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ARLINGTON, Va. (WUSA9) -- A 44-year-old man is lucky to be alive after lying down on metro tracks.
At about 9:40 p.m. on Monday, a train operator spotted a man on the tracks of the Orange Line at Ballston Metro Station and was able to stop before making significant contact with him, Metro officials said.
The man suffered lacerations to his hands and was treated on the scene and was taken to can area hospital, officials said.
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A frog is an amphibian that is known for its ability to jump. The Chocolate Frog is a popular wizarding treat.
Frog brain
Frog brain is an Potion ingredient. In 1992 some third years accidentally plastered frog brain all over the ceiling in Dungeon Five. Argus Filch had to clean it all the morning.
Frog Choir
The Frog Choir was a singing group of Hogwarts students conducted by Professor Filius Flitwick. They usually practised in the Great Hall. The choir is quite talented, being able to both sing fluently in Latin as well as polyphonically.
Frog Parts Mixture
The Frog Parts Mixture is a Potion made of frog parts.
Frog Spawn Soap
Frog Spawn Soap is a joke product that was carried by Zonko's Joke Shop. It is presumably soap, filled with frog's eggs or spawn. Ron Weasley and Harry Potter purchased some on a trip to Hogsmeade in 1994 on a whim.
Frog-rabbit hybrids
If Conjuration is not performed correctly, mistakes such as frog-rabbit hybrids can occur, explainable by the Principle of Artificianimate Quasi-Dominance.
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game) (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film) (Mentioned on official merchandise only)
- LEGO Harry Potter: Building the Magical World
- LEGO Harry Potter: Characters of the Magical World
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Atmel Advances Wafer Fabrication Plans Through Alliance with 1st SiliconSarawak, Malaysia, August 2, 2005.
Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a global leader in the development and fabrication of advanced semiconductor solutions, and 1st Silicon, a premier semiconductor-manufacturing foundry, announced today the start of Atmel Flash memory production at 1st Silicon's Kuching, Sarawak Malaysia foundry.
Production of Atmel's 0.18 micron serial flash is now ramping at 1st Silicon's state-of-the-art fab. In addition to the 0.18 micron flash production, Atmel will also manufacture 0.18 micron CMOS Mixed Signal products and 0.13 micron flash at 1st Silicon. The two companies are discussing furthering their relationship in other areas.
Atmel gains both lower cost for its 0.18um technology and additional capacity for its 0.13um products, and 1st Silicon expands its customer base, allowing further economies of scale. The move fits with Atmel's previously announced outsourcing strategy.
Using 1st Silicon's high-quality wafer facility fits our aggressive cost-reduction and production capability goals, said Steve Schumann Vice President, General Manager, Non-Volatile Memories. Atmel is the leader in Serial Flash memory and this action will help us remain so.
Continuing our successful partnership with a world-class customer like Atmel underscores our charter to provide customized manufacturing processes tailored to specific company requirements, said Dr. John Nelson, Chief Executive Officer of 1st Silicon. We have experienced teams working extensively in both memory and logic technologies, making the alliance with Atmel ideal.
About 1st Silicon ( Malaysia ) Sdn. Bhd.
1st Silicon (http://www.1si.com) is a dedicated semiconductor foundry founded in 1998 by the Malaysian State of Sarawak. 1st Silicon's 200mm wafer fab facility is designed for production of more than 45,000 wafers per month for 0.25µm down to 0.13µm geometries. The Company offers volume production of digital and mixed-signal CMOS technologies in 0.25µm and 0.18µm processes. 1st Silicon started production of 0.25µm in Q1 2001 and 0.18µm qualification in Q1 2003. 0.15µm will go into production in Q3 2005. 0.13µm flash is in production. The Company also focuses on niche markets by offering reliable and cost-effective embedded non-volatile memory, high voltage, CMOS image sensor and CCD processes. 1st Silicon's customers include integrated device manufacturers and fabless semiconductor companies worldwide. 1st Silicon has its headquarters in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, and sales offices in US, Korea and Taiwan.
About Atmel Atmel is a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of microcontrollers, advanced logic, mixed-signal, nonvolatile memory and radio frequency (RF) components. Leveraging one of the industry's broadest intellectual property (IP) technology portfolios, Atmel is able to provide the electronics industry with complete system solutions. Focused on consumer, industrial, security, communications, computing and automotive markets, Atmel ICs can be found Everywhere You Are®.


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justtmpuser wrote:A bunch of 'reviews'
Sounds like you're primarily looking at the files themselves rather than what's in the battles (which is really ironic when you yourself say that the contest is about the battles and not the files), saying individual files are 'disqualified' for using certain units or SS. And I don't see the point in 'reviewing' every single replay, especially when the majority of your reviews seem to be insulting the files and players that have posted calling them unoriginal and boring.
I'm wondering who's alt you are because you certianly seem to have a strong bunch of opinions for such a relatively new poster.
also in regards to what you said about my replay
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I'm typing reviews as I watch battles, so it might change in future, but this is without doubt one of THE most uninteresting games ever. Mage Soldiers? Check. All types of return? Tidal. Check. Return. Check. Wrath. Check. Same SS as 90% of players? Lets see. Distier. Check. Rasam. Check. Chamail + 2nd SK SS combo? Check. You win all right. First place for the most unoriginal deck. Go find a skyscraper. You know what to do.
That's getting a little unneccesarily offensive there. I know it's difficult to claim as everyone got the cards at the same time, but I was one of the first to really work with the new Mage Soldiers, and try to find something fun and consistent in Folrart. I tested a lot of ideas and I was the one who made the MS guide. Calling it unoriginal is a bit uncalled for when I didn't reference anyone elses file while I was making it except for the Chamail 2nd shrine SS combo, and as far as I've noticed, I'm the only one who's tried a more survival route with MS using Ascarat rather than an offensive rush file. I enjoy Mage soldiers cause the're an interesting file, and while they're powerful they're not top meta so I'm not sure what your complaint with them is.
You can have your opinion certainly, but that doesn't mean you can insist to everyone else your opinion is right and everyone who uses effective cards are scum for wanting to win. This contest isn't about avoiding commonly used cards, or it would've said so at the beginning. We get the idea you didn't like most of these replays, but there are better ways to express it than insults and telling people to kill themselves for playing a game.


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|ルイガ Ruiga
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Ruiga (ルイガ, Ruiga) was the younger brother of Jiga and Renga and the member of the Criminal Brothers.
Ruiga, alongside his brothers, established a coup d'etat, which resulted in the death of the Land of Vegetables' daimyō. After their rise to power, the three brothers betrayed their allies, which included greedy and disloyal courtiers they had recruited, and slaughtered them all. The brothers themselves were distrusting of each other, and plotted to kill off the others in order to have more wealth and power for themselves.
Ruiga excelled in Water Release. His main technique put him at a tactical advantage. While a ninja normally requires an already existing supply of water to perform any water-based techniques, Ruiga possessed a special technique that allowed him to extract moisture from plant life to act as his source. He could then use that water to perform a number of versatile feats, such as imprisoning and drowning his opponents, or creating protective shields, as his technique would continue to manipulate the water. He could also use the water as a vessel to summon fish of various sizes and form, so they might assist him on land. He was also highly proficient in close-range combat, as evident from how skilfully he wielded his tonfa. He also used his tonfa as dowsing rods, which he could use to find water for his water technique.
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Land of Vegetables Arc
He was able to defeat Kikujō by trapping him in a water bubble and summoning nin-fish to kill him, despite Kikujō being a "genius" ninja. Naruto Uzumaki managed to discover the source of his power, and he and Yurinojō lured him to a rocky area, where Chōji Akimichi drank all of the available water, rendering Ruiga unable to attack and his shark to be helpless. Chōji then defeated him using Human Boulder, but as Yurinojō was wounded, and Princess Haruna was still in danger, the three left him and continued on their journey. Ruiga saw Jiga approaching and begged for assistance, but Jiga said that, with him gone, he and Renga would have more power. Jiga then buried him with magnetic rocks, crushing and killing him.


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49 U.S. Code § 5117 - Special permits and exclusions
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(a) Authority To Issue Special Permits.—
(1) As provided under procedures prescribed by regulation, the Secretary may issue, modify, or terminate a special permit authorizing a variance from this chapter or a regulation prescribed under section 5103 (b), 5104, 5110, or 5112 of this title to a person performing a function regulated by the Secretary under section 5103 (b)(1) in a way that achieves a safety level—
(2) A special permit issued under this section shall be effective for an initial period of not more than 2 years and may be renewed by the Secretary upon application for successive periods of not more than 4 years each or, in the case of a special permit relating to section 5112, for an additional period of not more than 2 years.
(b) Applications.— When applying for a special permit or renewal of a special permit under this section, the person must provide a safety analysis prescribed by the Secretary that justifies the special permit. The Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register notice that an application for a special permit has been filed and shall give the public an opportunity to inspect the safety analysis and comment on the application. This subsection does not require the release of information protected by law from public disclosure.
(c) Applications To Be Dealt With Promptly.— The Secretary shall issue or renew the special permit for which an application was filed or deny such issuance or renewal within 180 days after the first day of the month following the date of the filing of such application, or the Secretary shall publish a statement in the Federal Register of the reason why the Secretary's decision on the special permit is delayed, along with an estimate of the additional time necessary before the decision is made.
(d) Exclusions.—
(1) The Secretary shall exclude, in any part, from this chapter and regulations prescribed under this chapter—
(e) Limitation on Authority.— Unless the Secretary decides that an emergency exists, a special permit or renewal granted under this section is the only way a person subject to this chapter may be granted a variance from this chapter.
(f) Incorporation Into Regulations.—
(1) In general.— Not later than 1 year after the date on which a special permit has been in continuous effect for a 10-year period, the Secretary shall conduct a review and analysis of that special permit to determine whether it may be converted into the hazardous materials regulations.
(2) Factors.— In conducting the review and analysis under paragraph (1), the Secretary may consider—
(C) the suitability of provisions in the special permit for incorporation into the hazardous materials regulations; and
(3) Rulemaking.— After completing the review and analysis under paragraph (1) and after providing notice and opportunity for public comment, the Secretary shall either institute a rulemaking to incorporate the special permit into the hazardous materials regulations or publish in the Federal Register the Secretary's justification for why the special permit is not appropriate for incorporation into the regulations.
Source(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(d),July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 776; Pub. L. 103–311, title I, § 120(a),Aug. 26, 1994, 108 Stat. 1680; Pub. L. 109–59, title VII, §§ 7115(a)(1), (b)–(g), 7126, Aug. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 1901, 1909; Pub. L. 112–141, div. C, title III, § 33012(c),July 6, 2012, 126 Stat. 839.)
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|49 App.:1806(a) (1st, 2d sentences).
|Jan. 3, 1975, Pub. L. 93–633, § 107, 88 Stat. 2158; Nov. 16, 1990, Pub. L. 101–615, § 9, 104 Stat. 3259.
|49 App.:1806(a) (3d–last sentences).
|49 App.:1806(b).
|49 App.:1806(c).
|49 App.:1806(d).
In subsection (a)(1), before clause (A), the words "or renew" and "subject to the requirements of this chapter" are omitted as surplus. In clause (A), the words "at least equal to the safety level required under this chapter" are substituted for "which is equal to or exceeds that level of safety which would be required in the absence of such exemption" to eliminate unnecessary words.
In subsection (a)(2), the words "issued or renewed" are omitted as surplus.
In subsection (b), the words "upon application" and "grant of such" are omitted as surplus. The words "give the public an opportunity to inspect" are substituted for "afford access to . . . public" for clarity. The words "described by subsection (b) ofsection 552 of title 5, or which is otherwise" are omitted as surplus.
In subsection (c)(1), clauses (A) and (B) are substituted for "any vessel which is excepted from the application of section 201 of the Ports and Waterways Safety Act of 1972 by paragraph (2) of such section". Section 201 of that Act amended section 4417a of the Revised Statutes (classified at 46:391a prior to its repeal and reenactment as part of the codification of subtitle II of title 46 in 1983). Clauses (A) and (B) restate the exceptions provided by section 201 of that Act and by section 4417a of the Revised Statutes as subsequently amended. Clause (C) is substituted for "any other vessel regulated under such Act, to the extent of such regulation" because of the restatement.
In subsection (c)(2), before clause (A), the word "prescribed" is substituted for "issued" for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code.
In subsection (d), the words "by which", "the requirements of", and "or relieved of the obligation to meet any requirements imposed under" are omitted as surplus.
References in Text
The Ports and Waterways Safety Act of 1972, referred to in subsec. (d)(1)(C), is Pub. L. 92–340, July 10, 1972, 86 Stat. 424, as amended, which is classified generally to chapter 25 (§ 1221 et seq.) of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1221 of Title 33 and Tables.
2012—Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 112–141added subsec. (f).
2005—Pub. L. 109–59, § 7115(a)(1), substituted "Special permits and exclusions" for "Exemptions and exclusions" in section catchline.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–59, § 7115(b), substituted "Issue Special Permits" for "Exempt" in heading.
Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 109–59, § 7126, substituted "Secretary" for "Secretary of Transportation" in introductory provisions.
Pub. L. 109–59, § 7115(c), in introductory provisions, substituted "issue, modify, or terminate a special permit authorizing a variance" for "issue an exemption" and "performing a function regulated by the Secretary under section 5103 (b)(1)" for "transporting, or causing to be transported, hazardous material".
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 109–59, § 7115(d), amended par. (2) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (2) read as follows: "An exemption under this subsection is effective for not more than 2 years and may be renewed on application to the Secretary."
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109–59, § 7115(e), substituted "the special permit" for "the exemption" and substituted "a special permit" for "an exemption" wherever appearing.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 109–59, § 7115(f), substituted "the special permit" for "the exemption" in two places.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 109–59, § 7115(g), substituted "a special permit" for "an exemption" and "be granted a variance" for "be exempt".
1994—Subsecs. (c) to (e). Pub. L. 103–311added subsec. (c) and redesignated former subsecs. (c) and (d) as (d) and (e), respectively.
Effective Date of 2012 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 112–141effective Oct. 1, 2012, see section 3(a) ofPub. L. 112–141, set out as an Effective and Termination Dates of 2012 Amendment note under section 101 of Title 23, Highways.
Special Permits, Approvals, and Exclusions
Pub. L. 112–141, div. C, title III, § 33012(a), (b),July 6, 2012, 126 Stat. 838, provided that:
"(a) Rulemaking.—Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act [see section 3(a), (b) ofPub. L. 112–141, set out as Effective and Termination Dates of 2012 Amendment notes under section 101 of Title 23, Highways], the Secretary [of Transportation], after providing notice and an opportunity for public comment, shall issue regulations that establish—
"(1) standard operating procedures to support administration of the special permit and approval programs; and
"(2) objective criteria to support the evaluation of special permit and approval applications.
"(b) Review of Special Permits.—
"(1) Review.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall conduct a review and analysis of special permits that have been in continuous effect for a 10-year period to determine which special permits may be converted into the hazardous materials regulations.
"(2) Factors.—In conducting the review and analysis under paragraph (1), the Secretary may consider—
"(A) the safety record for hazardous materials transported under the special permit;
"(B) the application of a special permit;
"(C) the suitability of provisions in the special permit for incorporation into the hazardous materials regulations; and
"(D) rulemaking activity in related areas.
"(3) Rulemaking.—After completing the review and analysis under paragraph (1), but not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and after providing notice and opportunity for public comment, the Secretary shall issue regulations to incorporate into the hazardous materials regulations any special permits identified in the review under paragraph (1) that the Secretary determines are appropriate for incorporation, based on the factors identified in paragraph (2)."
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It is getting to be that time of year when some of us begin to think about moving to a new home, and my how times are a changing! Just a few months ago you could make an offer on a home with little competition from other buyers, but now you must be prepared and leveraged to make a strong offer that will trump all others. According to Trulia's real estate expert Michael Corbett, "You need to plan ahead and make sure you keep your debt low and your credit score high." This will assure you get a great interest rate and can walk in with a great offer that the seller can't help but accept! When shopping for your new dream home remember to only look at homes that are right for you and that fits your budgets. If you can afford a $450,000 home then keep your search in that price range so that you are not tempted to take on more debt than you can handle. You want to have a home that you love…not one that will stress you out!
If you have not been pre-approved, but find the home you want then make your offer and let them know you will have no problem getting the loan. You can do this by letting them know that you will be putting down more than 20% toward the purchase (assuming that you can do so). This will show the seller that you are financially stable, and that they won't be wasting their time placing their home in the pending category. However, you should definitely get pre-approved because you can then include your approval letter with your offer, which gives you 100% credibility.
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Finance and Banking
Jennifer Muller Davis
Jennifer Muller Davis has spent the last 19 years helping Houlihan Lokey – an independent, advisory-focused, global investment bank – build its practice into one of the largest privately owned investment banks in the world. Her strong leadership abilities and passion for excellence make her ideally suited in heading up the marquee Transaction Opinion Practice. Ms. Davis' independent, conflict-free advice, backed by a deep understanding of corporate governance issues, is key in navigating the corporate financial landscape.
- Houlihan Lokey, Managing Director; Co-Head, Opinion Practice
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- Bush School
- DHR International, Executive Vice President, Financial Services Practice Leader
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- The Hartman Group, Founder
- Kuity Corporation, co-founder
- Oppenheimer & Co., Institutional Fixed Income, ALM Team
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- Information Technology Advisory Board, CMC, Member
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- Claremont McKenna College, B.A., Economics
- J.P. Morgan Chase, Chairman of California
- Goldman Sachs & Co., General Partner
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- Fluor Corporation, Director
- Irvine Company, Director
- Ameron International Corp., Director
- Stone Energy Corporation, Director
- Catellus Corporation, Director
- California State Senate Commission on Corporate Governance
- Claremont McKenna College Board of Trustees (Chairman 2002-2006)
- Fletcher Jones Foundation, President
- W. M. Keck Foundation, Director
- Los Angeles Area Boy Scout Council
- Los Angeles Metropolitan YMCA
- The Huntington Library, Trustee Emeritus
- University of Chicago, M.B.A.
- Cain Brothers, Vice Chairman
- LLM Capital Partners, LLC, Senior Advisor
- Cutlass Capital, LLC, Founder
- Robertson Stephens & Co., Co-Head of Investment Banking
- Smith Barney & Co., Investment Banker
- Warburg Paribas Becker, Investment Banker
- Cain Brothers, Board of Directors
- L&L Acquisition Corp., Director
- Titan Health, Director
- Alere Medical, Director
- Byram Healthcare, Director
- i-Many, Director
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- Charles River Consulting, Advisory Board
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- Merrill Lynch, Vice-Chairman and Co-Head of Global Corporate Finance Group
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- Claremont McKenna College Board of Trustees, Chairman
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- Claremont McKenna College, B.A., Economics
- McGraw Hill Financial, President and CEO
- Standard & Poor's, President
- Citibank, N.A., Chief Operating Officer
- Citigroup Japan, CEO
- Citigroup, Chief Auditor
- Citibank Uruguay, Country Corporate Officer
- Citibank Costa Rica, Country Corporate Officer
- Citibank, New York, Relationship Manager in the Airlines and Aerospace Group
- Citibank, Buenos Aires, Relationship Manager
- Standard Oil of California, Research Associate
- CRISIL, India, Chairman of the Board
- Nikko Cordial Corporation, Japan, Chairman of the Board
- Claremont McKenna College, Board of Trustees
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- The Wharton Financial Institutions Center, Board of Advisors
- British American Business Council, Board of Advisors
- U.S. Japan Business Council, Board Member
- University of Pennsylvania, M.B.A.
- Claremont McKenna College, B.A., Mathematics and History
Carol Hartman
Carol Hartman is an alumna in action; not just defined by her profession, but also as a mother (she is shown at left with daughter Kate), entrepreneur and community leader.
As the leader of a global business, Ms. Hartman works with financial institutions to solve business problems which require new leadership. Her practice focuses on capital markets, asset management, regional and private banking, mortgage, risk/compliance, payments/financial tech and retirement income. She also has worked with private equity, insurance, real estate and startup companies. Ms. Hartman is often retained to help clients in other industries recruit senior financial officers and board members.
Trustee Peter Barker
Mr. Barker was the Chairman of California of J.P. Morgan Chase. From 1982 until November 1998, he was a General Partner at Goldman Sachs & Co. Mr. Barker headed Goldman Sachs & Co.'s investment banking activities on the West Coast from 1978 to 1998. He joined Goldman Sachs & Co. in 1971.
Trustee E. David Hetz
Mr. Hetz joined Cain Brothers in 2011 as Vice Chairman. He has been involved with healthcare finance for nearly 30 years as an investment banker, private equity and venture capital investor, and corporate board member. David is the co-founder of Cutlass Capital, LLC, a successful venture capital firm investing in health care services and medical technology companies. He is also a senior advisor to LLM Capital, a middle market private equity firm. Previously, David was with Robertson, Stephens & Co. for 13 years, serving as co-head of investment banking, head of the mergers & acquisitions department, and member of the management committee. Over the years, he has served on numerous public and private health care company boards.
Trustee Harry T. McMahon
Mr. McMahon is the executive vice chairman of Bank of America / Merrill Lynch. He serves on the Global Corporate & Investment Banking Leadership Committee and is focused on providing financial advice, innovative strategic solutions, and superior execution for a broad array of the firm's corporate clients worldwide.
Trustee Douglas Peterson
Doug Peterson is the president and CEO of McGraw Hill Financial. He was the President of Standard & Poor's, a leading global rating agency with operations in 23 countries covering the global financial and credit markets. He joined Standard & Poor's in September 2011, after having spent over 25 years with Citigroup in a variety of business and operating roles. He had most recently been the Chief Operating Officer for Citibank, N.A., Citigroup's largest operating subsidiary, with a presence in over 100 countries. In a previous role from 2004 to 2010, Doug was the CEO of Citigroup Japan, having rebuilt the franchise after a serious breakdown of controls. During his time in Japan, Doug completed the largest cross-border acquisition in the history of Japan when Citigroup bought Nikko Cordial Securities. Doug had previously been the Chief Auditor of Citigroup, working directly for the independent members of the board on the Audit Committee. He held previous positions as the country manager in Uruguay and Costa Rica as well as positions as a Corporate Banker at the beginning of his career in Argentina and New York.


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May 2, 2016
Some stores say they're having a tough time keeping surgical masks on their shelves, as more and more people take precautions against getting the flu.
The Realo Discount Drugs on Trent Road in New Bern is now out of flu shots, but the pharmacist tells us 500 more doses of vaccine are on order.
In what's being called the worst flu season in a decade, 41 states are now reporting widespread illness.
The surgical masks are not only being purchased as a preventative measure against the flu, but also to protect those against allergies. The pharmacy is selling about 15 masks a day.
The pharmacist tells us they usually order masks every three months, but now are doing that every three weeks.
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May 6, 2016
A Coast Guard official says the nearest Navy ship to the HMS Bounty during Hurricane Sandy was about 260 nautical miles away.
Cmdr. James Mitchell told a federal safety panel on Thursday that all other ships got out of the way of the storm as it approached. The Bounty sailed directly into its path.
Mitchell says that made him realize the Bounty didn't realize the situation it was getting into.
The panel is examining what led to the sinking of the replica 18th Century sailing ship during the October storm.
One crew member died and the captain was never found after the ship sank about 90 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, N.C.
The 14 surviving crew members were rescued by the Coast Guard within hours after the ship rolled over.
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iTriage Android app offers valuable health info on the go — Having four kids, I often call myself "Dr. Dad." I've been through enough childhood illnesses and ER visits that I awarded myself an honorary medical degree. If needed, I can go lab coat to lab coat with doctors and nurses about symptoms, procedures and treatments. Now, I've added a...
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Lots more work; not much visual progress. Stopping for the night, though, so I figured I'd post what I have. Spent a lot of time playing with the water and trees to little effect.
Hi all,
Been so bad about finishing up my mapping projects lately. Well, time's a wastin' on my Curse of the Emperor's Stone adventure...so I've been trying to catch up. The first part of that adventure takes place in the docks area of Haibianr, so I'm including an area map with a key to various establishments, etc. Here's the start on it. To get it going I zoomed in on my city map to find the area I needed and then did rough outlines over that in Illustrator. Then I brought the various layers into Photoshop and used them as masks as I started painting. Right now I'm working on getting the terrain up to speed and then I'm going to start on the water and harbor floor. Buildings, docks, and bridges are next up after that.
Lots more work; not much visual progress. Stopping for the night, though, so I figured I'd post what I have. Spent a lot of time playing with the water and trees to little effect.
This is progressing quite nicely.
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You're taking an already great map and making it better, bravo. I really like your forests so far, simple yet works very well.
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Thanks, guys. I didn't get any time to work on this tonight but hopefully can post some more in the next couple of days. Will post it at higher res when I get some more detail - a lot of stuff isn't showing up at this size.
The overview map of the city is going on the inside front cover and this one will be inside the rear cover...so I want it to be a good one. When done it'll have a key pointing out interesting locations for the GM to use while the PCs are out on the town.
Little more. Playing with the roofs (rooves? nah.) now. I created a bevel layer on multiply and then modified by painting to create some different roof shapes (bevel is great to get the lighting right for different surfaces but I can't bring myself to use it without modification even though it'd be quicker). There's also a color adjustment layer over that. Underneath it all I've been dropping in textures and mushing them around. I'll have several different kinds of tile and wood shingle textures when I'm done but there are only two styles on there now. Over that I plan to have a decoration layer with little rows of tiles along the ridges and so forth. Much more to do but I'm trying to do it pretty quickly. Still, it's amazing how much time this stuff takes...must. accelerate. process.
Thanks! Now roughing in the wall. Haven't decided if I want to have a tiled roof on the towers or not...it was kind of in some of my concept sketched but maybe I like it without. The ground shadow is currently, as you can probably tell, just a temporary layer effect dropshadow. I'll be fixing it later but want it to interact properly with the buildings and the trees.
Hmm. Seems I need a bridge also...
Critiques or suggestions welcome at any point.
The only thing odd to me is that the trees don't seem to be very tall and they're all roughly the same height. I have no idea to fix either thing, though, (my brain must have shut off) so great job
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Thanks. Indeed. The trees are fugly at this point. I have three layers of tree cover with their own bevel and shadow, hoping that would give the impression of depth. Unfortunately that failed miserably to do so. I'm going to do some more work on them at some point but they sort of look okay zoomed out so I'll leave them while I get the buildings together then go back to them.


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In his #1 New York Times bestselling book, Zero to One, Peter Thiel presents his often contrarian ideas about competition, progress, technology, and finding value in unexpected placesto build a future that we have yet to dream, but that may someday become reality. In Developing the Developed World he brings these ideas to life, including his insights on how to create true innovations in the world of atomsnot just digits and bitsand how to foster a peaceful, prosperous and freer future marked by globalization in a world of limited resources.
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Ben Powell elaborates on the economic case against anti-trust law, and the common fallacies surrounding the fear of monopolies in the free market. Talk given on July 18, 2013 in Berkeley, CA.
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Are you sitting down? You better be, because I have news that may just knock you off your feet. This October, John Carpenter's Halloween, featuring the original mask that spawned so many other Michael Myers masks, is getting a nationwide theatrical re-release. That's right – evil comes home, again.
This will be the biggest run the film has had since shocking audiences in 1978, and makes for the perfect early kick off to next year's 35th Anniversary celebration [of the film], states ShockTilYouDrop.com.
In addition, Compass International Pictures, Trancas International Films, Screenvision, and HalloweenMovies.com collaborated to create a one sheet for this October's U.S. theatrical re-release of John Carpenter's 1978 masterpiece, Halloween, states HalloweenMovies.com. The poster, designed by artist Austin Hinderliter, presents the ultimate evil in shadow and autumnal oranges, perfect for the October season.
Starting today, a list of participating theaters can be found at HalloweenOnScreen. At the time of writing, no theaters are listed on the website, though one can expect theaters to be added throughout the day. Here's to hoping one of those theaters is located near me.
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BOSTON (AP) - Some of the most advanced medical tools that exist are now being deployed to help America's new veterans and wounded troops.
An Associated Press review of progress from a government-funded effort found surprising feats of surgery and bioengineering.
In Boston, scientists grew human ears in the lab and hope to test them on disfigured troops in about a year. In Pittsburgh, doctors used pig tissue to help regrow part of a thigh muscle that a Marine lost to a bomb. In San Antonio and other cities, doctors are testing sprayed-on skin cells and lab-made sheets of skin to heal burns and other wounds.
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Sinistra is the surname of a wizarding family with an uncertain blood status, though they may be at least half-blood[1]. It is possible that they are related to the Lowe family.
Known members
- Aurora Sinistra - a witch who taught Astronomy at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
- Sinistra - a wizard or witch.
- Sinistra Lowe (possibly[2]) - a witch with possible ties to the Sinistra family. She was an advocate of pure-blood supremacy.
"Sinistra" originates from the Latin "sinister", meaning "left" or "with a direction to the left".[4] The most probable explanation for this is that the planets of the solar system rotate counterclockwise (from right to left). Sinistra is also the name of a star of the constellation of Ophiuchus. The contemporary meaning of the word "sinister" is "having bad intent""[5] , but considering the family's limited involvement in the plot, this likely has no meaning to the story.
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 As Aurora Sinistra and Mr. or Ms. Sinistra were both magical, this implies that the family had a certain amount of magical blood, though the case of Colin and Dennis Creevey may disprove this. But, providing that Sinistra Lowe was a family member, it is practically impossible that she was a Muggle-born.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 It is possible that, just like Garino, Name, Laurenzoo and Spellman, Sinistra Lowe used her last name only while working as an author, as Sinistra Lowe is a plausible double-barrel name.
- ↑ Providing that Aurora Sinistra survived the Battle of Hogwarts at the end of the Second Wizarding War.
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I would not count on that. I had the same thing happen to me when I first started my sweater. I bet I had knit at least 4 inches before realizing that it was actually twisted.
It will be very very difficult for you to add your sleeves and do the decreasing if you don't start over. It isn't that bad...take it from someone that knows;-) If you have your sweater on a long enough cable, you can actually try it on at certain intervals.
Don't be stupid like me and try to bring it up over your hips unless you are very slim hipped. It is very easy to slip over your head, though and get your arms in.
Be very sure to take care with your sleeves. There have been some issues with them being too short or too long...mine are plenty long but it is a cardigan so it isn't as big a deal. I made a lot of mistakes and had some real issues with this sweater but I learned a lot and the others on this site were a tremendous inspiration.
Good luck and keep us informed. Please take out the stitches and start over or you will get very frustrated, I think. vk
The sleeves were the sticking point in my thinking-I'm sorry to have that confirmed, but better now than later. Thanks, Virginia. I have a 60" cable, so your suggestion on fitting as I go will come in handy. It just came to me last night that most of what I've done over the last several years has been afghans and throws-all straight work. Had forgotten how long it's been since I last made a sweater! Have 2 of them on needles right now, this one and one using a single ball of yarn at a time that's my "portable" project. Appreciate the input!
This is the first time I've used a lace weight yarn, and first tried winding it without putting it around anything-oof, did I have a mess! Since my cat hasn't mastered holding skeins of yarn for me, and I don't have any ladderback chairs, I quickly invested in a yarn swift, which solved that problem. I've finished the sleeves, but was only a couple of inches into the body, trying to convince myself that the twist could be worked around-I had put this aside for awhile so hadn't made as much progress as I might have, thankfully. I've purposely made this rather oversized, but saw others' warnings on the forum about sleeve length, so kept it pretty close to the pattern. I made quite a few sweaters when I was in high school and college, but not much since. I did make one of Cat Bordhi's actual "Moebius" scarves-in the winter I twist it around my head and neck, so it serves as both a cowl and a scarf-comfy!
For the cardigan, I'm using the Basalt Heather shown with the pattern, but with the Sherry shimmer as contrast-the grey and wine look nice together, and the stripe is visible without screaming.
Hi Deb, sleeves should work fine for you, definitely try on as you go. If you don't have a long enough cable length, thread another strand of cotton waste yarn through and remove your cables so that you can try on easier. Also, My warning about the upper portion of the cardi is measure yourself, and your knitting to figure the number of rows you will need to finish correctly for the upper body portion. I found that I am a shorter measurement than a lot of people, so once I finished knitting, the first time, had to take it completely out until I figured I needed to measure this area and refigure my rate of decreases for the raglan. Take care, and speak up if you have anymore questions.
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Wednesday Mar 23 2011
Prep Roundup
Del Oro Football Showcase To Cover All Bases
By: Mike Ray, Gold Country News Services
"Battle At The Capital" Lineup Announced
The 2011 "Battle at the Capital" hosted by Del Oro High this September will be more than your usual prep football showcase. In fact, when the week-long event comes to a conclusion, a total of 18 high school football teams, four youth squads and two law enforcement agencies will have snapped down their chin straps and lined up against each other. Slated for the weekend of Sept. 2-3-4, this year's program will actually get going on Monday, Aug. 29 with a "Wounded Warrior" golf tournament kicking things off at Lincoln Hills Country Club. "This year's line-up is basically a week of honor with scheduled events ranging from the golf tournament to the football games," said event director Mark Soto. "A significant amount of the funds that we generate will be going back to wounded veterans in rehabilitation and recovery." The football portion of the "Battle" will start on Friday, Sept. 2 with Del Oro High's frosh and JV squads playing host to Westlake of Westlake Village in Ventura County. Friday's feature varsity game at Del Oro will pit Leland High of San Jose, the alma mater of late former NFL star Pat Tillman, meeting Highlands in what is being called the "Pat Tillman Memorial" game. In addition to the activities at Del Oro on Friday, Leland's JV team will play at Highlands and Scotts Valley's JVs, from Santa Cruz County, will play at Capital Christian. On Saturday, four varsity games will be contested at Del Oro. At 11 a.m., Scotts Valley will meet Capital Christian. That will be followed at 2 p.m. with Bear River tangling with Proctor Hug of Reno. The two final prep games at Del Oro on Saturday are both very attractive early season match-ups. At 5 p.m., Pleasant Grove of Elk Grove, featuring national Div. I recruit Arik Armstead and Sacramento area "Offensive Player of the Year" Mark Jenkins who rushed for over 2,700 yards and scored 41 touchdowns in 2010, will tackle Lincoln of Stockton in a rematch of a pair of epic games from last season which saw Pleasant Grove prevail, 28-21, and 10-6. The feature game on Saturday will then pair defending CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Div. III champion Del Oro against perennial CIF Southern Section power Westlake of Ventura County. Westlake went 12-2 in 2010 and fell to nationally-ranked Oaks Christian, 29-28, in the CIF championship game. Coached by Jim Benkert, the Westlake program has turned out over 30 Div. I players since 1999. "We're excited to be coming up there." Said Benkert. "It looks like Del Oro has a fine program and we're happy to be bringing all three of our teams." The "Battle" activities will conclude on Sunday with youth football games featuring Del Campo, Granite Bay, Grant and Roseville. The showcase then will end with a Badge vs. Badge Memorial game pitting law enforcement officers of Placer County taking on Nevada County.


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Ariens 926056
Track Series Gas Powered 420cc Two-Stage Snow Blower with 28" Clearing Width
Item # BCI2058575 | Model # 926056 | Track Collection
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- Capable of throwing snow up to 50 feet
- 200 degree chute turning radius – aim the snow away from drive and walk ways
- Remote deflector controls included to adjust the height of the discharge while operating the unit
- Electric start - start up the snow blower fast and easy without hurting your back
- Covered under 3 year manufacturer's warranty
- Front-mounted halogen headlight allows for easy night time use
- Hand warmers to keep your fingers from freezing while working in even the worst conditions
- Includes skid shoes to protect your concrete surfaces and snow blower from damage
- Includes drift cutters to push snow into the blades, slice through drifts, and move away snow that is too high
- Work at the speed you want with variable speed control up to 2.4 mph
- 5.5" wide track tire for better traction in the worst winter conditions
- Auger Material: Serrated Steel (material the auger blades are made of)
- Clearing Width: 28 inches (how wide a path the blower cuts through the snow)
- Chute Rotation Style: Quick Turn (how the operator rotates the discharge chute)
- Drive System: Manual (What propels the snow blower: self-propelled, manual gears, or push)
- Grade: Professional (is this designed for professionals, consumers, or someone in-between)
- Starting System: Electric (how the operator starts the machine)
- Snow Blower Style: Two-Stage (what type of snow blower this is)
- Surface Type: Unpaved (type of surface this snow blower is approved to work on)
- Surface Area: Large (the size of area this snow blower is designed to clear)
- Tire Type: Track (type of tires included with this snow blower)
- Height: 45 inches (this is the measured height of the installed product)
- Length: 61.5 inches (this is the measured length of the installed product)
- Width: 30.5 inches (this is the measured width of the installed product)
- Weight: 343 pounds (the actual weight of the product, without any shipping materials)
- Engine Brand: Briggs & Stratton (brand of engine included with this product)
- Engine Size: 420cc (total volume of engine displacement measured in cubic centimeters)
- Engine Type: 4-Cycle (the type of engine included with this product)
- Fuel Type: Gas (type of fuel required to run unit - usually gas, electric, or cordless)
- Fuel Tank Size: 1.48 gallons (volume of gas the fuel tank will hold, measured in gallons)
- CARB Approved: Yes (is product approved by the California Air Resources Board for emissions standards)
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The Vapid Police Cruiser is one of the two main police cars used by the Liberty City Police Department in Grand Theft Auto IV and by the Los Santos Police Department in Grand Theft Auto V. The vehicle is a based of the Vapid Stanier.
GTA IVLike the Police Patrol, the Police Cruiser can be found at any LCPD station, and is dressed in LCPD livery (based on that of the NYPD). It is faster and more agile than the Police Patrol. The Police Cruiser's chassis is also shared with Vapid's NOOSE Cruiser and Taxi. The grill was probably inspired by toy police cars that can be found in several stores in New York, which are based in the Ford Crown Victoria but have a larger, more rectangular grill and lack of manufacturer emblem.
The Police Cruiser is an amalgamation of various Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptors, thus probably powered by a tuned V8. Its tail lights are similar to those of a 1992-1994 model; the chassis, including: windows, headlights (however upside down, similar to a 1992-1997 Mercury Grand Marquis), and front and rear bumpers resemble those of the 1992-97 models; and the grille and hood look like those of the 1998-2011 models. The dashboard instrument cluster is unlike the Ford product, consisting of only a tachometer, speedometer, fuel gauge and temperature gauge rather than the Crown Victoria's speedo, tach, central screen and gauges for fuel, temperature, oil pressure and volts.
The Police Cruiser does not appear as a drivable car in GTA Chinatown Wars (as the Police Patrol is the only police car in the game), but does occasionally surface as an aesthetic element of "busted" sequences, when a pre-rendered depiction of a modified Police Cruiser may be seen.
In GTA V, the Police Cruiser boasts a white and black livery with LSPD markings. The skin is modeled off of LAPD's iconic police skin. Two emergency light bars are fitted, an LED one similar to what is seen on the Vapid Interceptor, and a rotating incandescent one. The car is based on 1992-1997 Crown Victoria. The new model is based on the 1998-2011 Crown Victoria with the headlights bearing slight resemblence to both those of the 1991-1996 Chevrolet Caprice Classic and 2003-2011 Lincoln Town Car. The Police Cruiser seems to have a new handling line which will fix the problem, that if it goes around a corner fast and hit the curb your car will flip. In the countryside, there is a "Sheriff's Cruiser" variant of the Vapid Police cruiser but was also replaced by a new vehicle. The car can be found in most places in the City of Los Santos
The Police Cruiser's high-performance V-8 (which real life variant is Ford's Police Interceptor V-8 engine) produces an impressive amount of torque off the line, and accelerates well. It has a low rev limit, which can be felt at higher rpms. Also, the engine feels as if it runs out of steam before the transmission switches gear. It has a higher top speed than its Declasse-branded competitor, but will not get there faster than the latest Bravado offering.
The car's weakness lies in its poor suspension, as the car experiences incredible amounts of body roll and has a tendency to over steer off throttle. Stability is average at high speeds, but due to its very soft suspension the car does wallow and float about quite a bit. The car does appear to have some decent tires on it, however, which does help with improving the handling quality, if only just a bit.
Crash deformation is also average, and the suspension does not take very long to start meandering one way or the other. The engine is not fragile, but is certainly not the toughest to destroy in the game, although it fares better than the Police Buffalo.
The new police cruiser, is slightly different from its GTA IV rendition. Its suspension has been heavily stiffened, making rollovers less likely on flat terrain compared to the previous generation vehicle, at the cost of some turning ability. It also seems to have slightly better acceleration than the old vehicle, but it is still nowhere near the capabilities of the new cruiser.
However, the Police Cruiser does appear to be more strongly-built than the new cruiser; it appears that the latter will take only a relative few high-speed impacts before then engine starts to smoke, and also suffers from wheel locking after a decent quarter impact. The Stanier is able to take more hits and you have to crash much harder to bend the front axle to the point that the wheel locks.
Overall, it's a decent choice over the Interceptor for its ability to take an intense crash and still be driveable. While its not exactly an FIB Granger or Police Riot, it is respectably durable.
Another variant of the Police Cruiser in TBoGT, internally named "
policew", oddly exists as a completely wrecked but drivable version of the GTA IV Police Cruiser. Depicted with a completely charred bodywork, the
policew has no siren, non-functional lights and no radio, and emits a horn sounding like that of the Brickade's. Despite being a wreck, the
policew is still vulnerable to damage from collisions and weapons. The vehicle however still has well above average performance, one nearly of that comparable to the Police Buffalo, instead of the regular performance as found in its un-wrecked Vapid counterpart. It has the motor sound of that found in the Police Buffalo, and its acceleration is the equivalent, along with top speed, and handling. The physical motor acts as if nothing is wrong with it, and runs as healthy as any good motor. Aside mods or hacking, the
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In IV any police vehicle can access the Police Computer by pressing the L1 button (PlayStation 3), the LB button (Xbox 360), or the E key (PC), which lets Niko perform the vigilante side-mission, hence search for the most wanted criminals, monitor recent crimes in the area, search the police records and call for backup.
- Like other emergency vehicles with roof-mounted strobe lights, the Police Cruiser's siren will malfunction by wailing in random, distorted pitches if the strobe light housing is significantly damaged by gunfire, falling objects, or rolling of the vehicle. The second and third sirens noises are also disabled, leaving the car with only the malfunctioning siren noise.
- A bug exists where in GTA IV a fixed police car can be driven with a distorted siren, requiring the "repair car cheat", or, in multiplayer, a health kit. However, if the player turns off the siren while it is like this, then turns it back on, it will return to normal.
- In GTA IV multiplayer, the Police Cruiser, Enforcer, and the Annihilator are the only vehicles used by law enforcement.
- On the GTA IV DVD case, a Police Cruiser can be seen. However, the Police Cruiser on the case has the headlights and front bumper of a 1998–2011 Crown Victoria, when compared to the in-game model.
- In GTA IV multiplayer and GTA Online, the Police Cruiser has a normal radio; the same applies to all other emergency vehicles.
- In the GTA IV Beta, the Police Cruiser had a registration number on the trunk, instead of the LCPD logo.
- Be careful when attempting to "save" a Police Cruiser (or Police Patrol) in a parking spot in GTA IV. Often times police officers will just enter the car and drive off, despite it being parked in "your" parking spot. This occurs with either a lone policeman, or if a policeman is chasing and apprehending a non-player criminal on the street then both will enter the car and the police officer will drive off. This tends to occur more often after just loading a save. If the player gets into their police car and the criminal and their arresting officer get in with them, the player will receive a one-star wanted level for obstructing an arrest and may also be pulled out of the car by the criminal and be engaged in a fight with them.


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Some of the changes are specific to the dbus-python project, and I included a detailed summary of those changes and my rationale behind them. There are lots of good lessons learned during this porting exercise that I want to share with you, have a discussion about, and see if there aren't things we core Python developers can do in Python 3.3 to make it even easier to migrate to Python 3.
First, some background. D-Bus is a freedesktop.org project for same-system interprocess communication, and it's an essential component of any Linux desktop. The D-Bus system and C API are mature and well-defined, and there are bindings available for many programming language, Python included of course. The existing dbus-python package is only compatible with Python 2, and most recommendations are to use the Gnome version of Python bindings should you want to use D-Bus with Python 3. For us in Ubuntu, this isn't acceptable though because we must have a solution that supports KDE and potentially even non-UI based D-Bus Python servers. Several ports of dbus-python to Python 3 have been attempted in the past, but none have been accepted upstream, so naturally I took it as a challenge to work on a new version of the port. After some discussion with the upstream maintainer Simon McVittie, I had a few requirements in mind:
- One code base for both Python 2 and Python 3. It's simply too difficult to support multiple development branches, so one branch must be compilable in both versions of Python. Because dbus-python is not setuptools-based, I not to rely on 2to3 to auto-convert the Python layer. This is more difficult, but given the next requirement, entirely possible.
- Minimum Python versions to support are 2.6 and 3.2 (Python 2.7 is also supported). Python 2.6 contains almost everything you need to do a high quality port of both the Python layer and the C extension layer with a single code base. Python 2.7 has one or two additional helpers, but they aren't important enough to count Python 2.6 out. For dbus-python, this specifically means dropping support for Python 2.5, which is more than 5 years old at the time of this writing. Also, it makes no sense to support Python 3.0 or 3.1 as neither of those are in wide-spread use.
- Minimize any API changes seen by Python 2 code, and minimize the changes needed to port clients to Python 3. For the former, this means everything from keeping Python APIs unchanged to keeping the inheritance hierarchy the same. Python 2 programs will see a few small changes after the application of my patches; I'll describe them below but they should be inconsequential for the vast majority of Python 2 applications. While it's unavoidable that Python 3 applications will see a different API, these differences have been minimized.
I also made the decision to change some object types to longs in both versions of Python, where I thought it was highly unlikely that Python clients would care. Specifically, many dbus objects have a variant_level attribute, which is usually zero, but can be any positive integer. For implementation simplicity, I changed these to longs in Python 2 also.
Ah, bytes vs. strings is always where things get interesting when porting to Python 3. It's the single most brain hurty exercise you will have to go through. Remember that Python 2 lets you cheat. If you not sure whether the entity you're dealing with is some bytes, or some (usually ASCII-encoded) string, just use a Python 2 str type (a.k.a. 8-bit string) and let Python's automatic conversion rules change it to a unicode when the two types meet. You can't get away with this in Python 3 though, for very good reasons - it's error prone, and can lead to data corruption or the annoyingly ubiquitous and hard to predict UnicodeErrors.
In Python 3, you must be clear about what are bytes and what are strings (i.e. unicodes), and you must be explicit when converting between the two. Yes, this can be painful at times but in my opinion, it's crucial that you do so. It's that important to eliminate UnicodeErrors that you can't defend against and your users won't understand or be able to correct. Once you're clear in your own mind as to which are strings and which are bytes, it's usually not that hard to reflect that clearly in your code, especially if you leave Python 2.5 and anything earlier behind, which I highly recommend.
dbus-python presented an interesting challenge here. It has several data types in its C API that are defined as UTF-8 encoded char*'s. At first blush, it seemed to me that these should be reflected in Python 3 as bytes objects to simplify the conversion in the extension module to and from char*'s. It turns out that this was a bad idea from an implementation stand point, and dbus-python's upstream maintainer had already expressed his opinion that these data types should be exposed as unicodes in Python 3. After having failed at my initial attempts at making them bytes, I now agree that they must be unicodes, both for implementation simplicity and for minimal impact on porting user code.
The biggest problem I ran into with the choice of bytes is that the callback dispatch code in dbus-python is complex, difficult to understand and debug, driven by external data, and written with a deep assumption of operating on strings. For example, when the dbus C API receives a signal, it must determine whether there is a Python function registered to handle that signal, and it does this by comparing a number of client-registered parameters, such as the method name, the interface, and the object path. If the dbus C API was turning these parameters into bytes, but the clients had registered strings, then the comparisons in the callback dispatch routines would fail, either loudly with an exception, or silently with failing comparisons. The former were relatively easy to track down and fix, by explicitly decoding client-registered strings to bytes. But the latter, silent failures, were nearly impossible to debug. Add to that the fact that there were so many roads into the registration system, that it was also very difficult to coerce all incoming data early enough so that coercion wasn't necessary at comparison time. I was left with the unappealing alternative of forcing all client code to also change their data from using strings to using bytes, which I realized would be much too high a burden on clients porting their applications to Python 3. Simon was right, but it was a useful exercise to fail at anyway.
(By way of comparison, it took me the better part of a week and a half to try to get the test suite passing when these objects were bytes, which I was ultimately unable to do, and about a day to get them passing when everything was unicodes. That's gotta tell you something right there, and hopefully not that "I suck" :).
Let's look at some practical advice that may help you in your own porting efforts.
- Target nothing older than Python 2.6 or Python 3.2. I mentioned this before, but it's really going to make your life easier. Specifically, drop Python 2.5 and earlier and you will thank yourself[1]. If you absolutely cannot do this, consider waiting to port to Python 3. Note that while Python 2.7 has a few additional conveniences for supporting both Python 2 and Python 3 in a single code base, I did not find them compelling enough to drop Python 2.6 support.
- Where you have C types with reprs, make those reprs return unicodes in both versions. Many dbus-python types have somewhat complicated reprs because they return different strings depending on whether their variant_levels are zero or non-zero. #ifdef'ing all of these was just too much work. Because most code probably doesn't care about the specific type of the repr, and because Python 2 allows unicode reprs, and because I have a very clever hack for this[2], I decided to make all reprs return unicodes in both versions of Python.
- Include the following __future__ imports in your Python code: print_function, absolute_import, and unicode_literals. In Python 2.6 and 2.7, these enable features that are the default in Python 3, and so make it easier to support both with one codebase. Specifically, change all your print statements to print() functions, and remove all your u'' prefixes from your unicode literals. Be sure to b'' prefix all your byte literals[3].
- Wherever possible, in your extension modules, change all your PyInts to PyLongs. In dbus-python, this means that the variant_level attributes are longs in both Python versions, as are values that represent such things as UNIX file descriptors. The only place where I kept PyInts in Python 2 (and their requisite #ifdefs to use PyLongs in Python 3) was in the numeric stack inheritance hierarchy, mostly so that Python 2 code which cares about such things would not have to change.
- Define a Python variable and a C macro for determining whether you're running in Python 2 or Python 3. The former is used in dbus-python because under Python 3, there is no UTF8String type any more, among other subtle differences. The latter is used to simply the #ifdef tests where they're needed[4].
- In your C code, #include <bytesobject.h>
. This header exposes aliases for all PyString calls so that you can use the Python 3 idiom of PyBytes. Then globally replace all PyString_Foo() calls with PyBytes_Foo() and the code will look clean and be compilable under both versions of Python. You may need to add explicit PyUnicode calls where you need to discern between bytes and strings, but again, this code will be completely portable between Python 2 and Python 3. Try to write your functions to accept both unicodes and bytes, but always normalize them to one type or the other for internal use, and choose one or the other to return. Some Python stdlib methods are polymorphic in that they return bytes when handed bytes, and unicodes when handed unicodes. This can be convenient in some cases, but problematic in others. Choose carefully when porting your APIs. Don't use trailing-L long literals if you can help it. Switch to using Py_TYPE() everywhere instead of de-references ob_type explicitly. The structures are laid out differently between Python 2 and Python 3, and this Python-supplied macro hides the ugliness from you.
def is_sequence(obj):
from collections import Sequence
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#define REPRV(obj) \
(PyUnicode_Check(obj) ? (obj) : NULL), \
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return PyUnicode_FromFormat("...%V...", REPRV(parent_repr));
import sys is_py3 = getattr(sys.version_info, 'major', sys.version_info[0]) == 3
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if is_py3:
from _dbus_bindings import UTF8String
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