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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447608397823343035.post1909636576127138322..comments2014-12-16T05:51:11.973-05:00Comments on Linux Advocates: Systemd: The New PulseAudioDietrich firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447608397823343035.post-10945736868983696902013-04-16T15:45:19.585-04:002013-04-16T15:45:19.585-04:00No it is nothing like that, coreutils and libc are...No it is nothing like that, coreutils and libc are two distinctly different pieces of software where udev and systemd are the same merged codebase. You can not build udev without also building systemd.Fewthttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447608397823343035.post-83085909398374534912013-04-16T14:56:07.499-04:002013-04-16T14:56:07.499-04:00You can't *compile* udev without systemd. That...You can't *compile* udev without systemd. That's like saying tell me how I can compile coreutils without libc. udev uses the same libraries and utilities that systemd does. It means the same code is reused. You can happily compile the package and then use udev outside of systemd.Colin firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447608397823343035.post-78637210799770342612013-04-16T14:41:01.959-04:002013-04-16T14:41:01.959-04:00I'm afraid that's just not true. Have you ...I'm afraid that's just not true. Have you done the conference circuit, have you participated in mailing list and IRC discussions? Lennart works with a *lot* of people all the time - this statement just isn't borne out by facts. I see people make this statement, but I really can't help but feel people are just jumping on someone else's bandwagon here rather than having worked with him directly. Sure if you come in being aggressive or arrogant, then he'll likely respond in kind, but you know what? So do most people! If you come in open and willing to participate then he'll also likely respond in kind.Colin email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447608397823343035.post-511445472024826442013-04-16T14:34:23.001-04:002013-04-16T14:34:23.001-04:00The logging infrastructure is seen as an essential...The logging infrastructure is seen as an essential part of service management. I'm surprised you're stating on the one hand that things are hard to debug and then on the other hand criticising systemd for focusing on the logging infrastructure which massively improves debugging. It also makes debugging things very easy. As we've (pleasantly!) argued in the past, I find that systemd debugging is actually incredibly simple and adds massively to the overall clarity of the whole boot process.Colin email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447608397823343035.post-20155927400869805782013-04-16T14:29:45.229-04:002013-04-16T14:29:45.229-04:00As I've said many times before, the pain felt ...As I've said many times before, the pain felt during PulseAudio adoption is a result of two specific issues:
 1. Distros did a shit job on integration.

 2. A large part was down to hardware.

Distro integration is a biggie. I put a lot of time and effort into making the integration in Mandriva first class and it showed. I've had numerous compliments for the smoothness with which we rolled it out. It touches so much of the stack you need to put a lot of care and attention into it. Ubuntu, on the other hand, sucked big time. This single detail set us back a lot upstream. If more care and attention had been put into that at the time - i.e. the same as I did with Mandriva, I suspect we would be in a very different situation now (in terms of feelings of resentment at least).

PulseAudio, much like in some of your examples above, exposed errors in other areas of the stack. Does that make it to blame? No!! PulseAudio has become the defacto stress test for ALSA drivers (I know SoC people who say, "test it with PA and if it doesn't work you're drivers not ready"). Since PulseAudio has come out the ALSA drivers have had a lot of bug fixes. To their credit, Ubuntu (or rather Canonical) has made up for their previous mistake in the form of David Henningsson who has been a major player in getting these fixes pushed.

Like it or not, these fixes could simply not be done in the lab. "PulseAudio" would NEVER have been at the point of "ready" in this context because, quite simply we didn't have the resources to get all the hardware in the world to fix all these bugs. Like it or not, the users had to suffer the pain so that we could get the needed feedback. We had to push it mainstream and we had to get the bug reports. It's as simple as that. Sometimes you need to push before things are at the almost mythical "ready" point.

Sure, in a Utopian world where resources and time is infinite and all h/w works perfectly to a particular spec, then things would be different. But you know what? We don't live in that world.Colin email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447608397823343035.post-72661840543159126612013-04-15T19:50:26.249-04:002013-04-15T19:50:26.249-04:00I with you on this. Lennart is bad news I'm sa...I with you on this. Lennart is bad news I'm sad to say. Doesn't seem he can just work with others smoothly.Roland Taylorhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447608397823343035.post-84183071533938528812013-04-15T09:46:57.421-04:002013-04-15T09:46:57.421-04:00I remember when the feature wasn't there, and ...I remember when the feature wasn't there, and Lennart decided that it wasn't important or required (good luck passing an audit without it) and after a long winded argument between Lennart and I (leading to an unfounded implication that I attacked him) the feature was silently added.Fewthttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447608397823343035.post-29685333066638147562013-04-15T09:43:44.804-04:002013-04-15T09:43:44.804-04:00I forgot to specify I'm not only using GNU/Lin...I forgot to specify I'm not only using GNU/Linux privately, but mainly on production machines for clients. http://www.microlinux.fr. In this context, Arch is unfortunately unusable.Kiki Novakhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447608397823343035.post-33014702263789140202013-04-15T08:37:57.063-04:002013-04-15T08:37:57.063-04:00Arch works pretty nice to me, and I and I even hav...Arch works pretty nice to me, and I and I even have a forum account.Renato email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447608397823343035.post-18801262882739101232013-04-15T02:00:29.037-04:002013-04-15T02:00:29.037-04:00Yeah, except Arch works nice if you're an Arch...Yeah, except Arch works nice if you're an Arch developer.Kiki Novakhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447608397823343035.post-88414559457123061472013-04-15T01:55:37.677-04:002013-04-15T01:55:37.677-04:00"Let's just switch to any crazy idea Lenn..."Let's just switch to any crazy idea Lennart can come up with." (Patrick Volkerding, founder and maintainer of Slackware Linux, created in 1993.

Full thread here: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/slackware-and-systemd-885228/

One more reason why I'm 100% Slackware on servers and desktops.

Cheers.Kiki Novakhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447608397823343035.post-14689655582072440582013-04-14T21:28:28.663-04:002013-04-14T21:28:28.663-04:00God forbid!God forbid!Dietrichhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447608397823343035.post-28132577628265946382013-04-14T21:24:26.746-04:002013-04-14T21:24:26.746-04:00If god forbid you had used systemd you would know...If god forbid you had used systemd you would know that system logging (journal) works in tandem with syslog-ng and logs can still be read from /var/logs, https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd#Journald_in_conjunction_with_syslog

so that point is null & email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447608397823343035.post-73502064095473667642013-04-14T21:15:56.639-04:002013-04-14T21:15:56.639-04:00as for being stable , the transition to systemd wa...as for being stable , the transition to systemd was simple with no instability issues, have you actually used it ?firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447608397823343035.post-63579134799616046252013-04-14T21:14:01.013-04:002013-04-14T21:14:01.013-04:00Some systemd myths http://0pointer.de/blog/project...Some systemd myths http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/the-biggest-myths.html systemd was adopted by my distro as a choice made by the community and the unpaid developers, not because someone held a gun to their head, and the developers seen that it was good, i trust their judgement. Im sure there will be systemd free offerings in the future just as there are firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447608397823343035.post-45533539660216781602013-04-14T21:06:02.167-04:002013-04-14T21:06:02.167-04:00The biggest myths surrounding systemd http://0poi...The biggest myths surrounding systemd http://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447608397823343035.post-88261458488402791422013-04-14T18:00:23.262-04:002013-04-14T18:00:23.262-04:00"There's also the matter of division of l..."There's also the matter of division of labor that allows more parties to participate" , all distributions that use systemd are working upstream, contributing patches etc.. even companies that do not directly produce general purpose distributions such as Intel.. or embeeded system developers.
Even canonical has contributed some code.Cristian Rodriguezhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447608397823343035.post-32780243305317523532013-04-14T17:56:20.253-04:002013-04-14T17:56:20.253-04:00"The problem is when such systems become mand..."The problem is when such systems become mandatory too early, before the fixes can propagate." this is a problem of integrators, after all if you are integrating an init system into a distribution you surely need to know what are you doing..
"You're missing the point, which is not "systemd has to fix the world" but that when Linux middleware gets changed and updated, it ought to be done with some real-world reality checks in place. " This is once again a task for integrators and distributions, expecting upstream to test stuff in $whoknows what environment is not reasonable, adding explicit dependencies at compile time and tests will help though.

"Unfortunately, many of the Linux middleware decisions are made with what appears to be insufficient planning" , maybe, but if you have ever worked in large distribution you will know that software moves much, MUCH faster than any plan could possible account for.

"If we can agree that the revolving door of Linux middleware and the breakages our users suffer routinely when they are introduced too early into "stable" OSes," the chicken and egg problem, "too early" do not include it --> never gets tested in real life, never gets any attention, never gets matures for inclusion..Cristian Rodriguezhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447608397823343035.post-20132672965736584102013-04-14T17:34:00.792-04:002013-04-14T17:34:00.792-04:00I am glad you are okay, that's all. Was worri...I am glad you are okay, that's all. Was worried when you dropped off the radar unexpectedly. Take care.Dietrichhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447608397823343035.post-61582973964304843302013-04-14T17:31:25.577-04:002013-04-14T17:31:25.577-04:00Sold house, dropped ISP, moved, new ISP, changed t...Sold house, dropped ISP, moved, new ISP, changed to a different set of favorite things, busy, busy, busy with wife and grandkids. Cleaned out all my circles and started over, just dabbling here and there on the Internet. Will probably cut out even more Internet activities and just reduce it to banking, shopping and emailing email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447608397823343035.post-84853168811522919422013-04-14T14:42:49.806-04:002013-04-14T14:42:49.806-04:00Thanks Mon. Where have you been? :PThanks Mon. Where have you been? :PDietrichhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447608397823343035.post-21524068092099878762013-04-14T14:40:13.309-04:002013-04-14T14:40:13.309-04:00I agree with you, Dietrich, and with Aaron as well...I agree with you, Dietrich, and with Aaron as well. If systemd is anything like pulseaudio I wouldn't touch it with a ten meter pole.

My last three computers were this one, an Acer V3-771G, a Sony VAIO VGN-FW140, an Acer Aspire 521D (wife), and a couple of Acers and HPs that friends use. Pulseaudio worked poorly or not at all on any of them. My solution was to remove the critical pulse audio libraries and volume control GUI, and install ALSA and its utilities. ALSA never fails me and gives me full wrap around sound with firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447608397823343035.post-2627726557934385252013-04-14T11:22:16.134-04:002013-04-14T11:22:16.134-04:00There's a difference: Wayland is being adopted...There's a difference: Wayland is being adopted by consensus by the affected and interested Free software projects and it is happening at a pace that allows us to offer a stable and reliable path from x.org to Wayland (and the two will co-exist for quite some time).

It is not a question of "should we go forward" but "how should we manage the process of moving forward".Aaron email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447608397823343035.post-27615770558831913302013-04-14T11:17:09.334-04:002013-04-14T11:17:09.334-04:00A better audio system is good. PulseAudio still ...A better audio system is good.

PulseAudio still fails far too often on far too many systems on far too regular a basis ("play with settings in pavucontrol until it starts working" is a far too common recommendation). Still, let's pretend it is currently near enough perfect to be undeniably awesome right now.

The issue is precisely what you wrote: "It had a lot of problems in it's infancy". For whatever reason, a lot of Linux distributions are hellbent on thrusting work-in-progress technology on the users of their stable OSes.

The result is simple: for many users (far, far too many) they have a happy working system (they don't know how or why, but it is) and then they get an OS upgrade and something new breaks. That gets better (usually), and then something else new breaks on another OS upgrade. These in-between cycles of suckitude piss off our users and give Linux a horrible reputation, esp since they don't happen all at once but are sprinkled here and there over the course of years .. so that Linux never feels quite "right" over any extended period of time.

There is a theory that if you just shove crap down the throats of users, people will demand it gets fixed and that will cause others to fix it. (This reasoning was applied to PulseAAudio and, for instance, and various audio drivers.) This sometimes works .. sometimes it causes forks and new systems instead. When it does work, the people involved (users and fixers) get pretty unhappy in the process. It's a highly antisocial method of trying to get things improved.

Now, I know the temptation to take this approach first hand. When KDE's Plasma Desktop first came out, many X11 drivers were horribly broken when it came to OpenGL and various X11 extensions ... and we were the first to seriously use some of these features which were (shock!) known to be broken. We stuck with it (including working with vendors so they'd fix their software), but we also maintained support for non-composited desktops that was ~100% transparent (excuse the pun? ;) to the user. They lost a little eye candy and some minor features, but things at least worked.

In all of that fun, a number of distributions decided to push Plasma Desktop into their stable releases before it was ready. We said "it's not ready for daily usage by regular desktop users" but the mantra of "new is better, who cares about the results" held sway.

This way of approaching integration of fundamental changes to the stack, even when absolutely needing to happen, needs to shift to something more responsible.Aaron firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447608397823343035.post-69623265707980113882013-04-14T11:07:33.156-04:002013-04-14T11:07:33.156-04:00There is often a difference between theory and pra...There is often a difference between theory and practice when it comes to these things. As more tools and components use or even outright rely on systemd, it becomes far less optional. There's also the matter of division of labor that allows more parties to participate: if you start ignoring the labor input of others, you end up supporting an enlarging fork of OS components (c.f. Canonical).

Personally, I think that's all well and fine with systemd as the design is quite sane imho. What I don't find great is the deployment timeline relative to its maturity and its reaching into things like system logging before the other basics are rock solid and well adopted. It's a matter of planning and focus.Aaron email@example.com


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How to Correctly Use A Flogger
Aside from my firm conviction that Floggers are for Backs (and occasionally for fronts, which I write about at that link elsewhere here in the Dungeon Zone), I also have often been flabbergasted and ruefully amazed by the lack of technique displayed by various Tops and Dominants who apparently couldn't aim a flogger's tails consistently if their lives depended on it.
They also quickly wear themselves out with so much physical activity that it is no wonder they can only last ten minutes or so in a scene, while endorphin levels require far more time than that to build up to appreciable levels to be deeply felt by the one being flogged. Proper flogging technique goes beyond just looking good, like some kind of dancer in a Spanish Inquisition-themed musical theater number. Proper technique is about building endorphin levels for a bottom responsibly enough to stick with it until the deed is truly done. They really need to learn how to use a flogger!
(… OK, Yes, I rant sometimes.)
I really just want people to get this right in higher numbers than I've witnessed to date. Read on to learn how to do flogging right.
. . .
The point of flogging is to strike a specific area of the back repeatedly with accuracy to allow a build-up of endorphins to take place. Then we move to another spot and give it a few flails. Then we move to still another.
At no time do we ever strike the area where the kidneys are, three to five inches above the buttocks line. We avoid ever wrapping the flails of the flogger over the tops of the shoulders or around the subject's sides, or if we are flogging the front, we avoid wrapping around the sides or over the shoulders from that direction as well. Wrapping this way accelerates the speed of the tips enormously, creating an unintentionally extremely painful effect that will NOT be appreciated by your victim at all.
You want to strike only the place you had intended to.
To do this with repeatable accuracy, stand squarely with feet planted firmly on the ground. Stand up erect and proud, like a Titan, a King or Queen, or an Amazon!
Raise the arm holding the flogger handle regally. It can help to hold the tails of the flogger with the other hand, gathering them into your palm and tugging gently against your other hand.
Now, gently drop your arm downwards as you release the flails with the other hand. Thats all – just a gentle drop of the arm to check your landing position of the falls. Did they strike where you had intended? If not, move your feet, not your upper body, to adjust. No leaning forward! No turning at the waist! No reaching with the shoulders! (I'll explain why not in a moment.)
Once the landing is affirmed to be correct, continue to stand regal, tall and proud, raise the flogger arm again, take hold of the tails, and let your arm drop again, this time with more speed.
Repeat this and marvel at how the flogger lands in the exact same place every time!
Do you wish to move the position of the flogger? Do not do so by changing your arm's drop angle. Do not "reach" with your upper body, or twist the body in any way. Move your feet! Then regain that regal stance of pride and control, of firmness and deity-like compassion, and raise the arm up, and let it drop gently to test the position. Is the landing position correct? Then raise the arm once again, and let it drop with more force this time.
If you want to strike with even more force, simply assist the arm's dropping movement with an easy, accelerating muscle tension push to make the arm drop even faster.
Raise the arm and repeat again. Isn't this remarkable? You are hitting the exact same spot over and over again with accuracy and precision! And it is nearly effortless! EFFORTLESS! You could easily last two hours working your subject in this manner.
Admit it. You really could!
The reason why trying to flog by reaching, turning the waist, leaning with the shoulders and upper body, or changing the angle of the stroke does not work is that all these movements are simply too much even for the miraculous human body to keep track of. The amazing brain we have simply cannot keep all of these movements coordinated repeatedly each and every time. Eventually, it will get confused and you will have struck the kidneys or wrapped the shoulders or sides (which stings 100 times worse than what you had intended) … and said the single worst thing any Titan, King, Queen, Amazon or Compassionate Deity could ever say, namely:
"Oops! Sorry about that!"
Epic. Fail.
You are at once dropped from the heights of Sovereignity to the role of the Regal Dufus in a single ill-fated maneuver. You don't want that to happen, do you? No?? I didn't think so.
So. Practice flogging from a standing position, moving only your arm and adjusting your position by moving your feet only. It may feel awkward at first; that's okay. Perhaps begin your target practice by aiming the flogger at specific points on a pillow first. Once you can hit accurately and with a minimum of bodily movement, you're ready to try your technique on a willing victim.
Would you like to flog from the side? Lie the subject down on a table and continue to flog using the arm-dropping move, always testing your standing position, always standing with regal pride! This is a formal flaying you are applying to your subject. You are the one in complete control. Stand like it, so you genuinely feel it. So satisfying! Now, mix it up and use paddles on the bottom and slappers on just about anywhere. Try a Quirt! Try clothespins and hair-clips. Try your Whartenburg wheel. Then back to the regal stance and more flogging!
Ahhh, how wonderful! Keep up the good work!
[Thanks to Julia for helping with this article!]

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Approximately 1 percent of the U.S. population has been fighting a war for the last decade while the remainder of the country sees battle only through a screen. But people back in the states eagerly are demonstrating their support for those in uniform. Rallies, ribbons and letter-writing campaigns have become norms across the country, and some people are taking the help even further. From ensuring contact with home to sending comfort items to the frontlines, organizations large and small are proving that, at least in spirit, U.S. warfighters do not stand alone.
The debt that the people of the United States owe veterans not only is impossible to repay but also is unfathomable to most of the population. From the men who froze at Valley Forge to win the country freedom from tyranny, to the service members battling terrorists bent on taking down the nation today, the costs of security have always fallen on the shoulders of few. To recognize these sacrifices, service organizations, nonprofits and the federal government offer an array of programs to help veterans attend school, start businesses or build their lives in other ways. These groups stand ready to assist those who have served and are inventing new, faster ways to take advantage of their resources.
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Establishment of Thermally Grown Oxides upon the Early Oxidation Stages of Ni20Cr and Ni30Cr
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Christopher Priest: The Affirmation
From time to time (well okay, three times in over two years), authors post comments on this blog. Most memorable was Christopher Priest's appearance to correct my misattribution of his opinion on John Wyndham. One effect of that was to make me investigate Priest's work; I'd heard of him, and had a vague idea that he wrote the sort of books that straddled sci-fi and mainstream fiction. But he didn't seem to be much talked about – or even consistently in print – despite being in the Granta 1983 list, which leads like a roll call of those most prominent in British lit fic since then (Amis, Barnes, Barker, Boyd, Ishiguro, McEwan, Rushdie and others). He has a fondness for definite article titles: The Glamour, The Extremes, The Separation, The Prestige (now a major motion picture). I opted for The Affirmation (1981), at random really, though I've since heard that it's his best novel.
The Affirmation is a book about memory: if our essence is in our memories, and memories are malleable, what does that say about our experience of reality? It sounds like a schoolboy syllogism, but Priest makes fascinating play with it, and more importantly, convinces even against the reader's wishes.
Peter Sinclair is a man recovering from multiple blows: bereavement, break-up, redundancy, homelessness. "I felt like a man who had been knocked down, then trodden on before he could get up." He retreats to a tumbledown cottage owned by a friend of his father – whom he meets again in unexplained circumstances – and he undertakes to decorate the building and render it habitable. However he becomes more and more obsessed with recording his life, for reasons which (intentionally, I think) strain plausibility:
I perceived my past life as an unordered, uncontrolled bedlam of events. Nothing made sense, nothing was consistent with anything else. It seemed important to me that I should try to impose some kind of order on my memories. It never occurred to me to question why I should do this. It was just extremely important.
As he works on his story, he finds himself deviating from the facts, seeking "a higher, better form of truth". "If the deeper truth could only be told by falsehood – in other words, through metaphor – then to achieve total truth I must create total falsehood." He creates "an imaginary place and an imaginary life."
Chapters then switch between his real life and his imagined life, where his name remains but everything else is changed: London becomes 'Jethra', England 'Faiandland'. At this point my heart sank, as yours may too. However here is where Sinclair's narrative – previously somewhat charmless – becomes positively disarming, becomes in fact Priest's narrative. It is a book about its subject where the subject becomes, in part, the book itself.
In Jethra, Sinclair is a winner of the 'Lotterie', where the prize is an unusual and dubious form of privilege. This raises certain surface, ethical issues, but more knotty ones too of the nature and purpose of human life. During the course of his alternate existence, for the purposes of fulfilling the Lotterie's requirements, Sinclair has to write his autobiography, which turns out to be the first chapters of the book – the real world ones – which we have already read. So far so tricksy, but Priest writes so convincingly that the reader becomes acutely aware of the difficulty in choosing between the 'true stories' on offer.
There were now two realities, and each explained the other.
What The Affirmation does is to emphasise that there is no reason to believe more in the fictional 'real world' of the book than in its fictional invented world. We are in any event, after all, reading a work of fiction, within whose confines by definition, anything is possible. (I was reminded of the Coen brothers and their bold statement at the beginning of Fargo, that everything that followed was true.) The Affirmation is, to quote Mary McCarthy on Nabokov's Pale Fire, "a jack-in-the-box, a Fabergé gem, a clockwork toy, a chess problem." But it is so without being sterile or seeming like an act of intellectual masturbation. More impressive yet is Priest's willingness to have the courage of his convictions, and end the book in the only appropriate way.
And if this seems like a sudden ending, you ain't seen nothing yet.
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Wow. Just clicked through to the Wyndham review. I'm gunna steer clear of Christopher Priest. Horrible man. I mean, who's he think he is? Naipaul?
Wow he is a twerp. This brings up an interesting point. If you dislike an author due to his public persona do you still read him? I have the same issue with actors. I think Mel Gibson is an ignorant git and I won't watch his films. So I am torn on this book.
Another fine review. 'The Affirmation' is unusual, too, in sort of being its own sequel, if I remember correctly. 'Inverted World' is well worth a look: clever, mind-boggling 'sense of wonder' science-fiction, rather than "just" adventure-in-a-strange-world stuff like 'Hothouse', or adventure-in-a-horrible-world stuff like 'Make Room! Make Room!', to pick other SF you've reviewed.
I am currently climbing through Hot House. Great imagery! While not a childs' tale, the story is portrayed through the eyes of a group of very strange children adapted to their future world. Its an illustration of the wealth of older original writing out there.
What a small world. I just finished blogging about The Inverted World.
However, I need to re-read it, because I raced through it.
'Fugue' is mostly pretty good, Priest's version of a John Wyndham or John Christopher book, but surprisingly free of the multiple layers you can find in his other books.
I read Christopher Priest's appearance on your blog. In a way, I think it reflects strongly on your blog. You have an "alive" blog where its not just pleasant nice trivialities about books, but you can make strong comments about writers, and others can take strong offense. That keeps the blog interesting. One must always worry about getting it right when one attributes an opinion or attitude to someone else
the work is a thing in itself largely independent I think of the writer who created it.
I know that's what all the literary theorists in the eighties used to say, but I don't see how the man can be separate from the work. I think writers are exactly like their works. For example, in every interview I've seen of Rushdie he is ebullient, digressive, capacious, whereas Coetzee is cool, spare and humourless – they are just like their books. And why wouldn't it be so? The man who works in the factory brings his character flaws and blind-spots to his job; his prejudices and preconceptions affect precisely how well he completes his task. It's tremendously arrogant for writers to suggest that this doesn't apply to them, that they're some sort of special case (though, of couse, this is probably what most writers do think, albeit secretly: after all, a major reason why they write in the first place is because they believe they have 'something to say'; by which they mean that they have access to some priveleged insight, some deeper understanding of the way of things. Writers are arrogant! Who knew?)
John – I agree that the most notable qualities of an author may not always be present in the work, but I don't think that detracts from the point that a book's texture – the book's personality – reflects that of the writer. Of course a through-and-through anti-semite could write great characters, but they probably couldn't write a great Jewish character. That's what I meant when I said the flaws in the book are the flaws in the man. (And when a writer pops up on a public blog and is rude, then that shows a certain vanity and lack of empathy, and as I quite like reading writers who write empathetically, that's why I said I'd be better of steering clear of Priest.)
Max – that's a great point. I'd say that it's also up to the writer to do what they can to ensure that the demarcation between author and book is maintained, instead of allowing the line to be blurred by being rude on public blogs. If someone's been rude to me I'd find it very difficult not to have that in mind while reading their work. To take an extreme example, could anyone read a novel by Hitler without making connections between the man and the book? Would we want to?
I think that Priest is a very underrated writer – both inside and outside the SF community. His last novel – The Separation – was pretty much ignored by its original publisher and published without any fanfare whatsoever. It was a hard book to find for Priest fans. Then word of mouth started to spread. It was nominated for (and won) the Arthur C. Clarke award. Eventually it was picked up by Victor Gollancz and is readily available and has been highly praised.
I can second (or third) the recommendation of Inverted World, a fascinating SF novel with a looping narritave so beloved of Priest. The Prestige is superb, even better than Christopher Nolan's masterful film. It's a book that, once you finish, you immediately want to read again just so you can see how it all hangs together.
Max: Have you checked on amazon for Fugue for a Darkening Island? I picked it up there from one of the second-hand sellers for a few pence a year or so ago. It was part of an omnibus edition that featured Inverted World.
[…] this suggests a book which plays with the reality of its world, as in Christopher Priest's The Affirmation. But to limit Colony to a genre or type would do it a disservice, as this is a book – as […]
Stumbling rather late into this matter: I interviewed Christopher Priest several years ago – I think it was for the publication of The Prestige, but that was pre-web and several computers ago and I can't trace it at present. Anyway, for anybody who is still talking about not reading him because he is nasty, can I reassure you that he is both a gifted writer and a very nice man, one of the nicest I've interviewed. Please don't go by one misjudged comment on a blog – it's not as if misjudged comments are rare in blogland.
John: if you're still anxious, I'll happily recommend The Glamour: very clever, slightly nasty and, for several reasons, thoroughly unnerving. BTW, the central conceit – which I won't give away – has been borrowed by, among others, Alan Moore and Joss Whedon. I'd also recommend The Space Machine, a re-write of H. G. Wells – not big or clever, but fun.
Oh, and a bit of self-advertisement: my Daily Telegraph review of The Separation is at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3609221/As-times-go-by.html
[…] Some other reviews of The Affirmation: John Self at The Asylum; Matt Cheney at The Mumpsimus; David Auerbach at Waggish. Christopher Priest's website […]
I have to say if I think an author or a movie star etc.. is a really horrible, obnoxious person with no major redeeming features, I won't give their work the time of day. Slightly arrogant or opinionated fair enough, but beyond that why give them the benefit of the doubt, there are plenty more books/movies etc… in the sea, and it is important that as individuals we make a stand however small against unpleasant and destructive individuals.
That said I just read the comment by Christopher Priest, and though the guy was obviously a bit upset about being mis-quoted, I'd have to see something worse than that before I wrote them off.
[…] with (my only experience of) his own work, the more controlled but equally disruptive novel The Affirmation, where, as here, reality is both clearly presented and ultimately unknowable. The coming […]
[…] didn't seem like my thing. And then I clicked on a book John mentions in the review and found his review of Christopher Priest's The Affirmation. Priest is more widely known as the author of The […]
About 15 years ago, Priest wrote me a very nice letter answering several questions I'd asked about his work while also apologising for the delay in getting back to me. A couple of years ago I contacted hi again to asked if he'd read my unpublished novel 'Etc Etc Amen' if I sent him a copy. He happily agreed to take a look at it, but then a year later when I emailed to ask him if he'd made any progress, he replied that he'd changed his mind. Given that it had obviously been at the back of my mind that the great man was going to look at my novel, it was very disappointing to learn that he couldn't imagine why he'd agreed to do so in the first place. Oh and there was also the time – via email – he bit my head off for using the term 'sci-fi'. But this is the world of the eccentric artist and so I still have the utmost respect for the man. Never confuse the artist with their work otherwise you'll miss out on an awful lot of excellent art.
[…] Christopher Priest landed in the literary spotlight recently when he had a go at the judges of this year's Arthur C. Clarke Award, and some of the shortlisted books, including those by China Miéville ("he does not work hard enough"), Charles Stross ("[an] appalling and incapable piece of juvenile work") and Greg Bear ("The important words are in italics. Have we lived and fought in vain?"). In the event, the award was won by Jane Rogers for The Testament of Jessie Lamb, which for Priest was "the only [book on the shortlist] that I think is something we can be proud of." (It was also longlisted for last year's Booker Prize. Is this the first time this has happened?) But what interested me most in Priest's essay was his assessment of his own work, which has since been removed from the piece as it sat alongside much-criticised remarks about a thriller writer. Priest said that this writer is "firmly embedded in [his] genre and digging deeper with every passing day, while I have spent the last forty years or so trying to understand and make sense of the orthodoxies that clearly define a genre but also dangerously undermine it." This made me hungry to revisit him, after I was so pleased and impressed by his novel The Affirmation. […]
[…] have admired Christopher Priest's early novels The Affirmation and The Glamour – both published around 30 years ago – so after seeing high praise for […]


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Fall 2011 Symposium: Religion in the Public Schools: Possibilities, Pitfalls and Practices
Basic knowledge about world religions, including Christianity, is essential for responsible citizenship today. Yet many Americans know little about each other's faiths – and often their own. This reality suggests that we need more and better instruction about religion in our public schools. Yet widespread misunderstanding of what the Constitution does and does not allow often gets in the way. Public school officials often face difficult tensions as they seek to honor students' and teachers' diverse religious interests while taking care not to officially promote religion in violation of the First Amendment.
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On the 400th anniversary of the publishing of the King James Version of the Bible, this tag-team presentation focuses on some of the political and legal challenges involved with this translation and its use within schools. How has the Bible functioned in schools, how might it function, and how has the KJV translation itself complicated these issues?
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With New York City still picking up the pieces from Hurricane Sandy, somewhat positive light surfaced Wednesday for the pension portfolio advised by the Office of Comptroller John Liu, new documents show.
According to the Oct. 31-issued Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR), as required by the City Charter, the five fiduciary funds reported a 1.37% for the fiscal year that ended June 30. Previously, in 2011, the pensions reported a 23.23% return.
"We are pleased to present the city's financial report on time, notwithstanding Hurricane Sandy," Liu said in the Wednesday announcement.
Collectively, the Teachers' Retirement System of the City of New York (TRS), the New York City Employees' Retirement System (NYCERS), the New York City Police Pension Fund (Police), the New York City Fire Pension Fund (Fire), and the New York City Board of Education Retirement System (BERS) had about $122.1 billion in aggregate of investment assets.
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Negative postings were seen with international equity's –13.57% and the –2.35% return reported for hedge funds.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Maybe it's too early to say Tiger Woods is back. Then again, maybe not.
Even after shooting a disappointing 78, Masters champion Bubba Watson couldn't help but grin at the tidy little 69 that Woods shot in the opening round of the U.S. Open at the Olympic Club on Thursday.
That left him tied for second with Graeme McDowell, Nick Watney, Justin Rose and David Toms, three shots behind leader Michael Thompson.
"Yeah, that was the old Tiger,'' Watson said." That was beautiful to watch. That's what we all come to see. That was awesome, to see him strike the ball like he did.''
Woods, who knows three rounds are left in the quest for his 15th major, wasn't interested in Watson's "old Tiger'' remark.
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There was a new wrinkle, though, to this Old Tiger. Where Woods often used to pull out big sticks and swing out of his shoes, he hit only three drivers on Thursday and four modest fairway-wood tee shots. On seven par-fours, he hit iron, content to play longer approaches from the fairway.
"I stayed very patient out there,'' Woods said. "I felt very pleased with every facet of my game.''
Woods was the only member of the marquee threesome who held up his end of the deal. With southpaws Watson and Phil Mickelson, who shot 76, struggling, the gallery was reduced to waiting for Lefties.
"I didn't play very well, obviously,'' Mickelson said. "I'll go out [Friday] and see if I can shoot something under par. Maybe that will get me to the weekend.''
Watson also was feeling glum, but determined.
"It's disappointing, starting off like this,'' Watson said. "Just couldn't get anything going. Never got any rhythm. Everything was just a little off.''
Their first hole of the day, No. 9, set the tone for the three high-profile players. While Woods smoothed an iron into the fairway, Watson pushed his tee shot into the left rough, where he advanced his second shot only about 15 yards and made bogey.
Mickelson hooked his opening drive into the trees on the right. The ball was never found, so he went back to the tee.
"I pulled it over into the trees and it must have stayed up there,'' Mickelson said. "Nobody ever saw it or heard it come down.''
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Here at Andaluz we do give the option to try most of our tapas, monday through saturday from 5:30 to 8:00 pm. Cocktails for $3 and tapas for $3, come join us, ask for Alex at the bar.
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The dining room looks pretty much the same as it did when PT occupied it; a couple of black-and-white photos of Seville are the only regional additions. An open kitchen is visible on the left side; to the right is a bar backed by amber lighting. In between is empty space, because tables occupy only the rear half of the area. There weren't many patrons here during our visits, so the cool, capacious ambiance seemed all too quiet and cold — the antithesis of warm, boisterous tapas bars of Spain. On Thursdays and Fridays, though, we're told it lights up with flamenco music.
Tapas, too, stray from the norm — they are really full-size appetizer plates. There are 13 selections, mostly $10 to $15 apiece. If you visit Andalus alone or as a part of a couple, portion and price prohibit the sampling of more than a few items. That's not how tapas are supposed to work.
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The so-called small plates comprise nine "calientes" and four "frias." Best sampled of the latter group was a plate loaded with moist, salty morsels of "cod carpaccio" ($15). The fish was hardly carpaccio-thin, but it was bacalao-delectable in a pool of fresh, grated tomatoes and a tributary of olive oil running through. Seafood salad was likewise flavorful — the medley of clams, shrimp, mussels, squid, and scallops marinated with peppers and onions in a zesty sherry vinaigrette.
Gambas al ajillo featured at least nine medium-size shrimp — not "prawns" — but no quibbling over the gutsy flavor ignited by slivers of garlic sautéed in olive oil. We also enjoyed the popular Andalusian snack chorizo a la sidra. The sausage, a mildly spiced variety here, is cooked with hard cider, garlic, smoky paprika, and olive oil and presented sliced and interspersed with dabs of soft goat cheese — all of which goes great with hunks of country bread.
An order of ajo blanco — a chilled white soup prepared by puréeing garlic, almonds, bread, and olive oil and served with a garnish of grapes — never arrived. The polite waitstaff performed decently enough, even if on one visit our water glasses remained unfilled and we waited too long for the check. But our server's lack of fluency in English was problematic and likely led to our missed soup — and perhaps other errors. For instance, we mistakenly forgot to indicate our preference for croquetas (the choice was ham, chicken, or cod). Instead of asking which one we wanted, the waiter brought a quintet filled with the fish. They proved to be excellent — creamy, delicately seasoned bacalao purée barely contained by a thin, crackly coat of lightly browned breading. A bold aioli on the side paired well with the assertive fish flavor.
When we told the waiter we would have preferred the ham, he brought us a couple to try; they were smoky-good.
Tablas, or wood boards garnished with charcuterie, are another alternative for starting your meal. The basic cheese board carries Manchego, Mahón, Tetilla, and Idiazábal. An assemblage of Serrano ham, chorizo, dry-cured pork loin, and salchichón, a dried white sausage, composes the Tabla de Ibéricos. Each is $15. Next step up is an $18 pâté selection of country, Provençal, and goose livers with raisins and wine. The prize platter presents the most delicate ham in the world, the chestnut-imbued pata negra from Jabugo, Spain ($35).
Nine seafood entrées are divvied into a trio apiece of sole, hake, and bacalao preparations. The sole comes à la meunière; simply grilled; and in Cava cream sauce. That last one sounded pretty tempting, but we placed our allegiance with the two signature seafoods of the region.
A square of firmly fleshed hake satisfied in a green sauce purée of parsley, white bread, garlic, olive oil, and wine. Adorning the fish were a couple of clams and shrimp, a limp spear of white asparagus, and half a hard-boiled egg with a gray-rimmed yolk. "Cod on the skin" came doused with a sleepy olive-oil-and-vinegar sauce kept awake only by a ringing kick of garlic. Both seafood courses were plated with blandly seasoned potatoes sautéed with onions (spuds with the cod also contained flecks of crisp Serrano ham).
The very reasonable price range of these imported fish dishes ($18 to $23) helps to mitigate some of the shortcomings. Seafood paella for two didn't carry that same compensation: It cost $40 yet brought mostly prosaic ingredients while lacking promised squid, fish, and peas. On the plus side were skin-on/head-on langoustines, mussels, and clams (as well as four barely noticeable, pencil-eraser-size nubs of bay scallops) embedded in impeccably firm grains of Calasparra rice. The flavor was a pleasant enough blend of saffron, fish stock, and sweet juices leaked from an overabundance of red and green peppers.
A better bet might be the meat paella, with chicken, pork, veal, chorizo, and chickpeas (also $40). Other nonseafood entrées are filet mignon, chicken breast, pork tenderloin, and veal and lamb chops cooked on the grill, along with a Serrano-and-cheese-stuffed chicken Cordon Bleu ($15 to $24).
Desserts include a thin, triangular wedge of marzipan cake that tasted fresh and homemade, but drizzles of chocolate and cherry syrups pretty much ruined it. We could have sworn our scoop of "nutmeg almond ice cream" was vanilla ice cream with chocolate syrup and crushed peanuts, but the waiter insisted the nuts were almond-and-honey "turrón." Was it rewarding nonetheless? Well, close, but...
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Here at Andaluz we do give the option to try most of our tapas, monday through saturday from 5:30 to 8:00 pm. Cocktails for $3 and tapas for $3, come join us, ask for Alex at the bar.
This is very similar to that spot in southern Spain you haunted during your study away program: anticipate waiters in vests, snow-white bisected banquettes, a gleaming copse bar and a flamenco guitarist strumming his instrument in the courtyard.
I thought your review of Andalus was very well written and visually descriptive but when you referred to the coating on the marzipan: "but drizzles of chocolate and cherry syrups pretty much ruined it." Why did those toppings ruin it for you? Seems a little yuppie-ish to say without a valid progression as to why it was viewed as a negative for you...
Everything look very spanish indeed. Here my recipe of Gambas al ajilloGarlic prawns.600g prawns or shrimp tales (shelled)250 ml olive oil for fry6 garlic cloves (finely sliced)2 dried chilli peppers. Salt1 Earthenware casserole or you can use a simple skillet 1. Heat the olive oil in the Earthenware casserole or skillet and add the garlic and chilli peppers.2. As soon the garlic has start coloured add the prawns and sprinkle with salt.3. They will be cooked through after 3-4 minutes.4. Serve in individual dishes along with the oil and garlic.
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Sachin Anthem Lyrics – Dhanush
The Sachin Anthem lyrics from the makers of Why This Kolvari Di. The music has been composed by Anirudh Ravichander and the lyrics have been penned by Dhanush, who has also lent his voice to the song.
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Sachin Tendulkar Anthem Lyrics
You can't be me without my secret (What secret..)
Hey lets sing a song of Sachin
(Boost is the secret of my energy)
Haa na na na…
Sachin was a secret of
My energy..
Please stop what are doing now
Let godesi.. yeah.. come on
Yo boys
I am sing song (Yes)
Cricket song (Oho..)
Sachin song
Sachin.. Sachin..
Sachin.. Sachin..
Sachin.. Sachin..
Jhump chukun chukun jhik
Jhump chukun chukun jhik
Jhump chukun chukun jhik
Jhumpi chaka.. hahahaa…
Super maama ready.. ready
One.. Two.. Three.. Four
One plus one
Two-u two-u
If not sachin
Who-u? who-u?
28 states
Glue-u glue-u
Nothing else to
Prove-u prove-u
Hey you are our pride-u
Hey roller coaster ride-u
Every player's guide-u
We are your side-u
We unite.. in your name Sachin…..
Hey come-u maama..
Hey hit-u maama..
Hey six-u maama..
Hey super-u maama..
Hey come-u maama.. (Sachin)
Hey hit-u maama.. (Sachin)
Hey six-u maama.. (Sachin)
Hey super-u maama… (Sachin)
Hey one day test-u t.. 20
89 your-entry
Bringing honor to
Our country
Hey.. every bowler-u
Fear-u fear-u
Criket balls-u
Tear-u tear-u
Bharath Rathna
Near-u near-u
Come on India
Cheer-u cheer-u
Darling of the mass-u
Demi god face-u
Oh little master
Master blaster
You are our boost-u…..yeh..
Hey come-u maama..
Hey hit-u maama..
Hey six-u maama..
Hey super-u maama..
Hey come-u maama.. (Sachin)
Hey hit-u maama.. (Sachin)
Hey six-u maama.. (Sachin)
Hey super-u maama… (Sachin)
One plus one
(Two-u two-u)
If not Sachin
(Who-u? who-u?)
28 states
(Glue-u glue-u)
Nothing else to
(Prove-u prove-u)
Hey you are our pride-u
Hey roller coaster ride-u
Every player guide-u
We are your side-u
Sachin.. Sachin
Sachin.. Sachin
Sachin.. Sachin
Sachin.. Sachin
Hey come-u maama..
Hey hit-u maama..
Hey six-u maama..
Hey super-u maama..
Hey come-u maama.. (Sachin)
Hey hit-u maama.. (Sachin)
Hey six-u maama.. (Sachin)
Hey super-u maama… (Sachin)
Sachin…. Sachin
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Sachin Tendulkar Anthem Song Lyrics Details
Song Title: Sachin Tendulkar Anthem
Music Director: Dhanush
Lyricist: Dhanush
Singer(s): Dhanush
Sponsored By: Boost
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Kazi: (February 9, 2012 at 8:23 am)
Ha ha indian should be proud of such great lyrics like kolaveri di n now this…The world is laughing at u indian ha ha wot a great idea g!! javed akhtar,gulzar gaye kaam sai :0
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Parvez: (February 11, 2012 at 9:45 am)
Superb song…to salute The God of Cricket…
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saurabh: (February 11, 2012 at 10:37 am)
nice song………
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jana: (February 11, 2012 at 6:39 pm)
Superb song i salute the little master
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yarrasetty nagaraju: (February 12, 2012 at 10:22 am)
excellent song
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Subhankar: (February 12, 2012 at 2:43 pm)
Nice song
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THANGAVELRAJ: (February 12, 2012 at 8:06 pm)
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Kishore: (February 13, 2012 at 4:05 pm)
SONG IS SUPER………… We love dhanush
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gopikrishnan: (February 14, 2012 at 10:58 pm)
Super mama… Nice song. Salute to sachin… Salute to dhanush
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NANDHINI THANGAVELRAJ: (February 15, 2012 at 4:51 pm)
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aswin: (February 17, 2012 at 9:48 pm)
supermama.. song is fantastic…. we love son of cricket sachin..!!
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Babin: (February 19, 2012 at 7:24 pm)
Superb songu mamu mamu..,.,.Thanks danush anna…..
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pinkalitic pri: (February 20, 2012 at 12:48 am)
superb song!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Sanjana: (February 21, 2012 at 4:02 pm)
Awesome lyrix….<3 ya dhanush…!!
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seshu: (February 22, 2012 at 11:01 pm)
u r a legend Sachin… we love u . & Dhanush, thanks for the lovely greeting … u r a lovely person with a lovely face Dhanush, love u & god bless both of u… thank you once again guys…
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vidur singh: (March 4, 2012 at 3:52 pm)
superb man !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! how cum somebody can sing so well
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FAISAL: (March 9, 2012 at 1:03 pm)
THE STUPENDOUSLY FABULOUSLY THE GREAT SONG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SONG IS vERY VERY FANTASTIC
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venkatesan: (March 15, 2012 at 8:00 am)
Song is Superb .Sachin THE GOD………WE LOVE HIM
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nourin: (March 16, 2012 at 7:43 pm)
you are just rock
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santhoshkumar: (March 18, 2012 at 5:18 pm)
sachin is creater and he is master & god of cricket i love him very much .
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Jehan: (March 20, 2012 at 1:52 am)
Why the taste of people has gone bad….Writing 2 lines and saying as lyricist. such a foolish…You are only fit to write rhymes for LKG students.
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soosai: (March 20, 2012 at 2:02 am)
What a hell are you ? why are you singing like night begger?? even a very old grand ma can sing better than you , So here after no sing please dont sing .If you sing again surely thousands of peoples will die.
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soosai: (March 20, 2012 at 2:05 am)
f**king song
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bunty: (March 22, 2012 at 12:52 pm)
nice song mamu….
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Jecie: (March 25, 2012 at 12:27 pm)
Hey wat a song mama its really nice.we luv it very much.
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