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Exploiting CICS Channels and Containers from Java clients
Beyond the 32KB COMMAREA limit
Introduction to CICS channels and containers
Prior to CICS TS V3, program-to-program communications between CICS applications was limited to the COMMAREA (short for communications area). This single communications area has a maximum size of approximately 32KB which limited the maximum amount of data exchanged per call and imposed a tightly coupled interface between requester and provider applications (see Figure 1). In addition, to convert COMMAREA data into a different code page, you have to assemble CICS
DFHCNV templates to enable CICS to perform the conversion based on the name of the program invoked. This process has limited flexibility and complicates application development by adding a system programming tasks into the application development lifecycle.
Figure 1. Using a COMMAREA for inter-program communication
With CICS TS V3, for program-to-program communications you can now place virtually unlimited amounts of data into a set of named containers associated with a specific channel. You can place any number of containers in a given channel, and then pass the channel (with all of its containers) to the target program (see Figure 2). Rather than any specific size limitation inherent in the communications area, the amount of data that can now be transferred in a channel is only limited by the 31-bit addressability of a CICS region, which implies an upper limit of 2GB for each container.
Figure 2. Using channels and containers for inter-program communication
Using channels and containers in CICS
For any given CICS program, you can only use one channel at time, the name of which you can dynamically discover using the
ASSIGN CHANNEL command. This channel effectively defines the interface with the partner application as defined by the exchanged containers. You retrieve individual containers from the channel using the
GET CONTAINER command, and conversely place container data into a channel using the
PUT CONTAINER command. The CICS COBOL code snippet in Listing 1 illustrates the use of these commands.
Listing 1. Using channels and containers in CICS/COBOL
01 INPUT-CONT PIC X(16) VALUE 'INPUTDATA'. 01 OUTPUT-CONT PIC X(16) VALUE 'OUTPUTMESSAGE'. 01 CHANNELNAME PIC X(16) VALUE SPACES. 01 INPUTSTRING PIC X(72) VALUE SPACES. 01 OUTPUTSTRING PIC X(72) VALUE SPACES. ⦠EXEC CICS ASSIGN CHANNEL(CHANNELNAME). EXEC CICS GET CONTAINER(INPUT-CONT) INTO(INPUTSTRING) CHANNEL(CHANNELNAME) FLENGTH(INPUTLENGTH) END-EXEC. * Perform business logic here EXEC CICS PUT CONTAINER(OUTPUT-CONT) CHANNEL(CHANNELNAME) FROM(OUTPUTSTRING) FLENGTH(LENGTH OF OUTPUTSTRING) END-EXEC.
Using channels and containers in a Java client
A Java client application can similarly use the same channel and container mechanism to interface with CICS programs, using the new Channel class provided with the existing base classes (
JavaGateway and
ECIRequest). You construct a channel object ahead of time and then create containers from it using the
createContainer() method. You can then populate the channel object and pass it on the ECI request call using the new channel-based
ECIRequest class constructor. Listing 2 shows a snippet of Java code that implements this process.
Listing 2. Using channels and containers in a Java client
try { JavaGateway javaGateObject = new JavaGateway(âtcp://localhost", 2006); // 01 Channel theChannel = new Channel(âCTGCHANNELâ); // 02 theChannel.createContainer(âINPUTDATAâ, âHello CICSâ); // 03 ECIRequest eciRequestObject = new ECIRequest( // 04 ECIRequest.ECI_SYNC_TPN, âCICSSERVâ, null, null, "CICSPROG", "CSMI", theChannel, ECIRequest.ECI_NO_EXTEND, ECIRequest.ECI_LUW_NEW ); javaGateObject.flow(eciRequestObject); // 05 if (eciRequestObject.getRc() == 0) { // 06 Container cont = null; cont = theChannel.getContainer(âOUTPUTMESSAGEâ); // 07 String str = cont.getCHARData(); System.out.println (âReturned dataâ + str); // 08 } } catch (Exception e) { System.out.println("Unexpected Exception:"+e); e.printStackTrace(); }
- Create the Java Gateway connection using the specified host name and port, which opens the socket connection to the Gateway daemon.
Create a
Channelwith the specified name.
Add a
CHARcontainer to the channel and populate it with the input string.
- Create an ECI request with the specific properties.
Flow the ECI request using the existing
- Check for errors on the flow.
- Get the output message container from the channel.
Use the
getCHARData()method on the container to obtain the output string from the CICS application.
Enhancing your application
The container and channel approach to passing data is quite different from the traditional CICS COMMAREA approach. When using COMMAREAs for data transfer it is typical to pass a single fixed size buffer large enough to hold both the input data and the response data, and then rely on the CICS optimizations to remove trailing null data from the network flows. Containers, on the other hand, can be variable in size and number, and can be created, modified or deleted from the channel by either the sender or receiver. Containers, on the other hand, can be variable in size and number, and can be created, modified or deleted from the channel by either the sender or receiver.
Optimizing channel flows
When CICS receives a link with a channel, the data returned from CICS updates the Java clientâs copy of the containers. If the linked-to program in CICS doesn't change a container, CICS knows that there is no need to send the data for the container back on the return flow because the Java client already has this data. This process minimizes the amount of data transferred across the network. You should design your applications to take advantage of this optimization by separating data into different input, output and error containers. The data from input containers flow on the link, output containers flow on a normal return, and error containers only flow on abnormal returns.
Optimizing data flows
The key to optimizing data transfers with containers is to understand the actual flow of data, the basic principal being that only modified containers are returned by CICS on an ECI or DPL call.
This approach of using separate containers for separate data records allows a much more structured approach to programming and a variety of potential benefits. For example, in a real-life application where CICS returns various types of records in response to a query based on a specific customer identifier, the usage of containers provides a variety of benefits. The client application would no longer need to work with variable length arrays or make multiple invocations to the server, and would simply place the customer identifier in a container associated with a channel and pass the channel to the server. The server program, instead of sending arrays of various sized records in a single COMMAREA, or possibly returning multiple invocations for each record, would place each customer record in its own container, and then return all containers at once. When the data was passed back to the client, the customer identifier container would be unchanged and would therefore not be re-transmitted, but the various records would be available by browsing the returned containers in the channel.
Browsing containers sets
Browsing the containers available in a channel is very simple in Java applications because containers are returned as a
java.util.Set that you can simply iterate through. When using the
Channel class, the
getContainers() method returns a collection of containers. The code in Listing 3 illustrates how to iterate through this collection to browse the available containers returned on an ECI call.
Listing 3. Iterating through the container set
Iterator<Container> it = theChannel.getContainers().iterator(); while (it.hasNext()) { Container cont = it.next(); System.out.print(cont.getName() + " = " + cont.getCHARData()); }
Error handling
You need to consider these situations to handle errors when using containers and channels:
- The success of the call to open the connection to the Gateway,
- The ECI request API call
- Application errors returned from the CICS application
You can hande connection errors from the call to open the Gateway by simply catching exceptions thrown from the
JavaGateway constructor, which opens the socket connection to the remote Gateway. Most exceptions will cause IOExceptions as Listing 4 shows:
Listing 4. Handling connection errors
try { JavaGateway javaGateObject = new JavaGateway(CTGURL, CTGPORT); // Set ECI call parameters javaGateObject.flow(eciRequestObject); } catch (IOException ioe) { System.out.println("Could not connect to Gateway: " + ioe.toString()); } catch (Exception e) { System.out.println("Handled exception: " + e.toString()); } }
Handling errors from the ECI request API call is quite simple using the
getRC() method on the
ECIRequest object, which returns both errors form the Gateway daemon and errors from the CICS calls. In addition, you should also check the
Abend_Code field if the return code indicates that a CICS abend has occurred, as this may provide further details about abnormal conditions in CICS. The code in Listing 5 illustrates logic to perform this error checking.
Listing 5. Handling errors from the ECI request
if (eciRequestObject.getRc() == 0) { //⦠Analyse results from ECI call } else { System.out.print(" ECI request failed: RC = " + eciRequestObject.getRcString() + "(" + eciRequestObject.getRc() + ")"); // Get CICS abend code if set if (eciRequestObject.getRc() == ECIRequest.ECI_ERR_TRANSACTION_ABEND){ System.out.print(" Abend=" + eciRequestObject.Abend_Code); } System.out.println(); }
Best practices suggest that when you receive data back from the ECI call, before
browsing the container set the requesting application should first test for the presence of an error container to determine if the CICS application returned an application level error. The code in Listing 6 shows a simple try catch block to test the channel for the presence of a container called
Listing 6. Testing for an error container
try { Container errorcont = theChannel.getContainer(âERRORDATAâ); System.out.println(" ERROR: CICS Returned container[" + errorcont.getName() + "] " + " Data[" + errorcont.getCHARData().trim() + "]"); return; } catch (ContainerNotFoundException e) { System.out.println(" ECI call completed successfullyâ); } catch (Exception e) { System.out.println("Exception handling Error container: " + e.toString()); return; } }
Data conversion: CHAR and BIT containers
If you need to transfer data into CICS from a Java client on a UNIX or Windows system, you will usually need to convert character data from ASCII to EBCDIC. Unlike COMMAREA-based data transfers, the data conversion models for containers are much simpler with conversion occurring dynamically at the point of access by the API. This means that no CICS
DFHCNV templates are required, and instead delegates control to the application programmer to ensure the data is correctly transferred.
There are two fundamentally different types of containers; CHAR and BIT, and only CHAR based containers are eligible for data conversion. So the first test is to work out which type of container you have been passed. You can easily use the
enum ContainerType to test for CHAR or BIT containers, as Listing 7 shows
Listing 7. Testing for CHAR or BIT containers
Iterator<Container> it = theChannel.getContainers().iterator(); while (it.hasNext()) { Container cont = it.next(); switch (cont.getType()) { case CHAR: System.out.print("\t[CHAR] " + cont.getName() + " = "); System.out.println(cont.getCHARData()); break; case BIT: System.out.print("\t [BIT] " + cont.getName() + " = "); byte[] data = cont.getBITData(); //Process byte array here⦠} }
By default all CHAR containers created by the CICS Transaction Gateway are created in the default JVM encoding of the Java client, which will typically be an ASCII or Unicode style encoding. Figure 3 illustrates how data is converted when passed into CICS from a Linux/Intel client using the default JVM UTF-8 encoding:
Figure 3. Data conversion for CHAR containers
The flow of data from the Java client to the CICS program and back is as follows:
- A String object is initially created in the Java client, encoded in Unicode.
A new
Containerobject is created in a channel and is populated with the String. This creates a new CHAR container with a byte array encoded in the default JVM encoding of UTF-8.
- The UTF-8-encoded container data flows to CICS in the specified channel.
- CICS receives the channel and makes the containers available to the linked to program.
The CICS program issues a
GET CONTAINERcommand, and the data is dynamically converted from the channel code page of UTF-8 to the local CICS EBCDIC encoding. This is the code page specified in the CICS SIT option
The CICS program issues a
PUT CONTAINER DATATYPE(CHAR)command, which creates a new container in the named channel, and the data area specified is converted from EBCDIC to the UTF-8 code page of the channel.
- The CICS program returns and the channel and its container set flows back from CICS to the Java client
The Java client accesses the returned set of containers using the
getCHARdata()method on the Container object. This returns a Java
Stringobject, which is again in Unicode.
Coded Character Set Identifiers and Unicode conversion services
Whereas CICS traditionally refers to character sets via an alphanumeric code page (such as âIBM037â or âUTF-8â), you can also use a Coded Character Set Identifier (CCSID) such as 37 or 1208, when dealing with container based data conversion . A CCSID is referred to in numeric form because it is a 16-bit number identifying a specific set of information including the encoding scheme identifier, character set identifier, code page identifier, and additional coding-related required information. The standardized character sets used by IBM are documented at the IBM Globalization site..
CICS uses these CCSIDs internally for all conversion of data in containers. It uses the facilities of the underlying z/OS Unicode Conversion Services to perform any necessary conversion. The complete list of CCSIDs available for use by Unicode Conversion services on any given z/OS configuration can be displayed using the MVS command
D UNI,CONV. The output in Listing 8 from the sample MVS command shows that the conversion service is available for conversion from
1208 (UTF8) to
Listing 8: Output from Unicode Conversion Services
Customizing data conversion
Since conversion of large amounts of data from one encoding to another can be a costly operation, it is a good practice to ensure that data is only converted if required and is converted only once. The best way to do this is to use the CICS facilities for conversion using CHAR containers with the system defaults as shown in Figure 3. However, in certain circumstances it may be beneficial to implement a different conversion strategy.
Passing complex records as BIT containers
If you use BIT containers then character data flows to and from CICS as unformatted bytes and is treated as an array of bytes in the ECI API. Neither CICS nor the CICS Transaction Gateway will perform any data conversion and your application will be responsible for marshalling the data between ASCII and EBCDIC encodings if necessary. Typically BIT containers are best used for non-character data such as integers, packed decimal data, or other non-character data. However, it may also be useful if a complex structure, such as an existing record previously used in a COMMAREA interface is re-used as the interface for a container. In this case you could use a BIT container to flow the data as a binary object, and then use specific Java classes to marshal the record data. The J2C data binding classes beans provided by Rational Application Developer V7.5 provide a simple way of importing COBOL records and generating Java wrapper code to access numeric or character data types for use with CICS containers. Further information on using the J2C Data binding beans is listed in the resources section
Overriding container CCSID encoding
Although string objects in Java are held internally in Unicode, they are converted to byte arrays when used to populate containers. These byte arrays are by default encoded in the default encoding set by the JVM, which will be the encoding used to send data to CICS (see Figure 3.) However, if your CICS application requires input in a specific encoding, it is recommended that to optimize the data conversion you should:
- Directly set the encoding of the channel in the Java client.
Specify the same encoding in CICS using the
INTOCCSIDoption on the CICS
GET CONTAINERcommand.
For instance, if you have a CICS application that needs to handle input data as Unicode, then the channel CCSID can be set to
1208 (which is UTF-8) as shown in Listing 9.
Listing 9: Overriding the Java client channel CCSID
int ccsid = 1208; Channel theChannel = new Channel(âCTGCHANNELâ); theChannel.setCCSID(ccsid); theChannel.createContainer(âINPUTDATAâ, âHello CICSâ);
This setting results in the container data being transmitted to CICS, encoded using UTF-8. The CICS application should then use the
INTOCCSID(1208) option on the
GET CONTAINER command (see Listing 10) to ensure that the data remains encoded as UTF-8 without being converted to the CICS regionâs EBCDIC local CCSID.
Listing 10: Usage of INTOCCSID with GET CONTAINER
If the same container data is subsequently required in an EBCDIC encoding, then you can issue additional
GET CONTAINER commands without the
INTOCCSID option to retrieve the data encoded in EBCDIC.
Optimizing multiple GETs
In CICS each command to access a container causes data to be converted at the point of access. If you issue multiple
GET commands at different points in an application, then the overhead of data conversion will be incurred each time for the same container data. In this case a more optimal solution would be for the CICS application to copy the input container to a temporary channel and then use this container for multiple accesses. This model is illustrated in the CICS COBOL example in Listing 11:
Listing 11: Using a temporary channel
* Get container from default input channel, data converted EXEC CICS GET CONTAINER(INPUT-CONT) FLENGTH(INPUTLENGTH) INTO(INPUTSTRING) END-EXEC. * Cache converted container in working channel, no conversion EXEC CICS PUT CONTAINER(INPUT-CONT) CHANNEL('WORKCHANNEL') FROM(INPUTSTRING) FLENGTH(INPUTLENGTH) END-EXEC. * Read container data from working channel, no conversion * This GET operation may be repeated several times EXEC CICS GET CONTAINER(INPUT-CONT) CHANNEL('WORKCHANNEL') FLENGTH(INPUTLENGTH) INTO(INPUTSTRING) END-EXEC. * Return data to new container in default channel, data converted EXEC CICS PUT CONTAINER(OUTPUT-CONT) FROM(OUTPUTSTRING) FLENGTH(LENGTH OF OUTPUTSTRING) END-EXEC.
Using our sample application
The sample application provided with this paper provides a Java client and CICS COBOL application illustrating the usage of the techniques outlined in this paper. The Java sample can be used with any CICS Transaction Gateway V7.1 system to test container usage with an interconnected CICS TS V3.2 region.
Reviewing what we learned
In this article we have illustrated how the new CICS Transaction Gateway Channel and Container API can be used in a Java client to quickly and easily exchange large amounts of structured data with a CICS application. We have shown how to efficiently structure your Java code to handle potential error situations, and how to optimize the exchange of data when dealing with ASCII to EBCDIC conversion.
Downloadable resources
- PDF of this content
- Sample Java and CICS COBOL application (containers.zip | 11KB)
Related topics
- Discover further programming information about containers using the CICS Transaction Gateway Javadoc.
- Learn how to configure IPIC connections with the CICS Transaction Gateway using the IBM Information Center
- Find information about the usage of channels and containers in the IBM Redbook, CICS Transaction Server V3R1 Channels and Containers Revealed, SG247227.
- For information on data conversion using CICS COMMAREA based applications review Appendix B in the IBM Redbook, Java Connectors for CICS, SG246401.
- Discover more information on using the J2C data binding classes with CICS containers with the Container link support sample l in the Rational Application Developer Information Center.
- Review the channels and containers learning path in the CICS TS V3.2 Information Center
- Find resources on programming for System z at the developerworks WebSphere on System z zone.
Install the following fixes to address specific issues with channels and containers:
- Correct data conversion when using channels and containers from non-EBCDIC systems such as the CICS Transaction Gateway, requires the PTF for CICS APARs PK49490 and PK49021.
- Correct data conversion for non US-ASCII Java clients requires the PTF for APAR PK62925 available in CICS Transaction Gateway V184.108.40.206
- Review additional software requirements in the CICS Transaction Gateway support site.
- Evalaute our latest products for modernizing and deploying core System z applications at the IBM Enterprise Modernization Sandbox for System z


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Storrs,Conn - Connecticut got coach Jim Calhoun his 800th win in its latest game, and might be headed back to the top of the AP Poll after it fell from No. 1 earlier this week.
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UConn beat South Florida last Saturday, though, and Pitt, which had ascended to the AP's top spot after defeating the Huskies, fell at Providence on Tuesday, leaving No. 1 up for grabs again.
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The visit by Japanese wrestler Muhammad Hussain Inoki to Pakistan along with a squad of other Japanese wrestlers, in an event celebrating 60 years of sporting ties between Pakistan and Japan, has brought alive memories of a past in which wrestling was very much a way of life; a sport with its own traditions and culture, deeply rooted in the soil of the subcontinent. The event was organised by the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Tourism Department and contests were held between Pakistani and Japanese wrestlers in Lahore and Peshawar. Large crowds turned up at the event and there was a great display of Pakistani culture and tradition which depicted the healthy relationship that has been maintained between the two countries.
The 1976 contest between Inoki and Akram Pehlwan and a few years later, between the former and Akram's nephew Zubair Alias Jhara, who died tragically young at the age of 29 in 1991, marked, perhaps, the last hurrah for wrestling in the country. Today, few know who holds the once coveted title 'Rustam-e-Pakistan'. Likewise, unfortunately, many 'akharas' or clay pits where bouts took place have been closed down. Famous wrestling clans have faded into obscurity and taken with them the glamour and culture once associated with wrestling. Jhara was, perhaps, the last man to keep this alive. He was known for swimming in the Ravi River dressed in a jacket of iron chains to hone his strength and for running miles carrying the heaviest of weights. His son, who lost his father while very young, has never wrestled seriously.
The entire art form much associated with it has been lost. This should never have been allowed to happen. A single visit by Inoki, who, in the 70s, held legendary status, will not be enough to revive the sport. The successful hosting of the peace festival in one of the most volatile regions of the world proves that people still crave the mundane in a country that needs to hang onto its traditions. More of the same should be offered to the people in the future.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 7th, 2012.


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!! Series.{{Life}} (Creator/{{NBC}} LiveActionTelevision series)
* "What do you have up there, a Costco?!" (Said while a homeless man is up a tree throwing [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext toasters and other detritus]] at Charlie.)
* From "Jackpot":
-->'''Charlie:''' ''*While in a conversation, pulls an apple out of his pocket*'''
-->'''Dale:''' Does the apple help?
-->'''Charlie:''' With what?
-->'''Dale:''' ''*completely seriously*'' With the solving of crime!
-->'''Reese:''' You know you're a suspect in all this, right?!
-->'''Dale:''' ''Yeah,'' I just wanted to know if the apple helped! I'm new to all this... *{{Beat}}* I'm going, I'm going.
* From "Evil and His Brother Ziggy".
-->'''Eval (pronounced evil)''':Why are cops obsessed with me? IT'S JUST A NAME!
** In addition:
--->'''Eval's maid''': Come in, detectives. Eval is waiting for you.
* In "Evil and His Brother Ziggy" A detective from the local reservation asks Reese if Charlie has "ever got a head injury."
* There's:
-->'''Suspect''': I didn't steal nothing!
-->'''Crews''': Of course not. You can't steal nothing. Nothing doesn't exist.
* "Industrial glue. It's what holds us together."
* "Perhaps it's the 'Everything Must Go' signs."
* Crews and Reese are sharing a room in the hotel, and when Reese goes to take a shower, the phone rings. Crews answers and it's Tidwell who (believing he's talking to Reese), starts dirty talking. The expression on Crews' face is *priceless*. He slams the phone down, and it rings again. He nervously calls Reese in, she answers, figures out what happened, and goes beet red.
* Crews in front of a coke-dealing ice cream truck:
--> '''Crews''': ... but I'm going to count to three and then ''I'' plan on shooting [partner under counter]. 1...., 2...., [''fade out, and'' '''BANG''']\\
[''after commercial break'']\\
'''2nd Perp''' [''on gurney'']: You didn't say three! You didn't even ''get'' to three! You shot me on ''two''! You didn't get to three....\\
'''Reese''': He's right, you know -- you didn't get to three.\\
'''Crews''': I rounded up.
* The page quote.
-->"Are you making fun of me?"\\
"It's the universe that is making fun of us all."
-->"Why would the universe make fun of us?"\\
"I don't know. Maybe it's insecure."
* Reese and Crews talking in the first episode.
--> '''Reese:''' That's Zen, isn't it?
--> '''Charlie:''' Is it?
--> '''Reese:''' It is, right?
--> '''Charlie:''' Is it?
--> '''Reese:''' Say 'is it?' one more time and I'll shoot you.
* The opening of the season 2 episode "The Business of Miracles". Dan Auerbach was killed because someone swapped his oxygen tank with pure liquid nitrogen... he was frozen solid. While Crews and Reese are looking at the scene and conversing with the guy who owns the lab. Crews leans forward and gently pokes the corpse with a pen... and the corpse ''shatters into a thousand tiny frozen pieces!'' Which Reese follows by asking, "Do you have to touch everything?"
** "Forensics had to bag each piece individually. You might want to send them a bottle of something."
** The scene where they meet Bomba, the chimpanzee rescued from the lab, and the people who run the local anti-animal testing branch, Betsy and Billy. Later, when they find out that Betsy is actually [[spoiler: Auerbach's first assistant, who he'd been having an affair with]], Reese arrests her and when Crews walks after them, a book flies out of nowhere and hits Crews on the head. Crews stops, looks over and says, "Ow!". Bomba sneers at him and screeches.
* Seever notices Crews reads real slowly then later Crews notices Seever reads too fast.
* "Black Friday" comes to mind -- Charlie pegs a running suspect (dressed as a Christmas elf) in the back [[ImprovisedWeapon with a fruitcake]]. Right in front of some confused carolers. Who become horrified when he approaches with his gun drawn. Then the suspect is finally tackled and handcuffed...by Santa Claus (Bobby in disguise).
--> '''Crews''': (''explaining to carolers'') Bad elf.
* The scene on the Quotes page.
* The somewhat airheaded wives of two pothead entrepreneurs being questioned offer Crews and Reese a beer.
-->'''Crews:''' ''(cheerfully)'' No, thanks. We're working, and one of us is a recovering alcoholic.
* Mary Ford, the nice little old lady who keeps insisting that Roy [=McCullough=] was "so polite" in "I Heart Mom."
-->'''Ford:''' But, I guess he was just a [[PrecisionFStrike thieving prick]] in the end.
** Seeing her on the elevator with what looked like an [[ItMakesSenseInContext entire]] ''gang'' of bikers!
* "Everything... All the Time". Tidwell's frustration that he can't watch Reese wire up the hot shrink.
* An early episode after Reese and Crews just took down a drug dealer.
-->'''Reese:''' Why are you still here, Crews? You have all that money now. You could be sitting on a beach somewhere.
-->'''Crews:''' Do I look like I need a tan?
* Amanda and Ted getting ready to go and be BigDamnHeroes.
-->'''Amanda:''' Detective Reese is about 15 miles away. Let's go!\\
'''Ted:''' Uh, shouldn't we call Charlie?\\
'''Amanda:''' Oh, where's your sense of adventure? ''*Pulls a gun out of her desk and checks that there are bullets in it*'' Oh, I'm sorry, did you want one? I have a spare.
-->'''Ted:''' ''*Stares with a perfect O.O expression on his face*''
* Tidwell's way of getting someone's attention? Throw a shoe at them!
* '''Crews:''' I want to come back as a giant Flemish rabbit. 15 pounds of pure bunny!
* From ''Mirror Ball'', Crews decides to give Reese the nickname 'Doc'. She hates it.
** Also, Crews and Tidwell have the ''exact same reaction'' to the nickname.
--> "Doc? That's a great name. Wish it was my name."\\
"Would probably be confusing."
* Also from ''Mirror Ball'', the entire massively awkward scene featuring Crews, Crews' dad ([[ItMakesSenseInContext who Crews recently shot]]) and Ted (who is in love with Crews' dad's fiancée). Then a singing telegram dressed as a KISS {{expy}} shows up!
-->'''Ted:''' I'm in love with Olivia!
-->'''Crews:''' ''*sotto voce*'' [[OhCrap Oh, here]] [[ThisIsGonnaSuck we go...]]
-->'''Crews' Dad:''' You're WHAT?!
* The entire scene from "Badge Bunny" with Reese and the clueless guy at the badge bunny bar.
--> '''Reese:''' I'm sorry, but did you just say ''lesbo''?\\
'''Guy:''' Isn't that the term?
* Tidwell attempts to console a suicidal officer whose wife is divorcing him by telling him that what got him through ''his'' first divorce was "Tullamore Dew, Music/TheAfghanWhigs, and many, many strippers". This immediately backfires, because the officer's wife is a stripper.
!! Webcomic.{{Life}}
%% Examples are sorted from earliest to latest.
* [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=8 "I admire your standards."]]
* [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=34 Felicia/Natalie's]] WakingNonSequitur.
* [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=76 During the comic briefing for Edward:]]
-->'''Felicia:''' Now, without further ado--\\
'''Madison:''' Wait!\\
'''Felicia:''' But I said "without further ado"!\\
'''Madison:''' Why am I here?\\
'''Felicia:''' Because--\\
'''Madison:''' Why am I always here?! Also, you never introduced me.
* During the flashback, after Natalie has invited Madison to come over and hang out for the first time, when [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=94 she goes to the door to let Madison in.]]
* At the second comic meeting, [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=133 after Madison leaves 'for the washroom']].
* [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=145 Madison explains the Internet to Felicia.]]
* [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=170 Madison's Three Elements of Usefulness, and her ratings of herself, Edward, and Felicia therein.]]
* Toward the end of Felicia's studying marathon for her calculus final, [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=174 she proves that one hundred is less than zero.]]
* During the marathon portfolio-making session, when [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=197 lack of sleep begins to catch up to Felicia.]]
* [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=200 Edward explains what he thinks computer science is.]]
* [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=208 "Wait, I'm not the playable character?"]]
* [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=241 Edward and Felicia simultaneously pretending they just discovered her birthday was on prom night.]]
* [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=246 Edward talking with Video Game Guy about his plan for the prom.]]
-->'''Edward:''' See, if something bad happened while school was still going on, it'd be awkward if we ran into each other. But with school over now, if things go wrong at the end of the night, the worst that can happen is that I have to live with myself.\\
'''Video Game Guy:''' You've been doing that for years!\\
'''Edward:''' Exactly!
* [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=249 When Madison reveals that she wanted to go to prom, but no-one asked her.]]
-->'''Felicia:''' You do know that you can go alone... right?\\
'''Madison:''' I won't give them the satisfaction!\\
'''Felicia:''' Who's "them"?
* [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=327 "Now... how alarmed would you be if I said there were death threats made online in your direction?"]]
* [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=328 Madison calls Edward.]]
-->'''Edward:''' How did you get this number?\\
'''[[TechnoWizard Madison]]:''' Don't worry about it.\\
'''[[ExtremeDoormat Edward]]:''' ...alright.
* [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=334 Felicia comes up with an idea for a new machination.]]
* [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=353 Felicia spots an opportunity to further her plan while drunk.]]
-->'''Felicia''' [''thinking'']: Now ... I just need to summon a non-drunk me to come up with a plan...\\
'''Felicia''' [''out loud, [[PstandardPsychicPstance pressing one finger to her head]]'']: Natalie... this is Natalie...
* [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=360 Felicia remembers what happened while she was drunk.]]
* [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=361 Lex explains the principle of "stunt-doubling" to Edward.]]
* [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=365 Emily's three-panel comic idea.]]
* [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=393 Emily attempts to get in on the scheming game.]]
* [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=408 Felicia walks in on the middle of a conversation.]]
* [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life/?comic=419 Return of the Stunt-Doubling.]]
-->'''Lex:''' It's something you need when you can't do something yourself! It's perfect for you, since you can't do anything!
* [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=421 After Edward admits to being interested in Madison.]]
-->'''Madison:''' Are you sure you haven't been tricked into thinking this? Name one quality you prefer about me over Natalie.\\
'''Edward:''' You're ... honest.\\
'''Madison:''' That's just a nice way of saying I'm mean.\\
'''Edward:''' It's mean to be honest?\\
'''Madison:''' If someone's being honest with you specifically, they have to be mean.\\
'''Edward:''' That sounded insulting...


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Calendar: July 29, 2013
Roosevelt Aquatic Center, closed for annual maintenance. Re-opens Aug. 11.
Youth Fitness, class for fifth-12th graders, Roosevelt Community Recreation Center, 5:15-6:15 p.m. For information: 472-6159 or www.fairfieldparksandrec.org.
All the Above Support Group, Living Stones Fellowship, 7 p.m. Call 233-0818.
Co-Dependency Anonymous, First Presbyterian Church, 7 p.m. Call 469-3005.
Keosauqua Alcoholics Anonymous, 107 Market St., 8 p.m.
Fairfield Municipal Band Concert, Central Park, 8 p.m. Bandstand dedication to Ron Prill. Final concert of the season. Rain location: Fairfield Arts & Convention Center's Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts.
Memorial Swinging Bridge Dedication Ceremony, south side of the bridge, Jefferson County Park, 3 p.m.
Fairfield Summer Lunch, free, ages 2-18, Pence Elementary School, 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Birmingham Library Summer Reading Program, Birmingham Public Library, 10-11 a.m.
Richland Public Library Summer Reading Program, end of summer party, 4:30-5:30 p.m.; snacks, games, prizes, last day to turn in reading logs and spend "library dollars." Information: 319-456-6541.
Watercolor Classes, with John Preston, Fairfield Art Association Studio, 1 p.m. Registration and information: email@example.com or 319-498-4685.
N.E.S.T. Classes, Jefferson County ISU Extension Office, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Call 472-4166.
H.E.L.P.S. Club, Fairfield Foursquare Church, weigh-in, 5:30-6:20 p.m.; meeting, 6:20-7 p.m. Call 233-5086.
Golden Speakers Toastmasters Club, First United Methodist Church, 7:45-9:15 p.m.
Fairfield Summer Lunch, free, ages 2-18, Pence Elementary School, 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Blood Drive, Jefferson County Fairgrounds Activity Building, 3-7 p.m. Walk-in donors welcome; for appointments: 800-452-1097.
Blood Drive, Keosauqua Senior Center, 3-7 p.m. Walk-in donors welcome; for appointments: 800-452-1097 or www.bloodcenter.org.
Fairfield High School Class of 1958, monthly gathering, Walton Club, 11:30 a.m. Information: Sharon Bowman, 472-6140.
Youth Fitness, class for boys and girls in fifth-12th grades, Roosevelt Community Recreation Center, 5:15-6:15 p.m. For information: 472-6159 or www.fairfieldparksandrec.org.
Pastel Class with John Preston, oil pastels on odd Wednesdays; soft pastels on even Wednesdays, Fairfield Art Association Studio, 1 p.m. Preregistration: email@example.com or 319-498-4685.
Fairfield Farmers' Market, Howard Park, 3-6 p.m. Information: email@example.com.
Fairfield Kiwanis Club, McElhinny House, 5:45 p.m.
Alcoholics Anonymous, First Presbyterian Church, 8 p.m. Call 233-5139.
Narcotics Anonymous, New Life Community Church, noon.
Weight Watchers, Fairfield Senior Citizen Center, 5 p.m.
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CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson University police have arrested two more North Carolina men in
the vandalism to Howard's Rock inside the football stadium.
Police arrested 46-year-old Michael J. Rogers, of Pisgah Forest, N.C., and 17-year-old Alden James Gainey, of Brevard, N.C., on Friday and charged them with felony counts of conspiracy and obstructing justice.
The two appeared before a Pickens County (S.C.) Magistrate and were each released on $7,500 personal recognizance bonds.
Rogers' son, 18-year-old Micah Rogers, had previously been arrested in the incident. He was charged in June with malicious injury to animals or personal property valued at more than $2,000, but less than $10,000; trespassing and unlawful entry into enclosed places.
Police say the rock, which players rub before running onto the field, was chipped June 2 and its protective casing destroyed.
VANDERBILT: A fifth football player has been indicted for his alleged role in the rape of an unconscious student on campus.
Metro Nashville Police say Chris Boyd, 21, gave another defendant advice on how to cover up the crime. Vanderbilt released a statement Friday saying he had been suspended from the team pending further review. Four other players already have been dismissed.
Police say Boyd's representatives are aware of the indictment and he is expected to turn himself in. His bond is set at $25,000.
Boyd caught 50 passes for 774 yards and five touchdowns last season.
Two California men also were indicted Friday. Miles Finley, 19, and Joseph Quinzio, 20, are charged with felony tampering with evidence.
OHIO STATE: An Indiana prosecutor says star cornerback Bradley Roby has been offered the opportunity to enter a pretrial diversion program that would allow a misdemeanor charge alleging he was involved in an altercation outside a Bloomington, Ind., bar in July to be dismissed if he isn't arrested in the next year.
CENTRAL FLORIDA: A ruling by a Florida appeals court Friday reduced a $10 million damage award to $200,000 in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a football player who died after conditioning drills in 2008.
The court, however, denied the University of Central Florida Athletic Association a new trial, which it also was seeking.
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Too many low-income Mainers go without adequate dental care.
There were 11,960 emergency room visits for dental issues by MaineCare patients in 2009 alone. That was a $6.6 million expenditure that could have been avoided if the recipients had been seeing a dentist regularly.
More than half of the children on MaineCare don't see a dentist. Twenty percent of all Mainers live in areas designated as having a dentist shortage. Forty percent of Maine dentists are planning to retire or substantially reduce their hours in the next five years.
So why is the Maine Dental Association saying that there is no problem? Because the organization wants to protect its members' exclusive authority to provide basic dental services, whether its members are willing to provide those services or not.
The dental association is opposed to L.D. 1230, An Act to Improve Dental Health, which would allow specially licensed dental hygienists to independently perform some basic procedures — like drilling and filling surface cavities, pulling loose teeth and gluing on crowns that have come off — in addition to cleaning teeth.
This may be a good position for the dental association, but it doesn't do much for the Maine people who cannot get dental care. In light of the overwhelming evidence of a problem, as outlined in a study conducted by an independent research organization on behalf of a legislative task force, the industry group's denial is astonishing.
The association says that there is no dentist shortage in Maine, pointing to the fact that its members report having vacant chairs and available appointments.
But they don't say that many dentists are concentrated in a few areas of the state, and that three-quarters of all Maine dentists are not taking new MaineCare patients. There may be openings in their schedules, but that won't help the children who could never get in the door.
Opponents of the bill also mischaracterize the amount of training that licensed dental hygiene therapists would receive, claiming that it would be only "a semester's worth" of school. But these professionals would first have to qualify as dental hygienists, which takes at least two years and, in some programs, four years.
Then they would have to complete an additional 1½ years of training in public health dentistry, followed by 500 hours of work under the direct supervision of a dentist.
Rather than one semester's training, these midlevel professionals would have four to six years' training.
Most importantly, these providers would reach out to serve people who get no care at all, or get it only when it's too late, in an emergency room.
Alaska and Minnesota, states with dispersed rural populations like Maine, use this model. Other states are considering it. Maine already allows nurse practitioners to independently provide medical services
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"Captain America: Civil War" fans have something big coming their way. Marvel has teased that it would be releasing its new and final trailer on March 10, before the big release in May. Here, we tell you where you can watch the latest promo once it has been released.
By now, fans may already know that "Captain America: Civil War" will see a face-off between Captain America and Iron Man over superhero registration, with Cap wanting Avengers to remain free of government interference, and Iron Man supporting the system of accountability.
On Wednesday, Marvel released two teasers, one each on the Facebook pages of Captain America and Iron Man, revealing their respective teams even as the voice-over echoes "United We Stand; divided we fall." Each teaser shows the superheros who will stand by Captain America and Iron Man. While team Captain America includes Winter Soldier, Ant-Man, Scarlett Witch, Hawk Eye and Falcon, team Iron Man will boast of Black Panther, Black Widow, Vision and War Machine.
Clearly Team Iron Man seems to be falling one person short, making way for the speculation that Spider-Man may fill that void. In fact, it is highly-suspected that Spider-Man will debut in the new trailer, which releases this Thursday.
Once the new trailer is released, you can watch it on Marvel's official YouTube Channel and Twitter page.
The latest promo will also be uploaded on "Captain America: Civil War" official Facebook page.
For other trailers and clips visit the Marvel official website: www.marvel.com
"Captain America: Civil War" hits theatres May 6, 2016, in the U.S. and April 29, 2016, in the UK.
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Served hot or cold, enjoy this dish as the main entrée or an appetizer. Here is a recipe for a couscous salad.
wikiHow to Make Couscous Salad
Served hot or cold, enjoy this dish as the main entrée or an appetizer. Here is a recipe for a couscous salad.
Serves 4 people.
- 16 ounces (500 grams) of cous cous
- a large red onion
- 5 tablespoons of olive oil
- 15 ounces (400 ml) of boiling water
- 4 ounces (125 grams) of chopped peanuts
- 4 ounces (125 grams) of dried, chopped apricots
- 4 ounces (125 grams) of sultanas
- 7 ounces (220 grams) of sun dried tomatoes (roughly chopped)
- 1/2 of a cucumber (chopped)
- juice of two lemons
- a bunch of coriander (chopped)
- salt and pepper
1Combine the couscous, a pinch of salt, 2 tablespoons of the olive oil, and boiling water into a bowl.
2Give the mixture a quick stir and place a lid on the top. Place it on the side until later.
3Get the other bowl and mix the chopped onion, peanuts, apricots, sultanas, dried tomatoes, cucumber, coriander, and lemon juice. Mix everything together well.
4Pour the mixture into the couscous bowl.
5Stir everything together and season with salt and pepper.
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My Thoughts on Vapor Barriers... again
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- Vapor barriers aren't that easy to use if you don't understand what is
going on and they aren't that hard to use if you do. Does that make
any sense? If it does, you don't need to read any further. If it
doesn't, then read on and I will see if I can make it make sense for you.
I use plastic or silnylon as a vapor barrier between my hammock and my
SnugFit Underquilt. The suspension system on the SnugFit helps keep
the vapor barrier against the fabric of the hammock to minimize air
gaps that would encourage insensible perspiration to condense and
pool. With the vapor barrier held in place against the underside of
the hammock fabric, the hammock fabric wicks away any slight buildup
of insensible perspiration where it can more easily evaporate and I
usually don't even notice it. I pick when I do that and understand
how to use it. It is been very effective for me at extending the
lower temperature range that I can use my underquilt. I would not use
a vapor barrier when I was using the underquilt in warmer conditions
because then I would be dealing with sweat and there would be larger
amounts of sweat/moisture to deal with as the vapor barrier would
cause me to overheat even more and prevent moisture from sweat from
passing through the breathable underquilt.
In general, breathable insulation works best when your insulation is
getting too warm for you and less breathable insulation works best
when your insulation is not quite warm enough for you. That has
everything to do with how, when, and why your body produces sweat (or
sensible perspiration) and insensible perspiration.
Your body produces sweat to help cool off at the outer surface of your
skin with evaporative cooling when you overheat. Your body does not
produce sweat when you are not overheating... you don't just leak
water through your skin all the time. When you are not sweating, your
body can produce insensible perspiration to keep your skin from drying
out. If your skin is moist enough, or not too dry, your body doesn't
produce insensible perspiration because it senses that it doesn't need
It takes energy for your body to produce insensible perspiration.
When you are not overheating and your skin is not producing sweat, a
vapor barrier will cause your skin to quit producing insensible
perspiration after some period of time. Your skin quits producing
insensible perspiration because the vapor barrier creates a high
humidity environment by trapping the moisture from your previous
insensible perspiration. When this happens your body does not use
energy to produce that insensible perspiration anymore and can use
that energy to help keep you warmer. It a sense, your body becomes a
more efficient furnace.
A vapor barrier is not so good when used at the wrong time or when
used incorrectly. When you are overheating and using a vapor barrier,
your skin continually produces sweat as a means of cooling off via
evaporative cooling. The vapor barrier prevents the evaporative
cooling because the sweat is trapped by the vapor barrier. You just
keep sweating and moisture can build up. You need to do something to
keep from overheating because what you body is doing isn't working
because of the vapor barrier. You need to remove the vapor barrier,
vent, or remove insulation.
When you use a vapor barrier with breathable insulation between it and
your skin, that breathable insulation is subject to getting moist or
even wet from insensible perspiration. The insensible perspiration
will initially pass through the breathable insulation and stop when it
hits the vapor barrier. This continues until the humidity builds up
enough for skin to quit producing insensible perspiration. But until
that happens, that breathable insulation is going to be getting moist
too. What you want is a thin wickable sheet of fabric between you and
the vapor barrier such that it can wick any slight moisture buildup
away where it can evaporate into the surrounding air. Of course it
helps for the surrounding air to be able to absorb that moisture
because if it can't, it won't and you will be clammy.
And of course, if you use breathable insulation between you and a
vapor barrier while you are overheating, you will soak that breathable
insulation with sweat (sensible perspiration). That is bad and that
happens when people don't understand how and when to use a vapor
Vapor barriers work well for people that know when and how to use them
and are often problems or even disasters for people that don't.
Dave Womble
aka Youngblood AT2000
designer of the Speer Segmented Pad Extender, SnugFit Underquilt, and
- I think another consideration for vapor barriers is ambient humidity.
It's not just your own body producing sweat that makes them work. They
also rely on the material wicking away moisture--or being dry at the
With a vapor barrier, if you start out too wet, you won't
dry--especially when it's extremely humid.
So, I'm not convinced vapor barriers work under rolling fogs, typhoons,
and other extremely humid conditions--all are damp, cold, and
hypothermia inducing.
The Appalachian Mountains have often been called a Temperate Rain
Forest. In Taiwan at the elevations where I hike (2000-3000 m), the
mountains are Temperate Rain Forest, too. Because the ambient humidity
is so high, Taiwan's hikers tend to carry down bags rated for much
colder temperatures than expected. This is because the humidity
permeates everything and affects loft. Under these conditions, damp
clothes, if slept in, usually do not dry. So, I make sure I pack
sleeping clothes (including socks) in the same bag as my sleeping bag
and I change into these clothes right before bedtime.
- I invited people on this list to go---here is how it
An irony about my ascender as hammock end clamps---we
just had one of our two gear swaps at Four Seasons
Outfitters---I went on the hike instead---but, one of
our members sold her 1990's Jumar ascenders for $10.
I wish I had asked what she would be asking!
1.) Les has had some changes in his plans for the end
of the week. He can no longer go in to the camspite at
Dave Joy Point Thursday---not until late Friday. While
this would enable me to camp out Friday night and save
the best campsite for you folks---I do not feel that
Les should have to go in Friday afternoon/night and
come back again in the morning---so, I suggest we just
assemble at 8 a.m. Saturday morning-load up and go
out. No flagging. Les could be the only one driving
I have not heard from Les that the current snow fall
will affect our plans. If there is any concern about
the road conditions-we could reverse the Dave Joy
Point and Pumphouse Wash schedules.
More later?????????
2.) I picked Katarina up at her dormitory on the NAU
campus and drove down to the Wet Beaver trailhead.
Here, we were soon joined by Mary/Sedona Meg and
started in. The recent rainfall had allowed ocotillo
to show leaves and blossoms. Arriving in the camping
area---Mary and Katarina chose the first set of flats
beyond the big pool rather than the more extensive
flats with (slightly) more shade. An advantage was
that these flats gave a very good view of the big pool
shelves so they could look for our Saturday hikers.
Neither set of flats had trees suitable for hammock
camping---so, I followed a cactus lined ledge to a
climb down to the cove between the first set of flats
and the second and set my hammock up between two
ideally spaced box elders. Here, I had shade most of
the time. I watched leaves being blown in and out of
the shade and watched reflected ripples going up and
down the redrock face and the tree trunk. The sound
from the creek was more than a babble but less than a
roar---very continuous and very soothing. The book I
was trying to read kept becomming heavier and
heavier---as did my eyelids. I slept much of the day
as did Meg.
I did not get my get-up-and-go back the next day. If
the Saturday hikers had shown up I would have escorted
them to the prettiest half mile-nearly a mile and a
half beyond our campsite---but, we never saw them even
though Meg constantly watched for them and I went over
to the big pool once.
So, we loafed in camp. Katarina was the only one who
went swimming.
The next day we hiked out early---while it was still
I later learned that two of our Saturday hikers had
come in ALMOST far enought to link with us.
The trail in to the campsite.
A volcanic dike cuts through the Supai sandstone:
Campsite area
The climb down from the upper camping area.
The ledge to the climb.
Poison ivy or young box elder?????
Meg's REI half dome. One pole too long?????
Campers who came in at 3:30 a.m. None too quiet!!!!!!
Yes! I paid $10 for this hammock at a Mesa surplus
store 8 years ago!
Other neighbors:
Loooking downstream in the morning. Meg and Katarina
are camped on the shelf about 15+ feet above.
- The snow is already gone!
--- C C Wayah <ccwayah@...> wrote:
> Nice trip.
> How's the snow in Falgstaf?
> Rogene
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Johannesburg - ANC Youth League president Julius Malema admitted his political career was over after his suspension from the ruling party for breaking its internal rules, the Sunday Times newspaper reported.
The paper said Malema, the main force behind a push to nationalise mines and banks in Africa's biggest economy, had admitted he was "finished politically" and had decided to go into cattle farming.
"I have 20 cattle now," he told the paper.
"We will breed them, take them to the abattoir, slaughter them and then sell the meat."
The African National Congress (ANC) suspended Malema for five years earlier this month for causing rifts in the party and undermining foreign policy by calling for the overthrow of the elected government of neighbouring Botswana.
He lodged an appeal against the ruling late last week, although the report in the Sunday Times suggested he was not optimistic about the outcome.
"I am not this religious person who believes that some intervention will come from heaven.
"I have looked at the trends and I have listened to the speeches.
"They are all pointing in one direction," he was quoted as saying.
Malema looked tired during the interview and declined to be photographed, the paper added.
The 30-year-old rose to prominence with calls to seize white-owned farm land and nationalise mines in the world's largest platinum producer, alarming investors.
The calls also won him legions of supporters from the country's poor black majority, who hope to see more wealth from the land and also envision him as a future leader.
Malema's absence from the political scene is also likely to smooth President Jacob Zuma's path to re-election as head of the ANC - and therefore a second term in office - at the major party congress to be held in a year's time.
He may be finished with the ANC and ANCYL, but I hope there is a long way to go with the Hawks.
That's another story. Ju Ju must hang up the gloves and as he rightly mentioned, go into another venture, hopefully enjoy and find an outlet for his constant drive towards his "revolution" and become a peaceful citizen. Sometimes I wonder what drives politicians to the outmost?
I hope he becomes a successful cattle farmer and makes lots of money so he learns the true principals of capitalism and not listen to all the misguided rubbish Mugabe has been teaching him.
Larry.. I think the "little Brat" is looking for sympathy.. This little bugger will try 'every trick in the book' !!
And thus the king falls off the throne's comfy seat.
Just like Arnie, he'll be back.
@Robbie. Just as little chance as Malema had reconciling this country, just as little hope do you have moving yourself forward with a comment like that. It is people like you that fuel the black/white racial hate.
lmpi- who said it was a racial comment?? You made it into one,you idiot.
JA - now that he finds out the gold belongs to the ALIENS, now he backs off LOL
I won't buy your meat that's for sure.
@GO. That was very funny. But we don't know yet if Zuma had signed the agreement with the Aliens. Maybe that is why he is pushing so hard to get the Info Bill through. He doesn't want us to know he has been meeting Aliens and selling us out to the Unknown.
@Robbie...If you have been following the news you may remember that the cattle were a gift from his Uncle Mad Bob a little while ago
No really - who did he steal them from?
Who cares about his farm? His cows are only going to have foot and mouth like he has!!
Wanted : small venue for +- 10 people , venue required for PITY-PARTY for Julius. Free streetwise 2's to the first 3 guests arriving. lol
One good thing from this is that all those Afrikaners that voted for Apartheid; including the challenged backbone English variety and all those from the coloured community that voted for Hernus Kriel; you will now have to find some real arguments in future debates. Before we talk economy, then its Malema this and that, exchange rates, environment, tourism, global warming...its always Melama this and that…Trying to think now might be quite a pleasant new experience for you all.
Julius Malema will become a F_A_R_M_E_R..??!!??!!??
Somebody help please, I am in serious trouble - I think I have been transported in time by the ALIENS who are working with the government - my calender says it is 27 November.., it should say 1 April..!
The 20 cattle are from Bob's Zim stock (that he took from white people) - they have definitely got 'foot IN mouth' decease... Do not give it to your children to eat - they will not be able to pass Woodwork and will talk themselves confused in one sentence.
These are not the same cattle. Juliarse says he hasn't received the cattle from Mugabe. I doubt now that he ever will. At last he is going to find his true status as a herdboy. However, he may still become state president, it's happened before in SA.
@Kate - I think you mean 'foot in mouth'
English variety Afrikaners? Whatever are you trying to say? Maybe you should just post in Afrikaans then you might make more sense.
larry ,don't believe for one minute,we've heard the last of this bafoon,
what happens now with that snake Sexwale,& (Eve) Winnie,no,no,no,b,b,b, baby you ain't heard nothing yet.Leopords never change their spots.
Now that he is a "boer" himself, I wonder if he will still call on them to be killed?
No 1. landgrab candidate: Juliass.
What happened to this bloody Agent. ??? Lekker ou grootbek jys in jou donner in.
Jeffrey, I suspect you understand exactly what I mean, but are playing the dumb card (as in can't understand anything). Therefore changing the language would not make a difference, but if you really have a comprehension problem then read carefully again. Nowhere was stated English variety Afrikaner; it reads the English who were challenged in the backbone department, or some may just say spineless. Is something still unclear?
Now please go away, farm your cattle, you have damaged this country enough. Now the power to influence decisions will seewho your real friends are and who will help you in your second career...............
What happens to his youth now? Will he give them jobs on his farm? LOL
Don't celebrate too quickly, I don't think he's finished by a long way yet, look at all the comments below. He backs off a bit and every body thinks he's gone.------Maybe not. !!!!!!!!
No farming allowed at Leeuwkop
He will probably get some contract to sell his steaks at R50000 per kilo to the government.
Smoke and mirrors.
Might as well believe it's true. SA deserves better than this for politicians
Here is what you do malema. You extend a conciliatory hand to your party, whites, Indians and coloureds (plus all others you insulted, e.g Botswana, the mines, etc.). You acknowledge that the people you attack are the ones feeding your people, providing for them and more than happy to help them. You take this five years to get an education - it is never too late. You learn humility and that as a public figure you have a responsibility towards the public. Build up this country and not your bank account. You do that and I will eat humble pie and welcome you back. But alas, I fear you are in no way capable of achieving even one percent of that.
... and for heaven's sake, get rid of that pink suit!
Yes, Thozi. I think that pink suit will get very dirty especially when walking in cow dung.
wonder if he will herd them cattle with his range rover and blue light brigade ?? Lol
He also owes me an apology. He insulted my intelligence
Are you still out there Polyatonki???
Polyatonki comments during the week from his cushy government desk, so there will be no comments from him today.
Finally he gets it.
Where is his farm going to be? Ventersdorp? Remember his saying "Kill the boer, kill the farmer" Hypocrite. Good Luck to you Malema. Thank goodness you don't need woodworking to farm.
"kill the boer, kill the farmer" .... Farmer Juju may just eat his words someday.
Can he actually farm?
He has been sitting in a luxury palace all the time with others doing the work.
Don't believe a word of it. He is going off to lick his wounds and plan his revenge - but he will be back in 5 to 10 years time more vicious than ever, but better prepared. SA has not heard the last of this idiot with his dangerous ego!
What a shame, he should have seen this coming but decided to ignore the waves. his misplaced ego killed his political career.
good riddance
Toodle doo- join your cattle at the abattoir.
What a waste of a great talent
I agree. If he had been guided by someone with a brain, he could have united this country with his fearless personality. Now the real Evil has gotten rid of him purely to continue their plundering of state coffers and no other reason.
what the hell are you guys on ???????
Julius Malema enters Spar Supermarket to buy himself orange juice and sugar. He paid for the orange juice and walked out with the sugar under his arm, unpaid.At the door he was arrested and locked up.During the court hearing, the judge asked him why he paid for the juice only and stole the sugar?
He replied "Auw, VOETSEK man, I do not steal. At the back of the juice bottle is said: SUGAR FREE! You think I am stupid or what, ha"?
"great talent"... ? more like Lord of the Flies!
You should not insult flies like that.
Can you make millions from cattle farming? I have got 10 cows!!!?
Yes he can. Everybody starts at the bottom and if he learns that principal, he would have gotten education that will help him understand what the ANC hasn't managed to teach people in 20 years.
impi, WTF ???
Everyone starts at the bottom. Except Julius, he started at the top, but is now on his way to the bottom.
Would you like to place a side bet on his chance of success. I'll give you 20 to 1 that his cattle won't see out a year.
All bets are off if he gets a R200 Million land bank loan............
I meant the ANC hasn't learned that one starts at the bottom and you don't loot other people's stuff to get rich.
I have tears in my eyes
Need a hug ??? Lol
I also got tears in my eyes, laughing tears.
yeah right.
hahaha. White people are gonna feel dumb now for having always been afraid of Malema. All ANC has done is put a muzzel on the guy and now all the irrational white fear evaporates and is replaced with gleeful satisfaction
Gleeful satisfaction? Damn straight. I am grinning ear-to-ear!
I think you're confusing "irrational fear" with justified irritation.
He sealed his own fate, whites didn't even have to get involved in the end.
But if you think whites feel stupid how do you think the defiant ANCYL imbeciles feel? You know the blindly loyal Viva screaming numpties who were always shouting "HE WILL BE YOUR PRESIDENT WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT!!".
I wouldn't say I'm gleefully satisfied though. Not yet. But when he gets turfed into prison where he belongs you can rest assured that I'll be opening a bottle of something nice.
if this is true, yep you damn right we are gleeful, not only the whites ,all of us that want to make the country work properly for all our sakes
The gleeful satisfaction comes from many blacks as well. I wouldn't be surprised if there were more gleeful blacks than the entire white population. This scum is not as well-loved as his egoistic fans like to make it seem
thanks for such a wonderfull observation.
Never trust a sleeping SNAKE!!!
I think John u a right,I was reading all what these guys are saying to me it seems everyone who is commenting are showing a racial linkage.Now to all black South Africans please open ur eyes and see what these kith & Kin a re saying.Robert Mugabe has taught Julius what exactly happened in the past which is true so whats the fuss about.With Julius or without Julius the truth will be told and be known.Someone has to be answerable,and they will answer be it now or 20 years later.Jacob Zuma or no Jacob the truth shall prevail mark my words.
Its not just the ANC leadership that says you outlived your shelf life, that is only half the story.The millions you do not see at your roadshows want to see your back as early as yesterday.Get some decent education and earn a living then you will understand better what you do not fully understand now....
Don't rejoice prematurely. Malema is only 30 this year. He will launch a political comeback at the age of 35. By then all mines and banks will have long been nationalized, thus depriving him of these important rallying issues. He will then have to dedicate his energies to other pressing matters of the time.
You may be right. But probably only in about 15 years afetr his fraud and corruption sentence is served,
Is Vegi short for vegetable?
"I have 20 cattle now, ...We will breed them..."
This is pretty good: A Farmer singing "Kill the Farmer"...
Well if he can't kill the farmer, he can at least kill his cattle...
Are we still going to take Malema's farm without compensation?
Good one.
I like it!
Don't take his farm, just place permanent advertisements in JobMail for BEE farmworkers at Malema Fontein farm.
Siko jojo you tell me they had it wrong thru the entire court case, ---hole
This I do not believe. Too good to be true. Perhaps he will learn the meaning of capitalism in his new life.
Oh Boo-Hoo Juliass.
I don't believe a word of this. It's just too good to be true.
You can never trust this story!! Too good to be true
Is there not an irony in that he chooses the same course (cattle farming) as Eugene Terblanche after his fall from power?? Both equally radical in their own opposite ways, both banished to the political wilderness after breaking the rules.
good,enjoy cattle farming buddy!!
If I was Julius I would use the next month or two to really enjoy the fruits of my ill-gotten gains before the cops come a knocking.
And let this be a lesson to all the wanna-be-despots out there. The more rope you have the easier it is to hang yourself.
julius, you call us all sorts of names and sing songs of hatred towards us and now we must feel sorry for you, you bought this upon yourself so you live with it, if you used your brains you could have been a pretty good leader, i hope you are also charged with enticing genocide and put on trial at the hague
well said --hear hear
Just more of his lies
Sniff, sniff - let me wipe away the crocodile tears.
I wonder what his neighbours in Sandton are going to think when he moves his 20 cows into 'Corruption Castle' (HeHe).
"I have looked at the trends and I have listened to the speeches" - fatboy has been listening to the wrong trends and speeches, and totally blind to the trends that have been building up for the last few years, identifying him for the cretin that he really is.
I wonder if his tractor will have a blue light on it.
@Sikhanyiso. I agree with you. One could read only an acidic attack on us as a stupid black race that will keep cattle in the middle of Sandton. As if all of us are this backward. This "Thandi" must be some old white woman chained in the past telling us we are too primitive to live in Sandton. There are lots of these condescending white people around. They think only whites should live in the better suburbs and we should continue living in squatter camps.
Judging by your moronic comments, both of you guys must be prime candidates for some obscure position in the youth league - you fit the bill. A disprin might help you think a bit clearer. Pricks.
I have actually wondered what my neighbours would think if I kep a couple of goats to keep my trees nicel pruned and my lawn mowed in town. It would save me money for a garden service as well as a person to cut the trees down.
Well said Thandi, in both cases.
OMG! Malema becoming a boer?
It is funny velastardust. We all know how he loves the "boers"
So that is why he sang kiss the boer lately, he was singing about himself!
Someone should inform Malema that farming is dangerous and that 20 head of cattle cannot breed fast enough to sustain his lifestyle.
Eish. This must be the first of April.....
Cattle farming ..... BAAS JUJU .. sounds nice
Perhaps now, if his farm were to be raided, or taken over by bandits, terrorists, or activists, Mr Malema would be able to see the seizure of farms, from different perspective.....?
He was half finished before he begun. He will be properly finished when the Hawks do there job and put fat boy a way for a fair 30 year troll.
Wake me up, am I reading correctly.
So he's going to tend(er) to cattle. Let's hope it's not as lucrative has his previous tenders, we'll all be drowning in cow dung in 5 years time.
just a smoke screen, he is going to breed with 20 cattle. yea right
As if my Sunday could not get any better, this is the best news I have had in ages
YA YA..now trying to play the victim, typical.....he's like a wart, cut em out but, they always seem to find a way to come back...
20 cattle's income will not be enough to sustain his income for a month. When this idiot shakes your hand count your fingers afterwards - they could be missing. He is no where near finished. Its all a huge game to him. In the end he will be living in luxury and the people who supported him will be living in poverty. Mugabe jnr
Goodbuy 'last prince of Limpopo'.
And trust me he will be back. Such an admitance is a little too convenient. It is not his style to openly admit he is defeated.
Hope his tjommies make a mistake and take him out
LOL.. this is nothing more than Newspaper superposition. There is NO way in hell JuJu is done and finished!!. Any "criminal"/accused has a right to plead for and seek sympathy from those that seek to vanquish him/her.
If WE all believe any of the BS about him being "finished" until he makes a full public statement and he actually goes "farming" etc etc, WE all need to be in a "Looney Bin" and that's a FACT!
you are 1000% right
Glad to know that you are going down Juju !! Enjoy wearing the latest "prison" label clothing dude !!
Melema has always just been a political tool for the ANC, and he is to dumb to see it.
The African National Clowns have used him to sow Hatred, racism, and prejudice among the followers, so that the ANC could use this to manipulate these people and use this blind hatred to support the ANC's alternative agenda's. Text book Marxism implementation. And the poor uneducated masses who cannot even afford a book on marxism are eating it like candy. They will gladly support the information bill, and any other absurd laws, as they believe the suffering, and ill effects caused by the government from these are worth the effort of ridding a common enemy (this common racial based enemies are all neatly boxed, packaged and labeled by melema's idiotic foolishness.) Truth be told, the ANC needed melema, without him, this would never have been possible. But his use is now complete, finished, he is no longer needed, and will be discarded like an old used rag from the ANC criminal, corrupt cesspool. I am still trying to figure out if this is a good thing or bad thing for melema, though it will be mildly entertaining to see how long it will take for it to actually dawn on him how much of a puppet he really was. It is all a very steep downhill from here onwards.
WTF is Melema? Bob Mugabe's gay lover?..LOL
Malema got what he deserve for not resprcting th elders in the ANC.there is an english pharse which i like said what goes around comes around.Phazi julius Phanzi.
A good day for South Africa that Malema has conceded defeat at last. Hopefully we are rid of this man who was bent on destroying any chance of peace in this wonderful country. No country needs this kind of hate filled militant approach. Hopefully we will have leaders of integrity.


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text: Hat + nhc98 version 1.08 ======================== We are pleased to announce a new release of Hat and the nhc98 compiler. This is a stable release, containing many bugfixes in both the compiler and the Hat tracing and debugging tools. If you have not yet tried out the Hat tracing system, this is a good opportunity to give it a workout. New features of note in release 1.08 are: * There are "tunnels" between hat-observe, hat-detect, and hat-trail, enabling the user to jump directly from one view to another at exactly the point of interest. * You can now have multiple copies of hat-trail running simultaneously. * The nhc98 compiler implements the recent revisions of the Haskell'98 Report. nhc98 is a full compiler for Haskell'98, with extensive support for space profiling, time profiling, and tracing your programs. The system is available as source code, which can be built with the Gnu C compiler on any 32-bit platform, or with any already-installed Haskell compiler. Binary packages are also currently available for ix86-Linux and sparc-solaris2. http://www.cs.york.ac.uk/fp/nhc98/ Further information about Hat is available at http://www.cs.york.ac.uk/fp/hat/ Happy tracing, The ART team in York (Malcolm Wallace, Olaf Chitil, Thorsten Brehm, Colin Runciman)


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WHEN MEMORIALIZING the recently deceased, many cartoonists take the warm-and-fuzzy approach, making sure they draw well of the dead. What makes Matt Bors particularly intriguing after a famous figure's death, however, is that he doesn't set aside the word "editorial" from his job title as editorial cartoonist. Pen and opinion at hand, Bors renders judgment.
The Portland-based artist notably did this when Steve Jobs died in October, acknowledging Jobs's achievement (and satirizing cartoonists who would draw the self-described Buddhist at St. Peter's pearly gates), while also skewering the Apple co-founder's overseas employment practices.
Today, Christopher Hitchens — the longtime Vanity Fair writer and raconteur extraordinaire — receives a treatment so provocative and opionionated (not unlike Hitchens's own stock in trade), the pronounced atheist himself would perhaps raise a highball to the cartoon, even while clearing his throat to lowball the image's editorial merits.
Bors offers art we can debate, to remember a sharp intellect who relished the art of debate.
MIKE LUCKOVICH: Does this Michael Jackson cartoon cross the line?


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Various roads in the center of Newtown will be impacted by the 8th annual Newtown Turkey Trot 5K Run and Walk, Thursday, November 23, between the hours of 7:45 and 9 am. A temporary no parking area...Read Full Article
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Egyptian God Thoth
Meet Thoth (or Djehuti), one of the many Egyptian gods that were worshiped over 3,000 years ago! The gods are an important part of Egypt's ancient culture and history. Read a fun fact, and add some colors to Thoth.
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