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So in this fic, Celestia's the one who got trolled.
Heh, wonder how often Celestia finds use for that mind erasing powder, probably quite often...
I didn't vote for this, dood. Still liked it though.
Very nice, I may have to read this one several more times.
I really enjoyed this. I touched on the subject briefly in my own stories, but never got the chance to expand on it.
What's funny is that Celestia is right about democracy. The idea is great but it causes political idealism and corruption. Says the Monarch...ah who cares. She still has a point.
333945 What equestria has is a benevolent dictatorship, which is actually the ideal form of government. The problem is finding said benevolent dictator on earth. :P
I think hitler was on the right track...
Equestria is better off ruled by Celkestia and Luna anyway.
Hitler wouldn't have been so bad if he didn't have a hard-on for killing people for no good reason.
Plus, he has a cooler stache than stalin.
LOL I like how a story I spend a few days pouring my heart in to doesn't even get 100 views, yet something I write at 3 in the morning for an hour gets in the top 5...
That was made me really laugh for a bit. Viva la revolucion, Twilight!
many would start to bribe or force others to think their way. Also, Democracy could start up some friction or even violence between opposing sides of a law
THIS HAS HAPPENED IN HISTORY shes right!
Celestia: "I wouldn't be quite so upset over the books were it not for how I thought I'd destroyed them all after Luna tried to lead a revolution last millennium! The sheer amount of rewriting history that one took was... exhausting."
"Rest assured that I will be wise in my decisions of how everypony should live their lives"
OMG that one line is brilliant. She's a downright dictator, she is.
335254 Thank you for your comment! You'd be surprised what a teenagers mind can come up with at 3 in the morning!
"The ultimate argument against democracy is a five minute discussion with the average voter."
Winston Churchill said it, and I continue to agree with him.
It's odd, he genuinely cared about the German people, but he didn't quite grasp a good way to make things better for them.
Gahd, I literally had the exact same idea of Twilight learning of democracy from a book and leading a revolution.
Irrelevent. Job well done.
He had plenty of reason. After all, the jews took all of Germany´s money, by buying up the stock market after the inflation struck.
Or so they say.
Agree with you on the stache-part though
I loved this. It was very well written,and you did'nt sink to using that over used "to the moon" Crap so many authors are using.
I didn't vote for her.
335342 To say that Hitler cared or didn't care about the German people is one of the most monstrous oversimplifications I could ever concieve, right up there with saying that nuclear fission involves things breaking. It is fully accurate to say that Hitler identified himself with the German people and vice-versa... in other words: when he succeeded, that meant the German people succeeded and when he failed that meant the German people had failed. The logical conclusion to this view came about in the final months of the war in the form of the so called "Nero Decree". When Albert Speer, who was responsible for carrying out the decree, pointed out that it would mean the utter death of all the Germans, Hitler replied that because Germany had lost the war it had lost the right to live. Fortunately for Germany, Speer didn't accept that line of reasoning and simply didn't carry out the order without ever telling Hitler until it was already to late for Hitler to do anything about it.
In the end, the best two things I could say about Adolph Hitler is that he was okay at landscape art* and that he killed Hitler.
*But not when it came to drawing people. I'm willing to bet it there was some kind of mental block responsible for that...
"how everypony expresses their opinion is through a ballet system where"
"through a ballet system where"
"ballet system"
I think you mean "ballot"
"I just read hear that sometimes representatives are chosen to represent a group's opinion."
"I just read hear"
>>"I just read here"
Anyway, very humorous. +1 for you.
And then the assassins raise to stop Celestia from using mind erasing powder for her selfish ways!
"We are free to follow our path, there are those who will take that freedom from us. Too many of you gladly give it. But it is our ability to choose, whatever you think is true, that makes us hu-ponies. There is no no book or teacher to give you the answers, show you the path. Choose your own way. Do not follow me...or anyone else."
- Ezio Auditore
(Yea...I had to bring that up, it just lingered in my mind as I read the ending).
Maybe if Twilight brung up of the idea of a constitutional monarchy, which is the British form of government, Celestia wouldn't be getting ready to erase her memories. Anyways, this was a great read.
Absolutely brilliant! I have no idea what else to say.
Very funny.
You know, it's odd. Simple, good fics are often the most difficult to comment on because there's so little to say: it's a good fic, and it was pleasant to read. I mean, with most, there are at least flagrant grammar errors or poor characterizations, but this was very simple (in a good way) and funny.
Good work, man.
This was a fun story. It vaguely reminds me of a number of short comics I've read where Celestia does this sort of thing. Anyway a very enjoyable short story, I enjoyed the format and how Celestia tried to take Twilight's mind off democracy. Then she's at the fire "Burn, burn the evidence. Burn it all in cleansing flame."
A funny thing would be if Twilight went home and goes to write in her diary. In said diary is a message to herself about what Celestia did. Twilight is then directed to a cache of books. Exact Copies Twilight had Hoof printed over the days/weeks of these letters correspondence. Just a fun Idea if anyone wanted to write a Revolution story involving Twilight.
Good story. Wait.. is that a mcdonalds advert? Damnit fimfiction you keep making me hungry.
This was short but brilliantly written! What really won me over was the changing of how they addressed each other as the conversation went on. From faithful student, to student, to just Twilight Sparkle, and the same sort with Celestia happening was absolutely perfect. Thanks for sharing this hilarious story with us!
Todays episode makes this all the more relevant, twilight only had books written by ponies with no information about dragons. It's completely believable that equestria is censored to hell
336381 Thank you for noticing that! It was those small details that really made this story fun to write.
The God Particle had a debate with Twilight and the main character about the very subject. I liked this story even though its pretty silly. Celestia is a benevolent ruler. Nothing is done to be cruel or deprives citizens of their freedom. I believe in the comments up there somepony mentioned that its really just our world's elected who are prone to such corruption.
Hm... I can readily accept the notion that Celestia's rule is better for Equestria than democracy because ponies are not human and especially because Celestia is not human. Benevolent dictatorship works when you've got a dictator who is both genuinely benevolent and who is either immortal or has a method of ensuring benevolent successors, both of which apply to Celestia but not so much to leaders on Earth.
But I don't think it'd be appropriate, in that situation, for Celestia to maintain her rule by outright suppressing knowledge of the alternatives. If her rule truly is better than the alternatives it would be in everypony's best interests (including hers) for the details of those alternatives to be well known. The basic concept of democracy is easy to come up with but its flaws are less obvious, so ponies will be more likely to attempt a clumsy implementation of it if they're kept in ignorance.
At the very least I don't see Celestia using brute force mind-wiping and book-burning on her own most faithful student like this. She should have faith that good and wise ponies like Twilight would understand when given complete information. If she instead fears them getting complete information it suggests that Celestia herself may not believe that she's really best for Equestria.
Or perhaps I'm overanalyzing a story with the comedy tag. :)
Exactly what I was thinking. No matter how faithful a student Twilight is I can still imagine alarm bells going off in her mind the moment Celestia requested that she bring all documentary evidence along with her - especially given that she knows Celestia has manipulated the historical record before regarding Nightmare Moon and the Elements of Harmony.
However, I don't think Twilight is the revolutionary sort. I think more likely she'd do to Celestia what she does best - lecture her.
As my dad has always said -
The greatest form of government is a Benevolent Dictatorship. The one in charge works to keep everything fair, and quickly and efficiently eliminates corruption. There's no red tape to get in the way of improving the country to it's fullest, and is able to immediately tackle issues that come up. Less time is spent jockeying for political position, and more on doing their jobs.
The only problem, is we've never found the right dictator. Or we have, and the next in line screws everything up.
To quote Theodore Rosevelt: "Democracy is the worst kind of government, except for all the others."
And Twilight, if you'd like to see whats so bad about Democracy... you wouldn't happen to have a book about a country named the "United States" would you? If so, skip to around it's 200 years of exsisting mark.
Haha XD @ the ending. Good story! I'd go into it's greatness more, but sleep calls to me at this late hour.
336515 Nice little quote. But if she were one, and I in fact did not notice, I wouldn't mind. She isn't bothering anypony too much at that moment.
336544 Ha, given the current state of things here in the us (and we all know how badly obama has done >.>) i'm all for celestia's method, could be a actual "good" change
also, list of bad things, imo, that our government has brought forth in recent years... obama, acta, pipa, sopa... need i continue? (last 3 of those are the worst imo as they are literally trying to run us into the dirt >.<)


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Bleh ... its kind of bizarre i was making light of how id be making all these emo posts and yet today here i am making one.
Its been a somewhat akward past week, last week my grandmother got diagnosed with some sort of cancer, and this morning the kid of one of my relatives was killed in a wreck. I'm somewhat annoyed with myself cause my personality is somewhat cold and im like very non emo type and so like last week when my mom told me about my grandmother it was so fuckin akward cause im not one that is the comforting kind or the deeply emotional so i was just sort of unphased looking and looked more annoyed than anything and it was such an akward silence between my mom and i... in hindsight i feel like such a dickhead for not reacting to it like a normal person... anyway this morning was sort of surreal, and i been thinking about it all day how horrible it must be to wake up to find that your son's car is plastered on the morning news... bleh.
In a way its one of those cliche 'why do bad things happen to good people type of thing' ... this kid was straight up nerd kind, never dabbled in drugs like i did, never went about life in an utterly wreckless self destructive manner like have .. etc etc..
Luckly im gonna be in san diego this week and ill miss out on having to goto his funeral or what not.. but damn talk about a buzz kill...
So there we go, i wanted an emo post so badly .. its unfortunate that i finally got it.
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2007-07-23 22:10:37
I'm sorry to hear that.
I know what you mean when you say you didn't act like a normal person would. And I think you're being too hard on yourself. If you're worried about what your mother thinks of the way you reacted you shouldn't worry at all. She's your mother, she raised you, I think she'd be the one who'd understand your reactions and feelings the most.
I'm sorry if anything I said was inappropriate.
2007-07-24 11:33:55
Thats sad,
At one of my family reunions my 4 year old cousin got struck by lighting and died in the front yard, in front of everybody. It was crazy, nobody knew what to do or say afterwards. So I think thats a more common reaction then you may think. I think many people who react like that also feel guilty for not crying or whatever, but different people react different ways. You shouldn't feel bad, I'm sure you do care, its just the way you react.
I'll keep them in mind man, and I hope you can still have fun at comic con.
2007-07-24 13:11:29
Sorry to hear about the sad news... i just freeze up when someone tells me something like that cause i usually put my foot in it and say something bad.
What can you really say anyway? You can't act sad about it because that is giving up, you can't really act on any positive about it cause cancer is a serious disease.. no matter what kind of cancer.
Hope the comicon goes well and all this sorts itself out too.
2007-07-24 21:55:33
2007-07-26 02:30:58
Despite your Emotional Post, I am very saddened to hear about that young man, along with your grandmother. I wish you best of luck Luis! :( It'll be okay,...hopefully.
2007-07-27 01:24:43
Hey man, sorry to read that. I shant bother trying to sympathsise for ya. Sorry for acting like a dickhed the other day. Have fun.
2007-08-11 23:35:15
Annoying situation but i can assure you it can be worse.
My grandmother is a very nice woman the generous kind that loves to spend time with her family and such.
But she is also a smoker, has been for more years than i've been alive.
When one day my mother just told me she got diagnosed with lungcancer and might die, i blurted out : well years of smoking what did ya expect?
I could try to describe her reaction to that sentence but words fail to describe her fury.
So be silent, be veeeery silent, it's a much safer option.
Btw ol' grandma got treated made it out alive after a grueling recovery period and started smoking again, go figure.


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To The Readers of The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel:
According to WorkLifeBalance.com, "the best work-life balance is different for all of us because we all have different priorities and different lives." Work-life balance has been a topic of much interest over the last several years, and here at NYCLA we have been discussing what it is and how to achieve it during different parts of your career.
Many wonder how I balance my personal life with the demands of my legal practice, as well as the demands placed upon me as head of Arnold & Porter's New York office and president of NYCLA. I try to achieve this balance by treating my personal obligations the same way I treat my client obligations. As an experiment, I suggest that you place on your calendar every Wednesday evening dinner with your spouse, your family or your significant other, and aim to keep that appointment just like you'd keep any appointment with a client. Of course, you may inevitably get pulled away by a court or client crisis, but if you prioritize your personal life the same as you prioritize your client obligations, you will maximize your life's enjoyment.
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Two goals down at halftime away to Real Salt Lake, there probably weren't many betting on a Vancouver Whitecaps FC comeback.
But that's exactly what happened on Saturday, as the Uruguayan duo of Nicolás Mezquida and Sebastián Fernández scored a late goal apiece after coming off the bench to ensure a 2-2 draw for the visitors.
First, Mezquida scored a poacher's effort in the 86th minute, tapping in a rebound generated by a Darren Mattocks shot past Nick Rimando, who uncharacteristically spilled the ball into the diminutive attacker's path.
Then, in stoppage time, Fernández unleashed a cracking strike from distance which took a hop before beating Rimando to salvage the point for Vancouver.
"I said to the group in there, it shows if you're losing a game, even in the last minute, we're 2-0 down at halftime at a difficult place, but we can get out of it," Whitecaps FC head coach Carl Robinson told Vancouver radio station TEAM 1410 following the match. "I believe we can. What it showed me, is that they believe they can as well, and rightly so they did believe they could and we got our reward.
"But character wise, unbelievable, [it] really was."
Still, as satisfying as the late comeback was, Vancouver found themselves in that hole to begin with by conceding two goals within the first nine minutes.
First, Joao Plata burst through to bag the opener two minutes in, before Alvaro Saborio picked the top left corner after a nice bit of individual skill from Ned Grabavoy in the ninth minute.
The 'Caps recovered to an extent between the goals and halftime without causing much in the way of dangerous opportunities, but came out of the break with renewed enthusiasm.
"There were a few beeps and there was a few things in there," Robinson said, self-censoring his recollection of his halftime talk. "But the main point I tried to put across, is that they didn't believe in themselves, and I don't know why, because I watch them train every day....I just said, listen, we dug ourselves a hole, you know, football's a funny game.
"We can dig ourselves out of this hole. The next goal obviously will be crucial, and we have to make sure we have a go at it. From the first minute of the second half, as poor as we were in the first half, and as much as they dominated the first half, we were exactly the same in the second. I think we thoroughly deserved it."
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It looks like Fiat's ownership of Chrysler is already starting to pay off. According to a recent interview with The Toledo Blade, Jeep president Michael Manley said that he was worried that demand for the Wrangler might soon outpace the capability of Jeep's Toledo, Ohio factory where the model is built.
According to The Toledo Blade, Jeep is a key component in Fiat's plans to gain a foothold in international markets. The Wrangler is particularly important because it's seen by many as the successor to the original Jeep that helped liberate Europe from Nazi Germany. "The Wrangler just continues to grow and grow in international markets," said Manley.
When Fiat took over Chrysler two years ago, one of the first things it did was to refranchise its European dealers, a process it has just now finished. "As [refranchising] is now finished and [dealers] get back to gaining some momentum, clearly the Wrangler demand is going to grow in Europe," said Manley. There's only one slight problem: the Toledo factory where the Wrangler is built is already approaching its 150,000 vehicle capacity. Sales in the United States alone are up 13 percent this year, and the Toledo factory has already churned out 71,000 two and four door Wranglers in the first five months of the year.
In theory, sales of the Wrangler should only go up from here. Next year the Wrangler is expected to ditch its antiquated 3.8-liter 202-hp V-6 and four-speed automatic transmission in favor of the new Pentastar V-6 and a five-speed automatic transmission. Manley also hinted that an oil burner would appear under the Wrangler's hood within the next two to four years because new emissions regulations aligning U.S. and European standards more closely, make "a strong business case" for its appearance on our shores.
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To the editor:
I wanted to take just a moment to talk about an amazing group of individuals in Lawrence. This group is the Lawrence St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee. I had no idea last December when we presented the Ballard Community Center's application for funding to this group just what went into the dynamics of this organization.
Having worked in the non-profit business for the past 11-plus years, I have never encountered a group who work so hard, put so much time and attention into a project and dedicate so many hours to make something happen. I personally witnessed countless hours spent on the planning of the auction, the queen selection and application process, the fun run and dart tournament and, finally, the parade.
All of these are witnessed by many, many individuals; what you don't see is the behind the scenes work, the support of each other, the support of the queen candidates and the incredible support for the charity each year. This is all accomplished without any type of administrative or overhead costs, as all of the work is by volunteers. Throughout the 14 years the committee has been putting together this event, they have donated over $150,000 to the children of the Lawrence community. That is quite a feat for a group of volunteers.
As this year's recipient of the St. Patrick Day funds, I can honestly say that I have greatly enjoyed the past three months I have spent working with this group. Our agency and our children have been treated like royalty, and we have received so much in addition to the monetary support. Thank you does not seem like enough to say to this organization and these people. The countless hours, endless calling and all of the hard work for the children who attend the Ballard Center did not go unnoticed and are truly appreciated. We also offer a huge thank you to those people who supported the effort through their many donations to the auction, participation in the run and the dart tournament, the purchase of ads and the many other ways that people donated to this effort.
I really appreciate all that was done on our behalf and I will always be grateful for the time that I got to spend the Lawrence St. Patrick's Day parade committee. They themselves are the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
Dianne Ensminger,
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Tailgating for prosperity
I'm late in mentioning this party, but last Friday evening a Who's Who of local conservatives attended the Americans for Prosperity tailgate party at Miller Park to enjoy a little ballpark fare, watch the Milwaukee Brewers win (a rarity these days), and talk a little politics. Among the attendees: State Rep Frank Lasee, State Rep Leah Vukmir, State Rep Bill Kramer, Waukesha County Treasurer Pam Reeves, State Rep Rich Zipperer, State Rep Jeff Stone, Chris Lufter and her husband, Troy Fullerton, Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker, Chris Kliesmet, a giant pig who doesn't work for Roger Waters, and plenty of others. Yes, I'm forgetting more than a few people.
Among the bloggers in attendance, Owen Robinson and family, Fred Dooley and Mrs. Real Debate, Steve Eggleston, and yours truly with his faithful sidekick Will.
For those of you who missed it, well, you missed it. Some of the attendees were asked to say a few words on camera. I'm on after the intern.
I won't mention the last time Chris Lufter was anywhere near Miller Park.
I did get a hot tip. I'm told my guess in the Wispolitics.com "Guess the date the budget gets passed" contest is too optimistic. I guessed the end of September.
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Georgetown Globe Productions hosted a Gigantic Garage Sale Saturday and Sunday with all proceeds— $5,200— to go towards the continued renovation work on The Old Armoury in the Georgetown Fairgrounds.

Considered one of the largest garage sales in Georgetown, organizers Mark and Nanci Llewellyn, expected 300-400 people to attend.

"The community was so very generous," said Mark Llewellyn.

Georgetown Globe Productions is renovating The Old Armoury, which is one of the most well known and oldest buildings in Georgetown. It was built around the time of Confederation in 1866 as a drill hall for the local militia. Veterans of both World Wars passed through the Old Armoury doors and it was home to "C" Company of the Lorne Scots until they relocated in 1997.

Georgetown Globe Productions is a not-for-profit musical theatre group whose members live in Halton Hills and the surrounding areas. The Old Armoury provides a rehearsal venue for Globe's youth and adult musical shows, summer musical theatre camp and it is also utilized by community groups for meetings and events.

The Old Armoury has undergone some recent renovations inside and out— board and batten siding, a new roof, washrooms, kitchen, sandblasted interior barn boards, and more. However, there are many additional renovation projects yet to be done and to accomplish this funds are being raised through events such as the garage sale.


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A COUNTY Durham church is holding a series of events to commemorate Lent next week.
On Shrove Tuesday (March 4), St James' Church, on Collingwood Street in Coundon, is hosting a pancake supper from 6pm. Entry is £5 and includes entertainment.
The following day, on Ash Wednesday, a frugal lunch will be held at noon at 15 Victoria Lane in Coundon to mark the start of lent. Donations to good causes are welcome.
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This will be followed by a sung mass at the church for the imposition of the ashes at 6pm.
And on Sunday, March 9, at 6pm, a service to commemorate the Stations of the Cross will be held.
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Saturday's baseball game between Georgia and South Carolina was washed out after heavy rain left Foley Field unplayable. More rain was expected Saturday afternoon and evening and more rain is in the forecast for today.
The Bulldogs and the Gamecocks will play a doubleheader beginning at noon today. Both games of the doubleheader will be seven innings in compliance with SEC rules.
Projected starters for today's games are Jeff Walters (1-3, 7.69 ERA) for Georgia and Sam Dyson (3-2, 5.04) for South Carolina in Game 1; Michael Palazzone (4-4, 7.71) for Georgia should face South Carolina's Jay Brown (2-0, 3.60 ERA) in Game 2.
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DETROIT"It's definitely different from Buffalo, traffic and stuff. But it's a nice area," he said after the morning skate at Joe Louis Arena Monday. "You can find your quiet-and-peace spaces. I do. It's amazing how close you are to the city and yet it doesn't feel like city life." This is not to say he is a lock to stay after this season. It does say -- in fact, he said it himself -- that he is likely to play better. "Any time you get comfortable, it translates on the ice," he said. It translated to his first game-winning goal as an Islander on Friday against the Rangers and a two-goal game against the Ducks on Saturday. Coach Jack Capuano said: "We try to play a certain style. We have to move the puck more. That might have been a little bit of an adjustment for him, but I think being here now for a little while, he understands how we have to play." In fact, in a conversation with the coaches Saturday after the latest devastating loss, Vanek pointed out that the Islanders played too slowly in the third period. It was a sign that he is secure enough to be brutally honest and responsible. "It's been a good adjustment. Obviously, my first time moving somewhere else, it was hard at first. But this is a great group in here," Vanek said. "Losing doesn't help, but at the same time, you see we have a team here that can play with every team. We just have to learn how to win. That process is not easy." - If there is any shred of hope in the recent deluge of disappointment, it is that Thomas Vanek is feeling more comfortable as an Islander, and a Long Islander.
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A power outage at Joe Louis Arena Monday morning darkened corridors and left an end of the rink in shadows as the Red Wings practiced. "I liked it," said Daniel Alfredsson, the 41-year-old forward. "We only skated half the ice. It was perfect."
Colin McDonald was back in the lineup last nightMonday night after having been scratched for four consecutive games. "The thing I learned the most is just how much I love playing the game. When they take that away from you, it kind of hits home. It just makes you realize how bad you want to be here," he said. "I'm just going to make sure that doesn't happen again, I want to get that chip back on my shoulder. In my mind, I'm looking at this as Game One for me." . . . A power outage at Joe Louis Arena yesterdayMondayMonday had corridors dark for the morning skate and lights on for only one end of the rink as the Red Wings practiced. "I liked it," Daniel Alfredsson, the Red Wings' 41-year-old forward said. "We only skated half the ice. It was perfect."


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Review by toiletoctopus
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Pros: Dogs, Domestication
Cons: Guessing, Boring, Organization(lacking)
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Pros: First Dog's Eye view book that uses real life dog logic.
Cons: This book will burst a lot of Pop Culture Dog Science Bubbles.
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Pros: Approachable science of dogs
Cons: Not for science phobics
While people may not (yet) be able to converse with their canine companions, Alexandra Horowitz provides us with a tantalizing glimpse at some of what they might be thinking. Horowitz, a cognitive scientist, takes a look at the world from a dog's eye (or nose) view, revealing the myriad differences between canine perceptions and our own. While people tend to rely on sight to navigate the external world, dogs primarily use smell, although their senses of vision and hearing are usually stronger than our own. Horowitz investigates dogs' strange ability to sense changes in the weather or the imminent approach of death and analyzes up-to-the-minute scientific data which indicates that dogs can not only smell objects, but emotions.


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Type: Bug
Status: Open
Priority: Major
Resolution: Unresolved
Affects Version/s: 1.6
Fix Version/s: None
Component/s: File reloading
AbstractHierarchicalFileConfiguration doesn't implement the same locking mechanism found in AbstractFileConfiguration. The consequence is that getting a property while the configuration is being reloaded by another thread can return an invalid result.
This can be demonstrated by changing testDeadlockWithReload() in TestCombinedConfiguration to use an XMLConfiguration instead of a PropertiesConfiguration.
Here is a reduced test case:
public void testConcurrentGetAndReload() throws Exception { //final FileConfiguration config = new PropertiesConfiguration("test.properties"); final FileConfiguration config = new XMLConfiguration("test.xml"); config.setReloadingStrategy(new FileAlwaysReloadingStrategy()); assertTrue("Property not found", config.getProperty("test.short") != null); new Thread() { public void run() { for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++) { config.reload(); } } }.start(); for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++) { assertTrue("Property not found", config.getProperty("test.short") != null); // failure here } }
The test doesn't always fail. It does about 50% of the time.
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I hit this same problem, though with a CombinedConfiguration made up of multiple XMLConfigurations. I am attaching a small maven project that demonstrates the problem, and fails about 50% of the time.
I also get this problem randomly when multithreaded, though I don't know if this belongs in a different JIRA:
testMultiThreadedAccess(TestReloading) Time elapsed: 0.018 sec <<< FAILURE!
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Node cannot be modified when added to a parent!
at org.apache.commons.configuration.tree.DefaultConfigurationNode.checkState(DefaultConfigurationNode.java:454)
at org.apache.commons.configuration.tree.DefaultConfigurationNode.setAttribute(DefaultConfigurationNode.java:290)
at org.apache.commons.configuration.tree.DefaultConfigurationNode.addChild(DefaultConfigurationNode.java:184)
at org.apache.commons.configuration.tree.ViewNode.addChild(ViewNode.java:78)
at org.apache.commons.configuration.tree.ViewNode.appendChildren(ViewNode.java:114)
at org.apache.commons.configuration.CombinedConfiguration$ConfigData.getTransformedRoot(CombinedConfiguration.java:847)
at org.apache.commons.configuration.CombinedConfiguration.constructCombinedNode(CombinedConfiguration.java:699)
at org.apache.commons.configuration.CombinedConfiguration.getRootNode(CombinedConfiguration.java:542)
at org.apache.commons.configuration.HierarchicalConfiguration.fetchNodeList(HierarchicalConfiguration.java:926)
at org.apache.commons.configuration.CombinedConfiguration.fetchNodeList(CombinedConfiguration.java:653)
at org.apache.commons.configuration.HierarchicalConfiguration.getProperty(HierarchicalConfiguration.java:332)
at org.apache.commons.configuration.AbstractConfiguration.resolveContainerStore(AbstractConfiguration.java:1160)
at org.apache.commons.configuration.AbstractConfiguration.getString(AbstractConfiguration.java:1035)
at org.apache.commons.configuration.AbstractConfiguration.getString(AbstractConfiguration.java:1018)
at TestReloading.testMultiThreadedAccess(TestReloading.java:73)
Thanks for reporting this. It just so happens that I am also experience problems that are most likely due to reloading not being thread safe and was going to create a test case. It looks like you saved me the effort.
CONFIGURATION-344 contains some comments about threading problems with reload operations in general. They also are valid for this issue.
I have created a unit test that fails more reliably and a proposed fix.
The idea is that the lock used by the reload() method is exposed so that external synchronization can be performed. AbstractHierarchicalFileConfiguration now synchronizes at this lock in its getProperty() method. This does not fix all problems with this architecture, e.g. other methods like isEmpty() or containsKey() should be treated in a similar way. But concurrent property reads should now be possible.
Oliver, I have created a very similar patch but I am using the reloading lock on a lot more methods such as containsKey(), etc. This is necessary because all these methods are at risk of having the underlying structure change, not just getProperty.
However, CombinedConfiguration seems to be a tougher nut to crack. The test I am using is below and is a variation on the XMLConfiguration test case and was added to TestCombinedConfiguration and fails every time.
public void testConcurrentGetAndReload() throws Exception
config.setNodeCombiner(new MergeCombiner());
//final FileConfiguration config = new PropertiesConfiguration("test.properties");
final XMLConfiguration xml = new XMLConfiguration("test.xml");
xml.setReloadingStrategy(new FileAlwaysReloadingStrategy());
assertTrue("Property not found", config.getProperty("test.short") != null);
Thread testThreads[] = new Thread[5];
for (int i = 0; i < testThreads.length; ++i){ testThreads[i] = new ReloadThread(xml); testThreads[i].start(); }
for (int i = 0; i < 2000; i++){ assertTrue("Property not found", config.getProperty("test.short") != null); }
for (int i = 0; i < testThreads.length; ++i){ testThreads[i].join(); }
private class ReloadThread extends Thread
FileConfiguration config;
ReloadThread(FileConfiguration config){ this.config = config; }
public void run()
for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++)
Okay, using the reloading lock for all methods that might be affected is certainly the way to go (I was only too lazy to do this But to be consistent, analogous changes should be applied to AbstractFileConfiguration: Here we have the same pattern that methods first call reload() and then do something with the data, which might already be invalid due to another reload() operation.
Just an idea: Would it make sense to have a method like syncReload(Accessor acc) in AbstractFileConfiguration like the following:
protected interface Accessor { Object access(FileConfiguration config); } protected Object syncReload(Accessor acc) { synchronized(reloadLock) { reload(); return acc.access(this); } }
Maybe this would reduce the clutter in the affected methods a bit and allow a more closure-oriented programming.
Now to CombinedConfiguration: AFAICT the problem lies in the getTransformedRoot() method of the helper class ConfigData. We have here the following code:
// Copy data of the root node to the new path
rootNode = ConfigurationUtils.convertToHierarchical(getConfiguration(),
To be save, this fragment has to be executed with the reload lock of the processed configuration hold. A dirty hack could be to add the getReloadLock() method to the FileConfiguration interface and check whether the configuration implements this interface:
if(getConfiguration() instanceof FileConfiguration) { synchronized(((FileConfiguration) getConfiguration()).getReloadLock()) { // Copy data of the root node to the new path ... } }
However, changing the FileConfiguration interface is a binary incompatible change. So we might have to introduce an additional interface solely for this purpose.
I don't understand the Accessor thing. The issue is that various operations have to be synchronized since the underlying structure might change while the operation is being performed. I'm not sure how this construct helps.
With CombinedConfiguration I also have focused on that bit of code and syncrhonized there pretty much the way you have suggested but the use case I posted above still fails. From what I can tell this is because in an XMLConfiguration the root node is cleared and then reloaded. Apparently getTransformedRoot() adds the nodes from the actual HierarchicalConfiguration into the CombinedConfiguration instead of making copies of them. This means that once the reloadLock is released the CombinedConfiguration can be modified asynchronously.
The above shouldn't be a problem if it simply isn't allowed to use a Configuration object directly once it is incorporated into a combined configuration.
After a few more minutes of thought I think even this restriction won't solve the problem. If two threads access the Combined Configuration, one may get through getRootNode and start working with it. The second thread will detect a reload and start into constructCombinedNode and that will screw up the thread that is working with it even though they will have different "combinedRoot" nodes, because the underlying Nodes from the configurations being combined are being messed with.
I should also mention that I took configtest.tar.gz attached to this issue and tried it with the modifications to lock both getRootNode() and the actual HierarchicalConfiguration in getTransformedRoot() and it made absolutely no difference. It still fails most of the time.
I can only think of two ways out of this:
1. Clone the underlying configurations. This is a really ugly solution as something like MultiFileHierachicalConfiguration won't be pretty to clone.
2. Synchronize the public methods that need access to the root node more or less the same as is needed in XMLConfiguration. Again, this can be optimized in 2.0 by using Read/Write locks. I'd love to do this in 1.7 but I really don't want to introduce a dependency on util.concurrent.
I was able to get my test to pass by synchronizing the public methods. This gets even more interesting because of SubnodeConfiguration objects.
I'm beginning to think that AbstractHierarchicalFileConfiguration, CombinedConfiguration and SubnodeConfiguration all need to extend a new class named HierarchicalReloadableConfiguration. This class would provide the reload lock object (or set it to the lock provided by the parent) and then lock all the appropriate methods. Subclasses wouldn't then have to provide overrides for all the methods and would be able to lock with the appropriate lock when they do override methods.
A common base class that handles the locking stuff sounds like a good solution.
I fear, in its current state the code is hardly maintainable. A lot of methods have to aware of the reloading functionality, and if a synchronization is missing, this will lead to trouble. So maybe for 2.0 we should think about a radical different approach to reloading?
Yes, I agree.
I am going to commit some code that I believe fixes this shortly. Unfortunately, I've been working on other stuff and that is going to get committed as well, so I am thinking I will create a branch for this so it can be inspected before it gets merged to trunk. I will be opening a separate jira issue for the other stuff I've been working on.
A large part of the problem seems to be how hierarchical configurations are represented in memory and how they are being shared in a combined configuration. Also, I'm not even sure a "combined configuration" is really the right way to go. The composite configuration would probably be easier to deal with. Since that is all DefaultConfigurationBuilder will work with though, there isn't a lot of choice.
I have committed my changes to https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/commons/proper/configuration/branches/CONFIGURATION_390. Please inspect the changes and test.
1. CombinedConfiguration and SubnodeConfiguration both extend HierarchicalReloadableConfiguration.
2. HierarchicalReloadableConfiguration implements Reloadable.
3. AbstractHierarchicalFileConfiguration implements Reloadable as delegate.getReloadLock().
4. AbstractHierarchicalFileConfiguration wraps many of the methods with synchronized(delegate.getReloadLock()).
5. HierarchicalReloadableConfiguration has a constructor that can be passed the lock to synchronize on. If no lock is passed a new Object is used.
6. SubnodeConfiguration's constructor gets the parents lock object if the parent is Reloadable and passes it to HierarchicalReloadableConfiguraton's constructor. This should cause any SubnodeConfiguration for XMLConfiguration or CombinedConfiguration to use the lock of its parent.
Ralph, your changes look good to me. I have the following questions/remarks:
- Can we be sure that the problem described in
CONFIGURATION-344does not pop up again? With the lock used by the CombinedConfiguration and the locks used by child configurations there are multiple locks involved which may be prone to dead lock under certain circumstances.
- I wonder whether SubnodeConfiguration.getRootNode() needs locking, too. Probably not, because it is mainly called internally by methods that should already have the lock. But I am not sure.
Ultimately, we have to find a better solution than this.
And I guess I'm not done yet. Now that we know how we can make this happen in our production system. Unfortunately, even with these changes it is still happening. We use DynamicCombinedConfiguration and MultiFileHierarchicalConfiguration so I'm going to have to include those into the mix.
I've made some more changes on the branch. I was getting out of memory errors in some unit tests because clear was not creating a new root node. I also included DynamicCombinedConfiguration in the locking and now it passes all the tests.
Although I may push this to trunk I am going to keep looking into this to see if there is a better way to deal with this as it is going to impact performance.
More changes on the branch. I've been able to fix the problem without having to resort to locking all the method calls. When a combined configuration is constructed a copy of each participating configuration is used and locking is now done in appropriate places. This allows the reload to take place without affecting other threads as they will continue using a different tree until a subsequent getRootNode() call is made.
This sounds good. I guess creating copies of the configurations may be an issue for large data sets, but in most typical applications the amount of configuration data should be limited. And it is certainly preferable to get rid of all that locking spread all over the code.


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Children from Moldova expressed through drawings what a caring family means to them
Chisinau, March 4, 2014: 40 children 9–18 years of age from Moldova were awarded in a drawing competition about family care. They received diplomas and painting sets for expressing their opinions about what a loving and caring family means to them. The national drawing competition "My family raises me with care" was organized by the Ministry of Education and UNICEF in partnership with Youth Media Centre NGO to promote a non-violent education among children, parents, and teachers.
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More than 800 children from all over the country took part in the contest, including the Transnistrian region and Gagauzia as well as children from the Goian penitenciary. The best 150 works were presented in an exhibition at the "Artico" Centre for Children and Youth in Chisinau with participation of children, parents and teachers. The awarding event organized on Tuesday, 4th of March, 2014, was attended by the Deputy Speaker of the Parliament, Liliana Palihovici, Minister of Education, Maia Sandu, and Representative of UNICEF in Moldova, Nuné Mangasaryan.
"Not to go abroad", "to always be near", "to play with children", "to ensure a healthy life style", "to educate children without violence" — these are just a few of the messages expressed by children through their drawings. "The works are representative of the issues in the country. The contest was attended by a record number of participants, which shows that children want to be heard and want to feel the care of their parents", Nuné Mangasaryan, Representative of UNICEF in Moldova, said.
Cristina, one of the winners of the contest, said that her parents went to work abroad before she was two years old. They returned after seven years, but Cristina remembers that she "felt her childhood was different than that of her friends". "By participating in this contest I wanted to express my happiness when I am surrounded by my parents' love and care", the girl said.
Many of the children's drawings submitted to the contest speak about upbringing practices and patterns of behavior that persist in Moldovan families. Most of the drawings capture the domestic activities divided among family members. Men are usually portrayed resting in the armchair and reading newspapers, while the mothers are the ones taking care of the household and the children. At the same time, the drawings illustrate children's dreams and wishes. Most of the paintings illustrate families with four members — a mother, a father, and two children.
The drawing contest "My family raises me with care" was organized in 2013 as part of a broader communication campaign to promote non-violent education entitled "Protect my childhood". The campaign run by UNICEF in partnership with the Government, private sector and civil society aims to reduce violence against children by informing the population about positive parenting practices.
The drawings exhibition will be available to the public at the "Artico" Center for Children and Youth in Chisinau (Stefan cel Mare, 169 street) until the end of April.
UNICEF is also promoting the best drawings in the social media. Every day in the period of 5-15 March 2014 UNICEF Moldova is posting on its Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/UNICEFMoldova) two drawings along with children's photos and their messages to promote their voices and make them heard.
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TOKYO A polysilicon shortage could cause semiconductor market growth to fall short of 2006 industry estimates and possibly stagnate in 2007, according to an analyst with market researcher J-Star Global Inc.
Yoshihisa Toyosaki, J-Star's president, CEO and former head of iSuppli Japan, said material supply chain conditions were as important as demand in predicting semiconductor market growth. Though the industry has been growing on the assumption that silicon is inexhaustible, it now needs to focus on how to secure polysilicon, Toyosaki said.
"There are forecasts of about 10 percent growth for semiconductor market this year and next year, based mainly on the analysis of demand from electronics devices that employ semiconductors. But if semiconductors and solar cells both continue growing, there will be a gap between polysilicon supply and demand from them. Polysilicon shortages will be a new impact on the silicon cycle," warned Toyosaki.
J-Star estimated total polysilicon production was 30,000 tons last year, about two-thirds of which was allocated to semiconductor production. The remaining third was used for solar cell production, which has grown 45 percent annually since 2001. J-Star estimated that polysilicon production will reach 40,000 tons in 2007 thanks to suppliers bolstering capacity. However, polysilicon demand by the solar-cell industry is slated to double to nearly 20,000 tons over the same period.
One polysilicon supplier is responding by expanding production. Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany) said this week it would expand its polysilicon production capacity by an additional 4,500 metric tons to a total of 14,500 metric tons by the end of 2009.
Should the allocation ratio of polysilicon to IC and solar industries remain the same, J-Star predicted chip market growth of 6.3 percent this year and 8.7 percent next yearlower than the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics group's 10.1 percent forecast for 2006 and 11 percent in 2007.
If the solar industry absorbs more polysilicon, the percentage of polysilicon it consumes will increase to 35 percent this year and 40 percent next.
Consequently, semiconductor market growth will slow to 3.6 percent this year and 0.3 percent in 2007, said Toyosaki.
"I don't foresee the allocation balance changing, and expect 8.7 percent growth for the semiconductor market next year. But there is a risk that change in polysilicon allocation brings a worse-case scenario for the semiconductor industry," he warned.
He called on chip makers and OEMs to make strategic procurement plans that take polysilicon shortages into account.
For some time, polysilicon has been a hot topic in recent times. Prices for polycrystalline materials have soared amid ongoing and severe shortages in the marketplace.
Leading polycrystalline or polysilicon vendors Hemlock, MEMC, Mitsubishi Materials, REC and Wacker cannot keep up with huge OEM demand and are reportedly sold out of these materials for the next two to three years, according to industry sources
An investment banking firm recently increased its forecast for solar-cell production in 2006 and 2007, but noted that polysilicon material shortages will continue to plague the industry.


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Duke Nukem Forever Back In Development 356
An anonymous reader writes "'Always bet on Duke.' It seems he was right about himself, at least. The longest, most storied in-development game in history seems like it's finally going to be released by Gearbox Software sometime within the next year. 'According to Pitchford, Gearbox began finishing Duke Nukem Forever in late 2009. "Clearly the game hadn't been finished at 3D Realms but a lot of content had been created," he says. "The approach and investment and process at 3D Realms didn't quite make it, and it cracked at the end. With Gearbox Software we brought all those pieces together. It's the game it was meant to be." The game is currently expected to ship in 2010 although given its history Pitchford is understandably reluctant to be more specific.'"


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Ricoh CX1 review
I've been looking for years for a good point and shoot camera, one
comparable to my old digital camera from 4-5 years ago. I haven't had any
luck, because the newer cameras tend to be blurry, unsaturated, noisy - too
many pixels, I think. Picture quality seems to go only downhill as
megapixels increase.
So, looking for camera amusement, I purchased the Ricoh CX1 solely for it's
two shot dynamic range mode ("DR"). That feature turned out to be a
disappointment, because it's not very dramatic/effective, and the minor
result tends to blur without a tripod.
BUT, the camera itself surprised me! The dynamic range captured is very
good in normal one-shot mode, even without the disappointing "DR" setting.
The colors are great, and contrast, color, sharpness, and other settings are
user changeable. The automatic white balance is the best I've ever seen.
Although not capable of going fully manual, there are plenty of features to
keep me amused, including "Interval," which takes pics in user definable
increments from five seconds on up, and goes on until the battery drains
away or the card gets full. Also, "Step zoom," which allows you to zoom to
predetermined focal lengths, which helps to avoid the overly fast zoom dial. It
also comes in handy when saving your settings to "My 1" or "My 2," as you can
dial in 50mm for example, and know exactly what state your zoom will be in
when you power on. The macro mode is great fun - I've never found a better
macro in any point and shoot.
The only drawbacks I see to this camera are 1: don't buy it for dynamic
range mode, you'll probably be disappointed, and 2: no way to turn off
noise reduction, which would be nice. At high iso, noise reduction tends to
smear the results, but the smeared effect is better in my mind than blur.
This camera handily beats any of the standard point and shoot big name
brands that you can find in retail stores. Also, due to the
unusual configuration of the shutter button (a little more depressed/indented
than normal for me,) I usually make shots using the timer, to prevent camera
shake. Luckily, there's no annoying flashing red light on the 2 second countdown
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Gene Simmons and Family Star in Funny Christmas Video (NSFW)
Gene Simmons dresses up as a demonic version of Santa Claus in a new 'Funny or Die' video that's sure to create a little Yuletide controversy. You can watch it above.
The Kiss member's "Satan Claus" sits down to a fiendishly bizarre holiday meal along with members of his family, including his wife and kids. But then the phone rings, and it's the devil's freeloading brother Mark, looking to stay over a few nights. And that's when things take a decidedly weird, and evil, turn: A celebration of home and hearth turns into another petty argument about sibling dynamics.
But this being Satan's version of things, nobody goes home mad. Instead, Simmons' character happily pronounces all of this unrest "a Pissmas miracle!" The assembled group — all of whom star in the reality TV show 'Gene Simmons Family Jewels' — wish a hearty "f– you to everyone" before they launch into a monstrous-sounding carol.
It's been a busy week for Simmons, who also earned induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next year along with his longtime band. A "Pissmas miracle," indeed.


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I posted this recipe back on Publix Penny Pincher, but it works great with this week's Publix sale ad so you're getting it again!
I found this recipe in my mother-in-law's Kraft Food and Family magazine, and I'm thinkin' I've gotta get my own subscription! (So many of the recipes look great, but I hate having to pay for the magazine after it being free FOREVER!) but when I googled the recipe I saw this fabulous post HERE (with much prettier pictures!) that you'll definitely want to check out. Here's all you'll need:
1 jar spaghetti sauce (26 oz.) Hopefully stockpiled, can also use Homemade Spaghetti Sauce
1 can diced tomatoes (14 1/2 oz.) $1/1 Muir Glen HERE or HERE
1 bag ravioli (1 lb. 9 oz. bag) Rosetto Ravioli 19-25oz bag BOGO $3.99 at Publix, Use $1.50/2 HERE or $1/2 HERE
1/2 cup water
1 package Italian three cheese blend Kraft Shredded 16 oz. on sale $3.99 at Publix, may be cheaper to just grab Publix brand; also 8 oz. on sale $2.38 at Kroger – look for $1/2 Blinkie on both!2 tablespoons parmesan cheese
Heat oven to 400. Mix spaghetti sauce, spoon, water, spoon 1 cup onto bottom of 13×9 inch baking dish. Layer half the ravioli and one cup shredded cheese over sauce mixture. Top with remaining ravioli and sauce mixture. Sprinkle with remaining shredded cheese; cover.
Bake 30 minutes; uncover. Bake 15 minutes more or until ravioli is tender and heated through. Sprinkle with Parmesan. Let stand 10 minutes.
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Cole's Garlic Bread $0.50/1 Cole's Brand Brand Product
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It's not even February yet, but Universal Pictures and Focus Features have already begun the year-long countdown to the opening of Sam Taylor-Johnson's "Fifty Shades of Grey."
The adaptation of E.L. James' blockbuster novel took awhile to get off the ground, but fans are counting the days until Anastasia (Dakota Johnson) finally meets Mr. Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan) on the big screen. The need not worry as the film is currently in production in Vancouver, Canada. Late Friday, Universal released this new teaser poster which announces "Mr. Grey Will See You Now." It also appears as though the hype will be seen in massive billboards in the following cities and street corners.
New York (Grand Street & 6th Ave)
Los Angeles (Wilshire Blvd. & Gayley)
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What do you think of Universal's first poster for the controversial flick?
"Fifty Shades of Grey" opens nationwide on Feb. 13, 2015.


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DynCorp International LLC, Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $45,649,330 modification to previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (N62742-08-C-1115) to exercise the second option period to provide support services for Philippines Operations Support in the Republic of the Philippines for the Joint Special Operations Task Force – Philippines. The work is expected to provide for all labor, supervision, management, tools, materials, equipment, facilities, transportation, incidental engineering, and other items necessary to provide support services. The current total contract amount after exercise of this option will be $206,634,712. Work will be performed in the Republic of the Philippines, and work is expected to be completed Jun. 30, 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is the contracting activity.


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Director Marialy Rivas film Young and Wild is based on the true story of a seventeen-year-old bisexual in Chile who can't express her sexuality around her evangelical family. She takes to the web to detail her sex life while maintaining the balancing act of dating a man and a woman at the same time.
The critically acclaimed festival favorite hits VOD on Nov. 30, and will also hit screens at the IFC Center in New York City at the same time.
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The lower house of Russia's parliament has overwhelmingly passed a bill that stigmatizes the gay community and bans the distribution of information about homosexuality to children.
The State Duma voted 434-0 with one abstention on Tuesday to approve the Kremlin-backed legislation, which imposes hefty fines for holding gay pride rallies or providing information about the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community to minors.
The bill still needs to be approved by the appointed upper house and signed into law by President Vladimir Putin, but neither step is in doubt.
The measure is part of an effort to promote traditional Russian values as opposed to Western liberalism, which the Kremlin and the Russian Orthodox Church see as corrupting Russian youth and contributing to the protests against Putin's rule.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
More than two dozen activists were detained in Moscow on Tuesday as they were protesting a bill that stigmatizes the gay community and bans the giving of information about homosexuality to children.
The protesters attempted to rally outside the Russian State Duma before what is expected to be a final vote on the bill banning "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations."
Police moved in after supporters of the bill started showering the protesters with eggs and water. Some of the protesters who were not detained were viciously attacked by masked men on a central street a mile away.
The Kremlin-backed legislation imposes hefty fines for providing information about the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community to minors or holding gay pride rallies.
Russia is also considering banning citizens of countries that allow same-sex marriage from adopting Russian children.
Lawmakers changed the wording of "homosexual propaganda" to "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations," which backers of the bill define as "relations which are not conducive to procreation."
Breaching the law carries a fine of up to 5,000 rubles ($156) for an individual and up to 1 million rubles ($31,000) for media.
Earlier Tuesday a dozen anti-gay activists picketed the Duma. One of them held a poster that read: "Lawmakers, protect the people from perverts!"
The bill has been seen as Putin's attempt to consolidate his support base which includes many conservative Russian Orthodox voters.
Russian and foreign rights activists have decried the bill as violating basic rights. Human Rights Watch on Monday said the bill would "infringe Russian citizens' freedom of expression and information, and discriminate against Russia's LGBT community."
Russian officials have rejected criticism. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov defended the bill in February, saying that Russia does not have any international or European commitment to "allow propaganda of homosexuality."
Russia decriminalized homosexuality in 1993 but anti-gay sentiment is still high.