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LaTeX/Tips and Tricks< LaTeX
Always writing LaTeX in romanEdit
If you insert the \LaTeX command in an area with a non-default font, it will be formatted accordingly. If you want to keep LaTeX written in Computer Modern roman shape, you must redefine the function. However, the naive
\renewcommand{\LaTeX}{{\rm \LaTeX}}
will output:
TeX capacity exceeded , sorry [ grouping levels =255].
So you need to create a temporary variable.
\renewcommand{\LaTeX}{{\rm \LaTeXtemp}}
does not work as well.
We must use the TeX primitive \let instead.
\renewcommand{\LaTeX}{{\rm \LaTeXtemp }}
id est and exempli gratia (i.e. and e.g.)Edit
If you simply use the forms "
i.e." or "
e.g.", LaTeX will treat the periods as end of sentence periods (i.e. full stop) since they are followed by a space, and add more space before the next "sentence". To prevent LaTeX from adding space after the last period, the correct syntax is either "
i.e.\ " or "
e.g.\ ".
Depending on style (e.g., The Chicago Manual of Style), a comma can be used afterwards, which is interpreted by LaTeX as part of a sentence, since the period is not followed by any space. In this case, "
i.e.," and "
e.g.," do not need any special attention.
If the command
\frenchspacing is used in the preamble, the space between sentences is always consistent.
Grouping Figure/Equation Numbering by SectionEdit
For long documents the numbering can become cumbersome as the numbers reach into double and triple digits. To reset the counters at the start of each section and prefix the numbers by the section number, include the following in the preamble.
The same can be done with similar counter types and document units such as "subsection".
Generic headerEdit
As explained in the previous sections, a LaTeX source can be used to generate both a DVI and a PDF file. For very basic documents the source is the same but, if the documents gets more complicated, it could be necessary to make some changes in the source so that it will work for a format but it will not for the other. For example, all that is related to graphics has to be adapted according to the final format. As discussed in the section about floating objects, even if you should use different pictures according to the final format, you can override this limit putting in the same folder pictures in different formats (e.g., EPS and PNG) with the same name and link them without writing the extension. There is a simple way to solve this problem:
or, if you don't have this package, you can add the following text just after \documentclass[...]{...} :
this is plain TeX code. The ifpdf package and this code, both define a new if-else you can use to change your code according to the compiler you are using. After you have used this code, you can use whenever you want in your document the following syntax:
% we are running pdflatex
% we are running latex
place after \ifpdf the code you want to insert if you are compiling with pdflatex, place after \else the code you want to insert if you are compiling with latex. For example, you can use this syntax to load different packages or different graphic file formats according to the compiler.
Graphics and Graph editorsEdit
Vector image editors with LaTeX supportEdit
It is often preferable to use the same font and font size in your images as in the document. Moreover, for scientific images, you may need mathematical formulae or special characters (such as Greek letters). Both things can be achieved easily if the image editor allows you to use LaTeX code in your image. Most vector image editors do not offer this option. There are, however, a few exceptions.
In early days, LaTeX users used Xfig for their drawings. The editor is still used by quite a few people nowadays because it has special 'export to LaTeX' features. It also gives you some very basic ways of encapsulating LaTeX text and math in the image (setting the text's 'special flag' to 'special' instead of 'normal'). When exporting, all LaTeX text will be put in a .tex-file, separately from the rest of the image (which is put in a .ps file).
A newer and easier-to-use vector image editor specially tailored to LaTeX use is IPE. It allows any LaTeX command, including but not limited to mathematical formulae in the image. The program saves its files as editable .eps or .pdf files, which eliminates the need of exporting your image each time you have edited it.
A very versatile vector image editor is Inkscape. It does not support LaTeX text by itself, but you can use the plugin Textext for that. This allows you to put any block of LaTeX code in your image. Additionally since version 0.48 you can export to vectorgraphics with texts separated in a .tex file. Using this way text is rendered by the latex compiler itself.
LaTeXDraw is a free and open source graphical PSTricks generator and editor. It allows you to draw basic geometric objects and save the result in a variety of formats including .jpg, .png, .eps, .bmp as well as .tex. In the last case the saved file contains PSTricks/LaTeX code only. Owing to that you can include any possible LaTeX code in the picture, since the file is rendered by your LaTeX environment directly.
Another way to generate vectorgraphics is using the Asymptote language. It is a programming language which produces vector images in encapsulated postscript format and supports LaTeX syntax in any textlabels.
Graphs with gnuplotEdit
A simple method to include graphs and charts in LaTeX documents is to create it within a common spreadsheet software (OpenOffice Calc or MS Office Excel etc.) and include it in the document as a cropped screenshot. However, this produces poor quality rasterized images. Calc also allows you to copy-paste the charts into OpenOffice Draw and save them as PDF files.
Using Microsoft Excel 2010, charts can be copied directly to Microsoft Expression Design 4, where they can be saved as PDF files. These PDF files can be included in LaTeX. This method produces high quality vectorized images.
An excellent method to render graphs is through gnuplot, a free and versatile plotting software, that has a special output filter directly for exporting files to LaTeX. We assume, that the data is in a CSV file (comma separated text) in the first and third column. A simple gnuplot script to plot the data can look like this:
set format "$%g$" set title "Graph 3: Dependence of $V_p$ on $R_0$" set xlabel "Resistance $R_0$ [$\Omega$]" set ylabel "Voltage $V_p$ [V]" set border 3 set xtics nomirror set ytics nomirror set terminal epslatex set output "graph1.eps" plot "graph1.csv" using 1:3 #Plot the data
Now gnuplot produces two files: the graph drawing in graph.eps and the text in graph.tex. The second includes the EPS image, so that we only need to include the file graph.tex in our document:
The above steps can be automated by the package gnuplottex. By placing gnuplot commands inside \begin{gnuplot}\end{gnuplot}, and compiling with latex -shell-escape, the graphs are created and added into your document.
Failure to access gnuplot from latex for Windows can be solved by making file title only in one word. Don't type my report.tex for your title file, but do myreport.tex .
When you are using gnuplottex it is also possible to directly pass the terminal settings as an argument to the environment
\begin{gnuplot}[terminal=epslatex, terminaloptions=color, scale=0.9, linewidth=2 ] ... \end{gnuplot}
Using gnuplottex can cause fraudulent text-highlighting in some editors when using algebraic functions on imported data, such as:
Some editors will think of all following text as part of a formula and highlight it as such (because of the '$' that is interpreted as part of the latex code). This can be avoided by ending with:
#$ \end{gnuplot}
As it uncomments the dollar sign for the gnuplot interpreter, but is not affecting the interpretation of the .tex by the editor.
When using pdfLaTeX instead of simple LaTeX, we must convert the EPS image to PDF and to substitute the name in the graph1.tex file. If we are working with a Unix-like shell, it is simply done using:
eps2pdf graph1.eps sed -i s/".eps"/".pdf"/g graph1.tex
With the included tex file we can work as with an ordinary image.
Instead of calling eps2pdf directly, we can also include the epstopdf package that automates the process. If we include a graphics now and leave out the file extension, epstopdf will automatically transform the .eps-file to PDF and insert it in the text.
This way, if we choose to output to PS or DVI, the EPS version is used and if we output to PDF directly, the converted PDF graphics is used. Please note that usage of epstopdf requires compiling with latex -shell-escape.
Note: Emacs AucTex users might want to check out Gnuplot-mode.
Generate png screenshotsEdit
Spell-checking and Word CountingEdit
If you want to spell-check your document, you can use the command-line aspell, hunspell (preferably), or ispell programs.
ispell yourfile.tex aspell --mode=tex -c yourfile.tex hunspell -l -t -i utf-8 yourfile.tex
All three understand LaTeX and will skip LaTeX commands. You can also use a LaTeX editor with built-in spell checking, such as LyX, Kile, or Emacs. Last another option is to convert LaTeX source to plain text and open resulting file in a word processor like OpenOffice.org or KOffice.
If you want to count words you can, again, use LyX or convert your LaTeX source to plain text and use, for example, UNIX wc command:
detex yourfile | wc
An alternative to the detex command is the pdftotext command which extracts an ASCII text file from PDF:
1. pdflatex yourfile.tex 2. pdftotext yourfile.pdf 3. wc yourfile.txt
New even pageEdit
In the twoside-mode you have the ability to get a new odd-side page by:
However, LaTeX doesn't give you the ability to get a new even-side page. The following method opens up this;
The following must be put in your document preamble:
\phantom{placeholder} % doesn't appear on page
\thispagestyle{empty} % if want no header/footer
To active the new even-side page, type the following where you want the new even-side:
If the given page is an odd-side page, the next new page is subsequently an even-side page, and LaTeX will do nothing more than a regular \newpage. However, if the given page is an even page, LaTeX will make a new (odd) page, put in a placeholder, and make another new (even) page. A crude but effective method.
Sidebar with informationEdit
If you want to put a sidebar with information like copyright and author, you might want to use the eso-pic package. Example:
\centering\textcopyright~\today{} Humble me
\end{minipage} %
} %
If you want it on one page only, use the starred version of the AddToShipoutPicture command at the page you want it. (\AddToShipoutPicture*{...})
Hide auxiliary filesEdit
If you're using pdflatex you can create a folder in which all the output files will be stored, so your top directory looks cleaner.
pdflatex -output-directory tmp
Please note that the folder tmp should exist. However if you're using a Unix-based system you can do something like this:
alias pdflatex='mkdir -p tmp; pdflatex -output-directory tmp'
Or for vim modify your .vimrc:
" use pdflatex
let g:Tex_DefaultTargetFormat='pdf'
let g:Tex_MultipleCompileFormats='pdf,dvi'
let g:Tex_CompileRule_pdf = 'mkdir -p tmp; pdflatex -output-directory tmp
-interaction=nonstopmode $*; cp tmp/*.pdf .'


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Okay, update from today on ye old acne. Not that bad at all considering I'm on my period ( sorry if too much information there). No new break outs and the old pimples are just that - small pimples that you can't really see. This is amazing! I'm really dubious as to whether I should be getting my hopes up because if I do I'll end up having a massive break out by next week and I'll be down in the dumps again.
Anyway, enjoying it while I can!
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Setting those aside, since the decision has already been made to adopt the code and the only open questions are ones of specific wording, let me address the specific concerns you raise.
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Is there a reason that this is much more stringent than fair use?
I don't agree that it's "much more stringent" but, in any event, we're creating a code of ethics not a code of law. Law and ethics are, needless to say, not the same thing. The laws of intellectual property may or may not respect original creation as much as the eG Ethics code does.
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I do not see the point of this. If, for example, I am writing something critical of a book that I do not believe deserves to be purchased, why should I link to a place to purchase it?
This was discussed above and a change is being made.
Also, for individual users, how does this fit with policies like those here at the eGullet forums where reproduction of content is preferred rather than linking back to ones own blog?
I don't understand the relevance of that situation. Content under one's own control is clearly a different species.
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Presumably only if you are writing about that product or service, yes? If someone sends me something unsolicited and I do not write about it, I should not be required to disclose that they sent me something.
Yes, one would only need to make a disclosure where relevant.
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Not all websites should be required to allow comments.To say otherwise presumes a great deal about the purpose of that site. Moreover, "free" comment is ambiguous. What about comment moderation? By my account, eGullet does not allow free comment, there is a process that needs to be gone through before the ability to comment is granted.
Not all websites are required to allow comments, but the eG Ethics code won't work for those that don't allow comments. The code doesn't require unfettered comment. It allows for limits such as terms of service, registration and a requirement of civility. But it does require that there be a mechanism for fair comment.
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What about websites that are intentionally tongue-in-cheek? What about those that take an outrageous tone? As long as they are up-front about these things, is that a problem?
Satire doesn't constitute a factual claim, so no that wouldn't be a problem.
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My hair is medium length and is natural wavy/curly! It use to curl good but since I has my children it just doesn't do good anymore. I feel like I have tried everything to mKe it look good. I have even bought expensive salon products! It usually looks decent at first but after a while it gets dried out looking and bushy and I look like something from a 80's hair band! Lol! Suggestions?
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It seems that this is the "update day", as two US major carriers announced software updates for some of their flagship smartphones: Motorola Droid X, Samsung Fascinate and Samsung Captivate.
The last on the list, AT&T has announced a little while ago that it will start to push OTA a minor update for its Samsung Galaxy S smartphone version, the Captivate.
Unfortunately, Samsung Captivate won't receive any Android 2.2 treat, as the Droid X is getting, instead, the software update will fix some bugs and will come up improvements and apps.
AT&T officially stated that this is not an operating system update, but it will change software version from I897UCJF6 to I897UCJH7.
The update has 12MB started to be pushed since yesterday and will continue Tuesday through Friday at 15,000 customers per day until complete.
I897UCJH7 firmware update includes the following software updates:
Preinstalled software - QuickOffice for Android will allow users to edit various Microsoft Office documents.
Messaging - Exchange 2003 support, MMS and other messaging enhancements.
Voice - Improved calling experience.
Media - media scanning time improvements.
Further, it seems that the update is not intended to solve various reset or freezing issues experienced by users, which may be caused by corrupted files, device memory becoming filled and leaving insufficient room to run applications, or use of incompatible third-party applications on the Samsung Captivate.
If the update window doesn't pop-up on your screen from various reasons, you can manually go and check if there's an update available for your Samsung Captivate.
Don't forget to charge the battery, remove the SIM card and backup your data before doing the software update.
To check for an update simply go to Menu / Settings / Software update and click on the Check for Update option, then press OK.
Depending on the size of the update it may take a while before you will be able to use the smartphone again.


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What's your favorite Twilight Zone episode?
So I'm contemplating my favorite Twilight Zone episodes, and it's really hard to choose. But if I had to narrow it down to three, I'd probably go with these:
"Time Alone At Last": This is the one where a book lover finds himself joyously alone with books after a nuclear blast. Until ... I keep thinking he'd be able to remedy that situation by trolling through optometry shops -- if he could see well enough to find one, that is.
All Allison wants for Festivus
-- Last year I wished for Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman Palladino to get another shot at TV after the horrible Jezebel James. Well, she's got a deal with HBO. Good for her. Now, for me, let's get her to write and film the finale for Rory and Lorelai and Luke and Star's Hollow that she intended for GG. It's time to do it now while all the principals are still active. The Mary Tyler Moore reunion with Rhoda came two decades too late.
What's Hot on SlashControl: Night Gallery
Since we're in a Halloween mood tonight, let's talk about Night Gallery, one of the scariest shows I remember from my childhood. Conceived and hosted by The Twilight Zone's Rod Serling, the series ran from 1970 to 1973 and featured some well known actors, including William Windom, Burgess Meredith, John Astin and James Farentino.
While The Twilight Zone always seemed more sci-fi based, Night Gallery had more of a horror feel to it and featured more ghostly, psychological stories. In short, it scared the crap out of me. One of the scariest episodes focused on two stories about some spooky real estate: "The House / Certain Shadows on the Wall."
The Twilight Zone to be a movie again
I'm not sure what DiCaprio could do with the franchise that hasn't been done before. It's basically science fiction, fantasy and horror stories with a twist ending (M. Night Shyamalan owes his entire career to The Twilight Zone). Rumor has it that the new movie will be a set of interwoven stories based on classics from the original run of the show that were written by Rod Serling himself, albeit with more pretty computer-generated special effects. For some reason, I find that unoriginal and possibly downright scary.
Still, The Twilight Zone was groundbreaking for its time and a very flexible concept. If Star Trek could be successfully reinvented for the movies, why not this franchise?
Rod Serling did not control The Twilight Zone - VIDEO
It took audiences on an out of control thrill ride that zigged and zagged in directions that no one saw coming. The stories would lead viewers one way and just when they thought they had the ending figured out, it took them down an emotional corkscrew that could melt their brains. It was and still is digital acid, minus the waking up in a dumpster with a head of hair that smells like raw chicken.
But picture if you will, an even bigger twist lying inside this twisted wasteland of shock and discovery. A twist that smashes the fourth wall of television with the brute force of a charging rhino strapped to the front of a nuclear warhead and reveals the true identity of the man who pulls all the strings....in The Twilight Zone.
Stump the King - Rod Serling - VIDEO
I got a great letter this week...
"I remember watching a documentary, I believe it was about Rod Serling, & on it was mentioned a Western series the producer had developed, starring Lloyd Bridges & Brock Peters. Any idea what this show was called? Or, was it maybe Gene Roddenberry's show? Thanks for the help! Steve Atwell"
Rod Serling's The Velvet Alley - VIDEO
I've been looking for a copy of this Playhouse 90 episode for years. VHS, DVD, some guy doing a puppet show version of it in his living room, whatever, I've really wanted to see it since seeing snippets of it on the excellent PBS American Masters episode "Submitted For Your Approval" (it's on one of the Twilight Zone DVDs). And now, thanks to YouTube, we can all watch it.
Well, most of it anyway. After the jump, I posted the opening of the show (complete with intros and commercials!), and then if you follow this link you can find other segments of the show (on the right), but I have no idea what order they go in because they aren't labeled. It's well worth watching though. I mean, look at the cast: Art Carney, Jack Klugman, Leslie Nielsen, Burt Reynolds, and the kid is Mickey Dolenz from The Monkees! They don't do TV like this anymore.
Rod Serling, creepy man in your child's bedroom - VIDEO
I loves myself some Twilight Zone, but when I watch repeats of the classic series I can't help but notice that the dialogue in Rod Serling's scripts was somewhat overwrought. I sometimes have trouble watching certain episodes and not imagining Serling hunched over his typewriter, giggling to himself at how clever he's being. That's not necessarily a criticism -- if anything, it's that mix of segments that made you roll your eyes and ones that truly gripped you that kept the series interesting and still makes it stand out even today.
Is there a connection between Lost and The New People?
The New People was a short-lived (17 episodes) Aaron Spelling drama that aired on ABC in late 1969/early 1970. It didn't have any name stars, but guest stars included Richard Dreyfus, Richard Kiley, and Tyne Daly. It was about a group of 40 college students involved in a plane crash and find themselves trapped on an island named Bomano. The island is deserted, but has buildings, supplies, and roads.
Some people wonder if Lost owes a little bit to this show. The setup is the same (a plane crash on an island where people start a new society), and weren't there originally 40 survivors of the Lost plane crash? The phrase "the new people" sounds a lot like "the Others." And Rod Serling created the show and wrote the first ep under a pseudonym, and J.J. Abrams has said many times that he's a huge Rod Serling/Twilight Zone fan. Alas, there is no connection. They didn't even know about the show before, and producer Damon Lindelof wishes he had known about it before so he could have named Charlie's band The New People instead of Drive Shaft. Heh.
After the jump, a video from the pilot episode. It's very 60s. Bonus: old commericals and the theme song, sung by The First Edition, with Kenny Rogers! Groovy.
DVD Review: Twilight Zone Complete Definitive Collection
The answer is a definite yes. This is one of the best TV DVD sets I've ever seen, and an absolute must for diehard fans of Rod Serling's classic show.
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Bishop: Observe Lent through reaching out to poor-A A +A
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
THE military and police bishop on Ash Wednesday urged the Catholics faithful to feed the hungry in areas stricken by manmade and natural calamities as a form of sacrifice during the Lenten season.
In an afternoon mass on the first day of the Lenten season, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Philippine National Police (PNP) bishop Leopoldo Ulama through a letter entitled "Feed the Hungry" appealed to the Catholic people to fast, pray and give alms to the needy, particularly the population in the areas hit by Typhoon Yolanda, provinces stricken by earthquakes and in Zamboanga where the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MNLF) siege occurred, through the feeding program dubbed "hapag-asa."
"We are appealing to you brothers and sisters to help us feed the poor and the hungry and most especially the malnourish children. As stated in Proverbs 22:9 'he who is generous is blessed for he gives some of his food to the poor,'" he said.
Ulama said the Lenten season is the best time to carry the burden of others through this feeding program.
"Kung sanay kayo na kumakain ng tatlong beses sa isang araw, ngayong kwaresma, sacrifice. Have only one meal a day and donate the money intended for your second and third meal to our fellow countrymen who were affected by the calamities," he said.
Ulama said this is a good way to prepare for the most important feast in the Catholic Church, which is the Holy week.
Donations can be sent through the website hapagasafeedingprogram.com or through the second collection in the masses in local parishes. (Sunnex)
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Welcome to the SCP Foundation Chat Guide!
This guide outlines what is and isn't allowed in chat, what to expect, and some basic instructions on joining.
All of our chatrooms are IRC channels on the SynIRC IRC network. If you don't know anything about IRC, this link (click!) is a good place to start.
This guide covers #Site19, the general chat channel for the SCP Foundation. For #Site17, the Help channel, click here.
Dog Fact: You are not alone.
Introduction to #Site19
#Site19 is the general chat channel for the SCP Foundation. It's a great place to talk about SCPs, get advice about your article, and socialize with members of the site from around the world, from longtime veterans to other new members. And it's a great place to engage in general shenanigans.
Chat is open to anyone. You don't have to be a site member to join.
To join our chat, you also must have read and understood our rules and guidelines. To find these, go to the tab titled, "Guidelines".
We highly recommend that you register your nickname upon joining chat. For those unfamiliar with registering a nick, here's how to do it:
Type the following: /msg NickServ register [password] [email]
Substitute the stuff in brackets with your desired password and email. (And remember to not leave in the brackets!) Once this is done, you should get a confirmation email. Follow the directions in the email. Once that's all taken care of, to identify, you simply type "/msg nickserv identify [password]" without the quotes. Alternatively, "/ns identify [password]" works as well on some clients. (Again, no brackets.)
Congratulations, you have now registered and identified and can join the channel. Some chat clients can ID automatically once you've registered. It is highly recommended that if you don't ID automatically, you don't type out the command in a public channel. If you screw up and, say, forget the / or type a space in front of it, you just announced your password to everyone. In addition, you'll want to type "/ns set secure on" once you get in the channel, so nobody else can use your nick when you aren't around.
Please note that sometimes (for instance, when dealing with trolls), we put +R on the chat. This means only people with registered nicks join. Making sure your nick is registered means you won't be left out in the cold if that happens!
Here are some common free IRC clients:
- Xchat - Windows: http://www.silverex.org/download/ , Linux: http://xchat.org/
- Chatzilla (Firefox) - http://chatzilla.hacksrus.com/
- mIRC (Windows) - http://www.mirc.com/
- Mibbit (Web) - http://www.mibbit.com/
- Pidgin (Multiplatform IM) - http://www.pidgin.im/
You may also use the Mibbit chat client located below!
Instructions for mIRC
- Set up mIRC for your computer.
- Copy paste this (without quotations) "irc://irc.synirc.net" into your browser and hit enter.
- Type "/join #site19"
Instructions for Chatzilla
- Set up Chatzilla for your computer.
- Copy this into the text bar: /attach irc.synirc.net (or just click here: irc://irc.synirc.net/site19)
- Type /join #site19
Instructions For XChat
- Set up XChat for your computer.
- Go to the Network List and set your name.
- Click the "Add" button in that window and give "New Network" a name.
- With that network highlighted, click "Edit…" and in that new window rename where it says newserver/6667 to irc.synirc.net
- Close this window and click "Connect" in the previous window.
- After you are connected to synirc, in the area next to your name type /msg NickServ register [your password here] [your email here]
- Go to your email and follow those instructions to confirm your registration.
- Now that you are registered, type /join #site19
- Yippee! You're done!
If you want to use a browser-based client:
Instructions For Mibbit
(If you're not using the app below)
- Go to http://www.mibbit.com/chat
- Select "SynIRC webirc" from the drop down menu.
- Pick an appropriate handle and click "Connect"
- Identify your nick as listed above, then type "/join #site19" and press enter.
- Enjoy your pie.
Chat Guidelines
Mission Statement
The SCP IRC Chat is an online medium for mature, polite, and intelligent discussion of the SCP Wiki. To that end, these following guidelines are established as a basis for what kind of behavior is expected.
- Age: No users under age 15 are permitted in chat. As with the SCP Foundation wiki, our chatrooms may contain content inappropriate for those under the age of 15. If you're under 15, do not join.
- Topics: No illegal activity is permitted, period. Discussion about SCP ideas and drafts take priority. Any NSFW (Not Safe For Work) links must be tagged as NSFW.
- Ops: Channel operators (ops) and their orders are to be obeyed at all times (so long as they are acting in their capacity as operator).
- Behavior: All participants are expected to be mature and respectful. Harassment, creepiness, and offensive or disruptive behaviors are not tolerated and will be subject to disciplinary action. For more on this, see the next tab, "Chat Culture & Behavior."
- Reporting: If you need a chat operator, you can often get our attention by saying "ops" or saying a specific op's name while in #Site19. Or you can send an operator a private message.
- In particular, please feel free to report if someone is harassing you or being a creeper, even if they are doing so in private messages.
Disciplinary Action / Banning
Channel operators (ops) have the authority to dictate the course of conversation. Operator orders are to be followed at all times.
Operators have the authority to enact disciplinary action, if they deem it necessary. The normal process for punishing offenders breaks down like this:
- First infraction: Warning. This may be delivered in the form of a non-ban kick, via a muted chatroom, a short (generally 1 hour) temporary ban, or simply being told to stop or further disciplinary action will follow.
- Second infraction: Short ban (Minimum 24 hours).
- Third infraction: Long ban (Usually 1 week).
- Further infractions: Permanent (indefinite) ban.
Ops have the authority to escalate any specific incident as they deem fit, especially for grossly inappropriate or recurrent offenses.
Respect chat operator decisions, even if you disagree with them. If you feel that any instance of disciplinary action was in error, you may protest the action in the Help Channel, #Site17 (linked above), or you may privately message any chat operator.
The final authorities on disciplinary matters or rule disputes are the Chat Administrators and the Chat Owner (listed in the "Chat OPs") tab. Please report any serious misuses of authority to them.
Chat Behavior & Culture
It is the responsibility of each chat participant to know what is or is not acceptable behavior; if you are not sure whether any particular action or topic of discussion is appropriate for SCP IRC, it is your responsibility to ask the ops.
Not all inappropriate behavior is specifically covered here. When in doubt, apply Wheaton's Law: "Don't be a dick." Phrased differently: Don't be that much of an asshole, and don't be disruptive.
Specific Inappropriate Behavior
In this section, we go into detail about some specific behaviors which will almost always result in disciplinary action. This isn't intended to be exhaustive.
Also — don't take this section as accusatory. This whole thing may sound intimidating, especially since it's addressed at "YOU", but it's written that way because we're internet amateur writers and it was easier to write that way. If you're a cool person who is relatively mature (which describes most of you), then you'll almost certainly be fine.
That said, on to the List of Wrongdoings.
- Harassment. Bothering others. This includes:
- Sexual harassment (asking for pictures, pressuring others to discuss their sex lives, etc.; this usually leads to an instant permanent ban).
- Talking to a user who has asked you to stop talking to them.
- Deliberately making others uncomfortable.
- Targeting people based on their gender, sexuality, etc.
- Offsite Harassment/Brigades. Do not use #Site19 as a base for harassing or bothering people on other sites. Don't encourage others to do so either.
- Creepiness. This a form of making others uncomfortable that generally amounts to "behaving in a manner that would be extremely socially inappropriate if done in public."
- If you believe you may have difficulty with being unintentionally creepy for any reason, please observe chat to see what is or isn't considered appropriate, or ask an operator about the appropriateness of comments you might make.
- Almost anything involving rape is likely to fall under creepiness or be otherwise inappropriate (such as rape jokes).
- Trolling: Behaving in a way that is deliberately inflammatory in order to elicit emotional responses. If you're doing it, you know you're doing it. If we're accusing you of it and you're not doing it, you need to rethink your behavior.
- Backseat Moderation: This means telling others what to do in an authoritative manner when you yourself do not have the authority to do so. It will not endear you to anybody, and it can confuse other users to see non-ops giving orders and directing conversation. You may bring an issue to the operators' attention, and you may point out rules violations to other users, but don't start doing operators' jobs for them.
- Additionally, if an OP is carrying out disciplinary actions, that is not the time to make sarcastic comments or attack the user.
- Roleplaying. SCPs are not real, the Foundation is not real, and pretending they are will not endear you to the locals. #Site19 is out-of-character only. Users can direct you to other chatrooms for roleplaying environments. Or you can just try the #SCProleplay room.
- Spamming. Don't do it.
- Not Tagging NSFW Links: This gets its own section.
Please note that having a mental disorder, or being non-neurotypical (autism, ADHD, etc), is not an excuse for creepy or disruptive behavior. If you're having trouble, please talk to chat operators.
NSFW (Not Safe For Work) Links
Images and other links that are not safe for workplace environments or for specific subsets of users must be tagged appropriately. Failing to tag an image will lead to disciplinary action.
Specific types of images that must be tagged are as follows:
- Porn, nudity, and other sexual images. Tag "NSFW".
- Extreme violence and gore. Tag "NSFW".
- Jump scares, screamers, flashing lights. For these, you must identify what they are when you link them. Deliberately trying to surprise someone with a jump scare/screamer will almost always result in a lengthy or permanent ban. This is because we have members with epilepsy, and this can trigger seizures. Save the jokes for the people you personally know, please.
- Harshness: Please note that being harsh is an accepted part of our community culture. It doesn't necessarily make a person an asshole if they're being harsh, especially with critique.
- Critique:
- Critique from all members is welcome. That said, if you are a new member, please defer to the critique of experienced users. Repeatedly giving poor or inaccurate critique is not welcome.
- You're not obligated to listen to the critique you get, but: Continual refusal to accept feedback on your writing is not going to go over well.
- Xenophobia: Try to avoid dumping on other sites with SCP fans for no reason, or claiming that fans from X offsite fanbase are inferior as a group.
- Gossip: It's considered rude to talk badly about people behind their backs. If they're current members of the site, it's more polite to wait til they're actually around to respond to criticism. You can mention complaints about users who are not around, but be polite and do so in moderation.
- Being Annoying: If people tell you you're being annoying, listen. And try to improve, if reasonable. Being annoying isn't against the rules, but you can still be banned for it if it gets bad enough. Try to up-front avoid generally annoying behaviors, such as:
- Fixating on certain SCPs when other members are clearly sick of hearing about it.
- Continually derailing chat to make the conversation center on you.
- Excessive opinion evangelism.
- Repeated linking to stupid bullshit / offensive material apropos of nothing.
- Bringing up shitty old memes like 'The Game'.
- Zalgo text.
- Sockpuppeting.
- Being unnecessarily hostile to requested feedback.
- Being incoherent.
- Blaming a friend or family member for something done on your account.
- #Site19 is not your blog: It's fine to talk about your personal life in 19 in general, but if you dominate conversations too often by talking about it to the exclusion of almost anything else, you should find a better outlet for venting.
- Being Mature: You need to act mature. If you act indistinguishably from an underaged user, we may ban you for that reason alone.
- Site Password: We have a secret password that you need to join the site. To find this, you have to read the Guide for Newbies. You can tell people this if you like. But if you tell them what that password currently is, you will be kicked or banned.
… and finally …
Please avoid antagonizing other users, even if the other user is in the wrong, because this is disruptive. Please complain to an operator instead. Antagonizing other users may result in disciplinary action.
Chatbot Etiquette
Do Not Abuse Or Over-Use The Bot. The Bot Is Being Worked On.
The current bot is Alexandra. Alexandra is maintained by Pixeltasim (working with Crayne and the rest of the technical team) and is currently our primary bot.
When in #site19, you may use Alexandra as a reference and general tool for a variety of purposes. Some commands can be found at this post.
Do not bring any of your own bots into this chat without permission
If you want to bring in a bot, ask permission from chat operators first. Make sure a Chat Administrator or the Owner approves.
Presently the only chatbots approved to be in #Site19 alongside Alexandra are Lumberjack, a bot that logs conversation, and Elementbot, a bot that generates an IRC statistics page (view with the chat command ".stats" or at this link.) Former chatbots included: Magic-8_Ball, Grapewhistle, Hatbot, and Nala (RIP).
Do not invite the bot into your own channel
Alexandra has limited resources dedicated to #Site19, and Pixeltasim and Crayne will know if you do. It's good courtesy not to invite her without permission.
Chat Operators (OPs)
Chat OPs are the people we trust to run the channel and keep order. They have the following powers:
- Redirecting. This essentially means ending a discussion or calling for a change of topic, or telling one user or group of users to shut up. If an OP tells you to drop a subject, drop it immediately: don't get in the last word, don't say one more thing, just stop and move on.
- Kicking. This just removes you from the chat until you rejoin. If you're kicked, feel free to re-enter unless told otherwise. However, if you were kicked, it's for a reason, so pay attention to the reason.
- Banning. Prevents the user from speaking or joining the chat; often accompanied by a kick. Usually preceded by a warning (except for egregious offenses), bans can be temporary, usually 24 hours, or permanent. If you get permabanned, wait a year or so, and if you can show that you've improved, you might be let back in.
- If you see someone kicked and banned for something that isn't banworthy, and then unbanned shortly afterwards, that's just to stop people's autojoin from activating. Don't sweat it.
- Setting Channel Modes. The only one of these you really have to worry about is +m, which prevents anyone who doesn't have OP or Voice from talking. If an OP sets the channel to +m to talk, listen up, and don't change your name to comment on the situation.
- If you think a chat OP is abusing their power, tell someone. Start with a different OP first. The final authorities in chat are the Chat Administrators, then the Chat Owner: report any serious misuses of authority to one of them.
While there is quite a bit of overlap between wiki staff and chat staff, they are not one and the same. We usually have Chat OPs who are not Wiki Staff and should not be treated as such. Likewise, many staff on the wiki have no power in chat, and should not be expected to wield any.
|Chat Status
|Wiki Status
|Chat Owner
|Wiki Admin
|Chat Admin
|Wiki Moderator
|djkaktus / kaktus
|Chat Admin
|Wiki Moderator
|Chat Admin
|Wiki User
|Chat Admin
|Wiki Moderator
|Sophia Light / Light
|Chat Admin
|Wiki Moderator
|Chat Admin
|Wiki Admin
|Bouncl / Imants
|Chat Operator
|Wiki Staff
|pxdnbluesoul / bluesoul
|Chat Operator
|Wiki Staff
|TheDuckman / Bright
|Chat Operator
|Wiki Admin
|DrClef / Clef
|Chat Operator
|Wiki Admin
|Chat Operator
|Wiki Moderator
|Chat Operator
|Wiki User
|Chat Operator
|Wiki Admin
|Chat Operator
|Wiki Staff
|Chat Operator
|Wiki Moderator
|Roget / Bananaman
|Chat Operator
|Wiki Moderator
|SoullessSingularity / Soulless
|Chat Operator
|Wiki Moderator
|Serv Bot / Servbot / Hoofsy
|Chat Operator
|Wiki User
|Tuomey Tombstone / Tuomey / Nuke_Fury
|Chat Operator
|Wiki Staff
|Chat Operator
|Wiki Staff
- If you are being harassed or creeped on (even in side chats or private messages), please message an op who is also a member of the site's harassment team. This list includes: thedeadlymoose (chat owner), SoullessSingularity (team leader), Photosynthetic, TroyL, Sophia Light, TheDuckman, Dexanote, and Pig_catapult. (Note: If you prefer to contact another operator who you personally know, feel free.)
Secondary Chatrooms
The following chatrooms are associated with the SCP Foundation Wiki and #site19. These channels are not under #site19 rules, except where noted. Typically, they have their own rules and are run by individual community members. Consult with one of their OPs if you have any questions.
Help & Questions:
- #Site17 is an official chatroom for chatting with the staff of the SCP Foundation. Ask us questions, bring up issues. Keep excess general chitchat in #site19; rules are otherwise the same as #site19. We are much more likely to be lenient if you're new. Owned by Foundation admins and run by all Foundation staff (including mods, senior staff, & 19 chat ops). May be joined easily from http://05command.wikidot.com/chat.
You may appeal bans or other operator actions, or make complaints, in #site17.
Please note: If you're not staff, don't interfere with conversations in which staff are responding to member questions, especially if it's disciplinary.
Additionally, if you're not staff, please don't answer newbie inquiries yourself, even if you are sure that no staff are online. Either get staff's attention, or politely let them know to wait or come back later.
New: Critique is now allowed in #site17! You can also take critique from 19 to 17 if general chat is getting to be too much.
- Origins(#origins-ooc) - Origins' out-of-character chat. Currently run by Roget and his GM team. Origins is a game based on the early days of the Foundation and how the Foundation grew into what it is today. The game takes places at Site-19, with characters going on missions to retrieve, destroy, or otherwise interact with SCP objects.
- #SCProleplay - The official SCP general RP chat. A perfect place for shenanigans and SCP-based roleplaying fun. Chat rules are here.
- #ethicscommittee - A channel for discussion of sensitive topics. A semi-safe space. Social justice issues welcome. Owned by Soulless.
- #neutralzone - Debate and discussion. Welcome to all SCP community goers and/or enthusiasts. Rules available here.
- #WanderersLibrary - The official chat for the Wanderer's Library, listed here due to the connection to this site. Owned by DrMann; staffed by Library staff.
If you would like a chatroom to be added to this list, please contact chat operators and we will decide whether to approve its addition. Please note that any chatroom added here must either be run partly or completely by Foundation staff or already be established in the community.
If, after reading this guide, you have more questions, please feel free to ask chat operators for assistance.
Remember, to join chat, you must have read and understood the guide!
Type /nick to change your Nick name, /help, /cs help, /ns help, or /ms help for available commands.
Please do not use a name that has "SCP" or "D-" or "O5" in it, or that is actually the name of a popular character or person.
By joining this chat, you agree that you are 15 years of age or older, and that you can act like an adult.
Our channel currently does not require you to undergo REGISTRATION for your nick - but it makes sure other people can't use your nick. To register, type this, in the place where you type things to chat:
/msg nickserv Register YourPassword Your@Email
- Type the above on its own line by itself.
- Make sure you don't have a space in front of "/msg".
- Replace YourPassword and YourEmail with… your password and email.
Once you follow the instructions that appear (you'll need to confirm your email), you can type this:
/msg nickserv Identify YourPassword
Then type this:
/join #site19
…and that should let you into #site19.
If you have problems, please go to this link to ask for help.
If this app does not connect you to #site19, click here to ask why. (Link goes to the help channel, #Site17, which should always be open.)
Image Licensing Information:
The image used in the SCP-173 article is a photograph by Keisuke Yamamoto of the sculpture "Untitled 2004" by Izumi Kato.
A note of caution: SCP-173 is a secondary use of the image of Kato's "Untitled 2004". The concept of SCP-173 does not have any relationship with the artist's original concept of "Untitled 2004".
The sculpture, its likeness, and the photograph have not been released under any Creative Commons license. Only the text of this article is released under Creative Commons. This sculpture and its likeness may not be used for commercial purposes under any circumstances. Izumi Kato has graciously chosen to allow the use of the image of "Untitled 2004" by the SCP Foundation and its fanbase for non-commercial purposes only.


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Sunday February 10, 2013 MYT 12:00:00 AM
Wednesday April 17, 2013 MYT 12:04:41 AM
JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA (Spain): Former world champion Kimi Raikkonen clocked the best time on the final day of Formula One testing on Friday but Ferrari's Felipe Massa remained the only driver to break 1:18 all week.
Raikkonen, the 2007 world champion, took his Lotus to a time of 1:18.148 off 83 laps with Force India's test driver Jules Bianchi, eager for a full-time season drive, in second spot on 1:18.175.
Triple world champion Sebastian Vettel was third fastest in 1:18.565 after completing 96 laps in his Red Bull.
Raikkonen and Bianchi also had the honour of clocking the week's second and third best times, but neither were able to better Ferrari driver Massa's time of 1:17.879 set on Thursday.
"We continued our work from Thursday and made some good progress," said Raikkonen, who will attempt to build on his week's work at the next test session in Barcelona from Feb 19. "We're at the top of the timing monitors, but that means nothing in testing. Our focus has been testing parts on the car, but I've been able to get the set-up more to my liking.
"For sure there's more work to be done in this area, but that's what we're here for. The car feels strong and we seem to have a good idea of where we're going with improvements. Let's see what happens in Barcelona."
Friday's final day was extended by 30 minutes after repairs were needed to fill in a hole which had appeared in one of the curves at the Jerez track.
Vettel, who drove 96 laps, said he had been impressed by the car's reliability and said: "I think for the whole team it's been quite a good test."
"No problems in terms of reliability and we did a lot of laps, so I'm quite pleased. I feel a bit better than last year. I think we had some issues with reliability then, so it seems we have done our homework well."
Vettel also shrugged off the delay to fix the pot hole, insisting it was an indication of the speeds being done by the drivers.
"Everyone is on the limit here, running wide, using the maximum amount of track and the kerbs and unfortunately it started to break up," he said.
"But the circuit did a very good job over lunch to get everything sorted and gave us an extra half hour at the end, so no real problem."
On the other hand, another former champion, Lewis Hamilton is refusing to press the panic button ahead of his first season with Mercedes — despite his nightmare first test.
The Brit crashed out on Wednesday after his brakes failed while doing almost 200mph.
And his team-mate Nico Rosberg's car caught fire the previous day — limiting their crucial running time here in southern Spain.
But both drivers had a solid final two days testing, and Hamilton, 28, insists there are reasons to be confident going into the new season, which starts on March 17.
He said: "The Mercedes team have been incredibly supportive. They all want to do right by me.
"They were caring when I had the incident the other day and were concerned and they don't really know me that well yet.
"So already I am building a bond with them and they are working flat out, which is good to see.
"We are at the level where we hoped to be. We couldn't have done any more. Now we need to make the car go faster."
Meanwhile, team boss Ross Brawn is confident that Hamilton is the man who can turn the team into regular winners.
Brawn, who masterminded the career of seven-time world champion, Michael Schumacher, says he has been impressed with Hamilton's eye for detail. And he has encouraged the former McLaren ace to continue with his criticism of their car to help hammer it into shape.
He added: "We have made it very clear to Lewis that he is part of the solution for this team to get us where we want to be.
"He knows that and understands it and I think he is relishing that.
"It is correct that he gives his reference points and helps us understand what we have to focus on.
"I welcome that approach. It needs to be positive and constructive, but criticism of the right sort is helpful to a team, it drives you forward. — Agencies
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Dick Wadhams, who in past years successfully steered the initial campaigns of Colorado Sen. Wayne Allard and Gov. Bill Owens, jumped on board the South Dakota Senate campaign of former Rep. John Thune on Monday, in what may be a pivotal race for Republicans.
Thune, in announcing his decision to challenge the troubled sitting Senate minority leader Tom Daschle, said he could not take the easy way out and run for a winnable seat in the House of Representatives, when a historic opportunity awaited him in a Senate run that could tip the scales more solidly for Republicans.
The former congressman is starting from scratch, which apparently is just fine with Wadhams, who joked with South Dakota reporters: "What do you call it when the minority leader has $3 million in the bank and a staff of 30 running against a former congressman with no money in the bank and a staff of two people? I call that a fair fight."
Currently Thune's staff consists of Wadhams and John Wood, who worked for Allard.
Wadhams has become a thorn in the sides of Democrats, and has built a reputation for winning tight fights, which is what the Thune-Daschle race is expected to be. Recall that neither Allard nor Owens was given much of a shot of victory in his initial venture, and each pulled off a strong.
Rep. George Nethercutt, who is running for the Senate in Washington state had wanted Wadhams for his campaign, was disappointed to learn Wadhams had chosen Thune. A staffer on the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee crowed about Nethercutt's loss, telling reporters that Wadhams had bypassed Nethercutt because he wanted to work on a winning campaign and not a losing one.
"I don't know who should be more insulted, Nethercutt or Daschle," says a staffer on the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee. "But it's good to see Thune is already running so strong among Democrats."
Reporters on Monday afternoon dialed into a conference call they thought would be with former Vermont Gov. Howie Dean, who wanted to rail against President Bush's "No Child Left Behind" program.
Instead, upon being hooked in, reporters were treated to a conference call being held by senior Dean campaign staffers.
"We gave out the time and pass code for the conference call, but didn't realize it would be the same line our staff would be using, so some reporters signing on early got the inside dope," says a Dean staffer.
There were no bombshells, though one interesting tidbit involved a Dean campaign phone survey from the weekend in Iowa that indicated voters perceived Dean as "indecisive." The Dean team agreed that former Senator Bill Bradley's remarks in New Hampshire on Tuesday would be targeted toward dispelling that notion.
Dean's staffers cut short the conversation when another reporter signed on and asked whether he was on the right conference call.
Now that Al Gore and Bill Bradley have apparently bought into the Howie Dean vision for America, they have received their marching orders.
Gore has scheduled trips to Iowa in the coming days, as well as South Carolina, where Dean is attempting to buttress support and stem momentum his staff believes both Rep. Dick Gephardt and Sen. John Edwards are gaining there.
Meanwhile Bradley has several New Hampshire appearances scheduled, and will also visit Missouri (the state of his birth and where he remains popular). "We're also going to use him heavily in the New York area for media appearances in the next two weeks," says a Dean staffer. Which makes sense, given Dollar Bill's renown as a former New York Knick and Princeton All-American and senator from New Jersey.
Jim Jordan, who was fired from his campaign manager's position by Sen. John Kerry so that the Massachusetts Mumbler could show he had leadership skills, has landed on his feet. While the name of his firm is not yet known, Jordan is setting up a political policy communications shop that has already been hired by the large, union-backed 527s operated by former Clinton chief of staff Harold Ickes and Service Employees International Union boss Steven Rosenthal.
While it wasn't an endorsement, Hillary Clinton says we can thank her and her husband for Howard Dean's presidential run. In an interview in Las Vegas last weekend, the New York Senator alleged that she and hubby Bill encouraged Dean to run for president and implied they've been offering him advice ever since. Again, more evidence that she's been mapping out her run for 2008 all along.
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Effient sales were $83.5 million in the third quarter of 2011, up from $71.7 million in the second quarter of 2011 due to increased demand. U.S. Effient sales were $61.4 million. Sales outside the U.S. were $22.1 million.
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Worldwide sales of animal health products in the third quarter of 2011 were $451.0 million, an increase of 28 percent compared with the third quarter of 2010. U.S. sales grew 20 percent, to $237.9 million, due to increased demand for food animal products and the recent U.S. launch of Trifexis™. Sales outside the U.S. increased 37 percent, to $213.2 million, driven by the impact of the acquisition of certain Janssen and Pfizer animal health assets in Europe, and to a lesser extent the favorable impact of foreign exchange rates and increased demand.
2011 Financial Guidance The company has updated certain elements of its 2011 financial guidance. The company has narrowed its full-year 2011 non-GAAP earnings per share guidance to a range of $4.30 to $4.35 per share. On a reported basis, the company now expects full-year 2011 earnings per share to be in the range of $3.89 to $3.94. Earnings per share guidance excludes potential future restructuring charges.
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Harold Edward Fick Sr., 85, of Borger, passed away Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011, in Amarillo.
Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, December 17, 2011 in the Garden of Good Shepherd, at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Pampa, with Rev. Michael Erickson of Zion Lutheran Church in Pampa officiating. Services are under the direction of Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Luisa Tobar Carrillo, 75, of Borger, died Tuesday, December 13, 2011 in Amarillo.
Funeral Mass will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, December 16, 2011 at St. John's Catholic Church with Father Francisco Perez of St. Vincent De Paul Catholic Church in Pampa officiating. Rosary will be 6:00 p.m. Thursday, at the Minton Memorial Chapel.
Shirley Ann Ward Christian was born on July 18, 1939 in Brackettville, Texas to Hardin Lee, Sr and Dorothy Rea Ward. She confessed her belief in Christ and was a member of New Light Baptist Church in Dalhart, Texas. She attended public school in Brackettville, Texas.
She was married to Chester Christian on July 8, 1986 in Stinnett, Texas and she is the mother of one son, Kenneth Ward and one daughter, Dorothy Yvette Proctor.
Donnie Cauley, 52, of Borger, passed away, Friday, December 9, 2011.
Donnie Earl Cauley was born Sunday, May 10, 1959 in Roswell, NM to Robert and Mary (McKennon) Cauley. He was a self-employed small engine mechanic. Donnie was a Baptist.
He is preceded in death by his father, Bob Cauley and his grandparents.
Survivors include his mother, Mary Cauley of Stinnett, TX; his sister, Rissa Lewis and husband Jimmy of Stinnett, TX; four nephews, Joe and wife, Crystal, John and wife, Jennifer, Billy and Chris; grandmother, Lenora McKennon; great nephew, Jayce Danford; and two great nieces.
Ricky D. Sloan, 54, of Borger, died Saturday December 10, 2011, in Borger.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday December 15, 2011, at Bible Baptist Church with Rev. Leonard Forsythe officiating. Burial will be at Westlawn Cemetery under the direction of Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Jerrel Don Easley, 76, died at 10:30 p.m. Dec. 8, 2011, at Brookside Nursing Home in Madill, Okla.
He was born on June 15, 1935, in Fob, Okla. He moved to Skellytown in 1970 and retired from Texaco Oil Company in 1989.
He moved to Madill, Okla., where he enjoyed fishing and helping out people in need.
He loved working with his hands and was nicknamed "Handy Man."
He loved being around his family and loved kids, especially all his grandkids and great-grandkids.
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Fritch - Funeral services for Nancy Christine "Chris" Purdy, 55, will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday at Minton Memorial Chapel in Borger with Rev. Justin Unwin, Pastor of 1st Assembly of God Church in Fritch. She will lie in state at the Funeral Home in Fritch. Interment will follow at Highland Park Cemetery under the direction of Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors.
Chris was born November 26, 1956 in Anadarko, Oklahoma and has lived in Fritch for the past 32 years. She owned and operated Chris' Kitchen in Fritch for the past 17 years. She loved her family especially her grandchildren.
Roger Keith Webb, 53, of Amarillo, died Dec. 9, 2011, in Amarillo.
Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday Dec. 13, 2011, at North Burns Cemetery, Burns Flat, Oklahoma. Burial is under the direction of Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors of Fritch.
Roger was born July 22, 1958, at Elk City, Okla., to Don and Patricia Webb. He did construction work. He loved to hunt and fish. He was a member of Comanche Trail Church of Christ.
Rosalind (Lobdill) Roland Gluss, 98, died peacefully on Sunday, December 4, 2011 at Hospice of Northwest Ohio-Toledo from congestive heart failure. Rosalind was born in Van Buren, AR on June 5, 1913 to Clyde Franklin and Nelle Marie (Rosebrough) Lobdill.
She graduated from Van Buren High School and St. Edward's Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in Ft. Smith, AR and did private duty nursing in both Arkansas and Oklahoma.
Robert L. Seymour, 82, of Borger, died Tuesday Dec. 6, 2011, at Borger.
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Unusual presentation of hepatitis B serological markers in an Amerindian community of Venezuela with a majority of occult cases
1 Servicio Autónomo: Centro Amazónico para la Investigación y Control de enfermedades Tropicales, Simón Bolívar "CAICET", Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela
2 Laboratorio de Virología Molecular, Centro de Microbiología y Biología Celular, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Apdo 20632, Caracas 1020-A, Venezuela
3 INSERM U1052 CRCL, Lyon I University, Villeurbanne, France
Virology Journal 2011, 8:527 doi:10.1186/1743-422X-8-527Published: 9 December 2011
Occult hepatitis B infection (OBI) is characterized by the presence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA in the absence of HBsAg in the serum of patients. The aim of this study was to characterize HBV infection among a Piaroa community, an Amerindian group which exhibits significant evidence of exposure to HBV but relatively low presence of HBsAg, and to explore the presence of OBI in this population.
Of 150 sera, with 17% anti-HBc and 1.3% HBsAg prevalence, 70 were tested for the presence of HBV DNA. From these, 25 (36%) were found positive for HBV DNA by PCR in the core region. Two of these 25 sera were HBsAg positive, indicating an overt infection. Of the remaining 68 sera tested, 23 exhibited OBI. Of these, 13 were HBV DNA out of 25 anti-HBc positive (52%) and 10 HBV DNA positive, out of 43 anti-HBc negative (23%), with a statistical significance of p = 0.03. Viral DNA and HBsAg were present intermittently in follow up sera of 13 individuals. Sequence analysis in the core region of the amplified DNA products showed that all the strains belonged to HBV genotype F3. The OBI isolates displayed 96-100% nucleotide identity between them. One isolate exhibited the co-circulation of a wild type variant with a variant with a premature stop codon at the core protein, and a variant exhibiting a deletion of 28 amino acids.
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Switzerland: Recommended Books and Movies
By Rick Steves
To get in the mood for your trip, consider these books and films, which take place partly or entirely in Switzerland.
Books: Nonfiction
For a look at how this diverse nation holds itself together, try Why Switzerland? (Steinberg), which explains how a country with four official languages can still have a common culture. Swiss Watching (Bewes), though campy and superficial, covers all the basics in an easy-to-digest look at 21st-century Switzerland. Swiss History in a Nutshell (Nappey) has information that's concise and enjoyable, yet not dumbed-down. La Place de la Concorde Suisse (McPhee) follows a mountain unit of the Swiss Army on patrol, exploring how mandatory military service (for men) keeps Switzerland from breaking apart (despite its French title, it's written in English).
Mark Twain's A Tramp Abroad is a humorous account of Twain's 1878 "walking tour" through the Alps. For more about mountains, try The White Spider (Harrer), which chronicles the first successful ascent of the Eiger's north face; The Climb Up to Hell (Olsen) about an ill-fated 1957 Eiger climb; and Jon Krakauer's collection of mountaineering essays, Eiger Dreams.
Books: Fiction
The most famous novel about Switzerland (and the source of many Swiss clichés) is the children's classic Heidi (Spyri). A refreshing antidote is Max Frisch's 20th-century riddle I'm Not Stiller.
Nobel Prize-winning author Thomas Mann was German, but his masterpiece, The Magic Mountain, takes place in a sanatorium high in the Swiss Alps, where troubled patients are trying to recover from tuberculosis as World War I is about to start. Another Nobel laureate — Ernest Hemingway — set the climax of his antiwar epic A Farewell to Arms on Lake Maggiore and in Lausanne.
In Hotel du Lac (Brookner), the heroine is sent by her friends to a Swiss hotel to recover from a misguided love affair, but her stay turns out to be much more than a simple rest cure. A different Swiss inn is the setting for John le Carré's thriller The Night Manager, where a fussy hotel worker is recruited by British intelligence to bring down a millionaire gunrunner. The Watchers is a detective/fantasy thriller set in the cobbled streets of Lausanne's old town (Steele).
Einstein's Dreams (Lightman) plays with preconceptions of space and time while painting an evocative picture of turn-of-the-century Bern. While several novels and movies recount the story of William Tell, the most enduring version of the legend is by German poet/philosopher/playwright Friedrich Schiller, whose now-classic play broadened the tale into a rallying cry against tyranny.
Hollywood has largely typecast Switzerland as little more than a range of high mountains. (One exception is 2002's The Bourne Identity, which set key scenes in urban Zürich...but filmed them mostly in Prague.) Clint Eastwood directed and starred in The Eiger Sanction (1975), a spy thriller partially shot in Kleine Scheidegg. The James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) includes stunning action sequences on the slopes of the Schilthorn, in the Piz Gloria revolving restaurant, and down a bobsled run. Five Days One Summer (1982) is a Sean Connery flick with some breathtaking climbing sequences sandwiched between soap-opera scenes about an incestuous love triangle. The excruciatingly realistic North Face (2008) imagines the disastrous 1936 attempt by an Austrian/German team to scale the Eiger's "wall of death."
For Switzerland beyond the mountains, try some foreign-language films. Krzysztof Kieslowski's Red (1994), the last part of his Three Colors trilogy, is set in Geneva. Alain Tanner is Switzerland's most acclaimed director, and his 1975 French-language film, Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000, takes a Big-Chill look at former student activists living in Geneva. Xavier Koller's Oscar-winning Journey of Hope (1990) follows three members of a Kurdish family in search of a better life in Switzerland.
The Swissmakers (1978), a multilingual comedy about foreigners trying to get Swiss citizenship, is the most popular Swiss movie ever made (but may still be hard to find in the States). Or, if you're in the mood for something completely different, many of India's "Bollywood" movies use Swiss scenery as a stand-in for Himalayan locales (driving increasing numbers of Indian tourists to Switzerland). The romance Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (literally The Brave Heart Will Take the Bride, 1995), which ran for a record 11 years in Indian movie theaters, was shot in Swiss locations with its actors speaking a mixture of Hindi and English.


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Born St Petersburg Russia in 1974. He was taken to Australia by his family, who were fleeing the totalitarian regime in Russia at the time.
Michael Vaynman has participated in exhibitions since the age of ten, and worked in numerous mediums such as clay, plaster and synthetic resins, steel and bronze.
Michael has also had extensive experience in mould making, bronze casting and patination. He produces all his own bronzes, overseeing each process from start to finish. He has also lent his expertise in bronze casting and patination to many of Sydney's most well known bronze sculptors, as well as overseeing the production of some major public sculptures such as the "Victims of the Bali Bombing Memorial", Coogee and "Supporting Hands", monument to Volunteers, Bankstown.
Artist Statement
"I create sculpture that explores classical sculptural forms and traditional themes.
The main intention of my art is to bring quiet to the mind and involve the person in the aesthetic experience. The vehicle I use for this is the classic human form explored and executed in a contemporary style".
1994-1995 Diploma of Fine Arts, sculpture major, painting minor. St George TAFE
1996-2000 Bachelor of Visual Arts, Painting Drawing major. Studies also completed in Ceramics, Photography, Printmaking, and electives in film theory and video production. (Moving images I & II and social Issues in the cinema). UWS Macarthur.
Public Commissions
Two relief bronze plates for the Lucinda Memorial, Lucinda park,
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JavaOne sessions on Java EE 5 puzzlers and Google Checkout
JavaOne 2007 is right around the corner, and I am participating in two sessions there. The first one is based on my work at my previous employer, Sun Microsystems. This session will present tips and tricks on using Java EE 5, and is patterned after the popular Java Puzzler sessions by Josh Bloch.
My other session is related to using Google Checkout API in Java applications. In this session, we will describe how Java developers can use this API to enable payments for selling products on their websites. The integration can be as simple as an HTML FORM post, or a heavy duty one for integration with order processing systems using a REST based API. We will also demonstrate how the popular Web 2.0 Pet Store application can be modified to use Google Checkout.
When neither presenting or attending other sessions, I will be handing out goodies at the Google booth in the pavillion! So if you are coming to the conference and would like to meet up, drop by the booth or at either of the sessions. If there are any specific topics you would like us to cover in the sessions, you are welcome to share them as comments to this blog. Thanks for reading.
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