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They don't enjoy as much hype as hardware hot swap, but redundant network links play just as important a role in the system designer's quest for 99.999 percent-"five nines"-availability and reliability. In fact, redundant links can serve a dual purpose: to give a network both greater fault tolerance and greater throughput. It doesn't matter whether the network is wide, local or, for that matter, very local, such as the network of line cards found within a telephony switch.
For instance, you could use multiple LAN links to connect two servers: If a link failed, data could be rerouted automatically across one or more of the remaining links. Likewise, you could use multiple links within a router to connect the line cards to the main CPU. If the main link went down, a standby link -typically a slower maintenance bus-could immediately transmit error information, alerting a system administrator to take action.
Reliability aside, redundant network links can boost throughput significantly. For instance, instead of an active/standby configuration, in which only one link is active at a time, one could implement an active/active configuration, where traffic is load-balanced across all links. With the latter approach, two identical links could double the throughput, three links could triple the throughput and so on-provided, of course, the CPU can generate data fast enough to match the capacity of the combined links.
Unfortunately, conventional operating system architectures don't offer built-in support for redundant network links, whether those links are all the same media or some combination of switch fabric, fiber, Ethernet, serial and so on.
Consequently, it's up to the individual software developer to implement support for each link. That must be done "by hand" on an application-by-application basis.
For instance, each pair of software processes talking across a redundant network (for example, a client talking to a remote database) would have to be aware of each link: its characteristics, failure modes, integrity and so on. That's a problem, since the number of links, the kind of links and, significantly, the failover policy for each link can change from device to device, or even from installation to installation. In fact, a different failover policy may be required for each pair of processes talking across the links.
Should the developer try to code for every possibility, or recode every process whenever the network installation changes? That's an unattractive choice either way. Good design dictates a higher level of abstraction, where processes don't have to be hard-coded for each network configuration.
In a microkernel OS, where message passing forms the central method of interprocess communication, much of this abstraction is already in place. Say you have two processes: A and B. When A sends a message to B, it doesn't have to know which node B resides on. If B is local, the microkernel will route the message directly; if B is another node, then a separate network manager can forward the message to that node. The important point is that it's exactly the same message either way-neither A nor B has to invoke any special code to "get networked."
With this level of network intelligence centralized in a separate network manager, it's logical to go one step further and have that manager provide failover and load-balancing policies as well. That way, any issues specific to redundant links also become neatly abstracted from each application.
Consider an actual implementation: the Qnet networking manager for the QNX Neutrino OS. Using Qnet, designers of redundant networks can choose from several network policies:
- Load balance. Packets are queued on the link that will deliver them the fastest, based on current load and link capacity. The policy uses the combined service of all links to maximize throughput and allows service to degrade gracefully if any link fails.
- Redundant. Every packet is sent over all links simultaneously. If a packet on link A arrives before the same packet on link B, the packet on link A "wins." Redundant packets that arrive later are quietly dropped. With this policy, service will continue without a stutter even if one link fails.
- Sequential. All packets are sent over one link until it goes down, at which point the second (or third or fourth) link is used.
- Preferred. This is like the sequential policy but falls back to load balancing if the specified link can't be used; that is, all available links are used to reach the remote node.
Of course, a policy appropriate for one application may not be appropriate for another; hence the need for the network manager to support multiple policies simultaneously.
So, what does happen when a failed link recovers? In a nutshell, the network manager sends periodic maintenance packets to any failed link; if the link has recovered, the manager will return the link to the pool of available links. What happens next depends on policy. For instance, if you've chosen sequential mode and the primary link recovers, then the network manager would stop using a secondary link and reroute traffic back to the primary, and more desirable, link.
We've seen how a network manager, together with a microkernel OS architecture, can help insulate applications from networking concerns. But in reality, the network manager should itself be insulated from lower-level networking details, such as the protocol or media used for each network link. Say you need to write your own protocol to send data across a proprietary switch fabric. If the network manager makes any assumptions about the underlying protocol or media, then the manager would have to be recoded. Likewise, it may have to be recoded every time a protocol or a hardware driver is updated.
Software busing
Microkernel architecture can address the problem, since the OS microkernel and its message-passing services act as a kind of software bus. Like the hardware buses of modern networking equipment, the software bus enables virtually any software service-be it an application, protocol stack or network driver-to run as a cleanly decoupled component that can be inserted, unplugged or upgraded independently of other services. In the case of the network manager, this means underlying protocols and drivers can change without the network manager's having to be recoded. In fact, those services could be upgraded dynamically on a live system without the network manager's knowing that anything has changed.
So a microkernel OS can provide a "write once, network anywhere" architecture, where applications can communicate transparently across any number of redundant links, using any combination of network media. No network-specific code is necessary.
Nonetheless, to enable five-nines availability, an OS must provide more than network redundancy. It also has to stop and restart drivers to support hardware hot swap. It has to recover from software faults, without forcing a system reset. It has to allow applications, protocols and drivers to be upgraded dynamically, without service interruptions. All this requires an OS architecture in which components conventionally bound to the kernel-drivers, protocols, file systems and so on-exist as cleanly decoupled, memory-protected processes.


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What does Antje mean?
Antje as a girls' name is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Antje is "He (God) has favored me". German variant of Ann. Also form of Anne.
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OTHER FORM VIA ANN Annie▼CREATIVE FORMS
(female) Ante, ..
(male) Anto, ..
Antje Abigayle (A.A.), ..
How popular is Antje?
Antje is an unusual given name for women and an equally uncommon last name for all people. (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Which version is better?
Annie (#323 FROM CURRENT RECORDS), Anne (#569) and Ann (#893) are the popular variation forms of Antje (OUTSIDE TOP 2000) rated in the Top 2000. Adoption of these forms of Antje was at its highest a century ago (MEDIAN #86) and is now significantly less (#595, ▼96%), with versions such as Annie becoming somewhat outmoded. (2015 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
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The program, called CSCOPE, is a private venture operating under the umbrella of the Texas Education Service Center Curriculum Collaborative, whose incorporation documents state its independence from the State Board of Education of the Texas Education Agency.
Other reports previously have raised alarm over the curriculumâs depiction of the Boston Tea Party as a terrorist act on par with the 9/11 attack. ...
Doug Kutilek wrote:And I could write at length of the KJV's fourfold reference to the Holy Spirit, Third Person of the Trinity, as "it" (John 1:32; Romans 8:16, 26; I Peter 1:11), which in my opinion comes little short, if indeed it comes short at all, of blasphemy. Baptist theologian Emery Bancroft ascribed this horrid translation to Socinian influence among the KJV translators (see Emery H. Bancroft, CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY...) The Socinian doctrine of the Holy Spirit was roughly the same as that of the Jehovah's Witnesses, whose translation--alone of modern Bible versions--also refers to the Holy Spirit as "it.". . . .
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Monday question: Silencing the longtalkers
A Monday question from a remarkably patient and courteous LW:
As one whose conversational style allows a pause of a few seconds after the other person has finished a thought (to ensure they are through) before I begin speaking, I sometimes find myself on the receiving end of uninterrupted yakking. This happens especially when their style allows for a shorter pause and assumes I have nothing to say if I don't say it immediately. It's usually fine, unless I don't have the time or inclination for a long talk. In these cases, is there a polite way to interrupt a long-winded person and excuse yourself from the conversation?
What do you think? Of course one can always raise a hand, apologize sincerely, excuse one's self, and get back to one's life. But how have you dealt with the longtalkers in your life? You know, the ones who really won't let you go?
Share advice, share stories. I'll share mine Friday.
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- Sound and vibration(only iPhone) effects
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- New elements, as bounce, teleport and kill bars.
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PHP safe mode broken? Jul 16 2003 07:46AM
Michal Krause (michal krause cz) (1 replies)
I think there is a bug in PHP safe mode handling from version 4.3.0 till
Problem description:
There is a function php_check_safe_mode_include_dir() (fopen_wrappers.c)
which checks, if file is in safe_mode_include_dir. When no
safe_mode_include_dir is specified in the configuration, this function
returns 0 which means success. Older versions (4.2.3) returned -1
(failure) in such case.
There is other function in streams.c - _php_stream_fopen_with_path()
which makes two tests in some cases (on line 1856 in version 4.3.2): it
checks results of functions php_check_safe_mode_include_dir() and
And there is a problem: there is OR condition between theese two tests.
When there is no value in the safe_mode_include_dir directive,
php_check_safe_mode_include_dir() returns always 0 (true) and due to OR
condition result of php_checkuid() is irrelevant. This means that
include() and require() functions in PHP scripts always succeed
- regardless of file permissions.
I think, there was made one of the following mistakes:
a) php_check_safe_mode_include_dir() should return -1 (false) when there
is no value in the safe_mode_include_dir directive as older versions
b) someone wanted to switch behaviour of theese test to the state where
both tests must pass ("file must be in safe_mode_include_dir and must
have appropriate owner/group"). In this case
php_check_safe_mode_include_dir() really should return 0 (true) when
there is no value in the safe_mode_include_dir directive, but there must
be AND condition instead of OR in the _php_stream_fopen_with_path()
This behaviour could make older working setups insecure after upgrading
to PHP 4.3.x.
I tried to report this bug to PHP developers twice in last weeks, but
I didn't receive any answer.
Best regards
Michal Krause
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[MLS SPOTLIGHT] They did it with an own goal, but the Red Bulls deserved the win that nailed down a playoff spot.
A Dane Richards header rebounded off the goalpost and into the net off Union keeper Faryd Mondragon in the seventh minute, and the Red Bulls rode that early momentum to override the absence of suspended attacker Thierry Henry in its season finale. New York finished the season with 46 points, and pending results during the last weekend of play – and possibly tiebreakers -- it will end up eighth, ninth, or 10th in overall points.
Right back Jan Gunnar Solli attacked down the right flank from the outset and his cross provided the chance for Richards, deployed up top rather than his regular spot on the right flank, to find a huge gap in the Union defense and head the ball at goal. It struck the upright and Mondragon's desperation dive inadvertently propelled it into the goal.
The keeper thwarted New York twice before halftime. A ball from Luke Rodgers played Richards in behind the Union back line to get away a shot the keeper turned away for a corner kick. Just before halftime, Rodgers set up a chance for Joel Lindpere, but he, too, was foiled by the Colombian goalie.
At halftime, Union head coach Peter Nowak tried to pump up his attack by bringing on Danny Mwanga and Freddy Adu for Amobi Okugo and 16-year-old Zach Pfeffer, respectively. Mwanga nearly scored after a couple of minutes but shot wide of the post after knifing into the goalmouth from the left flank.
Rodgers squandered a great chance to ice the game midway through the half by shooting over the crossbar from the edge of the goal area. New York needed only a tie to eliminate its pursuers, Portland and Chicago, and kept pushing up for a second goal, which allowed Philly some space to come forward.
Defender Carlos Valdes got his head to a Sebastian Le Toux free kick and directed it into the net, but an offside call nullified the apparent equalizer. New York clamped down on the match from that point and posted its third straight home shutout.
New York thus qualifies for the playoffs for the third time in the last four seasons. It finished first in the Eastern Conference last year but was eliminated by San Jose (3-2 aggregate) in the conference semifinals.
The Union, which started the night tied with Sporting Kansas City on top the Eastern Conference with 48 points, could be knocked down into the wild-card slots if results go against it during the weekend. SKC, Columbus and Houston can all pass it in the standings by winning.
Too many people are fooled by Rodgers who has no soccer brain and no feel of the game...running around aimlessly brings nothing to the table.


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Southampton midfielder Adam Lallana has revealed his ambition to play in the Champions League. The 25 year olds immediate aim is to earn an England role in Brazil this summer, but has ambitions to one day to test himself in Europe's top competition.
"In the long term I would love to feature and play in Champions League football, but I'm sure everyone in our team will tell you that," he told Sky Sports News.
"For the moment I'm just really focused on the remaining part of the season. It's going to be a tough eight to nine weeks and hopefully fingers crossed a busy summer.
"I need to keep working hard, concentrate on my fitness and on my form. I'm fully focused on trying to get the club into the Europa League and hopefully by doing that I'll be able to force myself into the squad."
"When I've played for England and trained with them it's great. You get that taste for what it's like playing with the world's best players and on the best stage in the world," he added.
"I've enjoyed every moment of it and I want to keep progressing and hopefully get as many more caps as possible.
"Of course I'd love to go to the World Cup, but I just want to make sure I keep my feet on the ground and keep working hard and hopefully that formula will make me get into the final squad."
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Rated 4.5 / 5 stars
I Burn Bridges was great and I loved the vocals but the bonus track is to jazzy for my tastes
:/ Ah well, tastes differ, and I'm glad you at least have a taste for our normal stuff. Check back SOON for a rough take on one of our new songs!
Rated 4 / 5 stars
Not Bad
Nicely done, the singer sounds alot like Eric Bowley from The Scene Aesthetic.
And the keyboard sounds JUST like mine!!
The only thing is, its not very ska, it just needs to be more upbeat but thats it.
Good job guys
Yeah, We've been working more Ska into as we go along. As for the keyboard, we don't even have a keyboard player :P. It's not normally in the song actually, just something Brian threw in as we recorded. It sounded cool, soooo......yeah! I'm going to try to get ahold of at least a rough draft of one of our new songs, just to get some new stuff up. I'll probably just take it down again once mastering is complete.
Rated 5 / 5 stars
I love bonus songs
offspring did that with their greatest hits and it continues to surprise me I LUV IT
SO DO I! Secret songs make everything better!
Rated 5 / 5 stars
man I rarely hear a ska song that awesome, but man this is good....exept for the ending part at like 6:45 or somthing
Awww, didn't like it? :'(
But glad you liked the beginning! This is a good one, one of Brian's better lyrical works. :)
Rated 4 / 5 stars
Good verry good
Verry good ! but why 7,48 min o.O wen song is 3:50 min ?
10 stars ! but -2 cuz the 2 songs in one and to mutch free space in song !
This is our final bonus track on our CD. If you're not familiar with those, it's when a long pause is left after the final song to make the listener assume the CD is over, then surprise them with a little special feature after a time. It's a lot of fun, and we plan on doing it for all of our albums. We've already got a secret song set up for the second one! :) Sorry that you didn't like that part, but glad you liked the music!


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In a new study published in EPJ Data Science, scientists from Royal Holloway University in collaboration with Princeton University delved inside the formation of tribe-like communities on Twitter.
The team found that language is an extremely reliable indicator of what communities users belong to, and vice versa – language used in tweets is an accurate indicator of what users might belong to that Twitter community.
Let's take a closer look.
The EPJ Data Science study illustrates the tie between language on Twitter – in the sense of grammar, spelling and word choice, not tongue – and Twitter "tribes," or communities. A "tribe" would be, say, Justin Bieber fans, or people in the social media industry, or authors.
Professor Vincent Jansen from Royal Holloway told Phys.org, "Interestingly, just as people have varying regional accents, we also found that communities would misspell words in different ways. The Justin Bieber fans have a habit of ending words in 'ee', as in 'pleasee', while school teachers tend to use long words."
So, the research suggests that in an analysis of Twitterers who often tweet words that end in "ee," about 80% of those people would be vocal Justin Bieber fans.
In the above figure, the top word given for each community is the most significant one in that community. Circles represent communities, with the area of the circle proportional to the number of users (>250 shown).
The widths of the lines between circles represent the numbers of messages (>5,000 shown) between or within community, and the colors of the self-loops represent the proportion of messages that are within users from that group.
The team even went so far as to produce a map of the communities they found on Twitter, showing how they have vocations, politics, ethnicities, and hobbies in common. A few "tribes" of note: an "anipals" group interested in hosting parties to raise funds for animal welfare, and a growing community interested in the concept of gratitude.
Here's the main takeaway: as social media enables us to communicate with almost anyone across the globe, we're using it to communicate mostly with people just like ourselves.
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Well, every Android fan was mad at Google for not putting LTE capability in the latest Nexus 4. However, we recently found out that the Nexus 4 actually has a LT chip in it but it's just not functional. Today, some genius Canadian Android lovers have reported that you can actually use LTE on your Nexus 4. (Mind = Blown)
However there's a catch, only specific LTE band is supported, Band 4 a.k.a AWS which includes spectrum in the 1710-1755 MHz band for uplink and 2110 to 2155 MHz for downlink.
Below is the list of North American Networks that use AWS.
- Bell Canada
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- Telus Canada
- AT&T USA (Certain areas only)
Even though the users that managed to use LTE on their Nexus 4 are from Canada but keep in mind that AT&T USA uses the same bands as Bell Canada but only in some areas of US. T-Mobile will also use AWS to introduce its LTE service in 2013. Below is the method to Enable LTE on Nexus 4.
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- Now in testing menu, Change the radio mode from WCDMA/GSM to LTE.
- Voila! If that doesn't work then Head over to official XDA thread for more info.
If this method works for you then do let us know what Carrier are you currently using. Looks like Google wanted to keep the LTE a secret until T-Mobile is ready to deploy its LTE services, just a thought.


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City Council gave the first of two approvals to a curfew around downtown buildings on a 6-1 vote late this morning.
Central Lubbock Councilman Todd Klein was the only opposing vote.
The ordinance, if approved a second time, would make it a misdemeanor offense to be on the grounds of the Mahon Library, the Memorial Civic Center, City Hall and the Lubbock Business Center between midnight and 5 a.m.
City officials hope the curfew will further discourage homeless residents from sheltering around the Mahon Library, where patrons and employees have complained of foul and threatening conditions. Council took a recess before appointing members to a 17-member homeless committee created to propose long-term solutions.
Police Chief Dale Holton made the presentation on the curfew ordinance late this morning, calling the proposal a "useful tool" to moving people away from downtown facilities that have drawn attention for public health and safety problems over the last two months.
Too much focus had been given to the $500 fine associated with the curfew, instead of the phrase "up to," preceding it, he said. He doubted most residents found violating the ordinance would ever receive a citation.
"I believe most people, when asked to move because they are violating the curfew, will move," Holton said.
Most council members seemed firmly behind the ordinance as they gave it the first of two required approvals. lein voted against it on first approval, but praised the police chief and said he hoped officers would use their discretion.
East Lubbock Councilman Floyd Price supported the ordinance, saying he could not allow complaints of waste, nudity and other problems at Mahon to continue. He, like other top city officials, said he had a responsibility to city employees and library patrons.
"I don't see the big hoopla about putting something in place that protects that kind of clientele," Price said.
Chad Weaver, the city attorney who worked most on drafting the ordinance, said the proposal followed language used in Dallas which survived constitutional challenges. He had declined to comment on the record earlier this week.
Opponents have pointed to measures in other cities with the same goals that had fallen to constitutional challenges. Local advocates have considered similar challenges to a Lubbock ordinance.
But language approved by council was much narrower and more likely to withstand a constitutional challenge than other cities cited by opponents, Weaver said.
Approval came after about a 45-minute public comment session earlier Thursday morning. Most of the public comment opposed the proposed curfew.


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Developers Think Small, Affordable
The Wall Street Journal has a story saying developers are focusing on smaller townhouse projects, as well as rentals and affordable builds, in Clinton Hill and Bedford Stuyvesant these days. For example, a developer has signed a contract to build four three-family homes at 37 Lexington, a site that had approved plans for a 24 unit condo. Commercial brokers say townhouses are easier to finance than large condo projects, and the expiration of the 421-a tax exemption has also made bigger projects more difficult to pull off. Meanwhile, a couple developers are planning to build affordable rentals, such as a 78-unit building slated for 482 Franklin Avenue. While plans for these projects move forward, there are more than a dozen stalled construction sites in the area, according to DOB stats, like 333-339 Greene, pictured above.
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Signs but No Wonders
It turns out that positive thinking can have negative results.
Once in a while, at irregular intervals, on the street corner near my apartment I meet an astrologer who was once very famous for her accurate predictions. On each occasion, she informs me, without any connection to my momentary level of depression, that I'm about to embark on a wonderful period in my life - an era of increasing outbursts of happiness that will turn into one big flood of light, blue skies, wealth, happiness and self-fulfillment.
"Does it have to be myself that I fulfill?" I asked her one evening. Her response was a rather surprised "Huh?" I explained that this may be the problem: All her predictions are completely correct and accurate, but they are simply coming true for someone else.
The astrologer has yet to be born who has been able to guess my sign after a 15-minute conversation with me. Apparently, I mistakenly ended up with one that doesn't suit me - whose typical characteristics include physical coordination and an interest in sports. And if we are on the subject, let's take my dog, Shoshana, for example. Although she looks exceptionally sheep-like, she's a Pisces and not an Aries. In spite of her great love for fish, as well as for all types of food - especially when it's not in her dish - she does not exhibit a single trait of the sign under which she was born.
To tell the truth, I think hers is a personality that is as yet unformed: She's soft as a sheep when she sees people, nervous as a hungry lion when she encounters cats or winged creatures, and stubborn as an ox when awaiting handouts from nice waiters at the entrance to the place that until recently was Mika's cafe and now boasts signs announcing the imminent opening of a hamburger restaurant.
It's possible that only five years from now, when I'm a year older than my dog (Shoshana herself will be raffled off among the readers who are able to decipher my age based on this piece of information ) - she will finally become the creative and introverted personality she was meant to be, according to her horoscope.
Since childhood I have subscribed to the false belief, drilled into us by generations of teachers, parents, women's magazines, self-help books and conversations with spiritual types "who go with the flow," to the effect that the rule that "everything comes full circle" applies primarily when you slander another person. According to the rules of karma, whenever you speak badly of another person, people will speak badly of you ultimately. Bad things happen to anyone who does bad things, whereas anyone who thinks positive and is kind and charitable to others will reap a small fortune when he himself becomes a beggar.
Although my life is clearly the antithesis of that whole concept, I still accept the idea that "beauty is deceptive and charm is vain, and a well-behaved girl will always be liked." And yet I keep thinking that perhaps it would actually be preferable for me to work on my external appearance rather than pinning my hopes on my optimistic personality. The fact is that the worst attacks against me come every time I write something positive. Whether I'm impressed by an interviewee, a book that excited me or a play that turned out to be enjoyable, I feel I've been successful with some mission, or I describe my plans for self-improvement or my sensitivity to the suffering of others - I immediately become the target of insults, curses and, sometimes, even threats meant to prove that I have made a terrible mistake.
For example, the play in question may be wonderful in my opinion, but I apparently forgot to get excited about a much better one that was being performed in another theater. Or, I only wrote that I liked that writer's book to get her cousin angry or because, in general, my feminism is blinding my judgment.
Once I was criticized by the owner of a second-hand bookshop who, had a famous and rather heavyset journalist not separated us, would actually have hit me because I wrote positive things about Itamar Levy, an author and expert at tracking down books. There were also Haredim who threatened me because of what I wrote about mayor Uri Lupolianski, and an assistant principal in one of my children's schools who reprimanded me for writing warm words about another teacher, a wonderful educator who happened to be religious. "That's how they're taking over the school system," asserted that pillar of education.
But I received the most violent reactions when I once wrote about my thoughts concerning becoming vegetarian, out of a concern for animals and to repair the injustice done to them by human beings. It turns out that real vegetarians are far more violent talkbackers than the Haredim, people on the extreme right and the founders of new associations for "men's rights" who write about me regularly. As a truly representative example, I will mention the letter from a reader who compared me to someone who rapes little girls and then regrets his actions but continues to rape.
There's a reason why I've been afraid all my life of chronically righteous people like those readers who have so much compassion for animals that they act with abject cruelty to anyone who "sins" by eating them. Maybe that's my real problem with vegetarianism, just as in the case of the Beitar Jerusalem soccer team: The problem is the fans.
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text: I am planning on doing a hybrid with natural gut mains and synthetic crosses. I don't break strings that often, so the strings can be pretty thin. For natural gut I am considering: BDE Performance 17, Babolat Tonic+ Ball Feel, and Klip Legend 17. I haven't decided if my budget is going to be around $15 or $20. Could you reccomend one of the guts and a good, somewhat cheap synthetic. BTW, maybe I could get a Klip hybrid.


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Need help with .45 Colt Gold Cup feed problem
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When I pull back on the slide and very slowly let it creep forward and when the slide initially contacts the brass it instantly cocks the nose of the bullet downwards. As the slide moves forward further, the round will either jam against the ramp in the slight nose downward position or slide up and into the chamber. Is it normal for the round to nose downwards before moving upwards?
Yes, downward movement of the cartridge as the slide contacts it is normal on the 1911. It's not uncommon however to hear of feeding problems related to this, or what is commonly referred to as the
. There are a few different reasons for these kinds of feeding problems, but more often than not it's an issue of the bullet contacting the feedramp too low so that it jams rather than sliding up the feedramp as it is intended.
Now the problem here can be a couple different issues. In some instances it's simply a feedramp that's not been milled deep enough, and the solution then is to send the gun in for repair/modification to correct the feedramp. You can check to see if your feedramp is deep enough by measuring it with a set of calipers, and I want to say off the top of my head that the mil-spec on the 1911 feedramp is supposed to be .360" deep assuming like a 31 or 32 degree angle. I'd imagine in your instance however the feedramp is not likely the culprit if previously you were having no feeding problems.
So a second thing to consider if the feedramp is correctly milled is that the magazines are simply not sitting up high enough in the magwell, so that the rounds in turn are contacting the feedramp too low. This can be caused by mags that are simply sitting too low, feedlips that get bent and hold the cartridges too low in the well, or even worn mag catches that aren't holding the magazines high enough. I'd think that a simple solution would be to try a new mag catch, or if you have access to another 1911 then you might even try swapping mag catches to see if that resolves the problem. I wouldn't be surprised to see that this is your problem here.
Then of course, the simple fix to the nosedive as others have pointed out is something like a Wilson Combat magazine or a Tripp Super 7 rebuild kit. This is the most common solution to feeding problems, and it does indeed work well because these solutions make the rounds sit higher in the magwell so that they contact the feed ramp higher. If you have access to a Wilson mag or something similar you might try it and see if that resolves the problem, in which case you'd know then that the rounds sitting too low on the feed ramp are indeed your problem.
Hope that helps, and hope you're able to get it resolved!
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Lovers Key Resort-Fort Myers Beach, Florida. Nestling on a small peninsular with the Gulf of Mexico opposite the front, an inland waterway extending in past the side, and open inland waterways to the rear, you will not find better for the money in Florida. You will probably not find a better location in Florida for any money (if you like your settings natural).
I go to Florida at least once a year, and visited this new place last year. I kid you not when I say almost every morning when I sat on… Read Full Review
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I have stayed at Grand View, just next door, but for next year I am looking at Lovers Key Resort. I love this area and as a wheelchair user, I use the beach wheelchair at the State Park. Reading Paul's review has made me decide to book for lovers Key again. It really is a beautiful, natural place.
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Police are looking for a man wearing a bandanna over his face who robbed a Pacific Beach Starbucks Sunday morning.
The thief went into the business on Garnet Avenue and Gresham Street just before 10 a.m. and waited in line until he got to the counter, San Diego police said.
He then told the clerk he was robbing the store and asked for money, police said.
The employee handed over cash and the man walked to the parking lot and got into a full-size pickup that was last seen heading east.
The thief was described as white, about 35 to 40 years old wearing all black.
No weapon was seen.
Anyone with information is asked to call robbery detectives at 619-531-2299.


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Mercedes-Benz ML250 CDI: From $81,400, plus registration and dealer charges. 2.1-litre 4-cylinder turbo diesel; 150kW/500Nm, 7-speed auto; 6.4L/100km, 168g/km
Mercedes-Benz E250 CDI Estate: From $108,150, plus registration and dealer charges. 2.1-litre 4-cylinder turbo diesel; 150kW/500Nm, 7-speed auto; 5.6L/100km, 145g/km
ML250 CDI - Yes
Price leader but fake leather on otherwise generous equipment list that includes self-parking system, reversing camera, Bluetooth, satellite-navigation, cruise control, internet connectivity, rain sensing wipers, auto headlights, electric seats and tyre pressure sensors. Electronic park brake a nice touch. Nine airbags.
E250 CDI - No
Bigger price tag but significantly more equipment, including leather trim, active xenon headlights with auto high beam, electric tailgate. Eleven airbags. Rear side blinds a neat touch. Clunky foot-operated park brake and electric fore-aft seat adjustment the only major oversights.
ML250 CDI - No
Higher body gives commanding view, although more difficult for kids to clamber aboard. Good storage but strictly a five-seater. Boot is taller which helps give it a 610-litre volume, but has a smaller footprint making it less useful.
E250 CDI - Yes
Similar interior flavour but lower seats give sportier feel. Third row seats takes capacity to seven people with clever fold-out rear facing kids-only pews. Boot is longer and wider which makes it more useful day-to-day. Clever auto-rising luggage cover also a winner.
ML250 CDI - No
2.1-litre diesel is a hearty unit with 500Nm of torque for muscular response. Smooth and quiet and works well with seven-speed auto. Stop-start system is efficient to refire the engine and relatively unobtrusive.
E250 CDI - Yes
Shares exactly the same engine but has 330kg less to carry, so feels perkier and punchier. Fuel use, too, is about 14 per cent lower.
How it drives:
ML250 CDI – No
Tall body can pitch from left to right on less than perfect roads. Comfortable ride and surprising cornering ability. Four-wheel-drive gives light off-road ability.
E250 CDI – Yes
Solid feel and lower stance gives it a more planted, athletic demeanour. Body is better controlled, too, making it more stable at city speeds and above.
ML250 CDI - Yes
Sharper pricing and high riding body make it a winner by a nose, with the added bonus of 4WD.
E250 CDI - No
The best family wagon and some clever additions make it the better bet for families, something cemented with the seven-seat capacity. But price premium is a negative.


text: Status: New Owner: ---- New issue 496 by egan.mcc... at gmail.com: UpdatePointer Nearest disfunctional. http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=496 Using XMonad.Actions.UpdatePointer Nearest: 1. Open 4 windows in Tall layout. 2. Switch windows with M-j. 3. The cursor (and focus) skips the upper right window when coming from the master window, jumping straight to the middle right window. 4. Switch windows with M-k. 5. The cursor (and focus) goes to the upper right window as expected. Additionally, there are various instances where the pointer is not moved to the focused window on a workspace change. The pointer has to be moved all the way out of the unfocused window and back in to focus it. These instances are harder to pin down so I haven't any method to reproduce. Changing from Nearest to Relative fixes the problem, so I think it has something to do with the thickness of the window borders and some rounding error. I'm using xmonad 0.10-2 on Arch Linux x86-64. Configuration file attached. Attachments: xmonad.hs 3.3 KB


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This infographic created by Cira.ca shows the internet costs and speeds around the world in the OECD Broadband Portal Rankings.
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you forgot, el salvador, central america, we pay $68 USD per month for 4mbps my god!
In iran if you approved to get above 128KB/s speed (study / business usage) you can buy 8MB/s broadband at most(recently provided) if you will to pay 14$ for limited download traffic of 3GB for a month.
(can buy extra traffic as well but it's not worth it)
Talking about price heh?
In Vietnam, we pay nearly 40$ to use for 35Mbs (upload and download) (Fiber connection)
I don't know what if the above connection is good since I use another one (I don't know what kind since my old man wouldn't told me) but we paid 20$ a month but I call tell you, the money isn't worth it.
The average salary is about 200$ a month, the price of everything is rising those recent year: gas,food, petrol, electricity,… Especially petrol and electricity, they say that we, the people, have to "minimize" the loss of the company because "the price is lower the than world price" and "the bad business" (even though the company's at fault for doing the bad business, and they're kinda the national company, and the only company (don't ask me why there aren't any private companies doing the business, if they CAN open those kind of company, then the problem will be solved a long time ago)
I swear that my connection and my friend's connection is VERY bad. Even though they say our connection is 11Mbs (I look at the connection status), for a host right here in Vietnam and I even use a VIP account, the speed will never go above 1Mbs, just 800kbs at max maybe it could reach 1Mbs after midnight since everybody went to sleep but some other time, the speed wouldn't go above 200 kbs.
And they say we have the "low cost for internet" but I can tell you, it's maybe low to the world (I don't read much newspaper those days so I don't know if this is true or not) but compare to the people's income, it's high and the speed is not as fast as the company say (I heard on some forums that when they complain, the company just say "that's the max speed, u share it with everyone so bla bla bla" but it's very low compare to their max speed, may be slower than the dial-up)
Oh and another thing, the undersea internet cable has been having the problem for quite a time, in about 3 or 4 years, it was cut 3 times and repaired several times, fortunately that this year has been a quite a year but I doubt that it will last long.
BTW, this is a result from a night with bad connection, bad modem, stupid internet speed, an angered, stressed, confused man so maybe the above ideas may be affected somehow but I don't think my mood will have any significant effect anyway.
This is wrong i think
in turkey we pay 65 turkish liras (35.13 $) for 8 mbit
you forgot Romania, you know a country in Europe.
In Romania we pay :
6.7 euros (8.7 $) for 50 Mbps
9 euros (11.7 $ ) for 100 Mbps
11.6 euros (15$ ) for 150 Mbps
you forgot Romania, you know a country in Europe.
In Romania we pay 9 euros (11.7 $ ) for 100 Mbps


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With the $20 billion Facebook IPO imminent, interest has surged even higher in what is already the world's most popular social network.
Facebook.com is the top social networking site in the US, Canada, UK, Brazil, France, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore markets. It is the top overall site in the US, Canada, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore, and second in the UK, Brazil, France and Australia.
Hitwise, an Experian company, has poured through its UK and US data to discover the top 10 things you need to know about Facebook:
1. Facebook is the second most visited website in the UK after Google, with over 1.3 billion visits to Facebook a month from the UK Internet population. In the US it is ranked number one, achieving 1.6 billion visits a week, with 229 million US visits a day for the year to date, and 400 billion in 2012 alone.
2. 1 in every 7 page views in the UK is to a Facebook page (in the US 1 in every 5). The social network accounted for 14 percent of all UK Internet page views in April 2012. In the US Facebook.com received 9 percent of internet visits in April 2012.
3. 500 million hours are spent on Facebook in the UK every month. The average session time for a user visiting Facebook is 22 minutes; two minutes more than in the US.
4. Facebook is the most popular social network in the UK, accounting for 50 percent of all visits to social networks. Facebook is twice the size of YouTube and 17 times bigger than Twitter in terms of visits from UK Internet users.
5. Facebook receives an average of 40 million UK Internet visits every single day.
6. Facebook is the most searched for website in UK and the US, where it has been for the past three years. The term 'facebook' is the most popular search term typed into all search engines including Google, Yahoo! and Bing and three of the top 10 most popular search terms online are Facebook related ('facebook', 'facebook login' and 'fb'). Facebook-related terms account for 6 percent of the top searched terms in the US and Facebook-related terms made up 4 of the top 10 US searches (among the top 100 search terms for the 4 weeks ending May 12, 2012).
7. Facebook is the second biggest source of traffic in the UK after Google. 7 percent of all visits to a website came from Facebook in April 2012.
8. 1 Facebook fan = 20 additional visits to your website over the course of a year. Using the top 100 retail websites as a sample group, Hitwise data shows that for each additional fan acquired on a branded Facebook page companies can expect to see 20 extra visits coming to their main website over a 12 month period.
9. 25 percent of all visits leaving Facebook go straight to an Entertainment website, showing the close affinity between Facebook and people's interest in movies, TV, music and games.
10. Manchester is the new Facebook capital of the UK with Internet users from Manchester 9 percent more likely than the average person to visit Facebook in a given month. 10 US states account for 52 percent of US visits to Facebook.com – California, Texas, New York, Florida, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Georgia, North Carolina based on year-to-date average.
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Bemidji High School boys basketball: Rocori defeats Jacks with three pointers
Rocori completed a lost weekend for the Bemidji Lumberjacks boys basketball team, handing the Jacks a 64-37 setback at Cold Spring.
It was the Jacks poorest performance of the year and their lowest score, well under the 48 scored in the opening night win at East Grand Forks.
"It was a bad game all around,," said a disappointed Coach Jeff Brown. "We played poorly in all phases of the game."
The loss dropped the Jacks to 12-10. They should add No. 13 Saturday when they travel to Park Rapids. Rocori upped its mark to 11-12.
Rocori beat Bemidji at its own game, draining 10 treys, five by Adam Backes, while limiting Bemidji to three.
Three early treys staked the Spartans to a 9-2 lead.
But the Jacks battled back to tie at 13-13 on a 9-2 run and seemed to have steadied.
But that was the end of the contest as Rocori ran the next nine and went on to a 30-18 lead at the half,. Bemidji had only six field goals at this point.
Six of the Rocori baskets to that point came from behind the arc.
Sam Weaver opened the second half with a basket but Rocori unleashed a 10 point run to widen the gap to 40-20 and the issue was decided.
Bemidji never put baskets back to back until the final two minutes when it trailed 59-33 when Tony Baumgartner and Joe Kingery connected.
Backes ended with 17, the only Spartan to reach double figures. But ten other players scored.
Ryan Telander was the only Bemidji player in double figures with 12. Seven other players scored but five had only two points. The Jacks starting backcourt combination was held to a single basket
Rocori held a 29-20 boards lead and had only six turnovers to Bemidji's 14.
B, C Teams fall
The B and C Teams both fell. The JV lost 64-50, trailing 34-25 at the half.
Anthony Burg hit 16 to lead the Spartans. Cory Rutledge had 14, Carey Woods 12 and Harley Kroening 10 for Bemidji.
The Frosh lost 59-50 after leading 29-25 at the break.
J.C. Cervenka was the only Bemidji player in double figures with12.
The B Team dropped to 12-9 and the C Team to 10-8. Both face the Panthers Saturday.