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Trip Start Apr 02, 2012
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on board Charis in Picadilly Village
10 miles
18 locks
Left even earlier this morning, just before 8 o'clock. We intended to try and get through Manchester as the weather looked promising. Bryan was thinking that we would go along the Rochdale Canal once we reached Ducie Street Junction in the middle of the city. When we had a more detailed look yesterday evening we realised how complicated it was (You have to book your journey 24 hours in advance and only 4 boats a day are allowed over the summit etc). So we thought we would turn left at the junction instead and go along via Old Trafford then up to the Bridgewater Canal and maybe look in more detail about coming back via the Rochdale.
We prepared to leave, taking bottles of water and some food for lunch incase we didn't find anywhere to stop plus waterproofs and sunhats all to the back of the boat so we had everything to hand
We were told by a fellow boater that there were another 21 locks after the 18 we were doing before leaving Manchester. Couldn't face any more so we decided to try one of the basins to see if there was room. We noticed that Piccadilly Village, a private mooring area, allowed visitors to use it on a 24 hour basis so we pulled in there. It is a tiny little basin probably only big enough for 3 boats max. There was only a hire boat there already so we have moored up too. It is in the middle of some very nice houses so we have pulled our curtains on one side to give the residents more privacy from us
We are actually on the Aston Canal which is wider than the Peak Forest and much more open. We love the Peak Forest Canal east of the Macclesfield but not so keen on the stretch to the west of the Makkie. It goes through quite a bit of wooded area and is getting to be quite overgrown and there are very few places to moor. In contrast, the Aston was much nicer, even though it goes through mostly built up areas.
The good news is we don't have another 21 locks to do tomorrow. We counted only 9. Still can't download photos. Sorry. Will try again later today when we have moved.
Bryan's reflections
"Why do you watch that violent rubbish?" is something Hazel often says to me. Anything violent or using foul language is anathema to her. I must confess, I enjoy what I think of as adventure movies. Even my children chide me on my choice of films. Ever since I bought Gappa the Gargantuan Monster, I have been known as dad the lover of rubbish movies. Scripture points out that it's not what goes into a person that is important but what comes out. I must admit that I do often wonder if we become desensitised by the stuff the media puts out, always pushing at the boundaries of acceptability. Thinking about the stuff that goes in and what comes out led me to think that we must have a filtering system. For me, my hope is in the Holy Spirit to give me wisdom. Today, as we were going through a very industrialised part of Manchester; among the grey and the concrete landscape I saw a cluster of yellow flowers growing where you would expect anything to be able to grow as if saying that beauty will never be totally subdued. So perhaps there's hope for me yet!


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Same as scetchball, only this is an older, more original description of someone that has been up for days on end, on methamphetamine without any sleep. Therefore becoming extremely paranoid, irrational, irritable, violent and without any reasonable thought proccesses, etc...
Dude, if I was you I would stay completely away from Billie. He is a major scetcher and is really unpredictable and the 5-0 is watching him 24/7.
by herolin44 February 19, 2006
The vengeful act of crapping on a lover's chest while they sleep.Buy the plush

subset: commoncrawl


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Hey everyone,
Been meaning to post this for a while now, but life is just as crazy as ever, and there's not enough time in the day anymore!! Anyway, After a few years of wearing my resin Gauntlets, I decided to make a change. I found that after trooping for 8 hours a day, I was always having to repair my gauntlets at the end of the day. They looked great but the were a bit fragile after being manhandled by agressive kids/parents for photo ops and such. Plus, my guants have working Lasers(in the flame thrower section) in addition to LED's, and i found it hard to get to the batteries. I was able to unload my resin ones, and was fortunate enough to get a real metal pair of gauntlets from WICKEDBEARD. These babies are great, and durable. All the pieces are metal, the electronics(LED's, wires, switches, battery connections...) were included WITH the gauntlets, and he even painted them up for me. Complete One-Stop-shopping!!!
OK, now for the pics. Please feel free to comment, and if you're in the market for a REAL metal pair of Gauntlets, shoot Jeff a PM!!


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Cruising to Indianapolis
Trip Start Jul 31, 2007
16Trip End Aug 31, 2007
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I 76 Toll - $14.00!
Pit Stops: 1
Number of cows and cornfields: Lost count
Total Gas so far: $107.75
We went from Sea Isle City back to PA last night and headed towards Indianapolis. We left the house at about 9am and started down I-76 with that massive toll of $14! The cool thing about it is that you drove through the Appalachian Mountains, literally
There was some pretty sketchy strip clubs and adult only places off the highway stressing the fact that they had truck parking. No, I didn't go into any of them. Also we entered the Bible Belt, so every couple miles, there were giant billboards about Jesus and Heaven (one of which was placed next to an "Adult" Mature Fantasies sign). Cows were everywhere as well, one of which was mooing at John and I while we pumped gas.
For the record, a truck tire popping scared the hell out of me when I was driving. It sounds as if a gun went off. There was scattered tire rubber all over I - 70.
Lastly, as we left Ohio, we saw advertisements for a guy that really needed to change his name, Tom Raper. We have seen some funny signs on this trip so one entry is just going to be devoted to funny street signs.
We got to Indy at about 8:30, Hitting Blue Springs MO tomorrow.


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Benton County Sheriff's Office issues endangered person advisory for Hellen Erlene Cook
Cook suffers from Alzheimer's disease
BENTON COUNTY, Mo. - The Benton County Sheriff's Department is looking for 72-year-old Hellen Erlene Cook.
Cook is a white female, 5 feet tall, 97 pounds, has brown hair and blue eyes.
She was last seen at Walnut Grove Road, Warsaw, at 12 p.m. Saturday.
Cook was wearing a white T-shirt, blue jean shorts, tennis shoes and was carrying a walking stick.
Cook suffers from Alzheimer's disease.
She is known to frequent McDonald's restaurants and Walmart.
The Benton County Sheriff's Department said Cook may be on her way to Buckner, Mo., where she lives.
Anyone who sees the missing person, suspect, associate or vehicle, or anyone with information about Cook's whereabouts is urged to call 911 or the Benton County Sheriff's Department at 660-438-9555.


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Pulaski Technical College will host a drawing for a scholarship this Friday as part of Pulaski Tech Night at Dickey-Stephens Park in downtown North Little Rock.
The Arkansas Travelers will play the Midland, Texas RockHounds beginning at 7:10 p.m.
The first 2,000 adults will receive a replica of the Travs' batting practice jersey. After the game, kids can run the bases and receive a free gift courtesy of Gator Park.
Pulaski Technical College


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FMNH Collection Data:
Classification: Achondrite, eucrite (monomict breccia)
Specimen number: FMNH ME 3104
Specimen mass: 144.2 grams
Camel Donga was found in 1984 near Camel Donga, on the Nullarbor Plain of Western Australia. Initially only one stone was recovered with a mass of 503 grams, however, in 1985 eleven more stones were recovered within 1km of the original site. Since the finds in 1985 more stones have been found and the amount of recovered material from the Camel Donga fall is approximately 30kg. Camel Donga is an achondrite and classified as a monomict basaltic breccia from the eucrite group. It is thought to come from asteroid 4 Vesta or a vesta-like asteroid.
Image/animation: © 2011 The Field Museum.
Sources: Meteoritical Bulletin Database and Grady, M. M., Catalogue of Meteorites, 5th edition.


text: Hi all; just purchased a 04 Envoy SLT I want to pass on some info concerning a clunking noise from front of vehicle......It is from sway bar links,cannot be lubed,bad design,had mine replaced under warranty.better Links by MOOG and they can be lubed. :roll: I love the SUV ,Had a 97 Blazer before ,What a piece of junk,tooooooo many problems. One more thing "Service 4 Wheel Drive" light came on and a wheel actuator had to be replaced.......cheap fix :wink: Looking forward to others with the GM Triplets.


text: For the money if you are doing only one build, and tools are limited buying a 100 percent reciver is the way to go. I build my own from blanks but I build a lot and have a full blown shop. If you want to do 4 or 5 builds then you might want to invest in some tooling like a jig and rivet tols. DO a search here as this stuf has been coverd a lot. spending $50 -$75 =ffl sounds a little pricey but if you count the flat and the center support cost say $20-$25 for a premium flat saving $35 -$50 does not seem so bad especialy if you value your time. using a 100% reciver will most likle result in a lot better fist build as well. + it can be sold to some one if it was built for personal use only through a dealer. you can then use that reciver as one to copy if yopu decide to build more.


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Beautiful Games: picturing the playmakers
These illustrations by Daniel Nyari are remarkably simple and yet remarkably uncanny. With a strong emphasis on geometry and the principles of minimalism, the Romanian-born illustrator and lifelong football enthusiast renders familiar faces in near-symmetrical form; only critical details break the bare-bones approach, like Laudrup's characteristic one-side smile and Maradona's earring. 'I was always interested in impressions, so I loved painters like Cezanne,' Nyari says. 'Later, when I learned about minimalist design, I thought that's sort of like impressionism, just reduced; an impression of something using the least amount of visual information and clutter.' Nyari, who has been an illustrator for three years, produces his initial doodles on squared paper before realising them digitally. Last year, he was selected by Falcao to illustrate for Cromos magazine


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I noticed that when listening to music I get a lot of "aha" moments when doing security work. Most tracks I listen to tend to be fast paced and very "lyrical." Lyrical in the sense that most songs I listen are craftily worded. ... So what's everyone else listening to? Today I'm on a hip hop frame of mind. I don't mean rap music you will hear on the radio. Current playlist: Immortal Technique, Jedi Mind Tricks, Slaine, Block McCloud
Funny thing is I can switch it up an hour later and listen to Hall and Oates, Styxx, Ratt, Kenny Rogers, industrial music .... I'm just curious to know who else out there has as much ADD/ADHD as I do


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Representatives of International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards & Training, (IADLEST), the leading organization of training managers and executives, which serves as the national forum of Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST) agencies, participated in the development of the Second Edition of Standards for Public Safety Training Academies, to include 160 standards organized into nine chapters or topic areas.
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Book by William Nericcio
San Diego State prof discusses immigration
By Tanya Hulbert
Student Writer, College of Liberal and Fine Arts
(Nov. 5, 2007)--The UTSA Department of English, Classics and Philosophy welcomes William Nericcio, professor and chair of the Department of English and Comparative Literature at San Diego State University, who will lecture from 6 to 8 p.m., Monday, Nov. 5 in the Business Building University Room (2.06.04), UTSA 1604 Campus.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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Nericcio will speak about his new book, "Seductive Hallucination of the 'Mexican' in America."
He completed his doctoral degree in comparative literature with his dissertation, "The Politics of Solitude: Alienation in the Literatures of the Americas." Originally from Laredo, Texas, Nericcio has written extensively about issues of representation.
For more information, visit William Nericcio's Web site or call (210) 458-4374.


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Beautiful Room-FEMALES-only
Size12 m²
Floor No.3
- Kitchen
- Washer/dryer
- Internet/WiFi
- Towels
- Lockable room
- Parking available
- Hot tub
- Gym
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|Halstead Close, CR0 1TZ London, United Kingdom
|Property type
|Private room
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|2 weeks ago
We extend a warm welcome to guests from the UK and abroad whether for business or pleasure. Bed and continental breakfast is provided. There is a shared kitchen and bathroom. The apartment is located near to shops and transport links - approx 15 minutes by train to London Bridge and Victoria Stations. Fast, easy access to Gatwick Airport and the south coast (15 - 30 mins).
Croydon is a suburb located in South London. There are several nearby tube stations,many of them located on the Northern Line which will take you directly to Tottenham Court Road Station, which is right by Oxford Street. Oxford Street is the main shopping street in London with shops such as Selfridges and Debenhams. Most attractions of London are within easy reach, such as Piccadilly Circus, Madame Tussauds and Tower of London. Hyde Park is located west of Oxford Street where you will find Kensington Gardens. If you walk through the park you will reach Kensington where you can find the famous department store Harrod's and plenty of museums, for example Natural History museum and Science museum.
NorthernLine will also take you to London Bridge station, which is a very popular area.It is the home to the famous food market Borough Market, and there are lots of bars and restaurants to enjoy. However, it is quicker to get to London Bridge from East Croydon Station, which is my local station.
A warm welcome awaits you - please read our reviews and come with the intention to have a great time.
House rulesFEMALE GUESTS ONLY, please.
No smoking, no swearing.
Willingness to relax and enjoy your stay.
The flat is very clean and suitable for school age children but not babies. Bedlinen and towels are regularly changed.
|Weekly rate for 1 guest
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Reviews of this property
It was a really nice room! Naomi and her daughter are more than friendly =) I can highly recommend it.
This was my second time staying with Naomi and it felt great to be somewhere where I felt save and welcome! Really cannot recommend this accommodation any more!
I stayed at Naomi's in December 2014 and spent 4 nice days there. You instantly feel at home! The room is very tidy as well as prettily and friendly furnished. Wifi in the room is no problem. Naomi and her daughter both put a lot of effort into understanding mediocre English speaking guests. Besides, they are very helpful! The connection to the city is all right and fast.
If you are arriving by car, it is crucial to use a GPS /sat nav to get there!
I stayed here last year in june for a week, everything was perfect! I really enjoyed my stay at Naomi an her daughter, they are both very sweet and helpful. I instantly felt at home. Location is fine, you can visit the city centre in half an hour by train. Also lots of shops in the neighboorhood.
Very comfortable and clean room and I would definitely recommend to stay there!!!!
I had a really good time staying at Naomi's!
The room is clean and comfortable, no problems with wi-fi, the neighbourhood is nice, and the train connection to the centre of London is good. In 5 minutes from Naomi's place there's a small market, lots of shops and cafes.
Naomi and Rivkah are friendly and helpful.
Overall, it's a very, very good option for a lady who travels to London on her own.
Had a great time in London. Naomi and her daughter are friendly and polite, willing to answer all questions. Room clean and cozy, has everything you need. Near a tram stop and a lot of shops. If possible, use the services again))
Naomi`s flat is truly friendly! The room is very nice, comfy, clean and you will find everything what you need to feel comfortable. Even if I was there only two nights, i will recommend staying in Naomi`s flat to everyone.
Thank you Naomi
I had a lovely stay at Naomi's! She and her daughter made me feel very welcome and at home and were always nice and helpful! The room is bright, clean and comfortable! The wifi has been fixed as well, so the previous comment about it is no longer accurate ;) The area offers various places to eat and shop and there is a good connection to Central London! I would definitely recommend this accommodation and would book it again in the future!
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Town Square
Back to school time--grab your checkbook
Original post made by Tim Hunt, Castlewood, on Aug 27, 2013
Not surprisingly, the president and his spin doctors decided it was time again to campaign for lower higher education costs. Last week, President Obama visited a few campuses on a bus tour and talked about making college more affordable with a new rating plan.
A couple of important notes:
• College costs have soared at a rate that makes the increases in health care costs look affordable since the federal government established its grant and loan programs. Perhaps, there's a connection? The item listed on my daughter's financial aid package from a private university was a federally subsidized loan.
• The Congress with the approval of the Obama Administration took over the subsidized loan program from the private sector as part of Obamacare. Just what higher education has to do with health care is a fine question that was ignored in the takeover.
The president, as is his wont, has been a master of mixed messages. Of late, he seemed to encourage students to default on their loans and was taking steps to make that easier. His idea was to go to work for the government and get the vast majority of your loan forgiven or to limit repayment to 10 percent of discretionary income (how would a mortgage lender or a banker lending on a car view that standard?). The basic concept that when you signed your name, you committed to repayment seems to be fading rapidly in the White House.
And anything the president can do to distract attention from the Benghazi scandal that is approaching its one-year anniversary with precious little public disclosure or accountability for government employees involved as well as the discriminatory actions by the IRS to say nothing of the NSA's rampant and ever evolving invasions of privacy.
The president's latest notion—rating colleges as a curb on tuition costs—has some merit. It does involve competition—what it lacks is removing the federal subsidies so colleges have to present a value proposition to potential students. The trends during the economic turndown showed more students and parents were carefully evaluating the costs and making decisions with economics in mind instead of blind faith that a high-paying job would be available to pay back the loan.
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a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 27, 2013 at 3:26 pm
anon is a registered user.
Forget the cost of college...how about the cost to send your kids to "free" public primary and secondary schools? The "begging" from every organization (PTA) is one thing, but I am tired of every teacher asking for a classroom "donation" of $25 or more.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Aug 27, 2013 at 5:21 pm
Kathleen Ruegsegger is a registered user.
The recent passage of the law eliminating fees for a variety of consumables was ill conceived. Now everything has to be called a donation and no one has to donate. Where a teacher/school could charge a fee for x and make a little extra to cover those who could not afford the requested item, now no one has to pay for what might truly enhance their child's learning experience. So a teacher/class does without or a teacher is left to beg. While I understand the premise of the law, the solution is one that hurts everyone, albeit equally.
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They prob will go for it.
They prob will go for it.
Emperor Tom
Let's go Giants!!!!!
"Remain in what you are, the center of your life
You made it to this point no one can tell you how..." Gojira-Vacuity
[quote user="Mr Excitement"][quote user="nycsportzfan"]* Get pressure u freaking fools! U talk smack and then get drove down your freaking throats!
Thats usually what happens to the morons who talk smack....
we spent the whole first qtr trying the establish the run...just let eli chunk it
defense not too bad
atl may go for this!
great stop.. hopefully they dont go for it
I guess this is not in the bag like everyone here thought! History repeats itself my friends. It never fails. Oh, well get ready for another one and done under Coughlin. So, we will give him another extension and we will have the same crap for as long as he is here.
[quote user="Bluesmash"]Will they take points off here?[/quote]
Do they have points on?
[quote user="NWKEffectElement"]They prob will go for it.[/quote]
thats what i was thinking...defense keeps bailing O out, itd be nice if O could do the same
[quote user="NWKEffectElement"]They prob will go for it.[/quote]
& get it the way our D is playin!!!


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Rush Soccer is proud of all it's members who contributed to the R.E.A.C.H. (Rush Equipment Assisting Children) program. Pictured are the Texas Rush U11 Girls team. The team spent the day gathering equipment, singing songs, cheering and collecting contributions in the amount of $109.72! Julie Tate, Team Coach, "We started with $5 in the bucket and well as you can see from above what we ended with. The girls were excited to think that they were helping less fortunate people in other countries but as their coach I can't put into words the transformation I saw in those girls as they sat around that R.E.A.C.H. table." Julie continues to share with her team, "there are many things you can do in life to have fun that are for the good of others."
The Rush thank you!


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Online DDL improves several aspects of MySQL operation, such as performance, concurrency, availability, and scalability:
Because queries and DML operations on the table can proceed while the DDL is in progress, applications that access the table are more responsive. Reduced locking and waiting for other resources throughout the MySQL server leads to greater scalability, even for operations not involving the table being altered.
For in-place operations, by avoiding the disk I/O and CPU cycles to rebuild the table, you minimize the overall load on the database and maintain good performance and high throughput during the DDL operation.
For in-place operations, because less data is read into the buffer pool than if all the data was copied, you avoid purging frequently accessed data from memory, which formerly could cause a temporary performance dip after a DDL operation.
If an online operation requires temporary sort files,
InnoDB creates them in the temporary file
directory, not the directory containing the original table. If
this directory is not large enough to hold such files, you may
need to set the
tmpdir system
variable to a different directory. For more information, see
Section B.5.3.5, "Where MySQL Stores Temporary Files".
Locking Options for Online DDL
While an InnoDB table is being changed by a DDL operation, the
table may or may not be
locked, depending on the
internal workings of that operation and the
LOCK clause of the
TABLE statement. By default, MySQL uses as little
locking as possible during a DDL operation; you specify the clause
either to make the locking more restrictive than it normally would
be (thus limiting concurrent DML, or DML and queries), or to
ensure that some expected degree of locking is allowed for an
operation. If the
LOCK clause specifies a level
of locking that is not available for that specific kind of DDL
operation, such as
LOCK=SHARED or
LOCK=NONE while creating or dropping a primary
key, the clause works like an assertion, causing the statement to
fail with an error. The following list shows the different
possibilities for the
LOCK clause, from the
most permissive to the most restrictive:
For DDL operations with
LOCK=NONE, both queries and concurrent DML are allowed. This clause makes the
ALTER TABLEfail if the kind of DDL operation cannot be performed with the requested type of locking, so specify
LOCK=NONEif keeping the table fully available is vital and it is OK to cancel the DDL if that is not possible. For example, you might use this clause in DDLs for tables involving customer signups or purchases, to avoid making those tables unavailable by mistakenly issuing an expensive
ALTER TABLEstatement.
For DDL operations with
LOCK=SHARED, any writes to the table (that is, DML operations) are blocked, but the data in the table can be read. This clause makes the
ALTER TABLEfail if the kind of DDL operation cannot be performed with the requested type of locking, so specify
LOCK=SHAREDif keeping the table available for queries is vital and it is OK to cancel the DDL if that is not possible. For example, you might use this clause in DDLs for tables in a data warehouse, where it is OK to delay data load operations until the DDL is finished, but queries cannot be delayed for long periods.
For DDL operations with
LOCK=DEFAULT, or with the
LOCKclause omitted, MySQL uses the lowest level of locking that is available for that kind of operation, allowing concurrent queries, DML, or both wherever possible. This is the setting to use when making pre-planned, pre-tested changes that you know do not cause any availability problems based on the workload for that table.
For DDL operations with
LOCK=EXCLUSIVE, both queries and DML operations are blocked. This clause makes the
ALTER TABLEfail if the kind of DDL operation cannot be performed with the requested type of locking, so specify
LOCK=EXCLUSIVEif the primary concern is finishing the DDL in the shortest time possible, and it is OK to make applications wait when they try to access the table. You might also use
LOCK=EXCLUSIVEif the server is supposed to be idle, to avoid unexpected accesses to the table.
In most cases, an online DDL operation on a table waits for
currently executing transactions that are accessing the table to
commit or
roll back because it requires
exclusive access to the table for a brief period while the DDL
statement is being prepared. Likewise, the online DDL operation
requires exclusive access to the table for a brief time before
finishing. Thus, an online DDL statement also waits for
transactions that are started while the DDL is in progress to
commit or roll back before completing. Consequently, in the case
of long running transactions that perform inserts, updates,
deletes, or
SELECT ... FOR UPDATE operations on
the table, it is possible for online DDL operation to time out
waiting for exclusive access to the table.
A case in which an online DDL operation on a table does not wait
for a currently executing transaction to complete can occur when
the table is in a foreign key relationship and a transaction is
run explicitly on the other table in the foreign key relationship.
In this case, the transaction holds an exclusive metadata lock on
the table it is updating, but only holds shared
InnoDB table lock (required for foreign key
checking) on the other table. The shared
table lock permits the online DDL operation to proceed but blocks
the operation at the commit phase, when an exclusive
InnoDB table lock is required. This scenario
can result in deadlocks as other transactions wait for the online
DDL operation to commit. (See Bug #48652, and Bug #77390)
Because there is some processing work involved with recording the changes made by concurrent DML operations, then applying those changes at the end, an online DDL operation could take longer overall than the old-style mechanism that blocks table access from other sessions. The reduction in raw performance is balanced against better responsiveness for applications that use the table. When evaluating the ideal techniques for changing table structure, consider end-user perception of performance, based on factors such as load times for web pages.
A newly created InnoDB secondary index contains only the committed
data in the table at the time the
INDEX or
statement finishes executing. It does not contain any uncommitted
values, old versions of values, or values marked for deletion but
not yet removed from the old index.
Performance of In-Place versus Table-Copying DDL Operations
The raw performance of an online DDL operation is largely determined by whether the operation is performed in-place, or requires copying and rebuilding the entire table. See Table 14.8, "Online Status for DDL Operations" to see what kinds of operations can be performed in-place, and any requirements for avoiding table-copy operations.
The performance speedup from in-place DDL applies to operations on secondary indexes, not to the primary key index. The rows of an InnoDB table are stored in a clustered index organized based on the primary key, forming what some database systems call an "index-organized table". Because the table structure is closely tied to the primary key, redefining the primary key still requires copying the data.
When an operation on the primary key uses
ALGORITHM=INPLACE, even though the data is
still copied, it is more efficient than using
ALGORITHM=COPY because:
No undo logging or associated redo logging is required for
ALGORITHM=INPLACE. These operations add overhead to DDL statements that use
The secondary index entries are pre-sorted, and so can be loaded in order.
The change buffer is not used, because there are no random-access inserts into the secondary indexes.
To judge the relative performance of online DDL operations, you
can run such operations on a big
InnoDB table
using current and earlier versions of MySQL. You can also run all
the performance tests under the latest MySQL version, simulating
the previous DDL behavior for the "before" results,
by setting the
system variable. Issue the statement
old_alter_table=1 in the session, and measure DDL
performance to record the "before" figures. Then
set old_alter_table=0 to re-enable the newer,
faster behavior, and run the DDL operations again to record the
"after" figures.
For a basic idea of whether a DDL operation does its changes in-place or performs a table copy, look at the "rows affected" value displayed after the command finishes. For example, here are lines you might see after doing different types of DDL operations:
Changing the default value of a column (super-fast, does not affect the table data at all):
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.07 sec)
Adding an index (takes time, but
0 rows affectedshows that the table is not copied):
Query OK, 0 rows affected (21.42 sec)
Changing the data type of a column (takes substantial time and does require rebuilding all the rows of the table):
Query OK, 1671168 rows affected (1 min 35.54 sec)
For example, before running a DDL operation on a big table, you might check whether the operation is fast or slow as follows:
Clone the table structure.
Populate the cloned table with a tiny amount of data.
Run the DDL operation on the cloned table.
Check whether the "rows affected" value is zero or not. A non-zero value means the operation requires rebuilding the entire table, which might require special planning. For example, you might do the DDL operation during a period of scheduled downtime, or on each replication slave server one at a time.
For a deeper understanding of the reduction in MySQL processing,
examine the
performance_schema and
INFORMATION_SCHEMA tables related to
InnoDB before and after DDL operations, to see
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Watch as The Evil Within horrifies unsuspecting playtesters
The Evil Within pre-order bonuses have been announced, alongside a new video which shows playtesters close to messing themselves.
Is The Evil Within scarier than Resident Evil?
Stace Harman submits himself to two hours with Bethesda and Tango Gameworks' gore-filled survival-horror title and emerges… relatively unscathed.
The Evil Within gameplay trailer released ahead of PAX East
The Evil Within has a new video available showing new gameplay.
The Evil Within dated for August
The Evil Within will be releases in Ausgust, Bethesda has announced.
Evil Within PS4 trailer shows new gameplay & cut-scenes
The Evil Within has received a new PS4 trailer courtesy of Bethesda and Tango Gameworks. It gives an introduction to the plot and shows off plenty of fresh, creepy gameplay.
The Evil Within: people have become harder to scare, says Mikami
The Evil Within creator and Resident Evil 4 mastermind Shinji Mikami has conceded that gamers are becoming harder to scare, but remains hopeful that you'll all be reaching for the bog roll once you sit down to play it. He didn't really say that, by the way.
Xbox One and PS4 specs are "almost identical," says Resident Evil creator
Shinji Mikami, creator of Resident Evil, has said that there is "no real difference" between next-generation console specifications. "We only need one console," he said in an interview with Edge magazine, as reported by The Sixth Axis.
Shinji Mikami explains why Resident Evil series became more action-oriented
Resident Evil had a very obvious tone shift in the middle of the series, dropping survival-horror in favor of something a little more action-oriented.
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The Evil Within is the latest from horror maestro Shinji Mikami, and today at the Eurogamer Expos, Tango Gameworks is discussing the Bethesda published title. Only the developer knows what terrors will be shown. It's up to you to watch the livestream below and find out for yourself. The Evil Within is due on PC, […]
The Evil Within Tokyo Game Show 2013 trailer released
The Evil Within's TGS 2013 trailer has gone live and it's posted below. During the show this week, Shinji Mikami will be showing off his latest project and its survival horror elements. The Evil Within is in development for the Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and PC and will be published by […]
The Evil Within isn't targeting the Call of Duty market, says Mikami
The Evil Within developer Tango Gameworks isn't going after the Call of Duty market, according to director Shinji Mikami.
The Evil Within gets new trailer out of Sony's Japan conference
The Evil Within developer Tango Gameworks has published a new trailer for Shinji Mikami's horror romp. It was unveiled during Sony's Japanese press event today. Watch it here.
"Maybe in DLC": Mikami ponders The Evil Within online features
The Evil Within director Shinji Mikami has suggested that the horror game might get some kind of online functionality DLC down the line.
The Evil Within's Mikami intrigued by Kinect and Xbox One's controller tech
The Evil Within's Shinji Mikami has said in the latest issue of OXM he is really interested in the possibilities of both Kinect and the rumble motors in Xbox One's triggers.
Mikami: Engines, middleware more important than hardware
Graphics are essential to the evolution of horror games, genre master Shinji Mikami has said, but more powerful consoles aren't the most important factor in improving them.
The Evil Within - Mikami feels sequels are "a big problem in horror entertainment"
The Evil Within creator Shinji Mikami said he is returning to his survivor-horror roots with the Bethesda-published game, not only because he likes scaring people, but because it will be easier to do so now that graphics have increased.
Japanese developers take less risks than western studios, says Mikami
The Evil Within creator Shinji Mikami has suggesting that Japanese studios take less risks than those in the West, and that you won't find many publishers in Japan investing over $30 million into one title.
The Evil Within: robbing you of control
The Evil Within may cast you as an investigator in a situation beyond his control, but does placing gamers in a tightly-scripted horror scenario work in these action-heavy times?. Phil Owen investigates.
The Evil Within: Shinji Mikami's bloody return
The Evil Within creator Shinji Mikami is back with a new studio and a horror-filled nightmare to remind us all how to feel afraid once more. Stace Harman checks out the game and reports from hell.
The Evil Within: E3 images show headshots, blood and scary stuff
The Evil Within developer Tango Gameworks has released a new batch of pre-E3 images for its survival horror shooter. See how Shinji Mikami's latest stacks up inside.
Shinji Mikami latest
The Evil Within isn't targeting the Call of Duty market, says Mikami
The Evil Within gets new trailer out of Sony's Japan conference
"Maybe in DLC": Mikami ponders The Evil Within online features
The Evil Within's Mikami intrigued by Kinect and Xbox One's controller tech
The Evil Within – Mikami feels sequels are "a big problem in horror entertainment"
Japanese developers take less risks than western studios, says Mikami
The Evil Within: E3 images show headshots, blood and scary stuff
The Evil Within to bring true survival horror back, says Mikami
Resident Evil remake lead artist working on Mikami's Project Zwei
Tango's first game coming in 2013 at earliest, uses external engine
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2 Best Video Demos at ISC West 2014: LILIN & IC Realtime
Learn how LILIN's 120 fps camera and IC Realtime's 720-degree technology works in these video demos.
By Julie Jacobson · April 3, 2014
Among the hundreds of impressive cameras, recorders, 4K video and other CCTV solutions at ISC West 2014, two demos stood out as truly unique: IC Realtime's 720-degree camera and LILIN's 120 fps camera.
SSI's sister site CE Pro already wrote about IC Realtime's latest gem, but without a demonstration of the camera, it's hard to grasp the concept.
So here's the demo, which shows how you can scan up, down and around and you'll see no warping of the picture.
The camera provides a truly immersive experience. Via the accelerometers in your smart device, you don't even need to swipe. Just tilt the tablet to gain a different vantage point.
Imagine how it would look with Google Glass.
IC Realtime has not revealed a price on the new camera, but the company offers a 360-degree camera for $1,500 so we can imagine this double-pleasure will retail for less than $3,000.
Almost as impressive as the ICRealtime demo was something seemingly mundane but definitely wow-worthy when you see it in person.
It's the 120 fps camera from LILIN, a leading CCTV provider in Europe and an up-and-comer in the U.S.
Compared to LILIN's product, the typical 30 fps camera looks like a blur, as shown in the video below.
You can actually see the numbers on a spinning Roulette wheel, as the camera's shutter opens and closes in 1/20,000 of a second.
Product manager Steve Hu says the applications are numerous. In India, the product is used in a diamond factory to watch over the tiniest of gems.
Elsewhere, the cameras are mounted beneath trains to capture irregularities in the tracks below.
The fast camera can easily capture license plates of speeding vehicles, and reveal the tiniest errors in machining.
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Jackson business owners prepare for Rainbow Family gathering
JACKSON, Mont. - Forest service representatives report the number of people at the Rainbow Family gathering topped 2,000 on Wednesday.
Towns in the area are gearing up for a very busy weekend.
Business owners we talked to in Jackson say their main concern is the sheer number of people coming through the town, but they are trying to stay positive about how it will affect business.
Tom Dooling, owner of Rose's Cantina said, "for me, the trick is to handle the influx of people that will be coming."
He said he's keeping an eye on both the cash register and his inventory.
"We're not a real big operation and still trying to get enough food and everything in here to handle is my challenge."
We wanted to know if he's seen any changes around town since the folks started arriving.
"People in this little town," said Dooling, "things aren't put up under lock and key. You do see changes... people put padlocks on things, lock doors."
He explained that will be the "problem visitors," but ultimately Dooling thinks having the gathering nearby will be a positive thing.
Dooling said, "anytime you have a group of people this large you're going to have an element that's undesirable, but the one's who've come here before have been polite and nice."
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Yo, MMOHUT did a review for Realm of the Titans a while ago I think, for it's Closed Beta.
For those who dont know it's a fantastic MOBA game developed by a Chinese company being published by aeriagames.com for the English speaking community.
Since it's closed beta though it's experienced a couple exclusive test before OB (Annoying.... but oh well)
It's now in it's second kinda pre-OB test phase and we all need more ppl in matchmaking. So come play please.
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Le Chevallier Blanc - Sans peur et sans reproche (Tintin, 1954)
The Belgian artist couple Fred and Liliane Funcken have been making a variety of historical comics since their first cooperation in Tintin magazine in 1956. Their work is characterized by a realistic, precise style which gives their comics a classic touch. Fred Funcken was born in Verviers, and already published his first commercial drawings for a local paper. He began his professional career as an illustrator for the Dupuis magazines Spirou, Bonnes Soirées and Le Moustique in 1939. He drew his first comic stories after joining the studios of Guy Depière in the following year. In his early work, he used a variety of, mostly anglicized, pseudonyms, such as Fred Gu, Fred Dye, Dick John's, Ranch, Mac Bones, Léo Lyon and Hector Hugo.
Clem et Shorty (Heroic, 1956)
Throughout the 1940s, he illustrated such series as the western 'Bob Hunter' for L'Eclair, 'Bricole', 'Tommy Tuller', 'Wolman' and 'Roberjac' for Bimbo. He was sent to Germany to do forced labour in 1943. He returned in 1944 and and resumed 'Tommy Tuller', while also collaborating with Marcel Moniquet and Fernand Cheneval on 'Akkor, Roi de la Planète' and 'Robin Moderne'. Funcken's art also appeared in Jeep ('Gogo Laroulette') and Blondine ('Les Aventures héroïques de Geneviève'). His comic 'Le Cimetière des Baleines' was published by Campéador in 1947. He was also hired by Havas Belgique as a dummymaker and advertisement artist, and made comic adaptations of Jack London and Rosy Aîné stories for L'Explorateur.
By 1948, he followed his Épierre colleagues Moniquet, Cheneval and Maurice Tillieux to Cheveval's new magazine Héroic Albums. He continued several of his series from Bimbo but also created new ones like 'Yves et Jannic' (1953) and 'Clem & Shorty' (1956).
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo (Tintin, 1955)
He also returned to Dupuis through the World's Press agency and illustrated several 'Belles Histoires de l'Oncle Paul' by Octave Joly, and some romanticized biographies for Bonnes Soirées under the pen name Kendy. It was by then that he started a collaboration with Liliane Schorils, his future wife. He had met her in 1949 while designing displays for the Innnovation department store in Brussels, where she was an executive secretary. Liliane, who was born in Soignies in 1927, had been writing stories for Spirou and Bonnes Soirées before she started co-writing, inking and coloring Fred's drawings.
They continued their unique collaboration with Tintin magazine in 1952, where they drew a great many short historical stories scripted by Yves Duval, as well as a variety of adaptations like 'Les Aventures du Chevalier de Lagardère', 'Les Trois Mousquetaires', 'Le Comte de Monte-Cristo' and 'La Tulipte Noire'. Between 1955 and 1962 they made over 1,600 drawings for the series 'L'Histoire du Monde' by abbot J. Schoonjans.
Harald le Viking - L'Escale de la peur (1968)
Their first series was 'Le Chevalier Blanc', a medeival series based on an idea by Raymond Macherot. The first series of stories ran from 1953 to 1963. According to the authors, this comic was the first continental series to be published in English. They created the naval series 'Harald le Viking' in 1956 at the request of the publisher. They created three long stories until 1962 and a couple of short ones until 1967. Other series were 'Jack Diamond' (script by André Fernez, 1959-1960) and several creations in collaboration with Yves Duval, such as 'Lieutenant Burton' (1962-1967), 'Capitan' (1963-1971) and 'Doc Silver' (1967-1969).
Doc Silver - La vallée de la peur (1969)
The Funckens continued to work with Duval in the 1970s and 1980s. They made the historical epic 'La Plus Grande Histoire du Monde' in 1974, and then 'La Famille des Saint-Preux' in 1983 and 1984. They also made new stories with 'Le Chevalier Blanc' from 1984, this time in cooperation with Didier Convard. In 1993 and 1994, they created two historical comics about Napoleon for La Dernière Heure, 'La Chute de l'Aigle', about the battle at Waterloo, and 'Le Sultan de feu'. Their knowledge of history and their fine documentation, led to their illustrated collection 'L'Encyclopédie des Uniformes et de Armes de Tous les Temps', that appeared in seventeen books from 1965 to 1982. An extra book called 'Les Soldats de la Révolution' followed in 1988. Fred Funcken passed away in Brussels on 16 May 2013 at age 91, Liliane on 26 September 2015, at age 88.
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[quote user="bigblue4417"][quote user="sharick88"] Anyways, for those who give a ****, i did make here safely at about 2 am. been doing the tourist thing all damn day. ready for some giants football[/quote]
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Fish & Game excite state fair
BLACKFOOT, Idaho - The Fish and Game Department generated a lot of excitement at the state fair Thursday. They showcased their new laser hunting games.
Inside their booth, people of all ages were able to shoot laser rifles at fake wild game. Although the laser games got most of the attention, that's not the only thing that was new.
The booth also showcased a large fish tank with native fish from the region. They also had a huge television where people were able to view wildlife videos.
Fish and Game conservation officials say whatever the reason, they seemed to get a great deal of attention.
"From what I've heard it's been a popular exhibit this year we've been running a lot of people through it. It seems like we got a good response," they said.


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Propane Industry Prepares to Battle to Protect Its Tax Breaks
Propane lobbyists are gearing up for a hard sell on Capitol Hill for tax incentives they say would help make the fuel more readily accessible to vehicle fleet operators and homeowners who want to invest in energy-efficient technologies.
The industry joins other renewable energy and alternative-fuel advocates in appealing to lawmakers for special treatment in any comprehensive tax overhaul legislation. But what makes propane different from other gasoline proxies such as ethanol is that it's a fossil fuel produced alongside the abundant supplies of natural gas flooding the U.S. energy marketplace.
Propane is produced from natural gas liquids or refined from crude oil and burns about as cleanly as natural gas. It costs about $1 less per gallon than conventional gasoline and can be used to power commercial fleets such as school buses and delivery trucks, as well as for home heating and cooking.
An alternative-fuel vehicle refueling infrastructure credit and an excise tax credit for alternative fuels — both of which currently apply to propane — are set to expire at the end of the year.
Wyden, who serves as chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, has said the stop-and-start nature of many energy tax incentives must change.
Besides achieving greater tax certainty — a common objective of stakeholders affected by the temporary nature of clean-energy tax benefits — propane proponents want to be considered on par with natural gas, both in the tax code and as a solution to curbing greenhouse gas emissions.
"When you think about natural gas, you should think about propane, too," said Phil Squair, the National Propane Gas Association's senior vice president for public and governmental affairs.
Total carbon emissions associated with burning propane have declined as the supply source for the fuel has shifted from crude oil to natural gas, according to a report by ICF International, which estimates that propane produced from natural gas creates 16 percent less greenhouse gas pollution than propane refined from oil. Propane has a similar — though slightly higher — carbon footprint to natural gas, but it does not contribute directly to the greenhouse effect because it breaks down rapidly in the atmosphere.
The domestic supply of propane has increased alongside growing natural gas production from shale formations and light crude oil extraction, according to the Energy Information Administration.
Total U.S. propane inventories grew by 1.6 million barrels during the last week of September to 67 million barrels, the EIA said in an Oct. 2 report. And the amount of domestically produced propane increased by about 9 percent between 2005 and 2011, according to ICF International.
Propane powered more than 143,000 vehicles in 2010, according to EIA statistics, but its share of the alternative-fuel vehicle market has declined in the past decade despite being the third-most-common engine fuel worldwide after gasoline and diesel. Consumer-grade propane consumption fell 24 percent between 2000 and 2010, according to American Petroleum Institute statistics.
Propane vehicles took off during the 1970s oil embargo, but their rate of adoption dropped along with oil prices in the succeeding decades, the propane association's spokeswoman Mollie K. O'Dell.
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Video: Fox's "Four years of hope and change"; Update: "Not authorized at the senior executive level of the network"
posted at 1:21 pm on May 30, 2012 by Ed Morrissey
I don't disagree with much, if anything, in this video presented earlier today on Fox & Friends. Neither, I suspect, will many of our readers. But does this make anyone uncomfortable at all in regard to its source? Via Greg Hengler, here is a four-minute Fox News retrospective on Hope and Change:
Note that F&F isn't just playing a campaign ad or a YouTube spot from an outside political action committee. Nor does this come from the production company of one of its opinion-program hosts. The video starts with "Fox and Friends Presents" on the screen, making this an explicit argument from the news channel itself.
Should a news organization produce and publish attack ads like this? I know the initial response will be that other news organizations offer biased perspectives and hagiographies of Obama that go well beyond a single video … and that response is entirely valid. However, we usually criticize that kind of behavior with other news organizations, too. If anyone wanted to look for evidence that the overall Fox News organization intends to campaign against Obama rather than cover the campaign, this video would be difficult to refute as evidence for that claim.
Of course, that doesn't mean that outside groups and the Romney campaign shouldn't consider producing something like this on their own. It makes a pretty powerful argument against another four years of Barack Obama, but that shouldn't be the job of news-reporting organizations, even when we like the message.
Update: Looks like Fox News pulled the video. I'll see if they repost it.
Update II: I posted the YouTube of it instead.
Update III, 4:25 PM: I had to put this post aside for a while to work on other stories and my show, but a couple of people tweeted me that Fox Nation still had the video up. The main page has it as its headline post, but when you click on the link, it's dead. Furthermore, the embed video died about 10 minutes after I wrote this post, and I searched the Fox News video site for another 10-15 minutes and could not find it at all there.
Update IV: Twitter follower Jon Eisenberg found a live link at Fox for the video, so I'll repost it in this update:
One last point: Several people in the comments argue that F&F is an opinion show, and that this is therefore fair game. That would certainly be true if they wanted to play ads run by other organizations as part of their commentary. My point is that this ad was produced by Fox News itself, and it's clearly intended to campaign against Obama. That's the problem with this video, and I think it was ill-advised by Fox to have produced and published it. If CBS News produced a four-minute video extolling all of Obama's accomplishments, or a four-minute video with this dramatic music and animation ripping Romney for his years in Massachusetts and at Bain Capital, we'd be screaming our heads off, and rightly so.
Update V: TV Newser got a statement from Fox VP Bill Shine that hints at some disciplinary action:
"The package that aired on FOX & Friends was created by an associate producer and was not authorized at the senior executive level of the network. This has been addressed with the show's producers."
We'll see; so far, it's still up on the network's website.
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Nursery Push Toys
- Overview
It's fun to practice walking with these classic push toys. The little helicopter twirls its rotor and makes a click-click sound as it spins, and the wheel creates happy sounds as it turns. Both toys are made from all-natural, safe materials that help improve balance and directional skills.
- Helicopter: 18" long x 4" wide x 19" high
- Walk 'n Roll: 4" wide x 7" deep x 22.5" high
- Expertly crafted of chemical-free, recycled kiln-dried rubber wood, and finished with nontoxic water-based paint.
- When helicopter is pushed, the rotor blades spin and create a clicking sound, providing an incentive to push.
- When the Walk 'n Roll wheel turns, the wooden ball inside hits the panels, creating sound.
- Ages 18 months and up.
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George Bush and Dick Cheney insist there were WMD in Iraq and Republican administrative leaders insist the financial crisis has nothing to do with Bush economic policies but are the fault of nations like China. Secretary of the Treasury, Hank Paulson, insists, "In the years leading up to the crisis, super-abundant savings form fast-growing nations such as China and oil exporters…. put downward pressure on yields and risk spread everywhere." The assumption of such statements is that nations which do not run deficits are responsible for economic problems in nations that run enormous deficits by reducing taxes and becoming engaged in crazy wars.
What if George Bush had NOT passed the ridiculous tax cuts which benefited the wealthy of America and helped transform a Clinton surplus into a Bush deficit? America fed on the money of others to run up enormous debts so Bush people are now claiming China and the others should not have loaned money to America. Is there anyone in the Bush administration who can admit that mistakes were made?


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Love it, hate it, good story, bad story... the media are going to keep reporting on ME/CFS no matter what. But isn't it time that we saw that coverage as an opportunity?
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Went to Toronto's Wizard World Comic Con last weekend, and whenever I get ready for something downtown, I do so in my office. Being an employee of TELUS, and noticing our company slogan on the wall downstairs, I thought it might make a neat picture..
Gonna need a pic with a flash or something brother, cant see you
Actually, I kind of like the semi-silouette look.. besides, it was just a couple of quick shots from an iPhone, half in the dark.
Yeh i figured it was an iphone or something
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Columnist visits Bristol, speaks at library
BRISTOL, Va. - A nationally-known columnist made several stops across Bristol Monday. Leonard Pitts, Jr. has been a columnist for the Miami Herald since 1991.
When it comes to the election, Pitts says he believes Republicans did not listen to the desires of the American people and it played out last week. Pitts says the GOP needs to refocus its message to voters.
He also says both parties need to do more to address the country today. "I think we need to get past this lamentation that this is not your father's America, and start to deal with what this America is," Pitts told us Monday. "We need to find ways, the Republican and Democratic parties alike, to bring people in, energize them on issues that have an impact on their lives."
Leonard Pitts spoke at the Bristol Public Library. His speech focused on what he sees as a failure of some religious groups to respond to crisis in this country.