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Table of Contents |
The standard namespaces and prefixes in OWL 2 are
Prefix | URI |
rdf | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns# |
rdfs | http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema# |
owl | http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl# |
xsd | http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema# |
Features in bold are only available in OWL 2. Each table has columns:
We use the following notation conventions: unless stated otherwise, "C" is an OWL class, "D" is a data range, "P" and "Q" are object properties, "R" and "S" are data properties, "a" is an OWL individual, "u" and "v" are literals, "n" is a non-negative integer, "_:x" is anonymous individual. All names may have subscripts. "(a1 … an)" in the 3rd column stands for a rdf list.
For an OWL 2 DL ontology, there are some global restrictions on axioms.
all OWL individuals | owl:Thing | owl:Thing |
empty class | owl:Nothing | owl:Nothing |
intersection | ObjectIntersectionOf(C1 … Cn) | _:x rdf:type owl:Class. _:x owl:intersectionOf ( C1 … Cn ). |
union | ObjectUnionOf(C1 … Cn) | _:x rdf:type owl:Class. _:x owl:unionOf ( C1 … Cn ). |
complement | ObjectComplementOf(C) | _:x rdf:type owl:Class. _:x owl:complementOf C. |
enumeration | ObjectOneOf(a1 … an) | _:x rdf:type owl:Class. _:x owl:oneOf ( a1 … an ). |
universal | ObjectAllValuesFrom(P C) | _:x rdf:type owl:Restriction. _:x owl:onProperty P. _:x owl:allValuesFrom C |
existential | ObjectSomeValuesFrom(P C) | _:x rdf:type owl:Restriction. _:x owl:onProperty P. _:x owl:someValuesFrom C |
individual value | ObjectHasValue(P a) | _:x rdf:type owl:Restriction. _:x owl:onProperty P. _:x owl:hasValue i. |
local reflexivity (N) | ObjectHasSelf(P) | _:x rdf:type owl:Restriction. _:x owl:onProperty P. _:x owl:hasSelf "true"^^xsd:boolean. |
exact cardinality | ObjectExactCardinality(n P) ObjectExactCardinality(n P C) (N) | _:x rdf:type owl:Restriction. _:x owl:onProperty P. _:x owl:cardinality n. (without C) _:x owl:qualifiedCardinality n. _:x owl:onClass C. (with C) |
maximum cardinality | ObjectMaxCardinality(n P) ObjectMaxCardinality(n P C) (N) | _:x rdf:type owl:Restriction. _:x owl:onProperty P. _:x owl:minCardinality n. (without C) _:x owl:minQualifiedCardinality n. _:x owl:onClass C. (with C) |
minimum cardinality | ObjectMinCardinality(n P) ObjectMinCardinality(n P C) (N) | _:x rdf:type owl:Restriction. _:x owl:onProperty P. _:x owl:maxCardinality n. (without C) _:x owl:maxQualifiedCardinality n. _:x owl:onClass C. (with C) |
universal | DataAllValuesFrom(R D) | _:x rdf:type owl:Restriction. _:x owl:onProperty R. _:x owl:allValuesFrom D. |
existential | DataSomeValuesFrom(R D) | _:x rdf:type owl:Restriction. _:x owl:onProperty R. _:x owl:someValuesFrom D. |
individual value | DataHasValue(R u) | _:x rdf:type owl:Restriction. _:x owl:onProperty R. _:x owl:hasValue u. |
exact cardinality | DataExactCardinality(n R) DataExactCardinality(n R D) (N) | _:x rdf:type owl:Restriction. _:x owl:onProperty P. _:x owl:cardinality "n"^^xsd:nonNegativeInteger. _:x owl:qualifiedCardinality "n"^^xsd:nonNegativeInteger. (without D) _:x owl:onDataRange D. (with D) |
maximum cardinality | DataMaxCardinality(n R) DataMaxCardinality(n R D) (N) | _:x rdf:type owl:Restriction. _:x owl:onProperty P. _:x owl:maxCardinality "n"^^xsd:nonNegativeInteger. (without D) _:x owl:maxQualifiedCardinality "n"^^xsd:nonNegativeInteger. _:x owl:onDataRange D. (with D) |
minimum cardinality | DataMinCardinality(n R) DataMinCardinality(n R D) (N) | _:x rdf:type owl:Restriction. _:x owl:onProperty P.(without D) _:x owl:minCardinality "n"^^xsd:nonNegativeInteger. _:x owl:minQualifiedCardinality "n"^^xsd:nonNegativeInteger. _:x owl:onDataRange D. (with D) |
n-ary universal (N) | DataAllValuesFrom(R1 … Rn Dn) | _:x rdf:type owl:Restriction. _:x owl:onProperties ( R1 … Rn ). _:x owl:allValuesFrom Dn. |
n-ary existential (N) | DataSomeValuesFrom(R1 … Rn Dn) | _:x rdf:type owl:Restriction. _:x owl:onProperties ( R1 … Rn). _:x owl:someValuesFrom Dn. |
subclasses | SubClassOf(C1 C2) | C1 rdfs:subClassOf C2. |
equivalent classes | EquivalentClasses(C1 … Cn) | C1 owl:equivalentClass C2. … Cn-1 owl:equivalentClass Cn. |
disjoint classes | DisjointClasses(C1 C2) | C1 owl:disjointWith C2. |
pairwise disjoint classes (N) | DisjointClasses(C1 … Cn) | _:x rdf:type owl:AllDisjointClasses. _:x owl:members ( C1 … Cn ). |
disjoint union (N) | DisjointUnionOf(C C1 … Cn) | C owl:disjointUnionOf ( C1 … Cn ). |
universal object property (N) | owl:topObjectProperty | owl:topObjectProperty |
bottom object property (N) | owl:bottomObjectProperty | owl:bottomObjectProperty |
inverse property | ObjectInverseOf(P) | _:x owl:inverseOf P |
universal datatype property (N) | owl:topDataProperty | owl:topDataProperty |
bottom datatype property (N) | owl:bottomDataProperty | owl:bottomDataProperty |
subproperty | SubObjectPropertyOf(P Q) | P rdfs:subPropertyOf Q. |
property chain inclusion (N) | SubObjectPropertyOf(ObjectPropertyChain(P1 … Pn) Q) | Q owl:propertyChainAxiom (P1 … Pn). |
property domain | ObjectPropertyDomain(P C) | P rdfs:domain C. |
property range | ObjectPropertyRange(P C) | P rdfs:range C. |
equivalent properties | EquivalentObjectProperties(P1 … Pn) | P1 owl:equivalentProperty P2. … Pn-1 owl:equivalentProperty Pn. |
disjoint properties (N) | DisjointObjectProperties(P1 P2) | P1 owl:propertyDisjointWith P2. |
pairwise disjoint properties (N) | DisjointObjectProperties(P1 … Pn) | _:x rdf:type owl:AllDisjointProperties. _:x owl:members ( P1 … Pn ). |
inverse properties | InverseObjectProperties(P Q) | P owl:inverseOf Q. |
functional property | FunctionalObjectProperty(P) | P rdf:type owl:FunctionalProperty. |
inverse functional property | InverseFunctionalObjectProperty(P) | P rdf:type owl:InverseFunctionalProperty. |
reflexive property (N) | ReflexiveObjectProperty(P) | P rdf:type owl:ReflexiveProperty. |
irreflexive property (N) | IrreflexiveObjectProperty(P) | P rdf:type owl:IrreflexiveProperty. |
symmetric property | SymmetricObjectProperty(P) | P rdf:type owl:SymmetricProperty. |
asymmetric property (N) | AsymmetricObjectProperty(P) | P rdf:type owl:AsymmetricProperty. |
transitive property | TransitiveObjectProperty(P) | P rdf:type owl:TransitiveProperty. |
subproperty | SubDataPropertyOf(R S) | R rdfs:subPropertyOf S. |
property domain | DataPropertyDomain(R C) | R rdfs:domain C. |
property range | DataPropertyRange(R C) | R rdfs:range C. |
equivalent properties | EquivalentDataProperties(R1 … Rn) | R1 owl:equivalentProperty R2. … Rn-1 owl:equivalentProperty Rn. |
disjoint properties (N) | DisjointDataProperties(R S) | R owl:propertyDisjointWith S. |
pairwise disjoint properties (N) | DisjointDataProperties(R1 … Rn) | _:x rdf:type owl:AllDisjointProperties. _:x owl:members ( R1 … Rn ). |
functional property | FunctionalDataProperty(R) | R rdf:type owl:FunctionalProperty. |
data range complement (N) | DataComplementOf(D) | _:x rdf:type rdfs:Datatype. _:x owl:datatypeComplementOf D. |
data range intersection | DataUnionOf(D1…Dn) | _:x rdf:type rdfs:Datatype. _:x owl:unionOf (D1…Dn). |
data range union | DataIntersectionOf(D1…Dn) | _:x rdf:type rdfs:Datatype. _:x owl:intersectionOf (D1…Dn). |
literal enumeration | DataOneOf(v1 … vn) | _:x rdf:type rdfs:Datatype. _:x owl:oneOf ( v1 … vn ). |
datatype restriction (N) | DatatypeRestriction(D f1 v1 … fn vn) D a built-in datatype fj a constraining facet, vj a restriction value | _:x rdf:type rdfs:Datatype. _:x owl:onDatatype D. _:x owl:withRestrictions (y1 ... yn). y1 f1 v1. ... yn fn vn. |
individual equality | SameIndividual(a1 a2) | a1 owl:sameAs a2. |
n-ary individual equality | SameIndividual(a1 … an) | aj owl:sameAs aj+1. j=1…n-1 |
individual inequality | DifferentIndividuals(a1 a2) | a1 owl:differentFrom a2. |
pairwise individual inequality | DifferentIndividuals(a1 … an) | _:x rdf:type owl:AllDifferent. _:x owl:members (a1 … an). |
class assertion | ClassAssertion(C a) | i rdf:type C. |
positive object property assertion | ObjectPropertyAssertion( P a1 a2 ) | a1 P a2. |
positive inverse object property assertion | ObjectPropertyAssertion( ObjectInverseOf(P) a1 a2 ) | a2 P a1. |
positive data property assertion | DataPropertyAssertion( P a v ) | a P v. |
negative object property assertion (N) | NegativeObjectPropertyAssertion(P a1 a2 ) | _:x rdf:type owl:NegativePropertyAssertion. _:x owl:sourceIndividual a1. _:x owl:assertionProperty P. _:x owl:targetIndividual a2 |
negative datatype property assertion (N) | NegativeDataPropertyAssertion(R a u ) | _:x rdf:type owl:NegativePropertyAssertion. _:x owl:sourceIndividual a. _:x owl:assertionProperty R. _:x owl:targetValue u |
class (N) | Declaration( Class( C ) ) | C rdf:type owl:Class. |
datatype (N) | Declaration( Datatype( D ) ) | D rdf:type rdfs:Datatype. |
object property (N) | Declaration( ObjectProperty( P ) ) | P rdf:type owl:ObjectProperty. |
datatype property (N) | Declaration( DataProperty( R ) ) | R rdf:type owl:DatatypeProperty. |
annotation property (N) | Declaration( AnnotationProperty( A ) ) | A rdf:type owl:AnnotationProperty. |
named individual (N) | Declaration( NamedIndividual( a ) ) | a rdf:type owl:NamedIndividual. |
annotation assertions | AnnotationAssertion( AP s v) | s AP v. _:x rdf:type owl:Annotation. _:x owl:subject s. _:x owl:predicate AP. _:x owl:object v. |
axiom annotations (N) | AXIOM(Annotation( AP v) ) | s p o. _:x rdf:type owl:Axiom. _:x owl:subject s. _:x owl:predicate p. _:x owl:object o. _:x AP v. _:x p o _:x AP v. |
human-readable name | Label | rdfs:label |
human-readable description | Comment | rdfs:comment |
additional information | rdfs:seeAlso | |
defining agent | rdfs:isDefinedBy | |
version information | owl:versionInfo | |
deprecation | Deprecated | owl:deprecated |
annotation subproperties (N) | SubAnnotationPropertyOf(AP1 AP2) | AP1 rdfs:subPropertyOf AP2. |
annotation property domain (N ) | AnnotationPropertyDomain(AP U) | AP rdfs:domain U. |
annotation property range (N) | AnnotationPropertyRange(AP U) | AP rdfs:range U. |
deprecated class | C Deprecated | C rdf:type owl:DeprecatedClass. |
deprecated property | P Deprecated | P rdf:type owl:DeprecatedProperty. |
OWL ontology (importing ) | Ontology(O [V] Import(U)... Annotation(AP, v)... ) | O rdf:type owl:Ontology. [O owl:versionIRI V.] O owl:imports U. ... O AP v. ... |
backwards compatibility | O owl:backwardCompatibleWith U. |
incompatibility | O owl:incompatibleWith U. |
prior version | O owl:priorVersion U. |
owl:DataRange | replaced by rdfs:Datatype |
owl:distinctMembers | replaced by owl:members |
owl:rational (rational numbers) |
owl:real (N)(real numbers) |
xsd:double | xsd:nonNegativeInteger | xsd:long | xsd:unsignedLong |
xsd:float | xsd:nonPositiveInteger | xsd:int | xsd:unsignedInt |
xsd:decimal | xsd:positiveInteger | xsd:short | xsd:unsignedShort |
xsd:integer | xsd:negativeInteger | xsd:byte | xsd:unsignedByte |
xsd:string | xsd:NCName | xsd:normalizedString | xsd:NMTOKEN |
xsd:token | xsd:language | xsd:Name |
xsd:Boolean (value space has only two values: true and false) |
xsd:base64Binary | xsd:hexBinary |
xsd:anyURI | IRIs as defined in XML Schema Datatypes |
xsd:dateTime | time instants with time zone offset |
xsd:dateTimeStamp | time instants without time zone offset |
rdf:XMLLiteral | Note: at risk in OWL 2 |
The facet space is a set of pairs of the form < f v >, where f is an IRI called a constraining facet, and v is a value. Each such pair is mapped to a subset of the value space of the datatype.
Notations: Numeric Datatype, String Datatype and Binary datatype refer to a set of datatypes based on the classification done in the prior section.
Facet(N) f | Datatype | Value v | Explanation |
xsd:minInclusive, xsd:maxInclusive, xsd:minExclusive, xsd:maxExclusive | Numeric Datatype DT, Time instant DT | Literal in DT | Restricts the value-space to greater than (equal to) or lesser than (equal to) a value |
xsd:minLength, xsd:maxLength, xsd:length | String Datatype, Binary Datatype, xsd:anyURI | Nonnegative integer | Restricts the value-space based on the lengths of the literals |
xsd:pattern | String Datatype, xsd:anyURI | xsd:string literal whose value is a regular expression | Restricts the value space to literals that match the regular expression |
rdf:langRange | rdf:text | xsd:string literal whose value is a regular expression | Restricts the value space to literals with language tags that match the regular expression |
The starting point for the development of OWL 2 was the OWL1.1 member submission, itself a result of user and developer feedback, and in particular of information gathered during the OWL Experiences and Directions (OWLED) Workshop series. The working group also considered postponed issues from the WebOnt Working Group.
This document has been produced by the OWL Working Group (see below), and its contents reflect extensive discussions within the Working Group as a whole. The editors extend special thanks to Bernardo Cuenca Grau (Oxford University), Christine Golbreich (Université de Versailles St-Quentin and LIRMM), Ivan Herman (W3C/ERCIM), Bijan Parsia (University of Manchester) and Peter F. Patel-Schneider (Bell Labs Research, Alcatel-Lucent) for their thorough reviews.
The regular attendees at meetings of the OWL Working Group at the time of publication of this document were: Jie Bao (RPI), Diego Calvanese (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano), Bernardo Cuenca Grau (Oxford University), Martin Dzbor (Open University), Achille Fokoue (IBM Corporation), Christine Golbreich (Université de Versailles St-Quentin and LIRMM), Sandro Hawke (W3C/MIT), Ivan Herman (W3C/ERCIM), Rinke Hoekstra (University of Amsterdam), Ian Horrocks (Oxford University), Elisa Kendall (Sandpiper Software), Markus Krötzsch (FZI), Carsten Lutz (Universität Bremen), Deborah L. McGuinness (RPI), Boris Motik (Oxford University), Jeff Pan (University of Aberdeen), Bijan Parsia (University of Manchester), Peter F. Patel-Schneider (Bell Labs Research, Alcatel-Lucent), Alan Ruttenberg (Science Commons), Uli Sattler (University of Manchester), Michael Schneider (FZI), Mike Smith (Clark & Parsia), Evan Wallace (NIST), and Zhe Wu (Oracle Corporation). We would also like to thank past members of the working group: Jeremy Carroll, Jim Hendler, Vipul Kashyap.


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Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy - A Large Scale Multi-Criteria Programming Problem
- Radiation therapy planning is always a tight rope walk between dangerous insufficient dose in the target volume and life threatening overdosing of organs at risk. Finding ideal balances between these inherently contradictory goals challenges dosimetrists and physicians in their daily practice. Today's planning systems are typically based on a single evaluation function that measures the quality of a radiation treatment plan. Unfortunately, such a one dimensional approach cannot satisfactorily map the different backgrounds of physicians and the patient dependent necessities. So, too often a time consuming iteration process between evaluation of dose distribution and redefinition of the evaluation function is needed. In this paper we propose a generic multi-criteria approach based on Pareto's solution concept. For each entity of interest - target volume or organ at risk a structure dependent evaluation function is defined measuring deviations from ideal doses that are calculated from statistical functions. A reasonable bunch of clinically meaningful Pareto optimal solutions are stored in a data base, which can be interactively searched by physicians. The system guarantees dynamical planning as well as the discussion of tradeoffs between different entities. Mathematically, we model the upcoming inverse problem as a multi-criteria linear programming problem. Because of the large scale nature of the problem it is not possible to solve the problem in a 3D-setting without adaptive reduction by appropriate approximation schemes. Our approach is twofold: First, the discretization of the continuous problem is based on an adaptive hierarchical clustering process which is used for a local refinement of constraints during the optimization procedure. Second, the set of Pareto optimal solutions is approximated by an adaptive grid of representatives that are found by a hybrid process of calculating extreme compromises and interpolation methods.
Author: | T. Bortfeld, K-H. Küfer, M. Monz, A. Scherrer, C. Thieke, H. Trinkhaus |
URN (permanent link): | urn:nbn:de:hbz:386-kluedo-13085 |
Serie (Series number): | Berichte des Fraunhofer-Instituts für Techno- und Wirtschaftsmathematik (ITWM Report) (43) |
Document Type: | Report |
Language of publication: | English |
Year of Completion: | 2003 |
Year of Publication: | 2003 |
Publishing Institute: | Fraunhofer-Institut für Techno- und Wirtschaftsmathematik |
Date of the Publication (Server): | 2004/02/10 |
Tag: | : multiple criteria optimization; adaptive triangulation; clustering and disaggregation techniques; representative systems of Pareto solutions; visual |
Faculties / Organisational entities: | Fraunhofer (ITWM) |
DDC-Cassification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 51 Mathematik / 510 Mathematik |
Licence (German): | Standard gemäß KLUEDO-Leitlinien vor dem 27.05.2011 |

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This month's column deals with seismic waveforms and facies classification.
The shape and character of the seismic waveform is often used to characterize reservoir quality. This is because the seismic waveform carries information about the phase, frequency and amplitude – and any variation in these parameters is considered reflective of the lateral variations in lithology, porosity and fluid content.
If the shape and character of seismic waveforms in a given target zone can be studied using some pattern recognition type of a process, and then displayed in a map view, the display would indicate seismic facies variation at the target level.
One approach to pattern recognition is with the use of neural networks to compare seismic waveforms and group them into different classes.
Under this approach two types of methods could be distinguished, namely unsupervised and supervised classifications.
In the unsupervised method – apart from defining an analysis interval – no other a priori information is used for the classification of seismic traces into groups or classes. The supervised method uses the known information available at specific well locations for the classification process.
In this article, we discuss the unsupervised approach.
There are two steps to the process in the unsupervised classification:
♦ As the first step, all the traces within the interval of interest are analyzed using a neural network, and a series of synthetic traces (according to the user-defined number of groups) are generated that best represent the different shapes in the interval.
These synthetic traces are arranged in a progression (assigning numbers to these traces), which is examined to get a feel for the shapes of the waveforms.
♦ As the second step, each trace in the interval is compared with the different synthetic traces and those traces that have maximum correlation with a given synthetic trace are classified into a group.
The resulting map is essentially a facies map, which itself is essentially a similarity map of the actual traces to the different synthetic traces.
The seismic facies so generated also can be overlaid on a vertical seismic section to study their lateral variation. Evidently, this method does not require any input in the form of any well log or any guidance about where the character divisions should occur.
Once a seismic facies map is generated using unsupervised waveform classification, it is possible to apply the process again to individual classes. In that sense, the process is hierarchical and subdivides each class into smaller subsets. Iteratively applying it enhances the resolution of each class.
We discuss these two processes in the following application.
Western Canada's Middle Triassic Doig Formation is composed of argillaceous siltstone and calcareous shale. It is uncomformably overlain by the Halfway Formation and itself overlays the Montney Formation. It is seen to occur in northwestern Alberta, northeastern British Columbia and southern Yukon provinces of Canada.
While the maximum thickness of the Doig Formation reaches over 180 meters in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, it thins out to the north and the east.
Within the Doig Formation, thick sandstone bodies occur within the shale, and many of them are found to be economic hydrocarbon reservoirs – hence the attraction for their exploration and development.
Examination of the available core from the Doig sandstone reservoirs suggests an association between sedimentary facies such as shoreface, offshore transition and offshore/shelf. Phosphates and other accessory minerals in the Doig sandstone bodies can drive the gamma ray tool response and mask the sands, so correct identification of the bodies on logs requires multiple curves. The facies change quickly in both the vertical and the horizontal directions.
Recognition of these facies changes and characterization of the Doig sandstones serves as a useful input for exploration and development purposes.
In figure 1 we show a segment of a seismic section from a 3-D volume from northeast British Columbia. After correlation with the available log control, the Doig sandstone signature was located on the seismic data and is indicated with yellow arrows.
These high amplitude events seem isolated, but appear to have a deposition pattern on the horizon slice shown in figure 2a. Their deposition outline has been traced in black, as indicated.
Next, to study the facies variation exhibited by the sandstone, the upper horizon (in green) was tracked as the zero crossing event. For selecting the interval covering the seismic signature, the lower horizon was not picked as it was not a continuous and a smooth marker. Therefore, the upper horizon was used to generate the lower horizon by adding a constant 24 ms to it. This gives a consistent slab of waveform data bounded by the green and the cyan horizons, around the signature of the Doig sandstone and comprising a peak in between two troughs.
For performing waveform classification, the a priori specification of the number of desired classes was chosen as 12. The different classes with their color codes are shown in the inset next to figure 2b, and the shapes of the individual waveforms in the inset above.
Notice, the facies map in figure 2b shows a variation in terms of the colors, but the overall facies pattern seems to follow the sand boundary overlaid on it.
Realizing that the number of classes chosen may not have yielded an optimum facies variation, we next decided to adopt the hierarchical waveform classification.
We begin with four classes and the facies variation is shown in figure 3a.
On this display we notice that cyan and yellow colors do not represent the Doig sands of interest – but the blue and red colors do. So, next, we sub-divide these two colors and the results are shown in figure 3b.
Notice, this display shows an even distribution to all the colors within the sand boundary, and so a reasonable facies variation.
Seismic waveform classification thus represents a useful tool for studying the facies variation within an amplitude map representing a particular lithology or different lithologies, which happens to be the Doig sandstone in this case.
This classification represents a qualitative way of extracting useful facies variation. More work needs to be done in such cases to ascertain the authenticity of such facies variations and their correlation with the available well log control.
Such works will form the basis for similar articles in the future issues of the GeoCorner.
I thank James Keay for useful discussions with regards to the geological description of the Doig sands, and I also thank Arcis Seismic Solutions for permission to present this work.
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Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet
Sir David Baird, Bt | |
Portrait by John Watson Gordon, c. 1825
Born | Newbyth House, East Lothian |
6 December 1757
Died | 18 August 1829 | (aged 71)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/branch | British Army |
Rank | General |
Commands held | Ireland |
Battles/wars | |
Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath |
General Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet GCB (6 December 1757 – 18 August 1829) was a British military leader.
Military career[edit]
He was born at Newbyth House in Haddingtonshire, Scotland, the son of an Edinburgh merchant family,[1] and entered the British Army in 1772. He was sent to India in 1779 with the 73rd (afterwards 71st) Highlanders, in which he was a captain. Immediately on his arrival, Baird was attached to the force commanded by Sir Hector Munro, which was sent forward to assist the detachment of Colonel Baillie, threatened by Hyder Ali. In the action which followed the whole force was destroyed, and Baird, severely wounded, fell into the hands of the Mysore chief. The prisoners remained captive for over four years. Baird's mother, on hearing that her son and other prisoners were in fetters, is said to have remarked, "God help the chiel chained to our Davie." The bullet was not extracted from Baird's wound until his release. [2]
He was promoted to major in 1787, visited England in 1789, and purchased a lieutenant-colonelcy in 1790, returning to India the following year. He held a brigade command in the war against Tippoo Sultan, and served under Lord Cornwallis in the Seringapatam operations of 1792. He captured Pondicherry being promoted colonel in 1795. Baird served also at the Cape of Good Hope as a brigadier-general, and he returned to India as a major-general in 1798. In the last war against Tippoo in 1799 Baird was appointed to the senior brigade command in the army. At the successful assault of Seringapatam, Baird led the storming party, and soon took the stronghold where he had previously been a prisoner. [2]
Disappointed that the command of the large contingent of the nizam was given to the then Colonel Arthur Wellesley, and that after the capture of the fortress the same officer obtained the governorship, Baird felt he had been treated with injustice and disrespect. He later received the thanks of parliament and of the Honourable East India Company for his gallant bearing on that important day, and a pension was offered him by the Company, which he declined, apparently in the hope of receiving the Order of the Bath from the government. General Baird commanded the Indian army which was sent in 1801 to co-operate with Ralph Abercromby in the expulsion of the French from Egypt. Wellesley was appointed second in command, but owing to ill-health did not accompany the expedition. Baird landed at Kosseir, conducted his army across the desert to Kena on the Nile, and then to Cairo. He arrived before Alexandria in time for the final operations. [2]
On his return to India in 1802, he was employed against Sindhia, but being irritated at another appointment given to Wellesley he relinquished his command and returned to Europe. In 1804 he was knighted, and in 1805—1806, being by now a lieutenant-general, he commanded the expedition against the Cape of Good Hope with complete success, capturing Cape Town and forcing the Dutch general Janssens to surrender. But here again his usual ill luck attended him. Commodore Sir Home Popham persuaded Sir David to lend him troops for an expedition against Buenos Aires; the successive failures of operations against this place involved the recall of Baird early in 1807, though on his return home he was quickly re-employed as a divisional general in the Copenhagen expedition of 1807. During the bombardment of Copenhagen, Baird was wounded. [2]
Shortly after his return, he was sent out to the Peninsular War in command of a considerable force which was sent to Spain to cooperate with Sir John Moore, to whom he was appointed second in command. It was Baird's misfortune that he was junior by a few days both to Moore and to Lord Cavan, under whom he had served at Alexandria, and thus never had an opportunity of a chief command in the field. At the Battle of Corunna, he succeeded to the supreme command after Moore's death, but shortly afterwards his left arm was shattered, and the command passed to Sir John Hope. Once again thanked by parliament for his gallant services, he was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Bath and a baronet in 1809. He was not employed again in the field, and personal and political enmities caused him to be neglected and repeatedly passed over. [2]
He was not given the full rank of general until 1814, and his governorship of Kinsale was given five years later. In 1820 he was appointed commander-in-chief in Ireland and made a Privy Counsellor for Ireland, but the command was soon reduced, and he resigned in 1822.[2]
Sir David Baird was the fifth son of an Edinburgh merchant, William Baird of Newbyth, who was grandson of Sir Robert Baird, Bart., of Saughton, and cousin and heir of Sir John Baird, Bart., of Newbyth, and Alicia Johnston.
Sir David married Anne Preston Menzies Campbell Preston, daughter and heiress of Major Patrick Preston, Younger of Valleyfield, on 4 August 1810.
He died on 18 August 1829 at age 71, without issue, and was succeeded by his nephew, David, the son of Robert Baird and Hersey Christina Maria Gavin.
His widow erected an obelisk to him at Crieff.
Popular culture[edit]
Baird appears as a character in the Richard Sharpe series of novels, focusing on his role in the 1799 Mysore campaign, and the 1807 expedition to Copenhagen. Baird is shown as hearty, bluff likeable man, and is friendly towards Sharpe. He is described as being able to move within the high society, Though an officer, he was complimented to be fearless, he can outswear any sergeant and was as tough as an enlisted man. Though a high-ranking officer, he leads from the front with the men.
Baird also appears as a commanding General in the naval fiction book The Only Victor by Alexander Kent.[3] This is set just before Baird's successful campaign to capture Cape Town of which he eventually became the Governor.
Baird's role in the capture of Cape Town is described in some detail by Julian Stockwin in his novel "Conquest", published in 2011, as is Baird's role in the attack on Buenos Aires in Stockwin's book "Betrayal", released in 2012.
Baird is one of several 17th and 18th century generals, used as computer opponent identities in many computer adaptations of the board game Risk.
- ^ "Seringapatam sword". National Museums Scotland. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f Chisholm 1911.
- ^ The Only Victor [Book] ISBN 0-09-949769-7
- Attribution
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Baird, Sir David". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet. |
- Theodore Hook, Life of Sir David Baird.
- Leigh Rayment's list of baronets [self-published source][better source needed]
- thePeerage.com
- Brendan Carnduff, 'Baird, Sir David, first baronet (1757–1829)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004.
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Updated the bug tracker:
* Added Search function - it will search Summary and Description ("Issue") both through wildcard matching (i.e. You search "bite" it finds the word "bite" in "Frostbite" as well as "bite me"). It is NOT Case-Sensitive.
* Consolidated the Realms to WotLK and Cataclysm. The reports through the website will still need to be selected as KA/DA/BA due to the linking in the cores but will be displayed as WotLK or Cataclysm.
* Consolidated viewing of your own issues into [My Issues] for all realms.
* Added paging. The system will show the first 20 results and a Prev/Next for new pages. This is for all pages including search. I know..it doesn't disable these if there are no more pages or previous pages. Frivolous feature imo.
* Moved "Resolved" bugs into their own [Resolved Issues] section. Updated [All Issues] to now be [Current Issues] as in "Open" or "Confirmed" issues.
* Updated the character auto-selector for website bug reports to be the first character you created on the server you are reporting to. This should prevent missing characters..unless you, of course, delete that first character. Previously, it was using the last created character. It needs to use a character because of the tie-in to the cores. I was going to add the account listing but it causes issues on the core report system. This change is NOT retroactive.
* Cleaned up the column headers "OrderBy" system (i.e. When you click "Id" it lists by "Id" either Ascending "1 2 3" or Descending "3 2 1" and will switch between the two). Including this fix into the page numbering system as well. This works for all headers that are not textual.
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Due to the lack of updates from core Devs. I decided to revert the core back to the version we ran during the beta tests. I re-applied all the spell/talent fixes we added since then. The two main issues the newer core added were deadlock and instance fixes. I added my own version of these fixes which are much less likely to cause crash problems.
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There's not much else that I can do at this point. It doesn't make any sense..why was it so stable during beta and now even Dark Ash is crashing with even less people than the Test Server was running? Something had to have changed...
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By Jason Peck, photo by Emily Harney Ive never doubted Peter Manfredo Jr.s heart, his likeability or his willingness to fight. Indeed, Ive heard more than a few people compare him to Arturo Gatti, a charismatic underdog who rallies the fans despite lacking the talent of an elite pugilist. And like Gatti, that marketability gets Manfredo into fights way over his head. I was rather concerned to see that Manfredo will fight Sakio Bika this week. Fans say that Manfredo has a chance; reality says he doesnt. And if Manfredo does make it past Bika, the Pride of Providence still has a long way to go. Gatti may have been B-list, but he still had powerful weapons that made him dangerous against superior competition. Unless Manfredo makes some improvements, hes doomed to forever remain a journeyman.. In the meantime, Manfredo is just tough. But any trainer from Emanuel Steward to Clint Eastwood can tell you that isnt enough. Despite all the insults, people forget that Gatti actually had considerable but not elite boxing skills and excellent movement around the ring. More importantly, for much of his career he had the brutal one-punch power that could snatch victory from the jaws of a shut-out defeat in a single blow. More than once, it did. Similar fan favorites like Micky Ward and Glen Johnson likewise had tools that didnt always win the fight, but always kept them competitive. Even top fighters dreaded the Ward body shot, and Johnsons astonishing work rate guarantees a tough night. By contrast, Manfredo brings little to help him against the top-tier in the super-middleweight division. He doesnt have sufficient power, he doesnt have the speed to evade and he doesnt have the boxing skills to out-hustle. When the bell rings on Thursday, Bika has no reason for caution. To be fair, Manfedo showed some punch when he KOs fighters such as Joey Spina and Donny McCrary, but get real. That punch is still insignificant when compared to top super-middles like Mikkel Kessler, Carl Froch and Lucien Bute. Admittedly, both Manfredo and Bika earned significant career boosts by appearing on the Contender TV program, but thats where the similarities end. Many of the early Contender stars clearly put on weight just to make the show. Its interesting the note that Alfonso Gomez, who gave Manfredo the first loss of his career, subsequently dropped way down and campaigned at welterweight. According to Boxrec, Sergio Mora, who defeated Manfredo twice, likewise cut down a weight class as well. Should Manfredo have taken a cue from his co-stars and trimmed down? I for one think so. In fact, I can see him having far more success at a lighter weight class than at super-middle. Manfredo himself fought as a junior middleweight in his pre-Contender days. Since then, hes fighting as a super-middleweight a tremendous weight difference by any standard, which exposes the fighter to different styles and a different class that requires a different emphasis. Of course, I could be wrong. Maybe Manfredo will pull off the upset of the year and claim the IBO trinket from Bika. If so, Ill be the first to admit I was wrong. But Ive got a pretty good idea that my prediction will be on the money.
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GQ&A: One Direction
By Kevin Perry 30 November 11
Inside a shopping centre in West London, a heavily built bodyguard leads GQ.com through a crowd of screaming teenage girls. The squeal is high-pitched and deafening but the five young men at the centre of this vortex of noise are unfazed. Since finishing third on last year's X Factor, One Direction's Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, and Harry Styles have gone on to release "What Makes You Beautiful", the fastest selling single of 2011, as well as their debut album Up All Night. Stepping inside the circle of security, minders and press officers who make up their day-to-day coterie the first thing we notice is how tired everybody looks. Everybody, that is, except for the boy-band themselves, who are a wide-eyed bundle of hyperactivity. Here the band talk about fans bearing vegetables, creative merchandise and whether they'll write a "diary of naughtiness".
GQ.com: Did you have a good time at GQ Men Of The Year?
Louis: One of the best nights we've had this year, wasn't
Niall: Just being in the same room as Bono was great. Stephen Fry's speech was incredible as well.
Harry: Bill Nighy looked sick.
Liam: When Johnny Depp popped out I couldn't believe
You already have your own action figures - what other
merchandise do you aspire to?
Liam: Can we get waxworks at Madame Tussauds? We've never thought
about that.
Harry: We're doing Transformers. Louis transforms into a car.
Like a Porsche or something...
Louis: We're doing women's lingerie as well.
JLS have their own range of condoms. Do
you fancy creating your own line?
Louis: We're not going to go down that road...
Harry: Though we are all for safe sex.
Louis: We're all about femidoms. That's the future. That's an
exclusive right there!
Zayn: Why should we have to carry
them? [laughs]
What's the most important item on your
Harry: People put stuff in our room, but we don't go there and
tell them what we need. Basically, if you can get a cup of tea or a
bottle of water it's fine.
Liam: We get sweets just because we're kids.
We noticed fans keep bringing you
Louis: In week one of the X Factor, just to be a little bit quirky,
I decided to say that I like girls who eat carrots. Ever since I've
had lots and lots and lots of carrots.
Zayn: That's why he's very tanned.
Louis: And why I'm also very good at seeing in the dark.
What's the strangest gift you've got from a
Louis: Sanitary towels stuck to the window of the car.
Zayn: They'd put their Twitter names on it.
Is that a good tactic to get One Direction to follow you
on Twitter?
Louis: We didn't actually follow them because it was taken away so
Niall: For some reason I didn't want to touch them...
It does seem a bit... unsanitary.
Louis: I like what you did there!
[One Direction give GQ.com a impromptu round of applause. We
feel like Oscar Wilde.]
Liam: Save that in the memory bank.
Can you recommend a good book?
Niall: One Direction: Dare to Dream.
Louis: James Corden's new autobiography [May I
Have Your Attention Please?].
Liam: Russell Brand's My Booky Wook.
Zayn: This is going to make me sound like a geek, but I read a
book called On A Wing and A Prayer. I think it was about
World War I.
Niall: Michael Buble's Onstage, Offstage.
Liam: The script of An Inspector Calls. That's the only
one I've ever read.
Harry: You've only ever read one book in your life?
Liam: Yes.
Niall: Me too. It was called: How To Kill A Mocking
Liam: Wasn't it just called To Kill A Mocking Bird?
Harry: It's confusing because you're 200 pages in and the bird
still hasn't died.
What music do you love that would surprise
Liam: Bing Crosby.
Louis: Bombay Bicycle Club.
Liam: Two Door Cinema Club. Daniel O'Donnell. I'm just coming up
with random words now. Two Milk Bottles and an Egg!
We understand that you all own monogrammed full-size
babygro-style "onesies"?
Louis: These boys have stopped wearing them but I have loads
of onesies at home. I know they don't necessarily look sick but
they're so comfy.
Zayn: They're good for when you're chilled out at home. You can't
always look tip-top.
Liam: I bet you sit in one at home.
Do you get chatted up a lot on tour?
Liam: Honestly, because we're taken from the venue to the hotel
and whatever else you don't really see much in between. We don't
really go out, but this tour will be different because we're all 18
Niall: Supermarket sweep!
So this tour will be a bit more Mötley
[cue blank expressions from One Direction so GQ.com explains
who Mötley Crüe are, with particular reference to their candid rock
confessional The Dirt]
Niall: I can't wait for that! Can we do one?
Liam: A diary of naughtiness?
Harry: Ours would be more like The Virgin Diaries.
Liam: Porn... without the illustrations.
Louis: Just porn!
Liam: This interview's gone horribly wrong.
[One Direction's PR intervenes and starts wrapping up the interview...]
Harry: We're all adults here. We've all seen our share of...
Liam: No, you haven't! You're still 17! Shut up!
Louis: I find the whole porn thing quite...
Liam: Derogatory?
Niall: Objectifying?
Harry: I think it's derogatory.
Liam: It can be a bad influence on youngsters...
Louis: ...but sometimes it's great.
Harry: Sometimes it's amazing!
Liam: You're 17, shut up! Louis, you brought this up! We've
brought this upon ourselves.
Harry: This is going to be a great read.
One Direction's debut album Up All Night is out now
hahahhaha they're so funny :)
- Jess
- 02 Dec 2011
OMG, i love them! s2 UAHSUAHS
- Rebeca
- 05 Dec 2011
- Zara
- 06 Dec 2011
yes harry, it was a good read :D
- kelly
- 08 Dec 2011
Lol they are funny!!! Louis I love you <3!!!!!!!
- Anna
- 10 Dec 2011
omg harry is soooooo hot i love him ahhhhhhhh
- faye
- 10 Dec 2011
Love how they banter and joke amongst themselves and Zayn just keeps quiet, not wanting to get himself into anything unnecessary HAHA
- Zoe
- 16 Dec 2011
i have fallen in love with them <333333
- andrea
- 21 Dec 2011
OMG I Love Them ! They are amaZAYN ! :D
- Camille
- 22 Dec 2011
I love them so muchhh but more my baby zayn I love him so much his amazing I love him so muchhhhhhhhh <3
- aysunzayn
- 22 Dec 2011
I luv u guys ur like my beautiful life luv u till i die! They r hot but ir my baby louis luv u to bits<3
- Umeraa
- 23 Dec 2011
pahahahahaahhaahahahahahahaahaha!! What even!? loling at Harry talking about porn and Liam telling him to shut it because hes only 17 xD
- Daisy
- 28 Dec 2011
love the fact Liam started freaking out while talking about porn haha gotta love Daddy Direction
- jazmin
- 16 Jan 2012
Hazza's now 18 :D lol, such a funny interview, I remember reading 'To Kill A Mockingbird' in school, =P LOVE YOU GUYS 1D! ❤❤❤
- Directioner4ever
- 03 Feb 2012
Omg Niall ur reading the same book as me that's the best book ever
- Martina
- 04 Feb 2012
Hehe i can actually imagine them! They are so funny! Love em so much...
- Emily
- 04 Feb 2012
Love you Louis!!! <3
- Emily
- 04 Feb 2012
Is there a video of this interview?
- paola
- 12 Feb 2012
I lovee youu guys ! <3333333333
- Saraa :)
- 14 Feb 2012
i love you guys,and i also 'j'adore' lol niall iloveyouniall! im coming on the one direction tour in a couple of months aswell, see you there;) L O V E Y O U ! <3 <3
- shaanon(:
- 17 Feb 2012
ILOVEYOUNIALL!! LOL this is sooo funnieh!
- Hannahhh:D
- 22 Feb 2012
Me and my best friend think Liam is so hot. We both love you guys. Your amazing. I am like your biggest fan. An I hope I get to go to one of your tours. You guys are amazing. Grrr Liam your so hot. Love ya xxxxxxxxx April and Katrina Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (x100000) :) :) <3
- April
- 27 Feb 2012
Hey guy m and my friend just live you guys. But Liam your so hot n your the best. M and my best friend Katrina love you guys so much. What makes you beautiful best song. Can not wait to see you guys live on tour. Liam. Me and my friend just fight over you can your just so hot. Love you guys April an Katrina xxxxxxxxx x (1000000)
- April
- 27 Feb 2012
aw you guys are hilarious i love all of you, you are all so hot! i cant wait to see you at your melbourne concert!! xoxoxo
- nicole
- 01 Mar 2012
I just want to marry them all. They are my inspiration and I adore them so.
- Melissa
- 05 Mar 2012
common is there a video about it....please tell me :D hahaha they're all nuts......love Liam and how he kept saying to Harry you're 17 hahahahha LOL common gq find us the video pleasee :P
- Tringa
- 07 Mar 2012
Sooooo cute ! §♥♥♥
- Caroline_Tomlinson♥
- 09 Mar 2012
i love you !!
- Mrs Niall Horan xx <3
- 20 Mar 2012
You guys are the bomb come to Georgia next time your in the states
- rayna mcleod
- 25 Mar 2012
i love u do u love me love u soo much u are all so ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ? xxxxxxxx love u x
- Chloe hall
- 27 Mar 2012


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Cloud computing is set to infiltrate every organisation over the coming months and years, with or without the approval of the chief information officers (CIO).
According to Computacenter, 98.9 per cent of organisations surveyed said they already use at least one cloud service within their IT operation.
The firm claimed the data centre needs to continually adapt to cope with planned and unplanned demands from the business.
This is an issue which has intensified with huge virtualisation sprawl and the expectations of cloud computing, Computacenter argued.
"With off-premise options snapping at the heels of the corporate data centre, IT departments need to ensure their on-premise services meet current and future business needs," the firm stated.
"And that means lower costs, greater agility and higher availability."
Computacenter said the cloud brings "key benefits" set to transform the way IT is consumed within the enterprise, including cost, flexibility and agility.
The challenge for most organisations is maintaining control in the face of the increasing consumerisation of IT, it noted.
"Cloud gains much of its efficiency through very high utilisation, with many cloud services providers' data centres running at 50 per cent or higher," the firm stated.
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The left-hand section is the well-named Long Wall, which is home to some reasonable short (and not so short) routes, mostly with grotty exits. An abseil descent is normal from the old fixed gear - care required. There is some good bouldering on the lower section of the face.
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The fate of task-irrelevant visual motion: perceptual load versus feature-based attention.
Taya, Shuichiro, Adams, Wendy J., Graf, Erich W. and Lavie, Nilli (2009) The fate of task-irrelevant visual motion: perceptual load versus feature-based attention. Journal of Vision, 9, (12), 12-[10pp]. (doi:10.1167/9.12.12).
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We tested contrasting predictions derived from perceptual load theory and from recent feature-based selection accounts. Observers viewed moving, colored stimuli and performed low or high load tasks associated with one stimulus feature, either color or motion. The resultant motion aftereffect (MAE) was used to evaluate attentional allocation. We found that task-irrelevant visual features received less attention than co-localized task-relevant features of the same objects. Moreover, when color and motion features were co-localized yet perceived to belong to two distinct surfaces, feature-based selection was further increased at the expense of object-based co-selection. Load theory predicts that the MAE for task-irrelevant motion would be reduced with a higher load color task. However, this was not seen for co-localized features; perceptual load only modulated the MAE for task-irrelevant motion when this was spatially separated from the attended color location. Our results suggest that perceptual load effects are mediated by spatial selection and do not generalize to the feature domain. Feature-based selection operates to suppress processing of task-irrelevant, co-localized features, irrespective of perceptual load
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Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Psychology > Division of Cognition |
ePrint ID: | 69680 |
Date Deposited: | 26 Nov 2009 |
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Does it sometimes seem that the Mass just happens while you sit there? Maybe you are a recent convert, or perhaps you've attended Mass your whole life, but there are still things that puzzle you - like when you should genuflect and when you should bow...what the different books used at Mass are and what they contain...the meaning of the words such as "Amen," Alleluia," or "Hosanna"...what to do during the sign of peace.
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Known for ushering in a whiff of modernism in Malayalam novels in the 1960s, novelist George Varghese Kakkanadan, who passed away on Wednesday at the age of 76, was a great storyteller who charmed readers through challenging Malayalam writing styles of the time.
It all began 50 years ago in New Delhi where he was having a cushy job in Railways. But he saw his stint with Railways a part of the journey to his cherished destination: a novelist. And when he felt that he reached the destination after a 10-year journey, he disembarked from Railways.
He himself had once said that he found Railways uncertain and so sought a way out to take him to the tracks of writing. Though he had started writing much before the railway stint and even wrote the novel Vasoori, it was his second novel Sakshi that brought him laurels.
The book had a great impact on the younger generation of Malayalam readers and was credited with breaking new grounds in Malayalam literature. Though labelled by his readers as a 'formidable ultramodern Malayalam writer,' Kakkanadan himself was of the view that modernism in literature has no convincing rationale.
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During an interview with The Hindu several years ago, he said "the writings of Shakespeare, Tolstoy, and even Kalidasan had all the ingredients which work to make a literary creation modern. It is just my style of writing which was interpreted by readers as modern."
There were times when he completed a novel within two months. The first two were followed by Ushnamekhala, Ajnathayude Thazhvara, Parankimala, Ezham Mudra, Edavapathi, Barsaathi, Ee Naikaluday Lokam, and Orodha, which won him the 1984 Kerala Sahithya Akademi award. Then came Mazha Nizhal Pradesham, Colossus, and other short-story collections.
The compulsive writer began to experience 'inertia' with the publication of Colossus. A cataract operation in 1998 and diabetes led to the disinclination though there was no dearth of ideas. During the interview, he said his magnum opus was yet to come and that he was working on two novels.
One of them he named as Kshatriyan, which he said would be his own story and his swan song. "Its publication will take time since I do not want to compromise on quality". But fate had it that Kakkanadan had to finish his journey without completing it.
Though he had the opportunity to closely know veteran Communist leaders and his house was a hideout for leaders such as M.N. Govindan Nair and T.V. Thomas during the days when communists were hounded, Kakkanadan had said that he was never impressed by Communism and that he never had any political leanings.
"I believe in God, but it confuses me when someone asks me to indentify the God I believe." In his words, the members of all religions are fundamentalists, but it is when these fundamentalists get converted into fanatics that they thirst for each others blood.
Kakkanadan had admitted with pride that the Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky had a tremendous influence on him and his works. But his source of inspiration was life itself. He was of the opinion that young Malayalam writers are writings and Malayalam literature as such would grow richer through them.
Keywords: Kakkanadan death, Malayalam novelist, Kakkanadan, novel Sakshi, novel Vasoori


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I don't know what to name our unborn child!!
I am currently 2 months pregnant (I know it's early but I am unpatient lol) And I don't know what name to choose for a girl. We have Brantley Andrew for a boy picked out and we had Emery Antoinette for a girl but my husband really likes the name Tallulah Skye. We want a nice country girl name. We have a 3 year old son named Rayden Thomas. I would just like some ideas on country girl names and what you think about Tallulah and Emery.. Please no rude comments!! Thank You :)
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well Antoinette was my mothers middle name so it has nothing to do with being country I just love how Emery Antoinette goes together.posted 05/23/2013 by wowursohxc
I like Emery better than Tallulah, and Sky better than Antoinette. That last one doesn't sound very country to me...posted 05/23/2013 by a BabyCenter Member
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This Love Is Not For Cowards
Salvation and Soccer in Ciudad Juárez
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More than ten people are murdered every day in Ciudad Juárez, a city about the size of Philadelphia. As Mexico has descended into a feudal narco-state-one where cartels, death squads, the army, and local police all fight over billions of dollars in profits from drug and human trafficking-the border city of Juárez has been hit hardest of all. And yet, more than a million people still live there. They even love their impoverished city, proudly repeating its mantra: "Amor por Juárez."
Nothing exemplifies the spirit and hope of Juarenses more than the Indios, the city's beloved but hard-luck soccer team. Sport may seem a meager distraction, but to many it's a lifeline. It drew charismatic American midfielder Marco Vidal back from Dallas to achieve the athletic dreams of his Mexican father. Team owner Francisco Ibarra and Mayor José Reyes Ferriz both thrive on soccer. So does the dubiously named crew of Indios fans, El Kartel. In this honest, unflinching, and powerful book, Robert Andrew Powell chronicles a season of soccer in this treacherous city just across the Rio Grande, and the moments of pain, longing, and redemption along the way. As he travels across Mexico with the team, Powell reflects on this struggling nation and its watchful neighbor to the north. This story is not just about sports, or even community, but the strength of humanity in a place where chaos reigns.
Robert Andrew Powell is the author of "We Own This Game" (Grove/Atlantic, 2003), a story of race, politics and football in Miami. The book was excerpted in Sports Illustrated; the magazine later named it one of the Best Books of 2003. His journalism has appeared in the New York Times, the New York Times Magazine, Play, Slate, Mother Jones, Inc., 5280, Sports Illustrated, Runner's World, the Kansas City Star, on public radio's "This American Life with Ira Glass," and in the "Best American Sports Writing" anthology. He also produced a documentary film, "Year of the Bull," which first aired on Showtime. He has won a James Beard Award for his food writing and twice been a finalist for the Livingston Award. He lives in Miami.
"[I]n this clear-eyed and humane book Powell has succeeded in introducing his readers to a truth behind the grim and monotonous headlines." —Boston Globe
"Terrific. Fantastic. A hell of a book. In the best tradition of literary journalism, Robert Andrew Powell finds the story we'd missed in our own backyard, using the love of soccer to reveal the humanity that survives in hyper-violent Ciudad Juárez. This is the best sports non-fiction I've read in a long, long time."— Grant Wahl, New York Times bestselling author of The Beckham Experiment"To call This Love Is Not For Cowards a sports book does it an injustice. Powell tackles a subject that actually should matter to Americans: The bloody breakdown of civic life just over the U.S. border — and the ways it can corrode even the most detached observer's soul. Daring, honest and wielding a pitch-perfect ear, he uses soccer to chart Juarez's ultra-violent anarchy the way the best correspondents chronicle war. He leaps into the devil's playground — and reports the hell out of it."—S.L. Price, senior writer, Sports Illustrated"The most dangerous game is believing in life. Robert Andrew Powell takes us into the most murderous city in the world, where a soccer team and its fans teach us how to live and why. This book will save your life by giving you life."—Charles Bowden, author of Murder City"Candid . . . Unsentimental and deeply humane."—Kirkus Reviews"[A]n edgy, anecdotal view of a place where 'Murder is effectively legal'… Powell captures surreal feelings of beauty and desolation, exuberance and danger. Though the Indios fail and fail big, Powell succeeds brilliantly . . . An eye-opening and unforgettable account of a part of the world that, for all its notoriety, is effectively invisible."—Booklist (starred review)
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The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has identified groundwater contamination from a former dry cleaning business between Maple and Central and both sides of Tyler Road.
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Taz - Unregistered November 11, 2011 2:55 PM If they couldn't have proved anything then why did he pay him..... 4 agree 4 disagree
hotlaps November 11, 2011 4:12 PM sort of on the lines of -"but Officer,I was only speeding to try and get home before I ran out of petrol . ." Reply Report abuse 1 agree 0 disagree
Jarvissimo - Unregistered November 11, 2011 4:20 PM This is from the man who wheels and deals in billion pound deals with the likes of Ferrari, Mclaren, Honda BMW etc and backs THEM into a corner. Give in to a single little blackmailer..... i dont think so. 2 agree 1 disagree
Dangerous Dave - Unregistered November 11, 2011 4:57 PM Thats alright then Bernie! we are all confident that your integrity remains untarnished and any suggestion of impropriety on your part would be nothing but a malicious rumour. In fact, your elevation to the realms of Mother Teresa are surely written in stone! 2 agree 2 disagree
mrfill - Unregistered November 11, 2011 5:23 PM What with the 95m house and now the 12m wedding it looks like Bernies daughter has exceeded the RRA for this year -even though its less than 0.5 percent of his wealth. 1 agree 0 disagree
Fuzzmadness November 11, 2011 5:36 PM First post on crash.net from myself, I've been a huge fan of motorsport for 30+ years 2 wheels and 4. Let's not forget he was granted immunity before testimony! This always stinks and is normally only used when a guilty party is needed to testify against another guilty party e.g Mafia and other crime syndicates well criminals in general.. If you didn't do it why pay up or get given immunity. I'm not going to slander him but their is a lot of forgotten/hidden and re-written history with this guy and the old guard of F1. Reply Report abuse 5 agree 2 disagree
Skid Carrera - Unregistered November 11, 2011 5:37 PM Calm down everyone! It's a simple as this - you don't get to be in Bernie's position without wheeling and dealing on a daily basis. Most of us wouldn't be prepared to do what he's done, and still does, which is why he's a self-made billionaire and we're not. Unless there are any billionaires reading. 2 agree 2 disagree
Fuzzmadness November 11, 2011 6:12 PM @ Skid Carrera very valid point and no I'm not a billionaire but I know enough about businesses and taxes to understand that you don't get to that point of being a self made billionaire without very good accountants/ personal managers/ advisors/ tax specialists who you pay to be fully aware of every aspect of your financial situations and tax obligations due to the nature of all the deals, meetings, legal paperwork. If these people are true professionals they'll have full information and any investigation would be easy to answer. He admits he couldn't take the risk of a costly liability upto 2billion as he couldn't be sure there wouldn't be any evidence to prove but there migt have been so he paid nearly 30million to this bloke and he now faces an investigation anyway. All I'm saying is something smells. Reply Report abuse 1 agree 0 disagree
107SS2009 November 11, 2011 7:26 PM It looks like the start of a new era leading to a change not only of ownership but also of a new way of operating F1 is not far off. Reply Report abuse 2 agree 0 disagree
jim - Unregistered November 11, 2011 9:12 PM Once Bernie leaves, retires or passes the main F1 teams will break away and form their own series. That will be the real F1, less rules with more money controlled by the teams.Why allow others to profit from the sport when you can spend it all innovating. 3 agree 0 disagree


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Monday, January 30, 2012
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5.9 million - Jews killed in the Holocaust [Source]
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3 million - deaths related to the Crusades from 1095-1291 [Source]
2.5 million - US military dead and wounded from all US wars combined [Source]
2.5 million - deaths from the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia [Source]
2.4 million - deaths by any cause in the US in 2009 (excepting abortion) [Source]
1.5 million - deaths from human sacrifice by Aztecs 1300-1521 [Source]
1 million - deaths in the Soviet Gulag from 1934-1953 [Source]
800,000 - deaths in Rwandan genocide [Source]
230,000 - deaths in 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake/tsunami [Source]
145,000 - immediate deaths from atomic bombings of Hiroshima/Nagasaki [Source]
5,000 - number executed by the Spanish Inquisition from 1560-1700 [Source]
4,743 - number of lynchings in US from 1882-1968 [Source]
2,996 - deaths in September 11th, 2011 terrorist attacks [Source]
1,278 - number of executions (capital punishment) in the US since 1976 [Source]
916 - deaths from SARS worldwide from November 2002 to August 2003 [Source]
25 - deaths from Salem Witch Trials [Source]
49,989,958 - TOTAL of all the above
50,000,000 - abortions in the US from 1973-2008 [Source]
43,800,000 - abortions worldwide in 2008 alone [Source]
Lord have mercy.
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Thank you so much for sharing this! It truly puts into perspective the horror we have all come to accept as routine and perfectly acceptable. We kill based on a person's address. If it is outside the womb, you are safe. If it is inside the womb, you are fair game. Ei mihi! Domine, misere nobis!
Yes, that's right, the 2.4 million number does not include abortion. And yes, when you remember that there are about 1.2 million abortions a year, it's astounding that if abortions were added, the number of death per year would go up by 50%. Fully 1/3 of all deaths in this country are from abortion. Astounding.- AnonymousFebruary 1, 2012 at 12:32 PM
The list of deaths is valuable. However there are at least two omissions.
One - The Holodomor, a man-made famine deliberately caused by the Soviets in the Ukrainian SSR between 1932 and 1933 killed between 2.4 and 7.5 million.
Two - About 1.5 million Irish were starved to death in the period 1846-1851. During these years Ireland produced enough food, flax and wool not only to feed and clothe its nine million people, but enough for eighteen million. The deaths from starvation were not caused by a shortage of food but by the British government's choice not to close the ports, which were exporting food, as had been done in previous Irish crop blights.
Though lists like this often ignore it there was an Irish Genocide which went on for centuries in which the British killed uncounted millions of the Irish.
Incidentally, most of the slaves brought to the new world by Britain in the 17th century were Irish.


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To: | Mark Lord <liml@xxxxxx> |
Subject: | Re: [PATCH, RFC] xfs: batched discard support |
From: | James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxx> |
Date: | Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:42:36 -0600 |
Cc: | Ric Wheeler <rwheeler@xxxxxxxxxx>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>, Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx, linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, jens.axboe@xxxxxxxxxx, IDE/ATA development list <linux-ide@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Neil Brown <neilb@xxxxxxx> |
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On Thu, 2009-08-20 at 10:38 -0400, Mark Lord wrote: > Would it still be okay to do the TRIMs when the entire parity stripe > (across all members) is being discarded? (As opposed to just partial > data there being dropped) Not really. The problem is that array verification is done at the block level not the fs level (although, I suppose, we could change that). So a fully discarded stripe still has to verify OK (as in what's read for the parity must match what's read for the data). All of this is the reason for the TPRZ bit for SCSI UNMAP ... and why WRITE_SAME is also under consideration for discards in T10. James |
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