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|This is a discussion on poker bots and card predictors within the online poker forums, in the Poker Rooms section; ive heard alot of stuff about poker pots and programs that predict the flop and other peoples hold cards. is there any truth to any
poker bots and card predictors
ive heard alot of stuff about poker pots and programs that predict the flop and other peoples hold cards. is there any truth to any of this? if im playin legit with my money on these sites and someone is running a program to get an unfair edge it just doesnt seem right. i dont see how it could be true since pros play on sites like full tilt and stuff. wouldnt they be the least bit worried playin high stakes if this was possible? what have you guys heard or know?
Ok all the bots do is tell you bout odds of winning hnds v other possible hnds they are usefull but you can do everything they doo yourself they r pointless really and no no 1 has an edge because of a known bot
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Well there are poker bots out there. But any sensible player can beat them. I read about a couple of poker bots a while back that were programs written by college students studying Math/Programming or some such area.
Basically they utilize Game Thoery mathmatics to try and come up with the "correct" play. But because of the shortcuts they have to take in the calculations due to time constraints they haven't been overly successful.
As far as a program that shows others hole cards or predicts the flop, I'm pretty sure none of these have been made, or if they have been then they are being used by whomever made them and they likely aren't sharing.
But when you are playing, these things should be the furthest thing from your mind, most likely the only being used against you is an odds calculator, and if you need a program to do that for you, then I'd love to have you at my table
You probably sit at a table and wonder why someone doesn't chat at all, most think "bot" when another player doesn't type anything throughout the game, which isn't the case, the quiet player is sitting and taking notes on the other players betting patterns to get a better read on the table and if your the type of player that chats alot , then you will never know how the other players play certain cards if your not paying attention.
Try this for awhile, if your into ring games and your an average to good player, sit down at a table for a couple of hours and take $ from other players while not typing anything for the whole time your there and I could almost guarantee that someone will say that your a bot(I have been accused of being a bot a few times). It may not happen the first time you try this, it may take 2-5 days of play.
Sorry I'm rambling, my point is that there is no bot sitting at your table and if continue to think that there are bots out there then you will never improve your game if you need improvment........your game has improved already if your taking in all the advice we are offering you here, time for bed, hope these and the following responses help ease your mind.
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The only time I get the suspiscion that a bot is at a table is when a betting pattern makes very little sense. Yesterday I was in a tournament at Full Tilt. I had about 3000 in chips, the other guy had a little over 1000.
I had AQ so I raised to 400.
He reraised to 800, I called.
Flop missed me, but I was committed.
He bets 160, I raise to 295 putting him all in.
He folds leaving himself with 135 chips when there are over 2000 in the pot. He gets blinded out the next hand.
When things like that happen, I figure someone is possibly using a bot or some program telling them what to do. I love it, because moves like that make no sense at all to a person, but could to a badly written program.
Bots are very possible but nobody should ever use them because unless you are a programming genious you wont be able to make it effective enough to use. If you are the programming genious then you'll probably be making more profitable programs than 'poker bots'. For programs that show hole cards and stuff...those are all a scam and will never work on even the most generic poker site.
If you do happen to run across a bot you'll know it if your paying attention but it'll be the same as playing against a player that is very easy to read.
I was surfing around on the net one day and came accross a site where people could buy a bot! I couldnt believe it! It also told of a certain site that these bots were allowed to play at, which I had used to play on but kept having amazingly bad luck. Go figure. I dont know if i can name the site, but i will if i can. So i KNOW there are bots out there.
And i would just like to say that the people that actually use these should be ashamed of themselves as well as the site that lets them be used!!
Ive seen these "bots" play multiple tables but never, ever lag on calls or raises (I know I can't always keep up when I have three hands I didn't fold at the same time and the action is fast)... I've have had the same player up on four screens, in SB on two of them and his bets came out with the flop on both of them at the same time... something I can't do...I can click ONLY one button in ONE active window at one time...and I need to SEE both flops and THINK first! (and in this situation, the "check boxes" don't help you )
lol...but come to think of it, I'd actually rather play them than the 72os calling stations that hit a set of ducks on the turn & river!
Of course most of us have REAL jobs making real software...but much like poker, programming can be very, very addicting
I once wrote a program that identified all the prime numbers between 1 and 4294967295....why you ask? simple...i was bored and I could ...hadn't learned/found poker yet....and chess was getting "stale"
I have often been tempted to write a "freeroll bot"...for no other reason then:
a) to prove it could be done
b) because it would be a fun challenge to do so
I could simply let it run on one of my 4+ computers I have running at home and let it see just how well it could do simply for "yeah, I did that once" satisfaction
of course, I preffer to play live...again it's the whole challenge of the quest thing
I did the same and optimised it to ignore even numbers, numbers whose digits where a multiple of nine, and only go as far in the for..next as the square root of the target. Then I decided I wanted to calculate Pi to at least a hundred digits. And then I discovered poker.
I did trial one of these programs in play money NL games. What I found was that it was telling me things like your 91% favourite on the river and, then feeling more confident I would bet only to find the other guy has the nuts. I would never ever use one again.
Unless a bot can cheat by knowing the flop,turn, and river then it is really useless to someone who knows how to play poker. I am just starting out.. what is the fun of having a bot do calculations for you.. you won't ever be good in real life if you rely on computers to calculate odds.
Hey guys, I know I am reviving an old topic but just happened to me something fishy on pokerstars. Fortunately it was a freeroll but it could happen to somebody at real money table. A guy playing shoving all in to crappy cards and wins. So far nothing new. After that he was folding most of the cards and then again raise to half of the others stacks. I hit nothing on the flop and go all in to scare him but, no he instantly called me. He opened A7o and I had K10s(d) here is the flop Q(s)9(c)8(s) and here comes the turn K(h) and I thought "hell yeah, I win" and then whaaaam A at the river. This was cheating since he made 18k from 1500 for about 14 minutes knowing precisely when to go all-in. Not because he had a good pair or because he saw he had the nut at the flop. He had nothing and raised all-in. But he didn't do it every hand, he knew when to fold his cards and when he will win the hand.
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I think all programs that say it is fake. If you're playing in the secured and trusted poker site when they will have protection from it and if someone would report another player from cheating and it would be approved, he would lose his account.
PS I have repeatedly faced with the bots. 888 fortunately never. However on 888 I play less time. But nonetheless.


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Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating an ATV accident that occurred on private property near Corydon Saturday evening.
At approximately 7:20 p.m., Conservation Officers were called to the Harrison County Hospital, where the 4-year-old operator was being treated for injuries, including a broken arm.
The victim, Leeandra Maldonado, 4, of Corydon, was operating the youth model ATV with a 3-year-old passenger when she lost control and was thrown from the ATV.
Maldonado's guardian was supervising and quickly rendered aid.
Neither child was wearing a helmet or any safety equipment.
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when having created a new instance of spiceworks, we have found that when a email is recieved to the helpdesk, the administrators do not recieve that email. therefore only spiceworks helpdesk has the email and administrators dont have any record of this on their emails. are there any solutions?
Under settings, user accounts, make sure the email notification is set to all (or at least helpdesk) for the admins.
Make sure your smtp configuration is ok - > go to help desk settings, edit email templates and click to send a preview of a ticket.
all of the above has been attempted and they all are correct is there any other method that the emails could be sent to all admins when emails to spiceworks? also the spiceworks helpdesk is not creating tickets either when sent?
Feb 2, 2012 at 4:25 UTC
thats a new one on me, I'd add it as a new topic to get a reply!! Sorry.
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Feb 2, 2012 at 4:15 UTC
cheers for the reply, we have worked on the problem and it is sorted now, but we have encountered a new problem thats we are gaining images of corporate signatures when emails are logged as tickets, any simple way that we could solve this problem?
Feb 2, 2012 at 4:25 UTC
thats a new one on me, I'd add it as a new topic to get a reply!! Sorry.
Feb 2, 2012 at 4:33 UTC
thank you, should be a good one.


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Discussion in 'Forum News and Announcements' started by Jim, Jan 27, 2011.
Just added some new games, the're >here :thumb:
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PHNOM PENH (Xinhua) – Cambodia predicts bright economic prospects in the coming year as a one-year post-election crisis has ended, government officials and businessmen said.
Finance Minister Aun Porn Moniroth said 2014 saw a great deal of effort, numerous struggles, and a great deal of patience to overcome difficulties and challenges both inside and outside the country.
"With the government's efforts and commitment, Cambodia can maintain stability, security, and good public order as well as ensure a high-level of economic growth, a low inflation rate, and remain attractive to investors," he said during a recent parliamentary session.
He said the country's gross domestic product (GDP) is forecast to grow by 7 per cent to 16.9 billion US dollars for 2014 and around 7 per cent to 18.3 billion US dollars in 2015.
"With this growth, GDP per capita is projected to hit 1,225 US dollars in 2015, up 8.4 per cent from 1,130 US dollars in 2014," he said.
Cambodia's economic growth remains reliant on garment exports, tourism, agriculture, and construction, and, as with 2014, the inflation rate will be around 3.5 per cent next year, the finance minister said.
The official figures showed that the Southeast Asian nation exported products worth 4.44 billion US dollars in the first nine months of this year, up 12 per cent compared to the same period last year, while tourist industries were buoyed by 3.67 million foreign visitors during the period, up 5 per cent year-on- year.
On the construction sector, however, the country attracted 2.03 billion US dollars in investment projects during the first nine months of this year, down 10 per cent year-on-year.
Finance Secretary of State Vongsey Visoth said Monday that foreign direct investment (FDI) was also one of the key sources to support the economy.
"We have attracted positive FDI figures this year, particularly from China, Japan, and South Korea," he said during a public forum.
The nation drew 1.5 billion US dollars in FDI during the first nine months of the year, according to the figures from the Council for the Development of Cambodia.
Nguon Meng Tech, Director General of the kingdom's Chamber of Commerce, predicted a bright future for Cambodia's economy in the coming years as political disputes have ended.
"Political stability is the key factor to attract investments," he told Xinhua on Monday.
"Now, Cambodia is full of political stability after the opposition party ended in August its nearly one-year boycott of parliament."
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Global Agenda Goes Free-to-Play
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Mid-April "Free Agent†Update Delivers New Content and Unlimited Play For Free
ATLANTA - April 7, 2011 - Hi-Rez Studios today announced that "Global Agenda: Free Agent", the latest update to the Shooter MMO, will enable free-to-play access to all of the game's current playable content and levels with no purchase required.
The version 1.4 Free Agent update, expected to go live in mid April, will support free play across all character classes through level 50. This update also introduces a new Dome Defense Raid as high-level player content, a CTF- style Mercenary PvP game-mode with pilotable robots, revised skill-trees across all four character classes, and other changes and content.
For an optional one-time purchase of $19.99 USD/13.99 GBP/15.99€, players may upgrade to Elite Agent status, which will accelerate the rate of earning character levels, gear, and currency and also grant access to premium features such as the login priority, auction house and in-game mail. All players that have previously purchased Global Agenda will be automatically upgraded to Elite Agent status.
"Global Agenda has never required a monthly subscription to play and, for a while now, we have offered a generous free trial for the game.†said Todd Harris, Hi-Rez Studios COO. "Our experience with the limited free trial has demonstrated to us the great demand among free-to-play gamers for a AAA-quality Shooter MMO like Global Agenda. We believe this latest change will further broaden the game's popularity and appeal.â€
"With this change, we allow players to experience all of the game's current content and levels for free. We've done this in a way that ensures that free players do not have to spend real money to compete on a level playing field with those who do, while still rewarding those loyal players and fans that have purchased the game or otherwise supported the game.â€
Effective immediately, until the Free Agent expansion launches:
• Global Agenda is available for $19.99
• Upon release of the Free Agent expansion, any player who has purchased Global Agenda will automatically be upgraded to Elite Agent status
Below is a summary of the differences between Free and Elite versions of the game:
• No Level Restriction
• Ability to earn all of the game's current items without spending real money.
• Access to all of the game's current playable content, including:
o Sonoran Desert Open Zone
o Special Ops PvE (1- to 4-person Co-Op)
o 10v10 Mercenary PvP
o 4v4 Arena PvP
o Double Agent PvPE
o 10-person Defense Raids (including the new Dome Defense Mission coming in version 1.4).
o Agency vs Agency Gameplay (AvA)
Elite Agent - One-time purchase of $19.99/13.99 GBP/15.99€
• Earn End-of-Mission XP at twice the rate of a Free-to-Play user
• Earn End-of-Mission Credits and Tokens at twice the rate of a Free-Play user
• Earn End-of-Mission Elite Loot upon winning an instanced PvE or PvP match
• Choose which PvP gametypes you would like to play when queuing for Mercenary PvP.
• Access the Auction House
• Access In-Game Mail
• Less restrictive chat capabilities
• No ads for in-game voice
• Ability to create Agencies
• Higher Login priority
Both Free-to-Play and Elite Agent players can optionally purchase Boosters within the Global Agenda webstore. For a timed period, Boosters will
• Double XP, Tokens and Credits earned in Game
• Provide 2,000 tokens a day for free
• Provide an extra end-of-mission Boost Loot drop
10-day, 30-day, and 90-day boosters are available. These are available today and will work no differently when the Free Agent release is launched.
About Hi - Rez Studios
Hi-Rez Studios, Inc, located just outside of Atlanta GA, was established in 2005 to create exceptional online interactive entertainment. In February 2010 the company released the squad-based Shooter-MMO Global Agenda. Hi-Rez is currently developing other competitive online games including Tribes: Ascend. For more information, visit www.hirezstudios.com


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If you've ever watched or listened to Sonny Jurgensen's postgame locker room interviews for the Redskins Radio Network, you'll know that they're less interviews than conversations, with Jurgensen at time forgoing "questions" in favor of "statements" or "proclamations" or "directives."
I didn't listen to the postgame show on Sunday. But when I heard Jeanne McManus on ESPN 980's Tony Kornheiser show talking about Jurgensen's postgame conversation with RGIII, I went back to check it out. You can watch it here. It's pretty fascinating.
"How bad is your knee?" Jurgensen asked.
"I don't know how bad it is," Griffin admitted. "People on this team know what I had to deal with to get out there every day, just to practice and to play. But at the end of the day, I'm their quarterback. This is my team, and I've got to be out there, ready to play with them."
"I know you wanted to be out there, but sometimes you have to think more of the whole and say, I'm not 100 percent, coach, I can't help, put in Kirk," Jurgensen said, in one of his non-question moments.
Then he put the mic back in front of Griffin.
"Uh. You know, I don't feel that way," the rookie told the Hall of Famer. "I'll say it time and time again: I'm their quarterback. It doesn't matter what percentage I am. There at the end of the game, I took myself out of the game after I went down because I knew I couldn't do it. And then they put Kirk in. If you can play, you play. That's just how it goes. And they know that, they know I'm gonna play no matter what. And I don't feel like me playing out there hurt the team in any way."


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Here are the 20 tight ends who have been invited to the Scouting Combine. Players are listed in alphabetical order. Heights and weights come from CBSSports.com/NFLDraftScout.com. All players are seniors unless noted. Members can read Part 2 here.
Billy Brown, Shepherd (6-3, 254): Playing wide receiver at a listed 6-foot-4 and 241 pounds, Brown was a Division II All-American with these staggering stats: 99 receptions for 1,580 yards (16.0 average) and 22 touchdowns. He led Division II in catches and was second in yards and touchdowns. As a junior, he had 89 receptions for 1,492 yards and 10 touchdowns. Brown didn't have enough core credits to attend a FBS school so he had to play in Division II or a junior college.
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Brown was involved in three acts of violence during his time at Oregon but never faced discipline. In 2013, he was suspended for his role in an on-campus snowball fight.
Jake Butt, Michigan (6-5, 250): Butt won the John Mackey Award as the nation's top tight end but his great senior season end in a torn ACL in the Orange Bowl. It's the same knee (right) in which he tore his ACL in February 2013. Not only did he win the Mackey, but he won the Senior CLASS Award as the nation's top student-athlete, with notable achievements in four areas: classroom, community, character and competition. Butt started 37 games in four seasons, finishing with 138 receptions for 1,646 yards — both tops for a tight end in program history. Butt caught 51 passes for 654 yards (12.8 average) and three touchdowns as a junior and 46 catches for 546 yards (11.9) and four touchdowns as a senior, earning All-American and Big Ten Tight End of the Year honors both times. "Because he's like the mailman," offensive coordinator Tim Drevno said. "He always delivers."
Butt volunteers most weeks at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital in Ann Arbor, a place near and dear to former Michigan and NFL star Charles Woodson. Last year, he helped fulfill a Make-A-Wish request for a young boy who suffers from cancer, and instead of saying good-bye when the event was over, Butt gave the boy's family his phone number, and formed a lasting relationship. When heroin overdose hit his hometown of Pickerington, Ohio, Butt went home to help raise funds and participate in a charity 5K to benefit those affected.
Yes, Butt realizes he has a funny name for a tight end. "I've been seeing the 'I love Jake Butt and I cannot lie' — that one comes up quite a bit," Butt said. "That's a good one."
Cethan Carter, Nebraska (6-3, 234): Carter started 35 games in four seasons and was an honorable-mention on the all-Big Ten team as a junior and senior. He caught 59 passes for 744 yards (13.9 average) and four touchdowns during his four seasons. He posted career-high totals of 24 catches, 329 yards and two touchdowns as a junior. He might have posted bigger numbers had he not been suspended for two games for undisclosed reasons. As a senior, he tallied 19 catches for 190 yards and one score. Carter grew as a receiver, blocker and communicator during his time in Lincoln. "I just know that there was definitely a point where we're watching film and he started to ask questions. That's when I knew, 'OK, he's starting to get it,'" tight ends coach Tavita Thompson said. "Once you're comfortable enough to ask the big-picture questions, that's when things start going good."
Darrell Daniels, Washington (6-3, 254): In four seasons, Daniels caught 47 passes for 728 yards (15.5 average) and five touchdowns. As a senior, he caught 17 passes for career highs of 307 yards (18.1 average) and three touchdowns to be an honorable mention on the all-Pac-12 team. Daniels played receiver as a prep in Pittsburg, Calif., before moving to tight end upon arriving at Washington. "He was a big receiver and things like route concepts and spacing, he does that naturally well," tight ends coach Jordan Paopao said. "His posture in run blocks, his posture in pass protection and his assignments, that's where he's truly grown the most and I'm really excited to see that all culminate together."
Evan Engram, Ole Miss (6-3, 236): Engram already was the school's career leader among tight ends with 97 receptions and 1,394 yards. Then came his senior season of 65 catches for 926 yards (14.2 average) and eight touchdowns to win first-team All-America accolades and the C Spire Conerly Trophy as the top college player in Mississippi. That gave him a four-year total of 162 receptions, 2,320 yards (14.3) and 15 scores. He was first- or second-team all-SEC all four seasons — a first in school history. Engram was one of 10 finalists for the prestigious Senior CLASS Award off the field for, among other things, his work with the physically and mentally handicapped and Special Olympics. His sister, Mackenzie, plays basketball at Georgia. Who's the best athlete? "I'll give her that. I'll let her take that crown, for her sake," Evan said. "We grew up pushing each other. I think she's really good at basketball because of how many times I beat her one-on-one. I take some credit when she has some success."
Their father, Derrick Engram, was good enough to play football at Louisville. "I'm a proud, humble dad excited as heck for my kids," Derrick said. "They are living their dreams. I was a part of that process, so I'm enjoying their ride. I'm not living through them, I've done it already, as you see. I went to seven different schools. I don't live through them, I am living their dreams with them."
Gerald Everett, South Alabama (6-3, 227): Everett had two big seasons for USA — 41 catches for 575 yards (14.0 average) and eight touchdowns as a junior and 49 catches for 717 yards (14.6) and four touchdowns as a senior. That included catching eight passes for 95 yards and the game-winning touchdown in an upset of Mississippi State. Everett, who played only one year of high school football, started his career at Hutchinson (Kan.) Community College before going to Alabama-Birmingham.
He caught 17 passes for the Blazers but the school shuttered its football program after the season. The program was founded in 2009 and played its first season in FBS in 2014, so Everett almost certainly will be the first player in program history to be drafted. "It would mean a lot, setting the tone for the program, leading the way for the younger guys for years to come, the guys that are there now and the guys that haven't even been offered by South Alabama yet."
Cole Hikutini, Louisville (6-4, 248): After catching 19 passes for 348 yards (18.3 average) and three touchdowns upon arriving at Louisville in 2015, Hikutini had a tremendous senior campaign with 50 catches, 668 yards (13.4 average) and eight touchdowns. Sacramento State was the only FCS-level school to offer a scholarship, never mind any offers from an FBS school. He redshirted at Sacramento State in 2012 and scored five touchdowns in 2013. Then he gambled on himself by giving up his scholarship in hopes of landing at a top-tier school as a stepping stone to the NFL. Paying his own way at City College of San Francisco, he caught 40 balls and scored four times to open the eyes of recruiters.
"Cole is a really determined person, and he told us this is what was going to happen," his mom said. "To see that despite the fact that his dreams were something that were difficult to achieve? He just kept plugging at it. He has this strong sense of himself, strong confidence in his skill, and he has a tremendous work ethic. To see that no matter what's happened, he's persevered and has completely met every challenge that's been placed in front of him, and to see your child actually attaining a goal they set for themselves through hard work is, I think, one of the most gratifying things you could have happen as a parent."
Bucky Hodges, Virginia Tech (6-6, 245): Junior. Hodges was a model of consistency during his three seasons. He caught 45 passes for 526 yards (11.7 average) and seven touchdowns as a freshman, 40 passes for 530 yards (13.3) and six touchdowns as a sophomore and 48 passes for 691 yards (14.4) and seven touchdowns as a junor. That gave him a three-year total of 133 catches, 1,747 yards and 20 touchdowns. He earned all-ACC honors all three seasons. Not bad for the school's four-star quarterback recruit. "He brings some tremendous athletic ability to the spot," a coach said at the time. "His ability to run and catch was way beyond what we thought it was going to be. We knew he had great ball skills, going back to when he was a basketball player. He has some great hand-eye coordination. We like that."
The Hokies used him in a variety of roles this past season, which meant various types of offseason workouts to get ready. "It was a challenge this summer. With workouts, I'd run with the receivers and I'd lift (weights) with tight ends and linemen, but I feel like I can do anything that coach asks me to."
O.J. Howard, Alabama (6-6, 249): Howard was an All-American on the field and was one of 10 finalists for the prestigious Senior CLASS Award off the field.
As a senior, he caught 45 passes for 595 yards (13.2 average) and three touchdowns, and was one of three finalists for the John Mackey Award, which goes to the nation's top tight end. He burst onto the national scene in the 2015 National Championship Game against Clemson, when he caught five passes for 208 yards and two touchdowns to earn MVP honors. That gave him junior-year totals of 38 receptions for 602 yards (15.8) and two scores. In four seasons, he caught 114 passes for 1,726 yards and seven touchdowns. Really, the only team capable of shutting down Howard was the Alabama coaching staff. "All the teams, they always refer to me being underutilized in college a little bit, but you could be a guy in the NFL that can probably be a difference-maker for some teams," Howard said at the Senior Bowl. "They think I have some good talent and good speed. And that's just some of the feedback I get from every team when we first start talking."
Howard attended Autauga (Ala.) Academy. As a sophomore, he had committed to play for Alabama. The star athlete, however, wasn't allowed to take a white girl to prom. Wrote Joseph Goodman of AL.com: "A community once divided for generations rallied around the Howards and defeated that racism. Long before he was an MVP in the 2016 national championship, O.J. was a hero back home."
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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-1287?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13153991#comment-13153991 ] Jason Smith commented on COUCHDB-1287: -------------------------------------- I hope outside observers would see a spirited debate, neither nasty nor personal. Benoit, I have no -1 veto power. However I hope to hear a response to my critique: special-case "dropbox" handling must be sprinkled all over the code base. We cannot prove that this feature is 100% secure; we can only make as many unit tests as possible, to be reasonably confident. Authorization should not be decided at the HTTP level; however, in the current code base, that is the only choke-point. Once you couch_db:open(), there are two problems: 1. Read and write access is unrestricted 2. Subsequent code has lost the Req object, so there is no context to decide yes/no > Inbox Database ("write-only" mode) > ---------------------------------- > > Key: COUCHDB-1287 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-1287 > Project: CouchDB > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: HTTP Interface > Affects Versions: 1.2 > Reporter: Jason Smith > Priority: Minor > Attachments: 0001-handle-dropbox-db.-Add-dropbox-true-to-security-obje.patch, 0001-handle-dropbox-db.-Add-dropbox-true-to-security-obje.patch, A_0001-Refactor-reader_acl-test-functions-into-a-loop.patch, A_0002-Refactor-the-actual-read-check-out-of-the-member-che.patch, A_0003-Allow-non-member-writes-if-_security.members.allow_a.patch, B_0001-Refactor-reader_acl-test-functions-into-a-loop.patch, B_0002-Refactor-the-actual-read-check-out-of-the-member-che.patch, B_0003-Allow-non-member-updates-if-_security.members.allow_.patch > > > Currently, we can only grant combined read+write access in the _security object "members" section. A user can either do both or neither. This prevents a very common requirement for couch apps: sending private information from less-privileged users to more-privileged users. > There is no (reasonable) way to make an "inbox" where anybody may create a doc for me, but only I may read it. An inbox database allows user-to-user, or user-to-admin private messages. (Not only chat messages, but asynchronous notifications--with a per-user inbox, perhaps even service requests and responses.) > There is no reason _security.members (formerly .readers) should control write access. validate_doc_update() functions do this better. > I propose a boolean flag, _security.members.allow_anonymous_writes. If it is true, then CouchDB will allow document updates from non-members, giving validate_doc_update() the final word on accepting or rejecting the update. > Requirements: > 1. Everything about _security stays the same (backward-compatible) > 2. If members.allow_anonymous_writes === true, then most PUT and POSTs may proceed > 3. All updates are still subject to approval by all validate_doc_update functions, same as before. > These are the known changes to the security model. I consider these all to be either very unlikely in practice, or worth the trade-off. > * If you write to an inbox DB, you know, for a time, a subset of its documents (but that's the point) > * An _update function could reveal a document to the user, with or without changing it. However, an admin must install such a misguided update function. > * You can launch timing attacks to learn information about validate_doc_update > * You might discover whether doc IDs exist in the DB or not > * You might discover a well-known open source validation function. You can look for bugs in its source code. > * Zero or more things which Jason can't think of -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
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By TIM FONTENAULT
In the sweltering heat of Recife, holding on to a 1-0 lead over Greece in the 66th minute of the World Cup Round of 16, Costa Rica's Oscar Duarte was sent off, leaving his team to play with 10 men.
It cost them late in the second half, when Greece's Sokratis Papastathopoulos scored the latest equalizing goal in a knockout stage match in World Cup history. After that, however, Costa Rica's will prevailed.
Greece pressed harder and harder the farther along the match went, all the way through the 30 minutes of extra time. There was no putting one past Costa Rica, however, as the Central American club advances to the World Cup Quarterfinals for the first time ever with a 5-3 victory in a penalty kick shootout.
In terms of excitement, there was none, and the scoring opportunities were few and far between for both sides.
It took 52 minutes, but Costa Rica captain Bryan Ruiz finally gave Costa Rica the lead. Christian Bolaños made a run down the left wing, pulled the ball back and played it towards the top of the box for Ruiz. Off balance, Ruiz swung at the ball without taking a touch and tucked it into the bottom-right corner. The quick decision stunned Greece's defense, particularly goalkeeper Orestis Karnezis, who had committed to defending the left post. He did not make an attempt at scrambling to Ruiz's shot.
That was Costa Rica's lone shot on goal throughout the 120 minutes. Most of the time, Costa Rica was on its heels in the defensive third, trying to defend as Greece advanced in numbers. The European side controlled 60 percent of the possession and put eight of its 23 shots on goal.
Defending against Greece's numbers became difficult because of Duarte's red card. Already on a yellow card, he stepped wildly at José Holebas, completely missing a ball he never had a chance at getting.
After that, it was up to Keylor Navas to stop Greece's constant attacks. He was up to the task, even in the 91st minute, when he stopped Theofanis Gekas' point-blank effort. Unfortunately for Costa Rica's star goalkeeper, no one was in the vicinity of Sokratis, who put the rebound over Navas, who tried to recover after making the initial save.
Greece continued to press forward in extra time, but only got one noteworthy chance. Breaking out on a counter attack, Greece found itself in a five-on-two opportunity in the 113th minute. With better options available, the ball ended up on the right side of the box with Lazaros Christodoulopoulos, who shot the ball right at Navas.
In the shootout, no one looked likely to miss, even with Navas and Karnezis guessing the correct direction more often than not. With Costa Rica up 4-3 in the fourth round, Navas became the hero, diving to his right to stop Gekas' effort. That gave Costa Rica defender Míchael Umaña the chance to step up and win the match, firing Los Ticos into the Quarterfinals with a powerful shot that Karnezis guessed correctly on, but had no chance of stopping.
Costa Rica will now play the Netherlands, the Group B winners who prevented an all-CONCACAF quarterfinal with their late victory over Mexico earlier in the day.
Go Ticos Go! I'd like for us to meet them in the semis 🙂
Thank god we don't have to see Greece play again!
Costa Rica's employment of the high line/offside trap has been masterful so it'll be great to see how Robben and company get through it.
They are going to have trouble with Netherlands after going 120+ minutes, half of it being down a man. Hopefully, they can rest up and give them a game.
fantastic accomplishment! congrats to the ticos!
Would love to see the Ticos entire team including the subs at the first contact of any player by a dutch player all go down holding thier legs, faces, or whatever and roll around.
But Joel Campbell is the biggest flopper of the fish
Mmm, this is a major glass-houses-throwing-stones situation.
Paul Pierson
Really? you must have never seen Landon Donovan play…he yells, cries and rolls at any touch (learned well from the master while training with Bayern Munich) Plus, he hasn't dived once in this EC. Must still be sore from that game in CR like the ticos are from the snow game.
Lessons the USMNT should learn from their games and others this tourney going forward:
Play all 90 to the final whistle!
Don't change to defensive strategy with a 1-0 lead!
Don't give them time to line up and pass or shoot!
Lift corners above heads when you have a height advantage!
They will flop in the penalty area especially on late challenges!
You have to beat all the people on the field not wearing your uniform – all 14 of them!
It won't go in if it's not on frame – make the keeper stop it!
Play all 90 to the final whistle!!!!!
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Disagree with the article line: "Most of the time, Costa Rica was on its heels in the defensive third, trying to defend as Greece advanced in numbers." That was becoming true _after_ the Ticos went up 1-0, and then especially after they went down to 10 men. But for the first hour CR was pressing forward and just couldn't make the final pass or tried too many 1-on-3 moves against the Greek defensive wall. In any case, I'm happy to see the joy-killing Greece style out, but mainly glad the CONCACAF Ticos advanced! True grit, and heroic keeper play, to get the match to penalties playing with 10 men for the final hour.
Paul Pierson
Very true, plus when CR was up 1-0 they had a clear penalty stolen from them; no not a foul call… a defender deflecting the ball out of a forwards path through his version of the hand of God… Fifa's Australian ref not too good I would have to say….
Other Jim
Got back to home my home in Costa Rica just in time to see the match, and incredible and historic victory for an under-manned team! And my little beach town went wild! I'm very proud of my adopted country and would like to repeat what the Costa Rican coach said just before the World Cup began: "We will show them we can play."
After the late equalizer goal, Greece has a good chance to give the final touch but they are little bit behind Costa Rica in the penalty shootout where Greece goal kipper was not able to defend a single goal for his side.


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Greg Foran, president and CEO of Wal-Mart's China operations, said in a written statement that the company stands by its earlier forecast that it will open 100 new stores in China over a three-year period.
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Reports surfaced earlier that Wal-Mart was closing stores in China and might be pulling back amid pullbacks by other foreign retailers.
Home improvement and building materials chain Home Depot (HD), for example, said last year it planned to close the seven stores it had in China.
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After its stock hit a more than 20-year high of 77.60 on Oct. 16, Wal-Mart fell 13% to 67.54 on Dec. 28 before turning up.
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The field came up in minutes. Training to weave through obstacles was turning out to be way more useful in this world rather than my homeworld. Pity I would not be able to stay and enjoy the rooftops of the villages.
I hopped the fence of the field and strategically wove to where I saw two lonely figures. The spoiled princess and her knight, no doubt. Maybe he could convince her to leave in front of him? Would he fight against the princesses wishes? If he did it would be a problem, but I hoped he would simply follow her. Why, then the wizard might throw in a bonus. I chuckled. It was a delightful thought.
'Maybe a true one as well...' I thought as I approached the two figures. As luck would have it, they did not notice me. Well, not at first anyway. The knight - Keth in name - turned and almost instantly pulled the princess behind him. Protective like a true knight. Too bad he would be used like one as well.
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She ignored the knight, though. "I thought you said you wouldn't come unless Keth was away or asleep? Are you not a man of your word?" Testing me, huh?
I bowed even more deeply, ignoring the knight's glare. It was obvious her statement had made him angry and suspicious instead of protective. Almost like a mate. It was a laughable thought.
"I apologize, truly, princess," I said as sweet as possible, "I just knew you were planning to leave and didn't want to miss seeing you before you went. I feel horrible for breaking my word, I truly do, but I must try and warn you."
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"I'm sorry, sir knight, but may I at least finish my statement?" I asked kindly.
"Keth, let him talk," the princess said with a sigh. The knight looked annoyed but said nothing further. Of course. How much harm could words bring?
"As I was saying," I said, "I would like if you instead came with me." Keth scowled at the words. But I was not done yet. I still had to make her WANT to come. "I am sure you would find princess life very fun at first.... Until the pressure of the nation presses down on you."
"What do you mean?" She asked. Perfect.
"I mean that once you get comfortable, you will have to start doing your job as princess. The responsibility is a dangerous one and with the wizards on the move once more, who knows what kind of assassins will come." I stopped talking long enough to shrug. "I mean, your knight here lost to one wizard. How could he face two?"
She looked nervous, but the knight put a reasuring hand on her shoulder. Sickening. People should be strong on their own account or die. Oh well, I dared not say anything lest I ruin the plants of doubt finally sprouting in the princess.
"Shut up," the knight said with disgust, "We have knights to protect and a wizard of our own. We will defend her!"
I laughed. Fool man. Even I did not dare to push the wizards too much. "Well, i leave the choice up to you, dear princess. Choose who to go with. I will take you to a safe place where no one will hurt or pressure you." Technically it was not a lie.
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Security was tightened in a Bangladesh southern city on Sunday ahead of the expected execution of a senior Islamist extremist whose group has been linked to the murder of foreign hostages, police said.
Asadul Islam, a leader of the Jamayetul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) who is also known as Arif, is due to hang in Khulna after the Supreme Court upheld his death sentence in August for blasts that killed two lower court judges in 2005.
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Security forces have since launched a deadly crackdown against extremists linked to the attack, shooting dead nearly 40 people including its new leader Tamim Chowdhury, a Canadian citizen of Bangladesh descent.
After the attacks, courts have also fast-tracked prosecution of the Islamists. Scores of them were already facing death sentences.
"The tentative time of his hanging is 4.30pm. We've stepped up security all over the city," Khulna Police Commissioner Nibhas Chandra Majhi told AFP.
Majihi said hundreds of police and the elite Rapid Action Battalion have been deployed in Khulna, the country's third largest city, to prevent any violence.
In August, just weeks after the cafe attack, Bangladesh's highest court led by the chief justice dismissed Arif's final appeal, clearing the way for his execution.
Arif later refused to seek presidential clemency, paving the way for his hanging later on Sunday, said a prison official of the jail where the Islamist was set to be executed.
Six other top officials of the JMB, including its founding leader Shaikh Abdur Rahman, had already been executed in March 2007 for the same case.
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... accurately, alleys, twist & turn every 10 m apparently to fool the pirates. It was quite windy & coolish so we returned to the waterfront & had another drink & a plate of the best fried squid that we have ever tasted. Luckily for us the wi-fi worked well so we all caught up on correspondence etc.
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... of us decided to head back to the ship as the wind was almost intolerable, especially along the coastline as we walked back to the bus terminal. We could have had dinner at a Mykonos restaurant, but decided to return to the ship for wind and chill reasons, also I didn't want my health to deteriorate. Pity that we didn't have longer on this Island which seems to be so beautiful, except for the winds! Better some time than none.
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Release Date: 15th June 2001
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Chinese PMI: is it all so bad?
Weak January Chinese PMI reading was one of the factors triggering risk aversion that pulled the stock markets down from record highs. On Thursday China added to market concerns as the HSBC flash manufacturing PMI fell from 49.5 to 48.3, moving further into the negative zone.
However, the situation may turn to be not so dramatic as it seems now. The February data may not be that reliable due to the Lunar New Year holiday, so the recent weakness in market sentiment may only be short-term. In the recent weeks Chinese data has been trending higher and it could become a risk-positive factor if continued. What's more, the link between the weak China data and the emerging markets seems to be breaking down.
Watch the official PMI manufacturing index on March 1 (Saturday). The figure is expected to hold above the 50 mark (Jan.: 50.5, forecast: 50.2). In this case the commodity currencies could extend their march higher.


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Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Roll out the puff pastry dough on a lightly floured surface to form a rectangle less than 1/4-inch thick. Place on top of a cookie sheet, lined with parchment paper. Brush dough with egg wash. Bake for 10 minutes.
Cover baked dough with pesto. Add sliced tomatoes and mozzarella on top. Bake for another 5 minutes or until cheese melts.
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prologue: The Story So Far
Chapter 1: The Mother Road
Chapter 2: A Stage is All the World
Chapter 3: Midwest State of Mind
Chapter 4: Magic Shows and Golden Roads
Chapter 5: East Coast Spirit Quest
Chapter 6: Eurotrash Rides Again
epilogue: On With The Story
A world so circumscribed. Framed, limited, contained, complete unto itself. "The Things They Carried." Only the bike, the riding clothes, the luggage. Nothing else matters except the phone call home.
Lerxst is my oldest and dearest friend. He's the funniest man I've ever met in my life, and I don't expect to meet a funnier person, ever.
He's an incredibly emotional guy, so he can be rational one second, and the next minute he can be completely irrational. He's very sharp, in a very scientific way. As a player, he's not a kind of methodical player, he's a very instinctive player. He can write things without thinking about them.
Well, Geddy, like all of us, is a loveable mass of contradictions. We can all be as goofy as can be, and we can be serious and get down to it. Geddy, particularly, when he's constructing arrangements or working on vocal parts, he enters that narrow zone of concentration, but at the same time he's crazy for sports, for baseball, but we share so many interests in art, and literature. Even birdwatching, the two of us can talk about from time to time. All of us have these broad-ranging interests and facets to our personalities, that in the case of the three of us, at least, just happened to mesh so well. We entertain each other, we stimulate each other, and more than that, the work actually gets done, by the combination of methods that we all have.
The nature of Rush has always been musicianship first. It just has. We always tried to be the best musicians we could, and tried to challenge each other, and I don't think that's really changed. I mean, a lot has changed-obviously we've become much better songwriters and song arrangers and producers, and all those things have taken a more and more important role through the years. So that shows your growth, and your expanding. But at the core of it, we love to play, and we love to play well.
I expect myself to play well, and I expect myself to play better, and to do something better than I did last time. And that is a natural part of Rush. It's a natural thing that Alex, Neil, and I share. We want to do things better-that's what drives us. That's what's always driven us.
Listen, we're musicians. It's not really that noble of a pursuit. So if you can do something that touches someone like that, it's pretty mind-boggling to me.
Q: What did the drummer get on his IQ test?
A: Drool.
Q: How can you tell if the stage is level?
A: The drool comes out of both sides of the drummer's mouth.
Q: What is the difference between a drummer and a savings bond?
A: One will mature and make money.
How To Stay Young
1/ Avoid fried meats which angry up the blood.
2/ If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts.
3/ Keep the juices flowing by jangling around gently as you move.
4/ Go very light on the vices, such as carrying on in society. The social ramble ain't restful.
5/ Avoid running at all times.
6/ Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you.
-Leroy Satchel Paige
And about those who bewail the loss of "regionalism" in America. Whether or not it's worth regretting, it's definitely still there-if those armchair anthropologists would get off the interstate! Away from the cities and beltways, away from the suits and logos and trailer-trash TV talk shows, there are still a million pockets of "Americana" out there, small town gas stations and diners where you will meet hillbillies, aristocratic southerners, weathered ranchers, overalled farmers, solitary fishermen, burly loggers, apple-cheeked grandmothers, and friendly, decent folks. And a million landscapes, from snowy mountains and starkly majestic deserts, to white picket fences and maple trees on Main Street.
Consider Roy's Motel on Route 66 in Amboy, California, the Queen's Kitchen in Fairview, Oklahoma, the Wheatleigh Inn in Lenox, Massachusetts, the Hammond Family Restaurant in Madison, Indiana, the Cowboy Cafe in Tilden, Texas, and "La Maison de Saucisse de Lac Artur," in Louisiana's Cajun country. All part of the Great American Theme Park.
Monday, May 24, 2004
Different kind of pain today, after almost two months of hard playing-not pain of abuse, but just exertion.
Still, it's pain!
And even after a day off. Though I played hard Friday night, knowing there were only two rehearsals left. And still some nagging technical problems-triggers, internal balances, monitors. Playing well, though, that's the main thing.
Book sent off yesterday, after page proofs filled with pink Post-its. Tired eyes.
First show last night went pretty well. One minor train wreck in "Earthshine," not sure whose fault it was, and maybe don't want to know! We'll sort that out tomorrow. Otherwise, went very well, everything seemed to work, including me.
Best Western, right by the interstate, and conveniently next door to the Cracker Barrel (ha ha). First long "free" ride today, rambling around back roads and not knowing where we were going to end up, and mostly on two-lanes. Very nice, even slowing down through towns and all that is just part of the rhythm.
The major flaw in this plan to document the tour is that life is so full there's no time to document it. Thinking yesterday about conversations with people in passing-crew members, drivers, and strangers-that would be worth writing down, worth making part of the real-life touring story, but no time to do that. By the time you get there and look after the bike, look after yourself, and look after the drums, and do the job and get on the bus and recover, it's about all you can do.
Great ride today. Threatened rain all day, but didn't happen until .. . right now!-just as we checked into the Days Inn in Elkins, West Virginia. Riding across minor roads through Virginia and West Virginia, we managed to avoid pretty much any hint of Memorial Day throngs. Combination of maps and the newly christened [by me] Doofus, the GPS unit, with its virtues and its . . . flaws.
Beautiful winding up to the Virginia-West Virginia border, a river flowing alongside that I remember, in the other direction, last tour, stopping somewhere along there, just as we did today, for a (ahem) water-making and smoke-taking session.
Twenty-five hundred kays on the new bike at this point, and I can feel the engine starting to loosen up, and the whole thing just working together as a unit. Comfortable and fast and great handling, on a lot of winding roads today-most of the way, in fact. Very few straight stretches, now that I think about it, and so green, too. Once again, that contrast to "western eyes," I guess it must be-not something that I used to notice on bicycle or motorcycle, but riding through those lush green forests, everything at this time of year is so green, before any flowers or blossoms and such have appeared. Just one solid mass of dense, green foliage.
The show last night so nearly perfect, really, already felt that autopilot mentality, the pleasant flow of things coming out of me without having to ... be provoked.
Especially the drum solo, finally got everything I wanted in there, in terms of elements and transitions, each of them very spirited, and free-spirited-truly improvised. What I've been trying to get into the waltz section, of interposing the odd times over it, I managed to get a really nice pattern of seven going over the three, and now it's time for five. And the four over three too-got it perfectly together. The whole solo, the big band section and everything, was what I had wanted it to be for the last seven weeks or so.
And then I get to the very climax of the "One O'clock Jump" bit and hit that sample, and ... it doesn't go!
And I hit it again, and it still doesn't go.
Not knowing what else to do, I just played on to it in my mind, I guess you'd say, and played through the drum part, climaxed with it, and-poof.
Disappointing. Poor Gump, I felt worse for him, he took it harder than I did, I think, but I was certainly disappointed in that major flaw in the show, and of all the samples not to work in the course of a whole show, that's probably one of the worst. [Just as Alex and Geddy were starting "Resist," on quiet acoustic guitars, the sample finally triggered, too late and too loud, blaring through the monitors as Gump scrambled to shut it off.]
Strange this ongoing sampling problem that never occurred once last tour-not once. Makes me wonder where the loophole is. It's making Gump crazy, and me, I guess, uneasy, not being able to trust, the way we could last tour, that things would simply work.
So difficult to get a real sense of the weather we're in for right now. On-line weather reports look like they're going to be the only answer, now that local cable is disappearing. Satellite feeds only have the national picture, one major city at a time, which doesn't really help. We need to know what we're in for weather-wise in terms of the distance we can do, plus also, crucially, in terms of wardrobe!
So that's been puzzling, spending so much time watching unimportant weather news, just trying to glean the few details that will be helpful. By the national forecast, we were supposed to be under a huge blanket of rain in this part of the country, and wore our rainsuits all day. But in reality, we wouldn't have needed them until ... now! When we're here!
Oh yes-the pain this morning, after two difficult shows in a row, and some long bike rides too. But it's definitely the drumming that kills. Start off the day with two multivitamins and two vitamin B (for Bufferins), and they really do work, I've noticed in the last two days, having compared Advil the first couple of days, where it seemed to lessen the pain, but Bufferins-here comes the commercial! - seem to obliterate it. So I didn't think about physical stiffness or aches and pains, for the whole day on the bike yesterday and today.
So ... there's a testimonial. [Where's my money?]
That ongoing, craving sense of - I don't know, must be some sense of discontent and rootlessness, that "I want, I want," and trying to make it good or something. Okay, have a drink, have a smoke, have a sandwich, and now what? Some potato chips. Okay, I used to like them
on the bus. Some peanuts, I used to like them on the bus.
[With all the sweat that poured out of me in concerts, I always craved salty snacks.]
Couldn't even play music that first drive, with the ridiculously complicated "entertainment system" that even Dave didn't know how to work. [Not having driven that particular bus before, Dave called the shop to find out how we could do a simple thing like play some music, and when he complained that it was "too technical," one of the guys there said, "Hey, entertainers like technical." The plainspoken Dave replied, in two distinct syllables, "Bull . . . Shit."]
So I automatically felt that ... desperation for diversion, I guess, or entertainment, or "Now what?" Again, something to get excited about.
That road mentality, The Vortex, certainly contributes to people's problems in dealing with the .. . less agreeable diversions.
Last night we finally got the stereo working, the five-channel setting seems to be the only way the unit operates. Actually sounds really good, listening to Patsy Cline and Jeff Buckley up really loud, and Porcupine Tree, too.
Slept on the bus last night just outside Charlottesville [Virginia], to set us up for a little road that would go by Monticello [Thomas Jefferson's residence, which I had always wanted to visit]. On a Sunday morning, though, it was jam-packed, and the place itself wasn't visible from the parking lot or the road, so we kept going.
But some wonderful roads from then on, combined with my mapped route and the ability Doofus has to find roads that aren't numbered on the map sometimes, or twists and turns that aren't adequately signed. That's certainly been one of the strengths of the Doof. [Though the CPS unit did direct us to turn up some farmer's driveway, and to turn left in the middle of a bridge-hence, "Doofus."]
June 4,2004
Just had to look up the date in the itinerary (unaccountably, I did know it was Thursday) .
Limestone outcrops through Kentucky, I think, like Tennessee, though I remember granite somewhere-maybe in West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
Breakfast at Hammond's Family Restaurant, a truly classic diner, where Brutus and I stopped in '96 or '97-probably on our way up from Lexington to Indy. Kind of place the same people, mostly men, come to every day. Two hefty daughters cooking and serving, one small grill. Jerry Springer on TV.
Antique Mason jars, painted metal ads for "Bambino" cola ("It's a hit!"), yet the Babe also touts Red Rock Cola, "It's the finest cola drink I've ever tasted."
Ted Williams says, "Make mine Moxie!"
Well, again, so much gets away in the course of the passing days, so much going on there's no time to actually record it. That is a shame, as there is much worth recounting and trying to distill down to essences that a reader could understand and maybe relate to.
Anyway, a day of strange adventures. Meeting Tom Marinelli in Ann Arbor this morning, riding down to Auburn to the AuburnCord-Duesenberg museum on a hot day, and a pretty elaborate route of thin red lines and gray-line-type roads [on the Rand McNally maps]. Those are definitely preferable, especially in the populous East.
When we did accidentally get onto a "thick" red road, I think Highway 12, thanks to Doofus and his "friend" [Michael], it was just wall-to-wall trucks, avoiding the toll-paying Ohio Turnpike. [Actually overloaded trucks avoiding the scales, according to Dave.]
So that was unpleasant, and a good lesson learned. As it was when we almost ran out of gas.
We got back on the original plan of gray roads and thin red lines, and had some really nice riding through farmland and small towns. Not that exciting, but always enjoyable, especially when you contrast all the other kinds of riding, in the mountains, along rivers, in the West, it makes a pleasant change.
A few Amish communities again today, buggies going down the road-in western Ohio, I guess that would be, not too far from where we crossed from Indiana.
Then, after 434 kays [286 miles], we arrived here-Port Clinton, Ohio, is where "here" actually is-but a little beyond here, to the ferry dock, just as a giant thunderstorm was looming toward us, and just as the ferry was leaving. The dock workers said even the next ferry might not carry us, if the lake was too rough, and in any case, they could only take two bikes at a time because of their limited chocks and tie-downs.
Seeing the weather coming, I said, "It's going to get real bad pretty soon, let's just stay here."
So we turned around and raced back to the Holiday Inn Express, and once again, almost unbelievably story-like, arriving just as the storm broke above us, blowing in horizontally. Sheets of rain, literally, against the windows. Big potted plants below me, heavy clay pots, blown over.
Tom was concerned about which way to park his bike so it wouldn't be blown over. I knew it wouldn't get that serious, as a typical East-Coast Great Lakes thunderstorm, but still, it was as serious as they get, as brief as it lasted. The power flashed out at the hotel on our way up, just before taking the elevator. Yikes!
Plenty of drama of different sorts today, but altogether a rich, rewarding, and well-spent day. Also another 90 degree one.
Note how loud the background vocals [crowd] were last night for "Heart Full of Soul." Seems to be an audience-participation act that's catching on more and more night by night.
It's a cool one!
[That was the last time I felt moved to use that tape recorder. From then on I stayed with written notes in my journal, proving that I really do prefer writing to talking-even to myself!]
Analytic philosophy does not only develop the intellectual conscience, train the mind, and combine subtlety with scrupulous precision; above all, it teaches people to think critically and makes them instinctively anti-authoritarian. There is something democratic in this way of thinking: a proposition is a proposition, whether written by a student, a professor, or a Plato; the laws of logic are no respecters of persons.
Signer for the hearing impaired, a light on her as she dances and gestures the lyrics.
Biker couple, man with beard and T-shirt from the band Alabama, woman with West Coast Choppers T-shirt. Both of them extra large, and older, maybe contest winners-seem kind of mystified, but having a nice time! Smiling along.
Many different vintage Rush shirts every night, and homemade ones: "GOT RUSH?" and "STICK PLEASE."
Gump in bad back pain.
Cracked 18-inch cymbal at beginning.
Crowd singing along with "YYZ," ala Brazil.
I might take a train, I might take a plane
But if I have to walk, I'm going just the same
I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come
They got some crazy little women there, and I'm going to get me one
Carrying on, but deeply fatigued. Every millisecond of performance evaluated, weighing too much. And yet, the whole thing is elevated now, among the three of us, to such an intricate, interactive communication, millisecond by millisecond, that it's inevitable the self-criticism is also going to operate at that rarefied level. Only way it can be.
Incredible, really, objectively speaking, what we pull off night after night. Thinking of it tonight, looking at "recidivist" people in audience, show after show, tour after tour.
But I get it.
If you can do it (how do they?), it's probably a "repeatable" experience.
But I just want to go home!


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Mujeres Valientes Group
Santaní, Paraguay / Beauty Salon
Mujeres Valientes Group's story
This committee, called "Valiant Women," is currently in its first loan cycle. It is composed of 20 married women, all of whom are independent and enterprising. These married women are very confident that they can continue to grow with the help offered by Fundacion Paraguaya through its program.
Fatima is a very beautiful married woman who operates a beauty shop in her own home. She has a well-established clientele, thanks to her good work. Fatima comments that with great sacrifice, her business has been growing little by little and improving daily.
Fatima is requesting this loan to be able to supply her beauty parlor with tints, creams, shampoo, rinses and other items, and in this manner, to be able to continue working as she has been doing.
In this group: Lida, Fatima, Denice, Rosalba, Fidelina, Ana, Eugenia, Norma, Miguela, Lisa, Tania, Maria, Marisol, Felisa, Lisett, Cyntia, Hilda, Maria*, Liz*, Bacilisa
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About Fundación Paraguaya:
Fundación Paraguaya is a financially self-sustaining social enterprise that promotes entrepreneurship in urban and rural areas through microfinance, education programs, and more. Its focus on agriculture has helped many farmers boost their crop yields. And a number of other borrowers have taken out loans to start and grow social businesses that have helped deliver eyeglasses, medicines and other helpful services in their local communities.
A portion of Mujeres Valientes Group's $3,450 loan helps a member purchase hair coloring, creams, shampoo, rinses and other beauty salon products.


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Over the past two years, DeAndre Ayton has been touted as arguably the top overall prospect in high school basketball.
There's stiff competition for that billing and after a so-so summer, Ayton, a 7-foot center prospect out of Phoenix (Ariz.) Hillcrest, raised his play, improved his game and proved himself as the top prospect in 2017 and likely in all of high school ball.
Ayton, who transferred from San Diego (Calif.) Balboa Prep in the fall, has all the physical gifts for an elite center. He has tremendous size, a ridiculous basketball frame with wide shoulders and lengthy arms, plus the athleticism and mobility that you rarely find in a post player of his size.
In multiple viewings this season, Ayton has showed impressive offensive tools. He has good hands, quality touch around the goal and now has added the ability to face up and make jump shots from not only mid-range, but also out to the three-point stripe. When motivated and playing hard, he gets to shots and has the ability to control the backboard from a rebounding standpoint.
There's still a ways to go and plenty of ways he can improve, including playing hard on a consistent basis, but this is a special prospect and was the easy call for No. 1 in 2017 at this stage.
Next Tier
Although Ayton held on to the No. 1 ranking with relative ease, Mohamed Bamba opened up some eyes during his junior season.
Much like Ayton, Bamba has a ridiculous physical makeup with a 9-foot-6 standing reach and a 7-foot-8 wingspan. He's mobile, athletic and reacts quickly to plays. Defensively, he's an elite shot blocker with very good timing and despite his lack of strength rebounds well.
Offensively, he has very good hands and touch. He can make hooks shots, will run the floor looking to easy buckets in transition and is always a threat to catch an oop because of his size, length and athletic ability around the basket.
One noticeable improvement for Bamba has been his motor. This past spring and at times during the summer Bamba would wow you with a play and then go through the motions for half a game. It appears he's gotten that out of his system and is playing significant harder.
Just after Bamba at No. 3 is Wendell Carter, a 6-foot-10, 240-pound post player that has drawn comparisons to a young Jahlil Okafor.
Like Okafor, Carter is an efficient scorer on the block. He has strong body that allows him to carve out good, low post position. He's equipped with a host of post moves and is a very good finisher around the basket. Carter, of Atlanta (Ga.) Pace Academy, is also a very good area rebounder that competes and doesn't mind physical play.
Carter was the starting center for USA at the FIBA Americas U16 Championships, where he averaged 13.6 points and 8.8 rebounds a game.
Other Ranking Notes
- Trevon Duval and Michael Porter round the 2017 top five. Although there was shifts and movements in the top five, it consists of the same top five from our post-July 2017 rankings.
- There are three newcomers to the updated top 10. Ikey Obiagu checks in at No. 7. He moves up from No. 11. Hamidou Diallo, who was No. 15 last update, moves up to No. 9. Jeremiah Tilmon jumped from No. 17 up to No. 10.
- The biggest mover on this list is Deng Gak, who went from unranked up to No. 31 overall. Gak, a 6-foot-10 versatile post player, moved to the United States from Australia in the fall.
- There are 18 newcomers to the 2017 rankings. The new names on the list are Gak, David Nickelberry, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Collin Sexton, Brandon Randolph, D'shawn Schwartz, Andre Rafus, Kodye Pugh, Lindell Wiggington, Tristan Clark, Tyler Polley, Chris Duarte, Kellan Grady, Jemarl Baker, Christian David, Jordan Schakel, Alfred Hollins and Kezie Okpala.
- Based on where the players attend high school, California has the most prospects on this with 10. Georgia finished with the second most at nine, while Florida landed eight prospects and Indiana landed seven on the updated list.
- The updated 2017 top 100 consists of 17 committed prospects. Auburn and UCLA are the only two schools with multiple pledges. Auburn has commitments from five-star big man Austin Wiley and four-star guard Davion Mitchell, while UCLA holds pledges from Jaylen Hands and Jalen Hill. CLICK HERE FOR UPDATED 2017 TOP 100


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Do you or does someone you know like to bet on games of chance? Here are ten signs and indicators to help you detect when gambling is becoming a problem.
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