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J.D. Salinger
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Salinger's first and only full-length novel is the one that made him famous. Crass, hypochondriac, sensitive, and suffering, Holden Caulfield is one of American literature's most enduring characters. Everyone is required to read this book before graduating from, well, life. If you don't, you're a goddamn phony.
This book contains exactly what the title says it does—nine short stories, seven of which had already been published, and two that had never been. Salinger's second book introduces us to the Glass family, the talented tribe of precocious children who populate his later fiction. It also contains the story "A Perfect Day for Bananafish," which made The New Yorker first sit up and pay attention to this fresh, emerging writer.
This book consists of two long stories, one about Franny Glass, the other about her sister Zooey Glass. Critics didn't love the book when it first came out, but some reviewers now believe the stories to be among his best work. For Salinger fans, the saga of the Glass family is always a compelling one.
Biographer Ian Hamilton went searching for J.D. Salinger; what he found instead was a lawsuit. Salinger resisted Hamilton's attempts to profile him for the book and, when Hamilton discovered a cache of the writer's old letters in university archives, Salinger sued to prevent him from using them in the book. In the end, Hamilton was allowed to paraphrase but not quote the material. After finishing the book, Hamilton remarked that the next time he wrote a biography, "The subject would have to be very, very dead."_CITATION22_
In 1972, young writer Joyce Maynard published an autobiographical essay in The New York Times Magazine. She then began to exchange letters with Salinger, who initiated the correspondence, and they soon became lovers. Maynard was 18 and Salinger was 53. We don't imagine he was particularly happy when she decided to describe the details of their affair in this memoir.
J.D. Salinger stopped speaking to his daughter after he learned that she was planning to write this memoir. Margaret Salinger describes her father as an odd duck who was suspicious of doctors, controlling of their mother, and prone to following new, esoteric religions. (For the record, Margaret's brother Matt has publicly refuted his sister's account of their childhood.)


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Ratings Update: Pagara upset, Kovalev holds
Three rated fighters were in action this week, with Sergey Kovalev handling Isaac Chilemba and 122-pounder Albert Pagara falling unexpectedly to Cesar Juarez.
Three rated fighters were in action this week, with Sergey Kovalev handling Isaac Chilemba and 122-pounder Albert Pagara falling unexpectedly to Cesar Juarez.
IBF flyweight titleholder Amnat Ruenroeng retained his belt with a rough but otherwise skillful 12-round decision win over Filipino boxer Johnriel Casimero in Bangkok.
Johnriel Casimero is the underdog against IBF flyweight titleholder Amnat Ruenroeng, who he faces in Thailand on Saturday, but the former beltholder is used to that role.
Just a few weeks removed from the biggest win of his career, plans are already underway for WBC strawweight titleholder Xiong Zhaozhong's second title defense in October.
Filipino strawweight contender Denver Cuello underwent surgery on Monday to repair a torn right rotator cuff that severely hampered his performance in his title challenge against WBC titleholder Zhaozhong Xiong on June 28 in Dubai.
Zhaozhong Xiong defeated Denver Cuello via majority decision to retain the WBC strawweight title at World Trade Centre in Dubai.
WBC strawweight titleholder Xiong Zhao Zhong will make his long-awaited mandatory title defense against No. 1 contender Denver Cuello on June 28 in the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai, said Cuello's manager.
The WBC's top 105-pound contender Denver Cuello was not impressed with what he saw when Xiong Zhao Zhong captured the vacant WBC strawweight belt to become the first professional boxer from China to win a world title last Saturday.
Filipino strawweight contender Denver "The Excitement" Cuello scored a fourth-round TKO over Kid Suryana to take another step towards facing WBC titleholder Kazuto Ioka.


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Chapter meetings often include guest speakers to help enrich the breadth and depth of our members' professional knowledge.
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Each local chapter has a designated page on NAPW.com where Chapter Presidents upload information on upcoming meetings, meeting minutes, and photos. There is also a blog linked right from every local chapter page.
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Keira Knightley's Wedding Guests Wore Flip-Flops
And the bride wore Chanel.
Keira Knightley married James Righton, the keyboardist for the Klaxons, this weekend at her family's estate in the south of France. As expected, she wore a custom Chanel dress, but the design was very informal — more like a tulle bridesmaid's gown you'd find at J.Crew than a froufy bridal affair. She also wore a single chain of pink flowers in her hair, an antique necklace, and blush-colored ballet flats. There were no Cinderella reenactments, in other words.
There aren't any pictures from the wedding itself, which was rumored to just have eleven guests, but a candid photo of the bride and groom is circulating online. It looks to have been taken after the ceremony ended, as they're both in sunglasses and appear to be in a hurry. The event was so low-key, according to the Telegraph, that some of the guests wore flip-flops and the couple made their exit in a "battered old Renault Clio." Isn't it nice when celebrities know that they have nothing to prove?


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firstname.lastname@example.com wrote:
> Can anyone tell me where I can find a .SIG file that will use
> Imad's public key (0x833F1BAD) to verify either pgp6.5.8ckt08.zip or
> pgp658ckt08.exe?
Sorry, I get the same results. I'm betting that Imad screwed up and
signed a zip file, then added the detatched signature to the zip file
he'd just signed, thus wrecking the hash. The signature is
pgp658ckt08.ZIP.sig, where it should be pgp658ckt08.EXE.sig. If you
download build 7, the file is named properly and the signature matches.
You could always download and install 8, then put the build 9 beta patch
over top of that. The build 9 beta signatures all match.
It's too bad the ckt builds are no longer being maintained. I still
mourn that loss. Sometimes it seems he was the only developer who was
serious about security AND free (well, as in beer at least) software. I
get the extreme itch every now and again to make a 'ckt' version of
GnuPG. In the end I can't seem bring myself to do it, as I feel like it
would be putting on extreme airs to use 'ckt' myself.
C'est la vie.


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I probably shouldn't have hit the "Publish" button on this post. This isn't a position paper, a proposal to dictate the way that anyone else should hunt, or a means of pointing fingers at bowhunters. These are just some of my incomplete thoughts on a complex topic. What are you thoughts? I would love to… Read more »
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Avoid the Warden – 5 Hunting Regulations That Are Too Easily Broken
A few months ago I overheard some guys talking about a recent event where someone was caught breaking a hunting regulation. The guys were siding with the hunter, stating that although he broke the law, it was unintentional, and "all hunters have violated a regulation at one time or another." That statement caught me off… Read more »
Friday Files – How To Read A Topographic Map, Arrow Trajectory, Bowhunting Fitness, and More…
Why hunting your own dinner is an ethical way to eat "Growing up, I didn't know anyone who hunted. Hunters, I figured, were probably just barbaric gun nuts. Then, eight years ago, I moved from Manhattan to rural Oregon, to write for a small newspaper. My perspective shifted when I began interviewing hunters for my… Read more »
Hunt Your Way To Health – Venison vs. Beef
I can't wait until fall. There is nothing better than spending a cool morning in a tree, watching the world wake up. I am ready to hear the noise of a breaking branch that signals the approach of a whitetail heading my direction. I also can't wait to fill up my freezer with organic free-range… Read more »
The iBowSight – Have We Become Too Technological?
The first time that I stumbled upon the iBowSight I found myself taking quick glance at the calendar; my fears were confirmed, it was not April 1st. I was really hoping that this whole idea of using your iPhone as a bow sight was a joke. iCantBelieveThisThingIsReal. So, what is the iBowSight? The idea is… Read more »


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SIKESTON -- Wrestling isn't traditionally thought of as a family sport, but add four brothers, and quickly it becomes one. Just ask the Ruby family of Sikeston.
From 1978-1990, brothers from oldest to youngest -- Terry, Bill, Dan and John -- started taking the high school wrestling circuit -- and the entire decade of the 1980s -- by storm. They won matches against wrestlers from small schools and wrestlers from the larger schools.
"It was the Ruby decade because they dominated high school wrestling," noted Chris Hodgkiss, Sikeston Public Schools wrestling coach. "Everyone knew the Ruby brothers."
All four brothers received All-Conference, All-District and All-State honors and they all placed at the state level some time during their high school careers.
On Friday, the Ruby brothers will be acknowledged for their accomplishments as they're inducted into the Sikeston Public Schools Hall of Fame.
During the 1980s the family made Sikeston Public Schools wrestling the way it is today, Hodgkiss noted. They laid a foundation for a decade of tradition, he said.
"Johnny was a little guy, but he was very scrappy and very aggressive," said Hodgkiss, who was also Johnny's wrestling teammate.
JoAnn Ruby admitted she and her husband, Bill, are very proud of their sons.
"When my boys were growing up, none of them were very big," said Mrs. Ruby. "They wanted to be football players, but of course most football players are pretty big. So their dad encouraged them to wrestle because with wrestling, it didn't matter what size they were."
Mrs. Ruby said it was often difficult to watch her sons wrestle, but she and her husband attended every match. She said she was afraid either her sons would get her hurt or that they would hurt someone else.
The Rubys purchased a mat and used it at home to wrestle and teach each other, Mrs. Ruby explained.
"We took every vacation in Columbia (where state finals are held). It's the only vacation we took," Mrs. Ruby laughed. "We even went to state after our boys graduated to watch the other wrestlers.
She continued: "You get to be so close with the other teammates because wrestling isn't as big of a sport as other sports. It really became a family sport."
The oldest Ruby brother, Terry graduated from Sikeston High in 1983. His combined record was 83 wins and 23 losses. He had both a fourth place and a sixth place finish at the state level during his senior and junior years, respectively. A 1985 graduate, Billy Ruby's combined wrestling record was 77 wins and 18 losses, and he finished fourth at state.
The third brother, Danny Ruby, won third in the state his senior year in 1988.
During his senior year in 1990, Johnny Ruby won all the major tournaments, including the Tiger Class and finished third in the state. He was 80-22 for his career, including being 32-1 his senior year -- a record he may still hold, and if he doesn't, it's one of the top three, Hodgkiss pointed out.
"It says a lot about them. A family may have one or two brothers who excel in a sport, but to have four who have each made an impact in the sport is pretty impressive," Hodgkiss said.
Today, the Ruby name is being carried on by their grandsons, Mrs. Ruby said.
Marc Stevener, who coached Sikeston High wrestling from 1976-1997 and all of the Ruby brothers, said what made the Ruby brothers stand out from other family athletes was that they all stuck with the sport throughout their high school careers.
"Having four brothers is outstanding. Coaches look for that. Each one was a different individual, but very competitive," recalled Stevenson, who currently coaches wrestling at Hazelwood Central High School. "It seemed like as one was getting out of school, another was coming in."
And while Stevener's had lots of luck finding state champs at Hazelwood Central, he admitted there's still something missing from his coaching job near St. Louis: "I'm still looking for four brothers."


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The Foil Sails
by Byron on Apr 21, 2014 at 11:19 AM
The Foil slices wind like light through night
As I wrote in Issue 11 of our magazine, this bike made me late for dinner. TWICE.
On it, I take the long way home, caught up in those sought-after rouleur moments, when you catch a tailwind, and the Foil sails.
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Related: Practice results " Full coverage from Iowa " Weekend schedule
NEWTON, Iowa -- And to think, he's just happy to be here.
What NASCAR Drive for Diversity member Ryan Gifford completely downplayed during his media availability before the first NASCAR Nationwide Series practice at Iowa Speedway is the fact that he might actually have a chance to win this thing.
With his history at the track combined with the success of a No. 33 Chevrolet that stands 13th in owner points, it wouldn't be an earth-shattering outcome if Gifford finds Victory Lane in his Nationwide debut.
He scored a sixth-place finish in K&N Pro Series West action in 2009 and a fourth-place finish in a K&N Pro Series East race in 2011. In his first two Nationwide practices Friday, Gifford placed 22nd with a time of 24.253 seconds in the opener, but improved to 14th place with a time of 23.567 seconds in the day's second session.
The No. 33 Richard Childress Racing car didn't fare so well at Iowa in June, as Max Papis wrecked 155 laps into the 250-lap event and finished 31st after qualifying 25th. It is, however, coming off Paul Menard's sixth-place finish at the Brickyard in last week's Indiana 250.
"I'm really excited to be in the 33 Rheem Menard's Chevrolet and here in the Nationwide Series," Gifford said. "It's a great opportunity for me to go out there and show my skills and hopefully we can put it up front and have a good run, so I'm really excited."
Modest and humble, sure. But considering Gifford has six total races at Iowa under his belt between the two K&N Pro Series, and that there have been seven total Nationwide events here since Brad Keselowski's victory in the venue's inaugural series event, Gifford's experience level at the 0.875-mile oval ranks higher than most in Saturday's U.S. Cellular 250 presented by Enlist Weed Control System (8 p.m. ET, ESPN2). So there are plenty of factors trending in his direction.
Perhaps the biggest asset in Gifford's corner this weekend? Austin Dillon.
"I'm really happy to have Ryan making his debut here ... we have a close relationship and hopefully we can work together and get him rolling this weekend," said Dillon, who affectionately calls Gifford "RG 33," a play on Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III's nickname. "I feel like I can help him as much as anywhere as at this place, so I think RCR has got some strong cars this weekend and hopefully we can put one of them in Victory Lane."
Dillon, himself no stranger to Iowa Speedway with 10 races between the Nationwide Series, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and K&N Pro Series East, has been handing down lessons to Gifford for what he deems a "rough track."
"The biggest thing is to do his own thing at the beginning, just go out there and do his own thing," said Dillon, who currently leads the series in points. "He wasn't able to test the Nationwide car, so he needs to go out there and make a few laps with these radial tires. I don't think it will be anything too big for him. He's done a great job in the East series. I've raced with him my entire career from dirt to now and we still hang out every weekend. He lives about five minutes from my house."
Gifford, along with Kyle Larson (Nationwide) and Darrell Wallace Jr. (Camping World Truck Series), will make history as NASCAR celebrates the first ever weekend in which three Drive for Diversity participants race in a national series event. Gifford knows how instrumental this and the NASCAR Next program have been to his career, and where it'll take him in the future.
"It's great to be a part of the NASCAR Next program. They've done a great job promoting all of us young drivers that are part of it," Gifford said. "All the media that I've gotten and things like that have been real exciting for me and it's been really good practice. In the development series, you don't get as much practice with that as you would in a national series, so it's been really good for me. Hopefully I can continue to do things like that and only get better and help out my career."
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Research Update: Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. 'B-' CCR Affirmed, Issue-Level Ratings Lowered On $200 Mil. Notes Add-On May 11
- May 2011
- Standard & Poors
Film studio Lions Gate plans to issue $200 million of additional second-lien notes and use the net proceeds to repay revolving credit borrowings. We are affirming our 'B-' corporate credit rating on Lions Gate. At the same time, we are lowering our issue-level rating on the second-lien notes to 'B-' from 'B', in conjunction with the revision of the recovery rating to '4' from '2'. The stable rating outlook reflects our view that Lions Gate's film business EBITDA and cash flow could improve modestly in the near-to-intermediate term, but that operating performance will fluctuate depending on the success of its film slate. On May 9, 2011, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services affirmed its 'B-' corporate credit rating on British Columbia,...
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- Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.
- Lions Gate Entertainment Inc.
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Mea Culpa
Paw Prints: Writings of the maddog
I believe that one of the measures of an adult is to have the ability to admit "I was wrong". While I am not happy when I am wrong, I take pride in the fact that I often give people the benefit of the doubt, and when I am wrong I freely admit it. I believe that once you admit your mistake, and apologize if necessary to any offended people, you can then move on to the next task and try to do better the next time.
One of my first managers was a very bright man who could not say the words "I was wrong". It took the people under him a while to realize this, but one day we were sitting around the lunch table and it occurred to us that we had never heard him say that phrase, or anything close to it. While he was really very intelligent, no human is perfect, so we kept careful score after that.
It was about two weeks before I left my first job to accept a teaching position that I was put into a situation where I was obviously right and my manager was obviously wrong. By this time I and my co-workers had become fairly demoralized due to this flaw in his character, so I decided to push the issue, since I had already tendered my resignation and was preparing to leave the group, cleaning up the issues and tasks that I had outstanding.
At a team meeting I carefully laid out my entire argument, inserting his previous (incorrect) statements, until it was painfully obvious that I was correct, and my manager was wrong. I then looked to my manager and said "Don't you think in this case you were wrong?"
The manager looked at me strange, and started to say "Jon, I was........" and he made a sort of strangling sound. He tried again, "Jon, I ...I...Jon...YOU WERE RIGHT."
I looked at him and said, "You can not say the words 'I was wrong'. That is a problem for you, and I would really advise psychological treatment." With that I left the room.
What reminded me of this interaction was the recent issues around Apple and the "location" data on the iPhone.
As a friend of mine pointed out, yet another issue with Apple seems to have been blown up out of proportion. Yet the "issues" that I remember:
- the antenna problem
- the alarm issue
- the app store removing apps
- the location issue
all tended to follow the same pattern:
- customer(s) finding an issue
- Apple telling them they were wrong, or holding the phone incorrectly, or "it does not matter"
- issue blowing up out of proportion
- Apple fixing the problem
Perhaps this is some type of twisted marketing campaign, but as a customer I would really prefer this type of scenario:
- customer(s) find an issue
- Apple saying "hmmm, that is interesting, let us look at it"
- Apple acknowledging the issue
- Apple fixing the problem
Please do not think this is "Apple bashing". I tell people all the time that Apple makes good products, and I can even elaborate on why I think this is true. I will also continue to state that I do not buy Apple products because I believe them to be "closed", and "closed" products are not something I want to buy. But I do not condemn other people because they want to buy the products. I do not want to "bash Apple"....instead I want to see them become an even better company.
And I know that Apple fixes lots of issues without having them reach the U.S. Congress for resolution, or even a class action lawsuit. But please....Apple...just train your top executives in saying these two simple phrases:
- "Hmmmm....that is interesting, let us look at it"
- "Mea Culpa....here is the fix"
Then we can go back to life as it should be lived.
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Security researchers have already notified Microsoft; some fixes are available
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Founder of ownCloud launches the Nextcloud project.
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Homeless vacate from under Pontchartrain Expressway after city orderUPDATED 4:51 PM CDT Aug 14, 2014
Homeless people living underneath the Pontchartrain Expressway were being vacated Thursday morning after the city's health department declared the area a health hazard.Video Transcript
HUNDREDS OF HOMELESS PEOPLE TO LEAVE CAMPS UNDER THE PONTCHARTRAIN EXPRESSWAY HAS ENDED. SO EARLIER THIS MORNING, CITY WORKERS AND HOMELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS WERE UNDER THE BRIDGE TO HELP THE REMAINING PEOPLE LEAVE. WDSU'S KELSEY DAVIS WAS THERE THIS MORNING AND JOINS US WITH MORE. Kelsey Davis: City officials say when they arrived this morning, the camp size was significantly smaller than it was in days and weeks past. But dozens of volunteers there were still dozens of volunteers on hand to make sure those who did remain got the services they need. EARLIER THIS WEEK, THE CITY ISSUED LETTERS TO PEOPLE LIVING IN THE MAKE SHIFT CAMP UNDER THE PONCHARTRAIN EXPRESSWAY STATING THEY HAD TO LEAVE. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS THE MATRESSES, TENTS, CLOTHING AND OTHER TRASH THAT HAS PILED UP IN THE AREA OVER THE MONTHS A HEALTH HAZARD TO THE COMMUNITY. CITY WORKERS AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM AREAS SHELTERS AND OTHER HEALTH SERVICE PROVIDERS HELPED ANYONE STILL LIVING UNDER THE BRIDGE GATHER THEIR BELONINGS AND FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY COULD GO FOR SHELTER AND--IF NECESSARY---MEDI CAL ASSISTANCE. Charlotte Parent: this is not new. We've been doing this for months. The problem is we've been cleaning up around everything and it has not solved the problem. So we had to do something more permanent. Kelsey Davis: Now city officials tell us once the people and their belongings are removed from underneath the bridge, they will barracaded in to prevent people from coming back and to stop drivers from parking their cars there. Reporting on your side from central city, Kelsey Davis WDSU news. AD LIB OVER WEATHER CAMERA
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Leme Seals Victory for #12 Waves
Jan. 24, 2014
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MALIBU, Calif. – The #12-ranked Pepperdine men's tennis team made their 2014 debut at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center with a 4-1 win over #41 San Diego in the opening round of ITA Kick-Off Weekend action. Sophomore Pedro Leme outlasted Andrew Raphaelson in the third set tiebreaker to clinch the team victory.
Pepperdine moves to 2-0 on the young season while the Toreros start their dual campaign at 0-1.
The battle for the doubles point came down to a tiebreaker in the final match to finish. The Toreros got the first win at No. 3 doubles, but David Sofaer (Bellevue Hill, Australia/Sydney Distance Education HS) and Leme (Sao Paulo, Brazil/Mackenzie Tambore) leveled the score with a 6-3 triumph from the No. 2 spot.
All eyes fell to court one, where Alex Sarkissian (Glendale, Calif./Glendale CC) and Francis Alcantara (Cagayan de Oro, Philippines/Fresno State) were fighting off the come-back efforts of Clarke Spinosa and Filip Vittek.
Although the Waves' top duo built a 4-1 lead, USD stormed back to knot the score 5-all and send the match to the tiebreaker.
With momentum in their favor, Spinosa and Vittek went ahead 4-1 in the first-to-seven, win-by-two tiebreaker. It was then Sarkissian and Alcantara's turn to come back, and the duo rattled off six unanswered points to win 7-4 and clinch the point for the Waves.
Sarkissian, listed at #33 in the ITA singles rankings, put Pepperdine ahead 2-0 after a dominant 6-1, 6-1 win over #22-ranked Spinosa.
The Waves' lead was further extended after Alcantara put away a 6-3, 6-3 decision versus Vittek.
Geoffrey Fosso got San Diego on the board with a win from the No. 6 spot in the lineup.
All three remaining matches were anyone's to claim, as all three went to a third set.
It was newcomer Leme who pulled through for the Waves, winning an exciting match in the tiebreaker. After winning set one by a 6-1 tally, Raphaelson rebounded with a 6-4 triumph in the second.
The third set played out just as close and was sent to a tiebreaker at 5-5. Although Leme fell behind 4-5, the sophomore relied on his strong serve to gain a 5-4 advantage. Raphaelson double faulted at match point to give Leme the 7-5 victory.
It was Leme's first dual-season win in his young career.
Pepperdine continues its run on Saturday at 1 p.m. in the championship match. The Waves will face the winner of the Cal-Alabama dual and the overall victor will earn a spot at the ITA National Indoor Championships in February.
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A new Homeowner Bill of Rights, signed by Gov. Jerry Brown, went into effect on January 1, 2013. The new set of laws protects consumers who are going through the foreclosure process. It includes stopping lenders from doing what is called dual tracking, robo signing and makes sure lenders assign one point of contact to borrowers who are trying to obtain a loan modification.
Duel tracking is the process of starting the foreclosure process while the lender is considering and or reviewing a loan modification request. We have talked to many homeowners who have applied for a loan modification and when it is declined or rejected they immediately get a Notice of Default which is the first step in the foreclosure process. The lender has been working on the foreclosure during the time the loan modification was under review and they are prepared to foreclose if the loan modification is declined.
Under the new law, banks must give loan-modification applicants a response before starting the foreclosure process. Banks now also have to inform consumers who don't apply for a loan modification that they have the right to do so.
Robo signing, is defined as the process of approving foreclosure documents without proper review and will now be illegal in California.
Included in the Homeowner Bill of Rights is the ability for borrowers to sue loan servicers for violating any foreclosure law.
Speaking of new laws, last week I wrote about the extension of the Mortgage Debt Forgiveness Relief Act being extended. I failed to mention the State of California has not yet passed legislation to make State taxation rules mirror Federal law. The bill to do this in now being worked on and is expected to pass but at this time there would be state taxes due on forgiven mortgage debt associated with a short sale.
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Dokki, Cairo, Egypt.
City Drink: Egyptian Juices, Milkshakes & Smoothies in Dokki
Fresh juice stands are a dime-a-dozen in Cairo, and some are rightfully considered better than others. A few might even be bona-fide must-visit spots on a tour of the city. But more often than not, these local spots are tiny hole-in-the-wall establishments, recognizable by their single counters and dangling bags of pomegranates and oranges.
So it has been to the delight of all those who live and work around Dokki's Tahrir Street that City Drink has opened up as a kind of celebration of all that is possible in the world of cold, mixed beverages. City Drink is open 24-hours-a-day, complete with a fleet of delivery boys and relentless fluorescent lighting, along with the jolt of caffeine found in many of the blended options, is guaranteed to wake you up in the morning or jump-start your evening.
The juices and shakes come in a glass or takeaway cup about the same size as other juice stands, and are promptly made to order by a team of four or five guys who are constantly churning out orders. For the basic juices – strawberry, guava, banana, etc. – a small cup is 3LE and a large is 4LE. Even the classic milkshake flavours like chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry, only cost 4LE for a small and 5LE for a large.
City Drink also carries a significant amount of specialty drinks. There is an entire section devoted to cocktails made with mango, ranging from City Drink Mango juice, at 3.50LE/5LE, to a mix of juice and freshly cut mango slices for 7LE/10LE. The avocado milkshake is particularly refreshing. Not too intense, the avocado actually just tastes like a better, more natural version of the vanilla milkshake.
Other favourites of City Drink veterans include the Specter; a mix of dates, apple, kiwi, and milk (5LE6LE), as well as the Viagra, which is a combination of dates, honey, ice cream, and yogurt (5LE/6LE). For something really original, try the Phone Max; a mix of watercress, kiwi, avocado, and honey (5LE/6LE).
If health is not an important factor in your choice, by all means try the Borio milkshake (10LE)..
Finally, if you want the flavour of some lib (pumpkin seeds) or pistachio nuts without the trouble of having to shell them one at a time, simply grab a Toaster or milkshake made with your choice of lib, peanut, cashew, or pistachio. The Lib Shake (4LE/5LE) tastes very similar to the milk at the bottom of a bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios. The Pistachio (7.50LE/8.50LE) is definitely a lot heavier, but packs that unmistakable flavour that hits the spot.
Whether you are looking for a serving of guava juice a cut above the standard glass, or a creative blend of distinctly Egyptian flavours, stop by City Drink for a cool swig.
As a result of the hectic city life, health-conscious restaurants and cafés in Cairo are often overlooked in favour of filling up on more gratifying, and often unwholesome, meals and drinks.
Recently opened in Zamalek, international chain, Froots, strives to provide citizens with delicious, healthy alternatives. The small venue on 26th of July Street offers clean, vitamin-rich blends of juices and smoothies. A table is placed outside for customers wanting to drink on the spot, and inside there are two stools for patrons waiting on their orders.
Amongst others, the menu includes a wide of variety of tropical smoothies, fresh fruit juices, organic teas, coffee and even lip-smacking chocolate and ice cream milkshakes. Though in the past they were known for providing food, the current reworking of the menu means that meals are temporarily unavailable.
We ordered a Tidal Wave (22LE) cocktail – a blend of strawberries, peaches and kiwi juice – and a Berry Sunrise (33LE) – made with strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, vanilla soy milk and fat free yoghurt. For the latter, our waiter willingly adapted the ingredients to replace the soy milk with regular dairy.
Served in large plastic cups, the Tidal Wave was refreshingly sweet, with a charming tinge of bitterness provided by the kiwi juice. On the other hand the Berry Sunrise, served icy cold, was thick, foamy, smooth and delicious. Although they were both scrumptious and filling, the drinks were unfortunately prepared with frozen, as opposed to fresh, produce.
Perfect to silence a rumbling stomach, Froots provide tasty, liquid alternatives to heavy meals and unhealthy snacks.


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American English: /ˈsteɪʃ(ə)n/ British English: /ˈsteɪʃ(ə)n/
Translation of station in Spanish:
- 1 1.1 (Railways) railroad or (British) railway station subway or (British) underground stationestación de metro or (Río de la Plata) de subterráneoExample sentences1.2
also: bus stationestación (feminine) de autobuses
- Bruno has to fly out from Madras, so next stop is the railway station to book his train ticket.
- We pass several Virginia railway express commuter stations, before stopping at Manassas.
- Many bus services finish at 7 pm, few buses stop outside train stations and passengers are forced to walk long distances to catch another bus or train.
terminal (feminine) de autobuses
- 2 (place of operations) police station research station coastguard stationpuesto (masculine) de guardacostassee also→ fire station, → gas station
- 3(Television)
canal (masculine)(Radio)
emisora (feminine) (de radio)
estación (feminine) (de radio) (Latin America)Example sentences
- All six BBC local radio stations will be broadcasting from the roadshow venues and there will be the opportunity for people to meet some of the region's favourite broadcasters.
- The BBC local radio station is broadcasting full match commentary from 10.00 am to noon on Saturday.
- We are now officially the most listened to BBC radio station in our broadcast area.
- 4 4.1 (Military) action stations!¡zafarrancho de combate!it was panic stations when the inspector arrived [colloquial]
¡a sus puestos de combate!hubo tremendo revuelo cuando llegó el inspector [colloquial]Example sentences
Example sentences4.2 (Religion)the Stations of the Cross
- In this way it was able to locate air bases and establish naval stations which would be invaluable if war occurred.
- Possibly the best thing about having military stations near your beat is the ability to visit and take a closer look.
- As is known, the ergonomic norm for continuous operation by command staff at a command and control station is five to seven hours.
el Vía Crucis
- It's the kind of record you know you're going to buy twenty seconds into it but you stand at the listening station and sample every track anyway.
- Rockefeller's pews are pressed into duty as a staging station for the organ's pipes and sound boxes.
- If the patrol gains contact, a scout weapons team can respond and be on station within minutes.
las Estaciones de la CruzExample sentences
- The stations seem to have originated in the pious practice of pilgrims to the Holy Land who visited the sites of the life, suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus.
- 5 (social rank)condición (feminine)her station in life forbade such action
clase (feminine) socialuna mujer de su condición no podía hacer tal cosato have ideas above one's stationtener delirios de grandezahe married beneath his stationse casó con una mujer de posición social inferior a la suyaExample sentences
- He is more interested in the bonds between people than their social or economic stations.
- Marrying above one's station has been the source of fairy tales, mythology, and Hollywood movies.
- It is not a far cry from thinking a person is beneath one's station to thinking a person's function is beneath one's station.
- 6 (US) (subsidiary post office)sucursal (feminine) de correosExample sentences
- Now, what does the postal inspectors look at at the post office station before it comes to the recipient?
- It had two stores, a post office and telegraph station, wheelwrights, blacksmiths and a pound.
- 7 (Australian) (Farming)cattle/sheep stationfinca (feminine) ganadera/ovina
hacienda (feminine) ganadera/ovina (esp Latin America)
rancho (masculine) ganadero/ovino (Mexico)
estancia (feminine) ganadera/ovina (Río de la Plata)Example sentences
- Prince Harry is off to spend a few weeks on a cattle and sheep station, location unknown.
- With the help of the many Afghan cameleers it provided a much needed service to many of the isolated cattle and sheep stations.
- Stockman work with stock - animals and jackaroos are what Australian farmers are called that work on outback stations with sheep or cattle.
transitive verb
- 1 (position) she stationed herself behind the wallse colocó detrás de la paredExample sentences
- We will continue to contribute to the purpose of stationing our troops there.
- He and the members of his International Rescue Corps are stationed at an Iranian military base in the city.
- France began stationing military personnel in French Polynesia in 1962.
- 2 (post) (usually passive)(fleet/troops)
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MONTREAT, N.C. - Union splite an Appalachian Athletic Conference doubleheader at Montreat (N.C.) Saturday, winning the first game 9-3 but dropping the nightcap 3-2.
Union extended its season-best win streak to five games before the one-run loss. The Bulldogs are now 14-10 overall and 4-4 in the AAC, while the Cavaliers are 10-12 overall and 1-4 in conference play.
In the opener, Union used the long ball to slug its way to the 9-3 victory. Tyler Brake (Burlington, Ky.) clubbed a grand slam, while Nelson Price (Burkesville, Ky.) belted two homers as well.
Price pulled double duty and got the job done on the mound, pitching a complete game to get the win. He is now 3-3 on the year.
Luke Collis (St. Charles, Mo.) pitched well for Union in the finale, allowing only 3 hits in going the distance. However, Union only collected three hits itself as Montreat pulled out the 3-2 win.
Miguel Mendez (Lansing, Mich.) collected both of Union's RBIs in the seventh inning.
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Panel Backs Glaxo Rare-Cancer Therapy; Rejects Merck Drug
GlaxoSmithKline Plc's drug for a rare, often deadly form of cancer won the backing of U.S. advisers, while a similar treatment from Merck & Co. and Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. failed to gain support.
A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel today determined the benefits of the Glaxo treatment outweighed the risks while the therapy from Merck and Ariad didn't. The agency isn't required to follow the panel's recommendations.
If approved, Votrient from London-based Glaxo and ridaforolimus, developed by Merck and Ariad, would be the first targeted treatments for a cancer that invades soft tissue such as muscle, tendons and fat outside the stomach and intestines. Chemotherapy is now used for these tumors, which are diagnosed in about 10,000 patients a year.
"Everyone wants better therapies to be available," Wyndham Wilson, the panel chairman and chief of the National Cancer Institute's Lymphoma Therapeutics Section, said during the meeting. "The story is told in what the actual delay in progression-free survival is."
Glaxo's Votrient kept sarcoma from spreading in soft tissue three months longer than placebo. Ridaforolimus stopped progression of the cancer three weeks longer than placebo. Patients in clinical trials experienced heart, kidney and liver disorders.
Panel Votes
The panel vote 11-2 that Votrient's benefits outweighed its risks and 13-1 that the risks of ridaforolimus outweighed the drug's potential benefits. The advisers met in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Ariad fell 2 percent to $14.75 at 4:50 p.m. New York time in extended trading. Merck fell less than 1 percent to $37.73. Glaxo gained less than 1 percent to close at 1,433.5 pence in London trading.
The agency is set to decide on Glaxo's drug by May 6 and the medicine from Merck and Ariad by June 5.
"Merck remains confident in the potential of the investigational agent ridaforolimus for an indication where patients have limited options," said Eric Rubin, vice president, clinical research oncology, at the Whitehouse Station, New Jersey-based drugmaker. "We remain committed to bringing forward this promising therapy for patients with metastatic sarcoma, and will continue to work with the FDA to address the committee's questions."
Tumor Types
There are about 50 types of soft-tissue sarcoma, which are different from carcinomas that arise from cells, according to the American Cancer Society. Most sarcomas are in the arms and legs or internal organs, according to the National Cancer Institute.
The median survival of patients diagnosed with soft-tissue sarcoma that is spreading is about a year, according to the FDA documents.
Sarcoma tumors also can develop in bone tissue. About 2,500 new cases are diagnosed a year, according to the University of California, San Francisco. Ridaforolimus, the experimental drug from Merck and Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Ariad, also would treat bone sarcoma.
Chemotherapy is effective at shrinking the tumor in 20 percent to 25 percent of patients, said Scott Okuno, an oncologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Once tumors have spread, a minority of patients are cured, he said in a telephone interview.
Study Results
Glaxo's Votrient, chemically known as pazopanib, enabled patients to live a median of 4.6 months, or 3.1 months longer than a placebo, while the disease stopped advancing, according to a company statement. The final-phase trial studied 369 patients, including 246 on the drug, with certain metastatic soft tissue sarcomas that have tried chemotherapy.
The trial excluded patients with gastrointestinal tumors. The FDA approved Votrient in 2009 to treat advanced renal cell carcinoma.
"It's a little step but it's a little step in a field that has had nothing," Lee Helman, a panel member and scientific director for clinical research at the National Cancer Institute's center for cancer research, during the meeting.
Ridaforolimus didn't have the same benefit, the panel said.
Patients stayed alive and free of disease progression on ridaforolimus, which may be called Taltorvic if approved, for a median of 17.7 weeks, or 3.1 weeks longer than placebo, according to an FDA staff report. The final-phase trial tested 711 patients, 347 on the compound, with soft-tissue sarcoma that spread to other areas of the body or bone sarcomas whose disease hadn't progressed after at least four cycles of chemotherapy.
Since patients can't stay on chemotherapy indefinitely because of harsh side effects, ridaforolimus would be used to delay progression of the disease after the treatment.
Merck is responsible for the development and worldwide commercialization of ridaforolimus in oncology, while Ariad has co-promotion rights in the U.S., Pamela Eisele, a Merck spokeswoman, said in an e-mail.


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A warm welcome to my website
Patrick Winterton currently works as a sports
broadcaster specialising on winter and adventure sport. His experience ranges from production,
editing and more recently presenting,
working alongside the BBC's Kate Silverton on the "Ultimate White-Water documentary".
Patrick has lectured on the skills of commentating, delivers motivational talks to sports organisations
and corporate bodies, as if this wasn't enough he is also involved in corporate team building seminars.
Summer 2009 sees the continuation of his attempts to get to the Faroe Islands. Starting from Oban on the 5th June Patrick will work his way north to Stornoway. There he will meet up with former slalom paddler Mick Berwick for the last three legs of the journey; Stornoway to the Butt of Lewis, then to North Rona and on hopefully to the Faroes. Last years experiences and mistakes have been invaluable in the preparation for the second attempt and weather permitting we hope to be in Torshaven by the 7th July.
This crossing was attempted in a double by Karen and Dan Trotter back in 1995. They were just 80 km short when they climbed aboard their support vessel, beaten by the cold, the distance and the tide. The crossing has not been completed in single production kayaks, from the Hebrides, or unsupported. In fact, due to the level of difficulty and endurance required, the crossing has never been achieved; we hope to prove it is possible.
One of our motivations is to raise funds in aid of the RNLI, an organisation that make on average 21 rescues every day of the year. An organisation that is totally dependant on the public's generosity as well as the commitment and bravery of their volunteers. Please help us reach our target of £50,000, which will go towards the training of those volunteers. 'We never thought we would require their service and like many others, we were wrong. Donations can be made on www.justgiving.com/paddlefaroes and in order to tempt donations we have set up a massive prize fund with over £5000 worth of the best kayaking equipment on offer, including the expedition Tiderace Xplore kayak. Click here for details.
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On the importance of the small domain in the thermostability of thermoalkalophilic lipases from L1 and T1: insights from molecular dynamics simulation.
Karjiban , R. A. and Abdul Rahman, Mohd Basyaruddin and Raja Abdul Rahman , Raja Noor Zaliha and Salleh, Abu Bakar and Leow, Adam and Chor, Thean (2010) On the importance of the small domain in the thermostability of thermoalkalophilic lipases from L1 and T1: insights from molecular dynamics simulation. Protein and Peptide Letters, 17 (6). pp. 699-707. ISSN 0929-8665
An all-atom level MD simulation in explicit solvent at high temperature is a powerful technique to increase our knowledge about the structurally important regions modulating thermal stability in thermenzymes. In this respect, two large-sized thermoalkalophilic enzymes from Bacillus stearothermophilus L1 (L1 lipase) and Geobacillus zalihae strain T1 (T1 lipase) are well-established representatives. In this paper, comparative results from temperature-induced MD simulations of both model systems at 300 K, 400 K and 500 K are presented and discussed with respect to identification of highly flexible regions critical to thermostability. From our MD simulation results, specific regions along the L1 lipase and T1 lipase polypeptide chain including the small domain and the main catalytic domain or core domain of both enzymes show a marked increase in fluctuations and dynamics followed by clear structural changes. Overall, the N-terminal moiety of both enzymes and their small domains exhibit hyper-sensitivity to thermal stress. The results appear to propose that these regions are critical in determining of the overall thermal stability of both organisms.
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A woman and her boyfriend from Holt are in jail tonight accused of severely beating her 10-year old son.
Deputies say the abuse happened Monday night. They interviewed him on Tuesday, the arrests came this morning and they were arraigned this afternoon in district court.
Thirty-nine year old Yolanda Brooks, the boy's mother, is charged with third degree child abuse-- a two-year misdemeanor. Thirty-one year old Scotty Fuller faces the same count along with child abuse in the second degree which is a four-year felony.
Ingham County Sheriff Gene Wriggelsworth was almost beside himself as he described what happened in the home on Sycamore Street in Delhi Township. He says both Brooks and Fuller hit the boy and used multiple foreign objects.
The boy's uncle came to visit and noticed the boy's condition. He immediately took him out of the home and to the police. A search warrant was issued and then the arrests.
"I read the report and it choked me up-- I'll be frank with you," said Sheriff Wriggelsworth. "I have young grandchildren that age." I just can't imagine doing that to a young person-- I think it borders on torture, in my opinion, for someone to be treated like that."
After deputies interviewed the boy he was taken to a hospital. He's currently recovering with relatives. Brooks and Fuller are due back in court January 22.


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It's not as hard as many small online retailers think, says the founder of RightBid.
With the holiday shopping season on the doorstep and millions of shoppers making preparations for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, retailers will be competing aggressively to offer the most appealing deals to consumers. Which retailers are most likely to offer the best bargains? And what's the best pricing strategy for smaller e-retailers seeking to compete with their larger rivals?
To address these questions, I ran 3,005 of the best-selling products from Amazon.com through RightBid's price-collection software on Nov. 16 and collected over 27,000 price points. The data come primarily from leading comparison shopping engines such as Google Shopping, PriceGrabber, and BizRate.
In these environments, even a small change in price should lead to big changes in sales. In their 2009 paper Clicks, Discontinuities, and Firm Demand Online, economists Michael Baye from Indiana University, John Morgan from UC Berkeley, and Rupert Gatti and Paul Kattuman of the University of Cambridge conclude that for each improvement in rank on a comparison shopping site, a retailer is likely to see a 60% jump in referrals and ultimately sales through that channel. With price competitiveness so crucial to performance through these channels, how do big retailers fare?
For every product, each merchant was given a percentile rank between 0 and 100 representing how its price compares to competing merchants. A percentile of 0, means the merchant has the lowest price of all retailers observed, a percentile of 100 would indicate the highest price. Percentile scores under 50 indicate lower prices than those offered by the median merchant. The table below shows how some of the largest e-retailers fared, ranking them from those with the lowest prices to those with the highest:
While most of the scores fall between 40 and 60, this range represents a surprisingly large gap between prices. A score of 40 could mean that half of all prices are at the 30th percentile and half are at the 50th percentile, while a score of 60 could mean that half of all prices are at the 50th percentile and half are at the 70th percentile. Given that there were on average 9.3 sellers per product, being at the 40th percentile is on average 0.8 ranks ahead of a seller at the 50th percentile. Using Baye et. al's estimate we would estimate that the retailer at the 40th percentile (Amazon) should see a 50% higher referral rate from these channels than a merchant at the 50th percentile (Walmart) and a 125% premium on a merchant near the 60th percentile range (Overstock.com). Given Amazon's brand reputation, the difference in referrals is likely even larger.
How does a small retailer beat a giant like Amazon that already has relatively competitive prices? The short answer is simply to slash prices everywhere. A smarter answer would be for the small retailer to pick its battles. Small price changes can lead to substantial improvements in rank, which should lead to large changes in referrals and sales.
In a similar study based on data from PriceGrabber, the typical product had a 2.7 percentage point gap between the two lowest prices—one-quarter of all products had less than a 0.7 point gap between these prices. Retailers who can identify and act on these opportunities should see significant growth in their sales from customers shopping through comparison channels.
Many smaller online retailers are not taking advantage of the opportunity to grow their sales by making relatively small changes to their prices. When I speak with small retailers through my work with RightBid, I'm always surprised when I hear how many typically change prices infrequently or only as a result of an underlying cost change. With retailers putting much of their focus on increasing their visibility this holiday season, small tweaks to prices can be a gift unto itself.
Zach Blatt is the founder of RightBid, which produces price competitiveness software for online retailers. To see the extended results go to www.rightbidretail.com/rightbid_percentile_report.pdf.
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One question for Stanford going into Saturday's game at Arizona State is which Cardinal defense will show up?
The unit provided some encouraging moments in a 36-28 season-opening victory Thursday over Oregon State — two interceptions, one returned for a touchdown; a fumble recovery; a safety — but it wasn't the blitz-from-all-angles, let's-meet-at-the-quarterback defense of last year.
At least it didn't seem to be.
"We're attacking," Coach Jim Harbaugh insisted Tuesday. "Clinton Snyder blitzed the quarterback about 24 times in the game, which is a high number percentage-wise. We just didn't get home as much."
The pressure Stanford puts on Arizona State quarterback Rudy Carpenter could be the difference between a close game in the fourth quarter or another blowout loss for the Cardinal. Stanford sacked Carpenter an eye-opening five times in the first half last season and trailed 6-0 three minutes before halftime. But the defense had just one sack the rest of the game and the Sun Devils cruised 41-3.
"They're going to get their chunks of yards," cornerback Wopamo Osaisai said. "We understand that. But we want to make sure we're not giving up 20 to 30 yards at a time. Contain big plays, that's what it comes down to in the Pac-10."
To do that, Stanford's blitzers might have to "get home" more often than they did against Oregon State.
"I can only imagine how proud the parents must be," Harbaugh said.
Don't be surprised of Toby is extra motivated. He mentioned Tuesday that Garth told him during the off-season that ASU has a couple of "warm-up" games before its showdown against Georgia on Sept. 20.
"I think the best we can hope for with Allen is that, at some point, he comes back this season and is at least able to practice," Harbaugh said. "And he gets healthy enough to where he can work on football and determine if he's going to have a future in football."
Left guard Gustav Rydstedt, who missed the game because of a concussion, won't play Saturday, Harbaugh said.
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> I'm newbie in OS.(Also, I'm not good at typing English) I have a
> question about the definition of the term "heap". Some people say that
> heap is initialized by values stored in the program's binary file. In
> the contrast, the others say that heap is dynamically allocated by
> program which is running. I have confused.
> What definition is right?
The second.
An application's memory consists of two segments, one for code and one for
data. The code segment contains read-only machine code. The data segment
* rodata --- read only data, statically allocated at compile time, and
initialised from the executable file. (Minix doesn't enforce this as
being read-only, as far as I know, but other systems do.)
* data --- modifiable data, statically allocated at compile time, and
initialised from the executable file.
* bss --- modifiable data, statically allocated at compile time, and
initialised to zero.
* heap --- modifiable data, dynamically allocated at run time, and not
There's also the stack, which is used for local variables and compiler
housekeeping. This goes in the heap segment but is allocated in a different
const int i1 = 1; /* goes in the rodata area */
int i2 = 1; /* goes in the data area */
int i3; /* goes in the bss area */
int* p1 = malloc(4); /* goes in the heap
(but the pointer itself is on the stack) */
The size of all these areas except the heap are set by the compiler when you
compile the program. The size of the heap, however, can be changed using
the 'chmem' command (when the program's not running. Minix doesn't support
making the heap bigger for a running program; Linux, BSD, etc do).
Does this help?
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INDIANAPOLIS May 31, 2014--For 500 miles Takuma Sato's helmet protected him as he raced at speeds over 220mph in A.J. Foyt's famed No. 14 Indy car in this year's Indianapolis 500. Bearing the pockmarks, grease and dirt of the grueling speed contest, the specially-designed, race-worn helmet will be auctioned off to aid the children affected by the 2011 tsunami in Japan.
The helmet also bears the gold-leaf autograph of the Japanese driver who hasn't forgotten the most vulnerable victims of the tsunami that struck his homeland over three years ago. All of the proceeds will benefit 'With you Japan' which is the foundation that Sato founded in the aftermath of one of the worse natural disasters to strike his country.
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Inspired by his love for the Indy 500, Sato commissioned the helmet design to reflect elements from his signature race cap, the historic bricks of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, his legendary team owner A.J. Foyt's feat of four Indy 500 triumphs, plus the Japanese flag incorporated into a modern and sleek no. 14 graphic. The result is an eye-catching helmet admired by race fans and fellow racers. The auction website offers photos of the helmet and a video of Sato describing the helmet immediately after the Indianapolis 500.
To own this piece of history, bidders must first register at the website by providing their name, email address, telephone number and a valid credit card number. Once fully registered, bidders will be allowed to participate in the auction. The highest bidder at the close of auction on June 9 will be declared the winner.


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Uncanny X-Men #8
There's an interesting story lurking within the pages of "Uncanny X-Men's" contribution to "Apocalypse Wars," but Cullen Bunn and Ken Lashley's latest chapter has almost no actual plot progression as its characters inch
|June 16th, 2016
All-New X-Men #9
Dennis Hopeless, Mark Bagley and Andrew Hennessy's "All-New X-Men" #9 plunges Beast and Kid Apocalypse into "Apocalypse Wars" via a trip through time in their most promising issue to date.
|May 16th, 2016
Uncanny X-Men #6
"Uncanny X-Men" #6 kicks off this title's portion of "Apocalypse Wars," but Cullen Bunn, Ken Lashley and Paco Medina's two stories are nothing but backstory and extended setup.
|April 11th, 2016
Extraordinary X-Men #8
"Apocalypse Wars" kicks off in "Extraordinary X-Men" #8, where Jeff Lemire and Humberto Ramos bring back an old, forgotten villain, while Lemire and Victor Ibanez drop in on Doctor Strange.
|March 21st, 2016
Uncanny X-Men #1
Cullen Bunn and Greg Land's "Uncanny X-Men" #1 suffers from a generally unlikeable cast and a team that seems to be more primed for a photo shoot than a street battle.
|January 11th, 2016
Marvel Zombies #3
Simon Spurrier and Kev Walker continue to detail Elsa Bloodstone's journey through the Deadlands in the pages of "Marvel Zombies" #3.
|August 31st, 2015
Marvel Zombies #2
Simon Spurrier demonstrates strong characterization and growth while Kev Walker makes it all disgustingly beautiful in "Marvel Zombies" #2, a "Secret Wars" tie-in.
|July 24th, 2015
Marvel Zombies #1
Simon Spurrier and Kev Walker's "Marvel Zombies" #1 introduces readers to the Shield and its tough-as-nails Section Commander, Elsa Bloodstone.
|June 11th, 2015
Secret Six #2
The Six work together to escape their underwater prison in Gail Simone and Ken Lashley's "Secret Six" #2.
|February 16th, 2015
Superman/Wonder Woman #15
"Superman/Wonder Woman" #15 delivers the origin of Magog in a story written by Peter J. Tomasi and drawn by Ed Benes and Doug Mahnke.
|January 15th, 2015
Earth 2 #30
Marguerite Bennett, Mike Johnson and a team of artists put forth an inconsistent and fragmented "Earth 2" #30 that tangentially fits within the ongoing story, featuring some decent art overlaid with hurried stories and sloppy scripting.
|January 12th, 2015
Secret Six #1
"Secret Six" #1 is off to a good start courtesy Gail Simone and Ken Lashley, as six new characters find themselves locked in a room with no exit and an unanswered question being asked.
|December 3rd, 2014
AXIS: Revolutions #1
"AXIS: Revolutions" #1 presents readers with the reaction to Red (Skull) Onslaught's attack in a Spider-Man tale from Dennis Hopeless and Ken Lashley and a Doctor Strange story from Simon Spurrier and Tan Eng Huat.
|October 30th, 2014
Superman: Doomed #2
Superman's struggle against Doomsday and the consequences of that battle reach a climax in "Superman Doomed" #2, written by Greg Pak and Charles Soule with a host of artists in tow.
|September 25th, 2014
Superman: Doomed #1
Superman scribes Scott Lobdell, Greg Pak and Charles Soule team up for an emotionless and tentative introduction to the latest crossover in "Superman: Doomed" #1, which at least has some interesting ideas illustrated by Ken Lashley.
|May 14th, 2014
Earth 2 #21
Superman causes all sorts of mayhem and destruction in "Earth 2" #21, written by Tom Taylor and drawn by Nicola Scott.
|March 7th, 2014
Superman #26
Writer Scott Lobdell and artist Ken Lashley badly mishandle the character of Lois Lane in "Superman" #26, but recover somewhat when the story focuses on Clark and Diana, as well as featured villain The Parasite.
|January 3rd, 2014
Justice League of America #8
With "Forever Evil" covering the Earth and the Crime Syndicate claiming to have killed the Justice League, Matt Kindt and Doug Mahnke offer readers some hope in "Justice League of America" #8.
|October 17th, 2013
Earth 2 #15.2
Matt Kindt and Aaron Lopresti provide a peek into the possible secret origins of Grundy in the pages of "Earth 2 #15.2 Solomon Grundy."
|September 16th, 2013
Action Comics #23.2
"Action Comics #23.2: Zod" unleashes Greg Pak and Ken Lashley on the legend of Dru-Zod, but their take is less than memorable.
|September 16th, 2013
Earth 2 #15.1
Darkseid's most dedicated lackey, Desaad, takes center stage in a Paul Levitz written story that Yildiray Cinar draws for "Earth 2 #15.1: Desaad."
|September 5th, 2013
Superboy #20
"Superboy" #20 has R.B. Silva joined by Justin Jordan, Kenneth Rocafort, and ChrisCross, and already the book has become much more readable than it was in recent months as Superboy is attacked by H.I.V.E.
|May 8th, 2013
The Ravagers #11
As this series winds down, the writer's chair gets tighter with Tony Bedard, Michael A. Nelson and Scott Lobdell all contributing to "Ravagers" #11 in some capacity.
|April 15th, 2013
Suicide Squad #18
"Suicide Squad" #18 continues the Squad's attack on the alive-once-more Regulus, but Adam Glass and Henrik Jonsson's comic is feeling a little tired as it heads down a familiar path.
|March 15th, 2013
Talon #2
Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV guide "Talon" #2 into a story that is wonderfully matched for the art nouveau-influenced artwork of Juan Jose Ryp.
|December 3rd, 2012
Suicide Squad #14
"Death of the Family" invades Adam Glass and Fernando Dagnino's "Suicide Squad" #14, but it's the crossover that proves to be the least interesting part of the issue as Amanda Waller deals with a recent betrayal.
|November 15th, 2012
Suicide Squad #13
"Suicide Squad" picks up where #12 left off in August, and Adam Glass and Cliff Richards wind down Basilisk's attempt to destroy Amanda Waller and the Suicide Squad. Don't mess with the Wall.
|October 15th, 2012
Suicide Squad
Adam Glass and Fernando Dagnino use "Suicide Squad" #0 as a platform to showcase how ruthless Amanda Waller can be. We really don't get much more than that out of this issue.
|September 17th, 2012
Team 7
In "Team 7" #0, Justin Jordan and Jesus Merino give us the formation of the group with a mixture of old faces, new faces and the little glimpses of the missions will make you want to see more.
|September 13th, 2012
Suicide Squad #12
"Suicide Squad" #12 hits the end of its first year with Adam Glass and Fernando Dagnino revealing the Squad's traitor, even as their mission to stop Basilisk in Mexico slides helplessly from bad to worse.
|August 9th, 2012
Suicide Squad #10
"Suicide Squad" has settled into a nice rhythm, although a little more stability would be great.
|June 14th, 2012
Suicide Squad #5
Did someone say... riot?
|January 11th, 2012
Blackhawks #4
Four issues in and the Blackhawks are ready to soar. Of course, they have to get out of the nest first.
|December 29th, 2011
Suicide Squad #4
"Suicide Squad" continues to improve every issue, and this issue is no exception.
|December 15th, 2011
Blackhawks #1
Blackhawks are go, but where and how they're going needs a little more attention in order to keep my attention.
|October 2nd, 2011
Punisher: Frank Castle #75
The series comes to an end with a collection of short tales, some of which are much better than others.
|October 19th, 2009
Rising Stars Compendium
J. Michael Straczynski's complete story about 113 children with special powers and their lives is collected in one book. It isn't perfect, but it's a worthwhile and engaging read.
|May 24th, 2009
Black Panther #4
Four issues in and the "new" Black Panther still has not pulled on the cowl. We do, however, get treated to some jungle action featuring Man-Ape. Thanks Marvel.
|May 17th, 2009
Black Panther #3
T'Challa takes a stroll on the spiritual side of things while his sister, Shuri, continues her quest to become Wakanda's next champion.
|March 31st, 2009
Black Panther #2
Since Dr. Doom is on the cover, I think I can safely reveal that Doom attacked the Black Panther in the last issue. This leads to a new, female Black Panther, who still doesn't appear in this book.
|March 8th, 2009
Black Panther #1
Under a "Dark Reign," the Black Panther prowls back onto the new comic stand. While there aren't any deep identity revelations in this issue, there is a decent story.
|February 2nd, 2009
King Size Cable Spectacular #1
Bishop continues his search for Cable and the Messiah Baby, pursuing them into the far future, by Swierczynski and Lashley.
|September 18th, 2008


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Made a really, really stupid knitting in round mistake
Everything I've ever read about knitting in the round says to be sure to check that your cast ons aren't twisted when you beginning knitting. I
that I did this. And then I began knitting. I did notice that when I got to the end of the first round, it seemed loose where both ends join but I figured I could just tack it together when I was done with the hat I'm working on. Also, I was getting my hair cut so was paying attention to that too (although with a haircut mistake, all you have to do is wait for it to grow out). Anyway, thinking that I'm just peachy keen cruising along with knitting the ribbing, I showed off my work to my sons, all of whom will be getting a variation of this hat. That's when I realized that I was a twisted wreck
Here's what I did... and my question is, 'is this do-able?'
I undid a stitch at the end of the round and actually twisted the work back into alignment. Of course, the undone strands are now holding the twist, but my thoughts are that I can re"weave" that section and then "tuck in" and tack over what doesn't look good. It's that or just start over. I'm willing to start over but I feel like I'll never get past the beginner stage as long as I'm starting every dang project over at least once.
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The 28-year-old goal-kicking centre will miss the first six weeks of the new Super League season after suffering a calf tear during a training session at Everton.
"We were training with Everton and doing some sprint work when I felt it go," Dixon said. "There were only 10 minutes of the session left."
The injury comes on the eve of the Tigers's opening Super League game against Warrington on Sunday and is the latest setback for the former Hull player, who was out for seven months last year with a neck injury.
He also suffered a season-ending shoulder injury in 2011 and spent six months out of the game in 2009 with a blood clot which threatened to end his career.
"These things seem to creep up every now and then and come at the wrong time," he said at Castleford's pre-season media day.
"I've done seven months of rehab with my neck and played two friendlies, so I was just getting some confidence and game time back.
"It's quite demoralising. You've done the full pre-season and you are raring to go. You want to be out with the boys, you don't want to be sat in the stand there watching.
"There is no bigger game than Warrington away so it's a hard one to take.
"But I've just got to deal with it. I'll crack on and get back as quickly as possible. There's a long way to go. I'll do the right things and try to get back quicker than they say."
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Desert Hot Springs sees second stabbing in one week
There have been two stabbings in Desert Hot Springs within a week -- and both remain unsolved.
"We've heard of a lot of things that happened around the area, but nothing here on this block," neighbor Nikki Maglis said.
Police found 39-year-old Anthony Reed Leazure with stab wounds in his chest outside his home on Upland Way Sunday night. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Police believe Leazure had an altercation with someone he knew that led to the stabbing. One neighbor questions her place of residence after what she saw.
"When I saw the body getting pulled out, it makes you think about where you live at," a neighbor who did not want to go on camera said.
This, just a week after another stabbing on Fifth Street, which is caught on surveillance video. Thirty-seven-year-old Alex Joe Walls was also stabbed to death. Lead detective Jim Henson does not believe the two stabbings are related, though. He says neither were gang related.
Is a move on the horizon for these neighbors?
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About That 'Down' Season for Pujols…
Albert Pujols started the year looking like an overpriced bust. The new Angel cost $240 million but couldn't hit a home run in his first 27 games, after entering the season with 445 career homers. The Angels lost 17 of those games. Now they're in the AL wild-card race, and while much of their success can be attributed to the excellent play of rookie and MVP candidate Mike Trout, Pujols should get credit for turning his season around and continuing one of the most consistent offensive careers in MLB history.
Entering his 33rd game of the season, Pujols had one home run, a .228 on-base percentage and a .277 slugging percentage. Now those numbers are 30, .346 and .525 – each the lowest of his career, but impressive considering his awful start. Since those first 32 games, Pujols's batting average, on-base percentage and slugging each have improved on his full 2011 numbers. He may not be as good as he's been during that hot streak, but neither is he anywhere near as bad as he looked at the season's start.
The one thing we can be sure of is he's aging. From 2003 to 2009, the year he turned 29, he put up at least 8.2 wins above replacement (or WAR) , the stat that encapsulates a player's value to his team. That's an MVP-worthy performance for seven years running, a stretch during which he won the award three times and finished in the top three of voting three other times. Since then, his value has slipped each year, a natural occurrence after a player reaches 30. Pujols turned 32 in January.
Yet even a Pujols on the downward slope of his career is a remarkably valuable player. In each of his first 11 years, he reached five WAR. No batter has reached that threshold in each of his first 12 season, and just four other players had 11 such seasons. Pujols is at 4.7 WAR this year and could become the first 12 for 12 man with a strong finish. With a really good stretch run, he could also pass Barry Bonds and Rogers Hornsby for second-highest career WAR through 12 seasons, behind Willie Mays.
If you prefer more conventional stats, Pujols is just the second player, after Al Simmons, to drive in at least 100 runs in 11 of his first 12 seasons – Pujols has 102 this year after dipping to 99 in 2011. No one has done it 12 times. And Pujols has hit at least 30 homers in each of his first 12 seasons. No one else has done so in more than nine of his first 12 seasons.
Pujols appears to be on the decline, and he'll likely be viewed as overpaid by his career's end. But no one can say he didn't hit the ball harder than nearly every human being in history.


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By NEMS Daily Journal
TUPELO – A former Alabama mayor has been ordered to pay her former employer in Tupelo more than $185,000 for failing to perform her responsibilities.
Mignon Willis, who served as mayor in Cherokee, Ala., was hired by Rehab Solutions as an accountant in 2003 and was accused of failing to pay bills and taxes owed by the company, resulting in state officials placing a tax lien on the business.
Last week, a jury awarded Rehab Solutions $133,574 in compensatory damages and ordered her to pay $50,000 in punitive damages.
Company officials declined to comment on the ruling.