and live fully through life with no one next to me.
What I don’t know, is how to share my life with another person. The small moments, the only ones that truly matter. I don’t know how to cuddle with someone into the early mornings, kissing their forehead while they’re in that moment between awake and asleep. I don’t know how to bring somebody to family parties, work functions, or to the bar to have a drink with my friends.
I don’t know how to share my life with somebody when I’m having the worst day. When every single thing goes wrong and I just want to yell and scream and eat an entire pint of frozen yogurt. During the cool autumn nights, walking under a sky plastered with stars. While I try to make dinner, or watch reruns of my favorite TV shows. I don’t know how to share my life with someone while I’m at my happiest. When I cant stop laughing, and I just want to soak up the beauty in everything.
I have truly mastered the art of being alone.
I know how to take care of myself, I am independent, and I don’t need anybody for anything. But I’m realizing how much fuller life can be with somebody by my side. To hear someone else’s laughter with my own, to look over at somebody and know they are thinking the same thing I am. The comfort of laying next to somebody in complete silence. Having somebody to go to the grocery store with, or take a drive, or talk about nothing and everything deep into the night. I’m really good at being alone. But more than anything, I want to learn how to share my life with another person. TC mark
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1. Everyone you know, included extended family, will call you to get in touch with them for tech support
I’m talking everyone. Your sister’s boyfriend, your aunt’s secretary at work, her grandma’s live-in nurse. You’ll get phone calls from extended family members that will start pleasantly enough as they ask you how things are going before inevitably bringing up your significant other in conversation. They’ll next ask the next time you’re going to bring him or her to a family function, followed quickly by a subtle hint that they may need help in the technical area. This will happen all the time. Even your dad, who refused to hire anyone to finish the bathroom in the basement of your parents house and now has a forever running toilet, will ask for help every now and again. Embrace it, and make sure to treat your SO really well every time they have to explain to someone related to you that unplugging machinery doesn’t always solve the problem.
2. Instead of roses or jewelry, they’ll create you an app
My SO and I were in a long distance relationship for the first 4 months of dating. Instead of sending me flowers or chocolates, he built me an app that counted down the days until he would be home. Adorable, right?
Someone asked me once why I thought it was such a big deal that he built me an app; ‘He builds apps for a living, why is it so impressive?’ they asked. After getting them some ice to put on their face after I bitch slapped them, I explained that it was really was the thought that counts. He created something for me that not everybody has. He took time and effort to build something just for me. I’d take that over roses any day. But maybe not jewelry.
3. You’ll realize the only thing in the world they love more than you is his laptop
When I went to go visit my SO for an extended weekend, I fell in love with the way he looked at me. He made me feel beautiful, special, and unique… up until I saw the way he looked at his laptop. The way his deft fingers traipsed across her keys. The way he handled her with care. The way he referred to it as ‘her’. I’m not saying that he has the same emotional connection with his laptop as he does with me, but I know that in the event of a fire, it’s not me he’s going to be reaching for.
4. They’ll routinely start speaking in code which will sound like Elvish to you
Since you care about your SO, you’ll occasionally ask them how work is going for them. All of a sudden, something magical will happen. They’ll open their mouth to speak, but instead of words, you’ll hear sound. Their eyes might go bright, they might sit up a little straighter, they might start talking with their hands; you’ll see that they’ve gotten really excited and animated to tell you something, but you’ll have no idea what they’re saying. You’ll hear the words Java and CoffeeScript and immediately latch onto that idea, thinking they hit up a new cafe on the way home. When you ask about CoffeeScript and where it is, your significant other will smile and laugh lovingly at your naivety. Code will become an integral part of your life. Those moments, in the morning or after really good sex, where you’re cuddled and your SO is drawing figure 8′s or random patterns on your back? It’s not random. It’s code.
5. You’ll have to remind them to Google things
I hesitated at first to put this on the list since it had only happened once when I started writing. It has since happened 3 more times. It’ll be the simplest of things; how do you poach salmon? how can I cook with white wine? how do I get to this museum? What is Lourde saying at the end of the chorus in her song ‘Team’? Your SO will likely pose these questions aloud and hope for the best. And when you tell them to google it, their chuckle and have an ‘aw, shucks’ moment as if they forgot Google existed. It might seem condescending at first, but don’t be fooled. There is a very good chance they just forgot.
6. They’ll be really impressed when you do something relatively technologically competent
This will happen without notice. You’ll be sitting beside them on the sofa, your SO with their laptop and you with your tablet or phone or ereader or other technological device, when all of a sudden they’ll say ‘Whoa. Do that again!’. You’ll hold down the home button and close another app and their eyes will go wide as they look at you in an entirely new light. The same thing will happen if you fix your own wifi, routinely scan your laptop for viruses, or know how to handle a blue screen a death. If you can handle technological downsides without a mental break down, you’ll be gazed lovingly upon by your SO.
Despite these things, you’ll still love them. Weird technological dependencies and all. TC mark
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Growing up I was in the Boy Scouts. Over the years I volunteered with various day camps during the summer. In college I finally realized that I could camp, while being paid. Working a summer camp is the best job ever and teaches you so much.
Working with kids is such an amazing experience. They are full of excitement and just want to have fun. It seems as if they never run out of energy at all and if you get the right age group they look at you as their hero. The things they say are some of the most random but funniest things ever. You are giving them an experience that is often forgotten about in todays age. Kids these days don’t get out as much as I even did 10 years ago. So when they come to camp they are experiencing something they don’t do that often. It’s important that you show them you can have a ton of fun outside and being active.
Often we forget what it is like to just have fun and not worry about ourselves and social media. Camps won’t let you play with your phones. So for most of the week you won’t be able to refresh your twitter every two seconds and worry about Facebook drama. It’s really great to just actually talk to people all the time in person. You actually feel much less stressed and relaxed and you see the little things around you that you normally don’t see.
The people you meet and work with at camp are some of the best friends you will ever have. I still stay in contact with a lot of them. You spend an entire summer bonding over the same activities and grow together. I have met people from all different states,colleges and countries. You really get to learn a lot from other people this way.
Working at a camp is something that may not seem like the highest paying job, but the experience is something you will never ever forget. It’s a job that is in high demand and did I mention some of the places you may work? Last summer I worked in Cape Cod and this summer I have a job offer in South Carolina. You can go someplace that people vacation at and get paid for it. Win-win for everyone involved. TC mark
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1. Gilbert
Nov 20, 2002
Ooh, it's nearly good. Unfortunately, there's a very fine line between serious and stupid, and Abandon ends up tripping over it. Rent it on video instead.
2. ChrisH.
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3. EricS.
Nov 2, 2002
There are scenes in "Abandon" so full of energy and brilliance that they would work on their own separate planes. There are characters so daringly distant that we can't help but be intrigued by them. And there is a revelation so well-revealed that I felt a chill go up my spine comparable to the one I got during 'The Sixth Sense.' Critics bashing this film are naive: realizing every element is only appreciated when looked at individually. Stephen Gaghon's "Abandon" is remarkable in that it illustrates textbook usage of everything a film of its depth should It's the kind of first feature I'd like to make. Collapse
4. MattM.
Dec 6, 2002
Though the film seems to have potential, especially since it builds and builds and, well, builds..., it never completely woes the viewer. While the acting is barely tolerable, and the story cliched and predictable, some of the visuals are stunning, but then again, some aren't - such as the truly strange scene where the lighting is flickering extremely rapidly while Katie H. has hallucinations. If you are a serious movie-goer and critic, abandon Abandon, but if you are out for a "date flick," then it could provide a bit of fun. Expand
5. DanielleR.
Sep 15, 2005
While Abandon is a film that has somewhat pleasing cinematography and a gorgeous actress, it fails to fully develop as a story, and it leaves some questions and mass confusion running in the viewers head. While many films use subtlety when it comes to some major points (ex: the original Stepford wifes, at the climax), the subtlety is too subtle in the end. It left me a little bit unsure of exactly what happened. I saw this movie in the theater with a friend simply because we wanted to see something and could not see The Ring, and it's a decision I truly regret. I do not usually have a negative opinion of a film, but this one managed to wrench one from me. Expand
6. MikeW.
Nov 27, 2002
I think it is safe to say Miss Katie has outdone herself, but the real brake through performance is Zooey Deschanel who from the beginning steels the movie in every scene she is in. Applause this beautifully crafted slow-paced triller. *** out of **** stars in my book!
7. BobS.
Oct 19, 2002
Abandon is a smart and well acted film, but the plot isn't put together very well. I really enjoyed the movie and jumped out of my seat a few times, but besides that I left a bit disappointed.
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A thriller wrapped in heavy-duty gauze to muffle the chills.
2. A trite psychological thriller -- all buildup and no payoff, a mystery that essentially offers only two alternative solutions, which diminishes the element of surprise and strings the viewer along way past caring which possibility proves to be true.
3. Reviewed by: Ken Fox
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Paul Lawrie unhappy at Medinah peanut gallery, calls Ryder Cup win 'all the more satisfying'
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ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP)—Paul Lawrie wasn't just battling Brandt Snedeker as Europe won the Ryder Cup. He also had to contend with the Medinah crowd.
"I didn't get abused, but you get comments like: 'Top it! Shank it! You're going to lose.' Stuff like that on every shot you play," Lawrie said Wednesday. "Every single shot you hit last week, that's what you get. So apparently that's how it is."
"Jose Maria made it clear—don't even look at them, don't take them on. Certainly don't react. Don't make on as though it's hurting us. Just hit your shot and walk on. It's pretty tough when someone is screaming and blowing in your ear that you're a loser. But there's not much you can do. Which makes it all the more satisfying on Sunday night when you're standing there with the Ryder Cup in front of you and they are not."
Lawrie said it had happened to him before in the United States, but that Europe's fans could be just as bad.
"That was the same the last time I played in the Ryder Cup in '99, and I think they (U.S. team) said it's the same when they come here," Lawrie said.
"I don't think I will be offered the captaincy. But if they did it's a tough decision to make because not many people would knock it back," Lawrie said. "I would have to look at it and see that you're presently 28th in the world, so I'm not sure that's captain time.
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Monday: My best friend was visiting from Boston. Both DDs loooooove her. She read them a ton of books, did some word searches with DD1, played some games (Elephant Something...I'm blanking on the name....and Memory using picture cards I got at a Mother Goose course).
Tuesday: BF left. DD1 started making up her own Dora adventures and everyone in the family got a part. The poor cat always wound up being Benny, who never has any good lines. (DD2 is Swiper because he's her fave...I think it's because she truly believes he's a cat, and she loves cats.) One involved going to Popsicle Island.
Wednesday: I introduce DD1 to the idea of valentines, and she insists on writing her name and her friends' names on 11 or 12 of them. Then she makes more for the entire family and anyone else she can think of. It's cute. It snows a ton here and DH and the kids make brownies from scratch.
Thursday: She and DH "play" Blue's Clues by drawing clues on paper and cutting them out, then putting them in strategic places around the house and trying to guess what the other person is thinking of. There's a lot more writing of letters, including a shopping list. We also talk about brains and local anesthetics...though that might have been another day. Probably was.
Today: they are at a friends' house and have been there for 4 hours now. DD2 has a cold and slept like %*$& last night...poor kid. DD1 has the same cold but DD2 sometimes gets a cough and wheezes and DD1 never does.
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How to get husband to relax with toddler??
How to get husband to relax with toddler??
Newly married and the father (step parent) to my child has began to refer to my son (2) as "satan" to people we are friends with. He is always discussing how bad he is. The 2 year old is a normal child with energy. He does sometimes test our patience but no more than any 2 year old would, in my mind atleast. He gets in to things he says no or throws a tantrum and is punished!! But my husband makes it seem as though our child is just a horrible misbehaving monster and I'm seriously taking offense to this issue. Mg husband is a first time parent his child the youngest is only 9 weeks old and he has never had a older children he was kind of thrown in with mine who are 6 and 2! The older one my daughter adores him and he is amazing with her am I missing something ?? Is there a weird big thing that I need to figure out?? When is tough love too tough??
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He just doesn't understand that it is normal 2 year old behavior. He has never had any experience with a 2 year old, and to him your son is insane. With time he will probably get used to everything, and if he doesn't, just talk to him.
Is your husband's attitude new, or has he always described your son this way? How long have the two of you been together? This is the kind of behavior I would expect in the beginning of a relationship, not after the two of you are married. I'm a little confused as to why your husband hasn't had more time getting to know your children.
I've got 3 kids 4 years and under. So I definitely know what toddler behavior is like. My son is 2 1/2 and has his crazy moments. Thankfully, my kids got their tantrum phases out of the way when they were about 10 months old, so that hasn't been an issue for us. But, toddlers in general, and especially little boys, have endless energy and no volume control. I jokingly call my older two the "Lilos" to my 10 month old "Stitch".
You haven't given much description of your son's behavior, but you say it's pretty normal. If that's the case, your husband is most likely overreacting and is being extremely rude when talking about him to other people. You need to stand up for your son. Regardless of whether or not your son's behavior is normal or out of control, this man is now his father. He needs to love your son unconditionally. He needs to be respectful when talking about whatever family frustrations he may have. If your husband's attitude doesn't change, it's likely that it will create a rift between the two of them that will become bigger and more problematic as time goes on.
To answer your questions it is a fairly new relationship or that's how I would describe it. I met my husband when I was 13 we dated on and off over the years I had my children we reconnected and have rekindled out relationship with our children now involved! Mine being 6 and 2 his being 3 months old.
I say that my 2yr olds behaviout is typical hes pushing boundaries of a new situation and of what he can get away with which isn't much with my husband, but I'm more lenient. My husband I have just married and his opinion and calling of the names has recently began as my sons behaviour has changed slightly. He is becoming more vocal!! I should probably also include that there is a custody issue going on between me and his Father! there has been a lot of "getting use to" and my husband has never dealt with "terrible twos" I'm just trying to figure out what is normal in this adjustment period because I feel torn
Pushing boundaries is normal, and any big changes are going to result in some behavior changes in all kids, especially young ones. Make sure you and your husband are on the same page with discipline. If one of you is strict and the other isn't, there will be problems. You need to talk with each other about your expectations for your children and come up with a plan that will work for both of you. Then, you need to be consistent and your son will adapt to the changes and everything.
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(Comedy, PG, 130 minutes) Revered as a master for decades and functioning at the top of his game as he approaches 70, Martin Scorsese would seem to have nothing else to prove. So it's thrilling to see him make a bold, creative leap with "Hugo," which is not only an unusual family film from him but also his first movie in 3-D. Scorsese doesn't just tinker with this newfangled technology, he embraces it fully. Based on the Brian Selznick children's book "The Invention of Hugo Cabret," ''Hugo" takes place at a train station in 1930s Paris, where the title character, a wide-eyed orphan played by Asa Butterfield, secretly lives in the walls and keeps all the clocks running on time. Chloe Grace Moretz is radiant as the inquisitive girl who helps him unlock the secrets of his past, which have something to do with the mean old man who runs the train station toy shop (Ben Kingsley). The film takes a little while to find its narrative footing, but eventually morphs from a children's adventure into a lesson in the need for film preservation.
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Info for Parents: PG for mild thematic material, some action/peril and smoking.
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The big screen revival of The Muppets, cleverly titled "The Muppets," is a generally charming exercise in nostalgia. The musical comedy whimsically and often cleverly revisits the characters, their shtick and and the TV show and movies that made them most famous. British TV director James Bobin and world's biggest Muppet fan Jason Segel have concocted a wistful walk down memory lane. The Muppets are getting back together for one last show, a telethon to save their tatty old theater and their old movie studio from a rapacious Texas oilman named Tex Richman, played without the requisite glee by Oscar winner Chris Cooper. The songs are amusing enough, and Amy Adams and Segel make a cute duet. You have to wonder, though, if kids will get The Muppets, and if this generation of Muppet performers is little more than a tribute band itself.
Rating: HHH
Info for Parents: rated PG for some mild rude humor
Puss in Boots
(Comedy, PG, 90 minutes). A spinoff of the "Shrek" franchise, this is actually a prequel, providing the origin story of the diminutive, swashbuckling kitty voiced with great charisma, as always, by Antonio Banderas. At the film's start, Puss is an outlaw in his own small, Spanish hometown. Flashbacks take us to his childhood at an orphanage, where he was best friends with a brainy, ambitious Humpty Dumpty (Zach Galifianakis). Together, the two dreamed of stealing the magic beans, climbing the beanstalk and getting rich off some golden eggs. Now, that crime has become Humpty's obsession. A whole film may have been too much, but for quick, lively, family entertainment, "Puss in Boots" works just fine, even in 3-D, which is actually integrated thoughtfully into the narrative and doesn't just feel like a gimmick.
Rating: HHH
Info for Parents: Rated PG for some adventure action and mild rude humor.
Arthur Christmas
(Animated Comedy, PG, 97 minutes). "Arthur Christmas" is a spirited, comical and adorable addition to the world's over-supply of holiday cartoons. Santas in this version of North Pole Inc. serve for about 70 years and pass the job down to a son. The current Santa (voiced by Jim Broadbent) is more of a "figurehead" in the family business that his red camouflage-suited son (Hugh Laurie, perfect) has turned it into. Steve is waiting for the old man to retire, but he won't go.
Rating: HHH
Info for Parents: Rated PG for some mild rude humor.
Happy Feet
(Animated, Rated PG 99 minutes) The dancing, singing penguins are as adorable as ever. Yet a couple of shrimplike krill almost steal the show in this animated sequel that sticks to the formula of the original while adding enough variety to give it a life of its own. The sequel delivers the key ingredients that made its predecessor such a hit: lovable characters, a rich blend of pop tunes employed in showstopping song-and-dance numbers and remarkable Antarctic landscapes whose bleak beauty pops off the screen even more than in the original, thanks to some of the finest use of 3-D animation since the digital age brought an extra dimension to the screen.
Rating: HHH
Info for Parents: Rude humor and mild peril
Older 13s
(Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, R, 110 minutes) The withering, gratuitous violence of "Immortals" is of a type better suited to a horror movie, but that's a separate issue - almost.The artificiality of the 3-D "Immortals" - in which the slave Theseus (Henry Cavill) swears vengeance against the rampaging King Hyperion (Mickey Rourke) - is such that human beings almost feel like unwelcome intrusions on virtual Greece. Much of the movie is inadvertently comic - the way the dialogue swings between the slangy modern and the theatrically "classical," or the presentation of the virgin (not for long) Oracle. If you're even vaguely familiar with Greek mythology, forget it (Hyperion was a Titan; Theseus was the mythic founder of Athens).
Rating: H1/2
Info for Parents: Rated R for sequences of strong bloody violence, and a scene of sexuality
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
(Romance/thriller, Rated PG-13, 117 minutes) "Laughable" probably isn't the word the filmmakers were aiming for, but there it is: laughter, at all the wrong places. The dialogue is, of course, ridiculous and the acting ranges from stiff to mopey. But moments that should be pulsating with tension are usually hilarious because the special effects are still just so distractingly cheesy. Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) and her vampire beau, Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), marry. The other man in the equation, werewolf Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner), stops by as a gesture of goodwill. Edward impregnates her and the resulting hybrid spawn threatens to destroy her from inside.
Rating: HHH
Info for Parents: Disturbing images, violence, sexuality/partial nudity and some thematic elements
Jack and Jill
(Comedy, PG, 90 minutes) Very much like one of the faux Adam Sandler movies of Judd Apatow's "Funny People," "Jack and Jill" stars Sandler as both sides of male-female identical twins. A gleefully stupid movie more in line with Sandler's earlier comedies than his later, more adventurous films. Sandler plays Jack Sadelstein, a family man (Katie Holmes plays his wife) and TV commercial producer, whose twin sister (Sandler) visits for Thanksgiving. Sandler's longtime filmmaking partner Dennis Dugan ("Happy Gilmore," "Grown Ups") directs the unapologetically idiotic comedy.
Info for parents: PG for crude material including suggestive references and comic violence.
J. Edgar
(Drama, R, 137 minutes) A riveting, noble attempt by director Clint Eastwood, to wrestle with big American questions, many of which have obvious relevance to today's politics. This is Hoover's story, mainly told through his perspective - and therefore a somewhat claustrophobic view of history. The film, from an ambitious script by Dustin Lance Black (who wrote the Harvey Milk biopic, "Milk"), covers the rise of Hoover as a Justice Department upstart at the nascent Bureau of Investigation. The most affecting parts focus on Hoover's two most important personal relationships: with his mother (Judi Dench) and with his No. 2 and close friend Clyde Tolson (Armie Hammer).
Info for parents: Rated R for brief strong language
Tower Heist
(Comedy, PG-13, 105 minutes). Brett Ratner directs an all-star cast in this crime caper about workers at a luxury condominium plotting to take back the pensions stolen by a Wall Street plunderer. Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Matthew Broderick, Tea Leoni, Gabourey Sibide, Casey Affleck and Alan Alda partake in the high jinks.
Rating: HHH
Info for Parents: Rated PG-13 for language and sexual content.
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A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas
(Comedy, R, 90 minutes). Six years after their previous adventures, the pothead pals (John Cho and Kal Penn) have grown apart and lead unconnected lives. That all changes, though, with the arrival of a package in the mail marked "High Grade."
Rating: H1/2
Info for Parents: Rated R for strong crude and sexual content, graphic nudity, pervasive language, drug use and some violence.
Ides of March
(Drama, R, 98 minutes). When powerful people amass their armies and go to battle in a tight political race, even the most fervent political junkies may find their faith tested, if not obliterated. It is an ugly, cynical business, full of ambitious people who will do whatever they must to survive. This is the not-so-shocking point of the latest film George Clooney has directed, based on the 2008 play "Farragut North." It's meaty and weighty and relevant, but it doesn't tell us much we didn't already know, or at least suspect, about the people we place our trust in come election time. And it features a major and distracting twist that undermines all the serious-mindedness that came before it. Clooney is such an excellent actor himself, though - here he plays a supporting role as a Pennsylvania governor seeking the Democratic presidential nomination - and he's such a smart, efficient director, he really knows how to get the best out of his cast. And it would seem difficult to go wrong with a cast like this. Philip Seymour Hoffman tears it up as the governor's gruff, no-nonsense campaign manager, a veteran who's seen it all and still continues to come back for more. Paul Giamatti is reliably smarmy as Hoffman's counterpart for the rival Democratic candidate, and watching these two acting heavyweights eyeball each other backstage at a debate provides an early, juicy thrill. But the real star is Ryan Gosling as Stephen Myers, a young, up-and-coming strategist and press secretary whose idealism is shattered.
Rating: HH1/2
Info for Parents: Rated R for pervasive language.
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[–]AWildWebDev 1 point2 points ago
Much like there a lot of programming languages there's a lot out there to develop for the web but it doesn't mean that for the basics they're not all pretty similar. PHP will do this job, as would Ruby. It could probably be done in javascript. Essentially it comes down to picking a language you want to use in the future, at least in my opinion. You may also want to see which you just seem to enjoy using more.
I'd probably look at Ruby on Rails or PHP for this myself. If you've never ventured into either, you've got a lot of learning to do before you could create something like this but with a programming background it shouldn't be too hard. There's plenty of information out there about both PHP and Ruby and the frameworks that go with them, so go crazy.
Whether you want to use a framework is up to you, there's been a lot of discussion about the pros and cons of frameworks on /r/webdev over the last week so have a look through some of that if you're wondering if you should be using one.
One final thing - avoid godaddy where you can. They don't have a particularly great reputation. Have a look at other hosts or consider managing your own server space with services like digitalocean.
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[–]pettycoatboat[S] 0 points1 point ago
Thanks for the response, really helpful. My only question would be: do I have to host my own server to run something like php? The windows and mac installation seem to say things like "choose your HTTP (web) server", when I just want to be hosted on an online server and run php scripts through it.
[–]AWildWebDev 1 point2 points ago
Not sure I understand so I'll give a quick overview of local and online servers. In order for others to view your sites, you'll need some server space and a domain name that points to it. As PHP is (probably) the most common server side language, it's usually shipped with the packages that web hosts offer. So if you hop over to hostgator, bluehost, etc and pay for the basic package you should see that it comes with PHP version X.X.X. Buy a domain, point it to your host (they'll usually have tutorials about how to do this) and you're set.
You can also work with PHP locally (this is how people develop sites BEFORE they push them live). To do this, the easiest way is to download either the MAMP (for Mac) or XAMP (for Windows) stacks. What this basically does is turns your computer into a temporary web server so that when you go to 'localhost' you'll see your script running. There are plenty of tutorials about getting this up and running. This is obviously only local to your machine, though, so others will not be able to use what you're working on.
If you have any questions feel free to PM me.
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ABSTRACT: Most deaths are now caused by preventable or treatable medical conditionsSince the first report of the Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths in 1952, the maternal death rate in the United Kingdom has decreased dramatically.1 This has been due to an impressive fall in deaths with direct obstetric causes, including obstetric haemorrhage, ectopic pregnancy, and venous thromboembolism. This has partly been achieved through better understanding of obstetric complications, advances in medical treatments, and the use of evidence based guidelines that implement recommendations made in previous reports.2 However, almost 60 years since the first Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths report, the most recent report, published in March 2011, highlights a worrying trend in the causes of maternal mortality in the UK.1The report states that most maternal deaths in the UK now occur in women with pre-existing or new onset medical and psychiatric conditions (“indirect causes”). The leading cause of maternal death remains cardiac disease; the second is neurological disease. Most worryingly, the number of maternal deaths due to indirect causes has significantly increased over the past 20 years (table⇓). Furthermore, most of these deaths are associated with substandard care, and in one third of cases this is classified as major substandard care, where different care might have prevented death of …
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Iginla, Lucic lead Bruins to 3-1 win over Canucks
Three of their shots got past Luongo and although only two of them counted for goals, that was more than enough offense for the Bruins to beat the slumping Canucks 3-1 on Tuesday night.
"The first period was a little bit of a tough period for us. I thought our puck management or how we move the puck around wasn't great," Boston coach Claude Julien said. "It wasn't really sharp, but it got better in the second and third period and that made a big difference."
Boston led 1-0 after the first on Milan Lucic's goal despite being outshot 9-5. Jarome Iginla and Daniel Paille added goals in the second period for the Bruins, and Tuukka Rask kept the Canucks from rallying with several saves on short-handed opportunities that could have invigorated Vancouver.
The biggest was stopping Daniel Sedin on a breakaway, which led to Iginla's goal that put Boston up 2-0 with 12:01 left in the second period.
"It's always good when they get a chance and you make a save and then your team scores right after that," Rask said. "That was a good sign."
Rask made 27 saves against the road-weary Canucks, who were coming off 2-0 loss in Detroit the night before and dropped their fifth straight.
Sedin and his twin brother, Henrik, extended their goal-scoring droughts to 17 games.
"Me and Danny have got to step up and score goals. That's No. 1. That's the difference right now," said Henrik Sedin, who returned to the lineup Monday night after missing six games with an upper-body injury. "We've got to be the difference-makers and we're not right now."
Raphael Diaz scored the only goal for Vancouver, pulling the Canucks to 2-1 on a slap shot with 8:32 left in the second period.
Luongo stopped 29 shots for Vancouver and tried to take responsibility after the Canucks lost for the sixth time in seven games.
"I think this one's 100 percent on me. I wasn't too good out there tonight," he said.
Canucks coach John Tortorella, in his second game back from a 15-day suspension, thanked Luongo for the sentiment, but said Vancouver's struggles go much deeper.
"I appreciate Louie saying that, but this is a team thing here that we're going through and we'll go through it together," Tortorella said.
The Canucks kept it close until Paille scored on a breakaway late in the second period, then Boston controlled the final 20 minutes for its sixth win in seven games.
"We've been in a pretty good stretch. We've had a goal leading up until the Olympic break to try and go in the right way," Iginla said. "We have two left, then some of the guys will go and we'll enjoy watching them."
Luongo had no argument after the next goal. Paille took a long pass from Johnny Boychuk at the blue line for a breakaway and beat Luongo on a backhand with 2:54 left in the period.
Rask stopped a pair of short-handed chances during Boston's first power play, then Daniel Sedin's breakaway in the second that led to the Bruins' second goal. Zdeno Chara slipped a crossing pass to Iginla for a one-timer past Luongo on the glove side with 12:01 left in the second.
Lucic, who gave Boston a 1-0 lead 5:12 into the game, also got an assist on the play.
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1Kate is kidnapped by Ari Haswari, who tries to convince her to disclose which helicopter is Marine One
2The team discovers that Ari is back in the country trying to kill Gibbs, and Kate is assigned to protect him. Kate gets shot in her vest, but when she gets up, Ari shoots her in the head.
3Gibbs has amnesia and tries to remember who everyone else is in order to stop a terrorist attack. After the bomb explodes, Gibbs retires.
4Tony and Jeanne get taken hostage in the morgue of the hospital and Jeanne stabs their captor. The ending shows them getting into a limo for Jeanne's 'surprise,' which turns out to be her father, La Grenouille.
5Gibbs and the team try to find Jenny's killer, culminating in Franks shooting the killer. Acting Director Vance then reassigns the team, and Gibbs receives 3 new team members.
6Rivkin dies after being shot by Tony, and Ziva blames Tony for it. The team travels to Tel Aviv to talk to Mossad's Director, Eli David (Ziva's father) and Tony is cleared. The episode ends with Ziva deciding to stay in Israel with her father.
7A continuation of 'Borderland' and 'Patriot Down,' Gibbs is held captive by Paloma Reynosa, the daughter of the drug dealer he killed in Mexico 20 years ago. She releases him after threatening to kill everyone he loves, and the episode ends with Paloma walking into Gibbs' father's store.
8After learning the identity of P2P and his motives, Barrett, Kort and Jimmy Palmer are kidnapped. Gibbs and Vance take out P2P, and DiNozzo is given a new assignment.
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Jeff asks Dave about this notion of saving energy for challenges, and Dave says in his exaggerated "I'm being patient in explaining this, because I know others aren't that bright" way, that this is a "short-term" way of thinking, because you have to stay rested and hydrated for long-term success. Didn't he take the opposite position when someone told him exactly the same thing last week? Didn't Peih-Gee ask Dave to make sure he didn't overdo, and didn't he basically tell her to fuck off? I'm pretty sure that happened.
Asked whether she thinks challenges or camp life matters more, Peih-Gee says you need both in order not to put an "undue burden" on your teammates. I'm kind of stunned that she's not a lawyer, because they're the only people I know who actually say "undue burden." Anyway, Sherea says it's easy for Peih-Gee to talk about the importance of camp life when she's naturally good at it and likes it. Fair point.
Voting! Tallying! Time to read! As I said, I was very sure that Sherea was going here, but she...doesn't. It's Dave, who winds up with every vote but his own. It turns out he's so annoying that they'd rather have someone who does no work at all. They hate Dave more than they hate having to do their own dishes. Poor Dave. You can just see his "oh, silly fools" expression dying to break out anytime. But he's snuffed, and he still has to leave. Fourth to go! Badly done, Dave!
Dave's farewell is as you would expect, consisting largely of, "Maybe I was too awesome. If they didn't get it and wouldn't listen, then that's their problem." He also says "pieces of [him]" are "worth a lot...maybe even priceless." Maybe it's the teeth.
Next week: Jaime and Erik flirt, and it appears that he announces that he's a virgin. We'll have to see whether that really happens. And a twist!
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If the voices of developing countries are not heard, the risk is that the OECD tax project will benefit only powerful economies
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If we compare G20 leaders' latest statement on tax and transparency with what they were saying just two years ago, then the situation today looks encouraging.
G20 countries have finally accepted the need for major reforms on, which tax justice and anti-corruption groups have campaigned for years. They have endorsed the idea that countries should exchange information to catch evaders who hide their money outside the country where they owe tax.
This week's G20 summit in St Petersburg, Russia, also acknowledged that "developing countries must reap the benefits of the G20 tax agenda", including work to stop rampant tax dodging by multinationals.
So far, so good. The catch is that despite the warm words of the declaration, the reforms the G20 backed look likely to benefit only rich and emerging economies.
Despite their strong statements about the importance of developing countries getting their fair share of tax, when it comes to assigning decision-making power, political leaders suddenly develop amnesia.
International negotiations on how to stop multinationals systematically dodging tax are being led by the rich countries' club, the OECD, which published an action plan in July. So far, poor countries have, in effect, been excluded.
Yet they are haemorrhaging $160bn a year as a result of multinational companies dodging tax – far more than they receive in aid. This has devastating consequences for public services such as schools, hospitals and roads – and the millions of people who need them.
Nor has the G20 tried to strengthen the important but under-funded UN tax committee, which is expected to help developing countries participate in the OECD-led talks, but clearly lacks the resources to play that role effectively.
If the voices of developing countries are not heard, the risk is that the OECD project will only benefit more powerful economies. Poor countries, which have a far more unequal struggle against multinationals' destructive "tax planning", will be left out in the cold.
The same is true with plans to get countries to exchange tax information automatically. After years of resistance to demands from campaigners, including the Tax Justice Network and Christian Aid, the G20 seems committed to make this happen sooner rather than later.
It is welcome – but again, rich countries seem tempted to exclude developing countries from progress, with the excuse that they are unable to make effective use of the information they would get from other countries.
Of course many poor countries will need capacity building, but some are more than ready to reasonably comply with all the requirements – and thus also enjoy the benefits – from the outset. The G20 should urgently reconsider its approach here.
Tax and transparency campaigners are also disappointed on other matters. The St Petersburg summit could have built on the progress made at the G8 in June, with decisive steps to stop tax evaders hiding behind shell companies.
If we want to catch and deter tax evaders, and also corrupt officials and other criminals, then we must know who really owns companies, foundations and trusts. The near-silence from the G20 on this matter leaves it to the UK government to lead the way toward the public disclosure of beneficial owners.
If David Cameron was serious about his rousing statements on trade, tax and transparency when he chaired the G8 summit in Lough Erne, he now needs to deliver, knowing that what the UK does will influence the rest of the world. The UK's consultation on whether to make public its new register of beneficial (real) owners ends on 16 September.
The G20 has also done little to improve transparency around multinationals' finances. Getting companies to tell tax authorities about their profits earned and taxes paid in each country where they operate is welcome but insufficient. Many others, including investors and customers, also have the right to know whether companies are paying their fair share of tax.
Crucially, for this to happen, multinationals must be required to publish in their annual reports what profits they earn where and how much taxes they pay, separately for every country in which they work.
Sixty-five years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we continue to see how millions of women, men and children in rich and poor countries are deprived of fundamental human rights, including those to food, health and education.
To end poverty and tackle inequality, tax and transparency rules must work for everyone. And as Kofi Annan has said recently, developing countries have lost their tolerance for being exploited by the rest of the world.
Alex Prats is principal economic justice adviser at Christian Aid
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Data shows about 20.5m Americans make up the poorest poor, defined as those at 50% or less of the official poverty level
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US poverty data: the renewed decline of manufacturing in cities like Detroit (above) has contributed to extreme poverty. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
The ranks of America's poorest poor have climbed to a record high — 1 in 15 people — and spread widely across metropolitan areas, as the US housing bust pushed many inner-city poor into suburbs and other outlying places and reduced jobs and income.
Traditional black inner-city ghettos are thinning out and changing, drawing in impoverished Hispanic people, who have low-wage jobs or are unemployed. Neighborhoods with poverty rates of at least 40% are stretching over broader areas, increasing in suburbs at twice the rate of cities.
Once-booming Sun Belt metro areas are now seeing some of the biggest jumps in concentrated poverty.
Signs of a growing divide between rich and poor can be seen in places such as the upscale Miami suburb of Miami Shores, where nannies gather with their charges at a playground nestled between the township's sprawling golf course and soccer fields. The are is a far cry from where many of them live.
One is Mariana Gripaldi, 36, an Argentinian who came to the US about 10 years ago to escape her own country's economic crisis. She and her husband rent a two-bedroom apartment near Biscayne Bay in a middle-class neighborhood at the north end of Miami Beach, far from the chic hotels and stores.
But Gripaldi said in the past two years, the neighbourhood has seen an increase in crime.
"The police come sometimes once or twice a night," she said in Spanish. "We are looking for a new place, but it's so expensive. My husband went to look at a place, and it was $1,500 for a two-bedroom, one bath. I don't like the changes, but I don't know if we can move."
Broken down by states, 40 states and the District of Columbia had increases in the poorest poor since 2007, and none saw decreases. The District of Columbia ranked highest at 10.7%, followed by Mississippi and New Mexico. Nevada had the biggest jump, rising from 4.6% to 7%.
Concentrated poverty also spread wider.
After declining during the 1990s economic boom, the proportion of poor people in large metropolitan areas who lived in high-poverty neighborhoods jumped from 11.2% in 2000 to 15.1% last year, according to a Brookings Institution analysis released Thursday. Such geographically concentrated poverty in the US is now at the highest since 1990, following a decade of high unemployment and rising energy costs.
Extreme poverty today continues to be prevalent in the industrial midwest, including Michigan cities Detroit and Grand Rapids, and Akron, Ohio, because of a renewed decline in manufacturing. But the biggest growth in high-poverty areas is occurring in newer Sun Belt metro areas such as Las Vegas, Riverside, California, and Cape Coral, Florida, after the plummeting housing market wiped out home values and dried up construction jobs.
As a whole, the number of poor in the suburbs who lived in high-poverty neighborhoods rose by 41% since 2000, more than double the growth of such city neighborhoods.
Elizabeth Kneebone, a senior research associate at Brookings, described a demographic shift in people living in high-poverty neighborhoods, which have less access to good schools, hospitals and government services. As concentrated poverty spreads to new areas, including suburbs, the residents are now more likely to be white, native-born and high school or college graduates — not the conventional image of high-school dropouts or single mothers in inner-city ghettos.
The more recent broader migration of the US population, including working- and middle-class blacks, to the South and to suburbs helps explain some of the shifts in poverty.
A study by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies found that the population of 133 historically black ghettos had dropped 36% since 1970, as the US black population growth slowed and many blacks moved to new areas. The newest residents in these ghettos are now more likely to be Hispanic, who have more than tripled their share in the neighborhoods, to 21%.
Just over 7% of all African-Americans nationwide now live in traditional ghettos, down from 33% in 1970.
"As extreme-poverty neighbourhoods emerge in more places, that is shifting the general makeup of those populations," said Kneebone, the lead author of the Brookings analysis.
New 2010 poverty data to be released next week by the Census Bureau will show additional demographic changes.
The new supplemental poverty measure for the first time will take into account non-cash aid such as tax credits and food stamps, but also additional everyday costs such as commuting and medical care. Official poverty figures released in September only take into account income before tax deductions.
Based on newly released estimates for 2009, the new measure will show a significant jump in overall poverty. Poverty for Americans 65 and older is on track to nearly double after factoring in rising out-of-pocket medical expenses, from 9% to over 15%. Poverty increases are also anticipated for the working-age population because of commuting and child-care costs, while child poverty will dip partly due to the positive effect of food stamps.
For the first time, the share of Hispanics living in poverty is expected to surpass that of African-Americans based on the new measure, reflecting in part the lower participation of immigrants and non-English speakers in government aid programs such as housing and food stamps. The 2009 census estimates show 27.6% of all Hispanics living in poverty, compared with 23.4% for black people.
Alba Alvarez, 52, a nanny who chatted recently in Miami, said she is lucky because her employer rents an apartment to her and her husband at a low rate in a comfortable neighborhood on the bay. But her adult children, who followed her to the US from Honduras, are having a tougher time.
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Celebrity Law Breakers -- Why They Get Off
6/15/2006 7:58 PM PDT BY TMZ STAFF
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Paris Hilton: Click to watch! Incident: Last week, Paris Hilton backs her Range Rover into a Honda Civic and appears to drive away without leaving a note. (Read the article: Driving While Paris)
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it's not just stars who get special treatment.....I work with a guy whose brother is a night after work, he got pulled over and arrested for possesion of an ounce of coke.......he went to jail, got out 4 hours later.........never went to court...nothing more ever said about it...his brother pulled strings to get him my girlfriend driving to work on a suspended license got arrested and locked up for 4 days, lost her job for missing work, and still has court dates which she is going to have to pay even more money...too bad her brother isn't a i even seen a guy who i know is a cop walk out of a liquor store get in his car while drinking..i asked him aren't you a cop? his responce..."only 8 hours a day" I feel like starting a revolution and exposing stuff like this...but i'd prolly get arrested and harassed by the police until they planted his little brothers coke on me and put me away for life........
2830 days ago
To thos trying to defend Brittany driving with an infant in her lap - PLEASE check the photo agan there was a passenger in the front seat. If she didn't have time to put the baby in the car seat 'causethe papparazzi was scaring her - why didn't she pass the baby over before pulling away? - NO BRAINS!
2830 days ago
Then there the phot of her alsomost dropping the baby and instead of dropping her precious water - it takes the quick think and reflexes of a bodyguard to right the babe and Brittany is still holding the water!! - Any NO BRAINS
But then again she did marry K-Fed.......
2830 days ago
Dennis Robart
Kennedys don't get off, they get killed :)
2830 days ago
Cedric C. Carter
"What does it profit a man (woman or child) to gain the entire (whole) world (or fame, fortune and power) yet forfeit his own soul?" And you can't TAKE ANY OF IT WITH YOU beyond the grave (this life). BUT, you will STILL have the judgement of a Holy and Righteous God to look forward to. And all you money, so-called fame and so-called power will not do you one bit of good before the Creator and Sustainer of all the Earth for all time! We all need to keep all of this gamesmanship regarding the laws of men in ETERNAL perspective. The quote is from Jesus Christ in the Gospel of Matthew chapter 16, verse 26. What will these folks do when the PARTY is REALLY over???
2830 days ago
Celebrites are not different than noncelebs. MOre noncelebs "get off" more than celebs. Also, more celebs are TARGETS compare to non celebs. I am not mad at anyone who has the money to get justice and will NOT allow our system to throw ANY KIND of justice at them. There are people in jail now for crimes they DID NOT comment but due to the fact they did NOT HAVE THE MONEY to get a good defense is the reason why they are serving time. I blame the system for that and NO ONE ELSE.
2830 days ago
Why would you try to get Steve-O (and the cops) busted? Just put the video on your site and SHUT UP!
2829 days ago
Its just wrong, i wish they would be put in jail like normal people
2827 days ago
Its just the way it is, these people are often revered as gods on earth. Often, they get treated in such a manner . You could also complain about all the stuff celebrities get for free gift baskets, hotels etc., After all they are the ones that have the money to pay for these items. I guess its just the way it is.. Although no crime should go unpunished.
2827 days ago
I haven't taken the time to read all the comments so maybe this has already been mentioned.... but most of the 'crimes' they are committing are treated with leniency particularly for first time offenders where there are no 'victims' of the crime. Pot gets dumped out, underage drinkers are brought home or alcohol dumped out, petty shoplifting forgiven for an apology.
That being said celebrities are so visible maybe they SHOULD be held to higher standards than the average citizen, they have so many luxuries do they really need to break the law?
2820 days ago
If you have money you can get out of anything OJ proved that.
2820 days ago
2814 days ago
elizabeth bagwell
do you think claire forlani is having affair with her marriage Therapist i care for her husband and i will support him and won't let him be alone.
932 days ago
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Prejean Unplugs for 'Inappropriate King Live'
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beer crow
that stupid chick can't handle any question that is 1% outside of what her handlers have fed her...... she's an f'n fraud... she'll make a killing for FOX
1585 days ago
you just don't get it
Posted at 2:33AM on Nov 12th 2009 by Tom Styles
If you are serious about half of what you wrote, your head is all the way up your ass.
1585 days ago
She's a hungry tiger...
1585 days ago
come on.How long do we have to listen to this media whore?? When you'r interviewed you don't get to pick the questions, unless you're running for pres.
1585 days ago
She seems to have said that she was told that she wouldn't have to take calls from viewers. So that could be another reason for walking off.
1585 days ago
i REALLY wished larry would have kicked her off the show! who the hell does she think she is, you can't have it both ways ..just there to plug her book but won't answer the real questions, won't take calls - HELLO !!! Larry King should have kicked Prejean off the show. i really felt uncomfortable watching larry king appologizing to her !
1585 days ago
I think it's hilarious anyone would stick up for this hypocritical, vapid whorebag. Larry asked a perfectly appropriate question. What a stupid piece of plastic trash she is.
1585 days ago
I hope her 15 minutes are up.
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1585 days ago
Is the stupid bitch for real? I am so sick of seeing her, and I can't tell you how close I am to throwing up if I have to hear her talk one more time. How many f**king minutes beyond 15 does she need? I'll tell you though, I'm really glad I watched this - because she made a real fool out of herself. This was the nail in the coffin. Now, go away. Get a jump start on the porn 'cause that's where you're going, right?
1585 days ago
That was funny!
Larry King-"Carrie can you hear me?"
Carrie responds-"No"
1585 days ago
Bobo Frog
Wow, this dumb bitch is chastizing Larry King, and institution on television, for asking a perfectly legit question that had nothing to do with sex. If she's not going to talk about anything, why is she doing talk shows?????? Oh yeah, to promote her idiotic book. She's a whore in every sense of the word.
1585 days ago
Carrie Prejean is probably one of the dumbest women alive. And because she is so desperate for attention, the stupid broad takes off her mike and then SITS THERE instead of walking off!!
Good luck getting booked on anything else you $2 tramp. I hope your ex-boyfriend makes a mint selling that video to Vivid. And by the way, calling Sarah Palin your hero just reinforces the fact that she is indeed YET ANOTHER STUPID broad.
You and Sarah should hold hands and jump into the sea.
1585 days ago
So, why exactly did she come on the show? What the hell else does she have to discuss besides the Miss California controversy and now her sex tape! As far as being "inappropriate", Larry is not the one who made a sex tape, sweetie! She's just looking for some face time on t.v. Notice how she just sat there AFTER she took off her mic. Most people who are offended would have walked off! Do us all a favor, Carrie, and crawl back into the whole you came out of.
1585 days ago
And she wants people to buy her book? She can't even answer a simple question..So..Did she even write the book herself? She is hawking her book she should be ready to answer any question...Larry King just learned a lesson here...NEVER invite a dumb blond like her again on your show!!!
1585 days ago
Please no PLEASE dont give her any more free publicity.Larry King is a ratings whore.He will put on any trash for ratings-the man has no dignity left.Junk.
1585 days ago
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Robert Pattinson
UHauling Ass Out of House
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the moving van is a prop
595 days ago
Hopefully they can get through this, but it will take time. It's not going to happen overnight. Him moving out is probably the best thing right now.
595 days ago
If sense were common everyone would have it.
He made the right decision. It wouldn't have ended there. I hope he leaves and never looks back. One day when he's really ready to settle he'll find someone who is devoted to him and appreciates what he has to offer. She's too narcissistic and debbie-downer for him.
She as well as the director are equally culpable, and her apology made no mention of his wife. Shows you where her priorities are.
595 days ago
What the hell is "baffling" about her apology? She screwed up and she admitted it. And if it's the public-ness of it that's got your panties in a wad, that's laughably hypocritical. Gossipmongers like TMZ make their living from by reporting, sensationalizing, exaggerating (and sometimes creating) celebrity news, hoping with every breath that an ordinary event will turn into a scandal.
595 days ago
Cali Girl
Wasnt their relationship just publicity for the Twilight movies? So wouldnt this 'affair' be publicity for Kristin's new movie?
595 days ago
Did your writer mean "move out of the love shack" or did they mean to make this article not make sense?
595 days ago
What the hell is this sentence:
:... following reports he's moved out of the love he lives (lived?) in with his (ex?) girlfriend."
It gives me a headache just trying to read it. What the fnck is wrong with you?
595 days ago
this can mean two things 1. he needs time alone and think about everything that happened or 2. hes breaking up with her and hes getting his own place but we will have to see which one it is
595 days ago
i thought he moved out of the house not "moved out of the love".... stop trying to be witty and write a coherent article, please....
595 days ago
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The Director probably directed this seperation. For maximum coverage.
595 days ago
He's using a move-out-yourself U-haul?
595 days ago
TMZ, get some writers and editors who are past the 2nd grade in grammar and writing ability. You are embarrassing.
595 days ago
How do we know for sure that it's him moving his stuff out and not Kristen? For all we know maybe he said "I'm leaving, I need space, you better be moved out of the house before I get back." (Though if he is the one moving out I can't blame him. He bought the place with her in mind so the memories would always be there. He probably needs a new place and a fresh start.)
595 days ago
I guess being highest paid went to her head probably has people kissing her ass 24/7 and felt like she could do anything she wanted, it sucks for Rob but better to have this happen now than after he married her. If I were him I'd go to Vegas find some hot chicks and party!
595 days ago
Unfortunately, her apology 'after' the pictures came out comes across as:
She's sorry because she got caught ...
Instead of truly being sorry -
if she had been honest with him privately before the pics came out and being forced into a confession, he might still be living there.
595 days ago
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