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chubbymummy Wed 03-Apr-13 16:57:25
sherazade Wed 03-Apr-13 17:01:22
ApocalypseThen Wed 03-Apr-13 17:01:28
NeoMaxiZoomDweebie Wed 03-Apr-13 17:01:35
KateDillington Wed 03-Apr-13 17:01:49
What do you think he might ask?
NeoMaxiZoomDweebie Wed 03-Apr-13 17:02:11
kinkyfuckery Wed 03-Apr-13 17:05:03
EarnestDullard Wed 03-Apr-13 17:06:11
SantanaLopez Wed 03-Apr-13 17:06:24
SantanaLopez Wed 03-Apr-13 17:07:46
Toasttoppers Wed 03-Apr-13 17:09:49
DS school did quite in depth sex ed at 7.
pigletmania Wed 03-Apr-13 17:11:47
RevoltingPeasant Wed 03-Apr-13 17:12:33
RevoltingPeasant Wed 03-Apr-13 17:14:07
DisorganisednotDysfunctional Wed 03-Apr-13 17:15:23
midastouch Wed 03-Apr-13 17:15:25
pigletmania Wed 03-Apr-13 17:15:30
pigletmania Wed 03-Apr-13 17:17:00
I certainly was not scared of sex
RevoltingPeasant Wed 03-Apr-13 17:19:35
Fleecyslippers Wed 03-Apr-13 17:20:19
50shadesofvomit Wed 03-Apr-13 17:25:51
valiumredhead Wed 03-Apr-13 17:27:32
I wouldn't automatically assume it's a CP issue at all either.
MrsHoarder Wed 03-Apr-13 17:28:23
YANBU to not want your DS to learn about sex, especially through playground jokes.
YABU to not talk (or get /dh to talk) about it with him. Just the basics, as he knows the truth, that he can discuss these things with you and so he's harder to manipulate.
pigletmania Wed 03-Apr-13 17:30:35
Well they would ask. I just wouldn't want to I just don't understand the rush to tell. I never heard about sex being talked about in the playground at primary school, but I know that they do sometimes. Yes it is up to the parents if they want to tell tem and how much
chubbymummy Wed 03-Apr-13 17:32:35
Yes, the friend does have a teenage sister. I've always answered any questions Ds has so he is aware of babies growing in the womb and the birth process. He knows that the Dad has to give the Mum a special seed and sometimes it grows into a baby and sometimes it doesn't (although I think he's under the illusion that the Dad buys the seed from somewhere and the woman takes it like a tablet). He also knows that girls/women have periods and why (must fix the lock on the bathroom door blush ). He just hasn't asked any questions about the baby making process. It would be easier if he asked but I don't want to be the one to start the conversation. I don't want him to be the only one who doesn't know the facts of life but really didn't think it was appropriate to get into at 7. I'm going to have to have a chat with Dh now as he thinks Ds is way too young for a chat about it.
Bobyan Wed 03-Apr-13 17:36:57
You seem more concerned about what you want and what suits you, rather than what you should be addressing for your son's welfare.
Sex isn't dirty, its just a natural bodily function. As a few other posters have mentioned the real issue here is what has influenced your Ds's friend...
You may keep your child sheltered from sex on TV, in films, etc, but it doesn't mean that everyone else does too. The kids will absolutely, no doubt on this earth, have heard some things you don't want them to at school. Sex is everywhere, they can pick up sound effects like that from The Simpsons, which most children of that age will have watched at some point.
OHforDUCKScake Wed 03-Apr-13 17:37:28
Being no where newr ready to have the conversation probably isnt the best way to start.
He'll catch you off guard one day believe me and you'll have to be ready.
My son is 6 and knows how the baby 'gets in there.' And has done for a year.
This may be because I was having a baby right at that time of course.
I think you are being a bit U.
Animol Wed 03-Apr-13 17:38:06
Dear Chubbymummy - I'm afraid I think the longer you don't tell him about the facts of life the more likely it is that he'll hear about them from kids at school who might tell him all sorts of rubbish.
There's a lovely book by Mick Inkpen called 'Who made me' that covers all the basics in a really child friendly way - you might find it helpful.
I wouldn't think it was a CP issue either.
Bobyan Wed 03-Apr-13 17:39:19
You're making far too much of a big deal about sex, just tell him the truth.
Thinking babies cone from seeds you buy, at the age of 7 is going to lead to a very confused boy when the playground discussions about sex start.
valiumredhead Wed 03-Apr-13 17:41:41
Oh and it's MUCH easier ime to explain the facts of life to a younger child than a stroppy teen, I am VERY glad I didn't leave it until ds was older as he would know nothing as he wouldn't listen to me grin
Bobyan Wed 03-Apr-13 17:43:28
Valium that's because teenagers already know everything! [Wink]
Bobyan Wed 03-Apr-13 17:44:07
Try again!
valiumredhead Wed 03-Apr-13 17:46:37
Ha ha ha ha yeah, they THINK they know everything when in fact they usually know the crap they have been told in the playground [ground]
BegoniaBampot Wed 03-Apr-13 17:50:11
Agree it's probably easier to talk to them when they are younger and just curious. I usually go by their lead but we have had lot's of interesting conversations started by them which usually originated in the playground. I prefer to they and talk openly and hopefully age appropriately and just answer their questions when they come up. What do you do when you pick them up from primary and one asks what 'cunt' or 'pussy' means - I'd rather they feel they can be open with me. This has been going on from about 8yrs old and then younger siblings often follow from a younger age.
My DS1 (now 8) heard the words "having sex" on the playground at school last year and came home and asked me what it meant.
I didn't go into a lot of detail as he didn't ask, but I explained that it was a special cuddle for adults which could make babies, which he understands. He also know that if he wants to ask me anything else then he can. It's not dirty or shameful and you don't have to go into loads of detail initially if they're not ready for it.
You can't "protect" them from this knowledge and tbh it's not really protecting them anyway. I think that it's much better that he hears the truth from me rather than bits and pieces from his friends and so that we talk about things going through his childhood and into adolescence.
RevoltingPeasant Wed 03-Apr-13 17:51:48
Sometimes when I read MN I think I must have gone to primary school on a different planet. confused
By the age of 9 or 10, I can distinctly remember boys and girls making jokes about 'bushes', 'sex noises', periods - definitely.
This was in the late 80s/ early 90s in a posh area.
We picked material up from random bits of tv we saw, from pictures on the covers of mags in the supermarket, from cheesy RnB songs, older siblings. It didn't mean we were all being abused, or even knew that much about sex. It's just in the culture.
It actually really hacks me off when children mention anything about sex and people immediately get their spidey senses going. Children parrot random stuff they hear, and you can't keep them insulated from talk about ex and violence until they are 18, you just can't.
Revolting I went to the same small village primary that my DS goes to and didn't expect to hear it as early as I was totally clueless until about 14 but you can't control the environment of other children and they will get to hear phrases especially if they have older sibs.
Bobyan Wed 03-Apr-13 18:58:48
Pretty sure I went to the same school as Revolting...
I can also clearly remember the secondary school assembly when I was 12, telling us about the first pregnancy in my year.
wigglesrock Wed 03-Apr-13 19:15:55
I told my 7 year old about sex a few months ago. She asked "what's sex?". She already knew how babies came out, but I had to get rid of the whole special seed idea. It was a simple 5 minute conversation. I also told her 5 year old sister at the same time. I knew dd1 would impart some info and I didn't want anyone to get confused.
Every so often I ask are we all ok with what we know, any questions etc?.
I'm almost 39 and the girl next door told me about sex when I was about 8, I'd rather my kids heard actual facts from me that silly giggly nonsense from friends.
villagebird Wed 03-Apr-13 19:51:58
I agree with you totally. Far too young to know about sex and its not necessary to know at that age. I think now days innocence is gone far too soon.
lljkk Wed 03-Apr-13 20:10:08
Exactly why parents need to calmly discuss these things with kids when they come up, however they come up. Young enough that it's while parents still have influence over what kids choose to believe.
MrsHoarder Wed 03-Apr-13 20:12:47
Village what do you mean by "these days"? Private bedrooms used to be a lot less common and children would have seen the mating of livestock in pre-industrial times.
tilder Wed 03-Apr-13 20:21:34
I totally get the need to talk to children early about sex. I remember the foul jokes we used to tell in primary school (i was 9 when I first heard the chocolate biscuit one, not sure how much I understood though). Really must start the chats with my kids.
Have to say though I would feel a little uncomfortable with a 7 year old hearing a sigh and the reaction being that it sounds like a lady having sex. I would wonder what type of conversations have gone on and with whom, as it sounds like more than a few 'how babies are made' or what are periods/wetdream conversations.
Why does knowing about sex mean a child isn't innocent? Its basic biology confused
Catchingmockingbirds Wed 03-Apr-13 20:33:55
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villagebird Wed 03-Apr-13 21:34:38
Bobyan Wed 03-Apr-13 22:17:36
village the UK has one of Europe's highest teen pregnancy rates.
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ApocalypseThen Wed 03-Apr-13 22:50:43
Oh FGS, I had my first orgasm at 6.
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I have 2 DS's 7 and 9
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[–]bstrader 5 points6 points (0 children)
They're already doing it. Falling into the same mistakes of announcing a game 3 years early, and then giving no substantial updates about it. Same thing they did and are still doing with FF15. | http://www.reddit.com/r/KingdomHearts/comments/24gxsw/what_could_squareenix_do_to_make_you_not_want_to/ch7c3tp | dclm-gs1-058360001 |
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[–]JaYBrieL1318 days 1 point2 points (1 child)
well we need to point them to where this study by Prause has been critiqued by people who are much smarter than lil ol' me...
You are right though, and it is a shame they will eat it up... lies are not good for an intellectual diet.
Anecdotes are all we have as porn induced ED is a new thing, and has not been studied yet. There has not been a study asking young guys with unexplained ED to give up porn and see what happens. We are doing that experiment for them... my study found that porn was in fact, the cause of my erectile dysfunction. Lol... Sorry I have to bother breaking it down because young readers will come across that thinking porn is harmless. If one young guy is helped by hearing my story than that is worth it to me. For years "studies came out saying cigerettes are fine, and some even said they HELP with breathing. I see similar a similar pattern with this stuff. Our eyes are opened, but many are still closed.
[–]36yearsofporn285 days 0 points1 point (0 children)
It's worthwhile. I had the very same issue myself.
For years I pursued all kinds of unhealthy behavior related to my PMO addiction. I'd spend hours perfecting my fantasization techniques, combined with jacking off. I jacked off while deployed on a US Navy ship in the head (bathroom) to the point I got hemorrhoids.
I used to do all kinds of researching looking for something academic which would verify there was something unhealthy in my behavior. Instead, all I could find was literature proclaiming the health benefits of masturbation, and how it was impossible to get addicted to because the body knew its point of satiety. Ha! That's a joke.
It wasn't until I happened on that I finally found a resource which resonated with me, and that plus finding this community has made all the difference in the world.
So please don't take anything I say as an attack. What you're doing has value. But it's not my mindset. I'm glad you're doing it. I'll just keep being as supportive as possible of the people in the community here, and guffawing a little at bullshit research papers like the one cited here. | http://www.reddit.com/r/NoFap/comments/1xsxom/clinical_psychologist_claims_that_porn_addiction/cfei5g0 | dclm-gs1-058370001 |
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[–]trixiecat 1 point2 points (0 children)
Here is a great resource. Do you meet the diagnostic criteria? If you come close you might have it.
In the end it doesn't really matter if you are diagnosable. If the problem is significantly affecting your life and causing you a lot of stress, then it's time for therapy (no matter what the problem is). | http://www.reddit.com/r/OCD/comments/14u2h5/im_not_sure_if_its_ocd_or_im_just_dumb/c7gg669 | dclm-gs1-058380001 |
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[–]LordOfLatveria 36 points37 points (2 children)
The one of her with the pistol is kinda hot for a wedding photo.
[–]trs21219 28 points29 points (0 children)
Proper trigger discipline. Much sexy.
[–]vintagestyles 9 points10 points (0 children)
his wife is a smoke show. every one of those is pretty damn sexy.
[–]j__35coAspiring LEO 8 points9 points (1 child)
I know where I'm taking my wedding photos now
[–]fnordfnordfnordfnordNot a LEO 7 points8 points (0 children)
Chinese people (in China at least) take wedding photos seriously. They spend the equivalent of several months salary. (spent a year in China)
[–]Osiris32Aspiring LEO 7 points8 points (0 children)
I love the rappelling one. GG husband, aussie-styles it from the top of a building just to gently kiss her on the head.
And yeah, she's smokin' hot. Way to go, Ofc Weilin.
[–]Viper_ACR 3 points4 points (0 children)
Some real badass shit
[–]JaberkatyNot a LEO 0 points1 point (0 children)
That was righteous.
My admiration of badassery is getting all mixed up with some right-girly squee-ing.
[–]soundofdapolice 0 points1 point (0 children)
If I ever get married with my 70% divorce rate, I want pictures like these!!!
[–]GagetNot a LEO 0 points1 point (6 children)
Higher quality versions here. Might be the original source.
Would make a good /r/PolicePorn submission probably.
[–]execjacobAspiring LEO 0 points1 point (5 children)
what make/model is that car?
[–]KFJ943 1 point2 points (4 children)
Looks like a V.W Passat, although I could be wrong. Here's one in normal colors. Maybe SWAT colors are different?
[–]fnordfnordfnordfnordNot a LEO 4 points5 points (2 children)
It's either that or an Audi A6. Both are common in the major ciites in China.
[–]KFJ943 1 point2 points (1 child)
Yeah, those are two pretty similar cars, so I could very well be mistaken! China has a lot of different cop cars.
[–]fnordfnordfnordfnordNot a LEO 1 point2 points (0 children)
I can't tell either and as far as I know, I think the two cars are built on the same chassis. I've spent a fair amount of time in China and I've seen a lot of both of those model of car (and more).
[–]execjacobAspiring LEO -1 points0 points (0 children)
that light bar on top looks so ugly
[–]dead_not_sleeping 0 points1 point (1 child)
Anyone who looks at these photos and buys the story the title tells is a fool.
[–]JWestfall76 -1 points0 points (0 children)
Yup, that's some Buffy shit right there. No way that was spur of the moment
[–]hulking_menace -2 points-1 points (10 children)
The photos look neat but its hard for me to be excited about anything Chinese law enforcement, because, you know, oppression and shit. Not bullshit American hippie oppression but for realsies "how dare you believe something not approved by the government" oppression.
[–]kalleerikvahakyla 7 points8 points (9 children)
Yeah, this particular officer just loves to oppress the shit out of people. THere is no way he is just a dude looking for good employment to provide for his family. I bet he oppresses at least 20 hours of his 24 hour shift. Any less and he is underperforming.
[–]hulking_menace 2 points3 points (7 children)
I don't know the man personally, but if you work for the enforcement arm of the P.R.C. then yes, you share some of the responsibility for the oppression imposed by the state. All countries and all law enforcement agencies are not created equal, and if you work for a law enforcement agency in a country like China I will happily judge you for it. I feel the same about North Korea, Thailand, and a number of Middle Eastern nations.
[–]kalleerikvahakyla 1 point2 points (0 children)
The city has 28 million people in it. I'd imagine their regular cops are hands full with just everyday police-stuff.
[–]Geisterjager 0 points1 point (5 children)
Yeah, know how I know you don't know much about life in China?
The police here are incredibly unoppressive in the most annoying of ways. They're not known for being jackbooted thugs who show up at your house and breach the door because you downloaded a western movie. They're more known of as the people who sit at the police station and play League of Legends instead of enforcing traffic laws, investigating burglaries or other police stuff. The stereotype from Chinese and foreigners living here is of largely ineffectual police work, not hyper-active oppression engines.
To be honest, when I first moved here, I was pretty shocked by the level of not-oppression. Drunk in public is not a crime here; if it were, it wouldn't be enforced. Publically urinating or even defecating won't even get you a warning, let alone get you labeled as a sex offender. You can talk about religions all you want as long as you aren't actively trying to convert people. They don't have Stasi reporting people for owning Bibles or watching The Avengers.
When the CPC wants to screw with Tibet or Falun Gong, they don't send the cops, they send the military.
[–]hulking_menace 1 point2 points (4 children)
I'm not sure massive incompetence is all that much more favorable a characterization than oppression, and I don't think they're nearly as incompatible as you do. It's not like incompetence and corruption are a rarity from one-party administrations.
Just because the officer may not be, as someone sarcastically remarked earlier, oppressing people 20 hours a day doesn't make him any less a part of the Chinese criminal justice system. Particularly if he's not just an average officer, but a SWAT officer (or the Chinese SWAT equivalent).
It's not like China is shy about their use of police and law enforcement to crack down on political opponents. Heck, there's a photo of Chinese police arresting Falun Gong members in a public square at the top of their Wikipedia page.
Y'all do what you want. But the day I'm supposed to prosecute somebody because of their religion, I'm going a different direction.
[–]autowikibot 0 points1 point (0 children)
Persecution of Falun Gong:
The persecution of Falun Gong refers to the campaign initiated in 1999 by the Chinese Communist Party to eliminate the spiritual practice of Falun Gong in the People's Republic of China. According to Amnesty International, it includes a multifaceted propaganda campaign, a program of enforced ideological conversion and re-education, and a variety of extralegal coercive measures such as arbitrary arrests, forced labor, and physical torture, sometimes resulting in death.
An extra-constitutional body called the 6-10 Office was created to lead the suppression of Falun Gong. The authorities mobilized the state media apparatus, judiciary, police, army, the education system, families and workplaces against the group. The campaign was driven by large-scale propaganda through television, newspaper, radio and internet. There are reports of systematic torture, illegal imprisonment, forced labor, organ harvesting and abusive psychiatric measures, with the apparent aim of forcing practitioners to recant their belief in Falun Gong.
Image i - Falun Gong practitioner arrested by police in Tiananmen Square.
Interesting: Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong | Falun Gong | Kilgour–Matas report | Organ transplantation in China
[–]Geisterjager 0 points1 point (2 children)
Yeah, but the prosecution isn't because of their religion. Other religions exist here. Maybe it has something to do with this particular religious group growing incredibly fast and demanding censorship of any articles which criticized them through massive illegal protesting. Add on top of that, their fraudulent activity, mass currency defacement (they like to put propaganda stamps on currency in a manner which renders it unusable as currency, and then slip it into circulation to unwary people) and counterfeiting.
There's also a pretty long history in China of cult movements turning into full-fledged revolutions. The Taiping rebellion comes to mind quickly, for example.
[–]hulking_menace 1 point2 points (1 child)
Other religions exist here.
Yeah, so long as the Chinese government approves of the religion, appoints its spiritual leaders, and the religion doesn't criticize the government.
But TBH if you think the dissident crackdowns of the Chinese government are justified, I don't see a lot of point in further debating this. Cheers.
[–]Geisterjager 0 points1 point (0 children)
I don't think it's great, but it's a very different situation with a different history in a developing country with an extremely strong mob mentality.
Meanwhile, you think no one in China should become a police officer until the government changes its policies towards a kooky censor-happy apocalyptic cult.
[–]waterbottle14 0 points1 point (0 children)
I doubt he loves it but I also bet he wouldn't hesitate to do it. | http://www.reddit.com/r/ProtectAndServe/comments/2dvmbm/a_swat_officer_in_china_couldnt_get_time_off_his/ | dclm-gs1-058390001 |
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[–]nightpanda893Robert Broratheon 0 points1 point (0 children)
basically, if offends people, then just don't use it. "Hysterics" has such a meaning these days that it's hardly comparable to what we're discussing but if it was offending someone I simply would find a different word.
I'm not personally offended by "faggot" or "that's so gay" anymore but I know there's young people struggling with their sexuality and the only time they hear "gay" being brought up is when someone wants to insult someone else. | http://www.reddit.com/r/gaybros/comments/18wjlg/am_i_supposed_to_not_be_offended_by_faggot_now/c8j51qm | dclm-gs1-058400001 |
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[–]IczyAlley 5 points6 points (3 children)
Though I get the sense that you're a bit troll-y, I'll bite. I went to Columbia and post-structuralists taught the single-author canonical classes that you seem to think disappeared. Students of Derrida showed me what was of value in the Western tradition, and though I can't be certain, I don't believe they did so ironically.
You seem to have a much bigger bug in your bonnet that has little to do with English literature. While taking the core at Columbia, I also took Latin classes and read many of the classics you seem to prize in their "original" languages. I learned Old English. I studied linguistics. Yet I also firmly believe that race, gender, and class are integral to reading any text. I'm sorry, but for a thousand reasons its demonstrable that their concerns are not new or trendy. You can dismiss me as a charlatan or something, but (and though I'm not trying to be a dick, there's no way to say this without coming off as one) I know far more about these texts than you ever will. And my colleagues do too. And we disagree with you. That's not enough to convince you on its own, I know, but it should register with you on some level. I'm not sure which scholarship you hate so much, but I can assure you that even Harold Bloom at his most fuddy-duddy would not dismiss everything with a wave of his hand as you are.
To continue addressing your anger at the shriveling of a perceived golden-age, I think you have misplaced your anger completely. The reason Old English withered and died is because universities no longer get the money for education in those subjects. This is because they do not make students more employable. IF you have a problem with this, blame anti-intellectuals who do their best to marginalize and de-fund English departments, not the people in them who are always trying to do their best in pursuit of a Truth that they are eternally skeptical of. Don't blame some poor schmuck trying in earnest to show why gender is important in Shakespeare (which it is for anyone who isn't willfully ignorant, but which is seemingly being dismissed by you right now). Don't blame someone who finally demonstrated why Langston Hughes is a master poet and jazzman. Consider for a moment what you're really angry about.
And as for your ideas about the value of the canon and the past...I've published on Milton and Donne. I even value Old English and read it passably well. I'm not saying that the canon is useless. No one is (there may be someone who rhetorically makes such claims, but they are EXTREMELY rare and if you talk with them for more than 5 seconds you'll realize that they are trying to make a political point). But even if someone was saying to blow it all up, I think you place far too much value on things you deem canonical without placing them in context. If you want everyone to know the classics of Western Civilization, that's fine (though I think that's a separate argument entirely from this article, which is about English). But even there I'd have to say you're being hostile and myopic. IF you want us to read Koine and Ionian Greek, or even if you want us to read Dante, Homer, and Virgil in an English translation, then I think there's a strong argument that we should also be required to teach sub-Saharan African tales that defined Egyptian mythology, Egyptian mythology itself, Gilgamesh, Tale of Genji, the various Chinese epics, the Mahabharata, etc. Each of those works has just as much of an impact on modern English literary productions as the things cited in those article or by you. If you're talking about sending English lit students to school forever and paying for them to read the Sanskrit classics, then I agree with you completely. I bet many students and professors of English literature would agree with you. Let's make this happen!
But before that, one final thing--though I do value the canon, I don't think that requiring English students to read La Comedia or the Symposium necessarily makes them better thinkers or citizens. Since this thread is deep enough for Godwin's Law and I suspect you're being a little trollish, I don't feel like it's too out of place to bring up the Nazis. The Fascists read Thucydides just as closely as people who didn't execute millions of people (maybe even more closely), but I don't think that reading the books that you think are important will automatically improve the quality of education. It didn't even help them realize they shouldn't fight a two front war, even though Thucydides spells out how important that is in the ancient Greek equivalent of ALL CAPS. But on a more reasonable note, even the classic philological literary studies that you seem to remember fondly relied on scraps and trash to define what good reading and good reading practices were. IF you go into an archive, you have to read monks lists of food to figure out what a word of The Bible means. Things that seem value-less can become valuable with the careful meditation of a good literary scholar. That's our job, and that's why categories you deem unimportant are actually integral to the Serious and Important work of Good Scholarship.
Sorry about the weird formatting, I wrote this on my phone.
[–]redundanteater 1 point2 points (2 children)
I hear where you're coming from, but as a grad, you have to be aware that Columbia is renowned for being one of the last "great book" oriented undergraduate programs. It basically stands alone in higher education for its approach to both the bridge and the first year curriculum in general (mostly due nowadays to Roosevelt Montas). I think that this matter was even a research topic at either the AAC&U or with the Carnegie people a few years back.
I'm not dismissing applying theory to the study of literature in graduate school, but I am firmly against both forcing it on undergraduates or teaching theory for its own sake in English Departments. English Departments shouldn't be dumbed-down versions of other departments. We have enough to do as it is.
Mostly I'm angry at needlessly obfuscatory theory work, which has moved further and further away from proposing useful tools for the analysis of works of literature and which is instead used to indoctrinate students to specific political agendas. I don't want to be around the sorts of people who confuse teaching literature with what you call "trying to make a political point." My view is this: Leave post colonialism and Shakespeare for a graduate seminars, and teach undergraduates the nuts and bolts of the plays and poems first.
And if you think that sub-Saharan literature or the Tale of Genji has had as important an effect on English literature as has Dante, I don't know what to say. The Inferno is more influential on the development of western literature than absolutely everything ever written on the continent of Africa combined. And once we exclude the Bible, even the literature of the Levant is unimportant… e.g. Gilgamesh, which is interesting as an early epic (and we could easily add Atrahasis among others)… it was only rediscovered in the 1870s.
Undergraduate majors are limited in terms of credits, usually about 36 at the most. That means a grand total of 12 courses (UCLA's much discussed program being 4 "historical," 3 "broad," 2 electives and a capstone). If you look at UCLA's offerings, the different areas have enough options in them to create an incredibly useless BA where students would come away with not only a narrow but stilted understanding of one thousand years of English writing, and who would be almost guaranteed to bomb on the subject GRE. I don't think it would be difficult to go back to a more rigorously defined historical core of say 5 courses. I put this entire thing down to self-centered baby boomer faculty in the 1980s wanting to teach their own little pet areas without any consideration for their students or for a broad understanding of English literature.
[–]savdec449 0 points1 point (0 children)
This is completely anecdotal, but I attend a program with very, very loose period requirements, am interested mostly in contemporary poetry, and my subject test score was higher than the average at Harvard and Berkeley. I don't say this to show off but to say that if you are motivated enough to make the (stupid) choice of doing grad school in literature, then you will do the necessary work on yr own. (For what it's worth, Columbia is part of the large coalition of schools which do not require the subject test from applicants).
[–]MerOper 0 points1 point (0 children)
There are other, much better thought-out comments that say what I wanted to say, but I'd very strongly advise against treating the GRE subject test as usefully indicative of anything, much less the quality of an undergraduate education in English. | http://www.reddit.com/r/literature/comments/1vogvp/the_humanities_and_us_dont_listen_to_todays/cev36ap | dclm-gs1-058410001 |
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[–]sequenceGeek -1 points0 points (0 children)
I agree, I don't think it's rude though. As long as you aren't doing something highly dependent on verbal correctness (surgery comes to mind: "hand me the knife thing"), the expectation that you have to know exactly what you mean when you speak is IMO useless. Better to let out what you think and work with what you got then stay silent and never go anywhere... | http://www.reddit.com/r/psychology/comments/po9ub/is_there_a_term_for_the_phenomena_where_you/c3qzsfw | dclm-gs1-058420001 |
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[–]shatners_bassoon 1 point2 points (0 children)
I first heard about this case when it was mentioned in the Michael Moore film 'Capitalism'. He interviews some of the children and parents whose lives were ruined by this guy. If I remember correctly more than one of the convicted children committed suicide.
I literally can't believe someone could value money so much that they would ruin the lives of young innocent children in the pursuit of it. It beggars belief. | http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1rs9hg/til_a_pennsylvania_judge_was_accepting_bribes/cdqfyx4 | dclm-gs1-058440001 |
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Outdoor Living Room [5616x3744] by onlysame1in RoomPorn
[–]nurban512 20 points21 points (0 children)
I'm fairly certain the furniture and art is specifically made to handle being outside, and the owner of the home just pays for any cleaning/maintenance to keep it pristine. There's probably also multiple more living areas inside a house like this.
NAS backup by raksterin HomeNetworking
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Would Amazon Glacier work?
New networking gear (Meraki) going in next week! [OC] 3264x2448 by cockhorse-_-in GeekPorn
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Just signed up for a webinar myself. Can these APs be managed locally once the 3-year cloud management license runs out?
Fork Bomb Tattoo. by BaconZombiein geek
[–]nurban512 0 points1 point (0 children)
Haven't seen that one but one of my friends has the USB symbol
My Home Lab by t1acin homelab
[–]nurban512 2 points3 points (0 children)
Copying files like movies and vhds around my network through a 100mbps switch I was getting like 8-9MB/s. Replaced my switch with a cheap full gigabit one and now I get around 80-90MB/s. To move a 5GB movie that's the difference between 1 minute and 10 minutes. In my case it was worth it but I guess if you are only streaming Netflix and surfing the web you won't saturate the 100mbps link.
My Home Lab by t1acin homelab
[–]nurban512 0 points1 point (0 children)
Isn't networked storage one of the most important uses for fill gigabit? Correct me if i'm wrong but you're theoretical max bandwidth would go from 125MB/s to 12.5MB/s?
Denver Broncos Playing Keep-Away with Peyton Manning's 509th TD Football by TheRealBlaSiansin gifs
[–]nurban512 0 points1 point (0 children)
Playing that in reverse makes it looks like he desperately wants to play catch but nobody will throw him the ball.
Really cool two person motorcycle by figjam13in pics
[–]nurban512 3 points4 points (0 children)
Jeremy drove one of these on Top Gear: Very interesting automobile to say the least.
It may be 12 years old, but it's mine! (50k miles too!) by justforthepunofitin Autos
[–]nurban512 3 points4 points (0 children)
I have not seen this in ages. I used to love this series of shorts back when they where on the BMW website. They where called The Hire if i remember correctly.
Two female teachers at Destrehan High School in Louisiana arrested for having three-way sex with 16 year old student. by blazedshaggyin WTF
[–]nurban512 2 points3 points (0 children)
For some reason I found the 3 interviews of fathers entertaining. It's messed up how differently this would be handled if two male teachers where doing the hokey pokey with a 16 year old girl.
LPT: Cover food with a wet paper towel when reheating in a microwave. by cant_always_be_rightin LifeProTips
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Related paper towel pro-tip: When trying to cool a beverage down (beer) in a pinch, wrap it in a damp paper towel and put it in the freezer. It will cool down faster than just putting the beer in the freezer.
This should be Samsung new add by BG_MaSTeRMinDin funny
[–]nurban512 0 points1 point (0 children)
I'm sure more legitimate complaints will come in but most of what I have seen online are people doing "bend tests" intentionally breaking iPhone+s. I'm not disagreeing there is more than 9 instances of bent phones out there but I think thousands is a gross overestimate and most of the hype is just the typical anti-Apple circle-jerking.
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[–]nurban512 0 points1 point (0 children)
He stopped and looked into the camera for you to take this picture. He is not a mountain main.
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I started using to track bills. It concentrates on listing your bills out in the order they are due and clearly says the amount. The PC version of the website is clunky and ugly but the app works great as a reminder, better then Mint in my opinion.
So glad this guy is protecting the galaxy by dansmith_byuin funny
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Another day in the life of Burt Macklin, that son of a bitch.
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I can see what you mean, but sometimes the gratification of seeing the before/after is worth it. And even if she doesn't see it every day, i bet Grandma appreciates it. | http://www.reddit.com/user/nurban512 | dclm-gs1-058450001 |
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What tie patterns and colors go well with a charcoal suit and cognac brown shoes? by MrHeavySilencein malefashionadvice
[–]opeyum 0 points1 point (0 children)
grey suits are the most versatile for ties. stay away from bright red. black will go better with black shoes. any other color is pretty much good to go.
the only thing i would consider is your dress shirt color with your tie. for a grey suit i would stick to a white, light blue for safe colors or light pink for something with a lil more pop.
my favorite color tie for a grey suit/brown shoes is burgundy.
Black overcoat/topcoat bad option? by DSJ13in malefashionadvice
[–]opeyum 0 points1 point (0 children)
black is fine. black can be worn with most colored suits, the only thing i would pay attention to are the shoe color. if your wearing a grey suit, black topcoat, probably should stick with black shoes. i mean you can wear whatever you want but brown shoes and a black coat would just stand out but with the right combo could still look good.
the reason navy/grey is probably popular is because its trendy and more versatile. people like their brown shoes. nothing wrong with a nice traditional black topcoat.
Where do you put your phone/wallet/keys? Wearing any remotely tight pants looks silly by dontdrinktheTin malefashionadvice
[–]opeyum 0 points1 point (0 children)
so many comments about people putting their wallets in their back pockets. i strongly suggest not to for two reasons, first off its uncomfortable to sit on your wallet and has actually shown long term effects on the back (no source is needed, just google it). second is a bit more being cautious, but back pockets are very easily pick pocketed. growing up in LA and being fortunate enough to go to amusement parks or anywhere there are large cramped crowds, i just dont trust people. having your wallet in your front pocket is not dummy proof but it is much more secure.
(ROSTER) - 2015 Moves by mdmyers95in DynastyFF
[–]opeyum 1 point2 points (0 children)
Wilson, Lacy, Julio, Gordon, Jeffery, Gronk. Hyde would be a solid pick up as your 7th keeper.
[ROSTER] 12 Team Keeper league where you can keep 4 players. Which ones would you keep?? by raptor1523in DynastyFF
[–]opeyum 0 points1 point (0 children)
i would only keep mccoy if i felt everyone else in the league was going heavy on keeping RB's.
[–]opeyum 0 points1 point (0 children)
ya cam is a tough player to let go especially in a 2 qb league. i just try to think about relative value to the position, and also consider longevity. thomas vs TE's and Cam vs QB's, i think theres a larger spread for thomas but i dont think you would do wrong if you kept cam over thomas. you have a legitemate 8 players that i could make a case for based on a no penalty keeper league and 2 qb's lol.
[–]opeyum 0 points1 point (0 children)
no penalty for keeper draft position?
tough one, but Dez, Jones, thomas, wilson. evans, cam, mccoy, benjamin are my next closest.
My Favorite Face Swap I've Made by Androowdin funny
[–]opeyum 3 points4 points (0 children)
man that face looks like Russell Wilson. never noticed how similar their features were before.
Blake Griffin fakes before dishing to DeAndre Jordan for the big reverse oop by samneterin nba
[–]opeyum 9 points10 points (0 children)
brandon knight saw jordan wide open, he just pretended he was more worried about the 3. good choice lil friend...good choice.
[ROSTER] Drop kicker for??? by underthebridgewaterin DynastyFF
[–]opeyum 0 points1 point (0 children)
taliaferro, turbin, stills, dalton. Already know what dalton can do, hes a decent FF qb just inconsistent. Stills and cooks will be the saints options once colston retires, until then they effect each others value. Turbin looks solid but lynch isnt slowing down like we all thought, plus michael clouds the situation. Taliaferro was solid the beginning of the season when he got some good touches. Forsett and pierce are both near their end.
I think i like taliaferro's situation best but all 4 are pretty even in my opinion.
[Commish] Situation involving replacing owners by soggystamenin DynastyFF
[–]opeyum 0 points1 point (0 children)
my league actually just had this exact scenario this yr. the commish said he was going to allow it for only teams who did not make the playoffs. some members griped, others were ok with it (both in and out of the playoffs). we decided to put it to a vote. i suggest the same. voting is the simplest way to alleviate league decisions. because there is always someone who will have issues with anything that impacts the league, positive or negative.
i would also suggest if you do allow it, to not make it a common occurrence to keep league integrity.
Good casual shoes for around $100? by hammanmanin malefashionadvice
[–]opeyum 0 points1 point (0 children)
easier to show some example. just scroll down and youll see some good combo's.[]=fall|typed&term_meta[]=fashion|typed&term_meta[]=men|typed&term_meta[]=winter|typed
but basically it depends on how you dress to know what you consider casual. all of those shoes would go well with just a simple pair of jeans (denim, olive) and a simple sweater/button up. i mean there are tons of different ways you could dress and all of them could look good. just depends on your style.
Good casual shoes for around $100? by hammanmanin malefashionadvice
[–]opeyum 6 points7 points (0 children)
$100 should give you a pretty good amount of options at DSW. they have a wide variety of shoes for reasonable prices plus you can always get lucky on their clearance rack. Or since you have a nordstroms card, try nordstroms rack.
im a frugal buyer, i tend to get lucky ever once in a while. just dont settle, make sure when you see something you like, grab it.
Edit:Im not 100% a nordstroms card will work at nordstroms rack. Not really sure what your looking for, but assuming you want some nice boots to deal with the rain, i found some decent selections at good prices. as far as the quality/fit, not sure about most of them.,cat20303,cat20303,cat20303
Does my suit look cheap? by smoofin malefashionadvice
[–]opeyum 1 point2 points (0 children)
Yes of course but tailors can only do so much. A tailor can do nothing about the shoulders, so it is the first thing to check for a suit. Next is make sure the suit fits ur neck/chest/torso. Tailors can make small adjustments if the fit is a little off. (IE move the coat buttons up, down, left, right to adjust the fit, or take in the back/sides if it was too big) thats why people are saying ur coat is pulling in the middle, i disagree, its not bad, and ur wearing a cardigan which is adding uneccesary bulk. Nothing a tailor couldnt fix pretty easy. Another item a tailor cant fix is coat length. But urs appears fine. Arm/pant length are eaisly adjusted and almost a mandatory tailoring item at the very least. Last thing il mention for trying on ur suit, pay attention to the arm holes. The smaller they are around ur armpit the better. Wide armholes will cause bulking and restricted movement.
Sorry for the long response just wanted to make sure you felt sharp for your wedding. Congrats by the way and good luck.
Does my suit look cheap? by smoofin malefashionadvice
[–]opeyum 0 points1 point (0 children)
TBH your suit looks too big imo. its hard to tell since youre taking a picture of yourself, but put your arms down to the your sides and look at your shoulders. it appears you have about an inch of extra fabric hanging over. also the lapel is raising quite a bit off your traps even with a slight raise of one of your hands, which also indicates too big.
the suit itself doesnt look cheap, its a nice color. but the vest/cardigan needs to go. your should try on suits with just a dress shirt to ensure you are getting the right size. MFA sidebar has some sizing guides on suits if you need pictures.
EDIT: This suit guide is quick and easy to read!
Potentially starting a new job, need a lot of new, affordable suits. Any suggestions? by TheAquamanin malefashionadvice
[–]opeyum -11 points-10 points (0 children)
men's warehouse is probably your best bet at that price range. They typically have sales where you can get a decent selection of suits for about $250 (either on sale or BOGO deals). They start and stop their sales like every other week. so if its not on sale today, go back next week.
Facial reconstruction before modern medicine by iBleeedorangein WTF
[–]opeyum -1 points0 points (0 children)
if he lost his whole jaw, how did his bottom lip regrow?
Edit: this was a serious question. was curious on how the face recognizing new skin/tissue and forms it into a lip based on its location? or did the doctor create the lip? im just confused on how the body knows to make what use to be a thigh or butt, and reform it into a mouth. human body is crazy.
[Trade] My WR for Tannehill by LUCIFERx88in DynastyFF
[–]opeyum -2 points-1 points (0 children)
well Patterson and Robinson are worth about the same right now, Each of the them are easily worth Tannehill straight up.
Your offer seems alright, me personally i wouldn't accept it, but you never know what people will go for. I say submit the trade offer and if it goes through, you got a good deal.
[TRADE] Michael Floyd for Marshawn Lynch? by illlilllllillliin DynastyFF
not sure why you are being upvoted when jshrlzwrld02 is 100% correct. RB's are harder to find consistency than WR's. in dynasty, the longevity of a RB compared to WR is ridiculous and THAT is why WR's are ranked higher. good RB's tend to only have 2-4 yrs of good numbers while a good WR can 8-12. so yes, producing RB's are much more valuable because they are not consistent YR to YR. that is exactly why in redraft leagues RB's are so heavily drafted.
edit: typos
[TRADE] Michael Floyd for Marshawn Lynch? by illlilllllillliin DynastyFF
[–]opeyum 1 point2 points (0 children)
The biggest question i have, are you trying to win this yr? If you are, id definitely pull the trigger.
reasons: your in a 8 man league (non ppr).
Floyd is the 43rd WR this yr for points scored (roughly 64), not really doing much and isnt very consistent. In dynasty, hes hes ranked anywhere from 15-20th at the moment.
Lynch is 2nd RB this yr (171), but we all know, theres many questions after this yr.
Lets go back to the point of, your in a 8 man league! That means Michael Floyd isnt even start-able this yr, in a perfect world if all teams had all talent evenly spread out, you'd start the top 20 RB's and top 20 WR's (2 rb's = 16, 2 wr = 16, 8 flex)
yes i understand floyd is young and talented but i dont see him ever breaking the top 10 in scoring in any season is may barely break top 20. meaning in a 8 man league where really only the best are being kept, imo hes a bench player and a bye week filler. lynch is a starter in any size league, at least for this season, and will probably be an RB2-3 at worst next season before exiting the league in 2-3 yrs.
TL:DR - i would definitely do this trade if i was making a run at the championship this year. i would be hesitant if looking for next yr. I wouldnt do this trade if my team is at least 2 yrs out from being a contender.
[DISCUSSION]Position values by Seanay-Bin DynastyFF
[–]opeyum 1 point2 points (0 children)
ya, maybe hes afraid of where cobb goes after this yr or if he stays in place. but i agree he could use a nice WR1, but his WR's arnt bad either. if he only needs to start 3, he definitely has 3 capable WR's and im sure he starts 3 RB's with his flex. just tough luck on your part i guess.
[DISCUSSION]Position values by Seanay-Bin DynastyFF
[–]opeyum 1 point2 points (0 children)
for the most part you are correct, but it also depends on your league size and scoring.
RB's will always be harder to come by then WR's, especially in their prime, because of their short careers and how majority of teams are RBBC's.
Cobb for lacy is a reasonable trade. i wouldnt get down just because someone denied it though. in dynasty you have to play the league owner more then the players. because dynasty is so much more hypothetical and a lil bit of a guessing game, some owners will be higher on some players then their value and vice versa. Figure out peoples weaknesses and expose them. Also pay attention to member's needs and if they are competitive this yr or building for the future. If you know the members mindset, you will be more successful at getting what you want.
[TRADE] McCoy & 1st OVR for Julio & 3rd OVR by Jerm_13in DynastyFF
[–]opeyum 1 point2 points (0 children)
your WR's are your gold, and in Dynasty... WR's vs RB's longevity is a landslide. Id stick with julio since ATL would be stupid not to franchise him and has a fairly good QB locked for a few yrs.
I dont think McCoy is going to make a difference to be able to win this yr. so look to the future.
your WR's are elite and the depth is great. your RB's are young and could all turn into serviceable RB's 1-2 yrs... Hyde, Oliver, McKinnon, ball. Kelce will be a solid TE for the future and is already starting to produce.
IMO Your real struggle is your QB if you are in a 2 QB league. kaep is reasonable but would be best as an OP, not as your QB.
i think with a decent draft this yr and next yr, you could easily improve your team and be a top contender.
[Trade] My Hopkins and 3rd rounder for Josh Gordon by CatThief99in DynastyFF
[–]opeyum 0 points1 point (0 children)
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0.039394 | <urn:uuid:0c2e583f-1ef9-43cd-8dfb-87152de19861> | en | 0.925544 | Tackling the CO2 Measurement Challenge
February 10, 2009
The challenge: very precisely measure carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere all over the world, especially near Earth’s surface.
For Orbiting Carbon Observatory Principal Investigator David Crisp of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., and his team, the logical solution was an Earth-orbiting spacecraft. But shopping for a science instrument that could accomplish these objectives was no easy task.
In this case, “shopping” meant finding the right technology to meet the mission’s demanding requirements. The observatory contains a custom-built instrument designed to make what Deputy Principal Investigator Charles Miller of JPL calls “the most difficult atmospheric trace-gas measurement that’s ever been made from space.” To put that measurement challenge into perspective, consider that all of Earth’s trace gases combined, including carbon dioxide, make up less than one percent of Earth’s atmosphere. In addition, carbon dioxide levels vary by only about two percent from pole to pole. To substantially increase our understanding of how carbon dioxide sources (places where carbon dioxide is emitted) and sinks (places where it is absorbed, or stored) are geographically distributed on regional scales and study how their distribution changes over time, the new mission needed to be able to resolve differences in atmospheric carbon dioxide as small as 0.3 percent on regional scales every month.
While one spaceborne instrument is already making carbon dioxide measurements from space-the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder on NASA’s Aqua satellite-it sees the gas high up in the atmosphere, not near the surface, where it is emitted and where some of it is absorbed into land systems and the ocean. An instrument designed from the start to measure carbon dioxide down to Earth’s surface was clearly needed.
Enter NASA’s team of experts in atmospheric science, remote sensing instrumentation and the optical properties of the atmosphere’s components.
“You can see a good example of how a grating spectrometer works by looking at the back of a compact disc illuminated by a bright light,” said Crisp. “The narrow circular tracks that record the information on the disk are very effective at splitting light into different colors.”
The resulting spectra look something like bar codes, with dark lines showing where carbon dioxide or oxygen have absorbed specific colors. “By measuring the fraction of the light that has been absorbed in each of these dark lines, we can count the number of carbon dioxide or oxygen molecules in the atmosphere,” said Crisp.
Three separate digital detectors, one for each spectrometer, record a spectrum three times each second as the observatory flies above Earth’s surface. Fast exposures are essential because the spacecraft moves at more than four miles per second along its orbit track. “We don’t want long exposures that could include clouds as well as clear sky within individual exposures,” says Crisp. “We also want to take the data fast and get more clear views to the surface.”
While similar to the digital detectors in an ordinary camera, the observatory’s detectors take advantage of advances from the world of astronomy to achieve the greatest possible sensitivity. “These detectors were originally developed to measure objects that are faint, fuzzy and far-away,” said Crisp. “Here, we use them to measure very fine details in the spectrum of sunlight reflected from Earth.”
The three spectral ranges measured by the observatory’s spectrometers are in the near-infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum, invisible to the human eye. Each provides a critical piece of information. One provides precise information about changes in the amount of carbon dioxide present in the atmosphere, while the others show just how much of the atmosphere is being measured. “We need all three of these measurements to do the job,” said Crisp.
“One of the most challenging aspects of the mission was not inventing components, but fitting a big instrument into a small spacecraft about the size of a phone booth and designing it to use very little power,” said JPL’s Randy Pollock, the mission’s instrument systems engineer. The observatory’s instrument uses only about 100 watts of electricity, while the entire spacecraft uses only 400-500 watts, about half the amount used by most microwave ovens.
Once received back on Earth, the observatory’s data will be analyzed to yield estimates of the carbon dioxide concentration over Earth’s sunlit hemisphere at spatial resolutions as small as one square mile using complex mathematical algorithms. Scientists will then analyze these carbon dioxide estimates using global transport models similar to those used for weather prediction to quantify carbon dioxide sources and sinks.
“Carbon dioxide is the primary human-produced greenhouse gas and, therefore, the primary human-caused driver of global warming,” said Crisp. “To estimate the rate of global warming, we have to understand the processes controlling the buildup of carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere. Global, space-based monitoring systems like the Orbiting Carbon Observatory are essential tools for this task. The technology we validate on this mission will be used to develop future carbon dioxide monitoring missions.”
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0.034499 | <urn:uuid:07605e42-7c97-4300-af15-ebb4864d455d> | en | 0.94571 | Xbox World won't be around for the Xbox 720 release date in fall 2013, but the folding magazine is still speculating on specs for Microsoft's new video game console.
"Durango promises four hardware cores, each divided into four logical cores," said the magazine in an 8-page Xbox 720 spread.
In addition to a quad-core processor, Xbox 720 could have 8GB of RAM, which would be a significant jump up from Xbox 360's 512 RAM of shared RAM.
• We're from the future, here with a review of the Xbox One!
Toys within the toy
Microsoft also intends to one-up Kinect, its controller-free gaming device, when Xbox 720 comes out.
"Kinect 2.0 tracks up to four players," said the magazine, "and can read even the smallest movements of your fingers thanks to advancements in camera technology and processing grunt."
Such advancements could lead to augmented reality games, although the magazine said this particular feature won't be ready until 2014.
Still, Xbox World illustrated the potential of AR games, saying it "would work alongside Kinect or Omnitouch to turn your living room into a virtual reality environment in which game characters could appear."
All of these Xbox 720 specs require massive storage beyond what a DVD can handle, so the next Microsoft system is said to use a Blu-ray drive, as "broadband isn't up to the job" yet for cloud gaming.
Abandoning the Xbox 720 name
The cover to this second-to-last issue of Xbox World included a prototype based on the rumored Xbox 720 specs and has the name Xbox 720 in big letters.
However, inside the pages of the magazine, it speculated that Xbox 720 may not be the name Microsoft goes with in the end.
"Don't expect the next Xbox to be called Xbox 3 or Xbox 720," said the magazine. "Apple has changed the rules for branding, so when the next generation arrives, it'll almost certainly just be 'Xbox.'"
Following Apple's lead seems to be a new trend for Microsoft, as the company's CEO recently foresaw future Microsoft hardware beyond its Xbox consoles and the single Surface tablet.
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0.070828 | <urn:uuid:bbb1a59c-410a-4ae6-a1cf-6c8f614e50fa> | en | 0.975796 | Separating the terrible twins
Polish democracy grew up on Sunday, when the country's voters rejected the strident, xenophobic nationalism of Jaroslav Kaczynski. The election mattered not just because it was the first time a generation born after 1989 could vote. Nor because the liberal conservative winner Donald Tusk won the strongest mandate of any prime minister in the post-communist era. It was important because it saw a new generation of voters express its impatience with a leadership that saw the rise of Poland exclusively through the prism of 20th-century invasion and occupation. Though Mr Kaczynski's twin brother Lech still holds the presidency, Poland has turned a corner.
The election of Mr Tusk's Civic Platform (PO) is not going to change Poland's foreign policy overnight. It was the PO that came up with the slogan "Nice or death" in the row over the voting rights that Warsaw had initially won at the Nice Treaty. Poland will remain critical of the EU and distrustful of Vladimir Putin's Russia. It will agree to the deployment of a missile defence base in the north-west of the country, but the man tipped to be its foreign minister, Radek Sikorski, will demand a higher price for Warsaw's acquiesence in terms of the modernisation of the Polish armed forces. Poland will still defend its national interests, with more pragmatism and less of the damaging anti-German rhetoric.
Lech Kaczynski remains in power, and it is one of the ironies of his brother's defeat that he will have to appoint a new prime minister. Before the election, he threatened to use his power of veto to block any legislation he did not agree with. If he carried out this threat, he would only be broadening the coalition of support that Civic Platform would enjoy in parliament. The government will be formed from a coalition of Civic Platform and the Peasants' party. This would be enough to secure a parliamentary majority but not the 60% of votes needed to overcome a presidential veto. If this happened, the Left and Democrats - an alliance of social democrats and former communists who hate the Kaczynskis more than most - are expected to vote with the government.
Poland is now politically more coherent. Gone are the teetering coalitions that threatened to collapse at the first whiff of scandal. Gone too from parliament are unsavoury extremist parties like the populist Self-Defence or rightwing League of Polish Families. Their vote collapsed from 18% at the last election two years ago to just over 3%. In its place is a parliament dominated by three factions: the liberal conservatism of Civic Platform, the nationalism of Mr Kaczynski's Law and Justice party, and the centre-left social democrats. If it looks like any other country, it is a measure of how far Poland has travelled. | http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2007/oct/23/comment.leadersandreply1 | dclm-gs1-058570001 |
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0.037444 | <urn:uuid:0e5f5424-6856-43b0-9e44-9bc79cc64cc6> | en | 0.970015 | Judge likely to rule whether union law in effect
— A Wisconsin judge weighed arguments Tuesday about whether her court order intended to temporarily block the state's divisive new collective bargaining law was still in place, or whether Republican leaders had again outmaneuvered their opponents by using a legal loophole.
Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi scheduled Tuesday's hearing to consider arguments in one of several lawsuits challenging the legitimacy of Republican Gov. Scott Walker's law, which would strip most public workers of collective bargaining rights and which led to weeks of pro-union protests in and around the state Capitol.
But Sumi was also expected to weigh in on whether the law took effect when a state office unexpectedly published it online, despite her order blocking the secretary of state from publishing it in a newspaper - the typical last step before a law takes effect in Wisconsin.
If she were to declare that it took effect Saturday - the day after its online publication - it would mark the second time the Republicans used a loophole to push the law forward. After weeks of stalemate, Republican senators passed the law after finding a way to vote on it without their Democratic colleagues, who had fled the state to deny a quorum.
The governor's top aide, Mike Huebsch, said Monday that the administration was preparing a computer program that would account for the new deductions and halt deductions of union dues from state workers' paychecks, starting April 21. The Department of Administration would stop that work if a court determined the law didn't take effect Saturday, Huebsch added.
Secretary of State Doug La Follette, a Democrat, and the head of the nonpartisan agency that posted the law online, the Legislative Reference Bureau, contend that a law can't take effect until the secretary of state orders it published in a newspaper.
Democratic Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne, one of several people suing to block the law, argued as much in a court brief filed Monday night. Ozanne, who contends that the Senate violated Wisconsin's open records/meetings statute because it didn't give enough prior public notice before voting on the reconfigured law, asked Sumi to declare that the law hadn't taken effect on Tuesday. He wrote that the secretary of state and the reference bureau must work in tandem to publish laws, and that one can't act alone.
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Dating Fails: 6 Ways To Survive A Bad Date
Bad date? Maybe it's you. Maybe it's not. Either way, here are 6 tips to help you cope.
So you met someone who seemed nice so you got dressed up and went on a date with them. Once you got there, you realized it wasn't all that you thought it would be. Maybe they are rude, crass or totally incompatible. Maybe you just can't get a conversation going. For whatever reason, this date is going HORRIBLY.
What do you do?
A. Throw your water on them.
B. Suffer through two hours of them rambling on and on.
C. Break out of the restaurant's bathroom window and run.
D. All of the above.
I've dated a lot. I've been on more than my fair share of terrible dates and did my best to perfect the fine art of leaving gracefully. It is harder than it sounds to get away from a bad date without needlessly being rude, offending them, and/or making a total fool out of yourself. But with experience, I've learned how to handle all of the above. Here are my 6 tips for how to survive a bad date.
1. Think about what consititutes "bad".
Is this a bad date because of their attitude, your attitude or some other factor? Is this really someone that you don't like on the inside? Before you decide that they are completely incompatible with you and cut it short, consider whether they are worth your time.
I went on more than one date, where I wrote the person off way too early (like, before our drinks came) and it was a complete mistake. If I hadn't stuck around on a few of these instances I would have missed out on some great men. If they are rude to you, by all means, leave. But if they just aren't... quite.. right yet? Stick around and give them a shot. What should your "standards" look like? Use these 27 signs a man is worth your time.
2. Determine whether it's really them or the activity.
I went on a few bad dates where I actually wanted to stick a bicycle spoke in my eye during it, but the guy wasn't exactly the reason why. Maybe you decided to play laser tag together (don't laugh! I did this in the name of "dating research"). Maybe you didn't realize it until RIGHT NOW, but laser tag is the worst thing you have ever tried. Is this the other person's fault? Nope. Would you still rather be somewhere… anywhere… else? Yep.
Even if you seriously want to claw your face off to get out of there, it's important to recognize whether the person you are with is a mismatch or the activity is a mismatch. I went on more than one date where the other person was actually great, the activity just didn't bring out the best in us. If you're doing something out of your normal comfort zone, think about this before you bolt.
3. Consider their feelings… within reason.
Remember the golden rule: just because you don't jive with someone, does not mean that they deserve to be treated like dirt. By the same token, you are not obligated to stick around until the date comes to it's natural…yawn… two hour conclusion. You deserve to be at home watching Netflix or out with friends rather than suffering though a date that has dragged on way too long, if you so desire.
4. Consider the pluses and minuses of speaking up.
Remember that just because you are having the most agonizing time of your life, your date might be enjoying themself. It really stings to be out with someone who you think you're hitting it off with and have them look at you, say "thanks so much for meeting me. I think we're not a natural fit" and then not have anywhere to escape to. This happened to me on more than one occasion. Once, the guy said that he didn't think we were a match and then the waiter brought our food. It would have been weird to run out of there screaming without eating my tacos, but it sure led to 20 minutes of hugely awkward silence and me figuring out how to deal with rejection.
It's okay to be honest if you aren't really feeling it, but consider your timing. Often the slow fade is the graceful fade.
5. Maintain a positive attitude.
Just because you don't click with someone doesn't mean it's time to jump on the bitter bus and give up on your evening. The other person might not be your cup of tea, but this doesn't mean they are an alien from another planet. Try to enjoy your time with them even though you are sure it isn't a love match.
6. Cut it short.
If there is absolutely no hope, it's okay to cut your losses and start mounting your escape plan. When there is a natural break, perhaps during the awkward silence right after your first drink or the check appears, it's time to start excusing yourself. You can say you're tired and have to wake up early.
What have you done to survive a bad date? Tell me in the comments!
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of a testament to america's shipbuilding prowess. they are a critical tool for the united states, for our economic security and national security when it documents arctic. you see the ice breakers mean jobs to washington state and that's why in this final package the importance of these ships, these ice breakers, the polar sea was in danger of being scrapped. there is no denying that we need to build a new icebreaker fleet for the future and for our navy arctic mission. but these specialized vessels will take up to ten years to build. so in the meantime, we want to make sure that u.s. companies can continue to do business and keep the arctic operational and running, and so it's very fitting that the icebreakers that work fine now are not dismantled. so this legislation prevents them from being scrapped and helps us have the resources that we need to serve interests in the arctic. this bill stipulates that we won't junk our current icebreakers, and it's more cost-effective to keep them, and it will make sure that they stay seaworthy so that the crews don't go out on faulty equipment. these
it is a healthy dialogue where everyone gets a chance to express themselves. .9 of representation in america for people to give their point of view. they feel they have been heard, even if they don't get their entire way. most people, are willing to comprise a little bit. that is what we have to have here, unfortunate tax increases to balance lance our budget and unfortunately entitlement reforms particularly on health care side so we don't have the debt as far as eye can see. hopefully the speaker and president will get there. the solution is pretty straightforward. sandra: it isn't straightforward because we have so much disagreement. maybe it is harsh to call it as infighting maybe tension. more than 100 conservative leaders including former presidential candidate rick santorum, saying gop congressman will be targeted if they make concession on tax hikes. that sound like tension to me. >> a lot of tension. both extremes are trying to set their goalposts to make it impossible for speaker boehner and president obama to negotiate. my words to my colleagues are, get over yourselves. there has
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.s. america's re-industrialization is something we are noticing. we are seeing substantial gains in asia, not just in china, but also in the asean countries. >> the industry engineer -- the engineering industry is expecting high turnover. experts are optimistic the upward trend will continue next year. they are hoping the global demand will continue to keep the eurozone crisis at bay. >> to the markets. worries about the future of the german economy weighed on markets. we have this a bit from the frankfurt stock exchange. -- this update from the frankfurt stock exchange. >> the dax closed down at the highest level since five years, the day before. some profit-taking. shares have been dragged down by concerns that the german economy might cool down pretty soon. the ifo institute lowered its growth expectations for the german economy. the federal reserve seems to be quite pessimistic. looking at the u.s. economy, the fed thinks that the unemployment rate will stay very high next year. >> let's take a quick look at some market numbers. the dax closed at 7569. the euro stoxx 50 ended the day
is not free. we have forced to pay for -- wars to pay for. we have to pay bills. god bless america and c-span. everybody have a great day. host: thank you. we have two guests. we will continue looking at the so called "fiscal cliff" negotiations with mary agnes carey of kaiser health news. we will specifically look at how medicare may be affected by the fiscal cliff. next is grover norquist. we want to put the numbers up on the screen so you can have your chance to talk with mr. norquist. mr. norquist will be out here in just a minute so you can go ahead and start dialing your phones now. first, in the new york times, this article showing senator joe lieberman. he made his farewell speech yesterday. [video clip] >> barriers of discrimination and bigotry that a few decades ago seemed removable. doors of opportunity have been opened wider for all americans regardless of race, religion, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, or disability. during my time here in washington we have had our first female secretary of state nominated and confirmed, and our first african-american president
time you watch tv. >>> 18 days and counting. the stakes are getting higher as america heads towards the fiscal cliff. congress still in stalemate. senate majority leader reed firing exchanges earlier today. look at this, house members leaving for the weekend again. we know they're not really involved in the talks about the opticses certainly do matter. ayman, on the surface, it didn't seem to be going very well at all. >> on the ear fuss and below the surface. that may help negotiations because they don't have random members of congress milling around these halls spouting off and perhaps causing a problem for negotiators trying to get to a deal here. but we did play another round as we say, of press conference ping-pong. we had democrats, republicans, democrats back again. let's play a snippet so you can get a sense of the tone of what is going on, on the hill today. >> republicans want to solve the problem by getting the spending line down. the president wants to pretend that spending isn't a problem. that's why we don't have an agreement. >> speaker boehner can't ignore the americ
from europe to north america of the 1937 and they didn't have a full airship, only 36 passengers. at that time in 1937, $400 per ticket, one way, $720 round trip. think of what that would cost in today's parameters. >> no kidding. we'll get answers perhaps on sunday. >>> well before jon stewart and steven colbert, political satire was in the pages of "mad" magazine. >> and now "mad" is celebrating 60 years of poking fun. it's coming up on "world news now." >> announcer: "world ♪ ♪ mad world mad world >>> nice song choice, guys. "mad" magazine is celebrating 60 years of making fun of the american landscape with a brand new book. >> it's called "totally mad -- 60 years of humor, satire, stupidity and stupidity." here to help us celebrate this stupid milestone, can we call it that? not really. "mad" magazine writer, good morning dick bedebartolo. >> let me read this one line. as of his byline in issue 502 in 2009, your material has appeared in 400 consecutive issues of "mad" magazine dating back to 1966, my friend. >> yeah, yeah. >> you are a veteran. >> i've been paid for five
, in one corner ceos of some of america's biggest corporations that pay corporate tax rates and the other? entrepreneurs who pay their business taxes at individual rates because they have some type of pass-through entity like a partnership. ceos are lobbying for tax reform that would lower corporate rates. meantime the president wants to raise personal rates on higher income families which would hit some small business owners. small business advocates were shocked this week when the business roundtable endorsed raising personal rates as one way to help avoid the fiscal cliff. the roundtable reversed its opposition to that citing its fear of falling off the cliff. its letter was signed by 168 ceos. the national federation of independent business which represents 350,000 small companies went ballistic. >> taking from peter to pay paul. you're ignoring one huge segment of the economy, the small, to mid-size business sethment which is about 37% of netbusiness income, employees over half the private sector workforce saying the corporate side is more more important. >> but the roundtable is als
businesses at a time where we are expecting small businesses to be the engine of job creation in america. ernst and young has made it clear that jobs would be at risk. it is as simple as that. [inaudible question] >> well, we really should not be. i have argued going back to spring. this issue had to be dealt with. in may, the house removed a bill to replace this a question or with other cuts and mandatory spending. the president still is not serious about dealing with this issue right here. when i talk about pulling, most americans would agree that spending is a much bigger problem than raising taxes. they want us to do with this in a responsible way. [inaudible question] >> unfortunately, that is the case we are dealing with today. [inaudible question] >> i do not understand what the question is. everyone's income taxes are going to go off on january 1. i have made it clear that i think that is unacceptable. until we get this issue resolved, that risk remains. >> can you describe how difficult it is to craft a deal, while not jeopardizing your job as speaker that i am not concerned abo
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Geez, how does someone retire at 38.
Bold step to think you are financial secure and will remain so.
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Was the gain due to the market jumping by so much?
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Ned Wallis knows he's forbidden to touch the rifle in the attic. But he can't resist sneaking it out of the house, just once. Before he realizes it, Ned takes a shot at a dark shadow.
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$20 - 1 Person - 1 week Can it be done?
I've been stalking Chowhound for years now, and I often see topics on how to cook for 2 on a budget, or a family of 4 but what about the single person? I am a foodie, an I have every spice imaginable.
I am curious if you could feed a person for 1 week with $20.00. I think I could but only because I have a lot of ingredients that I've stalked up on during sales (spaghetti sauce for example). I started thinking...I could do dinner for 1 on - $20.00 but not an entire day.
So to everyone out there. What you feed 1 person for 7 days - 3 meals a day - with variety (remember foodie here) and you have to stay under $20.00
I was thinking something like:
1 Rotisserie Chicken served with rice and spinach salad
Next night make half of that into enchiladas
Next night left over chicken can become curry with rice
Next night last bit of left over chicken and rice can be made into congee
Then spaghetti w/ home made bread and noodles and spinach salad
1 pizza night (homemade of course!)
hmmmm? left over pizzia not sure
now the hard part is lunch because I don't do sandwiches and I doubt I have enough left overs to eat for lunch.
Breakfast easy
Egg White Omelet with spinach and cheese + bacon
Scrambled Eggs with Potatoes and Cheese + bacon
Pancakes from scratch
Grits - Baked
Repeat any of the above.
Now for this personally the only thing I would need to buy would be chicken, and spinach everything else I had but if I had to buy everything I know it wouldn't be under $20.00....
So ........ I am open to suggestions
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1. do you have any quinoa or couscous or something along those lines on hand? If not, they would be an inexpensive purchase. make a big salad with a grain, vegetables and herbs. Throw in a can of tuna or salmon if you want. could easily last a few days, and can vary. There is a great thread on quinoa salads here. You could also make some kind of lentil or chickpea dish, these again are very inexpensive options that will give you a good protein (especially if you buy dried instead of canned)
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I have both. The quinoa I have is the red kind. I like it in salads totally for got about that! I have cans of tuna good suggestion.
I could also make tuna fish sandwiches for lunch which i love and have everything for.
I do have chickpeas but I usually make those into hummus.
Oh, and being southern I could make red beans and rice forgot about that one.
Good suggestions Cleo... you got me thinking
1. re: sarahgw
Don't forget to use that chicken carcass for a wonderful broth that can be a soup or sauce base.
1. re: sarahgw
Yes--a pound of red beans can be had for $1.25 or so. Buy a cheap ham hock if you like and throw that in. That pot of beans alone, w/rice, would provide at least 8-10 servings.
1. re: nomadchowwoman
yesyesyes...dried beans or legumes!...I think I saw a 1 pound bag of lentils (might have been split peas) for LESS than $1 in WalMart--now THAT is an awesome dry good to have & make mulitple meals from!
1. re: Val
mm split pea soup!! That would be super easy and cheap and is one of my favorites. This is looking very do able.
1. re: sarahgw
er, I meant to type *multiple*..sheesh Val...also sarah: if you really want to save $$, consider stepping away from "meat is the only protein"...it isn't...and it is costing more and more and more...even poultry and fish...there are less expensive protein sources available, just gently saying. I think you will have FUN with your project!!!
2. re: nomadchowwoman
Unfortunately, since off cuts of meat has become trendy, ham hocks are now pretty expensive. 5 bucks for 3 in a package at Walmart.
2. You have to do more cooking from scratch, I think. For example, spaghetti sauce. It's better to get tomatoes on sale, then make a big batch and freeze individual portions. If you try to save money by getting the cheapest ready-made sauce in jars, it's going to have a lot of sugar in it.
Homemade soups can be inexpensive and nutritious, whereas canned soups are overpriced, not as tasty, and full of salt. I make a fish soup or chowder using commercially packed cod fillets from a restaurant supply store. These come in 5-lb boxes (frozen) with six pieces. This is not a good fish for serving on a plate, but diced and simmered with an onion in a crockpot for a few hours, it makes an excellent soup. Add fresh celery, a potato, and water after the onion and fish are well cooked. You can take a shortcut and use condensed cream of potato soup instead of a fresh potato, which you can buy in case lots and stock up on. A fresh potato might be less expensive, but only if there is no waste. That's the difficulty with the economics of fresh ingredients when cooking for one — avoiding waste while minimizing the cost of trips to the grocery.
1. I have no idea what your appetite is like, but I know I could make five meals out of one roast chicken and then make stock with the carcass. If you buy the chicken raw and cook it yourself, you can make that chicken go a lot further and have more to spend on veggies. For instance, I just came from a store where chicken quarters were 1.29 a lb, and you can often get them cheaper. So if one leg quarter sufficed for a meal, that would cost you somewhere in the vicinity of $1-$1.29.
Do you like beans? Dried beans and lentils go a long way.
Pasta + a bit of oil or butter + breadcrumbs and/or a bit of cheese
Even a small batch of marinara sauce can make several meals with pasta.
Tortillas rolled w/beans, cheese, maybe a little onion.
Tortilla pizzas--spread w/a little matinara sauce and sprinkled w/cheese (I lived on these when I was in school on a shoestring budget)
Salad bars, even while the per lb. price sounds high, can be your friend. Everything is washed, trimmed, ready to go so you can buy small bits of things (go for the pricier items--capers, olives, nuts, cheese, arugula, spinach) to add to staples.
Pork shoulder is usually very economical and incredibly versatile.
Yep, I think you can do it if you plan carefully.
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Excellent suggestions. I GH - I cook a lot from scratch and I have some tools that help me! On my Kitchen Aid Stand Mixer I have the pasta attachments. I have a bread maker so that helps making bread and stuff.
I grew nearly 100lbs of tomatoes this summer so I canned them into spaghetti sauce w/o meat. So that should be easy. I do have an herb garden so I don't have to worry about fresh herbs.
Now that the bay area is finally starting to cool down I can start my fall crop. Which will be helpful with lettuce and carrots and other goodies.
1. re: nomadchowwoman
Just cooking for 2, I find that a lot of my veggies go bad before I get a chance to use them, especially lettuce. Getting a small amount from a salad bar is a good idea.
1. re: Oboegal
Yes, I've had that problem too. That's why I try to use versatile vegetable like spinach I can put in an omelet, sauté, add it to pizza, or as a salad. The same with brocoli and carrots plus they're great to snack on.
2. This is an old thread, so prices have probably changed quite a bit, but RWOrange's experiment of going for a month on $3/day might give you some ideas.
1. As other posters said, roasting your own chicken and making stock from the carcass would be the foundation for many good meals. I just got a 7 lb roaster for $1.09 a pound to use for that very thing. Soup would be a good lunch, since you don't care for sandwiches.
You can mix a little salsa, rice and chicken with some of the stock, add cilantro and you've got a delicious Mexican style soup.
Matzoh ball soup is filling and cheap.
Good old chicken noodle soup with carrots and celery takes care of a few days worth of meals.
With the chicken leftovers, shred up some of the meat, some cabbage, carrot, onion and either Asian seasonings or Eastern European type seasonings and make eggrolls or stuffed pastries.
If you do a ground beef spaghetti sauce, the leftover sauce can be used another day in a Johnny Marzetti casserole.
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1. re: jmcarthur8
I just bought a roaster chicken for .89 cents a pound and make a few meals out of it, saving one leg and the carcass for soup. If the OP is near a Market Basket that is. :)
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If you make chicken stock from the carcass, instead of rice you can use tortilla chips (make from fried corn tortillas -- not the expensive bag kind) to make great tortilla soup. Add cilantro, lime and a little chicken and it is very tasty. A few drops of hot sauce or a chile cooked in the broth makes a different and spicy taste. | http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/872376 | dclm-gs1-059020001 |
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You can only run the CONNECT TARGET, CONNECT CATALOG, and CONNECT AUXILIARY commands at the RMAN prompt and only if RMAN is not already connected to the databases specified by these commands. To connect to a different target, catalog, or auxiliary database you must start a new RMAN session.
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An RMAN session runs in NOCATALOG mode by default if all of the following conditions are met:
• You did not specify CATALOG or NOCATALOG when you started RMAN.
• You have not yet run CONNECT CATALOG in an RMAN session.
• You run a command such as BACKUP that requires an RMAN repository connection (as shown in Example 2-49).
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CONNECT AUXILIARY Establishes a connection between RMAN and an auxiliary database instance.
Auxiliary instances are used with the TRANSPORT TABLESPACE and DUPLICATE commands, and during RMAN TSPITR.
CONNECT CATALOG Establishes a connection between RMAN and a recovery catalog database.
If the recovery catalog is a virtual private catalog (see CREATE CATALOG), then the RMAN client connecting to this catalog must be at patch level or Oracle9i RMAN clients cannot connect to a virtual private catalog. This version restriction does not affect RMAN client connections to an Oracle Database 11g base recovery catalog, even if it has some virtual private catalog users.
RMAN issues an RMAN-06445 error if you attempt to use the CONNECT CATALOG command in an RMAN session when RMAN is already in the default NOCATALOG mode (see "Usage Notes").
Note: You must use RMAN with a recovery catalog in a Data Guard environment.
CONNECT TARGET Establishes a connection between RMAN and a target database.
Note: RMAN can connect to physical standby databases as TARGET in a Data Guard environment. If you run CONNECT TARGET for a database that has a DB_UNIQUE_NAME that is unknown to the recovery catalog, but the DBID is the same as a registered database, then RMAN automatically and implicitly registers the database in the recovery catalog.
connectStringSpec Specifies the connection information for the database.
Example 2-48 Connecting to a Target Database Without a Recovery Catalog
This example starts RMAN in NOCATALOG mode and then connects to the target database with an Oracle Net service name prod1. RMAN prompts for the SYS password.
target database Password: password
connected to target database: PROD1 (DBID=39525561)
Example 2-49 Connecting to a Target Database in the Default NOCATALOG Mode
This example starts RMAN without specifying either CATALOG or NOCATALOG and then uses operating system authentication to connect to a target database with operating system authentication. Because no CONNECT CATALOG command has been run, RMAN defaults to NOCATALOG mode when you run the BACKUP command.
% rman
At this point in the RMAN session, you cannot run CONNECT CATALOG because the session has defaulted to NOCATALOG mode. An attempt to connect to the catalog in this session receives an error:
Example 2-50 Connecting to Target, Recovery Catalog, and Auxiliary Databases
This example connects to a target database by means of operating system authentication and connects to the recovery catalog and auxiliary databases by means of password files. RMAN prompts for the password.
% rman
connected to target database: PROD (DBID=39525561)
recovery catalog database Password: password
connected to recovery catalog database
auxiliary database Password: password
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Infantry bunker of the Mareth Line
The Mareth Line was a system of fortifications built by the French between the towns of Medenine and Gabès in southern Tunisia, prior to World War II. It was designed to defend against attacks from the Italians in Libya, but following the Fall of France and Operation Torch it fell into Axis hands and was used by the Italians and Germans to defend against the British instead.
Plan and construction[edit]
Defences in Tunisia were predicated on the idea that Italy would launch an overwhelming assault that France could not readily relieve. As soon as war was declared Italy was expected to launch attacks on both Egypt and Tunisia with the Italian Navy securing supply and interdicting any substantial Anglo/French relief. With a limited force of 6-9 divisions to defend all of French North Africa, Paris settled on the idea of a ligne Maginot du désert or a “miniature” maginot line in the desert. The direct border with Libya was indefensible for an inferior force so the French had to retract their defensive line a hundred miles inland to the town of Gabes. The best surveyed was a defensive stretch behind Wadi Akarit and between the Schott El-Fedjed Salt Flats and the Mediterranean Sea.[1] The superior position could not easily be flanked from the South and would have required a bloody assault to breach. However, the Akarit position surrendered the important town and harbor of Gabes. The French Colonial authority was already in arms over surrendering so much of Tunisia and French Officials in Gabes had substantial juice within French Politics. As a result the Mareth Line was constructed 37 miles South of Akarit between the Matmata Hills and the Sea. French engineers found an obvious defensive axis along Wadi Zigzaou where embankments stacked as high as 70 feet. Forays into the Matamata hills indicated they were impassable with the Western Desert seeming equally forboding.[2] This position secured Gabes as a supply base but was easily outflanked to the West if a mobile force went around the Matamata Hills. Moreover, Wadi Zigzaou put the French in front of a geographic chokepoint incredibly vulnerable to air and artillery fire.
Construction began in 1936 with the Mareth Line laid out in a similar manner to the Maginot Line and heavy expectations set on the “mini” line. The length of the fortification stretched for 45 km of fixed defences, trenches and cleared firing blinds. Infantry were to be housed in trenches and 40 concrete casements as well as 15 fortified command posts and 28 support posts. The ground did not suit underground artillery but 8 large artillery bunkers were constructed with each capable of accommodating a battery.[3] The French Staff expected an extreme manpower shortage in France so reinforcement for Tunisia were much of an afterthought and units in Tunisia were not expected to be actively reinforced. Once nested a French Army was expected to hold out for up to 2 years against a superior Italian Army attacking from Libya. As with the Maginot Line, the Mareth Line incorporated everything that the French had learned about trench warfare and infantry/artillery attacks. Mareth would preserve French manpower while simultaneously providing a force multiplier to equalizer a disadvantageous force pool. As in France, the French were confident that fixed fortifications would be only harassed by tactical air power and immensely improved field artillery.[4] Eventually, the position might be used as a staging base to push into Libya but any such operation would occur far into a new war and only after a successful British invasion from Egypt.
The geography of central Tunisia is dominated by the Atlas Mountains, while the northern and southern portions are largely flat. The primary feature in the south is the Matmâta hills, a range running north-south roughly parallel to the eastern coast on the Mediterranean Sea. West of the hills, the land is inhospitable desert, making the region between the hills and the coast the only easily navigable approach to the settled areas in the north. A smaller line of hills runs east-west along the northern edge of the Matmâta range, further complicating this approach. There is a small gap between the two ranges, the Tebaga Gap, at the extreme northern exit of the Matmâta hills.
The line broadly followed the Wadi Zigzaou for 35 km (22 mi) inland from the sea to the Matmâta hills, crossing the coastal road. The wadi provided a natural defence line, with steep banks some 70 feet (21 m) high in places. It was reputed to be the most difficult military defence line in North Africa. The French view was that the hills were sufficiently impassable to discount any attempt to outflank on the landward side,[5] which, however, was subsequently disproved in Operation Supercharge II.
Wartime history[edit]
Although constructed to counter a possible Italian incursion into Tunisia, the Mareth Line did not take part in the eventual fights of the battle of France since the African theatre remained relatively peaceful. In the aftermath of the conflict the line was formally demilitarised by a joint Italo-German commission.
However, following the Axis defeat at El Alamein, in November of 1942 the Afrika Korps started to remilitarise and refurbish the line to use it against the Allied forces. Until March of 1943 more than 100 kilometres of barbed wire were laid, as well as 100,000 anti-tank mines and 70,000 anti-personnel mines. In addition, the bunkers were reinforced with additional concrete and rearmed with anti-tank and AA guns.
After the Allied success at El Alamein, the German and Italian forces had conducted a fighting retreat across northern Libya and into Tunisia. General Bernard Montgomery's British Eighth Army paused at Medenine to prepare for the difficult assault on the Mareth Line and the Italian First Army (comprising the remnants of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps and the Italian armies), now commanded by General Giovanni Messe, attempted a pre-emptive attack (Operation Capri). When this failed, the axis troops withdrew to the Mareth Line and awaited the British attack.
Battle of the Mareth Line[edit]
On 19 March 1943, Eighth Army launched its assault on the line, Operation Pugilist. The 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division of British XXX Corps successfully managed to penetrate the line near Zarat, but their pocket was destroyed by a counterattack from the 15th Panzer Division on 22 March.
Earlier reconnaissance by the Long Range Desert Group had confirmed that the Line could be outflanked. This would enable a force to enter the Tebaga Gap from its western end and reappear on the coastal plain behind the Mareth Line - the "left hook". Montgomery, therefore, sent Lieutenant-General Bernard Freyberg's reinforced New Zealand 2nd Division - now the New Zealand Corps - through the Matmâta hills. This attack was stalled by determined defence.
Although the attacks by XXX Corps and the New Zealand Corps had been repulsed, allied forces were redistributed with 1st Armoured Division of British X Corps sent to reinforce the Tebaga Gap. Brian Horrocks, commander of X Corps, was placed in charge of operations at the Tebaga Gap and a renewed attack, Operation Supercharge II, began on 26 March. This "left hook" broke through the Tebaga Gap on 27 March and, combined with a fresh frontal assault, the Line was rendered untenable. However, Messe's forces were able to escape encirclement when the 1st Armoured Division was held up at El Hamma. The Axis forces retreated to a line at Akarit, 60 kilometres (37 mi) to the north.
1. ^ General Gauché, Le Deuxieme Bureau au Travail, 1935-1940 (Paris: Amiot Dumont, 1953)[not specific enough to verify][page needed]
2. ^ Ibid.
3. ^ Ibid.
4. ^ Jackson, France and the Nazi Menace, 207
5. ^ Stevens (1962), p. 155
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Antonio Orozco dominates Martin Honorio over 10 rounds
Antonio Orozco goes by the nickname, 'Relentless.'
Based on his performance on Thursday night, he might want to trademark that moniker.
Orozco lived up to it against a savvy, veteran fighter in Martin Honorio, winning a one-sided 10 round unanimous decision at the Fairgrounds in Del Mar, Calif.
The bout headlined a Golden Boy Live card that was broadcast live on Fox Sports One and Fox Sports Deportes.
Orozco was coming off a second round knockout victory over Miguel Angel Huerta on January 24 in Indio, Calif. It was a significant step up in opposition and one where fight fans saw Orozco scored the knockout after having been hurt in the previous round.
Honorio was another significant challenge for the 26-year-old Orozco, even though his best days as a pro were as a featherweight and super featherweight. Honorio does have wins over Steven Luevano and John Molina.
From the opening bell, Honorio worked from the outside, looking to attack the body with frequency. He was able to land, but would get countered to the head by Orozco.
As the bout progressed, Orozco increased his punch output. As he did this, he successfully began walking Honorio down, allowing him to connect with more regularity. Honorio's punch output dropped significantly with each round.
Things went bad for Honorio in the eighth round when he was hurt by a hard left jab from Orozco. The punch connected to Honorio's nose, prompting the veteran fighter to back away and gar onto his nose as if it might have ben fractured or broken.
In the ninth round, Honorio was deducted a point from referee Jose Cobian for hitting Orozco in the back. Orozco looked as though he was looking for at least a knockdown, or knockout in the final round, but Honorio was able to hold on.
All three judges scored the bout in favor of Orozco, 100-89, 100-89, and 99-90.
Orozco, from nearby San Diego, improves to 20-0, 15 KOs. Honorio, from Mexico City, DF, Mexico, drops to 32-9-1, 16 KOs.
Avila stops De La Mora
Unbeaten super bantamweight Tino Avila stopped former world title challenger David De La Mora in the second round.
After a competitive first round, Avila took the fight to De La Mora in the second round. During an exchange, Avila landed a counter left hook to the head, dropping De La Mora to the canvas. After getting up, De La Mora was met with a barrage of hard punches to the head. Moments later, Avila dropped De La Mora with a right-left combination to the head.
After De La Mora got up again, Avila went in for the kill. Avila landed a hard right to the head and moments later, dropped De La Mora a third time, this time courtesy of a right hand to the head. Referee Pat Russell saw enough and waved the fight over at 1:52.
Avila, from Fairfield, Calif., goes to 15-0, 6 KOs. De La Mora, from Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, drops to 25-6, 18 KOs.
Roman bests Silveira
Bantamweight Manuel Roman won a one-sided six round unanimous decision Jose Silveira.
Roman did his best to keep Silveira on the outside with his jab. Silveira did his best to get inside of Roman's guard, where he was able to land occasional overhand right hands to the head.
Roman did his best work in the middle rounds, particularly in the third round. He attacked the body of Silveira with hooks and right hands, prompting Silveira to hold on. The punches began to take its toll as Silveira's punch output dropped considerably. Silveira received a reprieve of sorts in the fourth round, when he recovered from an obvious low blow by Roman. Referee Jose Cobian deducted a point from Roman for the infraction.
The final two rounds were dictated by Roman, but Silveira hung in there, trying to counter Roman with right hands. He was able to do so occasionally whenever Roman stood in the pocket too long, but did not do it often.
All three judges scored the bout 59-54 in favor of Roman, who improves to 17-2-3, 6 KOs. Silveira drops to 15-11, 6 KOs.
Espadas survives Harris
Middleweight Elias Espadas won a four round unanimous decision over Jamal Harris.
Espadas landed the more telling blows, using reach and youthful exuberance to beat Harris to the punch in the first half of the fight. Harris came on in the final two rounds, beating a tiring Espadas to the punch in the final two rounds.
All three judges scored the bout in favor of Espadas, 39-37, 39-37, and a questionable 40-36.
Espadas, from Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, goes to 6-1, 3 KOs. Harris, from Los Angeles, Calif., drops to 5-9-4, 3 KOs.
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optical picture of Abell 2142 with x-ray contoursMarch 1, 2000 -- Pictures of a colossal cosmic "weather system" produced by the collision of two giant clusters of galaxies have been captured by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. For the first time, the pressure fronts in the system can be traced in detail, and they show a bright, but relatively cool 50 million degree central region embedded in large elongated cloud of 70 million degree gas, all of which is roiling in a faint "atmosphere" of 100 million degree gas.
Right: The two large elliptical galaxies indicated by arrows in the center of this optical image are thought to be the central galaxies of two merging galaxy clusters. Together, the two merging clusters form a single object astronomers call Abell 2142. The optical image is overlaid with X-ray brightness contours. The bright source in the upper left is an active galaxy in the cluster.
The Chandra data provides the first detailed look at the late stages of this merger process. Previously, scientists had used the German-US Roentgen satellite to produce a broad-brush picture of the cluster. The elongated shape of the bright cloud suggested that two clouds were in the process of coalescing into one, but the details remained unclear. Chandra is able to measure variations of temperature, density, and pressure with unprecedented resolution.
Chandra image of the galactic centerLeft: Chandra X-ray Observatory image of the galaxy cluster Abell 2142. For the first time, the pressure fronts in a system of colliding galaxy clusters can be traced in detail, and they show a bright, but relatively cool 50 million degree central region (white) embedded in large elongated cloud of 70 million degree gas (magenta), all of which is roiling in a faint atmosphere of 100 million degree gas (faint magenta and dark blue). The scale bar in the lower right hand corner indicates one minute of arc, which corresponds to approximately 350,000 light years at the distance of Abell 2142.
Web Links
Chandra home page -from Harvard
Chandra News -from NASA
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Android-How to develop applications for all phone devices(Different screen sizes) or for majority of phones Concepts and techniques
I have created application-according to my phone screen size(samsung galaxy ace) but I created all back ground images sizes appropriate for it..I do not know what will happen It insllaed in any other phone..sure it will distorted..So Please help me to modify my app for compatible with most of the devises. Many thanks.
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you can make a folder under "res" and make folders such as "layout-small", "layout-medium" etc to provide for multiple backgrounds. http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html
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Is there a way to create only one screen for all devices. Which Layout will work better in all screens? – Nishant Apr 30 '12 at 4:18
@Nishant, I'm not too sure, because the problem is if you use one layout, and with the wide multitude range of devices, you'll run into a whole host of problems. It's better to have multiple layouts. If you want to try, I would reccomend layout-medium for handheld devices. If it is a problem though, you can always specify exactly which type of device you targeting in the AndroidManifest.XML file – Andrew May 5 '12 at 1:19
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I'm trying to extend the functionality of some methods of the 2dcontext object, however I can't get it to work the way I want: I want to override a method, but I want to call the original method from the overridden method like this:
//First get the original context
var ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
//Create a class which uses ctx as it's prototype
var ExtendedContext = function (){};
ExtendedContext.prototype = ctx;
//And extend a method
ExtendedContext.prototype.fillRect = function(x, y, width, height) {
//Do some stuff
this.prototype.fillRect(x, y, width, height); //Doesn't work
//Do some more stuff
How can I call the original fillRect method from inside my own method?
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You can store the reference of the original function just like that:
var oldFillRect = ctx.fillRect;
and then call it like
ExtendedContext.prototype.fillRect = function() {
//Do some stuff
oldFillRect.apply(this, arguments);
//Do some more stuff
This technique is sometimes called 'duck punching' or a 'function hook'. In this particular instance, you should also be able to use the Object.getPrototypeOf method to get the original function reference. This would look like
ExtendedContext.prototype.fillRect = function() {
//Do some stuff
Object.getPrototypeOf(ExtendedContext.prototype).fillRect.apply(this, arguments);
//Do some more stuff
So you don't even need to store a reference.
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I forgot to mention, but there are more methods I need to override, so if possible I don't want to save each function I override manually. But I guess I could simply loop over all functions, and copy all of them to some object. Edit: That did the trick! Thanks! – Tiddo May 3 '12 at 11:16
@Tiddo: see the update. Object.getPrototypeOf should do it for you. – jAndy May 3 '12 at 11:20
That's even better! thanks a lot! – Tiddo May 3 '12 at 11:20
I responded to soon: Your last example doesn't seem to work: Object.getPrototypeOf(this).fillRect seems to refer to ExtendedContext.prototype.fillRect, so it'll get into an infinite loop. ExtendedContext.prototype.fillRect overrides the ctx.fillRect method since the prototype points to the ctx object. – Tiddo May 3 '12 at 11:24
@Tiddo: you're right. You would need to explicitly get the prototype of ExtendedContext.prototype. Probably a bit clunky to use there. – jAndy May 3 '12 at 11:31
No need to save the old names in a separate object, use closures :
ExtendedContext.prototype.fillRect = (function () {
var oldf = ExtendedContext.prototype.fillRect;
return function () {
//Do some stuff
oldf.apply (this, arguments);
//Do some more stuff
}) ();
If you have a bunch to do this might help :
function extend (fnc) {
var mthd = (fnc.toString ().match (/^function\s+(\w+)\s*\(/) || ['', ''])[1];
if (mthd in ExtendedContext.prototype)
throw ('ExtendContext method ' + mthd + 'does not exist');
ExtendedContext.prototype['_' + mthd] = ExtendedContext.prototype[mthd];
ExtendedContext.prototype[mthd] = fnc;
Then you can call extend as follows
extend (function fillrect () {
// Do some stuff
this._fillrect.apply (this, arguments);
// Do some more stuff
To refer to the old method use its name prefixed with '_'
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That's a really nice solution as well! – Tiddo May 3 '12 at 16:46
I'm a few months late, but I'm using a fairly simple design to accomplish this functionality.The structure of our JavaScript runs off of a global object to keep our code secured from global vars.
For each page/usercontrol we are modifying our global object to hold a new object, but some code needs different functionality in different places, requiring extension methods. We don't want to duplicate code and redefine the whole object for the extended instance, and we don't want the code to care how it is being extended.
Instead of punching a duck until it does what you want it to, why not create a generic extension method? Using our case, here is an example:
// Using a Global JavaScript object:
GlobalNameSpace.ExtensionFunction = function(oParam1, oParam2, oParam3)
/// <summary>All parameters are optional</summary>
return; // For instances when it is not being overwritten, simply return
//In the Code to be extended:
GlobalNameSpace.Control.ControlFunction(oSender, oArgs)
///<summary>Control's function</summary>
// Function-y stuff..
GlobalNameSpace.ExtensionFunction(oSender, oArgs);
//and finally in the code to extend the functionality
///<summary>Initializes the page</summary>
// redefine the extension function:
GlobalNameSpace.ExtensionFunction = function(oSender, oArgs)
// Call the extension function, or just code the extension here
GlobalNameSpace.Page.Function(oSender, oArgs);
The short coming of this method is if you want to do this for multiple objects at a time, at which point it may be a better idea to move an extension method into the code you are specifically wanting to extend. Doing this will make that extension code less generic, but that can be decided according to your needs.
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I am working on Magento CE 1.6.2 and would like to display 'New' Products from a specific category. To do this I have created a Static block like this and passed the category I want it from.
{{block type="catalog/product_new" category_id="20" template="catalog/product/new.phtml"}}
But the category Id needs to be passed dynamically from my code in one of the .phtml files. Is there a way to create a variable that I can use in this static block. Like my .phtml code is:
$_categoryId = $this->getCurrentCategory()->getId(); //Store my category id
Can some thing be done so that I can pass this variable to my Static Block like this,
{{block type="catalog/product_new" category_id="var $_categoryId" template="catalog/product/new.phtml"}} //Which is nothing but 20 so that it displays new products from only category 20
Please help !
EDIT: I found a link which does something similar. I tied following it but to no success. http://magentophp.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/passing-paramters-to-magento-cms-static.html
Can any one help me follow the link and get it to working ?
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It may not be exactly what you asked for, but may point you in a right direction:
In a phtml file you can do it as such:
$category = "23";
$this->getChild('home.catalog.product.new')->setData('category_id', $category);
echo $this->getChildHtml('home.catalog.product.new', false);
note last 'false' is to tell it not to cache block.
You would need to include it in your layout file too, something like the following for your block:
<block type="catalog/product_new" name="home.catalog.product.new" alias="product_new" template="catalog/product/new.phtml"/>
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Hi Alex. Thanks for your info but I'm afraid that's not exactly what I'm looking for. I have edited the question with a link that does something similar that I'm looking for. I tried to follow it but to no success. So see if you can follow that link and help me anyhow. Thanks – ivn May 9 '12 at 16:13
That's very similar to what I was suggesting, I just split it out into the layout file too. Which bit is not as you want/not working? Do you have any other information? – Alex Hadley May 9 '12 at 16:25
You require to put
$this->getChild('testpage')->setData("test", "xyz")
echo $this->getChildHtml('testpage');
Then you can call/access it by
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I would like to know what are the most used naming conventions in C++ for the following cases :
1) Classes that have abbreviations : MyCRTPClass or MyCrtpClass ?
2) Template parameters : template<class TYPE> or template<class Type>. If it is the second case, is there a naming convention that allow "immediate" differentiation between a class name and a template parameter ?
3) If I want to make a typedef of my template parameter TYPE (or Type) is there any widespread convention ? And moreover what is the most used style of a typedef ?
4) For local variables what is the most used : my_local_variable or myLocalVariable ?
5) For data members : _myDataMember vs myDataMember_ vs myDataMember vs mMyDataMember vs m_myDataMember ? (currently I use the first one)
6) Any widespread convention for static const data members ?
I for some of these questions, there is no "common" naming convention, I would be great to tell me what is surely againt all the conventions...
Thank you very much !
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None of this matters too much as long as you're consistent. It's very subjective. You'll have to watch you don't follow the underscore with a capital letter on #5, though. – chris Aug 2 '12 at 3:39
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CRTP is an acronym and should always be capitalized.
Do not spell any identifier in all capitals, those are conventionally reserved for macros.
Typedef of template parameter? No convention there, it's too rare a need.
Local variables: Irrelevant, it's usually matched to the project's coding guidelines. my_local_variable is the convention used by the C++ Standard library, so tends to be favoured for projects started from scratch.
For data members, there is no widespread convention, nor for static const data members. If you're writing a class method, you should know what the class's members are.
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In my work I mostly rely on google-style. But generally, it fully depends on a place where you work and what standard they use.
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I feel bad about this, but I also feel compelled to downvote anyone recommending the garbage which is the Google C++ guide. – Puppy Aug 2 '12 at 3:39
Any constructive arguments would be appreciated! – Ivan Kruglov Aug 2 '12 at 4:16
It's pretty common knowledge. I don't actually have a reference on hand. I'm sure I can convince someone else from the C++ lounge to find the list for you. But it's extremely bad and should never, ever be used by anyone - unless you're at Google, that is. – Puppy Aug 2 '12 at 4:19
Can anyone justify why this is crap ? – Phoenix Aug 2 '12 at 10:30
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I have a table with a string field called info. This field has some information about drivers and cars like 'Driver: Matt Car: Mustang'.
Is there a way to get the query in two columns, like that: | Matt | Mustang |.
I have no idea what I can do, maybe regular expressions?
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Are 'Driver' and 'Car' fixed? I mean, do you have exactly these two in every row? – dezso Aug 8 '12 at 16:35
No they don't. @dezso – Irish Wolf Aug 9 '12 at 12:50
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WITH tbl(id, info) AS (
(1::int, 'Driver: Matt Car: Mustang'::text)
,(2, 'Driver: Billy Car: Porsche')
,split_part(info, ' ', 2) AS driver
,split_part(info, ' ', 4) As car
FROM tbl;
id | driver | car
1 | Matt | Mustang
2 | Billy | Porsche
Doesn't really matter whether what strings you got in place of "Driver" and "Car" as long as the space is there and the name is to the right of the space.
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If I did not understand wrong, you could maybe use string_to_array function to split the string into array elements and then reach the elements on your desire.
Please see this post for further information: Get Nth element of an array that returns from "string_to_array()" function
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Would work and a more beautiful than I did, but my field can return information more or less. So much easier if I could create separate fields for each value :/ @iso_9001_ – Irish Wolf Aug 9 '12 at 12:47
Your best bet would be to write a function to take one of these values and return a record with the appropriate columns based on what it finds. That will allow you to debug your function using SELECT statements before you go to populate the new columns (or tables). Then you can use the query in an INSERT/SELECT or UPDATE ... FROM.
You could use the plpgsql language for the functions, with the PostgreSQL regex string functions; but if you're fluent in perl or python you might want to write your function in one of those languages.
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What you're talking about is a very unfortunate design pattern called serialization: that is, condensing multiple semantically different pieces of data into a single string. It's a bad idea most of the time, and in virtually all cases it's a better idea to separate your data into multiple fields, or even multiple tables. By using serialized fields, you'll find you:
• Have much, MUCH slower queries when querying multiple, serialized subfields
• Complicated queries for updating multiple parts of the same field
• Feelings of depression and despair
If I had to deal with a database like that, and I couldn't alter the database structure, I'd probably end up doing a lot of the heavy lifting in program code. Many languages have better (or at least, more intuitive) string handling tools than SQL, and your performance benefits from using a RDBMS are going to be marginal at best when dealing with serialization anyway.
But if you absolutely must do this in SQL, you should read through Postgres's string handling, located here: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/functions-string.html
And you're right, your solution is probably going to involve a regex. Exactly what that regex will look like depends on how many serialized fields it has to parse, and exactly how it's delimited. In your example, it looks like each subfield is delimited by a pair of spaces and a pipe character between them, and if that's the case make sure that you either create rules to let you escape that delimiter as needed, or make sure that the frontend never passes the delimeter to the database.
Of course, if you have that kind of control over the frontend app, you could give the serialized data its own fields.
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Okay, but my quest is find a way to do that with SQL. @sudowned – Irish Wolf Aug 8 '12 at 15:26
Then Postgres' string handling functions are where you should be looking: postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/functions-string.html – sudowned Aug 8 '12 at 20:07
i did this:
select split_part(( case when
strpos(l.info,'Driver:') >= 1 then substr(l.info,strpos(l.info,'Driver:')+10, strpos(l.info,'Driver:')+9) end),E'\n',1) as driver from garage
Not at all pretty, but returns the data according to my need
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Is there a way to read performance counters periodically in linux?
Something like perf stat with the ability to sample every X cycles is what I'm looking for.
Basically I would like to be able to read the instruction counter (number of instructions executed) every X amount of cpu cycles for some program.
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It seems that the perf tool in Linux works by recording an event when the counters reach a specific value, rather than sampling at regular intervals.
Command perf record -e cycles,instructions -c 10000 stores an event every 10000 cycles and every 10000 instructions. It can be run against a new command or an existing pid. It records to perf.data in current directory.
Analyzing the data is another matter. Using perf script gets you quite close:
ls 16040 2152149.005813: cycles: c113a068 ([kernel.kallsyms])
ls 16040 2152149.005820: cycles: c1576af0 ([kernel.kallsyms])
ls 16040 2152149.005827: cycles: c10ed6aa ([kernel.kallsyms])
ls 16040 2152149.005831: instructions: c1104b30 ([kernel.kallsyms])
ls 16040 2152149.005835: cycles: c11777c1 ([kernel.kallsyms])
ls 16040 2152149.005842: cycles: c10702a8 ([kernel.kallsyms])
You need to write a script that takes a bunch of lines from that output and counts the number of 'cycles' and 'instructions' events in that set. You can adjust the resolution by changing the parameter -c 10000 in the recording command.
I verified the analysis by running perf stat and perf record against ls /. Stat reported 2 634 205 cycles, 1 725 255 instructions, while script output had 410 cycles events and 189 instructions events. The smaller the -c value, the more overhead there seems to be in the cycles reading.
There is also a -F option to perf record, which samples at regular intervals. However, I could not find a way to retrieve the counter values when using this option.
Edit: perf stat apparently works on pids also, and captures data until ctrl-c is pressed. It should be quite easy to modify the source so that it always captures for N seconds and then run it in a loop.
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How do you run perf script? I tried running perf record -e cycles,instructions -c 10000 -R ls; perf script, but I get a Fatal: no event_list! error. – Skim Aug 26 '12 at 22:04
@Skim strange, for me just typing perf script works. Does perf report work for you, i.e. is the recorded perf.data file ok? – jpa Aug 27 '12 at 7:16
Turns out I was using an older version of perf (2.6). perf 3.0.38 works as you stated above. I'll come back and upvote you when I have enough rep. Thanks! – Skim Aug 27 '12 at 20:45
Good news: In the next kernel (Linux 3.9), perf stat will have an option to print event deltas at regular time intervals.
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Thanks for the heads up. – Skim Mar 7 '13 at 5:02
You can easily modify perf stat to do this.
In fact, I have a crude modification already implemented and would be glad to share this change with you..
The changes I made are mostly in the run_perf_stat function within the while(!done) loop
Just move the lines below the while(!done) {sleep(1);} to inside the loop and change the sleep to a nanosleep with the time period that you wish to sample at
That should make perf print the output on STDOUT(or STDERR)
If you wish to store these values, I suggest you create a 2-Dimensional array of type struct stats, update this with every sample and write periodically to a file
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Is it possible to make a reciprocal of float division in form of look up table (such like 1/f -> 1*inv[f] ) ? How it could be done? I think some and mask and shift should be appled to float to make it a form of index? How would be it exectly?
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Are you looking for hackery like this? – user529758 Sep 1 '12 at 10:55
Do you realize that this either loses a lot of accuracy, or results in a friggin' huge lookup table? There are a lot of floats, even if you restrict yourself to a range like [0.0, 1.0). – delnan Sep 1 '12 at 10:58
@up I need only reciprocal - say 10 bits of accuracy (1024 floats in look_up table) - I wander if it would be faster or slower – grunge fightr Sep 1 '12 at 11:04
@H2CO3 no, I need it for division not for inverted square root – grunge fightr Sep 1 '12 at 11:07
@grungefightr (facepalm truncated) I know, I meant do you want to implement fast division using bit-level manipulation or you specifically want to use lookup tables? – user529758 Sep 1 '12 at 11:33
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You can guess an approximate inverse like this:
int x = reinterpret_cast<int>(f);
x = 0x7EEEEEEE - x;
float inv = reinterpret_cast<float>(x);
In my tests, 0x7EF19D07 was slightly better (tested with the effects of 2 Newton-Raphson refinements included).
Which you can then improve with Newton-Raphson:
inv = inv * (2 - inv * f);
Iterate as often as you want. 2 or 3 iterations give nice results.
Better Initial Approximations
To minimize the relative error:
• 0x7EF311C2 (without refinement)
• 0x7EF311C3 (1 refinement)
• 0x7EF312AC (2 refinements)
• 0x7EEEEBB3 (3 refinements)
To minimize the absolute error for inputs between 1 and 2 (they work well enough outside that range, but they may not be the best):
• 0x7EF504F3 (without refinement)
• 0x7EF40D2F (1 refinement)
• 0x7EF39252 (2 refinements)
For three refinement steps, the initial approximation barely affects the maximum relative error. 0x7EEEEEEE works great, and I couldn't find anything better.
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:? Does it really work ? such simple thing? I will test it ... – grunge fightr Sep 1 '12 at 16:40
@grungefightr works on my pc ;) But, more seriously, it works by negating the exponent, and the thing it does with the mantissa (or significant) I don't really understand.. but it works out alright somehow. – harold Sep 1 '12 at 17:11
Well It works. It is funny, dl.dropbox.com/u/42887985/reciprocal_div.jpg <- (pic is ugly but funny and not so big distortion to walls) here I changed division by yrs recpirocal_div, in function that counts distance to walls (without Newt-rpahson ) It works very well, much tnx for this – grunge fightr Sep 1 '12 at 17:43
could you please attach a complete working example for that cast ? Aren't you supposed to use pointers with a reinterpret_cast ? – user2485710 Jul 27 '13 at 4:25
@user2485710 *reinterpret_cast<int*>(&f) then? – harold Jul 27 '13 at 8:43
One method is:
1. Extract the sign, exponent and mantissa from the input
2. Use some of the most significant mantissa bits to look up its reciprocal in a table
3. Negate the exponent, and adjust for the change of scale of the mantissa
4. Recombine the sign, exponent and mantissa to form the output
In step 2, you'll need to choose the number of bits to use, trading between accuracy and table size. You could obtain more accuracy by using the less significant bits to interpolate between table entries.
In step 3, the adjustment is necessary because the input mantissa was in the range (0.5, 1.0], and so its reciprocal is in the range [1.0, 2.0), which needs renormalising to give the output mantissa.
I won't try to write the code for this, since there are probably some slightly fiddly edge cases that I'd miss.
You should also investigate methods involving numerical calculations, which might give better results if memory access is slow; on a modern PC architecture, a cache miss might be as expensive as dozens of arithmetic operations. Wikipedia looks like a good starting point. And of course, whatever you do, measure it to make sure it is actually faster than an FPU division operation.
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You know I think I only need to MAP some binary part of float (which contains most significant bits) and use such bits (say ten) to use it as an index in look up table - no need of ordered index, converting and calculating - I know i shoul look up in float format spec : > – grunge fightr Sep 1 '12 at 11:53
@grungefightr: Yes, that's what stage 2 does, but you also need to calculate the new exponent. – Mike Seymour Sep 1 '12 at 11:55
damn exponent, it takes bits, ye - forgot about that :( – grunge fightr Sep 1 '12 at 12:01
will rethink it (and accept the answer l8er then if no one gives maybe some bit of useful code example in meantime) :/ At least I could try to use it in specific division cases where I know range of the floats I subdivide by...:/ Will try it – grunge fightr Sep 1 '12 at 12:09
If your minimum step is something like 0.01 then you can support inverse-f from a table. Each index is multiplied by 100 so you can have
10000 elements for a range of (0.00,100.00)
If you want better precision, you will need more ram.
Another example:
range................: 0.000 - 1000.000
minimum increments ..: 0.001
total element number.: 1 million
something like this: table[2343]=1.0/2.343
Another example:
range................: 0.000000 - 1.000000
minimum increments ..: 0.000001
total element number.: 1 million
something like this: table[999999]=1.0/0.999999
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It is somewhat helpfull but I do not want to translate floats to integers I need a look-up table indexed by somewhat shifted and masked float – grunge fightr Sep 1 '12 at 11:11
You are right, shifting could be faster than multiplication. But you cant use a float for indexing of primitives – huseyin tugrul buyukisik Sep 1 '12 at 11:12
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I am using a jQuery Mobile script and datatables and I must say that I have successfully combined those two together. But here is a problem that I have noticed. When I am testing my application with an Iphone I am able to perform an inner scroll of the table with 2 finger gestures sliding up/down, but when I tried on several Android devices inner scroll of the table is not working.
My table has a hide/show option so when I am in the last line where results are shown and when I press plus button an additional window is opened but I can't scroll down and with an Iphone I can. What could I do to achieve this?
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You need to use a script for this as otherwise your phone OS do not know if you want to scroll the inner div or the whole page :
This is the one and only : http://cubiq.org/iscroll-4
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I recently saw the following presentation on DCI by Trygve Reenskaug : https://vimeo.com/43536416 It kinda blew my mind. Mmmh, seeing in code the interaction between different components of a software is an attractive idea.
I tried to find examples of DCI in javascript, unsuccessfully. Then I started wondering. Isn't the DCI pattern opposed to the evented programming pattern ?
Evented programming is trendy in javascript, i guess because it allows decoupling, and because classical inheritance concepts are not native to js. I think I understand the benefits of evented programming but I also noticed that debugging can be damn hard when it requires to follow event message.
Is it correct to say that both concepts are opposed ? Or did I got it wrong ? Is there some example implementations of DCI in js that I missed ? What should I look at in order to dig the concept ?
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Firstly event programming or inheritance are ortogonal to DCI. You can do DCI without inheritance and with event programing (or without).
JavaScript is in somerespect one of the best languages to do DCI in. Most languages has some issues with following DCI stricyly. In JavaScript the issues are could be solved if there was a finalizer but the lack of a finalizer means you will have to "dispose" your self meaning some noilerplate code.
I've written an example in JavaScript that I will put online on http://fullOO.info where you will find the examples Trygve, Jim and I have created together with some other people have created as well.
fullOO.info is also the answer to where you could go to get more familiar with DCI or you can join object-composition a google group for discussion regarding DCI.
The example I've written in JS is the canonical DCI example money transfer and the interesting part (that is everything but boilerplate/library code) can be seen below:
var moneyTransferContext = function(sourcePlayer, destinationPlayer, amount) {
var source = {
withdraw: function() {
var text = "Withdraw: " + amount;
this.balance -= amount;
console.log("Balance: " + this.balance);
destination = {
deposit: function() {
var text = "Deposit: " + amount;
this.balance += amount;
console.log("Balance: " + this.balance);
source = assign(source).to(sourcePlayer);
destination = assign(destination).to(destinationPlayer);
return {
transfer: function() {
return this;
sourceAccount = {
log: [],
balance: 100
destinationAccount = {
log: [],
balance: 0
moneyTransfer(sourceAccount, destinationAccount, 25).transfer().unbind();
The rest can be seen at http://jsfiddle.net/K543c/17/
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Thanks a lot, very interesting. I will study the code once I am back home. But could you expand on the difference between dci and evented ? isn't an event send by one component and listened by another one an interaction between components ? When I watched folk.uio.no/trygver/themes/babyide/babyide-index.html I had events in mind. These days, events are used for everything in js webapps. They are used to access methods on other components, instead of direct access, in order to achieve decoupling and prevent the app to break completely if one components breaks. – Olivvv Oct 9 '12 at 16:15
@olivvv Events are just another way of sending messages between objects. DCI is concern with capturing in code which object send which message to what object. You could also view events as something that starts a context. So being event driven is orthogonal to DCI but I guess you are actually referring to asynchronous which is a very different thing – Rune FS Oct 9 '12 at 17:06
No I am not reffering to asynchronous, but pub/sub communication. For instance one component watches keyboard and mouse activity, and broadcast events for other components to let them know if the user is active or not. There can be a lot of components listening. How would a context take that into account ? – Olivvv Oct 10 '12 at 9:14
@Olivvv By definition all communication between objects in DCI is captured in a context (one context for each network of communicating objects) so you've would simply have roles that communicated. That said it is border territory for DCI at present. – Rune FS Oct 10 '12 at 11:10
So components should handle events in a context method ? – Olivvv Oct 10 '12 at 12:26
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What would be the best way to compare two (and only two) players hands in Java using the best combination for 5 cards out of 7 cards (texas hold'em)?
If each card is assigned a value or enum then is there an alogirthm that can be used to decide who has the strongest hand?
I imagine you could either do an integer comparison to see who has the highest value hand or use some form of lookup table.
Having a look around there is a hand evaluator called SpecialKPokerEval: http://code.google.com/p/specialkpokereval/
Would this be suitable and painless to implement into an existing project or should I look at doing something from scratch?
How do the hand evaluators that use integer values work?
How does a lookup table work - does each possible hand have a value assigned to it?
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closed as not a real question by woodchips, Andrew, Andrew Aylett, Jaguar, P.T. Mar 7 '13 at 16:53
We're here to provide help with specific problems. Unless you define best this question is too subjective. – thegrinner Mar 7 '13 at 16:24
You learn by doing. So try to do it yourself rather than using something someone else did. – Ali Alamiri Mar 7 '13 at 16:24
It seems to me that there is probably a standard scoring method for poker hands. Something like 3 digits - high digit for 1,2,3,4 of a kind, straight, flush, straight flush. Low 2 digits for high card. – Hot Licks Mar 7 '13 at 16:29
@HotLicks That doesn't work for double pairs since you need to specify both card heights to be able to break ties on the highest value. – Khaur Mar 7 '13 at 16:35
@Khaur - True (the scheme was just off the top of my head and I forgot two pair), but there's most certainly a simple scheme that covers that, and that poker experts would know. – Hot Licks Mar 7 '13 at 16:39
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I suggest doing it from scratch as it's a good exercise. In fact, it's problem 54 in "Project Euler" and you could look for solutions to that exercise.
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+1 for the project euler link – Dilum Ranatunga Mar 7 '13 at 16:27
Thanks for the link Atif. – silverzx Mar 7 '13 at 16:35
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Is there any software out there capable of taking audio files and outputting phonological (IPA) text?
I understand much of the software out there takes it straight to a language, but is there one that is 'teachable'?
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CMU Sphinx might be able to do what you want. There are a few different versions, but the one I'm familiar with is Sphinx 3. In the FAQ it says you can get phone segmentations by making your "words" be individual phones (they're not IPA, though).
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I'm almost certain SIL built something close to this, however, I can't remember what it was called, and I can't find any mention of it on the site. You might contact them directly.
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Is there any open-source library in Java for getting deep information about database, its tables, schema and ... (size in bytes, records, etc.)? I need to connect to database (various distributions) and get as much as possible meta and statistics about each!
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Have you considered JDBC ;-)
It contains all the data you would likely need in the *MetaData structures, in your case: DatabaseMetaData ?
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Definitely yes but unfortunately is not enough for my project. I need something more abstract for faster developing. I need something like MS SQL Management Studio, or MySQL workbench but Java based and Open-Source. – Amir Apr 29 '13 at 2:22
As soon as you need more detail than JDBC gives, then tou can't (easily) do different dbms . – rolfl Apr 29 '13 at 2:30
Take a look at SchemaCrawler, which is an open source Java library that abstracts database metadata into a usable object model.
Sualeh Fatehi, SchemaCrawler
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This question already has an answer here:
Why shouldn't we simply use
string s=product.Name+" has been saved";
instead of:
string s=string.Format("{0} has been saved", product.Name);
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marked as duplicate by Soner Gönül, Freelancer, spender, J..., Claudio Redi May 28 '13 at 10:49
Coz in the first case you missed a space after the product name – V4Vendetta May 28 '13 at 10:41
I tend to use it because you can put a lot of different data types in there, for example numbers without using .ToString (). It just looks neater IMO – Andrew May 28 '13 at 10:41
@Andrew: Can you give an example for that? – Aparan May 28 '13 at 10:43
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You could do that, no one say that you cannot. But mainly for readability, the second approach is prefered. It's even more obvious as soon as you concat more than 2 strings, it gets really messy, hard to read and mantain.
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There is no performance advantage? – Aparan May 28 '13 at 10:42
@Aparan Nope... – Soner Gönül May 28 '13 at 10:43
@Aparan go through this once blogs.msdn.com/b/ricom/archive/2004/03/12/… – Freelancer May 28 '13 at 10:44
@Aparan There actually should be an advantage if you have more than one variable to format. – toasted_flakes May 28 '13 at 10:45
@Aparan: the performance advantage is very irrelevant for the very most of the cases, readability impact is much more important to pick one or other approach. – Claudio Redi May 28 '13 at 10:48
One naive reason would be that it helps to prevent exactly the string formatting issue that you've presented in your original (unedited) question i.e.
string s=product.Name+"has been saved";
requires an extra space. The format method aids readability.
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If you have many strings that you want to add, each + operation create new string.
For adding many strings you can use StringBuilder Class or String.Format
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How is using 'new' considered dynamic? I understand that it gets put on the heap, returns a pointer and sticks around, but I don't yet recognize it's "dynamic" nature in terms of allocation.
In the situations below, both arrays are allocated at runtime even the static method. So I don't see a difference. And with both I don't believe its possible to grow/shrink the allocation dynamically, correct?
int size = 0;
std::cout << "enter size: ";
std::cin >> size;
int* array_d = new int[size]; // "dynamic" allocation
int array_s[size]; // static allocation correct?
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dynamic and static are used trivially in this example. This "static" allocation has noting to do with actual static allocation - it just implies the number is a constant. (btw, the code is invalid because size isn't constant, so the arrray_s is wrong) – Luchian Grigore Jul 9 '13 at 8:32
Neither of these is code you should ever use in C++ – but for very different reasons (one is illegal, the other just bad). – Konrad Rudolph Jul 9 '13 at 8:34
the code compiles and runs for me (gcc version 4.2.1). why are both bad code? also I'm still not sure how 'new' is dynamic as both are set at runtime and neither can grow/shrink at runtime. – user1229895 Jul 9 '13 at 9:39
@user1229895 It doesn’t compile when you pass the option -pedantic. The code is illegal C++, GCC just happens to allow it anyway. new, being manual memory management, is fragile and error-prone and has no part in modern C++. – Konrad Rudolph Jul 9 '13 at 12:39
@KonradRudolph thanks for pointing that out, what should be used instead of <code>new<code> then? – user1229895 Jul 9 '13 at 23:22
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Memory allocated with new is dynamic in the sense that the amount of memory to allocate is decided at run-time. As a result there is no guarantee that it will succeed.
A static array declaration has a constant size that is determined at compile time, and you typically wouldn't worry about that allocation failing in any way.
That said, a local array that is allocated on the stack could potentially fail if there is a stack overflow, but that is usually less of a concern.
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Thanks for pointing out the potential pitfalls. I see that its dynamic because its set at runtime, but technically isn't that the case with both examples? – user1229895 Jul 9 '13 at 9:51
Using a non-const size in an array declaration is a feature of C99 (variable length arrays). I don't believe it is valid in C++ (if you need that kind of functionality you should be using a vector) but GCC supports it as an extension. So, if you're declaring arrays like that then technically they are both dynamic, but in standard C++ and earlier versions of C that would not have been possible. – James Holderness Jul 9 '13 at 10:15
thank you, your comment is the answer...it clears things up and I appreciate the vector suggestion. – user1229895 Jul 9 '13 at 23:26
There are three types of memory allocation in C++. There's static allocation:
int x[100];
void foo() {
static int y[100];
Here, the sizes of the arrays are known at compile time and there is one instance of each array per process, so the arrays can literally be statically allocated by the compiler: they can get a fixed position in the binary and the address space of the resulting processes.
Then there's automatic allocation:
void foo() {
int z[100];
// or even:
//auto int z[100];
// though nobody writes that
This is roughly in between static and dynamic. The size must be known at compile time, but there's one instance per function call. Typically, the instances are allocated near the current top of the stack.
Finally, there's dynamic allocation:
void foo(size_t n) {
int *p = new int[n];
delete[] p;
Here, the size and position in memory of the array are both determined dynamically, i.e. at runtime.
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Thanks for addressing the different allocation. So its only dynamic in the sense that its set at runtime, not that it can grow dynamically? and aren't both examples in effect set at runtime? – user1229895 Jul 9 '13 at 9:49
@user1229895: which examples? There are three of them. And no, allocations cannot grow with new. – larsmans Jul 9 '13 at 10:39
sorry I meant of the two examples I gave. Though, I'm told one of them is technically invalid under normal operations. – user1229895 Jul 9 '13 at 23:25
int array_s[size];
This is not valid c++, at least not in c++03/11, Arrays must have a fixed size that are allocated by reserving space on the stack which is usually allocated at compile time.
The first one is dynamic because you can allocate varying amounts of memory at run time, the second isn't valid c++ at all, only fixed amounts are legal, which is why it's not considered dynamic
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received no warnings with gcc version 4.2.1. so declaring 'const int size;' would make the second example 'int array_s[size];' valid? – user1229895 Jul 9 '13 at 9:43
That would make it valid. gcc has a non standard extension that lets you use non-const values for the size, but that's not standard c++ – jcoder Jul 9 '13 at 9:52
thanks for confirming. – user1229895 Jul 9 '13 at 23:28
The size of the first array may be changed at runtime, so it is "dynamic". The size of the second array must be known at compile time, thus it is "static".
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Uh, no, the array may be allocated again, with a different size, but once an allocation is made, it's size is fixed. It's dynamic in the sense that the memory was not allocated at "build-time" (of course, that also applies to the second case, but that's not valid standard C++). – Mats Petersson Jul 9 '13 at 8:38
You're right, what I wanted to say is that the size argument may change before allocation time, and does not need to be known at compile time. – Steffen Jul 9 '13 at 8:58
so an allocation was made initially to 'int array_s[size];' with a default value for size during compile? and then at runtime cin overwrote it dynamically? doesn't that achieve what new is suppose to do (without the extras of it returning a pointer and being on the heap)? – user1229895 Jul 9 '13 at 9:46
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I'm using HttpClient 4.0 to get some XML from the remote host. When I use URL such as https://user:[email protected] it works fine in the browser but fails in the HttpClient with this stacktrace (follows). Any suggestions? I'm using SSLSocketFactory.ALLOW_ALL_HOSTNAME_VERIFIER while setting ThreadSafeClientConnManager to handle HTTPS requests
The code (partial):
final HttpGet get= new HttpGet(url);
final HttpResponse response = this.client.execute(get);
return new BasicResponseHandler().handleResponse(response);
01-05 22:34:03.783: ERROR/SearchResults(11565):
Failed to process request to URL:
org.apache.http.client.HttpResponseException: Unauthorized
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up vote 4 down vote accepted
Pass UsernamePasswordCredentials like in this example, not in the URL.
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Perfect! Thank you very much! – Bostone Jan 6 '10 at 17:03
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HI, I have a C++ function like the following:
int ShowJob(const JobData& data);
How does this translate to a DLLImport statement which I can use to call the function from C#?
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This could only work if JobData is a structure. You're dead in the water if it is a class, you cannot create a C++ class instance in C#. You don't have access to the constructor and destructor.
The "const" keyword is an attribute checked by the C++ compiler, it has no relevance to C# code. A C++ reference is a pointer under the hood, you'll get one by declaring the argument with "ref". You're likely to have a problem getting the "ShowJob" export name right, it is normally decorated by the C++ compiler. You'd suppress that decoration by prefixing the function with extern "C" in the C++ code. If you cannot change the C++ code then you can find the exported name by running Dumpbin.exe /exports on the DLL.
Putting this all together, the declarations ought to resemble something like this:
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet = CharSet.Ansi)]
private struct JobData {
// members...
[DllImport("something.dll", EntryPoint = "?ShowJob@@YAHABUJobData@@@Z", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
private static extern int ShowJob(ref JobData data);
Lot's of guess work going on here, you'll need to verify this with your actual C++ code. If the JobData argument is in fact a class then you'll need to write a ref class wrapper in the C++/CLI language.
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Great, thanks. The main missing part was that C++ reference is a pointer under the hood. Do you have a link to a documentation page that explicitly says this? – splintor May 20 '10 at 16:33
Compiler internals are never documented, they are reverse-engineered. – Hans Passant May 20 '10 at 16:40
I'd guess it behaves like a pointer under the hood, so treat it as such. Ironically, this is done by declaring it as a reference parameter.
public static extern int ShowJob(ref JobData data);
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I;m trying to get WCF Silverlight faults working as per this : MSDN aricle
After adding the SL fault to my Web.config file I get the following warning:
The element 'behavior' has invalid child element 'silverlightFaults'. List of possible elements expected: 'serviceAuthorization, serviceCredentials, serviceMetadata, serviceSecurityAudit, serviceThrottling, dataContractSerializer, serviceDebug, serviceTimeouts, persistenceProvider, workflowRuntime'.
Ignoring the warning doesn't work and my Silverlight application cannot add the WCF service.
Any ideas?
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You should post the relevant part of your web.config, without it all anybody can do is guess what your problem is. – slugster Jun 7 '10 at 2:43
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When you add the behavior extension, the type specification must be on a single line. No CRLF allowed in that section.
<add name="silverlightFaults" type="SilverlightFaultBehavior, Utilities, Version=, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null" />
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Another potential cause: Make sure your fully qualified name is EXACTLY correct - including whitespace (i.e. you need the spaces after the commas etc).
If you're feeling paranoid, you might want to set a debug point somewhere in your app and pop something like this into the watch window:
and then copy/paste the value.
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Check out http://forums.silverlight.net/forums/p/98385/273886.aspx. Basically, you did not specify the full assembly info in the behavior extension section or your version number is out of synch with the assembly.
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I am trying to measure how long a function takes.
I have a little issue: although I am trying to be precise, and use floating points, every time I print my code using %lf I get one of two answers: 1.000... or 0.000.... This leads me to wonder if my code is correct:
#define BILLION 1000000000L;
// Calculate time taken by a request
struct timespec requestStart, requestEnd;
clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &requestStart);
clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &requestEnd);
// Calculate time it took
double accum = ( requestEnd.tv_sec - requestStart.tv_sec )
+ ( requestEnd.tv_nsec - requestStart.tv_nsec )
printf( "%lf\n", accum );
Most of this code has not been made by me. This example page had code illustrating the use of clock_gettime: http://www.users.pjwstk.edu.pl/~jms/qnx/help/watcom/clibref/qnx/clock_gettime.html
Could anyone please let me know what is incorrect, or why I am only getting integer values please?
Thank you very much,
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No, no, no: don't give names to numbers. Use the function they serve instead: #define CLOCK_PRECISION 1000000000L /* one billion */ – pmg Oct 15 '10 at 23:51
@pmg: Pedantry tangent: I'd argue that a name such as CLOCK_PRECISION would only be necessary if the units were not clear from the variable name. In the case above, it's clear from the name tv_nsec that we're in nanoseconds. So NANOSECONDS_PER_SECOND might be appropriate, but that's really not a great deal different to simply BILLION. – Oliver Charlesworth Oct 15 '10 at 23:57
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Dividing an integer by an integer yields an integer. Try this:
#define BILLION 1E9
And don't use a semicolon at the end of the line. #define is a preprocessor directive, not a statement, and including the semicolon resulted in BILLION being defined as 1000000000L;, which would break if you tried to use it in most contexts. You got lucky because you used it at the very end of an expression and outside any parentheses.
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Thanks a lot for your help. And thanks for letting me know about the semicolon, that is something I forgot. Thank you very much! – Jary Oct 15 '10 at 23:42
( requestEnd.tv_nsec - requestStart.tv_nsec ) is of integer type, and is always less than BILLION, so the result of dividing one by the other in integer arithmetic will always be 0. You need to cast the result of the subtraction to e.g. double before doing the divide.
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How can I export tables to excel from a webpage. I want the export to contain all the formatting and colours.
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closed as primarily opinion-based by kleopatra, maythesource.com, Jacob Relkin, Qantas 94 Heavy, mu is too short Dec 20 '13 at 1:51
The easiest way is probably to export a HTML document, which Excel can open. – Pekka 웃 Apr 2 '11 at 15:50
@Pekka I've tried that, it loses all formatting/css/column size etc – code578841441 Apr 2 '11 at 15:52
@user where are you declaring column sizes and such? I'm not deeply familiar with exporting data to Excel but you may need to declare them inline, i.e. <td style="background-color: ... – Pekka 웃 Apr 2 '11 at 15:57
@user - there are at least two different issues here: 1) formatting the data so that it appears correctly in Excel, and 2) exporting the data using Javascript so that it sets the mime-type correctly, prompting the user to save the file. Are you trying to solve both of these problems? – nrabinowitz Apr 21 '11 at 5:16
@user, did you find a solution that answers the question? If so, could you accept? – bpeterson76 Apr 28 '11 at 18:39
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Far and away, the cleanest, easiest export from tables to Excel is Jquery DataTables Table Tools plugin. You get a grid that sorts, filters, orders, and pages your data, and with just a few extra lines of code and two small files included, you get export to Excel, PDF, CSV, to clipboard and to the printer.
This is all the code that's required:
$(document).ready( function () {
$('#example').dataTable( {
"sDom": 'T<"clear">lfrtip',
"oTableTools": {
"sSwfPath": "/swf/copy_cvs_xls_pdf.swf"
} );
} );
So, quick to deploy, no browser limitations, no server-side language required, and most of all very EASY to understand. It's a win-win. The one thing it does have limits on, though, is strict formatting of columns.
If formatting and colors are absolute dealbreakers, the only 100% reliable, cross browser method I've found is to use a server-side language to process proper Excel files from your code. My solution of choice is PHPExcel It is the only one I've found so far that positively handles export with formatting to a MODERN version of Excel from any browser when you give it nothing but HTML. Let me clarify though, it's definitely not as easy as the first solution, and also is a bit of a resource hog. However, on the plus side it also can output direct to PDF as well. And, once you get it configured, it just works, every time.
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DataTables does require Flash, though. PHPExcel is great. – magma Apr 27 '11 at 19:47
DataTables is fully Javascript. Just the TableTools element uses Flash, and it's miniscule. I would NEVER use Flash willingly in any of my products! – bpeterson76 Apr 27 '11 at 20:17
I understand, and I agree. But still - however minuscule - there's a .swf object there, and it cannot run without Flash. – magma Apr 28 '11 at 2:31
Such a great a solution, but such a shame it needs Flash. – jnthnclrk Mar 15 '12 at 13:55
Flash = no iPad – Derek 朕會功夫 May 21 '12 at 6:10
A long time ago, I discovered that Excel would open an HTML file with a table if we send it with Excel content type. Consider the document above:
<title>Java Friends</title>
<table style="font-weight: bold">
<tr style="background-color:red"><td>a</td><td>b</td></tr>
I ran the following bookmarklet on it:
and in fact I got it downloadable as a Excel file. However, I did not get the expected result - the file was open in OpenOffice.org Writer. That is my problem: I do not have Excel in this machine so I cannot try it better. Also, this trick worked more or less six years ago with older browsers and an antique version of MS Office, so I really cannot say if it will work today.
Anyway, in the document above I added a button which would download the entire document as an Excel file, in theory:
<title>Java Friends</title>
<table style="font-weight: bold">
<td colspan="2">
<button onclick="window.open('data:application/vnd.ms-excel,'+document.documentElement.innerHTML);">
Get as Excel spreadsheet
Save it in a file and click on the button. I'd love to know if it worked or not, so I ask you to comment even for saying that it did not work.
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I tried it and the result was a normal excel with all the html of the table as text in the first cell...but the idea is a good one nonetheless...i just needed something like this (but working :P).. – ase69s Jun 11 '12 at 13:20
Its strange though that comparing the excel content with one exported as excel from asp.net the content is the same except the one exported with your function removed the spaces between attributes if else it would work fine :S example: <tableid="table"class="tableresult"style="width:100%"border="0"><tbody><trid="TableRow1"><thid="cab">... If i made an alert with the same tableelement.outerhtml it would display it fine with its spaces... – ase69s Jun 11 '12 at 13:50
Made it work adding a replace in the end: window.open('data:application/vnd.ms-excel,' + document.getElementById('table').outerHTML.replace(/ /g, '%20')); – ase69s Jun 11 '12 at 14:04
Alternative way (recommended): window.open('data:application/vnd.ms-excel,' + encodeURIComponent(document.getElementById('table').outerHTML)); – ase69s Jun 11 '12 at 14:14
Works perfectly in firefox, wrap your table in a div and then call the id with document.getElementById('id').innerHTML to selectively grab the table only, otherwise all your stuff gets exported to the spreadsheet. Doesn't work in old IE though, just opens a new window with all the html in the title – Black_Stormy Aug 18 '12 at 20:30
It is possible to use the old Excel 2003 XML format (before OpenXML) to create a string that contains your desired XML, then on the client side you could use a data URI to open the file using the XSL mime type, or send the file to the client using the Excel mimetype "Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-excel" from the server side.
1. Open Excel and create a worksheet with your desired formatting and colors.
2. Save the Excel workbook as "XML Spreadsheet 2003 (*.xml)"
3. Open the resulting file in a text editor like notepad and copy the value into a string in your application
4. Assuming you use the client side approach with a data uri the code would look like this:
<script type="text/javascript">
var worksheet_template = '<?xml version="1.0"?><ss:Workbook xmlns:ss="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet">'+
'<ss:Styles><ss:Style ss:ID="1"><ss:Font ss:Bold="1"/></ss:Style></ss:Styles><ss:Worksheet ss:Name="Sheet1">'+
var row_template = '<ss:Row ss:StyleID="1"><ss:Cell><ss:Data ss:Type="String">{{name}}</ss:Data></ss:Cell>/ss:Row>';
5. Then you can use string replace to create a collection of rows to be inserted into your worksheet template
<script type="text/javascript">
var rows = document.getElementById("my-table").getElementsByTagName('tr'),
row_data = '';
for (var i = 0, length = rows.length; i < length; ++i) {
row_data += row_template.replace('{{name}}', rows[i].getElementsByTagName('td')[0].innerHTML);
6. Once you have the information collected, create the final string and open a new window using the data URI
<script type="text/javascript">
var worksheet = worksheet_template.replace('{{ROWS}}', row_data);
window.open('data:application/vnd.ms-excel,'+worksheet); </script>
It is worth noting that older browsers do not support the data URI scheme, so you may need to produce the file server side for those browser that do not support it.
You may also need to perform base64 encoding on the data URI content, which may require a js library, as well as adding the string ';base64' after the mime type in the data URI.
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Although it's nice to use OpenXML, this solution wont work on tables with colspans or rowspans without lots of work on the javascript generator – Eduardo Molteni Oct 11 '12 at 2:35
First, I would not recommend trying export Html and hope that the user's instance of Excel picks it up. My experience that this solution is fraught with problems including incompatibilities with Macintosh clients and throwing an error to the user that the file in question is not of the format specified. The most bullet-proof, user-friendly solution is a server-side one where you use a library to build an actual Excel file and send that back to the user. The next best solution and more universal solution would be to use the Open XML format. I've run into a few rare compatibility issues with older versions of Excel but on the whole this should give you a solution that will work on any version of Excel including Macs.
Open XML
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Excel has a little known feature called "Web queries" which let you retrieve data from almost every web page without additional programming.
A web query basicly runs a HTTP request directly from within Excel and copies some or all of the received data (and optionally formatting) into the worksheet.
After you've defined the web query you can refresh it at any time without even leaving excel. So you don't have to actually "export" data and save it to a file - you'd rather refresh the data just like from a database.
You can even make use of URL parameters by having excel prompt you for certain filter criteria etc...
However the cons I've noticed so far are:
• dynamicly loaded data is not accessible, because Javascript is not executed
• URL length is limited
Here is a question about how to create web queries in Excel. It links to a Microsoft Help site about How-To Get external data from a Web page
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mozilla still support base 64 URIs. This allows you to compose dynamically the binary content using javascript:
<a href="data:application/vnd.ms-excel<base64 encoded binary excel content here>"> download xls</a>
if your excel file is not very fancy (no diagrams, formulas, macroses) you can dig into the format and compose bytes for your file, then encode them with base64 and put in to the href
refer to https://developer.mozilla.org/en/data_URIs
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This code is IE only so it is only useful in situations where you know all of your users will be using IE (like, for example, in some corporate environments.)
<script Language="javascript">
function ExportHTMLTableToExcel()
var thisTable = document.getElementById("tbl").innerHTML;
window.clipboardData.setData("Text", thisTable);
var objExcel = new ActiveXObject ("Excel.Application");
objExcel.visible = true;
var objWorkbook = objExcel.Workbooks.Add;
var objWorksheet = objWorkbook.Worksheets(1);
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I tried using this code it did open the table in excel but not the correct format looks like it just copied the html code into the tables. like this: <TD class=" " bgColor=#ed9fff>SARTIN, DAN </TD> <TD class=" " bgColor=#ed9fff>BALAEZ, BARBARA </TD> Any Suggestions? – Fahad Mar 20 '13 at 18:22
That's because he used innerHTML. The element he's getting IS the table, so it should be outerHTML. I made the edit – user1566694 Jul 15 '13 at 15:19
I get the error: "Automation server can't create object" while creating ActiveXObject. How can I fix it? – Nk SP Dec 12 at 14:25
1. given url
2. the conversion has to be done on client side
3. systems are Windows, Mac and linux
Solution for Windows:
python code that open the ie window and has access to it: theurl variable contain the url ('http://')
ie = Dispatch("InternetExplorer.Application")
ie.Visible = 1
Note: if the page is not accessible directly, but login, you will need to handle this by entering the form data and emulating the user actions with python
here is the example
from win32com.client import Dispatch
the same manner for retrieval of data from web page. Let's say element with id 'el1' contain the data. retrieve the element text to the variable
el1 = ie.Document.all('el1').value
then when data is in python variable, you can open the excel screen in similar manner using python:
from win32com.client import Dispatch
xlApp = Dispatch("Excel.Application")
xlWb = xlApp.Workbooks.Open("Read.xls")
xlSht = xlWb.WorkSheets(1)
xlSht.Cells(row, col).Value = el1
Solution for Mac:
only the tip: use AppleScript - it has simple and similar API as win32com.client Dispatch
Solution for Linux:
java.awt.Robot might work for this it has click, key press (hot keys can be used), but none API for Linux that I am aware about that can work as simple as AppleScript
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This is a php but you maybe able to change it to javascript:
$colgroup = str_repeat("<col width=86>",5);
$data = "";
$time = date("M d, y g:ia");
$excel = "<html xmlns:o=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" xmlns:x=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40\">
<meta http-equiv=\"Content-type\" content=\"text/html;charset=utf-8\" />
<style id=\"Classeur1_16681_Styles\">
.xl4566 {
color: red;
<div id=\"Classeur1_16681\" align=center x:publishsource=\"Excel\">
<table x:str border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 style=\"border-collapse: collapse\">
<tr><td class=xl2216681><b>Col1</b></td><td class=xl2216681><b>Col2</b></td><td class=xl2216681 ><b>Col3</b></td><td class=xl2216681 ><b>Col4</b></td><td class=xl2216681 ><b>Col5</b></td></tr>
<tr><td class=xl4566>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>5</td></tr>
$fname = "Export".time().".xls";
$file = fopen($fname,"w+");
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'.basename($fname).'"');
unlink($fname); ?>
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This is actually more simple than you'd think: "Just" copy the HTML table (that is: The HTML code for the table) into the clipboard. Excel knows how to decode HTML tables; it'll even try to preserve the attributes.
The hard part is "copy the table into the clipboard" since there is no standard way to access the clipboard from JavaScript. See this blog post: Accessing the System Clipboard with JavaScript – A Holy Grail?
Now all you need is the table as HTML. I suggest jQuery and the html() method.
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simple google search turned up this:
if you can't do that, he gives an alternate "drag-and-drop" method:
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There are practical two ways to do this automaticly while only one solution can be used in all browsers. First of all you should use the open xml specification to build the excel sheet. There are free plugins from Microsoft available that make this format also available for older office versions. The open xml is standard since office 2007. The the two ways are obvious the serverside or the clientside.
The clientside implementation use a new standard of CSS that allow you to store data instead of just the URL to the data. This is a great approach coz you dont need any servercall, just the data and some javascript. The killing downside is that microsoft don't support all parts of it in the current IE (I don't know about IE9) releases. Microsoft restrict the data to be a image but we will need a document. In firefox it works quite fine. For me the IE was the killing point.
The other way is to user a serverside implementation. There should be a lot implementations of open XML for all languages. You just need to grap one. In most cases it will be the simplest way to modify a Viewmodel to result in a Document but for sure you can send all data from Clientside back to server and do the same.
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Can the down-voter please comment what's the reason for downvoting? – sra Jan 4 '12 at 14:39
Since formatting, color and other styling is important, I'd recommend DocRaptor, an HTML to Excel web application built by my company. DocRaptor is a RESTful web app that uses HTTP POST requests to convert HTML to Excel.
Our web app is easy to integrate with your own web application, and we've provided full documentation for jQuery implementation.
Here's a link to our jQuery coding example:
DocRaptor jQuery example
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And now there is a better way.
OpenXML SDK for JavaScript.
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hmmm, downloaded and tried to run the examples in latest chrome, just got errors :( – Josh Mc Mar 4 at 1:16
function normalexport() {
try {
var i;
var j;
var mycell;
var tableID = "tblInnerHTML";
var drop = document.getElementById('<%= ddl_sections.ClientID %>');
var objXL = new ActiveXObject("Excel.Application");
var objWB = objXL.Workbooks.Add();
var objWS = objWB.ActiveSheet;
var str = filterNum(drop.options[drop.selectedIndex].text);
objWB.worksheets("Sheet1").activate; //activate dirst worksheet
var XlSheet = objWB.activeSheet; //activate sheet
XlSheet.Name = str; //rename
for (i = 0; i < document.getElementById("ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_1").rows.length - 1; i++) {
for (j = 0; j < document.getElementById("ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_1").rows(i).cells.length; j++) {
mycell = document.getElementById("ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_1").rows(i).cells(j);
objWS.Cells(i + 1, j + 1).Value = mycell.innerText;
// objWS.Cells(i + 1, j + 1).style.backgroundColor = mycell.style.backgroundColor;
objWS.Range("A1", "L1").Font.Bold = true;
// objWS.Range("A1", "L1").Font.ColorIndex = 2;
// objWS.Range("A1", "Z1").Interior.ColorIndex = 47;
objWS.Range("A1", "Z1").EntireColumn.AutoFit();
//objWS.Range("C1", "C1").ColumnWidth = 50;
objXL.Visible = true;
} catch (err) {
idTmr = window.setInterval("Cleanup();", 1);
function filterNum(str) {
return str.replace(/[ / ]/g, '');
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So, the error message is the security restriction to access a parent frame or window from within an (i)frame from a different domain.
(Unsafe javascript attempt to access frame with URL xxx from frame with URL yyy. Domains, protocols, and ports must match).
However, there is no line shown in webkit or chrome from where this error is generated.
So how do I get a list of the lines that infringe upon this? I know I can just search, but does this apply to cookies as well (document.cookie, etc) ? Is there a list of things that are disallowed?
Edit: Also, what do I need to use instead of $(window.top)?
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Set Firebug to break on errors. – SLaks Nov 9 '11 at 18:37
@Slaks the errors are shown in chrome/safari - as far as I know, only firebug lite is available in these browsers. – Wesley Nov 9 '11 at 18:41
Set Chrome to break on errors. – SLaks Nov 9 '11 at 18:43
The purple/black Pause button on the bottom of the Script tab. – SLaks Nov 9 '11 at 18:44
That should not be nearly so complicated. Look inside the call frames and try to figure out what jQuery is doing, or show me a demo. – SLaks Nov 9 '11 at 19:17
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If you own all of the pages (the containing document and the iframe document) just stick some javascript in each of them to allow them to communicate happily:
document.domain = 'myDomain.com';
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0.023265 | <urn:uuid:9f857bdd-1f59-4c2f-ae73-4b89c29ebd1c> | en | 0.914352 | Snuggle Truck 是一款屡获殊荣的独立开发的横版物理操控驾驶游戏。在最短的时间内将你的动物们毫发无损地送到动物园来拯救它们。倾斜你的卡车，接住你的小动物，飞越过挡路的犰狳，驰骋过山丘、洞穴、沙漠来完成你的旅途。施展后空翻等绝技，在大回环，恶劣的地形以及各种不可预料的障碍中尝试不要让你的可怜的动物们遭遇车祸。 游戏特色: 海量的内容 超过 10,000 （您没数错，的确是一万）个富有挑战性的关卡，其中包括来自在线社区的创意！ 百玩不厌的游戏体验 操作极易上手，却很难精通。在成功的动作中收集奖章，从不同的玩法中得到奖励。
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3.1 小时（记录在案的）
Snuggle Truck attempts to do something very simple in what it offers, and for the most part it succeeds. The main problem comes with the frustration of acquiring all medals available.
The basic premise of the game is to go through groups of increasingly difficult levels and achieve specific goals in order to earn medals. There are easy, medium, hard, and extreme groups of levels. In easy and medium, it's actually fun to hone in your skills and fight for all the medals. In the hard levels, the fun begins to diminish into something comparable to an annoying task or a dreadful job. The extreme levels are so much worse than the hard levels, that the experience ceases completely from being a game and fully becomes a terrible chore, or a punishment.
If getting the basic medal for all levels is enough to please you, then you'll be able to easily beat the game in less than an hour. On the other hand, if you're a perfectionist, and getting all possible medals is your goal, I'm sure that there may be at least ten hours of entertainment here for you. There are also some bonus developer created levels, as well as thousands of user created levels for you to download from within the game, but actually wanting to experience this much content will depend on how patient you are and how much fun you are able to get out of Snuggle Truck.
Snuggle Truck is okay.
0.8 小时（记录在案的）
You and your group of stuffed homies drive off in the best epic action adventure RPG racing game of the year. This game is an emotional joyride as the superb character development keeps you on your seat begging for more. Travel the world on your certified kappa truck as you go through this ultimate adventure one jump at a time.
1.6 小时（记录在案的）
Snuggle Truck is a game on Steam that was previously a flash game called "Smuggle Truck", a game commenting on the trials of immigration to the United States from Mexico. This is a narrative thread with satirization that works quite well.
Snuggle Truck is about transporting stuffed animals to the zoo, which makes for incredibly confusing commentary. First of all, where are the stuffed animals trying to escape from? Are they escaping from the bedrooms of a particularly stultifying suburb? Suburb living is the safest, blandest living there is to offer in the United States. Are they going to Burning Man or something?
No, they are going to the zoo. For some reason. Why? Are you playing as an international stuffed animal trafficker? What kind of demented mind steals teddy bears and stuffed elephants from the bedrooms and playplaces of children everywhere to take them to the zoo? What is to be gained from this action, especially when there are real animals to look at and already existing stuffed fascimiles to buy fresh from the gift shop at manufacturer suggested retail prices? THIS GAME MAKES NO ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ SENSE AND THE MESSAGE IT OFFERS TO THE PLAYER IS ♥♥♥♥ING CLOWNSHOES.
It is a solid physics flash game and it'll entertain you for twenty minutes before it starts to get boring. BUT IT MAKES NO SENSE.
0.6 小时（记录在案的）
I have no idea how I got this game or why and I don't care. Its a truck of snuggles and happiness. Seriously though this game is alot of fun once you get into it. A small and simple but fun concept.
1.0 小时（记录在案的）
It's not that Snuggle Truck is bad per say, it's just...not very good.
Taking the Trials HD side-scrolling rollercoaster arcade racing formula, adding a basket of fluffy stuffed animals, and polishing off any of the more challenging or demanding bits, it's biggest fault is just how obnoxiously boring it is. Its personality is lost in a deluge of repetitive, tedious levels, designed in such a way as to be just obnoxious and tedious enough that they become a monotonous chore to complete. The challenge feels mostly arbitrary and poorly planned out, existing as little more than to cause you to replay levels numerous times but providing no satisfaction when you finally achieve a faster time or medal.
I wish I had some more elaborate criticism to add, but that's honestly all I can muster. Snuggle Truck feels like the cute but entirely moronic cousin of games such as Trials and Joe Danger, full of bright colors and upbeat music, but hard to spend more than a few minutes with before you can feel your eyelids start to close.
0.5 小时（记录在案的）
Buy this game for the fuzzies.
0.5 小时（记录在案的）
Just another port from a free mobile game. Way too simple to enjoy for longer than 20 minutes. It used to have an offensive gimmick when it was called Smuggle Truck, and you were smuggling Mexicans. Now it's even worse.
5.1 小时（记录在案的）
This game is stupid and I love it.
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30.5 小时（记录在案的）
Snuggle Truck is without a doubt the most hardcore game in existence. Think Dark Souls, but without equipment and progression, but you die a little inside every time you lose a level.
0.6 小时（记录在案的）
horrible controls
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1,292.5 小时（记录在案的）
Snuggle Truck is life.
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1,282.6 小时（记录在案的）
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0.3 小时（记录在案的）
When I first saw snuggle truck in my steam library, I asked why? Why was there a game called snuggle truck in my steam library? This question haunted my very existence for days. Did I buy it? Did I get it in some humble bundle I spent ten cents on? Was it a sigh from some great cosmic God? I hesitated to play this game because its name had suggested such unimaginable terror. Would it consume my very soul? Every time I opened the steam client I would see it there, waiting for me, waiting for a moment of weakness where I would finally break down and play it. I fought off the urge for weeks, but deep down I realized that one day I would have to play it. The day finally came, I could no longer fight against it, I clicked on it and installed it. So trucks, such ponies, much physics.
4.3 小时（记录在案的）
The concept is fun and addictive at the start, but in all it doesn't feel like anything more than a Flash game; the only thing it's missing is a Newgrounds logo. It's a well-made game, but most of the levels are just user-made garbage with lots of unfair traps and the physics can be wonky at times. I also got the occasional crash.
Buy this on sale only; it's worth about 3 bucks in my opinion. It's got a good amount of content and the concept is entertaining, but in spirit it feels like any other Box2D Flash game that has been flooding the Internet for free since 2006,
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119.6 小时（记录在案的）
The mechanics are solid, there is depth in terms of content, and the execution is superb. I wouldn’t call this one a “thrill ride,” but Snuggle Truck can be your burst game, that title you play when you’ve got three minutes to spare.
It’s hard to just peg Snuggle Truck in a genre. I call it a side-scrolling racing game and then toss in the caveat that it’s highly physics-based. In the game, you control a dirty truck that can be highly reactive to the terrain its meets -- the smallest dips and jumps cause the truck to lean back and forth. You can correct its arc with the arrow keys, but you don’t do it for the safety of the vehicle -- you get lined up to protect the cargo, those cartoon animals riding in the back. Each animal is just as reactive to the truck’s trajectory, and the point is to hit the end point as quickly as possible with as many animals as possible. Easier said than done, I've learned.
There’s a lot of stuff that can get in your way in the process of getting to the end goal, the "zoo": there’s an assortment of bumps, massive hills, dips, and even a few surprise environmental objects like explosive crates that get thrown into the mix in later levels. For the most part, Owlchemy Labs does a fantastic job providing change of pace opportunities: there’s a ton of different layouts and jumps experimented with, which give you plenty to do and think about.
Hitting and landing a jump without losing your animal dudes is all in the wrist and in the finger. You can use your keys to correct the trajectory and also use the basic movement mechanic -- pressing your fingers on either the up or the down key -- to slow or speed up your truck.
Snuggle Truck introduces one new mechanic at a time, giving you the ability to slowly learn and react to obstacles as you progress through the levels. But there’s a big trial-and-error element as well since you never know what’s around the bend. One small jump, for example, can take you straight into a wall while another of the same exact kind might not present any mission critical navigational issues.
To its credit, Snuggle Truck remains fun despite its clumps of middling level design. I chock this up to its relative snappiness -- levels take, generally, under a minute to finish, so it’s not a great loss to start over again. Nor do you really need to ace a level since there’s so many in each tier.
Of course, there are carrots on sticks to chase -- Snuggle Truck goes heavy on the rewards after completion of each level. You can earn your traditional star medals, as well as completion medals based on completion and number of animals you save.
While Snuggle Truck actually feels like a game that went one direction and then the other, I recommend it. The truck controls well, the physics respond well, and the level design has that right mix of snappiness and intrigue. Check it out if you’re in the market for another racing side-scroller, and keep your eyes peeled for updates. Owlchemy Labs has crazy plans for Smuggle Truck which include implementing community-generated levels which could lead to some awesome replay value.
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285.7 小时（记录在案的）
The most wicked time you will ever have in a singleplayer game, you will be on the edge of your seat with the stiffest boner to have ever been seen this side of the galaxy. The graphics were just wonderful, all those fluffy little ♥♥♥♥s just looked fabulous and the physics in this game were just superb to what real life has to offer. Another well executed asset to this game was the DLC, you can quickly and easily customize your game to whichever playstyle you prefer. Want to be a patriotic American saving starving African children? You can, now, only on Snuggle Truck. I highly recommend buying twelth copies of this game, and just play the night away, I promise you, your ♥♥♥♥ will burst into flames and you won't regret it. Just come prepared with a couple dozen bottles of lube.
0.1 小时（记录在案的）
I had never even seen a shooting star before. 25 years of rotations, passes through comets' paths, and travel, and to my memory I had never witnessed burning debris scratch across the night sky. I stared entranced, soaking in owlchemy Labs' new material, chiseling each gameplay moment into the best functioning parts of my brain which would be the only platform for the material for months.
This is an emotional, psychological experience. Snuggle Truck plays like a clouded brain trying to recall an alien abduction. It's the sound of a development studio, and its leader, losing faith in themselves, destroying themselves, and subsequently rebuilding a perfect entity. In other words, Owlchemy Labs hated being Owlchemy Labs, but ended up with the most ideal, natural game yet.
The experience and emotions tied to playing Snuggle Truck are like witnessing the stillborn birth of a child while simultaneously having the opportunity to see her play in the afterlife on Imax. It's a game of sparking paradox. It's cacophonous yet tranquil, experimental yet familiar, foreign yet womb-like, spacious yet visceral, textured yet vaporous, awakening yet dreamlike, infinite yet two hours long. It will cleanse your brain of those little crustaceans of worries and inferior games clinging inside the fold of your gray matter. The harrowing sounds hit from unseen angles and emanate with inhuman genesis. When the headphones peel off, and it occurs that six men created this, it's clear that Owlchemy Labs must be the greatest developer alive, if not the best since you know who. Breathing people made this game! And you can't wait to dive back in and try to prove that wrong over and over.
98.9 小时（记录在案的）
It was supposed to be called "Smuggle Truck" and have you smuggle Mexicans across the border (or so I've been told), so that fact alone made me buy this.
0.3 小时（记录在案的）
good game 10/10 get it.
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0.4 小时（记录在案的）
Snuggle Truck is quite possibly the greatest game ever made. From an objective standpoint, nothing else comes quite close to delivering the kind of experience that this game is capable of. If I were to choose one game in existence to prove to somebody that video games are art, it would definitely have to be this masterpiece.
Firstly, I would like to begin this review by asking the question: what is a video game? Some people would simply answer this by saying that video games are an interactive medium with the sole purpose of delivering entertainment to the players. Others prefer to give long philosophical answers which tackle every facet of this age-long riddle. After playing Snuggle Truck I can honestly say that any answer to this question is meaningless, and one only needs to play this game to fully appreciate the marvellous wonder of this pastime known as "video games."
With that said I would like to break the game down as much as possible within the limitations of purely text-based reviews; after all Snuggle Truck is a deep, complex experience which would transcend standard, traditional review formats. One of the most notable things I would like to bring to the forefront is Snuggle Truck's graphics and visual style. When I first loaded this game and began playing, I thought the game had crashed. Let me explain: I'm an avid fan of trucking in general, and as a result my desktop background is a constantly-changing slideshow of truck imagery. The visuals in this game are so incredible that I mistook graphical images for photography. The animation is also so incredibly smooth and lifelike that I actually started to feel brief motion sickness after only a few seconds of play.
This soon passed however as I quickly became immersed in the truly innovative and revolutionary gameplay found in this work of art. Snuggle Truck takes similar games such as Euro Truck Simulator 2 and completely slaps them in the face with its own brand of hyperrealistic physics and gameplay scenarios which leaves a completely before-unseen impression on the player. Because of how intuitive, responsive and predictable the controls felt, I was very quickly able to adapt to how the game must be played; and it even left me thinking "hot damn, this is so lifelike, I could probably do this in a real life truck."
That's not to say the game is easily played, however. While the game presents itself as being extremely accessible through its controls and simplstic gameplay objectives, this game has a very steep difficulty curve which constantly demands the player to step up their game. The difficulty is fair and never feels artificial, and if you mess up, it's 100% your fault.
The audio in this game is beyond noteworthy. No lie, when I finished playing this game because I had important things to do - such as sleep so that I would have enough energy the next day to play more Snuggle Truck - I basically had to leave the game idling on the title screen because the music is so incredible. It's insanely catchy and would make great classical composers of past ages such as Bach and Mozart weep with envy.
With everything said, I believe it stands to reason that Snuggle Truck should be considered one of if not the greatest game ever made. If, after reading this review, you still have any doubts as to whether or not you should buy this game, you are probably literally Satan; though I doubt even the dark lord himself wouldn't get a kick out of this truly magnificent magnum opus. | http://store.steampowered.com/app/111100/?l=schinese | dclm-gs1-060150001 |
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Should diplomacy fail, the Israeli leader most likely to strike Iran's nuclear facilities would be Netanyahu. Assuming he does—and does so successfully—he would prevent Obama from becoming the president who allowed a nuclear Iran.
While Netanyahu is the leader most likely to use military force against Iran, he is also the one best positioned to make meaningful gains in the direction of peace with the Palestinians. It would not be because of the oft-stated theory that it takes someone from the right to make peace, but rather because Netanyahu is the only figure offering new ideas.
"Netanyahu does believe in the peace process," says Ron Dermer, a senior adviser to the Netanyahu campaign. "What he has said is that the top-down approach has not worked, and he wants to try building Palestinian society from the bottom-up." This would entail finally addressing the indoctrination of Palestinian society in the media and in the textbooks, as well as helping the Palestinians create a better daily life through a stronger economy. And Netanyahu wants a peace process that engages the region by actively involving Jordan and Egypt.
In the decade and a half since the Oslo Accords, it would be hard to argue that the existing paradigm of land-for-peace has worked. If anything, there has been regression away from peace, and the Palestinians have suffered greatly over that time.
What most seem to remember about Netanyahu's first stint as prime minister is his political missteps and domestic political scandals. A dispassionate look at the record, though, shows Israel was hit with just three successful suicide bombing attacks in his three years as prime minister—versus four attacks in the three months before his 1996 election.
Just as important, Netanyahu achieved this security while opening Israeli society to economic cooperation with Palestinians. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were working in Israel or doing business with Israelis, and the Palestinian economy was prospering. Proving wrong the conventional wisdom, Israeli security and the Palestinian economy were simultaneously strong.
Freshly sworn in as president, Obama has made a number of rookie mistakes. He should not add to that list by criticizing the Israeli people for their democratic preferences.
Obama might even come to realize it is the best outcome for which he could have hoped.
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In Google Images, when an image is clicked in search results, an "image preview" appears with a blurry image (basically the cached low-res version) and then an updated, clearer version is swapper in later. Does this fetch the live image?
I have also noticed on some images that the clearer image does not get swapped in, this appears to be on sites that block hotlinking.
I have an image that is #1 on Google Images for certain (fairly popular) search terms. I recently updated the image but the thumbnail for the old image still shows (and is the blurry one in the image preview). The image is hosted on the Amazon CloudFront CDN and hotlinking is not blocked.
However, when I search for my image, the image preview stays blurry and the better quality image is not switched in. Other images on the CDN work fine. Does anyone know a possible reason for this?
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How recent is "recent"? It can take a while (weeks) for something to update in SERPs. – Scott Helme Oct 4 '13 at 13:54
It was about 4 weeks ago. – DisgruntledGoat Oct 4 '13 at 16:47
Can you provide a URL to an example image? – dan Oct 7 '13 at 19:49
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It may be because the image is being served from Google's server rather than your server in the image preview. Let me give you an example.
I did a Google image search for "scenery". I changed the search tools to only look for "large" images, and I found this:
screen shot of Google image search
As you can see it is shown in very poor quality with obvious JPEG artifacts in the sky around the clouds. Unlike other images in the page, it was not swapped out by my browser (Chrome) for a better quality image. This appears to be because the image URL used in this large preview is: https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQMlmFajhgytLiLaTr330wB4LNOFcWcKW5Pb71QpWDAGdOzUh3P which is a small thumbnail from Google's server. Other images in the search results use the site to power the preview. For example the Image next to it uses the preview image of http://www.hdwallpapersart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Scenery.jpg.
In this particular case Google may be doing this because the site in question has some type of hotlinking protection in place. They are using redirects when you link directly from the image url.
• When I paste http://wallpaperswide.com/download/summer_scenery-wallpaper-2048x1536.jpg into my browser, it shows me an HTML page of http://wallpaperswide.com/summer_scenery-wallpapers.html instead. I can than click on the links and the images save as downloads.
• When I use curl, I get a 302 redirect to /summer_scenery-wallpapers.html
• When I use wget I get the redirect to the same page, but then wget is able to download the image data from the html page and save it as a .jpg
Based on this investigation, it appears that Google has some algorithms in place to detect that images won't work (or might not work) when hot linked in the image preview. In such cases, it uses a lower quality thumbnail served from its own servers in place.
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As I stated in the question, hotlinking is not blocked (unless Amazon CloudFront is doing something I haven't told it to). – DisgruntledGoat Oct 4 '13 at 16:48
This is the only type of example that I could find on which it happened. In your case it may be caused by something else, cloudfront is doing some hotlink magic, or Google only thinks that there might be a hotlink reason. Can you post an actual example? – Stephen Ostermiller Oct 4 '13 at 16:56
1. I think, the phenomenon of blurry and clear versions is generated by your Internet connection's speed.
2. When did you change your image? I think you should not worry and give Googlebot more time to recrawl it.
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the thumbnail image in " google image results " are comming from google cache server ...
but the " image preview " is the real hosting image (your real live image)
the image is resized in preview mode by the html code width="" height="" thats the reasons whay you'r image has poor quality .. becouse of the browser do an blurry resize on images
try to resize your image to fit better proportions in X and Y or try to build a script (javascript) that switch directly to you'r image
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The Google servers convert the high resolution images to low resolution images during image search so as to increase the page loading time and save the bandwidth! there is nothing much you can do about it.. Sorry..
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Elevate your mind, balance your life, and ski park like the omniscient Buddha that you are.
The K2 Disorderly Alpine Ski achieves perfect zen-like symmetry, transcending you to a higher level of balance and disorder. This K2 twin is so bi-directional that you can mount it in either direction and it will ski exactly the same. Its center-only mounting position helps you achieve nirvanic balance in the air, on the rails, and in the pipe and added carbon stringers elevate your ollies for maximum air time.
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im 5 10 135 pounds. should i get the k2...
im 5 10 135 pounds. should i get the k2 disorderly or the k2 silencers? also im sking on a 154 right now what size would be best for next season?
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I'm 5 foot 5 inches and weight 113 what...
I'm 5 foot 5 inches and weight 113 what size should i get.
i'm 5'9" 130lbs what size should i get?
i'm 5'9" 130lbs what size should i get?
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The 159 will be plenty of ski for you. You may be tall, but weight is more important than height when picking ski length. Also keeping them shorter will give you more maneuverability in the park.
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I'd go AT LEAST a 169 if you're 5'9'... you could even get away with a 179. 159 is going to be tiny and crappy, and it will hold you back, because you won't have swing weight to throw down the big spins. Also, a center mounted ski like this will feel way shorter than it really is.
110 Pounds, 90% ski park, love rails, 13...
110 Pounds, 90% ski park, love rails, 13 years old, best trick is a 720, Are these skis good for me? ski 85% park
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Yeah dude these should be pretty good for you. Make sure they come up to almost the top of your head when you're sizing them out. They could even be above your head. You're gonna need the extra length to progress to the bigger spins, etc...
I'm only 145 lbs, 14 yo. but I ski like...
I'm only 145 lbs, 14 yo. but I ski like 60% park. I've heard they're not great all-mountain, but I don't know if its worth sacrificing for a great park ski. What should I do?
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If you can wait till next year, the new Marker Jester Schizo, bindings and compatible skis, can move back and forth on the ski so you can have the prime mounting location for all conditions. The new K2 Kung Fujas for 2010's are also freaking amazing and they work with the Schizo bindings. The Kung Fujas ski is newly ROCKERED for 2010!
I am 6 feet 150 pounds and am looking for...
I am 6 feet 150 pounds and am looking for a good all-around mountain ski. I ski a lot of park but also like to hit other parts of the mountain. I ski mainly in Vermont at places like Okemo. Would you recommend these skis?
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I have tried these skis a couple of times and they are very heavy. For me thats a negative, cus i like playful skis. Also its not very good at groomers, but i can give it cred for spin and stability in air. Because it is a center mounted ski I feel like you have 100% control spinning jumps, which is important and the weight doesent really matter in air... I would say Its not a very good all-mountain ski, but if you want a park ski, but want to be able to ski a little bit all-mountain I would go for these, otherwise look at: Armada Ar6 , Line Anthem, k2 extreme, Line Blend or if you like to try something new: Armada Alpha 1 :=) This was my opinion...
should i go for the k2 dissorderly or the...
should i go for the k2 dissorderly or the k2 extreme
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If you are shooting for a park specific ski, then the Disorderly is sweet. The Extreme is a way more versatile ski, and takes big park hits a little better. It depends on what you use it for though.
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I rode this ski with griffon bindings. Its a pretty lightweight setup. spinning was easy. the flex is super soft. if you land backseat on the tails they kinda shove you back into position a little bit. the whole center mount thing takes a little getting used to, it is a little slower and slightly harder to turn. Not a great performer outside the park. Recommended for those doing 75%+in the park or if you have solid all mountain boards already. if your iffy about length go a little longer so you have some surface to land on, plus the center mount makes them feel shorter in the air. also, the mass of longer skis makes it easier to complete the last few degrees of bigger spins (540+). The only thing i would like better is if it had a little more pop, but you can't have that and a buttery flex. | http://www.backcountry.com/k2-disorderly-alpine-ski-k2s0549 | dclm-gs1-060490001 |
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...of more than a single generation), who share finances and a common kitchen. Marriage is virtually universal, divorce rare, and virtually every marriage produces children. Almost all marriages are arranged by family elders on the basis of caste, degree of consanguinity, economic status, education (if any), and astrology. A bride traditionally moves to her husband’s house. However, nonarranged... | http://www.britannica.com/print/topic/673613 | dclm-gs1-060560001 |
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CHICAGO (CBS/AP) How do college journalism students become prosecution targets in a murder case? Here's how.
Anthony McKinney is serving a life sentence in Illinois for the 1978 murder of a security guard. Journalism students at Northwestern University are making a case that McKinney is an innocent man. And now prosecutors are claiming the student-journalists paid off two witnesses in their quest for a new trial or exoneration for McKinney.
Prosecutors have claimed that the students were motivated to find evidence of McKinney's innocence to get good grades in their class, and they've subpoenaed the class syllabus and the students' grades.
The students have presented evidence, including interviews with witnesses, suggesting that several other men committed the crime. But prosecutors are questioning the credibility of those witnesses, including two who say the students and a Northwestern private investigator gave them money in exchange for interviews.
In their filing in a Cook County criminal court, prosecutors said several witnesses interviewed by the students recanted their statements when speaking to prosecutors, saying that they'd told the students what they wanted to hear so that they'd be paid.
The allegations came during a hearing on a new trial for McKinney. The Northwestern students, and their professor, David Protess, denied the allegations Tuesday, calling the state's filing part of a "smear campaign."
"It is so filled with factual errors that if my students had done this kind of reporting and investigating, I would give them an F," Protess told reporters after court.
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Photo: Evan Benn in St. Louis, Mo.
Protess and his students have investigated nearly a dozen high-profile cases, several involving men on death row, including the Ford Heights Four, who were exonerated by DNA evidence in a double murder. In some of the cases, Protess' students found that police had bullied or coerced false confessions, and Illinois has paid out tens of millions of dollars to some of those who were wrongly convicted.
Their work also is credited with prompting then-Gov. George Ryan to empty the state's death row in 2003, re-igniting a national debate on the death penalty.
One witness, Tony Drakes, said the Northwestern investigator gave a cab driver $60 to drive him a short distance and told the driver to give Drakes $40 in change. Drakes said he used the money to buy crack cocaine.
Northwestern student Evan Benn, who is named in the state's subpoena, said it was him, not the investigator, who gave the cab driver the money, along with instructions that none of it was to be given to Drakes.
"We never paid Tony Drakes for his statement, we would never pay any source," Benn told reporters. He has said he paid $60 for the cab ride because the driver estimated it would cost about $50.
Michael Lane, who the students say was with Drakes, told prosecutors that the students took him to dinner and gave him $50 to $100 in cash even though he didn't give them any information. Drakes also told prosecutors that the Northwestern students came to his mother's home accompanied by a man who flashed a shotgun.
Sally Daly, a spokeswoman for the state's attorney's office, said ultimately the issue of whether the witnesses lied to students or to prosecutors is a matter for the court to decide.
"At the end of the day, we will take sworn statements from them and lock them in based on their statements," she said. "The burden rests with Anthony McKinney here, not us."
Northwestern has until Jan. 11 to respond to the state's filing.
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Mary Higgins Clark "You Belong to Me"
Carol Higgins Clark "Twanged"
She's known as the Queen of Suspense, but to Mary Higgins Clark, that means she's 'just a storyteller'.
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(CNN) -- Mary and Carol Higgins Clark are perhaps one of the most popular mother-daughter tandems in the publishing world. Mary Higgins Clark is the top-selling female suspense writer in the United States, and her newest book, "You Belong to Me," has 45 million copies in print in the U.S. alone. On top of that, she was recently voted "Mother of the Year" by the Mother's Day Committee.
Carol Higgins Clark, meanwhile, is also a success. She's an actress, and has a new novel titled "Twanged". Both women appeared on CNN Sunday Morning on Mother's Day.
CNN ANCHOR LEON HARRIS: Happy mother's day to you.
HARRIS: Hey, how does that feel to be "Mother of the Year"?
MARY HIGGINS CLARK: Well, I was very flattered. I asked Carol if she voted.
HARRIS: Did you?
CAROL HIGGINS CLARK: I wasn't asked to vote. But I would have voted for her definitely.
HARRIS: Carol, what kind of mom is Mary?
CAROL HIGGINS CLARK: She's a terrific mother. She really is. She always has been. She's always taught us not to get upset about the little things, and as a matter of fact, we tease her. Because if you would come home with a great big problem and tell her about it, she would say, "Yes, but do you know so-and-so has a much bigger problem than you do."
HARRIS: There you go. Some perspective for you, huh?
MARY HIGGINS CLARK: Everything in perspective. That's right.
HARRIS: I've got one question I was begged to ask you this morning. And this is about you, Mary. You write these suspenseful, scary kind of stories. What kind of bed-time stories did you tell Carol?
MARY HIGGINS CLARK: "Now, children, go to sleep. I don't want you to worry when you hear the creaking on the stairs. The ghost promised he wouldn't show up tonight."
HARRIS: Carol, was it really that bad?
CAROL HIGGINS CLARK: She used to say, "There's a man behind the curtain. But don't worry about it."
HARRIS: Now, she didn't do that to you. Did she?
CAROL HIGGINS CLARK: No, she really didn't. No. It was later in life that she started writing these spooky stories. It was when I was in college, actually.
HARRIS: Mary, I want to know what you think is the real root of your success. It seems like every time you put pen to paper now, it's a guaranteed million seller, if not more. What do think is your secret? If you had to bottle it and sell it, what would you say the secret was?
MARY HIGGINS CLARK: Well, I think the secret for any successful writer is to be a storyteller. I heard (Nobel Prize winner) Isaac Bashevis Singer say that years ago. He said, "I do not care how eloquent your phrase is, how polished your prose, unless you are a storyteller, you are not a writer."
He said in medieval times the storyteller went from castle to castle. He began with the magical words "Once upon a time," and everyone went "shhhh" and drew closer to the fire.
Begin your books with those words. I think I'm an Irish storyteller. I don't write a book. I hang over the back fence and talk about the neighbors."
HARRIS: Tell us about "You Belong To Me."
MARY HIGGINS CLARK: "You Belong To Me" is about a psychologist who had been a prosecutor, which means she had a trained mind, has a radio show and starts to discuss a woman who was missing from a cruise ship three years earlier. And she starts to get phone-ins.
You know: "A man approached me on a cruise ship. And we never dated on the ship. He said 'let's not be seen. Let's not be talked about. And I would meet him at the different ports. And he gave me a ring that said 'You Belong To Me.'"
So I had a serial killer tracking lonely women on up-scale cruise ships. And I think that's a sweet idea, don't you?
HARRIS: Yes, that works. That's a nice cheery thing.
HARRIS: Carol, how about your book "Twanged?" As I understand it, there's a bit of an autobiographical twinge here?
CAROL HIGGINS CLARK: My female private investigator, Regan Reiley, her mother is a mystery writer. And she is a continuing character. So she's in all my books. But in "Twanged," I have a country singer who has a hit single whose mother is from Ireland. And she has been given a fiddle by her mentor from Ireland, but it turns out it has a curse on it if it leaves Ireland.
And she's heading to the Hampton's for a music festival. And Regan Reiley is there to protect her.
MARY HIGGINS CLARK: It's a very funny book. I write the psychological suspense. She writes the tongue-and-cheek humor and does very, very well.
HARRIS: Exactly, and that's why the two of you seem to offer such a great balance for folks that do keep track of the work of both of you. You guys ever steal ideas from each other?
MARY HIGGINS CLARK: No, I tried to steal an (idea about) a Santa Claus who was a fake. And Carol said, "You can't do that. That's what I'm writing in my book."
CAROL HIGGINS CLARK: One time she tried to use the name of a character that I had already used. I said to her, "Everyone's going to think I'm copying you. You can't use that name."
So that's the only thing we really argue about. We go around together. We did a book signing together yesterday. It's really a lot of fun to be in the same field together. We go to mystery writer's dinners and conventions together. So it's nice.
MARY HIGGINS CLARK: You know, it's the same as though a doctor says, you know, "My son or my daughter is going to be a doctor." And everyone says, "Isn't that wonderful? Aren't you proud?"
For some crazy reason, they think that a writer might resent another writer in the family. I had always said that Carol would support me in my declining years. But I got married, so she's off the hook.
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RE: All I want...
By FishTankX on 7/8/2010 8:40:20 PM , Rating: 2
It's NOT hard to make.
The Honda Life
Is a 4 door Sedan that runs 45MPG, and costs about $10,000.
Issue is, it's hard to make them SAFE. It only weighs about a ton. One collision with an SUV and you're TOAST.
That, and it's humble 60HP engine means it can barley keep pace with highway traffic.
Put in a 4 cylinder 1 liter engine though, and it'll probably keep pace with traffic quite well, given it's 1 ton frame. Even better with a Turbo. Gas mileage will not suffer significantly.
50MPG might be a stretch. But the Kei Cars of Japan have been getting 45MPG for about $11,000 for a long, long time.
RE: All I want...
By fleabag on 7/8/2010 11:00:57 PM , Rating: 2
You keep mentioning this "1 ton frame" like as if that's really tiny.. No it's not.. A 1990 Civic DX SEDAN (4 door) weighed around 2100bs and a 1998 Civic DX SEDAN (4 door) weighs around 2300lbs. These aren't that small of cars at all yet weigh 1 ton. Whether or not a vehicle will survive colliding with a 3 ton vehicle is pretty stupid because with that logic people wouldn't drive any vehicles since there are semi trucks people could crash into and they can weigh (when loaded) over 40 tons!
RE: All I want...
By Spuke on 7/9/2010 11:31:36 AM , Rating: 2
This is really starting to get old. TODAY, in 2010, in the US, NONE of those cars would meet safety NOR emissions regulations. Those two things are the main reasons why cars are heavy. STOP voting to those regulations (via politicians that support them) and we'll get lighter cars but at the expensive of more emissions and less safety equipment. You CAN have both, both you'll need a sh!tload of super expensive (see Ferrari), lightweight materials which now takes that car WAY the f%^k over the magic DT price of $20,000.
Did I mention that Americans like super quiet cars? Well, that costs weight too. Soooo, if you want that lightweight car, it will be noisier, less safe, and it will pollute more. But it will get 100mpg though!!!
PS - What cracks me up the most is that even if the automakers built such a car, NONE of the people most vocal about wanting these cars would buy it at ANY price.
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Besides the cost of living issues, the corruption eradication progress is becoming more and more important interest for Indonesian people, thanks to the continuing intense reports by local medias. This could be a weapon for the current president, Mr. Yudhoyono, to maintain his position, or a weapon for his main opposition, Ms. Soekarnoputri. It depends on public satisfaction on the current Corruption Eradication Commission's performance. But, on the fact that some of the top governmental officers in both of Ms. Soekarnoputri and current era are suspected to be involve in a corruption scandal, there is still a possibility that corruption issues will be a weapon against both of the two leading candidates. Bringing new candidate/s with a better anti-corruption program to the surface, even when polls don't come up with one, yet.
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I was living in the country in the run-up to Ms. Soekarnoputri's election and during the beginning of her term. I must say that while the public opinion was well in her favour, she failed to deliver. She was voted in because she represented the countries hopes and dreams, her father being one of the founders.However, when the crunch occurred after the Bali bombings she was nowhere to be seen. Instead of uniting the country under one banner factions formed causing the problems that are present today.The Corruption Eradication Commission is a laudable attempt at tackling the problems of one of the most corrupt nations on earth, however, I fail to see how it possibly could be successful as corruption reaches into the very heart and soul of the country.As one customs worker described corruption and bribery was a way of life, it was almost part of the expected income.
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How safe are corticosteroids for your cat?
The use of steroids in vet medicine is going up, because they're so effective at treating so many things. But are they safe?
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There are many things for which vets will prescribe corticosteroids, usually for inflammation, but for other things as well. They work by suppressing the immune system, which helps reduce inflammatory responses. For that reason, they can also treat autoimmune disorders. However, as with any medication, these medicines have side effects. The question is, are corticosteroids safe?
Dr. Karen Becker worries about how common the use of corticosteroids is in veterinary medicine. According to an article she wrote on Healthy Pets, what's happening is that vets are treating the symptoms of a condition without treating the condition itself. Corticosteroids often work so quickly on symptoms that it's often difficult not to prescribe them when a pet is sick.
She says that prolonged use can lead to serious problems, like Cushing's disease and other organ disorders. And, while cats tend to tolerate steroids better than dogs, Dr. Becker prefers trying alternatives before resorting to steroid treatments.
However, according to Dr. Elyse Kent, the side effects of steroids can almost always be reversed in cats. This includes diabetes mellitus, which can happen in cats that are predisposed to the condition, and taking steroids. Dr. Kent says that, if the diabetes is, indeed, related to the steroid use, then the condition will go away as the cat is tapered off of the medicine.
The alternatives that Dr. Becker prefers are plant-based sterols and sterolins, instead of the synthetic hormone corticosteroids. She also recommends trying to find out what's causing your cat's condition, or what's triggering allergies. By identifying the underlying cause, your cat has a better chance at full recovery, and less chance of suffering side effects of corticosteroids.
The bottom line, however, is ask questions, and listen to your vet's recommendations. Ask if there's a possibility that some underlying problem is causing your cat's symptoms (or ask for an allergy test if allergies are the problem), and find out what it will take to identify and treat that. If, after discussing all the possibilities and alternatives, your vet still feels steroids are best, then go with that. In most cases, steroids are safe for your cat, and they do help many conditions. | http://www.examiner.com/article/how-safe-are-corticosteroids-for-your-cat?cid=rss | dclm-gs1-060890001 |
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User avatar #27 - sirgrimrock (08/07/2014) [-]
Its Dinklage in the Adam Sandler film Pixels.
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I just looked it up, and I never realized I needed it in my life until this very moment. Thank you.
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User avatar #5 - IceViper (07/03/2012) [-]
or the deathclaws at the quarry
User avatar #10 to #5 - neogrungist (07/03/2012) [-]
it's always enjoyable to go back there once you're a higher level and wipe them all out. . . just out of revenge
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those aren't too bad in my experience, but I was sneaking around there with an AMR, so I don't entirely know that feel.
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Published: Thursday, May 13, 2010 at 9:19 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, May 13, 2010 at 9:19 a.m.
In trying to explain this budget mess they helped to make, the governor and legislators often compare the state’s gloomy fiscal situation to a family on hard times struggling to make ends meet.
In these parables, the hard-pressed family, representing state government, doesn’t run up its credit cards or look for handouts.
Why, they tighten their belts, cut out frills and work overtime. The moral of the story is that, instead of raising taxes, state government needs to live within its means, just like an average family. Simple as that.
But anyone who has spent time around a kitchen table knows families are more complicated than that, as are the state’s finances.
So let’s continue with our family’s story, for there is a lot more to it.
It’s a big brood, from the college student down to the toddler, and Mom and Dad run the neighborhood hardware store.
When business boomed after the hurricanes, Mom and Dad hired more help, added a wing to the house and bought Junior a truck.
But with most of the after-storm rebuilding done and the economy so bad, the family is having a hard time keeping up its standard of living.
Worse yet, Uncle Sam, who had been paying for most of the family’s and store employees’ health insurance, has started pulling way back on his share, while medical costs increase.
Fortunately, the family was bailed out last year by a large cash gift from Sam’s goofy brother Stimulus.
As it turns out, however, Uncle Stim borrowed the money himself and has no more to give when it all runs out next year.
Mom and Dad call the kids around the kitchen table to decide what they can do without.
Two employees have to be laid off, the week at the beach this summer must be cancelled, so too for tap-dancing lessons for the twins.
With a lot of belt-tightening and bootstrap-pulling and their Stelly tax refund, the family can just get through the year ahead, as business slowly picks up.
Trouble is, the last of Uncle Stim’s money runs out next year, and even with more spending cuts, the family faces a financial cliff in 2011.
Sis will have to drop out of the university, Junior needs to sell his truck, Dad will let go the last store employee, and Mom must work more hours there instead of home-schooling little Timmy.
What’s a poor family to do?
Oh, did I not mention that the family is sitting on millions of dollars in trust funds?
Yes, but there are very strict rules their grandparents put in place to prevent that money from being spent willy nilly. The education trust fund, from the gas well on the old family farm, can only be used for enhancements, like summer study in France, but not for Sis’ tuition. Most of the earnings from the settlement of poor dead grandpa’s lawsuit against the tobacco company are reinvested.
The real potential lifeline, the family’s rainy day trust fund, can only be accessed when Mom and Dad’s income drops — it will rise just barely next year — but not when the payments from Uncles Sam and Stim, which the family has grown to depend on, plummet.
Mom and Dad gather the family again and pitch their plan to rewrite the trust fund rules to gain more flexibility to get them through these worst of times.
They promise to refill the rainy day fund once they are back on their feet and not to return to their old free-spending ways.
Sis and Junior are all for it, but Master Tuck, the speaker for the younger siblings, fears the family would not maintain discipline and would raid the funds again and again, thus jeopardizing their inheritance.
Without Tuck and the young ones, there is not the two-thirds majority to change the trust fund rules. Sorry, Sis, says Tuck, how about community college?
Dad used to talk like Tuck, but he aspires to be elected president of the national hardware dealers one day and a draconian down-sizing of his business and lifestyle would look bad.
The family has only a few more weeks to decide what to do. Voices are being raised around the table. Lock up the kitchen knives.
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Published: Feb 19, 2013 6:45 a.m. ET
MADRID--Reyal Urbis SA (REY.MC), a real estate company that became a stock market favorite during Spain's property boom, said Tuesday it will file for bankruptcy protection.
Reyal Urbis, born out of the merger of Inmobiliaria Urbis and Construcciones Reyal just one year before the country's real estate market crashed in 2008, said in a statement that it remains confident that, while under protection, it will come to an agreement with its creditors.
If Reyal Urbis defaults on at least part of its debt payments under Spanish law, as appears likely, it would become the second-largest default in the country's corporate history.
Reyal Urbis, owned by construction magnate Rafael Santamaria, owes 3.6 billion euros ($4.8 billion) to a group of banks including SAREB, a government-run "bad bank," created last year to buy non-performing property loans and other assets from the country's commercial banks.
Real estate company Martinsa-Fadesa conducted the largest default in Spanish corporate history, when it reached an agreement with creditors to restructure some seven billion euros worth of debt.
Besides SAREB, Banco Santander SA (SAN.MC), U.S. hedge fund Appaloosa Management and Banco Popular SA (POP.MC) are among Reyal Urbis' largest creditors.
Reyal Urbis currently has a market value of EUR35 million. Trade in the company shares was suspended earlier Tuesday; the stock last exchanged hands at 0.12 cents each.
The shares hit an all-time high of above EUR39 in December 2006.
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WincyWillis Wed 03-Oct-12 15:03:22
Am I?
And the phrase makes my teeth itch!
SCOTCHandWRY Thu 04-Oct-12 18:03:05
SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius Thu 04-Oct-12 17:20:11
SCOTCHandWRY Thu 04-Oct-12 17:47:18
adeucalione Thu 04-Oct-12 16:38:40
ScotchandWry -
DontmindifIdo Thu 04-Oct-12 17:43:43
halloweeneyqueeney Thu 04-Oct-12 17:40:50
I agree with Don'tMind
I am doubtful that the system is going suddenly get more generous in funding students I suspect it might get less so. My oldest child in 9 and I started saving relatively small amounts several years ago. If they don't go on to higher education then it may help them to get a start in life in another way or it may go to fund DH & I being able to retire a year or two earlier.
amothersplaceisinthewrong Thu 04-Oct-12 17:36:52
The alternative to the "University fund" is the student working throughout university to make up the shortfall. The bottom line is that most students can't borrow the whole amount needed for living expenses at unviersity and so have to naje the shortfall somehow.
My view is that those who have to work just to eat and live are disadvantaged, so what parent would not pay if they were able to. I
I wish we could send less and fund them properly.
complexnumber Thu 04-Oct-12 17:35:05
What happened to 'invitation', quotation' and 'advertisement'? If people offer me a quote, I say, "No, I'd prefer to have a quotation." Younger people don't even know that they are short versions of the correct words. <returns to Pedants' Corner>
Do you still get on an omnibus?
Fishwife1949 Thu 04-Oct-12 17:26:45
I think most dont want there kids to be in debt and the laon only covers the course you might need to pay for housing and some cousres need alot of equipment
porcamiseria Thu 04-Oct-12 17:20:52
BUT, I really want my kids to go Uni
an earn shit loads of money afterwards
I am not a huge fan of the word 'uni' - but I damn well wish that we had started a savings plan for the boys when they were little. I foolishly assumed that the land wouldn't be means tested, and we only found out a year ago that our dses would only get the minimum maintenance loan, so we would have to find £48K+ to cover their university maintenance. Oh, and as ds1 has just started at university, we had a year to sort this out.
The rules here in Scotland change next year, and they will get a minimum loan of £4.5K per year - this doesn't make things really any easier - it just means that there will no longer be a point where there is nothing in the account to give the dses. Oh, and ds2 has broken it to us that degrees in Scotland are mostly 4 years long - so that is an extra £4.5K we will have to find for him, and for ds3 if he goes to a Scottish university, as he is currently planning. Then a second bombshell - the course that ds2wants to do is actually 5 years long - meaning an extra £13.5K in total that we will have to find over the next 6 years.
ICBINEG Thu 04-Oct-12 17:20:05
erm sorry perhaps I misunderstood, I thought a uni fund was intended to pay tuition fees when the time came...
if so then by all means save the money but don't actually pay the fees...coz that would be a big financial mistake....
Saving early means that the wonders of compound interest work for you. I know interest rates are in the toilet right now but who knows what will happen?Uni funds (agree it's a crappy phrase) are like condoms. I'd rather have one and not need it than need one and not have it.
DontmindifIdo Thu 04-Oct-12 17:03:48
Fishwife - agree - if you start when they are babies, the percentage of your monthly income you have to set aside is far less and therefore less painful to find than if you start when they are 13. I see no reason to tell DS i've got a uni fund before he's at an age to start thinking about it.
Fishwife1949 Thu 04-Oct-12 16:43:05
WincyWillis but thats mad how can you know at 1 or 2 years old which is when most start saveing if they will go to uni or not
I started a savings account for my child from birth for uni but now at 13 i cann see its not going that route so it might be for wedding or car or deposit on flat(chance will be a fine thing) but there was no way for me to tell at 1 years old and if i hadnt saved and he turned out to be a savont then i would be fucked
adeucalione Thu 04-Oct-12 16:38:40
ScotchandWry -
Anyone with a household income of £35k would be entitled to £6216 in maintenance loans and grants.
The maximum entitlement (household income less than £25k) is £7125.
The average cost of halls of residence is £4035 whilst the average cost of a room in a student flatshare is £345pm.
DontmindifIdo Thu 04-Oct-12 16:30:08
OldCatLady - at the moment, that is the situation, however, DS is preschool. Since I went to university, fees have come in at £1k pa which we were assured at the time they would only rise with inflation, and maintenance grants have gone. The loans have changed from flat amounts anyone can borrow, that had to be paid back regardless of what you earned (only the speed you paid it back varied), now fees have gone up to £9k, loans will depend on what your parents earn and how much you pay back will depend on what you earn. That has all happened in less than 20 years.
It will be over 15 years before DS goes to uni (if he goes)- I really can't make financial decisions now on the assumption this most recent change is the final one. If your DC are going to uni next year, then the advise not to pay upfront might be a good one, but if your DCs are going any later than that, it doesn't follow that the system will be the same.
I am fairly certain one way or another way, it will be more expensive when DS goes to uni. It might be the case he can borrow all the money needed for fees and living costs, it might be the case that those loans can be paid back in a flexible way that doesn't put a massive strain on his ability to save for a home of his own/live comfortably on his wage though his 20/30s. However it might not. If we start to save now, then if we are pleasently surprised by the system when he gets to 18/19, then I'll buy a shed load of designer handbags and shoes with the money... I just have a horrible feeling I'm going to continue to tote round ugly cheap old handbags in my 50s and there's going to be a lot of young adults who will be limited in their uni choices by the size of the fund the parents have or don't have for them.
wordfactory Thu 04-Oct-12 16:18:13
My view on course fees is that the cash is better off in my pocket for the three year duration (and perhaps a few years thereafter if DC go travelling or continue in education).
Paying up front when you don't need to, seems silly, whilst there are no downsides to repayment in the future.
However, loans for course fees won't put a roof over your DC's heads. Or clothe and feed them. This cash has to come from somewhere.
SCOTCHandWRY Thu 04-Oct-12 16:12:50
Thu 04-Oct-12 13:23:27
jeffing hell...
thanks for the money saving expert links guys!
I just spent an increasingly alarming 10 minutes learning that paying your kids uni fees up front is a TERRIBLE financial idea....
I'm not sure what you mean by this? If you mean course fee loans (typically £9000pa), that's not what most people on here are talking about... it's Maintinence loans, as these are means tested.
All students can get coarse fee loans (though in the future, who knows what will happen?).
House hold income above a certain limit (around £35k), means minimum loan only, and it won't even cover the cost of halls... parents are expected to contribute the rest of the living costs - it;s not a case of wanting to pay instead of borrowing the money, parents are HAVING to pay!
OldCatLady Thu 04-Oct-12 15:00:17
By the way I'm not saying 'you must not save for their future' I'm just saying you don't need to if you don't want to/can't afford it
OldCatLady Thu 04-Oct-12 14:59:24
What a load of crap!!
My parents earned over the threshold so I got the absolute minimum loans, but they will always cover your FULL tuition fees, and get up to a certain amount for housing which depends where you are, and the uni will help you find housing within your budget. I had absolutely no help from my parents, and had to get a part time job to pay for food, expenses etc. And you know what, it really pisses me off that your parents are 'expected' to help if they earn over a certain amount when number of dependants, mortgage, bills, debt etc is not taken into account. But if you're poor enough you get money GIVEN to you (not a loan) by the government which means you don't even need to get a job.
ReallyTired Thu 04-Oct-12 14:23:02
If my children don't want to go to uni then maybe they will want a desposit for a house or a car. We put by £50 per month for each of our two children. I hope it will pay for the parental contribution. It won't be a fortune at 18, but I hope it helps them.
Whats wrong with a bit of forward financial planning?
LesleyPumpshaft Thu 04-Oct-12 14:17:27
Single parents should be saving maintenance towards a Uni Fund
Hmm, because all single parents actually get maintenance don't they. hmm
maddening Thu 04-Oct-12 13:52:00
Of course we should though but in reality we SHOULD be doing lots of things that aren't always possible - money saved for retirement, money saved for ill health/periods of unemployment, getting fit etc where life gets in the way.
It is hard to gauge what education and health system we will have in 20 years and I doubt there will be any state pension etc
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brain lesions from breast cancer - is it as awful as it sounds?
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BranchingOut Tue 06-Aug-13 06:53:26
My own experience of it, from a family member, is that even after secondary cancers have appeared in the brain, you can be brought to a point where you are stable for quite a long period of time. Also, I think that the brain can find 'work arounds' to get past the injured areas.
I found 'CancerBacup' information service very useful in this situation.
Best wishes.
malteserzz Tue 06-Aug-13 06:32:31
Sorry to hear about your mum and dad. If you post on the tamoxigang thread, it's a few under this one, I'm sure someone will be able to help. Ive just been diagnosed with breast cancer but a lot of the ladies have been living with cancer for years and are very helpful and knowledgable.
Gruntfuttocks Tue 06-Aug-13 03:54:06
Sorry can't help with any stories re brain mets but I do know someone with bone and liver mets who has kept going for several years with no progression of her disease, so it can and does happen. Fingers crossed for you all..
Kungfutea Tue 06-Aug-13 01:53:29
It's all quite hard to process, everyhing that's happened. Neither of my parents are that old really and I feel so sad for my kids that they might not have their grandparents around.
But then we were sure that we'd be burying my Dad already because the statistics on stage 4 lung cancer are so dire but a year on from his diagnosis, he says he's never felt better! He goes for low level chemo every 3 weeks and his cancer isn't progressing.
I guess I'm hoping for something similar for my Mum but I read that brain metastasis is very hard to treat. I really want to hear some good news stories about living with breast cancer brain mets because everything I read is so depressing.
Gruntfuttocks Tue 06-Aug-13 01:47:37
Oh heck, you poor things. Guess you just have to enjoy your holiday with your Dad for now, send your Mum lots of positive vibes and maybe make a decision when you are back home again - maybe there will be some news by then. Good luck!
Kungfutea Tue 06-Aug-13 01:44:02
Unfortunately, I can't go back right now. Actually we're going on holiday tomorrow to see my Dad who lives in a third country (we all live on different continents) as he has stage 4 lung cancer and we don't know how long we have with him either. Although now it's all gone tits up with my Mum but my Dad's cancer is under check at the moment - obviously we didn't know all of this when we booked!
Gruntfuttocks Tue 06-Aug-13 01:39:57
Oh dear, how horrid for all of you. If it was me, I think I'd want to come back now just in case. If Mum's OK, then you've had a bonus trip, but a lot can happen in 4 months.
Kungfutea Tue 06-Aug-13 01:34:50
My Mum was treated for breast cancer 3 years ago - it was stage 3, grade 3 and she had chemo, herceptin and radiotherapy.
She started having double vision and we just found out she has 5 brain lesions which are metastases from the breast cancer.
She's just begun having whole brain radiation (they started the day after discovering the lesions) and is on steroids. But the statisics look awful, awful, awful. I live abroad and we're planning to go back at Christmas - but I'm even wondering if that's too late sad
Doctors are non-committal. They haven't given a time and are waiting to see if the lesions respond to radiotherapy.
Are there any good news stories or should we prepare for the worst?
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Rathernew Thu 18-Oct-12 10:31:55
My parents will be looking after my 3 year old and 11 month old every Monday and Tuesday from January. My parents are both active but are in their late 60's and I'm afraid the kids will wear them out. They certainly wear me out when I have them all day!
Can anyone suggest playgroups that run on these days withon walking distance of Wimbledon, Wimbledon Park, or Southfields Stations?
Even better would be a nursery where I can use some of my son's free nursery hours (he's only taking up 9 hours so far) but not have to pay top up fees. Do these exist in Wimbledon? I've done a fair amount of googling but failed to find any.
Any suggestions would be very gratefully recieved.
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Moderator_Margaret_Beardsworth: Welcome, everybody! Thanks for joining us. We are going to be starting in just a few more minutes.
Moderator_Margaret_Beardsworth: Good afternoon and welcome to the Medicare Part D and Enrollment: Choosing a Plan that Works for You chat!
Moderator_Margaret_Beardsworth: Thank you for joining us today as we talk about steps you can take to help you maneuver through Medicare Part D. We will begin with some basic Medicare questions and then begin answering questions you have emailed to me already and questions that you submit today.
Panelist_Kristin_Brown: This is Kristin Brown, Scarlet Watts and Sue Batkin from the Medicare Rights Center. Sue is the Director of Casework, Scarlet is the Director of Marketing and Outreach and Kristin is an AmeriCorps VISTA in the Marketing and Outreach Department.
Panelist_Doug_Taylor: Hi, I'm Doug Taylor. I lead a support Group in the Midlands of SC.
Panelist_Doyle_Hull: Good afternoon! My name is Doyle Hull. I'm a Director of Patient Services for Caring Voice Coalition. I supervise part of CVC's financial assistance program as well as its insurance education program.
doccharli: Hi everyone. It's Charlotte from the Puyallup SG in WA
Moderator_Katie_Kroner: Hi Charlotte!
Panelist_Kristin_Brown: Medicare Part D is Medicare's prescription drug coverage. It covers drugs that you would purchase at the pharmacy. You can only get Part D through a private plan. If you want or need part d, now is the time to research the plans that will best meet your needs. Medicare Part B is the part of Medicare that covers outpatient doctors and providers as well as durable medical equipment like walkers and wheelchairs. Medicare Part B has a monthly premium. Medicare Part A is the part of Medicare that covers inpatient hospitalization and skilled nursing facilities as well as some type of home health care. Most people get Part A for free, if they have worked a certain number of quarters.
Dan: (Q) There is no audio. Should I be hearing sound?
Moderator_Katie_Kroner: (A) Hi Dan and all--no audio today. Just share your questions in the chat area and we'll pass them on to the panelists to answer.
JT: (Q) What are the best Medicare advantage products in Texas?
Panelist_Kristin_Brown: (A) We can't really answer this question outright. So much depends upon your own personal healthcare needs. There are different types of Medicare Advantage Plans: HMO's, PPOs, PFFS. Each has its own set of rules. For example, HMO's require that you go to doctors and hospitals within a very prescribed network. PPO's allow you to go out of network. You really need to ask your doctors what plans they take and then choose a plan that will allow you to go to your favorite doctors and providers. This is Sue and Kristin from the Medicare Rights Center.
Peatlog: (Q) How can I find out which drugs, Medicare D requires a company to cover. My company has dropped 600+ name brands from coverage effective 1/1/10.
Panelist_Kristin_Brown: (A) There are only about 7 categories of drugs that Medicare Part D does not cover -- by law. Most D covers most categories of drugs. We will give you a link to the excluded categories momentarily. But generally speaking, every part D plan must cover a few drugs within each category. So if you can't get the brand that you want, you may be able to get a generic in that same category, if the doctor thinks that would work for you. If you can ONLY take a certain brand and the plan doesn’t' cover the drug, then you can ask the plan to make an exception. You will need your doctor's support in order to get an exception. We have lots of information about how to "appeal" a drug denial on Medicare Interactive. Here is a link to Medicare Interactive.
carol_d: (Q) What do you think about the AARP's donut hole calculator?
Panelist_Doug_Taylor: (A) I don't have any experience using it myself.
Doccharli: I've used it for 2 years Doug and it has been off by more than $50.00 a month each time. My non generics seem to cost much more out here on the west coast than they are quoted as costing on AARP's donut hole calculator. The Calculator on the Medicare interactive site is better...IMHO.
Panelist_Doug_Taylor: RE: AARP's calculator. Anytime you have something for 'everyone' to use, it isn't going to be as accurate as a tool or calculation specifically for you, for instance asking your local pharmacist for help.
MaureenFH: (Q) Have you ever heard of a Medicare "Carve-Out" policy? Through a mix-up, my secondary company (Anthem) was saying they couldn't cover Flolan because of the "carve out" policy. I just wanted to know had anyone heard of such a thing?
Panelist_Doyle_Hull: (A) Yes! Another name for a "carve out" is "non-duplication coordination of benefits." Whenever more than one insurance is in effect on a person, the plans have to coordinate which one pays what. It sounds as if your Anthem plan has rules saying that, when it is secondary to Medicare, it will not pay for something that Medicare has already paid for if the Medicare payment is as much as or more than what Anthem would have paid.
Robert: (Q) Is there a quick way to know how many prescriptions are included in a carrier's formulary?
Panelist_Doyle_Hull: (A) I'm not sure what you're asking. Do you mean how many different drugs are included in the plan's formulary?
Merle: (Q) Hi Kristin, Scarlet and Sue -- the big question I got from my support group members is what happens while in the donut hole...
Panelist_Kristin_Brown: (A) When you are in the donut hole, you must pay 100% out of pocket for drugs. However, there are some plans that will cover generics through the donut hole. If you are researching drug plans, this may be something to consider. In addition, if one is of limited income, then he/she may be eligible for Extra Help -- the federal program that help pay for the cost of prescription drug coverage. If you are in Extra Help, this program will cover your covered drugs through the donut hole. IN addition, many states have State Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs. For example, In New York State we have EPIC. These programs can be helpful through the donut hole. Not all states have these programs. Finally, pharmaceutical programs have Patient Assistance Programs. These programs allow you to apply for assistance through the company. If you qualify, they will help subsidize the drug. You can find out about these programs through []
Panelist_Doug_Taylor: I want to put a plug in for Caring Voice Coalition. They were incredible in helping me find the right plan specifically for me. And also, the SC 'SHIP' who have totally up to date info on the plans available in your state and can help you with the cost you will have under the plans.
Panelist_Doug_Taylor: Having the right plan is the first step to take in reducing your out of pocket costs.
Jody_C: (Q) We have a consumer who is newly dual eligible and on an Advantage plan. On, it is showing that in January she will have a PDP. Does this mean she was automatically disenrolled from Advantage plan and put back on Original MC with a PDP?
Panelist_Doyle_Hull: (A) It may. It could be that the premium for the Medicare Advantage plan increased past the level where it would be covered in full under Low Income Subsidy guidelines. To ensure that the consumer remained covered, this may have been what occurred. It would be best to call Medicare to check.
Tashi: (Q) Where can i find info on part D plans available?
Panelist_Kristin_Brown: (A) You can find information and compare drug plans on Medicare's website.
Rich_Vandiver: (Q) The Medicare booklet has a list of available plans. What you don't see is whether certain medications are excluded. For example, a patient on blood thinners may be required to go to Lovenox (very expensive) in advance of a heart cath or other surgical procedure. Is there a way to know whether certain medications are excluded from respective programs?
Panelist_Doyle_Hull: (A) The best and quickest resource, I believe, is the Medicare website. It allows you to look at plans that are available in your area and to look at whether they cover certain drugs and, if they do, to see how they're covered.
Moderator_Margaret_Beardsworth: And just as an FYI, Medicare's website is
Bellowslane: (Q) I notice that the cancer drug XELODA is not under any Part D formulary. Is this drug covered under Medicare Part B?
Panelist_Kristin_Brown: (A) If you want information on a specific drug you can our hotline and we can research this for you. Our hotline number 1-800-333-4114 and we are open M-F 9am-5pm ET.
Merle: (Q) As I'm sure you have heard... too many pholks cannot afford these medications and I have also heard that some stop taking them because they cannot afford them during that "off" time.
Panelist_Doyle_Hull: (A) We hear that all the time. Many of the people who approach CVC for financial assistance are Medicare Part D patients who, until recently, never went into the "coverage gap" (or "donut hole") on their Part D plan. Once their doctor prescribes an expensive medication, however, they reach that level pretty quickly.
Panelist_Doug_Taylor: I think another good source for formulary information is the 'SHIP'. (Can someone explain what the SHIP is?) I've found that in SC plans are being added and dropped and the most current information is with a person on the phone.
Panelist_Doug_Taylor: SHIP stands for "State Health.....??"
Moderator_Katie_Kroner: Insurance Program
Moderator_Margaret_Beardsworth: Your state's SHIP program (State Health Insurance Assistance Program) is a national program that offers one-on-one counseling and assistance to people with Medicare and their families.
Lamwatt: I am a SHIP volunteer. We are all trained to assist Medicare beneficiaries with most any problem or question. We also assist with LIS and other assistance programs. Service is totally free. Your SHIP toll-free number should be on the back of your Medicare and You handbook for your state.
Panelist_Doug_Taylor: I have had experience with SHIP myself, with my mom, and even with my support group, and was very impressed with the professionalism and knowledge of the people I talked with.
Phnomore: I have had good luck at Medicare Online comparing drug costs for D...I always enter the drugs I am on plus others that my PH friends are on just in case I may be put on them at some point. shirley in Houston
Panelist_Doug_Taylor: For people needing financial assistance, there is CVC, and state/gov programs, but, people should also ask their specialty pharmacies for help, and even the drug companies.
Phnomore: (Q) Do supplemental or Medigap programs take the place of Medicare D or would you still need D?
Panelist_Doyle_Hull: (A) In general, "Medigap" plans are designed to help pay out-of-pocket costs that "original" Medicare (Parts A and/or B) leaves behind. Some Medigap plans provide some prescription drug coverage but it it usually very limited. In most instances, if you need prescription drug coverage and are a Medicare beneficiary, you will want to enroll in a Part D plan or a Medicare Advantage plan that includes prescription drug coverage.
Panelist_Doug_Taylor: The drug companies will want you to ask everyone from your grandma to your dog, but in the end, if you REALLY need a drug, they are likely to find a way to provide it to you.
Phnomore: (Q) Have there been any changes in how the donut hole works for the upcoming year?
Panelist_Kristin_Brown: (A) The donut hole works in the same way in 2010 as it did in 2009. The only difference is in the amount you pay before you reach and leave the donut hole. In 2010 you will reach the donut hole after you and the plan have spent $2830 toward covered drugs. Catastrophic coverage will begin after YOU alone pay $4550 in out of pocket costs for covered drugs. This is confusing. But it's clarified nicely on Medicare interactive
Panelist_Doyle_Hull: Robert asked how to tell how many drugs are listed on a plan's formulary. I think the best way would be to look at the plan's website or to call the plan and have them send you a full listing. Be aware! There will probably be thousands of drugs listed and, as soon as the list is printed, it will probably be out-of-date.
Merle: (Q) What about ACCESS for assistance. Call your local Representatives or Senators.
Moderator_Katie_Kroner: (A) You're spot on, Merle. I think we've posted ACCESS's info, but just in case: 888-700-7010. They can be helpful with questions about COBRA, social security and other benefit access issues. You state and U.S. elected officials also have constituent services offices that can help you follow up on some concerns. They are better at some things than others, but often worth a call, especially if you have already tried the usual things without success.
PHADebbie: For those who lead Support Groups, you can always refer patients to the PHA's Patient to Patient Helpline for insurance resources (like Caring Voice's 800 #) as well as emotional support.
Merle: I guess I meant APPRISE -- your local County Area Agency on Aging will help.
PHADebbie: PHA's Patient-to-Patient Helpline: 800-748-7274
Joyce: (Q) When this chat is over will the web addresses available to print. I have tried to copy some but not all. I am a SHIIP volunteer and it is a rewarding experience to help. Many of the clients I have dealt with have been so frustrated with the system they just throw up their hands and stick with the same company even though it may not be the best one for them.
Moderator_Katie_Kroner: (A) Yes! PHA will post the chat transcript on our website (where the chat details are currently posted) and you can print it from there.
Dan: (Q) What's the link to the chat transcript?
Moderator_Margaret_Beardsworth: (A) After the chat, we will post the transcript at
Panelist_Kristin_Brown: Here is a question that came in earlier: I have a patient who is Medicare, Medicare HMO and Medicaid. The local HICAP person told her that she did not need to stay in the Medicare HOME, which I agree with. However, if she disenrolls, how then does she get a Medicaid Medicare D plan? Does this happen automatically or does she have to enroll? Her pharmacist told her that she could not disenroll because she would not have any prescription coverage. But she should be eligible as a duel eligible. Answer: This client will be automatically enrolled into a part D plan. All people on Medicaid must be in a part d plan. If they don't enroll, they will be enrolled. There might be a time period when the person (for two or three weeks) does not have a part d plan. In this case, they will have access to Medicare covered drugs through a process called Point of Sale Facilitated Enrollment. this process allows people on Medicaid without a part d plan, to access prescription drugs temporarily.
Doccharli: (Q) Does anyone have knowledge about why the costs of Medicare HMO plans have been pretty well maintained for 2010 while the cost for Medicare Advantage plans have skyrocketed?
Panelist_Doyle_Hull: (A) To be honest, I was unaware of that discrepancy.
Panelist_Doug_Taylor: Re. Medicare Advantage plans... it depends on some locations and the gov subsidy of the plans. My own Advantage plan remains very reasonable for 2010.
Lamwatt: Re: MAPD's in our area we have seen an increase in co-pays and maximum out of pocket expenses and a slight increase in premiums but most of the covered items did not change.
Panelist_Doug_Taylor: Joyce has a good point about sticking with your current plan. AARP's Bulletin just had an article on how many plans are changing and not necessarily for the consumers' good.
Merle: (Q) Do you want my complete list of numbers to call -- I use for the PHA Help Line.
Moderator_Margaret_Beardsworth: (A) Yes - that would be great, Merle!
Doccharli: (Q) Why is the government subsidy different from state to state....Seems pretty unfair.
Panelist_Doug_Taylor: (A) I don't have an answer for that. I agree. But I assume subsidies were negotiated per plan. And it has an impact on additional services that plans may offer such as dental and vision coverage.
Dan: To what plan is Joyce referring? I'm changing my PDP because my current PDP plan is increasing significantly in 2010.
Joyce: I have a strand alone prescription plan with Advantra RX.
Merle: If anyone has major or simple problems - questions not only will your local legislator be willing to help but you can also contact your federal legislators...
Panelist_Doug_Taylor: Obviously all of us on the chat have 'puter access. But for my fellow support group leaders, I encourage you to find help numbers for your SG members who don't have 'puters.
Panelist_Doug_Taylor: Keep in mind plans vary significantly from state to state!
Panelist_Kristin_Brown: Question: "I have already modified my drug list to pick the best matching plan that is not above the amount covered by Extra Help and have submitted for enrollment to that plan. Because I have to change medications, or be subjected to Step Therapy or Prior Authorizations not under my 2009 plan, I qualify for several transition fills. I also understand I must ask for my transition fills within the first 90 days under my new plan. I asked my pharmacist if she knew how to do a Part D transition fill and she said no. This worries me. Other than asking for no more than a 30-day supply for a transition fill, is there anything else I need to do to get my current medications one last time under the transition process?" Answer: if you are entitled to a transition fill, this should happen automatically. If this does not happen, call our hotline at 1-800-333-4114 and we will try to assist you.
Moderator_Margaret_Beardsworth: We are trying to answer all of the questions submitted; however we are running out of time for today's chat. Before we finish Sue, Scarlet, Kristin, Doug and Doyle - is there anything you want to add or resources you would like to recommend?
Merle: Thank you to all the panelists...
PamCarner: When you say Medicare Advantage plans are you talking Plan C--supplemental? And don’t you still have to obtain Plan D for Drugs?
Panelist_Doyle_Hull: (A) By "Medicare Advantage," I'm referring to those plans where a Medicare beneficiary turns over the management of their Medicare Part A, B, and (usually) D benefits to a private health insurance company. Medicare supplement plans are commonly categorized by plan letter names (Plan A, Plan B, and so on) so that sometimes causes some confusion.
Panelist_Doug_Taylor: GOOD LUCK! We all need it!
Panelist_Doug_Taylor: Don't get discouraged, and keep asking
Moderator_Margaret_Beardsworth: At this point, if you have any additional questions (or for some reason we were unable to answer your question) please feel free to email them to me directly at and we will work with the panelists to get them answered.
Panelist_Kristin_Brown: If you have any questions about Medicare please call our hotline M-F 9am-5pm ET 1-800-333-4114 or visit Thank you for all of your questions and to PHA for hosting this great experience.
Moderator_Katie_Kroner: Thanks so much, everyone!
Moderator_Margaret_Beardsworth: As we are finishing up, I want to thank all the panelists - Kristin, Sue, Scarlet, Doug and Doyle!
Vicki: (Q) I am caring for my cousin's medical needs. She is in a nursing home w/dementia. We have spent down so she has Medicaid and Extra Help. Letter to her says new Part D carrier being selected eff. in January. What steps should I take to figure out whether new provider is OK and, if not, how do we select an appropriate one within whatever the $$$ limits are for coverage. (Her provider dropped because price went up is the best I can conclude). Thanks for your advice.
Panelist_Doyle_Hull: (A) You should probably look at the new plan before January rolls around. It will probably be fine, but you should check. The nursing center can print out a list of her medications. You can pull up her plan on the Medicare website, enter the medication information, and see how they'll be covered.
Lamwatt: Vicki, an auto enrollment will be made if you do not choose a plan. If you choose a plan, you need to select one that has a premium at or below the benchmark which is the average cost for that year. If all meds are not covered on the plan they select for you, choose one that does cover meds and enroll in it. You can enroll once per month since you are receiving assistance paying for plan/meds.
Panelist_Doyle_Hull: Thanks to everyone for their questions. Please remember that Caring Voice Coalition [1.888.267.1440] is here to help you with these kinds of questions every day.
Moderator_Margaret_Beardsworth: Also, you can visit for more information about pulmonary hypertension. Don't forget that a copy of the transcript will be available on our website at [obsolete link] And of course, you can always contact me directly at
Moderator_Margaret_Beardsworth: We also want to thank Pfizer, as this e-Learning even is made possible through an unrestricted educational grant from Pfizer, Inc.
Doccharli: Thank you panelists for your timely help and information.
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Egypt Denies Letter to Israel
Israel says it has received a letter from the new President of Egypt, Mohammed Mursi, saying he wishes to work with Israel for peace and stability in the region.
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But Cairo says it's a fake.
The initial reaction to the letter in Israel was one of relief.
Israel is surrounded by difficulties, what with the perceived danger of Iran's nuclear program, and civil war next door in Syria.
There has also been concern over the southern border, as Egypt's new leader is a former leading figure in the Muslim Brotherhood.
The Brotherhood is a sworn enemy of Israel.
After Cairo denounced the letter, there was confusion.
But some officials in Jerusalem are relaxed, saying the letter came through official channels, and "of course" the Egyptians had to deny it.
Voter sentiment in Egypt is largely anti-Israeli. | http://www.pri.org/stories/2012-08-01/egypt-denies-letter-israel | dclm-gs1-061660001 |
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The virtues of dieting and physical fitness pervade our consciousness. But either can go too far, leading to self-starvation or compulsive exercising--or both. In fact, one may actually cause the other, warns W. David Pierce, Ph.D., of the Sociology and Neuroscience faculties at the University of Alberta. Here, he discusses a dangerous and increasingly pervasive phenomenon called "activity anorexia."
Nancy K. Dess: What is activity anorexia?
NKD: How have you studied this in the laboratory?
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NKD: Why does this happen?
WDP: Consider Darwin's theory of evolution through natural selection. Animals would have gained a survival advantage by migrating when food was scarce, and by staying on the move until an adequate supply was found. A trek moved them away from famine and increased the odds of finding food--and surviving to pass on this trait.
WDP: Our culture brings dieting and exercise together. Current cultural values of thinness and fitness ensure that many people--especially women--receive social reinforcement for dieting and exercising. At some point, for some people, the eating/activity mechanisms begin to operate independently of culture. Their original goals or motivations become irrelevant.
WDP: Professionals' definitions make them sound completely different, but they may not be. The diagnostic criteria for "anorexia nervosa" focus on what people think and feel--about themselves, their bodies, and so forth. Activity anorexia is about what people do--how much they eat and exercise. My colleagues and I have argued that most cases diagnosed as anorexia nervosa, a "mental illness," are actually cases of activity anorexia, a problematic behavior pattern. You see, what people consciously think can be misleading.
NKD: For example?
WDP: A Canadian woman denied exercising but said she liked to walk. When asked where she walked, she replied, "To..."
NKD: Cleveland.
WDP: Basically, yes. To the mall--five kilometers away, four or five times a day. She didn't think of it as exercising. So careful assessment of actual behavior, in addition to what people think or feel, is critical.
WDP: I think so. Of those receiving a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa, between 5% and 21% will die. If eating and exercising are central to the problem, then more attention should be focused on these behaviors. Specifically, sudden changes in exercise or eating--"crash" dieting--are warning signs, at least as important as a desire to be thin. Understanding this problem fully is key to figuring out how to prevent it or treat it effectively--which is literally a matter of life and death.
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0.227032 | <urn:uuid:490b9556-e338-42a1-aec7-05931eaa1ed8> | en | 0.976249 | The dilemma: pulling out as soon as possible while maintaining security
Change of insurgents' tactics has put troops in greater danger but pressure exists to stay
In an ideal world, the British military would like to make a swift, early and orderly withdrawal from Basra, where thousands of troops have been based since the start of the second Gulf war. But officials and independent analysts made it clear yesterday that none of those aspirations was likely to be fulfilled.
The government is deeply frustrated by the failure of the Iraqis to build up a credible and adequate army and police force in Basra, thereby scuppering plans for a significant and politically popular cut in Britain's military presence there.
In the next couple of months, the British garrison at Basra Palace, described by a Labour MP recently there as a "force surrounded like cowboys and indians", will strike camp and hand it over to the Iraqis. That would leave 5,000 British troops in a single base, at the airport on the western outskirts of the city.
The question being fiercely debated in British military circles is: what happens then?
The idea is that the troops held up around Basra airport will be on what ministers call "overwatch" - they will be there to help Iraqi forces in a crisis, and continue to train them. Yet defence officials say 5,000 is barely enough for the task. Military commentators say the force would soon become demoralised and besieged.
There is evidence from recent attacks that insurgents - Iran-backed militia, rogue militia elements and criminal gangs, the Ministry of Defence calls them - have changed their tactics by firing rockets and mortars at the base in attacks which have already killed British soldiers there. Charles Heyman, a former army officer and author of The Armed Forces of the UK, warned yesterday they could be "sitting ducks".
British troops are the targets of 90% of attacks in Basra; the MoD announced yesterday that a soldier from 2nd Battalion The Royal Welsh was killed by small arms fire during an operation in Basra on Monday night.
Mr Heyman suggested yesterday that the army should "blow everything up and give as little warning as possible" before leaving Basra. The MoD is cagey about exactly how many military vehicles they have in the area. But Mr Heyman calculates there must be about 30 Challenger 2 battle tanks, about 90 Warrior armoured vehicles and scores of other armoured vehicles, including ageing Land Rovers, and new Mastiffs and Bulldogs which provide better protection for British troops.
The army suggests they will be driven out of Iraq to Kuwait in convoys, though they made it clear they had not given the issue much thought. It would be easier for Britain's squadrons of Sea King, Merlin and Lynx helicopters, and Hercules transport planes to fly off.
Most British military commanders say Britain should get out of Iraq as soon as possible. "If we want the Iraqis to be responsible for their own security then there comes a point when they must do that. Otherwise there's no point in training them," a senior defence source said.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup, the chief of defence staff, echoed the frustration in a recent interview with the BBC. Basra had been a success, he said, though that depended on "what your intepretation of the mission was in the first place". The mission was to "get the place and the people to a state where Iraqis could run this part of the country" he said, adding pointedly, "if they chose to".
Brigadier Chris Hughes, the MoD's most senior officer responsible for military commitments, told the Commons defence committee last week that an Iraqi general had told him some police officers were "totally incompetent".
Yet the government continues to insist that when and how many British troops leave Iraq is "conditions-based" - it would depend on the ability of the Iraqi forces to maintain security. Bob Ainsworth, the new armed forces minister also just back from Basra, told the defence committee: "We cannot hand over to a vacuum."
Sir Jock's comments reflect the feeling among the military - there's just so much they can do. They are lowering expectations at a time their presence in Iraq is increasingly unpopular at home.
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The EU environment commissioner Janez Potočnik
The EU environment commissioner Janez Potočnik says resources like water, fish and precious metals need to be used more responsibly. Photograph: Georges Gobet/AFP/Getty Images
Potočnik gave notice that his department was scouring through existing regulations and proposed new ones in order to ensure that none would encourage resources to be used profligately, and to safeguard the EU's natural resources for the future.
"This is an issue of competitiveness," Potočnik said. "China is understanding that this is a megatrend. We can't ignore it."
Resources are under increasing constraint, as developing countries lift more of their population out of poverty. "If our current living standards are to be maintained, and the aspirations of developing countries satisfied, then the global economy will need to be changed drastically," Potočnik said.
"If we want things to stay the same, things will have to change." He added: "This will be an enormous pressure on resources, which we are already overusing."
Labour costs now make up a much smaller proportion of most manufacturers' overheads than the cost of raw materials and energy, according to Potočnik. A greater proportion of those resources is also coming from overseas, with the attendant potential problems around security of supply. "Europe is importing more than half its resource use in many areas," he said.
"There are real problems with security of supply and this is not yet on the radar screen," Potočnik said.
Potočnik called for resource use to become a "mainstream" issue in economics. Recalling his own education as an economist, he noted: "I was taught that water was a free commodity, like air. We really do need to have the internalisation of these costs." | http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/dec/29/eu-environmental-resources-new-recession | dclm-gs1-061950001 |
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Updated: July 14, 2010 17:22 IST
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Pretty woman: Becoming Miss Universe is as big as making it in Bollywood feels Stefania Fernandez photo: V. Sreenivasa Murthy
The Hindu
Reigning Miss Universe Stefania Fernandez, a teenager from Venezuela, is excited about learning English before taking on the world.
She's 19 for god's sake!!! But looks way older than most 19 year olds. She rules the universe. She's stunningly tall, sleek and has the smartest bob I've seen on a pretty head in a long time. She has a free apartment in New York city. She travels the world, gets the best of shoes and clothes, and loads of money. And did I mention a glittering tiara?
But then, she isn't the “average” 19 year old either. Stefania Fernandez comes from that part of the world where beauty queens are waiting in the wings every year to dazzle on the world pedestal — Venezuela. The bright-eyed Miss Universe 2009, who got into the pageant circuit when she was 16, soon after school, is in India creating awareness on HIV/AIDS and female foeticide.
In Bangalore in association with the Manjunath Hegde Foundation, Stefania joined many Indian actors in a fashion show to create awareness on these deep-seated issues. Wearing a turquoise blue dress with a silver cummerbund, and silvery heels to match, she easily towered over everyone in the room at a press briefing. Shepherded by Sanjana Jon, the fashion designer, on a Miss Universe AIDS Awareness Tour to Asia, Stefania has taken this campaign to Delhi, Gurgaon (Haryana) and now Bangalore. Sanjana's event management group IG International annually ropes in the reigning Miss Universe for such tours.
How is this awareness essentially spread? Sanjana Jon pointed out that while they would have liked to have a “hands on” experience in the villages of Haryana, there wasn't much time. (So they hit mall-city Gurgaon instead!) “We are creating awareness through the media first. And we're also making a music video on the lines of ‘Miley sur mera tumhara' with Sajid-Wajid, featuring celebrities.” Wouldn't the media and music video-watching population be aware of these issues already? “You're hugely mistaken,” retorts Sanjana. “The maximum number of abortions happen in metros.” Sanjana also stated that while she's been working on social consciousness projects for a while, it was not until 2003 that she came to know that India had a “HIV/AIDS problem”. Oh well.
Beauty queens have weighty responsibilities such as spreading awareness on catastrophic issues, resting on their delicate shoulders. One is also not very new to staid “I want to bring world peace” proclamations from beauty queens past. It's only natural then, to know how the year has fared for Stefania. “It's been great for me. When I started, I didn't speak any English and Donald Trump (owner of the Miss Universe Organisation) said ‘You must learn English' and so I started classes…then I began to travel the world. But there are so many countries that speak Spanish I haven't been able to practice my English, and now I know so many cultures and I'm speaking about HIV/AIDS wherever I go,” she rattles off with a thick accent. Phew! At least that was one genuine answer, I tell myself.
She won her first title of Miss Venezuela at 17. Then one year of “preparation” and she was Miss Universe. Or at least, that's how simple she makes it out to be. What is it about Venezuela that it is able to produce finalists and crown-winners so often? “We don't have a big secret,” she laughs. “It's just that we have a lot of preparation. It's so important, it's so huge…,” and then unable to give me a suitable comparison, she turns to Sanjana for help and the two of them conclude it is as big as making it in Bollywood.
Did Stefania aspire to be Miss Universe all along, right from her school days? “I was tall in school and wanted to contest for Miss Venezuela…but my mum always said ‘Study, study. Finish school'.” Once she finished school, she moved to the big city — the capital Caracas. And from there, the independent lass got on the beauty pageant bandwagon.
Venezuela is also legendary for the large number of plastic surgeries its women undergo, I point out. And many beauty queens have been known to go under the knife. Should beauty be judged despite being tampered with? “To those people who have had surgery, I'd say, ‘Ok good'. But it's not only in Venezuela that it's happening. Miss Universe is not about finding one girl who is beautiful; it's about finding one girl with a personality.” There is a contest-winning answer!
As part of the Miss Universe goodie bag, she gets a two-year scholarship from the New York Film Academy. Is that on the cards next? “First I have to learn English well. Then I will go to University in Venezuela and study communication and then I'll do this course,” she says, her expressive eyes sparkling with excitement.
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Renter may be able to get the deposit back from landlord
Dear Dale: I moved out of an apartment last year. Even though more than a year has passed, I have not been able to get my security deposit back. I've called the apartment complex's office more than 100 times, but they still won't return my deposit. Every time I call, they have good attitudes with a lot of excuses, but they never give me my security deposit. I'm really tired of calling them. Is there anything I can do?
Answer: I think most of us have rented an apartment or home at some point in our lives, and most of us have had a landlord hold back all or a portion of a security deposit, sometimes justifiably, sometimes not.
I shudder at the memory of my college roommates and I acting indignant when our landlord refused to give us our security deposit back many years ago. We were, to put it euphemistically, enthusiastic college boys. By the end of the year, the nice home we had moved into looked like something the city might consider condemning. An exaggeration, but you get the point. Though we really had no business getting our deposit back, my brother, Gregg, and a buddy of his - both newly minted lawyers at the time - pointed us to a law that put part of our deposit back in our undeserving hands.
State law dictates when landlords can retain security deposits, and our landlord didn't comply with the law. The Ohio Revised Code requires landlords to return security deposits within 30 days after termination of the rental agreement.
A landlord can withhold all or a portion of a security deposit for such things as unpaid rent, damage to the property, or violations of the lease. A landlord seeking to withhold any portion of a security deposit must provide written notice within 30 days of the end of the lease giving an itemized listing of reasons the deposit wasn't repaid, and a dollar figure associated with each item. Normal wear and tear on an apartment isn't sufficient reason to withhold a security deposit, and courts have ruled that landlords can't build in routine cleaning costs to the lease as justification for withholding security deposits.
State law provides a hammer tenants can use to whack landlords who don't comply with the security deposit code section. If a landlord fails to comply with the law, the former tenant can get double the amount owed to him, plus reasonable attorney fees.
Double damages and attorney fees are available but the law states that the tenant must provide the landlord with written notice of a new address where the security deposit or an itemized list of deductions can be sent. Though it appears that your landlord did not supply you with notice of why your deposit was being withheld, it's unclear to me whether you provided written notice of your new address.
If you did provide notice of your new address, you may want to consider suing the landlord in Toledo Municipal Court. It might take some time, but you've waited this long, right? It's clear that the landlord either feels justified in withholding your deposit or has no intention of ever coughing it up. Maybe having to pay double damages and attorney fees will cause the landlord to reconsider this behavior in the future. Trying to stop that kind of behavior is precisely why the law contemplates that financial hit. The legislature realized that without some sort of pain in the pocketbook, landlords could withhold security deposits for all sorts of shaky reasons.
If you haven't supplied your landlord with written notice of your new address, I'd do that immediately by certified mail, and then I'd contact an attorney if that fails to produce your security deposit.
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0.021582 | <urn:uuid:361b2c4e-476a-43bd-89a0-793c9e963e4e> | en | 0.933578 | VeriFone signs taxi ad deal with NBC
Electronic payments company VeriFone Systems Inc. said Monday that it has signed a multi-year deal with Comcast Corp.'s NBCUniversal to deliver entertainment programming in taxi cabs and some gas stations and other, unnamed platforms. New York taxis with VeriFone systems currently show ABC programming. They will switch to NBC on Jan. 1, the company said.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
Not all New York cabs operate VeriFone. Cabs that run the systems of another company, Creative Mobile Technologies LLC, will show ABC programming beginning Jan. 1. Of the roughly 13,000 yellow medallion taxis in the city, 6,600 will run ABC content through CMT, the company said earlier this month.
ABC is owned by Walt Disney Co.
VeriFone said its partnership will first launch in cabs in New York, Chicago, Boston, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Washington, D.C. and Miami, as well as in some gas stations. The screens will show interactive ads as well as NBC programming. Advertisers will be able to let people make purchases directly from the screens, either using their credit card or compatible mobile phones to pay.
Passengers can turn off the screens if they want, unless the cab operator decides to restrict that option.
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2. "Calculated in Death" by J.D. Robb (Putnam Adult)
3. "The Storyteller" by Jodi Picoult (Atrai/Emily Bestler Books)
4. "A Week in Winter" by Maeve Binchy (Knopf)
5. "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn (Crown)
6. "A Story of God and All of Us" by Roma Downey and Mark Burnett (FaithWords)
7. "Until the End of Time" by Danielle Steel (Delacorte)
8. "Guilt: An Alex Delaware Novel" by Jonathan Kellerman (Ballantine)
9. "Private Berlin" by James Patterson and Mark Sullivan (Little, Brown)
10. "A Memory of Light" by Robert Jordan (Tor)
11. "Red Velvet Cupcake Murder" by Joanne Fluke (Kensington)
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Guv Seeks Sacrifice From Average New Yorkers, Protects High-End Friends
A year and a half after 9-11, with the state and city facing catastrophic deficits, all that matters to the New York Post's governor is protecting the rich from a temporary tax surcharge. That is the state's only current economic policy, as dictated by the only editorial page that matters to a governor auditioning for a Bush future.
Posing in camouflage compassion in last year's re-election campaign, George Pataki can now govern for a kangaroo constituency of one, Rupert Murdoch, whose newspaper rails daily about supposed tax traitor and senate GOP leader Joe Bruno. A Post icon forever, Bruno dared to suggest that he and Assembly Speaker Shelly Silver might just do a $2 billion PIT (personal income tax) hike to reverse Pataki's savage slashing of school and health aid, provoking sudden threats of an Australian coup on American soil.
So, as the legislature reconvened Monday, the governor, having already targeted average New Yorkers with proposed hikes in transit fares and college tuition as well as clothing and tire taxes, suggested that he'd prefer a sales-tax boost for all to a higher PIT for six-figure earners. The Post simultaneously carried op-ed wisdom from Steve Kagann, the governor's chief economist, who, for the first time, abandoned explicit opposition to increases in any broad-based, "job-killing" tax. Invoking "the unemployed who lost their jobs under the weight of 9/11," Kagann assailed PIT increases exclusively, calling them "especially dangerous and damaging" and implicitly opening the door to a wink-and-nod hike in the 4 percent state sales tax (the other 4 percent is local).
As logical as it might be to think that, in a troubled time partially prompted by terrorist attack, wealthy elites would be the ones called on to make temporary and insignificant sacrifices, such suggestions are, in Pataki's and the Post's world, treason. PIT and WMD are interchangeable causes for a declaration of war. If there is a statue of Joe Bruno in his home Rensselaer County, Fox is ready to film its downfall. How Bruno failed to understand that the 9-11 burden belongs to the soon-to-be-laid-off hospital workers and classroom paraprofessionals—or anyone who shops—is beyond the real-world tabloid economists who advise our wily governor.
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found that New Yorkers who earn less than $15,000—our bottom quintile—spend 9.5 percent of their income paying state sales and excise taxes, while those who make over $634,000—our top 1 percent—spend only 1.2 percent of their income on such taxes. The institute's chart is so symmetrical that it clearly shows the state's sales taxes are "inversely related to income" across all levels.The state's PIT, on the other hand, takes nothing from those in the bottom quintile, moving up the ladder to 6 percent for those earning over $634,000, just as symmetrically.
So if, after an economy-flattening air attack, you were the governor and had to choose between these taxes, wouldn't you, too, embrace the obvious advantage for all New Yorkers of protecting the trickle-down wealth of high earners?
Two Manhattan assemblymen, Steve Sanders and Pete Grannis, told the Voice that the governor actually raised the possibility of a sales tax increase in a conversation last week with legislative leaders. Silver told his Democratic conference on Friday that Pataki interjected it. "The governor asked, How about a sales tax?" Grannis recounted. "But when pressed if that's what he was proposing, the governor said, 'No, I'm not proposing any taxes.' " Sanders said much the same thing: "The governor was sending signals late in the week that he was not opposed to an increase in the sales tax."
Grannis and Sanders agreed that there was "no support for a sales tax increase in the conference," but Grannis noted that it "could provide cover for Republicans in the senate." The "only appeal" of the sales tax hike, said Grannis, was that the legislature "could get the budget restorations without having to worry about overriding a veto." Bruno and Silver have suggested in recent days that their two majorities were prepared to override likely Pataki vetoes of budget bills, from the restorations to any PIT hike.
Brooklyn assemblyman Jim Brennan said, "The ball is now in the senate's court," noting that Bruno will "either stick with the assembly on the tentative agreement we had to do the income tax surcharge" or go with Pataki on a sales hike. "Bruno has the same problem with a sales hike that we do," said Brennan, namely that "the voters will be reminded every time they make a purchase" that the legislature added this to their bill. But if Bruno switches, Brennan said, "the assembly will have to come back to discuss it." Faced with a choice between a sales increase or no restorations, assembly Democrats will almost undoubtedly adopt a hike they overwhelmingly oppose.
As the Voice closed on Monday, it was still unclear where this latest trial balloon will land. But it is clear that Pataki will veto a two- or three-year PIT increase on incomes over $100,000 or $200,000—two of the proposals floating around Albany—even as he ends pre-K and after-school funding as well as narrowing the eligibility for one of his much ballyhooed health insurance programs.
It doesn't matter that state income taxes, but not sales taxes, are deductible on federal returns, meaning that more than a third of any state PIT hike would be compensated for by lower federal tax payments. It doesn't matter that New York State has cut its top personal tax rate by more than 50 percent over the last 25 years, going from the third highest rate to 19th out of the 42 states with income taxes. Nor does it matter that New York has the widest income disparity in America, getting wider by the minute, and that a Nobel Prize-winning economist, Joseph Stiglitz, recently found that a high-income targeted PIT hike was the least damaging mechanism for balancing state budgets during recessions.
Pataki is oblivious to the fact that high-income taxpayers hit by a New York surcharge would still not be paying more in total taxes because they'd be benefiting from the disproportionate Bush tax cut at the same time. He's also oblivious to the 14 percent of New York income taxes that are paid by nonresidents, or the recent actions of Connecticut GOP governor John Rowland, who proposed a surcharge on millionaires and wound up closing half his budget gap with new taxes. He doesn't even care that 71 percent of New Yorkers polled by Quinnipiac favored resolving the budget crisis with "temporary tax increases on the wealthy."
What does matter to the governor, according to every armchair observer of him in Albany, is his Washington fantasy. He imagines himself as president one day, getting there perhaps as Homeland Security successor to Tom Ridge, another Northeast Republican governor, in a second Bush term. To secure a prominent place in Bush's worldview, or even just within the national party, he must lead this anti-income-tax crusade and burnish his Murdoch credentials, just as he recently led a ground zero pro-war rally. He may even fight the closing of corporate tax loopholes agreed to by the senate and assembly, though New York, Louisiana, and Kentucky are the only states that have all three of the classic and costly loopholes identified in a recent study by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
He told the ground zero rally that the Iraq war "started right here," a blood lie more fraudulent than his campaign's fiscal cover-up. His MTA, according to State Comptroller Alan Hevesi, deliberately fudged its finances to postpone a fare increase until after his re-election. And now, in what he says is the worst economic crisis in New York since the Great Depression, his "job-killing tax" rhetoric has become his cruelest deception, safeguarding selfishness even at the expense of lives just begun.
Research assistance: Cathy Bussewitz, Alexa Hinton, Felicia Mello, and Solana Pyne
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Remembering a nation on the brink of the Iraq war
As for the intelligence failures leading up to 9-11, Congress has refused to initiate any serious investigation into the workings of the spy agencies, sparking speculation that lawmakers are afraid of implicating themselves in an election year. The Independent reported over the weekend that shortly before 9-11, U.S. officials and the UN ignored a message from the Taliban foreign minister that bin Laden was planning a big attack inside the U.S. The friendly Taliban emissary was ignored by the U.S. because his alert seemed like just another of the crazy warnings that were exhausting the spies.
Foreign Alliances: Despite Tony Blair's rather odd weekend backing for Bush ("The only decision that's been taken at this stage is that inaction is not an option"), the U.S. remains at odds with much of the world. Last week German chancellor Gerhard Schröder bluntly summed up his position on any war with Iraq. "The . . . arguments that I have cited against an intervention are so important that I would also be against such an intervention if—for whatever reasons and in whatever form—the Security Council of the United Nations were to say 'Yes,' which I cannot imagine happening in the present situation," he told The New York Times. French president Jacques Chirac warned the U.S. against "attempts to legitimize the unilateral and preemptive use of force." The Chinese are opposed to our intervention. So are the Japanese. Turkey opposes it. Saudi Arabia opposes it. Pakistan, Egypt, and Jordan all say no.
Russian president Vladimir Putin said he had "deep doubts that there are grounds for the use of force." The Russians promise to veto such a move in the Security Council, no idle threat.
See also: Ward Harkavy's Bush Beat
Energy: The U.S. imports well over half its oil, with most of it coming from the Middle East. Iraq in particular sells half its oil exports to the U.S. Iraq provides about 10 percent of all American imports. As our intake of foreign fuel has grown, so has the demand for it, epitomized by gas-guzzling SUVs. To get more oil, we are trying to turn from the Middle East to the Russians and their pipelines into the Caspian basin. Even so, we are totally socked into the Middle East for the near future.
Corporations: The functions of government have steadily been taken over by corporate robber barons. Over the last decade, we have re-created the business structures and atmosphere of J.P. Morgan. Each administration since Reagan's has cut away at regulation. The market, not the government, is left to sort out the mess.
Personal Freedom: Civil liberties have been steadily reduced under the rubric of the war on terror. About 1200 people were taken into custody after 9-11, some 752 of them on immigration charges. Many of these people never had a hearing and never had a charge lodged against them. Some were subjected to secret trials. Eighty-five percent were deported. Some two dozen men are still being held as material witnesses, indefinitely, and in complete secrecy. If a prisoner were lucky enough to speak to an attorney, the government could routinely wiretap those conversations. For any reason at all the government can now designate people as "enemy combatants" and hold them in solitary, without the right to counsel.
Leadership: Foreigners don't know what to make of America. To an outsider, Bush looks like a puppet run by VP Dick Cheney, who last weekend single-handedly created a new foreign policy concept, the doctrine of the "preemptive strike," to rationalize an attack on Saddam Hussein. But what happens if China were to take up the preemptive strike doctrine and attack us?
American Ideals: These sorts of cracks in American society might be remedied by opening up debate and changing direction. Instead, politics has devolved into a nonstop talk show, paving the way for Bush to prosecute a war for oil in the name of God.
Muslims act as a "fifth column in this country," says William Lind in Why Islam Is a Threat to America and the West. Ann Coulter, the cold-blooded conservative columnist, has said of Muslims, "We should invade their countries, kill their leaders, and convert them to Christianity." The former head of the Southern Baptist Convention, Reverend Jerry Vines, also minced no words. For him, Muhammad was "a demon-obsessed pedophile."
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Outstanding Issues / Comments for HTTP/Update
ISSUE-56: Does HTTP PATCH affect either the SPARQL Protocol or the SPARQL Uniform etc. HTTP etc. Protocol?
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This is related to the outstanding comment on the same issue:
the [...] text seems to imply that a PATCH request would contain SPARQL Update command(s) in the body of the request but doesn't say so specifically [...] What is the WG's thinking/intentions with regards to PATCH, will it become normative in later drafts of the specification and is it intended as a mechanism to allow SPARQL Update to be made using the protocol?
I'm (personally) inclined to leave the behavior or PATCH as informative and (admittedly) vague. If that behavior is to be specified any more precisely, then issues about how UPDATE requests that target more than one graph, etc. would need to be spelled out and resolved and it seems to me that 'opening the door' in that way should be sufficient to implementors who want to support invoking SPARQL Update via PATCH with little ambiguity as to behavior if the the various HTTP protocols are leveraged.
However, given the fact that we have a formal comment on the issue, we probably should bring it up for conversation as an agenda item.
ISSUE-63: Handling of default graph in HTTP update protocol
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See Andy's description of the problem and suggested resolution:
In implementing http-rdf-update, I need to also address the default graph of a graph store, for POST and GET [...] At one level, this (the use of ?default) is an extension to http-rdf-update because http-rdf-update does not cover addressing the default graph of a graph store, but at the same time, it would be good for implementations to do the same thing.
Resolving this, however, introduces a (more substantive) dependency on the issue below (since a network-manipulable graph store needs to also include the default graph).
The ?default syntax seems reasonable to me (once the issue below has been resolved)
(No formal issue): Network-manipulable Graph Store needs to include default graph
Within Andy's email above:
"Network-manipulable Graph Store" excludes the default graph but I don't see an rationale for this. If it had been just a collection of graphs, not a graph store, then the absence of an un-named one is explicable, but the document directly discusses graph stores and whether a URI identifies the underlying network-manipulable Graph Store.
Changing the definition of the Network-manipulable Graph store should straightforwardly address the problem but some thought needs to be put into the impact the addressability of the default graph (a key principle of REST).
(No formal issue): Confusion regarding recommended behavior of OPTION method
Also, in Andy's email above:
This confused me. Earlier, the text used the URI as the graph store, not the service (description). We seem to have update and/or query service at the same place as the graph store. This would be OK, as services are split by HTTP query string, but not if the graph store is GETtable and there is a service description to return.
For http-rdf-update, I'd suggest it's the graph store (RDF dataset) that is on the web. The service model is more appropriate for SPARQL Update language and query.
Personally, I'm inclined (only by a little) to not have the query/update services and the graph store be the same resource. However, this would either require a naming convention otherwise (as one possible solution) the request URI for request that use the ?graph (or ?default) query strings would have to identify the service and the URI of the graph store would be provided in the response to a request to the service via the OPTIONSs method (as a service description).
I think it would help to have this conversation within the WG as a proper agenda item to solicit other opinions.
(Comment): No content-type on payload
See KK-2
Kjetil's suggestion about responding with 400 will be incorporated into the editor's draft and a subsequent response can be sent to him upon LC publication
(Comment): HTTP DELETE operation
See thread
Kjetil suggested that the specification should explicitly say that DELETE requests require the existence of the resource it is addressing, so a 404 needs to be returned. He also suggests that an indication that a 204 response can be returned should also be added to this section. Both changes will be added to the editor's draft, then a subsequent response can be sent after the next round of publications.
(Comment): Proper escaping of URIs and payload on update operations
See KK-4 comment.
Unfortunately, I don't quite understand how the protocol (as described) is less vulnerable than any HTTP-based protocol. Section 4.2 (Indirect Graph Identification) does already discuss percent-encoding of embedded graph URIs and since the interface does not facilitate protocol tunneling, I don't see how requests to the modifying METHOD would be vulnerable in this way. Perhaps, some additional eyes in the WG could clarify the issue is and how it can be addressed.
(Comment):What to do if no payload
See KK-5 comment.
Section 5 says:
For requests that use HTTP verbs not listed here or for which the syntax of the request is not defined in this protocol, the server SHOULD respond with 405 (Method Not Allowed) or 400 (Bad Request), respectively.
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J. Michael Waller of the Institute of World Politics argues that the best way for the United States to promote change in Iran is not via sanctions or military action but by helping the Iranian people overthrow the Islamic regime. After the proper preparation, “revolution could happen in a matter of days,” he said at a briefing yesterday at the institute’s Washington headquarters.
Mr. Waller says he thinks the United States could facilitate an uprising in Tehran with comparatively little effort. Washington could help the opposition communicate with inexpensive prepaid cell phones and proxy Internet servers and supply Flip video cameras and other means of recording and publicizing the course of the rebellion. Voice of America’s Persian News Network could focus reports on regime misdeeds and spread inspirational accounts of insiders turning against the power structure in hopes that others might join them. Tehran’s state-controlled media regularly ignore such stories, so VOA would report, and the Iranian people would decide.
Most important, the United States could supply strong moral support. A critical factor keeping Iranians from making a decisive move against the theocracy’s religious leadership is a sense of doubt that America would back their play. A clear signal to Iranian dissidents that Washington would support a revolt would go a long way toward making it happen.
Mr. Waller contends, however, that the U.S. government is stymied by “a lack of imagination.” The checkered history of American-backed coups, such as the one that brought the shah of Iran to power in 1953, have placed any discussion of destabilization off limits. But the type of political warfare Mr. Waller recommends is akin to what American politicians do on a routine basis. “Would [Secretary of State] Hillary Clinton dig up dirt on a political opponent to destroy them?” Mr. Waller asked rhetorically. “Well, if so, she could also do it to the Supreme Leader of Iran.”
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is very sensitive to charges of corruption, yet he reportedly is worth $30 billion, a handsome sum for a humble cleric that must have been amassed through illicit means. The Supreme Leader also reportedly suffers from crippling bouts of depression that could be exploited to paralyze his ability to make decisions during a crisis. “Mrs. Clinton should [apply] the government-wrecking talents she picked up during the Watergate hearings to the Iran issue,” Mr. Waller quipped.
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0.020439 | <urn:uuid:5607a0f1-73fa-4916-a131-dcea2b263cb3> | en | 0.97575 | Sue Witman said she is hopeful a private investigation into her son's 1998 murder will lead to the freedom of her other son who was convicted of that murder in 2003.
"We try not to get too excited," she said. "We've been let down before."
Witman and her husband, Ron Witman, were on hand Wednesday at the Yorktowne Hotel where wrongful conviction expert Lonnie Soury announced a $100,000 reward for information leading to the freedom of Zachary Witman and the "real killer" of Gregory Witman.
Zachary, now 29, is serving life without parole sentence in Gregory's murder. Gregory was 13 when he was brutally killed in the family's New Freedom home.
Zachary hopes to be resentenced if his conviction is not overturned. Read more about where he stands in the court system here.
Soury has enlisted former New York City Police Detective Jay Salpeter and former Aberdeen, Md., police officer George Matheis Jr., who now lives in York County, to investigate the Witman murder. Soury said an unnamed third investigator also will be involved.
Soury criticized the investigation of Gregory's murder, saying police zeroed in on Zachary because he was home at the time.
"There was no other investigation," Soury said.
Soury also said his experts call the forensic evidence presented at trial "faux scientific evidence."
He said three things led to Zachary's arrest and conviction:
-- There was no effective or credible police investigation;
-- The commonwealth's evidence presented at trial as scientific was not credible;
-- And that Zachary's defense attorney was ineffective for not calling experts to refute the findings of the commonwealth's experts.
At Zachary's trial, the prosecution relied heavily on the testimony of a Pennsylvania State Police blood spatter expert to explain the blood stains on Zachary's sweatshirt were made when Zachary was stabbing his brother.
Soury and his team contend, as Zachary's parents have in the past, that the blood got on Zachary's shirt when a 911 dispatcher told him to move the body to see if Gregory was still alive.
Matheis said he believes that the knife the commonwealth contends is the murder weapon could not have caused the near decapitation without breaking. He had made the same statement in a December 2010 story and video in the York Daily Record/Sunday News.
"It's the worst little penknife to cut a sandwich - much less kill someone," he said.
Wednesday, Matheis showed a PowerPoint presentation of a timeline of the murder. He said all sides agree:
-- Gregory arrived home on Oct. 2, 1998 at 3:10 p.m.;
-- A friend called and spoke to Zachary at 3:15 p.m.;
-- Zachary called 911 at 3:17.29 p.m.;
-- The police arrived at 3:24.59 p.m.
Matheis said the prosecution and Zachary's supporters disagree on what happened in that nearly 15 minutes.
He said it was inconceivable for Zachary to have expended the energy to inflict the massive amount of wounds to Gregory's body, answer the phone and sound "normal," as his friend told police, and then walk through the house in stocking feet, leaving no blood trail, and bury the murder weapon under a fir tree in the backyard.
He said the person who killed Gregory would have had the entire 15 minutes to commit the murder and make a get away.
Salpeter also criticized what he called the lack of a police investigation. He said witnesses initially told police that Gregory was in some kind of minor altercation earlier that day with a schoolmate and that Gregory was later seen walking home with another boy walking opposite of him on the road.
Salpeter said there was never any follow-up investigation as to who those children were.
Salpeter said he was "crying out" to anyone with any information, no matter how small, to call the evidence tip line.
"For 15 years, someone has slept very well knowing Zachary was in jail," he said.
Soury also invited the York County District Attorney's Office to join in the investigation.
Chief Deputy Prosecutor Tim Barker, who prosecuted Zachary, did not respond to questions about the news conference and investigation. Instead, Kyle King, the district attorney's chief administrator, sent out an email stating that Barker, who was busy preparing for other pending homicide cases, wanted questions submitted to him in writing by 4:30 p.m. Thursday.
Sue Witman said Salpeter is "the second part of our equation." She said while Zachary's attorneys continue to work for his freedom, re-sentencing or retrial through the legal system, Salpeter will head the investigation into the murder.
"He has our total support and confidence," she said.
"This is the first time your son is going to have an investigation," Salpeter told her.
Reward offered
Anyone with any information about the 1998 murder of 13-year-old Gregory Witman is asked to call the anonymous tip line at 717-819-6006.
A $100,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the "real killer."
More information about the private investigation is available at www.zachwitman.com
The investigation team
-- Lonnie Soury is president of Soury Communications, Inc., a communications company specializing in public relations, public policy, government affairs, media and crisis communication, advertising, marketing and special events.
Soury was involved in the private investigations that led to the dismissal of charges against Marty Tankleff, who was convicted of killing his parents, and the release of Damien Echols, one of the West Memphis 3 convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of three young boys.
-- Jay Salpeter is a private investigator and former New York City Police detective who investigated the allegations and evidence against Tankleff and Echols.
-- George Matheis Jr. is a former Aberdeen, Md., police officer and founder of Modern Combative Systems, a company offering training in safety and self-defense, including the use of edged weapons.
He first looked into the Witman case in 2010 when the York Daily Record/Sunday News asked him to determine if the murder weapon, a plastic handled pen knife, could have caused the wounds to Gregory's neck. He said he doubted it was the primary weapon in the murder.
Also of interest:
·Mike Argento: Witmans stuck in a living hell
·Zachary Witman waits for state Supreme Court hearing about resentencing
·Read more about the new effort and about concerns regarding evidence
·New Freedom residents react to private investigation of Witman murder
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Maple creme brulee
Quite a long time ago, I made this Maple Crema from the NY Times.
I even posted about it here. And I'm making it for dessert again tomorrow night. I wonder if anyone else has made this recipe and, furthermore, if you've ever tried doing it with a brulee topping. I was thinking that it could be a) fantastic; or b) too much. Commets?
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1. Nyleve,
This sounds fantastic to me. Thanks for the reference to the recipe. I plan on trying this soon and adding the brulee topping as you suggested.
I tried to find your previous post about this but was unable to find it.
Can you summarize your results?
Thanks again....
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1. re: HB_Jeff
I couldn't find it either on the site, but managed to google it up somehow. Here's my previous post:
In summary: outstanding and delicious. I've just finished baking the custards and will be serving them tomorrow. So the jury's still out about the brulee topping, but somehow it seems like it would be great. You think?
1. re: Nyleve
Your recipe seems similar to a maple creme brulee recipe I have made (sorry, I don't have it here, so I can't be sure). I topped it with maple sugar rather than another kind of sugar. It was lovely.
1. re: Nyleve
Do report back on your results tomorrow. This sounds wonderful.
1. re: karykat
So I brulee'd it. Used a mixture of half white and half light brown sugar - only about 2 tsp. on each serving. Torched as usual. Personally, I found it too sweet. It was sweetness on top of sweetness. I think I'd prefer a dollop of whipped cream. Don't get me wrong - I love creme brulee. I even do a chocolate one which is fantastic. But this was just too too. The custard part was already so sweet, and then with the glazing on top - even with fresh berries on the side - it was, well, extremely sweet.
Please someone else try it and tell me what you think.
1. re: Nyleve
This blog commented on the recipe being too sweet for brulee as well.
I wonder if a brulee topping would work if you reduced the amount of sugar (in granulated or syrup form) in the recipe.
1. re: PaperMoon
The thing is you need quite a concentrated amount of maple syrup to provide an intense maple flavour in the custard. So unless you were just using it as a more generic sweetener, I can't see the point. Next time I make it, I'll skip the brulee and just go with whipped cream and berries. The reason a vanilla creme brulee is so delicious is that there's a real contrast between the sugar topping and the not-so-sweet custard.
2. When I want Maple Creme Brulee, I sub maple sugar for the sugar in my regular recipe, and then "brulee" with maple sugar as well. It gives a great, mapley flavor that is not too sweet.
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1. re: ChefJune
I didn't have any maple sugar or else I would have used it. And the custard is a maple syrup reduction that's mixed with cream and egg yolk - so really sweet and really rich.
2. I've never done a maple creme brulee but I have done a molded maple bavarian. Served it garnished with caramelized pecans and it was a big hit!
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1. re: BobB
Ohhh. How did you do that? Heavy cream and gelatin?
1. re: karykat
Yup. Classic Joy of Cooking recipe - milk, heavy cream, gelatin, sugar, egg yolks, maple syrup, and a touch of rum.
2. I love maple sugar and I'm making creme brulee for guests this weekend - think I'll try the maple sugar on top but skipping the syrup in the custard. How did yours turn out?
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1. re: RandyandJulie
I assume you're asking me. We liked the dessert, but as I said, I realize that what I love best about creme brulee is the contrast between the crisp sugary topping and the not-so-terribly-sweet custard. The maple custard was, to my taste anyway, a bit too sweet. I enjoyed it better when I served it without the brulee topping and with just a dollop of whipped cream and some berries on the side. | http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/616411 | dclm-gs1-062370001 |
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