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Heartbreak has ruled Seattle sports scene far too long
A sea of bodies lining Seattle's Fourth Avenue as a thin strip of cars wind their way through the parted masses. Throngs of fans of all ages waving signs, pennants and pom poms out of cars and on top of street signs. Tall men in leisure suits with big smiles waving back at an estimated 200,000 fans.
It was 1979. It was Lenny Wilkins, Jack Sikma and the Seattle SuperSonics. And it was the last time Seattle celebrated a world championship.
I don't remember it. I was 20 days old.
My dad does. He remembers my mom chastising him for being late to my delivery because he was watching the end of the Sonics' Game 5 showdown against the Suns in the Western Conference Finals. He remembers going to a party and everyone crowding around the TV to watch one of the Finals games.
"It was what everyone was talking about," my dad says.
Today, nearly 35 years later, the Seahawks give my dad, myself and Pacific Northwest sports fans hope of an encore.
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As a Seattle sports fan I've learned to insulate my emotions like so many layers of clothing on a cold January day. I've been conditioned to do so.
Heartbreak is the norm for sports fans, but it's been especially cruel for Seattle sports fans. Whether it's Dikembe Mutombo holding the ball above his head, Derek Jeter and the Yankees celebrating as the M's walk off the field or Kevin Durant draining 3-pointers in a jersey with Thunder across the top, Seattle is in a fraternity of sports-heartbreak cities with Cleveland, Buffalo and Kansas City. We're used to being the bridesmaid. We've grown accustomed to saying: Hey, we're just glad we made it that far.
As a fan who doesn't remember the 1979 championship or the Seahawks' run to the AFC Championship Game in 1983, the 1980s feel like a sports wasteland. Think Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. Strange looking characters with names like X-Man, Hendu and The Boz lost in a desert, thirsty for meaningful victories. Sure we had local legends like Steve Largent, Alvin Davis and Tom Chambers, but there was very little that galvanized the region. The Mariners were the epitome of the struggle, finishing 220 games below .500 for the decade and failing to post a winning record in any of those seasons.
Then hope arrived in the 1990s. Led by Don James the Huskies won multiple Rose Bowls and a split national title. The Sonics drafted Shawn Kemp in 1989 and Gary Payton a year later to create a winning foundation that would help the Sonics post 515 wins in the decade, nearly 100 more than the 10 years before. Even the Mariners started to show signs of promise with rising stars named Edgar, Junior and Randy.
But the thing about hope, it's often accompanied by crushing despair. I remember Kemp dunking on Alton Lister and the cocksure Payton refusing to back down from anybody as the Sonics reeled off win afer win in 1994, all set to the soundtrack of Sonics beat poet Kevin Calabro ("Good Golly Miss Molly").
I also remember that pit in my stomach as Mutombo celebrated on our home court.
A year later, the Mariners were fighting for their first-ever playoff appearance with a tiebreaker game against the Angels. Finally able to drive, my friends and I piled into a car and took off for Seattle. We parked on one of the berms under I-5 and joined the hopeful masses marching to the Kingdome. That day we cheered like we'd never cheered before at a Mariners game as Luis Sojo's bunt cleared the bases and Randy Johnson pitched the M's into the playoffs.
It was 1995 and M's fans remember The Double that crushed the hated Yankees a few weeks later. But we often forget the M's led the Indians 2-1 in the American League Championship Series only to score two runs over the final three games and fall short of the ultimate goal: the World Series.
Hey, we were just happy to be there.
Next it was the Sonics again. They finally got back to the NBA Finals in 1996, only to face Michael Jordan and the Bulls. Six games later ... we were just happy to be there. In 2001, it was the Mariners. Four years later, the Seahawks. All just happy to be there.
For every record-setting regular season there's a team that falls short in the playoffs. For every expansion team that sets attendance records there's a team that packs up and moves away. For every Mike Holmgren there's a Tyrone Willingham.
That's the thing about winning a world championship. It finishes the conversation.
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This seasons' Seahawks are the perfect team to put an end to our pain. They're a mix of all the great teams we remember. They have the brashness and confidence of those '90s Sonics' teams; the grittiness and togetherness of the 2001 Mariners; the talent on both sides of the ball of those Huskies' Rose Bowl teams. And unlike in 2005 when the Seahawks made the Super Bowl for the first time ever, this team doesn't feel like it's just happy to be there.
They're in New York to win.
That's why I'm giving them my sports baggage. All of my worst Seattle sports memories: Joey Cora crying on the bench; Bo Jackson running over Brian Bosworth; fans throwing dollar bills at A-Rod; Clay Bennett and David Stern smirking as they discuss a new arena plan; Vin Baker for Shawn Kemp; a winless Husky football team; Bill Leavy and his cronies in Super Bowl XL. All of it. Wally Walker. Bill Bavasi. Ken Behring.
I'm going to let it all go. I won't forget, but I'll see it differently. I'm going to let this year's Seahawks put an end to it.
That's what they will do today when they capture the city's first major sports title since 1979.
This time, it'll be a parade I will remember.
Aaron Swaney is a lifelong Seattle sports fan. He's also the prep editor for The Daily Herald and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or on Twitter at @swaney_aaron79.
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|Taylor Mays, S
|The Vikings have agreed to terms on a contract with Mays.
Analysis: Mays was a second-round draft pick out of USC by San Francisco in 2010 and traded by the 49ers the following year to the Cincinnati Bengals, where he played three seasons under defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer. Zimmer has started his second year as coach of the Vikings. Mays will likely compete with incumbent Robert Blanton for a starting spot next to Harrison Smith.
|Nathan Slaughter, WR
|The NFL's experiment with a veterans combine has worked immediately for at least one player. Slaughter is the first success story from Sunday's session, signing with the Arizona Cardinals on Monday. Slaughter ran an unofficial 4.55 in the 40-yard dash, the fastest time.
Analysis: Slaughter, 22, also could find a role on special teams. Slaughter played four seasons at Division II West Texas A&M, where he caught 74 passes for 1,978 yards and 14 touchdowns, along with three kickoff return TDs.
|James Harrison, LB
|The Steelers have re-signed Harrison to a two-year deal, bringing back the 36-year-old who had 5 1/2 sacks last year. The team announced the deal on Sunday, and Harrison shared a picture of himself signing the contract on Instagram and Twitter.
Analysis: The five-time Pro Bowler will be entering his 13th NFL season after spending the winter training in Arizona. This offseason, there were no questions about whether Harrison wanted to return. He came back to the Steelers in 2014 after a brief 18-day retirement. Harrison played in 11 games last season.
|Bryce Harris, T
|The New Orleans Saints have agreed to terms with Harris on a one-year contract.
Analysis: Harris, 6-6, 300 pounds, has appeared in 34 career games with four starts in three seasons, two at left tackle and two at right tackle. Originally signed as an undrafted free agent by the Atlanta Falcons in 2012 out of Fresno State, Harris was added to New Orleans' active roster off the Falcons practice squad in Week one of his rookie campaign.
|Kevin Vickerson, DE
|The New York Jets and Vickerson have agreed to a one-year contract.
Analysis: Vickerson, 32, had 12 tackles in 15 games for the Kansas City Chiefs last season. He is expected to give the Jets depth on the defensive line after Kenrick Ellis signed with the Giants as a free agent. Vickerson also has been with Miami, Tennessee, Seattle and Denver during his 10-year career. He has 165 career tackles, 6 1/2 sacks, two forced fumbles and an interception.
|Clint Gresham, C
|The Seattle Seahawks have re-signed long snapper Gresham to a new contract.
Analysis: It's a three-year contract worth $2.7 million total and a $300,000 signing bonus. Gresham has been with the Seahawks since the 2010 season, appearing in every game during that time. Seattle has kept all of its specialists together for the past four seasons with Gresham, punter Jon Ryan and kicker Steven Hauschka.
|Adrian Peterson, RB
|One day after Peterson's agent, Ben Dogra, said in an interview on Tuesday that he believes a return to Minnesota this season is not in the "best interest" of the standout running back, coach Mike Zimmer said he "fully expects" Peterson to be with the team for the 2015 season, adding Wednesday there are "no plans" to trade the star.
Analysis: Peterson has not yet been reinstated by the NFL from his suspension under the personal conduct policy. Peterson has balked at returning to the team, questioning the Minnesota organization's support of him after he was suspended for disciplining his 4-year-old son with a wooden switch. The case was resolved in court with a plea bargain. Peterson's contract has three years remaining, with a $12.75 million salary for 2015.
|Matt Moore, QB
|Moore has signed a contract to remain the Miami Dolphins' backup quarterback behind Ryan Tannehill.
Analysis: Moore has been with the Dolphins since 2011, when he replaced an injured Chad Henne, started 12 games and was voted the team's most valuable player. But he hasn't started since then, and threw only four passes in two games last year.
|Louis Delmas, S
|The Miami Dolphins are bringing back safety Louis Delmas, who signed a one-year deal Friday to return to the club.
Analysis: Delmas tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in December, but the team is hopeful he will be ready for training camp this summer.
|Nate Irving, LB
|The Indianapolis Colts said Friday they have agreed to terms with unrestricted free agent linebacker Nate Irving.
Analysis: Irving spent the past four seasons with the Denver Broncos, where he had 104 tackles, two sacks and 22 special teams stops in 54 regular season games, including 12 starts. In six playoff games, he added nine more tackles. Irving started the first eight games last season and posted a career-high 44 tackles along with a sack before being placed on injured reserve Nov. 13.
|George Selvie, DE
|The New York Giants have signed Selvie, a college teammate of Jason Pierre-Paul, to help strengthen their defensive line. The Giants announced the signing on Friday. Contract terms were not immediately available.
Analysis: Selvie and Pierre-Paul were together at South Florida and it's conceivable they could go into the season as the Giants' starting defensive ends in September. Selvie has played in 68 regular-season games with 29 starts in five seasons for St. Louis, Carolina, Jacksonville and Dallas. His career totals include 126 tackles, 13 sacks, three forced fumbles and four fumble recoveries.
|James Brewer, T
|The New York Jets have signed former Giants offensive lineman James Brewer to a one-year contract. The 6-foot-6, 330-pound Brewer signed Thursday, a day after visiting with the Jets. He was a fourth-round draft pick by the Giants out of Indiana in 2011.
Analysis: Brewer played in 26 career games, including eight starts, with the Giants. He was inactive for the Giants' first 10 games last season before playing in Weeks 12 and 13 - his only game action.
|DuJuan Harris, RB
|Minnesota signed Harris on Thursday.
Analysis: Harris missed all of the 2013 season with a knee injury and appeared in 15 games for the Packers last season. He carried the ball 16 times for 64 yards and could give the Vikings depth at the position if they part with Adrian Peterson.
|Colt McCoy, QB
|The Washington Redskins have re-signed McCoy, who started four games for the team last season. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Analysis: McCoy, 28, appeared in five games overall in his first season with the Redskins, completing 91 of 128 passes (71.7 percent) for 1,057 yards, with four touchdown passes, three interceptions and a team-high passer rating of 96.4. The McCoy signing means, at least for now, the trio of quarterbacks who started games for last year's 4-12 club will return, including 2012 first-round draft pick Robert Griffin III and Kirk Cousins.
|Bernard Pierce, RB
|The Jacksonville Jaguars have claimed Bernard Pierce off waivers, one day after the running back's drunken driving charge led to his release by the Baltimore Ravens.
Analysis: The 23-year-old Pierce has rushed for 1,334 yards and five touchdowns in 45 career games with the Ravens, including three starts. He was a third-round draft pick in 2012. He had 366 yards rushing and touchdowns last season.
|Byron Stingily, T
|The Tennessee Titans have agreed to terms with offensive tackle Byron Stingily on a multi-year contract. The Titans announced the deal Thursday. Financial terms of the contract weren't disclosed.
Analysis: Stingily, 26, played 10 games and made five starts for the Titans last season to establish career highs in both categories. He has played 20 games with nine starts in four seasons with the Titans.
|Demarco Cox, T
|The Indianapolis Colts have signed undrafted free agent tackle Demarco Cox, a former basketball player at Ole Miss.
Analysis: The 6-foot-8 Cox played four years of basketball for the Rebels before transferring to Georgia Tech. He started all but one game for the Yellow Jackets and was the team's third-leading scorer (8.8 points per game) and rebounder (6.0).
|Daniel Fells, TE
|Fells has re-signed with the New York Giants. The eight-year veteran shared the position with Larry Donnell last season, playing in all 16 games. He had 16 receptions for 188 yards and a career-high four touchdowns.
Analysis: Fells did not play in 2013, and said his return last year was "a big blessing. I wanted to be able to come back and prove I can still play this game." He played his first three NFL seasons with the Rams, mostly as a backup. In 2011, Fells started 15 games for Denver. He joined New England the next year, but made only four catches.
|Dwayne Bowe, WR
|Bowe, who spent the past eight seasons with Kansas City, has agreed to contract terms with the Cleveland Browns.
Analysis: With Cleveland, Bowe will become a No. 1 receiver and fill the void created when former Pro Bowler Josh Gordon was suspended for one year for multiple violations of the NFL's drug policy. A big, athletic receiver, Bowe had 60 catches for 754 yards last season but no touchdowns. Bowe led the league with 15 TDs in 2010 and has averaged 66 catches per season.
|Jacob Tamme, TE
|The Atlanta Falcons have signed Tamme, looking for help at tight end one year after the retirement of Tony Gonzalez.
Analysis: Tamme had 14 catches for 109 and two touchdowns with the Denver Broncos last season. He set career highs with 67 catches for 631 yards and four touchdowns with quarterback Peyton Manning and the Colts in 2010. He then followed Manning to Denver, where he played the last three seasons. Levine Toilolo had 31 catches for 238 yards and two touchdowns as the Falcons' starting tight end last season.
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Link: 4 Chicago Bound Shows Reviewed in TimeOut Chicago
The Magnet Theater is sending 4 teams out to the Chicago Improv Festival next week. A represenative from TimeOut Chicago attended our CIF showcase at the beginning of the month and had some nice things to say about The Cascade, Chet Watkins, FACE and Hello Laser.
Duo Rick Andrews and Jennifer Dunne have a compelling form on their hands… this duo played it smart and patient, and I'd watch them again. (The Cascade)
These long-form practitioners have a secret weapon: fearless women. The men aren't half bad either... All in all, impressive. (Chet Watkins).
It's awesome to hear instrumentation besides a piano, and the musicians rotate frequently (including new ones in Chicago). Also, this group embraced the entirety of the stage in a big way and offered solid callbacks. (FACE)
This quartet of goofs is a C.I.F. visiting favorite and, having now witnessed them on home turf, it's easy to see why… If the C.I.F. were a competition, we know where we'd place our bets. (Hello Laser)
Russ started improvising during high school in Ann Arbor Michigan. There, he and his friends formed a group that they believed to be very "high brow," but looking back, they are now pretty sure they mostly just made up fart jokes and mocked their principle. Since then, Russ has come a long way, honing his craft at iO and Second City in Chicago before making The Magnet Theater his improv home base.
As a teacher of long-form, Russ tries to keep it positive. He emphasizes physical and emotional focus. His objective is to get everyone on board and be okay with playing together. Russ also likes to incorporate tons of metaphors into his teaching. For instance rather than just tell you to "follow the fear," as most improv teachers might, Russ, a native of Indianapolis, might quote racecar driver Mario Andretti. "If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough."
Russ is currently teaching Level 2: Intro to Longform improv. Check out a listing of our available classes on the Magnet Theater website.
So maybe you can't go to Chicago just to see your favorite
Magnet Teams. You can, however, get a preview of the teams accepted to CIF 2011 all weekend:
FACE Friday at 7pm
Chet Watkins Friday at 8pm
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Total Recall: Kevin Bacon's Best Movies
We count down the best-reviewed work of the R.I.P.D. star.
From starring roles in flicks like Footloose to memorable cameos in films like JFK, Kevin Bacon has been pretty much all over Hollywood during his 35-year professional acting career, working so prolifically that he eventually inspired his own game. But until now, he's never had his own Total Recall -- so when we noticed Bacon's name in the cast list for this weekend's R.I.P.D., we knew exactly what we had to do. Everything is better with Bacon, so let's start the countdown!
10. A Few Good Men
Inspired by a real-life incident related to screenwriter Aaron Sorkin by his sister, a onetime member of the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps, A Few Good Men united an attention-getting cast, a tightly written script, and some of Rob Reiner's sharpest direction to produce one of the biggest critical and commercial successes of 1992 (TIME's Richard Schickel called it "An extraordinarily well-made movie, which wastes no words or images in telling a conventional but compelling story"). Although Men is mostly remembered today for its climactic courtroom scene, featuring Jack Nicholson as an enraged colonel who snaps under questioning and accuses the young lawyer questioning him (Tom Cruise) of not being able to handle the truth, it's actually a pretty solid dramatic thriller all the way around -- and it added links to a few more stars in Bacon's growing resume, thanks to his supporting role as opposing counsel Captain Jack Ross.
9. Mystic River
With Clint Eastwood behind the camera, Brian Helgeland writing the script from a Dennis Lehane book, and a cast packed with reliable names like Sean Penn, Laura Linney, Marcia Gay Harden, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, and Laurence Fishburne, you're pretty much guaranteed a terrific movie -- and that's exactly what filmgoers got with 2003's Mystic River, which not only earned over $150 million at the box office, but won a pair of Academy Awards and a stack of honors from other organizations. Fishburne played Whitey Powers, Massachusetts state police sergeant and partner of Sean Devine (played by Bacon); over the course of the film, the duo investigates the murder of a girl whose father, Jimmy Markum (Penn), is not only a local gangster, but one of Devine's closest childhood friends. Complicating matters even further is the nagging suspicion that the crime may have been committed by Dave Boyle (Robbins), Jimmy's brother-in-law -- and another of Sean's old friends. It sounds like the stuff of bullet-riddled melodrama, but few mainstream authors spin literary gold out of pulp as reliably as Lehane, and with Eastwood's flinty direction providing a solid foundation for his stellar cast, River deserved the praise of critics such as Cole Smithey, who pronounced, "American drama doesn't get any more meaty and muscular than this."
8. Tremors
A cheerfully amiable B-movie creature feature with modern-day trappings, 1990's Tremors dropped Bacon in the middle of a wonderfully eclectic cast (including Reba McEntire and Big Trouble in Little China legend Victor "Egg Shen" Wong) to tell the story of a small town whose sleepy existence is disrupted by a rumbling passel of giant subterranean monsters. Although it wasn't a major hit during its theatrical release, it went on to enjoy cult status, spawning a (lamentably Bacon-free) succession of sequels and a TV series. The secret of its enduring appeal, according to Rob Vaux of the Flipside Movie Emporium, lies in "The blueprint for how to do projects like this right: care about your material, but don't lose your sense of humor."
7. The Woodsman
Actors often sign up to play unappealing characters in order to highlight their diversity -- and they don't come much more unappealing than "ex-con child molester," all of which is to say that it took a certain amount of guts for Bacon to step into the role of a tormented pedophile struggling to put his life back together in 2004's The Woodsman. Picking up after his release from prison and focusing on his awkward efforts to build new relationships and move on from the dark secrets of his past, it can be undeniably difficult to watch; as far as most critics were concerned, however, that discomfort paid rich dividends. "To watch this picture is to feel," pointed out the Globe and Mail's Rick Groen, "and what you're feeling is an intense swirl of conflicting emotions -- disturbed, creeped-out, sorry, and, yes, even moved."
6. X-Men: First Class
While Kevin Bacon is certainly no stranger to effects-driven films -- heck, he spent a substantial portion of 2000's Hollow Man as an invisible man -- he managed to avoid doing time in a comic book movie until 2011's X-Men: First Class, which rebooted the moribund franchise by taking the characters back to their beginnings as a freshly assembled team of mutant superheroes. The reason for their coming together? The threat posed by Sebastian Shaw (Bacon), an energy-absorbing sociopath (and former Nazi to boot) who plans on taking over the world. A major box-office hit as well as a perfect opportunity for Bacon to chew some scenery, it also resonated with critics like the Wall Street Journal's Joe Morgenstern, who wrote, "Preaching mutant pride with endearing fervor, X-Men: First Class proves to be a mutant in its own right -- a zestfully radical departure from the latter spawn of a sputtering franchise."


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Randy Moss retires: sullen, spectacular, and forever one of a kind
Randy Moss brought a unique mix of speed, athleticism, and receiving skill to the NFL. When he was at his best, no one in the NFL could match – much less cover – Randy Moss.
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There was a time at the height of Randy Moss's mostly glorious career, that any pass lofted high enough in his direction would almost inevitably come down in those two hands softer than Corinthian leather.
On Monday, it seems, no new contract was lofted high enough for Moss to consider coming back for a 14th National Football League season.
Moss has decided to retire, his agent confirmed Monday.
His career was part meteoric star, part World Wresting Federation villain – the eclectic mix of a once-in-a-generation talent attenuated by repeated helpings of surliness in his public (and sometimes onfield) persona.
He was a linchpin of arguably the greatest offenses in pro football history: the 1998 Minnesota Vikings and the 2007 New England Patriots – No. 2 and No. 1, respectively, in NFL history for points scored in a season.
And yet he was also the man who, as a Viking in 2005, walked off the field before a game against the Washington Redskins was finished. The receiver who sometimes appeared to run his routes with such nonchalance that he lacked only a Big Gulp, a bag of chips, and a Barcalounger.


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First of all the first side went collectively mad is western media and those general public who been brainwashed all day by these medias.
Then the people's Daily is really not influential at all in China, maybe some old commi at their 60, 70 or 80 still read it and be serious about its content. Actually the most people from 20-40 read international politic media like The economist, Time, Business week, new weekly(新周刊) and many more.
"A nation going collectively mad."?
Thank for this judgement and I think many Chinese reader here will remember this arrogance word from you. What i see is some collectively mad Americans like you keep flaming China here and keep ignore all those comments and questions, or simply said: the truth.
The Chinese penchant for nationalist thinking is what causes the country to periodically go through bouts of collective insanity like the cultural revolution.I sense another one is brewing. As you whip people up to the point where they start believing that sits like "Dalai Liar" are legitimate, and they take every word printed about Tibet or the WEst in People's Daily as gospel truth, then what you are talking about is a nation that is going collectively mad.
The west is a society that preaches the hate culture. Can the white people have guts to stare in the eyes of the angry black people? In China, we can look into each other's eyes without fear just because we know we are of the same people, Han, Tibetan, Zhuang, Miao, all the minorities. The Western world, please, don't spread your hate culture to China.
"Yes Midsomer, of course they were posted, once they went through the China censors first. "You know that for a fact? Or, just guessing?Don't you want to find out what the real truth is? Go to China, write something anti-Chinese government, post on this or any of the hundreds (could be thousands, I lost count) website there, then, leave China, you will find no one has 'censored' what you wrote, as the truth is, they don't really care what you say or think. The government in Peking is become so confident, people like you just don't bother them anymore.
To all,.........................''why do they still keeping on producing articles like this?''''They are by design''.........................It really look like that now.Economist is becoming a ''mirror'' and ''jerry springer'' sort media-freak and provocative.Think we all tired and sick to read the posts which using the words like 'soulless...zombies',I feel the against China posts are getting less logical, substantial,and analytical.So not just you shocked bird, ''feeling tired of refuting the same old false accusations''.TOEconomist is right.It is cultural fallout-that is my conclusion.Off now
Legoland01, putting a democracy in place, does not infer nor do i suggest people will stop dying.
I'm pretty sure people will still pass on in Canada, the US are others. Democracy will not stop milk from spilling, crops from failing, it won't stop the rain from falling etc etc,
But in theory their lives are a lot longer, bullets and imprisonment tend to short them, sometimes exceptionally fast, if they wish speak up and disagree, or even call me crazy, make changes, also in theory to 'improve' current policies than in previous totalitarian state conditions. A process for change is what it will allow for, maybe not a very effective one, but its better than none at all.
See, all you freedom haters, that goes to you to APHK as well, its easier to have a 'state' to blame for your problems, that crutch means you don't have to get up survive, thrive, find a job, figure your life out.
Give me the right to drive a car over old age pension any day, I'll make my own money, thank you. But until I afford to build a medical lab in my spare room, the government can take care of the medical bills.
The vast GDP in Russia was not effectively translated into prosperity for the 'workers', someone has the money, just need to find out where it is.
I always wondered what happened to that Russian oil baron, with his time in jail, I wonder if put off any business decisions or life plans he might have had.
APHK, I'm not trying to win points with anyone. I generally don't care much what anyone else thinks really, for there are usually too many holes in their theories.
But I will argue that since were playing a game, lets play all by the same rules.
Yes Midsomer, of course they were posted, once they went through the China censors first.
Dear Mr / Ms Voicer,What has truth got to do with it all? Don't you see, when the US and some American actors and actress decided, for whatever reason, China is bad, then China is bad, that is that.Truth has got nothing to do with it.Remember: "...the first eyewitness report of the riots published in the European media came from the only journalist who happened to be in Lhasa then--James Miles of The Economist. Far from being critical, Miles confirmed some of the key elements in what subsequently became the official Chinese story.He reported in moving terms the plight of a Han Chinese family trying to escape certain death by hiding in a basement as all their property went up in flames. And he told the world that far from using force, the Chinese government may have been guilty of abandoning the streets of Lhasa to the mobs..."So who cares about the truth!
I'm a Chinese. I read your westerners' so called comments just now. You know what? You have no right to judge us. Are you in Tibet when the riot happen? You just believe your media, so what's wrong we trust our media? Please shut your mouth and spend more time juding your own business!
I'm a Chinese. I read your westerners' so called comments just now. You know what? You have no right to judge us. Are you in Tibet when the riot happen? You just believe your media, so what's wrong we trust our media? Please shut your mouth and spend more time juding your own business!
here's a handout someone made, about Darfur:Facts on Darfur, Sudan:1. In 2003-2007, Sudan received 87% of its major conventional weapons fromRussia, and only 8% from China.[1]2. In 2006, 48% of Sudan exports went to Japan, 31% of Sudan export went toChina.[2]3. United Nations sent investigation to Darfur in 2005, and decided whathappened in Darfur was NOT genocide.[3]4. US is the only country in the world that labels the war in Darfurgenocide.[4]You will not learn these simple facts from US Media. They want you to beangry at China, and forget about Iraq and sub-prime.Reference:[1] http://www.sipri.org/contents/armstrad/PR_AT_data_2007.html[2] CIA world facebook. (google: Sudan CIA)https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/su.html[3] http://www.un.org/News/dh/sudan/com_inq_darfur.pdf[4] "Mr. Bush: ...You know, I read - did call it (SOUND GLITCH) genocide,and I think we're the only nation that has done so... "http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7245670.stm
"Can this discussion be held on mainland message boards? I don't know, but would the answer be meaningful? " Yes, some of my comments were posted while I was in China.
'in the case of governments they need to be dissolved immediately. '
Well, after their government being dissolved immediately, all the chaos that followed would be swallowed by local people.
I can sense why Russia was in such a perilous status during the Yeltsin era. A government being dissolved immediately, all the world applauded, American experts flied in to design the transition plan, and the economy crashed, and the American flied back and continue their comfortable life in their ivory tower.
And it was the Russian people that were left in their endless winter, and live with drastically reduced average life expectancy.
Call it democracy, and you effectively have killed all future democracies.
In the leading article: "But the appeal to nationalism is a double-edged sword: while it provides a useful outlet for domestic discontents, it could easily turn on the government itself. "Not for China or the Chinese communist party, certainly not now. The recent events in the west, the reported 'anti-Chinese/China' activities and the reporting and analysis by organizations such as BBC and CNN have done something the communist party of China could never dream to achieve; it has united Chinese people of all political persuasions from all over the world. (Rightly or wrongly) now they are united in facing the (perceived) true enemies of China, the West, and their 'stooge' the Dalai Lama. The communist party in China even has a key department to work on and to manage Chinese nationalism, that department is known as the United Front Work Department, or UFWD. It started life in the 1930s, to calling on Chinese people in China and worldwide to unite to fight the Japanese invasion prior to World War Two. Later, it worked successfully for the communist party during the Chinese civil war and the Korean War. The fact that most of the people in China are reasonably happy with their lot at the moment (please do not tell me otherwise, go to China see for yourselves first), it means there is little chance that the Chinese nationalism anger would turn on the party, certainly not in the near future.Today is Forth of May, there were many events in China to mark this date. The May forth movement of 1919 was an anti-western demonstration resulted from the decision made in the Versailles Conference, and the weak Chinese government in power at the time, which was unable to stand-up to the west. It was the first public expression of Chinese nationalism. Time has changed, but Chinese nationalism is as strong as ever, its anger is not aimed at the government in Peking, but towards its 'enemies'.In a popular Chinese song it goes like this "…when friends come, we welcome them with our best wine, if jackals comes, they will be met with hunters with guns…"
Stating the obvious fact that the mainland has censorship does not score many points. Inferring that mainland posters are enjoying a right that they would not have on the mainland does not add any strength to the points being espoused by the China bashers.
You and I are on the Economist at the moment, that's all that matters.
re APHK123ABC …..Do you work for free? What is your agenda?
"Can this discussion be held on mainland message boards? I don't know, but would the answer be meaningful? "
Of course it's meaningful.
The right to form, and voice an opinion and / or organize groups to share or who share that opinion, without government intervention or retaliation, is the fundamental issue at hand.
Further, it's not wrong to want to make an income, as you infer, for people or corporations.
Do you work for free? How do you pay your bills? What is your agenda?
Any business has operating costs, from the servers which host this site to the presses of the company which they pay to print the magazine, not to mention the editors salaries to keeping the lights on.
APHK, you can't indoctrinate your way of thinking because you do not like others points of view, except by chance oddly in China. Though I'll fight to the death to make sure you have the right to yours.
There are anti-hatred laws in place for your previously mentioned off topic bigotry reference.
Surveys have shown that 4 out 5 surveys are wrong.
Unfortunately you can't outlaw stupidity.
Any person or government who is not willing to enshrine pluralism, individual rights and basic needs, which include allowing for unfettered individual opportunity to obtain gainful employment, shelter, food, caring and compassion, in case of the individual they need to be re-socialized, and in the case of governments they need to be dissolved immediately.
And you forgot this is a game.
China and the Chinese have no right to be angry, in other words. The protest in Tiananmen Square is a 'progressive movement,' while anti-Western protests in reaction to the attacks on the Chinese Olympic Torch Relay (including the thuggish attack on the disabled Chinese athlete in Paris) are vile expression of extreme nationalism and xenophobia…Did we, in the West, loose the ability to try to understand the outside world? Have we become so engrossed in our narcissist navel gazing, that we don't even see that we have turned into a sad inward looking society centered on our 'pursuit of happiness' and moralizing from our ivory tower of prosperity and security?In the current international circumstances we have very little to say for ourselves. In most cases, we prefer someone else to fix things we dislike. Those things we do try to fix, we either break beyond repair or simply do not have enough commitment to finish the job when the going gets tough (when the going gets tough, we run away). Our internal politics are unashamedly populist, the governments pander to each and every demand of the electorate so much, they are nearly dysfunctional. With all these internal contradictions we have managed to acquire, is it surprising that we are perceived as extreme hypocrites?The Chinese have chosen their way, let them get on with it. There's no need to inflame the situation by encouraging civil unrest and mindless destruction of property and people's lives as we have seen recently in Tibet. There's nothing to be gained from it for anyone: neither for us nor for China (and especially not for the whole the region). China is not a malevolent force in East Asia, and could be a very positive one, given time and opportunity.
shocked bird wrote:May 04, 2008 06:17I hope the jounalists in Economist to frequently see through our posts, the Chinese people's posts, since they are talking about us.Isn't absurd that they label us one thing, and in the responses, we refute them. Also in the previous a few issues, people discussed a lot about China's situation, and Chinese people's feelings. But why do they still keeping on producing articles like this? I am so tired of refuting the same old false accusations now. ====There is only one conclusion that I have drawn long time ago. None of these collective madness is due to misunderstanding, miscommunication or ignorance.They are by design. So no need to refute their accusations. They accuse us in their media. We should do the same in Chinese media. Both sides sound like a broken record. That's the end of it.
"Eugene Savoy wrote:May 01, 2008 14:19Hmmmm, where have i heard this 'Peaceful Coexistence' crap before...May 17, 1933: "The German Government wish to settle all difficult..."Red Herring, Slippery Slope, Non Sequitur, and a few others...All in one post.
Can this discussion be held on mainland message boards?
I don't know, but would the answer be meaningful?
Regarding being thankful for the comments pages...yes we should be but it is also in their interests to have such high response. The traffic generated would add to their circulation figures.
This is an open call to the Chinese nationalists or ex pat's here.
Can we have this discussion in China?
Or would most us and our families disappear?
The Economist, as with many less substantive, and their are many, periodicals are allowed and actually encouraged in our 'western' culture to have an opinion. In some western countries its considered a right.
We do not have to like it. I'm impressed they encourage discussion regarding their comments. I thank the Economist for letting us directly critique thier works.
To lessen transportation costs and publishing deadlines they prtin their publication on paper. I hear stone slabs are hard on the printing presses.
And a correction of my previous post.
Correction: "But to be fair, if I understand correctly, a small band of 'pirates' & 'renegades' overthrew the vastly "outnumbering" centralised government to only set up another one.
I think some of the posters digress. And I agree with the poster who said The Economist was 'spot on' with the article. ;)
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The invention discloses an analysis device for an embedded system (9) comprising a CPU (1), a CPU bus (2) and a memory (3). The embedded system has at least one communication module (4) for the input or output of analysis data by way of a test interface (5). The communication module permits the internal memory and the input and output access operations of the embedded system to be monitored and/or logged without using the clock cycles of the CPU (1).
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21. An analysis device for an embedded system comprising:
a CPU;
a CPU bus;
a memory (3); and
at least one communication module for input or output of analysis data by way of a test interface, wherein the communication module permits the memory and input and output access operations of the embedded system to be monitored and/or logged without using clock cycles of the CPU.
22. The analysis device of
23. The analysis device of
all write access operations of the CPU are logged to especially definable address ranges without using clock cycles, or
all read access operations of the CPU are logged, or
direct reading and writing of the CPU out of/into an external memory is executed by using clock cycles.
24. The analysis device of
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32. An embedded system comprising and analysis device, the embedded system comprising:
a central processor unit;
a CPU bus;
a memory; and
at least one communication module for input or output of analysis data by way of a test interface, wherein the communication module permits the memory and input and output access operations of the embedded system to be monitored and/or logged without using clock cycles of the CPU.
33. A method for analyzing an embedded system comprising:
providing a central processor unit;
providing a CPU bus;
providing a memory;
providing at least one communication module having at least input element and at least one output element;
providing at least one mode for analyzing data in real time without requiring the system to be stopped or interrupted, respectively, for the analysis.
34. The method of
the memory content or a correspondingly assessable information of the embedded system, in whole or in part, is copied in real time into an external memory, with the data being buffered in particular before this operation, and/or
the data content of an external memory or a correspondingly assessable information about the memory content of the memory, in whole or in part, is copied in real time into a memory of the embedded system, with the data being buffered in particular before this operation.
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The present invention relates to an analysis device for an embedded system, and a method for the analysis of an embedded system with an analysis device.
To successfully develop software for embedded systems, it is a general practice to provide devices enabling error detection during the operation time (debugging). In the known concept of debugging embedded systems by way of a so-called JTAG interface (Joint Test Action Group, IEEE Standard 1149.1-1990, �IEEE Standard Test Access Port and Boundary Scan Architecture�, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., New York, USA, 1990) it is possible to perform testing operations by means of a �Boundary-Scan� testing method. This method allows single-step processing of the processor (single stepping), the setting of break points (break points) and the setting of so-called watch points. Although these per se known auxiliary means for error detection permit monitoring the principal program execution and the condition of values of single variables, generally the running system must be stopped to this end. It is disadvantageous, however, that the output of the microcomputer can no longer be in real time.
The problem encountered is that embedded systems frequently are real time systems and, due to their typical range of application in real-time controls, do not allow being stopped for debugging purposes, not at least for checking the data changed in connection with the real time processing.
The so-called trace-interface is further known in the art, where the conduction of all relevant CPU bus signals (address signals, data signals and control signals) by way of housing pins e.g. to an external logic analysis device is enabled by using a �bond-out� chip for the real time analysis. The bond-out chip is a microcontroller (MCU) in another casing, where the processor bus (data, address and control signals) is bonded towards the outside.
With the high system frequencies of several hundred megahertz being conventional nowadays for embedded systems and the modern memory architectures with caches, this method for the error analysis can no longer be used due to the high speed requirements. A real time output of relatively comprehensive data memories (for example, of a size of more than 100 kilobyte) is generally impossible due to the system frequencies predetermined on account of the technology employed and the resulting band width. One given possibility of creating the band width necessary for the real time data transfer would be a parallel output of the data to be transferred. However, the number of pins available for this purpose is normally limited, not least for cost reasons.
In view of the above, an object of the invention is to provide an analysis device for embedded systems, which can be employed also in the up-to-date quick embedded systems.
This object is achieved by an analysis having a CPU, a CPU bas, a memory and a communication module.
The invention is based on the following reflections: On the one hand, the internal system condition of an embedded system can be described or analyzed, respectively, by way of its present data memory contents (RAM). From this follows that in case this memory content can be copied in real time into an external data memory, there is a possibility of further processing and evaluating the system condition from this point by means of a subsequent evaluation unit.
In the analysis device a copy of the internal system condition is preferably written in real time into an external memory.
The analysis device is preferably part of an embedded system, which is employed in particular in electronic control devices for motor vehicle brake systems. In the embedded system according to the invention, preferably basic components of the system such as one or more CPUs and memories are designed partly or fully redundantly. The safety of operation of the embedded system is hereby enhanced.
Preferably, the logging of data does not take place in such a fashion that the entire memory content or the content of a whole memory range is transmitted. Rather, only the changes in the memory, especially all write access operations of the CPU and/or the periphery are transmitted. A reduction of the necessary band width for the data output can take place this way.
Further, the system preferably comprises a means for the direct data output by the CPU. Apart from this means for the direct data output, especially a means for an automatic replication of the data in the background by way of the analysis module is provided. The result is the advantage of an increased flexibility in the data output.
Especially for these cases of application, the invention discloses a universal data input and output module configured in such a manner that in real time a data exchange can be carried out by means of an embedded system without having to stop (not even temporarily) this system (non-intrusive).
Compared to the software debugging devices known from the state of the art, the analysis device of the invention is advantageous in that in the development of control algorithms, e.g. for motor vehicle brake systems, the dynamic system behavior, especially the control variables, can be monitored during the debugging operation. It is furthermore favorable that a data input into the embedded system can be carried out for the employment of an embedded system in a hardware-in-the-loop simulator or in a rapid-prototyping system.
Another objective of the invention is a method for the analysis of an embedded system as described hereinabove with an analysis device having a CPU, a CPU bus, a memory and a communication module.
The method is advantageous in that the processing speed of the embedded system is not reduced on account of the debugging processes running in the background. This condition renders possible a real time processing of the data even during the debugging operation.
Preferably, the method of the invention also comprises steps for the output of the complete data memory contents in real time.
The analysis device of the invention and the method of the invention will be described in the following by way of embodiments while making reference to
The embedded system 9 comprises one or more CPUs 1, one RAM 3, an analysis device 4 and a debugging interface 5. To simplify the wiring diagram, further conventional functional elements of the embedded system such as ROM, clock generation, IO, etc., are not illustrated.
The analysis device includes three function modes that will be described hereinbelow. In function mode 1 the analysis device reads for control all write access operations of the CPU 1 to the data memory 3. This means all write access operations of the CPU 1 to the data memory 3 are written automatically by way of CPU bus 2 by the suggested extended data output/input unit 4 (EDP, Enhanced Data Port) by means of a controller contained therein by way of a parallel interface 5 to the external data memory 6. To this end, the controller must have at least the same band width as the memory 3 used. Beside a connection to the data bus, the controller has in particular a connection to the control bus and to the address but in order that, according to a preferred embodiment of the method, only especially selected address ranges and/or especially selected data types can be monitored for the analysis. Accordingly, CPU 1 does not have to execute additional commands for tapping the data and for the data transfer.
The external data memory 6 is preferably designed as a dual-port memory and usually contains an exact reproduction of the memory ranges monitored in RAM 3 or the entire memory content of RAM 3, respectively. Memory 6 can also be a magnetic core memory storing the arriving data flow for a later (offline) analysis.
External interface 5 preferably has a band width that is smaller than the band width of the CPU bus. FIFO memory 8, which is arranged within the data output unit 4, ensures a time buffer of the tapped data. It is this way possible to output also accesses to interface 5 where a cache line or a CPU register dump is re-written upon entry into the function.
In the function mode 2 the analysis device 4 reads for control all reading access operations of CPU 1 to the data memory. This mode largely corresponds to function mode 1, however, there are the following differences: all reading access operations are automatically output by way of interface 5. Analysis unit 4 then registers all operations such as read cycles, write cycles, etc., which are visible on the CPU bus (read for control). In function mode 2 CPU 1 actively performs a memory dump entailing, however, an insignificant tolerable loss in running time. Due to the analysis unit 4 reading for control, the number of clock cycles necessary for the output of data words for the analysis are reduced or even avoided, respectively.
CPU 1 reads the data memory content into the registers (not shown) of the CPU. The data available in the registers can then be written in analysis unit 4. The mode of function described herein basically corresponds to the function mode 3 that will be described hereinbelow.
In the analysis device suggested in the present example (function mode 2), CPU 1 reads the data memory content into the CPU registers. In parallel to this, the data output unit 4, which overhears the data bus, automatically outputs the corresponding data, i.e., there is no need for an explicit write cycle for the data output for the analysis.
In function mode 3 there is direct writing on the data output unit or direct reading from the data output unit. Thus, function mode 3 corresponds to function mode 1, apart from the fact that data is actively output by the CPU 1 externally to the analysis unit 4, or is read in actively from there, respectively, with the result, however, that additional clock cycles are necessary.
By way of module 7, the analysis unit can transfer data from the external memory 6 to typical debugging applications such as real-time monitoring of the system condition 10, offline analysis for creating a complete data memory reproduction by way of module 11, flash download by way of communication channel 12 (programming of the program memory), parameter variation during the operation of the embedded system, transfer of system stimuli, rapid prototyping and hardware-in-the-loop simulation.
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These weighted vaginal toner balls are set to take your sexual pleasure to new heights. Simply use these kegel balls for discreet but delicious stimulation and an incredible internal workout and enhanced control over orgasms - yours and his.
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Reviewed: March 3, 2015 by Emma K
I absolutely love these! I have no idea why I was drawn to them but when they arrived I popped them in to see what they felt like and now I can't get enough of them. Just a tiny jiggle and the weights inside the balls gently but firmly roll around, giving the most amazing tingly/vibration feeling. :)
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Reviewed: February 23, 2015 by poisonbubblegum, a Straight Going Steady Female
I bought these to improve my pelvic floor after having children. 12 months on and the exercises just weren't doing the trick, so I thought I needed some help!
I'm really glad I made this purchase. They have really helped my pelvic floor, but are also quite fun to use during solo play and with a partner!
The material is very good quality and feels very nice.
They are very easy to use the the size is perfectly for a beginner - large enough to be able to hold onto easily, but not too large that the weight is too much.
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They should be called giggle balls
Reviewed: February 11, 2015 by Havin.a.Time, a Straight Single Female
I saw something similar to this on an episode of Weeds last summer. I wanted one. But then I forgot about it and only came across these again, when I stumbled upon an article on 50 Shades of Grey toys. These are more affordable than the products in that line, by the way.
I placed my order for these, what seems like only a few days ago, and I found a package containing these in my mailbox today. And now they're in my other box - wink-wink.
I had an 8lbs 2oz baby, naturally, so I'm not sure why I was a little intimidated by the size of these. They fit just fine.
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I've read other reviews saying "I don't really notice the jiggle feeling", but I can't ignore it, no matter how hard I try (I really want to use "shouty" capitals). As soon as I take 2 steps, I have to stop, and I can't help, but hold my tummy while I giggle as if I just heard the funniest joke in the history of ever. Hence why I think they should be called giggle balls rather than jiggle balls.
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Tighten pelvic floor for better sex
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I was excited about receiving my parcel. I knew when it was coming as I got a text on my phone! I was a little concerned that the post man would realise what it was, but the packaging was discreet and you didn't know who it was from!
The reason for this purchase was because I'd had three children and I wanted to tighten and knew that it would improve my sex life.
When I got them I put them straight in, and was turned on by the thought that they were going to be jingling inside for most of the day. I planned to leave them in for 9 hours, then have an early night with my husband and see if having them in all day heightened my orgasm or prepared me!
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They came lovely packaged and with a nice little bag to store them in when not in use so you can hide them away. I'm hoping mainly with regular use they'll tighten my muscles
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I have the Luna Black Kegel Exerciser Beads, but they are quite small, and I ignored the advice not to use them post child birth as I have to clench to keep them in.
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