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I know that Pidgin has a video/audio plugin which I installed. But this doesn't seem to work with gtalk. I guess google doesn't support linux anymore?
What is happening is that when I attempt a call, I can see my self but not the other person (black screen) & the same for the other person (he can see himself but not me). Moreover audio doesn't work.
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Why is it advised for admin panel metaboxes to use nonces? Every example I see of creation and saving metabox data there are nonces involved but aren't nonces a bit unnecessary in this case?
WordPress nonces are meant to prevent unauthorized execution of code. In the case of meta boxes, they are protecting you against malicious users potentially adding unauthorized meta-information to your posts and pages by forging POST requests. Why wouldn't you want to use nonces?


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Dharman is continuing to play his game well. Every time I hear that BGM for him it makes me laugh. He's like Charu...spoiling other people's lives. Sundari is believing Dharman while Tamil is beliving Charu. At least now Laxman should think about what to do next...he still has to face Prabha when he gets home.
Madame Lavanya has not changed one bit!! She is mocking everyone thinking she is the queen. Periappa was so kind and caring but Lav is acting so rude. Another party for her??
I am doubting weather Nam. is Charu's spy or not. I don't think he is but you never know what Mr. K. has in plan. Tamil was a bit over with Nam. He was saying it's his store and he has more rights than Nam.
Tulasi showed how she felt. Her yelling at Tamil right away was predictable. I just hope they don't have a huge fight right there. I liked what Puvi said at the end how he and Sudha worked hard with their store.
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I'm sure the n+1 editors mean well and all, but what kind of reaction did they expect out on the west coast? Hatin' begets hatin', buddy.
"Getting along" is nice and all, but it's fucking boring as hell.
We should leave Iraq and invade Europe.
"We felt literary culture had become too nicey nice."
It's interesting that the Believer launched at approximately the same time at n + 1 for the opposite reason.
I don't mean to be falsely nostalgic, C and B, but I find it hard to compare anything to the mid-century salad days of the public intellectual. Think that the McCarthy/Hellman feud, as hilarious and venomous and ruinous as it was, was spawned by not just personal animosity or intellectual disagreement, but by the fact that the former was a Troskyite and the latter a Stalinist and then wonder, does today's intellectual, concerned with such issues as "is McSweeney's truly good?" actually have anything at stake? Politically, ethically, aesthetically? We treat intellectuals as health food, but if we really valued them (or they themselves) wouldn't they be potential menaces?
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The Truth Keeps You Young
November 9, 2015 | by Lena Dunham
Mary Karr's The Liars' Club turns twenty.
The first time I met Mary Karr I was, quite frankly, stunned. She was not what I had expected, not that I knew what to expect. I had read all her books, was familiar with the basics of her biography—including any gossip I could find, which is scant in the literary world, even when it comes to best-selling and notoriously dynamic authors—and had even seen her author photo, so I am not sure what came as such a shock to me except for something I might nebulously refer to as her "essence."
I was standing in the middle of a party, lost, anxious, and sweaty in a slew of people who would all qualify as name-drops among certain bookish weirdos, when I received a firm tap on the shoulder. I spun around to find a petite brunette smiling about six inches too close to my face, if you're following traditional social protocols. "I'm Mary Karr and I love you, honey." Read More »
The Art of Weathered Lithuanian Garage Doors, and Other News
September 16, 2015 | by Dan Piepenbring
- Hey, kid—wanna get into print? Take some advice from a guy who's been around the block: during the submissions process, it's always better to lie and/or cheat. (The jury's still out on stealing.) "I was a junior editor at an established magazine, and I decided to use this to my advantage. I typed up a cover letter on my employer's very fine letterhead, slipped it and the story into an envelope embossed with our well-known logo … A few months later, an editor emailed me at work—stick it, SASE!—to say he would like to buy the story … What I'm counseling is cheating: You don't have to be an asshole. The submission process is a rigged casino game, though, and all is fair in love and literary magazines."
- The trope of the writer as a habitué of cafés—always bowing his head over a cappuccino or espresso, always pausing to scrawl something brilliant and hard-won in a coffee-stained Moleskine notebook—is irritating, both to the idea of writers and the idea of cafés. The history of the coffeehouse is a strange thing: it was long regarded not as a site for productivity but for procrastination, especially among men. "Coffee itself was often thought to be disgusting—a few of the names used by detractors were 'syrup of soot,' 'a foreign fart,' 'a sister of the common sewer,' 'resembling the river Styx,' 'Pluto's diet-drink,' 'horsepond liquor' … While the early coffeehouses sometimes hosted what were called 'improving activities,' including scientific lectures—the scientist Robert Hooke, a member of the Royal Society, was a prominent coffeehouse lecturer, and in one particularly bizarre case, a porpoise was brought to a coffeehouse and dissected in front of an audience, in the name of natural philosophy—the culture of 'improvement' did little to assuage the sense that these places were black holes for the productive days of men in their best working years."
- Imagine befriending various writers. Did you know? Most of them will be awful companions, including Joyce, Dickens, Hardy, and even Lawrence: "Later, when he takes the dog out he invites you to join him. He is looking for a man to form a blutsbrüdershaft, he says, a friendship so strong that you can both say exactly what you think of each other without putting the relationship at risk. As he says this, he places a hand on your wrist. He's so seductive that you feel afraid."
- In which Mary Karr sets the record straight on a thing or two, as is her wont: "David Foster Wallace wanted celebrity as much or more than any writer I've ever known … I had to talk David out of doing a Gap commercial at one point because I said, 'Would Cormac McCarthy do it? Would Toni Morrison do it?'"
- Today in aged Lithuanian garage doors: "Lithuanian photographer Agne Gintalaite has documented a series of some 200 Lithuanian garage doors painted and weathered by the elements and time on the outskirts of Vilnius that look like Mark Rothko paintings left out in the rain, each its own stunning work of abstract art."
Post-Breakup Fiction; Comma Stutterers
January 27, 2012 | by Lorin Stein
I recently got out of serious relationship. Since then I have not been able to read, though I usually love sad, sappy love stories. Can you recommend some books that have zero romance or love in them? Some good post-breakup fiction?
Readers of this column know my high opinion of the Jeeves books and Life on the Mississippi. They cheer me up, and are rigorously free of mushy scenes. Sam Lipsyte's Home Land is a post-breakup book, I mean the hero has been dumped by his wife, but really that's the least of his problems—and the one time they get back together (for about two and a half minutes) it's enough to cure you of the whole idea of coupledom for at least the rest of the day.
Also: How do you feel about dogs? It's not fiction, and it is full of love, but something tells me J. R. Ackerley's 1965 memoir, My Dog Tulip—about the unlikely romance between a crusty, middle-aged English bachelor and his German shepherd—might make a welcome distraction.
Dear Lorin,
I was talking to another writer-friend recently about the use of commas. I tend to err on the safe side, slipping too many of them, perhaps, around phrases I think are supposed to be identified. But is this precious or old-fashioned or out of style?
In this Paris Review interview with Mary Karr, she claims to have had a comma stutter in The Liars' Club. Do you think there's such a thing as a comma stutter, or is it more like a sentence stutter, reflecting hesitation, or something, from the writer? I'd like to smooth out, and I'd love to hear your thoughts.
Comma Stutterer in Manhattan
A good comma stutter never goes out of style. Where would Henry James be without his commas—or that real-life stutterer Charles Lamb? Here is Lamb on his gruff but cowardly friend John Tipp: "With all this there was about him a sort of timidity—(his few enemies used to give it a worse name)—something which, in reverence to the dead, we will place, if you please, a little on this side of the heroic."
You can, of course, write in comma stutters then simply take out the punctuation. That is what Henry Green liked to do, for example when he describes what it was like to be unpopular at Eton:
These were the days when to be alone was to feel one had escaped for the moment not from any overt bullying but from what appeared to be the threat. There was a strain in trying to keep up with new friendships which probably did not exist. There was the dread of going into a friend's room to find one was not wanted, to be abandoned by the two leaders now that they were too busy to bother and worst of all the self questioning as to why this should be, the fear it might be a peer or one of the school's racquet players and of what this meant if true. The best was to get away in those few hours we had on our own, to chance being seen lonely in the effort to forget.
Green teaches the reader to hear his pauses, to anticipate his hesitations, and, thus, to think like a man of his class and sensibility. Such is the magic. When women say of a good dancer that he knows how to lead, this must be what they mean.
Then of course there is Gertrude Stein, who so loved the comma stutter that she would abolish the punctuation altogether. This is the typographical equivalent of burning the village to save it:
A long complicated sentence should force itself upon you, make you know yourself knowing it and the comma, well at the most a comma is a poor period that lets you stop and take a breath but if you want to take a breath you ought to know yourself that you want to take a breath. It is not like stopping altogether has something to do with going on, but taking a breath well you are always taking a breath and why emphasize one breath rather than another breath. Anyway that is the way I felt about it and I felt that about it very very strongly. And so I almost never used a comma. The longer, the more complicated the sentence the greater the number of the same kinds of words I had following one after another, the more the very more I had of them the more I felt the passionate need of their taking care of themselves by themselves and not helping them, and thereby enfeebling them by putting in a comma.
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I'm designing a table that will be used to store information on which customers will be charged.
The problem is the database could be on the customers servers.
I was thinking of adding a second table containing a hash of the first, so that the software using the database can update the database and the hash, but the customers can't edit (without us knowing) the table containing the chargeable information (on the basis that they can't generate the correct hash).
Is this a good way of stopping customers tampering with a table they have access to?
How would I create a hash of all the data within the table (possibly more than one table)?
Specifically I would need to hash the data within the table instead of an object such as a dataset (i.e. I don't want all the hashes to change if we change componants).
I was considering writing the data to a text file and creating a hash of the file, but that would be painfully slow as the table could contain upto 500,000 records and the hash would need to be generated on every update!
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In a just-published interview with Comic Book Resources, Marvel Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso revealed Daken: Dark Wolverine will be coming to an end, following a wave of cancellations that includes X-23 and Ghost Rider.
Although he didn't indicate when the series will conclude, February's Issue 21 is billed as "Issue one of the story the series has been leading up to," suggesting the beginning of the final arc.
Addressing recent cancellations in this week's "Axel-in-Charge" column, Alonso told CBR's Kiel Phegley, "It's always disappointing when a title comes to an end. I'll bet everyone reading this column still mourns the death of a title or two they loved – and wonder why the book didn't stick. And I guarantee you that as frustrated as a fan might be, there's a writer, artist and an editor who are even more disappointed. That's just the way things go sometimes. The market won't support it.
"That said, I'm proud of X-23's run," he continued. "Two successful limited series and an ongoing series ain't bad. Ditto for Daken [who is also ending his series]. From a supporting role in Wolverine: Origins to the lead of ongoing series that included him slicing Frank Castle to bits – enter Franken-Castle. Both were characters that gained traction in a market that, well, doesn't really have a great track record of supporting new stuff. And both characters anchored legitimate monthly titles. We don't do R&D at Marvel. We'll stick by a title for a while – like we did with Spider-Girl – but there comes a point where that title has to earn, usually sooner than later."
The son of Wolverine, Daken was introduced in 2007 in Wolverine Origins #10, going on to play a prominent role in the "Dark Reign" spinoff Dark Avengers and becoming the lead in Wolverine, retitled Dark Wolverine in June 2009 with Issue 75. That series ended with Issue 90, only to be relaunched in September 2010 as Daken: Dark Wolverine. It's currently written by Rob Williams, working with such artists as Matteo Buffagni, Giuseppe Camuncoli and Allesandro Vitti.
Although the title had a solid debut, selling more than 48,000 copies and landing at No. 23 on Diamond's Top 300, Daken has seen a steady loss in readership. In October, when issues 15 and 16 shipped, both slipped below the 20,000-copy mark.
The Daken: Dark Wolverine news follows word of the conclusions of PunisherMAX and Black Panther: The Most Dangerous Man Alive, and the cancellations of Ghost Rider, X-23, Alpha Flight, Victor Von Doom, Destroyers, Iron Man 2.0 and All-Winners Squad.
That's so sad.
Dear Marvel,
Please, please, please, please don't cancel X-Factor.
Jason Green
thanks again marvel
Terribly sorry to see this series go; this and the X-23 monthly finally made me realize these weren't simply one-dimensional characters, but could be completely interesting without Wolverine tagging along. Hopefully it's at least a small consolation that a lifetime Wolverine fan enjoyed every issue of the series, and I had far from an open mind about them going in. Good luck in your future works, everyone!
Quick, someone now needs to discover the long lost Japanese chef Samurai second cousin twice removed that Wolverine never knew he had.
Get on it Marvel architects!
Crossing over with Moon Knight and New Avengers in 2012!
Yes Yes YES!
Purge Marvel, purge!
I second what Jason Green said. If Marvel cancels X-Factor, which doesn't bring in huge numbers, then I'm done. That's it for me and Marvel. I'm already losing 3 books that I love, they cancel X-Factor then I'm just going to say to hell with it.
I get the feeling that some shit's about to go down at Marvel a la "New 52″-ish
"I get the feeling that some shit's about to go down at Marvel a la "New 52″-ish"
Yeah. But they're trying to be all sneaky about it=P Guess DC has the bigger balls among the two;P
I never really cared for Daken. It seemed like a dilution of the Wolverine brand. Like hey Wolverine is uber popular, let's create a second one. So I'm fine with this being canceled. I say this as a huge Wolverine fan.
@Joey and @bigandallclub – Get ready for the New616. 616 new titles marking the dawn of the new Marvel U. jk
Yeah. But they're trying to be all sneaky about it=P Guess DC has the bigger balls among the two;P
Errr, DC kept it hidden for quite a while as well. They know it was coming for quite some time before going public with it, and that was mostly because they had to release their solicitations for August and September so they had no choice. But they pretty much waited until the last possible minute to announce it. So bigger balls? Not really.
I think all this housecleaning will be good for Marvel. And by that I mean they haven't cancelled any of my favorite books yet. Keep X-Factor, please!
"We don't do R&D at Marvel." … anyone feel like tearing that apart?
Finally, this series sucks, big time!
The day I saw X-Factor stand up against the X-Men was the same day I seeked out Peter David's previous works,they are a modern cult classic,Marvel's equivalent of Batman in the detective sense and an amazing book that gives this sense of"who cares what's going on in the rest of the universe"which is what i felt on my introduction to comics,which both fortunately and"un" was Joss Whedon's"Astonishing"the only book that has ever given me that awe(along with Watchmen)when I picked up those issues was and has only truly been X-Factor….to my disappointment not every writer has Whedon's talent but in all honesty,we settle and we know it…long live X-Factor…but who am i trying to fool…
I doubt X-Factor is getting the chop as it's part the big, new X-Men push, plus they are adding Havok and Polaris to the roster. What i imagine will happen is that it'll be more integrated with the other X-titles.
@ T. I think Joey's comment about Marvel being sneaky meant that DC have made a big show and officially said they're rebooting whereas Marvel have cancelled a bunch of books and have re-launched several big properties with new no. 1s (Cap, Daredevil, Punisher, Thor, Uncanny X-Men, Wolverine & the X-Men). DC's has more of a 'do or die' feel and Marvel's has been more stealthy and non-committal. I may be wrong though.
Well with no more X 23 or Daken only X Factor and Moon Knight is left. And if those disappear then I think I might be done cause none of the main books have felt worth reading for a while. It might be time for me to stop spending $50 a week on comics.
Just when I was actually liking the book. Kick Way off, bring in Williams, then cancel the thing.
More cancellations to come.
While I wouldn't be surprised if Marvel mimicked DC's New 52 move, as Joey backpedalled on his dismissal of the whole hardcover reboot idea once Superman sold like gangbusters, it's more likely that the higher ups are cutting out some good tissue along with the infected area. PANIC BUTTON.
Not a suprise, but sad nonetheless. However without Giuseppe Camuncoli it simply wasn't the same. With some characters they should stick to mini series, not try to put another full ongoing. What's left ? Probably Generation Hope, SHIELD should finish second arc and be left alone if they cannot put a good book monthly. I mean I love it but seriously when was the last issue ?
Was Cap & Bucky canceled already ? I think it's time because let's face it – one Captain America series and one Winter Soldier series is enough (maybe add some mini and one shots and that's it). One Iron Man, Incredible Hulk, Punisher, Moon Knight, Daredevil & one Mighty Thor series (ok, maybe two because journey into mystery is quite different) should be also sufficient. Add two Spiderman series, FF, Thunderbolts, Venom, Defenders (by the way it's interesting to see how long that will last). Marvel should restrain themselves with Avengers, New Avengers, Secret Avengers, Avengers Academy to tell whatever stories they have in store and we have over 20 titles already (not counting that some of them come out twice a month). That leaves 3 Ultimate Comics and X universe – Wolverine, Wolverine's X-Men, Uncanny, Astonishing, X-Men, X-Factor, X-Force and New Mutants (maybe merge Gen Hope characters with that). Now that would be a good lineup and let's see if they can hold that many ongoing series without constantly renumbering/renaming/rebooting them.
It looks like DC should lose or improve a few titles next year – Batwing, Hawk&Dove, OMAC, Static Shock, Red Lanterns, Blackhawks, Grifter, Voodoo, Firestorm, Men of War, Resurrection Man and one Legion series. I'm not saying they are horrible or that I don't like some of them but in current times it's obvious that they should be mini series from the start and only if they succeeded DC should then consider them as an ongoing. Maybe put them as part of "DCU Presents" or try them out digitally first.
Never liked the 'James Howlett' origin that they gave Wolverine and I don't think I've read anything with Daken in it. I guess he's supposed to be his son or something. But, no thanks, anyway. Joe Quesada's idea of stories is letting a few writers do whatever they want no matter how dull or badly put together it is.
Logan is the guy I want to read about.
loved this series.
this sucks.
This just saddens me about the state of the industry. I've always been a DC-guy, so I've been especially happy for their success over the last few months. But I had no idea things were so tenuous over at Marvel, and don't wish ill upon them. It's clear that they're just not willing or able to let books ride under 20,000 for very long like DC is. But what's even sadder is that Wolverine spinoffs can't do 20,000. It seems like we've gone from the already undesirable point where books unrelated to franchise characters can't survive to a point where books that don't actually star franchise characters can't survive. It used to be that a Marvel book needed an X on it just to survive, but now that's not even good enough, and it actually needs Wolverine on the team. Marvel seems well aware of this, which is why they've got Wolverine, Spider-Man, and to a lesser extent Captain America, Iron Man, and Thor starring in as many books as possible.
I'd suggest that they need to do something drastic, a la the New 52, but that's not really an option, as often as they already relaunch books. As someone pointed out, they've already launched or relaunched Thor, Cap, Punisher, DD, Uncanny X-Men, Wolverine & the X-Men, Hulk, and Avenging Spider-Man just this past year. Since there's is obviously a business problem of dollars and cents, I'd suggest that if they can't increase revenue, they need to decrease cost. If dropping down to a lower quality paper allowed them to get their price point down to $2.99 across the board for 20 pages, the decreased cost and increased readership could actually increase revenue overall and allow them to support more adventurous books. I'm not suggesting a return to newsprint, but what's wrong with the paper Vertigo uses? It's at least a factor in allowing DC to maintain books selling around 10,000 for $2.99. Surely Marvel could do the same at 20,000 and I'd wager that the lower cost would increase sales across the board. They could still keep the high end paper for hardcover collections. What does everyone think?
I used to own my own business through eBay with which I auctioned off various comics from a multitude of publishers. Beyond that I've been a collector since I was little, but it was only recently (within the last few years) that I've actually been watching the sales estimates whenever they're released. With DC effectively tossing 75 years worth of continuity in the trash and making the move an overwhelming success, there's not a doubt in my mind that Marvel is desperately trying to pick up some of the pieces.
They may not do something as controversial as a line-wide reboot but they're definitely cleaning house. From what I figure, it's like this. Any title that sells less than 15,000 copies in any given month (unless it is a mini-series, one-shot, or event book) will be automatically cancelled. Any title that sells between 15,000 and 30,000 copies in any given month has a 50/50 chance of getting the axe. Anything above 30,000 would be designated as "safe".
This way they can focus on the products that are actually selling and – God willing – recover some of they profit they lost when DC began to dominate the market share in August. Every detail I am outlining I have gone over with a fine-toothed comb so to speak. I was already proven right with a lot of the titles confirmed to be ending soon. I still feel the need to point something out, though. Has anyone noticed a trend in the failing comics put out by Marvel lately?
Captain America and Namor joined the Thunderbolts. Havok and Polaris returned to X-Factor. Venom is teaming up with Red Hulk, Ghost Rider, and X-23. Venom is also joining the Secret Avengers. X-23 is joining Avengers Academy. The planned team up between Daredevil and Punisher was scrapped in favor of a team up between Daredevil and Amazing Spider-Man – likely due to Punisher's low sales. Marvel is trying to renew interest in certain characters that they know can't hold their own series'.
From the looks of things most of their efforts were in vain. It's sad, really. I hate to say this but the next three to go very well might be X-Factor, Thunderbolts, and Hulk.
good for you marvel. Now Ill be buying 0 titles for marvel. And im not sorry about it. Off to DC i go
figured sooner or later another title would be part of marvels stream lining and house cleaning and it would be an xbook like Daken though surprise given how it had wolverine in the title it got canned
I currently buy Daredevil, Wolverine & The X-Men, Wolverine, and Scarlet Spider. I think I'm good spending under $20 a month so this doesn't really affect me.
Yeah, that's just what we needed in the first place… a younger version of Wolverine, both male and female…
and so Marvel continues to screw themselves over
This certainly has me concerned, Marvel does seem to be purging its line significantly right now, and while no series I have been getting have been affected thus far except for Heroes For Hire, this really looks like Marvel falling back to it's core lines. Not that there is anything wrong with the core lines in principle, but there is so much of the Marvel Universe that to me is more interesting.
I'm currently down to Daredevil, Defenders, Herc (which I'm considering dropping, it's just not living up the the standards of Incredible Hercules), New Avengers, New Mutants, X-Factor and X-men Legacy (which I'll have to see how good it is with the new creative team). I'd much rather be reading some peripheral titles on some more obscure characters, but from the looks of it, the only two upcoming are going to be written by Jeff "I'm responsible for some of the worst reviewed mainstream comics of the past 5 years" Loeb, which puts me in a quandry – how am I supposed to to support characters I like if the books they feature in are bad?
I do think Marvel could perhaps learn from DC, and do a slightly softer version – there is no point rebooting the entire continuity or the entire line, but perhaps everything below a certain number of sales, restart, and at the same time launch a big raft of VARIED new titles. Much as I'm sure there are perfectly good stories to be told with a Spider-man clone, multicoloured hulks or teenage wolverines, for the sake of having a strong varied line Marvel really needs to support a range of peripheral series, but work at making them central – make big stories spin out of and hinge upon them, rather than Cap, Tony and Thor save the universe agggaaiiin. I'd happily buy good quality series for Dr Strange, Iron Fist, Cable, She-hulk, Guardians of the Galaxy, Nova, Silver Surfer and more unseen as long as they had a creative team that didn't specifically have a bad reputation and the direction wasn't missing the point of the character, and DC has proved its possibly to successfully launch far more obscure properties than those…
I think many people are missing that Marvel is doing soft relaunches every year for years. After every event they promote the new status quo, new jump on points on long running titles and throw on market a bunch of new stuff. The Initiative after Civil War, Dark Reign after Secret Invasion, The Heroic Age after Siege and now Shattered Heroes/Regenesis after Fear Itself have all been soft relaunches
Marvel definitely does not need some big bang as New 52
Hate when a series i love ends. Still waiting for Marvel to re-start Logan's Run!!!
Lot's of Marvel books ending. Understandable. It's all about $$$$. But i still give Marvel kudos for trying to expand their line with fresh ideas.
Die Marvel DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And one more title canceled for 2012.
2012: The Marvel Year and not The End of the World Year!!!!
I hope that Marvel will not cancel the actual MU Punisher too!!!! For the MAX edition, it was dead at the departure of Garth Ennis.
The actual run of the MU Punisher by Rucka is excellent, despite the change of artistic team for the second arc. I also hope there, that Marvel will not return to "classical" drawings for this series. The art of Marco Checchetto is the best done on this non-MAX edition.
If they cancel this series, my money will be only spent on DC Comics (Dark/Edge lines' titles) and some independent publishers titles (Atlas, Boom!, IDW, GG Studio, Radical, Dark Horse and Dynamite).
I hope that the thinking heads at Marvel will have the bright idea to propose a maxi-series of their Six Guns (to the minimum)!!!
But what could you expect from the Followers of The New Mouse God??? ahem…
I love the way people make this about 'evil Marvel' or its all down to DC's new 52. It is a sad fact that some of the books just aren't selling enough to keep going. At some point you have to say enough is enough. It's a shame they are all appear to be happening at once but this is probably a decision that was discussed/made months ago as opposed to some great conspiracy theory. DCs success is really cool at the moment but at some point in the next few months the numbers will drop considerably. What do you do then? The all new 52? 52 the sequel? In theory you can't even call it the new 52 now! Some of the articles I have read from comic shop owners suggest that next months orders are considerably lower than the first two. I enjoyed reading Daken and X23 (never read Ghost Rider) but if I had to cut back they would definately be two I wouldn't be too concerned about losing. At the end of the day, like it or not, comic companies are a business and have to make money. In our current economy something has to give.
Another day, another Marvel cancellation…..
At least my only 2 Marvel titles haven't been touched…. yet. If X-Factor and Thunderbolts get the chop I'll be majorly pissed.
Marvel and DC really produce too many books. I think trimming the fat is a good idea. However, they do not need to have 6 Avengers books and 6 X-Men books (these franchises seem to be immune to the cancellation binge). Spider-Man is better with one series, and the same applies to the FF. They also don't need redundant characters like Scarlet Spider and multi-colored Hulks. I'm of the opinion that they should release about 5 books a week (that's 20 per month) so that it is feasible for someone to read their entire output.
Given how ubiquitous Wolverine is, do we really need 2 series about Wolverine-derivatives?
I hated Daken. Now hopefully they can revive Sabretooth to kill him off. I'll buy that book.
– A more streamlined lineup of books would work better. I loved the lineup of books Marvel had in the late 80's.
Seriously PISSED now! >:( Why not getting rid of this aweful new writer and get someone on the title that actually understand Daken?!
Bout time hopefully Marvel will stop putting all this effort into crap titles and start really writing books again. All this dumb X and spiderman titles (cuz lord knows they can't write anything else. Except FF). Maybe they will become something to read again. Also stop with all the damn extra hulk titles too they are getting way to carried away with something that started out as a good story arc.
I'm calling it now. Thunderbolts cancelation notice on Monday morning.
Damn, i was just about to start reading x-23 and daken.
I'm not against superhero lines i just rather see more characters star in titles that aren't somewhat clones of the main character or need to be distinguishable from the mc.
"Although the title had a solid debut, selling more than 48,000 copies and landing at No. 23 on Diamond's Top 300, Daken has seen a steady loss in readership. In October, when issues 15 and 16 shipped, both slipped below the 20,000-copy mark."
Why do some folks continue to act like it's a conspiracy when titles that people aren't buying get cancelled? I'm not sure what to say – buy it or don't be surprised when it goes away.
I'm not trying to fan the flames od conspiracy, but did anyoneelse look at the cover prices of everything getting cancelled? I didn't find all of them in the January solicits, but other than PunisherMAX, everything I saw was $2.99 cover. I don't think it's just a matter of lower sales numbers, but also that Marvel wants to raise cover price, and knows that $3.99 cover would definately kill those books.
Buy Daredevil! It's Awesome!
Thank goodness. Daken was an incredibly lame attempt to fix the slaying of Wolverine's perfect mirror Sabertooth.
So glad this unneeded series is ending and Sabertooth is returning.
While I have no personal desire to read about Daken (or Red Hulk, or Scarlet Spider etc), I dislike the idea of people hating books and wishing them cancelled just because the character is derrived from another. The only question that should matter with characters like these is "are there good stories to tell with these characters" If the answer is yes, then there is absolutely no reason to begrudge a series its existence, it's not as if you are obliged to read it if you don't want to.
Well, this is disappointing (as I love Daken), but I think as long as they let the story wrap, which, based on February's solicit, they are, I'll be ok with it. My list has been getting a little too big, so this just helps me save some cash.
I also think they could probably cancel X-Men Legacy once Mike Carey leaves. Maybe Gage will surprise me, but right now it just seems like it could become a glut on the X-Line.
Now if they cancel Jeff Parker's Hulk, I will (not) literally murder someone. It's my FAVORITE Marvel book. Jason Aaron's Hulk is, to be kind, disappointing, and I need a good Hulk book at all times.
It had to end at some point ;-; Though I'm still sad this it is
@ Alex Holt: Herc was already cancelled, so you won't have to worry about making the decision to drop the book. Furthermore, as soon as DC was shown to dominate the market share in late August as well as September I kind of already figured that Marvel would be cleaning house. It is actually the best thing they can do as a company regarding damage control. At this crucial stage, they simply can't afford to hemorrhage money. If they hadn't done something along these lines, then they would be losing a lot more than 50 % each month. I dare say DC might have all too quickly buried them completely. That's why I say don't worry too much about the titles that have been given the axe as of late, because there are very good reason behind said drastic measures. At least the company is still standing and able to put out products that you'll enjoy just as much if not more so.
P.S. Exciting things are about to happen in the pages of Wolverine regarding Sabretooth. Stay tuned!
I'll never shed a tear when the title of a derivative of a popular character gets axed. I hope this trend continues! Do we really need multiple versions of the Hulk, or even Batman, running around?!?
Please spare us…!
Nooooo ! It was only a matter of time. I must admit that when Daken was introduced I didn't like the idea but after a few really good stories and since Dark Avengers he became my new favorite character. However it's better to cancel a book than to drag it into the mud. So what's next ? I hope they'll save Avengers Academy for at least another year (if the movie won't help then Marvel should add Young Avengers characters into the mix). I'm a bit surprised to see a new Scarlet Spider series in this day and age. If they publish 20 issues it will be astonishing.
And what happened to that awesome mini Astonishing Captain America with Adi Granov ?
i love Daken. started reading his stories since Dark Reign. but there's no way to win new readers with that haircut.
What Marvel should do, in lieu of another let's-cram-everyone-together-in-an-event, is task each of their 'architects' to come up with one good ORIGINAL character each, something that doesn't involve siblings, children, clones, gender switches, teenagers inspired by, time-traveling future selves and /or alternate reality versions of any of their existing characters. Don't kill anyone off and give some new schmuck their powers and name. Do five or six one shots, give them a couple guest appearances in other titles, and see which ones stick. Seriously, Marvel's marketing department couldn't make that work?
You know, something that might appeal to all those new readers DC have brought in, or brought back from a lapse . . .
I think that Marvel's "cleaning" isn't that bad and thanks to that they will be able to better focus on their core titles. When you think about this they are at least giving most of their B or C-list characters a different place to exist and that's a smart move. If an ongoing solo series cannot be publisher for a few years then round them together (as someone noticed earlier here).
X-23, Spidergirl etc. is joining Avengers Academy; Venom is joining Secret Avengers; Black Widow will be a mainstay in Winter Soldier and Secret Avengers; Red Hulk is already in Avengers (Black Panther should also join soon); Cap Britain will star here and there; Valkyrie is covered for now; War Machine should be a cast member of Iron Man and not to mention Dr.Strange, Red SheHulk, Iron Fist and Namor in Defenders. I believe that leaves Ghost Rider in limbo for now but otherwise it's pretty decent. Moon Knight is probably safe until Bendis leaves, Silver Surfer & Nova will get some spotlight next year. So what other characters should get their chance to fight for people's money ? Who's left out and is there a place for him/her at this moment on the market ?
If you want for example more of X23, Iron Fist or dr. Strange (or a Blue Beetle for that matter) then forget about that. Now is simply not a good time for them to handle a solo ongoing series. Those are not 'Spiderman type' characters (or even a Iron Man franchise).
Hardly a surprise. And it seems likely that Thunderbolts and X-Factor are indeed next in the queue, which is a shame for anyone reading those books.
Good call too, James – every book cancelled so far was a $2.99 title. A coincidence? Considering that all of Marvel's most popular titles are deliberately priced at $3.99, I guess it simply is what it is.
I've only ever really read Marvel for the X-Men, Spiderman, NYX, Runaways and X-23. NYX, Runaways and X-23 have all been cancelled. The X-Men will never be cancelled but honestly I prefer X-23 and Runaways over them. I love Marvel but they need to pull themselves together. X-23 and the Runaways all need to be handled by writers who understand them – anyone else is going to mess things up and sales are going to drop.
I used to read Daken but stopped for X-23…I was considering seriously reading the series again after seeing the Runaways would be in it. I can't stand Avengers Academy (it feels like a Young Avengers rip) but I guess I'll have to if I ever want to see Karolina and Laura again.
Never good when a title is canceled but some of these titles aren't really necessary. I liked x-23 but she's moving to avengers academy so she's still around. Daken was pointless to begin with. Everyone complains marvel relies too much on wolverine clones and the like but now they cut back people are angry?
I can only hope in the shake up someone new gets put on the deadpool book now, Daniel Way is WAY past being fired.
And seriously Marvel, if you want to increase some sales PLEASE make digital purchases cheaper then $3.99 an issue.
I recently heard that Peter David would be writing an episode of the Young Justice cartoon. Right away I started thinking "Whoa – what if DC spirits him away from Marvel?" In this economy, stranger things have happened.
Another thing to consider is this. Let's assume that Marvel will officially be done "cleaning house" by January, the start of the new year. What better time to start fresh, right? Especially with that ominous Phoenix-centric event on the horizon. We all know there are a few new titles on the way – Defenders, Winter Soldier, Scarlet Spider, etc. After the axe has stopped falling, I would be concerned for the exact number of titles that were let go. Why? Whichever books are left standing after the dust settles will then be coming in last for the House of Ideas. If you thought the last ditch efforts to garner interest for the books that are being cancelled were interesting, just wait.
Way to go, comic pirates!
Dear Marvel,
Please don't cancel DnA's New Mutants. You can't do that without cancelling Generation Hope. And you can't do that without messing up your Phoenix plans for 2012.
On the other hand, a Life with X magazine featuring short stories featuring the various mutant groups/solos would be fine in lieu of all these separate titles.
Yeah Ryan, its the "comic pirates" fault Daken is getting cancelled, b/c EVERYONE and their mother was downloading it for FREE, its such a popular book they had to read it so bad…
Anyone else find it a bit odd that Marvel is trying SO HARD to sell Venom? I can understand a single point one issue, but four? Anyone recall when they attempted to make the Weapon X ongoing a success way back when and they started with a series of 5 one-shots before #1 hit? With that many comics of one title hitting in the same month it automatically guarantees a decline in sales. 2 issues in one month is enough, any more than that is over-saturation and a death knell for any potentially great title.
I stopped buying new comics 1-2 years ago, but I wouldn't even buy a Daken comic from the $1 bin. He was a jerk, and who wants to read about a jerk.
j'adorais daken avant que marvel décide de changer de dessinateur et de scénariste !! si les ventes ont chutés c'est pour ça ,point barre !!!!! j'ai detesté ce qu'ils ont on fait: 1 paumé gavé de drogues (????) et les dessins beurk!!!!!!! ou est passé daken le machiavellique tueur froid et plein d'humour????? remettez marjorie liu et camuccolli !!!!!!!!!! c'est ca le reméde pour les ventes !!!!!!!! ca fait 30 ans que je lis les séries marvel et là je suis vraiment dégoutée !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I loved Daken. I really hope to at least see him in other things. If he becomes a regular player in any other comic, totally picking that up.


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Virginia Randolph Cary (January 30, 1786 – May 2, 1852) was an American writer. She was the author of Letters on Female Character, Addressed to a Young Lady, on the Death of Her Mother (1828), an influential advice book.
Most likely she was born in Goochland County, Virginia, at Tuckahoe, the plantation of her parents, Thomas Mann Randolph (1741–1794) and his first wife, Ann Cary Randolph. Her twelve sisters and brothers included Mary Randolph, author of the influential cookbook The Virginia House-Wife (1824), and Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr. (1768–1828), who served in the House of Representatives (1803–1807) and as governor of Virginia (1819–1822). After her mother died, she lived in Albemarle County, Virginia, at Monticello with her brother and sister-in-law, the daughter of Thomas Jefferson. Her sister Judith married William Randolph's great-grandson, Richard Randolph of Bizarre. His paternal ancestors included Pocahontas, the youngest daughter of Chief Powhatan and her English-born husband John Rolfe.[1]
On 28 August 1805 she married her cousin Wilson Jefferson Cary, of Fluvanna County, Virginia. They had six children: Col. Wilson Miles Cary (1806–1877), Archibald Cary (who married Monimia Fairfax), Jane Blair Cary, Elizabeth Randolph Cary, Mary Randolph Cary (1806–1882), and Martha Jefferson Cary (who married Gouverneur Morris Jr.). Her granddaughter was Constance Cary.[2]
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- Letters on Female Character, Addressed to a Young Lady, on the Death of Her Mother. Richmond, Va: Ariel Works. 1828. (an advice book)
- Mutius: An Historical Sketch of the Fourth Century, American Sunday-School Union, (1828)
- Cary, Virginia (1829). Christian Parent's Assistant, or Tales, for the Moral and Religious Instruction of Youth. Richmond, Va: Ariel Works.
- Ruth Churchill; or, The True Protestant: A Tale for the Times (1851), C. Shepard & Co., a novel
- Cynthia A. Kierner, "'The dark and dense cloud perpetually lowering over us': Gender and the Decline of the Gentry in Postrevolutionary Virginia," Journal of the Early Republic 20 (2000): 185–217.
- Patrick H. Breen, ed., "The Female Antislavery Petition Campaign of 1831–32," Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 110 (2002): 377–398.
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I have same name of file under Folder1 like below. then I move folder1 on Desktop to Documents then will be replaced the folder on Documents. So, File2 will be gone atuaclly the folder will be replaced with Folder1 of Desktop.
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I would like to have like below result.
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Apr 26, 2012The Block Brochure, ponderous though it may be, is curated carefully and put together in a way that will actually hold up over time.
Apr 26, 2012The production on The Block Brochure series roams a little wider and farther than the Revenue Retrievin series did, which helps when approaching such a seemingly undigestible block of music.
Apr 26, 2012The final installment is arguably the best of the three.
May 1, 2012The Block Brochure is a daunting proposition and quite simply a difficult amount of music to process. This is unfortunate, though, given the sheer number and variety of gems strewn throughout.
Apr 26, 2012Capping it off is the giant, bright soul that fuels "Sidewalk Memorial," and while that's a worthy exit for a project so impossibly huge, everything between the bookends is thrown about.
Apr 26, 2012Even when things pick up on volume three, which includes choice collaborations with California stalwarts like Snoop Dogg, Too $hort, Kendrick Lamar, and Hieroglyphics, Block Brochure feels like too much of a good thing-way, way too much.
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ITC 2015 Workshops – 2016 Workshop Information Coming Summer 2016
In 2015 there were three workshops running right after the main conference. Watch this space for information on 2016 workshops when it becomes available.
The 2015 Workshops were:
3D-TEST: 6th IEEE International Workshop on Testing Three Dimensional Stacked ICs
2015 3D-Test Workshop Program Now Available
Click here for the program of the 3D-Test Workshop for 2015.
Scope: The 3D-TEST Workshop focuses exclusively on test of and design-for-test for three-dimensional stacked ICs (3D-SICs), including Systems-in-Package (SiP), Package-on-Package (PoP), and especially 3D-SICs based on Through-Silicon Vias (TSVs), micro-bumps and/or interposers. While 3D-SICs offer many attractive advantages with respect to heterogeneous integration, smaller form-factor, higher bandwidth and performance, and lower power dissipation, there are many open issues with respect to testing such products. The 3D-TEST Workshop offers a forum to present and discuss these challenges and (emerging) solutions among researchers and practitioners alike. Topics to include:
|Defect due to wafer thinning
|Defect in intra-stack interconnects
|Failure Analysis for 3D-SICs
|Known-Good Dies / stack testing
|Reliability for 3D-SICs
|Standardization for 3D testing
|Test cost modeling for 3D-SICs
|DfT Architecture for 3D-SICs
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Program Chair: Erik Jan Marinissen, firstname.lastname@example.com
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TVHSAC: 4th IEEE International Workshop Test & Validation of High Speed Analog Circuits
Scope: Today, we are in the internet-of-things (IoT) era – an era of sensors and components connected across a high speed communication infrastructure with analysis by massive data center "clouds", the building blocks are systems-on-chip (SoC) integrated with several diverse IP modules. Analog and mixed-signal (AMS) circuits form many of the critical components of SoCs that push the boundaries of high bandwidth and low power. AMS circuits, such as phase-locked loops, sensors, amplifiers, wired and wireless interfaces are often embedded in a chip with limited controlability to access them.
The demand for high performance, high bandwidth and low power has resulted in AMS designs operating at their margins. The unimaginable levels of integration has come at the cost of increased manufacturing process variations, vulnerability to defects, and accelerated device aging. In this scenario, verifying and validating AMS circuits, which are particularly sensitive to variations and electrical noise, in both pre-silicon and post-silicon phases, has become a great challenge. Effective diagnosis to improve AMS yield, and manufacturing test methods to detect catastrophic faults and unexpected process excursions that have contributed to increased AMS-related customer returns are a necessity. Further, sensitive AMS circuits such as those used in health and automotive products need to have a high degree of in-field reliability requiring fault tolerance and adaptive operation. Since most AMS circuits are often the gateways to a SoC, ensuring their secure design is of vital importance to prevent compromising the security of the chip. These quality objectives should be met under market requirements of aggressively low product cost and product cycle time.
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|SERDES test and characterization
|Self-Healing & Self-Calibration Techniques
|On-die high speed sensors and test structures
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DATA: IEEE Workshop on Defect and Adaptive Test Analysis
Scope:Every year, we revisit the scope of the DATA workshop to capture emerging issues, but the common theme has always been DATA, specifically, semiconductor test and yield data. We need to not only measure and collect data, but also to process the data appropriately for yield analysis. The data can come from variety of sources, including test sort & fail bins, in-line defect inspection, test measurement, memory bitmapping, scan diagnosis, and physical failure analysis. There is a need to aggregate, overlay, and cross correlate the data from these various sources in a way that allows efficient yield learning and enables a speedy production ramp. Workship topics are:
|Data storage and security
|Analog fault modeling & coverage
|Test data analysis
|Adaptive test for product engineers
|Data mining methods for test data processing
|High/low voltage and stress testing
|Yield learning and analysis
|I/O test, tuning, and adjustment
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Enjoy a holiday cottage break in Oxfordshire where you can combine a first class cultural experience with a restful break to relax and recharge your batteries.
The Oxfordshire cottages here are perfectly placed to help you explore this historic area. Oxford University is actually the oldest English-speaking university in the world, being in existence for more than nine centuries as a place of learning. The colleges of Oxford offer some stunning examples of the classical architecture of its time and there's plenty to explore.
The most famous college is probably Christ Church whose Great Hall inspired Hogwarts Hall in the Harry Potter films and the meadow nearby is grazed by rare breed cattle. Everyone has their own favourite college; Magdalen is particularly famous as its tower dominates the high street. Or you could save yourself a flight to Venice and see Oxford''s very own Bridge of Sighs; it connects the main buildings of Hertford College.
Radcliffe Camera is one of the most recognisable buildings in Oxfordshire, and makes up part of the Bodleian Library. Another favourite for visitors is Carfax Tower; climb to the top and you''ll be rewarded with a spectacular view over Oxford.
Oxfordshire is also home of one of the greatest palaces in the world - Blenheim Palace, a world heritage site and a ''must see''. With spectacular walks around the grounds and access to a large proportion of the Palace rooms themselves, it provides a fascinating day out.
There are some beautiful manor houses and castles that can be visited in the county. Broughton Castle was described as "about the most beautiful castle in all England" by historian Sir Charles Oman in 1898 and remains just as breath-taking today. Sulgrave Manor and Upton House are both well worth visiting, especially on a fine day when you can explore the grounds and gardens in the sunshine.
A visit to Oxfordshire wouldn''t be complete without a trip out to see the famous White Horse Hill; this stylised representation of a horse in the chalk bedrock is thought to be the oldest hill figure in Britain. If you''ve had enough history and ''high culture'' take a drive through Headington to spot the Shark in the Roof, or head over to Crocodiles of the World, the UK''s only crocodile zoo. For speed and excitement, you could go karting, but for a slower-paced way to spend an afternoon you could go fishing, walking or cycling alongside the scenic Oxford Canal.
However you choose to spend your time, there''s certainly something to suit everyone. Take a look at our selection of holiday cottages in Oxfordshire today.
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Located in the beautiful village of Charney Bassett, within the Vale of White Horse, is The Gilletts Cottage at Charney Manor. Originally a pair, The Gillets was renovated into one large, detached five bedroom property, creating an ideal space for quiet, rest and relaxation in the grounds of Charney Manor, providing a truly stunning setting. Charney Bassett lies just outside the thriving market town of Wantage, south of Oxford and around 3 miles from the Ridgeway and the famous White Horse Hill. The area is bursting with beautiful scenery and amazing sights, as well as a great collection of things to do and explore. The attractive villages and footpaths of the Cotswolds are waiting to be explored together with Blenheim Palace, Kelmscott Manor and the Cotswold Wildlife Park. Being close to Oxford, you will have no trouble finding exciting ways to spend your days: explore some of Oxfords 38 colleges, the botanic garden, laze by the river or visit Oxford Castle. Shop 3 miles, pub and restaurant ¼ mile.
Ground floor: Living room. Dining room with laminate floor. Kitchen with laminate floor. 1 twin bedroom. Separate toilet. Two separate staircases to first floor: 4 bedrooms: 2 twin, 2 single. Bathroom with shower over bath and toilet. Bathroom with shower attachment and toilet.
Oil central heating, electricity, bed linen and towels included. Freeview TV. DVD and small library. Electric cooker. Microwave. Fridge/freezer. Wi-fi. Large lawned garden with sitting-out area and furniture. Parking (3 cars). Welcome pack. No smoking.
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Located in 8 acres on the banks of the River Thames, Dinckley Court (ref NT9) and Dinckley Lodge (NSE) lie in one of the most picturesque areas of South Oxfordshire, within the small hamlet of Burcot-on-Thames, close to the towns of Oxford and Abingdon, with Dorchester-on-Thames less than a mile. Local attractions include a Salters Steamer Boat which can be caught from Oxford back to Days Lock and a walk taken back to the properties, or visit Nuneham Courtney's arboretum - full of amazing trees, plants and beautiful peacocks. Restaurants within 10 miles for food lovers include Raymond Blanc's Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, the famous Crazy Bear Thai restaurant, The Mole Inn at Marsh Baldon, and the Chequers pub within walking distance serving great British food. Convenient for Oxford, Henley and the M40 for London and the Midlands.Shop 1 mile, pub 300 yards.Please note: These properties can be booked separately, or together to accommodate up to 22 guests.
Comprising a spacious main house and attached wing with its own separate entrance, Dinckley Court makes a perfect retreat for large parties or several families (up to 16 guests) holidaying together and is very well furnished. The main reception room has wooden floors and a wood-burning stove as well as Wifi, Sky TV, DVD and iPod docking stations in both the kitchen and living areas, perfect for relaxing get-togethers. There is also a study area on a galleried floor. All bedrooms have TV, six of which are en-suite. The conservatory dining area offers enough space for all guests to dine together, with views over the large garden. Doors opening onto a patio barbecue area with further outside tables and seating within the gardens of Dinckley Court. Extensive gardens lead down to the River Thames, overlooking open farmland beyond. Dinckley Court provides boat mooring with local boat hire also available; fishing is also enjoyed when in season, or at Orchid Lakes with specialist carp coarse fishing lakes ½ mile away. From July to the end of August a marquee is set up in the garden, close to the house with seating and tables, perfect for al fresco dining. All large supermarkets deliver to Dinckley Court and for special occasions the owners can recommend bespoke catering services.Entrance hall with tiled floor. Living room with wood-burning stove. Large conservatory/dining room with stone floor and patio doors to patio. Large well-equipped modern kitchen with Aga, range cooker and stone floor. Utility. Separate toilet. Double bedroom (5ft bed), en-suite shower room and toilet. Staircase from living room to first floor: Study area to dressing area with chair-bed (alternative sleeping). Beamed double bedroom with en-suite bathroom and toilet. Second staircase from hall to first floor: Small kitchen. Double bedroom with TV. Twin bedroom with TV. Bathroom with toilet. Separate entrance to wing: Two double bedrooms, each with TV, en-suite shower room and toilet. First floor: Two bedrooms, each with TV, en-suite bathroom and toilet, one double, one twin.
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MELBOURNE, Australia — It was a sweet deal. After answering an assortment of questions about his coach and his prospects for winning a fourth consecutive Australian Open title, Novak Djokovic halted his pre-tournament news conference and walked around the auditorium offering chocolates to the assembled critics.
He originally offered chocolates as a sweetener last year at Melbourne Park, as a way of apologizing because he had to skip a scheduled photo shoot for the champion.
As he opened the boxes of chocolates Sunday, he explained it as "a little tradition we started last year."
Then he got up, walked up a flight of stairs and started offering the "chocolate delights" around, joking about diets and insisting "It's for free, it's for free!"
Djokovic is aiming to be the first man in the Open era to win four consecutive Australian titles, and to join Roy Emerson as the only man with five or more.
The No. 2-seeded Djokovic starts today against Slovakia's Lukas Lacko, who is ranked No. 96. That's a night match on Rod Laver Arena immediately preceding Serena Williams' opener against Australian teenager Ashleigh Barty.
Much of the attention on the men leading up to the first major of the season has centered on the comeback of some past greats as coaches for leading active players. Djokovic hired Boris Becker last month, but still hasn't had a hit with the six-time Grand Slam winner, and Roger Federer has recruited Stefan Edberg.
Djokovic denied his decision was influenced by Andy Murray's success since teaming up with Ivan Lendl, a partnership that helped deliver Britain its first men's major championships since 1936. He decided it was time for a chance when long-time coach Marian Vijda couldn't commit to being on tour all year. Djokovic is on a 24-match winning streak since losing the U.S. Open final to Rafael Nadal, and concedes that any tampering with the support network is "a potential risk."
"But I don't want to think from that perspective. I'm excited about this partnership that I have with Boris," he said. "All I see is positive results."
Djokovic echoed comments from Federer and Murray about the return of past greats to the coaching ranks having a positive impact on tennis.
"Obviously, they have won so many Grand Slams between themselves, they've all been No. 1's of the world, they've been champions, they know what we all go through in particular moments, especially in the Grand Slams," he said. "They can identify themselves through us."
Becker has gained weight since his playing days, and recently had surgery on his ankle that has prevented him from hitting up with Djokovic. That hasn't stopped the young Serb from watching replays of matches from the 1980s, trying to analyze Becker's game.
"But tennis has evolved in a way because of the technology. Now the game is based on the baseline, longer rallies and so forth," he said. But, "I believe with his great volleys, that aggressive kind of mindset also, from that point of view he can help me."
The heavily-loaded top half of the men's draw, featuring No. 1-ranked Nadal, No. 4 Murray, 17-time major winner Federer and No. 5 Juan Martin del Potro, the 2009 U.S. Open champion who warmed up with a title at the Sydney International on the weekend, starts Tuesday.
Two-time defending women's champion Victoria Azarenka and No. 4-ranked Maria Sharapova are on the bottom half of the draw and also get a day off today ahead of their first-round matches.
Venus Williams will be among the first players on court in the tournament. She opens the Margaret Court Arena program No. 22 Ekaterina Makarova, the Russian who upset Serena Williams in the fourth round here in 2012.
In other women's matches Monday, two-time finalist Li Na opens against Ana Konjuh — the reigning Australian Open and U.S. Open junior champion who beat Roberta Vinci in a WTA event in New Zealand last week only four days after her 16th birthday — and 2011 Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova was taking on Luksika Kamkhum of Thailand.
Serena Williams is on a 22-match winning streak and was the dominant player last year after rebounding from an upset quarterfinal loss to fellow American Sloane Stephens at the Australian Open. She won 11 titles, collected a record amount of prize money and became the oldest player to hold the No. 1 ranking.
She beat Sharapova and Azarenka on consecutive nights last week to defend her title at the Brisbane International, and Azarenka on Sunday agreed the 32-year-old American is the player to beat at Melbourne Park.
"Comparing to her last season, of course, everybody will be motivated to beat her."
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