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About Ketchum Grill
Housed in Ketchum's oldest remaining home, the Ketchum Grill has been serving up fresh and sustainable cuisine for nearly 23 years.
Let Chef/Owners Scott and Anne Mason be your guides for dinner in the mountains of Central Idaho.
All of our meals are made fresh to order and our home-baked breads and desserts are the stuff of legends.
Our award winning wine list has over 150 selections and many of the Northwest's and California's finest wineries are represented. We have an excellent choice of micro brews and an ever changing menu of wines by the glass.
Please join us for dinner nightly beginning at 5:00 pm.
Our patio dining is "first come first served".
We can not accept outdoor reservations
Ketchum, ID 83340
Dining Style:
Casual Elegant
Contemporary American, Northwest, Steak
Hours of Operation:
Dinner: Sunday - Saturday: 5:00pm - 10:00 p.m.
New Years Eve Special Prefix Menu and two seatings only
Specific Reservations for outside tables are not accepted online.
Cross Street:
5th Street
Dress Code:
Casual Dress
Price Range:
$30 and under
Payment Options
AMEX, Discover, MasterCard, Visa
Phone Number:
(208) 726-4660
Catering upon request
Parking Details:
Ample street parking in the evenings directly in front of restaurant. Within walking distance of most downtown hotels.
Public Transit:
Kart bus stop is two blocks. Get off at the Elephants Perch stop.
Executive Chef:
Scott Mason
Private Party Contact:
Adelaide Mason or Nick Smith: (208) 726-4660
Banquet, Beer, BYO Wine, Corkage Fee, Counter Seating, Farm to Table, Fireplace, Non-Smoking, Outdoor dining, Private Room, Takeout, Wine
Ketchum Grill Ratings and Reviews
Being locals, we go to Ketchum Grill quite often, but this meal was particularly spectacular! I ordered the special "slow cook" meal of short ribs over blue cheese polenta. The ribs were perfectly lean, as promised by our waitress, Krista, and the polenta was to die for! My husband ordered the parmesan encrusted halibut and it too was absolutely delicious. We always appreciate that Ketchum Grill offers affordably priced wine by the glass, as well. The apple dumpling a la mode was the ideal way to top off our wonderful meal!
As always, we had a wonderful evening at Ketchum Grill after a day at the Jazz Festival. Service was expert and the food delicious as always- 3 of us had the lemon noodles and shrimp, always a favorite, and my husband enjoyed the elk chili. Two of our party ordered the nightly special of halibut, but by 6:15 (!) it was gone. They enjoyed the trout and the salmon, though.
Food and service were great. It eas our first time there. We are locals and will come back, but ONLY if we are seated at a table away from kitchen entrance. The fisht smell, noise, and constant back and forth of servers by our table spoiled the ambience and made mt birthday dinner less special.
We live in the community. I have been a regular customer of the Grill since 1992. On this occasion, I brought 6 guests from Paris, France. The restaurant was no more than 33% filled. We had a total of five different folks wait on us. After the wine was poured, no one came to pour more. Same for the water. We had to ask. Since the restaurant was 33% filled, and since there were numerous folks to serve us, it was sad for me that the service was so poor. The Manager did ask us how we liked the food at the end of the meal, but no one asked us just after the food was served. I think the Owner and manager need to talk to their staff. There are many other fine restaurants in Ketchum where one can go and obtain better service.
Dear KG Staff;
You would elevate to a 5 star restaurant if you went to all organic offerings. Also, you could be more creative recipes. I wonder how many
GMO's and pesticides are in your foods?
You could do vastly better in serving bio-dynamically foods that promote health.
Ketchum Grill never disappoints. It is our go to every time we visit Sun Valley. The staff are always courtesy and attentive. The food is wonderful. Our group had several of the dishes - lamb, steak, duck, pasta and everyone raved about the food. Will definitely return.
One of our group, who we all know to be a jokester, made a comment that the waitress misconstrued as rude (not unwarranted), but she reacted negatively towards us the rest of the evening. As far as my meal, the description of the lemon pasta sounded wonderful but fell flat. Leave the lemon out of the pasta dough and it'll probably be really good.
I would have given a 5 star rating had the hostess been more proactive upon our arrival. It was a quiet night and tables were available. However, this being our first time to the restaurant, I made reservations with OpenTable. Upon our arrival, I advised the hostess we had reservations. She never asked our name and we were seated. We began our dining experience with prosecco, then on to dinner with wine. It was a lovely meal and the chef created a delicious vegan plate for me. My husband had the short ribs which he said were excellent. When we got home, there was an email from OpenTable stating we had not honored our reservation and that should this become a pattern, the service will not be available to us in the future. I replied that we had in fact honored our reservation. OpenTable then followed up with the restaurant. For my husband and myself, this was an unnecessary post dinner exercise that could simply been avoided had the hostess cared to ask our name.
Have eaten here at least a dozen times over the last few years. Am always surprised that the dining experience seems so chaotic. Everyone from host to servers are always running which does not make for a very relaxing evening. The menu needs serious updating and amazingly they were out of their signature dish the lemon pasta with shrimp (used to be with rockfish). This may have been my last meal there....but love the same owner's other restaurant Enoteca where the experience on many occasions has been nothing but great.
My husband and I ate here while on vacation at the sun valley resort. I had the duck and he had the steak special. Both were excellent. Our servers were very helpful and gave us good recommendations. We sat outside, which was lovely. Would definitely recommend it!
We've been going to Ketchum Grill for 15 years now. And each time, they deliver a unique menu in one of the best environments. This year we enjoyed the house made lemon pasta and shrimp, roasted chicken, and slow cooked lamb meatballs...on the beautiful outdoor patio. Each entree shined, with the lamb meatballs stealing the show. Dessert was, as always, even more amazing. The mint ice cream sandwich was so fresh, I had to try a second bite to ensure I didn't accidentally each a fresh mint leaf...I didn't...it was the house made ice cream. And this year's new surprise was a kids menu that my son loved...roasted chicken and home made mac and cheese..it looked and smelled so good, I sneaked a bite and then two...it was amazing! Can't wait to get back for another meal.
We were at the Ketchum Grill the day after the eclipse, and it was very crowded. So I don't fault the service for being a little slow. They did their best to take good care of us, and the food was delicious. I highly recommend the blackened Idaho trout. They were out of the Chardonnay we selected but recommended a very fine substitute.
We spent a wonderful evening outside on the patio with some old friends. It was such a perfect evening. All the food and wine was delicious. We could all hear each other without shouting which was delightful. All in all it was a heavenly Sun Valley evening.
I write this review with a heavy heart. For years I have said this was the best place to dine in Ketchum/Sun Valley, but after Sunday I recommend going some place. On Sunday the food was good, but not great as usual, there were hits and misses . But what made this atrocious was the staff. From the hostess to the waiters and waitresses they all had a surly attitude. Without some type of distinctive apparel we were not sure whether it was a staff member taking our money or just another pattern taking our cash. We had at least six different people at our table not including the water boy. This staff needs to a have a 180 degree attitude adjustment or find employment somewhere else, this includes the hostess and all of the waiters or waitresses.
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Charles Warner sold "fine proof American medals and medalets" from his 1906 catalog. Each of the 45-pieces is listed with some combination of subject description, medal size and composition, method of production and price. The catalog is four pages total (two pages of listings along with front and back cover) and the cover pages contain many wonderfully done illustrations. Inner listings are in black ink while the covers are in a salmon-red ink that is quite similar to the 1894 Washington two-cent Type I stamp (US #249) produced in carmine lake. The pages are good and the catalog has deep folds in it to facilitate mailing in a standard, letter sized envelope.
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Ezreal Build
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Hello everyone! I'm labdaltonator from the NA server. Don't be shyed away from my rank of Bronze 2, because this guide is mostly for normal play only because I don't trust random supports because of my past experiences. So if you are going into ranked, I would recommend finding a friend that would enjoy to support you!
I have been playing Ezreal for quite some time now, so I figured to share my guide with the rest of the world!
Pros / Cons
|+ Good Scaling
+ Great Escape
+ Awesome All Around Damage
+ Stacking Passive Steroid
+ Good Poke
|Ezreal has a stacking passive the gives him attack speed with every ability that hits an enemy Rising Spell Force.Ezreal has great poke early on and late with Mystic Shot. Along with good poke, it scales with both AP and AD. Another good poke tool/High AP damage is Ezreal's Essence Flux. Ezreal's built in escape or initiation is Arcane Shift. Which also scales off AP. Finally he has a mega global Trueshot Barrage banana to finish off his foes.
+ No CC
+ All Skillshots
+ Squishy
+ Some Early Mana Problems
|One of the things that Ezreal lacks is Crowd Control, but a good support can make up for that. All his abilities are skillshots, not counting his Arcane Shift. This however I look at as a plus because I love skillshots. It may not fit your play style though. His early game can be weak with some mana problems. Finally he is squishy almost all game, ilke most ADC's are.
|These are the 2 basic summoner spells you should take for all ADC's. In some situations, however, you should take Barrier, or even Cleanse when you are against hard CC champions.
Greater Mark of Attack Damage
Greater Seal of Armor
Greater Glyph of Magic Resist
Greater Quintessence of Attack Damage
- Greater Mark of Attack Damage: Adds roughly an extra 8.55 Attack Damage. These plus your Quints will equal up to the max of 15 extra Attack Damage.
- Greater Seal of Armor: Helps Ezreal defend a lot of earl game harass from any basic attack or spells that deal physical damage.
- Greater Glyph of Magic Resist: Helps Ezreal against most support and some champions whose spells deal magic damage, such as Corki. Should give you about 12 Magic Resist.
- Greater Quintessence of Attack Damage: Adds roughly an extra 6.75 Attack Damage to your beginning game, which is almost essential.
MasteriesThese are my primary go-to masteries for champions with hybrid scaling.
These are some more masteries for Ezreal. Either page works well in most situations
Abilities ans Skill Sequence
Hitting a target with any of Ezreal's abilities increases his own attack speed by 10%. This effect lasts for 6 seconds and stacks up to 5 times. This passive is basically spammable, so you should try to hit as much abilities as possible.
Ezreal fires a bolt of energy in a line that will deal physical damage and apply on-hit effects to the first enemy it hits. If it strikes an enemy unit, all of Ezreal's cooldowns will be reduced by 1 second. This will be your main damage output ability.
Ezreal fires a wave of energy in a line. Any enemy champions it passes through are dealt magic damage, while any allied champions it travels through have their attack speed increased for 5 seconds. This is your secondary ability, although it won't output lots of damage, it will do enough with an AD build.
Ezreal instantly teleports to a nearby target location and fires a homing bolt at the nearest enemy unit within 750 range, dealing magic damage to it. Use this for an escape, or even initiation if you so wish.
After gathering energy for 1 second, Ezreal fires a powerful, broad energy missile that travels in a line across the whole map dealing magic damage to each enemy unit it passes through. It will deal 10% less damage for each subsequent target hit, down to a minimum of 30% damage dealt. This is your global ultimate banana! Use it to finish off your enemies.
|I chose these boots over Berserker's Greaves because Ezreal's passive I believe, if used correctly, can be enough attack speed. The extra cooldown reduction on these boots are defiantly useful
|If you have ever read the tool tip on Trinity Force, you should understand why. The tip says "Tons of Damage" and it is 100% correct. This item adds ability power AND attack damage, making all of Ezreal's skills instantly better. The spellblade passive from Sheen makes Ezreal's basic attacks do more damage after an ability is used. This is why Arcane Shift can be used as an initiation. Trinity Force will be your core item.
|Quite possibly the best item for an ADC to grab at some point, the Infinity Edge. This will add an extra 80 attack damage AND an extra 25% critical chance. This item enhances all auto attacks, and Ezreal's main damage output. The extra critical chance and attack damage also stack nicely with alot of other items.
|The Phantom Dancer adds absolutely 0 extra attack damage. To be honest, really, it doesn't need it. When you opt-out of Berserker's Greaves grabbing this will greatly multiply your attack speed, as well as your critical chance. After this item, Ezreal's auto attacks become even more lethal, with the total critical chance being at 65%
|With this item your opponents are sure to start crying for mercy, as your super lethal auto attacks can pierce through the armor that they spent the whole game stacking. as Ezreal deals magic damage with abilities and physical damage with auto attacks, he is a killing machine. The only item in the game with both armor and magic resist stats is the Guardian Angel. They will die much to fast for it to matter though.
Ezreal is extremely fun to play and is relatively hard to get used to, but it will come. Thank you for all reading my guide. If you have any questions, comments, and/or concerns, feel free to comment and i will try to respond to every one possible!
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The projects GambiaHELP supports come from the needs and dreams of the communities in The Gambia. GambiaHELP requires the community to donate 25% of the project in labor, services and land donations. This is a time consuming method, but because of this dedication and commitment, our projects have long lasting results and are beneficial to the entire community.
This is only one aspect of the incredible projects that GAMBIA HELP does. Please read the personal blog of Director Shelby from this year's trip. It details the work she so willingly and generously does.
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I have been to Gambia with Shelby Tarutis to distribute money for schools, scholarships, clinics, libraries and Women's cooperatives. Over 95% of the money raised is used in projects in Gambia to help Gambians in sustainable ways. As a former Peace Corps volunteer, she speaks the language; Director Tarutis opens communication about what projects are the most needed iny the villages by talking with the elders. Over 55 libraries have been refurbished or built by her projects. I was incredibly impressed by her work.
I have been working with Shelby and the GambiaHELP team for over a decade, and I currently on the Board. I have visited school libraries that GambiaHELP supports, delivered backpacks filled with school supplies to students (the picture are students from Sukuta Primary School), seen malaria nets that women have sewn on sewing machines given by GambiaHELP and unloaded a container filled with medical supplies and bikes to be distributed throughout the country. It has been a pleasure and honor to be part of the organization and to see the incredible results of the work that GambiaHELP has done for all Gambians.
The libraries are bright, warm rooms filled with books that the students and teachers eagerly use. It is not uncommon to have schools without books, without libraries. One can only imagine how difficult it is teach and learn without resources. Setting up libraries with hundreds of books and providing other educational supplies has helped students learn in ways that they had not known before and opened them to the love of learning.
Women have been supported with loans, milling machines and sewing machines that assist them to gain skills and produce goods both for their own use and sell to support and provide for themselves and their families. Options for women are not many in the country. With GambiaHELP's assistance they have opportunities. Health centres are equipped with medical supplies and office equipment to be able to administer, aid and support the people of local communities. Supplies are scarce and expensive. GambiaHELP has provided much needed resources.
The volunteers that have donated their time and energy to GambiaHELP are amazing. Generous. Kind. Willing to help however they can. I have met volunteers both in Seattle and throughout The Gambia and admire their energy. They are fabulous people.
Shelby is recognized and appreciated in many circles in The Gambia. Going to a village with her is quite a treat with people of all ages running up to see and touch her. She is one of those rare individuals whose power to give is endless. The people in Gambia know how special she is and appreciate all that she has done. I am in awe of her caliber and dedication to the mission of GambiaHELP.


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|Application number
|Publication date
|Jan 9, 1990
|Filing date
|Aug 28, 1987
|Priority date
|Aug 28, 1987
|Fee status
|Publication number
|Nicholas G. Parnello
|Original Assignee
|Power Play
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (12), Non-Patent Citations (2), Referenced by (23), Classifications (9), Legal Events (5)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This invention relates to a system for using conventional telephones as part of an intercommunication system. In particular, this invention relates to an inexpensive and simple apparatus for using extension telephones as an intercom system.
Intercom systems have long been regarded as useful additions to a telephone system. An example of a patent disclosing such an intercom system is Jetzt et al., U.S. Pat. No. 3,725,601, entitled "Direct Station Selection Private Intercom Exchange System." Jetzt et al. disclose a modified telephone handset that provides some of the features of a private branch exchange (PBX). One of the features provided by Jetzt et al. is the provision of intercom lines, with one intercom line plus a single line for each telephone that is adapted for interconnection to other telephones in the intercom system. In the system taught by Jetzt et al., for L outside lines and N inside handsets, each handset must be supplied by a cable containing (5L+3N+4) conductors. Thus, in the simplest system employing one outside line and N internal extensions, Jetzt et al., would require (3N+9) conductors. This represents a disadvantage that is overcome by the present invention.
Magnusson, U.S. Pat. No. 4,060,700, entitled "Two-Party Telephone System," discloses a two-party telephone system that features external calls to and from each of the two telephone sets of the system and also a speech connection between the telephone sets. Magnusson uses a dedicated wire pair for the speech connection between the telephone sets. This extra wire pair represents a disadvantage that is overcome by the present invention.
The same distinctions apply to U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,538,031 and 4,459,434, which are both issued to Benning et al. These patents teach an intercom system that has dedicated wires, a disadvantage that is overcome by the invention.
Lee, U.S. Pat. No. 4,636,589, entitled "In-Line Telephone Intercome System," teaches an intercom system that uses two or more telephones on the same line as the intercom transmitters and receivers. However, it is not apparent from an inspection of this patent how the intercom system can work in the case of an incoming call or how the intercom system can overcome the dial tone that results when one or the other of the telephones is picked up. A properly functioning intercom system that uses the telephone lines should hold an incoming call when the intercom system is in use and it should permit the intercom users to pick up the incoming call.
It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved intercom system using a plurality of telephones on the same pair of wires.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide an improved telephone intercom system that is prevented from interfering with an outside call that is in process.
It is another, object of the present invention to provide an improved intercom system using a single pair of wires that is capable of holding an outside call so that the intercom user can switch from intercom mode to answer the incoming call.
Other objects will become apparent in the course of a detailed description of the invention.
An intercom system for use with a plurality of handsets on a single extension includes a master station and a plurality of slave stations. The master station is connected so as to interrupt the telephone line pair to and from the central exchange. Each slave station is preferably associated with a handset that is on the extension, although it is possible to locate and use a slave station without an associated handset. It is also possible to have a handset on the extension without an associated slave station.
When the extension is not being used for intercom service or for an outside call, any telephone handset on the extension that has a dual-tone/multiple-frequency (DTMF) keypad or capability can initiate a signal that is received and decoded in the master station. This is preferably one of the special-function keys on the conventional DTMF keypad, either the asterisk (*) or the pound sign (#), although other available key combinations may be used. When the master unit receives such a signal, it disconnects the telephone central exchange from the extension. The receipt of an incoming call will be signaled to users. The master unit also sends a signal to each slave unit that initiates a paging sequence. Speech originating from the handset that called for intercom is broadcast over a loudspeaker at each slave station. The paging mode continues until one or more of the other handsets on the extension are picked up to respond to the page. The presence on the line of an additional handset is detected by the master station, which switches to an intercom mode. The intercom mode permits all of the handsets that are picked up in a position to engage in two-way voice communication, while the loudspeakers are turned off. When the intercom mode is complete and all handsets are returned to the cradle, the master station detects this fact and reconnects the extension to which the handsets are connected to the telephone exchange.
The master station is also equipped to detect the presence of an incoming call, which is permitted to ring while its presence is communicated to the open handsets by a tone. If all the handsets are returned to their cradles by the users, the master station will pass the call as though the intercom had not been in use. As an option, it is also possible to allow the master station to respond to a DTMF signal from a handset to pass the incoming call without requiring that the handsets be cradled, or to place the incoming call on hold.
The presence of a master station allows the addition of options such as overall alarming, in which any handset on the extension can originate the signal which causes the master station to sound an alarm at all slave stations. The system is also adapted to allow any handset on the extension to direct the speed dialing of a limited number of telephone numbers that are stored at the master station. The master station may be combined with a call recorder, a device for playing music when calls are on hold, or with a remote enable at a slave station to allow remote control of electric power at the slave station.
FIG. 1 is an overall block diagram of the intercom system of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the master station of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a slave station of the present invention.
FIGS. 4A and 4B are a detailed circuit diagram of the master station illustrated in FIG. 2.
FIG. 5 is a detailed circuit diagram of the slave station illustrated in FIG. 3.
FIG. 1 is an overall block diagram of the intercom system of the present invention. In FIG. 1, an extension wire pair 20 (tip and ring) is connected from a telephone central office to a master station 22. The wire pair 20 continues past the master station 22 as wire pair 24 to serve a plurality of handsets 28, 32, and 34 connected to the wire pair 24. A slave station 26 is connected to the wire pair 24 near the handset 28. A similar slave station 30 is connected to the wire pair 24 near the handset 32. The handset 34 is shown as connected to the wire pair 24 without an associated slave station. Other handsets and slave stations may be connected to the wire pair 24. The minimum number of components that can be used to practice the invention is the master station 22, the handset 28 at a first location, and the slave station 30 at a second location. However, the utility of the invention is increased by having the slave station 30 near a handset such as the handset 32.
Operation of the circuit illustrated in FIG. 1 is as follows. When the system is not being used as an intercom system, the master station 22 completes the connection of the wire pairs 20 and 24 without further action, and the slave stations 26 and 30 are inactive. Under these circumstances, the handsets 28, 32, and 34 are connected to the wire pair 24 in the same way.
If a person at the handset 28 wants to make an intercom call to all the slave stations 26 and 30, he produces a signal that instructs the master station 22 to interrupt the connection from the wire pair 24 to the central office. The master station 22 will stand ready to receive incoming phone calls, provide an open circuit that lets the incoming call appear to ring, and provide an alert to the handsets that are in the intercom mode. The connection of the outside call to the wire pair 24 will not be made while the intercom is in use. The master station 22 also generates a signal that is received at the slave stations 26 and 30 to tell a listener in the vicinity of the handsets 28 and 32 that someone is being called. Where there are more than two slave stations 26 and 30, all of the slave stations will be addressed by a call that originates from one handset. The handset 34, which lacks a slave station of its own, can listen to intercom calls, and can originate them, but is not capable of being called by intercom page from one of the handsets 28 or 32.
The invention can best be understood by referring to the functions of the elements of FIG. 1. The master station 22 is connected to the phone line in such a way that in the event of a power failure or in the absence of the selection of intercom service, the handsets 28, 32 and 34 are connected to the wire pair 24 as though the intercom system has not been installed. When the master station 22 receives a signal from one of the handsets 28, 32 or 34, the intercom system is enabled. The master station 22 interrupts the connection between the wire pair 20 and the wire pair 24 so that the handsets 28, 32 and 34 are no longer connected through the wire pair 20 to the telephone exchange. At the same time, the master station 22 is connected to the wire pair 20 to receive an addition of an incoming call on the wire pair 20. If such a call is received, the master station 22 develops a signal that is audible to users of the handsets 28, 32 or 34 so that they may interrupt intercom operation and taken an outside call.
The master station 22 sends a signal to the slave stations 26 and 30 that directs the paging mode. In the paging mode, the user of the handset 28, 32 or 34 who originated the paging request has his paging message amplified and presented through a loud speaker at each slave station 26 and 30. The paging mode is terminated when the master station 22 detects the presence of two or more handsets 28, 32 or 34 on the wire pair 24. Communication can then be made from handset to handset, but the paging speakers are disabled. The intercom mode ends when all handsets are returned to their cradles. The master station 22 then reestablishes connection between the wire pair 20 and the wire pair 24.
Any one of the handsets 28, 32 or 34 can send and receive telephone messages as though the intercom system of the present invention were not installed. In addition, any handset can signal the master station 22 to originate a page at all of the slave stations 26 and 30. Words spoken into the transmitter of a handset are communicated to the slave stations 26 and 30 where the words are amplified and applied to speakers. After the master station 22 has ended the paging mode and has switched to the intercom mode, two or more handsets can be used to communicate with each other. When all of the handsets are returned to the cradle, the intercom mode is ended.
The slave stations 26 and 30 are idle when the system of the present invention is not in the intercom mode. When the system enters the intercom mode, a signal from the master station 22 directs each slave station 26 and 30 to amplify an alert tone generated by the master station 22 indicating that the system has entered the intercom mode. The slave station 26 or 30 is then switched to the speaker mode, and anything spoken into the transmitter of the originating handset is amplified and broadcast at each slave station. When one or more additional handsets are lifted from the cradle in response to the page, each slave station is switched out of the speaker mode by a signal from the master station 22, and intercom communication is then available between or among handsets.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the master station 22 of the present invention. In FIG. 2, a line 50 represents the telephone wire pair 20 that is connected to the central exchange, and a line 52 represents a telephone wire pair 24 that is connected to the handsets and slave stations of the extension that will be connected as an intercom unit. The line pair 50 is connected by a relay 54 to a line pair 56 that is conneted to line pair 52 by a second relay 58. In normal use, the relays 54 and 58 connect the line pairs 50, 56 and 52 together to provide normal telephone service between the central exchange and the extension.
Operation of the circuit of the present invention is started at a handset which produces a selected DTMF code on the line 52 that is detected at a decoder 60. This in turn produces a signal on a control line 62 that operates either relay 54, relay 58, or both. A detector 66 is responsive to incoming calls on the line 50. If an incoming call is received on the line 50, the detector 66 operates an alert generator 68 that provides an alert tone on the line pair 56. A block 70 indicates symbolically the possibility of interconnecting options as a part of the present invention. These options include automatic dialing, music on hold, call recording, and the like.
When the decoder 60 receives a signal from the line 52 that calls for the paging mode, it supplies a control signal to an encoder 72 which generates a signal instructing the slave stations to go to the paging mode. The signal is coupled from the encoder 72, to the line pair 56, through the relay 58, and to the slave stations. A signal from the encoder 72 is taken to a block 74 that enables the passage of an audio signal on line pair 52 after the coded signal is sent.
The paging mode is desired only as long as a single extension is in use. When one or more additional extensions are taken off hook, a load measuring circuit 76 measures the load on the line pair 52 and directs an encoder 78 to generate a signal to change the slave stations to the intercom mode. The load measuring circuit 76 continues to measure the load on line pair 52. When all of the extensions are cradled, the load measuring circuit 76 produces a signal that directs a relay control circuit 80 to close either relay 54, relay 58, or both to their normal positions.
FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of a slave station constructed in accordance with the present invention. In FIG. 3, the line pair 52 represents a continuation of the line pair 52 of FIG. 2 which is taken to a plurality of telephone handsets and slave stations. One of the handsets is connected to the line pair 52, as is a decoder 92. The decoder 92 responds to a signal received on the line pair 52 representing an instruction from the master station 22 of FIG. 2 to go into the paging mode. A corresponding enabling signal is passed to an amplifier 94 which amplifies an audio signal that is taken from the line pair 52 and delivers the amplified signal to a speaker 96. The handset 28, or any other handset, that is connected to the line pair 52 can produce a DTMF signal that is received by the master station 22 of FIG. 2 to set up the intercom mode. The master station, in turn, produces a frequency-shift keyed (FSK) signal that is received by the decoder 92, an FSK demodulator, to enable the amplification at each slave station of any signals on the line pair.
It should be understood that the handset 28 can function as a handset and as an intercom originator whether or not it has a slave station 26 such as that shown in FIG. 3. Similarly, a slave station 26 such as that of FIG. 3 can amplify paging messages whether or not it is associated with a handset such as the handset 28. However, the invention would normally be practiced by associating the handset 28 with a slave station 26 such as shown in FIG. 3.
FIGS. 4A and 4B are a detailed circuit diagram of the master station 22 illustrated in FIG. 2. In FIG. 4A, a relay 110 is connected to the telephone handsets and slave stations and to a relay 112, which in turn is connected to the telephone central office. When the relays 110 and 112 are not energized, an electrical connection is made through the relays 110 and 112 that connects the extensions to the central office. When an extension telephone originates a special signal to select intercom service, the special signal is coupled to a line 114 to a DTMF receiver 116. The output of the DTMF receiver 116 is taken to a data bus 118 which supplies an input to a microprocessor 120. An output from the microprocessor 120 is taken to a decoder 122 which supplies a status value to a register 124. The microprocessor 120 also produces an output on a line 126 that is taken to drive the coil 128 of the relay 110. This disconnects the telephone handsets and slave stations from the central office and connects them to the master station. A line 130 is the tip connection and a line 132 is the ring connection. The line 130 is connected to the non-inverting inputs of two comparators 134 and 136. The inverting inputs of the comparators 134 and 136 are connected to voltage dividers 138 and 140, respectively. The voltage dividers 138 and 140 are set so that when no telphones are connected to the tip line 130, neither of the comparators 134 and 136 produces an output. If one telephone is connected on the line, the comparator 134 produces an output, but the comparator 136 does not. If two or more telephones are connected on the line 130, both comparators 134 and 136 produce outputs. The outputs of the comparators 134 and 136 are input to the register 124 which produces status data that is coupled to the microprocessor 120 to indicate the presence of no handsets, one handset, or two or more handsets connected on lines 130, 132.
When one telephone is on the line pair, an encoder 142 produces a signal that is taken to a transmitter 144. The transmitter 144 also receives as an input a signal from terminal 123 of the decoder 122 that is inverted in an inverter 125. The transmitter 142 produces as an output a signal that is taken on a line 146 to a speech network 148 which delivers the signal to the lines 130, 132. If only one extension telephone is currently off hook, the encoder 142 produces a coded signal that directs the slave units to operate in the paging mode. If two or more extension telephones are off hook, the signal from the encoder 142 disables the speakers of the slave stations leaving the handsets in the intercom mode.
The microprocessor 120 produces outputs that are taken to the decoder 122, to a terminal 147 of a register 150, a terminal 149 of a second register 152, and a terminal 143 of the encoder 142. Another output from the microprocessor 120 is taken to a terminal 145 of the encoder 142. Together, the registers 150 and 152 produce the equivalent of keypad outputs that are taken to a DTMF generator 154. The DTMF generator 154 produces a mute output on a line 156 and a tone output on a line 158. The mute output on the line 156 is inverted to produce an inverted mute signal on a line 160 that is taken along with a signal on the line 158 to a speech network 162. The function of the speech network 162 and its associated drivers to provide speed dialing under the control of the microprocessor 120 when the relay 112 is energized. This is done by a signal on a line 164 which comes from microprocessor 120. The signal on the line 164 energizes a coil 166 to operate the relay 112. Speed dialing is just one of the functions that can be controlled by the microprocessor 120 and connected by the relay 112. The tone on the line 158 is also applied through a resistive network 168 to the speech network 148 as an alternative input to the input from the line 146.
A clock oscillator circuit 170 provides a crystal-controlled signal that is taken to the microprocessor 120 on a line 172, to the register 124 on a line 174, to the DTMF receiver 116 on a line 176 and to the DTMF generator 154 on a line 178.
An optical coupler 180 is connected across the tip and ring lines 50 from the central office to provide an isolated indication of the tip-to-ring voltage when the system is in an intercom mode. The output of the optical coupler 180 is taken on a line 182 to the register 124 to provide an external indication of a call when the system is operated as an intercom. At that time, any incoming caller would hear a ring-back signal, while intercom users would receive an alert signal indicating that an outside caller was calling. If all of the handsets were cradled, a person at any one of the handsets could then answer the outside call. In the alternative, the call could be switched through by the operation of a selected DTMF key.
FIG. 5 is a detailed circuit diagram of one of the slave stations of the present invention. In FIG. 5, a tip line 190 and a ring line 192 of line pair 52 are connected to the master station (FIG. 4A) by the closed relay 110. Signals on the lines 190 and 192 are applied to a bridge 194, the output of which is taken as an input on a line 196 to an audio amplifier 198. This in turn drives a speaker 200 to deliver a paging message when the audio amplifier 198 is enabled. FSK signals on the lines 190 and 192 are taken to a phase-locked loop 202, the output of which is taken to a decoder 204. The output of the decoder 204, gated in a comparator 206 with a signal from the bridge 194, is taken to the audio amplifier 198 to inhibit output from the audio amplifier 198 when the paging mode is not desired and to enable the audio amplifier 198 when it is desired to page. Signals that enable the audio amplifier 198 and various other audio signals such as an alert tone originate in the master unit of FIG. 4, but speech signals that are broadcast over the speaker 200 originate in one of the handsets 208 that are attached to the lines 190 and 192.
In summary, if any one of the handsets, such as the handset 28, signals the master station of FIG. 4 for an intercom mode, a signal from the master station enables the audio amplifier 198 of FIG. 5 and the audio signal produced by the handset 28 is then amplified and rendered audible at the speaker 200. When the audio amplifier 198 is disabled in response to a signal from the decoder 204, no further audible signals are produced at the speaker 200. The handset 28 is connected electrically to the lines 190 and 192 to communicate with other such handsets and such connections function as an intercom system.
Table 1 is a list of the integrated circuits that can be used to implement the invention.
TABLE 1______________________________________Element IC Number______________________________________DTMF Receiver 116 MT8870Microprocessor 120 MC68705Decoder 122 MC14028BRegister 124 MC14076BEncoder 142 MC145026Modem transmitter 144 MC14046Speech network 148 MC34014Register 150 MC14076BRegister 152 MC14076BDTMF generator 154 TP5089Speech network 162 MC34014Optical coupler 180 4N25Audio amplifier 198 MC34119Phase-locked loop 202 MC14046BDecoder 204 MC145029______________________________________
The description of the present invention sets forth the best mode known to the inventor for the practice of the invention. However, it should be taken as illustrative and not as limiting, and the scope of the invention should be limited only by the appended claims.
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"We need to be more efficient and we need to be more businesslike," he said. The challenge for me is to enhance the positive features of the chambers."
He continued: "The model is showing its age; it doesn't matter whether we like it or not – we have the responsibility to ensure the future."
Lawrie, a criminal specialist, was called to the bar in 1985 and took silk last year.


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I'm betting the new "background checks" will include a lot of information not currently required. Looks like McCain is going to pull the pin on another grenade inside our own bunker.
I've no doubt you're right on both points and they're going to come up with many excuses to retain them.
It's not like he hasn't done that before.
It was his A-4 that fired the rocket on the Forrestal's deck that damned near ended up sinking the carrier.
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Zeus (/ˈzjuːs/; Ancient Greek: Ζεύς; Modern Greek: Δίας) is the King of the Gods in Greek Mythology. Zeus was viewed as a king who oversaw the universe. In Hesiod's Theogony, he assigns the various gods their roles. In the Homeric Hymns he is referred to as the chieftain of the gods. He is also called the "Father of Gods and men", according to Hesiod's Theogony. He ruled the Olympians of Mount Olympus in ways representative as both a father as head of the family and a king. He was the god of sky and thunder in Greek mythology. His symbols are the thunderbolt, eagle, bull, and oak. In addition to his Indo-European inheritance, the classical "cloud-gatherer" also derives certain iconographic traits from the cultures of the Ancient Near East, such as the scepter. Zeus is frequently depicted by Greek artists in one of two poses: standing, striding forward, with a thunderbolt leveled in his raised right hand, or seated in majesty.
Zeus was the child of Cronus and Rhea, and the youngest of his siblings. In most traditions he was married to Hera, although, at the oracle of Dodona, his consort was Dione: according to the Iliad, he is the father of Aphrodite by Dione.
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Ancient Egyptian literature is literature written in the Egyptian language from Ancient Egypt's pharaonic period until the end of Roman domination. It represents the oldest corpus of Egyptian literature. Along with Sumerian literature, it is considered the world's earliest literature.
Writing in Ancient Egypt—both hieroglyphic and hieratic—first appeared in the late 4th millennium BC during the late phase of predynastic Egypt. By the Old Kingdom (26th century BC to 22nd century BC), literary works included funerary texts, epistles and letters, religious hymns and poems, and commemorative autobiographical texts recounting the careers of prominent administrative officials. It was not until the early Middle Kingdom (21st century BC to 17th century BC) that a narrative Egyptian literature was created. This was a "media revolution" which, according to Richard B. Parkinson, was the result of the rise of an intellectual class of scribes, new cultural sensibilities about individuality, unprecedented levels of literacy, and mainstream access to written materials. However, it is possible that the overall literacy rate was less than one percent of the entire population. The creation of literature was thus an elite exercise, monopolized by a scribal class attached to government offices and the royal court of the ruling pharaoh.
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LGBT themes in Hindu mythology involve Hindu deities or heroes whose attributes or behavior can be interpreted as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT), or as having elements of gender variance and non-heterosexual sexuality. Traditional Hindu literary sources do not speak of homosexuality directly, but changes of sex, homoerotic encounters, and intersex or third gender characters are often found both in traditional religious narratives such as the Vedas, Mahabharata, Ramayana and Puranas as well as in regional folklore.
Hindu mythology has many examples of deities changing gender, manifesting as different genders at different times, or combining to form androgynous or hermaphroditic beings. Gods change sex or manifest as an avatar of the opposite sex in order to facilitate sexual congress. Non-divine beings also undergo sex-changes through the actions of the gods, as the result of curses or blessings, or as the natural outcome of reincarnation.
Hindu mythology contains numerous incidents where sexual interactions serve a non-sexual, sacred purpose; in some cases, these are same-sex interactions. Sometimes the gods condemn these interactions but at other times they occur with their blessing.
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Legends of vampires have existed for millennia; cultures such as the Mesopotamians, Hebrews, Ancient Greeks, and Romans had tales of demonic entities and blood-drinking spirits which are considered precursors to modern vampires. However, despite the occurrence of vampire-like creatures in these ancient civilizations, the folklore for the entity we know today as the vampire originates almost exclusively from early 18th-century Southeastern Europe, as verbal traditions of many ethnic groups of the region were recorded and published. In most cases, vampires are revenants of evil beings, suicide victims, or witches, but can also be created by a malevolent spirit possessing a corpse or by being bitten by a vampire itself. Belief in such legends became so rife that in some areas it caused mass hysteria and even public executions of people believed to be vampires.
Tales of the undead consuming the blood or flesh of living beings have been found in nearly every culture around the world for many centuries. Today we know these entities predominantly as vampires, but in ancient times, the term vampire did not exist; blood drinking and similar activities were attributed to demons or spirits who would eat flesh and drink blood; even the devil was considered synonymous with the vampire.
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Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece. Modern scholars refer to the myths and study them in an attempt to throw light on the religious and political institutions of Ancient Greece, its civilization, and to gain understanding of the nature of myth-making itself.
Greek mythology is embodied explicitly in a large collection of narratives and implicitly in representational arts, such as vase-paintings and votive gifts. Greek myth explains the origins of the world and details the lives and adventures of a wide variety of gods, goddesses, heroes, heroines, and other mythological creatures. These accounts initially were disseminated in an oral-poetic tradition; today the Greek myths are known primarily from Greek literature.
The oldest known Greek literary sources, the epic poems Iliad and Odyssey, focus on events surrounding the Trojan War. Two poems by Homer's near contemporary Hesiod, the Theogony and the Works and Days, contain accounts of the genesis of the world, the succession of divine rulers, the succession of human ages, the origin of human woes, and the origin of sacrificial practices.
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Vithoba is a Hindu god, worshipped predominantly in the Indian states of Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. While generally considered a manifestation of the Hindu god Vishnu or his avatar Krishna, he is sometimes associated with the god Shiva, the Buddha or both. Vithoba is often depicted as a dark young boy, standing arms-akimbo on a brick, sometimes accompanied by his main consort Rakhumai (Rukmini). Vithoba is the focus of the monotheistic, non-brahminical Varkari sect of Maharashtra and the Haridasa sect of Karnataka. Vithoba's main temple stands at Pandharpur in Maharashtra, close to the Karnataka border. Vithoba legends revolve around his devotee Pundalik, who is credited with bringing the deity to Pandharpur, and around Vithoba's role as a saviour to the poet-saints of the Varkari faith. The Varkari poet-saints are known for their unique genre of devotional lyric, the abhanga, dedicated to Vithoba and composed in Marathi. Other devotional literature dedicated to Vithoba includes the Kannada hymns of the Haridasa, and Marathi versions of the generic Hindu arati songs, associated with rituals of offering light to the deity. Though the origins of both his cult and his main temple remain subjects of debate, there is clear evidence that they already existed by the 13th century.
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Ganesha is one of the best-known and most-worshipped deities in the Hindu pantheon; his image is found throughout India. Hindu sects worship him regardless of other affiliations. Although he is known by many attributes, Ganesha's elephant head makes him easy to identify. Ganesha is widely revered as the Remover of Obstacles and more generally as Lord of Beginnings and Lord of Obstacles, patron of arts and sciences, and the deva of intellect and wisdom. He is honoured at the start of rituals and ceremonies and invoked as Patron of Letters during writing sessions. Several texts relate mythological anecdotes associated with his birth and exploits and explain his distinct iconography. Ganesha emerged as a distinct deity in clearly-recognizable form in the 4th and 5th centuries, during the Gupta Period, although he inherited traits from Vedic and pre-Vedic precursors. His popularity rose quickly, and he was formally included among the five primary deities of Smartism (a Hindu denomination) in the 9th century. A sect of devotees called the Ganapatya, who identified Ganesha as the supreme deity, arose during this period. The principal scriptures dedicated to Ganesha are the Ganesha Purana, the Mudgala Purana, and the Ganapati Atharvashirsa.
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Kitsune is the Japanese word for fox. Foxes are a common subject of Japanese folklore; kitsune usually refers to them in this context, and are akin to European faeries. Stories depict them as intelligent beings and as possessing magical abilities that increase with their age and wisdom. Foremost among these is the ability to assume human form. While some folktales speak of kitsune employing this ability to trick others—as foxes in folklore often do—other stories portray them as faithful guardians, friends, lovers, and wives.
Foxes and human beings lived in close proximity in ancient Japan; this companionship gave rise to legends about the creatures. Kitsune have become closely associated with Inari, a Shinto kami or spirit, and serve as his messengers. This role has reinforced the fox's supernatural significance. The more tails a kitsune has—they may have as many as nine—the older, wiser, and more powerful it is. Because of their potential power and influence, some people make offerings to them as to a deity.
It is widely agreed that many fox myths in Japan can be traced to China, Korea, or India. Chinese folk tales tell of fox spirits (called Huli-jing) that may have up to nine tails, or kumiho as they are known in Korea.
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King Arthur is a legendary British leader who, according to medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against the Saxon invaders in the early 6th century. The details of Arthur's story are mainly composed of folklore and literary invention, and his historical existence is debated and disputed by modern historians. The sparse historical background of Arthur is gleaned from various histories, including those of Gildas, Nennius and the Annales Cambriae. The legendary Arthur developed as a figure of international interest largely through the popularity of Geoffrey of Monmouth's fanciful and imaginative 12th-century Historia Regum Britanniae. Geoffrey depicted Arthur as a king of Britain who defeated the Saxons and established an empire over the British Isles, Iceland, Norway and Gaul. In fact, many elements and incidents that are now an integral part of the Arthurian story appear in Geoffrey's Historia, including Arthur's father Uther Pendragon, the wizard Merlin, the sword Excalibur, Arthur's birth at Tintagel, his final battle against Mordred at Camlann and final rest in Avalon. The 12th-century French writer Chrétien de Troyes, who added Lancelot and the Holy Grail to the story, began the genre of Arthurian romance that became a significant strand of medieval literature. In the 21st century, the legend lives on, both in literature and in adaptations for theatre, film, television, comics and other media.
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Orion was a great huntsman of Greek mythology who was placed among the stars as the constellation of Orion. He is described as a great hunter in the ancient Greek epic, the Odyssey, when Ulysses meets him in the underworld. The bare bones of his story are told by the Hellenistic and Roman collectors of myths, but there is no record of him comparable to that of other Greek heroes, such as that of Jason in the Argonautica of Apollonius of Rhodes or in Euripides' Medea. The remaining fragments of legend have provided a fertile field for speculation about the prehistory of Greek myth. Ancient sources tell several different stories about Orion. There are two major versions of his birth and several main versions of his death. The most important recorded episodes are his birth somewhere in Boeotia, his visit to Chios where he met Merope and was blinded by her father, Oenopion, the recovery of his sight at Lemnos, his hunting with Artemis on Crete, his death by the blow of Artemis or of the giant scorpion which became Scorpio, and his elevation to the heavens.
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Iravan (Aravan) is a minor character from the Hindu epic of Mahabharata. The son of Pandava prince Arjuna (one of the main heroes of the Mahabharata) and the Naga princess Ulupi, Iravan is the central god of the cult of Kuttantavar and plays a major role in the cult of Draupadi. Both these cults are of South Indian origin, from a region of the country where he is worshipped as a village deity. The Mahabharata portrays Iravan as dying a heroic death in the 18-day Kurukshetra War, the epic's main subject. However, the South Indian cults have a supplementary tradition of honoring Iravan's self-sacrifice to the goddess Kali to ensure her favor and the victory of the Pandavas in the war. The South Indian cult focus on three boons granted to Iravan by the god Krishna in honor of this self-sacrifice. Iravan is also a patron god of well-known Indian transgender communities called Ali. In Koovagam, Tamil Nadu, an 18-day festival holds a ceremonial marriage of Iravan to Alis and male villagers and followed then by their "widowhood" after the ritual re-enactment of Iravan's sacrifice. Iravan is also known in Indonesia. Independent Javanese traditions present a dramatic marriage of Irawan to Titisari, daughter of Krishna, and a death resulting from a case of mistaken identity.
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A zduhać, vetrovnjak, and zmajevit were, in Serbian tradition, men with an inborn supernatural ability to protect their estate, village, or region against destructive weather conditions, such as storms, hail, or torrential rains. It was believed that the souls of these men could leave their bodies in sleep, to intercept and fight with demonic beings imagined as bringers of bad weather. Having defeated the demons and taken away the stormy clouds they brought, the protectors would return into their bodies and wake up tired.
Notions associated with the zduhać, vetrovnjak, and zmajevit, respectively, are not identical. The zmajevit fought against female demons called ala, which led hail clouds over fields to destroy crops. The zduhaći (plural) of an area usually fought together against the attacking zduhaći of another area who were bringing a storm and hail clouds above their fields. The victorious zduhaći would loot the yield of all agricultural produce from the territory of their defeated foes, and take it to their own region. The vetrovnjak, recorded in parts of western Serbia, fought against a bringer of bad weather imagined as a black bird. The zduhaći are recorded in Montenegro, eastern Herzegovina, part of Bosnia, and the Sandžak region of south-western Serbia. The zmajevit are recorded in central and eastern Serbia, and the region of Banat.
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Fantastic Fest Review: Don't Mess With Keanu Reeves in 'John Wick'
by Alex Billington
September 20, 2014
When it comes to action movies, the good ones seems to be few and far between nowadays. Not only do they lack interesting characters and coherent stories, but the action just sucks, it's never good, it's shot poorly. Thus I must admit that it is completely refreshing to come across an awesome action movie that delivers, yet doesn't try to over deliver. John Wick starring Keanu Reeves as John Wick is the latest movie to join the pantheon of great modern action movies (in the last 10 years), including The Raid 2, Kick-Ass, Crank, Shoot 'Em Up, Wanted (just a few that came to mind while watching this). It's nearly perfect, and is the kind of pure action I've missed. Just a man, his guns, endless henchman, and tons and tons of headshots. Oh yes.
What works so well for John Wick is the simplicity - no extravagant backstory or exposition, just a man who has lost everything, may be skilled at killing, getting pissed off at some mobsters who decide to mess with the wrong guy. It moves quickly, giving the audience enough of an emotional attachment at first (including using the oldest trick in the book - an adorable puppy) to understand Wick and to not feel bad when he eventually kills a whole shitload of people throughout the rest of the movie. Wick is, basically, an extremely skilled assassin who retired and decided to spend his days with his wife. But she got sick, he lost everything, and when/if you ever set him off, you're fucked. There's no turning back, everyone dies and we get to watch.
Directed by David Leitch & Chad Stahelski, two stuntmen who have been working with Keanu since The Matrix making their feature directing debut, the film builds a great world around Wick that he gets to
play kill in. Set mostly in/around New York City, there's a hotel downtown that is "off-limits" for any business, and the setup there is brilliant. It's the kind of setup where they can build an entire franchise around this, starting from there and telling stories about other assassins and killers who stop by for rest and recovery. It still feels like New York and it doesn't push into sci-fi territory, but it also feels like the kind of world where great action movies belong and this one fits perfectly. There's even sleek cars and lush cinematography, too.
On top of the world of John Wick, directors Leitch and Stahelski really know how to design and film action. With so many dull, poorly-shot action movies prevalent in Hollywood nowadays (yes it's true), it takes real talent to deliver something new in this world that actually excites and entertains die-hard movies fans. We're the ones this kind of action movie is made for, and if it doesn't live up to the likes of other great action movies, no one is going to care about this one at all. Thankfully the action is John Wick is fucking fantastic, with Wick delivering non-stop headshots, knife stabs, judo throws, plus a bit of martial arts. It's intense and thoroughly thrilling to watch, taking me back to those days of watching 80/90s action classics growing up.
I just can't believe how much this movie surpassed all of my expectations, I honestly wasn't expecting it to be THIS awesome. But it is, and it really connected with me (maybe it was that puppy). I miss seeing movies like this. Pure action with great characters, and exciting world wrapped around it all, no extravagance, no big ideas. Just great action, the kind that leaves you wanting more, wanting to rewatch and experience this all over again. Keanu Reeves is back in the game, kicking ass and taking numbers (body count according to the directors: 84). John Wick truly is an outstanding action movie and I hope it finds the right audience, because it's the kind of action movie we all deserve to see again. And I already want more set in this world.
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Unanswered: Couldn't connect to database. java.sql.SQLException: Unable to connect to any hosts
I'm trying to connect to a MYSQL server via a tomcat running with -security. The machine in question is running RedHat 7.1
My development system, running under windows, with the same setup tomcat works fine. (I've granted the appropriate permissions in the catalina.policy file)
I'm using the latest jConnector MySQL driver.
The full error message I get is:- java.sql.SQLException: Unable to connect to any hosts due to exception: java.security.AccessControlException: access denied (java.net.SocketPermission localhost resolve)
Can anyone help ?
I *can* connect remotely to the database using the mySQL Control center, but Java can't when its run on the local machine.
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Re: Couldn't connect to database. java.sql.SQLException: Unable to connect to any hos
I'm having a similar problem. The jdbc driver loads ok, but when I try to connect to mysql I get this exception:
java.sql.SQLException: Unable to connect to any hosts due to exception: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
I'm running tomcat on linux. The same application works fine when I run it under windows. I'm also succesfully using mysql with apache+php on the same linux machine, so I'm led to suspect that the problem is somewhere in tomcat confs (I didn't install it myself). Any pointers what I should look for? Thanks!
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EDIT: Seems you need to disable skip-networking in my.cnf even if connecting to localhost.
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