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Xmonad/xmonad development tutorial
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So, you've got an idea for a great extension to xmonad, and you think other people will enjoy using it, too. The only problem is, you've never written an xmonad extension before, "darcs" sounds scary, and you're not sure what the proper procedures are. Well, never fear --- this tutorial will have you writing xmonad extensions in no time!
As a running example, let's suppose you want to develop an extension to pop up a "Hello world" message when the user presses a certain key combination. We'll walk through the entire process of creating, testing, and submitting such an extension. I encourage you to follow along, either by copying and pasting the code shown here, or you can just use it as a guideline for making your own extension.
Before we begin, here are some other resources which may be useful to you during this process:
- YAHT and the Haskell wikibook are excellent introductions to the Haskell programming language.
- Guided tour of the xmonad source code.
- Automatically-generated documentation for xmonad and xmonad-contrib.
- darcs documentation.
- xmonad coding style guidelines.
- Haddock documentation.
1 Getting started
1.1 Getting the latest darcs sources
The first step in creating an xmonad extension is to get the latest development sources using darcs. darcs is a distributed revision control system, written in Haskell, which is used to track the source code for xmonad and the xmonad-contrib extension library. If you already have the darcs sources, you can skip this section.
First, of course, you will have to install darcs itself; it probably already exists as a package for your operating system's package manager. Otherwise, you can grab a tarball from darcs.net.
Next, create a directory where you will store the xmonad repositories.
[brent@xenophon:~/haskell]$ mkdir xmonad-dev-tut [brent@xenophon:~/haskell]$ cd xmonad-dev-tut/ [brent@xenophon:~/haskell/xmonad-dev-tut]$
Now, use 'darcs get' to create new directories and download the current repositories into them:
[brent@xenophon:~/haskell/xmonad-dev-tut]$ darcs get http://code.haskell.org/xmonad Copying patch 941 of 941... done! Applying patch 941 of 941... done. Finished getting. [brent@xenophon:~/haskell/xmonad-dev-tut]$ darcs get http://code.haskell.org/XMonadContrib Copying patch 1292 of 1292... done! Applying patch 1292 of 1292... done. Finished getting. [brent@xenophon:~/haskell/xmonad-dev-tut]$ ls xmonad XMonadContrib
Be patient, it might take a while to download the entire repositories the first time. After the initial download, however, subsequent pulls should be much faster, since darcs will only need to download any new patches.
Congratulations, you now have the latest xmonad sources!
1.2 Staying up-to-date
To keep your local repositories up-to-date, you should periodically run the command 'darcs pull' in each directory in order to download any new patches, especially before starting any new development. Darcs is generally good at merging patches, but it's best not to make it work any harder than necessary.
1.3 Building
To build the latest development versions of xmonad and xmonad-contrib, just issue the usual incantations:
[brent@xenophon:~/haskell/xmonad-dev-tut]$ cd xmonad/ [brent@xenophon:~/haskell/xmonad-dev-tut/xmonad]$ runhaskell Setup configure --prefix=$HOME --user && runhaskell Setup build && runhaskell Setup install Configuring xmonad-0.6... Preprocessing library xmonad-0.6... Preprocessing executables for xmonad-0.6... Building xmonad-0.6... ...blah blah... Writing new package config file... done. [brent@xenophon:~/haskell/xmonad-dev-tut/xmonad]$ cd ../XMonadContrib/ [brent@xenophon:~/haskell/xmonad-dev-tut/XMonadContrib]$ runhaskell Setup configure --prefix=$HOME --user && runhaskell Setup build && runhaskell Setup install Configuring xmonad-contrib-0.6... Preprocessing library xmonad-contrib-0.6... Building xmonad-contrib-0.6... ...blah blah BLAH... Writing new package config file... done.
Now restart xmonad (run 'touch ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs', then hit mod-q). Note, if you are upgrading from a previous version of xmonad, you may need to first 'unregister' the old packages with ghc. Type 'ghc-pkg list xmonad' and 'ghc-pkg list xmonad-contrib' at a prompt; if multiple versions are listed you need to unregister all but the newest. For example:
[brent@xenophon:~/haskell/xmonad-dev-tut]$ ghc-pkg unregister xmonad-0.5 --user Saving old package config file... done. Writing new package config file... done. [brent@xenophon:~/haskell/xmonad-dev-tut]$ ghc-pkg unregister xmonad-contrib-0.5 --user Saving old package config file... done. Writing new package config file... done.
1.4 An important note!
If you pull new patches into the xmonad repository or make changes to it, and rebuild the xmonad library, you should do a clean build of the xmonad-contrib library afterwards ('runhaskell Setup clean && runhaskell Setup configure --prefix=... && ... build && ... install'). Otherwise, the Cabal build process for xmonad-contrib may not notice that the xmonad library (which xmonad-contrib depends on) has changed, and xmonad-contrib will not get rebuilt properly, leading to possible crashes at runtime. Annoying, but necessary.
2 Creating a module
2.1 Adding the module file
So, let's add that module! We'll call it XMonad.Actions.HelloWorld, so it needs to go in the XMonad/Actions/ subdirectory of the XMonadContrib repository:
[brent@xenophon:~/haskell/xmonad-dev-tut/XMonadContrib]$ $EDITOR XMonad/Actions/HelloWorld.hs &
To avoid flame wars, I won't reveal my favorite editor here. =)
Now we've got... a nice, blank module! What now? Well, let's begin by adding some standard header stuff. In practice you can just open up some other module and copy and paste, changing the stuff that's appropriate to change.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- | -- Module : XMonad.Actions.HelloWorld -- Copyright : (c) 2008 Brent Yorgey -- License : BSD3-style (see LICENSE) -- -- Maintainer : Brent Yorgey <firstname.lastname@example.com> -- Stability : unstable -- Portability : unportable -- -- Provides an action to pop up a "hello, world" window using xmessage. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- module XMonad.Actions.HelloWorld where
OK, that's a good start. Now let's go to a prompt and see what we've done so far:
[brent@xenophon:~/haskell/xmonad-dev-tut/XMonadContrib]$ darcs whatsnew No changes!
Huh? No changes? Well, that's because we haven't added HelloWorld.hs to the repository yet, so darcs ignores it. Let's do that now:
[brent@xenophon:~/haskell/xmonad-dev-tut/XMonadContrib]$ darcs add XMonad/Actions/HelloWorld.hs [brent@xenophon:~/haskell/xmonad-dev-tut/XMonadContrib]$ darcs whatsnew { addfile ./XMonad/Actions/HelloWorld.hs hunk ./XMonad/Actions/HelloWorld.hs 1 +----------------------------------------------------------------------------- +-- | +-- Module : XMonad.Actions.HelloWorld ...Ah, much better! In general, the 'darcs whatsnew' command shows any changes that are currently unrecorded. To finish things off for now, we add the
import XMonad.Core helloWorld = spawn "xmessage 'Hello, world!'"
2.2 Adding our new module to the xmonad-contrib library
Our new module is great, but it won't get compiled as part of the xmonad-contrib library unless we add a reference to it in xmonad-contrib.cabal.
[brent@xenophon:~/haskell/xmonad-dev-tut/XMonadContrib]$ $EDITOR xmonad-contrib.cabal [brent@xenophon:~/haskell/xmonad-dev-tut/XMonadContrib]$ darcs whatsnew -u xmonad-contrib.cabal What's new in "xmonad-contrib.cabal": { hunk ./xmonad-contrib.cabal 74 XMonad.Actions.FlexibleResize XMonad.Actions.FloatKeys XMonad.Actions.FocusNth + XMonad.Actions.HelloWorld XMonad.Actions.MouseGestures XMonad.Actions.MouseResize XMonad.Actions.NoBorders }
The + indicates the line that we added to the .cabal file. (Note that the module list is generally kept in alphabetical order.) Be sure to indent with spaces, not tabs! Since indentation is important in .cabal files (just as in Python or Haskell), tabs are not allowed.
2.3 Building and testing
We first rebuild and reinstall the xmonad-contrib library. As you can see from the helpful Cabal error, we actually need to reconfigure first, since we changed the xmonad-contrib.cabal file.
[brent@xenophon:~/haskell/xmonad-dev-tut/XMonadContrib]$ runhaskell Setup build && runhaskell Setup install Setup: xmonad-contrib.cabal has been changed, please re-configure. [brent@xenophon:~/haskell/xmonad-dev-tut/XMonadContrib]$ runhaskell Setup configure --prefix=$HOME --user && runhaskell Setup build && runhaskell Setup install Configuring xmonad-contrib-0.6... Preprocessing library xmonad-contrib-0.6... Building xmonad-contrib-0.6... [ 91 of 112] Compiling XMonad.Actions.HelloWorld ( XMonad/Actions/HelloWorld.hs, dist/build/XMonad/Actions/HelloWorld.o ) /usr/bin/ar: creating dist/build/libHSxmonad-contrib-0.6.a ...
Of course, it's annoying to always type out the entire incantation for configuring, building, and installing. I have created two bash aliases for this purpose, basically defined as:
alias hinstu='runhaskell Setup configure --prefix=$HOME --user && runhaskell Setup build && runhaskell Setup install' alias hinst='runhaskell Setup configure && runhaskell Setup build && sudo runhaskell Setup install'
From now on, I'll just use these and assume that you have something similar.Now, to test out our new module, we can just import it into xmonad.hs, add a keybinding for the
2.4 Clean-up and coding standards
Well, our module works, but it's in no state to be distributed to the wider world yet! We'll have to clean it up to conform to a few standards for xmonad-contrib source code. In particular:
- All exported functions should have Haddock documentation and explicit type signatures.
- A "Usage" section should be added in the comments, explaining the purpose of the module does and giving examples of its use.
- It's usual to explicitly list the module's exports, rather than implicitly exporting everything.
There are xmonad other standards, too, but these are the most relevant to us at the moment.
Here's our module after making these updates (not including the header comments):
module XMonad.Actions.HelloWorld ( -- * Usage -- $usage helloWorld ) where import XMonad.Core -- $usage -- You can use this module with the following in your @~\/.xmonad\/xmonad.hs@: -- -- > import XMonad.Actions.HelloWorld -- -- Then add a keybinding for 'helloWorld': -- -- > , ((modMask x .|. controlMask, xK_h), helloWorld) -- -- For detailed instructions on editing your key bindings, see -- "XMonad.Doc.Extending#Editing_key_bindings". -- | Pop up a "hello, world" window using @xmessage@. You /must/ have -- the @xmessage@ utility installed for this to work. helloWorld :: X () helloWorld = spawn "xmessage 'Hello, world!'"
- Use @ symbols to surround code which should be printed in a verbatim style.
- Use 'single quotes' around function names to generate links to their documentation. For example, see how 'helloWorld' has single quotes in the usage information shown above.
- Use "double quotes" around module names to generate links to their documentation.
- Use /front slashes/ to italicize.
- Escape literal quotes and frontslashes with a backslash.
- Literal code blocks can be included with "bird tracks", i.e. greater-than symbols preceding the code. Be sure to put a blank line on either side of such code blocks.
For more information, see the Haddock documentation.
2.5 Testing documentation
It's really important to test the generated documentation before submitting our new extension. A module with poor or missing documentation (or great documentation which is not included because of parse errors) will not be very useful to people. Conversely, a module with excellent documentation and good examples will be a pleasure to use, easier to modify and extend, and a help to others trying to use the code as an example for creating their own extension!
To generate the documentation, first rebuild the xmonad-contrib library, then use the 'haddock' option to runhaskell Setup:
[brent@xenophon:~/haskell/xmonad-dev-tut/XMonadContrib]$ hinstu Configuring xmonad-contrib-0.6... ...blah blah... [brent@xenophon:~/haskell/xmonad-dev-tut/XMonadContrib]$ runhaskell Setup haddock Preprocessing library xmonad-contrib-0.6... Running Haddock for xmonad-contrib-0.6... ...lots of warnings that can be ignored... Documentation created: dist/doc/html/xmonad-contrib/index.htmlGenerating the Haddock documentation will generate a ton of warnings such as "could not find link destinations for: M.Map"; you can ignore these. The important line is the last one, which says whether the documentation was successfully created, and where it was generated. In this case, to view the generated documentation, you should point your browser to something like
file:///path/to/XMonadContrib/dist/doc/html/xmonad-contrib/index.html. Check that the formatting, links, and so on are correct. For example, when first writing this tutorial, I forgot to escape the double quotes around "hello world" in the comments for the
Once you are satisfied with your documentation, it's probably a good idea to rebuild the xmonad-contrib library, restart xmonad, and test your extension one more time.


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In the past few weeks I have eaten Mexican Grilled Corn, also known as elote, more than 10 times.
I'm a tad obsessed.
I don't know why I haven't introduced this corn into my life sooner.
When I finally made it for my family, my husband casually says, "Oh, elote! Sweet, I used to eat this stuff daily when I lived in Guatemala."
I feel it grounds for divorce that he has not shared this deliciousness with me sooner. How dare he. Lucky for him, my fingers were covered in cheese and chili powder, so I couldn't use my phone to google divorce lawyers immediately.
I'm pretty sure I can never eat a naked piece of corn on the cob again.
It would almost feel like a waste to just eat it with butter and salt from now on.
Once you have had it smeared with a mayo/sour cream mixture, riddled with parmesan cheese, and generously sprinkled with chili powder, salt and cilantro… there is no going back.
Trust me… I don't want to go back.
And I suppose I'll keep my husband too. He's good for things like killing spiders and mowing the lawn.
Make sure you don't miss a thing! Follow I Wash You Dry here:
Yields serves 6
- 6 ears of corn, shucked and fibers removed
- 2 tbsp mayonaise
- 3 tbsp sour cream
- 1/2 cup grated or shredded parmesan cheese (or you can use a Mexican cheese called Cotija)
- 1 tsp chili powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp black pepper
- 1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
- 1 lime, cut into 6 wedges
- Heat grill over medium heat and spray rack with non-stick cooking spray.
- Grill corn, turning frequently (so they don't burn), until the corn is slightly browned and heated through. (about 8-10 minutes)
- Meanwhile combine the mayo and sour cream in a small bowl and whisk until smooth.
- In another small bowl combine the chili powder, salt and pepper.
- Slather the hot grilled corn with mayo/sour cream mixture (I use a pastry brush to brush it on), then sprinkle with the chili powder mixture. Coat in the parmesan cheese, and sprinkle with the chopped cilantro.
- Serve with a lime wedge (use the lime to squirt lime juice all over the cobs).
- Enjoy!
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"At the Crossroads of Freedom and Equality: The Emancipation Proclamation and the March on Washington" is the theme of the 2013 observance of Black History Month at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro. This year marks the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, President Abraham Lincoln's executive order proclaiming all blacks to be freed from slavery. It also marks the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, spearheaded by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. It was at this march on the Washington, D.C., mall where King delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. The events also include a campus sing of "Lift Every Voice and Sing," a poem written by James Weldon Johnson in 1899 and set to music in 1900 by his brother, John Rosamond Johnson. The campus community is invited to lend their voices to the song nicknamed "The Black National Anthem" at 12:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, at Peck Hall, on the Keathley University Center knoll, and in the courtyard of the Student Union Building. Activist, author and Nashville-based photographer Thunder Kellie will deliver an address on Thursday, Feb. 7, which is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Kellie will speak on living with HIV at 6 p.m. in Room S128 of the Business and Aerospace Building. The traditional Unity Luncheon will celebrate community heroes at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, in the Tennessee Room of the James Union Building. Admission is $20 for the public and $10 for students. Contact Brenda Wunder at 615-898-2591 for more information. University of Maryland-Baltimore County President Freeman A. Hrabowski III will be a featured speaker at the Retention Summit, a discussion of how to stem college dropouts among African-Americans. The event is slated to run from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25, in the second floor ballroom of the Student Union Building. Profiled last year on CBS News' "60 Minutes" for his dedication to educational innovation, Hrabowski has been tapped by President Barack Obama to chair the Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for African-Americans. Later in the week, the John Pleas Award Ceremony will be held from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, at the MTSU Foundation House, located at 324 W. Thompson Lane in Murfreesboro. The award, which is presented annually to a minority faculty member who has demonstrated excellence in teaching, research and service, was created in 1997 to honor MTSU psychology professor emeritus John Pleas. All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise stated.
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Last evening, after the historic day on which Governor John Baldacci became the first governor in the nation to sign into law a same-sex marriage act, there was a medium-sized gathering in Monument Square to celebrate. (It would have been bigger, we're sure, but the Maine Civil Liberties Union annual dinner was going on at exactly the same time up in Freeport. We forgive them, because we assume they were having their own celebration there. Plus, they had wine and beer available - which many left Monument Square in search of...)
Some videos are below (I'll post more as they upload), but highlights from the celebration included Jill Barkley (who quoted Beyoncé's "Single Ladies" in her testimony before the Judiciary Committee) handing out Ring Pops to any and all; Munjoy Hill Representative Diane Russell managing to challenge "the opposition" to "defend families" not by having a petition drive about same-sex marriage, but by petitioning for single-payer health care, a living wage, and several other progressive initiatives; South Portland Representative Terry Morrison describing what it was like to come out as a gay man on the floor of the Maine House of Representatives; much honking from cars passing by; loud cheers and hugs among the attendees. A joy-filled time, for certain.


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Jeep's Uphill Struggle
As DaimlerChrysler (DCX) and its investment bankers get ready to show Chrysler Group's books to prospective buyers, Jeep is the asset that will be uppermost in browsers' minds.
But they had better look close. Chrysler has mismanaged the iconic brand, the original off-roader and long-time military warhorse, to the point where its best future may lay outside the U.S.
"Jeep is golden," asserts Jason Vines, Chrysler Group vice-president for communications. But if you ask some dealers and analysts, there may be something coming out of the Jeep goose besides gold.
At the recent National Association of Automobile Dealers gathering in Las Vegas, some 300 dealers and auto executives were presented with new findings from J.D. Power & Assoc. (JDP) showing that among 22 non-luxury brands in four of six key categories Jeep scored in the bottom 25%. According to dealers present at the meeting and one Chrysler official, these categories included profit per vehicle, customer relations, quality, and marketing effectiveness. (Like BusinessWeek.com, J.D. Power is a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (MHP).)
Losing Its Sheen
The company's overall score in the bottom 25% of mass-market brands wasn't what dealers, who look upon the annual JDP analysis to help guide their investments, expected. Tom Libby of Power Information Network (PIN), an affiliate of JDP, says the specific data was proprietary. "But there's no question that Jeep has been going in the wrong direction, at least in the U.S," he adds.
Jeep, which was made up entirely of body-on-frame SUVs until the last few months, has suffered the same downturn as other SUVs. Jeep sales overall were down just 3.5% last year. But that's misleading because of new models added in 2006. Sales of Jeep Grand Cherokee were down 35%. Jeep Liberty sales were down 20%.
Chrysler has been trying to broaden the appeal of Jeep, but the results have been mixed. According to PIN's Libby, the sales of Jeep Commander, launched in 2005, have come almost entirely out of the Jeep Grand Cherokee franchise. The Commander was meant to satisfy the demand by some Grand Cherokee owners for a third row of seats without having to change the styling and packaging of the Grand Cherokee. Making a Grand Cherokee longer, say Chrysler executives, would have changed the look of the vehicle and its off-road performance.
Splitting the Brand
But almost immediately after launching with a starting average transaction price price of around $37,000, its chilly reception forced Chrysler to discount the model by $5,000 (see BusinessWeek.com, 6/15/06, "Detroit's Mid-Size SUV Problem"). PIN's Libby notes that Commander sales came almost entirely from Grand Cherokee sales.
Indeed, the off-road performance of any Jeep is at the heart of its image and the debate within Chrysler. In the last five months, Chrysler launched the car-based crossover vehicles Compass and Patriot, which aren't "trail-rated" for serious off-roading (see BusinessWeek.com, 10/25/06, "Jeep's Misguided Compass"). Chrysler execs say they extensively interviewed die-hard Jeep owners to ask whether selling junior Jeeps would dent the brand.
The result? Jeep fans said as long as the hard-core off-roaders like Wrangler and Grand Cherokee are protected, the soccer-Mom class could have their grocery-hauling Jeeps. But why two? The decision was driven entirely by production concerns, say Chrysler insiders, not consumer research. Chrysler wanted to fill up its Belvedere, Ill., plant, which manufactures the Dodge Caliber as well as the two Jeeps. However, Chrysler may end up discounting the new models if demand is low, which hurts Jeep's overall brand value.
Reinvigorating a Classic
Jeep, says independent marketing consultant Dan Gorrell, was the first SUV to climb to large sales volume and to be embraced by the suburban homeowner as a family car. "It was the unofficial vehicle of Mill Valley in the 1980s," said Gorrell. But, says the consultant, Jeep's big problem is that its brand franchise has been attacked by every side as SUVs and crossovers with four-wheel-drive options have proliferated. All the more reason, he says, to keep Jeep authentic as the benchmark for off-roading.
A clue to how Jeep can stay strong is in the surprise success of the Jeep Wrangler Unlimited, a new four-door version of the rugged Wrangler, a descendant of the original Jeep CJ and the original Jeep Willys military car. The Unlimited has been selling without any incentives. Last month, Chrysler sold almost 9,000 Wranglers, an increase of 134% from a year earlier, owing entirely to the popularity of the four-door model. Better for Chrysler, the Unlimited has been selling at close to $30,000. That makes it a profit bonanza for Chrysler.
Chrysler is now looking at a makeover of Jeep marketing. It recently announced it was talking to ad agencies beyond BBDO, Detroit, which handles all of Chrysler's North American advertising. Part of the future of Jeep, say Chrysler insiders, is to put alternative-fuel vehicles into the franchise to steel its image with outdoors-minded consumers. Chrysler has sold a limited supply of Liberty diesels already. And it recently introduced a diesel Grand Cherokee. The engine, built by Mercedes-Benz, will produce 215 hp and 376 ft-lb of torque, estimated mileage is 19 mpg in the city and 23 mpg on the highway, and it produces 20% less carbon-dioxide emissions when compared with a standard gas engine. The current V-8 Grand Cherokee with similar torque and towing capacity gets 15/20 mpg.
Still a Hot Property
However confused Jeep's image is in the U.S., the brand doesn't suffer from muddiness abroad except when it's four-wheeling through the muck of Chinese or Indonesian back roads or the sands of Iran and Dubai. Last year, 41% of Chrysler's sales abroad last year were Jeeps, compared with 22% in the U.S. And sales overseas were up 15%. Jesse Toprak, an analyst at Edmunds.com, says Jeep is an aspirational brand in markets such as China, South America, and the Middle East. "It's a very valuable global brand, which you can't say about Chrysler and Dodge," says Toprak.
Back in 1987, Chrysler paid $1.1 billion to take over American Motors from Renault, and the objective then was to get hold of the Jeep brand. Twenty years later, as the buyers circle Chrysler, Jeep is again at the top of the list of marketable assets.


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Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 513853, 7 pages
Decrease of Klotho in the Kidney of Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats
1Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan City 70101, Taiwan
2Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan City 70101, Taiwan
3Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Science, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan City 70101, Taiwan
4Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan City 70101, Taiwan
5Department of Medical Research, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Yong Kang City 73101, Taiwan
Received 24 February 2010; Accepted 22 April 2010
Academic Editor: Nathan Ames Ellis
Copyright © 2010 Meng-Fu Cheng et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The klotho gene is expressed in a limited number of tissues, most notably in distal convoluted tubules in the kidney and choroid plexus in the brain. A previous study suggested that Klotho increases resistance to oxidative stress. However, changes of Klotho expression in high glucose-induced oxidative stress remain unclear. In the present study, we used streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats (STZ rats) to examine the effects of insulin, phloridzin or antioxidant, tiron on diabetic nephropathy. Both insulin and phloridzin reversed the lower Klotho expression levels in kidneys of STZ rats by the correction of hyperglycemia. Also, renal functions were improved by these treatments. In addition to the improvement of renal functions, the decrease of Klotho expression in kidney of STZ rats was also reversed by tiron without changing blood glucose levels. The reduction of oxidative stress induced by high glucose can be considered for this action of tiron. This view was further confirmed in vitro using high glucose-exposed Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) epithelial cells. Thus, we suggest that decrease of oxidative stress is not only responsible for the improvement of renal function but also for the recovery of Klotho expression in kidney of STZ rats.


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Samsung Galaxy S III...Same problem!
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I just filed a similar report... 2 month old Galaxy S III...charging problems...original cord wouldn't work at all...used another Galaxy S III cord, but phone continued to drain even when not being used! Sent for repair...I was just told "no waranty" because of water damage. My phone has only left my nightstand maybe four times...in a case...in my purse (which only holds my phone and wallet...nothing more!) I am so upset over this! Just wanted to let you know...if you research water damage to cell phones, you will find others with this same Samsung problem!!
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#2 Author of original report
Absolute Fraud.
SUBMITTED: Saturday, February 08, 2014POSTED: Saturday, February 08, 2014
The response that the phone had triggered litmus papers and therefore was BER (Beyond Economical Repair) because of existing and humidity in the air can trigger it is beyond ridiculous. If it is true then that is a serious manufacturing defect and is covered under the warranty. i never used my phone is tne shower as the response suggested but i did use it outside and i know no actual water ever got in and I cant control humidity and neither can Samsung which is why they would have to design the phone that humidity in the air could not damage the phone. A phone should not get corroded merely by existing.
BUT 1) I sent in a phone under warranty that I had a right to do. I did not have to go find a local shop and pay for a repair. THE PHONE WAS WORKING WHEN I SENT IT IN but with a messed up port.
With that kind of quality control Samsung cannot be trusted at all.
Now that the phone is BER with the warranty canceled I tok it today to a shop to be examined and LO and BEHOLD the litmus paper inside the phone is clear and had not been triggered . The whole argument above WHILE TRUE is not relevant. The shop could not fix it because they said the motherboard is dead.
Samsung is merely trying to get out of its obligation of repairing the phone.
It is obvious what happened. When they got the working phone and updated the software as they said they did they messed up the update and damaged the phone. Now they are trying to get out of repairing it.
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Your misinformation.
SUBMITTED: Friday, February 07, 2014POSTED: Friday, February 07, 2014
You have to understand that there are 3 litmus papers on your phone. There is one on the battery, one that can be seen by removing the battery and one on the MAIN board. Just because it was in a case doesnt mean it wasnt subjected to moisture. Even in a case, if you are in a high humidity enviroment these litmus papers WILL be triggered. Even in a case. This is what is causing YOUR issue with Samsung. Using your phone in the bathroom after a shower will do this. Talking outside in the rain will do it. There a multitude of ways your phone can be subjected to moisture. Even a small amount of moisture can and does cause corossion. It doesnt need to be fully submerged to cause damages to the internal components. So if even ONE of the litmus papers were triggered, then it falls into BER catagory. Samsung is NOT responsible for YOUR use of the phone. The how and where YOU use it is on you. Try taking your phone to a local shop that does cellphone repair. Sounds like all you needed was your plug resoldered to your board.
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Date of Stay: July, 2010
Stayed here overnight on way to Disney. Arrived late but were showed the way to our site. Managers very nice. Park was very clean and neat. Showers were clean, but water pressure was very low. My biggest complaint: ants in our motorhome. We must have parked on an ant hill!!! We had to discard at least $30 of food. We would stay here again, but will make sure we spray around our motorhome as soon as we park.
Date of Stay: March, 2006
Nice campground , very friendly helpful staff. We used this as a stop over on the way south. Campground was clean; staff helped us to our site. Explained everything; very very helpful.
Date of Stay: March, 2006
Nice campground, but the bottom line , is is just to cramped. Bathrooms: old and not in the best shape, in major need of remodeling. Shower stalls were extremely small. Water flow so low it was difficult to even get the shampoo out of your hair. The campground could also use a swimming pool , I know the main attraction is the ocean , but a pool would have been nice. The staff was very helpful, friendly and polite. Most of the negatives about this campground are things they have no control over, like traffic , excessive street noise.


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I install plenty of apps and games since I'm using Asus G74Sx-3De
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technology in the business, the price they pay, because they're on center stage all the time.
Dekkers: Now how does this fit into them emerging kind of as a portfolio manager, and what are the core competencies that they need to start developing and fitting into kind of what is really a very hectic role right now?
Rubin: Yeah, and hectic's a great word, Carol, because going back to the portfolio management metaphor, I mean think about the financial advisors that you and your listeners have given personal responsibilities for their investments. These people are online all the time watching the behavior of the investments, making trades, and dealing with very fluid and very competitive markets as funds flow in and out of things, and the world of portfolio management and the CIO…what are the competencies your need? Well, you need the competency of being a portfolio manager number one, what does a portfolio manager do? A portfolio manager is used to managing the cost side and the benefit side and the yield side, the quality side, pieces like that, to make all that work, though, what does the CIO have to do, one other core competency in this thing is the overall portfolio management is also the product management and the process management. There's also the resource allocation management, so in terms of the core competencies in this new age, along with this notion of portfolio management which deal with, as I said, the pieces that you need to focus on from the different sides of the issue, is the ability to look at products, the ability to look at the resources, the ability to deal with the allocation, and the ability to deal with all this in real time while doing continuous benchmarking against competitors, continuous benchmarking against cross industry sources and continuous benchmarking against the external providers of other options that the customers have so there are a whole bunch of pieces of this everywhere, as I said the portfolio manager, which has subdisciplines of financial management and yield management and risk management and quality management out to the operational stuff with regard to everything from process management and then into the tactical aspects of who do you deploy to do what, which is the resource management...
Dekkers: Now do you think that the Capability Maturity Model that the Software Engineering Institute introduced will help, and has started to help in the process management area?
Rubin: Yeah, well clearly, I mean, one of the aspects of things that keep a CIO up at night has to do with the ability, you know, to fund what needs to be done. Businesses are pumping money into technology, but IT has to pump money into improving the whole structure of the cost of goods in their own processes, but actually we've learned from the CMM is companies that have made the important investments in improving their processes are doing a lot to manage risk and improve quality and this gets to the heart of the portfolio management, so without a focus on continuous process improvement and process benchmarking and increasing quality of investments and lowering the risk, you're nowhere in this game, and that's again going back to my earlier statement why QA and CMM like activities, process improvement become pivotal activities. There's another piece of it by the way, because when we talk about portfolio management we're talking about, you know, what is a portfolio, well the portfolio is the collection of IT assets, and the IT...what are the asset base of an IT department have to do with


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Mother of former Andress star Andre Jones says he died of enlarged heart complications
EL PASO, Texas - The mother of former Andress High School football standout Andre Jones told ABC-7 Tuesday night her son died of complications from an enlarged heart.
Jones was found dead on Feb. 14 in a room inside the El Paso Suites Hotel in Central El Paso.
Police officials say they were responding to a welfare check at the hotel when his body was found. Police say foul play is not suspected.
Jones, who played defensive tackle in high school, was arrested by El Paso Police on drug charges Aug. 17, 2012 for possession of crack cocaine with the intent to manufacture or distribute.
The one-time Texas Longhorn recruit was accused of having 34 grams of the substance at the time of that arrest in 2012. The charge was dropped in spring 2013, according to court records.
Before his freshman season at Texas he was arrested on his 18th birthday and charged along with teammate Robert Joseph in a July 2007 robbery at an Austin apartment.
Jones was suspended from the football team and ended up pleading guilty in summer 2008 to aggravated robbery, a first-degree felony, under a deal that required him to serve 30 days in jail, 340 hours of community service and 10 years of probation, according to an August 2008 Austin American-Statemsman report.
After leaving the Longhorns Jones enrolled at UTEP.
Earlier in 2012 Jones was named in an ESPN article about names you never got the chance to know, citing the early arrest in Jones career as the reason he never got to start his career.


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So we had a three way race open up in the U.K. between iOS, Windows Mobile and BlackBerry. But starting in 2009, Android entered into the picture. Google's open source OS started to team up with iOS to squeeze the market share belonging to Windows Mobile, and later, Windows Phone.
According to the chart, as of this past March, BlackBerry still owned a higher market share than Windows Phone in the U.K. And to make things look even worse for Microsoft's mobile OS, the graph is based on consumer data only. That means that BlackBerry 's share of the U.K. smartphone market topped the figure for Windows Phone as recently as three months ago, even without taking into consideration the phones purchased by the enterprise. The latter, of course, is BlackBerry's bread and butter.
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Bravoman - Walkthrough
===================================DISCLAIMER================================== I have decided not to allow websites other than Gamefaqs (www.gamefaqs.com), IGN (faqs.ign.com) & Gamespot (www.gamespot.com) to host my FAQs from now on. Please don't ask, because I will not grant permission. It's just that too many sites don't keep their version of my FAQ up to date which makes for a lot of hassle in my mailbox. So if anyone sees this FAQ on any site other than those mentioned above, please let me know and I will take care of the situation, thanks. Just to make things crystal clear for some people, this FAQ is not to appear anywhere at the following URLs: http://www.cheatcc.com http://www.cheatindex.com This document Copyright 2007 Daniel Engel =============================================================================== Bravoman FAQ April 10, 2007 Daniel (FecalLord) Engel fecalord [AT] gmail [DOT] com ############################################################################### (A) TABLE OF CONTENTS ############################################################################### Table of Contents (A) This Table of Contents (B) Controls (C) Walkthrough - (C-01) Stage 01 - (C-02) Stage 02 - (C-03) Stage 03 - (C-04) Stage 04 - (C-05) Stage 05 - (C-06) Stage 06 - (C-07) Stage 07 - (C-08) Stage 08 - (C-09) Stage 09 - (C-10) Stage 10 - (C-11) Stage 11 - (C-12) Stage 12 - (C-13) Stage 13 - (C-14) Stage 14 - (C-15) Stage 15 - (C-16) Stage 16 - (C-17) Stage 17 - (C-18) Stage 18 - (C-19) Stage 19 - (C-20) Stage 20 - (C-21) Stage 21 - (C-22) Stage 22 (D) Items (E) Experimental ############################################################################### (B) CONTROLS ############################################################################### The controls for this game are very simple, and are as follows: dpad - Move. I - Jump. II - Attack. Run - Pause. ############################################################################### (C) WALKTHROUGH ############################################################################### Bricklayer J. Gastronomy You will find the walkthrough for the game in the sections below. ############################################################################### (C-01) STAGE 01 ############################################################################### You can attack with a punch or your head by crouching and attacking. You can also jump and kick or kick from the ground when you hold "up". All 4 attacks look pretty much the same though, so head right and use them on the bots and tanks [crouch to attack the latter]. You can also hit your friend up above if you want to annoy him and get less help from him later. Use a jump kick on the rocket-shooting snail thing up ahead and take the character. Jump up the pipes while attacking another enemy, then keep right to finish the stage. ############################################################################### (C-02) STAGE 02 ############################################################################### Fight your way right to the pipes as your friend lottery man drops food for you to pick up. Attack some more enemies, including a new red robot enemy that shoots fireballs and takes two hits to destroy. Punch the phone booth if you want an interesting message, then attack the flying enemy who shoots rockets from 3 heights. Fight your way up more pipes for another gift from lottery man, then keep battling past the pipes [while getting another gift] to reach the boss. ------------------- Boss: Robotic Totem ------------------- This boss shoots axes that you can dodge or attack, while moving his arms up and down. You should crouch and attack to knock his bottom piece out, the jump over it. Repeat this to knock out another piece, then just attack until he's destroyed. Go right to meet your friend and get some health before finishing the stage. ############################################################################### (C-03) STAGE 03 ############################################################################### Here's the first of the underwater stages that have earned Bravoman the reputation of destroying fragile ecosystems. Since your enemies here are simple sea creatures instead of the bizarre robots found in all the other stages. Shoot the jellyfish, octopi, squid [swim down from above], anemones on the bottom and seahorses here. You can also press "I" to drop bombs if you need to. Fire like crazy and keep this up until you reach the boss. ----------------- Boss: Twin Dragon ----------------- The two heads of this boss move vertically while shooting. The man riding the dragon also shoots every so often. Try to shoot one head at a time to get rid of the boss. ############################################################################### (C-04) STAGE 04 ############################################################################### Head right and hit the tree ninjas twice to get rid of them. Take your gift and ride the rising rock, then take the lower path to fight snakes and green ninjas. Take the food along the way and go up to meet the boss. ------------ Boss: Dancer ------------ This boss takes about 12 hits to finish off. He throws 3-4 knives at a time while jumping on the spot and jumping or flying over you. After flying over you he jumps right back, so move quickly. ############################################################################### (C-05) STAGE 05 ############################################################################### Fight your way right and punch the red mailbox if you want to. Attack some 2-hit jumping enemies and a brown 4-hit missile enemy. Ride a platform up and crouch the magnet enemy's shots, then punch him a few times to get rid of him. Fight right and ride another platform before killing 2 more magnet enemies. Take your gift and fight another magnet guy, then kill a pair of missile launchers and a jumper. Ride the platform and kill more magnet and missile launcher enemies while avoiding the spike balls. Attack more of the same and some bombs before heading right to the boss. ------------------- Boss: Anti-Bravoman ------------------- This guy has the same attacks that you do, so try to crawl and attack from down low while he jumps around and uses standing punches. ############################################################################### (C-06) STAGE 06 ############################################################################### Fight right past bombers, fire enemies and bombs on either the street lamp route below or the clouds above to reach some ledges. Take the gift of the laser and use it on more of the same. Climb the next set of ledges while taking a ticket, then battle right for some food and jump up the clouds above. Jump right and keep gong to find the boss. ------------ Boss: Zortan ------------ This guy flies back and forth and drops down in the middle. He also fires a shot every so often while flying around. Hit him once so he brings out his shield. Now you want to jump his shot and kick up from the ground as he moves his shield back. You should be able to get 1-2 hits in each time this way. After about 6 hits, the fight is over. ############################################################################### (C-07) STAGE 07 ############################################################################### It's time to decimate the population of the seas once more! New enemies in this stage include green creatures with tridents, shelled enemies you can't destroy and some enemies that kind of look like coloured bubbles. These last enemies can hold onto you and drain your health so shoot them from a healthy distance. Stay away from the top of the screen for squids, fire rapidly like usual and dodge those enemy shots. ----------------------- Boss: Atlantis Overlord ----------------------- This guy has 4 of his minions spinning around and all 5 of them shoot you in unison. Dodge the shots and take out each of the 4 minions to win the fight. ############################################################################### (C-08) STAGE 08 ############################################################################### Fight a pair of enemies on your right including a flying ninja, then jump up the stairs and go left for a ticket. Watch for falling umbrellas as you go right for another ticket and some food. Fight snakes, a bell and flying ninja up here, then jump right to more stairs and enemies. Fight up 2 staircases on your left, then dodge falling bombs and bamboo spikes ----------------- Boss: Pistol Load ----------------- This guy fires a high bullet, 2 low ones and another high one. He moves over you while dropping fans [try to kick up at one] and the pattern repeats. After about 8 hits, the boss pleads with you not to hit him any more. He then tries to shoot you and the battle resumes like normal. So land 3 more hits for another fake win. As annoying as he is, it takes 5 more hits to finally finish this fight. ############################################################################### (C-09) STAGE 09 ############################################################################### Watch for the hidden missile enemy as you battle your way to some pipes, then ride the platform to your right and punch the enemy at the top. Fight across more pipes to get some much needed food, then go right to meet some red and blue spinners. Stand still and kick up rapidly to get rid of these REALLY annoying enemies. Fight right for some more food and ignore the platform. Punch the middle of the wall instead for a stronger punch, then punch the next wall up higher to keep going. Attack more spinners and missile enemies before you take the food. Jump past more pipes and punch at the top of your jump to clear some higher stacks. Take the food and check below for an enemy, then crawl through the pipe on your right for a drink that makes you invincible. Fight right while you're invincible to get some easy characters and reach the boss. ---------------- Boss: Robot Bird ---------------- This boss spins its head around while firing shots 2 at a time. You want to hit the head about 8 times to destroy the head and neck. Now the body walks and jumps back and forth while firing shots 2 at a time. It takes 8 more hits to destroy it and finish the stage. ############################################################################### (C-10) STAGE 10 ############################################################################### Attack some new bouncing golems as well as bells and flying ninjas, then take the ticket and ride the platforms between the trees. Fight more enemies and watch for the spiked balls as you climb. A head appears and tries to shoot you with powerful lasers, so drop down the shaft and take the punch powerup. Keep right past spike balls and bell enemies to reach the boss. ------------------- Boss: Yuma-Princess ------------------- This boss throws 4 knives while shooting fire along the ground. She then moves diagonally up and back down before jumping. The whole pattern repeats from there, but there's a relatively safe spot at the left side of the screen. It takes about 6 hits to finish off the boss. Jump the pit for some food, then go down the pit to finish the stage. ############################################################################### (C-11) STAGE 11 ############################################################################### This stage is a bonus one, so just move quickly and grab the food and tickets as fast as you can. You can also grab a yellow ring up high if you're quick, which allows you to go straight to the next stage. ############################################################################### (C-12) STAGE 12 ############################################################################### Jump up the trio of platforms and fight past more enemies and a spike ball, then drop down and ride another platform up. Attack the enemies and use a jumping punch to get over the wall, then take the food and go right past some bombers and other enemies. Grab more food and work your way past spike balls and bombers, then jump left at the wall to reach a cloud. Jump right and fight the magnet enemies while taking some food, then go as high as you can when the path splits to get some food and a ticket. Punch the enemies as you work your way up, then jump right and fall to the ground and the boss. -------------- Boss: V9 Robot -------------- This boss fires missiles either low or high while moving slowly. It tends to fire from a similar height to your attacks. Meaning it attacks low if you do, and high if you do. You can fool it somewhat by using standing kicks up and it takes about 17 hits to beat him. ############################################################################### (C-13) STAGE 13 ############################################################################### Fight some jumping ninjas and cross the lanterns, then battle your way right to some stairs. Climb up and fight as you take food in 2 spots. Jump up the wall and continue on to the boss. ---------------- Boss: Ninja Star ---------------- This boss bounces around diagonally as a ninja star. He pauses for a brief moment after every 8th bounce. Hit him about 15 times as he speeds up to stun him, then quickly crouch and hit him 3 more times [otherwise he goes back to bouncing again] to finish this stage. ############################################################################### (C-14) STAGE 14 ############################################################################### Watch for turtles and rising eels in addition to the other delicate creatures in this stage. Try to swim backwards near the bottom to get some much needed food fairly early here. You can do this again a little later on to get some more food. Once you reach some spike balls, it's time for the boss. ------------------- Boss: Anti-Bravoman ------------------- The boss shoots missiles mainly, but he also swims up high to drop bombs. You're best to stay low and shoot him from behind the mines, then go right past them as he rises. This way the bombs should miss, and you can swim back and continue your attack. After 30-35 hits, you get to fight another boss. ----------------- Boss: Twin Dragon ----------------- The two heads of this boss move vertically while shooting. The man riding the dragon also shoots a pulsing-triple shot every so often. Try to shoot one head at a time to get rid of the boss [bombs also work well]. ############################################################################### (C-15) STAGE 15 ############################################################################### Jump the pit and fight for the invincibility drink, then quickly jump another and run right past all the enemies and bamboo. ---------- Boss: Sumo ---------- This guy pushes towards you and does a dance at the side of the screen. He moves fast every fourth time and slower for the rest. You need to jump over him and hit him from behind before he starts dancing again. After 8 of these hits, the stage is over. ############################################################################### (C-16) STAGE 16 ############################################################################### Head right and punch the brain and green blocks, then dodge as they fly back at you like the robotic totem boss from stage 01. Drop down the pit and head right to a large purple pillar. Jump kick to the top and carefully stay low until you hit the red blocks, then go up and keep right to the boss. ------------------- Boss: Anti-Bravoman ------------------- This guy has the same attacks that you do, so try to crawl and attack from down low while he jumps around and uses standing punches. He sometimes does an elbow-drop as well. After 15-20 hits, the fight is done. ############################################################################### (C-17) STAGE 17 ############################################################################### The water still has some life left within, so help thin out the herd with your missiles and bombs. Shoot past the usual creatures and take the food up high when you come to it, then continue to the boss. ----------------------- Boss: Atlantis Overlord ----------------------- This guy has 4 of his minions spinning around and all 5 of them shoot you in unison. Dodge the shots and take out each of the 4 minions to win the fight. ---------------- Boss: Robot Head ---------------- This guy also has 4 of his minions spinning around, but they change directions every so often. He moves up and down quickly, as he shoots. Dodge the shots and take out each of the 4 minions. Now the boss shoots 3 at a time before rushing you and launching a fourth shot. Keep moving while landing another 20 hits or so. ############################################################################### (C-18) STAGE 18 ############################################################################### Walk right to fight 2 bosses at once. ------------- Boss: Dancers ------------- You fight 2 of the dancer bosses here, so try to focus your attacks on one of them to make things easier. No matter how you look at it, the battle is cruel. Head right after the battle to start a fight with another familiar face. ---------- Boss: Sumo ---------- This guy is basically the same as the last time you fought him. This time he moves slowly twice, then quickly twice, and the pattern repeats. Jump over him and attack like before. It takes 12 hits to win the battle. ############################################################################### (C-19) STAGE 19 ############################################################################### This stage is another bonus one, so grab lots of food and tickets before moving to the next stage. ############################################################################### (C-20) STAGE 20 ############################################################################### Ride the platform all the way up past the bats and jump a pair of gaps, then fall down the third one and go left to the wall. Drop down and go right before falling past ninjas and spiked balls. There are 3 pits to your right and you should fall down the far right one. Take the food and crawl back, then use a jump kick to get back out and take your gift. Fall down the middle pit as you fight past ninjas, golems and spike balls, then carefully use jump kicks to get up the platforms on the left side of the shaft. Jump up past the spike ball at the top for some food, then go right and look down to find the pit. You want to land two spaces away from the wall that you're on. So not hugging the wall as you fall, but one more space right. If done correct you'll land on another ledge where there are 3 pits on your right out of view, and one on your left. You want to fall down the far right pit to get some much needed food. Go right once you hit the ground to find the boss. ------------------- Boss: Yuma-Princess ------------------- This boss throws 4 knives while shooting fire along the ground. She then moves diagonally up and back down before jumping. The whole pattern repeats from there. It takes about 25 hits to finish off the boss. Head right for more enemies and a punch powerup, then fight right to the wall. Carefully jump up to the stairs as a door opens above you and take the ticket. Jump left up the stairs to the top, then jump right across a pair of pits. Climb more stairs above and head left as you take 2 pieces of food. Jump and kick TWICE in the air to reach the ledge above, then fight some ninjas and bats to reach the boss. ----------------- Boss: Pistol Load ----------------- This guy fires a high bullet, 2 low ones and another high one. He moves over you while dropping fans [try to kick up at one] and the pattern repeats. After about 15 hits, the boss pleads with you not to hit him any more. He then tries to shoot you and the battle resumes like normal. So land 8 more hits for another fake win. As annoying as he is, it takes 11 more hits to finally finish this fight. ############################################################################### (C-21) STAGE 21 ############################################################################### ------------------- Boss: Anti-Bravoman ------------------- Crouch to attack this guy as he mainly does an elbow drop and a normal jump. It takes about 11 hits to get rid of him once more, then you can go right for another boss. ------------ Boss: Zortan ------------ This guy flies back and forth and drops down in the middle. He also fires a shot every so often while flying around. Hit him once so he brings out his shield. Now you want to jump his pair of shots and kick up from the ground as he moves his shield back. You should be able to get 1-2 hits in each time this way. After about 11 hits, the fight is over and you get a 1up. ############################################################################### (C-22) STAGE 22 ############################################################################### ------------- Boss: Dancers ------------- This part is tricky, but you want to move right slowly so that the robot head notices you. Quickly jump and punch to get both the food and the laser powerup, then use it on the head and the 2 dancers. You NEED the powerup, because it lets you destroy the dancers with 2 hits each. If you don't mind taking a hit you can also grab the food on the right before it disappears. Take out the head and move right to face another boss. ------------------- Boss: Anti-Bravoman ------------------- Crouch to attack this guy as he mainly does an elbow drop and a normal jump. It takes about 15-20 hits to get rid of him once more, then you can go right for the final boss. -------------- Boss: Dr. Bomb -------------- This guy simply stands still and fires missiles that you can easily duck. You want to punch his hair to actually damage him, then dodge the diagonal laser that it fires down on you. After about 7-8 hits, the boss becomes a floating head. Now he fires 2-3 lasers at a time while moving around above you. Hit him in the hair 8-10 more times to finish the boss, the stage and the game! ############################################################################### (D) ITEMS ############################################################################### ---------- Characters ---------- Collect 9 of these characters from enemies to earn a ticket. ------- Tickets ------- These are used to get items from your friend at the end of each stage. ----- Punch ----- This powerup makes your punches stronger for a brief period. ----- Laser ----- You can shoot powerful balls of energy for a period with this powerup. ---- Cola ---- This bottle makes you invincible for a short while. ############################################################################### (E) EXPERIMENTAL ############################################################################### For a little while now I've had a paypal link in all my FAQs at the very bottom here. Mainly as a small experiment since a few other FAQ authors have also had the same idea. I had a few people email me before I put this link in because they wanted to send money, so it's here for those people. For the record I've received about $87 (which works out to a bit more in Canadian lol) last I checked, so I've been getting cases of pop and making some excellent progress on a few FAQs. If you don't want to send money or can't then send me an email, it's nice to hear what people thought about my work and there's always room for improvement. My email address is fecalord (AT) gmail (DOT) com, and the paypal address is listed below. For those that want to contribute, you can use paypal at the following address: fecalord2002 (AT) yahoo (DOT) ca Many thanks, and I hope you continue to use my work! ~Dan


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JUST IN: CC-C High School student suspended for gun in parking lot
CARSON CITY— A Carson City-Crystal High School student has been suspended after allegedly leaving a gun in a vehicle in the school parking lot overnight.
According to Superintendent Kevin Murphy, the incident took place last week.
"A young student was prepared for a turkey hunt and left a gun in his vehicle overnight in our parking lot," Murphy said. "The police found the vehicle in the handicap spot and they investigated it and that's when they found the gun."
The student was immediately suspended from school. A student hearing is scheduled for May 7 to determine whether any further disciplinary action should take place.
"There was no threat," Murphy emphasized. "There was no danger and no one got hurt. However, we do take incidents like this very seriously."


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Prince William and wife Kate were greeted by huge crowds as they landed in the Solomon Islands yesterday evening, while a row raged in Europe about topless photos of the Duchess of Cambridge.
Pacific warriors gave the royal couple a ceremonial welcome as they touched down in the capital, Honiara, as part of their nine-day Southeast Asian and Pacific tour to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
Thousands of locals lined the route from the airport for a glimpse of the pair as they passed on an open-top truck.
At the city's St Barnabas Cathedral, they were special guests at a jubilee thanksgiving service, marred by a brief power outage as the congregation waited for the generator to kick in.
Later, after calling briefly on Solomons Governor-General Frank Kabui, William and Kate were to be treated to a traditional island feast in the gardens of Government House.
Excitement had been building for days in the Solomons, where the couple have two days of engagements.
It is the first stop of the Pacific leg of their jubilee tour, which has already taken them to Singapore and Malaysia, where Kate made her first public comments on foreign soil.
During a visit to a Kuala Lumpur hospice, she spoke briefly about the need for palliative care.
Tomorrow, she and William will move on to tiny Tuvalu.
In London, a spokesman for St James's Palace said the royal couple "remain focused" on their tour despite the furore after French magazine Closer published paparazzi snaps of Kate sunbathing in just her bikini bottoms by a swimming pool while on holiday in France.
William and Kate, both 30, are suing Closer for invasion of privacy over the images, which were reprinted yesterday in the Irish Daily Star and are set to be published today by Italian gossip magazine Chi.
The palace condemned the "greed" of the Irish newspaper and warned Chi that it would cause "unjustifiable upset" were it to proceed with its 26-page special edition on the photos.


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Wine is a free and open source software application that aims to allow computer programs written for Windows to run on Linux and OS X.
To achieve this goal, Wine emulates the Windows runtime environment by translating Windows system calls into POSIX-compliant system calls, recreating the directory structure of Windows systems, and providing alternative implementations of Windows system libraries, system services through wineserver and various other components (such as Internet Explorer, the Windows Registry Editor, and msiexec).
General information
The name Wine is actually an acronym for "Wine Is Not an Emulator." Do take this name into account when attempting to use Windows software on non Windows operating systems, as Wine does not and never will run all non-native software perfectly, if at all. As a rule of thumb, never expect software to work (even if reported as fine by others), however, be grateful if it does.
To install Wine on your Linux distribution, check your package manager. Most Linux distros DON'T come with Wine pre-installed, but it can be installed just with a single command or a few clicks depending of the distro.
Be aware that the latest version of Wine won't be always the best performing version. Check the Wine appdb for detailed instructions, info and know bugs for your application.
Open the Ubuntu Software Centre, type wine and then install 'wine'.
To get the latest Wine release, copy and paste the following two lines, one by one, into the terminal window:
add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa && sudo apt-get update
add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa && sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install wine1.5 winetricks
sudo apt-get install wine1.5 winetricks
Login as root, then run:
dnf install wine
dnf install wine
If running a 64-bit system, you must enable the multilib repository as per the instructions on the Arch Wiki. Once enabled, just run:
pacman -S wine
pacman -S wine
Other versions of Wine are available in the AUR with various patches for different features available for Wine.
Most instructions for ANY distro can be found by Googling "wine in [your distro's name and version]".
Wine requires Xcode, which can be downloaded and installed via the Mac App Store on OS X 10.6 and above, or via the Apple Developer downloads section.
MacPorts is also required, which can be download and installed from http://www.macports.org/. It then needs to be configured by entering the following two commands into the Terminal:
echo export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:\$PATH$'\n'export MANPATH=/opt/local/man:\$MANPATH | sudo tee -a /etc/profile
echo export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:\$PATH$'\n'export MANPATH=/opt/local/man:\$MANPATH | sudo tee -a /etc/profile
if [ `sysctl -n hw.cpu64bit_capable` -eq 1 ] ; then echo "+universal" | sudo tee -a /opt/local/etc/macports/variants.conf; else echo "not 64bit capable"; fi
if [ `sysctl -n hw.cpu64bit_capable` -eq 1 ] ; then echo "+universal" | sudo tee -a /opt/local/etc/macports/variants.conf; else echo "not 64bit capable"; fi
After this, you may need to agree to the Xcode license, which you can do so by running the following in the Terminal:
sudo xcodebuild -license
sudo xcodebuild -license
Then enter "agree" before closing and reopening the Terminal window.
Now you need to install Wine using MacPorts, by entering the following command (which may take several hours to do):
sudo port install wine
sudo port install wine
And then Wine will be installed and ready to use!
Homebrew is similar to MacPorts in that the source code to programs is downloaded and compiled. However, Homebrew opts to use the built-in libraries already available as part of the default OS X installation, rather than compiling new versions. This can save time and disk space.
You will, like MacPorts, need XCode to install the required compilers and header files.
Wine is available via Homebrew and can be installed (along with Winetricks) via:
brew install wine winetricks
brew install wine winetricks
To make a dock icon for a Wine program we need to write a program in AppleScript that launches the Windows program. Open the script editor that came with your OS (which can be found in the /Applications/Utilities folder of the computer and is called something like "Script Editor" or "AppleScript Editor" depending on your OS version).
Within the script editor enter the following (where $PATH_TO_PROGRAM is the path from the Program Files folder to your .exe file):
tell application "Terminal"
tell application "Terminal"
Tab ↹ do script "/opt/local/bin/wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\\ Files/$PATH_TO_PROGRAM.exe"
do script "/opt/local/bin/wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\\ Files/$PATH_TO_PROGRAM.exe"
end tell
Then press "Compile" and save the script where you like (making sure to select the "File Format: Application" in the save options, and leaving "Startup Screen" unchecked). Open up the Finder, go to where you saved the script and then drag the file to your Dock, where it will stay. You can then click on that Dock Icon to open up your Windows program.
To keep Wine up-to-date, it is recommended to run the following command every few months or so via the Terminal/shell:
sudo port selfupdate && sudo port upgrade outdated
sudo port selfupdate && sudo port upgrade outdated
To uninstall both Wine and MacPorts, simply run the following command in the Terminal:
sudo rm -rf /opt ~/.wine /Applications/MacPorts
sudo rm -rf /opt ~/.wine /Applications/MacPorts
To uninstall just Wine, simply run the following command in the Termianl/shell:
sudo port uninstall wine
sudo port uninstall wine
Go to the folder where the Windows .exe installed file is in the Terminal/shell and then enter the following command (where INSTALLED.exe is the name of the .exe file):
wine $INSTALLER.exe
wine $INSTALLER.exe
A regular graphical Windows installer will soon appear, which you can click through to complete the installation.
Open the Terminal/shell and go to your Program Files folder via the following command:
cd ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/
cd ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/
Run ls to see what Windows programs you have installed. To run a program enter its folder by using cd folder_NAME (where folder_NAME is the name of the folder with the program that you want to run. Within that folder there should be an .exe file which you can run with the following command (where PROGRAM.exe is the name of the .exe file):
cd folder_NAME
wine $PROGRAM.exe
wine $PROGRAM.exe
The program will soon appear, ready to use.
Some Windows applications require the .NET software framework to run (Wine will instruct you to install if an application you try to run requires it), which is not compatible with Wine. However, an open source piece of software called Mono was made to replace it. You can install it via installing winetricks and entering this line into the Terminal/shell:
winetricks mono210
winetricks mono210
Some Windows applications require the D-bus process to run, in order to communicate with certain other applications. While it is installed alongside Macports, it will not run unless you tell it to. You only need to do this once, and then the process will run every time on startup:
sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.freedesktop.dbus-system.plist
sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.freedesktop.dbus-system.plist
launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist
launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist
Winecfg is a GUI (graphical user interface) configuration tool for Wine. It allows you to change options for both the default setting and for specific applications. These options include the way Wine loads DLLs, graphical settings (including Window settings, screen resolution/DPI), desktop integration, drives and audio).
The tool can be accessed with the command:
$ winecfg
$ winecfg
A run down on the different tabs of Winecfg is available on the Wine Wiki.
Winetricks is a script that automatically downloads, installs, and configures many tools for Wine. It also contains scripts to automatically install games.
Basic information on how to use winetricks is available on the Wine Wiki.
Wineskin is a program based on Wine that acts as a GUI interface, so that the Terminal/shell does not have to be used.
PlayOnLinux and PlayOnMac (referred to as PlayOn in this Wiki as both pieces of software are exactly the same and just refer to the operating system they run on) is a graphical-front end for Wine that provides wrapper shell scripts which specify the configuration of Wine in order to install and run a particular application. Using PlayOn is an easy way to use the functionality of Wine without having to worry about its complexity.


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Nandi, Alita and Platt, Lucinda (2011) Effect of interview modes on measurement of identity. Understanding society working paper series, No. 2011 – 02. Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, Colchester, UK.
In this paper, we investigate the effect of interview mode on responses to attitudinal and autobiographical questions: a 13-item multidimensional identity module. We find small but significant mode effects of three to seven percentage points on the response pattern for the domains of national identity, religion, racial or ethnic background, political beliefs and sexual orientation. We also find very small but significant mode effects of one to two percentage points on item non-response for occupational identity and identification with father's ethnic background. We conclude that mode effects on these questions can convincingly be interpreted as stemming from social desirability bias.
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Texas Hill Country
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BeschreibungGraves and Meinzer once again demonstrate that they are the foremost artists of the Texas landscape with this loving portrait of the state's Hill Country.
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Protecting the quality of life for South Brunswick Township residents is job of the Public Works Department. Every day dedicated professionals, in seven key divisions, take pride in the jobs they do to protect the health, safety and well-being of every citizen.
Administrative Division: Some of the many duties include administrative support for all other divisions • Emergency and daily customer service • Purchasing and account maintenance for daily operations and capital projects • Personnel issues and record maintenance for employees • Maintains budget • Provides assistance for the Shade Tree Commission • Records maintenance • Bid Specifications
Road Division: is responsible for the maintenance and repair of 144 miles of Township roads. This includes the following functions: Asphalt overlay programs • Road repairs • Ice control and snow removal • Leaf collection • Accident, disaster and emergency response and cleanup as part of the Office of Emergency Management Program • Street sweeping • Street and traffic signs • Traffic lines (markings) • Compliance with new NJDEP Stormwater Regulations • Stormdrain inlet marking, cleaning and repair of 2500 catch basins • Detention basin maintenance • Street Tree maintenance • Crack sealing • Grading and maintenance of unpaved roads • Guide rail maintenance • Vegetation management including mowing shoulders & clearing limbs for visibility • Christmas tree pick up program • Snow fence installation • Work as requested by other Township Departments
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Peter Robinson wrote, at 07/07/2009 03:26 PM +9:00:
Hi All, Is there currently an issue with the koji repo process? A pair of rawhide chain builds that I ran last night failed and when I tried them again this morning the previous package still wasn't in the repo to build against. Similarly a F-11 build override that was tagged 10 or so hours ago is still not available.
For F-12. the newrepo task http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=1457708 is hanging for more than 11 hours (I don't know why). For F-11, the last new repo task was http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=1457163 , which was 15 hours ago. Would someone restart koji's new repo tasks? Regards, Mamoru


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Roadrunner prices stock sale at $17.25 a share
Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. has priced a public offering of 3.5 million common shares at $17.25 a share, the Cudahy trucking and logistics company said Thursday.
Roadrunner, which went public in May 2010 at $14 a share, said it expects the stock sale to close on Dec. 11. The company expects to receive proceeds from the offering of $54.9 million after expenses.
Roadrunner said it expects to use the proceeds from the stock sale to repay debt under its revolving line of credit and for working capital and other general corporate purposes.
The company has made a number of recent acquisitions, including A&A Express, based in Brandon, S.D., for $24 million, Central Cal Transportation, a provider of intermodal transportation from Fresno, Calif., for $4 million, and Expedited Freight Systems Inc., a less-than-truckload carrier based in Kenosha, for about $10 million.
Robert W. Baird & Co. is serving as the book-running manager for the offering. BB&T Capital Markets, a division of Scott & Stringfellow, Raymond James & Associates Inc., Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Inc. are serving as co-managing underwriters for the offering.
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If you haven't seen much of the Julie Delporte's work you are missing out on one of the most compelling young cartoonists working today. Julie was raised in France and lives in Montreal. She was kind enough to answer a few of my questions after her one-year fellowship at The Center for Cartoon Studies. — James Sturm
JS: Your work has a lovely organic quality. Can you tell me a little more about your process? How do you go from nothing to a finished page?
JD: I don't do any sketches. I draw directly, sometimes i don't like what i did, so i cut and paste another drawing. I try to leave all the tracks of the collage, the tape… Sometimes, i work on photoshop so that we see the pieces of tape better. The composition is a lot of improvisation, but for my diary or for short pieces, the text has been written before, in a sketchbook. For longer pieces, there is a lot of improvisation in the storytelling too. It's like acting, being in the skin of my main characters, trying to imagine what they think, while things happen.
Both with storytelling and drawing, i think the objective is trying to be the closest possible of a real object: a sketchbook, a diary, a letter… They can be real (my diary, for instance…) or fictional, but they could exist as real objects, in opposition of the usual comic form which is a code for narration.
JS: Another way your comics feel unmediated is that I am unaware of the computer having a hand in its creation. You disguise your computer use well.
JD: I used to use the computer for composition a lot. For instance, on a page like this one, drawings has been done on different pieces of paper. But i do it less and less, because i'm getting more at ease with drawing, and the computer step is not my favorite at all. I have to adjust color a little, but the objective is always to make them as close as possible of the original colors.
JS: Are your comfortable writing in English? Besides getting your work read by more readers do you have any compelling reason to write in English?
JD: I'm not so comfortable, but living in White River Junction, surrounded by english, i started to dream and think in english. So english sentences came naturally to my mind. I know my english is clumsy sometimes, but a lot of people said to me it added to the poetic writing i have… Maybe they just said that to be nice!
Here, back in Montreal, a bilingual city, i'm around people who speak and understand both french and english. What i'd like to do a lot (but it's not really smart or easy) is bilingual pieces, like the one i published in 7days. In a Montreal context, it is political, in a way. I would like the two languages, and the two comics scenes (the francophon and the anglophon) would be more close, more friends, more mixed. It's a richness that we have here. Writing, some things are more easy to say in french, some others are more easy to say in english. And we have the chance to read and to be influenced by both the european and the american comics scene.
JS: Looking at your work I would imagine that your formative influences are quite different than many of the young cartoonists that come through CCS. What cartoonists changed the way you think about your own work or gave you permission to go in a certain direction?
JD: It's hard to define influences. It's mostly inconsistent for me. I think i get influenced by a belgian artist i admire a lot, Dominique Goblet. She is a visual artist/painter too, and uses a lot of materials in her art, like paint. I might have seen the tape appearing in her art and then done it too, but I don't even know… Maybe the contemporary work of Julie Doucet was also important, i saw her doing traditional underground comics, and then going to collage, visual poetry… People, (and even her) say she stopped comics. But i think she is still doing comics. It is just very different. I admire her for her capacity of moving.
I love Amanda Vahamaki and Joanna Hellgren's works. But i try not to look at them too much. Most of the time, I try very hard not to take anything from other cartoonists work. There is nothing wrong with it, but i personally chose not to do it, so it allows me to build a very personal style. I prefer stealing from other arts. composition from photography, movies and painting. Style from screenprints or outsider art, or children drawing and children books. Personal and playful approaches from literature and visual art (Sophie Calle, Annie Ernaux, Miranda July). I even take ideas from radio podcasts i listen to. I realize i just gave you women names. Hmm… The free autobiographical zines that David Libens gives when someone asks him "How are you doing?" (and that are made to answer this polite question) were also very important for me i think.
I'm not the type of artist who admires the history of comics. I prefer trying to bring comics on new paths, sometimes far enough that people would say it's not comics. But it's still images and text, and narration, compiled in books, zines or blogs. So it is comics, completly. I think the developement of comics suffers from narrow images and definitions. It has to be more open, otherwise it will just suffocate.
JS: Anything of yours we should keep our eyes open for in the coming year?
JD: I'm working on a children book, for a francophon editing house, it's going to be out in january. I will probably have a book from a Montreal editing house, again in French—I see antennas everywhere, the story of a girl who can feel the electromagnitic waves (wifi, phones…). And finally, a compilation of my diary is supposed to be translated and released in english! For autumn or spring, i don't know yet.
JS: Thanks for coming to CCS to be a fellow. It was great having you here and I found your work real inspiring.
JD: Thank you so much for this fellowship, I think I would not be already releasing all this books without my experience at CSS. If the objective of the fellowship is to help young artists to take the next step of their career, it totally worked for me.