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This is the secret favorite at NOMOS Glashütte; almost all our watchmakers wear it. At first glance, though, the Orion model might not seem very contemporary at all. Some people have the feeling that they've known this design for a long time—their uncle has such a watch that he used to wear in the 1960s, and not long ago they saw one similar to it at a flea market. These conclusions are off the mark, though. Nothing like the Orion was ever made in earlier decades, nothing even close to it. It is the sprightliness of its case and the curvature of its glass that are reminiscent of other eras. The watch's lines give it a greater sense of softness and emotion, making it pleasing to wrist, arm, and eyes. This watch is a prime example of perfect restraint and is the strongest proof that NOMOS watches are not just reliable timepieces, but also jewelry of the most beautiful kind.
Orion's curves are also the inspiration for its name. When viewed from the side this lentil-shaped watch (particularly the version with the domed sapphire crystal back) resembles a UFO or spaceship; as a matter of fact, it looks exactly like the ship in the classic German sci-fi TV series Raumpatrouille Orion.
Thanks to its elegant curvature and its fine stainless steel bezel, the Orion appears flatter than other manually wound models at NOMOS Glashütte; it is almost divinely flat. For its tidy, uncluttered face, the NOMOS designers were inspired by the masterpieces created by students of the Deutsche Uhrmacherschule (German watchmakers' school) in Glashütte. The result is a highly modern watch that is clearer, more powerful, and more elegant than other watches that came before it. Precisely for this reason, it is timeless—a watch for a lifetime.
Orion is unisex, like almost all NOMOS watches, and comes with either white (silver-plated), anthracite, or gentle rosé face. The indexes can be either silver-plated or gold-plated and the steel hands either rhodium-plated, gold-plated, or blue tempered. All Orion models have a sapphire crystal back, some also come with steel back. However, each model comes installed with the classical (or in this case, we can even say "heavenly") NOMOS manually wound calibers.


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Apache 2.0
As I write this, Apache 2.0 has been out in stable form for nearly a month—and from everything I can tell, it's definitely ready for prime time. While there are other open-source HTTP servers, Apache is definitely the best known and best supported. Apache is used on 60% of the web sites in the world, comes with virtually every Linux distribution and is even part of several commercial application servers. Both Zope and Jakarta-Tomcat have their own built-in HTTP servers, but almost no one exposes these servers directly to the Web. Rather, they use Apache as a front end because of its combination of performance and flexibility. This month, we take a closer look at Apache 2.0 [see also "Apache 2.0: the Internals of the New, Improved 'A PatCHy"', available at www.linuxjournal.com/article/4559].
If you are familiar with Apache 1.x, then very few things in Apache 2.0 will surprise you. For starters, Apache continues to be highly modularized, allowing you to include only those modules that you deem necessary in your server. But whereas Apache 1.3 had a core module that included the basic HTTP implementation, Apache 2.0 has delegated even more supported protocols to modules. This has a number of advantages, including the fact that we can now add (and subtract) protocols as necessary from Apache. In other words, Apache has now become a general-purpose internet server, rather than just an HTTP server. How many projects will take advantage of this functionality remains to be seen.
Apache was never meant to be the fastest server on the planet. Rather, it was designed to be extensible via a system of modules. Each module provided a different piece of functionality; administrators interested in squeezing the last ounce of power from their systems don't have to include irrelevant modules. For example, if we know that our server will never run any CGI programs, then we can easily remove mod_cgi, gaining some CPU cycles and memory in the process.
Apache 2.0 continues in the long-standing Apache tradition of handling each HTTP transaction in a number of named phases. A module may examine or modify the transaction during any one of these phases by attaching its own handler to the appropriate hook. For example, mod_speling (which corrects capitalization and spelling mistakes in URLs—the name is purposely misspelled) attaches its handler to the "fixup" phase hook, executing immediately before the server generates a response.
In Apache 1.x, only one handler could fire for a given hook. In Apache 2.0, each handler not only registers itself for a given hook, but indicates when it would like to execute relative to other modules; mod_speling, for example, registers its handler as the final (APR_HOOK_LAST). If another module were to register with the fixup handler, it would execute before mod_speling. The fact that multiple handlers can fire for a given hook opens a world of possibilities that were previously too difficult to achieve.
On a similar note, Apache now makes it possible for one module to filter, or modify, the output of another module. This is currently possible with mod_backhand, but that module depends on a number of tricks and dark corners in the Apache API. Apache 2.0 is designed to allow modules to act as input or output filters. This means that if you want to add a standard set of headers or footers to your HTML pages, you can now do this across the board, including for dynamically generated pages created by CGI programs, server-side includes and mod_perl handlers.
The Apache configuration system now uses GNU autoconf rather than the Apache-specific system that was in use for versions 1.x. And, many of the C-language abstractions (such as hash tables and strings) that were included in previous versions of Apache have now been named the Apache Portable Runtime (APR). The APR is included with Apache and is configured and compiled into the server automatically when you build it.
Finally, Apache now comes with mod_ssl, which provides SSL and TLS encryption. Not only did Apache 1.x fail to come with such a module, but the two modules (Apache-SSL and mod_ssl) were incompatible and required patching the Apache source code before installation. The fact that mod_ssl will now be a standard part of every Apache installation is a huge relief for web site administrators and is most welcome.
UNIX systems have long had the ability to run multiple processes simultaneously. I typically run Emacs, a GNOME terminal and Galeon on my Linux box; while a casual glance might only reveal these three processes, there are actually dozens more (sendmail, gnome-panel, Apache, syslogd and the like) that are executing without my direct knowledge. For a complete list of what is running on my computer, I can use the command ps aux.
The good news is that the process model is simple to understand, ensures stability on the system and is portable across many operating systems. Unfortunately, however, processes are relatively heavy and slow. Linux users are especially spoiled on this front because creating a new process on Linux is a surprisingly lightweight operation. But even on Linux, spawning a new process can sometimes be a bit extreme.
For this reason, an alternative model of threads has grown over the years. Using threads, a single process can be executing in multiple places at the same time. Threads offer many of the benefits of processes without the overhead. But there is a cost: programming with threads can be extremely tricky because it's always possible that a particular piece of code is executing in two different threads. You can always write (or rewrite) code to be threadsafe, but this is often a difficult task.
Because threads were both difficult and tricky to handle, and because Apache was originally designed to work only on UNIX machines, Apache 1.x worked exclusively at the process level—if you want to handle ten simultaneous HTTP requests, then you must have ten Apache processes running. Because it takes time to create a new process, Apache 1.x took an idea from NCSA HTTPd, preforking processes before they are actually needed. This means that Apache can be a bit slow to start up, but that handling the incoming connections does not take much time. Apache also allows administrators to indicate how many "spare servers" should always exist, adding and removing Apache processes as necessary.
Preforked Apache servers are solid, well understood and robust. But on many systems, using processes is inferior to threads. In particular, Windows uses threads far more than processes, which means that by sticking with processes, Apache was limited in its ability to penetrate the Windows market.
Apache 2.0 solves these problems with MPMs (multiprocessing modules). Each MPM is an Apache module that handles the details of processes and threads. On Windows, OS/2 and BeOS, this means that you can finally run Apache using a threading mechanism that is native to your operating system. On UNIX and Linux systems, you can experiment with a number of different models, choosing one that is appropriate for your needs.
The prefork MPM, which runs in exactly the same way as Apache 1.x did, is the default choice when you install Apache. Two other choices for Linux users are: 1) worker: the number of threads rises and falls (according to the number of incoming requests), but the number of processes remains constant; and 2) perchild: each process contains a fixed number of threads, but the number of such processes rises and falls according to the number of incoming requests.
It's too early to tell, but I expect that more MPMs will emerge over time, and that there will be numerous modules that take advantage of threads to pool database connections, share application data and spawn asynchronous tasks in the background.
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Summary:This project aims to develop and evaluate a coherent set of methods to understand behavior in complex information systems, such as the Internet, computational grids and computing clouds. Such large distributed systems exhibit global behavior arising from independent decisions made by many simultaneous actors, which adapt their behavior based on local measurements of system state. Actor adaptations shift the global system state, influencing subsequent measurements, leading to further adaptations. This continuous cycle of measurement and adaptation drives a time-varying global behavior. For this reason, proposed changes in actor decision algorithms must be examined at large spatiotemporal scale in order to predict system behavior. This presents a challenging problem. Description:
What is the problem? No one understands how to measure, predict or control macroscopic behavior in complex information systems: (1) threatening our nation's security and (2) costing billions of dollars. "[Despite] society's profound dependence on networks, fundamental knowledge about them is primitive. [G]lobal communication … networks have quite advanced technological implementations but their behavior under stress still cannot be predicted reliably.… There is no science today that offers the fundamental knowledge necessary to design large complex networks [so] that their behaviors can be predicted prior to building them." above quote from Network Science 2006, a National Research Council report What is the new idea? Leverage models and mathematics from the physical sciences to define a systematic method to measure, understand, predict and control macroscopic behavior in the Internet and distributed software systems built on the Internet. What are the technical objectives? Establish models and analysis methods that (1) are computationally tractable, (2) reveal macroscopic behavior and (3) establish causality. Characterize distributed control techniques, including: (1) economic mechanisms to elicit desired behaviors and (2) biological mechanisms to organize components. Why is this hard? Valid computationally tractable models that exhibit macroscopic behavior and reveal causality are difficult to devise. Phase-transitions are difficult to predict and control. Who would care? All designers and users of networks and distributed systems with a 25-year history of unexpected failures:
Businesses and customers who rely on today's information systems:
Designers and users of tomorrow's information systems that will adopt dynamic adaptation as a design principle:
Hard Issues & Plausible Approaches
Model scale – Systems of interest (e.g., Internet and compute grids) extend over large spatiotemporal extent, have global reach, consist of millions of components, and interact through many adaptive mechanisms over various timescales. Scale-reduction techniques must be employed. Which computational models can achieve sufficient spatiotemporal scaling properties? Micro-scale models are not computable at large spatiotemporal scale. Macro-scale models are computable and might exhibit global behavior, but can they reveal causality? Meso-scale models might exhibit global behavior and reveal causality, but are they computable? One plausible approach is to investigate abstract models from the physical sciences. e.g., fluid flows (from hydrodynamics), lattice automata (from gas chemistry), Boolean networks (from biology) and agent automata (from geography). We can apply parallel computing to scale to millions of components and days of simulated time. Scale reduction may also be achieved by adopting n-level experiments coupled for orthogonal fractional factorial (OFF) experiment designs. Model validation – Scalable models from the physical sciences (e.g., differential equations, cellular automata, nk-Boolean nets) tend to be highly abstract. Can sufficient fidelity be obtained to convince domain experts of the value of insights gained from such abstract models? We can conduct sensitivity analyses to ensure the model exhibits relationships that match known relationships from other accepted models and empirical measurements. Sensitivity analysis also enables us to understand relationships between model parameters and responses. We can also conduct key comparisons along three complementary paths: (1) comparing model data against existing traffic and analysis, (2) comparing results from subsets of macro/meso-scale models against micro-scale models and (3) comparing simulations of distributed control regimes against results from implementations in test facilities, such as the Global Environment for Network Innovations. Tractable analysis – The scale of potential measurement data is expected to be very large – O(10**15) – with millions of elements, tens of variables, and millions of seconds of simulated time. How can measurement data be analyzed tractably? We could use homogeneous models, which allow one (or a few) elements to be sampled as representative of all. This reduces data volume to 10**6 – 10**7, which is amenable to statistical analyses (e.g., power-spectral density, wavelets, entropy, Kolmogorov complexity) and to visualization. Where homogeneous models are inappropriate, we can use clustering analysis to view relationships among groups of responses. We can also exploit correlation analysis and principal components analysis to identify and exclude redundant responses from collected data. Finally, we can construct combinations of statistical tests and multidimensional data visualization techniques tailored to specific experiments and data of interest. Causal analysis – Tractable analysis strategies yield coarse data with limited granularity of timescales, variables and spatial extents. Coarseness may reveal macroscopic behavior that is not explainable from the data. For example, an unexpected collapse in the probability density function of job completion times in a computing grid was unexplainable without more detailed data and analysis. Multidimensional analysis can represent system state as a multidimensional space and depict system dynamics through various projections (e.g., slicing, aggregation, scaling). State-space dynamics can segment system dynamics into an attractor-basin field and then monitor trajectories. Markov models providing compact, computationally efficient representations of system behavior can be subjected to perturbation analyses to identify potential failure modes and their causes. Controlling Behavior – Large distributed systems and networks cannot be subjected to centralized control regimes because the system consists of too many elements, too many parameters, too much change, and too many policies. Can models and analysis methods be used to determine how well decentralized control regimes stimulate desirable system-wide behaviors? Use price feedback (e.g., auctions, present-value analysis or commodity markets) to modulate supply and demand for resources or services. Use biological processes to differentiate function based on environmental feedback, e.g., morphogen gradients, chemotaxis, local and lateral inhibition, polarity inversion, quorum sensing, energy exchange and reinforcement. Additional Technical Details:Related Presentations
Major Accomplishments:Nov 2011 In the fall of 2009, this project started investigating large scale behavior in Infrastructure Clouds. The project produced three related papers during 2011, and all three papers were accepted at the two major IEEE cloud computing conferences held during the year. The rapid success of the project in this new domain illustrates the general applicability of the methods we developed, as well as the ease with which those methods can be applied. Nov 2010 Developed and demonstrated Koala, a discrete-event simulator for Infrastructure Clouds. Completed a sensitivity analysis of Koala to identify unique response dimensions and significant factors driving model behavior. Created multidimensional animations to visualize spatiotemporal variation in resource usage and load for cores, disks, memory and network interfaces in clouds with up to O(10**5) nodes. May 2010 NIST Special Publication 500-282: Study of Proposed Internet Congestion Control Mechanisms Sep 2009 Draft NIST Special Publication: Study of Proposed Internet Congestion-Control Mechanisms Apr 2009 Demonstrated applicability of Markov model perturbation analysis to communication networks. Sep 2008 Developed a Markov model for a global, computational grid and demonstrated the feasibility of applying perturbation analysis to predict conditions that could lead to performance degradation. Currently, perturbation analysis is a theoretical topic for which we show applications to large distributed systems. Aug 2008 Developed and demonstrated multidimensional visualization software to explore relationships among complex data sets derived from simulations of large distributed systems. Currently, there are no widely used visualization techniques to explore multidimensional data from simulations of large distributed systems. Jun 2008 Developed and demonstrated an analytical framework to understand relationships among pricing, admission control and scheduling for resource allocation in computing clusters. Currently, resource-allocation mechanisms for computing clusters rely on heuristics. Apr 2008 Developed and validated MesoNetHS, which adds six proposed replacement congestion-control algorithms to MesoNet and allows the behavior of the algorithms to be investigated in a large topology. Currently, these congestion-control algorithms are explored in simulated and empirical topologies of small size. Sep 2007 Developed and demonstrated a methodology for sensitivity analysis of models of large distributed systems. Currently, sensitivity analysis of models for large distributed systems is considered infeasible. Apr 2007 Developed and verified MesoNet, a mesoscopic scale network simulation model that can be specified with about 20 parameters. Currently, specifying most network simulations requires hundreds to thousands of parameters. |
Start Date:October 2, 2006End Date:ongoingLead Organizational Unit:itlCustomers/Contributors/Collaborators:The NIST Cloud Computing program Sandy Ressler - Cloud Information Visualization Open Grid Forum (OGF) Research Group on Grid Reliability and Robustness Internet Congestion-Control Research Group (ICCRG) of the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) Professor Jian Yuan, Tsinghua University James Henriksen, Wolverine Software Staff:Chris Dabrowski Former Contributors Related Programs and Projects:Previous (2011) Related NIST Innovations in Measurement Science Proposal: Predicting the Unpredictable in Complex Information Systems Associated Products:Related Publications
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While Hollywood pushes to have Washington D.C. take over the internet in the name of fighting piracy, some of the most successful purveyors of digital content are heading in the opposite direction.
Take for instance Rovio, the maker of Angry Birds.
Speaking at Middem in Cannes today, Mikael Hed, Rovio's CEO, revealed that he doesn't spend much time worrying about piracy.
As reported by TheNextWeb, Hed told the crowd, "We can learn a lot from the terrible way the music industry dealt with piracy. It would be futile to tackle it all." He added, "If we have failed to make our legitimate products the easiest thing to buy, it's almost our fault that we get pirated."
One of the reasons Hed isn't worried about piracy of his company's apps is that increasingly, they're channels for getting consumers interested in other products, such as Angry Birds merchandise.
Merchandise, of course, isn't immune to piracy, and Rovio does have issues with manufacturers who are producing unauthorized merchandise. But even then, Rovio thinks the pirates are helping promote its brand doesn't act -- "so long as the product is well made."
Smart move, or short-sighted? Time will tell. As TheNextWeb's Martin Bryant notes, companies paying for licenses so that they can legally manufacture Rovio-branded merchandise might not be so amused. After all, those high-quality knockoffs are a real threat to their businesses, and at some point, the pirates could make licensing from Rovio less attractive.
That, obviously, isn't the case yet, which highlights an important point: piracy is often perceived a lot less of a problem when your business or industry is young and growing. When it matures, however, and every cent matters, it becomes less amusing. Obviously, that doesn't excuse Hollywood's behavior, but we shouldn't be surprised to see companies that are taking a more relaxed stance today toughen their positions in a few years when new sources of growth are harder to find.


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Air Jordan XII 'Playoffs' Hangtags
February 21st, 2012 by John Kim | 83 comments
For the Spring 2012 roll-out of Air Jordan X and Jordan X-related releases, Jordan Brand included a special edition hangtag which featured a frosted red 'X' and a black Jumpman label, a throwback to the 'hangtags' that accompanied some of the earliest Air Jordan releases. Here's a first look at the Air Jordan XII 'hangtags' that will come in tandem with the Air Jordan XII 'Playoffs' Retro; to fit the extra Roman numerals, the 'XII' hantag is rectangular in shape, as is the black Jumpman tag. It is likely that other Air Jordan XII releases, like the 'Cool Grey' and the 'Obsidian' will come with these tags as well, and the issue of the missing hangtag issue could be pop up again. Take another look at the hangtag after the jump and stick with Sneaker News for more updates on 2012′s Air Jordan Retro releases. via mentalkicks
Filed under: Air Jordans, Upcoming Sneakers // Tags: Air Jordan XII 'Playoffs'
hand tag said "Air Jordan Collection" so its for collection only, forget about the quality stop. the hype keep it to yourself.
Guys calm down. FYI there is pretty much no shoe on the market that utilizes "real" leather. It's ALWAYS synthetic. That being said, there are vast differences in quality. And sadly I have to say these pictures differ from what we've seen from the XII retros so far. I was actually hyped because it used to look very nice, but this pair is worse to a point that makes it appear out of shape. Most notably look at the lining in between the black partitions. It should appear padded, with a minimal spacing in between the partitions. These just look flat. I seriously hope they will improve the final product.
That leather does look a bit stiff. We'll probably see better pics as usual closer to release day.
stfu bout quality its eitha get em or dnt. stop livin in da past its a shoe not a fuckin science experment every person dat talks about the 15-20 year olds destroyin da game is an idiot older dudes started the resellin campin out n all dat otha shit so if anythin u guys are killin da game. matter of fact fuck yall sneaker game we creatin our own. let us camp for gr's if we want or buy well ova retail(witch i would neva do since i work at footlocker) worry about ur self n mind ur own business fagets
That second pic looks fake the Ribs of the shoe dont even poke out like the 12'suppose to i hope those are just display shoes and not the final product cause 12 playoffs are one of my favorite j's..And i never ever complain about quality but that is just horrible thats like taken the hollowgram bubble out the 13's lol
121.80 size 10 for me no worries i pay cheaper then 97 retail they a lil off but there's nothing like the og's, so either get them or not they still will sell out sad to say 174.00 in New Orleans
I wonder if they gonna release these in larger sizes or pull the same crap they did with the 4s
The kicks aint even out yet and some dumb ****'s act like they are camping in line. And of course the quality is not the same. The OG 97's 12's were some real quality of shoe. But I'm not a hater I wil get them and sport them oh soooooo fresh!!!!!!
From the poor quality to the price hikes, sneakerheads need to find a different avenue when purchasing kicks. Not sayin start buying fake shoes(even though they probably have the same quality) but the sneaker game has become a major headache to those that cannot wait in line for hours on end and camp over night because of priorities and i really dont see them stoppin the hysteria anytime soon. At this point buying b grades and c grades will be the proper action to take and show these companies that they are not far away from fakes than the sneaker community actually claims. Constructive criticism and alternatives need to arise from this point forward...cuz muthafuckin sneakerheads need to think outside the shoe box for once
fuck man i'm trying to quit jordan but everytime i see these pics i just cant stop about copping them........
Man everyone stop Bitchen if you were a true sneaker head wait in line and earn the shoe. The shoe is what it is stop haten on the qualityy and get off this web sight if your not a true sneakerhead! Truth.....
Damn these look cheap. They actually look like a variant pair that I received by an idiot. Still getting them, but I miss that puffyness in the leather along the sunrise stitching
Google the ogs from 1997 and then look at a side view, and then you see why. The leather is so flat on these, it used to have indentions. Fact is JB is lazy and people like you who only care about the name and not the quality make ppl who actually give a fuck about what their buying suffer with the horrible quality control they push out b/c you drones will buy anything
All I hear is bitching and. Complaining. HypeBeast,bad quality.15-20 year olds ruin da sneaker game. STFU. I'm FUCCIN 20 nd I DNT get every damn shoe and I DNT camp in no FUCCIN lie and DNT pay over retail to get them early. I get the ones I want and if I DNT GET'EM o well I DNT. Cry Lik a Lil bitch. If got some bad to say DON'T FUCCIN GET'EM. Keep yo money and yo comments to yo self. Damn. By da way if I can get these imma get. Fucc all thumbs dwn and negative comments
Damm man this is the only sneaks website I got to where every niggaz hatin on sumthin may it be the leather or wannabees or price hike I mean damm at first it was funny but you guys complain more than females
Someone please explain to me when people became leather experts from viewing of pictures! I see the same tumbled leather in this pic as Louis Vuitton, Prada, and Gucci shoes, when I actually touch it then I'll be able to judge the quality. Damn near all leather looks identical in pics. I'm definitely going to buy one for myself and one for this kid who's mom donated a kidney to my uncle. Quit complaining all the fuckin time!
Hangtags are always a plus when it comes to shoes its the little things that make it more special. Definetly copping.
Hope they press enough tags for all the shoes they fuckin make! I'm still pissed my X's didn't have the tag, crooked mothafuckas!
you idiots complain about the quality but still plan to cop? Make up your damn minds. Btw, anyone receive their hangtags from Nike about the X's?
gimme some pics on the obsidians !!!!!!!!! this is a no brainer!!!!!!!!!!!! JAYS ARE KILLIN MY WALLET !!!! HELP I' AM ADDICTED TO JORDANS !
Leather looks cheap but they do have bulkier look like the OG's. Hangtag's are cool, give jays that classic nike look.
Looks promising. Can't wait to cop. Looks like they used a good mold on this version of the 12's.
Yo, it's somethong about waiting on line for hours to get the satisfaction of getting such a lovely shoe. Can't wait April!
oh my god...i usually dont complain about quality like alotta guys but look at dat pic wit da hangtag....see how flat the gaps are in between the stitching??!?!?! shit looks almost fake
nope still waiting for that if i dont get it by next week ill probably just call again
I feel so much pity for you, waiting "hours" for a General Release is blasphemy and will always be. If its not a QS or LR you will never see me wait over an hour.
I got you bruh but it's hon cost u 500$ to get em bro. Always get any pair u Need from me!!!
Bro I got to get the money from my great grandmother. Might have to sell my Xbox and play station to get em but I'll do anything to get em from you dribbles!!!! I love u man!!!!
LMAO how much for that fat whale you call a girlfriend. i'll give you my playstation 1.
BET!!!!! I can tEll all my friends I will be getting the concords for the low price of 500$!!!! Stain!


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HYPERThalamus on Sep 25, 2012 at 07:42:20
Was happy when this design got reprinted.
Sad when I saw the colour had .been changed,
Was really wanting a dark brown hoody.
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Was happy when this design got reprinted.
Sad when I saw the colour had .been changed,
Was really wanting a dark brown hoody.
nallukka on Sep 24, 2012 at 19:06:32
I adore the design, but milk chocolate hoodies don't look good with much at all, not designs or people-looks like those super cheap rip-off retro designs that cost $20 retail and smell like plastic... The design really just gets washed out here which is a shame :( It's so well-drawn it deserves a badass color-I think crimson/maroon would rock, or maybe try it on really deep dark olive/forest green. The colors are too close on the spectrum, like if you put London on heather gray.


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Gertrude, the clergyman's sister. She has become a prostitute and dealer in illegal liquor in Johannesburg.
John, the clergyman's brother in Johannesburg, a practical man and a successful merchant. As a native politician, he is disturbed by the police and kept under their surveillance. He is a selfish man; he has also abandoned the Christian faith.
Absalom, the clergyman's son. He is a country boy ruined by white ways in the city. He drinks, commits adultery, and steals, at last killing a man who is an activist for the natives, trying to help them improve their condition. Found guilty of the crime, Absalom is sentenced to hang. His one act of goodness is to marry the woman who carries his unborn child.
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Msimangu (ihm-see-MAHN-gew), a native Anglican clergyman in Johannesburg. He is a good man who tries to help Stephen Kumalo find his people and understand them.
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Mr. Jarvis, Arthur Jarvis' father. He carries on his son's work for the natives by bringing milk for their children, farm machinery, an agricultural demonstrator, good seed, and a dam to provide water for irrigation. He even becomes Kumalo's friend after they have both lost their sons, one a murderer and the other his victim.
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I would pronounce both Cali and Callie as KA-lee, with a stressed "short 'a' sound."I think Callie is cute, but only as a nickname. Definitely prefer Callie to Cali, and prefer the double 'l'.
Callista is gorgeous, but I prefer Calliope over all the others. Calpurnia is also nice, though.
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Good Samaritan law
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Good Samaritan laws offer legal protection to people who give reasonable assistance to those who are injured, ill, in peril, or otherwise incapacitated. In some cases, Good Samaritan laws encourage people to offer assistance (duty to rescue).[1] The protection is intended to reduce bystanders' hesitation to assist, for fear of being sued or prosecuted for unintentional injury or wrongful death.
An example of the obligation to help a person is the Argentina law on "abandonment of persons", Articles 106-108 of the Argentine Penal Code, which include the provision in Article 106 "a person who endangers the life or health of another, either by putting a person in jeopardy or abandoning to their fate a person unable to cope alone who must be cared for ... will be imprisoned for between 2 and 6 years".[2]
An example of legal protection without obligation to act: in common-law areas of Canada a good Samaritan doctrine is a legal principle that prevents a rescuer who has voluntarily helped a victim in distress from being successfully sued for 'wrongdoing'. Its purpose is to keep people from being reluctant to help a stranger in need for fear of legal repercussions should they make some mistake in treatment.[3]
Good Samaritan laws vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, as do their interactions with various other legal principles, such as consent, parental rights and the right to refuse treatment. Most such laws do not apply to medical professionals' or career emergency responders' on-the-job conduct, but some extend protection to professional rescuers when they are acting in a volunteer capacity.
The principles contained in good Samaritan laws more typically operate in countries in which the foundation of the legal system is English Common Law, such as Australia.[4] In many countries that use civil law as the foundation for their legal systems, the same legal effect is more typically achieved using a principle of duty to rescue.
Good Samaritan laws take their name from a parable found in the Bible, attributed to Jesus, commonly referred to as the Parable of the Good Samaritan which is contained in Luke 10:25-37. It recounts the aid given by a traveler from the area known as Samaria to another traveler of a conflicting religious and ethnic background who had been beaten and robbed by bandits.[5]
In Canada, good samaritan acts are under provincial jurisdiction. Each province has its own act, such as Ontario[6] and British Columbia's[7] respective good Samaritan acts, Alberta's Emergency Medical Aid Act,[8] and Nova Scotia's Volunteer Services Act[9] Only in Quebec, a civil law jurisdiction, does a person have a general duty to respond, as written in the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms.[10][11]
An example of a typical Canadian law is provided here, from Ontario's Good Samaritan Act, 2001, section 2:
Protection from liability
2. (1) Despite the rules of common law, a person described in subsection (2) who voluntarily and without reasonable expectation of compensation or reward provides the services described in that subsection is not liable for damages that result from the person's negligence in acting or failing to act while providing the services, unless it is established that the damages were caused by the gross negligence of the person. 2001, c. 2, s. 2 (1).[12]
New Brunswick and Nunavut do not have Good Samaritan laws.
China is notorious for its poor treatment of good Samaritans. There have been incidents in China, such as the Peng Yu incident in 2006,[13][14] where Good Samaritans who helped people injured in accidents were accused of having injured the victim themselves.
The Death of Wang Yue was caused when the toddler was run over by two vehicles. The entire incident was caught on a video, which shows eighteen people seeing the child but refusing to help. In a November 2011 survey, a majority, 71%, thought that the people who passed the child without helping were afraid of getting into trouble themselves.[15]
According to China Daily, "At least 10 Party and government departments and organizations in Guangdong, including the province's commission on politics and law, the women's federation, the Academy of Social Sciences, and the Communist Youth League, have started discussions on punishing those who refuse to help people who clearly need it."[16] Officials of Guangdong province, along with many lawyers and social workers, also held three days of meetings in the provincial capital of Guangzhou to discuss the case. It was reported that various lawmakers of the province are drafting a "Good Samaritan" law, which would "penalize people who fail to help in a situation of this type and indemnify them from lawsuits if their efforts are in vain."[17] Legal experts and the public are debating the idea ahead of discussions and a legislative push.[18] On 1 August 2013, the nation's first Good Samaritan law was taken into effect in Shenzhen.[19]
Laws in North America mainly shield from liability those who choose to help in a situation they did not cause; laws in much of Europe[where?] and other countries[which?] criminalize failure to help in such a situation:[20] people in such countries[which?] who do not help someone in peril may be prosecuted.[21]
In Germany, failure to provide first aid to a person in need is punishable under § 323c of the criminal penal code. However, any help one provides can and will not be prosecuted even if it made the situation worse or did not fulfill specific first aid criteria. People are thus encouraged to help in any way possible even if it does not lead to success.[22]
The Finnish Rescue act explicitly stipulates a duty to rescue as a general duty to act and engage in rescue activities according to their abilities. The Finnish Rescue act thus includes a principle of proportionality which e.g. requires professionals to extend immediate aid further than lay persons. Failure to rescue is punishable by the Finnish penal code, section 21, 15 §.
The Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act of 2011[23] first introduced legislation specifically addressing the liability of citizen good samaritans or volunteers in the Republic of Ireland, without introducing a duty to intervene. This Act provides for exemption from liability for a person, or voluntary organisation, for anything done while providing "assistance, advice or care" to a person who is injured, in serious risk or danger of becoming injured or suffering from an illness (or apparently so). There are exclusions for cases of "bad faith" or "gross negligence" on behalf of the carer, and incidents relating to negligent use of motor vehicles. This Act only addresses situations where there is no duty of care owed by the good samaritan or the volunteer.
In Israel, the law requires anyone to assist a person in danger or at the very least call for help. People who help in good faith are not liable for damages. Helpers are eligible for compensation for damages caused to them during their assistance.
United States[edit]
The details of good Samaritan laws/acts in various jurisdictions vary, including who is protected from liability and in what circumstances.[24] Not all jurisdictions provide protection to laypersons, in those cases only protecting trained personnel, such as doctors or nurses and perhaps also emergency services personnel such as trained police, fire and EMS workers.[25]
Most Australian states and territories have some form of good Samaritan protection. In general these offer protection if care is made in good faith, and the "good Samaritan" is not impaired by drugs or alcohol. Variation exists between states, from not applying if the "good Samaritan" is the cause of the problem (NSW), to applying under all circumstances if the attempt is made in good faith (VIC).[26]
Common features[edit]
In some jurisdictions, unless a caretaker relationship (such as a parent-child or doctor-patient relationship) exists prior to the illness or injury, or the "good Samaritan" is responsible for the existence of the illness or injury, no person is required to give aid of any sort to a victim. Good Samaritan statutes in the states of Minnesota and Vermont do require a person at the scene of an emergency to provide reasonable assistance to a person in need.[27] This assistance may be to call 9-1-1. Violation of the duty-to-assist subdivision is a petty misdemeanor in Minnesota and may warrant a fine of up to $100 in Vermont. At least five other states, including California and Nevada, have seriously considered adding duty-to-assist subdivisions to their good Samaritan statutes.[28] New York's law provides immunity for those who assist in an emergency.[29] The public policy behind the law is:
The furnishing of medical assistance in an emergency is a matter of vital concern affecting the public health, safety and welfare. Prehospital emergency medical care, the provision of prompt and effective communication among ambulances and hospitals[,] and safe and effective care and transportation of the sick and injured are essential public health services.
—N.Y. Public Health L. § 3000.[30]
Good Samaritan provisions are not universal in application. The legal principle of imminent peril may also apply.[31] In the absence of imminent peril, the actions of a rescuer may be perceived by the courts to be reckless and not worthy of protection. To illustrate, a motor vehicle collision occurs, but there is no fire, no immediate life threat from injuries and no danger of a second collision. If someone, with good intentions, causes injury by pulling the victim from the wreckage, a court may rule that good Samaritan laws do not apply because the victim was not in imminent peril and hold the actions of the rescuer to be unnecessary and reckless.[32][33]
Only first aid provided without intention of reward or financial compensation is covered. Medical professionals are typically not protected by good Samaritan laws when performing first aid in connection with their employment.[34] Some states make specific provisions for trained medical professionals acting as volunteers and for members of volunteer rescue squads acting without expectation of remuneration.[29][35] In Texas, a physician who voluntarily assisted in the delivery of an infant, and who proved that he had "no expectation of remuneration", had no liability for the infant's injuries due to allegedly ordinary negligence; there was "uncontroverted testimony that neither he nor any doctor in Travis County would have charged a fee to [the mother] or any other person under the circumstances of this case."[36] It was significant that the doctor was not an employee of the attending physician, but was only visiting the hospital and had responded to a "Dr. Stork" page, and had not asked or expected to be paid.[36]
If a responder begins rendering aid, he must not leave the scene until it is necessary to call for needed medical assistance, a rescuer of equal or higher ability takes over, or continuing to give aid is unsafe.[37] The responder is not legally liable for any harm to the person assisted, as long as the responder acted rationally, in good faith and in accordance with their level of training.[38]
The responder must obtain the consent of the patient, or of the legal guardian of a patient who is a minor, unless this is not possible; failing to do so may attract a charge of assault or battery.
Implied consent[edit]
Consent may be implied if an unattended patient is unconscious, delusional, intoxicated or deemed mentally unfit to make decisions regarding his or her safety, or if the responder has a reasonable belief that this was so; courts tend to be very forgiving in adjudicating this, under the legal fiction that "peril invites rescue" (as in the rescue doctrine).[39] The test in most jurisdictions is that of the 'average, reasonable person'. To illustrate, would the average, reasonable person in any of the states described above consent to receiving assistance in these circumstances if able to make a decision?
Consent may also be implied if the legal parent or guardian is not immediately reachable and the patient is not considered an adult.
Parental consent[edit]
If the victim is a minor, consent must come from a parent or guardian. However, if the legal parent or guardian is absent, unconscious, delusional or intoxicated, consent is implied. A responder is not required to withhold life-saving treatment (e.g., CPR or the Heimlich maneuver) from a minor if the parent or guardian will not consent.[citation needed] The parent or guardian is then considered neglecting, and consent for treatment is implied by default because neglect has been committed. Special circumstances may exist if child abuse is suspected (the courts will usually give immunity to those first responders who report what they reasonably consider to be evidence of child abuse or neglect, similar to that given to those who have an actual duty to report such abuse, such as teachers or counselors).[40]
Laws for first responders only[edit]
In some jurisdictions,[which?] good Samaritan laws only protect those who have completed basic first aid training and are certified by health organizations, such as the American Heart Association, or American Red Cross, provided that they have acted within the scope of their training.[41] In these jurisdictions, a person who is neither trained in first aid nor certified, and who performs first aid incorrectly, can be held legally liable for errors made. In other jurisdictions any rescuer is protected from liability so long as the responder acted rationally.[citation needed] In Florida, paramedics EMTs and Emergency Medical Responders (First Responders) are required by law to act under the Duty to Act law, which requires them to stop and give aid that falls within their practice.[citation needed]
Comparison with duty to rescue[edit]
Good Samaritan laws may be confused with the duty to rescue, as described above. U.S. and Canadian approaches to this issue differ. Under the common law, good Samaritan laws provide a defence against torts arising from the attempted rescue. Such laws do not constitute a duty to rescue, such as exists in some civil law countries,[42] and in the common law under certain circumstances. However, the duty to rescue where it exists may itself imply a shield from liability; for example, under the German law of "Unterlassene Hilfeleistung" (an offense not to provide first aid when necessary), a citizen is obliged to provide first aid when necessary and is immune from prosecution if assistance given in good faith turns out to be harmful. In Canada, all provinces with the exception of Quebec operate on the basis of English Common Law. Quebec operates a civil law system, based in part on the Napoleonic Code, and the principle of duty to rescue does apply.[43] Similarly, in France anyone who fails to render assistance to a person in danger will be found liable before French Courts (civil and criminal liability). The penalty for this offence in criminal courts is imprisonment and a fine (under article 223–6 of the Criminal Code) while in civil courts judges will order payment of pecuniary compensation to the victims.[44]
To illustrate a variation in the concept of duty to rescue, in the Canadian province of Ontario, the Occupational Health and Safety Act provides all workers with the right to refuse to perform unsafe work. There are, however, specific exceptions to this right. When the "life, health or safety of another person is at risk," then specific groups, including "police officers, firefighters, or employees of a hospital, clinic or other type of medical worker (including EMS)" are specifically excluded from the right to refuse unsafe work.[45]
In popular culture[edit]
A Good Samaritan law was featured in the May 1998 series finale of the popular NBC situation comedy Seinfeld, in which the show's four main characters were all prosecuted and sentenced to one year in jail for making fun of (rather than helping) a fat man (John Pinette) who was getting robbed at gunpoint.[46] In reality, while Massachusetts (where the fictional crime was committed) does have a law requiring passersby to report a crime in progress, the most stringent punishment the characters could have suffered under those circumstances would have been a $500–2,500 fine (assuming they were prosecuted under state law); however, the sentence couldn't have resulted in the telling of all of the other horrible things described by the witnesses: In addition, the phrase "good Samaritan law," when used in Massachusetts, refers only to the civil law definition and does not have any actual relevance to the law under which Jerry Seinfeld and his friends were prosecuted (which would be considered a duty to rescue).[47]
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References and notes[edit]
- ^ DAN Legal Network: The Good Samaritan Law across Europe
- ^ Argentine Penal Code laws regarding crimes against the person (Spanish) Original of text translated in the article: "el que pusiere en peligro la vida o la salud de otro, sea colocándolo en situación de desamparo, sea abandonando a su suerte a una persona incapaz de valerse y a la que deba mantener o cuidar o a la que el mismo autor haya incapacitado, será reprimido con prisión de 2 a 6 años".
- ^ "Canadian Law website 1". Retrieved 2008-10-16.
- ^ Gulam H, Devereaux J (2007). "A brief primer on Good Samaritan Law for health care professionals". Aust Health Rev 31 (3): 478–482.
- ^ Good Samaritan. (n.d.). Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law. Retrieved January 09, 2010, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Good+Samaritan
- ^ "Good Samaritan Act, S.O., 2001 (Ontario E-laws website)". Retrieved 2013-06-07.
- ^ "Good Samaritan Act [RSBC 1996] CHAPTER 172 (British Columbia Queen's Printer website)". Retrieved 2008-10-10.
- ^ "Emergency Medical Aid Act (Alberta Queen's Printer website". Retrieved 2008-10-10.
- ^ "Volunteer Services Act 'Good Samaritan' RSNS 1989 (amend. 1992) (Nova Scotia Legislature website)". Retrieved 2008-10-10.
- ^ "Quebec Charter of Rights and Freedom". Éditeur officiel du Québec. Retrieved 2012-07-18.
- ^ "Good Samaritan Law from The Canadian Association of Food Banks". Canadian Association of Food Banks (via Internet Archive). Archived from the original on 2007-12-17. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
- ^ "Good Samaritan Act, 2001 ©Queen's Printer for Ontario, 2005". Retrieved December 26, 2005.
- ^ Martinsen, Joel (7 September 2007). "A 45,000-yuan helping hand: common sense, decency, and crowded public transportation". danwei.org. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- ^ "Ignored toddler doesn't tell the whole story about China". The Globe and Mail. 19 October 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- ^ "Youths search their souls after Yue Yue's death". China.org.cn. 2 November 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
- ^ Zheng, Caixiong (20 October 2011). "Law mulled to make aid compulsory". chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- ^ Demick, Barbara (21 October 2011). "Chinese toddler's death evokes outpouring of grief and guilt". latimes.com. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- ^ Chin, Josh (October 22, 2011). "Toddler's Death Stirs Ire in China". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
- ^ Huifeng, He (01 August, 2013). "Shenzhen introduces Good Samaritan law". South China Morning Post. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
- ^ Benac, Nancy (1997-09-05). ""Good Samaritan Laws" Common in Europe but Rare in America". Wisconsin State Journal. p. 7.A. ISSN 0749-405X. Retrieved 2010-01-07. (Registration Required)
- ^ "Online NewsHour: French Legal System - September 3, 1997". Pbs.org. Retrieved 2013-03-19.
- ^ "StGB - Einzelnorm". Gesetze-im-internet.de. Retrieved 2013-03-19.
- ^ "Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011". irishstatutebook.ie. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
- ^ The laws include: Maryland Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code § 5-603; Virginia Code § 8.01-225.
- ^ "Good Samaritan Statutes (Medi-smart website)". Retrieved 2008-10-17.[dead link]
- ^ http://www.racgp.org.au/afp/200807/200807bird.pdf
- ^ "Vermont Good Samaritan Law". Retrieved 2008-10-17.
- ^ Lyons, Donna (1999-03-01). "Help Your Neighbor—It's the Law". State Legislatures. Archived from the original on September 7, 2007. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
- ^ a b N.Y. Public Health L. §§ 3000-a, 3000-b, 3013 (McKinney 2000); see also NY State Assembly website database of law. Accessed April 8, 2009; last accessed July 25, 2011.
- ^ N.Y. Public Health L. § 3000 (McKinney 2000); see also NY State Assembly website database of law. Accessed July 25, 2011.
- ^ "What is the Good Samaritan Law? (essortment website)". Retrieved 2008-10-16.
- ^ "Good samaritan law may not apply (USA Today)". 2007-03-23. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
- ^ See also, California Supreme Court decision in Van Horn vs. Torti, December 18, 2008, with a similar fact pattern and limitation of protection to medical personnel rendering medical aid.
- ^ "RCW 4.24.300 Immunity from liability for certain types of medical care (Washington State Legislature website)". Retrieved 2008-10-17.
- ^ "Colorado Good Samaritan Law". Retrieved 2008-10-17.
- ^ a b McIntyre v. Ramirez, 109 S.W.3d 741 (Tex. Sup. Ct. 2003), overturning 59 S.W.3d 821 (Tex. Ct. of Appeals) and citing Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 74.001 (effective in 1998, and since amended), found at Texas Courts website. Accessed July 25, 2011.
- ^ This can be as simple as a lack of adequate protection against potential diseases, such as vinyl, latex, or nitrile gloves to protect against blood-borne pathogens. A responder is never legally compelled to take risks to aid another person.
- ^ Rolfsen ML (2007). "Medical care provided during a disaster should be immune from liability or criminal prosecution". The Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society : official organ of the Louisiana State Medical Society 159 (4): 224–5, 227–9. PMID 17987961.
- ^ "Implied Consent (Lawdictionary.com website)". Retrieved 2008-10-17.
- ^ Foltin GL, Lucky C, Portelli I, et al. (June 2008). "Overcoming legal obstacles involving the voluntary care of children who are separated from their legal guardians during a disaster". Pediatric emergency care 24 (6): 392–8. doi:10.1097/PEC.0b013e318178c05d. PMID 18562886.
- ^ "Good Samaritan/Fireman's Rule (Connecticut State Legislature website)". Retrieved 2008-10-17.
- ^ Higuchi N (March 2008). "[Good Samaritan Act and physicians' duty to rescue]". Nippon Hoshasen Gijutsu Gakkai zasshi (in Japanese) 64 (3): 382–4. PMID 18434681.[dead link]
- ^ "Canadian Law website 2". Retrieved 2008-10-16.
- ^ Audrey Laur Liabilities of Doctors on Aircraft Med Leg J March 2013 81:31—35
- ^ "Occupational Health and Safety Act, R.S.O. (1990) (Ontario E-laws website)". Retrieved 2008-10-10.
- ^ James, Caryn (1998-05-15). "'Seinfeld' Goes Out in Self-Referential Style". New York Times. pp. B1. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
- ^ "Footnote TV's Mirror Law analysis of the Seinfeld finale and Massachusetts' Good Samaritan Law". Retrieved August 12, 2009.
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A request for qualifications was issued in late November that's expected to result by March in a short list of three to six firms capable of building the plant or plants.
It's up to them to propose technologies – which could include conventional incineration or various emerging conversion technologies.
The next phase later in 2013 will invite any property owner or city that wants to propose a site to step forward and for the short-listed proponents to also identify any sites they have secured.
That's to result in the release of a list of potential sites next September.
Metro would then match up sites with technology proposals from the proponents to flesh out final project proposals, which would then bid against each other through a request for proposals.
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Fraser Valley polticians oppose an in-region plant over air pollution concerns.
Extensive consultations, environmental assessments and provincial approvals are required before the plant – or plants – would be built, opening in 2018.
It would burn an extra 370,000 tonnes of garbage per year and Metro would stop sending waste to the Cache Creek regional landfill.
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