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The LINCKS GPD
In Linux Journal Issue 11, we described a typical installation of LINCKS, described the functionality of its components, and briefly introduced the main application interface, xlincks. Since LINCKS is distributed with an online tutorial, and a 70-page xlincks manual, we will assume that you know the basics about operating xlincks. In this second and last part, we describe how to create your own views, or general presentation descriptors (GPD), as we call them. For a reference manual description of GPDs, see chapter 7 of the xlincks User's Manual, and for a technical overview description see Journal of Systems and Software.
As a running example, we will show you how to use xlincks to create an address book, and the GPDs used to enter and display data. We start out by designing our data structures, then describe the LINCKS object model, and finally show how the address book is represented in the object model. We briefly describe the automatic search for GPDs used in xlincks and show our first GPD, followed by a description of the GPD's parts. We conclude by extending the newly-created GPDs to demonstrate a few additional features.
In our address book, the two obvious objects are the person object containing personal information, such as: name, birth date, e-mail address, and private phone number, and the address object. An address object can be shared by different persons and contains the common street address and common phone number.
In LINCKS, each object consists of the following parts:
IMAGE storing any type of information which can be PostScript, object code, a GIF, or a name (string). The size must be less than 232-1 bytes and the content is single-valued. (Currently, xlincks can only handle IMAGEs containing zero-terminated strings.)
ATTRIBUTE describing or typing the object. The value of an attribute is a zero-terminated string shorter than 216-1 bytes. An attribute is named by two strings, a group tag and a field tag, where several attributes can share the same group tag, but the combination of group and field must be unique.
LINKS containing links to other objects. A link field is plural, that is, for each object it can contain several links to other objects, as opposed to the attributes, which are single-valued.
In Figure 1, the window with three entries is the person object where the image contains the person's name, the second line specifies the birth date, and the fourth line is a link to an address object. The second, bigger window is the node view applied to the same object. (To apply another view, click on the item, then on the "Expand..." menu item, and then choose the node view. See the previous article in Issue 11, or read the xlincks manual, for more information.) The first entry in the node view is the image, followed by all the attributes and finally the link section beginning with the SYSTEM:Parent entry.
Notice that the system creates the two attributes SYSTEM:Created and SYSTEM:Owner--this pair is a good example of two attributes sharing the same group tag. In general we use all capital letters for the group part and lower case letters, possibly initial capital letters, for the field part.
GPDs are named by a string, which may contain white space. xlincks looks for a specific GPD first in your own GPDmaps and then in the list of system GPDmaps. This allows you to override the system GPDs with your own specialized GPDs. Now, if you expand the Empty User 4's GPDmap line, you will get a window with your first GPDmap as in Figure 2.
Replace the <<table>> with the name of the new GPD, person and then move out of the line with ctrl-n. A new placeholder <<gpd>> will appear which we fill in with a one line description of the new GPD, view of person object, as in Figure 3. Now, expand (meta-l meta-e) the description line to get the empty GPD template seen in the bottom of Figure 3.
First, you add a link from the GPDmap by first clicking on the line Empty User 4's GPDmap followed by a click on the line <<gpdmap>> in the empty GPD, then on the Add Link button—resulting in <<gdpmap>> being replaced with a link to Empty User 4's GPDmap.
Second, we need to define the logical structure by describing the logical parts in the person object. Earlier, we defined the person object to contain a name and birth date. Now, move to <<direct>> line in the STRUCTURE section and replace it with the name of our GPD, person. The name of the GPD used in GPDmap must occur at least once in the STRUCTURE part. After moving out of the line, we replace the newly created empty: value with the parts in our person object: name and "birth date"--since the part name includes a space we must use quotation marks (otherwise it would be three parts!).
Third, now that we've defined the structure of the person object, we need to define where to store the information. The ACCESS section of the GPD defines where we store or retrieve the parts of the logical structure. We would like to store the person's name in the IMAGE part and his/her birth date in an ATTRIBUTE called ADDRESSBOOK:Date.
To specify the name component, we move to the <<direct>> in the ACCESS section and replace it with the name (the name of structure part). Then we move out of the line and replace the empty: value with IMAGE. The resulting GPD can be seen in Figure 4. A warning: any omitted ACCESS specification defaults to IMAGE!
To define where we find the "birth date" in the ACCESS part we move the cursor to the name line in the ACCESS section and do an insert closest plural (meta-l meta-i), with the result as shown in Figure 5. Replacing the direct line with birth date (without quotation marks!) and the empty: value line with ATTR ADDRESSBOOK Date gives us Figure 6. Notice that we use the keyword ATTR followed by the group tag (ADDRESSBOOK) and the field tag to define the storage place for birth date in an attribute.
Last, if we would like to try our new GPD, we need to create a place to store the object, say in our LINCKS home directory:
1) Click on the line "Linux on the Road"
2) Do an insert closest plural (meta-l meta-i)
3) Expand the item (using meta-l meta-e or ctrl-left-click)
4) Fill in the GPD as person
5) Expand the same line (person) which should result in a two-line window saying item and empty: birth date as seen in Figure 7.
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I just polled my lunch mates: 4:0 in support of the mine. See how easy that is?
Wording the questions can be seen here:
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Both sides are very good at this when they want to get the result they want. If you read the questions that were asked, they are very carefully worded to get the intended result. I'm guessing the same questions could get reworded, but asking the same questions and get the exact opposite result. Only one question should have been asked. "Do you, or do you not support a mine in Northern Wisconsin?".
Environmental group poll......real news would be that this poll showed support. We see right though all this. Start mining ASAP. Lets get people back to work quickly.
Thank you, MJS for being editorially objective in exposing the blatant lack of courage our cowardly legislaure and governor stooped to to creare this fantasy of job creation AT ANY COST and virtual immunity/legal presumptions in favor og Gogebic and lack of customary "clawback"/restitution provisions this legislation screams for and is found to be common practice in Red States reknowned for placing mineral extraction privileges above "fair dealing" and citizen protection(i.e. lack of meaningful severence taxes (Texas, Montana, etc.require and continue to insist on these), eliminating over $100,000,000 in environmental protection funding stripped from the budget.
Walker and his Orcs have set in motion the closest thing in history to a budding Teapot Dome Scandal. I pray the EPA or ACE engage the USDOJ to take the lid off this stinking garbage can as part of their "Due Diligence".
Thank God we still have a federal government to pound and punish these parasites, now that our DNR has proved GOP campaign donors need no longer fear WDOJ prosecution for envitonmental violations(i.e. Fecalgate).


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Fans of AMC's "The Walking Dead" are eagerly awaiting Sunday's episode, when the series finally returns from its two-month hiatus. Since the smoke cleared from the brawl that pitted the people of Woodbury against Rick and the crew, things have continued to grow increasingly insane. The Governor lost one of his eyes; Rick imagined he saw Shane during the gunfight; and the Dixon brothers, Daryl and Merle, reunite.
The midseason cliffhanger left fans with a bevy of questions that need answering. Will Andrea stay in Woodbury with The Governor? What will happen with Daryl and Merle in the zombie pit? Luckily Norman Reedus, who plays Daryl Dixon, sat down to chat about Merle, Daryl's insane fan following, and the audition process that landed him the role of a lifetime.
In the last episode prior to the break, we saw all hell breaks loose as Daryl, Rick, and the crew went into Woodbury to save Maggie and Glen. Rick and the crew escape, but you don't. We see you reunite with your brother Merle as you two meet in zombie pit arena. What was going through Daryl's mind at that point?
Oh man, I tried to play that as much as little brother as possible. I wanted to play it as though I was going in to get executed. (Michael) Rooker and I could have both played it as two wild animals: We will fight our way out of here; we will kill everybody. It wasn't really about the arena, or The Governor, or the townspeople. It was about me seeing my big brother for the first time in this situation.
So I wanted to play that up as much as possible. To be the little brother, and he sees big brother, and he is like, "Help me, help me." And for him (Merle) to look at me as if, "What have I done, and this is my fault. How are we going to get out of this, or am I going to have to kill my younger brother?" To play that as big as possible, and it turned out great. I am glad we did it like that.
AMC recently released a trailer that reveals that you escaped the zombie pit. Are you and Merle together?
We are always together. Merle is always looking for Daryl. Daryl is always looking for Merle. They are blood, so they are always together. Whether we get out of that or not is yet to be seen.
How has Daryl's relationship with Merle changed since you split up in Season 1? Do you think Daryl is happy sticking around with Rick and the crew?
Daryl was always destined to become mini Merle. I always tried to play him as if he grew up sort of embarrassed of who he was and not proud of who he was. There are certain secrets that are revealed later in the season about our intentions with that group in the beginning. I never wanted to play him -- when he was away from Merle -- as a drug taker, or a racist, or any of those things. I wanted him to want to be somebody else. I wanted him to be better than what he was destined to become.
Now that he has spent this time away from his brother, he has learned to get along with these people, whether he wanted to or not. Having these people rely on him in any capacity is something that Daryl has never had before. He has grown into this sense of self worth for the first time. He is becoming this new man as this is all happening. He is learning to be proud of himself through the eyes of these other people. Rick has become the sort of brother that Merle wasn't.
Will Daryl's loyalty be with Rick or with Merle?
Oh man, I guess that depends. If he ever had to do that, he would fight to keep everybody. I think he is going to put a lot of faith in letting that happen. Merle would be a very good asset in the zombie apocalypse. He would be somebody good to have on your side. Maybe Rick would look at him a little differently and realize that he might need him to be there. There are a couple of different things happening here.
I heard that Glen Mazzara (executive producer of "The Walking Dead") gets a ton of fan mail explicitly saying not to kill off Daryl. Is that true, and what is your take on Daryl's fan base?
I have a big Internet family. I get a lot of presents. (Glen) told me right before the break, "Now I will have the worst Christmas ever." I said, "Why?" And he was like, "'Cuz people are going to be threatening me all through Christmas." I told him, "It was your fault, buddy." (Laughs) I love Glen. Glen is awesome.
What is your take on Daryl's fan base, who are known to be crazy about your character? Didn't they come up with a name for themselves?
There are like 20 different groups. There is Daryl's Dolls, Norman's Nymphos, Dixon's Vixens, Dixon's Sluts. There is a whole bunch of them. They sort of coincide with the Boondock Betties. I think that they should be one giant roller derby. They are all so cool. "Boondock Saints" became this huge cult film because of word of mouth. At that time, it felt like it was our movie. It belonged to all of us.
I am still getting that love on "The Walking Dead" for Daryl. I try to respond to everyone as much as I can. I am super appreciative of all the presents I get: all the paintings and all the drawings; the shirts, and the hats, and everything else. Everyone is super cool. I feel like I am not just doing a job, and I am not just doing it by myself. I feel like I am doing it with all these people. It is nice to have this giant, cool army behind me. I am having the time of my life.
What was your take on Daryl as you auditioned for the role, and are you happy with his evolution in the series?
I went to California for the pilot season. I read all these things, and it was like roommate drama, buddy buddy cop show, lawyer show, and doctors. Then I read "Walking Dead," and I was like, "What is this about? This is so up my alley." They are like, "Oh, we don't think that there are any parts available." I was like, "Just get me in it, just for a future guest spot in it." I have known about Robert Kirkman's giant, amazing world he has created. It had all the best elements.
I went in, and they had me read Merle's lines. I was like, "Yeah man, this is an awesome part." They told me it was already taken. So I went back to New York, and I got a call to come back and redo it again. It was a little different version of it with some new lines. I went in, and I read it. I thought maybe Rooker can't do it. Maybe he made the worst mistake ever and said no. So I read for it and got a call saying that Frank (Darabont) wrote a new part. I just got really, really lucky.
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Oakland Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie says McFadden remains a big part of the organization despite coming off perhaps his worst season as a pro.||||||| McKenzie spoke to beat reporters Thursday for the first time since Nov. 30 and looked back at a disappointing first season in Oakland and ahead to the future. McFadden struggled under the zone blocking system of the previous coordinator, Greg Knapp, who was fired after the season. McFadden averaged a career-low 3.3 yards per carry after toping 5 yards per carry the previous two seasons in Hue Jackson's power-running system.
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When I saw the new Korg MS20 Mini I should have out $600 aside for it. There was one problem though. My heart now belongs to my Eurorack modular. But wait The Harvestman has come to the rescue! Scott has announced the English Tear which is an attenuverter and Eurorack interface for the Korg. He says it will be available in April and be inexpensive. Spend. Spend more now!
"I announce with great satisfaction ENGLISH TEAR, the first in a line of small utility modules. This module features the expected "voltage processor" attenuverter and big offset knobs, but also includes a full set of functions for interfacing to an MS-20. Easy conversion from exponential volt-per-octave to linear hertz-per-volt and back, as well as V-trigger to S-trigger conversion. Jack normalling fixes the voltage processors to these converter circuits, so you may scale the input voltages as desired. The log/expo converter ciruits also have many other uses in your modular system beyond the conversion of pitched voltages." – The Harvestman
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Thank you so much much for translating these. This is extremely interesting and a bit sad.
Thank you so much much for translating these. This is extremely interesting and a bit sad.
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The following year, Kristoffer set a new personal record at the Swedish Nationals and qualified for the 2007 World Championships in Tokyo. There he was followed throughout the week by a camera crew from the PR agency Göteborg & Co. The next Worlds would be held in Gothenburg, and the city wanted to promote the event by highlighting the country's greatest figure skaters.
While Kristoffer took off his skate guards and walked out on the ice in a shiny silk shirt and imitation leather black pants, he had a stomach ache due to nervousness. But as soon as he began the Travolta-dance to the first notes of "Stayin' Alive", he heard cheering from the stands. When he nailed a perfect triple toe loop, he felt that he had something big going on. Television commentators Katarina Hultling and Lotta Falkenbäck reported home to the Swedish people, "What a skate!" "Fun and groovy!" "Oh so lovely!"
After he had completed his final spin, Kristoffer Berntsson stood with his left hand on his hip and the other stretched towards the ceiling. The audience in the packed arena gave him a standing ovation; flowers and teddy bears flew through the air and landed on to the ice. Kristoffer could not help but smile and applauded himself. He had never skated this well before. He smashed his personal record by 20 points and finished in ninth place the best result for a Swedish man since Gillis Grafströms gold in 1929.
The 24-year-old Kristoffer Berntsson came home to Gothenburg as a star. People stopped him on the street to offer their congratulations. Moreover, his achievement meant that Sweden had two spots for the home World Championships.
Kristoffer then followed up this result with a seventh place finish at the European Championships in Zagreb his best placement ever at an international competition. Naturally, everything should have felt fantastic if it were not for the 18-year-old Adrian Schultheiss who finished sixth.
For figure skating fans all over the world, it seemed as if Sweden had something big happening. The country had no major presence on the international scene for nearly a century, and now it had two skaters among the top seven in Europe.
I have read the whole article a few times and I don't really know what to say about it.
It is very well written in trems of making an interesting story,get peoples attention to read,that's for sure and also it puts the spotlight on Swedish skating that hardly ever happens in the press (writing).It feels more like a drama story, making Kristoffer the good guy who does everything right ,Adrian the bad guy who sits in a dark room with pierced lip and then finally Alexander who pops up from nowhere, but this according to the reporter who knows absolutely nothing about Swe skating...well before he wrote this.It is a hard sport and they do need sponsors but I don't like the way he describes the skaters.It could have been done in a more positive creative way and still put forward the problems Swedish skating face concerning sponsors .TV could help here.
On TV we get to see who won Swedish nationals but this is not chosen by us the Swedes.We want according to Tv statistical see way more figure skating. The show in Stockholm last year was almost sold out so it is not the viewers point if you get what I say to show so little FS.We want to see more that Europeans and Worlds even though I do realize not all countries are so lucky.
The part that says they don't talk to each other, eat breakfast together or practice together is a simple fact such as not the same practice time and also on focusing on the goal.
It is nice that there is a focus on skating in Sweden but please don't make it look like they are enemies drama cause they are not.It is simple competition and a wish do be the best .
Lis, thanks for your insight into the journalist's sensationalist writing style. While I still have many pages to translate, I have already noticed that Erik Almqvist likes to describe Adrian as being "pierced"; it's as if he couldn't be bothered to inform us of Schultheiss' other traits. Adrian is obviously a lot more than just an "angry punk", but it looks like the author wanted to emphasize the antagonistic side of this skater's personality.
siberia82, thank you so much for your efforts in translating this. I love both Adrian and Kristoffer as skaters and it is very interesting to get more insight into their personalities and experiences. Although it does look like the author is going for a sensationalist angle on the whole thing which might be detrimental to getting sponsors for Swedish figure skating
Adrian's behavior sounds really worrisome I hope that he can regroup and find a renewed love for skating. He is too talented to quit.
I was really surprised to find out that some of you guys find the journalsit´s writing style sensational.
Filter is by far the best magazine in Sweden, known for its deep research and proffesional approach. Filter was chosen for Magazine of the Year, 2009 and Erik Almqvist was rewarded Journalist of The Year.
Now, don´t forget that this is an article written in a lifestyle magazine where the main target group are the people in general, and not the skating fans. And every reporter needs a story with a beginning and an end. That being said I think he did a great job portraying the skaters and I find the article very well written and objective. If you´ve been following Swedish skating you know that Kriss and Adrian were never friends. That´s a fact. They are both very talanted and voidy in their own ways but they were never friends. And if you read the article carefully you´ll notice it by the way they´re talking about each other. I think it´s really sad but that´s how it is. And this is something that´s been going on for ages. I actually thought that Adrian showed his vulnarable side in the article which is hard to notice sometimes.
Anyway, I hope that Adrian finds the inspiration and the strenght to continue skating. And let´s hope for the best for Majorov. Because something is telling me that the Euros was the last time we saw Kriss competing ((( (And yes, I hope I´m wrong!!!)
shoegirl, it's very good of you to inform us that Filter is a highly regarded magazine within Sweden, and that Erik Almqvist has won a major award for his journalism. (He's not immune to mistakes, though, and I've pointed out earlier in this thread that he forgot two of Filip Stiller's national titles.) For outsiders like me, it helps to know what kind of publication this is. Despite my earlier criticism, I'm utterly grateful that he wanted to showcase Sweden's top male skaters, and I've certainly learned a lot about their mindset in the few pages that I've translated.
While I agree (in my limited, English-speaking way) that Mr. Almqvist has an informative and engaging writing style, I nevertheless feel that Adrian is portrayed in a more negative light than Koffe is (e.g. the constant reference to his piercing, which the general public would normally associate with rebellious behaviour). Granted, Adrian does possess a more "edgy" temperament than Kris, but I don't think it's necessary to frequently paint him as somewhat "threatening" (or at least that's the impression that I get). For instance, in the last section I had worked on, I sensed that the author was trying to imply that Schultheiss "got in the way" of Berntsson's success by placing ahead of him at the 2008 Euros. Why didn't he write something less confrontational, like "Kristoffer was disappointed because he wasn't the top Swede at that event"?
Of course, my perception is no doubt influenced by my minimal ability to "read" Swedish, so I'll admit that some details from the text are lost to me because I cannot grasp the subtleties of the language.
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For the first time, Kristoffer and Adrian experienced the true scent of the fine figure skating world, where the best athletes sign fat endorsement contracts and draw in millions of kronor in prize money. The most successful Russians were offered roles in television series, pen best-selling autobiographies, and have both groupies and stalkers.
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PREVENTION. After ice practice, Kristoffer rides the bus to the Athletics building for fitness training. "My body is not built for skating. I have almost no curvature in my lower back, so there is too much strain on the vertebra."
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Kristoffer Berntsson: - It was hysteria in Tokyo. Ten thousand Japanese stood up and applauded me for my free skate. It was... a special feeling. There was a mass of fans outside the stadium, and they would take pictures, give me presents and ask for autographs. When I came back to the hotel, people were waiting for me there, too. I still receive stuffed animals and letters from Japan.
What the foreign fans didn't know was that Kristoffer Berntsson and Adrian Schultheiss were as different as night and day. They lived and trained in the same city, but never socialized and did not talk to each other more than necessary. When Kristoffer wasn't training, he spent time with his girlfriend and was studying for a Master of Engineering degree at the Chalmers University of Technology. The pierced Adrian led a less orderly life. In an interview, he summarized his hobbies: "Reptiles, death metal and hip hop."
Days before the World Championships in Gothenburg, the newspapers' sports pages were filled with interviews of the hometown hopefuls. Aftonbladet visited their practices and described how they both trained to learn the quadruple jump – and thus break into the international elite. In an interview with Svenska Dagbladet, Adrian Schultheiss criticized the marketing of the World Championships, where posters of Kristoffer Berntsson were displayed on bus shelters and trams around Gothenburg. "As for the marketing department, they didn't use their whole heads," he opined. "Kristoffer has received a lot of undeserved attention. I still have beaten him several times." Shortly thereafter, he made an unsuccessful attempt to play down the rivalry with the comment: "We don't burn down each other's hotel rooms, of course."
Adrian's last statement is just ! I love his sense of humour!
Nonetheless, Adrian's performances at those Worlds were great! It must have been a wonderful experience for him to perform well in front of his home crowd
1. Kristoffer was already a minor celebrity, so it was easier for the organizers to focus on him since many Gothenburgians (is that a word?) would recognize his face.
2. Although Schultheiss did beat Berntsson at Euros, it was probably too late at that point for the marketing department to change their plans.
3. Adrian doesn't project a "family-friendly" image, so the city and the companies that sponsored the event may have felt uncomfortable showcasing an athlete who has a punk-like aura about him.
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It was high time to wipe out Kristoffer's and the audience's expectations. While Adrian Schultheiss breezed through his long program, fans in the Scandinavium did the wave and chanted: "Adrian! Adrian! Adrian!" He closed the best skate of his life by moving down into a limbo position with his hands shaped like guns and fired at the judges. The gesture was not appreciated by all; Adrian finished at number 13 in the world, but he showed the audience that he had the potential to go further. Afterwards, he declared that he "will someday stand on the podium."
As for Kristoffer Berntsson, he could see that the future wasn't nearly as bright. His coach summed up his World Championships effort with the sentence: "It's about doing the best you can, and he didn't do that." The rest of the season was destroyed by a hip injury, and he was finally obligated to undergo surgery. When Kristoffer returned, he developed back problems. If he stood up for five minutes, he was forced to spend the rest of the day on the couch. He started to question whether figure skating was worth all the hard work and all the pain. It was the same steps, the same jumps, the same spins... 20 hours a week. He knew he had reached the age when a skater's body began to deteriorate. Backs worn down due to the extreme torsion caused by the rotations, battered groins, deformed ankles. Many suffer from asthma due to the cold, dry air at the ice rink, while others feel so horrible from the loneliness and the psychological stress that they develop alcohol problems.
After one and a half years of rehabilitation training, Kristoffer successfully came back to the 2009 Swedish Nationals. Since he had been away for so long, he knew that he not only had to win the event, but he also needed an impressive performance at the subsequent European Championships to convince the Swedish Olympic Committee to select him for the Olympics instead of Adrian.
The result was that Kristoffer decided to jump a little higher and go a bit faster instead of focusing on security in skating. At the Swedish Championships, it went well, and he was awarded victory over Adrian. In a Tidningarnas Telegrambyrå interview, Adrian argued that Kristoffer did not deserve the title: "I don't give a crap that he won Nationals. The judges in Sweden are biased, and it has been really corny lately. They give him high marks just for being him. When we have competed internationally, I have beaten him three times out of four."
I was aware of Koffe's hip surgery after the 2008 Worlds (and I even remember seeing a photo of him using crutches ), but I didn't know that he also suffered from a painful back injury. That explains why he struggled so much with his "Dancing Robot" routine. I find it odd that the journalist seemed to suggest that Kris didn't compete during the 2008/2009 season and the fall of 2009. I suppose that his way of skipping over 1.5 years, but it's still misleading.
Again thank you a lot for translating and posting this, Siberia82!
But the tone of the article just goes more and more weird. Yes, people seem to love rivalries,but this just strengthesn the sterotype that all the figure skaters are b####y b####s.
Still, in a perverse way, very interesting to read.
Well the journalist got what he wanted...
I have never read Filter before nor did I know about it, but since I have talked to all 3 guys several times I feel the description of them is kind of odd and does not describe their true personality.
Well the journalist got what he wanted...
I have never read Filter before nor did I know about it, but since I have talked to all 3 guys several times I feel the description of them is kind of odd and does not describe their true personality.But yes of course the are competing against each other not drinking coffee.
Oh have to add that Adrian is not the only one who thinks Kriss has been favored at Nationals.There has been a talk for some time now about that...
I like all three of them since they are so different in style.
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TOKYO MEMORIES. "I have sought a challenge and decided to take it as far as possible," says Kristoffer. "You can be happy if you get something that comes easily. But if you accomplish a difficult goal that you set for yourself – it's hard to top that."
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During the European Championships, Kristoffer crashed twice, and the Swedish Olympic Committee chose to send Adrian Schultheiss to Vancouver. Despite the frustration, Kristoffer understood deep down the SOK's reasoning: he was 27 years old and was believed to have passed his best before date, while Adrian Schultheiss' career path still pointed upwards.
On the same day that Wayne Gretzky lit the Olympic flame at the Winter Games in Vancouver, Kristoffer Berntsson stopped reading the newspaper. He usually followed the major sporting events, but now he changed the channel on his TV when the sports broadcasting started, and kept silent whenever a friend talked about the Swedish skiers' successes. Every time he was accidentally exposed to the massive Olympic coverage, he could feel a stabbing sensation in his body.
The morning after the men's figure skating final, he could not hold it in any longer. As soon as he awoke, he opened his laptop in bed and logged on to the International Skating Union website. There was, he persuaded himself, a small chance that Adrian Schultheiss had made a fool of himself and did not make it among the top 25. In that case, Kristoffer may at least be chosen for the World Championships in Turin, one month after the Olympics.
The page loaded slowly. Kristoffer read: American Lysacek one, Plushenko second, Japanese Takahashi third. He scrolled down until he saw Adrian's name. 15th place. It was over.
The Swedes who sat in front of their TV sets had seen how Adrian had stepped on to the ice in Vancouver with a tattered straight jacket, his arms crossed over his chest, and performed an almost flawless skate to a potpourri of Cypress Hill's "Insane in the Brain" and Prodigy's "Smack My Bitch Up."
As if that were not enough, the young Olympian had become the first Nordic skater to land a clean quadruple jump in competition.
When Adrian came in ninth place at the World Championships, after yet another perfect quad, Kristoffer Berntsson was done with figure skating.
Ajax, since we were discussing the heavy emphasis on Berntsson during the 2008 Worlds promotional campaign, you might be interested in a couple of commercials where he appeared briefly. Kris and Team Surprise (well, it's either that or a throng of Koffeholic fangirls ) shout out something in Swedish near the end of this 3-minute "Welcome to Gothenburg" ad (I could only make out the word "Göteborg"):
http://www.nicozon.net/watch/sm10402449 (Scroll down the page to watch the video.)
Kristoffer was also featured in this (somewhat corny) 2008 Worlds commercial: http://www.nicozon.net/watch/sm2728130
I've discovered in this section that Koffe cares about the environment and has good taste in music (so he's not just smart, talented and cute ). Oh, be still, my foolish fangirl heart! ♥ ♥ ♥
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Six months later, Kristoffer catches the express bus at Kungsportsplatsen in Gothenburg and sits down at his usual spot: the third seat on the right side. He sets aside his down jacket and hat on the adjacent seat, puts the iPhone headphones into his ears, and plays a track from the '90s group A Perfect Circle.
Since he firmly believes that city dwellers have no excuse to contribute to the greenhouse effect with a car, he spends two hours on public transport every day to travel between home, office and the Landvetter rink. He falls asleep quickly, as he always tries to do, to save energy.
Fifteen minutes later, just as the bus brakes outside of the rink, Kristoffer awakens and staggers off. He pushes past some snowball throwing school children and walks through the door with the peeling hockey club stickers.
The ice is full of scratches from the hockey team's practice.
- Oh, they didn't rinse the surface? There is certainly no one here who can drive the Zamboni, either.
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After having searched for the janitor, he jogs a few lengths up and down the stands before he goes into the locker room to tape his right ankle, which is broken by too many sprains. Both feet have hard, bulging nodules after a lifetime of being in ice skates.
When Kristoffer Berntsson had quit figure skating, he initiated his Master's thesis at Chalmers and got a job at a consulting firm in Majorna. A few months later, he lay at home and watched the TV program Mästarnas mästare. On the show, Patrik Sjöberg spoke about the time after he had retired from the high jump, and explained that he had never found anything that gave him the same kick as competing. Kristoffer could already recognize himself in the description, and was afraid that it would worsen. He missed "going out on to the ice and entertaining the crowd," and judged that his body felt good from the rest. After discussing the matter thoroughly with his girlfriend, he decided to commit to the sport for one more season. The objective was obvious: to win the Swedish Nationals and thus secure a berth at the European Championships – which in turn will determine who gets to go to the World Championships in Tokyo one month later*. Sweden has two spots for both competitions. Three skaters, Kristoffer, Adrian and the promising Russian-born junior Alexander Majorov, will battle for them.
* I know I'm being nitpicky, but the text should have read "två månader" (translation: two months) and not "en månad".
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ALONE. "Adrian could never replace Filip for me. The nature of our rivalry was different. Filip and I had grown up together."
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To get revenge on the tormentor Adrian Schultheiss and earn a good result in front of his fans in Tokyo would be the perfect end to a long career.
How it would be to finish third at the Swedish Nationals and once again sit at home while his rivals represent Sweden at the World Championships – he didn't even want to consider that possibility.
Kristoffer stuffs small, home-cut foam pieces into his skates to prevent chafing against his ankle, takes the CD with his program music from his bag and walks towards the ice.
I ask him if one can perform at the top level as a 28-year-old.
- We'll see. There is almost no one who has tried. It was a process to make the decision to continue, but it's now that I have a chance. I can't do this in three years.
During the summer, he almost nailed a quad during training, but since then, he has been forced to give priority to the stability of the easier jumps. Because he started late in the season, he didn't have enough time to practice the program so that "it goes on autopilot." But he is confident that it will be ready in the spring – when the European and World Championships take place.
- The problem is that if I don't get it together now, for the Swedish Nationals, I won't even get the chance to show it in the spring.
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He takes off his skate guards and heads out on to the ice. After a few warm-ups with the easier spins, steps and jumps, he fetches his burned CD from the boards and places it in the PA system. The loudspeakers soon echo Yann Tiersen's "Comptine d'un autre été" from the film Amélie.
Well, we know how the story ends for Koffe this season...
Ugh, I resent the author's use of the word "tormentor" to describe Adrian. How much of it is actually Kris' perception of his rival, and how much of it is Erik Almqvist's imagination?
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The two basic savings methods are:
1. Increase your earnings while keeping your spending at the same level, then save or invest the extra funds.
2. Reduce spending.
My Dad used to say, "It's not how much you make it's how you spend it." Personally I like a healthy combination of both vehicles, but sometimes only the spending variable is in our control. Whichever position you are in, a great place to look for ways to reduce costs and increase savings is in your grocery expenses.
If you've already downloaded an Easy Weekly Meals book to your smartphone you should be enjoying lower food costs because you're using all of the food you buy and since you're eating your own healthy fast food instead of navigating the drive-thru. You may already shop directly from your phone using your EWM week-at-a glance grocery lists like I do.
Want to save more money using your phone in the store? A few free apps are available to help you do it.
Most of these couponing type apps use your zip code to find local deals and coupons that can be downloaded for print or even scanned directly from your phone.
Here are some I found for my iPhone and iPad in the App Store:
A drop-down menu allows for search by Top Coupons, Popular Stores, Categories, or via the search box. I found many grocery stores via the search tool, including (but not limited to) Publix, Kroger, Jewel Osco, Trader Joes, Albertsons, Supervalu, Grand Eagle, Whole Foods, Food Lion, Dominicks, and Wegmans. Some of the grocery store coupons offer online codes only which must be emailed to you. But watch for updates soon that will allow more electronic options which can be scanned from your phone right at the register.
Users search by Store, Specials and Coupons to find deals in local grocery stores. Deals can be added to a shopping list. The deals can also be compared to prices on the same product at other local stores.
Features current coupons using a savings card. You can "clip" coupons electronically and save them to the store loyalty or savings card of your choice, print them from the device in hand, or email them to your desktop computer to print. Users who select the savings card option can send coupons to that card for scanning at the register. Many retailer offers in this app can also be added to the passbook app on iPhones for point-of-purchase scanning.
Users search by Stores, Coupons, or Sales. Supermarket weekly ads can be viewed. Most coupons are printable, but a few retailers feature electronic coupons which can be scanned at the register.
Allow users to search by category and save coupons to the savings or loyalty card of their choice. The screens are friendly and it's easy to navigate.
This app didn't make me feel smarter, or easily arm me with coupons. It works via a menu or search option. The search option allowed me to find specials in grocery stores, and it emailed them to me for printing. The emails were delivered immediately, but I found the app's screens unwelcoming.
This app accessed the fewest grocery retailers, but its easy navigation makes it one to put on your watch list. It provides a navigation bar allowing users to search by My Favorite, Today's Offers, Most Popular, Retailers, Local Deals, Brands Offers, and Sponsored Offers. It contains a savings calculator.
Most of these apps are a bit clumsy requiring more steps than some people may be willing to take to find electronic savings. But as we quickly move from paper-based to electronic transactions electronic coupons and point-of-sale scanning will become the norm. Nordstrom and the Apple Stores already use smart phones to handle transactions. Arming client reps with their own mini cash registers prevents bottlenecks at the traditional sales counter and saves trees. Receipts can be emailed to you, but can be printed too for those who want the comfort of paper.
National supermarket chains are coming late to the electronic coupon game. I've talked with representatives from all of the major chains. All report having initiatives in process to make electronic coupons available soon. So I recommend watching these apps for upgrades, and searching for others with more electronic options to help fill your piggy bank.
Happy shopping and happy saving!


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The U.S. Navy Blue Angels flight demonstration team will headline the air show at Selfridge Air National Guard Base when it returns to the facility in 2014.
The air show, held every two-years at the Harrison Township base, will not be offered in 2013 because of operational mission requirements, 127th Wing officials said.
"Being able to demonstrate our capabilities, personnel and equipment at an air show is a high priority at Selfridge, but our first responsibility always remains being ready and available to respond to the directions of our commander in chief," said Col. Michael Thomas, commander of the 127th Wing, which is the host unit at Selfridge, in a release.
The 2014 show - held Aug. 30-31 - will be the first time the Blue Angles have performed at Selfridge in five years.
"We are very pleased that our next air show will feature one of the military's premier demonstration teams in the Blue Angels, along with the full range of aircraft stationed here at Selfridge," said Maj. Brian Wyrzykowski, a Selfridge pilot who will serve as the 2014 air show director, in a release.
While there will be no air show in 2013, the Selfridge Military and Air Museum is available for tours April to October and is also available by appointment for tour groups. The museum features nearly three dozen military aircraft, three cockpit simulators along with uniforms, weapon systems and military artifacts.
The 127th Wing is also developing a limited public tour program of the base, according to base officials, with details to be released in 2013. Details will be available at www.127wg.ang.af.mil. Information on the museum is available at (586) 239-5035.


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After a huge exodus of American manufacturing customers, there's a new crop of young companies seeking to be Made in the U.S.A. There's pride, for sure- but these companies are starting and staying here for a reason.
Today, you can't have your product business made in America, just to have it here or by chance. The business must have an edge if it's to be able to afford the premium cost. The following companies compete by offering a superior product, custom orders, advanced design, smaller batches, and on the ability to update, alter and create faster. These companies aren't staying to just to stay; they're finding ways to make Made in America strategic.
Ministry of Supply
You know how you sweat in your business wear when you speed walk or stand still in the subway? Ministry of Supply is making performance shirts that adapt to your body and whatever scenario it's responding to. "We see ourselves as BMW: sexy modern style with a ton of technology under the hood."
Who: Kevin Rustagi, Gihan Amarasiriwardena, Kit Hickey, & Aman Advani- an MIT dream team
Impact of staying in America:
Company Based in: Boston
Products Made in: Los Angeles and New York
Sports performance wear…specializing in Quidditch apparel. Quidditch players were wearing anything but performance uniforms when they played, and the Quiyk team saw an opportunity. They launched at the Quidditch World Cup in New York City.
Who: Eric Wahl, Matt Lowe, and Nadav Swarttz. Three Emerson College Seniors.
Impact of staying in America:
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Products Made in: Seattle and Los Angeles
Underbrella (launching soon!)
American made fashionable, leak resistant underwear. Made with three high tech fabric layers.
Who: Julie Sygiel, Sharon Ruggieri, and a batch of amazing interns.
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Know another killer American-made company? Leave a comment; I'd love to highlight them. Own a retail store or do buying for a company? Leave a comment and these companies will get their contact information over to you. Cheers to American Made!
Samantha, you are absolutely right when you say "The business must have an edge if it's to be able to afford the premium cost." We also need to ensure that the product is of the highest quality to represent our country well.
We have been making shirts locally for decades now and believe we have perfected a high quality, heavy weight men's shirt that is worthy to be promoted as "Made in the USA"
Take a look at our online store to see the tees – http://www.heavytshirt.com
Thanks for your consideration.
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I co-founded Cedar Cycling, a bicycling apparel company that manufactures everything in California.
http://cedarcycling.com – Merino wool cycling apparel made in California
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