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- What is virtualisation?
- Why would I want virtualisation?
- How can virtualisation benefit my business?
- What are the different types of virtualisation?
- What important terminology should I know?
- What are the cost benefits of virtualisation?
- What kinds of challenges does virtualisation present?
- What should I look for in a virtualisation solution?
What kinds of challenges does virtualisation present?
This technology changes the way a data centre is managed, administered and operated. For example, before server virtualisation, you could walk into any data centre, ask the admin to name the organisation's top five applications, and he would be able to show you the machines those apps were running on. However, the traditional coupling of hardware and software is broken by virtualisation.
This decoupling creates the potential for performance conflicts. For example, some applications have cyclical performance profiles. A West Coast stock-trading application and a SIMEX app running on the same machine are going to overlap at peak market hours, slowing performance. Consequently, administrators have to think through how the virtualised data centre will operate. The major virtualisation vendors typically provide extensive technical resources and at least some training to explain how their solutions work. But each data centre operates differently, and it's up to the administrators to know their systems.
What should I look for in a virtualisation solution?
In a word: management. The core hypervisor technology that decouples the application stack from the underlying hardware is well on its way to commoditisation. The large enterprise software vendors are including it in their product suites, and the standalone virtualisation vendors are giving it away. Where they differ is in their ability to provide tools for managing, monitoring and optimising the allocation of virtualised resources. Look for solutions that provide easy-to-use tools for gathering statistics and applying dynamic policies to better allocate your physical resources among the virtual consumers of those resources.
Consequently, the innovation in the virtualisation space is happening up the stack. The next-generation products are all about management. VMware has seen the writing on the wall, and has made the shift. Its VMware Infrastructure suite puts everything — servers, storage and the network — into a single resource pool. These enterprise virtualisation solutions, such as VMware's ESX Server, blend CPUs, memory, networking, storage and applications into seamless pools of computing resources.
Virtualisation can go a long way toward reducing the physical requirements of the data centre, but it can also compound the level of management complexity of those servers. So look for solutions that provide cross-platform systems management for both the virtual and physical machines.
Also, you'll want the ability to migrate your organisation's legacy applications and existing operating systems, without modification, onto virtual partitions. This migration should make it simpler to enhance the performance of those applications, but you'll need a solution that supports the integration of virtualisation with legacy management tools.
Virtualisation is no longer just about server consolidation. Flexibility is another key benefit of the technology. In virtualised environments, it's easier to move things around, to encapsulate, to archive and to optimise. The leading virtualisation vendors are providing "live migration" capabilities that make a network administrator's life easier and more productive.


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Is there any true "sacrifice" in creating DVDs with PCM audio as opposed to AC3, in regards to playback and longevity?
I know AC3 is compressed to just a fraction of what PCM requires, giving the disc more room. But for argument's sake, if I fit three MPEGs on a single-layer disc using Sony Architect under the following conditions, will using PCM be ok? Even if it pushes my DVD settings to the 9800 kbps max?
MPEG Video: MPEG-2, 720x480, 29.97, 8500 kbps (VBR)
MPEG Audio: MPEG Layer 2, 44.1 KHz, 384 kbps
DVD Video preset: 8264 kbps (VBR)*
DVD Audio preset: PCM, 1536 kbps
*I set the video to 8500 kbps to match the MPEG, but Architect reconfigured it to 8264 when I selected PCM. Since the video doesn't re-encode, I know my picture isn't compromised. But can anything negative result from this "downgrade," in regards to playback, quality or longevity?
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PCM is uncompressed and takes up more room than AC3 or mpeg audio. It is commonly used on music DVD's to preserve maximum audio quality. Unless your source is PCM there no point in using it in authoring a DVD.
Originally Posted by Reading Bug
Also both, AC3 and PCM, are the two "no-trouble" formats in NTSC-land (which I assume you're from) and require no conditions other than space. The other two, MP2 or DTS, have "conditions". And anything else must be re-encoded to a compliant format to be accepted.
Here's how I see it IMO:
1) If your source is AC3 there is no reason to re-encode. Even AC3->PCM offers no benefit, only bloat.
2) If your source is MP2 (your case), or DTS, don't re-encode, but you must have a secondary stream otherwise most players will give you problems. Use AC3 to satisfy that condition to save space since you probably may only want the MP2, or DTS for playback anyway.
3) If your source is PCM, then you have two choices:
-Keep it as PCM if you have the space to keep the full uncompressed quality.
-Encode to AC3 to save space. The bitrate and compromise on quality loss is your choice.
4) If your source is something else, then encode to PCM or AC3 with similar thinking to 3).I hate VHS. I always did.
Originally Posted by Reading Bug
You don't have bit rate on the DVD-5 for both your 8500Kb/s video and 1536Kb/s audio. You would have to recode the video. There is no good reason to do that.
Originally Posted by edDVI hate VHS. I always did.
Originally Posted by PuzZLeR
Thanks all for the suggestions. My original stand-alone audio tracks were PCM, but putting them to new MPEGs required me to compress to MP2. I know I can't convert back to PCM on the DVD (or can I?) but thought perhaps an uncompressed setting would prevent further sound loss.
IMO, just K.I.I.S, convert PCM--> AC3"I typed the word Google into Google. Guess what came up? Everything."
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Originally Posted by Reading Bug
If you want to convert to PCM, you would neeed to recode video to less than 8264Kbps. No reason to do either.
Originally Posted by edDV
That's why I'm wanting to know if I'm "safe" using PCM - I can avoid the compression on the audio and not sacrifice video, right? Safe or no?
PCM takes away space that could be occupied by video, if you're putting more than 90 minutes on a disc.Want my help? Ask here! (not via PM!)
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If your audio source is 2 channel audio, then encode it to AC3 192kbps or if you're a little generous, at 224kbps is more than sufficient.
If you have a surround audio source with more than 2 channel, and it's important for you to maintain that multi channel audio, then AC3 is a no brainer choice, because you cannot author a DVD with multichannel PCM.
Using a PCM track will also significantlly affect picture quality as well.
[quote="Reading Bug"]Originally Posted by edDV
As for MP2, perhaps I was thinking in the past since it was a bigger issue with the early runs of players. I guess today, with most of the later DvD player models playing several "non-compliant" formats like DivX, Xvid, MP3, WMA, etc, that too may not be an issue any longer.I hate VHS. I always did.
Originally Posted by Reading Bug
The other option is to start over and use PCM audio from the source and encode the video to 8200Kb/s.
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SALT LAKE CITY — "Junior Money," the name Mehmet Okur jokingly said his soon-to-be-born son will go by, might want to watch a replay of his pop's performance from Wednesday when he grows up.
The little Okur might be able to find someone from Turkey who can help him do that someday, too.
A soldout crowd of 19,911 at EnergySolutions Arena certainly liked what they saw from the already proud papa, who lived up to his nickname during the Utah Jazz's 118-105 win over the Portland Trail Blazers.
The man P.A. announcer Dan Roberts enthusiastically calls "Money" cashed in for a season-high 28 points while making a sizzling 11 of 13 shots on what was unofficially Turkish Delight & Highlight Night at EnergySolutions Arena.
"It felt good," a smiling Okur said after notching only his third 20-point game of the season.
Okur and his family members — both current and future — certainly weren't the only ones with Turkish ties to enjoy this one.
Okur, who also had eight rebounds and a blocked shot, had his own little cheering section from Turkey going nuts much of the game from about eight rows behind the Jazz bench.
One especially enthusiastic fan from his homeland proudly waved the red Turkish flag with the crescent moon and star throughout the game.
Told by a reporter that one of his Turkish fans taped part of the game, Okur smiled and said: "I must be big time."
Though Okur said it isn't unusual for basketball fans from Turkey to come support him at away games in big cities, the Jazz center got a kick out of this vocal fan club.
Okur even noticed them before the game started, and made a point to go meet them and get his picture taken with the group.
"I didn't know them. They just showed up," Okur said. "I (had) to go out there and say, 'Hi' and (I) appreciate it."
There were a lot more people in the arena who also appreciated what Okur did during the game, including his coach. Jerry Sloan was pleased how his center, who sometimes relies a bit too much on his 3-point shooting, aggressively attacked the basket.
In fact, only three of Okur's field-goal attempts were jumpers.
Sloan said Okur "played a really good game," which wasn't easy considering he was matched up against Portland's LaMarcus Aldridge (27 points, 12 rebounds) for much of the night.
The inside-out game made Okur a task to defend. Sloan loved how the 7-footer "right off the bat tonight took the ball inside." That, the coach added, will force teams to respect his driving game in the future and could open things up.
That was Okur's plan.
"I was able to mix up my game," he said. "I didn't want to settle (on) my jumpers, just wanted to be active."
As for his baby situation, Okur said his wife, Yeliz, a former Miss Turkey who's still attending games, has scheduled a doctor's appointment for a C-section delivery on Feb. 21.
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"We'll be on the road," Okur said of the Jazz.
Most of the Jazz will be, at least.
Barring an unexpected early delivery, the guy whose nickname might need to be changed to Money Sr. plans on being in Utah with his wife.
"I'll be here," he said.
Until then, Okur, who also has a nearly 3-year-old girl, will enjoy his quiet nights at home.
"When we have the baby it's going to be long first couple of months," he said. "Because we (are) probably not going to be able to sleep. I'm used to it from the first one so I'll be OK I guess."
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Kofi Annan said the Security Council should have been consulted
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said there was legitimacy for the use of force in Kosovo, but that the Security Council should have been involved in any decision over its use.
Mr Annan said: "It is indeed tragic that diplomacy has failed but there are times when the use of force may be legitimate in the pursuit of peace.
"But as secretary-general I have many times pointed out, not just in relation to Kosovo, that under the Charter the Security Council has primary responsibility for maintaining international peace and security - and this is explicitly acknowledged in the North Atlantic Treaty.
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Britain, the US and their allies maintain they have authority to launch Nato strikes based on previous Security Council resolutions demanding a peaceful settlement in Kosovo.
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Q: Im not grtting ignition spark on # 4,5,6 cyls, on 1999 Porsche Boxster
I installed head gasket on that side,I have 185 lbs compression and getting fuel im just not getting spark to 4,5,6, cylinders.Any ideas?
A couple things I wonder. Are those cylinders all on the same side? Do they get their spark from the same source? Does 1,2, and 3 get their spark from a different coil? Sounds like you had this torn down quite a ways. Just to cover the bases. Did you remove the coil? Did you plug it back in when you reinstalled it? not trying to be smart. Start with the easy stuff and work toward the harder stuff.
I just saw that it is coil over. Try tracing the wiring harness from the coils to the source.
I just saw that it is coil over. Try tracing the wiring harness from the coils to the source.
thank you for your reply.yes the no spark is on the same bank drivers side.tested each coil,tested good on ohms,not getting voltage to coils.the engine came to me torn down on the left bank head,cams,etc.I got it all together according to alldata instructions step by step,I turned the crank by hand 4 revolutions all went smooth. I started the engine and found # 4,5,6 cyl wasnt firing but is getting fuel.ran a compression test found 185 lbs on all cylinders.Replaced the cam sensor on that side still no firing on 4,5,6,bank
if you have access to alldata you should be able to find a troubleshooting guild for no spark. You have started in the right direction. Check to make sure the power is getting to the coil pack. The continue "upstream" from the coil until you find power. I can see 1 coil not working but not 3 all on the same side. Im thinking you have a problem closer in the direction of the computer. I dont suspect the computer mainly because you are getting some spark. Just follow that wire harness. it has to be there. I did an intake job once and pinched some wires to an injector. It got no signal so I has a miss. Simple mistake. Once I started following the wire I found the problem. Im hoping it is nothing more than this.
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Charles/Schneizel were respected by Britannia and images of power far too rooted in Britannians hearts to see them as true enemies. Lelouch wanted to destroy the "old way to rule" from within so that people that weren't renegaded could join who were with all their heart - Lelouch was not loved by anyone when he took the throne, so no one would empathize with him. At the same time, like you said, he didn't want to "live" and the Japanese force and all his allies already knew that he was a "prince of Brittania". With all of this he could "punish" himself by bearing all that massacre because it was the most dramatic and the fastest way to archive his goal.
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When I first began to watch Code Geass I have to admit that I believed Lelouch was going to be another cliche character with a horrible past and there for a while, I was turning out to be right. However the more I watch Code Geass the more I began to realize he isn't as cliche as I thought he was going to be. In fact he was quite the opposite, yet somehow in a way he reminded me of Kazuma from S-cry-ED. He's confident in his decisions, maybe sometimes a little too confident, but he's also got a side to him that is admirable. His love and devotion to his younger sister is unlike I've seen in any anime before.
I thought it was adorable, his love for his sister. Of course though she was kidnapped a few times and he couldn't prevent that, not everyone can. I have to admit however that halfway through the first series, I got a bit annoyed with Lelouch for some odd reason. Maybe it was because Suzaku was beginning to grow on me a bit more, possibly. All I know is that towards the end, I began to regain my love for Lelouch, and gain a new respect for him in R2.
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His martyrdom habit is quite consistent throughout the series.
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First of all, Schneizel and Charles are symbols of Britannia's royal family, and as such they are symbols of Britannia itself. They are part of Britannian culture. It would take a lot to turn them into symbols of hatred.
Secondly, what makes you think Britannians would listen to a terrorist, much less turn against their rightful rulers based on nothing but the propaganda from said terrorist?
Going by his original plan, losses would have been in the millions if not billions of lives. Britannian resistance in Area 11 was fierced because it was considered Britannian territory, and it had only been colonized 11 years. One can only imagine the type of resistance the BKs would encounter once they tried to invade the Americas, which would be necessary to defeat Britannia.
This is assuming Britannia doesn't just crush the UFN on every front fairly easily and forces the original BKs back into hiding.
Britannia is like a WWII America, but unrestricted by morality or pretty much anything really. The Military Industrial complex is the largest employer in the empire, with factories pumping out Sutherlands as if they were television sets and kids lining up to join the army or become Knights and hopefully get promoted into the nobility. Britannian soldiers probably have better training and better equipment than Black Knights.
Assuming the UFN can match Britannia in every aspect, the war would be a massive stalemate on many fronts, and the losses would be tremendous. Not to mention that Schneizel would just Flaija the UFN into oblivion eventually.
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By that time, Zero had established a legitimate international body in the UFN, and was no longer a terrorist per se. (Lest we forget, the original Israeli revolutionaries back in the '30s/'40s were also considered terrorists at the time.)
And as I've mentioned before, Lelouch could quite possibly have went for Schneizel before he got a chance to launch Damocles into the sky. Other than that, the UFN had a favorable attack force advantage, considering Lelouch resorted to blowing up Mt. Fuji underneath them in the show as it happened.
Beyond all that, just consider that per Lelouch's plan, he would have had to be worse than both of them, which surely would have implied even more damage.
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I'll just say that why I can easily see Lelouch being "worse" than Schneizel (who the epilogue hints would have gotten less hate than the weapon he created, anyway), I don't think the same necessarily goes for Charles, who often just leaned back and let other people do shitty things, and who had had years and years to cause damage that may not have left such a big impression in the long-run, but was still pretty bad . Neither of the two went out of their way to appear "evil" or would have used a Geass for that.
Lelouch definitely did bad things as Emperor, but I doubt he drowned puppies. Nobles, probably, but not puppies.
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He became Zero and chose to take the "path of carnage" for the sake of creating a "kind world" for his sister...someone who never asked, much less wanted, her brother to do such a thing. Nunnally's kind world, from her perspective, would have been to live in peace with her brother at Ashford and have fun with everyone else during school festivals. No rebellion, no revenge, etc.
And even in early R2, Lelouch openly declared that he would become evil in order to defeat a greater evil...which both C.C. and Xingke considered a paradox, since it can be argued that evil would nevertheless remain at the end of such a path.
In other words, you are in fact correct. Shirley and Euphemia -not to mention Nunnally herself- would be disgusted by Lelouch's actions. All of them represented a completely different way of doing things from the beginning, not just in terms of what Zero Requiem turned out to be. But, at the same time, they all knew him well enough that, sooner or later, I can imagine both of them wouldn't be entirely unsympathetic to eventually recognizing his original intentions as being good, at heart, regardless of how horrible his actions turned out to be.
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In the long run of what he was originally doing, he wasn't permanently consigning himself to the dark path - it was more like he was doing those things out of necessity, or to an extent, because of his own issues. Because not long before the Zero Requiem, he actually succeeded in setting up a legitimate front for liberation against the Britannian empire.
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Hm, I have to wonder... wait, does this belong into the Lelouch or Suzaku thread? Oh well, it's about how Lelouch's command works, so it should be all right.
In episode 20 (invasion by China), when Suzaku was pretty sure he was going to die... why didn't the Geass kick in until after Euphie explicity told him to "live"? It's like he didn't realize he was about to die before, but that doesn't really make sense considering what he asked of Euphie. So... was Lelouch's command having a random day or am I missing something?
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As for Euphie and Shirley... nah, slapping is for Kallen! Euphie would make him feel bad just by being so utterly Euphie, and Shirley would go find him a therapist or something.
...Echem. Actually, I think it'd depend a lot on the circumstances. I don't think they have it in them to be honestly "disgusted" with him, though - but that's just me.
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There is no black and white, or good and evil in CG or our world for that matter Azul. The legitimacy of Lelouch's long term effort to bring down Britannia is irrelevant when it would drag the whole world into a war that a) would cause massive destruction all around the world b) cost millions if not billions of lives and c) he could very well lose.
That path is worse than not doing anything, or having a Zero Requiem IMO.
Perhaps the only righteous way of changing the system was Suzaku's, which admittedly was very unrealistic.
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Actually, I would say both Suzaku's and Lelouch's way of thinking could be completely justified in a variety of different "real world" situations, depending on your principles and philosophy. Personally though, I'd be more inclined to change things from within if I had to make a choice. Revolutions aren't quite as romantic in reality as they are in fiction, to say the least, even if they are sometimes necessary. However, often they work hand-in-hand with a series of internal changes that make them possible in the first place.
But if you've noticed, even in episode 18 of R2 Suzaku was able to think about giving up and dying for a few moments before the "Live" command kicked in, so there's a possibility of delaying the effect for at least a minute or two without being too inconsistent. Sometimes it's immediate, yes, but you could argue that depends on how Suzaku's own thought process works.
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Nebraska's chief medical officer Joann Schaefer calls the program innovative.
Here's a little background.
After receiving news of the grant award, Schaefer initiated market research about the target audience: women ages 16-25. More than 200 women participated in 20 focus groups across the state. The plan was to identify strategies that, when properly executed, would motivate young women to adopt a lifestyle that would contribute to their own good health while improving the likelihood they would enter into a health pregnancy.
"When we started doing that research," Schaefer said, "young women were telling us Look, we can't even get to the health messaging. We're so stressed out on life. We're not setting goals. We can't balance our checkbook. We can't even get to health because we can't get passed the big lifetime stressors that are out there.'"
Since the concept of the grants was to heighten awareness of the importance of preparing couples for their new roles as parents and increase their access to available resources, Schaefer said her HHS staff chose to develop a social marketing campaign to motive young Nebraska women to contribute to their good health.
The market research indicated there were significant differences in media usage by gender and ethnicity that should be taken into account when preparing communication programs.
"When you are talking about preconception health, you have to get those health messages in there at a very early age," Schaefer said. "We know that young adults turn to the web, they look at music to inspire them and they look at lyrics particularly to inspire their actions."
All of which brings us back to the TUNE Project.
Phase 1 was initiated in fall 2009. Phase 1 was a songwriting contest for original music. DHHS received entries from more than 150 artists. From that seven were selected based on inspirational lyrics.
"If you get these positive ambiances around you then I believe music can motivate you in a positive way," said Ishma Valenti, half of a duo which produced the piece Overcome. "In this case with the TUNE Project, it's a really good opportunity to get positive music and positive messages into people's lives to affect them.
Valenti and musical partner Zach Watkins are representative of the artists whose music was selected: young, Midwestern roots, and all-too familiar with the problems facing young people today.
"We made a very open song where anyone can relate to this," said Watkins. "Everybody makes mistakes. Everybody goes through these things. So we definitely made it a song that everyone can relate to."
Willy and Sarah Jane Roberts form the heart of Orphans Cry, a band from Council Bluffs and who submitted their song, Broken Girl.
"Broken Girl sums up a large majority of this generation of young women," said Zach. "The title basically talks about how a lot of young women are broken in their dreams, their goals. They don't really know who they are. They're trying to become somebody that this culture and society has told them they're supposed to be so they lose sight of themselves."
Jessica Errett is another artist whose music was selected by the TUNE Project. Originally from Harlan, Iowa, the 26-year-old now lives in Omaha. Errett says her song, Ready To Go, is like all music: it could have a lasting effect on someone's life.
"(Ready To Go) really talks about staying focused and remembering what you really want for yourself in the end," said Errett. "Just ignoring all those distractions or working through them."
Schaefer said that's the ultimate message behind the TUNE Project: better choices, healthier lives.
TUNE Project strikes chord with young people
Back in October 2008, the Health Resources and Services Administration announced more than $6 million dollars in grants to benefit mothers, new parents and their infants. Nearly three years later, the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services is launching how their piece of that pie - $500,000 - is helping the state's young women make better life choices.


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A very interesting blog
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Is this some sort of disgraceful Anglican attempt to subvert an Abbot by cheap innuendo? How has Rorate Caeli sunk so low?
- 17 November, 2010 19:36
Many of the comments on that Abbot Extrordinary blog seem to a be about Abbot Cuthbert Brogan the Abbot of Farnborough - they are sly attacks on him and suggestions about his sexual inclinations.
Are you sure you want to promote such a scandal sheet?
- 17 November, 2010 20:53
I have re-read the "Message from Anson" on this blog and it is pretty clear it is a parody, funny but of a nasty kind against the Abbot of Farnborough.
Please consider removing your link to this scandalous website.
- 17 November, 2010 21:12
- LeonG said...
Dom Aelred converted to Roman Catholicism alongside his monks who moved eventually to Gloucestershire at Prinknash. He was a great man but would be heart-broken today with the community he led as Abbot once 40 strong now an aging remnant. This monastic house has been torn by the post-conciliar "openness to the world" policies; ecumenism & interreligous norms including a particular penchant for buddhism and homosexual scandals.
Two bright moments are the addition of The Latin Mass they once routinely celebrated but on Saturday only. Also, due to their small numbers they have had to go back to their old historic hunting lodge abandoning the out of character mausoleum built to house a larger community following the heady optimism after the councils of the 1960s.
This contradicts the blog claiming Prinknash is thriving after Dom Aelred's vision. This is either a fantasy or a fabrication.
- 18 November, 2010 06:31
Anthanasius & Bryan, anyone who knows what is behind the facade presented by the Abbot of Farnborough, particularly former members of the community, know only too well that Abbot Cuthbert Brogan has a lot to answer for. Rorate is doing a service by drawing attention to it. It is time that innocent guests and non-suspecting vocations know the truth.
- 18 November, 2010 07:39
I agree with the other comments. Please remove this post.
Fr. A.M.
- 18 November, 2010 08:10
Well if the list of former members of the community is anything to go by, Abbot Cuthbert Brogan has certainly distinguished himself by losing far more vocations that he has kept in his 14 years as superior. He has gained one solemn profession, and he has lost many more: both monks and those who could have been. I wouldn't send a vocation there any more as too many people have been damaged by him.
- 18 November, 2010 08:24
- LeonG said...
I would not send a vocation to Prinknash either.
- 18 November, 2010 13:06
Seems like the Abbot of Farnborough has thrown something of a fit:
- 25 November, 2010 19:36
As a former Farnborough monk, I have to say that tremendous damage has been done both to the Church and, more seriously, to individuals by the regime at the Abbey. Don't let the 'tat' and Latin Vespers fool you - the place is a catstrophe.
- 25 September, 2011 20:44
Rumour has it that the Abbot of Farnborough is not bothered to provide his young monks with any formation whatsoever. Apparently, that young monk from Czechoslovakia is just working there. For all those years that he has been a monk at Farnborough he has not been taught anything - despite all the injunctions of the Canon Law, etc
I remember an article in Daily Mail several years ago - about the Abbot of Farnborough and his 'new Napoleonic war'. Commenting on Mr. Estrosi's (a French minister) intention to spend ten minutes in the crypt, Fr Brogan exclaimed, 'Ten minutes for a silence of 120 years!' Well, we are talking here dead bodies! After all, it is not that important where the body of Napoleon III is buried – it is the fate of his soul that should be Fr Brogan's concern. I wonder how he himself is going to make up for all those years of neglect when it comes to the formation of his young monks. I think he actually condemned himself while condemning the French. Only who cares?
- 14 February, 2012 12:59
Fr S, as one lucky enough to escape from Farnborough I have to say that, in my experience, little is done by way of formation. Indeed who is there to do it? The Abbot gads about a lot & in any case is not a good teacher. Look at the Abbey blog, you will see a tiny community (4 professed?) but lots of references to absences from the Abbey.
- 04 June, 2012 21:27


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NEW DELHI: The father of an Indian student whose brutal rape provoked a global outcry said he wanted her name made public so she could be an inspiration to victims of sexual assault, a call that was quickly taken up by social media users and may pressure authorities to allow her identity to be revealed.
The 23-year-old physiotherapy student died on Dec. 28 in a Singapore hospital, two weeks after a gang rape on a moving bus in New Delhi that ignited protests across India and neighbouring countries and government promises of tougher punishments.
"We want the world to know her real name," the woman's father told Britain's Sunday People newspaper.
"My daughter didn't do anything wrong, she died while protecting herself," he added. "I am proud of her. Revealing her name will give courage to other women who have survived these attacks. They will find strength from my daughter."
The father's interview sparked widespread interest on social networking sites. Her name was the top trending topic among Indian Twitter users with many, including journalists and Bollywood actors, praising his decision to reveal her name.
Mainstream Indian media did not identify her, however, and she was still being referred to as "Amanat", an Urdu word meaning "treasure", by some TV channels.
A spokesman for Delhi Police declined to comment when asked if the authorities would take action against social networks or publications carrying the student's name.
There have been growing calls in India to name the victim. Politician Shashi Tharoor last week questioned the merit of keeping her anonymous, and suggested naming new anti-rape law after her, a proposal her father supported.
Indian law generally prohibits the identification of victims of sex crimes. The law is intended to protect victims' privacy and keep them from the media glare in a country where the social stigma associated with rape can be devastating.
The father later told Reuters he had no objections to the media using his daughter's name, but did not elaborate.


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Rebelling Against the Regime
The struggle now underway on the hilltops of Judea and Samaria, then, is a clear-cut struggle between Israeli national interests and a minority that is rebelling against the regime. Between the state of organized law and a dissolute band of lawbreakers. Thus hanging in the balance is not only the issue of the endurance of one or the other lunatic-fringe outpost, but the future of Israel as a sovereign state capable of actualizing the desires and choices of its citizens.
Over the past two decades, Israeli politics has become exceedingly militant in nature. It adopted its two most crucial decisions - the settlement enterprise and the Oslo enterprise - without consensus and without observing the rules of fair play. Given the appropriate opportunity, both right and left chose to sidestep the worldview of their rivals, more or less committing an act of political rape. Neither right nor left hesitated to force themselves on the Israeli public agenda, in the belief that eventually it would reconcile itself to the decision, that in the end it would have to say that that is what it really wants.
The original sin was of the right. The establishment of over 100 settlements in the early 1980s was carried out by law and by government decision, to be sure, but it was in fact an act of coercion. The settlements were not forced only on the Palestinians; they were also forced on the Israelis. Gush Emunim, Ariel Sharon and Menachem Begin committed the act of settlement with the explicit intention of denying future Israeli citizens the right of choice. The 1980s-era right created irreversible facts on the ground because it was determined to deny the Israelis of the third millennium the right to shape the boundaries of their sovereign state as they wished.
The left of the 1990s acted in similar fashion. Bringing the Arafat horse into the gates of the Israeli Troy was no accident. Although the good Israelis who armed the Palestinian revolution with assault rifles never imagined that these rifles would someday be turned against them, they well understood that armed Palestinian militias in the West Bank and Gaza would determine the fate of the territories. They well understood that bringing Yasser Arafat to Ramallah would force the hand of the right and bring an end to the internal debate in Israel over the future of the country. Just as the right did in the 1980s, so did the left of the 1990s: It established irreversible facts on the ground that were meant to force a certain future on Israel.
Political rape has in the past 20 years become the pattern that shapes public life in Israel. During this period, right and left have gotten tangled up in a pathological relationship of mutual rape. Instead of agreeing on a worthy democratic form that would enable the making of existential decisions through a conscious, transparent and fair process, Israel has deteriorated to the point where every ideological camp takes illegitimate steps to force its will on the other camp. The right forces bypass roads on the left, the left forces international documents on the right. The right imposes illegal outposts on the left, the left imposes coercive agreements on the right.
The current attempt of the Yesha (Judea, Samaria and Gaza) Council to prevent the evacuation of the outposts elevates this pattern to the absurd, because unlike in the past, the settlers no longer have an alibi. They cannot hide behind a smokescreen that blurs the seriousness of their actions. In the summer of 2003, it is abundantly clear that on the matter of the outposts, the firebrands are clashing head on with 70 to 80 percent of Israeli citizens. In the summer of 2003, it is abundantly clear that the zealots have become a minute and isolated minority that no longer enjoys public backing. Therefore, when the settlers put up more and more virtual outposts on the hilltops to replace those the Israel Defense Forces have just evacuated, they are not only acting against the law. They are making intentional and conscious use of power in order to lead Israel to a place it has chosen not to go. They are trying to force their will on a democratic society that has already given them an explicit no.
The struggle now underway on the hilltops of Judea and Samaria, then, is a clear-cut struggle between Israeli national interests and a minority that is rebelling against the regime. Between the state of organized law and a dissolute band of lawbreakers. Thus hanging in the balance is not only the issue of the endurance of one or the other lunatic-fringe outpost, but the future of Israel as a sovereign state capable of actualizing the desires and choices of its citizens.
The 20 years of abuse it has suffered have made Israeli democracy into a doormat. They have made Israel a feeble country that is characterized by weakness of will on the part of the majority, weakness of the regime that represents the majority and weakness of the law enforcement system. Given this situation, the zealots - on either side of the political divide - have a decent chance of succeeding. They have a chance to wrest control of the national steering wheel and to do with the nation as they wish.
Still, the Yesha folks have to know that even if they win the battle for the hilltops, it would be a Pyrrhic victory. Again, for the thousandth time, they will settle the hilltops but will lose the battle for hearts and minds. Again, for the thousandth time, they will provoke in Israeli citizens feelings of revulsion. The Israeli public, which does not presently have enough power to resist the indecent act the settlers are committing against it, will not forget and will not forgive. And when the day comes, when the bulldozers do move on Ofra and Dolev and Tekoa, the Israeli public will stand by and watch. It will not have understanding or sympathy for those that trampled upon it. It will show no compassion toward those who knowingly denied its own sovereignty.
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Bukky Wright's 2nd Marriage Has Crashed, Husband, Wale Onitiri Sends Her Packing
July 23, 2014 – Bukky Wright's 2nd Marriage Has Crashed, Husband Adewale Onitiri Orders Her To Pack Out Of Ajah Home
Popular Nollywood actress Bukky Wright's second marriage to a New Jersey-based socialite Adewale Onitiri has crashed.
The 4-year-old marriage has ended on the ground of mistrust and infidelity.
The crack in the marriage became apparent when Bukky returned to Nigeria after her marriage to continue with her acting career and business.
Adewale Onitiri whose first wife died of cancer few years ago stayed back in Trenton, NJ where he got married to Bukky Wright to take care of the children from his first marriage.
The trouble started when Mr Onitiri came to Nigeria unannounced on a fateful night only to discover his wife who claimed she's at home was missing in his Ajah Lagos home.
With other unconfirmed tales of his wife's alleged escapades in the country while he was in America, Mr. Onitiri was said to have been angry and requested she leave the couple's Ajah, Lagos home.
As at the time of this report, Bukky Wright has left Onitiri's mansion in Ajah to an undisclosed location.
He has removed all Bukky Wright's photos from his Facebook Page as he showered praises on his late wife.
Late Adebisi Onitiri
Onitiri studied at East Texas University and was earlier married to Adebisi, who died from a cancer-related illness. Their union produced four kids.


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Browning perfect in Major League debut
Browning perfect in Major League debut
Browning returned to the clubhouse, where Triple-A manager Ron "Pop" Warner informed the lefty reliever that he would be unable to participate in the upcoming Pacific Coast League All-Star Game, to which Browning had just been invited. There had been a change in plans, Warner continued, and Browning was needed in St. Louis.
Browning arrived in St. Louis less than 12 hours later, after he and reliever Maikel Cleto hitched a ride with Memphis general manager Ben Weiss. It was the only way the pitchers would make it to St. Louis in time for Saturday's game.
Both were added to the Cardinals' 25-man roster, and both were called upon in Saturday's game.
"That [All-Star Game] was something I was looking very much forward to," Browning said. "I would have been completely happy going and doing that, but this is 10 times better."
Browning's debut could not have gone better. He retired all six batters he faced and allowed just one ball to leave the infield. Five family members made it to Busch Stadium in time to be in attendance, and the crowd recognized Browning's efforts with an extended applause when he walked off the mound in the seventh.
"When I was warming up, I wasn't nervous," Browning said. "When I came in, I wasn't nervous. When I got about 20 feet from the infield, my legs started getting a little wobbly. But it's just one of those things -- you try and forget about it and focus on what you've got to do.
"My stuff wasn't as sharp as I'd like it to be, but it's hard to complain about the results."
The Cardinals' search for steady left-handed relief led the organization to Browning, who has had a standout year in his first season as a member of the organization. He was selected from the Angels in the Minor League portion of the Rule 5 Draft last December. Browning had been in the Angels' system for six seasons.
"I learned a lot when I was with the Angels' organization, but I think after six years of being there, I was spinning my wheels a little bit and got to the point where I wasn't really sure what their interest in me was any more," Browning said. "Coming over here was a fresh opportunity, a fresh start. It was able to rejuvenate me a little bit and start fresh. I hit the ground with no expectations but to prove to myself and to the organization that I actually can be a benefit to a Major League team."
Though the Cards' bullpen depth has already been tested extensively, Browning earned this opportunity. The 27-year-old had a 1.89 ERA in 30 appearances with Memphis. He struck out 36 in 38 innings and limited opponents to a .192 batting average.
Browning is one of two lefties available in the 'pen. He will likely continue to draw middle-inning assignments, at least until he gets a little more experience at this level.


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Attitude "Bravo"
Dear Editor:
We have become a nation that has lost its way. We are at the bottom of the list of civilized industrial nations when it comes to health care, technology and education. Middle class and working class people are suffering, while big business, CEOs and lobbyists reap monetary rewards, ignoring the needs of the people. Political corruption has run amok.
"Bravo" to Neil Friedman's August 21st column about the presidential race. Our votes should not be based on race, sex, age, religion or party. Our votes should go to whoever will bring this country back to what it was meant to be — the American dream for all of us.
Our votes will go to Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
Thank you.
Gerry and Seymour Weiner


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March 4
"I am Cuba" by Mikhail Kalatozov(1968 Soviet Union/Cuba)
March 11
"Pather Panchali" by Satyajit Ray (1955 India)
March 18
"Close-Up" by Abbas Kiarostami (1990 Iran)
March 25
Double Feature! "La Jetée" by Chris Marker (1962 France) and "Cleo from Five to Seven" by Agnès Varda (1962 France/Italy)
Presented by Courtyard Gallery at Phil Mechanic Studios in the Railroad Library. Doors open at 7:45 p.m. and close at 8:15 p.m. The film begins at 8:00 pm. Come on in, get comfortable, have some refreshments and enjoy great films from around the world! FREE, donations appreciated.


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Arabic is a beautiful language and that way Allah chose to reveal his message in Arabic. But recitation of Arabic is an art which can only be mastered by years of practice. It was due to this reason that tajwid or correct rules of recitation have been invented just so that the people who are not natively Arabic can be able to recite Quran in correct manner.
Individual 30 parts of the Quran with Color coded Tajweed rules. Normal tall format Juz have 15 lines per page similar to the regular Mushaf Tajweed. Wide format with larger font and 7 lines per page is also available from the related items table. The set is enclosed in a beautiful black case as shown.
Introduction from the Publisher
ALLAH (SWA) ordered us in his holy book to recite the Quran with tajweed "recite the Quran modulatingly." the system of tajwid serves as a guide to improve the style of Qur'anic recitation . It was in this way that the holy Quran was revealed to prophet Mohammed (PBUH) and also the manner in which he recited it. Therefore, the reader of the holy Quran longs to achieve the promise of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH): "whoever recites the Quran correctly and proficiently will be with the bountiful dutiful writers (the angels of the preserved tablet - Al lauh Al Mahfuz).
Based on a practical understanding of phonology, we have color-coded the place of some letters to facilitate the correct recitation of the holy Quran. This had enabled us to classify these letters within 3 possible categories to enhance the reader's knowledge and remembrance of tajweed rules.
The letters which requires expanded vocalization. We used red color to highlight these letters.
The letters which is nasalized. These letters are green in color.
the dark blue color indicates the emphatic of the letter (R), the blue color indicates the unrest letters-echoing sound- (qualquala)
- While the letters which are written but are not pronounced. These letters are gray in color.
The reader will get used to reciting the Quran by using color just as he got used to stopping at red lights and passing though green lights. By engaging I this sublime act, the reader will find him self applying 24 rules of tajweed with ease and precision while his mind is left free to contemplate and understand the meaning of holy Quran.


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Statistical Significance in the New Tom and the Old Tom: A Reply to Thomas Mayer
Econometricians have been claiming proudly since World War II that significance testing is the empirical side of economics. In fact today most young economists think that the word "empirical" simply means "collect enough data to do a significance test". Tjalling Koopmans's influential book of 1957, Three Essays on the State of Economic Science, solidified the claim. A century of evidence after Student's t-test points strongly to the opposite conclusion. Against conventional econometrics we argue that statistical significance is neither necessary nor sufficient for proving commercial, human, or scientific importance. A recent comment by Thomas Mayer, though in parts insightful, does nothing to alter conclusions about the logic and evidence which we and others have assembled against significance testing. Let's bury it, and get on to empirical work that actually changes minds.
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Volume (Year): 9 (2012)
Issue (Month): 3 (September)
Pages: 298-308
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Developers are teaming up with the City of McKinney to break ground Thursday on the first phase in a new corporate campus.
The McKinney Corporate Center Craig Ranch is a 137-acre business park on the north side of State Highway 121 that's designed to appeal to business tenants.
The project was announced more than a year ago by VanTrust Real Estate LLC and the City of McKinney.
"The project is expected to attract large and midsize build-to-suit projects with more than 2.5 million square feet available for development," according to the City of McKinney.
The development is located between Alma and Custer roads and is part of McKinney's efforts to lure new business to the city. The city is provided about $5 million in incentives to kick off the project.
"We want McKinney to be on the short list for corporate relocations from around the North Texas region and around the country," McKinney Mayor Brian S. Loughmiller said in a statement. "As the economy improves McKinney is actively recruiting new businesses in the U.S. and abroad with a competitive package of economic incentives, world class amenities and a family oriented life-style that has been consistently rated as one of the best in the nation."
Neighbors Frisco and Allen have already had big success in attracting corporate office facilities.
McKinney Corporate Center Craig Ranch is part of the 2,200-acre Craig Ranch mixed-use community.


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It's getting close to crunch time for Lakewood (Calif.) linebacker Luthur Brown and he has narrowed his choices down to a final two.
Brown, 6-2, 225 pounds was supposed to visit Miami this past weekend but said he's now done with all his trips and should know where he's going by the weekend.
"I'm down to USC and Arizona," Brown said. "Miami was running a little low on scholarships but they said they still wanted to trip me in. I just didn't feel like taking any more visits and I'm going to take this weekend to sort everything out between my two schools.
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"Arizona came in for a home visit last night (Tuesday) and Pete Carroll will be coming over on Saturday to the house. My dad is really looking forward to talking to him. Those are my two schools and I don't have a leader between them.
"To be honest, I really haven't taken the time yet to sit down and compare the two schools to each other. You know, kind of weigh the pros and cons of each. I'm planning to do that this weekend. After Pete Carroll leaves on Saturday, I'll take the rest of the weekend to figure out what I should do and I should have my decision by Monday although I'm not going to release it until Signing Day."


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Oh, whatever, Netflix. Your whining has grow tiring and predictable:
The Internet is perfectly fine. The internet is fantastic. I have like two dozen tabs with like gif files open and the internet is fast as shit:
The Internet, basically, is much more competent than your inconsistent ass, Netflix, so enough with the fucking theatrics.
(I'm sorry, Netflix, please come back. I love you and your affordability and huge library. I didn't mean it, I was just having a moment, you know how I get when I don't have my X Files or King of the Hill. You're such a good video delivery service, I've never had a video delivery service like you. You let me write about all my favorite stupid shows. When I make it to the big time, I'm going to take you shopping and buy you lots of stuff.)
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Quit whining, Netflix.
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Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 806876, 2 pages
Complex Discrete Nonlinear Dynamics: Chaos and Its Applications
1Key Laboratory of Network Control & Intelligent Instrument, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing 400065, China
2Department of Mathematics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA
3Department of Mathematics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
4School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
Received 31 July 2013; Accepted 31 July 2013
Copyright © 2013 Qingdu Li et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Nonlinear and chaotic behavior appears widely and naturally in many discrete dynamical systems; its study has led to vast multidisciplinary research in fields ranging from the natural sciences (mechanics, chemistry, biology, ecology, etc.) to the social sciences (economics, sociology, etc.) and engineering (electronics, control, communication, security, etc.). Recent advances in dynamical systems theory and computational methodologies have provided new ways of understanding such complex phenomena via novel tools and applications of discrete nonlinear dynamics.
This special issue contains ten papers, of which eight study chaotic behavior in some practical models from interesting fields, such as a Cournot-Bertrand duopoly game model, a price game model of irrigation water, a susceptible-infected-susceptible (SIS) model, the credit risk transfer (CRT) market model, a tumor growth model, a fractional-order system, a small neural network, and rectangular plates. There are also two theoretical papers focusing on the bifurcation of limit cycles from periodic orbits and the existence and uniqueness of the global solution for the stochastic Boussinesq equations, respectively.
Two game models are studied in detail in this special issue as typical discrete-time systems. "Complexity analysis of a Cournot-Bertrand duopoly game model with limited information" by H. Wang and J. Ma proposes a Cournot-Bertrand mixed game model, where the market has linear demand and two firms have the same fixed marginal cost, and shows complex dynamics, such as bifurcation scenarios and route to chaos, as well as parameter basin by numerical experiment. "Bifurcation and chaos in a price game of irrigation water in a coastal irrigation district" by B. Xin and Y. Li emphatically discusses the stability and codimension-two period-doubling (flip) bifurcation in a price game model with numerical bifurcation-based continuation methods, and the 0-1 test algorithm is used to compute the median value of correlation coefficient to indicate chaotic dynamics.
Mathematical models in the real world are often time-continuous systems or hybrid systems. To study their nonlinear dynamics, one frequently converts them to discrete systems. A common method is discretizing time with a well-chosen stepsize. "Bifurcation and chaotic behavior of a discrete-time SIS model" by J. Li and N. Cui obtains a discrete-time epidemic model with the Euler method, and shows rich and complex dynamical behaviors, such as transcritical bifurcation, flip bifurcation, Hopf bifurcation, and chaos. "Dynamics evolution of credit risk contagion in the CRT market" by T. Chen et al. introduces a nonlinear dynamics model to depict the dynamic behavior characteristics of evolution of credit risk contagion through numerical simulation and reports a series of Hopf bifurcations and chaotic phenomena in the process of credit risk contagion. "Modeling a tumor growth with piecewise constant arguments" by F. Bozkurt constructs two models of a tumor growth and shows that the increase of the population growth rate decreases the local stability of the positive equilibrium point. "A fractional-order chaotic system with an infinite number of equilibrium points" by P. Zhou et al. studies chaos in a new 4-dimensional fractional-order system, which has an infinite number of equilibrium points, and also presents a chaotic synchronization scheme.
Another common method to discretize time-continuous systems is using Poincaré return maps. "Multipulse heteroclinic orbits and chaotic dynamics of the laminated composite piezoelectric rectangular plate" by M. Yao and W. Zhang demonstrates how to employ the energy phase method to analyze the Shilnikov type multipulse heteroclinic bifurcations and chaotic dynamics of high-dimensional nonlinear systems in engineering applications. "Horseshoe chaos in a 3d neural network with different activation functions" by F. Yang et al. studies a small neural network with three neurons. Although the network is a simple hybrid system with all subsystems being exponentially stable, they find that the network can exhibit very complex dynamics such as limit cycles and chaos, which implies that chaos is more related to its weight matrix than the type of activation functions.
Limit cycles, as well as their number and distribution, are significant for understanding the geometrical structures of the state space. "Bifurcation of limit cycles of a class of piecewise linear differential systems in R4 with three zones" by Y. Cheng studies the bifurcation of limit cycles from periodic orbits of a four-dimensional system by the averaging method, and shows that when the parameter is sufficiently small, at most six limit cycles can bifurcate from periodic orbits in a class of asymmetric piecewise linear perturbed systems.
The existence and uniqueness of the solution are a fundamental problem for each dynamical system. "Perturbation of stochastic Boussinesq equations with multiplicative white noise" by C. Yang and X. Zhao studies the Boussinesq equations perturbed by multiplicative white noise, and shows the existence and uniqueness of the global solution. They also obtain some regularity results for the unique solution.
The topics of the selected papers in this issue do not of course cover this entire multidisciplinary field. Rather they represent rich and many-faceted results that we have the pleasure of sharing with the readers.
Since most dynamical systems have no explicit solution, it is often a hard task to theoretically analyze complex discrete nonlinear behavior. Although numerical methods works for most systems, it is often criticized because of numerical errors and increasing computational cost. Combining theoretical and numerical studies, like some of the aforementioned papers is perhaps a powerful approach. With interval algorithms on massive computing devices, nonlinear behavior, such as limit cycles, homoclinic/heteroclinic orbits, and even chaos, can be studied rigorously, and the complex geometrical structure of the state space and the parameter space may also be analyzed to reveal mechanisms behind the complex behavior, which are important for scientific and engineering purposes.
We would like to express our appreciation to the authors for their excellent contributions and patience in assisting us. The fundamental work of all reviewers on these papers is also very greatly acknowledged. In addition, Q. Li also would like to thank the National Natural Science Foundation of China (61104150) and Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of Chongqing (cstc2013jcyjjq40001).
Qingdu Li
Timothy J. Healey
Xiao-Song Yang
Xiaofeng Liao


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VISTA ---- Sheriff's deputies searched for two thieves in dark hooded sweatshirts Monday night, after the pair robbed a man near a Vista gas station, a San Diego County Sheriff's lieutenant said.
The two men, who deputies did not find, robbed the man on the 100 block of East California Avenue at about 9 p.m., Lt. Marco Garmo said. They were last seen heading toward Massachusetts Avenue on foot, he said.
The men were armed with what appeared to the victim to be either a knife or a pipe with tape on it, Garmo said.


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JUMP Ultimate Math Package (JUMP) is a Java-based extensible
high-precision math package. Includes support for computations
based on fractions. Support is included for converting to
floating point numbers and BigDecimals.
WWW: http://jump-math.sourceforge.net/
make generate-plist
To install the port: cd /usr/ports/java/jump/ && make install cleanTo add the package: pkg install jump
cd /usr/ports/java/jump/ && make install clean
pkg install jump
PKGNAME: jump
SHA256 (jump-0.5.tar.gz) = 608c3ea156cca8ce6890f593467a8b5b41b257479a84178bff8b957ed56ddac0
SIZE (jump-0.5.tar.gz) = 31266
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
===> The following configuration options are available for jump-0.5_2:
DOCS=on: Build and/or install documentation
===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Number of commits found: 30
- Add staging support
- Convert to new options framework
Add NO_STAGE all over the place in preparation for the staging support (cat:
Decommissioning java 1.5 (EOLed since October 2009):
suppress any reference to JAVA_VERSION= 1.5+ (part2)
Now that the Java 1.3 and Java 1.4 ports are deprecated and will expire soon,
remove support for them from bsd.java.mk. As Jikes is not available in Java 1.5
or higher, remove it from bsd.java.mk too (suggested by hq@) and from the ports
which used it (only occurences were USE_JIKES=no). Support for the Blackdown VM
is also removed, as it is not available in Java 1.5 and higher.
Also remove the mapping from Java 1.1-1.4 to Java 1.5+ in bsd.java.mk to detect
old, broken ports; therefore bump the minimal value of JAVA_VERSION to 1.5.
While here, replace static values of JAVA_VERSION in files/*.in by
PR: ports/158969
Submitted by: rene
Tested on: pointyhat-west -exp
- Get Rid MD5 support
- Switch SourceForge ports to the new File Release System: categories starting
with H,I,J,K,L
Bump portrevision due to upgrade of devel/gettext.
The affected ports are the ones with gettext as a run-dependency
according to ports/INDEX-7 (5007 of them) and the ones with USE_GETTEXT
in Makefile (29 of them).
PR: ports/124340
Submitted by: edwin@
Approved by: portmgr (pav)
- Welcome X.org 7.2 \o/.
- Set X11BASE to ${LOCALBASE} for recent ${OSVERSION}.
- Bump PORTREVISION for ports intalling files in ${X11BASE}.
- Add SHA256
Reset znerd's ports maintainership:
- All JDK ports (and JDK documentation ports) that were formerly maintained by
znerd have been assigned to email@example.com
- I will handle some of the remaining ports (jakarta-commons-*, jdom, xalan-j
and xmlenc)
- Everything else is reset to firstname.lastname@example.com
Approved by: znerd (maintainer)
- Update to bsd.java.mk 2.0
- Use USE_ANT
- Variable cleanup
- "CP -r" -> "FIND | CPIO"
- Dynamic plist
Reviewed by: glewis
- Update to JUMP 0.5
- Unbroken
- Using PORTDOCS macro
- Removed non-existent metaverse.nl download site
BROKEN: Checksum mismatch
Port devel/jakarta-ant was renamed to devel/apache-ant.
Reported by: kris
Pointy hat to: me
Clear moonlight beckons.
Requiem mors pacem pkg-comment,
And be calm ports tree.
E Nomini Patri, E Fili, E Spiritu Sancti.
Removed unnecessary settings.
Small style improvement.
Only installing JAR and docs. And installing where they should go.
Honoring NOPORTDOCS now.
Bumped PORTREVISION.
Moved MAINTAINER up in the file to stop portlint from complaining.
Changed WWW reference.
Upgrade from JUMP 0.3 to JUMP 0.4.1.
Upgrade to JUMP 0.3. Added an alternative download location.
Not removing ${PREFIX}/share/java at deinstallation anymore
since it is part of the base hierarchy now.
Not installing the packages anymore.
Fixed the packing list.
Bumped PORTREVISION.
Upgrade to JUMP 0.2.
Now removes ${PREFIX}/share/java after deinstallation if it
is empty.
Bumped PORTREVISION.
Running Ant in ${WRKSRC} instead of ${WRKDIR}. This does not
change the working of the Makefile since NO_WRKSUBDIR is defined.
Now builds from source using Ant.
Bumped PORTREVISION.
Fixed the packing list.
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Barry Adamson, Stranger on the Sofa (Central Control). Ex-Magazine/Bad Seed bassist turned composer Barry Adamson aborts much of the film-noir-inspired aesthetic that made 1989's paranoid masterpiece Moss Side Story the template for every U.K. trip-hop outfit from Portishead to Tricky. Still evoking movies of the mind, Adamson juggles jazz, spoken word, rocksteady beats, big-band croon, sound collage and more into another effective, cinematic potboiler. -- John La Briola
Don Bodin, Greed, Lust and Cloning (Endocrinemusic). Former electronic rocker, soundman and movie-theater janitor Don Bodin debuts with a soundtrack for a film that doesn't exist. Originally conceived as a promotional tool for television and video-game scores, this sonic thrill ride combines crunchy guitars, strings, operatic flourishes and synthesized mayhem into an ominous backdrop worthy of any good sci-fi, action or espionage thriller. Roll over, John Williams. -- La Briola
Camera Obscura, Let's Get Out of This Country (Merge Records). Camera Obscura's latest effort is full of wholesome, tooth-achingly-sweet pop that recalls the 1960s AM-radio sound of Acid House Kings or the Concretes. The kitschy, sunny harmonies and jangly tambourines make this upbeat disc perfect for a jaunt to the ice cream parlor, side by side on bicycles with your latest crush. -- Heather Browne
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Chevreuil, Capoeira (Sickroom Records). Chevreuil tears through nine chaotic, Albini-produced tracks of experimental musical mayhem, with samples, analog synths, a "touch guitar" and "magnetic drums." Rarely settling into anything like a melody, hook, riff or groove, the French trio opts instead for sonic freakouts that challenge them as much as their listeners. -- Eryc Eyl
Ice Cube, Laugh Now, Cry Later (Lench Mob Records). Ice Cube is back with his first album in six years, and he's not happy with the way fellow rappers have been carrying the torch in his absence. On Laugh Now, Cry Later, Cube lambastes the current state of hip-hop while still managing to entertain the homies with tight beats and stellar production. -- Brandon Daviet
Christian McBride, Live at Tonic (Ropeadope). Bassist Christian McBride may not be as young of a lion as he once was, but this set shows no signs of age. McBride and his band, supplemented by guest stars such as guitarist Charlie Hunter and DJ Logic, create one rubbery groove after another and keep the bounce going for three high-spirited discs. This Tonic goes down smooth. -- Roberts
Mellowdrone, Box (Red Ink). For the most part, Mellowdrone lives up to its name on its latest disc, with thick shoegazer epics that sludge along on Jonathan Bates's dark, mostly half-spoken lyrics. Elsewhere, the band sorts through vintage '80s goth and gloom pop (think the Cure) with enough modern flare to make Box ideal for that Valium comedown. -- Glenn BurnSilver


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My girlfriend and I have been to an excellent Lao restaurant in Seattle. My girlfriend is Lao and she found the food great and real Lao. We had green papaya salad as appetizer. You can have it Lao or Thai style, that means with "pa daek", that is a very pungent fermented fish sauce (Lao) or with normal fish sauce (Thai sauce), that is less pungent and how normally foreigners (including myself) are able to eat it enjoying it. Then we had green curry and tom kha, that is a soup with galanga, both with tofu, and larb salad with chicken. Tofu was the fried one, that is more tasty than plain one. Larb is a very popular Lao salad made with minced meat or fish, lemongrass, mint, toasted broken rice and chili, that you eat with sticky rice. Sticky rice was excellent too, and served in rice baskets like in Laos.
The atmosphere is nice and Lao-like, and service is good. The prices are very convenient, we were three, we were not able to finish all the food, and the bill was about 40 bucks. The only downside is that these guys close at 8 PM, I believe because they work mainly with take-away.
The restaurant's name is Viengthong Lao-Thai restaurant and it is in Martin Luther King Way, somewhere near McClallan road or something like that. If you go there, let me know if you enjoyed it.