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Why Your Shared Library Code Is Slow
This article explains why your code is slower when you compile it as dynamic shared object (DLL, shared library).
Position Independent Code
When you compile a shared library (with -fPIC
, in the case of gcc
), you are specifying that you want the compiler to generate position independent code.
Position independent code never uses straightforward machine addressing modes to access global variables, static variables, or non-static functions. Instead, position independent code accesses these kinds of data indirectly.
PLTs and the GOT
PLTs. To invoke a non-static function, position independent code uses a so-called procedure linkage table, or PLT. A PLT is a section of the address space that is both writable and executable. It holds short sequences of instructions, stub functions. There is one stub per non-static function. Calls to non-static functions are transformed by the compiler to calls of the stub functions in the PLT.
GOT. To access a global variable or a static variable, position independent code uses a so-called global offset table, or GOT. A GOT is a set of symbol names to be used at link-time (which is load-time, for shared libraries) to specify the names of global variables and static variables referred to by the program/library in which the GOT appears.
Symbol Resolution and Lazy Binding
The operating system's dynamic loader initialises PLT entries at load-time (when a program that uses the shared library is exec
'd). Their initial values are a sequence of instructions that invokes the run-time linker (the dynamic loader) to resolve the address of the function to which the PLT entry will indirect.
To resolve an entry means to find the actual address for the entry's symbol. The address for the resolved entry is then cached.
The operating system's dynamic loader resolves the PLT entries when a program that is linked to your shared library first uses the symbol in the PLT, and not before. This procedure is called lazy binding. Lazy binding is typically the default mode of operation for non-static function invocation in shared libraries.
GOT entries are not bound lazily. The operating system's dynamic loader resolves the GOT entries at load time. When a global variable or static variable is referenced, it is done via the resolved GOT entries in the invoking code.
Mechanisms for Indirection
Resolved PLT Entry
To invoke a function via the PLT, as compared to invoking a function directly, there are many more instructions to execute, and there is a change in the locality of the instruction stream. Here's why.
There are two cases to consider: the case in which the PLT entry has already been resolved, and the case in which the PLT entry has not yet been resolved (the first access of the function).
First, let us consider the case in which the PLT entry has already been resolved. This is most common. In this case, the calling code simply calls the PLT entry as if it were a function. The resolved PLT entry will be a jump instruction, followed by the address of the non-static function that is actually to be executed. This small sequence of instructions would have been placed there when the PLT entry was bound (lazily). So, to call a non-static function in position independent code, the instructions from the PLT are first loaded into the CPU's instruction stream, then they execute a jump to the address of the desired function. The pseudo-assembly code might look like this:
... call pltentryfor_foo ; calling foo() indirectly ... PLT: ... pltentryfor_foo: jmp foo pltentryfor_bar: jmp bar ...
Remember, those code sequences in the PLT do not exist in your shared library. Only the addresses of those code sequences (relative to the calling code) are known at compile time.
Unresolved PLT Entry
Now, let us consider the case in which the PLT entry has not been resolved. This happens when the symbol is first used at run-time. This lazy binding is useful if no code which uses the symbol is ever invoked. In that case, there is no run-time cost.
The initial value of any PLT entry is a sequence of instructions which invokes the run-time linker. The the run-time linker resolves the real function address, and stores it in the PLT entry, so that the next time that the PLT entry is invoked, it will call the desired function. This resolution process, performed by the run-time linker, is very costly in comparison to the cost of a simple direct call. The cost is paid only upon the first invocation of the function.
GOT Entries
Accesses of global variables and static variables are via the GOT. For each access of a such a variable, the compiler generates code to load the appropriate GOT entry. The entry is the address of the desired variable. With that address, the code will then access the value of the desired variable. As compared to non-PIC, this method results in extra code to do the extra load, and then an additional data access to perform extra load itself.
The generated code does not know the exact address of the GOT at compile time, but it knows the address of the GOT relative to its own address. Code fragments like the following pseudo-assembly language are common in IA32 PIC:
call __i686.get_pc_thunk.bx add ebx, GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE add eax, [ebx+the_offset_into_the_GOT]
The __i686.get_pc_thunk.bx
function simply puts the value of the PC into the EBX register. To that is added the (possibly negative) offset of the GOT relative to the currently executing code. The result is the address of the GOT in register EBX. Next, the value of the GOT entry with the index corresponding to some desired global variable is loaded into register EAX. After this sequence of instructions, the actual value of the global still has not been fetched. Only the global's address is known. An additional load instruction is required to obtain the value of the global.
Note that these indirect function accesses happen even when functions within the same shared library are the calling functions! This is because it is permitted for users of the shared library to override a symbol (function name or global variable) with their own versions. This is true for ELF, but not necessarily all DSOs. This behaviour can be overridden with the -Bsymbolic-functions
linker flag. One often sees this flag passed to the linker by gcc
with a command-line switch that looks like this: -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions
If the magnitude of run-time overhead for function invocations and global variable references discussed above reminds of you the the overheads associated with interpreted languages and virtual machines, then you understand. DSOs are trading performance for the various benefits of run-time linking. Many would suggest that the benefits of PIC do not outweigh the performance costs.
This run-time overhead might be one reason why your DSO is slow.
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its that time again! this years buildoff bike will be based on a curvy roadmaster frame/rollfast springer combo. gonna keep it simple like the last three,lotsa vintage parts and im going back to some gears this year. oh yeah....i almost forgot...my build thread will be just as boring as the last three! :lol: all right guys, lets have some FUN!
Re: FULL TILT BOOGIE Love the red with blue, get a green fender and a yellow fender, white seat, black grip, and call it a build-off! This should be good!
Re: FULL TILT BOOGIE OH MAN! :shock: :mrgreen: That's the coolest bike in the Build Off already! See you on page three :wink:
Re: FULL TILT BOOGIE Great parts to start out with. Can't wait to see just what parts you throw at it! Joe
Re: FULL TILT BOOGIE thats a mighty cool frame my friend , gonna make a cool build , don't let it get boring ,just go ahead and hit it with your best shot ,BIGJON :wink:
Re: FULL TILT BOOGIE I'm gonna start saving my pennies now, so I can buy it from you when you're finished! Good luck! Cheers, Dr. T
Re: FULL TILT BOOGIE Hey John! Your '54 CWC Frame already looks cool in the R, W & Blu - can't wait to see you improve on that! Robert
Re: FULL TILT BOOGIE robert, enjoy the patriotic theme while in mock-up,cause im gonna skin this baby to the bone! :lol:
Re: FULL TILT BOOGIE Wow, you're already starting with some sweet parts. Your bikes have always been outstanding! Looking forward to what you put together this year.
Re: FULL TILT BOOGIE Funny,I thought the exact same thing the first time I saw this build.That's cool.Just makes everyone else in the build-off kick it up a notch
Re: FULL TILT BOOGIE I'm really looking forward to seeing this one progress . Your bikes are always right to the point , love 'em 8)

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It's Mod. It's Layout. Any Questions?
Like most adventures into open source, mod_layout began as a need. Around 1997, I was working on a web site called the Virtual Hospital (http://www.vh.org/). At the time, we were using Netscape's Fast Track server. I really wanted to switch over to Apache but had to overcome two hurdles. First, we had to get management to accept that it would be easy to find people who knew how to configure Apache (Netscape's graphical interface seemed to create a belief that it would be easy to configure and maintain) and, second, Netscape could do footers. The Netscape server supports footers by allowing you to arbitrarily add HTML to the end of any document that it is processing. This is far from perfect, but it serves the basic needs of most sites.
The first hurdle was easy to clear, seeing how we had to edit the Netscape server's configuration file consistently, and with so little documentation available on its file format, we found that maintenance quickly became a chore.
The second problem was solved by creating a custom handler. The solution was a small application written in C that was called for every HTML document. While this worked, it had a number of problems. For example, we now had an application being run a couple of times every second. This also didn't solve the problem of our CGI scripts, which still had to be modified so their output matched that of the HTML handler. This was far from an ideal solution.
I kept running into similar problems as I worked on different web sites. Someone would come along and want copyrights, headers or something similar applied to all documents on their site, and, typically, they would present me with yet another new web site technology for creating content. They would also want to do this without changing the content of their site, and it had to be easy to update and modify.
To answer these demands, I created ModLayout. ModLayout determines whether to handle a document by looking at the handler and mime type. For instance, if you wish to handle PHP4 scripts, you would use the directive LayoutHandler with the argument application/x-http-php. ModLayout handles most of the common MIME types without the need to specify the handler in Apache's configuration file; these can be disabled with "LayoutDefaultHandlers Off", and you can then add back in what you want to have wrapped. Often sites will have specific documents that they don't want wrapped. For this, you can use the directive "LayoutIgnoreURI", and there are also ignore directives for removing only the header, footer or HTTP header.
ModLayout provides three additional stages to the Apache process. It provides a header stage, a footer stage and a stage for doing HTTP headers. If you need to create HTTP headers dynamically for all documents, ModLayout will let you do this. Headers and footers occur on the HTML page before and after the original document.
There are three types of headers and footers. You can either add a simple piece of text:
LayoutHeader "Sample header" LayoutFooter "Sample Footer"
or you can insert entire files by using:
LayoutHeader /usr/local/apache/htdocs/header.html LayoutFooter /usr/local/apache/htdocs/footer.htmlor by URI:
LayoutHeader /header.pl LayoutFooter /footer.phpThe above examples will work when you have simple requirements for headers and footers. The first two examples also work well because their content is cached in the Apache process. If you need something that is dynamic, however, you can use the URI example. ModLayout does not care about the type of URI used, it can be anything from simple CGIs and SSI to complex applications written in Perl, PHP or Java. Custom modules written in C using the Apache API can also be used. If you desire to just use only HTML but not have it cached, you can simply specify its URI and not its full path. ModLayout also provides additional environment variables for URIs being called as headers and footers. These supply information about the state of the original document. One of ModLayout's great advantages is that it works with any form of content and is language neutral.
A common use of ModLayout is to attach a copyright notice to all of the documents on a site. To do this, you could use the following:
<VirtualHost www.example.com> <...insert normal content..> LayoutFooter "
Copyright Example.com 1995-200" LayoutHandler "application/x-httpd-php" </VirtualHost>
The above would insert the text at the bottom of every document on the www.example.com virtual host for all of the default handlers, including HTML pages and CGI scripts, and also on any PHP4 script present.
If you want to tack on the date the original document was last modified, you could insert the following into a PHP document, and save it as last-modified.php.
<?php echo("Copyright 2000 FooBar INC.
 Last Modified"); echo ($LAYOUT_LAST_MODIFIED); ?>
and change the LayoutFooter directive to /last_modified.php.
Now, let's look at a more complex problem. Let's say you wanted to create a custom look and feel for a given site that was enforced by the web server, the following would serve as an example:
<VirtualHost www.example.com> <...insert normal content..> LayoutHeader "/header.php" LayoutFooter "/footer.pl" LayoutIgnoreHeaderURI "/index.html" LayoutHandler "application/x-httpd-php" </VirtualHost>
In the above example, the site would have a custom header created by a PHP script and a Perl script running as the footer. All default handlers are wrapped along with any PHP scripts that are on the site. Notice that the index.html document will not be wrapped though, since most sites have a custom front page but want to have a default look for internal pages on the site. You can also use something like mod_random and its random quote feature to create your own banner ad system.
When using mod_random, the thing to remember when creating headers is that you need to be careful not to create invalid HTML (which, thankfully, most browsers will handle). But, if you are enforcing a look and feel on pages that outside users are creating, they can easily end up with a messy output.
Keep in mind that inserting any HTML before a page with frames will break the frames. At the moment, the solution most people employ is to use footers and/or create floating Javascript boxes). In a future version, you will be able to turn off headers, footers and wrapped content by directives received from a URI that is called from a header or footer.
For sites that have a more complex need, see Listing 1.
The example provided in Listing 1 is currently used for http://www.tangent.org/. This allows for web site document wrapping which affects the main document root content but leaves user's home pages alone. While the entire site uses the same footer, the header has been changed for different sections. ModRandom is used for inserting random quotes into the footers (thankfully these are just from The Simpsons and nothing annoying, like an ad banner).
Controlling ModLayout with Directory, Virtualhost and Location tags, allows you to work out some fairly complicated logic. You can also control what creates the HTTP headers through LayoutHTTPOverride and by creating your own dynamic HTTP headers with LayoutHTTPHeader. At the moment, there are about 24 total directives and ModLayout is under fairly active development, (developer releases occur about once a month and full releases about every two months). Feature suggestions are encouraged, and there is a mailing list for discussing features, HOWTOs and bugs. For more information, check out the Modlayout home page, http://tangent.org/mod_layout/.
Although ModLayout began as a solution to a problem that I kept running into, today it is very much the result of people writing in and requesting new features. It's future direction will pretty much depend on what people ask for and need.
Brian Aker is "getting paid to work on a BBS. Imagine that." The BBS is the famous http://www.slashdot.org/, where he is a "database thug and Apache guy." He is also the author of mod_random and other Apache modules.
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I agree with the direction of the article but not the 3 reasons stated. And I have grave disagreement with the 3rd reason. Sale of assets in India have to be taxed in India. It is simple. I understand the company concerned is Vodafone and TE true to its heritage of blindly supporting all British enterprises abroad is clucking disapprovingly about it.
Frankly the whole of India was outraged that vodafone got away with it. But when it came to light that the chief justice's son was employed at an affiliate of the law firm for vodafone, it all fell into place. For once the useless government is showing some spine and hopefully Vodafone will pay to India its due, unlike its British govt. which still has to answer and repay for the loot and mayhem they caused during their terrible misrule of India.
India is losing her luster for 3 reasons:
1. An ineffective and comatose government
2. poor leadership especially the PM who is wrongly credited with the reforms. The reforms were the initiative of the best PM India ever had - PV Narsimha Rao. Singh was his flunkey who's only skill was the math. You can't credit the calculator for showing profit can you TE? but your usual self-centered hubris prevents you from seeing the correct picture
3. Corruption which today has become a moral and societal issue
Because, the lives at the bottom of the pyramid have still not improved by as much as those on the top (and it is the poor in India who vote, the middle classes tend to be indifferent). I fully support reforms and it is sad that India is paying the price of democracy. The populism of coalition politics (due to democratic elections) has messed up our ability to pass crucial reforms. Maybe democracy is not the knight in shining armour after all. By no means do I think authoritarian rule is better, but moving to a two party democratic system would be much better. The current system of 15 ideologically different parties bunching together to form government to keep "communal" forces out of power is just not working.
The deregulations or liberal reforms which were started in 1991 were not done out of any sympathy for citizens of India but to avoid a default on loans on conditions put forth by IMF. If that balance of payments crisis had not cropped up in 1991, I wouldn't be making this statement here and I would have been much poorer myself to check economist online or comment!!
My biggest regret is that our country has still not made up its mind to become richer and move up the ladder by enacting complete reforms. It seems the bureaucrats & politicians and vast majority of ppl in our country wants to stay poor and linger around in perpetual misery. Having any expectations is clearly a waste of energy & time.
Indians who have left the country and are working abroad are the ones who are the most pragmatic & resourceful. Instead of wasting time fighthing the system and waging a battle for a decent living they have made the hard decision to leave their family and work someplace where rewards are given on basis of merit & not on any flimsy reservation or quota based system. After all, we get to live once on this beautiful planet and why waste time trying to fight the system and change it, when it will never happen in our lifetime! I belong to a minorty relgion in India & totally oppose this outdated reservation system based on religion,caste etc. This kills the free spirit & fails to create a level playing field for all citizens. Financially poor citizens can be helped with acquiring skills for appropriate jobs but not with outright,absolute quota in any departments.
Problem with India is due to the mindset ingrained from childhood and a dysfunctional educational system. Nothing is taught from kindergarten to attach more importance to personal/public hygiene and respect for others privacy. No rewards for hardworking people or those who follow the rules. Just take a look at the traffic in any city and check how many riders observe lane rules? I am getting tired by just listing these vices here...there are so many more.
The article can also add an update : Rail prices which were hiked last week have now been reversed.!!! What a joke this is turning out to be! Our country can now be officially called a country of reverses...Anounce a big decision now and wait for a week, then again reverse it back. Can any serious investor think of putting his money in such a place ?? I myself will think twice or thrice to invest in such a unpredictable place even though I belong to this country. Cant imagine foreigners making up their mind to invest any longer. First the reversal on retail FDI, then cotton exports reversal and now finally this rail hike reversal. If the main party in a coalition cant make a major decision independently then why are they still planning to rule with a unpredictable coalition? A new midterm poll will be the best choice to end this misery. Is the congress party so devoid of self respect that they can bear humiliation after humiliation from a "communist party in disguise" TMC? Atlest the CPI party sticks to its ideology unlike TMC.
A regional party ruling 91 million people in WB which can dictate terms affecting the economic prospects of 1.2 billion people is an amazing example of the travesty & tragedy of INDIA. We should stop singing false praises of our economy from now, as we have let down ourselves badly.
My one last hope & advise to all potential Indian voters: Please vote for national parties and give them a huge majority mandate for Central elections. Regional parties can be voted for state elections but definitely NOT for central elections.
I don't really understand India's political gridlock on economic issues. When they made significant deregulations starting in 1991, there was an overwhelmingly positive effect on the economy that no one denies. But it's also very clear that so much further liberalisation could still be done. Why do a majority of politicians not support that? Why does the general public not say "hey, it worked great last time, we should try it again"? It's not even like the government needs to start doing things better - they just have to STOP doing things that have been shown to hurt more than they help - fuel and energy subsidies, tariffs, bureaucracy like nowhere else on earth. Sure there are millions of people with vested interests in the way things are done, but there a tens or hundreds of millions of people who would benefit from change.
In any country outside India people of Indian descent are business people par exellence full of financial savy and ingenuity and best of all, hard working, the essential ingredient. What is wrong with Indians in India? It must be India.
I don´t think the number of parties is but a sign of an underlying problem. Caste politics are a poison, which India suffers from. A two party system would hardly cure that underlying problem. As for a two party system, look what that does for the US. The US is great in spite of the two party system, not because of it. Maybe India needs a China style cultural revolution, which would wash away the raj and the caste system in one great wawe of a rising people. I know the cultural revolution in China was messy and deplorable things happend as a cause of it. But it might seem that a democratic process in India is doomed anyway. India should take care not to let the Pentagon play India and China against each other - as should China. Cooperation between India and China would benefit both: India could draw lessons from China´s cultural revolution, positive aswell as negative lessons - China could draw lessons from India´s problems with its no way flawless deomcracy in its quest to ease the totalitarin system in China.
No wonder that everyone are laughing at us behind our backs. These same people who openly flatter us by singing praises to our growth & economy, smirk at our backs knowing fully that Indians are suckers for flattery.
Americans & Chinese are laughing at us for our 15+ parties & their chaotic antics while they have a stable 2 party & a single party structure. Just look at how Singapore has succeeded in mingling Chinese,Malays & Indians to work for a common cause & we hardly have any coperation amoung our own states in INDIA.
Check this amazing interview with former PM of Singapore: http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/11573
Favourable demographics? Isn´t that an overstatement? Population increase might seem a bit too fast for Indias own good, although compared to the implosion on its way in China´s demographics, India´s might seem favourable. It´s a shame that the world biggest democracy is also its biggest cleptocracy. Compared to India´s, China´s political problems look manageable.
India has a lot of potential, but so does Botswana. Turning potential into something useful, requires a change in culture and politics. There are a lot of inconsistencies in the view that Westerners, in particular, have of India. Unfortunately, most Westernised Indians have a similar misunderstanding about their own country. To start with, just look at the crippling poverty, corruption and plain old filth and pollution of any sizable Indian community. Issues with water and power and population comes next. Delhi is one large slum. Who has time for the economy?
Economist articles seem to be getting shallower by the day...
1. Why should Vodafone be allowed to profit from a tax loophole?
2. What is so great about Walmart entering India when we have local retail giants? The real need is to motivate these companies to invest in post-harvest infrastructure and that is happening rapidly e.g. Adani Agri, Bharti, RIL, etc.
It's better for local champions to invade US and EU markets than the other way around in say 10-15 years. Let this deregulation hang fire for another 3-4 years.
3. Why is inclusive growth at 6% worse than the beggar-thy-neighbor stuff that China pursues?
4. Democracy in a developed country is invariably corrupt and messy. Why assume Indian voters are stupid and don't know how to get best possible outcomes out of elections?
Exhibit A: In UP, if SP doesn't perform they will perish just like the BSP did.
Exhibit B: In Punjab, the Akalis are back because people realize they are corrupt but can deliver better than Amarinder Singh.
i agree with you on everything you said. But you must remember that people like you and me and others who are found reading TE and other magazines are the least likely to vote. Illiterate (and politically active) masses in the country who will vote based on whether their caste or religion will get a brand new quota, or whether the person concerned belongs to their caste etc. are the ones who decide an election.
So don't waste your time commenting here. It won't lead to anything.
Even though voting is such a pain after waiting in huge lines under the hot sun, I will vote this time. No more excuses, my friend. I will do my bit even if ends up in electing an total moron. Now we cant do anything about masses voting on caste or religious line, can we? It won't lead to anything but the option of sitting idle and doing nothing like our esteemed PM will be a sin of greater magnitude!
I believe unemployed, uneducated and huge poor population is not favorable. it is a dangerous for chaos, disorder and insurgencies. No wonder, we have this situation in our India
good one,... after reading some comments, i thought of making one, to make indians not to lose hope in their country n system.(system will get better as the citizens get better.EX:we were colonised we didnt have freedom, but when the citizens got better with education n the idea of freedom, no matter how powerful the system was, it broke, a small idea called freedom broke an empire where sun never sets) remember!. this present corrupt n inefficient system will be break when we are really ready.
people in India should understand that India is democratic and also a Republic. i cannot define here whats democracy and Republic. but i Strongly recommend all the indians to know this.
India did (small)reforms in 1990's, only when the leaders understood without these reforms economy cannot live. and i'm sure India will do reforms again only when the reforms are needed badly and its a good decision actually(according to me). because India is a nation which will live for thousands of years to come and so indians. the path India and its leaders are following is great actually. like every other nations leader they too want to showoff their greatness, like i can do this n that. but believe me indian leaders sound n act stupid, but one thing for sure, the path India is following is correct, the path is, you choose your own destiny. thats really a great to have this freedom, to have your own will. India will be slow, the slowness will hurt indians, but India is learning from others mistakes.others will be quick in reforms that may provide a decade or 2 decades of prosperity, but they will fall. when India takes a step forward it will not be the best one but a correct one.
So please dont lose your hope.
Finally, TE sees India as is.
You are looking at the economy as a zero sum game. All protectionists do this. You don't want foreign companies like Wall Mart to exist in India because they would take jobs away from small local inefficient shops. You forget that people are consumers first, workers second. We only work so we can consume. And if a super market could sell you things cheaper, you would become richer. And so would the whole of India.
I think that TE has, for reasons of propriety, missed the whole point. My Rs 0.02 on the matter -
1. Its fashionable to blame coalition politics as the source of failure of reforms - the same party in the first 5 years had far better hold on parliament, but does not appear to have done anything significant to the reforms process, just glided along with it.
2. In my opinion, the rise of the Indian entrepreneurial class is actually a massive threat to the politicians of all hues and shades, as this group, bootstrapping the relatively ineffectively educated but capable populace, has had the ability to make this whole politician-policy formulating class irrelevant. As they say, its always easier to control a large section of hungry and destitute population begging for crumbs from government in form of reservations and other largesse, than to control a satiated stomach questioning youth.
3. The issue is not about voting - the issue, half-wits like me face during every election, is which of the thieves who have NO understanding of the genuine problems that are being faced by population - education and its relevance, entrepreneurship and its potential for economy, law and order and the safekeeping of the law-and-order from the very custodians of it - to choose, and then why choose at all...
However, only bright spot that I see, so gently brushed aside as a "romantic" view by TE - is that it is perhaps still possible to do something good in the country, set up a few businesses, give some capable people (non-relatives of owners or any politician/bureaucrat) the opportunity, make the country grow by 7% or whatever, and never face the political/bureaucratic class ....But then perhaps not... Sigh ...
pipe dream!
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Police say officers were tipped to 30-year-old Andrew Walker's whereabouts in his hometown of Pierron in Madison County Monday morning.
Authorities say a pursuit was started after police located Walker's vehicle. With speeds reaching 90 mph, Walker's car eventually went off the road about two miles north of Pocahontas. He tried to flee on foot but was apprehended and taken into custody around 7:30 a.m.
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WOOF WOOF: Winnipeg Humane Society CEO Bill McDonald is best known for loving animals, but he's also a great sport. To become the Wizard of Paws at the recent Bow Wow Ball fundraiser Saturday at the Fairmont, he stuck his head through a big piece of white plastic so they could film it, and then creative types took it to a special- effects guy for the green, fuzzy effect around it. Disguised as the wizard, McDonald's head appeared on the screen, front and centre, to ask people to take their seats, which they happily ignored three or four different times. (Who is that bossy guy?). He had better luck with the welcome speech.
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VLT ADDICTION TREATMENT: It's not often a shrink invites the city to tea at his house. Winnipeg psychiatrist Clyde Manswell has just brought out a new book, It Takes 2 to Tango, Maybe 3: A Serendipitous Discovery in the Treatment of VLT Gambling Addiction. Manswell, who has practised for 30 years in Winnipeg, is so excited about his new discovery he's inviting colleagues, scientists, students, neighbours and VLT addicts over for the launch on Saturday at his house at 18 Corbeil Pl. There will be two sittings -- at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
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It Takes 2 to Tango -- Maybe 3, by Your Nickel's Worth Publishing, is available at Prairie Sky Books, at Manswell's home launch and at Indigo online.
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Tech Crunch – On December 3rd, 1992 in the little town of Newbury, Berkshire, a UK programmer sent his best mate a few lines of greeting using a unique new technique called Short Messaging Service. The programmer, Neil Papworth, was a test engineer for the Sema Group, and sent the message via PC to the phone of Richard Jarvis, a Vodafone employee. The message was "Merry Christmas." Vodafone intended the service as a fun and easy way to communicate internally. That obviously wasn't the case. It took seven years after that first message for texting to take off, but now nearly 8 trillion messages cross the air every year. Adults 18-25 send 133 messages a week each.
You know the old story about how penicillin was invented by accident? Or how the scientists who created the atomic bomb regretted their hand in creating such a weapon of destruction? I wonder if thats how Neil Papworth feels about text messaging. Some dorky dude creates "SMS" to send Merry Christmas messages to his coworkers and 20 years later dudes are sending pictures messages of their dicks to sluts they met at the bar the night before. Guy just wanted to be able to chat with his best friend and now he created a monster.
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The man who famously put down his Big Mac to help rescue three women held captive for a decade in an Ohio house will never have to pay for another burger in his hometown.
Charles Ramsey has been promised free burgers for life at more than a dozen Cleveland-area restaurants.
The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer reported that the restaurant where Ramsey worked as a dishwasher initially created a special burger in his honor, but eateries in the city decided a larger tribute was due.
Ramsey was called a hero after helping Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight break out of the house May 6. Ariel Castro is now facing charges.
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Nick Carter isn't only writing songs — he's written a book.
The Backstreet Boys singer will release a memoir, "Facing the Music and Living to Talk About It," on Sept. 24 via Bird Street Books. The 33-year-old is the first in the group to release a book.
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Contact Sports Desk: Call: 603-516-2949 / E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Pesce paces UNH win over Notre Dame
Saturday, February 1, 2014
DURHAM – Primarily a stay-at-home defenseman throughout much of his college career, sophomore Brett Pesce has increased his offensive production since Trevor van Riemsdyk went down with a broken ankle.
"It was demoraIizing," Umile said. "I give our power-play unit a lot of credit. They stayed with it and found a way to win the game." Pesce assisted on the game-winner as did Dalton Speelman. "We knew we had a power play still," Pesce said. "We just tried to stay positive and it worked out for the best." Goumas's centering pass from the right circle deflected in for his 11th goal of the season and first game-winner. He finished with a goal and two assists. "I had plenty of time," Goumas said. "I usually try to hit Eric (Knodel) in the high slot and I fumbled it. I saw (Matt) Willows back door and I tried to throw it to him. I think it hit the defender's leg and went through the goalie's legs." Senior Jeff Silengo scored an empty-net goal with 1:21 left for his second goal of the game and eighth of the season as the Wildcats improved to 15-13-1 overall and 7-6-0 in Hockey East.
The No. 14 Irish fell to 15-10-1 and 4-7-1 in the league. The teams meet again today (4 p.m. NESN) at the Whitt.
Notre Dame drew first blood at 2:21 of the second period when Mario Lucia tipped in a shot by Eric Johnson from the left point as the Wildcat surrendered the first goal for the seventh time in nine games.
Third Period: Scoring: ND—Rust (Ryan) 15:28 shg; NH-Goumas (Speelman, Pesce) 15:57 ppg; NH-Silengo (Goumas, Thrush) 18:39 eng. Penalties: ND-Johns (interference) 15:15. |


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Determination of heat transfer coefficient for forging applications
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A setup for measuring the contact heat transfer coefficient between a tool steel die and a specimen was designed, developed, and fabricated. A microcomputer was programmed to collect and process the temperature data. Tests were conducted under dry and lubricated conditions at different temperatures and pressures on four aluminum alloys, namely, 2024-T4, 2024-O, 6061-O, and 1100-O. MoS2 was used as the lubricant. Results indicate that the heat transfer coefficient increases with pressure and decreases with specimen yield strength. Variation in heat transfer coefficient with temperature is due to chemical changes which occur in the lubricant at the test temperature. The heat transfer coefficient was an order of magnitude greater at high pressures than at nominally zero pressure.
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- Determination of heat transfer coefficient for forging applications
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Journal of Materials Shaping Technology
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- Vinod K. Jain (1)
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- 1. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, University of Dayton, 300 College Park Ave., 45469, Dayton, OH, USA


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Gordy Rawson from Chatter Creek
To say that Gordy Rawson knows a thing or two about roots would be an understatement. His love of wine and knowledge of our region's terroir has cultivated some mighty nice 'Old World' style wine, while his enthusiasm for music generates 'Old School' rifts that keep the house shakin' and the feet tappin'.
Darren Des Voigne from Des Voigne Cellars
Darren Des Voigne is a big fan of fun. So much so that he and his wife Melissa, bottle it. Their wine is bold and un-apologetic, bright fruit and big wood. The resulting pour is soulful. Less than a sip, and a cursory glance at the art deco inspired wine labels and you can practically hear the music. Not to worry though, your imagination hasn't bested you: a big fan of jazz and expressive music, Darren and his band throw down up-tempo new wave rock beats that make for a great palate cleanse.
Cat Warwick from Kestrel Wines
With a deep passion for the arts in all forms, it is no wonder that Kestrel Wines' Carolina (Cat) Warwick chose both wine making and music to pursue. Born and raised in the Yakima Valley, she performs with her guitarist Micah Riesenweber of Market Vineyards, and the pair form an acoustic duo, as Cat and Micah, with inspired originals and acoustic renditions of your favorite music spanning decades.
Victor Palencia from Palencia Winery
One of the youngest winery owners in the state, Victor Palencia's passion for wine runs deep in Eastern Washington wine country. He grew up following his father into the vineyard rows. Along Paula Ramirez (Palencia Winery's Director of Sales & Marketing) and two others, the foursome are very excited to bring "musica con ritmo latino" right out of our beautiful wine country. Victor says: "Great music makes great wine better, but it takes great wine to appreciate great music, that brings us all together."


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Overcoming the Dreaded Bloggers Block
Did you know that Scarletta Media started out with a blog first?
I created Scarletta's Blog in WordPress before I had a website and in the early days I just wrote whatever I wanted to. No agenda, no schedule just blogged when the mood suited.
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Part of my own social strategy is to blog about social media news and views for small businesses. I also regularly share others content on Facebook and Twitter. This has been a good thing to do when my time is short and I want to keep up social appearances.
But somewhere along the line my blog and my voice got a little lost. The more time that passed the less inspired I became to share my own views and insights.
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There are some days when I feel self-conscious about sharing my own content or tweeting my views in case the Twitter police come out in force to get me.
This hasn't actually happened although I have seen it happen to others and it isn't pretty or nice.
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Originally Posted by Swedishflower
I am going to tell everything about Isildur1. He was Born 1990. his birthday is in Aug.
His real name is Viktor Blom. He lives in Gothenburg Sweden. He move to Gothenburg last year and did buy a apartment there. Before that he did live in in a small town with his mom and dad. he dropped out of school to play poker.
Lets go back couple years.
When he only was 15 years old his older brother Sebastian did learn him to play poker. He started with a friend on Partypoker. He did play only sit& go. He manage to go bankrupt all the time and he did stop playing poker. In DEC 2008 he took all the money he had left about 2000dollar and did but in on bet365 on his new nick "blom90" and manage to go up all the way to 1,9 million dollars in only 3 weeks. From the start everyone wanted do play this new crazy gambler. But after a while he did get some respect. It was only one player he did lose big money to...a danish player called Peter "Zupp" Jensen. But zupp did not really play against blom90. A Swedish pokerplayer called Robert "gulkines" did. He use zupps poker account and take around 900k dollar. And Blom was nearly broke. But he did put some money in the bank and started do play on "svenska spel" with around 40k kr (about 8000dollar). In the beginning everyone wanted to play him. But his aggressivestyle did made him about 3,6miljon kr.
He took lots of money of 2 Swedish player called "smutsfall " and "Himpan".This in only in 1 month. In Feb 2009 no one wanted to play him so he did return to ipoker and at the same time he started to play in entraction.
On entraction it was one player who had taken his nick. It was Odonkor1 who had take viktor blom nickname on entraction. Blom90 new nick was Zebul_on. He manage to made €10k to over €4million in 4 months. And he took €1,5 millions from the fake blom90 on entraction and did learn him a lesson.
After that no one wanted to play him. When he was playing on ept in April. Some guy did hack his account and manage to win some money from him. But Bet365 did take the money that zupp did win and give it back to Blom. The Danish played did admint that he had cheated against blom90. In Juni he went to Betfair and played there against "gulkines" and manage to win 2m dollar. In Aug he played in wsope with his friend Fredrik "martonas" Andersson. After that he and his buddy did splitt bankrolls and did play on ftp. But they did no success. After that Blom was back on entraction with his new nick. He won about 1,5 million dollar. He made a new account on ftp and called "isildur1". The nick "Isildur" is called from that some years ago he was playing a internet game and isildur1 was he nick there. The rest of story you guys now. Hope this will bring some light to who isildur1 is.
Sorry for my bad English. And please never write Viktors name with C. It is Viktor and not ViCtor. Ty
// SwedishFlower
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-A nice little read, nothing new. Some knows everything about him others dont.
Post stories and anything Blom news related in this thread.
May the poker gods be with him so he can return to nosebleed and offer the fans what they deserves.


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If Daniel is going crazy, it would certainly be understandable. First he lost an election to a housewife who, by all accounts, has the political instincts of a clam. Then there was the matter of his memoirs. With his Washington mouthpiece, Paul Reichler, Daniel went to New York last year, installed himself in an elegant Upper East Side mansion, and announced he would receive publishers interested in bidding on his autobiography (provided, of course, that they brought gifts for his entourage). The process was supposed to culminate in an auction where the minimum bid would be $300,000 and $1 million the expected sale price. The auction was held -- but the venal capitalists of the publishing world, unswayed by Daniel's vision of "a literary book that transcends politics" as opposed to one containing actual facts, failed to offer a single minimum bid. Daniel went home empty-handed.
And to top it all off, his Middle Eastern peace mission failed rather spectacularly. For weeks last winter Daniel crisscrossed Europe, Asia, and the Middle East in an attempt to quell the unpleasantness between George Bush and Saddam Hussein. (No one seems to know who picked up the tab.) Listen to me, Daniel kept saying, I understand the gringos. And perhaps he did. He left Baghdad for the last time the day before the bombs started to fall.
The Guy the Sandinistas Hate Most
That would be Arnoldo Aleman, the mayor of Managua. A hard-drinking, foul-mouthed politician of the old Nicaraguan school -- that is, the only thing more important than passing out patronage to your friends is screwing your enemies -- Aleman is a quick man with a needle. One of his first acts as mayor was to repaint the giant initials the Sandinistas had placed on a mountainside overlooking the capital. The Sandinistas' Hollywood-style logo, which had faded considerably over the years, boasted the Spanish abbreviation for Sandinista National Liberation Front, FSLN. Aleman changed it to FIN, Spanish for "the end." A few weeks later, he erased the letters altogether. He followed that up by whitewashing several elaborate socialist-realism murals that Sandinista artists had painstakingly painted on the walls of government buildings. But those were mere warm-ups for Aleman's next maneuver. Claiming there was no money in the budget, he cut off the gas to the eternal flame that burns over the tomb of Carlos Fonseca, founder of the Sandinista party.
Part Three
All this inspired Enrique Dreyfus, the foreign minister, to take down the colossal portrait of Nora Astorga that had hung in the ministry's main lobby. Astorga's portrait was there ostensibly because of her service as Nicaraguan ambassador to the United Nations in the mid-Eighties. Actually the Sandinistas canonized her for enticing one of Somoza's generals to her bed and then helping a hit squad cut his throat, chop o his penis, and put it in his mouth.
Dreyfus was trumped, in turn, by the 159 residents of Los Garreadores, a village about twenty miles southeast of Managua. In April they held a meeting and agreed to change the name of the village to Ronald Reagan. "That ex-president helped us a lot," explained the 68-year-old mayor, Raul Espinoza. "Because of him, the nation lives in democracy."
What Do You Do With a General? (Part II)
"Come in, come in," the former contra leader said eagerly, welcoming me to a Spartan office in a small building on a barren edge of Managua. "What's going on in Washington? I hear Cliff is singing like a canary. Can that be true?"
"Cliff" is the name by which the contras knew Alan Fiers, former head of the CIA's Central American Task Force, who pleaded guilty this summer to a charge of lying to Congress and is now cooperating with the Iran-contra special prosecutor's office. The contras were always divided about Fiers's skills as a spy, but they unanimously agreed that he had the finest collection of Arab cutlasses they had ever seen.
But it seems like another lifetime now, most of the former contra leaders say, since the days when they were frequent visitors to the White House and knew their way around the halls at Langley. About the only time they talk about it is when a journalist from the old days visits Nicaragua. The rest of the time they are too busy trying to rebuild lives that were put on hold for ten years for the war.
"I've had my picture in the New York Times and Time magazine and all over the world, and so what?" Adolfo Calero, one of the top contra politicians, told me. "I'm still a beginner here. I'm a lot poorer, a lot less established, a lot less everything than I was in 1982 when I left the country."
Calero, who still has a house in Kendall, works as the Managua representative of an Italian construction company and he's trying to start a small fruit-juice bottling company. (In the old days, he was general manager of the local Coca-Cola bottler.) He's staying out of politics in favor of making money, at least for the time being. But not all the former contra politicians chose that route. Many of them hold government positions. Frank Arana, manager of the contras' clandestine radio stations and one of the rebels who was closest to the CIA, moved from Miami back to Nicaragua and is now Violeta Chamorro's chief spokesman. Pedro Joaquin Chamorro, the president's son and a former member of the contra political directorate, bought his family a house in Kendall but is now Nicaragua's ambassador to Taiwan. Lest that sound like a nepotistic sinecure, let us note that the Nicaraguan "embassy" in Taipei is Pedro Joaquin's one-bedroom apartment. The only reason it exists at all is that Taiwan offered the Chamorro government $60 million to break relations with China and recognize the Nationalist regime.


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4 SuprisingSteveKingston | 07/09/2008 | See all SteveKingston's reviews (1)At the beginning I wasn't sure about this film, but it actually shocked me, if you give it a chance it does get better as it goes on. Yes, admittedly the acting isn't the best you've ever seen, but compared to some of the tripe that's been in the cinema lately this film was very good. I would definately recommend this film.
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Stoning of Soraya M.
From a producer of THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST comes this chilling story of a deadly conspiracy that became a shameful cover-up... until one witness refused to be silent.
© 2009 Fallen Films LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Shohreh Aghdashloo, Mozhan Marnò, Navid Negahban, David Diaan, Ali Pourtash, Parviz Sayyad, Vida Ghahremani, Noor Al Taher, Haya Al Taher, Khalid Khan
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Fresh: The whole movie marches to that same, sad rhythm of unalterable horror, illuminated by Joel Ransom's brutal and beautiful cinematography. The sum is difficult to watch.
- Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle, Friday, June 26, 2009
Fresh: With the melancholy cry of a sad cello, the film opens with a golden sun rising over the hills of a remote Iran landscape...It's a devastating story, powerfully told
- Andrew L. Urban, Urban Cinefile, Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Fresh: The Stoning Of Soraya M. hits you in the gut. It's a phenomenal piece of cinema, but there are many who will read about it and think, "I don't need to go there."
- Annette Basile, FILMINK (Australia), Thursday, June 24, 2010
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A powerful story of what is the possible lives of many more than we realize! Difficult at times to watch, but worth the effort. Tells a story few know but many need to hear!
- Tomassgringo, Thursday, October 21, 2010
A very disturbing film that shows the pitfalls of the Islamic religion, shortly after the fall in 1988 a man accuses his wife of adultery in order to be rid of her so he can marry a 14 year old, shows village corruption between mayor and so called religious leaders. Allah Akbar my ***. The movie itself and acting is worth 5 Stars. Question is to you have the Balls to watch it and learn the truth of what Americans call being tolerant. 5 Stars
- bbcfloridabound, Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Not since watching United 93 has a film been so disturbing. This film is an account of the cruelty done towards women in Arab countries. Women in these countries if they commit adultery get stoned to death, a despicable and inhumane act. This film made me feel uneasy from start to finish as by the end, you know exactly whats going to happen. The Stoning Of Soraya M. is a true account of a woman falsely accused of adultery so that her husband could marry a 14 year old girl. A hard film to watch, Stoning Of Soraya M. is an important film to watch as it exposes these despicable acts of inhuman torture on innocent women. An important film, The stoning Of Soraya M. will definitely make you think.
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It aint over til its over - that is what is on the mind of Christian Horner as his team stand on the brink of doing the championship double for the third time in three years. The odds may favour both title trophies staying in Milton Keynes, but as always Horner insists they are taking it just one race at a time. We caught up with him after yet another pole position for Sebastian Vettel in Austin
Q: Christian, its almost done: is the champagne already in the fridge back home in Milton Keynes?
Christian Horner: Ha, no! (laughs) Our focus is very much on this weekends race: trying to extract the most out of the car, the team and the drivers. We are taking pretty much one race at a time.
Q: Does that mean that you are still cautious about the situation - that its not a done deal?
CH: Sport writes its own laws. Anything can happen so we dont take anything for granted. Weve got ourselves in a healthy position in the constructors championship, but obviously the drivers championship is a lot tighter, so it is paramount for us to have a strong weekend here and believe me it is fantastic having achieved the first ever pole position on this mint track here in Texas. With Mark [Webber] starting from P3 we have strengthened our position even further for the race tomorrow.
Q: From five title contenders, three were eliminated in Abu Dhabi and now its Sebastian verses Fernando Alonso. Two very different characters, clashing as they did in 2010, when Seb got the upper hand. Why do you think Seb can do it again - and what skills in Fernando do you fear?
CH: Fernando has driven with tremendous consistency this year. I think he is at his peak. He has used every opportunity when he had them presented to him. He is a formidable competitor and I am sure the he is going to push all the way in this championship.
Q: Were you surprised by todays qualifying and the significant gap between Sebastian and Fernando of more than 1.5 seconds?
CH: I think the thing with Fernando unfortunately is that wherever he qualifies he always seems to end up on the podium. (laughs) I am sure hell make progress from starting from P8 tomorrow.
Q: In Abu Dhabi everything seemed lost when Sebastian had to start from the pit lane - way behind Alonso. How many heads were on the block for that unfortunate error in qualifying?
CH: Ha, none. We are a team and we work as a team and win and lose together. Sure the situation in Abu Dhabi was highly frustrating - for us and for Renault - but we have recovered well and limited the damage to only three points - with coming from the pit lane to the podium. That was a really phenomenal drive by Sebastian.
Q: What did the research into the cause in the factory show?
CH: We have done an awful lot of investigations together with Renault who have gone into the problem and it was a combination of factors - no smoking gun. We as a team together with Renault have learned from it to make sure that it doesnt happen again.
Q: On top of the calamities with Sebs car, Mark seemed to throw away his race
CH: Mark admitted after the race that it was not his strongest performance of the season and after such a good qualifying it was a shame that he couldnt make more out of it.
Q: Did he simply screw up?
CH: He was open and honest after the race - and it doesnt make sense to now cry over spilled milk. It is looking forward that gets you somewhere - and not looking behind.
Q: It has been an eventful season. Where would you say youve scored the big points - to use tennis terminology - that took you to where you are now?
CH: As a team we havent always had the fastest car, but as a team we have collectively worked tremendously well. We have worked hard to develop the car after the regulation changes over the winter and we have maximized our chances on occasions where a fourth position was the best on offer. We have never given up and never stopped pushing. If you are at a circuit Thursday or Friday night you will find us always in the garage - the last to leave is Red Bull. It is that working and fighting spirit - not only at races but also back in the factory.
Q: How much psychological warfare will there between now and the chequered flag in Brazil - and could it be corrosive?
CH: We are very much focused on ourselves. We cant control what other people do or say - we can only see that we are doing the best job that we can and hopefully arrive in Brazil and not look back with any real regrets. As a team we are an extremely strong unit and we are focused on the job at hand.
Q: What is the secret behind Red Bull staying so competitive now for so many years. How you do it?
CH: It is not easy and the longer you stay at the top the more people are shooting at you. (laughs) We have clearly demonstrated that Red Bulls success hasnt been the flavour for a season but something to stay with fantastic results in a short period of time. If we are to achieve a third consecutive constructors title - only three other teams in the history of the sport have ever achieved that - then that by far would be our greatest achievement.
Q: Many say that to spice up 2013 it would make sense that Fernando wins the title. How much willingness is there from your side?
CH: I would shout objection. (laughs) If we manage to beat Ferrari - a fantastic team that has been in Formula One since the very beginning with a great driver driving for them - so if you beat Ferrari and Fernando Alonso youve done a fantastic job.
Q: How do you plan for these last two races: flat out for the win or go strategic for position?
CH: We go into these last two races like we go into every race. These are two races out of 20 - the difference is just that they are at the end of the championship. Our approach is not different to the first race many long months ago in Australia. That means that our approach is to attack this weekend - and in Brazil next weekend.
Q: Red Bull Racing as a team has stayed largely unchanged for quite some time, which seems to be part of your success. How do you stop your rivals poaching your talented people?
CH: Working at Red Bull is not just a job - it is a way of life! People enjoy being with us: it is not a political team and it is a tremendously strong spirit within the team. We have so many applications from people wanting to join the team - people wanting to be part of our success story - and only by working collectively as a group can you achieve these kinds of consistent results that we have over the last four years. I am sure there has been knocks at the doors of some of our people, but we have a very low turnover in staff which indicates that people are happy and enjoy the environment. They believe in the vision of the team.
Q: Given todays qualifying, and knowing what your people can do, would you dare place a bet for the championship?
CH: I learned my lesson when I had to jump into a swimming pool in Monaco a few years ago, so I never make bets again.
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