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HP Compaq 6510b
The HP 6510b is a compact yet powerful laptop with a high-resolution screen (if you pick the WXGA+ version). It has been labeled "Novel SuSE Enterprise certified" by HP, which should mean Linux runs fine on it.
- 1 Hardware specifications
- 2 Setup
- 3 Issues
- 4 Useful links
Hardware specifications
- Intel Core 2 Duo T7100 / T7300
- 2 GB of DDR2 533 Mhz SO-DIMM
- 14.1" 1280x800 WXGA / 1440x900 WXGA+ TFT
- Intel GMA965GM chipset with X3100 onboard GPU
- IPW3945 a/b/g wireless LAN miniPCI with wireless hardware switch
- Broadcom Tigon Gigabit LAN adapter
- Infineon TPM
- AuthenTec AES2501 fingerprint reader
- built-in Bluetooth
- cardreader (supporting SD, MemoryStick, ea.)
- 4x USB 2.0
- 1x FireWire 400 4-pin connector
Intel Core 2 Duo
Automatic frequency throttling and voltage adjustment can be enabled by loading the acpi_cpufreq module (this one is to be preferred over the Intel Speedstep ones; those will be deprecated soon). Install cpufreqd, which will pull in cpufreq-utils along with it. Set up both utilities, and add cpufreqd as a daemon to your DAEMONS=() array (in /etc/rc.conf, that is).
X3100 onboard GPU
Feature-wise this is an awesome GPU. Opensource drivers that support 3D out of the box. However, it has a problem many of the Intel GPUs have: it will stick to VESA resolutions in the framebuffer. Since the only fitting resolution is 1024x768, that is what you'll when using a framebuffer (on boot, and in a command line environment). You can check what modes the GPU supports like this:
[stijn@lysithea ~]$ cat /sys/class/graphics/fb0/modes U:1024x768p-75
As you can see this is the only resolution. According to the uvesafb FAQ, if that's all you get, not even uvesafb can fix it up for you. For earlier chipsets (865 and 915 for example) tools like 855resolution and 915resolution are available, but the latter does not support the Intel G965M yet. However, there is a patch that fixes that :-). You can find an adapted PKGBUILD and a patch here. This allows you to set the 1440x900 resolution, but one needs to dig far deeper into the system to get the system booting in that resolution, it seems.
IPW3945 ABG wireless LAN
You have two choices for this card, either go with the present (and soon to be phased out) ieee80211 stack, or with the successor, the mac80211 stack. Both are present in the Arch kernel from 2.6.22 on. With the former you'll need Intel's proprietary regulatory daemon and firmware, and - last but not least - the driver; the latter does not require any regulatory daemon, but still requires the driver and firmware to be installed.
Note: each driver needs different firmware!
The radio switch is hardware (it sits on the tactile strip), which is pretty convenient. Just touch it and the radio gets enabled :-).
Broadcom NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit LAN
No setup required, it just needs the tg3 module.
Suspend to RAM/disk
I use pm-utils for this, which is pretty straightforward. X tends to hang once in a while after resuming, you can fix this (although not perfectly) by adding the following VBE Tool 'hack' to in /etc/pm/sleep.d/00hacks:
#!/bin/bash case $1 in suspend) chvt 1 vbetool vbestate save > /tmp/vbe ;; resume) vbetool post vbetool vbestate restore < /tmp/vbe chvt 7 ;; esac
If your screen remains blank, just try moving your mouse cursor, your screen should display just fine then.
Alternatively, you could leave pm-utils alone and add a so-called quirk to HAL's info file - 20-video-quirk-pm-hp.fdi to be specific, right below the line that says
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="Hewlett Packard">
This is the quirk I cooked up, following the instructions on the HAL page:
<match key="system.hardware.product" contains="6510b"> <merge key="power_management.quirk.vbe_post" type="bool">true</merge> <merge key="power_management.quirk.vbestate_restore" type="bool">true</merge> </match>
From hal-info 20071212 on HAL provides this quirk out of the box - no more fiddling needed :-). The HAL quirk means the vbetool lines are no longer necessary in the 00hacks file. You'll still need to change virtual terminal though to have X resume correctly!
A third alternative would be to add some VbeTool options to your Xorg.conf, that seems to do the trick too. Haven't tried it myself, however.
If you are using Xfce, you can suspend to RAM or disk from the Xfce logout dialog. You do need a modified session manager for this though. You can find the patch that adds that functionality and the corresponding PKGBUILD online.
Suspend to disk works fine with the 2.6.22 kernels (at least up to 126.96.36.199). Newer kernels do not seem able to suspend to disk without needing the
highres=off nohz=off
options in grub.conf.
FireWire is supported out of the box, however, for FireWire HD support, you might need to load the sbp2 module (that is, if you are using the common stack, since a new one is in the works and already present in the kernel). You have the common stack if you run stock Arch kernels.
AuthenTec AES2501 fingerprint reader
As duly pointed out on the forums, fingerprint readers are more a threat to your privacy than a safeguard. Your fingerprints (unless you are paranoid and type with gloves on) are likely to be all over your keyboard, rendering the 'security' purpose of this device useless. Keep this in mind if you intend to use the reader as a replacement for your password; fingerprints can be duplicated easily with basic stuff (graphite ea.).
There is a utility called fprint available, together with a libfprint library it depends on. Both are packaged for Arch Linux. The fprint program is still called fprint_demo for the moment, but it works :-). On the forum you can also find a topic that covers setting up your fingerprint reader with PAM and SLiM, but this is with the aes2501 kernelspace driver. Integration with the login manager seems possible - for that you'll need amongst others the pam_fprint module installed (find a PKGBUILD here).
Tactile strip
This laptop sports a fancy tactile strip, providing some extra buttons as well as volume control (toggling mute and changing volume). Since hal seems not to be working yet for the quirks, I didn't bother trying to get hal working for my multimedia keys either. That's where keytouch steps in. The HP NC6320 settings (pre-supplied by keytouch) seem to work just fine for muting & adjusting the volume. The 'Help' key (left to the radio switch) fires up your DE's help center if everything goes well, the button to the right is recognised too (you have to configure it though ;-)). As a fancy plus, you'll get a nice OSD when you mute/unmute or change volume.
lspci output
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 0c) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c) 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c) 00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Contoller #4 (rev 03) 00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03) 00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03) 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03) 00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 03) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 03) 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03) 02:04.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev b6) 02:04.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 02) 10:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02) 18:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)
lsusb output
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 006 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 003 Device 003: ID 08ff:2580 AuthenTec, Inc. Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 001 Device 003: ID 03f0:171d Hewlett-Packard Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
The AuthenTec device is the fingerprint reader, the Hewlett-Packard one is the Bluetooth module.
People running kernel 2.6.23 on this laptop experience hard lockups when they close the laptop lid. 2.6.22 does not have this problem. It seems also 6710b owners are affected.
This is due to a fix in the ACPI video driver in 2.6.23; however, this messes things up for some hardware... You can fix it by putting this in rc.local:
echo 1 > /proc/acpi/video/*/DOS
More info on this 'fix' can be found on here. It seems this behaviour might be changed again with 2.6.24 (before 2.6.23 the value use to be 1 by default), but until it hits stable there is of course no certainty about that :-).


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It's hard being daddy's little girl. When up-and-coming film and TV babe Elisha Cuthbert isn't off filming for her role as Kiefer Sutherland's daughter on Fox's hit TV show "24," the sexy starlet is posing in small bikinis for men all around the world in magazines like Maxim and FHM. Elisha is the perfect package with great looks and genuine acting skills. She has no fear of the Hollywood experience and has been a veteran of television since age seven.
Canadian-native Elisha began her career one two hit kids programs, "Popular Mechanics for Kids" and Nickelodeon's "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" before moving on to star in a number of films and television roles that eventually led to her first Canadian Emmy. After landing a recurring role as Kim Bauer on "24," Elisha exploded onto the film scene with hilarious cameos in the comedy blockbusters "Old School" and "Love Actually," paving the way for a budding career that is bound for success.
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King Ranch Chicken is a famous Texas casserole made with chile peppers, tomatoes, cheese and tortilla chips. With layers of gooey goodness, it's immensely comforting and exactly what you expect from Tex-Mex food, one of my favorite cuisines on the face of the Earth. Spicy, creamy and crunchy all at the same time with a ton of different textures and flavors to keep your taste buds busy. And happy!
The original King Ranch Chicken calls for cream of chicken and mushroom soups which some swear makes for a superior casserole. You should know I don't do canned soups in any way, shape or form simply because they repulse me. Unabashedly, I admit, being a soup snob prevented me from making this sooner. It fell right off my radar. You can understand my joy when I chanced upon this recipe. I may have done a little happy dance.
My first encounter with King Ranch Chicken was a wildly delicious one and it won't be the last! Now that I know what it's all about I can recreate it for myself. In true Yankee style. No canned soup required.
King Ranch Chicken is a famous Texas casserole made with chile peppers, tomatoes, cheese and tortilla chips.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease a deep-sided 8×8 or 9×13 inch baking pan.
- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat and saute onion, red pepper, poblano and jalapeño chiles. Cook until tender, add garlic and cook until fragrant.
- Whisk in flour and cook 1 minute, continue whisking and slowly add broth, then milk. Heat to boiling while whisking, then cook 3-4 minutes or until thickened. Stir in tomatoes, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper and chile powder. Remove from heat.
- Spread thin, even layer of sauce on bottom of prepared dish. Top with half of chips, sauce, chicken, and cheese, then repeat. Bake 30 minutes or until bubbly. Allow to set 5 minutes before serving.
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Some interesting behavioral economics pieces on the ways that we think about money and temptation:
Big bills: Want to spend less cash? Keep larger bills in your wallet, a new paper finds.
The paper found that people are less likely to make a purchase if they're carrying one large denomination of cash rather than many smaller denominations equal to the same amount of money (a $20 bill versus 20 $1 bills, for example). The paper, forthcoming from the Journal of Consumer Research, is built on observations of the behavior of American undergraduates, adult drivers at a Midwestern gas station and women consumers in China.
People are more reluctant to spend when carrying larger denominations, Priya Raghubir of New York University and Joydeep Srivastava of the University of Maryland say, largely because breaking a big bill accentuates the "pain of paying." The study suggests that requesting payments in larger bill denominations could be a useful strategy for resisting spendthrift temptations.
When people do decide to break a big bill, though, they tend to spend more than they would have if they had been carrying smaller denominations — a phenomenon the authors call the "what the hell" effect (also known as "in for a penny, in for a pound").
Rocks for Refs: Lee Gainer, an artist based in Washington, has created an interesting series called "Two Months Salary." Each print lists a profession (anesthesiologist, farmer, referee, etc.), and then shows images of the engagement rings that people in that profession could afford to purchase if they used up two months' worth of their wages — the rule of thumb some jewelry sites recommend. (Hat tip: Ezra Klein)
How to get the most out of a liquidation sale: Kiplinger.com has an article with tips for when to buy products during a liquidation sale. The author, Jeff Bertolucci, says to be patient and wait until the best deals come, which usually happens later in the liquidation process.
An article from This American Life, however, indicates that waiting too long could result in paying for overpriced merchandise. According to that report, Circuit City hired professional liquidation services to manage the last days of the chain. The liquidators actually raised prices, since they knew consumers who mobbed the stores would (wrongfully) assume that whatever price they saw at a closing store was a steal.
They don't do it for the money: Traditional economics would predict that those most likely to commit crimes are those who have the least to lose. If you can make a lot of money legitimately, why put those earnings at risk with illegal activities that might get you thrown in jail?
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A recent paper from Utpal Bhattacharya and Cassandra Marshall, both of Indiana University, looked at data on insider-trading crimes from 1986 to 2002, and compared the convicted criminals to top managers of public firms who had not engaged in insider trading.
They found that insider-trading convictions are concentrated among richer managers. This was true, the economists say, even after controlling for firm size, industry, the potential profits to be made from a given illegal trade, and the possibility that regulators may focus their efforts on the biggest, highest-profile fish.
So what accounts for this irrational behavior? Perhaps hubris, the authors say, or a given company's culture — but whatever it is, the economists write, a "deeper exploration of these motives is beyond the scope of" their research.


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SOURCE: Proxim Wireless
February 25, 2013 08:00 ET
Config to Distribute High Capacity Proxim Wireless Portfolio in France, Switzerland and French-Speaking Africa
Config to Distribute High Capacity Proxim Wireless Portfolio in France, Switzerland and French-Speaking Africa
SILICON VALLEY, CA--(Marketwire - Feb 25, 2013) - Proxim Wireless Corporation (PINKSHEETS: PRXM), a leading provider of complete outdoor wireless backhaul systems, today announced the distribution partnership with Config, a leading value added IT distributor.
Config, based in France and having strong regional presence in Switzerland, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria, is keen to enable its customers to capitalize on the growth opportunities in the outdoor wireless market within these countries. Proxim's products deliver leading-edge performance on a very cost-effective basis, due in large part to Proxim's unique Wireless Outdoor Router Protocol (WORP®) software. Proxim's wireless portfolio addresses numerous broadband connectivity needs that exist today, including video security and surveillance, cellular backhaul, and mobile data offload, for governmental, enterprise, and telecom customers. Config is very proactive in these markets providing support at both commercial and technical level. Proxim products are now available for purchase through Config and a program covering commercial and technical training for Config's partners will be announced shortly.
Simon Snowdon, Regional Sales Director Western Europe for Proxim Wireless, stated that: « Our agreement with Config is a positive development for our existing and potential French speaking partners and customers in the region. Outdoor wireless deployments are expanding rapidly and Config with their deep understanding of their customers coupled with their knowledgeable personnel and regional presence will help us to address and support the growth in these markets ».
Marc Polomba, Sales Director for Config, added that: « We are delighted that we can add Proxim's range of products to our current portfolio. Proxim has been recognized as a wireless leader for more than 20 years, and the high performance of its current Tsunami® 8000 series, among others, offers great value and functionality for our customers. Especially in these trying economic times, wireless is fantastic value. Wireless technology can provide substantial cost reductions such as lease line replacement or as an alternative for future deployments such as the rapidly expanding video surveillance market. We look forward to offering our customers the performance and cost-effectiveness of Proxim's products ».
About Config
Founded in 1981, Config is a value added distributor focusing primarily on integrators, resellers and IT services and consultancy companies. Config offers expertise in providing advice and support for sales and marketing solutions. With its headquarters based in Paris, Config currently has 65 employees with 4 subsidiaries (Switzerland, Morocco, Tunisia and Algreria) managing a network of 850 active partners. For more information, visit www.config.fr.
About Proxim Wireless
Proxim Wireless Corporation (PINKSHEETS: PRXM) provides Wi-Fi®, Point-to-Point and Point-to-Multipoint 4G wireless network technologies for wireless internet, video surveillance and backhaul applications. Our ORiNOCO® and Tsunami® product lines are sold to service providers, governments and enterprises with over 2 million devices shipped to 250,000+ customers in more than 65 countries worldwide. Proxim is ISO 9001-2008 certified. For more information, visit www.proxim.com. For investor relations information, e-mail email@example.com or call +1 413-584-1425.
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Pre-Gamin': Cubs v. Angels (2:05 CT) – Lineup, Broadcast Info, etc.
The Cubs travel to Tempe to take on the Angels this afternoon in the second game of the Cactus League season. Chris Rusin gets the start as he battles for the 5th spot in the rotation, assuming (and I am now assuming) Jake Arrieta won't be ready in time for the start of the season. One of the men he's battling, James McDonald, is scheduled to follow Rusin today.
Today's game is available via audio on WGN Radio (Pat Hughes and Ron Coomer) and Cubs.com, and you can watch on MLB.tv if you've got that.
… and you might want to watch if you're able, because Javier Baez will be starting at shortstop.
The lineup:
- Chris Coghlan, DH
- Darwin Barney, 2B
- Ryan Sweeney, CF
- Nate Schierholtz, RF
- Donnie Murphy, 3B
- Casper Wells, LF
- Javier Baez, SS
- George Kottaras, C
- Chris Valaika, 1B
Carrie Muskat says that Kris Bryant is on the travel roster for today, by the way, so he might see some action.


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Question Does the integration of medical and social services with case management programmes reduce functional decline, admissions to institutions, and the use and costs of health services in frail, elderly people living in the community?
Randomised controlled trial with 12 months follow up.
A town (Rovereto) in northern Italy.
200 adults (mean age 81 y, 71% women) who were ≥65 years of age and received home health services or home assistance programmes.
Patients in the intervention group (n=100) received case management and care planning by the community geriatric evaluation unit (which included a geriatrician, a social worker, and several nurses), case managers, and general practitioners (GPs). Case managers did the initial assessment, reported it to the geriatric evaluation unit which determined the services that patients were eligible for, and designed and implemented individualised care plans in consultation with GPs. Case managers did assessments every 2 months and were constantly available to deal with problems, monitor the provision of services, and to coordinate extra help as requested by patients and GPs. The multidisciplinary team discussed problems emerging from home visits during weekly meetings. Patients in the control group (n=100) received standard care, which included GP ambulatory and home visits, nursing and social services, home aids, and meals on wheels.
Main outcome measures
Physical and cognitive function, admission to an institution, and use and costs of health services.
Main results
After results were adjusted for baseline values, integrated care led to better functional outcomes than did standard care (Activities of Daily Living adjusted mean score 2.0 v 2.6, p<0.001; Instrumental Activities of Daily Living adjusted mean score 4.1 v 4.4, p<0.05; Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire adjusted mean score 2.8 v 3.4, p<0.05; and Geriatric Depression Scale adjusted mean score 10.9 v 12.8, p<0.05). Compared with standard care, integrated care led to fewer admissions to acute hospitals (p<0.05), nursing homes or hospitals (p<0.01), or emergency departments (p<0.03); no effect was seen for admissions to nursing homes alone. Elderly adults who received integrated care had a shorter length of stay in nursing homes (1087 v 2121 d) or acute hospitals (894 v 1376 d) than did those who received standard care. Integrated care led to a 23% savings in total per capita healthcare costs.
In frail, elderly people who lived in the community, case management and care planning that integrated social and medical services reduced functional decline, admissions to institutions, and costs.
The study by Bernabei et al has similar outcomes to a comparable study done in the UK in 1986.1 Both studies were scientifically structured using valid methodologies. The Bernabei study had a slightly larger sample. The essence of case management is coordination of responsibility among various health professionals. Such coordination should counter service fragmentation, prevent patients from "falling between the cracks" of health care and social services, and reduce the risk that they are forgotten. Case management should provide care that is tailored to meet individual needs. Interprofessional collaboration is therefore a prerequisite for such schemes.
Strengths of this study include random allocation of patients to groups ensuring that the groups were balanced for patient age and sex; assessment of outcomes by individuals unaware of patient assignments; and follow up of all study patients for 1 year. Limitations include awareness by professionals of the assignment of patients to either group (although they were kept blind to outcomes being studied and length of follow up) and provision of care to control and intervention patients by the same GPs, which may have introduced contamination bias.
A geriatrician, social worker, GPs, and nurses were involved in the community geriatric evaluation unit in northern Italy. The close collaboration among these professionals was critical to the success of the intervention. The exact role of the nurses was not defined but all these professions should be an integral part of such a scheme. In fact, the background of the case managers was not specified—just the necessity of training to enable case managers to design care plans and coordinate all agencies involved.
If community nurses were to take on the role of case manager, they would require further training. This study shows that case management with integrated social and medical care is an effective and economic way to allow older infirm people to remain in their own homes. Implementation of such projects on a wide scale will have implications for the training of all community personnel.
Sources of funding: Progetto Finalizzato Invecchiamento; National Research Council.
For correspondence: Dr R Bernabei, Istituto di Medicina Interna e Geriatria, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy. Fax +39 6 315 1911.
A modified version of this abstract appears in Evidence-Based Mental Health.
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Victorious Duckworth pledges to reach across the aisle
In the end, it wasn't close after all.
Democrat Tammy Duckworth sailed past charismatic Tea Partyer Joe Walsh to take the 8th Congressional District for the Democrats.
Winning didn't come without a fight, however. More than $6 million in outside funding poured in to pay for ads and mailers targeting Duckworth for defeat, making the nationally watched campaign one of the most expensive in the suburbs.
With more than 90 percent of precincts reporting in Cook, DuPage and Kane counties, Duckworth had 54 percent of the vote, compared to Walsh's 46 percent.
"You stood with me when others tried to buy this election," Duckworth said to supporters from her election night headquarters in Elk Grove Village. In Congress, the double-amputee Iraq War veteran and Purple Heart recipient pledged to face challenges "as I always have."
Walsh, of McHenry, conceded from his election night headquarters in Addison, describing himself as "up against a candidate who'd had a district drawn for her by very powerful people. The fact that we contested makes me so, so proud."
Raja Krishnamoorthi, Duckworth's opponent in the Democratic primary, was on hand at her election night party, touting Duckworth's strengths.
"She's a voice of reason and moderation and a voice of unity at a time when we really need it," he said.
The race contrasted two candidates with markedly different campaigning styles, as well as on views from gun control to immigration to health care and taxes.
Duckworth, who ran the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs prior to President Barack Obama appointing her assistant secretary of veterans affairs in 2009, campaigned on the platform that her Washington connections and childhood financial struggles would make her an effective congresswoman.
While Walsh painted her as a lap dog of the Democratic administration, Duckworth maintained that if elected, she would use her status as a veteran to reach across the aisle.
The new 8th District stretches from Barrington Hills in the northwest to Oak Brook in the southeast and includes portions of Kane, Cook and DuPage counties. It contains large portions of the former 6th District where Duckworth ran unsuccessfully in 2006 against Republican Congressman Peter Roskam of Wheaton -- territory she overwhelmingly won.
Walsh, who defeated three-term Democratic incumbent Melissa Bean by 290 votes in 2010, saw his McHenry home remapped into a district with another Republican congressman. Last December, he announced he would run in the 8th instead, even though it would be tougher for a Republican to win.
His approach in a bid for a second term was anything but timid as month after month, he found himself in the middle of media firestorms for controversial comments he refused to apologize for.
Though she pledged to campaign on issues, Duckworth launched ads that referred to Walsh as a "deadbeat Joe," referencing a now-settled child support dispute between Walsh and his ex-wife Laura, and alleged Walsh had ties to a SuperPAC that is pouring millions into the Chicago media market.
Duckworth carried some political baggage of her own, baggage that Walsh seized upon -- a 2009 lawsuit filed against her as head of the Illinois Veterans Affairs, and the revelation that she had been improperly claiming primary homeowner exemptions on two different properties for several years in a row.
Late last month, Walsh made headlines by suggesting that medical advancements made abortions to save a mother's life medically unnecessary. While he vowed to spend the rest of the time before the election talking about the economy, Duckworth's lead widened as she tied Walsh to Republican U.S. Senate candidates Richard Mourdock, of Indiana, and Todd Akin, of Missouri, who had also threatened their viability in their respective races by making controversial statements about abortion.


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Game of the Week Preview: WVU at Texas
West Virginia kicked off their Big 12 debuts in record-fashion, lighting up the gridiron for 70 points in a victory over the Baylor Bears last week. Quarterback Geno Smith has been near-perfect for the Mountaineers, leading the nation with a 208.4 passer rating, 83.4 completion percentage and 20 touchdowns to go along with his 1,728 yards. The wide receiver tandem of Stedman Bailey and Tavon Austin are first and second in the nation in receiving touchdowns, and are both in the top ten in receiving yards as well. However, they could be going up against one of the best defenses (next to LSU last season) they've seen in two years with Smith under center.
Texas' Quandre Diggs is a budding star at the corner position, leading the team in interceptions and passes defensed, and he'll be under a lot of pressure to narrow the field against West Virginia's spread attack. The Longhorns have surrendered five touchdowns of 44 yards or longer this season. By comparison, Smith had four touchdowns from at least 39 yards out in the second half last week against Baylor. As important as the big play could be in this week's game of the week, the real damage could be done in the trenches. Longhorn defensive ends Jackson Jeffcoat and Alex Okafor have been terrorizing opposing quarterbacks, combining for seven sacks, 12 tackles for loss and 14 quarterback hurries on the season. Smith has shown great mobility in and out of the pocket, but there's a chance he'll be pressured more this weekend then he has at any other point in his collegiate career.
The Longhorns' offense has certainly outplayed expectations this season, averaging an impressive 47.3 points per game thanks to their dominant ground game. They're full complement of young running backs (sophomores Joe Bergeron and Malcolm Brown, freshman Jonathan Gray) will look to slow down the up-tempo Mountaineer game speed. The longer Texas can sustain a productive drive, the longer Heisman-favorite Geno Smith and the nation's top offense stands idle on the sidelines. While most could see the abundance of talent in the Longhorn's backfield, quarterback David Ash's success has come at somewhat of a surprise. The sophomore is second in the nation with 184 passer rating and has thrown for over 1,000 yards with 10 touchdowns and only one interception. So far he's been everything Head Coach Mack Brown could have hoped for, and could have a field day going against a West Virginia defense that gave up 63 points and over 700 yards to Baylor last week.
The only other time these two teams have met was over 50 years ago, when the Mountaineers won a defensive struggle in Austin 7-6. With the high level these two offenses are playing at now, we'll likely looking at a whole different ballgame this time around.
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Japan's new prime minister has offered his thanks to emergency workers and military forces during a tour of areas around the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant Thursday.
Yoshihiko Noda, who was sworn in last week, donned blue protective gear for his visit to the plant, which has been leaking radiation since the nation's devastating earthquake and tsunami six months ago.
Earlier, he visited the makeshift base camp for workers and troops who are struggling to safely shut down three of the plant's six reactors where core meltdowns occurred.
"I would like to offer you my heartfelt thanks as head of this nation, as prime minister, for the self-sacrifice and devotion you have shown in working tirelessly and in such harsh conditions to bring an end to the [nuclear] accident,'' said Noda.
He told the soldiers that as commander in chief of Japan's Self-Defense Forces, he is very proud of their efforts.
Noda also toured the large evacuation zone around the plant, parts of which are expected to be uninhabitable for years. His agenda included talks with Fukushima Governor Yuhei Sato about a plan to build a temporary storage facility for radioactive waste in the prefecture.
Public anger over the government's handling of the nuclear disaster helped force the resignation of Noda's predecessor, Naoto Kan. Noda, the former finance minister, was chosen to succeed him in a vote by legislators from the ruling Democratic Party of Japan.
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Boards Of Canada
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A really good friend of mine who interested me to the music of Four Tet has been suggesting Boards of Canada constantly. I've been listening to a lot of the same stuff lately and i want something different so i about to listen to stuff off of Playlist.... does anybody else listen to these guys or know anything about them?
all I know is that many people have told me I should listen to them. I will push them up on my bands that I 'need to listen to'. Its getting pretty long by now.
I just listened to a few songs and they are pretty amazing upon first listen. it's really relaxing music and at the same time there are also some strange sounds. i'm downloading some stuff right now, i'll let you know if they should be climbing the list
i really love their longer form stuff -- music has the right to children and geogaddi -- the eps and singles are too short for my taste. their records were where i first heard the numbers stations recordings (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_station if you're not familiar). in a way their stuff reminds me of autechre or aphex but not so spastic and aggro; way more mellow and relaxed. if you like their stuff you may also want to check out 2 lone swordsmen, particularly their album 'stay down', it's sort of in the same vein.
I downloaded The Campfire Headphase after reading their wiki page and i am completely blown away. amazing. if anyone else likes electronic music i would suggest this album, (it is a lot more relaxing than Aphex Twin and not as much techno) the band said they imagined some guy losing his mind sitting in front of a campfire. all the the songs on it are similar but really cool
awesome! I'll have to check it out with such great recommendations. Do you think Campfire Headphase is the right place to start?
I don't really know if there is a right or wrong place. The Campfire Headphase appealed to me becuase they're talking about a character losing his mind on acid staring into a fire and combining all this madness from weeks and months into an hour of music,(loose quotation from wiki) Geogaddi is a little stranger covering childhood and the loss of innocence, they use some great samples so i suggest anything really
cool, downloading right now. edit;;;; I've listened to that album a few times. The first time I didn't know what to think. The second I thought it was a bit interesting but also a little boring. However many listens later, I love it. Thanks for the recommendation. Now, one of these days, I will end up wearing this album out and needing to download a different one.
nice i'm glad you like it, it was kinda boring at first but i think that it is really relaxing, i was just expecting something more epic i guess. but i thought that Satellite Anthem Icarus, Dayvan Cowboy, and Hey Saturday Sun were all amazing
that's exactly right. I was expecting something far more epic, but its great music to relax too. Its one of those albums that the more you listen to it the more little pieces stand out to you. I mean, all the songs run together for me atm so I can't really participate in the 'I like these tracks' sort of discussion.
[size=200]BOC[/size][size=100]music has the right to children[/size]. right. NOW.
I drove for a long time to The Campfire Headphase the other day and it was incredible.
yeah it's so relaxing, the whole album kinda feels like one song. TT i just downloaded music has the right to children, and it's awesome, kinda creepy in some parts, but really good
yeah man! it's such a sweet album. i love the eerie-ness mixed with the beautiful jingles and jangles. listened to it whilst driving back to canada today:]
yeah it's really got a perfect blend of almost haunting noises mixed with melodic samples, i have to say though, the Color Of Fie where the child just keeps repeating "i love you" terrified me beyond reason.
yeaaahhh its pretty strange haha i love it though.
I'm nervous about checking that one out. I enjoyed listening to Campfire Headphase yesterday while driving in the pouring rain. I felt like I was in a submarine pushing through the water.
wow that is so wicked. don't be afraid tiggles, it is beautiful in its creepiness.
so i've been super into Boards of Canada. I love them. And i've been listening to Geogaddi and wanted to read more about the band and it turns out that album in particular is riddled with subliminal messaging (supposedly admitted by the band). Here is some info i've dug out about it on the internet. [quote] Originally Posted by luckyface No kidding. That backwards "Teddy Bear's Picnic" is downright creepy. And isn't A is to B as B is to C a perfect audio palindrome or something like that? It sounds the exact same played backwards and forwards? Yeah its something like that. According to wiki, "haunting references to horned gods ("You Could Feel the Sky"), Branch Davidian cultism ("1969"), backmasking ("A Is to B as B Is to C") and hypnotism ("The Devil Is in the Details") abound. The album is riddled with symbolism in its song titles, subliminal/subconscious messages, the album artwork and even its beat structures. Although it retains Boards of Canada's trademark soundscapes and melodic vignettes, the album can be unsettling and fraught with paranoia at times" Unsettling? I agree with that, this album (as well as some parts of MHTRTC) is so hypnotizing its scary. I am literally afraid to listen to this album while i'm driving at night, because i've come so close to crashing due to just being so engaged by the music. [/quote]
^never knew that it sounded the same backwards too. very cool, makes me appreciate them even more so. I wish BoC would come back around again, havent heard from them since 06 !!
Pitchfork said they're making a new album, but it probably won't be out till next year knowing BoC. You're resurrecting threads of such good artists!
I have to say that Geogaddi is one of my favorite albums and i'm probably going to listen to it tonight because this thread reminded me of how much I love that album.
That post is so insane
All these threads are making me go crazy for music I've yet to hear in a simultaneously good and bad way (bad cause I know its out there and it hasn't reached me yet, good cause its all waiting for me!). I just listened to Boards of Canada and Aphex Twin for the first time. And so, thanks.
OH man. What a trip you're about to go on. LOVE BoC and Aphex Twin.
Oooooh cool. I'm a bit excited now.
you have a magical journey ahead of you and would love to hear your thoughts once you give their stuff a couple listens.
Okay. Whew, folks! Goin on "a trip?" A "magical journey?" Nice. I couldn't want anything more. I'll take it slow though.
more like BOREDS... of canada! am i right? i'm not wrong! uh!
the OTHER boc (the REAL boc!): Blue Oyster Cult! there's always more cow bell in HELL (room on the broom in yr tomb!)
More like Radio.... DEAD. More like... Super Animal FURRIES!
more like animal COOLective! or should i say... ANAL MALL SCHOOLECTIVE selective!
"Give into your hatred, young Claudious!"
what is THAT from? oh god!
It is a combination of Gladiator and Return of the Jedi.
JEDIATOR! last nite @ ze jedi!
I'm resurrecting this one! I listened to a good amount of Geogaddi, and BoC is really an enigma to me. I don't really [i]get[/i] their music most of the time, but I find myself going back to that album and trying again. Should I maybe start with something else of theirs? I've always had a love-hate-it'scomplicated relationship with IDM and I'm not even sure why! ^#(^ (The smiley is related, because it's a complex smiley)
i think music has the right to children is a better starting point; geogaddi is really dense and layered both musically and in meaning. music has the right is more straightforward, even when it's being "out there" (viz, numbers stations or whatever)
I'll get to that, it's more acclaimed than Geogaddi too right? I heard something about a 'Campfire' album too which seems fascinating, so I'll get to that after.
GeOh Goddy?


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Honeywell (NYSE:HON) revealed on Friday it swung to a stronger-than-expected profit in the fourth quarter as the diversified manufacturer benefited from better margins and fewer pension expenses.
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Shares of the maker of everything from aviation products to thermostats jumped almost 2% on the earnings beat.
Honeywell said it earned $251 million, or 32 cents a share, last quarter, compared with a loss of $310 million, or 40 cents a share, a year earlier.
The company benefited from lighter mark-to-market pension expenses, which fell to 78 cents a share from $1.45 a share the year before.
Excluding one-time items, the Honeywell said it earned $1.10 a share, compared with $1.05 a year earlier and a penny higher than the Street's view of $1.09.
Revenue inched up 1.1% to $9.58 billion, narrowly topping consensus calls from analysts for $9.51 billion. Profit margins expanded to 15.6% from 15.1% the year before.
Honeywell CEO Dave Cote said his company enjoyed a "terrific performance" in 2012 despite a "weak global economy."
"Our balanced mix of long- and short-cycle businesses and expansion in high growth regions has offset lower demand in some of our short-cycle businesses, European weakness, and foreign exchange headwinds," Cote said in a statement.
Honeywell relieved shareholders by reaffirming its projections for 2013 non-GAAP EPS of $4.75 to $4.95 on sales of $39 billion to $39.5 billion. By comparison, Wall Street analysts are calling for EPS of $4.92 to $39.34 billion.
For the current quarter, Honeywell projected revenue would be flat to up 2%, translating to $9.3 billion to $9.5 billion. Earnings are seen rising 6% to 11% to $1.10 a share to $1.15.
Honeywell's fourth quarter was driven by an 8% year-over-year leap in sales for performance materials and technologies to $1.55 billion and a 3% gain in automation and control solutions revenue to $4.17 billion.
On the other hand, Honeywell's transportation systems revenue dropped 11% year-over-year to $844 million, while aerospace sales dipped 1% to $3.02 billion.
Shares of Morristown, N.J.-based Honeywell gained 1.63% to $69.35 ahead of Friday's opening bell, putting them on track to build on their 7.5% rally so far this year. Honeywell has also jumped 19% over the past 12 months.


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- Accept the offer. When you accept the offer, you are agreeing to proceed with the sale. This includes any contingencies that the buyer has written into the offer, such as, an acceptable inspection and appraisal of the house, their ability to procure an acceptable loan and homeowner's insurance, among others.
- Make a counter offer.If you choose to make a counter offer, you are agreeing to certain terms of the offered contract, but wish to alter or change some part of the agreement. This could include a change in the price, any date or deadline, or any of of the other many terms and conditions written into the offer. Once you submit a counter offer to the buyers, they then have the choice to accept your counter offer, or submit a new proposed counter offer to your original counter offer, or reject it. Each counter offer becomes an addendum to the original contract, and the contract is only considered accepted once both parties have signed the last composed counter offer, agreeing to all terms proposed throughout the original contract and all counter offers. There is no limit to the number of counter offers you and the buyers may submit back and forth; however, you may also choose to reject any of the counter offers the buyers submit at any point in time, thus terminating the contract. The buyers also have the same option of rejecting any counter offer you submit to them, also terminating the contract.
- Reject the offer. You last option is to reject the offer. Rejecting the offer terminates all proposed terms of the contract. The buyers will move on to look at other properties, and your house will remain on the market until another offer is submitted.
As you can see here, there are a LOT of negotiations and possibilities involved when you receive an offer on your house. That is why it's so important to make sure you hire a professional RE/MAX Alliance associate to help you navigate through all of the various contingencies and options available to you to make sure that you get top dollar for your house.
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More than 35,000 people were still streaming the Boston Police, Fire and EMS scanner when conspiracy theorists like conservative radio host Alex Jones were already screaming "false flag" about the Boston Marathon bombing. Jones, who you know from his meltdown on Piers Morgan's show in the wake of the Newtown massacre, took to Twitter and the radio to cry "conspiracy" almost immediately after the attack.
Our hearts go out to those that are hurt or killed #Boston marathon - but this thing stinks to high heaven #falseflag— Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) April 15, 2013
Explosions at the Boston Marathon. Don't that the FBI has been behind virtually every domestic terror plot in the US, as NY Times reported.— Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) April 15, 2013
Tune in for OVERDRIVE bit.ly/AlexJoneLive #Boston - Just wait folks, #TSA groping you at sporting events coming soon— Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) April 15, 2013
Salon has more on Jones' radio appearance on Monday afternoon.
On his radio show, Jones speculated that it may have to do with the sudden drop in the price of gold, a favorite commodity of paranoids everywhere. "With gold plunging, what could this signify?" he asked rhetorically. He also noted that Boston has special significance in American history, and because it's where one of the planes took off from on 9/11. "I said on air that they're getting ready to blow something up. To fire a shot heard round the world like at Lexington and Concord, and then they do it at this same place on the same day!" he said. [Salon]
Additionally, Dan Bidondi—of Jones' InfoWars—managed to ask one of the questions at Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick's nationally televised press conference.
Why were the loud speakers telling people in the audience to be calm moments before the bombs went off? Is this another false flag staged attack to take our civil liberties and promote homeland security while sticking their hands down our pants on the streets? [Slate]


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Palestinians in this Christian village are hoping the new pope can succeed where others have failed — pressing Israel to drop plans to build a stretch of its West Bank separation barrier through their picturesque valley.
Since Vatican properties are affected, residents have appealed to the Roman Catholic Church to use more of its significant influence in the Holy Land to reroute the barrier, even as local Catholic leaders hold a special protest Mass in threatened orchards each week.
The Vatican has called on Israel not to seize the lands, but local Palestinian Catholics want the new pontiff to lean more heavily on Israel.
"We have hope in the new pope, as he is close to the poor and the oppressed," said the Rev. Ibrahim Shomali, the Palestinian priest who has been leading the protests.
Israel has been building the barrier since 2002 in response to a wave of suicide bombings early last decade that killed hundreds of people. Israel says the barrier is needed to keep out Palestinian attackers.


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Public Enemies (UK - BD)
Our Marcus grabs his tommy gun and shoots out a Blu-ray review for you all...
It's 1930s America and with the introduction of the newly modernised F.B.I. in place the days of crime waves are coming to an end, but with John Dillinger (Johnny Depp) trailing a path of bank robberies across the country, the newly appointed head of the war on crime, Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale), has a lot to prove and one hell of a gangster to bring to justice.
Public Enemies is another great addition to the ongoing Michael Mann crime drama catalogue. It comes with an authentic feel to the era it's depicting, it's well paced and it's got some fantastic performances from all involved so for the life of me, I'm not too sure why I can't warm to it.
Don't get me wrong, I don't dislike the film at all; in fact there are some scenes in there than I can imagine will be regarded as classic moments in the years to come, but somehow I feel a little at arm's length from the movie. Its depiction of the end of a crime era going head to head with the new-fangled modern FBI is a strong draw for me as I always love seeing how technology changed entire lifestyles, but these new crime-stopping methods are merely hinted at in the first half of the movie and disappear almost entirely by the second. I'm also not a huge lover of the macho bullshit that comes with crime dramas and while Public Enemies is not the worst offender for it by a long chalk, it still has moments where the 'real' men only seem to communicate through a series of intense stares and one word instructions.
Obviously at the centre of all of this are Depp and Bale. Bale plays a supporting role as the focus is Depp's Dillinger. Also Bale's performance, while great, sits a little in limbo for me. It's made all the better for Bale's brooding presence, but somehow feels like a role that could have been a lot more memorable (and possible Oscar worthy) if given to someone with a little more oomph.
As for Depp, he continues to be a leading man who seems to be able to take you through any story with absolute ease. I'll admit, this Dillinger took me a little while to warm to but with scenes like his wander around the Police Department and him watching Clark Gable on the big screen in the closing scenes, I found myself feeling sad that this larger than life character had fallen from his perch as the criminal that America loved to hear about and that he'd lost so many around him.
It's hard to pinpoint exactly why I'm not raving about Public Enemies because after this, my second viewing of the movie, I did enjoy all two hours and twenty minutes without issue. Mann continues to develop his style and storytelling traits and once again his attention to detail and pacing are top notch, but I'm just not feeling it this time out. In the movie's defence, I'll admit I'm not the biggest crime drama movie fan so there's already a hurdle but for me Public Enemies was a great ride while it lasted but I just didn't find anything exceptional in it to take away with me.
Shot in HD, you may find yourself studying the transfer here for its sometimes non-filmic look. Mann has mastered the modern format and uses some fine lighting making most of the movie stand toe to toe with traditional filmmaking, but it has to be said that when Public Enemies displays its obvious digital visuals, it can sometimes feel a little strange.
As an example, the shootout in the woods has Dillinger and the boys firing out of windows at the circling FBI agents and while everything is kinetic and loud, many of the camera shots have the feel of 'making of' footage—like we're seeing the scenes being filmed or rehearsed and we'll see the final product later. This of course creates a strange illusion of reality but because much of the film plays like a typical movie around moments like this, the styles can sometimes feel a little disjointed.
As for the transfer, what the movie sometimes lacks in filmic quality, it more than makes up for in detail. Skin textures, lighting and detail levels are all fantastic and other than the stylized night scenes almost everything looks incredibly natural.
I did notice a slight flicker to some of the darker shots, which became a little distracting once it'd called attention to itself, and grain levels can cause some issues in many of the night scenes taking the sheen off of the overall look of the movie. Generally though, Public Enemies is a beautifully lit movie that can feel hot and bright with its blue skylines, pleasantly warm with its orange club interiors or stark and cold with its prison greys. Either way, the transfer has a lot to show off even if it's not exceptional.
And here's where it all goes a little iffy. I was slightly distracted when seeing the movie in the cinema as the sound mix was all over the place, and was very much looking forward to hearing it properly here on Blu-ray. Sadly, it seems to be part of the design and the annoying trend of differing levels of dialogue (from muffled to barely audible) and piercing attacks when gun shots are spewed out makes some parts of Public Enemies very uncomfortable to watch.
Admittedly, most of these issues are only really distracting in the opening ten to fifteen minutes, but the chasm between low muttering dialogue and sound effects is a world apart, so finding a happy level to enable you to stop fiddling with the volume controls is a little annoying.
With that pretty big continuing issue put to one side, the show-off parts of the track are pretty damn epic. As expected, the shoot outs rock the 5.1 systems with absolute realism, with bass punching out aggressively to the point where you'll be checking for bullet holes in your walls. Atmospherics, from sewing machines clacking in the prison to press firing questions all around Dillinger are all perfectly placed and create a large sound field for Mann to play with. The score sits snugly in the mix and was far more noticeable on the second viewing and even though dialogue levels are never consistent (even within single scenes) for the most part they are clear and well presented.
The commentary with Michael Mann is one that shows off just how lived in his knowledge of the movie's real events and settings are. He throws every nugget of information he has of the era at us and gives a semi-history lesson in amongst his filmmaking stories. Mann is obviously a director who relishes having a firm grasp of every element he's attempting to present on screen and that trend shows throughout the rest of the features.
First up is 'Larger Than Life: Adversaries' (10:19 HD), which for something just over ten minutes long, still provides one of the most enjoyable mini 'making ofs' I've seen in a while. Mann gives us his insight into the characters and the era and when Depp and Bale give their inputs (including a cheeky story about how Depp tried on Dillinger's actual trousers when researching) you can't help but asking why other movies don't create features that work this well?
'Michael Mann: Making Public Enemies' (20:32 HD) shows Mann at work making the film, gives us a feeling for the thirties era and via the lead actors we discover how meticulous Mann is in his attention to detail. Once again Bale and Depp give thoughts on their characters with Depp providing a personal slant on just how fascinated he was with Dillinger from an early age.
'Last of the Legendary Outlaws' (08:44 HD) shows plenty of the actual footage of Dillinger and shows off his cultural significance, or as Bale puts it 'The dying breath of the Wild West'. This featurette offers up a nice mini history of bank robbery and it sits nicely with 'Criminal Technology' (09:39 HD), which highlights the Dillinger arsenal and just how much more advanced the criminals were compared to the frankly unorganised police forces of the time.
'On Dillingers Trail: The Real Locations' (09:48 HD) shows the locations used in re-creating 1934 and really demonstrates the many tiny details Mann uses to sell his vision.
Of course this is a Universal disc, so there's plenty more to fiddle with. Along with your selectable 'My Scenes' there's a 'Gangster Movie Challenge', which you can play and log your scores with. The U-Control comes with plenty of picture in picture videos that are in the same style of all of the previous featurettes and features cast and crew inputs. There's a nifty time line pinpointing the big events which enable you to chapter skip to specific parts if you are so inclined. This also comes with some video sequences and historical facts around the events—so all in all it's quite a good little add on to the usual static timelines.
I enjoyed Public Enemies but I can't say that it is among my favourites of the year so far like many a critic has touted it. Mann once again proves he's a master at what he does and Depp's Dillinger is a fine lead character to follow through this detailed and convincing crime drama.
The transfer here is great for the most part with slight issues along the way (and your feelings on HD filmmaking are going to tip your opinion for or against it), while the audio is all over the place and if it wasn't for the Mann shootouts winning me over I'd probably rant about it a little more. As for the features, while a little repetitive in places, I enjoyed pretty much all of them—so all in all, this is a pretty good package that fans should be pretty pleased with.
* Note: The above images are taken from the Blu-ray release and resized for the page.
Review by Marcus Doidge
Suitable only for persons of 15 years and over
Disc Details
Release Date: 2nd November 2009
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.40:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, DTS 5.1 Spanish, DTS 5.1 French, Dolby Digital 2.0 English
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Billionaire investment banker Peter Peterson is back on the warpath. He just established a new foundation with a $1 billion endowment, the main purpose of which is to cut back spending on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
These programs, which provide an essential safety net to virtually the entire country, are hugely popular and will be politically difficult to cut. Nonetheless, $1 billion is a lot of money. Therefore, Peterson's campaign deserves to be taken seriously.
Peterson has long been an ardent foe of these programs. He first rose to national prominence as commerce secretary in the Nixon administration. He then returned to the private sector and became a partner in the Blackstone Group, a very successful private equity fund.
Mr. Peterson is fond of telling his audiences that he doesn't need his Social Security. Of course, as a manager in a private equity fund, Mr. Peterson was allowed to take advantage of the fund manager tax subsidy - a provision of the tax code that allows some of the richest people in the country to pay much lower tax rates than ordinary workers.
With his enormous wealth, Mr. Peterson was probably given more than 1,000 times as much money through this tax subsidy as the typical worker can expect to see on her Social Security. Needless to say, if the rest of us had been beneficiaries of the government's largesse to the same extent as Mr. Peterson, we would not need our Social Security either.
Mr. Peterson's public crusading against Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid began in 1992 when he formed the Concord Coalition. This organization crusades for cuts in these programs under the pretext of fiscal responsibility.
Mr. Peterson has also written several books calling for cuts in these programs with ominous titles like "Gray Dawn: How the Coming Age Wave Will Transform America," which warns that the country will be bankrupted by the retirement of the baby boomers. He uses his power and wealth to publicize these diatribes and get them reviewed in top outlets, such as the New York Times Book Review.
While Peterson's efforts appeal largely to Republicans, he generally pulls enough Democrats on board that he can pass off his attacks on the country's key social programs as bipartisan. In fact, the media often treat Peterson's assault on the social safety net as being above the political fray, allowing him to spout his views unanswered on major national talk shows.
Peterson has not been shy about using slippery logic to advance his agenda. For example, back in the 90's he argued for cutting the annual cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security, which is tied to the consumer price index (CPI), based on the claim that the CPI substantially overstates the true rate of inflation. If Peterson's claim about a CPI overstatement were true, then it would imply that incomes are rising far more rapidly than our projections show. Peterson's CPI adjustment would mean that our children and grandchildren will be far richer than we could possibly imagine, because incomes are rising so rapidly. Similarly, the retirees for whom he wanted to cut benefits actually spent much of their lives in poverty. If incomes have been rising more rapidly than the official data show, then we must have been far poorer in the past than the data show.
In the same vein, Peterson supported the partial privatization of Social Security, based on assumptions on stock returns that were inconsistent with the profit growth projections of the Social Security trustees, and the price-to-earnings ratios that existed in the stock market at the time. In the push to cut Social Security and Medicare, Peterson does not feel the need to be bound by the truths of logic and arithmetic.
There is a fundamental point on which Peterson is correct. The long-term budget projections do show a horror story of enormous deficits. But these projections are not driven by aging and overly generous retirement programs. They are driven by projections that our private health care system, which already costs twice as much per person as the average for other rich countries, will get ever more inefficient through time. If we never fix our health care system, then we will face an economic disaster, which will include serious budget problems, since half of our health care is paid for through government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid.
This reality would suggest the importance of reforming the health care system. Health care reform would mean confronting the insurance and pharmaceutical industries, as well as the doctors' lobbies. These groups have serious power. That's why Mr. Peterson prefers to stick with granny bashing.
Dean Baker is the co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR). He is the author of "The Conservative Nanny State: How the Wealthy Use the Government to Stay Rich and Get Richer" (www.conservativenannystate.org). He also has a blog, "Beat the Press," where he discusses the media's coverage of economic issues.


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The new game, Destiny, from Halo developers Bungie, may be released for PC. Although the company hasn't confirmed anything yet.
Fingers crossed, it would be kind of ridiculous not to have it on PC though in my opinion.
I hope so. As a game that apparently thrives with the online component, they shouldn't be too afraid of piracy. This is the reason a decent amount of games aren't released for PC, and I hate that so much.
Cross-game saves ! Does this mean if I buy the game for one console, I get it on all other consoles ?!
i want atleast for the pc and ps4 versions to be able to play together


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Tropical Ecology of Belize, BIO 420/520, is an intensive, two week, international field course designed primarily for majors in biology, natural science, and related fields, yet it is open to students of all majors.
This course introduces you to the general principles of tropical ecology, emphasizing forest and marine ecology, conservation, biodiversity concepts, plant and animal interactions and adaptations, effects of human disturbance on native flora and fauna, and field research techniques.
You will develop and apply skills in field research and in using the scientific method. You will conduct two independent research projects, one in a rainforest system and one in a marine system.
The course is 3 credit hours and a special fee applies.


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Elizabeth B Harrington, MD Email Elizabeth Harrington
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Dr. Elizabeth Harrington has been on the faculty of The Mount Sinai Medical Center since 1981. She is a magna cum laude graduate of Barnard College and Alpha Omega Alpha graduate of New York Medical. She completed her surgical residency, as well as her vascular fellowship at The Mount Sinai Hospital. Dr. Harrington has served as the president of the New York Vascular society from 1998-2000. She holds American Board of Surgery certification in general surgery and special qualifications in vascular surgery. Her areas of expertise include carotid artery disease, peripheral vascular disease and limb salvage and aortic aneurysms and aortoiliac disease.
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Train J, Dan S, Harrington EB, Jacobson J, Mitty H. Occulsion during iliac angioplasy- a salvageable complication. J Radiology 1988; 168: 131-135.
Schwartz ME, Harrington EB, Schanzer H. Wound complications following insitu bypass. J Vasc Surg 1988; 7: 802-807.
Harrington EB, Schwartz ME, Kaynan A, Miller C, Pieroni P, Schanzer H, Szuchmacher P, Haimov M. Aortocaval fistula: Aclinical spectrum. J Cardiovasc Surg 1989; 30(4): 579-584.
Semashko D, Schwartz ME, Kaynan A, Harrington EB. Arteriovenous fistula following punch-graft hair transplantation. J Dermatology Surgery Oncol 1989 Jul; 15(7): 754-755.
Harrington EB, Harrington ME, Schanzer H, Haimov M. End Stage renal disease - is lower extremity revascularization justified. J Vascular Surgery 1990; 12: 691-695.
Miller C, Harrington EB. Regional Hepatic allograft procurement and export for transportation. Mt Sinai J Med 1990; 57: 93-96.
Schwartz ME, Harrington EB, Harrington ME, Einhorn T, Haimov ME. Above Knee Amputation In Patients following prosthetic hip surgery. J Vasc Surg 1990; 11(3): 480-481.
Harrington ME, Schwartz M, Harrington EB, Sanborne T. Expanded indications for LABA in peripheral arterial disease. J Vasc Surg 1990; 12: 672-673.
Harrington ME, Schwartz ME, Miller CM, Harrington EB. Expanded indications for laser-assisted ballons angioplasty in peripheral arterial disease. J Vascular Surgery 1990; 11(1): 146-155.
Mitty HA, Saborne T, Harrington ME, Harrington EB. Thermal laser angioplasty. Seminars in Interventional Radiology 1991; 8(2): 100-110.
Newman LG, Walter J, Palestro CJ, Schwartz M, Klein M, Hermann G, Harrington EB, Harrington M, Roman SH, Stagnaro-Green A. Unsuspected osteomyelitis in diabetic foot ulcers. Diagnosis and monitoring by leukocyte scanning with indium in 111 oxyquinoline. JAMA 1991 Sep 4; 266(9): 1246-1251.
Harrington EB, Harrington ME, Schanzer H, Jacobson JH, Haimov M. The Dorsalis Pedis Bypass: Moderate Success in Difficult Situations. J Vasc Surg 1992 Feb; 15(2): 409-416.
Newman LG, Waller J, Palestro CJ, Herman G, Klein MJ, Schwartz M, Harrington EB, Harrington ME, Roman SH, Stagnaro-Green AS. Leukocyte scanning with in -111 Oxyquinolone is superior to magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of clinically unsuspected osteomyelitis in diabetic foot ulcers. Diabetes Care 1992 Nov; 15(11): 1527-1530.
Newman LG, Waller J, Palestro CJ, Schwartz M, Klein MJ, Herman G, Harrington EB, Harrington ME, Roman SH, Stagnaro-Green AS. Detection of osteomyelitis associated with diabeticfoot ulcers. (Letter to the Editor). J American Medical Association 1992; 267: 510-511.
Harrington ME, Harrington EB, Haimov M, Schanzer H, Jacobson J. Axillo-lliofemoral versus Femorofemoral by-pass: The case for an individualized approach. J Vasc Surg 1992; 16(6): 841-854.
Harrington ME, Harrington EB. A current view of options in the management of Unilateral lliac Occulsive Disease. Ann Vascular Surgery 1994 March; 7: 45-53.
Harrington ME, Harrington EB, Haimov M, Schanzer H, Jacobson 2nd JH. Axillofemoral bypass: Compromised bypass for compromised patients. J Vasc Surg 1994 Aug; 20(2): 195-201.
Newton C, Harrington EB, Harrington ME, Schanzer H, Newman LG. Diabetic Foot Ulcers are associated with impaired cutaneous microcirculatory flow. Diabetes 1996; 45(Suppl.): 108A.
Schanzer H, Skyladnay M, Knight R, Harrington EB, Harrington ME, Haimov M. Pathogensis of upper extremity ischemic following angroacess surgery. Quality Medical Pulishing 1996; 7: 463-467.
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Dr. Harrington is not currently required to report Industry relationships.
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David Cobb, 41, lawyer and community organizer, is the Green Party's presidential nominee. He lives in Eureka, California, and works for Democracy Unlimited of Humboldt County (www.DUHC.org).
Q: The peg for this piece is: What could Democrats learn from the Green Party? I'm not talking about electoral strategy, I'm talking substance.
I understand. I do want to let you know up front that I think the Democratic Party leadership is going to be unable to learn anything from the Green Party–bluntly–because our biggest message is a reaction to and rejection of the corporate takeover of our government, our society, our culture and our governing institutions. Now there are plenty of progressive Democrats who already know that lesson and are in agreement with that.
But I think what's really driving the extraordinary and untold story of the growth of the Green Party is that ordinary citizens have had it–that we realize unelected, unaccountable CEOs are making the fundamental public policy decisions in this country, that we don't have a functioning democracy and we're trying to do something about it.
Q: Were you once a Democrat? Did you call yourself a Democrat?
I was. I will admit that I got my start in electoral politics as a Democrat. Actually I got my start working on apartheid politics while a student at the University of Houston. I'm proud of the fact that myself and so many other Greens understand that politics is not merely about elections. It can be something much deeper, anytime you are trying to have an impact on public policy.
I got my start in electoral politics while a student at the University of Houston as a key organizer for Jesse Jackson's campaign for President. I worked on Jesse Jackson's campaign in 1988, then I worked on Jerry Brown's campaign for the Democratic nomination in 1992.
That is actually the year I became so disgusted by the corporate money and realized the kind of progressive politics I wanted to do and bring forward really couldn't be done by the Democratic Party because the corporate money was like a cancer that had metastasized within that body. Even though there were great progressive Democrats, ultimately that money ruled the day. It was in 1996 that I got involved in the Green Party.


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The Rich Support McCain, the Super-Rich Support Obama
In Richistan, I wrote about a new political divide emerging among the wealthy. While most Lower Richistani's ($1 million to $10 million in net worth) were voting Republican, most Middle-and Upper Richistanis (those worth $10 million plus and $100 million plus) were voting Democrat.
Lower Richistanis tended to vote almost exclusively based on taxes. But Upper Richistanis placed a higher priority on longer-term societal issues like health care, the environment and education, which are traditional Democrat issues. Some say Upper Richistanis can afford to minimize taxes, since they have plenty of money even after the government takes its share. Others say the ultra-rich have better tax attorneys so they don't care as much about tax rates.
Yet a new survey shows that the Richistan split is not only alive and well, but it may even be growing.
According to a new survey by Prince & Associates, voters worth $1 million to $10 million are favoring Sen. John McCain, while voters worth $30 million or more are favoring Sen. Barack Obama. The survey of 493 families showed:
More than three quarters of those worth $1 million to $10 million plan to vote for Sen. McCain. Only 15% plan to vote for Sen. Obama (the rest are undecided). Of those worth more than $30 million, two-thirds support Sen. Obama, while one third support Sen. McCain.
The reason? Taxes.
Among Lower Richistani's, 88% cited tax policies as being "important" in making their decision. Only 11% cited the environment, 22% cited health care and 45% cited social issues.
Among the Upper Richistani's supporting Sen. Obama, tax policies ranked last, with only 16% citing them as important. "Social issues" ranked first, with "policies dealing with wars" ranking second (67%) and Supreme Court nominations and health-care issues ranking next.
Of course, in today's populist politics, the only thing worse than being the candidate of the wealthy is being the candidate of the superwealthy. You can bet this is one poll that neither candidate will repeat on the campaign trail.
But the survey offers an important insight into the effect of wealth on personal politics. Perhaps the old saying should be changed to: If you're ultra wealthy and conservative you have no heart; if you're wealthy and liberal, you have no brain.


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"Being different and vulnerable"
This study shows the experiences of immigrant African women who have been circumcised and sought maternity care in Sweden. It shows the encounters of women from Somalia, Eritrea,and Sudan who have been genitally cut withthe health care system in Sweden.
Berggren, V., S. Bergstrom and A.K. Edberg
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Journal of Transcultural Nursing, vol. 17, no. 1: 50-57


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Story posted July 20, 2012
Event date(s): April 19, 2011 — April 20, 2011
Tuesday, April 19
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Ben Martens was brought on board as a member of the CCCHFA policy team in 2008 and currently focuses on the Hook's herring campaign. He also serves as a proxy for Massachusetts State Rep. Sarah Peake on the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and sits on the board of directors for the New England Farmers Union. Before moving to the Cape, Ben worked for the Charles River Conservancy in Cambridge, concentrating on water quality issues and public access to recreational areas. Ben discovered his interest in ocean and fisheries policy while working on his bachelor's degree in government and environmental studies at Bowdoin College in coastal Maine. As a native New Englander, Ben appreciates the communal benefits that small businesses and industries contribute to the unique quality of life in New England and he hopes to pursue policies that help sustain and develop the vital fishing industry.
"At the Hook Association we combine environmental responsibility with community preservation which is how all fishery policy decisions should be crafted."


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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Liliana Carias used to hope President Hugo Chavez would change her life. Not anymore.
She's been living for years in a dirt-floor shack without running water, and after voting for Chavez in the last three presidential elections, the single mother of four said she's tired of waiting for help.
She was among thousands of people who cheered for the president's rival recently in the serpentine streets of Caracas' Petare slum, which used to be a bastion of support for Chavez. She held out a handwritten letter addressed to "My future President Henrique Capriles," the opposition challenger, writing that her salary as a supermarket cashier was no longer enough to support her family and she was worried her landlord would evict them.
"We need change," Carias said as the drum-beating caravan paraded by. "I thought it would come with Chavez but I'm very disappointed. He promised us everything but nothing changed. I still don't have running water, sewer or electricity."
From single mothers to construction workers, some Chavez supporters have been turning away from the president to consider new leadership. They've become key to the Oct. 7 presidential vote and Capriles' strategy.
Surveys don't indicate exactly which "Chavistas" are becoming "Caprilistas," but the group appears to include working-class and lower-middle-class Venezuelans. Polls also reveal weariness over a growing yet troubled economy, 18 percent inflation and one of the world's highest murder rates.
Despite billions of dollars in government spending on social programs, solutions to problems such as the country's severe housing shortage have been elusive. Slums have grown during Chavez's presidency, and the government's construction of new housing projects hasn't kept up with the legions of poor people like Carias who have applied for apartments and ended up waiting for years.
Now Chavez is spending heavily building apartments and paying out more benefits to poor families. But some in the working class still complain that they're being bypassed and have lost faith in the government's promises.
Chavez held a 10-point lead over Capriles in a survey released this week by the Venezuelan polling firm Datanalisis. But the 49 percent who said they intend to vote for Chavez was dramatically lower than the 63 percent who re-elected him in 2006. The latest poll said 11 percent of those interviewed didn't reveal a preference.
A survey by the Venezuelan polling firm Consultores 21 put the two candidates roughly even, with 46.5 percent saying they would vote for Capriles and nearly 46 percent saying they would vote for Chavez.
The poll questioned 1,500 people Sept. 7-18 and had an error margin of 3 percentage points. It also included a second question, in which people were asked to mark their choice in secret, in case they didn't want to reveal their preference to the pollster. Under that method, Capriles had almost 49 percent and Chavez just under 46 percent.
Saul Cabrera, the polling company's vice president, said Thursday that the results show a "technical tie." He said the poll was paid for a Venezuelan business, but he declined to identify it.
Analysts say a strong turnout by disenchanted ex-Chavistas could help tip the balance in favor of the challenger.
"The votes of those who have changed sides are key in this race because without them, it would be impossible for Capriles to win," said Luis Vicente Leon, president of Datanalisis.
Chavez first won the presidency in 1998 with promises to sweep away corrupt, entrenched political parties and help the poor in this oil-rich country.
That message helped the soldier-turned-politician win political dominance throughout the 2000s as the economy boomed along with oil earnings. Chavez has remained popular in part thanks to social programs including state-run grocery stores, medical clinics staffed by Cuban doctors and cash benefits for poor families.
Government figures show the number of Venezuelans living in poverty decreased most markedly between 2004 and 2007, and then in the following years budged little, while the opposition grew stronger and fared better in elections. In the 2010 congressional elections, for instance, the government held on to a majority of seats but the popular vote was almost evenly split between the pro- and anti-Chavez camps.
Chavez's popularity slipped as the economy stalled, though it still hovered around 50 percent or higher during much of the past year. In that time, he's waged a protracted fight against cancer and had to square off against the opposition's first candidate ever chosen in a primary vote.
"It's clear that he's not the same Chavez as he was in 2006," Leon said. "His ratings in terms of performance and public approval have changed. If (Capriles) has a chance, it's because of that. There's a migration of votes. The question is: Is it enough?"
Chavez, for one, has called an opposition victory impossible, saying he'll win by a "knockout" and even put on boxing gloves at one point to emphasize his prediction. At one news conference, he laughed when asked about his loyalists defecting.
"For those who say there's a hidden vote, or that Chavistas will vote against Chavez, it's something like saying there are Martians on the sun," Chavez quipped.
Chavez has also been trying to make inroads among traditional middle-class opposition supporters. On a recent evening a small crowd of Chavistas demonstrated on a corner in an affluent Caracas neighborhood, holding banners announcing "The Middle Class with Chavez."
The impression has nonetheless grown that the president has become too enamored of his own global legacy while neglecting basic needs at home such as infrastructure and public safety. Chavez's election manifesto of proposals for his next six-year term trumpets abstract ideas such as "preserving life on the planet and helping to save mankind," a "new international geopolitics" and "a continuation of the 21st century socialism."
Capriles has responded with ridicule, recently telling supporters: "Saving humankind! ... Where's the plan for health? Where's the plan for education, for jobs?"
Capriles' campaign has also been running newspaper ads detailing "14 years of unfulfilled promises," including pledges by Chavez to construct a bridge across the country's biggest lake, build more hospitals and revolutionize a small farming sector to make the country self-sufficient in food. Another opposition ad features side-by-side photos of Venezuela's slums with homes that Chavez purportedly gave away in the Dominican Republic, with the slogan "It's time to put Venezuela first."
It's a message that resonates in places such as Petare, one of the biggest slums in Latin America, where homicides and the lack of basic public works make life a daily struggle. In 2008, an opposition candidate beat out a close Chavez aide to become district mayor. Since then it's been a key electoral battleground in Caracas.
During Capriles' weekend demonstration, many wore baseball caps emblazoned with the yellow, red and blue of the Venezuelan flag, just like the one their candidate has worn on the campaign trail. The crowd paraded past small groups of Chavez supporters in red shirts who came out of their homes shouting "Chavez won't leave!" and other slogans. Several years ago, more of them would have been challenging the march.
"I voted for him but I regret it," said Rosina Dambrosio, a homemaker in Petare. "He was going to modernize Venezuela and fight crime. And he also spoke so beautifully. I guess we trusted him too much. He still speaks nicely, but I don't believe him anymore."
She and her neighbor Zoraida Berniquez said it's not safe to walk the neighborhood at night. Berniquez recently had to dive for cover during a walk when she heard the rat-tat-tat of gunfire.
Former Chavez supporters pile on the disappointments: The president's concentrated too much power and has governed undemocratically, he's divided the country along pro- and anti-Chavez lines.
"This is not the country that I wanted for my grandchildren," said Osiris Rojas, a 56-year-old secretary, while listening to Capriles at a rally. "Why so much hate if we're all Venezuelans? I feel cheated."
Associated Press writers Ian James and Fabiola Sanchez contributed to this report.
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