text: Travis Oliphant wrote: > Tim Hochberg wrote: > >> Travis Oliphant wrote: >> >>> Tim Hochberg wrote: >>> >>>>> >>>>> Yes, having this ability means that you have to think about it a >>>>> bit if you are going to use the functional interface and try to do >>>>> in-place operations. But, I would argue that this is an >>>>> "advanced" usage which is implemented to save space and time. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> How is this true though? In what way, for instance, is: >>>> >>>> b = asarray(a).reshape(newshape) >>>> >>>> slower or less space efficient than todays: >>>> >>>> b = reshape(a) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Well, the big difference is that b=reshape(a) is actually >>> >>> try: >>> reshape = a.reshape >>> except AttributeError: >>> return a.__array_wrap__(asarray(a).reshape(newshape)) >>> >>> return reshape(newshape) >>> >>> So, it handles more cases, more cleanly then the >>> asarray(a).rehsape(newshape) approach does. >> >> >> >> OK. Although I should have said asanyarray(a).reshape(newshape), I >> still see how that this handles more cases. > > > Because you can define objects that aren't sub-classes of the array at > all but just define the method reshape and still have the functional > interface work. > >> >> I need to go think about this case some more. This is not something >> that I've run into in practice, but I can see I'll have a stronger >> case if I can come up with a alternative to this in terms of safe >> functions. Do you have some examples of objects that do not have >> 'reshape', but do have '__array_wrap__'? > > > > Not presently, the __array_wrap__ method is new. It's a mechanism for > letting functions that need arrays internally to be more polymorphic > and deal with different kinds of objects. > > > It would seem that most of Tim's complaints are directly against > polymorphism. I would argue that getting rid of polymorphism is not > something we should be trying to do in NumPy. I'm certainly not against polymorphism in general. However, I do believe that the intersection of polymorphism with view/copy behaviour can be dangerous in certain circumstances, and we should limit those circumstances to a few, visible functions. The cases I've been complaining about are all instances of this pattern: b = func(a, *other_args, **other_kwargs) With the added complication that b may be a view of a or it may be a new array object. This particular case is 'sharp blade' and should be treated with respect. Here's how I would probably write reshape if I were starting a Numeric like language from scratch: def reshape(a, shape): b = a.view() b.shape = shape return b That's no less polymorphic than the current reshape, but it's polymorphic in a different way. It would work on anything that has view method and a shape parameter. This as opposed to anything that has reshape or has __arrary_wrap__ and can be turned into an array. This is a nonstarter for backwards compatibility reasons however. > > Tim is pointing out that if you use polymorphic functions then you > can't assume things like "in-place" have any meaning. But, then > Python has this same problem, because > > l += a > > doesn't do 'in-place' for the list, but does do inplace if 'l' were an > array. In my mind, this problem and Tim's concern over 'view' and > 'copy' behavior is one and the same. I agree. > I don't view it as a problem of function behavior as much as problem > with documentation and "mismatch between what a particular user > expects and what is actually done." I disagree. Fernando stated this much better than I could: We should treat them as expensive specialties we must pay for with a very tight budget (the willingness and ability of users to keep track of the exponential rise in complexity induced by interlocking special cases). > > My attitude is that to write 'in-place' functions (what seems to be > the driving example that Tim brings up), you need to know some details > about what kind of object you are dealing with anyway, so you can't > write polymorphic in-place functions very easily. Correct. I doubt writing polymorphic in place functions will ever be easy. But the choice of tools we provide can influence how often they end up being correct. > > So, I guess from one perspective, Tim is arguing against things that > are at the very core of Python itself. I'm very resistant to his > desire to remove or significantly alter the functional behavior. > > I also think there is a very good reason to have a few methods that > return either a view or a copy. The reason is that there are some > arrays that the method can't be implemented unless a copy is made. > The only other possibility --- "raising an error" --- is going to > confuse a lot of new users and force them to deal with the underlying > memory-layout of an array before they really need to. I don't think this does anyone any favors myself, it just lets people get into habits early on that are going to bite them later. > I think the current compromise is practical and disagree strongly that > it is somehow "evil." It's only evil to somebody trying to do > in-place work. I think *most* of the current compromise is good. > If you are doing that in a polymorphic language like Python, then you > need to understand the actual objects you are dealing with and should > be expected to have a more mature understanding of NumPy. FWIW, I've been using Numeric and it's successors since Numeric was pre-alpha, when Jim Huginin was still around, when giants walked the earth. My understanding of numerapy [*] may be flawed, but it's definitely mature. [*] Referring to the whole Numeric/numarray/numpy family In general, when balancing safety, power and speed, numerapy has leaned heavily toward speed and power. I think that is the right choice. However, in the case at hand, there is no speed tradeoff: you'll note, for example, that I have consistently avoided advocating that reshape and friends return copies. The trade off has been between safety and power, and in this case the power is purely theoretical at this point since there aren't yet any clients to __array_wrap__ that don't define reshape. I would think that is a very narrow slice of potential object space. That being said I have a suggestion that *might* satisfy everyone. Set the WRITEABLE flag to false if reshape creates a new array: def _viewwrapit(obj, method, *args, **kwds): try: wrap = obj.__array_wrap__ except AttributeError: wrap = None if type(obj) is ndarray: writeable = True else: writeable = False obj = asarray(obj) result = getattr(obj, method)(*args, **kwds) result.flags.writeable = writeable if wrap: result = wrap(result) return result def reshape(a, newshape, order=False): try: reshape = a.reshape except AttributeError: return _viewwrapit(a, 'reshape', newshape, order=order) else: return reshape(newshape, order=order) a = arange(4) a2 = reshape(a, [2,2]) a2[0,1] = 99 print "a2 =", a2 print "a = ", a l = [0, 1, 2, 3] l2 = reshape(l, [2,2]) l2[0,1] = 99 ==> a2 = [[ 0 99] [ 2 3]] a = [ 0 99 2 3] Traceback (most recent call last): File "scratch.py", line 37, in ? l2[0,1] = 99 RuntimeError: array is not writeable Thus we get the same semantics as we have now exept in the one case that causes trouble: modifying the result of a function that returns both copies and views when it has returned a copy. The only catch is that clients of __array_wrap__ would need to be strongly encouraged to respect the writeable flag. However, since __array_wrap__ is new, this is probably not a big deal. This could also help solve the problem of how to deal with a.reshape(newshape) when the result would be a copy; simple make the copy nonwriteable. However, that case is more complex and requires more thought. No power is lost; 'advanced' users can simply set the writeable flag back to True. If we need to be able to do this in one line, setflags could be modified to return self, so that: reshape(a, newshape).setflags(write=True) is essentially equivalent to the current reshape. [A side note, it kind of looks like setflags may need some revamping; shouldn't the flag values in setflags match those in flags?] The result of reshape(a, newshape), when a new object is required can then *almost* be regarded as a view of a constant object. This is because modifying the operand and expecting it to change the result is extremely rare. Unlike modifying the result and expecting it to change the operand, which while not exactly common ,is not that rare and is how one gets into trouble. Regards, -tim


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A new destination for professionals to network is taking root in Auburn. Called the Gold Country Prospectors, the chapter is nearing the membership number it needs to join Business Networking International.
Local Coldwell Banker Realtors Lynn and Larry Grilli are leading the effort.
"I was familiar with BNI from my cousin who started a business in Waco, Texas," Lynn Grilli said. "I went with her to a meeting there and realized that 70 percent of her business comes from referrals."
According to Grilli, her cousin went from being a one-person business to having a 14-person staff and a half-million dollars in yearly revenue after she joined BNI.
When she returned home, Grilli began researching BNI and attended a meeting of the Rocklin chapter. She was impressed with what she learned.
"You become part of BNI's worldwide network," Grilli said. "There are lots of stories about people getting jobs and referrals from other countries."
And there were other aspects that appealed to her.
"BNI is very much about ethics," she said. "Some groups will fine you for not bringing in referrals but BNI doesn't do that. Plus one of the most important things is they teach you how to run a referral-based business. They teach everything we need to know to run our group and also how to network. There's always ongoing training and support."
The Grillis started the Gold Country Prospectors in February. It meets for 90 minutes Tuesday mornings at the Holiday Inn.
"The purpose of being in the group is to build your business through referrals and also it is about building relationships in your group," Grilli said. "The better you know someone, the more likely you are to refer business to them. You want your people taken care of and to know they are in good hands."
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Working within BNI, there are local, state, national and international levels.
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Those interested in filling out a membership application must include two references.
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"Last night's episode of Raw hit a 2.9 rating with 3.91 million viewers. Those numbers were down 6% and 9%, respectively, from a 3.07 and 4.29 million viewers last week; it made for the lowest viewership of 2013 and the first show of the year below four million viewers. The show did hours of 3.96 million, 3.87 million and 3.91 million viewers.
The show ranked #2 among overall viewers and in the key male demographics, behing the NBA Playoffs on TNT"
The NBA playoffs have been awesome so far and that is no doubt a big reason why RAW was so low. But not having Punk or any other star power outside of Cena, who everyone is sick of, is not helping the show. They really need to do something because Cena is not the answer and he hasn't been for awhile now. They should put the belt on Ryback and see what happens there. Who knows, the WWE might actually create a new star if they did that. Isn't that what they're supposed to do anyways?
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Undergraduate Bulletin 2013-2015 » Baccalaureate Programs » The Undergraduate General Education Curriculum » 2013 CUNY General Education Program (Pathways): Required Courses » Foundation Courses (6 Courses, 18-21 Credits)
Foundation Courses (6 Courses, 18-21 Credits)
Foundation courses include CUNY's Required Common Core plus Foreign Language in CUNY's College Option.
The Foundation Courses comprise requirements in English Composition (6 credits), Mathematical and Quantitative Reasoning (3-4 credits), a Lab Science: Life and Physical Science (3 credits), and Foreign Language (6 credits). Students may substitute STEM variants for the mathematics and science courses.
English Composition Requirement (6 Credits)
All students must successfully complete a six-credit sequence in English composition (-121). Every student should enroll in an English composition course each semester until ENG 121 is passed. Students who are placed in English as a Second Language courses must complete these courses before taking English Composition. Entering students who have completed equivalent English composition coursework will be placed in the appropriate course by the English Department.
Mathematical and Quantitative Reasoning Requirement (3-4 Credits)
All students are required to successfully complete the following course MAT 126: Quantitative Reasoning. Students may substitute for this course one of the mathematics courses in the list of STEM Variants (see the left navigation panel access this list).
Life and Physical Science Requirement (3-5 Credits)
All students are required to successfully complete one course in a laboratory science from the following list of courses (CHE 137** has a Corequisite in Distribution Courses: Scientific World CHE 138**):
- BIO 173 Human Biology
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- PHY 131 Conceptual Physics
- PHY 141 Sound, Speech and Music
- PHY 151 Energy and the Environment
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Foreign Language Requirement (6 Credits)
This is part of the CUNY College Option. Students are required to take two foreign language courses in the same language.
Students who continue in a foreign language previously studied in high school or college must be placed in the proper sequential course by the Languages and Literatures Department. If a student completes one semester of a foreign language at the intermediate level or above (numbered 201 or higher), one Foreign Language Option course may be substituted for the second required language course with the permission of the Languages and Literatures Department. The following courses comprise the Foreign Language Option: ENG 223: English Literature, ENG 226: Shakespeare, ENG 227: American Literature, HIS 240: East Asian Civilization, HIS 246: Civilizations of the Ancient World, HIS 249: Islamic Civilization, PHI 169: Critical Reasoning, PHI 170: Introduction to Logic, PHI 171: Problems of Philosophy, POL 229: Classical Political Economy. (These courses cannot also serve to meet Distribution requirements.)
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How Much Do BuzzFeed, Gawker and Business Insider Staff Tweet About Work?
Is Twitter your job? We have maintained in the past that it is not. A year later, we think that more and more media employees are engaged in the practice of using their Twitter accounts to promote not just their work, but their workplaces. That's true even with the transition of Jim Roberts from @NYTJim to @NYCJim, as he left the New York Times to become the executive editor of Reuters Digital. (His Twitter is still chock-full of Times links, though!)
How much Twitter work is working? We looked at a work-week's worth of tweets at three publications: BuzzFeed, Gawker and Business Insider. Just how often were people promoting their workplaces?
For the five work days of last week, March 25th-29th, we used this methodology: we only counted "public-facing" tweets—leaving out conversational replies and the like. We counted three things:
• all tweets
• all tweets containing a link to any publications owned by the tweeter's employer
• all employment-related tweets. (We erred on the side of under-inclusion here, but counted things like employees referring followers to other Twitter accounts run by the publication, such as during the launch last week of a new BuzzFeed vertical, and also some self-referential office humor.)
And we included retweets.
Let's look at the data!
*** Doesn't really use Twitter, or doesn't at all.
**** I could not review Joe Weisenthal's Twitter, it would take me a week.
§ Spent that Friday golfing.
What did we learn?
• As a general rule, the higher up the masthead you are at a digital publication, the less you tweet.
This could mean a few different things of course. More meetings, more travel, less time to tweet. It could also mean a lack of pressure to tweet. In general it's best not to draw conclusions from this. But the ratio of tweets by editors-in-chief or owners to executive editors and senior editors is impressive.
• The most frequent tweeter last week, unsurprisingly, and breaking that model, was BuzzFeed honcho Ben Smith.
He issued 249 public-facing tweets in five days. With that much volume, however, only 38% of his tweets were about work, and he linked to a diverse array of sources as well. Still, with that volume, he easily tweets 18 or 20 links to BuzzFeed a day. Although, to be fair, having to not include Business Insider's Twitter-monster Joe Weisenthal may make this a hollow victory.
• Owners tweet less but link much more.
Gawker owner Nick Denton and BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti tweeted more infrequently than average last week. But each managed to have 100% of their public-facing tweets be about their publications. (And nearly all were links: in one single Tweet, of Denton's, he conveyed not a link but a reference to a publication). Henry Blodget only linked to Business Insider in 67% of his tweets—but he tweeted significantly more than the other two.
• Business Insider takes work-tweeting very seriously…
In general, Business Insider—which has a somewhat smaller sample size here— had a significantly higher ratio of publication promotion than Gawker and BuzzFeed. Nearly 2/3rds—more than 3/5ths— of Business Insider tweets contained links to the publications.
• … while Gawker does not.
Gawker's top masthead—Nick Denton, plus that publication's editor-in-chief, deputy editor, associate editor and news editor— only contained Gawker-related links or conversation just fewer than 1 in 10 times. When Denton's 100% twitter ratio is removed, however, that percentage drops to 8.77%. (That's even despite Gawker editor John Cook's fairly decent 22% Gawker-related tweet ratio.)
• Strange synchronicities.
Gawker's news editor Max Read and BuzzFeed's senior politics and legal report Chris Geidner issued the exact same number of public-facing tweets last work-week: 158 each. But their approach was markedly different. Geidner tweeted links to BuzzFeed stories an astonishing 75 times. That's fifteen each day. Max Read tweeted four links to Gawker—in total. #YOLO
• What does it all mean?
Quite possibly nothing! Employees with lots of Twitter followers are valuable to publications, obviously. Employees who know how to tweet are as well. Sharing in general is valuable. It's also interesting that a number of employees show up near the top of mastheads who barely tweet at all. They're bringing other value, presumably. The outlook would be a lot more disturbing if 100% of employees were tweeting work-related content regularly. That some aren't means that we don't yet live in a world where work performance on your "personal" twitter is mandatory, and that's a good thing.
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hot, so not
This review is from: WD My Book Live Duo 6TB Personal Cloud Storage
Pros: small footprint, easy setup, plays well with network, at first.
Cons: system installed ok and integrated with network perfectly. Became unstable after a few weeks and started having issues with device showing up on network in windows 7. Device uses Linux OS and probably needs some fixes to run smoothly with windows. Static cooling (no fans). Unit runs very hot and finally died after 1 year.
Other Thoughts: Should have listened to the reviews before I purchased this NAS. I had read a large number of reviews about people having issues with this unit (didn't work right out of box, stability, longevity, etc.) but figured I know what I'm doing right? After 1 year, it is a several hundred dollar piece of scrap. I have been using WD drives for years (since they were IBM) and have never had an issue with their drives. At least the drives survived and I can put them into another NAS. Sadly, it won't be another WD NAS. Add a cooling fan and polish up your OS and try again WD!
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Works well when Drives are good
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Pros: - Easy to connect to router and setup
Cons: - Unreliable HDD failed after 24 hours
Other Thoughts: When I first setup this drive, I used Mirroring which is RAID 1 so 6GB was only 3GB. Issued started right after I copied 2.5GB of important files to the drive. It kept disconnecting. I ran system test and Drive B failed. RMA to replace just that drive wasn't available. WD wanted me to ship back the whole unit, WHAT!?!
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not bad
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Pros: easy to set up and use, runs relatively cool
Cons: merely average performance
Other Thoughts: after a bit over a year of running the WD Duo as a media server, i'm reasonably satisfied. the green drives are merely average performance, but more than enough to stream mp3s or video to my WD TV Live downstairs. and they do run pretty cool, the Duo is sitting on a desk and does fine without any extra fans. i'm running the Duo in RAID 1 for redundancy (there's no way i want to rip my entire CD collection a second time), which was easy to set up. i'd like to say it was easy to change the default Public share name, but it's not bothersome enough to really dig into it. otherwise, the UI has been easy enough to work with the few times i've had to.
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Slow, DLNA disconnects
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Pros: 2 x 3tb green drives, easy, but slow to turn into RAID 1
Cons: Software that comes with device only backs up data files, so cannot do a full system backup without buying a product like Acronis.
Other Thoughts: I bought this unit as a back up for my system and to use as a media streaming device, along with being to access my data from my android devices and laptop.
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Dead after 4 days, even as RAID 1
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Pros: It was easy to set up, started working right out of the box.
Cons: Both drives died in the same 24 hours in RAID 1 configuration. Upon researching the issue, this is a very common problem and many people are frustrated with this product and WD's level of service.
Other Thoughts: I will purchase a RAID NAS solution that I can choose the quality of internal drives. Sending back this junk.
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Great on storage but still disappointing
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Pros: Large amount of storage space and easy initial setup.
Cons: Slow transfer rates, MAC permission issues, No backup Disks or images of OS
Other Thoughts: When I initial brought this it was to provide ample storage for my ever growing digital collection of pictures, music and videos. Initial intention was to house my 1.5 TB of videos and accessfor streaming. The transfer rate was horrible. Even for moving pictures for back-up storage. I know that transfer rates depend on slowest connection in the topography, but when you have everything connected to a gigbyte connections and nothing else running on the network, moving or access files and folders took extremely amount time. I compare it to when I use to use dail 9600 Baud rates.
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Slow and tough to work with
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Pros: It was cheapest when I bought it.
Cons: very slow, difficult to access, if you have multiple users. I know how to assign rights etc. in much higher level on real NAS and Windows but still couldn't figure out why one user can't access his folder from Win7 but was OK from XP or Mac OS. Ended up assigning the same user/pw as the admin to make it work... If you just want to use it as simple storage for backup and want redundancy of two drive, that's the only advantage I see...
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so so
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Pros: lots of storage
Cons: slow and software is not the greatest. fails to locate drive. I've updated, uninstalled, gone back to original files. tried everything to get this thing to do backups
Other Thoughts: wish I had returned it
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Worth your consideration
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Pros: The My Book Live Duo is a sophisticated piece of hardware capable of many duties. It is 6 TB of local or remote RAID 1 capable backup storage, it may function as an FTP server or a media server to DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) devices and has iTunes support built in. The admin may create shares (folders) for any number of users while permitting local or remote access to their files. Imagine being in China and having access to all your data. The admin can choose what level of security permitted to users; read or read write. The package includes 2 three tb WD Green hard drives enclosed in a sturdy black plastic passively cooled enclosure, an 800mhz RISC processor, power brick, proprietary network cable and a CD with the starter software. I write starter because you will need to update the firmware and the WD Smartware after setup. WD bills these devices as your own personal cloud; an effective ad campaign. Whoever successfully got the idea of storing YOUR stuff on their server across to the masses is quite a guy. The folk are chomping at the bit to be part of that experience. What WD is doing with My Book makes sense to me. I don't store my data "in the cloud". I have never signed up to store stuff at the various cloud services so I have never read their user agreement which I am sure states...if we lose your data we are not going to do anything about it. I imagine cloud storage is secure from hackers though (wink, wink). Seriously, who wants your pictures of Aunt Betty? WD wants you to store your data on the cloud but they want it to be on your cloud. That is an excellent idea and they developed this product to meet that need. Wise people should realize it is much better WD's way. The hardware implementation of this strategy is the easy part. The software and end user experience is where is gets difficult. The first thing I was capable of removing from the package was a card presenting WD's Concierge Service. Need help? Call 1-xxx-xxx-xxxx. I did. Buying any product means you are trusting a company with your money and it is OK to have expectations from that company. I didn't expect that the other end of my concierge call would be entirely in a language I don't speak or understand. Anyone can make a mistake so I don't hold that against WD even though the card is entirely English. If I may I would like to analogize. You can buy a game like Doom and figure how it's played in 10 minutes or you can buy a game like STALKER and spends hours just getting the idea of the games capabilities and nuances. The WD My Book is STALKER. A hard drive is DOOM. As most guys do I read the Quick Install Guide, thankfully it was not a fold open poster but a concise 4 page pamphlet. That meant getting started was a cinch. After initial software install and device discovery the user is brought to the Dashboard. One can then delve into settings which is what I did. One can then delve into settings which is what I did.
Cons: I wanted to see what I could figure out from what info WD gave to me on any dashboard page. Settings is further subdivided into system, network, utilities, remote access, media and storage. So far so good. I am most concerned with remote access as you should be too. After all this is cloud storage Baby! and what this product is principally for. Remote access is very easy to configure, maybe. The options are straight forward. My connection status is...ready and my connections options are ...automatic. Great ! Next I select the Web Access option, after all this is my cloud and I need to access it. OOpppss! Got to register first. No problem. Select a username, put in your real name and e-mail address click submit, check your e-mail a link arrives for you to access your cloud ! HUZZAH ! In e-mail I read..."Your account has been successfully verified and can be accessed here." I follow the link and am at wd2go.com where I merely have to fill in my email and create a password. I have done all this without so much as looking at a manual. That is truly eggcellent work on WD's part. They developed software that allowed a user with somewhat high tech level to setup cloud access with their product. The unit comes with 30 FREE toll-free technical support. WD really wants the user to succeed with their product or they would not offer such service. I called because I could not access the unit remotely. The connection status reported: Cannot establish remote access connection Error 31520. I printed and READ the My Book manual.
Other Thoughts: support. The tech remotely accessed my computer fiddled and diddled with the WD UI, my router firmware. Nothing worked. I asked if the problem was double NATing and he wouldn't say that it was or wasn't. I am doing a complete as opposed to quick factory restore before his call tomorrow. Support decided the problem was with the unit and shipped me a new one. I doubted this but wanted to give them their due. The new unit functioned like the old unit.
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Great storage solution at an attractive price
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Pros: Voluminous storage, 6TB as a spanned-volume or 3TB in RAID1. Very good device for the home-user or SOHO.
Cons: Heavy, but there's not much that can be done about that, the two internal HDDs contribute the great majority of the weight.
Other Thoughts: This unit has been a welcome relief in our household, and I'll tell you why:
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Improper handling of UTF-8 strings allows attackers to execute arbitrary
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Vulnerable Systems:
* Internet Explorer 6 All Versions
* Internet Explorer 5 SP4
The specific vulnerability is due to a miscalculation of memory sizes when
translating UTF-8 characters to Unicode.
A size mismatch between a heap allocation and memory copy results in an
exploitable heap corruption.
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on
vulnerable installations of Microsoft Internet Explorer. Successful
exploitation requires that the target user browse to a malicious web page.
CVE Information:
Vendor Status:
Microsoft has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details
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Disclosure Timeline:
2006.01.20 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2006.06.13 - Digital Vaccine released to TippingPoint customers
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I'm hosting a "mom's night in" and I wanted to serve one specialty cocktail along with wine. I'd prefer something that doesnt take too many ingredients. Any ideas?
I need a simple cocktail recipe
Posted 03/01/2012
This drink is easy, pretty and everyone drinks right up. I buy a dry two dollar wine and peach vodka. I doubled the batch for 10 adults and it was gone fast, I think the bottle of peach vodka I used made four batches.
I would buy frozen peaches and some fresh raspberries or strawberries (for pretty color). You can also put it next to some soda water so people can thin out their drink.
Posted 03/30/2012
Try something with a bit of class. Although that's not something you can drink or buy. Some people appear to not have any and instead are cowards that hide behind generic photos and screen names.
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State Senator Creigh Deeds has been released from UVA Hospital. Deeds (pictured left) is recovering from stab wounds apparently inflicted early Tuesday morning by his 24-year-old son Gus (pictured right), who then took his own life. A statement from UVA Hospital indicates that no further information is available at this time.


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Altair dragged himself through the white wet snow, hand clasped to his side to keep the blood in. It was no use, he knew. The wound was too big to cover with one hand. Blood continued to trickle from the slashed flesh. Hed jerked the knife out and left it in the snow some way back. He hoped the pursuers would not see it. His blood was enough of a trail for them to follow.
His breath was vapour in the air. He crawled on, face frozen in a grim expression of desperate determination. Malik was waiting for him back at that abandoned farm out in the country behind a snow-covered hill. He was no doubt worried that neither Altair nor Abbas were back yet. But he could do nothing they had agreed that he was to be ready to ride out when they got back from the task they had come to do.
The snow hissed under him, yielding to his body. His fingers were frozen from digging through it. His hand was so numb he did not feel it anymore. Nor was he aware of the cold gnawing at him, steadily worming its way under his robes. He gasped for breath, painful as it was. His vision was getting more clouded by the minute. He had no idea how long hed been half-dragging himself, half-crawling through the soft snow. It had fallen only last night covering every road, house and hill in a thick woollen blanket of white. He had seen its deceptively mild fall, muffling every sound, deadening the senses.
He drew in great lungfuls of air, grateful that there was no sunlight on the surface of the crystalline snow to blind him. He stopped his slow tortuous crawling, resting his face in the cold whiteness to bring some semblance of life back to his rapidly-tiring mind and body. He listened for his pursuers. They were horsed. They should have caught up to him by now. His bloody trail was visible after all. He strained to hear but there was nothing. He seemed to be alone: out of time and place, suspended almost in some kind of limbo, unknowing of his way and unfamiliar to anyone. He was alone in the universe.
He moved on, gathering the remaining tatters of his will and Spirit, weaving them together into his sanity. He had to reach Malik. He had to tell him of Abbas betrayal. The mission had gone as theyd planned: the families were all dead as al Mualim had ordered. But not the children. They were only babies. They were to have been taken to safety of some village and left there to grow up all unknowing of their parentage. They were innocents. No one would ever know who they were. Or who had killed their parents. Altair had not been comfortable with the idea of living any survivors behind but such were al Mualims orders. He would not disobey. Neither would Malik. But Abbas
Altair ground his teeth, anger momentarily distracting him from the cold and the bodys insistent call for rest, for forgetfulness. The man had always been contrary, had always had a malicious streak in him that none of the other Assassins could comprehend. Abbas delighted in casual cruelty: be it a small rodent to a big horse, ever since he had joined the Brotherhood as a novice he had been a wild thing unknowable, untamable and intractable. He offered insolence to all from the elder Assassins to the other novices. The one man hed not dared to cross until now had been al Mualim, the terrible Master of the Assassins. Like all men of small stature and big ego, Abbas sensed that in al Mualim he had met his superior. The Master seemed to always ignore him and did not get up to Abbas challenges but only watched with his steady grey gaze. That indifference grated on Abbas who had this need to be the absolute centre of everyones attention. He bragged and bullied his way around the fortress, hoping for an important mission so that he would have a chance to show off how superior he was to everyone else.
, Altair muttered, sweating and wheezing. The knife had gone through his liver. He felt the blood seeping into it. His chances of survival were shrinking he would be lucky to make it to the hill, let alone to the door of the empty burned out farm theyd made home the last few months. He coughed, the shaking causing more blood to come out to redden the snow and his robes. He spat the bloody foam out of his mouth and lay for a moment gathering himself for the next stage. The hill was not far now, he saw as he wearily raised his head to look about. All was white and grey: there was no horizon the snow and the sky seemed to meld into one mass, adding to that feeling of suspension hed experienced earlier. A little bit more, he willed, just a quarter of a mile. Please, Allah, let him make it. He did not pray often he usually repeated the mantra of the Creed to steady his resolve in situations like this. He let his mind ran over the sacred words of the ancient guidance, let the anger drain away he would deal with Abbas later and plunged on through the day that was winding down.
He had not gone more than a hundred yards when he heard it. It was a whisper of a sound: a muffled thudding. He closed his eyes, sighing. He had been so close. Bile rose to his mouth and he spat again, gathering some snow in his hand and rubbing his face vigorously to awaken. With a moan he went on. He would not stop. He would not rest. An Assassin did not give up. He adapted. He would get to Malik and warn him. They had to get out of here now. Run as fast as the horses could carry them through this soft cover of the white snow.
Another fifty yards. The thudding was getting closer they were galloping. His breath was rasping as he increased his speed, using his almost numb legs to push himself forward. The pain that brought to his side made him sweat and shiver even more. The bead of sweat were freezing on his robes and steaming slightly in the chill air. He took his hand away from the wound, hoping the shirt and the robes would stop the external bleeding. Using all four wearying limbs he kept on, grim as death. That he would die he could accept. But he would make sure before death claimed him to take Abbas down with him to that hell prepared for fratricides like him.
Another hundred yards. Circles of blackness were appearing at the edges of his vision. His ears were sharper now: he heard the rasp of the snow under him clearly, his lungs were labouring raggedly loudly. Mixed in with it all was the continuous thud of hooves on soft snow. He could almost see the clouds of snow rising from under the plunging hooves. Then he heard another sound. At first hed thought it no more than the sift of snow and his ragged lungs but soon it was more distinct. The thought chilled him: dogs. They had dogs with them. They could smell him even if his trail were not so visible thats why they were catching up now. Theyd used the dogs to find his scent not hard for a trained hound to do and now had him.
O, Abbas, he whispered hoarsely, you have a lot to pay for.
The edge of the hill was so close now. Crawling was useless. He had to move faster. He lurched to his feet, groaning and swaying. The world tilted for some time until he found his balance. He staggered forward, falling and getting up, the Creeds words sustaining his flagging will. The barking was closer now. He dared not look back. Not out of fear. No. Certainty: he would see them. As they would see him. His mind felt thick. His hands clawed at empty air as ghosts appeared before him. Not only the families hed killed but all other victims of his merciless blade. He shrugged them aside indifferently. He knew and understood why he did as he did. He did not feel guilt that feeling was empty. As empty as Abbas words of boast and curse. A man who understood his tasks and the reasons for them had no need of guilt. Only those of uncertain purpose indulged in that feeling, those too weak to see the reality of the world as it truly was. Those sunk in illusion.
There. The hut with its roof half burned and the barn beside it, still intact. All made of wood and stone, long since gone cold without a human touch. There was no smoke coming out. Good, Brother, Altair approved silently as he stood for a moment swaying with fatigue and the relief of having reached the safe haven before his pursuers had gained on him. That brought the sharp bark back to his ears and he moved on, hurrying now. They had to run. Now.
He banged on the door once, blinking the darkness threatening to take him deep into the realms he was not ready to enter just yet. Malik opened the door fast but to Altair, frozen and dying, it seemed like ages. Maliks eyes widened briefly at the sight of his Brother covered head to foot in snow and blood, then he quickly pulled him inside and shut the door. He sat him in a chair. He leaned back against the wall, breathing heavily as Malik went to make him a warm tea that the Assassins had brought with them into this cold clime.
Altairs urgency to tell him was so strong he shook with it. Yet his cold blue lips would not move. All he could manage were separate words that he was not sure Malik could understand. When the other Assassin brought back the steaming cup that warmed his hands wonderfully, Altair drank deeply, ignoring the searing heat. Malik pulled up another chair, eyeing Altair closely. He never let anything show on his face. His self possession was a byword among the Brothers. Only Altair ever knew the depths of feeling Malik could show. He could read concern in his Brothers eyes and questions. He held the cup, enjoying the warmth spreading all through him. He collected himself for a moment, then straightened slightly.
We have to go now, Malik. Theyre after me. He paused, took a breath. Abbas leads them. Hes betrayed us.
Maliks face registered shock but only Altair could see it. To many the mans face would have remained as impassive as always. But Altair knew his friend well enough to see the minute tightening of the eyes and the mouth.
He did that, Malik nodded at Altairs openly bleeding side. Altair nodded wearily. I knew it was a mistake to bring him with us, Malik went on with uncharacteristic bitterness. Hed ignored the jibes and the insults Abbas had hurled his way. But this struck at the core of the Brotherhood. That one would turn a hand on another Brother was practically unthinkable. What was the Master thinking? he burst out, getting up and pacing.
That is not all, Altair grated, sensing that he did not have much time left. They have dogs with them. They are almost here. Unsteadily, he rose, hand to the wall to balance. Again the world swayed as snow fell from him. He shivered, the momentary glow of the tea gone. The mission was a success, Brother. Theyre all dead. We can leave now. He spoke slowly, words coming to his lips with difficulty. Malik was already picking up the packs hed packed in advance. Food undoubtedly, clothing theyd brought as well as the materials to look after their weapons. Hed even packed Abbas things. They would take them back they could be useful on the long road home. Malik had been ready to leave since this morning. He did not like the cold, the wet, the snow. He had worn every tunic and pair of pants hed brought. There were many things Malik al Sayr could endure but winter was not one of them. Altair had to smile at that.
Malik went to the window to see if the pursuers were anywhere in sight. Altair moved towards the back door that led out to the barn where the horses were. He nudged it open slowly, ears sharp for any sound. Nothing. All was still. Maybe theyd not reached the hill yet. They had to move fast.
Malik, he called back. But Malik was there, bags slung over his shoulder, face set in that decisive expression that said he would not be budged from whatever course hed planned out.
Lets go, he said shortly, going out first and moving rapidly towards the stables. The horses were saddled. They stamped their hooves impatiently, breath steaming the air. The smell of horse and straw was overpowering in the cold air. Altair leaned on the stall door, gathering his strength to mount Aisha. He did not know if he could do it. The clatter of hooves on the wood was loud but he still heard the barking. His heart gave a lurch as Malik stopped for a moment, gentling his horse, to whose saddle hed tied the bags. His face was intent as he listened. Then he walked to Altair and took his shoulder.
Mount first, Brother, he said tersely. Ill help you.
Altair would have refused had the circumstances been different. Dizziness threatened to swamp him but he held on to the pommel of the saddle with a vice-like grip. No time. No time for weakness now. Malik put something against his side. Altair felt for it with numb fingers, hearing the thuds of the hooves now, rapidly approaching. He held it in place.
That is the best I can do right now, Malik said as he mounted his own horse and led him out of the stable at a walk. You are sure you can hold on, Brother? His look demanded the truth but Altair could not give it to him. He did not know if he could survive the long trek home, to Masyaf, without a long stop over to take care of his injury. The look he returned Malik blazed feverishly.
I will be fine, Brother, he said slowly, through cold lips barely moving.
Malik looked once towards the hut, then suddenly dismounted and went inside. Altair watched him bemused. What was he doing? They had to get out of here. A moment later a tendril of smoke rose from the wooden remains of the hut. It sizzled slightly as it hit the snow. But the hut was made of a lot of wood: it was mostly dry and so burned. Gradually as the fire sparks spread, Altair came to understand what Malikd done.
Then Malik emerged from the burning building and ran towards the barn with a torch held aloft. He ran into the structure. Altair smelled smoke all around him as the straw inside took fire too. Then Malik ran out and threw himself into the saddle.
They galloped away as the pursuers who had split into two groups came over and around the hill and stopped. They stared at the fires now raging through the mostly dry wood. Then one of the men at the front of the group thatd come over the top of the hill swore and gestured for his men to spread out. The dogs they had on the leashes barked shrilly, smelling the smoke and not liking it one bit. The men moved down towards the burning buildings to try and salvage what they could.
Altair turned once in the saddle to look back at them. Those fires would hold them back for some time. Abbas would likely think that theyd burned something important: his chagrin would be endless. That thought warmed Altairs heart. The man had stabbed him when he least expected it. It was only fair that the two of them repay his kindness. Meanwhile, him and Malik would gain some time on them. They rode grimly on, plunging through the snow. The mission was accomplished. Masyaf called them home.
Two months later.
Two weary Assassins rode into the courtyard of the fortress of the Assassins in the Syrian mountains. They were thinner than emaciated. Their skin was taut over their faces like dried parchment. They were covered in dust which had gathered in the folds of their skin. Even their horses heads were lowered to the ground. They were blowing out harsh breaths with every step. One of the riders drooped in the saddle, clinging on for dear life. He wore blooded robes, torn. The leather of his belt and left-arm brace was stained brown and torn in places as if hes snagged it on something.
At this sight, every novice and Assassin stopped what they were doing to stare at these apparitions. Those nearest to the two ghost-like riders shrank back at first but finally, as the two stopped not far from the gates of the fortress inside the wall one of them whispered, Allah be praised! Its Altair. And Malik. Soon the awed words ran through the gathered men like fire through a steppe. Someone at the far back, closes to the doors, ran inside to inform the Master of their return.
Hands were stretched out to help the two dismount. Malik managed to do so himself but stood leaning on the saddle of his equally weary horse. The relief at having finally arrived home in one piece was overwhelming. The Brothers solicitude even more so. It was humbling in the extreme a feeling that Malik did not allow himself to feel often. He was a disciplined man and expected no less of others. As the Brothers gathered around him to take his horse he turned to Altair with a weary smile. Well, Brother
He never finished. Slowly, seemingly without even trying to stop himself or even willing it, Altair toppled from the saddle as Malik watched and moved quickly to his fallen Brothers side. He had willed himself to stay in the saddle this long. He had concealed the fact that his injury had reopened from Malik. They had enough troubles already without adding the obviously-healing wound into it. To see the fortress again and to hear his Brothers babble had been the one thought sustaining his will. That and the Creed. As theyd ridden up to the fortress, Altair had let the simple words take him to a safe place in his mind. He had only to see the fortress towering in its majesty above him to realize that all was fine now. He would not be cold, or hungry or fear death. That fortress that the Assassins made their home was a solid rock of his identity. Here was a place of rest, of recovery. Here the Assassins returned to report on their success, here they breathed the Gardens smells of jasmine and lavender and roses. Here they were invincible.
He could feel Maliks hands on him, heard him swear at this gross stupidity and pride that made him hide the injury as Malik pried open the robes around it. He dimly saw the shocked faces of the Assassins and the novices as the gaping pus-filled wound was revealed.
You stupid idiot, Malik muttered under his breath as he quickly barked an order for fresh water and a stretcher. Those were on the way already as he spoke and tried to staunch the fresh blood coming from his friends side. Damn your pigheadedness, Altair. You just had to keep this quiet.
And then the crowd stood aside to reveal a man that was feared through all the lands. A hush fell over the courtyard before the fortress as every single eye turned to the black-clad al Mualim striding through to peer down at the wounded Assassin on the ground and then his tired accomplice. Then the Master of the Assassins looked at Malik, an unspoken question in his eyes that saw everything and told nothing.
It is done, Master, Malik said in a dusty voice. He had not drank in days. Their last water had run out long since. Only by a tremendous force of will had they moved on to reach Masyaf before the end of the day.
Al Mualim nodded and turned to go back inside when there was dry raspy croak from under his feet.
Master. It was Altair. With the last vestiges of awareness hed felt the old mans presence. His hand was tightly clutched around one of the feathers hed dipped in his victims blood. Now he held it up brown, torn, dirty as a sign that the mission was indeed accomplished to the Masters satisfaction.
Altair watched the old mans face, so inscrutable, so emotionless. To those who did not know him at least. Altair did. So did Malik. The two of them caught the momentary flicker of satisfaction in the Masters eyes and pleasure at the strong will of the Eagle of Masyaf who even with his last breath showed his determination and loyalty to the Brotherhood.
A fit of coughing shook Altair as the ranks of the Brothers parted once more to let the Master through. The feather fell from his hand to the dusty ground to be picked up by a novice reverently with an awed expression on his face. But neither Altair nor Malik cared about that at the moment. Altair at last could let go of all thought, feeling or sensation. He could sink into that blanket of Spirit and sleep deeply, recover his strength and purpose.
Malik watched the light fade from his Brothers eyes and wished he could do the same. But the Master would demand a report now from him. There was much to tell. Their way back had not been uneventful. They had had to lie over at several monasteries along the way to care for Altairs wound. It had been healing fine until the Knights of the Teutonic order here had decided that the two Assassins were fair prey as the enemies of the Christians. A whole troop had chased them for many miles. All the jiggling and the shaking of the gallop had aggravated the injury. Malik had feared Altair would not make it hed been so pale that night when theyd finally shaken the Teutonics that Malik had spent a sleepless night watching over him. Altair, of course, could not know of it. Hed been sunk in delirium and fever, shaking and sweating, even though Malik had put every blanket he could think of around him. Altair had ridden on when his fever broke the next day, driving himself beyond all human endurance to reach Masyaf, to see it one last time. Malik had guessed such a thought had passed his friends mind but did not voice his concerns, keeping a sharp eye out instead.
He sighed as he wearily got to his feet. Their horses were gone. Undoubtedly eating in the stables, cleaned and watered. He needed a drink himself, he thought as he made his way to the dim cool interior of the fortress while Altair was carried to the infirmary to the care of the Healers who knew more about wounds and sicknesses than many an Assassin or even a court physician.
He pushed his way into the Masters study, feet dragging. He only wanted to sleep, to lose himself in the realm of dreams as Altair was doing just now. But duty called, duty kept his will up and allowed him to answer the old mans questions as best he could.
Later in his quarters, fed and sated, Malik lay in bed thinking, unable to sleep despite his great fatigue. His eyes felt heavy, body was full, yet his mind could not stop working and analyzing what had happened. He tossed and turned this way and that. He even drank the Assassin tonic but that only kept him awake. He swore, punching the pillow in annoyance at its shape. Finally he got up, grumbling, fully dressed, and went to the infirmary. He did not know why he wanted to be there or how he got there. His feet seemed to have a mind of their own.
He opened one of the double doors to the candle-lit infirmary, full of beds and smelling of the medicines that the Healers employed in their arts. Most beds were empty, softly glowing in the dim yellow light. He walked until he reached the one that was not.
Altair was not asleep. He lay staring at the ceiling. His eyes were still slightly glazed but aware enough. Malik sat on the edge of the bed, sighing quietly.
What are you doing here, Malik? Altair sat up slightly, wincing at the pain that cleared his mind of fog wonderfully.
Malik shrugged, not looking at him.
You told the Master everything, did you not? he asked Malik quietly. A nod was his answer. About Abbas?
Again a nod.
My mind does not seem able to let those events go, Malik confessed, rubbing his face. I cant sleep. My eyes keep seeing the cold snowy roads, the blue sea, the
. His voice trailed off. This was unlike Malik, Altair knew. The usual calm was gone. Something was rubbing his friend raw.
It is Abbas betrayal thats bothering you. He watched Maliks face twist in a grimace of irritation. That fool uprooted all we stand for, he defied the Creed. He showed how loyal he is. Altair leaned forward to lock his eyes on Maliks. The Master will deal with him. Do not let Abbas get under your skin. His own face hardened, the Assassin mask coming over with the ease of long practice, without effort. Once he is here, there was an ominous quality to his words, soft as they were. he will face a higher judge than either of us could be.
Suddenly he did not want to stay in bed. Maliks restlessness was contagious, he thought wryly as he swung his legs out of the bed. Malik tried to stop him, telling him he was too weak to walk.
Do you really believe that, Malik? Altair never raised his voice, yet his question stopped Malik in his tracks. Altair felt the twitch of pain in his side and ignored it. One night of wondering was a fair exchange for all the weeks he foresaw of lying here under the Healers watchful eyes.
The two of them wandered the silent fortress of the night, gradually making their way to the Garden that was never closed. They breathed the clean night air. It was almost dizzying. The water tinkled softly in the fountains a musical refreshing sound that brought moisture to a parched throat in the desert or watered a plant that gave nourishment. The two Assassins walked softly in the night. They spoke seldom and that softly, unwilling to disturb the quiet of the night. The sound of the water and the night life drove away thoughts of blood and death and toil, leaving a lassitude that spread through the two men. Altair sighed deeply of the night air, forgetting the aches and twinges of his battered body for the moment. This was recovery, this was the recuperation he needed not to be stuck in that bed for weeks. He already felt his Spirit becoming whole again, relaxing in the familiar confines of the Eagles Nest of Masyaf. That gave him hope. Not for the future he could not see that far, nor wished too: he was no soothsayer. But hope that things were right again. He was alive. So was his friend and Brother. They had gone through fire and blood. They had lived through snow and cold and faced death so many times theyd lost count, but not the respect it deserved. They knew better: that was the difference between an Assassin and the novice. A healthy fear of the unknown yawing abyss that lay before every man. To face death and hardship alone was a feat but to have a friend along
A slow smile tugged at the corners of Altairs mouth. He would not have made it back without Malik, he knew. Malik had dragged him through the snow and the water and the sand to Masyaf. When Altair was feverish and on the edge of giving up it had been Malik whod stuck to him like a burr, worrying over him like a fox with only one cub. Hed done so silently but Altair had caught concern and other feelings that Malik would kill him for telling him about. Malik was more than a friend. The two of them had been inseparable since the novitiate theyd shared. They were like brothers, always sharing, always holding the other up in times of trouble. All the dangers theyd weathered had only brought them closer. They had gone far on this mission, father than either had done before. Only their affection for each other which neither would voice aloud, Allah forbid had let them even contemplate going on when the Teutonics were biting their heels. Yes, Altair thought, we indeed traveled to unknown lands. But now they were home back where they belonged. As he looked at the stars and the silent whiteness of the moon, Altair smiled and was content.
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You gave me free rein and so I went off the deep end
You gave me free rein and so I went off the deep end
Yay i found something i haven't red yet! Amazing. I love Malik!
A beautiful story of cruel events. I wish I can write as neatly as you... I am trying to write my own fanfic for a game, but while reading through many stories, I cannot help but realize that my writing is nowhere near those of the many writers out there, including you. However, I do not want to give up. No matter how bad my current skills are, I will continue trying to write. "To become a writer, you must write," once said my favorite author. Right now, I want to thank you for writing such an amazing story. Stories like these motivate me to go on. :3
I am glad i could help, however indirectly
<sub< Amazing! I loved every detail you put into this! You good writer, are an excellent author.
Great story
I clung to every word of this....it is absolutely incredible!!
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aaaaaaaa your style of description is realy skilled me wuws it! :3
thanks. i tried. so did altair.
Well,Altair did well and so did you,you are awesome!
thank you. you know altair won't say it cause he's a silent type
I know,but you can tell it,just by paying really close attention to him,he has his ways....ahhh...hey,mind doing a request for me?
what would you like?
Hmmmmm....how about Altair goes on this mission to who the heak knows XD (You can make the place yourself) to find this man because Al Mualim says he hold valuable information,and along the way he encounters enemies,they can be bandits,templars whatever pleases you,and once in that place,it is his own job to find the mysterious man,no rafiq is there cause it too far,but Al mualim told Altair some things about the man,he is a merchant and a blacksmith,he deals with death dealers,he only comes out at night and leaves these strange markings if you wish to meet him,this can be in several chapters if you'd wish,but you don't have to do this story if you don't want to,the ending you can make it yourself ^_^
this is SUPERB! I could see the snow, the dogs and the blood while reading^^
I love your stories so much! This one is definitely one of my favorites. I plan on writing and your stories inspire me. If only I had Microsoft Word...
why don't you
By the way, have you ever heard of Uncharted?
yes, why?
Have you ever played it? It's a truly awesome game with an amazing set of characters. I'm working on a fan fiction right now about it. It's actually like one of the only things I've typed without it being an essay... But, I did write a lot of essays and read many books, also study fan fictions rules or whatever
You are quite an inspiration <3 I look up to you.
Great story!! I loved it <3
Great story!! I loved it <3
thanks for the fave and your appreciation. a craftsman is always pleased to hear his work is appreciated
Ahhh, great for a suspenseful read :3 Wonderful description as always & kept my mind stuck to the page >:3 Very good Altair-Creed, this is why you are a very great asset to the Brotherhood. I read this & could see every moment of it playing through my head. That is a good gift Assassin
thank you for the fave
Well, Ezio seems to be having second thoughts as to whether i am a good asset to the brotherhood.
I am glad to have the good opinion of my fellow Assassin
Well, Ezio seems to be having second thoughts as to whether i am a good asset to the brotherhood.
I am glad to have the good opinion of my fellow Assassin
Amazing. I loved how you captured the friendship between the two. Great job.
If this is you going off the deep end, please go off the deep end more often. There aren't enough stories like this in the world.


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At lower levels, pre-mastery, arcane shot does more damage than dire beast would, especially when spread out over multiple mobs. It also does more damage than steady shot. I would rather cast an arcane shot than cast a steady shot, and I would much rather use my talent on cd without think AND save focus, then use a 1.5 min cooldown on a few mobs.
Can someone tell me why Thrill of the Hunt over Dire Beast for talents when leveling?
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I would have to agree with this. I really hope they make a 1-90 guide for Hunters.
Wiill you still be doing a hunter (Beastmastery) leveling guide 1-85? I would really love this as the one you did for monks was brilliant.
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Where is your 1-85 levelling guide, you used to have them as I used the priest one, which was really good. Just in the process of levelling another hunter and it would be so helpful.
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Seems to me under your listing of cooldowns it should say something along the lines of "Your Tier 5 talent (if you didn't choose Blink Strikes)". Currently it lists Blink Strikes, which is the only talent of that tier that ISN'T a cooldown (unless you could the 20-second internal cooldown on the teleport).
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I've found the Endless Wrath glyph to actually hinder leveling at later levels, as it causes your pet to also lose all aggro when in wrath mode.


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As the protests in Cairo continue, the Muslim Brotherhood faces internal tension and a generational divide.
Omar Mazin doesn't want to meet me anywhere except Tahrir Square today. He says it's just not safe. It's also not safe to use his real name—Omar Mazin is his work name. He has a risky job running a Muslim Brotherhood Web site devoted to debunking myths about the officially banned but widely popular religious group. The site is an English primer on the group and Islam in general. "It explains that we are not terrorists and that there is a moderate alternative to Egypt's regime," he says.
Using the threat of a radical Islamist takeover as a reason for the country's lack of political freedoms, the Egyptian government has jailed scores of members in the brotherhood's 82-year history. If Omar's work has been dangerous in the past, it's now also gaining new prominence. On Sunday, for the first time, members of the brotherhood met with Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman to discuss the upheaval that has brought the country to its knees. Being part of the negotiations is a coup for a group that has been demonized by the regime. But the limelight has its drawbacks—mainly, causing and exposing friction within the group.
The group's youth movement—the Brotherhood Youth—has been on Tahrir Square since Day 1, three days before their older leadership officially threw its weight behind the protests. So when news broke that the brotherhood was negotiating with the regime, many of their young members tell me, it was a huge letdown.
"For me, it means they are not representing their youth," Omar says. "I believe there are some internal divisions about talking to the regime. Protesters here say anyone that met the government before Mubarak stepped down doesn't represent us anymore."
Others who are part of the Brotherhood Youth agree. "We said we wouldn't have talks with anyone until Mubarak leaves," says Sarah Mohammed, an 18-year-old member. "Some people were thinking they must leave" the brotherhood because of the meeting, she says.
She and I are sitting in the mosque-turned-makeshift hospital, where for days doctors have been treating the hundreds of protesters injured by the regime. Around us, nurses and doctors check supplies. The hospital is extremely well-managed, with an ICU, an orthopedic clinic, a pharmacy, and more. It's just the kind of organizational feat the brotherhood is known for. The brotherhood has long run schools, hospitals, and charities in Egypt, and part of the reason it is so popular is that they are better run than the government's.
But everyone here is quick to acknowledge that the hospital, the barricades, the body searches to get in and out of the square—these have not been organized by the brotherhood. Everyone also acknowledges that the brotherhood did not start the revolution. But no one can argue that the brotherhood is not essential to maintaining it.
"We are the most organized, powerful group in Egypt," Sarah says, with membership in the hundreds of thousands. "This wouldn't have happened at all without the brotherhood members. Ask anyone from other groups."


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They say that harsh weather after two disappointing harvests in Central America and Columbia has really affected coffee futures.
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With the latest release of the patching tools you can easily patch just about anything. I've patched PlayTV 2.03 as its 3.56 firmware and I just patched NFS Most Wanted 1.02 update as its only an eboot and it works.
The reason I added the param.sfo into the patches is to change the firmware version from 4.xx to 3.55. Its not needed, only the eboot.bin is needed to patch it so it shouldn't matter which version you got US or EU, just use the eboot.
I have many games and only 1 patch, I just copy the eboot over and it still runs. There are only a handful of games that are actually region specific, like if its censored in a region it might need a different eboot but if every region has the same game then the same patch will work.
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Olympic Torch Relay Headed To Space
The Soyuz rocket that launched from Kazakhstan on Wednesday night has some special cargo on board. In addition to three crew members from Japan, Russia and the U.S., the International Space Station-bound probe is carrying an Olympic torch.
As we reported in June, the torch won't be lit — open flame inside the spacecraft would be dangerous and consume precious oxygen. But Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy will carry the torch outside the station as part of a six-hour spacewalk on Nov. 9.
The Olympic torch will return to Earth on Nov. 10, along with three astronauts currently on board the ISS: Karen Nyberg, Luca Parmitano and Fyodor Yurchikhin.
This year's torch relay is the longest in Olympic history. The 123-day journey, which crisscrosses Russia, will cover more than 40,000 miles and involve more than 14,000 torchbearers.
And this trip isn't the first time an Olympic torch has left the planet — one flew with Space Shuttle Columbia in 1996 before the Atlanta games, and another in 2000 on Space Shuttle Atlantis, before the Sydney Olympics.
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The interface is the product
If your customer discovers a blocking bug in the interface, or can't find the feature he's looking for, then it doesn't matter that the backend works -- as far as your customer is concerned, the whole thing is totally broken. See the Macintosh Human Interface Guidelines for inspiration.
I have since found a paraphrase of this quote ("The user interface is the program") attributed to Alan Kay. While I remember coming up with it on my own, I'm more than happy to share the credit. :-)
Never use the following words: just, trivial, should, soon.
These are what Gerry Weinberg calls Lullaby Words : words that use their ambiguity to lull the listener into a secure sleep.
For "trivial," use "straightforward."
For "should," use either "must" or "might."
For "soon," either pick an exact date, or use "never" (it's more honest to exaggerate than to minimize).
And never use "just."
The model calculates; the view iterates.
In other words, isolate the complexities of figuring out *what* to render, and let your GUI concentrate on *how* to render it.
Premature optimization is the root of all evil. (Donald Knuth)
See Introduction to Code Tuning in McConnell's Code Complete "The only thing you can usually be sure of without measuring performance is that you've made your code harder to read."
Nothing is trivial. Or, everything takes time.
(See "lullaby words" above.) Even though a task is easy, it will take time to do. And anything that takes time can be interrupted. And anything that can be interrupted might take a long time to actually, finally finish. (The XP Planning Game can help here -- by measuring how many tasks you get done in a week, you can predict how long it will take to complete a task.)
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This past month, new federal legislation has been introduced jointly by Bay State Senator Scott Brown, and Senators. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), and Sherrod Brown (D- Ohio) to shorten the process of a short sale. The bill would require financial institutions to respond in writing within 75 days indicating if it will accept or reject an offer, plans to provide a counter offer, or wishes to request an extension. If a bank were to fail to reply in the allotted time, a prospective home buyer would be entitled to $1,000 and recovery of any legal fees associated with the attempted purchase. This bill is similar to a failed U.S. House of Representatives bill from 2011 which included language that stated that without a written response from a mortgage holder after 45 days, a short sale would be considered approved.
"It's time to close the communication gap between banks and prospective homeowners who are willing and able to purchase short sale properties," Brown said. "Our economy needs these home sales, and this legislation would lift the real estate market and benefit neighborhoods across the country."
Recently, GBAR Members John McGeough and Anthony Lamacchia, co-owners of McGeough Lamacchia Realty, Inc. in Waltham, were interviewed by Fox 25 News on the subject. They believe that the bill will not only simplify the short sale process, but has the potential to lift up the housing market.
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A new multitask speaking measure is expected to be an important component of a new version of the TOEFL® test (Test of English as a Foreign Language™). This study considered two critical issues concerning score dependability of the new speaking measure: How much would the score dependability be impacted by (a) combining scores on different task types into a composite score and (b) rating each task only once? To answer these questions, the study used generalizability theory (G-theory) procedures to examine (a) the relative effects of tasks and raters on examinees' speaking scores and (b) the impact of the numbers of tasks and raters per speech sample and of subsection lengths on the dependability of speaking section scores. Univariate and multivariate G-theory analyses were conducted on rating data collected for 261 examinees for the study. The finding in the univariate analyses was that it would be more efficient to increase the number of tasks rather than the number of ratings per speech sample in maximizing the score dependability. The multivariate G-theory analyses also revealed that (a) the universe scores among the task-type subsections were very highly correlated and that (b) slightly larger gains in composite score reliability would result from increasing the number of listening-speaking tasks for the fixed section lengths.
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Tips for new Mother's Day and Father's Day traditions
Families have many special traditions to celebrate Mother's Day and Father's Day. Starting new traditions is also common. If your family is looking for some new ways to enjoy Mother's Day or Father's Day this year, check out these tips and gift ideas that will help make your celebrations special.
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