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They read the same Bible and prayed to the same God, but they faced each other in battle with rage in their hearts. The Civil War not only pitted brother against brother but also Christian against Christian, with soldiers from North and South alike devoutly believing that God was on their side.
Steven Woodworth, one of our most prominent and provocative Civil War historians, presents the first detailed study of soldiers' religious beliefs and how they influenced the course of that tragic conflict. He shows how Christian teaching and practice shaped the worldview of soldiers on both sides: how it motivated them for the struggle, how it influenced the way they fought, and how it shaped national life after the war ended.
Through the diaries, letters, and reminiscences of common soldiers, Woodworth illuminates religious belief from the home front to the battlefield, where thoughts of death and the afterlife were always close at hand. Woodworth reveals what these men thought about God and what they believed God thought about the war.
Wrote one Unionist, "I believe our cause to be the cause of liberty and light . . . the cause of God, and holy and justifiable in His sight, and for this reason, I fear not to die in it if need be." With a familiar echo, his Confederate counterpart declared that "our Cause is Just and God is Just and we shall finally be successful whether I live to see the time or not."
Woodworth focuses on mainstream Protestant beliefs and practices shared by the majority of combatants in order to help us better understand soldiers' motivations and to realize what a strong role religion played in American life throughout the conflict. In addition, he provides sharp insights into the relationship between Christianity and both the abolition movement in the North and the institution of slavery in the South.
Ultimately, Woodworth shows us how opposing armies could put their trust in the same God while engaging in four years of organized slaughter and destruction. His compelling work provides a rich new perspective on religion in American life and will forever change the way we look at the Civil War.
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8 That night some shepherds were in the fields outside the village, guarding their flocks of sheep. | 8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. |
9 Suddenly, an angel of the Lord appeared among them, and the radiance of the Lord's glory surrounded them. They were terribly frightened, | 9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. |
10 but the angel reassured them. "Don't be afraid!" he said. "I bring you good news of great joy for everyone! | 10 But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. |
11 The Savior -- yes, the Messiah, the Lord -- has been born tonight in Bethlehem, the city of David! | 11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. |
12 And this is how you will recognize him: You will find a baby lying in a manger, wrapped snugly in strips of cloth!" | 12 This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger." |
13 Suddenly, the angel was joined by a vast host of others -- the armies of heaven -- praising God: | 13 Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, |
14 "Glory to God in the highest heaven, and peace on earth to all whom God favors. " | 14 "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests." |
15 When the angels had returned to heaven, the shepherds said to each other, "Come on, let's go to Bethlehem! Let's see this wonderful thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about." | 15 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let's go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about." |
16 They ran to the village and found Mary and Joseph. And there was the baby, lying in the manger. | 16 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. |
17 Then the shepherds told everyone what had happened and what the angel had said to them about this child. | 17 When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, |
18 All who heard the shepherds' story were astonished, | 18 and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. |
19 but Mary quietly treasured these things in her heart and thought about them often. | 19 But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. |
20 The shepherds went back to their fields and flocks, glorifying and praising God for what the angels had told them, and because they had seen the child, just as the angel had said. | 20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told. |
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Most all of the florist use a plant they call coffee beans. It has red or green berries and is very attractive in arrangements. I don't think it really is coffee beans but the seed of some other plant.
It is also called hypericion(sp?). Any one know if you can grow this and how would I get a start? |
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Sorry I found a similiar post with the name spelled right. |
- Posted by springvillegardens Zone 9 CA (My Page) on Thu, Feb 23, 06 at 14:52
It is hypericum or St. John's wort. There is a shrub and ground cover form - get the shrub form. Someone else on the forum probably knows where to get a good hybrid developed for its better berry production. Linda |
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I've been wondering what difference it makes when using aluminum foil what side is used for what purpose? Does anyone know what the difference is in the dull side and the shiny side? |
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- Posted by arkansas_girl (My Page) on Wed, Feb 17, 10 at 11:11
OOOPS sorry for the typo in title...I meant shiny side...HAHA! No way to edit... |
- Posted by foodonastump (My Page) on Wed, Feb 17, 10 at 11:26
Shiny goes to the outside. (Looks nicer.) |
Are you talking about baking? or Roasting? The shiny side is down (inside) If the shiny side is on the outside it reflects the heat. Not sure where I read that, but it must have been 30 years ago. My guess is that it probably is minimal so it won't really matter. But I will continue to have dull side out anyway. Ann |
Makes absolutely no difference at all. The shiny/dull sides are purely a result of the manufacturing process. Alexa |
Like Ann, I always put the dull side outside because I learned in physics that shiny reflects heat and dull absorbs it. |
I do the same as Ann and Colleen but Alexa is likely right. I bet it makes no difference. The release foil is another matter. The dull side doesn't stick. I use it for anything I dip in chocolate. |
The following is from Ask A Scientist on the US Dept of Energy Website: ********************************************************* Question - Hello. I have a question that I am sure you will have the answer to. What side The shiny side is slightly better reflector of heat. Face that side of the foil in the Note that people often bake potatoes with the shiny side out -- that is because it makes Of course, in reality, which side of the foil faces where makes little difference. It does Regards, Chris Murphy Now what DOES make a difference with respect to aluminum foil in general, either on the Vince Calder Short answer: I believe that the dull side should be out. Long answer: That would be my answer too. The only real scientific basis that I can think of for this Conductive heating will happen by the hot grill in direct contact with the foil. This Convective heating will happen by the hot air movement around the foil and transferring Radiative heating will happen by the absorption of infrared radiation (IR radiation) or Hope this helps, |
Here is a link that might be useful: Ask a scientist
- Posted by foodonastump (My Page) on Wed, Feb 17, 10 at 12:30
from Reynolds' faq: Which side of Reynolds Wrap® Aluminum Foil should I use, the shiny or the dull side? Actually, it makes no difference which side of the aluminum foil you use—both sides do the same fine job of cooking, freezing and storing food. The difference in appearance between dull and shiny is due to the foil manufacturing process. In the final rolling step, two layers of foil are passed through the rolling mill at the same time. The side coming in contact with the mill's highly polished steel rollers becomes shiny. The other side, not coming in contact with the heavy rollers, comes out with a dull or matte finish. The exception is when using Reynolds Wrap® Release® Non-Stick Aluminum Foil. The non-stick coating is applied during manufacturing to the dull side of the foil. Always place the non-stick (dull) side toward the food. |
You mean my Mom fibbed to me!!!!!! All those years of making sure it was shiny side in to cook . No wonder I'm a mess! |
ROFL Sharon! Guess there are a lot of us who are messes. |
- Posted by althetrainer (My Page) on Wed, Feb 17, 10 at 14:08
LOL Chase! When I cook with tin foil I don't pay much attention to which side to use so it's good to know that I haven't been using it the "wrong way". :-) But when I use tin foil for wrapping I always show the shinny side out because it's prettier! Al |
My mother always said shiny side up - she swore by that! Much later I found out that it makes no difference. I don't think she lied about it... just that's what SHE believed. Old habits are hard to break, though, and although I know, intellectually, that it makes no difference, it's sort of hard to use it dull side up. So Sharon and Beverly, count me among the messes! LOL |
I always figured the shiny side goes up, or out, because it is prettier, kind of the way you put the pretty side of wrapping paper to the outside. Works for presents, so why not for cooking. |
- Posted by foodonastump (My Page) on Wed, Feb 17, 10 at 15:15
And in the middle of summer when you sleep with just the sheets, pattern side down so the fold is pretty or pattern side up so the bulk of the bed is pretty? Or should you just avoid one-sided sheets in the summer? |
ROFL FOAS! That is a "Hot Topic" in my family/group. DM always had the shiny side out when using foil. I do the same. Love, love that release foil. David |
FOAS: Pattern side down so the fold is pretty and a gorgeous hand-made, light weight quilt on top so the bulk of the bed is pretty. Of course, mine would be MUCH prettier if I'd make it!! LOL Foil? Meh. However I happen to grab it. Deanna |
Like Deanna's, mine gets grabbed and used however it lands, I don't pay any attention to one side or the other, I just figure I'm lucky that I have some and didn't run out when I needed it. I also "recycle" aluminum foil, so it could be any darned side out by the time I'm done with it. Grandma always told me it didn't make a difference either, that I should stop being so "obsessive" about things and just cook something. I try to follow her advice, which is why such things usually don't bother me one way or the other. That, or I'm lazy, LOL. I've never tried the "release" type of foil, somehow I just know I'd get the wrong side up! Annie |
Let's not even get into if the toilet paper goes over the top or under.... |
Foil: shiny side out. Toilet paper: rolls out from the top. Sheets: I like to "sleep between the colors," as a long ago boyfriend once said. :) |
If you have a cat, you know you should roll toilet paper from the bottom. dcarch I know, I am off topic. :-) |
- Posted by foodonastump (My Page) on Wed, Feb 17, 10 at 20:02
If you have a cat, you know you should roll toilet paper from the bottom. Or if you have a toddler. I was staunch over-hand until I had kids. Thanks for reminding me that perhaps they're ready for me try hanging it "correctly" again! |
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UPDATE 2-Teck profit falls on lower prices, delays new mines
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TORONTO, July 25 (Reuters) - Teck Resources Ltd on Thursday reported a sharp drop in second-quarter earnings on lower copper and coal prices, and cut its capital spending plan through 2014, delaying new mining projects.
The company, Canada's largest diversified miner, is slowing the restarting of its Quintette coal mine in British Columbia until the steelmaking coal market recovers, and it delayed development of its Quebrada Blanca Phase 2 copper expansion in Chile.
"I think it is the right move," said Garrett Nelson, mining analyst at BB&T Capital Markets, on the Quebrada Blanca delay. "That was going to be a significant drain on free cash flow over the next few years."
Shares rose 4 percent to C$24.64 on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
A feasibility study last year pegged the project's capital cost at $5.6 billion, with Teck's share at $4.8 billion. It had planned to complete a study on its social and environmental impact by the end of the second quarter, but now does not expect to finish before the fourth quarter of 2014.
Teck also warned that economic uncertainty in the United States and Europe, along with less robust growth in emerging markets, would probably continue to affect prices and demand for its products.
"While we believe that the longer term fundamentals for steelmaking coal, copper and zinc are favorable, the recent weakness in these markets may well persist for some time," the company said in a statement.
Teck said it does not plan to approve any new mine development projects this year.
Teck said it was slowing the Quebrada Blanca expansion due to market conditions, but also because of permitting concerns as it moves to the second stage of the project.
"As previously announced, we have identified issues linked to permitting for existing facilities which need to be reviewed," it said.
It plans separate regulatory filings on the matter before submitting its impact assessment for Phase 2.
The mine's original environmental approvals ran from 1993 to 2007, Teck said on last quarter's conference call, and it has been operating since then on extensions. In the meantime Chile's regulatory regime has changed.
Teck would not be the first miner to run into difficulties in Chile. Goldcorp Inc and Barrick Gold Corp have both faced regulatory headaches there in recent years.
Teck's coal sales fell 6 percent to 6.3 million tonnes in the quarter, while expense-cutting reduced the cost of sales by 15 percent to $50 a tonne. Coal revenue fell 26 percent, mainly on a 23 percent drop in the realized price to $156 a tonne.
The Vancouver-based company said it had commitments in place to sell 6.4 million tonnes of coal in the third quarter at an average price of $143 per tonne.
Copper sales rose, but unit revenue fell 5 percent as the realized copper price declined 9 percent to $3.24 a pound. Copper cash costs fell to $2.97 a pound from $2.14 a year earlier.
BB&T Capital's Nelson said the sales figures were slightly better than he expected, and thus operating results were relatively strong.
Teck said it expected about C$1.85 billion ($1.80 billion) in capital spending in 2013, down from a previous estimate of C$2 billion, and about C$500 million for 2014. It may make further cuts.
The company posted a second-quarter net profit of C$143 million ($139 million), or 25 Canadian cents a share, compared with C$354 million, or 60 Canadian cents a share, a year earlier.
Excluding one-time items, earnings were 34 Canadian cents a share. On that basis, analysts expected 31 Canadian cents, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. Revenue from operations fell 15 percent to C$2.15 billion.


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What is your most fragrant rose?
I'm asking, not about a rose that smells good when you bring your nose near the rose.
It is a similar effect as from a border of Dianthus Pinks. Confederate Jasmine is starting to bloom here. It can be overwhelming if you venture close. So, what's your most fragrant rose? Nell |
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- Posted by aftermidnight Z8 V. Island B.C. (My Page) on Fri, May 1, 09 at 11:31
Well I think I can give you the name of one, I don't know if it gives the same results with only a few flowers open though. I was taken on a Rose tour of Vancouver gardens, when we got to one garden that was chock-a-block full of old roses (you can imagine the fragrance) I caught a whiff of something that delighted MY nose, following said nose it led me around the side of the house and there she was "Felicite Parmentier", one of the alba roses. She's thorny but if I had the room I'd be growing this one. Annette |
- Posted by aftermidnight Z8 V. Island B.C. (My Page) on Fri, May 1, 09 at 11:37
Argghhh! hit submit too soon, in my garden the one that comes to mind is Abraham Darby. I don't know about the 20 feet though, will have to test it out when he blooms :o). A |
Blanc Ddouble de Coubert, a white rugosa. Maybe not 20 feet but close. Add to that garden heliotrope and you can smell it everywhere in the yard. |
- Posted by trailrunner AL 8 (My Page) on Fri, May 1, 09 at 14:23
Marie Pavie--polyantha |
- Posted by sweetannie4u midOK_z6b/7a (My Page) on Fri, May 1, 09 at 15:18
- Posted by girlgroupgirl 8 Atlanta (My Page) on Fri, May 1, 09 at 15:37
I think mine is Cl. American Beauty - the woman who owned our house bought it bare root from a discount store so she isn't sure. It is definately own root since I've propagated it into two and it is identical. It smells like a mix of lemon and 50's perfume! |
Fragrance is a big thing for me, and the hands-down winner is Gertrude Jekyll, an Austin. It's the purest rose perfume, and it's intense and wonderful. I love her form, too. |
- Posted by sweetannie4u midOK_z6b/7a (My Page) on Sat, May 2, 09 at 1:38
alisande, Oh, my, she is beautiful! She has been on 'wish list' for a long time now. I had to quit going to the Rose Forum because my list kept growing! ~Annie |
These two are beautiful roses. Annie, I forgot my two Albas, one started out as white semi-plena but is now a lovely light pink and does perfume the whole back yard. I hadn't realized it, but it is the most disease free rose I have (both of them), no RRD or blackspot or anything. I will be looking forward to some pictures with that new camera! I think I have one in the garden called America, but no fragrance. That one on your house is beaultiful, ggg. |
Fragrance of the blooms and number of blooms on a plant are the two factors that determine whether the scent will waft away from a rose bush. Double Delight has enough scent, but there usually aren't enough blooms open at a time for the scent to waft. So what you need is a highly scented rose that makes clusters of blooms at one time. Many of the David Austins fit this bill. I have Abraham Darby and Gertrude Jekyll and they are both excellent in this category. GJ has a little stronger fragrance, but Abe usually puts out more blooms. I've noticed the same effect from Madame Alfred Carriere and Prosperity when they are in full bloom. I've also heard that Darlow's Enigma is good for this. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Clusters of roses
My two most fragrant roses are Jude, The Obscure (an Austin) and Ispahan, a damask. Ispahan is currently in bloom and its fragrance really travels in the air. See the gallery for pics of it which I have posted under the garden in Spring thread. Eduarda |
- Posted by little_dani 9, S. Tex Coast (My Page) on Sun, May 3, 09 at 9:07
My favorite in my garden, 'Aimee Vibert'. Wonderfully wafting- delicious fragrance! Very hardy, no BS. This is a very easy rose to love, grow, care for! Janie |
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Thursday, June 16
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Attendance: 37,437
Detroit, MI (Sports Network) - Jhonny Peralta and Ryan Raburn hit back-to- back home runs, and Victor Martinez added two RBI, as the Detroit Tigers downed the Cleveland Indians, 6-2, in the rubber match of a three-game set from Comerica Park.
The fourth inning homers by Peralta and Raburn broke open a tie game, as the Tigers won for the third time in four tries to reclaim sole possession of first place in the AL Central.
Max Scherzer (9-2) lasted 5 2/3 innings, allowing two runs on four hits and two walks while striking out four.
Mitch Talbot (2-4) surrendered six runs on nine hits and two walks while striking out three in just four-plus innings.
"I thought that Mitch just labored," said Indians manager Manny Acta. "He flat out labored."
The Indians, who have dropped 11 of their last 14, struck for two runs in the first, but finished just 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position.
With two down in the first, Cleveland got on the board in unorthodox fashion, as Michael Brantley ripped a 3-2 fastball into the corner in right. Brantley slid into third with a triple and Raburn's throw sailed passed the bag before bouncing into the stands to score Brantley. Asdrubal Cabrera followed with a double, before scoring on Shin-Soo Choo's triple to right- center.
Undaunted, the Tigers responded immediately, as Austin Jackson drew a leadoff walk, stole second and came around to score on Don Kelly's single to center. Brennan Boesch and Miguel Cabrera followed with consecutive singles to load the bases before Martinez's sac fly plated Kelly. Magglio Ordonez then ripped a line drive to short, but Asdrubal Cabrera snared the ball and flipped it behind his back to double Boesch off second.
"The key was the first inning," said Tigers manager Jim Leyland. "I thought the fact that we responded and came right back with a two-spot in the first, that usually says good things when it happens for you and it usually says bad things when it happens against you."
With two-down in the fourth, Peralta barely cleared the fence in left to give the Tigers a 3-2 lead and Raburn followed with a blast in the same direction, which carried significantly further.
The Tigers poured it on in the fifth, as Kelly, Boesch and Cabrera led off with consecutive singles. Cabrera's grounder up the middle scored Kelly and chased Talbot from the game. In relief, Frank Herrmann allowed a Martinez RBI single to center before sandwiching an Alex Avila walk between an Ordonez groundout and a Peralta double play to end the inning.
The Indians appeared poised to respond the next half inning, loading the bases with two down, but Adam Everett popped out to right to end the threat.
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I remember my first synthesizer experience. It was a Korg Poly-Six and it actually belonged to my older brother Michael. He would play Steel Breeze, The Tubes, and Duran Duran licks because they actually had keyboard solos in the 80′s. I never really asked questions about what he was doing when he was changing filters and oscillators. I just knew it sounded rad and I wanted to play, too. Then he did something that I will never forget. He used an arpeggio for the beginning of Hungry Like The Wolf by Duran Duran and it changed my life. From that point forward I was hooked on analog synthesis.
There are a number of classic vintage synths that define the evolution of electronic music for sure. M-Audio sampled the best of the best, added Avid's top notch DSP, audio effects, packaged all in a sleek, post-modern, performance inspiring 49 key contoller.
The result is the M-Audio Venom.
We had the chance to preview it at this year's Winter NAMM with it's creator, Taiho Yamada and we recently demoed our very own at Unique Squared Studios. Witness the strength.
What's up this is Scott Magno DJ MadFlip with uniquesquared.com and today we're going to check out the M-Audio Venom. This thing is really nice, we're going to get inside of all the features, do a quick demo, and we're going to tell you exactly why we think this thing is truly deadly. Stick around and let's get into it. Ok so let's check out the M-Audio Venom. What is this beautiful thing? Well, it is a 49 key controller, and M-Audio has been making controllers for quite some time. They're very popular, very reliable. Now this is going to be their first foray into the virtual analog synthesizer. Now it really packs a punch, what you get is 512 patches, 256 multi layered patches. You're also going to get a really awesome arpeggiator. Now these pads are sampled from some of the classic vintage analog synthesizers, FM synthesizers and classic drum machines. All of this right in here. And what you also get is a USB audio MIDI interface.This means I can take an instrument, I can take a microphone, I can take an RCA stereo input, plug directly into the Venom and go straight into my DAW. No extra hassle with another audio interface or sound card. That is amazing. Now it's also going to come with the Vyzex Venom editor. Now this is an editor that you can load onto your laptop, connect USB 2.0 to the Venom and you can do all of your edits, all of your banks, rearranging everything, all of your little tweaks, do it within the editor and have a very clear visual representation of what you're doing. Now you can save everything on here, shut the Venom of and load it right back in. And you've got everything ready to go. Now let's check it out and see what we can do with the Venom. That is wicked. Alright, this truly is a deadly Venom. So for M-Audio's first at bat when it comes to a virtual analog synth they hit a homerun. Now for those of you who are unfamiliar with the synthesize, you don't have to be intimidated, you've got the editor right here. Good visual, you can do all of your tweaks and actually learn the art of it as you go. And for those of you who are familiar you will feel right at home. Now what I love the most as a player is that I've got a lot of good patches here, a lot of vintage sounds, a lot of really good electronic sounds as well. As a performer and producer, the multi control blows everything out of the water. So there's a lot more that we can talk about with the M-Audio Venom, if you have any comments or questions you can leave them here, hit me up on the uniquesquared blog, and as always follow us on facebook and twitter. My name is Scott Magno DJ MadFlip, be you, be unique at uniquesquared.com.


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We live in Cameroon Africa and have been given fruit called Bush Bons Bons. They are about 2 x 3 inches about the shape of an elongated apricot. The color is rosy red with rose red fibrous flesh and a large pit. They have a delightful tart taste. I would like to make jam and a true botanical or more common name would be helpful.
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A tastey salad for the winter months. My husband enjoyed it very much.
servings6 bowls
1 head of romaine lettuce washed and torn into bite sized pieces.2 bartlett pears, peeled, cut into quarters then sliced
1/4 cup of toasted sunflower seeds
1/2 cup of cheddar cheese, sliced then diced into 1/4 inch cubes
2 medium carrots, shredded
1/4 cup thinly sliced sweet onion, cut slices in half and separated 1/2 cup of raisins Dressing: 1/4 cup raspberry vinegar 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper
2 tsp. honey
Place lettuce, shredded carrot and onion in a large bowl and toss. Distribute into individual salad bowls. Garnish with the sunflower seeds, cheese,pears and raisins. Wisk together the vinegar, salt, pepper and sugar. Blend in the olive oil until thoroughly combined. Pour desired amount of dressing on each salad and serve.my notes
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Loading... Tu sei il male (original 2011; edition 2012)by Roberto Costantini
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I listened to this book in audiobook so some of the comments on the book maybe related to this. The book is slow to begin with and I credited this to the fact that I did not like the lead character. Having read on I realised that this was part of the plot and you are not really supposed to like the lead character at the beginning. In fact I believe he doesn't like himself. As the book continues more characters are introduced. In my opinion there were too many characters introduced and these were hard to keep up with who was who. Again this may have been due to the fact I was listening rather than reading the book. There are some huge leaps in time but these are kept nicely together by the dates at the beginning of the chapters which I thought was an excellent idea. The tale twists and turns well although there is the typical quiet mid section of the book. The book has an exciting dramatic end although I have to admit I had guessed who the murderer was all through the book. I think this may be my main problem with the book at no time was there a wow really moment. I will definitely try something else from this author but maybe not in audiobook again. At the beginning of The Deliverance of Evil, by Roberto Costantini, it is 1982 and Italy is in the World Cup finals; excitement in Rome couldn't be higher as a result. Police Captain Michele Balistreri is no exception, and when a pretty young woman goes missing on the night of the final, he is inclined to be dismissive; she probably just went off with a boyfriend that her parents don't know about, after all. Some days later, however, her body is found and Balistreri begins investigating some powerful people who may be involved. His discoveries are intriguing but not conclusive, and the case lingers, unsettled. Fast forward to 2006: Balistreri is now a police superintendent in charge of crimes involving immigration in Rome, who is called upon to investigate the rape and murder of a young student and the disappearance of a young Roma prostitute. Could they be connected? And how might they relate to the never-solved case from 1982? Balistreri must navigate the convoluted political waters of Roman policing and society to find out the truth.... To be honest, I only read about half of this novel before giving it up. It's not that the story was so difficult or the writing was bad; it was that Balistreri is one of the most unlikable lead characters I've ever run across. In the 1982 section, he's a young man filled with arrogance and testosterone; his attitude and behaviour towards women is deplorable and his political leanings (neo-fascist) even more so. In the 2006 section, he's an antacid and anti-depressant devotee, full of pity for himself and rather abhorrently pathetic. I just really really didn't like him, and I decided that life is too short to waste some of it reading a book whose protagonist I can't stand. As a result, I have no idea how the story ends; you'll have to look it up for yourself if you are interested, and I wish you luck. Disclosure: I received a review copy from the publisher The Deliverance of Evil is shaggy book: it comes in over 600 pages, deals with multiple murders over a twenty four year period, and touches on government, police, and religious corruption in Rome. It's an interesting backdrop, but the actual mystery didn't grab me. The main character Michele Balestreri, is a Libyan-born Italian who was a Fascist in his youth, then infiltrated Fascist groups as part of the secret police before becoming a police officer in a quiet neighborhood in Rome. The book begins in 1982 as he's part of a shoddy investigation into the murder of a young woman who worked for a Cardinal. He is a thoroughly unlikeable, misogynistic character in the first hundred or so pages of the book. He cleans up his act considerably as he ages, but this book fundamentally has a woman problem: they're either objects of lust or murder, and not much else. It's maddening. There was so much potential in this book, but it felt like it slowed down and meandered too much. I understand part of that is because the investigation starting in 1982 was a mess, but part of it too was Costantini's focus on personal stories at various points in the book that took away from the focus of this book's plot. It may very well be a setup for the other books in the trilogy, though. Book two focuses on Michele's past in Libya, which is only briefly alluded to in the first volume. I'll be passing on it. For more positive reviews, see EuroCrime and Thinking about books. Dave's review expecially made me realize that I'm not a fan of antiheroes in books though I don't mind them on television shows. I prefer to sympathize with a character, any character, in a book, and I didn't find that in this book because the main character was so unpleasant. no reviews | add a review
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Cullen Christian is now the nation's No. 60 prospect according to Rivals.com. / Courtesy of MATT PARGOFF / TheWolverine.com
Michigan has been the outright leader in the race to sign Pittsburgh Penn Hills cornerback Cullen Christian since the Western Pennsylvania native made a visit to Ann Arbor back in March. The Wolverines were the first school to extend an offer to Christian, and now national recruiting services are starting to see what the Michigan staff saw early in standout cornerback.
Rivals.com released their latest update to the top 100 prospects in the country on Tuesday and the 6-0, 180-pound Christian made a big jump up to the No. 60 spot. He had previously been rated three stars and listed as the No. 19 cornerback, but his latest jump has him now ranked as the No. 6 cornerback recruit in the country.
One reason for Christians quick ascension was his performance at the Penn State NIKE Camp back in May where he earned defensive back MVP honors. Following the camp, Rivals.com national analyst Mike Farrell agreed that Christian was the best among a strong defensive backs group.
He's not a burner but he can turn and run, has nice hips and is physical, Farrell said. His size allows him to match up well with big receivers and he gets his head around to play the ball.
Michigan currently leads a group that consists of UCLA, West Virginia, Pittsburgh and Maryland, but Christian does not plan to make a commitment until the fall, at the earliest. On Sunday, Christian reemphasized that Michigan was definitely No. 1 on his list and he planned to make official visits to UCLA, West Virginia and Michigan for home games this fall.
Other notable movements in the Rivals.com top 100 where Michigan recruits are concerned include a major jump for Philadelphia George Washington defensive tackle Sharrif Floyd, who went from No. 91 in the country all the way up to No. 9. Michigan is fighting to secure an official visit from Floyd this fall.
Cleveland Glenville safety Latwan Anderson (5-11, 185) jumped from the No. 74 ranked prospect in the country to the No. 35 ranked prospect and from the No. 6 safety prospect in the country to No. 2. Anderson lists Michigan in his top three and took part in the Wolverines 7-on-7 camp last month in Ann Arbor.
St. Paul (Minn.) Cretin-Derham Hall offensive tackle Seantrel Henderson, another prospect listing strong interest in Michigan, remains the No. 1 overall player in the country in the Rivals.com top 100.
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From 'Big Brother And The Holding Company To Country Joe McDonald
SAN FRANCISCO: Christopher Smith, Special Events Chair for the 133rd AES Convention, has collaborated with award-winning photographer, journalist Mr. Bonzai, on a special salute to "The Sounds Of San Francisco." Set for Saturday, Oct. 27, 11:15 am – 12:30 pm, the panel will feature members of super-groups that helped create the soundtrack for 'The Summer of Love.' Also lending his keen perspective to the proceedings is Joel Selvin, a Bay-area journalist, who provided eyewitness coverage of those halcyon days for Rolling Stone, the LA Times, SF Chronicle, Billboard and Melody Maker.
Participants in this soulful 'gathering of the tribe' include: Big Brother And The Holding Company, founding member/songwriter/guitarist, Peter Albin; Huey Lewis And The News, bassist Mario Cipollina, and Woodstock Festival legend, Country Joe McDonald
"Our panel looms as an historical, attitudinal, and philosophical show stopper," Mr. Bonzai, aka David Goggin, remarked. "Their shared love of music, spirit of adventure and collective memories about this universally acknowledged high point in creativity, community and social awareness remains relevant today. And … it will totally rock. They'll be mixing musical notes, recording anecdotes, and well-sown wild oats. A high old time is guaranteed for all."
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The Rideau warriors Theodore De Pencier: in 1791 German Aristocrat Theodore De Pencier braved the Upper Canadian wilderness to conduct the first land survey along the Rideau. The Hessian mercenary died impoverished, hopeless and indigent in a Canadian military asylum.
Shortly after Easter 1824, the remains of Captain Christian Theodore De Pencier were placed in a modest grave at Fort William Henry by the Richelieu River in Quebec. Moments earlier, a British subaltern reached into De Pencier's coffin and removed his sword in a final act of discourtesy to the dead Hessian officer.De Pencier's final days in Canada had been spent in despair. He felt a sense of rejection by British military commanders after the American Revolutionary War, despite his participation in key battles such as Bennington and Saratoga. Although he received an honourable discharge in 1778, he lodged grievances that set him on the dark, inward path of self-destruction that ended with his suicide in 1824. Before he died, he disparagingly wrote of the "humiliation which his adopted county (Canada) had heaped on (him)."
At the time of his death, the 74-year-old captain was known as the 'Hermit of Sorel' in the notorious and dingy Royal Seigneury, an asylum for invalid Loyalists in Lower Canada to which he had been committed. It was an end unworthy of the German aristocrat-turned-mercenary who fought bravely in Vermont and New York and survived post war incarceration in an American prisoner of war camp. Despite his troubled twilight years, he left an important legacy: opening Upper Canada's Rideau corridor to settlement and facilitating the eventual construction of Colonel John By's Rideau Canal 30 years later.
De Pencier arrived in Quebec from Germany in 1776 and took the discomforts of North American life in stride. He had previously known little hardship as the adopted stepson of a Swedish baron whose family had received its peerage in Stockholm from King Carl XII.
His birth father, a French captain named Martigny, showed signs of the mental anguish that was later to haunt De Pencier. According to his diary, Martigny was % Saxon by birth," a Grenadier officer who authored a book "concerning the Science of Artillery" and a deeply troubled man who killed himself by cutting his own throat in a fit of rage.
Martigny's widow caught the eye of a major general in Germany's Duke of Brunswick's Grenadiers, George Henry De Pencier, whom she married, and with whom she and the young Theodore settled into an affluent life on the Baltic coast of Germany. Members of the patrician De Pencier family had leveraged their Swedish peerage into substantial wealth as Hanseatic traders; the couple easily afforded a private education for their son Theodore.
Decades later, De Pencier wrote dryly of his birth father's suicide and glowingly of the bravery and generosity of his adoptive father saying he owed everything to him. "[He] gave me the best education Brunswick could furnish, under private masters," he wrote. Theodore became a superb horseman and studied astronomy, engineering, and military artillery strategy and tactics while mastering French, German and English. So thorough was his military training that he was taught dancing to better develop his fencing footwork.
At age 14 De Pencier volunteered as a cadet and learned to ride in his father's ducal stables. His extraordinary horsemanship by age 16 enabled him to become standard bearer for his military unit. By that time he had "trained in all the possible acquirement that can distinguish an officer." He received his first commission the next year and in 1771, at age 21, was promoted to lieutenant.
At that time the German and English aristocracy had a tradition of strategic intermarriage; accordingly, when King George III needed additional troops to fight the rebellious American colonies, he turned to his extended family in the German electorates of Hesse and Brunswick, over which he was sovereign.
Each German prince and duke had his own military regiments which, when not urgently needed at home--or when the treasury was depleted--were often hired out as mercenaries. One royal family member of note was the future King Frederick the Great of Prussia, Prince Frederick Wilhelm of Hesse-Cassel. He offered his troops and those of his brother-in-law, the elderly Duke of Brunswick, to George III. Since Theodore De Pencier was assigned to Prince Frederick's regiment as part the Hessian cavalry of General Baron Friedrich von Riedesel, the young officer was destined to see action in the North American theatre of war.
In June of 1776 he and 4,000 Hessian 'mercenaries,' many of whom had not left Hesse-Cassel willingly, arrived in Quebec. The German aristocrats were known cynically among their troops as menschen-verkaufer (or 'man-sellers'), to whom the British paid large sums of money to deliver quotas of officers and troops to the war effort. The princes often resorted to kidnapping beggars, criminals, and casual wanderers to meet their numbers; professional or otherwise, these soldiers were paid the tiny sum of eight shillings per day. Their German masters received additional compensation for soldiers killed in action. With three wounded soldiers counting as one dead, the troops were effectively more valuable dead than alive.
Only a few of the officers in von Riedesel's Dragoons could match De Pencier's august pedigree. Born to the military and trained to the hilt, the young officer soon commanded a detachment of select Dragoons and found time to marry Marie Demerais, who gave birth the following year to his first son.
In the early summer of 1776, Sir Guy Carleton, the British governor and commander-in-chief in Quebec, tasked General John Burgoyne with driving the invading Americans out of the province and south into New York. Faced with Burgoyne's 6,000 British troops and von Riedesel's 4,000 German mercenaries, the weakened Americans retreated to Sorel (Fort William Henry) and then went further south on the Richelieu to Fort St. Jean. Nearly half of the 7,000 American men encamped there were incapacitated or diseased. They eventually made their way to the more secure Crown Point on Lake Champlain in New York.
Burgoyne spent the summer of 1776 building a fleet for his southern assault against the Americans. The fleet included the full-rigged ship HMS Inflexible--equipped with three huge masts and 30 cannons--as well as armed schooners and several gunboats manned by British seamen and German soldiers, including De Pencier. During the first two weeks of October the fleet sailed down the lake and engaged the Americans on several occasions. Despite the brave (but luckless) tactics employed on both land and water under the leadership of the infamous Benedict Arnold, the British prevailed.
The Americans under General Horatio Gates retreated once again, this time to the safety of formidable Fort Ticonderoga. The Hessians, much to the frustration of Baron Friedrich von Riedesel, were largely unprepared for pursuit. Historian Thomas Randall compared the "the south-moving procession of British infantry and German infantry and cavalry, batteries of artillery, ammunition wagons, supply wagons" to a travelling circus.
The Hessians seemed alien to their British counterparts. They often sang psalms on the march and caught and tamed wild animals as pets (including raccoons, bear cubs and on one occasion an eagle). The Baroness Riedesel and her entourage travelled by elegant caleche, while the Brunswick Dragoons, short on horses, had to march with their enormous cocked hats, thick coats, leather breeches, and jack boots rising above their knees. Captain De Pencier, as an officer, was fortunate enough to retain his mount.
He also avoided the fate of many Hessians: death under American fire by sharpshooters using the deadly accurate Pennsylvania flintlock, a rifle developed, ironically, by German settlers. The Americans were skilled marksmen accustomed to bringing down deer on the run or shooting native invaders during nighttime raids. Showing no mercy, they took down the Hessians, who marched shoulder-to-shoulder and returned fire more slowly. The German's rifles, though, were similar to another important American weapon, the Kentucky rifle, which could fire a ball or buckshot. The British did not duplicate this weaponry until the Napoleonic Wars.
With significant losses and failed maneuvers on both ends of the Mohawk Valley, Lake Ontario and the Hudson, Burgoyne surrendered after the Battle of Saratoga in the face of heavy Yankee artillery and more than 14,000 men mustered by Gates. The Hessians had recently suffered a major defeat at Bennington with 200 dead and many more imprisoned. De Pencier likely encountered frontier spies Roger Stevens and Stephen Burritt for the first time here at Bennington. Stevens, imprisoned with Burritt after the battle, became the first to settle the Rideau 15 years later, providing his homestead as a meeting place for De Pencier and his Rideau survey teams.
The intervening years for De Pencier began poorly. The Americans reneged on the terms of surrender; rather than sending the captive Europeans home, they sent the British troops to prison camps surrounding Boston, while De Pencier and the other Hessian captives were sent to camps in Pennsylvania and Virginia. Officers were put in cramped quarters, with as many as six to a room; Baron von Riedesel, his wife and children, initially suffered too, living in small, cold surroundings. All found their conditions improve as the British began paying outrageous American fees for the food and lodging of prisoners.
De Pencier, by then a widower, returned to Europe in 1783 with most of the Hessian prisoners. He staid only long enough to receive his honourable discharge from Prince Frederick's regiment and obtain his British citizenship. He arrived back in Canada the next year but could not find employment despite letters of recommendation from Baron von Riedesel. Signs of his mental decline began to emerge at this time. He was described as 'haunting' government offices with a 'drooping spirit,' though he was buoyed temporarily by a grant of 20 pounds. He remarried and his second wife gave birth to a second son, Luke.
A Loyalist grant of 300 acres from General Haldimand proved to be unmanageable. De Pencier was neither a lumberman nor a farmer and lacked the necessary financial and physical resources to clear the land. He wrote that his hands were "accustomed only to the use of the sword and the training of horses, too weak to cut down trees and to sell them at a profit quickly and advantageously." Finally, tired of feeding his family on meager rations, he took up land surveying at the age of 35. His sound education in mathematics enabled him to apprentice using a borrowed theodolite in return for one shilling six pence per day. In 1789 he received his full commission as a surveyor.
His quarrels with the British authorities continued to consume him. He later complained to Governor General Sherbrooke that he had become a surveyor because he '(had) very little money nor protector,' despite the sacrifices he and his father had made in battle on behalf of the English. His memory was as long as his bitterness was deep: he even cited his father's wounding at the Battle of Bergen to reinforce the family's experience of injustice due to "English lofty mindedness."
De Pencier received instructions in 1791 to survey the first townships on the Rideau River in what was to become modern-day Ottawa. The Rideau front was absolute wilderness at the time, consisting of swamps, marshes, and beaver meadows. De Pencier and his crew built shanties--later used by pioneers--and constantly moved camp as they progressed slowly. Lack of drinking water, sudden forest fires, fierce thunderstorms, black flies and malaria-carrying mosquitoes contributed to injuries and sickness among his crew, many of whom deserted.
De Pencier had to deal with the tricky issue of Loyalist settlers who fled north following the war and built homesteads on the Rideau before it was legally surveyed. The first of these was Roger Stevens, Ottawa's original settler, who was obliged to relocate further down river. De Pencier's survey crews used Stevens' homestead as a meeting place as it housed the only whetstone in the area for sharpening axes.
De Pencier spent weeks recovering there after suffering an axe injury to his knee, which was cut to the bone and became seriously infected. In the autumn of 1791 his bad luck continued when he was attacked by thugs one evening in Montreal and suffered a serious head injury.
Depleted physically and financially, De Pencier continued his surveying while quarreling with the military authorities over his field expenses that were often challenged or ignored. When war with the Americans erupted in 1812, he did not volunteer for fear he might be refused. His son Luke did and was wounded in the right hand at the Battle of Chrysler's Farm and obliged to withdraw with a pension. Luke's wife Gertrude also showed the 'right stuff,' honouring the family by riding with the other military wives to witness the battle and treat the wounded and tend to the dead. In response, the elder De Pencier proudly gave the young couple land along the Rideau in Marlborough township which he had marked out for himself 15 years earlier.
Having retreated to the British barracks at Fort William Henry at Sorel, the elder De Pencier continued to write to military authorities criticizing their administration and surveys. The old officer, trained in the art of war by the German elite in order to procure a fortune through a military career, was reduced to living in deluded destitution in the fort's asylum. He took his own life, just as his birth father had done seven decades earlier.
Luke and Gertrude De Pencier farmed Theodore's land and raised ten children, many of whom, along with their descendants, found employment on the Rideau front. Some served as lockmasters on Colonel By's Rideau Canal, others as captains on the steamboats plying the canal from Bytown (later Ottawa) to the St. Lawrence. All did so by land first surveyed by the family patriarch, Captain Theodore De Pencier.
In commemoration of the Rideau Canal's 175th anniversary, this is the fifth in a series detailing the rich military history of those who settled the Rideau Corridor. Mark Jodoin is an Ottawa-based executive, writer and President of the Rideau Township Historical Society. Additional research for this article was provided by Rodeau historian Coral Lindsay.
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Author: | Jodoin, Mark |
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Dubai's trade totalled AED 537 billion during H1 2011, according to the latest statistics from Dubai Customs.
Ahmed Butti Ahmed, executive chairman of Ports, Custom and Free Zone Corporation, and Dubai Customs director general, said Dubai's imports grew by 11.5 percent, up to AED 357 billion.
He added that the value of exports and re-exports hit AED 245 billion, up 13 percent over same period last year.
It is the first time that Dubai's foreign trade sector has broken the AED 600 billion mark for half-year figures and represents a major rebound from the AED 361 billion seen in H1 2009 at the height of the global economic crisis.
Unwrought, worked and semi-manufactured gold topped the list of Dubai's imports during the first half of 2012, followed by jewellery, diamonds, telecom equipment and automobiles.
Gold was also ranked as the top exported product from Dubai during H1, followed by diamonds, jewellery and precious metals.
India maintained its position as Dubai's top foreign trading partner with a total trading value of AED 77 billion, 13 percent of Dubai's overall foreign trade exchange, followed by China, the US, Switzerland and Saudi Arabia.
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Should I buy her? OR is she as worthless as everyone says in normal/ranked games and buy Renekton instead?
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she's currently pretty broken. All her spells rely so heavily on placement, that it requires you to be in the thick of the fight, but she is too squishy with poor escapability to be in the thick of things
you are likely going to get nothing but negativity about the snake from the community....buy her, master her, carve a niche for yourself, await buffs, dominate....
I disagree. Her ult is buggy, yes, but it's not her main damage dealer in a fight. She requires good positioning, and deals a lot of damage if played right. She's definitely on the more difficult side to play. Regardless, you should try her out first before deciding if you want to purchase her or any other champion. Free champs change every week, so you'll eventually get to them.
I agree with psych. The only buggy part of her is her ultimate, which I don't even know why they haven't fixed it yet. I mean, it's REALLY buggy. You can cast it right in front of the enemies and it may not even hit them. She's an interesting champion in that she's a DPS caster not the heavy burst type that is so prevalent in the game. Unfortunately, DPS casters don't really work because teamfights last too short for them to get their works in properly. Her damage output is theoretically very good though. Where Cass shines is early game. Her passive lets her combo some mean harrass without going OOM so fast, and her spells hurt squshies. She starts to be a bit useless midgame but then comes back strong late game if allowed to farm up. Having said that, I would not recommend her to new players due to how her skillset works. You really need to nail down the concept of proper positioning and skillshot aiming to do well with her. Those two things take a lot of time and practice to get. Other casters would not only be easier to pick up, but also let you enjoy the game without feeling like giving up.
I feel like Cassiopia is just about the most common champion I've seen in the last week; it is odd. The usual recommendations apply: don't spend your IP/RP until you've played her during the free week and know that you like her.
Thanks everyone for your inputs, I've actually tried both Renekton and Cassiopea during their free weeks. I liked them both even though I lost all the games I played with them (which is around 3 games with Cass and Ren). It seems like Cass will be a challenge to master, but what are your opinions about Renekton?
Tanky DPS is king these days so Ren isn't a bad choice...
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21 "Also at that time I gave this order to Y'hoshua: 'Your eyes have seen everything that ADONAI your God has done to these two kings. ADONAI will do the same to all the kingdoms you encounter when you cross over. | 21 At that time I commanded Joshua: "You have seen with your own eyes all that the LORD your God has done to these two kings. The LORD will do the same to all the kingdoms over there where you are going. |
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2 Bel and Nebo are brought down in shame together. They aren't able to save their own statues. They themselves are carried off as prisoners. | 2 They stoop and bow down together; unable to rescue the burden, they themselves go off into captivity. |
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UN Report: Climate Changes Overwhelming
April 1st? (987 comments)
C'mon, I would prefer if the report was just another April Fools' Day joke...
Announcing: Slashdot Deals - Explore geek apps, games, gadgets and more. (what is this?)
We are sorry to see you leave - Beta is different and we value the time you took to try it out. Before you decide to go, please take a look at some value-adds for Beta and learn more about it. Thank you for reading Slashdot, and for making the site better!
April 1st? (987 comments)
C'mon, I would prefer if the report was just another April Fools' Day joke...
Just ask Flame developers (437 comments)
C'mon, it is very easy to solve the problem. Uses them same Microsoft CA that Flame worm is using.
SecureBoot is more a "reduce users power to change OS" than "protect from malwares", as Flame proved.
The next value will be... (234 comments)
See! it is obvious!
1) $ 6100000000 = 6,1e9
2) $ 2800000 = 2,8e6
3) $ 150000 = 1,5e5
4) ???
base series: 6.1, 2.8, 1.5... 0.91!
power series: 9, 6, 5... 4!
So: 0.91e4 or 9.1e3 or $ 9100
If I were Oracle, I'll be happy with the $ 150.000 offer.
Scale and be happy (300 comments)
Just buy a bunch of tp-link, replace its firmware with openwrt and do whatever you want: mesh, wds, etc...
Even if the hardware might not be as robust as a cisco, just multiply the number of units you buy. It's the same principle of RAID (redundant array of inexpensive discs). Just build an RMIR (redundant mesh of inexpensive routers)
Java Facts and Figures (204 comments)
* 97% of enterprise desktops run Java
* 1 billion Java downloads each year
* 9 million developers worldwide
* #1 programming language (TIOBE Programming Community Index)
* More than 3 billion devices are powered by Java technology
They forgot one:
* #1 programming language used in judicial patent cases
Re:Wrong survey audience (167 comments)
Individual coherence makes collective incoherence.
It is logical to not migrate as it costs and nobody uses it yet (but me). It does not
add a think to your service, except if your end-user is a technical one (that for some reason, want IPv6).
However, the logical "not migrate" movement creates a great incoherence when it introduces
extra costs in order to overcome the lack of IPv4 when bad times comes.
At that time, CFO will start to worry when the cost of IPv4 get skyrocketed.
So, if you migrate now and nobody does, you gain nothing. It only costs.
If you do not migrate now and everybody else does, you gain as you postpone
an investment without immediate return. When you migrate, it will be easier and cheaper.
Now, it nobody migrates, we get doomed.
Who migrated until now are just people that like new technologies because they are new, even if they are worse.
I migrated to IPv6 but it introduced extra lag as my ISP does not provide it and I'm using a tunnel.
Re:What if... (188 comments)
There must be some material that will reflect the laser beam. Isn't it necessary to generate the laser anyway? What about some lens shield that would use refraction with the help of some silver color? Ideally, it would be cool to see some counter-attack based on reflecting it back to source, varying a little bit around it. There must be something interesting to destroy around a laser cannon.
What if... (188 comments)
...someone just paint the target using silver color (or the respective reflective color for the laser)?
Javascript obfuscated (393 comments)
Very cool... but anybody noticed that this is not FOSS? Javascript code is obfuscated.
Re:Meaningless (144 comments)
That's the point! Just forget about omnipotent CAs. SSL certificates should be something like PGP. The trustness of it will be the result of a web of trust WOT. This would be very cool to see big companies doing campaign: sign my cert and get a discount/bonus/etc!
Re:Video Removed (212 comments)
For nudity or sexual content?
Maybe it was too sexy for some Nokia CEO...
Re:ipv6 support on Cisco/Linksys routers (380 comments)
Also, there is OpenWRT. You can build a custom-made firmware with just what you need. You can fit ipv6 support and a web gui in 4MB of flash.
Re:Is there any way to clean out the LEO/NEO junk? (221 comments)
Hey, does it means that, in the future, we will have a ring like Saturn?
Re:Sometimes (64 comments)
OK, OK... now tell me if it makes any difference for your browser/app if the certificate is generated by some respected CA or a crappy one. There is no "trust level", just yes or no. Any CA can provide ANY certificate for ANY host. You control one CA, you control them all. If you can make any accepted CA generate the desired certificate, by bypassing identity validation, by political force, by social engineering, by whatever, SSL is just useless. It just protect you from someone a little more "powerful" than yourself. Correct me if I'm wrong but many respected CA can be persuaded by big countries, isn't it? How I love my PGP.
Re:Tar Pitting (497 comments)
Yes, I think that this is your best solution. Instead of using iptables directly, you should check your distribution software relative option.Generally is is easier (but anyway, it will ultimately result in the same iptables command)
If it causes harm, it is less than prohibiting it (1019 comments)
I still remember once when I was programming while listening classical music. I started to type at the same rhythmic of it. As it was a quick one, my production was increased
Brazil got it (1174 comments)
I think this "no one" is Brazil. Starting in Jan/2010, all electric devices will use this new plug.
Don't fell so special (212 comments)
"why are the Chinese so interested in the NYPD computer network?" It is not specific to NYPD. They even try to crack my home computer! It's more like a broadcast attack.
Re:We use OpenAFS (52 comments)
Not anymore in OpenAFS 1.3.81.
Copied from release notes:
For UNIX, 1.3.81 is the latest version in the 1.4 release cycle. Starting
in 1.3.70, platforms with pthreads support provide a volserver which like
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large (>2gb) files, and provided fileservers have this option enabled.
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Creamy Exotic Mushroom Soup
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I decided to make a luxurious mushroom soup for dinner last night with earthy, flavour packed Nouvelle Exotic Mushrooms. Since these mushrooms are rather special, using homemade chicken stock in this recipe is a must*. The majority of the sauteed mushrooms are blended with the addition of homemade flavourful stock and cream. When serving, I quite like topping the soup with some sauteed enoki mushrooms and a good drizzle of truffle infused olive oil. Be sure to enjoy with warm brioche rolls – pure mushroom heaven!
Serves: 4-6
500 g assorted exotic mushrooms (shiitake, enoki and king oyster)
1 fat clove garlic, crushed
50 g salted butter
A good pinch of salt and pepper
2 T (30 ml) Old brown sherry
10 g dried porcini mushrooms
+- 1/2 c (125 ml) fresh cream
Truffle infused oil for drizzling
In a large heavy based pot, saute the mushrooms and garlic in butter until browned and fragrant. Remove and set aside a few enoki mushrooms for serving. Season well.
Add the sherry and dried mushrooms – allow to simmer for 5 minutes, then add the hot stock and simmer for a further 10 minutes . Use a stick blender and blitz until smooth, add the cream and blend once more. Heat through for 5 minutes. Season to taste.
Serve soup topped with some sauteed enoki mushrooms and a good drizzle of truffle infused olive oil.
Enjoy with warm brioche rolls.
*Chicken stock: Saute a mirepoix of onion, carrot, celery and baby leaves in some olive oil until fragrant, then add a chicken carcass(I freeze mine for such purposes) or a few chicken wings and fry until browned. Add 1.5 L water and simmer for at least 45 minutes. Strain (discard chicken bones and veg) and season to taste.
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Hedge funds are amassing record bets against the Canadian dollar on speculation the Bank of Canada will drop its bias toward raising interest rates, putting it in unison with the rest of the Group of Seven nations.
Futures contracts wagering on a decline in the Canadian dollar versus its U.S. counterpart held by so-called leveraged funds totaled C$6.3 billion ($6.1 billion) in the week ended Feb. 26, according to Citigroup Inc., citing U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission figures. Overall, the data showed traders reversed bets on a rise in the Canadian currency during the five-day period for the first time in eight months.
Weak exports and record debts are eroding growth in the world's 11th-largest economy, with the slowest expansion forecast this year since 2009. Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney remains the lone central-bank head in the G-7 suggesting a rate increase. BlackRock Inc. and State Street Canada are among the fixed-income managers speculating that Carney may drop his tightening bias when the central bank meets tomorrow, making Canadian-dollar denominated assets less attractive to international investors.
"It's not clear the tightening bias means much in that environment," Gabriel De Kock, head of U.S. foreign-exchange strategy at Morgan Stanley in New York, said in an interview yesterday. "Most folks believe the Bank of Canada isn't going to raise rates this year."
Eight-Month Low
Carney said Feb. 25 some of the risks to the economy he highlighted the prior month are materializing and policy makers are sticking to their assessment that rate increases have become less urgent than they had anticipated. The Bank of Canada has warned rates could rise in every policy decision since April.
The loonie, as the currency is known for the image of the aquatic bird on the C$1 coin, was little changed at C$1.0263 per U.S. dollar at 8:40 a.m. in Toronto, after declining yesterday to an almost eight-month low. It touched C$1.0342 on March 1, the weakest since June 29. One loonie buys 97.44 U.S. cents.
Yields on Canadian two-year government bonds fell to 0.907 percent, the lowest in nine months, on March 1 when a report showed the economy grew slower than the government forecast in January. Derivatives point to 12.8 basis points of easing by the central bank's final meeting of the year, according to Bloomberg calculations based on trading in overnight-index swaps.
Median Forecast
"The foreign-exchange market is effectively pricing in Bank of Canada easing as well," Greg Anderson, New York-based head of Group of 10 currency strategy at Citigroup, said yesterday in a telephone interview. "If they went to a completely neutral bias, where the implication is they could either hike or cut at the next change, then probably the Canadian dollar is going to weaken."
The median forecast of 47 contributors surveyed by Bloomberg is for the loonie to trade at 98 cents by the end of fourth quarter.
Elsewhere in credit markets, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, the nation's fifth-biggest bank, issued C$1 billion of five-year notes with a coupon of 2.22 percent.
The extra yield investors demand to own the debt of Canadian investment-grade corporations rather than the federal government was unchanged yesterday from March 1 at 127 basis points, or 1.27 percentage points, according to the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Canada Corporate Index. Yields were little changed at 2.83 percent, the data show.
Provincial bond spreads held steady at 73 basis points, while yields declined to 2.51 percent, from 2.52 percent on March 1, according to the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Canadian Provincial & Municipal Index.
Consumer Prices
Corporate bonds have returned 1.1 percent this year, compared with gains of 0.2 percent by provincial bonds and 0.1 percent by federal government securities, Bank of America Merrill Lynch data show.
Inflation at the lowest level since 2009 and a gloomier outlook prompted Canadian Imperial Bank to delay the bank's call for a rate increase until the third quarter of 2014 from earlier in the year. Consumer prices rose 0.5 percent in January from a year earlier, Statistics Canada said Feb. 22.
"The tightening bias is not convincing the markets that the bank is going to move anytime soon," Emanuella Enenajor, an economist at CIBC World Markets in Toronto, said in a telephone interview yesterday. CIBC expects the central bank to maintain its bias in tomorrow's policy statement.
'Too Bearish'
Economists surveyed by Bloomberg predict the Bank of Canada won't raise its 1 percent overnight target rate by this year. In January, the forecast called for a quarter-percentage point increase at the end of the year.
The Canadian currency has lost 1.2 percent this year versus nine developed-nation peers tracked by Bloomberg Correlation- Weighted Indexes as the nation's 25-year commodity-fueled expansion shows signs of faltering. The worst for the currency may already be priced in, Anderson said.
"The market has gotten too bearish on the Canadian dollar here going into this meeting and may get surprised the other way as there's no change in the statement," Anderson said. Traders will seek to unwind trades where they are running short positions versus other paired trades, triggering a gain in the loonie following tomorrow's rate announcement, he said.
Hedge funds and other large speculators had 21,433 more bets the Canadian dollar would fall than bets it would gain, so- called net shorts, on Feb. 26, compared with 19,379 more bets it would gain, or net-longs, a week earlier, the CFTC data show.
Oil Sands
Policy makers pared their forecast for economic growth Jan. 23 when they released their last policy report to 2 percent this year from an October prediction of 2.3 percent. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg predict Canada's economy will expand 1.75 percent in 2013, compared with growth of 1.8 percent in the U.S. and an average 1.12 percent in the Group of 10 economies.
Alberta oil remains trapped by bottlenecked pipelines, limiting an engine of growth that contributes about 15 percent of gross domestic product, the central bank said in January. The economy expanded at an annualized pace of 0.6 percent in the fourth quarter, Statistics Canada said March 1.
The differential for Western Canada Select to U.S. West Texas Intermediate was $27 yesterday. The discount reached a record $42.50 a barrel on Dec. 14.
"Traders are finding it easy to sell the Canadian dollar on any negative news or any geopolitical hiccup," Adam Button, a currency analyst at Forexlive.com, said by phone from Montreal. "And when there is good news, the Canadian dollar rallies are minimal."
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BOSTON — Felix Doubront suffered from an acute case of bad timing on Monday night, delivering his worst performance as a professional shortly after complaining about his limited role as a reliever this season.
Doubront faced 10 batters in Monday's top of the sixth, and he retired only two of them. Six of them scored, leaving the left-hander's ERA on the season at a bloated 6.07.
It is hard to remember a Red Sox pitcher looking worse in 2014 than Doubront did in Toronto's nine-run sixth.
Given his comments when he first moved to the bullpen — ones he reiterated this week to MassLive — it was easy to wonder if Doubront were exerting himself professionally.
"I don't think he's uninterested. He's capable of more, we've seen that," said manager John Farrell. "Regardless of the role you're in, you're asked to go out and execute pitches…. If the role is not sitting well and affecting his pitching, there needs to be a different focus."
"I think Felix is trying the best he can," catcher David Ross said. "It's hard to be sharp with that role he's got. It's a tough role…. I think he goes out and does the best he can for the team."
Doubront has pitched sparingly since being sent to the bullpen in late June. In six previous relief outings, he had yielded five earned runs in 8 1/3 innings. He has twice gone more than a week without pitching.
He had a 5.19 ERA in 10 starts this season.
Doubront declined comment postgame.
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11 So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks , and his priests, until he left him none remaining. | 11 So Jehu killed everyone in Jezreel who remained of the house of Ahab, as well as all his chief men, his close friends and his priests, leaving him no survivor. |
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The incident at the field hospital presented a much different situation than one Gupta had encountered while treating the fifteen-day-old baby just two days earlier, however. In that instance, Gupta rushed to the scene after hearing reports that people were "begging for a doctor." He then examined the child, concluding that it had sustained a "significant laceration" (i.e. a nasty cut) on its head, but no other injuries.
Should Gupta have responded? Absolutely, media experts who debated the issue online seem to agree. The real question is, should CNN have run a four-minute video covering an incident that had essentially no news value? The answer there seems to be a fairly resolute no.
"Frankly, it isn't much of a story," Steele told the Los Angeles Times. "You can't help but look at this and worry there is a marketing element in it."
Others agree. Gary Schwitzer, who runs the highly regarded HealthNewsReview.org Web site, posted a useful discussion of the journalists-vs-doctors debate on his blog, quoting Ivan Oransky, the executive editor of Reuters Health, who is also an M.D. Said Oransky:
When you're the only specialist – or even doctor – around for miles, treating victims of wars and natural disasters you come across is the natural human inclination. I actually think it's both understandable and justifiable, and probably even commendable. But where these episodes start to worry me is when networks start making their doctors' heroics into the story, and then pound viewers with clips repeatedly. That's what all the networks are doing now. What I'm not in favor of is the reporter becoming the story, and the episode turning into marketing. It smacks of all kinds of exploitation, and it throws independence and skepticism into serious question. There are already enough forces eroding those principles.
In an article following up on its initial blog post on the subject, the Los Angeles Times reported that NBC's Nancy Snyderman "spent much of the weekend without her camera crew, triaging patients and setting broken bones with cardboard and gauze" and agonizes over how best to use her time.
"Morally, I have a responsibility to help people," she told the Times. "From a journalistic standpoint, I have a responsibility to tell stories. And in between is a very delicate balance that I wrestle with."
Likewise, Paul Friedman, executive vice president for CBS News (which sent correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton to Haiti), told the Times that "he normally would agree that a reporter should not wear two hats on a story, 'but in this case I can't conceive of a conflict we couldn't figure out and remedy,' adding that he thinks the audience benefits from the first-person storytelling."
Friedman told The Washington Post (which noted that playing the twin roles of doctor and journalist "might be a reflection of the Gupta Effect") that "competitive issues have factored in boosting Ashton's role since Gupta became a star ('We're guilty of the appalling sin of competing,' he says), but that her work speaks for itself: 'I have not seen anything in her reporting that says her participation has hurt her work. She hasn't pulled any punches.'"
For his part, Gupta said on CNN on Sunday, "I don't think our intention is to ever make the story about myself. I think people innately understand that there is a tremendous medical need down here, and if you can help, you should help."
While that is undoubtedly true, there is an old saying about good intentions and the road they pave. With that in mind, newsrooms should, as Schwitzer wisely recommended, have conversations about journalism ethics "before events take place - not during or after." Journalist-doctors going into situations like the one Haiti should, in other words, have a pre-existing sense of when to intervene in medical emergencies and when not to, as well as when to cover those events and when not to.
[Update — 1/25, 1:30 p.m.: The Society of Professional Journalists, one of the U.S.'s largest and oldest journalism organizations, issued the following statement on Jan. 22 regarding journalists' work as physicians in Haiti:
"The Society of Professional Journalists applauds the efforts of all journalists in Haiti who are working tirelessly to report the aftermath of last week's devastating earthquake and the ensuing aftershocks. However, SPJ cautions journalists to avoid making themselves part of the stories they are reporting. Even in crises, journalists have a responsibility to their audiences to gather news objectively and to report facts."]


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We are the best located hostel in Genova and your best low cost option for sure: free walking tours and pub crawls, discounts at the best bars, restaurants discos and clubs nearby and free booking of activities (climbing, kayaking, scuba diving) and... no curfew here!!!
We're right inside Unesco world heritage historical town and we'll be your guide to all the highlights in this area: history, art, melting pot, shops and nightlife, you got it all. Just try our free walking tour and you'll be surprised!
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Geisha are traditional female Japanese entertainers, whose skills include performing various Japanese arts, such as classical music and dance. Contrary to popular belief, geisha are not prostitutes. The word consists of two kanji, "gei" meaning "art" and "sha" meaning "person" or "doer". Modern geisha still live in traditional geisha houses called okiya in areas called hanamachi. Please note that exact fan design is random.


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VERO BEACH — On the 50-yard line of the field that bears his name, the family of Billy Livings was recognized Friday night before the Fighting Indians' game against visiting West Boca Raton.
"This is our house," said Rosie Livings, the widow of the former head coach who past away last October. "It's home."
In addition to state representative Debbie Mayfield, R-Vero Beach, reading a proclamation of the Livings' contributions to the school, the first recipient of the Billy Livings Memorial Scholarship also was recognized.
"I'm really honored," said Keith Demons, Jr., 19, a student at Indian River State College. "Having been an athlete here and running under his name makes me proud to receive this."
Demons, who ran both track and cross-country at VBHS and graduated this year, is currently working on his pre-pharmacy degree.
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Tenant Rights When Landlord is in Foreclosure
Tips of the month factsheet from Volunteer Lawyers Network for October 2009 on the rights and process for tenants when the landlord loses the building to foreclosure. Read More
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- Volunteer Lawyers Network, Ltd
Tenants and Foreclosure: Know Your Next Move
A brochure to assist renters who are losing their homes to foreclosure Content Detail
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- Family Housing Fund
Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act Fact Sheet
Are you a tenant living in a foreclosed home? Help us help you! The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty is monitoring violations of the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act (PTFA) -- the federal law that says you have the right to remain in your home until the end of your lease, or to 90 days notice without a lease, when your building's owner is foreclosed on. Please tell us your story by completing a quick, easy survey. Content Detail
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- National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty


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