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> Mark Woodward schrieb: > ... >> Unless you can tell me how to insert live data and indexes to a cluster >> without having to reload the data and recreate the indexes, then I >> hardly >> think I am "misinformed." The ad hominem attack wasn't nessisary. > > I see you had a usecase for something like pg_diff and pg_patch ;) > ... >> If no one sees a way to manage multiple physical database clusters as >> one >> logical cluster as something worth doing, then so be it. I have a >> practical example of a valid reason how this would make PostgreSQL >> easier >> to work with. Yes there are work arounds. Yes it is not currently >> unworkable. > > I dont see your problem, really ;) > > 1) if you have very big and very workloaded databases, you often have > them on different physically boxes anyway > 2) you can run any number of postmasters on the same box - just put > them to listen on different ip:port. > > Now to the management - you say cddb and geodb are managed off host. > So they are not managed on the life server and so you dont need to > switch your psql console to them. > > And yeah, its really not a problem, to quit psql and connect > to a different server anyway :-) > > If you dont like to type -p otherport, you can either create > aliases with all the arguments or use something like pgadmin3 > which enables you to easy switch from database to database, > from host to host as you like. > > Now is there any usecase I have missed which you still would > like to have addressed? I don't, as it happens, have these databases on different machines, but come to think about it, maybe it doesn't matter. The "port" aspect is troubling, it isn't really self documenting. The application isn't psql, the applications are custom code written in PHP and C/C++. Like I said, in this thread of posts, yes there are ways of doing this, and I've been doing it for years. It is just one of the rough eges that I think could be smoother. (in php) pg_connect("dbname=geo host=dbserver"); Could connect and query the dbserver, if the db is not on it, connect to a database of known servers, find geo, and use that information to connect. It sounds like a simple thing, for sure, but to be useful, there needs to be buy in from the group otherwise it is just some esoteric hack. The point is, that I have been working with this sort of "use case" for a number of years, and being able to represent multiple physical databases as one logical db server would make life easier. It was a brainstorm I had while I was setting this sort of system for the [n]th time. For my part, I have tried to maintain my own change list for PostgreSQL in the past, but it is a pain. The main source changes too frequently to keep up and in the end is just another project to maintain. Using the "/etc/hosts" file or DNS to maintain host locations for is a fairly common and well known practice, but there is no such mechanism for "ports." The problem now becomes a code issue, not a system administration issue. If one writes the code to their website to use a generic host name, say, "dbserver," then one can easily test system changes locally and push the code to a live site. The only difference is the host name. When a port is involved, there is no systemic way to represent that to the operating system, and must therefor be part of the code. As part of the code, it must reside in a place where code has access, and must NOT be pushed with the rest of the site. Having some mechanism to deal with this would be cleaner IMHO.
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At Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:35:57 -0600, "Grant Rettke" wrote: > On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 7:57 AM, Matthew Flatt <mflatt at cs.utah.edu> wrote: > > At Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:28:16 -0500, Abdulaziz Ghuloum wrote: > >> This is what I'd thought would happen; ditch the (rnrs mutable-pairs) > >> library for the sake of (1) more interoperability with the PLT modules, > >> (2) more encouragement for people, even outside of PLT, to get rid of > >> set-car! and set-cdr! in their code (which should be easy according to > >> Matthews's blog), and (3) going through less hassle implementing what > >> is effectively a parallel universe just for mutable pairs. > >> > >> So, I was surprised when I saw that Matthew picked interoperability > >> with code that uses set-car!/set-cdr! (very little importance IMHO) > >> over interoperability with the rest of the PLT code base. > > > > I imagined that users would be too unhappy with that level of > > non-conformance, but it sounds like I may have been wrong. > > > > Does anyone here want PLT Scheme's R6RS support to include `(rnrs > > mutable-pairs)'? > > Yes. > > While I can't claim any Scheme implementation (#3) or programming > language design experience (#2) when it comes to this topic, it does > seem pretty clear to me that taking this step would create a marketing > nightmare for PLT. Well, the Scheme community being what it is, most any significant action creates PR and diplomacy problems. We can deal with them, though, if the action is otherwise useful enough. So, to help gauge usefulness for this potential action, I'll revise the question: Does anyone actually use (and expect to continue to use) the `(rnrs mutable-pairs)' library in PLT Scheme's R6RS? Thanks, Matthew
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LOS ANGELES, California- AUGUST 27: Abner Mares of Hawaiian Gardens, California throws a left hand against opponent Carlos Fulgencio of Santo Domingo, DR on August 27, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. Mares defeated Fugencio by knockout. (Photo by Jacob de Golish/Getty Images)
Today, the May Day undercard fighters took center stage in Las Vegas, as they held their public workouts, as well as their final pre-fight press conference. Right here, we have a huge photo gallery from the events, along with more details. Take a look as Abner Mares, Daniel Ponce de Leon, Leo Santa Cruz and his opponent Alexander Munoz, and Gabriel Rosado and J'Leon Love all took their turns first in the ring, and then in front of the podium. It's a pretty solid undercard, especially with the fantastic co-feature of Ponce de Leon vs. Abner Mares. With Rosado vs. Love, that's an intriguing fight at 154 lbs, and these two guys aren't shy about sharing their opinions of the other, and they won't be shy in the ring throwing leather either. And then Leo Santa Cruz is always just a fun fighter to watch. On Friday afternoon, it's weigh-in time for all of the fighters, including Floyd Mayweather and Robert Guerrero. Be sure to check back with us then for the full weigh-in cov...
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Her daughter, Laura De Gois, successfully applied in August to have a new will made. The will left Mrs Korp's estimated $475,220 estate in trust for her children, Ms De Gois, 26, and her son, 11.
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Leave it to Bob Lutz to say what his former employer can't.
The retired General Motors vice chairman this week used a blog post to lambaste a few fellow conservatives for their treatment of the investigation into post-crash-test fires in two Chevrolet Volt batteries.
The government's investigation wrapped up last month with an endorsement of the car's safety and GM's plan to retrofit Volts to prevent conditions that caused the fires.
Last week, starting with Fox News, GM ran a TV commercial shot in Hamtramck, Mich., that says the locally assembled Volt is "the car America had to build."
In his inaugural blog post for Forbes magazine, Lutz went further.
He said conservative talk shows including The Rush Limbaugh Show and The O'Reilly Factor played loose with the facts to damage the reputation of the Obama administration, which oversaw GM's 2009 bankruptcy restructuring and advocates for electric vehicles.
The federal government still owns 26% of GM.
Lutz spoke Tuesday with the Detroit Free Press, via phone.
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QUESTION: What's your main issue with news coverage of the Volt -- and who do you think is at fault?
ANSWER: The worst one was O'Reilly and Lou Dobbs on the O'Reilly show: My biggest issue is that the impression was created with the American public that all or most Volts catch fire. And I've even had people in the industry who should know better who said to me, "Gee, how bad is this Volt thing? Are they all affected?" ... This is a case where distorted coverage by the media left the American public with a set of beliefs that don't correspond to reality, and to me that's not the job of the media. That's the job of a propaganda machine.
Q: Do you get the feeling there's a sense of relief at GM that someone finally said what GM employees can't?
A: I was extremely disappointed by the muted response on the part of GM to this whole situation.
Q: You're a paid consultant to GM. Did you advise them to do more (on the Volt issue)?
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Q: Back when you were an employee of GM, would you have made the same comment?
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It was part of John F. Kennedy's New Frontier: a government agency to work with developing countries around the world and spread democracy in the process.
Fifty years later, the U.S. Agency for International Development faces skepticism from other countries about its true purpose and warnings from critics who say it has strayed too much into the world of clandestine operations.
The imprisonment in Cuba of USAID subcontractor Alan Gross, who secretly brought in communications equipment to the country, has raised questions whether the aid agency has endangered its workers, even those who operate in the open.
During five trips to the island nation, Gross told those who asked that he worked with a Jewish humanitarian mission while bringing in laptops, iPods and other technology for Jewish communities. He was arrested and sentenced last year to 15 years in prison after he set up satellite Internet communications using specialized technology to prevent detection by Cuban authorities.
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"I may be a traditionalist, but I don't think there is a place for this secret work at USAID," he said.
If the aid agency gets a reputation for doing secret work, governments that normally welcome its traditional aid work could become more suspicious, he said.
"It certainly puts USAID workers, consultants and staff at great risk," Fisher added. "If they act like the CIA, instead of an aid agency, it seems to me that it would threaten USAID's very basic mission."
Others maintain that the agency must work to spread democracy even in hostile countries, or its aid programs will fail.
"The relevant question is: Do we expect aid programs to be effective in undemocratic countries?" said John Norris, a former USAID disaster expert and an analyst at the Washington-based Center for American Progress think tank. "And we know pretty well that they won't work."
USAID has said that its contractors don't perform covert work, but act discreetly to ensure their workers' safety and the safety of those they are trying to help. Yet the agency has often had to counter accusations and suspicions about its aims in countries that don't trust U.S. motives, putting inexperienced workers at risk, experts say.
"USAID doesn't have the professional expertise, it doesn't have the same kind of feel or touch for these operations that the (CIA) would," said Lawrence Wilkerson, chief of staff for Secretary of State Colin Powell from 2001 to 2005 during the Bush administration. "You get people in trouble this way, especially in a country that is antagonistic."
USAID recently redesigned the website for its Pakistan programs, said Danny Cutherell, a Pakistan analyst at the Center for Global Development. The new version seeks to show specific development objectives and results, and describes in detail how the work is carried out. The change followed the August kidnapping of an aid worker whose company was funded by USAID. Al-Qaida claimed responsibility.
"The discussion (in Pakistan) was how do we know what this guy was doing? A lot of people believe that USAID is a front," Cutherell said.
President Kennedy created USAID in 1961 as the principal agency to help countries recover from disaster, overcome poverty and strengthen democratic reforms. Since then, it has helped build new governments in more than 100 developing countries.
The current chief, Raj Shah, says democracy promotion is central to that mission. U.S. officials say Gross' tactics were necessary in Cuba, where USAID has no field workers because such work is considered illegal there.
Without a doubt, many governments around the world remain wary of U.S.-financed democracy projects.
A week ago, Egypt's military government referred 19 Americans and 24 other employees of nonprofit groups to trial on accusations they illegally used foreign money to foment unrest in the country. The groups, including the National Democratic Institute and the International Republican Institute, both recipients of USAID assistance, say they were carrying out basic instruction in elections and democracy and were not favoring any one group.
Earlier, in August, the USAID director in Egypt left the country in a row with Egyptian authorities over U.S.-funded democracy activities.
Despite such challenges, the agency, overseen by the U.S. secretary of state, says it has a record of success in building democracy. It points out that the number of democratic countries grew from 58 in 1980 to 115 in 1995. Of the world's 57 newly minted democracies, USAID says it provided government training and assistance in 36 of them.


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Elizabeth Taylor Fashionably Late To Own Funeral, Did Last Interview With Kim Kardashian
At Elizabeth Taylor's funeral yesterday, the proceedings began exactly 15 minutes late. On purpose—this was one of Elizabeth's final requests. "She even wanted to be late for her own funeral," a spokesperson explained. Considering her renown, the ceremony was small and limited to friends and family. Apparently, Colin Farrell gave a reading. Then Elizabeth was buried in the Great Mausoleum, near her buddy Michael Jackson. Elizabeth's final interview landed on newsstands in February, when it wasn't clear it would be her last. Bizarrely, Kim Kardashian got the honor of conducting Liz's final interview, for Harper's Bazaar, in addition to doing a photo spread wearing some of the original garb Elizabeth rocked in "Cleopatra." The photos were meh, but the interview was interesting. In it, Elizabeth said, "I never planned to acquire a lot of jewels or a lot of husbands. For me, life happened, just as it does for anyone else. I have been supremely lucky in my life in that I have known great love, and of course … some incredible and beautiful things."
Like Kim, Elizabeth was an avid Twitterer, even though most people of her generation probably couldn't tell you what the word meant. "I like the connection with fans and people who have been supportive of me," Elizabeth told Kim. "And I love the idea of real feedback and a two-way street, which is very, very modern."
So what was Elizabeth's final Tweet? "My interview in Bazaar with Kim Kardashian came out!!! You look like a princess in Egyptian robes, love!"


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Eating dinner as a family can have many positive effects on children and that's why Dream Dinners is encouraging everyone to celebrate National Family Day on Monday.
"It just fits so perfectly with what we do and it was important to us to open it up to the community and really get the word out about this important day, and provide a dinner for them to serve to their family on that night," said Laura Prefling, co-owner of the Ahwatukee Foothills location.
Dream Dinners opened its doors for a special night on Wednesday to invite families to prepare a meal for National Family Day, and also to meet the co-founder of Dream Dinners, Stephanie Allen, who was available to sign copies of her newly released book, "The Hour That Matters Most."
"We're trying to compliment Dream Dinners," Allen said. "We're finding that there are a lot of younger moms who were raised by the first moms of the 'super mom generation.' These younger moms were raised, for the most part, in the back of a car on their way home from swimming lessons or soccer practice, and now they're raising kids and they really don't know how to have a home-cooked dinner.
"We focused not only on the premise of why it's important, because everyone knows it's important, we emphasize how. We put in practical advice, tips, conversation starters, how to get your kids to the dinner table, how to avoid conflict, and all of that makes for a good home-cooked dinner.
Families don't need to eat at home every night, but if you can get kids to eat at home two to five times a week it's incredible what that can do."
National Family Day, a Day to Eat Dinner With Your Children, is a national movement launched by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse to encourage parents to do just that. The idea is to celebrate at least once a year engaging with your family at the dinner table.
Many studies have been done on families that eat dinner together. A study in the Archives of Family Medicine found that children who regularly dine with their families eat better by consuming less fat and fewer fried foods, and eating more fruits and vegetables.
A study in The Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine found that frequent family meals were associated with a lower risk of smoking, drinking and using marijuana; a lower incidence of depressive symptoms and suicidal thoughts; and with better grades.
Other studies have found that teens that had dinner with their parents were less likely to be sexually active, and less likely to have eating disorders.
"What's really interesting to me is since we opened the doors of our first location five years ago, the ads on TV have definitely gone the direction of family dinners," Prefling said. "Lots of fast food places are encouraging picking up a meal and eating it at home at the dinner table. That's fantastic. It doesn't matter so much what you're eating, just that you're doing it."
Dinners made at Dream Dinners are healthier than the average fast-food meal. Busy parents are encouraged to make an appointment online at www.dreamdinners.com to come to a location and prepare a minimum of 12 meals. The meals are all designed to be placed in the freezer and cooked throughout the month.
"I hope people become aware of National Family Day and that we're here to make it easier," Prefling said. "We want to make it easy for people, who are all so busy, to have a good meal. It's amazing what that time at the table can do. If people knew that they would be rushing back to the dinner table."
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Students from Redlands East Valley High School and Citrus Valley High School danced with residents of Plymouth Village retirement community in the Compact Careers Club's Dancing with the Senior Stars event held on a Saturday evening in March.
In preparation for the event, the students and Plymouth Village residents attended a free dance session offered by the Arthur Murray Dance Studio in Redlands. The event was also made possible with the help of David Maupin of Maupin Financial Services, Redlands Compact steering committee chairman Ann Leonard and Plymouth Village.
The event included conga lines and formal attire, with students and adults dancing together.
Many Plymouth Village residents who could not dance said they enjoyed watching the students dance, listening to the music and reminiscing about past experiences.
Redlands East Valley High School Compact member Juliet Bachtel said that she felt that "the senior prom was a very valuable experience to reconnect with older generations through a timeless activity such as dancing."
Juliet said her favorite part was "listening to the stories the seniors told of their childhoods as if they were reliving them, and the dancing was invigorating and fun — if you could keep up to the beat."
Hadeel Alfagir, vice president of the Redlands East Valley High School Compact Club, was the student responsible for organizing the dance.
She said the dance was "an awesome event to plan with fellow Redlands Compact Club members. I and many other members who attended the event thoroughly enjoyed our night with seniors on the dance floor. It was quite a pleasure for Plymouth Village to allow us to entertain them for one great night during our spring break."
"I am proud of the Compact members that attended the dance lessons and the senior prom," Ann Leonard said. "These students shared their enthusiasm and showed respect and caring for another generation."
Compact Careers Club is designed to help high school students in preparing for their careers. Members learn to create resumes and cover letters and are encouraged to participate in the Redlands community.
The club is known for its mixers, events in which students and adults from the community interact and network in a formal workplace environment.
The club also sponsors contests every year for high school students, including the 10 Secrets to Success contest, in which students apply the Investor's Business Daily's 10 Secrets to Success to their own lives, and the Multiply Your Generosity contest, in which students take $100 and try to multiply that capital to bring awareness to a cause and to alleviate problems in the local, regional and international community.
Members also have the opportunity to participate in community service events.
At the end of the year, members receive certificates for completing their requirements.
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Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) refers to a chronic condition that affects the nerves and blood vessels of 1 or more limbs.
There are 2 types of CRPS:
- CRPS 1, previously called reflex sympathetic dystrophy or RSD, has no distinct nerve damage. This is the most common type of CRPS.
- CRPS 2, previously called causalgia, produces similar symptoms after a nerve injury has occurred.
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The cause of CRPS is not known. The condition likely results from several factors. It may involve overactivity of the sympathetic nervous system. Inflammation may also play a role in the disorder.
Risk Factors
Factors that may increase your risk of CRPS include:
Symptoms usually appear after an injury. The most important symptom of CPRS is prolonged pain that may be constant or severe. Pain is typically described as burning, throbbing, aching, squeezing, or shooting.
Symptoms of CRPS change over time and may include:
- Sensitivity to touch or even a light breeze
- Swelling in the arm or leg
- Unusual sweating patterns
- Excessively warm or cool skin
- Hair and nails that become brittle and crack
- Abnormal movement in the arm or leg, such as a tremor, jerking, or spasms
- A pale, blue, and/or shiny look to the skin
- Limited joint movement
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. You may be referred to a pain specialist.
Images may be taken of your bodily structures. This can be done with:
The electrical activity in your nerves and muscles may need to be tested. This can be done with:
You may need to have your body's heat measured. This can be done with a thermogram.
You may need to have your autonomic nervous system evaluated. This can be done with quantitative sudomotor axon reflex test (QSART), resting sweat output (RSO), or the resting skin temperature (RST).
Treatment aims to relieve pain and improve function. Early therapy may lead to better outcomes. In some cases, the condition goes away on its own; this is more common in children. Talk with your doctor about the best treatment plan for you. Options include:
Physical and Occupational Therapy
Physical and occupational therapy may help reduce pain and increase mobility.
Long-term pain often leads to depression or anxiety . Counseling is often required to help patients deal with chronic pain and loss of function.
Cognitive behavioral therapy may help you manage pain. It is a form of talk therapy that focuses on how the way you think affects the way you feel and act.
Your doctor may advise the following medications:
- Pain relievers
- Topical pain relievers that are applied to the skin
- Bisphosphonates
- Antiseizure medications
- Corticosteroids
A surgical procedure called sympathectomy can permanently destroy sympathetic nerves. In some cases however, surgery may worsen symptoms.
Other Treatments
A device may be implanted in your spine. It will deliver electric stimulus to your spinal cord to manage pain.
There are no known ways to prevent CRPS.
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- Updated: 06/18/2014
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if in worse case the judge agreed we were married on 1989
when we did american wedding do i get any thing from 1989 to now
or i do not getting anything from his business
i talked to you last week can i ask you a question
my husband moved out of our bedroom to next bedroom on 2004
and moved out 2006.i filled for divorce dec 2012.whatever he made
and bought after 2006 is mine or not.as i told you before we were
married aug 1984
we went to court jan 10 and judge said we were married in va 1989and
she did not recognize the Iranian marriage a legal one because was
not registered in va and i did not have any tax return from 1989 a to 2000
showing that business did not make any money and he lied and said
that from beginning he had 15 employee and he did massive advertising.
and judge said i have no evidence of how much business worth and
any other evidence of tax return,so i do not take any part of business.
do you think if i find the taxes we filled from 1989 and if i appeal
is it work or is waste of money.and how long i have time for appeal
the judge gave the house which has 500,000.00 loan on it .house
worth 1,400,000.00 ,so i have 900,000.00 in house and she gave me
18,000.00 a permanent alamoney. but i end up with 100,000.00
lawyers fee.and judge recognized 16 years of marriage not 29.and she
said that he was out of house from 2006.he paid 225,000.00 for my
lawyers fee.my total fee for lawyers came to 325,000.00.i am already
in dept 100,000.00.do you think appealing works because i do not want
to end up with more debts.please advise immediately
by the law if you find the new evidence,can you open a new case
if i can i will try to do that and asked my lawyers but they do not
want open a new case.it looks like all along they did not show my
case the way suppose to be.if i change lawyer can i bring new evidence
but i do not want also loose what i have.
is there anyway i can find how many employee my husband had
when he opened his business on 1987


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Red Faction: Armageddon
Review by sixgears2
"Red Faction Armageddon manages to improve on the best parts of the series, but it may be found lacking in content by some."
Red Faction has been around in one form or another for a very long time. From the first highly acclaimed Half-Life clone to the more recent third person Guerilla, the series has survived all manner of changes in both the gaming world and its own universe. Red Faction Armageddon once again radically alters the formula, but it manages to do so with enough consistency and style to come out on top, despite a few frustrating oversights and a couple of niggling issues. If you've been looking for a cheesy but fun sci-fi shooter to tide you over until Gears of War 3, this may just be your ticket.
The visuals in Armageddon are rock solid. The game's smaller areas make up for the decrease in size with an almost across the board improvement in graphical quality. Lights bounce eerily across the cavernous chambers as the game's star, Darius Mason, picks his way through Mars' subterranean wasteland, weapons pack a devastatingly bright punch full of intricate particle effects, and characters animate as fluidly as any I've ever seen. The same is true of the alien enemies, who leap from wall to wall and floor to ceiling so quickly and dynamically that it's frequently hard to keep up with them. More impressively, the game runs at nearly constant 60 frames per second despite the often ridiculous amount of carnage on the screen. This lends Armageddon the buttery smoothness that is often the hallmark of successful action shooters, and although there are a few frame stutters here and there the game runs better than Red Faction Guerilla by a mile. The only real complaint I have about Armageddon visually is the fact that the character models for both the humans and the aliens come across as a little generic, but chances are you won't be noticing that while enveloping an entire building full of bugs in a big, pretty black hole.
The sound in Armageddon doesn't keep pace with the excellent graphics, but it does its job well enough. The aliens sound appropriately alien-y and the guns sound powerful enough to sell the experience even if their sound clips won't blow your mind quite as impressively as they blew up the building that used to be in your way. The voice acting is on par with a science fiction B movie, which is to say that it is cheesy and generally voiced by people who seem to be attempting to sound as serious as possible while barely holding back waves of laughter. The game won't be winning any awards for amazing acting, but let's be honest with ourselves and admit that Armageddon is basically in the same class in the game world as Starship Troopers is in the movie world; it's entertaining, but only if you leave your sensibilities at the door.
The story of Armageddon is, to put it bluntly, pretty lame. The writers at Volition apparently ran out of material a while back and decided that they would make the jump from highly unlikely to laughably ridiculous by including hostile aliens this time around. I suppose that's what happens when you kill off all your interesting characters in the first game, leaving all the cookie-cutter stereotypes that follow able to do little more than reference them through short audio clips or place names. The bottom line for the story is this: an evil terrorist has destroyed the terraformer that made the planet's atmosphere habitable and forced the people of Mars underground, where they discover through a series of extremely unfortunate events that they are not the only ones down there. This of course leads to the standard macho kill em all hero trek that I have come to expect from these kinds of titles, and ultimately culminates in, you guessed it, killing em all. It's utterly predictable from start to finish, and even the one or two moments meant to carry emotional weight fall flat due to painfully one-dimensional characters that only a truly lonely individual would be able to form a connection with. If you are going to play Armageddonand you really shoulddon't do it for the story. Do it for the ridiculously entertaining gameplay.
Its crazy gameplay is really what saves Armageddon from a perpetual place in the bargain bin hell most alien games are relegated to. The insanely destructive play of Guerilla has been amped up to a degree of violence that I haven't seen in a game for a long time. Aliens and people burst into bloody chunks when hit with one of the game's more powerful weapons, and entire buildings shudder and crumble under the onslaught of your over-the-top arsenal, which is really the star of the show here. Volition has included some truly astonishing pieces of weaponry, including a gun that shoots small singularities (essentially black holes), a weapon that fires a bolt of energy capable of destroying entire buildings from the inside out bunker buster style, and a beam weapon that disintegrates anything that it touches. There is even a magnet gun that fires (what else?) magnets that can be attached to enemies or objects and then used to sling them into walls or even other enemies. Some old classics also make a return, the most notable being the rail gun. Anyone who played the first Red Faction way back on the PS2 will remember the frustration caused by being shot through every wall on a map with a sniper rifle that included an x-ray vision screen. Now that ludicrously unbalanced power weapon has been placed back into the hands of the player to be used against Armageddon's armies of hapless enemies. After all these years, it's still immensely satisfying to shoot an unsuspecting halfwit in the face from a corner two blocks away. And lest you think that Armageddon is all about tearing down and destroying things, Mason has now been equipped with a nanoforge bracelet (very in style this year) that can magically repair anything he may have broken during his furious battles with the bugs. This becomes extremely helpful when you realize that you may have gotten a little carried away and accidentally reduced that staircase you needed to dust. It's very cool technology to see in action, and the more tech-minded players will likely spend a reasonable amount of time blowing things up just to repair them and do it again in a different way.
Aside from the incredibly entertaining arsenal, the Armageddon plays much like any other linear third person shooter, albeit with aliens that move far more quickly than the enemies in most other shooters and destructible environments. You can dodge, jump, melee, and take cover much like you can in games like Gears of War. Unlike Gears, however, the enemies tend to be quite predictable. Enemy types are somewhat varied and cover the spectrum of what one would expectteleporting enemies, jumping enemies, huge enemies, etc.but all enemies of any given type will generally behave in exactly the same way. Fortunately, the game throws them at you in large enough numbers that their algorithmic behavior gets lost in the crowd. Additionally, the more linear style of them game has allowed Volition to more carefully craft each encounter, further balancing the questionable AI by forcing them into somewhat scripted fights. In Guerilla, the battles often seemed out of control and overly difficult due to the open terrain and non-scripted encounters, but Armageddon offers a much more controlledand I use the word controlled in a loose sense because the battles are still incredibly chaoticexperience. No longer will you find yourself ambushed in the open with nowhere to hide or forced into a brawl with poor cover or equipment. Instead, you will spend your 8-10 hours of time with Armageddon plodding through a carefully orchestrated but still very enjoyable arc.
Speaking of heavy scripting, some have lamented the loss of the open world from Guerilla. I, however, think that the move was a good one. Armageddon simply plays better as a linear affair and manages to maintain or even improve the best parts of Guerilla without all the barren filler and mindless tedium introduced by that game. Armageddon feels more like a full experience than the often empty and occasionally boring Guerilla did. It also feels much more like a Red Faction title despite the aliens, and the sense of pleasant nostalgia I got while piloting a hovercraft straight out of the first Red Faction or storming an old Ultor facility more than made up for the lack of a free-form world. Still, the loss of freedom did come with a price. There are far less opportunities for destruction in Armageddon than there were in its predecessor, and many of the underground environments don't feel as if they take full advantage of the possibilities offered by GeoMod 2.0 destruction. It's still great fun to obliterate entire complexes swarming with enemies, but the heavy scripting means that most encounters will play out roughly the same way every time, even if the buildings fall down slightly differently depending on how you hit them.
Also lamented by many is the loss of Guerilla's abundantly entertaining multiplayer suite. As much as I've been sticking up for Armageddon, I do have to say that the absence of the multiplayer option is a serious downside for those considering a purchase. Gone are the backpacks, team-based modes, and sheer destructive fun of Red Faction multiplayer, and in its place stands well, a horde mode. That's right, the only real multiplayer that Armageddon offers is yet another blatant rip off of Epic's now ubiquitous hold-the-line gameplay. There are two different modes within this game type, one of which has you simply trying to survive while the other has you protecting certain structures. Both modes are admittedly pretty enjoyable, but I suspect that as other major titles release their comparatively short legs will begin to show. Even a couple months after release it is difficult to find a populated co-op server, so I can only imagine what it will be like in yet another few months. There is a new game plus feature for the single player, but the lack of a real multiplayer really hurts this title's value. The multiplayer was arguably the best thing that Guerilla had going for it and it seemed to be pretty popular, so the decision to remove it here seems odd at best and more like a downright failure to capitalize at worse.
All in all, Red Faction Armageddon holds its own on the single player front and manages to improve upon the best mechanics from Guerilla while trimming most of the unnecessary and, frankly, boring fat. Unfortunately, though, the lack of a real multiplayer mode means that the amount of enjoyment one can wring from this truly enjoyable title is severely limited. It's a great ride while it lasts, but don't expect it to last too long.
Reviewer's Rating: 4.0 - Great
Originally Posted: 08/02/11
Game Release: Red Faction: Armageddon (US, 06/07/11)
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Rudy Giuliani is in damage control mode, now that people have noticed that during his two-month tour as a member of the Iraq Study Group he missed two meetings in order to make paid appearances. The candidate called his participation in the group a mistake, both because he intended to run for office and because it "didn't seem that I would really be able to keep the thing focused on a bipartisan, nonpolitical resolution."
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP)—Republican presidential contender Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday it was a mistake for him to join the Iraq Study Group, on which he lasted just two months and failed to show for any official meetings. The former New York mayor has tried to tamp down criticism in recent days after Newsday reported that Giuliani was a no-show for two of the group's meetings and instead attended paid public appearances.
"I thought it would work, but then after a month or two I realized the idea that I was possibly going to run for president would be inconsistent with that," Giuliani said during a campaign stop in Iowa.
Giuliani said the main reason he quit was that it "didn't seem that I would really be able to keep the thing focused on a bipartisan, nonpolitical resolution."


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On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 11:07:59 +1100 Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 12:45:15AM +0100, Thomas Graf wrote: > > > > I don't quite understand how this solves the problem. How could > > ip_summed be non zero after ip_forward? The earliest possible call > > to ip_fragment is in postrouting. Please correct me if I'm wrong. > > ip_forward only sets ip_summed for the packet at the head. It does > not clear ip_summed for the fragments themselves. Yes, there exists all of this weird logic in ip_fragment.c trying to preserve the checksumming done on RX by the hardware. When we reassemble an ipv4 set of frags, we do this in ip_frag_reasm() for (fp=head->next; fp; fp = fp->next) { head->data_len += fp->len; head->len += fp->len; if (head->ip_summed != fp->ip_summed) head->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_NONE; else if (head->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_HW) head->csum = csum_add(head->csum, fp->csum); head->truesize += fp->truesize; atomic_sub(fp->truesize, &ip_frag_mem); } Acenic uses the CHECKSUM_HW case, where the chip does a pretty much straight 16-bit two's complement checksum over the whole data area. Thus the head SKB csum field plus it's CHECKSUM_HW setting means that UDP et al. receive checksumming offloading works for this fraglist as it gets processed by IPv4 input protocol paths. However, if we forward this thing, only the head SKB in the fraglist has it's skb->ip_summed value reset. Then ip_output() sees that the head skb has a length greater than the dst_pmtu() and we get to ip_fragment() which is where Herbert's fix is located. Remember that skb->len is the sum of the lengths of all the SKBs on the fraglist. So it will likely exceed the PMTU of the outgoing route. ip_fragment() notices that we have a frag list, all the geometry and ownership tests pass, and we simply reuse the fraglist SKBs to produce the output fragments. And as Herbert discovered, we need to reset the frag->ip_summed values before we push the IP header onto such frags. We want to preserve local IP protocol input usage of CHECKSUM_HW information on such frag list SKBs, so the location to fix this is in fact ip_fragment() and not any of the code in ip_fragment.c Good catch Herbert, I'll integrate this fix. 2.4.x needs it too I'm pretty sure.
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London (AFP) July 1, 2008
Able UK, the firm which will dismantle the asbestos-contaminated French aircraft carrier Clemenceau, hit the headlines in 2003 over four US "ghost ships" -- which are still rusting in the shipyard.
Able, which is based in Billingham, a heavily industrial town on the banks of the River Tees near Middlesbrough, northeast England, boasts one of the world's largest ship recycling facilities.
The firm bought the Graythorp Shipyard in 1996 and renamed it the Teesside Environmental Reclamation and Recycling Centre.
It has a 25-acre (10-hectare) dry dock which can accommodate ships up to 400 yards (366 metres) long, or 15 ships measuring 200 metres by 24 metres.
Able specialises in the rehabilitation and development of disused sites and facilities and says it is "built on total reliability and respect for the environment".
Its clients for offshore structures decommissioning include some of the major international oil companies.
But it has only recently received its waste management and environmental licenses that will permit the firm to start breaking down the Clemenceau -- plus the controversial "ghost fleet" still sitting in its dry dock.
Five years ago, Able found itself at the centre of protests by environmental groups the over four US ships Caloosahatchee, Canisteo, Canopus and Compass Island.
Campaigners, including environmentalists Greenpeace, said the rusting vessels contained asbestos, PCBs, crude oil residue and other toxic materials, and the United States alone should have been responsible for dismantling them.
The four ships were among 13 retired navy vessels that Able UK was contracted to recycle under a deal with the US government worth nearly 15 million dollars.
The ships were part of a bigger fleet of nearly 100 rusting for decades in the James River in Virginia.
But work could not start until planning permission was granted and Able had to renegotiate the contract, keeping four ships while letting the other nine go.
Work on the Clemenceau will take 10 months, while work on the four US ships, due to begin on August 1, should be completed within eight months.
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A SCHOOLGIRL has made it through to the final three for a national award for highlighting human rights issues.
Ele Saltmarsh, who lives in Wootton Fitzpaine and attends the Woodroffe School, is in the running for the Young Human Rights Reporter of the Year gong.
Ele, 17, said she was 'delighted' to be in with a chance of winning the award, which is run by Amnesty International UK.
She chose to write about forced evictions after meeting the Sengwer tribe of Kenya at an indigenous people's conference in 2000 with mum Jyoti.
After beating 7,000 other entries, Ele will now head to Amnesty International's central London headquarters for the prestigious awards ceremony on April 30 when the winner will be announced.
Ele said: "We'd lost track of their doings over the years, so seeing their name in an update from Kenya was really shocking.
"It's one of the more discrete issues which are rarely mentioned or reported on, but that does not make them any less important."
She added: "It's made me fantastically happy to become a finalist.
"One of my favourite feelings is knowing that there are like-minded people fighting for the same cause as you, and the hope and companionship that can come from that support is phenomenal."
Jyoti added that she was 'proud' of her daughter's achievement.
She said: "Both my daughter and I work together to fight for the rights of those who live on the land through an international peasants' rights organisation called La Via Campesina. I'm proud that she is growing up on the land and cares for it deeply along with our global family of people who belong to the land.
"This summer we are planning to go to Kenya and hope to meet up with the Sengwer so we can learn from them about how they can work with the authorities to protect the forest and help them fight for their ancestral homeland."
Director of arts at the Woodroffe School, Dot Wood said: "Ele is a true example of independent learning."


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AHello everyone, I'm totally new to this sight, what a great place!!!! I've had a little look around
I've done them both ways, so it depends on what look you are going for. If you want the domed look but your baked cupcakes don't have domes, you can create them with dollops of icing and cover that with fondant.
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The Kampong Glam Trail takes you into the heart of Singapore's Malay and Arab communities. This ethnic district is a colourful and vibrant area with a modern twist, full of the rich Malay and Arab culture and Muslim traditions that dominate this enclave. This guided introduction will highlight sites of interests and heritage markers along the streets in the area.
Kampong Glam is a Malay Historic District that has remained the heart of Singapore's Muslim community since ancient times. Once the historic seat of Malay royalty on the island, Kampong Glam is an ancient settlement older than modern Singapore itself, and has been gazetted as a Conservation Area. The precinct has attracted Muslims from diverse ethnic backgrounds, fusing them into one community by their common faith and lifestyle. This enclave is a rich and colourful tapestry of traditional trades, as well as religious activities and festivals. Rich cultural heritage and long-enduring traditions are seen along the streets and lanes of Kampong Glam in beautifully conserved shophouses, significant monuments, popular dining spots, and quirky shops.
The district thrives in unique fashion trends and traditional goods such as exotic fabrics from around the world, as well as authentic ethnic clothing and dried foods. Kampong Glam is particularly well-known among Singaporeans as the destination to explore bazaars and markets with an Arabic tinge to them, and for indulging in shisha, smoked in waterpipes known as hookah. The menus of cafés and restaurants in the area stand out with their Middle-Eastern influence, and are a treat for those seeking something different and exotic. Mingle with students on school excursions, backpackers and tourists and, especially at Friday's midday prayer time, with Muslim worshippers going to the mosque to listen to the Friday sermon.
* Landmarks
The nearest MRT stations are Bugis [EW12] and Nicoll Highway [CC5]
Buses that serve Kampong Glam...
Along North Bridge Road: 7, 32, 51, 63, 80, 145, 197
Along Victoria Street: 2, 7, 12, 32, 33, 51, 63, 80, 130, 133, 145, 197
Along Beach Road: 10, 14, 16, 70, 100, 107, 196, 40
View The Kampong Glam Trail in a larger map
As shown in the map above, the various sites of interest in this area have been arranged into a walking route from the Malay Heritage Centre to Muslim eateries along North Bridge Road. The walk would take around two and a half hours to complete. Each site of interest is listed below with a brief description of the site's history and significance.
1. Malay Heritage Centre *
Begin at the grand Malay Heritage Centre (Taman Warisan Melayu) at 85 Sultan Gate, which was once the Istana Kampong Glam, the Sultan's palace. Within the grounds of the Malay Heritage Centre are Gelam trees, whose bark was used to construct boats, from which Kampong Glam (Glam village) takes its name.
A restoration project completed in 2005 by the Malay Heritage Foundation includes the Malay Heritage Museum. This is a heritage museum which aims to preserve and showcase the culture and heritage of Singaporean Malays through artefacts and diorama displays. It also traces the contributions and aspirations of Singaporean Malays towards nation building.
2. Gedung Kuning *
The bright yellow exterior of this distinctive bungalow, also known as "Yellow Villa" or "Yellow Mansion", is hard to miss. It is believed that the bungalow was painted yellow to reflect its connections with Malay royalty. This house of the former Bendahara (or Prime Minister) has now been converted into a restaurant serving authentic Malay cuisine in an exquisite setting.
3. Masjid Sultan *
At the heart of Kampong Glam lies the impressive Masjid Sultan (Sultan Mosque), the pride of the local Muslim community. The original Masjid Sultan was built in 1824 by Sultan Hussein and served the Muslim community for almost a century. The present building dates from 1924. and was designed in Islamic Saracenic architecture - a mix of Persian, Turkish, Moorish and Indian elements.
An integral place of worship, this majestic building is orientated towards the Mecca, and draws Muslims from all over the island as well as tourists. The mosque is crowned by its golden dome, adorned by a bluish ring made entirely out of glass bottles contributed by the poor. If you wish to enter the mosque, wear sleeved blouses/shirts (long-sleeves for ladies) and long skirts or pants.
4. Conservation shophouses along Kandahar Street
Exceptionally ornate Late-style prewar shophouses line Kandahar Street, decorated with intricate architectural details and features such as string courses, dentils and bouquets. These buildings exhibit a harmonious mix of Malay and Chinese architectural influences. This is also the perfect stop for lunch, where restaurants serve mouth-watering Indonesian and Thai dishes. Old eateries established here since the 1970s are well-known for their nasi padang (Indonesian meal of rice served with a variety of dishes).
5. Shops and cafes along Bussorah Mall
Bussorah Mall lies in the shadow of Masjid Sultan, and is flanked by a row of simple Early-style shophouses on one side and, on the other, Late-style shophouses with elaborate façade ornamentations. These restored structures now house interesting curio shops and Mediterranean and Arabic cafes which are well-shaded by palm trees. Thirteen of them are the only ones left in Singapore that have retained original window shutters that can be swung out into the five-foot-way to display goods such as keris, collectibles, handicraft, paintings, sculptures and ceramics.
6. Bazaar-style shopping along Arab Street
Indulge in the sights, sounds and smells of Arab Street, where Kampong Glam's commercial activities has been centred since Arab immigrants were first invited by Raffles to settle along this street in the 19th century. Many shops still reflect the Muslim and Arab influences, selling prayer rugs, skull caps and anything needed for making the Islamic pilgrimage, the Hajj, to Mecca. Check out the vibrant and charming cluster shops selling brightly coloured textiles and clothes, brassware and rattanware, accessories, Arabian perfumes and Malay scents, spices, dates and confections.
7. Haji Lane, Singapore's narrowest street
Take a detour through a small unmarked lane halfway down Arab Street, and you will arrive at this quaint little street. Barely the width of two cars, Haji Lane is Singapore's narrowest street! Tucked in this sleepy street are a small handful of cafes and Early-style shophouses turned into small boutiques stocked with offbeat labels by local designers that you won't find in shopping malls. This quirky find is a well-known shopping district among Singapore's fashionista hipsters and indie types.
8. Baghdad and Pahang Streets' Arabic cafes
At least half a dozen Arabic cafés along these streets offer exotic Middle Eastern fare. Baghdad Street is known for a nondescript, hole in-the-wall sarabat stall that reputably offers Singapore's best teh tarik, a sweet tea with evaporated milk and sugar, served with a thick, bubbly froth created by pouring the piping hot tea from a mug into a serving glass with outstretched hands. It is believed that stretching the tea helps it to mix well with the evaporated milk to bring out the strong aroma and subtle taste of the tea and allows the drink to cool faster.
9. Blacksmith shop at No. 39 Sultan Gate
This blacksmith shop occupies the ground floor of a shophouse that has yet to be restored, and started business about 80 years. Blacksmithing is one of the few traditional trades in the area that has survived the test of time. See the simple primitive furnace used for forging ironworks. Originally, the blacksmith trade thrived in making ship paraphernalia such as anchors, hooks, pulleys, serving the shipyard and boat repair areas nearby. The trade has now evolved with the times to include other hardware.
10. Fishing accessory shops along Beach Road
Running parallel to the seashore before land was reclaimed for development, Beach Road used to be a fashionable residential area until the 1870s and 1880s, when the smaller streets in the area were laid out. Today, the fishing accessory shops here are a haunt for fishing enthusiasts and hark back to its literal history as Beach Road.
11. Masjid Hajjah Fatimah *
Also known popularly as "Rochor Mosque", this elegant mosque was founded by Hajjah Fatimah, a wealthy Malaccan Malay lady who married a Bugis merchant trader. To orientate it towards Mecca, the mosque sits with a unique square building footprint at a skewed angle within a rectangular site. The mosque has a single prominent octagonal minaret shaped like a tower.
12. Former Chong Cheng & Chong Pun Schools
These former Chinese schools were built in 1938 with the support of Haw Par Brothers, and were popular with the Chinese community during older days. The brothers Haw and Par built an empire and a legendary fortune out of a formula for a cure-all ointment sold in a little jar. Today, Tiger Balm is sold in over a hundred countries, and arguably the world's best known analgesic ointment.
13. Alsagoff Arab School *
Built in 1912, the school was named after Syed Ahmad Alsagoff, a wealthy Arab merchant and philanthropist who was very influential in Singapore's early colonial days. It was the island's first Muslim school and is Singapore's oldest Islamic school.
14. Masjid Malabar Muslim Jamaah *
Also known as Golden Dome Mosque, Masjid Malabar Muslim Jamaah occupies the corner of Victoria Street and Jalan Sultan. This is the only mosque in Singapore which is fully managed by the Malabar Muslim community, who originally came from the Malabar Coast in the southern state of Kerala in India. Naturally, this is the place where Malabar Muslims gather on religious days.
15. Muslim eateries along North Bridge Road
This road is named so because it runs north of the Elgin Bridge built over the Singapore River. Today, popular Muslim restaurants are the highlight of the area. Long queues are a common sight, as customers patiently wait to sink their teeth into Malay and Indian culinary delights such as murtabak (Indian prata with meat filling), nasi briyani (fragrant yellow rice), and nasi padang.


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Improper disposal of any form of litter is strictly prohibited on its main campus and all regional locations. Litter is any waste material, garbage, or rubbish, including but not limited to food, food wrappers, paper, cans, bottles, cigarette butts, ashes, or discarded debris. All members of the University community and visitors are required to utilize trash receptacles to dispose of any unwanted items or debris. Intentional disposal of waste material except in designated receptacles is a violation of the law, university policy, and the Student Code of Conduct. Compliance with this policy is expected from all University students, faculty, staff, visitors and contractors. Student violators will be ticketed by University Police personnel and referred to the Office of Student Conduct for disciplinary action as appropriate. Faculty, staff, contractors or visitors who violate this policy will be ticketed, and as appropriate may be reported to the relevant university department/office.
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Visiting the Thermal Széchenyi Baths in Budapest
Tendrils of steam danced across the Széchenyi baths surface. The thermal waters finally escaping from below the surface of Budapest.
Wondering why did we decide to leave our jandals in the crypt-like changing rooms below as we skipped across the cold concrete. The early morning summer sun still to warm the cobbles beneath our bare feet.
With no idea whether the pool we had first eyed as we squinted into the sunlight would be hot or cold we slowed at the top of the steps. Hoping the steam would not betray us, we eased our party weary feet into the waters below. Split-seconds passed as we hesitated for the first feeling.
Warmth tickled our toes.
As we stumbled the few remaining steps sliding deeper into the warm water we garnered a few strange looks as we let out an audible sigh of relief.
Budapest Baths
On both the Buda and Pest sides of the city hundreds of thermal hot springs bubble silently underneath the cobbled streets. The Hungarians have tapped into these natural resources and created one of the best wellness and healing cities in the whole world.
Suffering from a bad back? Arthritis getting you down? Or just need somewhere to relax after eating too much goulash? The healing waters of the thermal Széchenyi baths in Budapest are just the cure you need.
Local Doctor's even prescribe visits to the baths for patient as part of their treatment.
Visiting the thermal Széchenyi Baths
After dancing for the last three days at the Sziget music festival, relaxing was exactly what the doctor ordered.
Ignoring the tourist crowds looking for a bit of rest and relaxation at the well known Gellert Baths we recommend stepping out of your comfort zone and following the locals to the lesser known Széchenyi baths.
The locals flock here on the weekend and while some thermal baths in Budapest only allow men or women at certain times this is not one of them. Just be aware that most of their modesty is left in the changing rooms.
Luckily none of the pools we entered were bathing suits optional.
We quickly learned that it's not all about the bathing either. Fitness centers, massages, no less than 15 baths and 10 sauna rooms will keep you occupied for hours.
The hottest sauna we found was a roasting 100°C.
Inching the door open our faces were assaulted by steam. We now know what it feels like to be a freshly caught crayfish being boiled after diving. It hurt just to breath through our noses.
Skidding back across the scorching tiles (still jandal-less) outside to a welcome breath of fresh air we felt so out of place.
While we knew that there were benefits from sitting in the tepid baths we had no idea what we were meant to be doing. Even after watching the locals closely and trying to emulate their routine we still couldn't figure it out. We dipped into one pool for five minutes before shuffling across the slippery tiles to the next bath or sauna. All of which were different temperatures.
I even tried to out last the slightly larger Hungarian's in the ball-shrinking ice baths. They thought it was a great joke as my skinny body shivered in the corner.
Not being able to make heads or tails of it we decided just to sit back and relax.
Extra Travel Information:
The Széchenyi baths are located in the City Park with a Metro stop directly outside so it's really easy to get to. They are open year round and while the prices seems to fluctuate we paid 3,600 FT ($15 USD) each with a locker.
Fly to Budapest easily from pretty much anywhere in Europe with Jet2.com. And we recommend staying at Marco Polo Hostel as they are quiet and have a brilliant breakfast buffer.
Disclaimer: We were invited to step out of our comfort zone by the Visit Hungary Tourism Board for our trip to Budapest. As always our thoughts, recommendations and speedos are always our own.