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this post is very disappointing
your name is very dissapointing
Originally Posted by Tayhlor Uchiha
juugo's with oro and co
oh ok
Originally Posted by Tayhlor Uchiha
your name is very dissapointing
this jes won sum rep ^
Originally Posted by Uchiha Levant
hey guys, is anko still alive? wasnt jugo the last person she was seen with? i might be wrong tho but is it a good thing to leave her like that with a bipolar psycho like him? (no offense to jugo fans)
Juugo fans are a myth.
Originally Posted by Tayhlor Uchiha
your name is very dissapointing
totally gotta give you some rep for that..... wtf was he thinking when he made his username lmao
Originally Posted by Sussanoo
Juugo fans are a myth.
i had sum doubts 2 lol
This chapter was sh*t.I want to see Oro and Sasuke or Kages healed...
he never said madara's weakness is taijutsu. He said taijutsu is the only think that can affect madara. they cannot use genjutsu against madara
all I learned was another way to make cement from this chapter.
Originally Posted by Uchiha Levant
ikr hopefully we will see sumthin from sasuke's end, i wonder who the person that sasuke an oro r goin 2 meet
haha thanks man
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The Juubi was grining.
Before Naruto can land his attack, it'll transform into it's ultimate form, and blast those nasty Allied Shinobi bugs away with brute force.
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i was hoping for sasuke in this chapter...seems like kishi forgot about him
Originally Posted by Gatsuuga
1. Just because you want to see sasuke and didn't doesn't make it a terrible chapter
2. The collaboration jutsu was great if you actually understand the symbology behind it. I wonder if you actually grasped it?
3. Madara's weakness isn't taijutsu, its just that he can't absorb taijutsu like he does ninjutsu when using the Preta path
You act is if the symbology was actually good. The techniques used depended on what nation they are from.
Not exaclty great symbology
Originally Posted by Insanity Island
totally gotta give you some rep for that..... wtf was he thinking when he made his username lmao
idk drugs? lol
Kishi is fcking up
Another bash Kish manga thread -___-if you'd read it and understand what the chapter meant. Under Shikamaru's fathers leadership he was able to collaborate the whole shinobi army into trapping the jubi. That's equivalent to. The US, Europe, China, Russia, Japan every major super power joining forces. To collaborate one attack. You can't show the significance of the importance and power of the joint shinobi alliance in two pages. That's the whole concept of the whole chapter.
Also if you'd paid attention Taijutsu isn't Madara's weakens hell he has the sharingan that reads movement but since he has sharingan that cancels genjutsu and with the rinnegan that absorbs ninjutsu genjutsu is the only thing that can be effective as seen with Tsunade's punches and Guy's afternoon Tiger.
Really read the manga and don't just skim through it because it was actually a great chapter and it shows that the whole world will know of Naruto as the hero that fought on the front lines.
Originally Posted by Sussanoo
Kishi had a chance to either, give us something good, or show us Sasuke, he had many other options.
But no, He showed us a load of panels saying "ALRIGHT, READY, READY, READY, HOKAGELOLZ"
And why would Madara's weakness be Taijutsu? Kishi pulled that out of his ass, if Madara was really that weak to Taijutsu, this series should have been called "Rock Lee Shippuden"
His weakness isn't Taijutsu, Madara has already showed elite skills in close combat with a blade. Not to mention he is skilled with other weapons too. The reason why they HAVE to use Taijutsu on him is simply because Madara can absorb any Ninjutsu with his Rinnegan and he can break out of a Genjutsu in a matter of seconds.
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Roy Tennant, Senior Program Officer, OCLC Research, discussed insights from his research on mining WorldCat's 290 million records. A list of the most widely held works in libraries around the world points to significant cultural influences and how they are distributed. He discussed the shift from "cataloguing" to "catalinking," with the growing influence of Linked Data. "Instead of having all the data in the record," said Roy, "you have linkages out to these authority sources, and you can pull data in, process it, index it, but you do not manufacture it." He shared the video, "Cataloging Unchained," which shows how Linked Data can make library data work harder. "We believe that widespread collaboration is absolutely essential," said Roy. "We're moving into a whole new world now; we have the tools to do widespread collaboration well, but we also have the imperative to do it well."
Mining insights from 50 million books
In the opening keynote, Harvard Fellow Jean-Baptiste Michel spoke about his research with collaborator Erez Lieberman Aiden. He began by comparing two cartoons, one from 100 years ago, to show that the verb conjugation 'burnt' has gradually regularized to 'burned' over the past century. By consulting two grammar textbooks, they concluded that over time,very important verbs remain irregular, but infrequently used verbs tend to become regular. "The more a verb is used, the more it's protected against change," said Jean-Baptiste.
Having used only two books to uncover something new about how language evolves, they asked Google for access to all the books it has digitized, which resulted in a databank of "50 million books, 12 percent of all books ever written anywhere−a huge chunk of human culture." They slimmed the dataset down to 5 million−those with annotated publication dates and attributed authors−and extracted 'n-grams,' chunks of words and phrases, counting the occurrences of each in books published between 1500 and 2008. The data is available at books.google.com/ngrams.
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I arrived in Burlington on the deep-vein-thrombosis express from OHare in Chicago. Commercial air travel particularly in the cheap seats after spending several weeks in Montana, is like returning from deep space and hiding under the sink. Big Sky spoils you for being pinned against the exterior wall of a hurtling tin can, inhaling pre-breathed air while secretly praying the shrieking 3-year-old demon three seats up across the aisle will have his vocal cords surgically removed by the flight attendant.
Transitions are perhaps our most difficult thresholds. Change would be fine if it didnt, well, alter too many things. We become used to our own stuff, and as we do, those things become our circumstances and compromise our ability to tolerate anything else.
Our predictable life is generally tolerable for some reason, even if its not great. Challenging as it might be, we take comfort in knowing whats about to happen, even if it might be awful. Think long-term relationship or the Stockholm syndrome. Being firmly tethered to the earth falls into this category.
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Once you get used to defying gravity and looking out the window, though, the physical, emotional and logistical reality of modern travel takes hold. You begin not caring or even thinking about the usual catastrophes, obsessing instead about whether youll make your connecting flight, if claustrophobia can literally kill you and why you paid an exorbitant amount for an experience not unlike being buried alive. Given your comfort level, you wonder whether Dick Cheney might just pop out of the loo and begin interrogating you.
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I recently met a woman who is still bf-ing her 4-yr-old DS. She has a 7-yr-old DD, a 9-yr-old DD and 11 yr-old DS, all of whom, she says, weaned around the age of six, so she's in no hurry to wean her 4-yr-old. Her kids are a picture of health, very happy, popular, well-adjusted kids, doing EXTREMELY well in school and in after-school activities. She and her husband are very involved parents, and going by her children's physical and emotional health, it looks like she's doing something right here. Her 4-yr-old is an active, healthy, well-adjusted child, too. I believe that she wouldn't have been able to do it without her husband's support.
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I have seen a bunch of shows from the summer in Japan and Hanyu is attempting the quad in all shows , Kozuka also
I have seen a bunch of shows from the summer in Japan and Hanyu is attempting the quad in all shows , Kozuka also
I can't wait to see when Hanyu does his program cleanly with faster speed, because it will be great!!! He really seems to enjoy skating even with many many fall and he never give up; that why I like him very much.
And he's still cute even he grow up a lot
By the way I wonder who design his LP costume, make him much less elegant than he should be His sp costume is much better.
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This said, I agree about the scores, Adam won derservedly and his program was wonderful, but IMO it can be upgraded
Mao's program, and her presentation, is stunning! It was perhaps worth her taking that strange detour in style last year, for now the refeshing impact of this one will be all the greater. Beginning of the season and an error-filled performance, and yet this to me is already one of the most moving ladies' programs I've seen in a long time.
No comments about Cynthia here yet - I thought she was beautiful too! Though it's a good thing I watched her program before Mao's, as it's simply not even cose to being in the same tier in terms of content and nuance. However, I think the music is really well chosen, and Phaneuf has that understated elegance, simplicity, power and shows a good intensity that does surprisingly well by Rachmaninoff. She's not skating so timidly any more. She does have to be build on this though - her style favours simplicity, which I like, but the music is underused in some spots, and she has to guard against occasionally sloppy lines. But I really liked what I saw here.
Miki on the other hand, bored me, and i didn't make it through her program. I think the first offense for me is the music - that Grieg concerto is just not a piece I enjoy. Miki has a certain sophistication to her, but has to work a lot harder to pull off the elgance the likes of Mao or even Cynthia, and it shows. There is potential in this program, though, I'll give it a chance as she smoothes it out.
It was nice to see Joannie so relaxed! She kept that entirely in her comfort zone, the slightly watered down jump-content a wise decision, as the jumps she did were all excellent, and she showed command of that program. And there was a softness there. Well done.
I finally got around to watching Daisuke Takahashi and Takahiko Kozuka.
Here are my thoughts:
1.) Daisuke's such a passionate powerful skater that it's a joy to simply watch him skate. However, I'm not loving this program nor the music particularly, but he's such an exceptional skater that over time I think I'll grow to like it. (:^) But for now, when compared with his program from last year, there's no comparison, La Strada was a masterpiece. Btw, the quad was gorgeous! If I had to nitpick about any one thing, I would like to see him stretch his legs more, especially in his camel spin, but that's being overly nitpicky, I love him the way he is. ***Note: one day I'd like to see him tackle Beethoven's 9th!***
2.) Takahiko is such the complete opposite of Daisuke, that I find it fascinating to see them skate one after another. Takahiko's skating is soft, lyrical, introspective, classical, all about gliding, edges, beauty. I particularly enjoyed the spread eagle into the triple jump, which looked effortless. I can't wait to see what this program will look like skated clean, and after it has a few miles to it. (:^)
It looks to be a battle, just like the American men, for the Japanese men at their upcoming Nationals. Obviously Daisuke is #1, which can't be said for the Americans (way too close), with the spots for #2 & #3 up for grabs! I hope Takahiko will break through this year. It looks to be exciting!
For now, since they haven't retired nor taken a break (still competing!), each competition will be a test of wills between all the Japanese men. Like here, even if just a pro-am, this competition will set them up for the rest of the season. It will be exciting to see which stars will emerge.
I have managed to see Joannie and Miki so far. I will catch up with the rest later.
My thoughts:
I thought Miki's program was tame but much better too previous seasons in terms of her choreographic content. Transitions are better, but Miki still performs inwardly rather than to the crowd and mentally she focuses too much on the jumps. Grieg Piano Concerto has not been used for some time but when I do hear this, it reminds me of Elena Liashenko's program from 00/01 which was simply "gorgeous" and Miki's does not seem to be on the same par. But early days, sure there be changes and it will get polished. I did enjoy it but it didn't move me.
Joannie, well, I did not expect her to be in the shape she was in and I thought Joannie you cannot turn pro just yet, she looked like a worthy world champion despite the triple lutz flaw but we can forgive Joannie here. I like the program but I feel ger Don Juan and Aranjuez was marginally better. I think the spanish flavor would suit Joannie well in a new LP as she can draw the crowd in. I just like the way she has power and athleticism and grace at the same time a bit like Arakawa. Maybe Joannie was using this to see where she was and knowing that she was ahead of Ando and Asada feels like she may have a shot at Nationals to take her to world's. We will see......
It's a shame that Rochette is not competing this year because she already looks really good. However, I can understand taking some time off after all that went through during the Olympic. I hope we haven't seen the last of her in competition. I'm sure there are a lot of ladies breathing a sigh of relief that she's not competing this year!
As for Mao, once again she has a very ambitious agenda. I do applaud her for trying to put all the triples (including the 3A) in the free program and I'm glad that she going to try to fix her Lutz and do the Salchow. She also need to work on more speed though. That will help her with her jump combinations. It will interesting to see this program later in the season. Good luck to Mao.
It's strange to say this, given that I am a few years older than Mao, but I am beginning to regard her as one to look up to. The dress could be a bit better, but the mauve colour is gorgeous, and her new program/music does not only fit her wonderfully, but there is a LOT that comes through about her personality.
It doesn't seem like the Japan Open is a serious competition, so it's nice to see all the participants smiling and relaxed. It's clear that Mao's ambitions to fix her jumping technique starting from the basics are not yet complete, but it looks like she is shrugging that off and just going for it and enjoying the event.
Has anyone else here been very good at something with some unconventional technique or habits? I have--and it's not easy, technically or on the ego, to go back to the beginning and start all over. However, the investment on the time and effort proved worth it in the long run (6 months for me--may take longer for Mao since figure skating is more difficult than what I do) and my final performance surpassed what I could have expected using my previous methods. Though, my ego couldn't handle people seeing me in my moment of err...change...so I actually trained in seclusion. With Mao, there is more and more evidence that she is humble, patient, and dedicated. Do I think she has the capability to do an 8-triple FS? Yes. Is it likely? I don't know...maybe not (the idea seems unbelievably difficult.) But even if she falls short of that goal...I get the feeling things will fall into place and she will, within the next few years, achieve a performance that is nothing but amazing--technically and artistically--because of her attitude and approach.
I looked at some of the other skates at Japan Open. Noticed Adam Rippon got a nice score for a great FS (good for him!) but the program itself didn't excite me.
[QUOTE=Phoenix347;519961]It's a shame that Rochette is not competing this year because she already looks really good. However, I can understand taking some time off after all that went through during the Olympic. I hope we haven't seen the last of her in competition. I'm sure there are a lot of ladies breathing a sigh of relief that she's not competing this year!
I thought Joannie had not decided yet, I just assumed she was not taking part in the Grand Prix? There is a TBA for her for Skate Canada?? I am sure she would re-think after Japan Open.
Just loved this quote from Adam Rippon in a blog for Icenetwork
I went out to skate, and I was very happy to show what I had been doing in practice at home all summer. I know I can do a lot better, but I think it was a solid start to this season.
Thanks for that quote from Adam, it reminds me so much of this one from Steve Prefontaine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXyh4dAuZl8 (exactly at 1:21 seconds into it).


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Home List of Titles Photoelectron spectra of some antibiotic building blocks: 2-azetidinone and thiazolidine-carboxylic acid
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/235677
- Title
- Photoelectron spectra of some antibiotic building blocks: 2-azetidinone and thiazolidine-carboxylic acid
- Author(s)
- Ahmed, Marawan; Ganesan, Aravindhan; Wang, Feng; Feyer, Vitaliy; Plekan, Oksana; Prince, Kevin C.
- Abstract
- X-ray photoelectron spectra of the core and valence levels of the fundamental building blocks of β-lactam antibiotics have been investigated and compared with theoretical calculations. The spectra of the compounds 2-azetidinone and the 2- and 4-isomers of thiazolidinecarboxylic acid are interpreted in the light of theoretical calculations. The spectra of the two isomers of thiazolidinecarboxylic acid are rather similar, as expected, but show clear effects due to isomerization. Both isomers are analogues of proline, which is wellknown\ to populate several low energy conformers in the gas phase. We have investigated the low energy conformers of thiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid theoretically in more detail and find some spectroscopic evidence that multiple conformers may be present. The measured valence levels are assigned for all three compounds, and the character of the frontier orbitals is identified and analyzed.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Life and Social Sciences
- Source
- Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol. 116, no. 33 (Aug 2012), pp. 8653-8660
- Publication year
- 2012
- FOR Code(s)
- 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics; 0306 Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural); 0307 Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
- Keyword(s)
- 2-azetidinone; Antibiotics; Isomers; Photoelectron Spectra; Thiazolidine-carboxylic acid
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society
- 1089-5639
- Publisher URL
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2012 American Chemical Society.
- Peer reviewed


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Vladimir Putin said last week that he observes "with alarm" that "in many of the world's regions, especially in the Middle East and in North Africa, inter-confessional tensions are mounting, and the rights of religious minorities are infringed, including Christians and Orthodox Christians."
The Russian president made his comments at a meeting with Orthodox Christian leaders in Moscow. He urged the international community to take steps towards preserving the rights of Christian people worldwide and preventing the violence that they suffer routinely in dozens of nations around the globe.
The meeting was held with the leaders of all 15 Orthodox Churches to celebrate the 1,025th anniversary of the official adoption of Christianity by Prince Vladimir in 988 A.D. Orthodox leaders spoke out against what they consider the growing secularist suppression of Christian freedoms in Western nations like the U.K. and France, where same-sex marriage has just been legalized, and Christian business owners have been threatened with jail time and forced to pay fines for refusing to participate in homosexual wedding ceremonies.
The Russian Orthodox Church's chief ecumenical officer, Metropolitan Hilarion, warned of "secularization in disguise of democratization" and of a "powerful energy today [that] strives to finally break with Christianity, which controlled its totalitarian impulses during 17 centuries."
"Eventually," Hilarion said, "it unconsciously strives to set up an absolute dictatorship that demands total control over each member of society. Don't we move to it when 'for the sake of security' we agree to obligatory electronic passports, dactyloscopy [fingerprint identification] for everyone, and photo cameras occurring everywhere?"
These remarks come as Russia attracts global attention for its law banning homosexual propaganda directed at minors, and continues each year to pay fines to the European Court of Human Rights for prohibiting gay pride parades in Moscow. In June 2012, Moscow courts enacted a hundred-year ban on gay pride parades.
The evangelical Christian community that still identifies Russia with communism, Cold War tensions and the brutality of Stalinism is in for a shock if Putin follows through on his comments. They underscore that the world has changed. In the wake of the "war on terror," the U.S. is no longer seen as a guardian of justice and liberty. Now one of her traditional enemies is poised to defend ideals that America no longer cherishes.
In Iran, Christian pastors like Saeed Abedini and Youcef Nadarkhani have been beaten and tortured over the past two years, and have been threatened with execution. In a recent interview with CBN, Eritrean torture survivor "Philip" shared graphic stories of his own experience in torture camps in the Sinai desert. "In some cases, we were tortured simply because we were Christians," he said. "I was hanged up from the ceiling for three days, the blood was cut off from my hands and the flesh started to literally drip from my hands."
These stories are nothing new. Horrific persecution of Christians has been widespread since new converts were fed to the lions in the Roman Empire. What is surprising is that these are the kinds of stories that were coming out of Russia not long ago, when atheism was the official doctrine of the Soviet Union and twenty-year-old Ivan Moiseyev was beaten to death in the Red Army.
What's changed since then? Putin hinted at it when he said the church in Russia had been a "moral compass" to many who were looking for help, hinting at the recent century of misery and struggle that the Russian people have endured. He also acknowledged the role that the church has played in "culture and education," adding, "The adoption of Christianity became a turning point in the fate of our fatherland."
Why is the Russian leadership suddenly recognizing the priceless value to their nation of the Christian virtues they condemned for so many years? It's simple. The Russian people have learned the hard way about the cultural devastation and decline that results from the rejection of the happy principles that have bolstered the western world for so many centuries.
Russia is a nation that has tasted of the fruit of the self-destructive anti-ethical policies that so much of the western world has come to label "progressive."
They already tried dismantling the natural institution of family, and replacing it with state control and regimentation. As a result, they are suffering a demographic crisis, with the highest abortion rate in the world. Russians have more abortions than live births.
They already tried out the scheme of deconstructing the faith of individuals and replacing it with a collectivistic, subservient society where people owe nothing to an eternal, unchanging God, but everything to a transient, ever-evolving state. This didn't serve as any kind of cultural liberation.
Today, Russia is ravaged by alcoholism, with an annual per capita alcohol consumption of 15.76 litres, one of the highest in the world, and a shockingly low life expectancy. According to a U.N. National Human Development Report, Russian males born in 2006 had a life expectancy of just over 60 years. Russia has a suicide rate of 27.1 per 100,000 people. In 2008, suicide claimed 38,406 lives in Russia. Russia has been repeatedly rated the most corrupt European nation, tied with Iran, Guyana, and Khazakstan.
Russia is also a significant source, destination and transit country for persons trafficked for sexual and labor exploitation from regional and neighboring countries. A 2006 World Vision report claimed Russia is becoming a new destination for child sex tourism, and estimated 2 to 2.5 percent of Russian sex workers are minors.
With all of these sorry statistics to show for their experiment in statism and rejection of Christian virtues, is it any wonder that Putin is extending an olive branch towards the Russian church and seeking to reinstate what has been lost?
Do Putin's recent comments signal a Christian transformation of character? Probably not. What they do signal is a fear that grows as Russia slips deeper and deeper into the vicious results of the black hole of creedlessness. And perhaps they signal a growing friendliness towards the virtues of Christian culture.
While Western Europe and the U.S. are slanting slowly towards the neutralization and ultimate rejection of classical and Christian ethics, Russia and Eastern Europe rushed into this chaos of amorality years ago and, it seems, are coming out on the other side a little wiser, a little steadier.
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but I agree that The Fields will also step it up, and I am vengeful and wrathful that he has zero votes on this poll.
Careful or I will be sickin' The Marija Kero on you doubters.....
Mike Bibby
Toney Douglas
Landry Fields
Iman Shumpert
Shumpert reminds me of Rondo with a better shot. This guy can play. He might fall in love with the jumpshot but once he hits it the confidence will soar and he will start driving and DUNKING on people which we have yet to see.
Douglas will be douglas, hitting three's but missing many shots, not doing much with the passing ans missing cutters and open men. He missed Chandler ten times last game when he was open and is so bad at passing in transition.
Bibby just has to hit the open shot. His passing is better than I thought. As long as he plays decent defense and hits the open shot, then he should be good.
Fields will improve. He looked really good, especially on defense in the last game. I think he had a couple steals and a bunch of rebounds. He isn't shooting to much but is making good choices on offense.
Fields would be the X factor if Shumpert wasn't on the team.
Shumpert is the x factor because he can be our sixth man. He can play the point and the 2 guard spot and make a difference guarding anyone in the league. He played well against D Will for a rookie.
"The Knicks are back" - Amare
but I agree that The Fields will also step it up, and I am vengeful and wrathful that he has zero votes on this poll.
Careful or I will be sickin' The Marija Kero on you doubters.....
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I actually picked Bibby.
A veteran like him is going to come through in a fast-paced 3-point heavy system like this one.
Im not gonna like, I voted for Douglas
But now I gotta go with Shumpert, easily
No Davis???
On the offensive-end it will be the improve co-exist tandem of TD & Fields....
on the offensive-end from a single-guard it should (supposed to) be Baron Davis.
I understand your point and mean no disrespect but the stats from last year Davis was the highest scorer even though he did not play in many games. I would think Shumpert out of all of them would be the highest, but, I would not be surprised by the end of the season Davis will give us some good numbers from the point. Either way it is so nice to be excited about Knicks Basketball once again.
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I think you actually missed my point but there was no need for me to be so sarcastic. I bolded the date that I made this thread because at that point the Baron Davis signing was not official yet, which is why i left him out of the poll.
But Davis will easily have a bigger impact then Douglas and Bibby. If Fields could ever learn to play 2 halfs like the 1st half he played last night then I'd consider him a respectable choice here, too many "if's" though.
None of the guards have a chance to compete with Baron. Not only can Baron score but if hes not a playmaker then hes real damn close. He'll get assists and points, Douglas cant even spell assists. Bibby will be inconsistent, Shumpert has the best chance of making an as big or bigger impact then Baron but i wouldnt count on it unless baron is old n washed up, flabby n sick
with Woodson running the team now and their relationship with the Hawks now we might get to see Bibby more playing time
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Landry Fields is going to turn into Joe Johnson, under Mike Woodson.
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User-Mode Linux (UML) is a Linux virtual machine running on Linux that allows you to boot Linux on a "software" machine. These virtual machines can be easily created and destroyed, and allow you do do virtually anything that can be done with a physical system. Because of this, UML has turned out to have a wide variety of uses. In this article, I will talk about an application that has not received anywhere near the attention I think it deserves.
UML virtual machines are nearly identical to physical machines in their behavior, except that they are far more convenient to configure and boot. This makes them ideal for system administrator training and practice. In particular, they are very well-suited for creating admin disasters in order to practice recovering from them. I will be describing the creation of and recovery from three disasters, plus the creation (but not recovery) of a fourth.
To get started, you will need to download UML and install it. Go to
http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/dl-sf.html and grab and
install either the UML RPM or deb, whichever is appropriate for your
system. These will install UML itself, plus a number of utilities.
You will also need a filesystem image to boot UML on. These are
available from the same page. I will be using the Debian root
filesystem in the examples below. If you are too short of bandwidth
to download that one, get the
tomsrtbt filesystem instead.
To help you get used to using UML, I'll start off with a special introductory disaster which I'll make no attempt to recover from. Even if you are an experienced UML user, you'll probably want to follow along because we're going to do something that you've always wanted to do anyway.
We're going to do a
rm -rf / just to see what happens.
So, start UML as follows:
% linux ubd0=cow,root_fs
This tells UML to boot from the
root_fs file with the file
cow as
a copy-on-write (COW) layer above it. The file name
cow is arbitrary and generated automatically, so you can change the name as long as you are consistent about it. You'll see the utility of this a bit later. After you uncompress it, your root filesystem is likely named
something like
root_fs_debian2.2_small or
You can either rename it to
root_fs to follow the instructions below
verbatim or replace
root_fs everywhere with the actual name.
As it boots, take note of a line in the console output that looks like this:
mconsole initialized on /tmp/uml/d4oIw6/mconsole
Now, when it comes up and gives you a login prompt, log in as root (password "root"), and do the following:
usermode:~# cd /
usermode:/# rm -rf /
Let it crank for awhile until things break horribly. With the Debian filesystem from the UML site, I ultimately get this:
rm: cannot remove directory '//dev/pty': Directory not empty
rm: WARNING: Circular directory structure.
This almost certainly means that you have a corrupted file system.
The following two directories have the same inode number:
If you're the morbid type, you might poke around to see what, if
anything, you can still do. You'll need the
bash built-ins because
your favorite utilities are likely to be gone.
When you've had enough of this trashed system, you'll need to shut it
down cleanly. Since
halt won't work, the best way is to use the
uml_mconsole utility to halt it. On the host, run
giving it the directory name that you took careful note of when it was
booting, and tell it to halt UML:
% uml_mconsole d4oIw6
(d4oIw6) halt
Now, you get to see why we used the COW file. The damage to the
filesystem is contained entirely within the COW file. The underlying
root_fs file is completely untouched. To see this, you can throw
out the COW file:
% rm cow
and boot UML just as you did before.
% linux ubd0=cow,root_fs
You'll see that it boots fine, and that the filesystem is intact. We'll be using this technique to create disasters without irreversibly damaging the real filesystem.
Now, we'll create a relatively simple disaster and recover from it.
% rm cow
% linux ubd0=cow,root_fs
Now, remove the password file and try to halt the machine
usermode:~# rm /etc/passwd
usermode:~# halt
You don't exist. Go away.
halt doesn't work any more, so we'll shut it down from the
uml_mconsole zJwanV
(zJwanV) sysrq u
(zJwanV) halt
sysrq u flushes the filesystems to disk and remounts them
read-only. This will save us an
fsck on the next boot. Boot it again,
this time specifying only the
cow file on the command line:
% linux ubd0=cow
Now, we see how well Linux works without a password file:
Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 usermode ttys/0
usermode login: root
Login incorrect
It boots fine, but it's (surprise!) impossible to log in. So, let's
shut this down from the
mconsole again and fix it:
uml_mconsole b9cpus
(b9cpus) sysrq u
(b9cpus) halt
We'll boot up only to single-user, and recreate enough of the password file so that root can log in:
% linux ubd0=cow single
Distributions differ on their interpretation of
single. If you
don't get a shell with
single, then try
emergency instead. On my
Debian filesystem, both give me a shell.
/etc/passwd: No such file or directory
Give root password for maintenance
(or type Control-D for normal startup):
Anything here, including hitting Return, seems to work.
sh-2.03# cat > /etc/passwd
sh: /etc/passwd: Read-only file system
Here's the first problem. We need to remount the root filesystem read-write before doing anything else:
sh-2.03# mount / -o remount
OK, back to our regularly scheduled disaster. I use
cat here, but if
you prefer vi, go ahead and use that.
sh-2.03# cat > /etc/passwd
So far, so good. Let's do a sanity check to make sure the utilities think the password file is good:
sh-2.03# whoami
That's fine, so let's continue the boot by exiting the single-user shell:
sh-2.03# exit
And now let's see if root can log in:
Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 usermode ttys/0
usermode login: root
Last login: Tue Nov 13 18:28:32 2001 on ttys/0
Linux usermode 2.4.13-1um #2 Fri Oct 26 15:42:47 EDT 2001 i686 unknown
Yes, root can log in again. If this had happened on a physical
machine, your next job would be to chase down the most recent backup
tape and restore
/etc/passwd from it.
This time, we're going get rid of
bash, which can't be fixed by
booting into single-user mode.
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While writing this article, I discovered a bug in the UML block driver which causes COW files not to work properly when they aren't mounted as the root filesystem. So, we are going to dispense with them for the time being.
root_fs to
no_bash, boot it up, log in, and get rid of
% cp root_fs no_bash
% linux ubd0=no_bash
usermode:~# rm /bin/bash
usermode:~# halt
If the halt hangs, halt UML with the
Let's boot it up again and see how it does without a shell:
linux ubd0=no_bash
It boots very quickly and it's impossible to log in:
INIT: cannot execute "/etc/init.d/rcS"
INIT: Entering runlevel: 2
INIT: cannot execute "/etc/init.d/rc"
Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 (none) ttys/0
(none) login: root
Unable to determine your tty name.
So, we need to shut it down with the
mconsole and figure out how to
fix it.
We're going to simulate booting from a rescue disk. We're going to do
so using
root_fs as the rescue disk, assigning that to be disk 0, and
moving the damaged filesystem to disk 1:
% linux ubd0=root_fs ubd1=no_bash
So, log in, mount the damaged filesystem on
/mnt and make sure that
bash is missing:
usermode:~# mount /dev/ubd/1 /mnt
usermode:~# ls /mnt/bin/bash
ls: /mnt/bin/bash: No such file or directory
OK, this is now easy to fix. We can just copy the shell from the rescue disk:
usermode:~# cp -p /bin/bash /mnt/bin/bash
usermode:~# ls -l /bin/bash /mnt/bin/bash
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 461400 Feb 20 2000 /bin/bash
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 461400 Feb 20 2000 /mnt/bin/bash
Now, you can halt UML and boot it on
no_bash to confirm that it again boots OK.
For our finale, we are going to make a backup of the filesystem and destroy enough of it that fixing it requires restoring the backup. The backup device will be an empty file that's large enough to hold our filesystem:
% dd if=/dev/zero of=backup seek=600 bs=$((1024*1024)) count=1
My filesystem is just over 500MB, so I created a 600MB backup file to
allow for any overhead of the backup format. Replace the
with whatever size is appropriate for you. Now copy
root_fs to
trashed and boot it up with
backup as disk 1.
% cp root_fs trashed
% linux ubd0=trashed ubd1=backup
Log in, and make the backup on
/dev/ubd/1. I'm using
tar here. If
you favor a different backup tool, feel free to use it. Notice that
we're not creating a filesystem on this device. It's being used as a
raw data device in exactly the same way as a tape.
If it fails with an I/O error, the backup file you created was too
small. You can extend it by simply running
dd on the file with a
seek argument and retrying the backup.
usermode:~# tar clf /dev/ubd/1 /
tar: Removing leading '/' from member names
tar: Removing leading '/' from link names
When it's done, we will make "trashed" live up to its name:
usermode:~# rm -rf /bin /lib /usr/lib
Remove anything you like. Feel free to corrupt things, too. When
you're done having fun, shut it down, using the
mconsole, if necessary.
Now, it's time to fix it back up. Boot UML with
root_fs as the
backup as disk 1 again, and
trashed as disk 2:
% linux ubd0=root_fs ubd1=backup ubd2=trashed
Now, log in, mount the damaged filesystem on
cd to it, and restore the backup:
usermode:~# mount /dev/ubd/2 /mnt
usermode:~# cd /mnt
usermode:/mnt# tar xpf /dev/ubd/1
tar: : Cannot mkdir: No such file or directory
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
It succeeded, despite the error:
usermode:/mnt# ls bin
arch dd fgrep ls pidof run-parts touch
Now, you can check that it is fixed by halting UML and booting it on "trashed" again and seeing that it's fine.
linux ubd0=trashed
Hopefully this article has convinced you that UML can be a valuable system administration tool. I've demonstrated the creation and recovery of a variety of different types of sysadmin catastrophes.
Obviously, this is only a tiny sample of the possible disasters that can happen. You can ensure that you are prepared for them by making them happen and figuring out how to fix them. It is possible to make them happen on a physical machine, but it should be apparent that simulating them with UML is far more convenient, and almost completely authentic. The devices may have different names, but the procedures are exactly the same as on a physical machine.
With the publication of this article, I am inaugurating the Sysadmin Disaster of the Month on the UML web site at http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/sdotm.html. I will present a disaster and take submissions of solutions. I will arbitrarily choose a winner each month based on criteria such as originality, subtlety, brevity, and parsimony. I will also take submissions of proposed disasters. If you have a disaster that you'd like featured, submit it, along with a proposed solution, if you have one.
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The presentation took place that Friday morning in the A.C. Jones High School Auditorium.
Dang has high hopes of being a family physician one day. He is a long way from that right now, but a college scholarship is a step in the right direction.
Though Dang was well qualified to receive the prestigious award, he was still surprised.
"I was very surprised because I thought I wouldn't get it because everyone else was just as competitive as I was," he said.
Surprise wasn't the only thing he felt when he heard his name announced by the speaker.
There was also pride — not just his own — but his father's.
"When I saw the look on my dad's face, I knew he was proud," he said.
His dad's eyes overflowed with tears as he came to hug Dang that morning.
"He told me he loved me and he was proud of me," Dang said.
One would think after winning a $30,000 scholarship that life would be a breeze, but that is not the way Dang sees it.
He knows it is not going to be enough to pay for his entire education.
His math teacher, Roy Hanus, told Dang best when he said, "Don't get excited because this is only the beginning of scholarships."
The purpose of the Barnhart scholarship is to encourage superior students to excel.
The award is not necessarily based on the highest academic standing and takes into account the student's potential for contributions to the world in the areas of civics, religion, other humanities, business or professions.
The award amount is $7,500 and may be given for four years for a possible total of $30,000.
Dang is ready to buckle down and keep moving forward on doing what he needs to do to get to college.
The high school junior carries a full course load that includes classes like English AP, U.S. history dual credit, physics pre-AP, calculus AP, stats AP and zoology dual credit.
Though the schedule would scare most students, Dang is managing. He said his father picked his schedule for him.
"I guess he wouldn't have pushed me if he didn't think I could do it," he said.
Dang is currently ranked third in his class and has aspirations to try and increase his ranking by graduation to make his father proud. His father has a firm belief that school comes first.
His father isn't the only one who pushes him and believes in him; there are also his math teacher (Hanus) and a grade school teacher named Ross Brown.
When the busy Dang isn't studying for one of his many classes, he is also a varsity basketball player, a member of the National Honor Society and Key Club, and he volunteers with Relay for Life.
"I always like to help other people before I help myself," he said.
His 10-year-old brother, Brandon, is a big part of his life and, through caring for Brandon, Andy has learned about caring for other people.
His father, Mike, works full-time, sometimes six or seven days a week, so the care of his brother falls to him.
Even though Dang said his brother "is a pain in the butt" sometimes, he would do anything for him.
"He is my inspiration for becoming a doctor," Dang said.
Family is near and dear to the heart of this year's Barnhart scholar, and he seems to hold them in the highest regard.
Dang will be the first one in his immediate family to receive a college education and is looking forward to doing whatever is necessary to make that happen.


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Rev. Tisha Brown didn't do it for the song, but it is one of her favorite carols.
"It is something that I have claimed as being like, 'Yes, I'm Parson Brown! Why not?'" Brown said.
Brown said she grew up in the church, and her faith led her to seminary school in Sacramento. She eventually returned to the more "Winter Wonderland" climate of Wisconsin, and ten years ago became the pastor at Community of Hope. She said her dad was a member of the congregation while she did her undergraduate work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
"I do have a little bit of fun with that, to play with audiences a little bit and to kind of burst those stereotypes of what pastors look like and what pastors do," Brown said.
One of those things, Brown said, is singing.
It took Brown crossing a marathon finish line to give her the courage to belt out songs on the side.
"I remember thinking, 'If I can do this, I can do anything.' I mean, it was just really hard to run a marathon," Brown said.
When she's not giving sermons, Brown is performing with her jazz trio, Chance Allies.
"I think it's kind of a spiritual connection that's made between myself and the musicians and the people in the audience," Brown said.
Far from a snowman you would build in some meadow, this Parson Brown hopes everyone has someone else to sing and celebrate with this holiday season.
"Whether the holidays is a time of real celebration for them or whether its a struggle to get through the rest of this year," Brown said. "There might be a sense of accompaniment that people are not alone."


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Delonte whoooo?
Sorrry .. inconsistency we already have in JR.smith.
I rather, we take our chance with the raw rookie performance of White.
The clarity of White's performance has showed great improvement throughout the season on both ends.
Woodson need to stop playing around with the rotation by putting both "Melo & JR" in both the 1st-unit and the 2nd-unit lineups. We are not the old boring Denver Nuggets.
We need a 7 minute lineup on the court that does not feature Melo & JR in that lineup .. our team look a mess with these two selfish scorers in every lineup...


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The Timeline of Frustration
7:05– Bucco game starts. Excitement runs through my veins as another Philies-Pirates game begins. I enjoy this cross state rivalry and look forward to the games each year.
7:15- Pirate right fielder Garret Jones launches a home run to right field. I was skeptical of Jones at first. He never did intrigue me. He has since proven me wrong. Since his time in the big leagues he has connected with the ball well and been an asset in the outfield. He showed tonight that he has the power that the Pirates need.
7:18- Delwyn Young homers to left field. I love Young. He seems like a good guy with a nice personality and a good fit in the clubhouse. He brings a fire and passion to the team and always seems to get on base. A home run from him is always welcome.
7:48- Andrew McCutchen continues the trend and blasts an HR to left field. I had actually called this homerun. With Adam LaRoche on first I was ready for him to score. I figured no time like the present. I said Cutch is due for a dinger and he delievered right on cue. With a 5-0 lead I figured the Pirates had this game in the bag.
8:37– The Phils got on the board with an RBI from Raul Ibanez. This came in the 6th inning where Philly would continue to surge scoring a total of 3 runs.
9:07- The Pirates got 2 more runs here in the 7th in thanks to a handful of miscues by the Philadelphia defense. Garret Jones drew a walk scoring Jack Wilson. Later in the inning Ryan Doumit knocked in McCutchen to earn his first RBI since returning to the big league club.
9:40- With the Pirates in the field and the Philies searching for any form of life at the plate Jack WIlson showcased his glove making a diving, over the shoulder catch in mid left field robbing Shane Victorino of a hit. Being the always aware, always attentive shortstop he is, Wilson flung the ball over to LaRoche at first doubling up Jimmy Rollins. It was an amazing play and sure to be a web gem and top 10 play on tomorrows ESPN broadcasts.
10:00- Matt Capps comes in with a 7-3 lead. I am always weary of these situations. I'm talking baout when a closer is brought in during a non-save situation. Capps had a little breathing room so I was sure he could seal the deal and give the bucs a win.
10:02- Just a few minutes after coming into the game Capps gave up a solo shot to Matt Stairs. I wasn't worried yet. I like Matt Stairs, he too is a good guy and a fan favorite no matter where he plays. With the Pirates in 2003 he hit 20 homeruns. He leads all current MLBers with 18 pinch hit homeruns.
10:11- Ryan Howard steps to the plate with 2 men on and one out. This was the first meeting between Howard and Capps. Howard took advantage of the Big Bull Rider and absolutely blasted a shot over the centerfield fence. With one swing of the bat the game was tied and another chapter was written in Howard's legacy book.
10:22- Ten minutes later the ball game was over. The bases were loaded and Paul Bako singled to left field scoring Raul Ibanez, who would be the dreadful winning run.
With the loss the Pirates slip to 11 games under .500. There is little hope for the rest of the season. There is also little hope for the future of Matt Capps. It is inexcuseable for a closer of his nature to blow a game like this. The Bucs recently brought in Joel Hanrahan from the Nationals. I do believe they have plans for him in the pen as a closer here in the near future.
Ryan Doumit performed well in just his second game back from the DL. He was 0-4 in his first game but turned it around tonight with 2 doubles.
Andy LaRoche turned on the jets when he laced a triple in the 8th inning. I did not realize it but it was his 4th triple of the year.
Andrew McCutchen had a heck of a game. He had 2 hits, one being the HR, a stolen base and scored. This is the kind of production we need from him in the leadoff spot.
Virgil Vazquez will square off against J.A. Happ tomorrow for game 3 of the series when Pittsburgh hopes to avoid the sweep.
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Tough loss. Capps can be reliable, but he doesn't have that killer K pitch that can push him over the top.
You guys really had the longball working, didn't you? Not very characteristic of a Bucco team.
Delwyn Young…is he nicer and quieter than his big mouthed brother in Minnesota (and originally with the Rays)?
Hang in there.
Capps is loved so much in Pittsburgh, once I went to a game and the crowd went nuts when he came out to pitch, and I mean nuts. Please comment on my blog
So what can I say to make you feel better, nothing I am sure…. as much as it pained you to watch the end of that game, it obviously elated me…. I have to ask though, all the hype around players that didn't make it to the All Star game, I am confused why no mention of Jack Wilson, afterall I think he is an outstanding infielder and he definately showed it last night….
today is new day….
Outside the Phillies Looking In
Ouch – that was a tough lose. Our teams can certainly come up with creative ways of breaking our hearts.
Loved that a Pirate got the #1 Web Gem last night! Woohoo! :]
Awesome entry, love the play-by-play! xoxo
Wow, the Pirates were leading it big and lost it big time, oh well. That five run 9th inning was bad for the Pirates. Hopefully Pittsburgh can correct this problem in the second half of the season.
Matthew T.
Stairs eats fastballs. I loved him as a Jay. He is not an everyday player though … great utility guy! Especially in the NL. Like the timeline, puts you right in the game as it happened, good technique.
Thanks for commenting. Please keep posting, and I would love if you would comment again.
Great post — the timeline structure of the post really does capture the shifting of emotions from excitement over a potential win to disappointment/frustration/etc over a loss like that. Of course, it probably also helps that I know all too well how it feels to mark down a loss after the game seemed to be put away…
Cedar Point is about 1.5 hours from Detroit, not bad huh? It was amazing and I agree, the Maverick was intense! I got really sick and my ears hurt but……still fun nonetheless! :]
Tough loss today for the Pirates :[ It's ok, you know they're just waiting for the all-star break to be over so they can start kicking everyone's booty!
Oh man, I was at the Met game yesterday. I saw that the Pirates were winning score on the scoreboard and I was like, "Yeah, the Mets are gonna gain a game on the Phillies." I came home and turned on ESPN and THIS. Yuck. Matt Capps is still young though. What is he, 24, 25? He will get a lot better. And if not then you can still get good value for him.
I'm curious how you feel about the Bucs shopping Freddy Sanchez? I think the guy is a solid 2B and I wouldn't mind seeing him spend some time down here, but is he fan fave up there? I would think he would be since he gets down and dirty and scrapes for everything he can. I think it would be a shame if they decided to move him.
I was devastated man… I can't stand Capps.