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AMD CodeXL is a comprehensive tool suite that enables developers to harness the benefits of AMD CPUs, GPUs and APUs. It includes powerful GPU debugging, comprehensive GPU and CPU profiling, static OpenCL™, OpenGL® and DirectX® kernel/shader analysis capabilities, and APU/CPU/GPU power profiling, enhancing accessibility for software developers to enter the era of heterogeneous computing. AMD CodeXL is available both as a Visual Studio® extension and a standalone user interface application for Windows® and Linux®.
AMD CodeXL increases developer productivity by helping them identify programming errors and performance issues in their application quickly and easily. Now developers can debug, profile and analyze their applications with a full system-wide view on AMD APU, GPU and CPUs. Scroll down for more information about system requirements, documentation, benefits, key features, and to download CodeXL.
What's New?
CodeXL 1.8 includes:
- Support for Microsoft Windows® 10;
- HSA Profiler;
- Power Profiling discrete GPUs;
- Power Profiling API;
- Offline build and analysis of OpenGL shaders;
- New Static Analyzer enhanced ISA view;
- GPU Debugger support up to OpenGL 4.5;
- CPU Profiling for the "Carrizo" APU;
- CPU Profiling on VMWare;
- Many user-experience enhancements plus more.
Learn more in this blog post then download it from the table below.
Hands on with the latest features in CodeXL 1.7 in this webinar replay:
CodeXL Feature Highlights
CPU Profiling
AMD CodeXL has a profiling suite that helps software developers to identify, investigate and improve the performance of applications, drivers and system software on AMD CPUs. It helps find time critical hotspots and diagnose performance issues, precisely with CPU sampling and call-graph profiling features. AMD CodeXL CPU profiling is ready to be used to improve the performance of games and media-oriented applications, transaction processing, and high performance scientific/engineering computation.
Static Kernel Analysis
AMD CodeXL includes a static analysis component that enables developers to compile, and analyze the code of their OpenCL™ kernels, DirectX and OpenGL shaders, and view disassembly of the generated IL and ISA, all without running the actual application.
GPU Debugging
AMD CodeXL offers comprehensive GPU debugging of OpenCL™ & OpenGL API calls and OpenCL™ kernels. It enables developers to step through the source code to find bugs, optimize performance and reduce memory consumption. The debugger includes real-time OpenCL™ kernel debugging, which allows developers to step into the kernel execution directly from the API calls, debug inside the kernel, view all variable values across different work groups and work items – and all this on a single computer with a single GPU.
AMD CodeXL takes the mystery out of debugging OpenCL™ and OpenGL, allowing developers to peek into compute and graphic memory objects, monitor their contents, and detect memory leaks and code paths that caused it. Users can view and save the API call logs, find the deprecated functions and see the recommended alternative function calls.
GPU Profiling
AMD CodeXL also provides a GPU profiler that collects and visualizes GPU counter data, application trace, kernel occupancy and hotspots analysis for AMD APU and GPUs. The profiler gathers data from the OpenCL™ run-time and AMD Radeon™ GPUs during the execution of an OpenCL™ application. This can be used to discover bottlenecks in an application and find ways to optimize the application's performance for AMD platforms.
Power Profiling
The Power Profiler monitors the power consumption of APU and discrete GPU components in real-time, as well as CPU core and GPU frequencies, and CPU cores thermal trend and P-State. A command line tool and a rich graphic client let you visualize and analyze what are the power-hungry parts of your machine and make your application greener.
System Requirements
- Microsoft® Windows 7® 64-bit or
Microsoft® Windows 8.1® 64-bit or
Microsoft® Windows 10® 64-bit
- Optional: Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010, 2012 or 2013 (applies to Microsoft® Visual Studio® Plugin Only)
- Linux®:
- Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 7, 64-bit
- Ubuntu® 14.04 or later, 64-bit
- SUSE 11 SP3 or later, 64-bit
- The latest AMD Catalyst driver
Features & Benefits in Detail
CodeXL has numerous benefits, including the ability to diagnose performance issues in hot-spots and analyze call chain relationships, as well as features such as real-time OpenCL™ and OpenGL API-level debugging, OpenCL™ timeline visualization and much more. For a detailed look at the CPU Profiling, GPU Debugging, GPU Profiling, Power Profiling and Static Kernel Analysis key features and detailed benefits, visit the CodeXL Benefits in Detail page.
Documentation & Support
User Guide:
- Compressed HTML Help file (CHM) for Windows users.
Note: You may need to right click on the file, go to Properties & click Unblock to see the content.
- HTML archive for any platform
Please visit the CodeXL forum to interact with the CodeXL team, provide feedback, and get support.


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Has anyone noticed that recently, i.e. the last few months, Bungie has hardly released any extra news on Halo 2, except for the Weekly Updates of course, and that new "When Magazine Editors Attack". But apart from that, no extra news whatsoever. You can tell this fact is true becuase below the main stories/info, there is still a weekly update from the 11th June!!! FOR CHRIST SAKE!! Bungie, i know that all that CAN be told about Halo 2 has been given to us, but could you at least give us some more topics to discuss? I come to the forum every day after school, (and sometimes during because im doing my GCSE's) and its always the same subjects: Halo Halo 2 Queries on both of the above Insane queries!!! The forum is running out of ideas bungie, and if you dont give us some new stuff to talk about soon, you may be about to losing many readers....
Deleted User6/25/2004 5:11:09 AM Permalink[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Jumpmaster Thanks very much Frank, cause I'm personally looking forward to seeing the great visuals and seeing how the cinematics make the story unfold in Halo 2. Sounds like it's gonna be a blast.[/quote] Sorry but i have to say this... I joined a day earlier than you! Weird, huh?
Deleted User6/25/2004 4:58:59 AM Permalink[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Texas Ben your not from the old B.net either[/quote] I finally find an oldskooler!
Deleted User6/25/2004 1:27:02 AM PermalinkThanks very much Frank, cause I'm personally looking forward to seeing the great visuals and seeing how the cinematics make the story unfold in Halo 2. Sounds like it's gonna be a blast.
Deleted User6/24/2004 6:37:54 AM PermalinkI LOVE IT!!!!! To much info!!!!! Cant remember it all!
Deleted User6/23/2004 9:54:36 PM PermalinkMan, even if the update is small, I still love it! At least now I can read it over and over again in a short amount of time. [Edited on 6/23/2004 1:55:47 PM]
DiscipleN2k6/23/2004 6:26:03 PM Permalink[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] kinggun praise to god that the bungie group have actually got their a**es in 1st gear and are giving me a reason to wait outside my local GAME store for halo 2 [/quote] Not to completely ruin your point here, but you do know that first gear is reeeaaally slooooww, right??
Deleted User6/23/2004 5:33:35 PM Permalinkwonderful, thanks frankie. how good do you feel ruining our day like that? "i played halo, you didn't!" *sighs*
Deleted User6/23/2004 3:50:45 PM PermalinkInteresting, nothing more to say though... [Edited on 6/23/2004 7:52:47 AM]
Deleted User6/23/2004 1:10:03 PM PermalinkThat's a great update! Don't you have any screenshots from that particular (or any other) Halo 2 scene? Guess I know the answer though :(
Deleted User6/23/2004 11:14:26 AM PermalinkDamnit Frankie you had to go ruin the whole game for me!! Now I KNOW that theres gonna be a real cool animated cinematic, WITH MC IN DRAG!!!! I would have loved it to be a surprise, but NOOOO!! :P On a more serious note, badass update, until Friday...
Deleted User6/23/2004 10:22:14 AM Permalinkplease dont let ne miore info out otherwise i might become satuated with it praise to god that the bungie group have actually got their a**es in 1st gear and are giving me a reason to wait outside my local GAME store for halo 2 otherwise keep up the good work guys
Deleted User6/23/2004 6:38:14 AM PermalinkWow!!! I'm glad they've actually started that considering it releases in 5 mths!
Deleted User6/23/2004 4:46:30 AM Permalinkummm..... E3 was last month. There is plenty of new info there.
Deleted User6/23/2004 3:53:43 AM PermalinkYah! A fully legitamite update :D, complete with tantilizing information, descriptions of vague story elements to leave us pondering and guessing, and a Mis(s)ter Chief to scare us away from the forums at the end of it! I like.
Deleted User6/23/2004 3:51:13 AM PermalinkBEST UPDATE EVER, I FEEL LIKE I JUST PLAYED HALO 2!!!!!
Deleted User6/23/2004 2:53:28 AM Permalink[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] ObbiQuiet [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] MakaVeli4LIfe1 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] ObbiQuiet [url=http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/796/misterdrag.jpg]Mister Chief in Drag[/url][/quote] Wowza[/quote] It's a 30 second masterpiece.[/quote] Double wowza
Deleted User6/23/2004 2:51:58 AM Permalink[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] MakaVeli4LIfe1 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] ObbiQuiet [url=http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/796/misterdrag.jpg]Mister Chief in Drag[/url][/quote] Wowza[/quote] It's a 30 second masterpiece.
Deleted User6/23/2004 2:50:42 AM Permalink[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] ObbiQuiet [url=http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/796/misterdrag.jpg]Mister Chief in Drag[/url][/quote] Wowza
Deleted User6/23/2004 2:49:34 AM Permalink[url=http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/796/misterdrag.jpg]Mister Chief in Drag[/url] [Edited on 6/22/2004 6:50:03 PM]
Frankie6/23/2004 2:47:55 AM PermalinkIf Obbi posts it later, it IS legit. Our site is having issues this second. Props to Obbi (aka Dave). [Edited on 6/22/2004 6:48:35 PM]
Deleted User6/23/2004 2:31:32 AM Permalinksheesh, one thing at a time! my brain cant handle all this info.
Frankie6/23/2004 2:29:22 AM PermalinkMaybe I WILL do a mini-chief! How about Mister Chief in drag? If anyone wants it, i'll do it!

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text: The NewHollywood era, also known as the American New Wave, the UsefulNotes/{{Hollywood}} Renaissance and the auteur period, is when the swinging [[TheSixties Sixties]] arrived in Hollywood. It was marked by the rise of a new generation of young, film-school-educated, countercultural filmmakers -- directors, actors and writers alike -- whom Hollywood felt could speak to the new generation of young people in ways that their older stars could not. By this point in time, Hollywood was desperate to hold onto any remaining scrap of relevance in an era that saw its dominance of American pop culture pulverized by the trifecta of TV, foreign cinema by masters like Creator/AkiraKurosawa, Creator/FrancoisTruffaut, and Creator/SergioLeone, and independent film such as those produced by Creator/JohnCassavetes and Creator/RogerCorman. And so, in a last-ditch, Hail Mary pass, they granted these young artists unprecedented freedom to realize their visions in ways that past Hollywood filmmakers could never have imagined. The result was one of the largest creative explosions that the American film industry has ever seen, and which profoundly affected the way in which Hollywood operated into the present day.!!The rise of the New Golden Age...The point that is often given for the beginning of the New Hollywood era is the collapse of UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode in the mid-'60s. The Code had already lost its primary reason for being in 1952 when the US Supreme Court declared film to be a protected art form under the First Amendment. By the '60s, major studios had forced it to bend to approve "special exceptions" for critically-hailed, challenging fare, like ''ThePawnbroker'' with its short scene of plot-relevant nudity and ''Theatre/WhosAfraidOfVirginiaWoolf'' with its equally plot-relevant harsh language. Furthermore, when the Code tried to hold its ground with the sexually explicit film ''Film/{{Blowup}}'' in 1966, Creator/{{MGM}} simply defied it and released a film that proved a critical and box office smash hit.Seeing the writing on the wall, in 1968 the new boss, Jack Valenti, replaced the Code with a much more liberal system of {{moral guardians}}hip, the Motion Picture Association of America's (MPAA) film rating system. Unlike the Hays Code, which only allowed [[RuleAbidingRebel sorta-edgy]] [[ReactionaryFantasy content]] that, today, would probably qualify for a PG (or a ''very'' light PG-13), the MPAA rating system created a compromise between anti-censorship artists and the ThinkOfTheChildren crowd by establishing four tiers for films: "G" for family-friendly films, "M" for films with potentially disturbing subject matter that were still determined to be all-ages appropriate, "R" for films that were deemed objectionable for children to view, and "X" for explicit and potentially offensive movies. "M" was changed to "GP" (and later "PG") in the early '70s due to audience confusion as to whether "M" or "R" was a higher rating. Unfortunately, the implementation of this system had a rough transition period in 1968 with theaters misunderstanding the concept leading to ugly incidents such as kids seeing ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'' unhindered and getting a terrible shock seeing a film clearly not intended for them.A modified version of this system is still in effect today, with the main changes being the addition of a "PG-13" rating between "PG" and "R" in 1984 (in response to graphic violence in PG films like ''Film/TempleOfDoom'' and ''Film/{{Gremlins}}''), and the replacement of "X" with "NC-17" in 1990.[[note]]A word of note: the "X" rating, unlike the others, was never trademarked by the MPAA, meaning that producers of pornographic and {{exploitation film}}s often slapped it onto their own films (along with ratings like "[[HotterAndSexier XXX]]") in order to [[SexSells increase their]] [[RatedMForMoney marketability]]. As a result, the X rating came to be associated almost exclusively with skin flicks and grindhouse schlock, to the point where more "respectable" films that would have qualified for X ratings (like ''Film/TheCookTheThiefHisWifeAndHerLover'' and ''Film/HenryPortraitOfASerialKiller'') were released unrated instead in order to avoid the stigma, at the cost of reduced exposure. The name change to "NC-17" was designed to get rid of this problem; however, theaters and advertisers placed the same restrictions on NC-17 rated films as they did on the old X rated films. The first mainstream film to try and buck this, ''Film/{{Showgirls}}'', flopped horribly at the box office, and the rating quickly got the same porno/grindhouse stigma as X before it. To this day, no major theater chain will carry an NC-17 film, although some indie films, such as ''Film/{{Shame}}'' and ''Film/KillerJoe'', still use the rating.[[/note]]With the floodgates opened, the benefits started pouring through almost immediately. Films like ''Film/BonnieAndClyde'', ''Film/TheGraduate'', ''Film/MidnightCowboy'', ''Film/CoolHandLuke'', ''Film/TheProducers'', and ''Film/EasyRider'' broke countless taboos, earning immense critical acclaim and, in some cases, box office returns in the process. Realism and immersion were major themes in such movies, a backlash against the {{spectacle}} and artificiality that defined the studio system. A symbol of this emphasis on realism was the choice of many filmmakers to shoot on location -- not only was this now far less expensive than shooting on set due to advances in technology, it also heightened the feeling that the people on screen were in a real place. In addition, such films were infused with [[HotterAndSexier sexuality]], [[BloodierAndGorier graphic]] [[{{Gorn}} violence]], drugs, rock music, {{anti hero}}es, anti-establishment themes, and other symbols of the '60s counterculture that would've been unthinkable in mainstream American cinema just a few years earlier. Many New Hollywood filmmakers openly admitted to using marijuana and psychedelic drugs, furthering their popularity in the general climate of the '60s.In addition, the rigid cliche of the [[WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant WASP-y]], [[WhiteMaleLead white-bread American movie star]] was challenged with the rise of actors who forced the parameters open, like the suave, intelligent black man Creator/SidneyPoitier, [[EuropeansAreKinky exotic European sex symbols]] like Creator/BrigitteBardot and Creator/SophiaLoren, the {{adorkable}} Jews Creator/DustinHoffman and Creator/WoodyAllen, and the [[MrFanservice hardbody heartthrob]] Asian tough guy Creator/BruceLee. These and other actors hit it big by being seemingly nothing like any major movie star before.The success of New Hollywood's early films stood in sharp contrast to the colossal, [[CreatorKiller studio-busting]] failures of the last stretch of Old Hollywood-style filmmaking -- in particular, the many money-losing, big-budget, mostly family-friendly musicals (''Doctor Dolittle'', ''Camelot'', ''Hello, Dolly!'', etc.) made in the wake of the 1965 smash ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic''. This caused the studios to grant [[ProtectionFromEditors almost complete creative control]] to these upstart filmmakers. As TheSeventies rolled in, such films as Francis Ford Coppola's ''Film/TheGodfather'', Sidney Lumet's ''Film/DogDayAfternoon'' and ''Film/{{Network}}'', Creator/RomanPolanski's [[FilmNoir neo-Noir]] ''Film/{{Chinatown}}'', Michael Cimino's ''Film/TheDeerHunter'', and Creator/MartinScorsese's ''Film/TaxiDriver'' were released to not only near-universal critical acclaim, but also massive ticket sales, earning their studios boatloads of cash in the process. For a time, it appeared that this strategy was paying off big time, and that Hollywood was [[HopeSpot finally out of its post-war slump]]. It helped that, with TV becoming the dominant mass media, the cultural scorn heaped on it changed the image of film by comparison. Whereas cinema was previously considered a low-class medium, now it became "quality entertainment" with an artistic respectability nearly on a par with other arts like live theater. (Compare it to the situation today, where television is itself becoming "respectable" while video games and webshows take up the "low-brow" mantle.)!!...and the fall.Alas, these good times were not to last. For one thing, while some of these films were huge hits, average weekly attendance plummeted between 1965 and 1969, from roughly 45 million per week to roughly 19 million in 1969. While some of this can be attributed to the continued collapse of the studio system in the late '60s, the numbers only crept back up into the 20-25 million per week range for the next decade, staying there and never recovering to old heights. Furthermore, as the '70s progressed, the filmmakers of New Hollywood, [[ProtectionFromEditors free from studio control]] and being showered with heaps of praise, started to [[SmallNameBigEgo let their egos]] [[PrimaDonnaDirector get the better of them]]. Their films started to go from masterpieces to self-indulgent messes that were [[TroubledProduction hopelessly over-budget]], weeks, months, or years behind schedule, and worst of all, nothing that anybody wanted to watch.One of the only big successes from the twilight years of New Hollywood was 1979's ''Film/ApocalypseNow'', which won several awards and was a box-office success despite its notoriously TroubledProduction leading many to predict a ''Film/{{Cleopatra}}''-sized catastrophe in the making. Otherwise, the general trend was for filmmakers to harpoon their careers. Disasters like Coppola's 1982 bomb ''One From the Heart'', Michael Cimino's notorious 1980 flop ''Film/HeavensGate'', and others [[CreatorKiller turned]] many of the shining lights of New Hollywood into DarthWiki/{{Fallen Creator}}s virtually overnight. At the end of it all, Creator/UnitedArtists (the studio behind ''Heaven's Gate'') had gone bankrupt and had been sold to [[Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer MGM]], and studios were once again reining in their directors before things got any worse.Furthermore, there were new trends brewing in the background. ''Franchise/StarWars'', which was made on a modest budget with no "big" stars (Creator/AlecGuinness was the only real name) and at considerable risk (described by Creator/RogerCorman, TheMentor of the group, as a BMovie during production), became a box-office smash in 1977. Directors at the time like Creator/MartinScorsese and John Milius (screenwriter of ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' and director of ''The Wind and the Lion'') noted that its success taught new investors [[RightForTheWrongReasons the wrong lessons]], causing many to believe that the success of the film lay in its ability to [[MerchandiseDriven spin-off merchandise]] rather than its own merits as a film. With high-profile bombs discrediting the New Hollywood movement, Hollywood turned away from their sorts of adult films and towards making films for the whole family, which led [[FollowTheLeader to several imitations]] and the drying up of funds for many of those filmmakers, ironically erasing the context which led to ''Franchise/StarWars'' being made in the first place. Directors like Creator/WoodyAllen argued that, despite the occasional flop, by and large these films made a profit and were {{Misblamed}} for changes the industry was going through anyway. Scorsese has described the period as being, more accurately, the space between [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood the old]] and the new, where the next generation of blockbusters were once again in control of the situation, leading to UsefulNotes/TheBlockbusterAgeOfHollywood.The first buyouts of studios by outside forces began during this time, as corporations not only saw that Hollywood was big business, but that, in their currently troubled state, the studios were ripe for hostile takeover.!!If you want blood... you've got it!The auteur filmmaking of New Hollywood was a phenomenon chiefly relegated to the major studios, institutions that could afford to finance the production of these blockbusters. For those who couldn't make it in Hollywood... well, the Hays Code was gone, the MoralGuardians were neutered, and moviegoers were demanding much edgier and more graphic content, so [[HotterAndSexier you can guess]] [[BloodierAndGorier what happened]]. The above-described "auteur period" is only one of the two phenomena associated with filmmaking in the 1970s; the other, as Creator/QuentinTarantino and his ilk have so masterfully taught us, was the explosion of [[BMovie B-grade]] {{exploitation film}}s. Whole new sub-genres abounded in American cinema, from "{{blaxploitation}}" targeted at newly-empowered (but still largely ignored by Hollywood) African Americans in the wake of the CivilRightsMovement, to wild [[MartialArtsMovie martial arts]] and {{Wuxia}} action films imported from Hong Kong with BruceLee becoming a cinematic legend with only a handful of films. Famed low-budget filmmaker Creator/RogerCorman -- who mentored many of the big talents of the auteur period -- spent the prior decade developing a sweeping body of work famous for the frugality of its production, and continued to produce films even after he stopped directing in 1971.The American horror genre entered a new golden age of creativity. On the Hollywood side of the genre, such films as ''Film/RosemarysBaby'', ''Film/TheOmen1976'', ''Film/TheExorcist'' and ''Film/{{Carrie 1976}}'' all worked hard to restore the artistic respectability of the genre, winning critical acclaim that few horror films have achieved since. Meanwhile, on the indie side, blood-drenched flicks like ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'' and ''Film/TheTexasChainSawMassacre1974'' shocked viewers with their brutality, and helped to prompt the development of the MPAA film rating system as a replacement for the Hays Code. Italian cinema played a major role in the growth of the genre, with such visionaries as Creator/DarioArgento, Creator/LucioFulci and Creator/MarioBava all heavily influencing the direction that the horror genre would take well into the '80s.!!In conclusionWhile the New Hollywood era lasted less than a decade and a half, it had a profound impact on how Hollywood operated. To put it in as few words as possible, New Hollywood was the era in which, at least in the eyes of academics and the American cultural elite, cinema finally secured its status as TrueArt after decades of fighting for acceptance alongside literature, theater and music. The old studio system, in which the producers [[ExecutiveMeddling had the ultimate say]] in everything that happened on set and backstage, was gone for good. Even after the studios pushed back against the excesses of [[SmallNameBigEgo bloated-headed]] [[PrimaDonnaDirector "visionaries"]] and ExecutiveMeddling returned to prominence, the idea that Hollywood writers and directors have the right to control their work and make movies [[DoingItForTheArt for the art]], at least after they show they can be [[AuteurLicense trusted to make a profit doing it]], was something that stayed in the American film industry, as evidenced by such [[UsefulNotes/TheBlockbusterAgeOfHollywood Blockbuster Age]] filmmakers as Creator/StevenSpielberg, Creator/JamesCameron, Creator/PeterJackson, Creator/DavidFincher and Creator/ChristopherNolan (alongside indie filmmakers like Creator/TheCoenBrothers, Creator/SpikeLee, Creator/WesAnderson, Creator/QuentinTarantino, Creator/StevenSoderbergh and so on). The output of the era, like that of the Golden Age, is often put through the NostalgiaFilter, with some saying that it was the last truly classic decade for American cinema ([[http://articles.latimes.com/2003/aug/17/entertainment/ca-dargis17 Expect]] CriticalBacklash and FlameWar for those who disagree).At the end of the day, the lessons learned from NewHollywood, both good and bad, would be put to use by the studios -- and their new corporate owners -- to start the ''real'' Hollywood renaissance. [[UsefulNotes/TheBlockbusterAgeOfHollywood At least, for their profitability...]]----


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New, disturbing evidence of an alliance between brutal Maras, Zetas cartels
GUATEMALA CITY Hardened in the streets and prisons of California and deported in the 1990s to the Central American countries where they were born, the members of the Mara Salvatrucha street gang swiftly grew into a force of heavily tattooed young men carrying out kidnappings, murder and extortion.
Now, Guatemalan authorities say, they have begun to see new and disturbing evidence of an alliance between the Maras and another of the most feared criminal organizations in Latin America — a deal with the potential to further undermine the U.S.-backed effort to fight violent crime and narcotics trafficking in the region.
Secret jailhouse recordings and a turncoat kidnapper have described a pact between leaders of the Maras and the Zetas, the brutal Mexican paramilitary drug cartel that has seized control of large parts of rural northern Guatemala in its campaign for mastery of drug-trafficking routes from South America to the United States. In recent months, authorities say, they have begun to see the first signs the Zetas are providing paramilitary training and equipment to the Maras in exchange for intelligence and crimes meant to divert law-enforcement resources and attention.
The Zetas, formed more than a decade ago by defectors from Mexico's army special forces, have joined forces with local drug kingpins in the Guatemalan countryside, and recruited turncoat members of Guatemala's military special forces for operations in Mexico and Guatemala, officials in the two neighboring countries have said.
There is some evidence that other Mexican cartels have paid Central American street gangs to sell drugs for them. And Salvadoran authorities said they are aware of informal links between the Zetas and local cliques of the Mara Salvatrucha paid to sell individual shipments of drugs, but officials have seen no proof of any formal deal between the gangs.
But a formal, durable alliance with the Maras could bring the Zetas thousands of new foot soldiers, extending the cartel's reach into the cities of Guatemala, and, potentially, other countries in Central America where the Maras maintain a grip on urban slums.
Guatemalan authorities say they believe the Zetas have trained a small group of Maras in at least one camp inside Mexico. Zeta members have spoken of recruiting 5,000 more, although the extent to which they have succeeded remains unclear, officials said. Surreptitious recordings of jailhouse conversations between Zeta and Mara leaders contain mentions of a deal between the two groups, said a high-ranking investigator who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the information.


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I actually found Ferengi Love Songs not that bad. It's definitely weak, but that's all. I wouldn't call it bad, and it definitely wasn't painful for me to watch; just boring. There are only 4 DS9 episodes I would call bad, namely Meridian, The Muse, Let He Who is Without Sin... and The Emperor's New Cloak; and of those two actually have enjoyable B-plots. The A-plots of these two, and the other two episodes entirely are just painful to watch. I'd probably give Ferengi Love Songs two stars, or maybe 1.5, myself.
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NEW YORK (AP) — As David Letterman and Howard Stern can attest, a 30-year anniversary celebration is a ripe opportunity to cringe at geeky haircuts.
Letterman marked three decades in late-night TV on Wednesday on CBS by bringing Stern, one of his favorite guests, onto his "Late Show." They congratulated each other on age improving their looks.
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Read Between the Lines. Or Read the Lines.
Here we are passed Black Friday and Cyber Monday and everything in between and I have yet to buy one gift.
If you are in a similar spot, Out of Print may provide a snappy stocking stuffer. Journals, featuring the covers of some literary favorites, use the opening sentences of famous novels as "lines."
They're clever for coming up with them, you're clever for ordering them. Here.
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Monday, November 28, 2011
Line Drawing
Not in the budget to hang a Mondrian above the mantle? Perhaps it would suffice to have a little line and dash before the sofa.
Try a new sound and give the greatest hits of Adnet, Probber and Wormley the night off.
The Right Angles coffee table is a new design by Jason Phillips. It is available through the Phillips Collection here and you can see more of his work here. Also, it reminds me of my new dress. If only I had shoes with a little gold capped heel.
Images courtesy of Jason Phillips; the table measures 48 x 34 x 17 and will be limited to twenty pieces.
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Winning Mr. Gili
More than once in the last week someone has mentioned to me the experience of sitting down with a design book - cozy chair, good light and hot tea - to read and to dream. These books offer us both concrete inspiration and magical escape.
I am happy to give, in conjunction with Rizzoli, a copy of Oberto Gili, Home Sweet Home, to Karen, whom I have contacted already.
Image courtesy of Rizzoli New York by Oberto Gili from his book Home Sweet Home.
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Happy Thanksgiving
I originally ran this post for Thanksgiving 2009, but these images are worth repeating and are by Oberto Gili so we are quite on topic. The sentiment remains the same.
Whether your Thanksgiving is filled with sterling and squab
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a very happy Thanksgiving.
All images House and Garden, November 1986; consistently, perpetually delicious photography by Oberto Gili. The silver pieces are French, commissioned for the Portuguese court in the 18th century.
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011
More of Less is More (and a Give Away)
Yesterday's images from Oberto Gili's new book were delicious and dense.
Today I am giving you a little taste to cleanse your palette before the feast.
Still Gili, still distinct, but with more air.
I know you may have been shopping or cooking or traveling to someone who is shopping and cooking on your behalf, so to soothe the strain I am offering up a copy of Oberto Gili's Home Sweet Home.
Leave a comment here by Sunday, November 27th and I will announce the winner Monday morning. Now, think this through. I must, must, be able to get in touch with you if you win, so you might need to leave your email address in the comment section. There's no way around it.
All images courtesy of Rizzoli New York, photography by Oberto Gili.
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Monday, November 21, 2011
Sumptuous and Bohemian
There are people for whom the images of memory are not just things they have experienced themselves, but also the pictures they have seen. In galleries. In museums. And in magazines.
Pictures that are so close, so clearly remembered, that they feel they were in those spaces. That they experienced them in a very personal way.
Many images by photographer Oberto Gili are in my files, both paper and mental.
"I try not to change anything and not to style," Mr. Gili told me. He has shot the homes of friends and strangers and says neither is better or easier, but "The difference is if they are interesting or not. An uninteresting person will for sure live in a dull house."
He has favorites, as I have favorites (the pool, the flag, the cows), but will he click and tell? "I could name many, but I go down to two - Richard Meier and Isabella Rossellini." I remember them well.
If you are an Oberto Gili fan, you will be thrilled with his new book Oberto Gili, Home Sweet Home: Sumptuous and Bohemian Interiors. Bill was shaking his head and smiling as I kept saying, "Oh, it's so beautiful." All images courtesy of Rizzoli New York and are, of course, by Mr. Gili.
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011
PJ Party
I went to stay with friends about a month ago and unthinkingly tossed my favorite pajamas in my bag.
When I pulled them out, now in sumptuous surroundings instead of my master bedroom that is reminiscent of a large dog bed, I was shocked by their shabbiness.
I think it is time for Marigot to the rescue.
Long cashmere sweaters on top create a cozy cocoon. Oprah likes them, too. Marigot made the gift guide, so if you enter "OPRAH" at check out you will receive 10% off through December 1st and a chance to win a full set including the sweater.
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Patina Style
I missed meeting Brooke Giannetti when I was in Los Angeles a while back. My schedule was hectic and she was busy with business and children and our paths did not cross.
But I have read her blog, Velvet and Linen, for a long time and I liked her already.
Brooke and her husband, Steve, own Giannetti Home where they offer up interesting antiques and beautiful (and sensible) architecture and design services. I've always enjoyed their aesthetic as it seems so genuine.
I've watched Brooke spiff her kitchen, build a chicken coop and become friends with Penelope Biachi (which brings about a little envy.) And, now she's written a book, Patina Style.
There is no doubt that the interiors are beautiful, but the bonus is the amount of really helpful advice that you will find here. Her thoughts on paint are worth the price of admission alone, but there are also great sections on using architectural salvage, furniture placement and display.
If you like things that show a little bit of the life they've lived, you'll love Patina Style.
Images, courtesy of Brooke Giannetti, photography by Lisa Romerein except the last which is Steve Giannetti.
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Monday, November 14, 2011
Catching Up
It's always a treat to see a new Suzanne Rheinstein project and there is a particularly lovely one in December's Architectural Digest. You may remember the beautiful mural in Rheinstein's New York apartment painted by Bob Christian; he struts his stuff again here with great results. That Rheinstein used a Pottery Barn sisal in this room confirms my impression that she is both charming and down-to-earth. Knowing where to put the low in high-low is quite a knack.
Image Architectural Digest, December 2010, design by Suzanne Rheinstein, produced by Robert Rufino; photography by Francesco Lagnese.
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Sunday, November 6, 2011
Out and About - Pear Tree
If you would rather stand barefooted on the cool, textured tile and admire a crisp collection
than empty your purse for a pair of matching shoes
then you are in luck. Pear Tree Design and Antiques has received their shipment, including the most delightful blue and white porcelain.
Call or stop in:
Pear Tree Design and Antiques
313 East 55th Street
Images, top, Oliver Messel: In the Theatre of Design, edited by Thomas Messel, Rizzoli New York, 2011, photography Derry Moore. The two images bottom are my own; click on them to see them larger.
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Thursday, November 3, 2011
If the Shoe Fits
Recently I asked a friend if $700 shoes (and $800 shoes and $1200 shoes) really feel different than $300 shoes. We had a brief, yet believable, exchange about quality and longevity. A few days later, pouring over Oliver Messel's design of Rayne's Shoe Shop I thought, "This was a place that girl would dig."
Shelves and pedistals, mirror and silk, this was a shrine to shoes cloaked by a "Shop" with no "pe." This was one side of one room. There were rooms. This is the sort of spot, like the couture section at Hall's, where my foot would never cross the threshold.
Later that day I received an email from a friend who sends me pictures of houses he likes with subject lines like, "Yes. This," and no other text. The latest contained a link to a post at The Selby with a brown-that-was-supposed-to-be-red chair and this. A modern day version of Rayne's for one's very own. A cabinet so lovely that she just might become vain, but who keeps her head as she has such a serious job to do.
This jazzy cabinet belongs to Brooke Cundiff (Director of Merchandise at Park and Bond) and her husband, Michael Hainey (who is just about everything - writer, artist and deputy editor of GQ.) And the chic grosgrain ribbon on this convoluted shoe box? This pithy quote at the end of the post that I just might treasure more than a pair of Louboutins:
Oliver Messel: In the Theatre of Design, edited by Thomas Messel, Rizzoli, New York from the Victoria and Albert Museum, Theatre and Performance Collection. Image, next, via the Selby.
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Act II
Obviously, there is set design and decoration. Pages of sketches of costumes and stage.
There are also examples of decoration of both rooms and painted walls.
Don't forget tales of British aristocracy and politics and life-long friendships.
But the best parts of Oliver Messel: The Theatre of Design for me are the houses he designed in Barbados and Mustique. Those chalky walls, bare floors, porcelain and chintz. My copy's spine is already cracked to Chapter Five. For the design? Yes. But also for the reassurance that one can shift focus, try something new and succeed.
This book truly has it all - great design, a rollicking story, a great romance and best of all a dashing leading man. And wonderful pictures to boot. All images courtesy of Rizzoli for Oliver Messel: In the Theatre of Design edited by Thomas Messel. Photography for all photos but the third by Derry Moore, the other is by Dale Curtis. Rizzoli provided the book for review.
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Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Light of My Life
"Is Halloween on a full moon?"
"Then I'm going to be a werewolf, because since it is not a full moon I can just be a regular kid."
"If you don't wear a costume, you can't go trick-or-treating. House rules."
"Then I'll be a lamp."
With a pause I looked up over the top of my glasses, "I can totally make you a lamp."
Do not double-dog-dare me. Not to make you a lamp or take the tequila shot or drive to Dallas to see The Who. Because I will. When I suggested he tuck the end of an extension cord into the cuff of his pants and carry the plug over his elbow he said, "You have to stop now."
This is my way of explaining why posts have been spotty. Picking paint colors and working and managing the boys all take a little energy and some creative juju. Sometimes there is not enough left over for a blog post. I'm not quitting, just getting things together. A woman who I worked with a million years ago, one of my favorite women ever, used to say, "I need to get my shit in one sock." That is, indeed, what I am trying to do.
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FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2011 file picture a police van stands in front of a burnt-out house in Zwickau, eastern Germany that was destroyed by a supposed member of a far-right terror gang. For years, authorities suspected organized crime rather than racist violence; only when two suspected founding members were found dead last November after a botched bank robbery and their house was set on fire by an accomplice, did the so-called National Socialist Underground's activities come to light. Germany's domestic spy agency faces awkward questions and a shake-up after revelations that an official destroyed files related to a neo-Nazi group suspected of killing 10 people, mostly ethnic Turks. The case prompted the government to announce this week that the agency's head for the past 12 years, Heinz Fromm, will take early retirement. (AP Photo/dapd/ Joern Haufe,file)


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The San Francisco Giants pack in tens of thousands of fans a night in their sparkling stadium by the bay. Fifty miles south, a minor-league affiliate of the Giants in San Jose plays before fewer than 5,000 in a ballpark near a paper recycling center.
But the San Jose Giants and their fans now find themselves in the middle of a major-league showdown, as the Oakland Athletics are trying to decamp to San Jose, and the San Francisco Giants are fighting it. If Major League Baseball sides with the A's, the 70-year-old minor-league franchise could be out.
The major leagues designate geographic territories for each pro team, and the San Francisco Giants have the right to block other pro baseball teams from settling in Santa Clara County. In 2009, the A's asked MLB for permission to build a new stadium in San Jose where, the A's say, they can make more money. The San Francisco Giants say they worked for years to lure fans and sponsors from the South Bay and that an A's move there would hurt ticket sales.
MLB executives have been reviewing the A's request since 2009, but haven't said when they might rule on it. MLB spokesman Pat Courtney says a committee "is actively working on this complex situation" but that there is no deadline for making a decision.
San Jose Giants Chief Executive Daniel Orum declines to speculate on what would happen to his team if the A's move to San Jose, but says many would be disappointed if the San Jose Giants disappeared. "We're an important part of the social fabric of our community," he says.
The San Francisco Giants—the majority owners of the San Jose Giants—and the A's declined to comment on their dispute over San Jose.
The matter appeared far from the minds of fans at a San Jose Giants game last month against the Modesto Nuts at cozy San Jose Municipal Stadium.
"It's fun and family oriented," Campbell resident Tom Lohr says. By his side, his 4-year-old son, Joseph, wriggled with anticipation to enter the ballpark, built in 1942 with New Deal funds.
While tickets are sold for as little as $10, free tickets are also available from local supermarkets or hardware stores for some games. A small tub of popcorn from the concession stands costs $2.50 while batting cages and other children's games line the front gate.
Mr. Lohr says he would welcome a new home for the A's. "I'm a die-hard San Francisco Giants fan, but it'll be good for the A's to move out of Oakland," he says. "It'll be good for San Jose, too."
But Bob Shields, a longtime San Jose Giants season-ticket holder, says he "despises the thought" of the A's displacing his team and vows never to attend an A's game in San Jose. "This is a family park. The big-league stadiums, they're not family stadiums."
As long as the Giants stay in San Jose, the team says its goal is to lure fans with its low prices, casual charm, wacky antics and a deep connection to the community.
There are no bad seats at Municipal Stadium, which drew a crowd of about 4,000 for the Modesto game. A middle-school band played the national anthem. The longest lines were for the Turkey Mike's BBQ stand behind the left-field bleachers.
"Minor-league baseball is about providing a happy experience for families," says Mr. Orum, the San Jose Giants CEO.
San Jose Giants games may be a blast for fans, but the High-A minor league is a brutal proving ground for young ballplayers who hope to play for the San Francisco Giants someday. The 25 active players grind out a 140-game schedule during the summer; days off are rare. With the average salary for most San Jose players around $1,250 a month, they live with host families who turn over a bedroom to a 20-something ballplayer.
Brandon Belt, a first baseman for the San Francisco Giants, says he relished his stint in San Jose in 2010, even though the low rungs of minor-league baseball meant seven-hour bus rides to games and balky clubhouse air-conditioning in the summer. "I enjoyed playing there so much, and it's a great starting point for big-league ballplayers," Mr. Belt says. "They treat you right, the fans are so into it, and it's so much fun."
For each of the past six years, Julie McDonald, a mother of two in Campbell, has opened her home to a Giants player—this year to 23-year-old outfielder Jarrett Parker. Mrs. McDonald does laundry, cooking, errands and other chores for Mr. Parker so he can concentrate on baseball. Each day, she packs a hearty lunch for him to tote to the ballpark.
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Creator: Brooks, Franklin R.
Description: This investigation is concerned with the formulation of a well defined study for promoting social acceptability. The study will use the highly accepted individuals of a classroom as interaction partners with the socially isolated members in such a manner as to effectively increase the sociability of the isolated members.
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Evaluating Process Variables in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
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Values and Valuing in a College Population
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Creator: Hernandez, Nikki C.
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The Adoption and Use of Electronic Information Resources by a Non-Traditional User Group: Automotive Service Technicians.
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Student GIC Program
Pursue your studies in Canada
If you're a student from India, the Scotiabank Student GIC Program can help you plan for your studies in Canada.
Scotiabank is one of the largest banks in Canada, serving over 21 million customers all over the world. We work with the Canadian High Commission, India to help students like you pursue their studies in Canada. Currently we're the only Canadian financial institution that participates in the Student Partners Program (SPP) in India.
Under the Scotiabank Student GIC Program (SSGP), you can purchase a Guaranteed Investment Certificate (GIC) from Scotiabank for $10,000 Canadian dollars (CAD). A GIC is a Canadian investment account that offers a guaranteed interest rate over a fixed period of time.
- Each month, for 12 months, you'll receive a portion of your investment back, plus interest.
- You can use these funds to help pay for living expenses while you're studying in Canada.
- After 12 months, you'll have received your $10,000 CAD investment back.
- The fee for this program is $200 CAD.
How the process works
If your Visa or Study Permit is declined or cancelled
If your Visa or Study Permit is declined or cancelled, Scotiabank will return your $10,000 CAD investment or the remaining balance if you have already received a portion of the funds. You will need to prove that:
- Your Visa and/or Study Permit has been declined or cancelled.
- Your application for admission to a Canadian Educational Institution has been declined.
- You have withdrawn enrolment from the Canadian Educational Institution.
If you withdraw from your studies in Canada, tell your Scotiabank branch that you're returning to India.
We'll close your account(s), then you can request your refund when you return to India.
Follow these 3 simple steps to request your Scotiabank Student GIC Program refund. Once Scotiabank has approved your refund request, it may take up to 8 weeks for you to receive your refund.
If you have additional questions or require support, please contact Scotiabank Student GIC Customer Service toll-free at 000 800 100 8747. Our representatives in Canada are available to speak with you Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time (excluding Canadian public holidays).