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A DISABLED man was kicked as he lay defenceless on the ground – moments after hearing his beloved guide dog being attacked.
Visually impaired Richard Twose was pushed up against a fence by two men before being assaulted close to his home in Fareham.
The 35-year-old, who underwent a kidney and pancreas transplant six years ago, tried desperately to shield his upper body after being pushed to the ground.
But his attackers, who struck at Youngbridge Court near Redlands Lane, kicked him in the stomach, causing bruising to his pancreas.
Seconds earlier, his dog Bates had yelped out in pain and lurched forward after being kicked.
Richard, who represented Great Britain in the Transplant Games as a sprinter, has branded the men "cowards"
urging anyone with information to contact police.
He told the Daily Echo: "These people are not human - they have really got a screw loose.
"I can look after myself up to a certain point, but not when there is more than one and when it is dark and with my eyesight in this condition.
"It all happened in a matter of seconds and I was not quite sure what was going on. I kept thinking to myself, 'when are they going to stop?' "I'm usually confident and involved with everything, but this has knocked me completely – I am not myself at the moment.
"I did receive bruising to my pancreas – that can be repaired. But the fact that they kicked my dog makes me feel almost guilty because I could not defend him.
"That has upset me more than the fact that I was hurt."
Bates, an eight-year-old Labrador Retriever, has lost his confidence since being attacked and cowers behind his owners legs when others approach.
Richard, who plans to compete as a cyclist in the Rio 2016 Paralympics, has received backing from Eastleigh-based charity Open Sight, with whom he is heavily involved.
Chief executive Tessa Barrett said: "On behalf of all our beneficiaries with sight loss I think it is true to say that I am absolutely appalled at the mindless act of violence meted out to our sports ambassador Richard Twose and his guide dog, Bates, by people unknown.
"The impact of the injury to his dog is being personally felt by Richard as Bates is his eyes, and without him Richard is no longer independent."
Police have launched an investigation.
Witnesses to the incident, on Wednesday at 6.20pm, should contact PC John Cupper on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.


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TORONTO -- The final full day of campaigning for Ontario's 41st general provincial election wrapped up with a deluge of last-minute mudslinging.
Accusations of sign tampering, voter suppression and attack literature were traded between the perceived frontrunners, the Ontario Liberals and Ontario Progressive Conservatives, after a long, tough campaign.
Polls will be open across the province Thursday between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m.
Elections Ontario has reported that turnout at advance polls was lower than in the 2011 general election.
Wynne was at a Toronto school Wednesday morning where she said she has an obligation to "contrast" her position with that of the opposition leaders, PC Tim Hudak and NDP Andrea Horwath.
"(On Thursday) we will choose one of two futures," she said. "Tim Hudak's future in which tens of thousands of people -- our neighbours, our friends, our family members are fired -- and ... health and education are put at risk. Or a future in which we create jobs and we nurture growth."
In Mississauga, PC Leader Tim Hudak accused Wynne of running a negative campaign by falsely claiming that the Tory plan would hurt children.
"When you go that far, when you go over the top that much just to hang on to your job, it's time to pack it in -- you're no longer there for the public interest, you are there for yourself," Hudak said.
A Liberal campaign flyer depicting Hudak as a Dark Knight villain walking away laughing from an exploding hospital was circulated in the riding of Vaughan.
Local Liberal candidate Steven Del Duca apologized on Twitter Wednesday after the Tories complained about the image.
"Please accept my apology. The flyer was a mistake for which I am sorry," Del Duca said in a tweet.
.@timhudak Please accept my apology. The flyer was a mistake for which I am sorry. #onpoli #voteon
— Steven Del Duca (@StevenDelDuca) June 11, 2014
PC campaign manager Ian Robertson wrote a letter to Liberal campaign co-chairs David Herle and Deb Matthews demanding a public apology from them, Wynne and Del Duca.
"We are incredibly disturbed by a piece of literature being distributed by Steven Del Duca, the candidate for Vaughan. The piece depicts Tim Hudak laughing and walking away from a hospital that has just been blown up," Robertson said in the letter. "This piece of literature superimposes Tim Hudak into a horrifying scene from the movie the Dark Knight. The character, who you have depicted Tim as, is the villain from the film, a murdering terrorist."
Asked about the flyer Wednesday, Wynne told reporters it was unacceptable and insisted she has had nothing to do with the negative advertising campaigns launched by unions against Hudak.
Meanwhile, the Ontario Tories sent letters to potential voters that misdirected them to the wrong polling stations, the Liberals revealed.
"We sent out letters to the people that we hope are going to vote for the PC party to tell them what our plan is all about and to encourage them to go out and vote," Hudak said. "Sometimes, the mistakes are made because we did not have the right information and our candidates have apologized for that clerical error."

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Arrangements are by Freeman-Abell Funeral Home in Hale Center.
She died Thursday, April 6, 2000, in Hi-Plains Nursing Home.
She was born on July 4, 1909, in Floydada. She married Bence Jones on June 3, 1934, west of Hale Center. They farmed in Hale County where he had homesteaded in 1902. He died in 1961.
She was a lifelong member of the Methodist Church and, at the time of her death, was a member First United Methodist Church of Plainview. She served as a Pink Lady for Plainview Hospital.
Survivors include two sons, Kit McDaniel of Hale Center and H.T. McDaniel of Fort Worth; two granddaughters; and two great-grandchildren.
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MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury College women's basketball team dropped a pair of tight home NESCAC games this past weekend. The Panthers are 11-11, 3-5 in NESCAC play, and will close their regular season with two road games this weekend, at Trinity on Friday and at Amherst on Sunday.
On this past Sunday, Middlebury was even with Bowdoin at the half, but the visiting Polar Bears (20-2, 8-0 NESCAC and ranked No. 20 in NCAA Division III) forced 14 second-half turnovers on their way to a 53-43 win.
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MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury College women's hockey team won three recent games, following up two weekend NESCAC wins by defeating another team with a high NCAA Division II ranking.
Middlebury improved to 14-2-3, 9-1-2 in NESCAC play heading into this weekend's two league games at Connecticut.
On Tuesday, Katie Mandigo scored 43 seconds into overtime to give the No. 4 Panthers a 2-1 win over No. 3 Norwich (13-4-2).
NEW LONDON, Conn. — The Middlebury College men's hockey team suffered a pair of NESCAC road losses this past weekend and saw their record drop to 7-8-3, 4-5-3 in conference action. The Panthers will look to bounce back at home this weekend vs. Trinity at 7 p.m. on Friday and Wesleyan at 4 p.m. on Saturday.
On Saturday, host Connecticut College scored a goal in each period and goalie Tom Conlin made 16 saves as the Camels blanked the Panthers, 3-0, to improve to 9-7-2, 6-5-1 in NESCAC play.
MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury College men's basketball team followed a split of two weekend NESCAC games with a non-league victory on Tuesday. The Panthers are 15-4, 3-3 NESCAC, heading into road games vs. league foes Colby and Bowdoin this weekend.
On Tuesday, Dylan Sinnickson and Hunter Merryman scored 27 points apiece in Middlebury's 96-83 win over visiting Keene State (15-5) in Pepin Gym.
MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury College men's hockey team won one NESCAC game and tied another this past weekend to move over .500 overall and in league play. The 7-6-3 Panthers (4-3-3 NESCAC) have gone 4-0-1 in their past five games. They play at Tufts on Friday and at Connecticut College on Saturday.
On Saturday, the Panthers defeated Colby, 4-3, in overtime. Jake Charles scored the game-winner 59 seconds into overtime on a rebound of a Brendan McGovern. Colby dropped to 5-10-2, 2-8-2 NESCAC.
BRUNSWICK, Maine — The Middlebury College women's hockey team won two key NESCAC road games this past weekend before returning home on Tuesday to prevail in a non-league contest.
The 11-2-3 Panthers (7-1-2 NESCAC) are ranked No. 4 in the NCAA Division III poll and will host league foe Hamilton this weekend, with games at 7 p.m. on Friday and 3 p.m. on Saturday.
On this past Friday, the Panthers took the first of a two-game set at Bowdoin, then ranked No. 10, 4-2.
STOWE — The Middlebury College ski team placed fourth at the University of Vermont Winter Carnival, the season's second carnival. The Panthers finished with 661 points, while UVM (940), Dartmouth (885) and New Hampshire (782) led the field. Alpine races were held at the Stowe Mountain Resort, while the Nordic events took place at Trapp Family Lodge. Middlebury returns to action this weekend at the St. Michael's Carnival.
MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury College men's basketball team saw a nine-game home winning streak end with a 71-62 loss to visiting University of Maine, Fort Kent, on Saturday. The Bengals moved to 6-10, while the Panthers fell to 13-3.
Middlebury was set to return to action on Tuesday night by hosting Lyndon State, but that game was postponed. They next visit Williams on Friday at 7 p.m.
MIDDLEBURY — Visiting Keene State defeated the Middlebury College women's basketball team, 60-56, on Jan. 22. The Owls (10-7) hit 13 of 14 free throws, including seven of eight in the final minutes to hold off a late challenge by the Panthers. Middlebury (10-8) will host NESCAC foe Williams on Friday at 7 p.m.
Middlebury missed its first 11 shots and turned the ball over six times in falling behind, 11-0, in the first nine minutes, but fought back to within two at the half, 21-19, with help from hoops from Rachel Crews and Sarah Kaufman.
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Title: The Instrumentalized and Missing Mothers in Signal
Presenter: Cindy Walter-Gensler, Ph.D. Student, Dept. of Germanic Studies
When thinking of mothers in the context of Nazi Germany, commonly images of smiling, dirndl wearing women, surrounded by children come to mind. Consequently, one would also expect to find such images in a propaganda magazine like Signal. Yet a 1944 article which talks about how having children alone makes life worth living for Germans does not refer to mothers at all. This is only one of numerous cases where mothers are textually and visually detached from articles dealing with children and family related topics. On the other hand, mothers figure prominently in the context of soldiers and warfare. This paper addresses this discrepancy, arguing that the mothers' diverse representation in Signal relates to different propagandistic reasons as well as an instrumentalized understanding of motherhood during the Nazi period.
Title: Kiezdeutsch in Language Education Practice and Policy
Presenter: David Huenlich, Ph.D. Student, Dept. of Germanic Studies
From April 2006 to June2010, I was part of a team that developed a pedagogic response to some of the basic problems that can be observed in the immigrant communities in Leipzig. Like most immigrant youth in Germany, they end up in the two lowest school tracks (Förderschule and Hauptschule) and often leave the school system without a degree. The children we worked with spoke an immigrant German vernacular now commonly known as Kiezdeutsch. In my Ph.D. research, I investigate the lexical field of motion verbs in order to show how Kiezdeutsch should be better understood as a full-scale contact language, rather than a transitional youth language. This would directly imply changes in educational policy, since whenever Kiezdeutsch interferes with written Standard German, we would no longer be looking at inappropriate style switching but at real L2 interference effects. Such policies and corresponding pedagogical approaches to varieties such as U.S. Spanish and African American Vernacular English have been effective in the United States and could possibly be adapted to a German educational setting.
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WASHINGTON - In the two months since Edward Snowden began to expose the National Security Agency's surveillance programs, we've heard two different stories about them. Snowden and his collaborator, Glenn Greenwald of the Guardian, have claimed that the programs allow NSA analysts and contractors to spy indiscriminately on Americans. U.S. government officials have told us that the programs don't allow this.
Who's telling the truth? The answer, for the most part, is both.
The two sides are using different definitions of allow. Snowden and Greenwald are telling us what's technologically possible. The government is telling us what's legally permitted. Our job is to put the two stories together. We must pressure the government to translate its legal restrictions into technological barriers, so that what's impermissible becomes impossible.
This week, the Obama administration told its side of the story to the Senate Judiciary Committee. At a hearing on the NSA's phone metadata program. Deputy Attorney General James Cole testified that "the government can only search the data if it has reasonable, articulable suspicion that the phone number being researched is associated with certain terrorist organizations." Cole said analysts "can only access" the data once this requirement "has been met and documented." Until then, he asserted, the data "cannot be accessed . . . You cannot enter that database and make a query and access any of those data."
That's a lot of cannot and can only. But on closer inspection, it's just rules. When Cole testified that "you can't get into" the database "without that gate being checked through," Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, forced him to concede that the "gate" - presenting reasonable suspicion - doesn't even involve a warrant. It's just "internal procedures."
Meanwhile, in the Guardian, Greenwald was telling his side of the story. He reported that a previously undisclosed NSA tool, known as XKeyscore, "allows analysts to monitor a virtually unlimited array" of Internet activity and to search "vast databases containing emails, online chats and the browsing histories of millions of individuals." To prove it, the Guardian published slides from an NSA training document - apparently, screenshots of the search forms in which an analyst would input an email address, Facebook user name, or other surveillance target.
But the Guardian, like the government, isn't telling the whole story. The Guardian says its report vindicates Snowden's claim that "I, sitting at my desk," could "wiretap anyone, from you or your accountant, to a federal judge or even the president." That's not quite what Snowden said. His precise claim was that "I, sitting at my desk, certainly had the authorities" to wiretap anyone. That's a legal assertion unsubstantiated by the screenshots. The Guardian also reports that XKeyscore "allows analysts to search with no prior authorization" through NSA databases. The word prior hints that the agency does have procedures to monitor and punish abuse.
In this week's exchange, the government and the Guardian were talking about two different programs: one for domestic phone metadata, the other for foreign Internet content. But the overarching story lines - Snowden's disclosures about what the NSA can do, and the government's disclosures about what the NSA may do - are useful for checking and clarifying one another. Greenwald points out that Mich. Rep. Mike Rogers, the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, has scoffed that Snowden "was lying" when he claimed the ability to "read everybody's emails." Rogers said Snowden had misrepresented what "the technology of the programs would allow one to do. It's impossible for him to do what he was saying he could do." The screenshots leave Rogers with a lot to explain.
The government, in turn, has released documents indicating that the NSA is more constrained than Snowden originally implied. This week it declassified the most explicit such document: an order issued in April by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. That's to Snowden's credit: Without his leaks, the government wouldn't have shown us anything. We've learned a lot from the dialectic of unauthorized and authorized disclosures. Why stop now? Let's find out how, and to what extent, the rules against indiscriminate spying are enforced. Here are some basic questions.
1. Storage. The court order for phone records says "NSA shall store and process the BR metadata in repositories within secure networks under NSA's control. The BR metadata shall carry unique markings such that software and other controls (including user authentication services) can restrict access to it to authorized personnel." That's a rule with teeth. What about Internet data? According to the Guardian, "NSA has attempted to segregate exclusively domestic US communications in separate databases" so they're not read along with foreign communications."
That shows good faith, but the results are limited. As the Guardian explains, "NSA documents acknowledge that such efforts are imperfect, as even purely domestic communications can travel on foreign systems, and NSA tools are sometimes unable to identify the national origins of communications. Moreover, all communications between Americans and someone on foreign soil are included in the same databases as foreign-to-foreign communications, making them readily searchable without warrants."
2. Access. Several government officials, including FBI Director Robert Mueller and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, claim that "only 22 people have access" to the phone records database. The court order specifies them: the chief of the Homeland Security Analysis Center, the deputy chief, and 20 "specially-authorized Homeland Mission Coordinators" at the Signals Intelligence Directorate. The order says all queries of the database "shall be approved by" one of these 22 people. But how is that rule enforced? If you're not on the list, can you search first and explain yourself later? Do you have physical if not legal access? The order directs NSA to "ensure" compliance through "technical and management controls," but it doesn't specify what technical controls, if any, block unapproved access. It also says the data can be searched by "manual analyst query." Who oversees that? What about Internet data?
The NSA claims that "access to XKeyscore . . . is limited to only those personnel who require access for their assigned tasks." But according to the Guardian, Snowden "says he was authorized to use [XKeyscore] while working as a Booz Allen contractor." Is that true? How many people have legal access to these tools? How many have physical access?
3. Justification. Government officials constantly tell us that the phone database can't be searched without articulated justification. But how and when is the justification inspected? According to the Guardian, to search Internet data using XKeyscore, all you have to do is complete "a simple on-screen form giving only a broad justification for the search." One training slide depicts a skeletal email search form in which two one-line blanks, marked "Justification" and "Additional Justification," provide enough space for roughly 100 characters worth of reasons. That's less than a tweet. "The request is not reviewed by a court or any NSA personnel before it is processed," Greenwald reports. Is that true?
4. Audits. Cole says the "gate" that limits searches of phone records is "controlled by compliance audits" of the "documentation of the analyst's justification." It's not really a gate. It's surveillance of the surveillers. The first part of the surveillance - documentation of each query - is built into the system. "Whenever the [phone] metadata is accessed," says the court order, "an auditable record of the activity shall be generated." NSA "shall monitor the implementation and use of the software and other controls (including user authentication services) and the logging of auditable information." That's great. But the second part of the surveillance - auditing the logs - is human and sketchy. Only once every three months does the court order require NSA's general counsel to "review a sample of the justifications" for executed searches.
The auditing of Internet spying doesn't look much better. The NSA boasts that in XKeyscore, "Every search by an NSA analyst is fully auditable, to ensure that they are proper and within the law." But the paltry space provided for "justification" in the user interface suggests there isn't much to audit, beyond the fact that a particular analyst applied a particular search term. And the auditors don't exactly inspire fear. "It's very rare to be questioned on our searches," Snowden told the Guardian, "and even when we are, it's usually along the lines of: 'let's bulk up the justification'." Is there more to the story? Does the NSA apply other barriers to abuse? The agency hints that it does. Responding to the report on XKeyscore, the NSA assures us that "there are multiple technical, manual and supervisory checks and balances within the system to prevent deliberate misuse."
That's nice, but hints won't do. None of the topics we're asking about - storage, access, justification, audits - poses any threat to national security. Tell us exactly how you're protecting us. We'll be the ones who decide what's enough.
Saletan (@saletan) covers science, technology and politics for Slate.


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SPOIL, v.t. L., to pull asunder, to tear, to strip, to peel.
1. To plunder; to strip by violence; to rob; with of; as, to spoil one of his goods or possessions.
My sons their old unhappy sire despise, Spoild of his kingdom, and deprivd of eyes.
2. To seize by violence; to take by force; as, to spoil ones goods.
This mount with all his verdure spoild--
3. To corrupt; to cause to decay and perish. Heat and moisture will soon spoil vegetable and animal substances.
4. To corrupt; to vitiate; to mar.
Spiritual pride spoils many graces.
5. To ruin; to destroy. Our crops are sometimes spoiled by insects.
6. To render useless by injury; as, to spoil paper by wetting it.
7. To injure fatally; as, to spoil the eyes by reading.
SPOIL, v.i.
1. To practice plunder or robbery.
--Outlaws which, lurking in woods, used to break forth to rob and spoil.
2. To decay; to lose the valuable qualities; to be corrupted; as, fruit will soon spoil in warm weather. Grain will spoil, if gathered when wet or moist.
SPOIL, n. L.
1. That which is taken from others by violence; particularly in war, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty.
2. That which is gained by strength or effort.
Each science and each art his spoil.
3. That which is taken from another without license.
Gentle gales fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole their balmy spoils.
4. The act or practice of plundering; robbery; waste.
The man that hath not music in himself, nor is not movd with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treason, stratagems and spoils.
5. Corruption; cause of corruption.
Villainous company hath been the spoil of me.
6. The slough or cast skin of a serpent or other animal.
SPOILED, pp. Plundered; pillaged; corrupted; rendered useless.
SPOILFUL, a. Wasteful; rapacious. Little used.
SPOILING, ppr.
1. Plundering; pillaging; corrupting; rendering useless.
2. Wasting; decaying.
SPOILING, n. Plunder; waste.
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Payroll firm Automatic Data Processing Inc. said 209,000 jobs were added in the private sector in March -- more than expected, but not quite enough.
Economists had been looking for 203,000 new jobs, which is beginning to look average, given it is the fourth consecutive month 200,000 or more jobs were added to payrolls.
The best that can be said is that the employment picture is headed in the right direction. State and local governments are spending less, so the government's employment report out Friday is not likely to expand on the 209,000 mark by much.
The U.S. Federal Reserve said Tuesday that the economy "expanded moderately" in February, with gains in household worth due mostly to rising equity prices. Rising stock markets are a long trickle down to helping anyone who is unemployed. Household worth rises and credit improves, but that's still a long way from putting food on the table for families that haven't had stock portfolios since get and real became acquainted.
In Frankfurt, Germany, the European Central Bank Wednesday said it would keep key lending rates unchanged at 1 percent.
The fourth month of steady interest rates follows ECB's decision to pump $1 trillion into the economy through cheap, three-year loans to banks in Europe -- 800 of which participated in the program.
Concurrently, Eurostat, the European Commission's data office, said this week that unemployment had risen in both the 17-member eurozone and the 27-member European Union , climbing to 10.8 percent and 10.2 percent, respectively.
That puts and even sharper focus on inflation, which is not yet alarming, but higher than the central bank's 2 percent target. Eurostat's "flash estimate" for inflation in the surozone, the countries that use the euro as currency, stood at 2.6 percent for March.
Wednesday includes the Institute for Supply Management's business index for the service sector -- the index that seems to play runner up to the manufacturing index -- although it represents a far larger slice of the economic pie. The report is released mid-morning.
In international markets Wednesday, the Nikkei 225 index in Japan gave up 2.29 percent, while the Shanghai composite index in China rose 0.47 percent. The Hang Seng index in Hong Kong added 1.31 percent, while the Sensex in India rose 0.68 percent.
The S&P/ASX 200 in Australia was flat.
In midday trading in Europe, the FTSE 100 index in Britain dropped 1.4 percent, while the DAX 30 in Germany lost 2.13 percent. The CAC 40 in France shed 1.73 percent, while the Stoxx Europe 600 declined 1.28 percent.


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I have read many about c++ including:
Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days
C++ Without Fear
Practical C++ Programming
C++ GUI Programming with Qt 4
But when I tried to check some advanced applications I found that I cannot understand it?
I have read many about c++ including:
Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days
C++ Without Fear
Practical C++ Programming
C++ GUI Programming with Qt 4
But when I tried to check some advanced applications I found that I cannot understand it?
Only way to become an expert is to do.
You can read which is very helpful. But you got to get out there and program.
Try to understand the advanced program. Or make small changes that help you get into it.
This is great for expanding knowledge.
Understanding other peoples' programs one of the most difficult things you can do.But when I tried to check some advanced applications I found that I cannot understand it?
Work through the source line by line, and try a few example cases in your head to get an idea of whatever the code is doing.
Reading source is not like reading a book. Or even a technical manual. It's more like... it's more like detective work. You have to look around a lot.
I agree with p-bman's advice to program your own applications. That'll help you understand what the other applications are doing. Chances are they're using libraries that you haven't yet read about. Chances are they have a couple hacks here and there that you won't find in a book. So if you don't understand the program right away it's nothing to fret over.
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Half is theoretical knowledge. Half is practical experience.
Delve deeply into the depths of the language. Get to know what the language has to offer. For example, templates and meta-programming are some of the most difficult parts of C++. Mastering them will definitely make you an advanced C++ developer.
Then you have to create programs, programs, programs. Reading others' source is a good idea, if only to adapt yourself to others' styles. Most important is to get experience writing good code.
> Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days
Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years
In 21 days, you can learn enough to reliably tell the difference between a C++ program and a hole in the ground.
Proficiency comes from endless practice, not endless reading.
If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
If at first you don't succeed, try writing your phone number on the exam paper.
This is sort of a straw dog: a lot of those "Teach Yourself X in 21 days" books are fine and dandy, and they do not say "Master Everything in 21 Days", so there is nothing fallacious about the claim. Maybe "Get started with X in 21 days" would be a better title WRT programming languages.
However, all those books from the original post look like they are for learning "beginner to intermediate" skills. This is not to say that reading a book with "advanced" on the cover will make you an advanced programmer. It might help, but probably no amount of reading will do that, as has been said, it is about real practice. Also consider: if someone has spent 10,000 hours programming, chances are they have read more than 5 or 6 books in addition to those 10,000 hours actually writing code.
Reading complex, undocumented source is not easy. I've probably spent 3000+ hours coding in C/C++ (and at least that again in other languages), but I am no where near being able to say I could take the source for a large, complex application, spend a few hours with it, and then explain how it works. Maybe in a week, if there were enough motivation. There are plenty of things I would not even bother trying to understand, because while it might be possible, it is just not worth the time it takes.
I'll bet that in those books you listed, there is not one single sentence about "how to understand source code". So maybe it would make more sense, rather than asking "why don't I understand this", to ask "HOW can I understand this?"
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C programming resources:
GNU C Function and Macro Index -- glibc reference manual
The C Book -- nice online learner guide
Current ISO draft standard
CCAN -- new CPAN like open source library repository
3 (different) GNU debugger tutorials: #1 -- #2 -- #3
cpwiki -- our wiki on sourceforge


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My order from Art of Tea arrived yesterday (which includes last week's "Steepster Select" offer of the tasting set – haven't used it yet, and I'm thinking I might save it and give it as a gift to someone, although haven't decided on that either). I also ordered two teas at the same time, and this is one of them.
The dry leaf smells very strongly of melon (delicious), in fact, it's like I just cut through a ripe cantaloupe! I must admit, though, to some disappointment that I cannot smell the jasmine. The brewed tea possesses a much softer fragrance, although hints of melon are still present.
The melon flavor is much softer than the aroma of the dry leaf lead me to believe. I mostly taste white tea, it is quite delicate in taste (as most white teas tend to be), fresh tasting, pleasant. I can taste the melon but, it is also quite delicate – which I suppose is probably good because I don't know how I'd feel if the flavoring overwhelmed the white tea. The jasmine is also making its appearance on the palate. The two flavors – jasmine and melon – creates a very intriguing flavor combination, but I like it.
Art of Tea promotes this as a good tea for iced tea… although I am not completely convinced, as the flavor is quite delicate. I shall have to see whether the flavor develops or mutes as the cup cools.


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The best way to describe Canada's draft crop this year is top heavy. The two high school players at the top of the list are legitimate talents who could sneak into the top three rounds, but after that scouts weren't sure what to make of this year's crop of talent.
|One for the books
|Banner year
|Solid, not spectacular
|Not up to par
|Nothing to see here
|Rating compares this year's group to what a state typically produces, not to other states
British Columbia product Tyler O'Neill likely won't remain behind the plate, but he has some of the best power in this year's class, and righthander Cal Quantrill has everything you want from a high school pitcher—bloodlines (his father Paul was an all-star who pitched in the big leagues for 14 years), projection (some scouts believe he'll throw in the upper 90s someday), and a feel for pitching (he has been pitching on Canada's junior national team for the past couple of years).
After those two players, however, the class fizzles out. Scouts will be content to see most of the Canadian prep talent this year play in junior college or four-year colleges before making a big commitment.
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1. Tyler O'Neill, C, Garibaldi SS, Maple Ridge, B.C. (National Rank: 63)
2. Cal Quantrill, RHP, Trinity College School, Port Hope, Ont.h (National Rank: 90)
3. Malik Collymore, 2B, Port Credit SS, Mississauga, Ont. (National Rank: 190)
4. Travis Seabrooke, LHP, Crestwood SS, North Monaghan, Ont. (National Rank: 441)
5. Daniel Pinero, 3B, Humberside Collegiate Institute, Toronto (National Rank: 467)
6. Lachlan Fontaine, 3B, Sutherland SS, North Vancouver, B.C.
7. Sean Ratcliffe, RHP/C, Pickering HS, Ajax, Ont.
8. Daniel Procopio, RHP/OF, Central Technical School, Toronto
9. Owen Spiwak, C, Cawthra Park SS, Mississauga, Ont.
10. Morgan Lofstrom, C, Mout Boucherie SS, Kelowna, B.C.
11. Dylan Brooks, RHP, Lord Dorchester SS, Dorchester, Ont.
12. Matthew Thornton, RHP, British Columbia
13. Steven Dressler, LHP, Assumption Catholic SS, Burlington, Ont.
14. Tyler Hardie, C, Christ The King Caholic SS, Georgetown, Ont.
15. Kurtis Kostuk, RHP, Yale SS, Abbotsford, B.C.
16. Christian Botnick, RHP, Notre Dame Catholic SS, Brampton, Ont.
17. Myles Vincent, LHP, Lethbridge (Alb.) JC
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Israel's Political Parties Gear Up for Election Year
This week, a date was set for the final showdown between Livni and Mofaz for Kadima's chairmanship. The next two months won't be pretty. Netanyahu, too, faces a primary, at month's end. For him, the problem will be the grueling election year that will follow his presumed victory.
Tzipi Livni knows that this will be the last battle. Either she will defeat Shaul Mofaz again and remain the leader of Kadima, or she will make her way to Tel Aviv's Ramat Hahayal neighborhood - and home - on the morning of March 28. "I don't intend to be there to bring him Knesset seats," she is telling her staff. In the weeks ahead they intend to make it clear to the voters that without Tzipi there is no Kadima.
As in the previous contest for the party leadership, in September 2008, the polls predict that Kadima would get more seats in a general election under Livni than under Mofaz. And she has another card to play, too: Yair Lapid, the television personality who announced last week that he was entering politics, now looks poised to become the rock on which Kadima will crash no matter what, but if it is Mofaz who is elected party leader, the party's white tribe can especially be expected to flock to Lapid or to Labor's Shelly Yachimovich. Sad and depressing, but that's how it is.
Livni tried twice to form a government - in 2008 and in 2009 - and failed both times. Kadima emerged as the party that won the most seats in the Knesset election, but remained in the opposition and became the laughingstock of the House.
People who spoke to Livni on Wednesday - when she announced that the party primary will be held on March 27 - found her on a high. "I know our voters have been disappointed and I am the one who has to bring them home," she told her supporters, adding that she paid a price for trying to do what was good for the state instead of play petty politics. "After the previous primaries, when Mofaz wanted to leave the party, I told my advisers to embrace him, to make him stay. I did something exceptional: I changed the party charter for him, so that he would be automatically placed in the second slot on the list of Knesset candidates. That was a serious mistake. The result was that the primaries never stopped for a minute. The 'responsible' approach worked against me, not only with regard to Mofaz but also with regard to my supporters. Wanting to embrace everyone, I ended up abandoning those who helped me."
Livni's words were a reference mainly to MK Yohanan Plesner, who was one of her leading supporters in the previous primary but has now joined the Mofaz team.
"When Netanyahu tried to split the party, more than two years ago, I did everything to ensure that those who were on his list [of potential defectors] stayed with us. That was a mistake. I should have let them go," she said.
"This time it will be different," Livni is telling her supporters. "This time, I will remember everyone, everyone who will be with me. This time it's a contest between camps - the Livni camp vs. the Mofaz camp - not just between Tzipi and Shaul. Not that I want people to leave. But I don't intend to do a thing to get them to stay. Anyone who will not accept my leadership after I am elected, or accept my path, which is Kadima's path, can go. We will revitalize Kadima. There are enough good people out there.
"This time there are no hugs. This time it's all-out," she continued. "Anyone who wants to get up in the morning with legislative initiatives that make our supporters uncomfortable can do so, but not with me. Anyone who wants to spend all his time fussing over the question of why he wasn't elected - that's fine, too, but he won't be one of us." It's a fusion of Tzipi from the Mossad, Xena the warrior princess and Joan of Arc. That's the kind of talk you get from someone who knows that this is a fight for the whole caboodle. Mofaz's mood is no different. It's going to be a battle that will go down in history. We're in for 10 bloody weeks, 10 weeks of the last tango in Kadima.
'Traveling circus'
Under cover of dark, in the rain and cold, the heavily armored convoy of the leading candidate for the leadership of Likud is racing between the cities, moshavim and villages of our fair land. The candidate's car stops outside a hall, Benjamin Netanyahu leaps out and disappears between the folds of the blue canvas covering spread by agents of the Shin Bet security service. On Sunday he was in Netivot, two days later he visited Netanya.
The Prime Minister's Bureau has determined that these meetings will be closed to the media. Netanyahu doesn't want to be seen among his voters in public. It's not statesmanlike - the whistling, the chants of "Heide [onward] Bibi." "Heide Leibush!" the prime minister called out in Netanya to a Central Committee member who hasn't tired of shouting "Heide Bibi" for the past 17 years.
The Likud primary will take place in another 10 days. The titanic struggle between Netanyahu and Moshe Feiglin is at its peak. Netanyahu is taking the opportunity to meet the Likudniks. Here's how it works. Half an hour before his arrival, the ministers and MKs are on the scene to shake hands and work the crowd. Then the ministers take the stage and sit at the head table. Netanyahu delivers a 45-minute speech, in which he praises every minister and every MK, and talks about his government's accomplishments. He is the only speaker. All the ministers have to do is look pretty and keep quiet. "Like a silent traveling circus," one of them put it.
Even if the Knesset elections are not held until early in 2013 - the latest realistic date, owing to budget constraints - we are already in an election year. There are primaries in Kadima; Avigdor Lieberman from Yisrael Beiteinu is torpedoing Netanyahu's plan to extend the Tal Law - the law that allows for Haredim to defer being drafted - for five years, and has announced that he will work to get the religious councils abolished, a move that will definitely lead to a worsening of Haredi-secular relations; Interior Minister Eli Yishai from Shas links up with the striking heads of local authorities and delivers their impossible demands to Netanyahu, so that the PM will be the bad guy. Half a year ago, Yishai would not have dared pull a stunt like that with Netanyahu.
A strong prime minister has to wish for a short election campaign, of 90 days, including primaries, which he should win with one hand tied behind his back. An election campaign that drags on for a year is a recipe for trouble. But Netanyahu brought it on himself, when he decided to move up the Likud primary solely in order to stick it to party rival Silvan Shalom. With his own hands, he made it difficult for himself to go on managing the affairs of state.
After the meeting in Netivot, which ended at 10 P.M., Netanyahu and the ministers wanted to go to a local cafe, where the city fathers were waiting for them. The prime minister's bodyguards vetoed the plan. With no other choice, Netanyahu and the ministers went into the next room, a dirty, peeling space that also happens to be freezing cold. Someone set up a table with cheeses, fruits and vegetables. Netanyahu, accompanied by Vice Prime Minister Moshe Ya'alon, Education Minister Gideon Sa'ar, Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz, Culture and Sports Minister Limor Livnat and Minister Yuli Edelstein sat down and gorged.
Sa'ar suggested to Ya'alon that he should leave the room, as it wasn't right for the prime minister and the vice premier to be together in such a cold room, in case they both froze to death. Other ministers said they envied Edelstein, a former Prisoner of Zion, who was certainly used to such conditions after Siberia. "If there had been a camera there, no one would believe that this is the face of the senior leadership of Israel," one of the ministers said.
In the previous incarnation of every politician, however decent and honest he may be, are skeletons of the words he regrets. Here's an amusing example, which a diligent researcher pulled out this week from an archive. It's a column by the journalist Yair Lapid that ran in Maariv on October 16, 1998, in the waning period of the first Netanyahu government.
It was a failed, resignation-littered government. This was also the period that saw the birth of the Center party, with its ambition to topple Netanyahu and form the next government. The candidate to lead the fledgling party was the recently retired chief of staff, Amnon Lipkin-Shahak. He was later replaced by the defense minister who was fired from the Netanyahu government, Yitzhak Mordechai, a retired major general. Those two, together with the resigned finance minister, Dan Meridor, and the mayor of Tel Aviv, Roni Milo, were the galaxy of the election campaign. Four potential prime ministers plus a group of social activists, heads of local authorities and success stories.
Lapid was not impressed: "A few months ago, I had lemonade on a Herzliya rooftop with a senior Israeli politician who urged me to join the Center party. There was something tempting about the idea. Journalists dream about politics, in the same way that 16-year-olds dream about sex.
"After two hours of talking, there was one thing I could not fathom in the least: the center of what? The Center Party being talked about was really a code name for a group that wasn't ready to take responsibility. It would be the party of the vague and a few tricksters. Under the word 'center,' they could run without committing to anything.
"There is no more delightful scene than a group of smart and pissed-off guys who go into politics in order to change something. The situation is so desperate that any healthy tantrum will be welcomed ... But let's see true fire in their eyes. Not another center. Not another ultra-judicious, ultra-cautious thing."
In October 1998, the polls predicted that the Center party would get 18 to 20 seats. The party got six seats in the elections held the following spring. Four years later it vanished without a trace.
In his column in Yedioth Ahronoth a week ago, Lapid spelled out in general terms his credo, under the slogan, "Where's the money": He's against isolated settlements, against extremist Haredim, against tycoons. He was ultra-judicious, ultra-cautious, had no fire in the eyes and was plenty vague.
Super trivial
About a month ago, the forum of eight - the political-security kitchen cabinet - held a super-secret, super-sensitive meeting about the most secret and sensitive subject. On the table in the cabinet room were transparencies containing hush-hush information. The atmosphere was serious and sober.
Suddenly the door opened. Into the room burst Netanyahu's chief of staff, Nathan Eshel. He rushed over to prime minister as though to deliver a warning about a nuclear missile heading straight for Tel Aviv. He was holding a hot-hot, fresh-fresh printout from the news site Ynet. A few ministers immediately covered the transparencies, which were not for Eshel's eyes. As the ministers watched in disbelief, Netanyahu started to discuss with Eshel what to do about the report in the printout. According to a senior minister who is a member of the forum of eight, it was a trivial matter. Other ministers describe Eshel as sitting in his office and keeping both eyes peeled on Ynet. He prints out every item he thinks is significant, more or less, and hurries to show it to the boss accompanied by insights, usually hysterical and apocalyptic. The anxieties of boss and aide feed off each other.
I asked the Prime Minister's Bureau for a response. None had arrived by press time.
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Bing Maps announced a number of new additions today, including a more expansive collection of Bird's Eye Imagery locations, new Venue Maps and a Report a Problem feature.
According to Bing, the search engine has published 1,452,948 sq km of Bird's Eye images from around the world with the largest collection posted today, offering users the chance to explore locations from Rome to Toledo, Ohio:
Bing Maps also boasts more than 4,700 Venue Maps in over 59 countries, allowing users detailed views of specific points of interest, like amusement parks, zoos, and sports arenas. Once a venue has been located on Bing Maps, a user can click on any outlined area to view a directory offering more points of interest for the location, along with the ability to see additional floors of a specific venue.
Bing Maps new 'Report a Problem' feature involves a link that appears in a box when a user clicks on a location. After clicking the link, a user is given the option to select whether a location is currently empty, if there is a new venue in the existing location, or submit comments to identify more specific issues.
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New York's Interbrand to help Williams restructure
9 May 2011 – Williams F1 has announced that it is linking up with New York-based Interbrand in order to help reshuffle, with the team now promoting a fresh image following the recent statement regarding technical personnel changes. The world's leading brand consultancy will work with the Grove outfit and assist with its merchandising.
"As a leading Formula 1 team, we are the custodians of some of the world's leading brands when they entrust us to display their logos on our Formula 1 cars," says Team Principal Sir Frank Williams.
"It is therefore appropriate that we pay the same care and attention to our own brand. We are delighted to welcome Interbrand to the team and I am certain that they will improve our already high standards of marketing."


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The jury sentenced Oscar Vega to probation in the case.
State District Judge Rick Magnis then gave him the maximum sentence he could, 10 years' probation and six months in jail as a term of his probation.
Updated at 1:20 p.m. Feb. 24 by Parminder Deo:
A Dallas County jury is deliberating the fate of a Grand Prairie teenager who tortured, killed and mutilated a neighbor's cat.
Oscar Vega, 18, pleaded guilty last month to animal cruelty, a third-degree felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
Vega's trial began last week, and closing arguments were presented Monday morning. Prosecutors say he and a friend carried out a heinous attack they described as "what nightmares are made of."
Assistant District Attorney David Alex told jurors that Vega was at high risk to repeat the behavior because he lacked empathy toward animals, especially pets.
"Think about the act of violence itself; this man grew up to not care for animals," he said. "There are victims in this case, these people treat their pets as family. They will live with this for the rest of their lives."
Defense attorney Suzanne Fichtel painted a different picture of a cooperative Vega with a clean record who is no sociopath, according to tests conducted after his arrest.
"He told the police about the knife and co-defendant," Fichtel said. "This instance does not mean this man is heartless."
But during deliberations the jury asked to rewatch a taped interview in which Vega laughed about the crime and said he struck the cat 30 times with a rubber mallet because it had nine lives.
During the same interview, Vega told a police detective that it was his friend Stephon Dixon who gutted the cat and began decapitating it. He finished the job, he said, when his friend hit bone and couldn't stomach the task.
Dixon is also locked up in the Dallas County Jail while his case is pending.
Updated at 1:30 p.m. Feb. 21 by Melissa Wylie:
A witness for the defense testified Friday that Oscar Vega is capable of empathy, in spite of the cold reaction investigators witnessed.
Forensic psychologist Vincent Ramos, who interviewed Vega, said his assessment show the defendant deals with anxiety and low self-esteem.
He also has signs of depression, Ramos said, which makes communicating difficult.
Vega's sentencing hearing will continue this afternoon after a break for lunch.
Staff writer Emily Sims reports (posted Feb. 20):
A sentencing trial began Thursday for a Grand Prairie man accused of torturing and decapitating his neighbor's cat in August.
Oscar Vega, 18, pleaded guilty in January to animal cruelty in a case prosecutors described as heinous and "what nightmares are made of."
Grand Prairie police Detective Mark Beseda interviewed both Vega and the co-defendant, 18-year-old Stephon Dixon. The detective said Vega was heartless and unremorseful, but he was cooperative during the interrogation, admitting in detail what he and Dixon did to the cat before its owner saw the carnage and yelled at them to stop.
Beseda said Dixon captured the cat, wrapped his belt around her neck and repeatedly swung her against a concrete wall. He said Vega then struck the cat with a small hammer 30 times. Asked why he hit the cat so many times, Vega replied it was because cats have nine lives and laughed, according to the detective.
The jury watched tape of the interview in which Vega also told the detective that Dixon began decapitating the cat with a large knife but Vega finished the job when the other teen couldn't. Vega said it was Dixon who gutted the cat and left its head on an electrical box near the apartment complex.
Renee Johnston, a supervisor with Grand Prairie Animal Services, also testified about Vega's demeanor, describing him as lackadaisical and unemotional. When she asked him how he could do what he did, he laughed and said, "It's just an animal."
Johnston said she's seen other cases of animal cruelty like this but has never seen a defendant have such an unsympathetic reaction to the crime.
Vega faces up to 10 years in prison for the third-degree felony. Dixon's case is still pending, and remains in jail on $100,000 bail.


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Reaching, that was not a Drake diss.
Fondue and Lacrosse? They each have their respective uses, but c'mon ….why hip hop? WHYYYYYYY?!!!!! (Boxes the sky…)
…but lacrosse is corny tho….
what's soft is using fondue and lacrosse in hip hop battles, (if that was the intention). it's that's what either emcee thinks is battling, we need more emcees from the undaground in the mainstream dialogue
Jay is right LaCrosse is soft. I played before and that's why I quit. These wussy boys upset someone called them out.


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"The popup was in no man's land. I've got the largest glove, so I figured I would be the guy to catch it. I turned my ankle when I stepped on the mound and jammed it pretty good. It spasmed, so I had a tough time on defense, but it's nothing serious."
"That's what we do. We have two guys who can juice the ball, but for the most part we just put the ball in play and make things happen. We're at our best when we're doing that."
"We've got a resilient group of guys. We're going to keep fighting. That was a tough one (Thursday), but we've turned the page and moved on."
"That's the way it is. You know that's the way it's going to be. It doesn't matter what happens the rest of the season; you figure it's going to come down to the end and that's the way it's going to be."
"He bears down in the tough situations, and we haven't been able to get to him. Lackey pitched great — he's been pitching great all year — and we didn't do anything all night. It's frustrating."
"I don't care who it is, I don't like to see that ever. Because it means we're walking off the field and we lost."
"Scioscia has a real good feel for when things need to be done. He's had success making adjustments. Hopefully, this will work out as well."
"At this time of year, runs are harder and harder to come by. Given that we haven't been getting hit after hit on a consistent basis, our offensive execution is going to be key."


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Though the American Cancer Society's 2001 Relay for Life is still a few months away, the society's Clarke-Oconee chapter held a kickoff for the ninth annual event Thursday evening.
The relay -- meant to celebrate the lives of cancer victims, survivors, and their families -- will be held at the University's of Georgia's Spec Towns Track on Lumpkin Street on May 18-19.
Thursday's kickoff brought dozens of people to Clarke Central High School to learn more about the event.
Maggie Napoli and Beth Saye, captains for the Emmanuel Episcopal Church youth relay team, said their group has been involved with the kickoff and relay for three years.
''This is an amazing opportunity for our youth to be involved in the community,'' said Napoli, 52, of the middle school and high school students on the team.
''I think everybody knows someone that has been affected by cancer,'' said Saye, 32.
The local relay is part of a national effort to raise money for cancer research and education. Along with an 18-hour relay, the event features a live band, games, and memorial services for those touched by cancer.
But the kickoff gets it all started, said Karen Lewis, community director for the Clarke-Oconee chapter.
At the kickoff, honorary chairs were announced, sponsors introduced, and team members were signed up for the relay.
Teams can continue to register up to, or even on, the day of the event, Lewis said. To register, call Lewis at (706) 549-1893.
Bridget Ratajczak, team captain for the Catholic Center at the University of Georgia, said her 12-member team is looking forward to the relay.
''I just felt like it was a good idea to help support cancer patients and research,'' said Ratajczak.
The fee for team registration is $10 per person. Each team member is expected to raise at least $100 for the American Cancer Society by May.
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Universal Acquires Upcoming Young Adult Novel ARCLIGHT
Universal Pictures has officially picked up the rights to Josin L. McQuein's upcoming young adult novel ARCLIGHT, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
Imagine Entertainment will produce the film, while NINJA ASSASSIN's Matthew Sand is set to write the script. No director has been approached at this time.
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According to the publisher, ARCLIGHT is officially described as:
"Arclight is a bold and astonishing debut about identity, unnerving connections, tortured romance, and the courage we find when we face our worst nightmares.
The Arclight is the last refuge in a post-apocalyptic world consumed by terrifying monsters called the Fade. No one crosses the wall of light that keeps the last human survivors safe. There's nothing else left and nowhere to go. Or so they thought, until Marina, a lone teenage girl, stumbles out of the Dark.
Marina doesn't remember who she is, where she came from, or how she survived. And the Fade want her back. When one of them infiltrates the compound and recognizes Marina, she begins to unlock secrets she didn't even know she had. Marina knows she's an outsider in the Arclight, but she'll do anything to protect those who saved her. Whether they want her help or not."<
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Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A group of Portland activists piled a dump truck's load of winter coats and blankets on the street in front of a church that helps the needy. The Oregonian reports that this is the fourth year the group has delivered the warm-up gear to St. Andre Bessette Catholic Church and organizer Jessie Sponberg says he wanted a spectacle this year. Hence the dump truck yesterday afternoon.
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) – Seven people have been arrested in Springfield after refusing to end their sit-in at a protest against the pending closure of a mail processing center. The Register-Guard reports that the protesters yesterday refused to leave the center's loading dock when asked to do so. The processing center employs about 200 people and is slated for closure next year. A similar mail sorting center was closed in Salem earlier this year.
COQUILLE, Ore. (AP) – A prosecutor says a retired U.S. Border Patrol agent's desire to avoid a costly divorce led him to kill his wife and a neighbor couple last summer in rural Coos County. A judge yesterday sentenced Edward Nelson to three consecutive life sentences without parole for the June 15 slayings of his wife, Kathleen, and neighbors Renae and Lola Cottam.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon lawmakers have commissioned a Portland State University research center to figure out how taxing carbon would affect Oregonians and their factories and businesses. The study follows a regional agreement on climate change signed by Gov. John Kitzhaber and leaders of California, Washington and British Columbia. Kitzhaber promised that Oregon would put a price on carbon emissions.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Taliban launched their spring offensive opening the fighting season in Afghanistan by rocketing the military base where I was staying. Like many troops stationed at the Kabul International Airport, I slept right through it.
Two rockets apparently shot over our barracks early Monday morning and landed a couple blocks away on the tarmac. Nel Cepeda, the Army veteran and U-T San Diego photojournalist I am traveling with, heard the whiz of incoming rounds. Bagram Airfield outside Kabul was also rocketed with an insurgent wake-up call that caused minor damage to buildings and gear, a coalition spokesman said.
Snug in my bunk, I mistook the air raid siren for my alarm clock. It had started buzzing 45 minutes earlier at 4 a.m., but my sleep logic was winning the battle over plans for an early morning workout. I hit snooze again on the Taliban rocket attack, rolled over and went back to sleep.
"We were exactly where we needed to be," an American Army colonel who did the same thing joked that morning over breakfast. After the warning siren went off, anyone who sleepwalked into the street had been ordered back inside the sturdy brick buildings to take cover.
By 8:30 a.m. when I was tucking into eggs and bacon, normal flight operations had resumed at the airport. A crack in the tarmac was the only sign of the ballyhooed Taliban onslaught. It wasn't the complex attack the insurgents had warned of, probably just a rocket team in the hills overlooking the base that "sprayed and prayed" a few shots and ran for it.
The reaction among U.S. and Afghan military forces in Kabul to the Taliban directive last week announcing the impending spring offensive ranged between a yawn and a chuckle. "It was nice of them to warn us! Time, date, locations...," like Super Bowl kick-off, Army Col. John Graham, a West Point professor and police advisor, wryly exclaimed.
On the official website for the "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan," the Taliban had announced days in advance that its jihadis would start the attack against the infidel invaders and their puppets and minions, (Afghan government and national security forces,) at precisely 5 a.m. Targets include coalition bases, according to the insurgent press release.
Rockets started falling on the Kabul airport base 15 minutes earlier than announced. "Does no one keep their word anymore?!" complained Mike Glasch, deputy public affairs officer for the Kabul-based NATO Training Mission – Afghanistan.
By the end of the day, enemy fighters claimed to have killed or wounded dozens of Afghan national security forces around the country, including nine policemen at a Sangin checkpoint that was overrun. The Afghan Ministry of Defense parried in the press release duel by announcing that its troops killed at least 47 militants.
On the treadmill that night at the Kabul airport base, I started thinking about what I could do if a rocket struck the tent. The cord of the cardio machine could serve as tourniquet, cinched tight around a leg. Does my gruesome thought mean the terrorists are winning? Maybe I've just spent too much time in war zones.
Kabul residents had seemed unfazed Monday by the launch of "fighting season," the warm months of combat after the lowlying snows have melted, the poppy is harvested, and the fields sprout tall stalks of corn the insurgents use for concealment.
We drove unmolested across town to a police substation and then to police headquarters, where the chief was engrossed in taking down a robbery ring. The sidewalks and roads along the way were crowded with vehicles, from taxis and diplomatic vehicles to a donkey cart loaded with squares of grass turf.
The many police checkpoints along the way were littered with crumpled piles of plastic window tinting. As part of their latest crime crackdown, Kabul police are enforcing the law against window tinting, even for parliamentarians and high-ranking officials.
I took in the Kabul street scene behind thick windows of an armored civilian vehicle, and the rooftop of the police substation. It was a fascinating change of pace from Helmand province, the conservative and rural area of the country where I spent my four previous trips to Afghanistan.
The sight of Afghan women wearing high-heeled sandals, heavy kohl eyeliner and lipstick, and a simple scarf wrapped over their hair, was refreshing.
Faceless women peering from behind the grill of the shroudlike burqa are far between in central Kabul. I spotted two walking behind a man in a turban and long beard. Young Kabul men make fun of "long beards," holding their thumb to their chin and twiddling their fingers dismissively.
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Iraq, which remains the most dangerous country in the world for journalists, has drafted a law that poses a new threat to reporters, says the International Press Institute (IPI).
Ostensibly designed to "safeguard" journalistic rights, the draft law contains worrying provisions, such as prohibiting journalists from "compromising the security and stability of the country".
It also guarantees the protection of sources unless "the law requires the source to be revealed". It further stipulates that freedom of the press can be suspended if a publication threatens citizens or makes "provocative or aggressive statements".
All three instances are open to negative interpretation in the courts.
"While we welcome the positive aspects of this draft law, we call on the Iraqi parliament to remove those sections that could hinder media freedom in the country," said Michael Kudlak, IPI's deputy director.
In recent years, Iraq has been one of the most dangerous countries for journalists, with at least 169 journalists killed in the line of duty over the last seven years, according to IPI's figures.
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CHADDERTON, England, July 7 (UPI) -- When British police responded to reports of an accident in Chadderton, they found a woman who had allegedly been involved in the incident drinking in a nearby pub.
Even though her vehicle allegedly collided with two other cars, the woman didn't feel the need to stick around and speak to North West Motorway Police.
Driver smashes into veh on Middleton Rd, Chadderton, just. NWMPG officer arrives to find the female driver in local pub. What happens next?— NW Motorway Police (@NWmwaypolice) July 7, 2014
Officers asked the woman to take a breath test, but she refused because she was "too busy drinking."
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A North Texas school district is celebrating academic excellence with a special signing day like none other.
DeSoto High School senior Patrice Spears signed a document that will change the next four years of her life.
The aspiring television reporter, one of 16 students at the school's first academic signing day, is heading to Texas Christian University on a full-ride scholarship.
"It's very exciting. I'm very ecstatic," she said.
Signing-day ceremonies are usually reserved for high school student athletes who are signing with college sport teams. But the DeSoto Independent School District decided to highlight the hard work and accomplishments of a particular group of graduating seniors.
"We think that we have something that is better, and that's our academic students who are able to come out and show that academically they doing the right things as well," Superintendent David Harris said.
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First of all i'd like to mention that this is the first guide im writing; so if you find mistakes try not to flame but correct them.
Im playing LLD since about two years now and since about a half year ive been focusing on lvl 18 chars. Especially lvl 18 casters catched my heart and so i was trying the one or the other guide from this side.
About one year ago i had the idea of making a lvl 18 sorc (of course im not claiming to be the first one thinking of this) and was searching if any suggestions would be findable on the net and i failed. So i made my own thoughts and calculations for this build, but i couldnt realize it due a lack of items and will to try getting them.
Now i have finally made this dream come true and must say even with very medicore gear she's doing great and is really fun to play.
So i decided to share my thoughts and way to build her and here are the results:
I.) Fire vs. Cold
Before making the sorc i had to decide which element to choose. I dont mention light here because it is doing really low dmg compare to fire and cold as well as needing much fcr for lightning which isnt so easy gettable at lvl 18. So here are the pro's and cons of cold and fire ive thought of:
Pro cold:
- higher damage (576-607 with 100% +skill gear/perfect orb; 515-534 with max +skill gear/no warmth/tele on orb)
- Freezes target
- decent ice bolt dmg (about 100-120 av , depending on gear )
Con cold
- very slow missels, if facing any melee like a zealer you wont want him to come close enough to hit you but at same time you want to damag him
- you wont be able to max out the dmg if you put points in warrmth and tele (unless u get an insane orb); and i strongly recommend using 1 in tele
- higher mana costs per ice blast (15.5 for lvl 20ib)
- can be nerf'd by hawkmail
Pro fire
- very fast missels
- after maxing the dmg skills you'll have 4 points leftover for tele and warmth
- the +fire skills from gear work on warmth as well
- decent fire bolt dmg ( about 110-130 av, depending on gear )
- lower mana cost per fire ball (11.5 for lvl 14 fb)
Con fire
- lower damage (424-498 with maximum +skill gear)
- can be practically nerf'd by spurs/noko (thanks waramp, i forgot due dueling gm pplz only most time )
Considering all pro's and con's ive decided to use fireball instead ice blast since its hard enough to hit enemys with fb's often enough to do good damage and with ice blast near impossible unless you wanne tank. If you like ice blast more then just replace each skill with ice-skills / ice blast in the following.
II.) Stats and Skills
str - enough for gear (25 with items in my case)
dex - enough for maxblock (62 with gear in my case)
vit - all leftover
ene - none in my case; few points personal taste but wouldnt recommend it
Fire tree
max fire bolt (18 points)
max fire ball (7 points)
2-4 point in warmth (4 possible if can get +tele on orb)
Light tree (optional, if cant get tele on orb)
1 telekinesis
1 teleport
Cold tree
Some might like a cold armor, but its easy to get it as precast from swich so it would be a waste to put a point here.
III.) Gear:
Before i list the gear choices id like to throw in some breakpoints:
20 - 11 frames
37 - 10 frames
63 - 9 frames
15 - 7 frames
27 - 6 frames
48 - 5 frames
30 - 10 frames
42 - 9 frames
60 - 8 frames
86 - 7 frames
When choosing your gear id recommend trying to get 63 fcr for smooth playing, fhr depends on personal taste (getting 55% from stadart gear) and highest fbr on a lvl 18 shield is 40% (pelta).
A good aim considering charms and gear would be 700+life and 300+ mana with 100+ mana regeneration for a good gameplay.
The dream helm would be a circ with some following stats:
1+fire skills
10% fcr
20% frw
40 to life
60 to mana
replenish life
2 sockets
But honestly anything with +1 fire skill and possibly second mod does the job. 10 fcr would be most wanted since it gives more freedome in other gear choice.
Im myself using a plain +1fire with 2 socks from larzuk and its working good so far.
Lowcost : Tarnhelm which also add 1 skill to tele and reduces the mana costs per tele by 1 that way
Pretty much the same as the helm, try to get something with +fire, fcr life mana and resis.
Lowcost: Eye of Ettlich
Similar to helm and amu try to get some ring with fcr,mana,resis and perhaps life or stats.
[can get lots of mana here; im using one fcr ring with 40mana/ single resis and one with 10energy/40mana/ single resis which giveing me a total boost of 100 mana]
Lowcost: manald healing (can be favourited vs fcr rings on personal tase if you have 63% fcr and enugh mana from other parts)
Stealth. This awesome armor gives us 25%fcr, 25%frw and 25% fhr. Along with this the 6 dex, 15% manaregeneration the poison resist and the low price set the cherry on top. In my opinion the only way to go.
Some might want a highdef armor vs zealers, but thats useless for this build in my opinion since it would take much str to wear and a precast cold armor aint giving enough boost to make it viable versus the huge ar lvl 18 melees have. If you want high def, make a pure def soso, but not this.
Cow kings, typical. Giving 20 dex and 30 frw.
Only alternative are some frw/fhr/dex/resis boots which can be thrown in in duels vs other eledmg lvl 18's.
Bloodfist: Cant think of anything that could compete with those on lvl 18 for a caster
-crafted 8+ fcr belt for reaching the 63% bp
-lenymo for the 30% mana regeneration,15mana and 5 allres
-rare belt with life/mana/life replenish/resis/stats/fhr
-death belts incase you think you'd benefit more from cbf then from other belt in a parcticular situation
Choice depending on personal prefernce and stats of the other gear parts.
Three possibitys here.
Sigons, pelta or a 30/20 bone shield with good mods.
Sigons is lowcost and gives 1 skill; besides this it got a huge str requirements and zero fbr. I wouldnt recommend using this
Pelta gives along with 40%fbr 2str, 10vit and 10 energy which is really great for the low price and requirement it has. A good choice to use.
Now a 30/20 bone shield can top out even pelta, but is harder to get. It has 20% more block, same blocking frame (27%) and can have 2 socks along with resis or other helpfull mods like -require. It takes 25 str to wear it but way less dex for maxblock and id suggest trying to get one of those since it offers the most potential.
And now for the most important part part, the orb
Yes, much to dream around here. A perfect orb would be like 1+fire/3+fb/3+warmth/3+tele/10fcr/ene/mana/resis/2 socks. Similar to helm anything with +3fb/mods does the job at start as long as you reach enough fcr from other gear parts
Some might like to use maelstrom wand since it gives 30% fcr and that way the possibility to reach 105% fcr. But over the half of our +skills are coming from the orb, so the dmg with maelstrom would be really low.
..are highly depending on personal preferences and charms. Good things to put in helm are perfect rubys, saphirs or skulls. In the shield can be put in either eth runes (15% manaregen per eth) or jewels with stats/resis/-req. Similar jewels would suit a beatiful orb.
Swich gear
a rare orb with + shiver armor + some blocking shield.
It would be an option to put jewels in the shield on first slot and keep a eth'd shield on swich for the manaregeneration
IV.) Charms
Look for any charms that give you life and mana. Perfect would be 15/7 sc's.
Besides those you can use charms to make up for resis or if you prefer over 55%frw or fhr on that sorc go for frw/mana or fhr/mana charms.
Generally the game of hitting and not getting hit.
*might add later*
My sorc (german version of D2):
She reaches 55%frw, 30%fbr and 65% fcr. Her mana regeneration is at 155% and she has 10 life replenish. Im playing her on europe sc nonladder.
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Love In Your Heart
Just in time for Valentines Day. A delightful piece composed of a variety of scrapbook papers and my own art and words. I think it's really sweet. I just love cherries and I love the cherries on her sweet dress and hair bow.
A dear little girl holding a paper heart printed with winged hearts and the word love.
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Release Date: 1982 |
Album Rating: 3.0Hey whoever negged me, can you at least say why?
Its because you didnt give it a 5 like a tr00 kvlt punx would.
Anywho, decent review, although Im still not convinced this is worthy of a 3.5 from what you said about it. Ive heard Gas Chambers and that was a pretty good song though.
Does a rating u don't agree merit a neg? (not that i even know it was you)
This looks like it would be right up my street, is it similar to the circle jerks?
Album Rating: 3.0
Does a rating u don't agree merit a neg? (not that i even know it was you)
Album Rating: 5.0This f.ucking album is a classic imo.
Album Rating: 3.5some great songs on this
Album Rating: 4.0was just listening to this the other day
my old mans a fatso is genius
Album Rating: 3.5yeah it's a tie between that and time has come today for my fav
Album Rating: 4.0i'm a pig is one of my favorites too
Album Rating: 4.0FREE EARL OFWGKTA FUCK STEVE HARVEY
Album Rating: 3.5my old mans a fatso
got a potbelly for a mouth
my old man's a fatso
but you know he owns this house
heard some of this and it ruled.
Album Rating: 3.5now check the rest
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Solar Sinter Project by Markus Kayser
If there's one thing we're thankful for, it's smart people. People far, far smarter than us who can come up with things like the Solar Sinter. The brainchild of Markus Kayser, the Solar Sinter is a project designed to explore the possibilities of desert-based manufacturing — also, to aid in sparking a conversation about what the production world will do with every-increasing concerns of energy resources and rapidly decreasing raw materials. This project: use sunlight and sand to produce glass objects using a 3D printing process. Sound complicated? It is. Three minutes into the video we promise you'll be astonished.


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Sep 27, 2013
Same as above that doesn't send my abs mental and make my dash look like a Christmas tree lol
Why not buy some error cancellers? My Audi B6 had HID's when I bought it and with the little black boxes that plug inline with the bulb/balast. No issues with my warning lights.
Do an ebay search.
Forget the rubbish on Ebay go to HIDS4U and buy a "proper" kit mate ive had mine in 3 years nothings failed and its all just plug and play. :thumbsup:
I bought my set from Trups on here via EM Tuning when he did his recent group buy, and they've been fine.
hids 4 u
Cheers. Tried the eBay route and they made the abs module go mental. I will try hid's 4 u then.
To be fair, the car going mental isn't always attributable to the "cost" of the kit...
I located the ballast under the headlight. I know it was the n/s headlight causing the issues , as when I removed it I got no warning lights. Does it want to be a 35w kit or 55w?
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Not much is known about the couple, but it appears that John has been dating Maryland native, Bikini model/video girl DaLivia for a few months. They were reported to have been up close and personal at the Howard Homecoming.
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CLEMSON, S.C., Sept. 28 (UPI) -- Tajh Boyd's 311 passing yards with three touchdowns Saturday propelled third-ranked Clemson to a 56-7 blowout of Wake Forest.
Boyd completed 17-of-24 passes, including a 64-yard touchdown pass to Sammy Watkins on the third offensive play of the game, as the Tigers rolled up 573 yards of total offense in the one-sided affair.
Heisman Trophy-hopeful Boyd led three first-quarter touchdown drives within the first 7 1/2 minutes. He also keyed Clemson's ground attack, rushing 17 times en route to 69 yards and a touchdown.
Watkins finished with six receptions for 113 yards.
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