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Dec. 3, 2011 CRUSADERVB Men's 65 274 posts | JAN. 2012 HELP JUST WONDERING WHERE SOME TEAMS ARE PLAYING IN JAN. 2012. WE [GSF] ARE GOING TO PLAY 55'S OR 60'S, DEPENDING HOW MANY TEAMS ARE IN EACH DIVISION. WE DON'T CARE WHO WE PLAY, WE JUST WANT TO PLAY. SCSSA? SCSST? SSUSA? |
Dec. 3, 2011 THECAT 63 posts | Try Menifee, Ca tourney 7-8 for 60's or 14-15 for 55's. Stay in Hemet where motels are very reasonable. About a 20 to 25 minute drive to the ball park in Menifee. Put on by SSUSA. Know it's about a five hour drive for you but it's a good tourney and park. Get more info from Don Redigg. Weather usually good there for some reason.Donnie will give you the best info about what divison and date would best be good for you. |
Dec. 3, 2011 CRUSADERVB Men's 65 274 posts | THANKS FOR THE INFO CAT. WE'VE PLAYED AT MANY SOCAL VENUES....I JUST WANTED TO SEE WHO'S GOING TO EACH ONE SO GSF CAN MAKE A DECISION ON WHICH ONE TO ATTEND....55'S OR 60'S |
Dec. 3, 2011 pitcher55 Men's 55 130 posts | socal is having a tourney dec. 10-11,in lancaster,ca. |
Dec. 4, 2011 Funk 62 posts | Hey Ron...Our 60 Major Plus Team will be playing in menifee on The weekend of Jan 7th...Hope to see you and the GSF squad that weekend...G. |
Dec. 4, 2011 CRUSADERVB Men's 65 274 posts | THANKS ''G'', NOW WE'RE UP TO 2. I GUESS NO OTHER 60'S TEAM ARE GOING....AND NO 55'S ON JAN 14-15. WOODY'S 60'S TEAM IS GOING ALSO. |
Dec. 5, 2011 Tate22 Men's 60 275 posts | Nighthawks 55 M+ planning on Menifee 1/14&15. |
Dec. 6, 2011 CRUSADERVB Men's 65 274 posts | SO FAR, D & K AND GSF WILL BE IN HEMET IN 60 MAJOR PLUS. FULL CIRCLE MAYBE IN 60 MAJOR. WHAT ABOUT THE NEW TEAMS THAT ARE BEING FORMED....... LIKE DOUBLE ''SOMETHING'' ??? |
Dec. 6, 2011 CRUSADERVB Men's 65 274 posts | LOOKS LIKE MARV WILL HAVE 5-6 60 MAJOR AND MAJOR PLUS TEAMS IN HEMET ON JAN 7-8. [SCSSA] MORE 60'S WILL BE WELCOMED!!! THE MORE THE MERRIER!!! |
Dec. 7, 2011 curveball Men's 65 548 posts | Not to steal your posting, but ask the same in 65's, where will the 65's teams be playing? |
Dec. 7, 2011 Sweet P Men's 60 183 posts | Ron, How r u, I understand its been a little cold their in Arizona. Looks like both Marv and Donnie are having tournaments on the same day and in the same city (Hemet). All this does is dilute the number of teams and level of competition. I wish the tournament directors would think more about the teams and having full/competitive events versus scheduling events on the same dates. See you in Hemet, Phillip |
Dec. 7, 2011 Marv19 Men's 60 480 posts | Phililp I totally agree with your statement. Our schedule has been on line since late July 2011. long before any other schedule was ever posted. Rob if the 65s want to play on the weekend we have room. BTW Its not on the same day in the same city. That's where all the confusion is I believe. |
Dec. 7, 2011 Smitty 1 2 posts | Doubleplay classic 55 major+ will be in Menifee on Dec. 14 & 15. |
Dec. 7, 2011 Smitty 1 2 posts | I have to restate that. Jan. 14& 15. |
Dec. 7, 2011 CRUSADERVB Men's 65 274 posts | NO CRAP PHILLIP, HERE WE HAVE TO HUNT AROUND FINDING TOURNAMENTS AND NOW THERE'S 3 ON THE SAME WEEKEND!! AND YES IT'S COLD IN PHOENIX!!! |
Dec. 7, 2011 Sweet P Men's 60 183 posts | Ron, Give me a call regarding which tournament you guys will be playing (818) 831-7874. Phillip |
Dec. 7, 2011 Duke Men's 65 813 posts | Hey Crusadervb, I assume you are talking about my new team, when you asked about "Double Something" We are still short players. While I am all for teams stengthening themselves, there are only about 12-14 60 Major Plus teams. These teams are picking up most of the available talent, which leaves us with not many, if any, 60 Major Plus players to obtain right now. We will continue to look for players, but will not settle for less than what we need to compete against the loaded teams. If that means that we need to play another year of 55 Major, then so be it. Maybe we can borrow some of your players. LOL! BTW, what every player is asking me, is are we sponsored? Since we are not, it is making it even tougher to acquire players, with the limited amount available. That is where we are at for now. Maybe we can find some players in other States, if they repeal the bordering rules. Most of the players that we were trying to get from bordering States, have all hooked up with the nearby States. We are only at 7-8 players at this time, with no SS, 1-2 outfielders, and one pitcher that wants to pitch. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to All!! Andy Smith, 55 Major/60 Major Plus |
Dec. 8, 2011 CRUSADERVB Men's 65 274 posts | PHIL, I'LL CALL YOU TODAY. I ALSO HAVE FLORIDA'S SCHEDULE AND SENT A REQUEST OF TURN TWO. ANDY, GSF ISN'T SPONSORED EITHER, WE ALL CHIP IN FOR TOURNAMENTS. LET'S HOPE THEY REPEAL THE BORDERING STATES RULE. PLAY IN HEMET AS AN EXIBITION TEAM...OR JUST PLAY, WHO CARES, WE JUST WANT TO PLAY ANYONE. |
Dec. 8, 2011 TGIII Men's 60 106 posts | The Top Gun III 55+ Major team will be in Menifee on January 14th & 15th. |
Dec. 8, 2011 Marv19 Men's 60 480 posts | One thing hasn't been thrown into the mix is the fields. Menifee is a semi open field configuration with 3-300' fences and #4 with a short porch of 280'. Hemet is fully closed fields covered dugouts and 3-325' fences with the 5 additional fields of 300'. Add into the mix complex home run rule vs a simple 1 up / single. |
Dec. 8, 2011 Duke Men's 65 813 posts | Crusadervb, We were already planning on entering Menifee as an "exhibition" team, so players could see what our team is all about, and we could get our 5-6 games in. Then nobody will need a release. I already asked Donnie and SSUSA a question, since we will be an "exhibition" team, could we add a couple of 55 players, so we could field a team. I received no answers. Maybe Marv's tournament will let us enter as an "Exhibition" team with 1-3 55 players, and play our 5-6 games. I assume it would be fine with all of the teams, since we will get an automatic loss? It would be less expensive for our team at this time, because we would not have to pay for the yearly team registration. Marv, let me know if this is OK please. Thanks, Andy Smith, 55 Major/60 Major Plus |
Dec. 8, 2011 Marv19 Men's 60 480 posts | Andy I will defer to our Tournament Director Jerry Smith. As a independent Association we never say never but it will depend on who and who else is in and willing to let you play as exhibition. I'm pretty certain SSUSA rules don't allow for this at qualifiers. If they do you still have to turn in rosters of all competing teams. The insurance waiver alone demands that. So far we have twelve 60s(AAA to M+)that have paid, RSVP'd or are in the decision making process. And I haven't heard from everybody yet. Do you have Jerry's number? |
Dec. 8, 2011 mad dog Men's 65 4108 posts | marv,i think you should let them play,as it will not effect any tourney standings.they just want to play,but don't have enough guys for the 60's it sounds like,let them play 55's..... |
Dec. 8, 2011 turn2 489 posts | Ron, Here is my email. email@example.com We will be going to Las Vegas and Spa for the 2 big tournies. We should have our schedule in about another week. Shoot me your email. Later, Donnie Turn Two |
Dec. 9, 2011 CRUSADERVB Men's 65 274 posts | DONNIE, I SENT YOU OUR SCHEDULE MAYBE A WEEK AGO. I RECIEVED ED ROSES SCHEDULE A FEW DAYS AGO. I JUST SENT IT AGAIN. MARV...IT'S OK WITH GSF TO LET ANDY'S TEAM PLAY!!! WHO CARES, WE JUST WANT TO PLAY. |
Dec. 9, 2011 BruceinGa Men's 65 3109 posts | CRUSADERVB, I've posted our schedule on softballfans.com in the senior section. We're planning on being in Vegas as well as other tournaments in the southeast, Salem and Manassas. Bruce Crystal Pharmacy Donnie, looks like I'm retiring the end of December. Looks like I'll be able to play in our Monday morning league here in Woodstock, Ga. |
Dec. 9, 2011 goforit 97 posts | Ron, Master Collision will not be in Menifee (we won't be out of hibernation yet). Depending on how our winter meetings go we are going to plan on playing more tournaments this year but we probably won't field a full team until Reno (injuries and other obligations). To bad, i would like to see your new and improved team i've heard about as well as George and D&K. Ron, if you get a minute e-mail the schedules you have so i can get them to the guys that make decisions on our team (email@example.com). This may help us decide where to go for good competition. Take care John Giesler |
Dec. 9, 2011 Marv19 Men's 60 480 posts | Jerry and I have been real busy with our real jobs this week. He has had some big wigs in from corporate. He even said he wore a tie one day :O) I passed on the information Ron and he said he would call Andy but probably not till the weekend. He seems very tired when I call him. I'm sure something can be worked out. |
Dec. 10, 2011 SoCal'er 69 posts | Menifee's latest count for Jan. 7,8th 60aaa and 60 M stand at 8 teams. |
Dec. 10, 2011 Marv19 Men's 60 480 posts | I find this dichotomy both perplexing and interesting at the same time. Its kinda like David and Goliath. I have had people call a ask are we canceled? Apparently a rumor got started mid week that we couldn't get enough teams. Not true. Then some managers that are only interested in getting their team qualified and need teams to play are coaxing other managers to play in Menifee. Most of you know Jerry and I. We are strait shooters. If you want to play wherever do so but let's not get wrapped up in innuendo and rumors. Personally I play in Menifee on Mondays. If I had my druthers I wouldn't. The park is very old and the infields there suck big time. The city hasn't done any maintenance in years. I and others are continually being hit by inconsistent hops. Its only a matter of time when somebody will loose teeth if they have any to start with :O) This is the primary reason we passed on Wheat Field as a venue choice in the first place. Second: there are only two lighted fields. Good luck if you have delays or a late start. Anyway we wish everyone the best at what ever they do. Stay safe... signed, David :O) |
Dec. 11, 2011 CRUSADERVB Men's 65 274 posts | MR. GIESLER....I JUST SENT OUR SCHEDULE TO YOU. WE'LL BE IN HEMET JAN 7-8. SOME OF OUR DATES ARE TENATIVE RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'RE VOTING ON THEM IN HEMET. WE'LL BE DOING MORE BIGGY'S THIS YEAR. MAYBE WE'LL SEE YOU AT THE SPRING WORLDS IN MESQUITE/ST. GEORGE. |
Dec. 12, 2011 Marv19 Men's 60 480 posts | "Sport Co" 65M will be in Hemet 7-8 confirmed this AM |
Dec. 12, 2011 curveball Men's 65 548 posts | Marv, makes sure it's warm that weekend for us SportCo guys! |
Dec. 12, 2011 Marv19 Men's 60 480 posts | I'll do what I can but I'm one for two in the weather department for Nov and December :O) But its only been 3 rain outs in two years so far. I think I'll have to schedule tournaments with the NHRA. They have only had, I think, 2 complete rain outs in 50 years. But when they get water on the track they can get rid of it... We cant. Last year it was warm and sunny. So we shall see. It will be nice to see some new out of the area teams down here. |
Dec. 13, 2011 curveball Men's 65 548 posts | NHRA has the luxury of speading out the event, unfortunately you don't! I remember one Winternationals that went for 3 weekends!!! 2 in 50 years "ain't too bad." Maybe Tom Compton will loan you his track dryers(if needed), they won't need them till the end of the month! |
Dec. 13, 2011 Marv19 Men's 60 480 posts | I remember that! Don't know Tom. I did know Wally, Steve Evens and Dave McClelland. Mike Dunn was just a little kid when his dad would bring him into our shop. Linda Vaughn: Went to her wedding back in the day. Me and 300 of her best friends :O) She used to be so hot she could dry up our fields in no time. Or like Wally used to do when the crowd was board send out the Hurst Olds with Linda on it. That used to keep the crowds engaged. Maybe a Helicopter from the airport. Naw!... I'm thinking I have money like Goliath now :O) |
Dec. 13, 2011 Duke Men's 65 813 posts | Crusadervb, Marv, and Jerry, I guess that Marv did not state which weekend Jerry was going to contact me. No need to contact me any more. The 2 55 players that I tried to get are playing the following weekend, and did not want to play 2 weekends in a row. We will not be entering as an exhibition team now. On the bright side of things, we are still trying to get some 60 players, but they will not all be Major Plus players. We are trying to get a Major Plus player, a Major player and a couple of AAA players to help us out, so we can get our butts out there and play. Although we will not have what I believe to be a Major Plus team for this weekend, we will still be entering as a 60 Major Plus team. Marv, I will let you know by Sunday or Monday, if we will be able to attend. I will call you and confirm and/or email you. Happy holidays to all!!! Andy Smith, 55 Major/60 Major Plus |
Dec. 14, 2011 CRUSADERVB Men's 65 274 posts | ANDY, GO TO THE DAYCARE CENTER AND GET SOME 50'S TO PLAY. SMITH ELECTRIC FROM AZ. WILL BE COMING TO HEMET ALSO. THEY ARE A 60 MAJOR TEAM. |
Dec. 14, 2011 curveball Men's 65 548 posts | Marv, Wally, Steve, Dave, Mike and Jim, Linda, what great names and memories from our past. Linda did WOW them then for sure(way more than 300)! Kind of dates us though, best of times they were.............. We'll chat between a game on the 7th or the 8th. Have a wonderful Christmas. |
Dec. 15, 2011 Marv19 Men's 60 480 posts | Andy: I spoke to Jerry last night. He doesn't have your phone number. His number is on the web site if you ever need to talk to him. Be patient with his voice mail message as it can be annoying :O) But unique non the less. |
Dec. 15, 2011 dantheman 17 posts | Hey Andy, if you are going to pick up any AAA players to play for you in 2012 please let them know that they will become Major or Major+ players for the next 2 yrs, I played in one tournment last year in Menifee with So Cal 55's and then tryed to play with a 55AAA team and could'nt |
Dec. 15, 2011 Duke Men's 65 813 posts | Dantheman, I would not do that to anyone anyway. If we play in Marv's tournament, not an issue. If we play in SSUSA's tournament, then I would enter as an "exhibition team", then it would not be an issue either. FYI, unless a AAA team had too many Major players on their team already, it should not be a problem to play with a AAA after playing on a Major team, unless the team they came from did not give them a release. Most likely, I will not have a team for this upcoming season. 3 of the 4 players that we got for January, said they would play for us, but since their prior teams are in the tournament, they all backed off. We will probably shelf this till after the winter and possibly till after October 2012. Sorry, but you cannot play ball with only 5 players committed. Marv, Thanks, I have Jerry's number now and your's. Have a nice tournament guys! BTW guys, there is sure a lot of confusion as to what teams are going to which tournament. I just received an email from a player, with the list of teams going to SSUSA, and I thought some of those teams were going to Marv's. Hope everyone has a safe and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!! Andy Smith, 55 Major |
Dec. 15, 2011 Marv19 Men's 60 480 posts | Andy sorry your not coming. As for a list. I have one too. But I don't count chickens so they say. Both associations have payment deadlines around the same time. That's the list that really counts. I do know this I have 5 out of state teams and two from the Bay Area on mine. But only 3 of those have paid. When I receive a "we'd like to play" they get on one list. When I get paid or some type of financial arrangement then they get on the schedule list. There is way to much posturing going on. Some from self interest I would venture to say. Too many rumors as well. For months now all I've heard is "we want diversity. We are tired of playing the same teams". Well we have worked very hard to give you your wish... the rest is up to you. All I can say is we will have a good tournament and we wish everybody a safe weekend no matter where you go. Those that show up for ours get points and great field conditions. We make every effort to give everybody the best we can. In the end that's all you can hope for. |
Dec. 16, 2011 dantheman 17 posts | Andy, I dont think you would do something like that, i know who you are and you seem to be a good guy, unless someone on here knows something differnt j/k, but that was what happen with the team i wanted to play with, they had enough major players, problem is I'm just an average aaa player, but because i played one tournment with a major team, i was now a major player, sucks |


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I wouldn't cross the street in either scenario. But I would remain aware in both. Regardless of race or apparel
Alot of it depends on environment and culture and what the people they hang around with do. Humans are easily influenced for the most part, tbh.
a serious post for the subject what i get tired of jook, is my whole race being represented by what a bunch of 16, 17, and 18 year olds did bc thats the age group thats doing all the shit you speak of eventually they grow the fuck up and chill the fuck out but thats what these lil stupid ass statistics do, they narrow shit down to race, ignoring ages, indicating what point of life these criminals are in the shit is corny. this thread is essentially about teenaged black males.
I agree with genius tracks and siege supreme. I think we are all people and any wild statistics like that are usually a product of a) environment or b) culture. I think "black culture" in general suffers from glorifying violence and a "me first i'll get mine" attitude, both of which made their way into the culture from being oppressed while surrounded by people of other races flourishing. Not that people shouldnt be held accountable for their actions but it doesnt come from nowhere.
where the fuck do yall live man? im in atlanta and everyday i see wealthy black ppl wherever i go, living in big ass houses and having well raised children i think some of you just base shit off of what you see on TV quite honestly
It's essentially not bro, I'm sorry to tell you this. I know first hand. What is corny, is that black men are in serious trouble. There are black men like you and Vulgar who are good people but ultimately are (at first glance) grouped with what the majority of black men are about: crime, drugs, ill-education, violence, etc.
I hear that's where the successful black people migrate to. You may be disillusioned because the rest of the country is made up of those statistics aforementioned.
jook i believe its you who is disillusioned because the majority of black people live in the southeast region of the united states and I dont see what you're seeing if you're in LA, then your perception is the furthest thing from reality
I don't live in LA. I live in a place that is probably one of the most diverse in America and the black man is the lowest on the totem poll. As far as southeast - (I've been to GA, MS, TX, AL - and those negro's were so far behind on times, it was incredible just to experience). I want more for black people man. I just don't know where to start.
stat is dumb.... how fast are african americans and other minorities supposed to recover???? all that shits inherited down, and also jamaicans, haitians, etc etc are all being put into that same "african-american" pot.... they just gettin here from a 3rd world country with no money, where do u think they're going to move and grow up???? how many expansion teams u know win a championship right away? democrats, like basketball, try to help balance shit out. they get called communist... republicans be like fuck yall... we the ny yankees... we got da bread... we gonna stay winning...fuck u bottom feeders... figure it out...
This is a good point. So blacks commit crimes and are ill-educated because they are trying to recover? That's interesting.
It just dawned on me. I wonder how come a statistic showing crimes committed by blacks decreasing every year. You know - progress.
environment... thats what crime commiters know... they dont grow up thinking they can "make it".... "making it" is a fantasy for a lot of under privileged people... people out here look up to EMac and we aint even did shit, u feel me? but in their eyes, what hes done is amazing.... they dont realize their potential...
ppl forget little leroys parents....... ARE little leroy also..... just a little bit older.... what u expect?


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The storm that ravaged the US east coast this week, won't hit the country's economic revival. Not only has growth returned – the American economy expanded 1.3 per cent in the second quarter – but it has also been one of the best performing stock markets over the last year, with investors enjoying a strong recovery in equity prices.
Double-digit returns have become the norm for US equity investors once again, as its globally dominant companies help its markets outstrip all-comers, including the volatile but high-growth regions of Brazil and China.
According to the Investment Management Association, the average fund in the North America sector delivered more than 15 per cent in the last year, making it the third-best performer of all UK-domiciled funds.
The indices themselves are up nearly as much, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 ahead more than 10 per cent.
However, after such a strong performance, there are some big clouds on the horizon. The last few weeks have seen the start of a weak third-quarter earnings season, with some of the key US companies – including Google – starting to show signs of strain as the wider global economy slows down.
Political uncertainty has also caused investors to pull back and take some profits as the US election heats up. The 2012 election is being fiercely contested by the incumbent President Barack Obama and the Republican nominee Mitt Romney. Now, with the lines clearly drawn in the sand and the election just a few days away – polls open on Tuesday – experts are very clear: the result matters for the markets.
The opinion polls are currently close, with the election likely to come down to a few major 'swing' states, which are as yet undecided over the candidate to support.
But which party would deliver the goods for investors? "A Romney win will be viewed and cheered as a real positive for markets," says Nancy Curtin, chief investment officer of Close Brothers Asset Management.
"He is talking about cutting corporate tax rates, as well as maintaining the Bush-era tax cuts, and that would be a huge boom for investors. The knee-jerk reaction would be positive for stocks."
An Obama win will by no means be a disaster for markets, but investors argue the return of a Republican back to the White House come January could really put a rocket under equities – particularly in some of the more unloved sectors like financials if the party follows through on plans to cut down on regulations and red tape.
The make-up of the government after the election will also have a bearing on another major headwind facing investors – the US fiscal cliff.
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Estimates predict the fiscal cliff could cost the economy as much as 5% of gross domestic product if the tax cuts are allowed to expire – something that would plunge the US back into recession – and it is therefore attracting more attention than the election itself among investors.
Jeremy Batstone-Carr, chief strategist and economist at wealth manager Charles Stanley, said that while it remains unlikely the parties will fail to come to some agreement to put off the fiscal cliff – and thus prevent the series of damaging tax hikes coming in – one thing investors will not put up with for long is uncertainty.
"Financial markets hate uncertainty and there is a chance they will not reach an agreement," says Mr Batstone-Carr.
Ms Curtin adds that the fiscal cliff has also put a stop to companies' expansion plans, and kept valuations under control.
"What has been missing is corporate confidence, and a solution is necessary to tackle US debt levels," she says.
So with markets having had a decent run – far outstripping the 1% rise the UK's FTSE 100 has seen – and with so many risks facing the US, those looking to invest now need to take extra care buying in.
But is now the right moment to invest, or should you hold back?
Mr Batstone-Carr and others are cautious on US equities at present, with so much uncertainty around.
"I would be wary of chasing the market at these levels," he says. "There is a risk that investors who have made decent profits up to now opt to lock-in gains, and the performance we have had in 2012 up to this point could be as good as it gets this year."
Ralph Bassett, deputy head of North American equities at Aberdeen Asset Management, agrees that while the US equity market is not expensive at these levels, it is certainly sensible to be cautious in the near term.
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While it remains up by more than 10 per cent for the year, the Dow Jones Average has come off about 5 per cent in a matter of weeks, and some investors say buying in around these dips is a viable strategy.
Tom Stevenson, investment director at Fidelity Worldwide Investment, says the next 10 weeks could throw out some even more attractive entry points for investors, as speculation about upcoming policy changes move markets around more than normal.
"There will be volatility over the next 10 weeks and I think therefore there may be some good opportunities to get into the market," he says. "The market is not expensive, and valuations are definitely not stretched."
Cormac Weldon, manager of the successful Threadneedle American fund, is also positive US equities have more to give. "We continue to believe that the US equity market is attractively valued and the US economy is in better shape than its developed world counterparts," he says.
Another reason to be upbeat is the fiscal cliff itself. It has acted as a drag on markets so far, effectively putting a cap on how high they could go, but if it is tackled by politicians, it could remove another reason not to invest.
With so much at stake, investors think it is feasible politicians come up with a solution, rather than spook markets by simply allowing the tax breaks which have eased the burden on consumers in the US to be reversed.
"It is largely understood that a complete lapse in income tax cuts and, subsequently the economy at large, will have a negative impact, as consumer spending comprises 70 per cent of GDP," Mr Bassett says. "Therefore we feel that such an extreme event is unlikely to take place.
"Indeed, there is a growing sense among the bosses of US companies that they are less concerned about what changes may have to be made to tackle the fiscal cliff, as long as they get some certainty on policy."
For all the worries over a lack of an agreement on how to tackle the America's vast debt pile, other experts agree with so much at stake, a bipartisan agreement will be struck regardless of who wins.
"The expiry of the Bush tax cuts and the forced spending cuts could hurt GDP by 3-4 per cent," notes Darius McDermott, managing director of independent investment broker Chelsea Financial Services.
"Ultimately, the threat of being forced into recession should focus politicians' minds and mean an agreement is eventually reached."
If the fiscal cliff is sorted, and the Republicans – or the Democrats – get in, Mr McDermott says the underlying picture remains rosy for American companies.
"First, there is a manufacturing renaissance. 500,000 jobs have been created in the sector since the recession and while recovery has stalled over the summer the 're-shoring' trend may continue. Ford and Caterpillar, for example, have both begun to re-shore plants and facilities after salary, energy and property inflation have eroded China's competitive advantage.
"The housing market has already started showing signs of recovery and this may further improve once the election and fiscal cliff are resolved."
Mr Batstone-Carr agrees that if an investor has the nerve for it, buying in now could pay off handsomely if the fiscal cliff is resolved swiftly.
"We have been raising our weighting to the US all year, but we don't want to go overboard because of the political uncertainty," he says.
"If someone was brave, and the fiscal cliff was solved satisfactorily, then I think they could do extremely well if they invested now."
Banks' bill for PPI scandal could top £15bn
With Lloyds Banking Group forced to make a further £1bn provision for repaying mis-sold PPI this week, experts predict the total could soon soar higher than £15bn, writes Simon Read.
The current total amount officially set aside by the banks has climbed to £12.3bn, including Barclays' recent announcement of an additional £700m. But with RBS expected to increase PPI payout commitments by £400m and HSBC by a smaller amount when it reports on Monday, the figure is ever-growing.
However, if current pay-out rates continue, PPI provisions would run out in a matter of months. If they continue at the current rate, Lloyds' provisions would only last until the end of March 2013, for instance.
Which? chief executive Peter Vicary-Smith said: "The banks have been in denial about the true scale of this scandal. Their piecemeal approach to topping up provisions is an inadequate response to what is now the biggest financial mis- selling scandal of all time.
"The banks must now come clean about how many more complaints they're expecting, publish monthly updates on the amounts that have been paid back, and claw back bonuses from executives who presided over the mis-selling travesty."
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HUNTINGTON BEACH Laguna Beach's girls water polo team still wasn't at full strength Tuesday night, but the Breakers showed progress in the closing department.
Sixth-ranked Laguna Beach scored the final two goals for a 10-8 victory against No. 10 Edison in a nonleague match at Ocean View.
The Breakers scored twice in the final 50 seconds to win despite playing without Makenzie Fischer, who recently returned from the FINA youth world championships in Perth, Australia.
Last week, Laguna Beach (2-1) fell short in a 9-8 loss against Santiago of Corona. But against Edison (3-5), hard-shooting sophomore Brighid Burnes snapped an 8-8 tie with her match-high sixth goal with 48 seconds left on the power play.
Mackenzie Baldridge drew the exclusion that led to Burnes' fifth goal on the man-advantage.
Edison called timeout but Baldridge, a senior bound for UCSB, quickly made a steal that sparked a counterattack goal by senior Lexi Del Toro, who made it 10-8 with 27 seconds left.
Laguna Beach goalie Jenna Knott helped lock down the victory by making six saves in the fourth, including a power-play stuff with 5:20 left that sparked a counterattack goal by senior Sydney Saxe.
"Some key plays down the stretch there from some of our seniors to seal it out," Laguna Beach coach Ethan Damato said. "I think that's what we were missing last week against Santiago, so it was nice to see our girls respond this week."
Saxe also contributed by playing 2-meter offense and defense.
"I thought she did a great job (guarding Edison's Melissa Balding) and she was setting on the other side (of the pool)," Damato said.
Burnes supplied the offensive firepower that Fischer was known for last season. She also helped Laguna Beach finish 5 for 9 on the power play.
"She's got a cannon," Damato said of Burnes.
Damato played freshman goalie Holly Parker in the first half and also started freshmen Haley Evans and Natalie Seling in the field.
Sabrina Jenson came off the bench to score three goals for Edison from the perimeter in the second half.
"She's never played water polo before in her entire life (until this past spring)," Edison coach Diggy Riley said of Jenson.
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text: Anti-Abortion Movement Exploits The Dead, And The PresidentMegan Carpentier1/23/09 2:00pmFiled to: BadvertisingOh hell noAbortionReproductive choiceBarack Obama59EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkThe anti-abortion group CatholicVote has put together a new, disingenuous advertisement supposedly encouraging women to eschew abortions by intimating that their currently-unwanted pre-born children will grow up to be President... just like Ann Dunham's kid. The ad picks up on an anti-abortion meme first brought to our attention last fall by the National Review's Ed Whelan, who said:AdvertisementNearly 48 years ago, a young woman, not yet 18, became pregnant in her freshman year of college. Living in a time and place in which abortion was generally illegal, she proceeded to marry the father of her child and gave birth to a son. Perhaps she would have done so irrespective of the abortion laws at the time, even if, say, she lived in a legal culture that celebrated abortion as a fundamental right. Very possibly not. (I haven't found any statistics on the percentage of pregnant college freshmen who abort their pregnancies, but indirect indications suggest that it's very high.) Barack Obama may actually believe, as he stated yesterday, that Roe v. Wade "was rightly decided." But it may be very lucky for him, as the son born of that woman, that it hadn't been decided a dozen or so years earlier.It was annoying enough that Whelan (and others) would assume that Ann Dunham would have aborted Barack Obama had she the option — plenty of women choose not to every day...many of them pro-choice.AdvertisementBut to see it on camera is, as Jessica Valenti at Feministing says, tacky and offensive on a whole other level. To suggest that Barack Obama's deceased mother would have contemplated an abortion in her circumstances without knowing a thing about her is tacky and offensive. To suggest that the sonogram — which the anti-abortion movement sees as an effective weapon to convince women not to have one — was Barack Obama in his mother's womb is nauseating, let alone completely inaccurate and impossible. And to use his image and his popularity to sell a political message with which he would disagree — since the point of CatholicVote is not to convince women to eschew abortion per se, but to convince them to vote for politicians that would not allow them to make the choice in the first place.Anti-Choice Ad: Don't Abort The President! [Feministing] Former Fetus Barack Obama [National Review Online]Reply59 repliesLeave a reply


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Thursday 7: Royal International Horse Show begins, Hickstead, West Sussex.
Friday 8: 'Edwardian Women Photographers: Eveleen Myers, Alice Hughes, Christina Brown and Olive Edis' exhibition opens, National Portrait Gallery, London WC2.
Saturday 9: Blenheim Palace Fireworks Concert (also 10 July), Woodstock, Oxfordshire. Cricket, Benson and Hedges Cup final, Lord's. Horse Racing, Irish Oaks, The Curragh.
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I'm on the first mission in neo tokyo.I guess the point when I follow the hacker is to avoid the cameras and not be seen but how do I avoid the flying police.I just cant escape the red light I can see on my indicator or what ever it's called.Or am I missing the whole point?
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If any of the cameras are causing you too much trouble, shooting them down is the method to use. And use the temporal uplink to keep check on whether you've been spotted.
Just think i'd point out, you do not necessarily have to follow the hacker. You can if you want, but this would be the hardest way to go. Another route is, to turn right and jump off the platform into the street. Dodge the camera in the middle of the street, and when past it go to the left wall and sneak past the camera on the right. Turn left down what looks like a dead-end alley, sneak past the camera and head for the roll-up doors. Now when you reach some black boxes with words on them (convieniently placed right in front of a camera:rolleyes:), you need to sneak behind them. Do this in the brief second where the camera turns away, and when behind it immediately duck down. Now wait for the hacker to show up and wait for her to go down the steps in front of you. Once she's out of sight, wait once again for the camera to turn away and then run down the steps. Follow her until she reaches some Laser beams, deactivating them, and then run through the doorway and objective complete!
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Shooting down the cameras is no problem.It's the flying policecar that comes slowly gliding over my head every minute or so.I just can't avoid it or should I shoot at it or something?In that case where?
And thanx for the games you suggested,I will surtenly check some of them out.Not much of a Ratchet-fan though.I like my games a little more hardcore.
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No, the police car purely, has to not see you. Try staying as close to Krayola as possible without her seeing you and this should hopefully get you past the police car and across the walkway. If this does not work, just keep on trying with the knowledge that that you have to avoid the police car, its all up too you from there...;)
Ratchet and Clank is hardcore. Theres plenty of in-game collectables and rewards to achieve which gives it massive replay value. I've spent a lot of time completing them 100%...:) As for the other games, no problem...:)
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I recently read a Fortune magazine interview with "superstar investor" Mohamed El-Erian. While he was offering advice on how to plan overseas investments since the US market no longer offers growth potential, what he said also struck me as very relevant to Canadian exporters.
During the interview he offers several intriguing analogies including one that refers to flying a plane, or the world economy, where the giant engine is the US consumer and the fuel is debt. He believes that we are now in the stage where the fuel to this giant engine has been cut-off and that the pilot now has to switch to several smaller engines that represent multiple offshore markets. No body wants to be on a plane where the captain says he has to switch engines, but once the switch is made everyone will feel safer as they no longer have to rely on just one engine.
"It's a good thing in the sense that it's a more balanced world. I think most of us would rather be on a plane with multiple engines. So as long as we can get out of our comfort zones, this is actually a better world if we know how to invest. But it means doing things differently."
Substitute investing with exporting and this analogy suits the current situation our industry faces. The crucial point is that we need to do more and expect to do it differently in order to successfully switch from depending on the single, giant engine. For BC Wood members, the Japanese market should be one of these key engines.
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Get ready for a sweaty workout as film star-turned-rock siren Juliette Lewis' band heats up the Vans Warped Tour
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'PUT IT IN my hand and tell me how much pressure it takes to get you off," Juliette Lewis commands in a voice that makes her Natural Born Killers character, Mallory Knox, sound like a real angel. As an actress, Lewis is capable of kicking serious ass one minute and demonstrating an awkward, childlike vulnerability the next. She possesses a wild, carnal, almost feral charm and surrenders herself so completely to her roles that she actually broke actor Tom Sizemore's nose filming a prison scene for Natural Born Killers. Lewis doesn't pull back on her punches, and her lack of inhibition suits her latest role as the vampish siren fronting her own rock band, Juliette & the Licks.
After sweating all over Hollywood clubs like the Viper Room, Juliette & the Licks (which features former Hole drummer Patty Schemel, guitarist Todd Morse and bassist Paul Ill) jumped on the West Coast leg of the Vans Warped Tour, which slams into Pier 30/32 in San Francisco this Saturday (July 3), armed with songs from its eight-song debut, Like a Bolt of Lightning, due out in September on Fiddler Records.
The album plays like Iggy Pop meets the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the Cars meets Pat Benatar, Frank Zappa meets Guns n' Roses, Bow Wow Wow meets Janis Joplin. Granted, Lewis' status as a film star creates instant buzz for the project, but she holds her own with vocals that range from raw and throaty to hot and breathy. She's inspired by entertainers like David Lee Roth; live, she favors brightly colored cat suits. She's said to get as lost in her music performances as she does in her acting roles, and she's not afraid to be ugly.
"Sold it all for the high life, now you're stuck / Selling skin, fake tits, mutilation / Dick-sucking lips, porno infiltration," she rails on "Shelter Your Needs." She cries out against a "mad, mad world" and cautions "You gotta believe, to shelter your needs / It's not about living large when you're down on your knees." The driving "Got Love to Kill" skitters and veers through '80s rock territory, while "Hey You Hey Man" rocks like a restless '80s-era Sunset Strip howler as Lewis swears, "Call me dirty or call me clean, it makes no difference to me."
Lewis has a voice and she uses it. Spontaneous and urgent, there's a bit of wickedness to her lyrics. "You gotta warm me up before you rub me raw," she instructs on "20-Year-Old Lover," a fantasy about a young barista. Meanwhile, "American Boy" spits white hot venom at frat boys, military toys, debutantes and corporate muscle. As a vocalist, Lewis is at her most striking channeling Janis Joplin on "Get Your Tongue Wet," a lit fuse that urges, "Find your own way."
Lewis dropped out of high school to pursue her acting career and became emancipated from her parents at 14. Now 31, she seems to have reached some peace with the past. On "I Am My Father's Daughter," she asks "When is it the right time to never do what you're told?" and "Why is it looking back I found my way home?"
The soon-to-be-ex-wife of professional skateboarder Steve Berra is giving her band a run on the Warped Tour. She also collaborated with Liam Howlett on tracks for the upcoming record from the Prodigy, Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned, which is due out in August. On Saturday, Juliette & the Licks share the Volcom Stage with Guttermouth, Go Betty Go, Letter Kills, the God Awfuls, Potluck, Die Hunns, the Fuck Ups and Autopilot Off. More than 60 bands are spread across the Warped Tour's many stages including regional bands the Matches, Plans for Revenge and Unjust. Visit www.warpedtour.com for the full schedule and check out www.julietteandthelicks.com for updates.
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W.L. Gore & Associates, best known as the developer of GORE-TEX® fabrics, is a $1.2 billion company. It develops innovative fluoropolymer products for applications in next-generation electronics, medical implants, and high-performance fabrics. Gore has repeatedly been named one of the '100 Best Companies to Work for in America.' Its culture is acclaimed as a model for organizations seeking growth by unleashing creativity and fostering team-work.
Why Analytica?
According to project leader, Joseph DiGiacomo, Gore chose Analytica because it offers (1) representation of uncertainties, with Monte Carlo for probabilistic simulation and sensitivity analysis, (2) transparency by providing a visual interface and well-documented model structure, and (3) scalability with flexibility and modularity to allow it to "grow without growing out of control".
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Gore has developed a standard process employing Analytica with a common framework for reviewing R&D projects. Each project has a "Facilitator" who is a champion of the assessment process, with skills in modeling and guiding the process. He facilitates an interdisciplinary "Core team" of experts that gather data, understand the context, and generate the development options to be evaluated. The process characterizes the uncertainty to understand the overall risks, and analyzes sensitivities using a tornado diagram to clarify which uncertain inputs make the most difference. The team finally presents the results to senior R&D executives for project review. Because the modeling framework has already been tested and approved, time is not wasted challenging methodology. If there are questions, executives can review the underlying assumptions and their sources in the model.
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text: BioShock on PlayStation Vita Won't Be Infinite or a Return to Rapture, May Be Developed ExternallyEvan Narcisse10/17/11 4:40pmFiled to: BioshockBioshock infinitePlaystation vita76EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink When it comes to new hardware launches, you can always count on certain developers or publishers to pledge their support straight out the gate. Ubisoft will trot out Rabbids to make sure there's family-friendly hilarity on the Wii U and EA's always going to have some iteration of Madden or FIFA for the next next-gen PlayStation or Xbox. Advertisement But Irrational Games isn't one of those companies. They're a smaller studio and they turn out smarter-than-average games, which takes longer than creating sequel after sequel. That's why it surprised many when Irrational's creative director Ken Levine came out during E3 to announce that he and his colleagues would be working on a BioShock game for the PlayStation Vita. Things have been quiet since E3 but Levine recently took the time to give Joystiq an update on what not to expect from the studio's Vita debut.Levine says that the aim is to create an all-new experience that feels native to the Vita and not just a ported, scaled-down version of something that Irrational's already done. Joystiq quotes Levine as saying, "I'd rather do something that's an experiment and that's a little different. And is unique for the franchise." He also says that, because the studio's got a lot less manpower than other developers who develop for console and handheld, the Vita BioShock game might be the first time Irrational works with an outside entity to execute their vision. Advertisement Ken Levine gives us an update on BioShock for PlayStation Vita [Joystiq]You can contact Evan Narcisse, the author of this post, at email@example.com. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and lurking around our #tips page.Reply76 repliesLeave a reply


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-- number of distributions that will be tested before checking to see if the CPAN build cache needs to be cleaned up (not including any prerequisites tested). Must be a positive integer. Defaults to 100list
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-- number of seconds that must elapse before restarting smoke testing. This will reload indices to search for new distributions and restart testing from the most recent distribution. Must be a positive integer; Defaults to 43200 seconds (12 hours)skip_dev_versions
-- if true, unindexed distributions will not be tested. Valid values are 0 or 1. Defaults to 0.set_term_title
-- toggle for whether the terminal titlebar will be updated with the distribution being smoke tested and the starting time of the test. Helps determine if a test is hung and which distribution might be responsible. Valid values are 0 or 1. Defaults to 1status_file
-- during testing, the name of the distribution under test and a timestamp are written to this file. The file is removed after the test is complete. This helps identify a problem distribution if testing hangs or crashes the computer. If the argument includes a path, all directories to the file must exist. Defaults to smoker-status-$$.txt
in File::Spec->tmpdir.install
-- toggle for whether the distribution should be installed after successful testing. Can be useful to avoid prerequisite re-building and growing PERL5LIB for the cost of disk space used for installed modules. Valid values are 0 or 1. Defaults to 0reverse
-- toggle the order in which releases are tested. When set to 1, testing starts from the older release not the most recent one (or the last distribution if --list is provided). Valid values are 0 or 1. Defaults to 0random
-- toggle whether to randomize distribution test order. When set to 1, the list of releases is shuffled. Valid values are 0 or 1. Defaults to 0force_trust
-- toggle whether to override CPAN's trust_test_report_history
option. When set to 1, trust_test_report_history
is set to 1. When set to 0, trust_test_report_history
is left alone and whatever the user has configured for their CPAN client is used. Valid values are 0 or 1. Defaults to 0reload_history_period
-- after this period in seconds, history of modules smoked will be reloaded when possible. Default value 1800 seconds (30 minutes).Only the most recently uploaded developer and normal releases will be tested, and only if the developer release is newer than the regular release indexed by PAUSE.
For example, if Foo-Bar-0.01, Foo-Bar-0.02, Foo-Bar-0.03_01 and Foo-Bar-0.03_02 are on CPAN, only Foo-Bar-0.02 and Foo-Bar-0.03_02 will be tested, and in reverse order of when they were uploaded. Once Foo-Bar-0.04 is released and indexed, Foo-Bar-0.03_02 will not longer be tested.
To avoid testing script or other tarballs, developer distributions included must have a base distribution name that resembles a distribution tarball already indexed by PAUSE. If the first upload of distribution to PAUSE is a developer release -- Baz-Bam-0.00_01.tar.gz -- it will not be tested as there is no indexed Baz-Bam appearing in CPAN's 02packages.details.txt file.
Unauthorized tarballs are treated like developer releases and will be tested if they resemble an indexed distribution and are newer than the indexed tarball.
Perl, parrot, kurila, Pugs and similar distributions will not be tested. The skip list is based on CPAN::Mini and matches as follows:
qr{(?: /(?:emb|syb|bio)?perl-\d | /(?:parrot|ponie|kurila|Perl6-Pugs)-\d | /perl-?5\.004 | /perl_mlb\.zip )}xi,
Bundles and mod_perl distributions will also not be tested, though mod_perl is likely to be requested as a dependency by many modules. See the next section for how to tell CPAN.pm not to test certain dependencies.
If certain distributions hang, crash or otherwise cause trouble, you can use CPAN's "distroprefs" system to disable them. If a distribution is disabled, it won't be built or tested. If a distribution's dependency is disabled, a failing test is just discarded.
The first step is configuring a directory for distroprefs files:
$ cpan cpan> o conf init prefs_dir cpan> o conf commit
Next, ensure that either the YAML or YAML::Syck module is installed. (YAML::Syck is faster). Then create a file in the prefs_dir
directory to hold the list of distributions to disable, e.g. call it disabled.yml
In that file, you can add blocks of YAML code to disable distributions. The match criteria "distribution" is a regex that matches against the canonical name of a distribution, e.g. AUTHOR/Foo-Bar-3.14.tar.gz
Here is a sample file to show you some syntax (don't actually use these, though):
--- comment: "Tests take too long" match: distribution: "^DAGOLDEN/CPAN-Reporter-\d" disabled: 1 --- comment: "Skip Win32 distributions" match: distribution: "/Win32" disabled: 1 --- comment: "Skip distributions by Andy Lester" match: distribution: "^PETDANCE" disabled: 1
Please note that disabling distributions like this will also disable them for normal, non-smoke usage of CPAN.pm.
One distribution that I would recommend either installing up front or else disabling with distroprefs is mod_perl, as it is a common requirement for many Apache:: modules but does not (easily) build and test under automation.
--- comment: "Don't build mod_perl if required by some other module" match: distribution: "/mod_perl-\d" disabled: 1
Distroprefs are more powerful than this -- they can be used to automate responses to prompts in distributions, set environment variables, specify additional dependencies and so on. Read the docs for CPAN.pm for more and look in the "distroprefs" directory in the CPAN distribution tarball for examples.
Because distributions must be retrieved from a CPAN mirror, the smoker may cause heavy network load and will repetitively download common build prerequisites.
An alternative is to use CPAN::Mini to create a local CPAN mirror and to point CPAN's urllist
to the local mirror.
$ cpan cpan> o conf urllist unshift file:///path/to/minicpan cpan> o conf commit
However, CPAN::Reporter::Smoker needs the find-ls.gz
file, which CPAN::Mini does not mirror by default. Add it to a .minicpanrc file in your home directory to include it in your local CPAN mirror.
also_mirror: indices/find-ls.gz
Note that CPAN::Mini does not mirror developer versions. Therefore, a live, network CPAN Mirror will be needed in the urllist to retrieve these.
Note that CPAN requires the LWP module to be installed to use a local CPAN mirror.
Alternatively, you might experiment with the alpha-quality release of CPAN::Mini::Devel, which subclasses CPAN::Mini to retrieve developer distributions (and find-ls.gz) using the same logic as CPAN::Reporter::Smoker.
CPAN::Reporter (since 1.08) supports a 'command_timeout' configuration option. Set this option in the CPAN::Reporter configuration file to time out tests that hang up or get stuck at a prompt. Set it to a high-value to avoid timing out a lengthy tests that are still running -- 1000 or more seconds is probably enough.
Warning -- on Win32, terminating processes via the command_timeout is equivalent to SIGKILL and could cause system instability or later deadlocks
This option is still considered experimental.
Because CPAN::Reporter::Smoker satisfies all requirements from scratch, common dependencies (e.g. Class::Accessor) will be unpacked, built and tested repeatedly.
As of version 1.92_56, CPAN supports the trust_test_report_history
config option. When set, CPAN will check the last test report for a distribution. If one is found, the results of that test are used instead of running tests again.
$ cpan cpan> o conf init trust_test_report_history cpan> o conf commit
CPAN has a build_dir_reuse
config option. When set (and if a YAML module is installed and configured), CPAN will attempt to make build directories persistent. This has the potential to save substantial time and space during smoke testing. CPAN::Reporter::Smoker will recognize if this option is set and make adjustments to the test process to keep PERL5LIB from growing uncontrollably as the number of persistent directories increases.
NOTE: Support for build_dir_reuse
is highly experimental. Wait for at least CPAN version 1.92_62 before trying this option.
$ cpan cpan> o conf init build_dir_reuse cpan> o conf commit
Normally, CPAN.pm continues testing a distribution even if a prerequisite fails to build or fails testing. Some distributions may pass their tests even without a listed prerequisite, but most just fail (and CPAN::Reporter discards failures if prerequisites are not met).
As of version 1.92_57, CPAN supports the halt_on_failure
config option. When set, a prerequisite failure stops further processing.
$ cpan cpan> o conf init halt_on_failure cpan> o conf commit
However, a disadvantage of halting early is that no DISCARD grade is recorded in the history. The next time CPAN::Reporter::Smoker runs, the distribution will be tested again from scratch. It may be better to let all prerequisites finish so the distribution can fail its test and be flagged with DISCARD so it will be skipped in the future.
CPAN will use a lot of scratch space to download, build and test modules. Use CPAN's built-in cache management configuration to let it purge the cache periodically if you don't want to do this manually. When configured, the cache will be purged on start and after a certain number of distributions have been tested as determined by the clean_cache_after
option for the start()
$ cpan cpan> o conf init build_cache scan_cache cpan> o conf commit
Recent versions of CPAN are verbose by default, but include some lesser known configuration settings to minimize this for untarring distributions and for loading support modules. Setting the verbosity for these to 'none' will minimize some of the clutter to the screen as distributions are tested.
$ cpan cpan> o conf init /verbosity/ cpan> o conf commit
In some cases, such as when smoke testing using a development or prerelease toolchain module like Test-Harness, it may be preferable to save reports to files in a directory for review prior to submitting them. To do this, manually set the transport
option in your CPAN::Reporter config file to use the Test::Reporter::Transport::File transport.
transport=File /path/to/directory
After review, send saved reports using Test::Reporter:
Automatically sets the following environment variables to true values while running:
-- signal that tests are being run by an automated smoke testing program (i.e. don't expect interactivity)PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT
-- accept ExtUtils::MakeMaker prompt() defaultsPERL_EXTUTILS_AUTOINSTALL
-- set to '--defaultdeps' for default dependenciesThe following environment variables, if set, will modify the behavior of CPAN::Reporter::Smoker. Generally, they are only required during the testing of CPAN::Reporter::Smoker
-- if true, start()
will exit after all distributions are tested instead of sleeping for the restart_delay
and then continuingPERL_CR_SMOKER_SHORTCUT
-- if true, start()
will process arguments (if any) but will return before starting smoke testing; used for testing argument handling by start()
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This time, there was no victory lap, no high-fives for the fans, no memorable comeback for Todd Martin.
This time, there was no victory lap, no high-fives for the fans, no memorable comeback for Todd Martin.
This time, the exhilaration of his epic 4-hour, 17-minute victory two nights earlier was replaced by a sense of relief Thursday.
That's because just as Martin had overcome a two-set deficit to defeat Carlos Moya, it seemed he would let the same margin get away against Thomas Johansson.
Martin struggled mightily to prevent that from happening, finally surviving 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 to advance to the semifinals at the U.S. Open.
After winning the first two sets, Martin's game seemed to vanish all at once. It looked like he ran out of gas; his legs seemed wooden, his spirit broken.
"He made some great plays on my serve," Martin said. "I didn't do well on my volley. I lost so much movement and he picked up so much movement."
Johansson won the third set comfortably and had Martin back on his heels with an early break in the fourth. "Moving the ball, seeing the ball was so difficult," Martin said.
And then, just as suddenly as his energy seemed to disappear, it returned. Down a break, he found an opening and drew even. Then he broke Johansson again to win the match.
"I made a couple of good plays at crucial times in the fourth set that raised my energy," Martin said. "I made up my mind to let him see me more, coming to the net more, not trying to make things so pretty, trying to scrap some ugly points, too. That's part of the game, part of the reason why I've been able to do well and an important decision to make tonight."
The victory put Martin in Saturday's semifinals against No. 6 Marat Safin, who advanced with a 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3 victory over No. 14 Nicolas Kiefer.
Safin boomed serves of up to 131 mph with 16 aces against Kiefer and played well enough to convince the German he can win the Open.
"I think so because the way he plays," Kiefer said. "I think his confidence is getting much bigger and bigger. I think he has a good chance."
Safin, famous for smashing rackets, has kept his well-documented temper under wraps during the Open and the equipment in his bag remains intact. Is he turning mellow?
"If you can pay all my fines, it's OK, I can break many," he said. "You know how much I paid already this year? Close to $7,000, or even $10,000. For $10,000, you know what I can do? You don't want to know what I can do with $10,000."
Winning the Open is worth much more than that and the 20-year-old Safin came into the season's final Grand Slam with that in mind.
Safin knows it won't get easier for him against Martin, the Open's marathon man. They have never met before.
"With Todd, it's a lot of headache because he's a big serve, no rhythm at all," the Russian said. "He plays very fast, very good volley. He's a very talented guy. He can play till 12 in the morning. I can't do it. He's a big fighter, has a good serve. It's difficult to play against him."
Martin noted Safin's huge serve.
"I'd like to walk off without holes in me," he said. "He hits the ball so hard."
In Saturday's other men's semi, Pete Sampras will play Lleyton Hewitt. Both advanced with victories Wednesday, Sampras in four sets over Richard Krajicek and Hewitt in three against Arnaud Clement.
On Friday, the women take center stage with Venus Williams and Martina Hingis resuming an old rivalry in one semifinal and Lindsay Davenport facing newcomer Elena Dementieva in the other.
Hingis and Williams have been down this road before, most recently at Wimbledon where Venus won a three-set quarterfinal en route to her first Grand Slam title. Friday's meeting is a rematch of the 1999 women's semi when Hingis beat Williams in three sets before losing to Venus' sister, Serena, in the finals.
It was Serena who stirred things up at the Open after losing to Davenport in the quarters. That ended chances for an all-Williams final between the sisters.
"I'm sure a lot of people never want to see an all-Williams final, because everyone doesn't really like us," Serena said. "That's just the way it is. Not everyone can like you. It's just part of life."
Davenport, encouraged by Hingis, ended a five-match losing streak against Serena, who knocked her out of the Open a year ago when she was the defending champion.
"There's no revenge," she said. "I mean I'm going to lose to her again. I'm going to beat her again. That's the way it goes."
Hingis holds a 9-6 edge against Williams, who has won three of their last four meetings including the quarterfinals at Wimbledon.
While Hingis, Davenport and Williams are Grand Slam regulars, Dementieva is a newcomer. She beat No. 7 Conchita Martinez and No. 10 Anke Huber to reach her first Slam semifinal. Dementieva is excited about the opportunity against Davenport, who won this event two years ago.
"I'm not nervous," Dementieva, 18, said. "Why not? I play very well this week. I work very hard. Why not?"
Dementieva trained for a while with Safin and was coached by his mother. The men's semifinalist was asked if they had played together.
"Sometimes," he said. "She was bad."
Since then, she's gotten very good. And so has he.


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Smooth as silk, but firm for fun.
This dildo works very well for what it is. It isn't flashy or huge or realistic, but if you are looking for a simple, get-the-job-done dildo, you could certainly do worse. It is girthy enough to stimulate most and has enough length to allow for decent stroking. The curve is also a very nice feature for p-spot and g-spot stimulation and did the trick very well for me. I cannot wait to use this little toy again!Published:
Smooth, nice length and girth, secures very well in a harness.
It only comes in colors so that may be be a turn-off for some guys.
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Thanks for the review!
Thanks for the review. I want to try out the small Silk for pegging before moving up to this one.
@Lithaewyn: I've used both the small silk and the medium silk for pegging and I would recommend starting with the medium; in my experience the small silk was simply too short to get an authentic thrusting movement. The medium silk, however, is not much more girthy but provides much-needed additional length.
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Great review. I know, when my former partner and I were picking a medium silk, there wasn't a color that either of us wanted. Black seemed to BDSMey for his tastes, and pink and lavender swirls aren't my top choices by a long shot. I wish they still made it in that discontinued blue color, or maybe neon. I'll bet a lot more people would pick up silks if they were neon, on top of the unintimidating qualities.
Hm good to know that the curve is prostate-friendly. Definitely a good review! Also, I think Antipova's right about more colours being a good idea.
Looks like a good one for introductory use. Thanks.
@GenderSexplorations Thank you, and the colours idea is good. @Elnoa I know I enjoyed it!
thank you for the review
Nice review!
Good to hear. I'm looking at this as our first pegging toy. Thx!
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The calculated distribution of dark matter
- Title The calculated distribution of dark matter
- Released 17/02/2011 2:52 pm
- Copyright The Virgo Consortium/Alexandre Amblard/ESA
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This set of images shows the distribution of the dark matter, obtained from a numerical simulation, at a redshift z~2, or when the Universe was about 3 billion years old.
The left panel displays the continuous distribution of dark matter particles, showing the typical wispy structure of the cosmic web, with a network of sheets and filaments that developed out of tiny fluctuations in the early Universe.
The central panel provides a simplified view of the complex network of dark matter structure according to the so-called halo model, a statistical approach used to describe the distribution of dark matter on both large and small scales. Within this framework, the dark matter distribution is viewed as an ensemble of discrete objects, the dark matter halos, corresponding to the densest knots of the cosmic web.
The right panel highlights the dark matter halos (shown in yellow) that represent the most efficient cosmic sites for the formation of galaxies. Only halos with a mass above a certain threshold can trigger the ignition of intense bursts of star formation, thus creating a starburst galaxy. According to the latest measurements achieved with Herschel, the minimum mass needed by a halo for a starburst galaxy to form within it is 3 x 10^11 times that of the Sun.
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I am new to this forum. Have Jetta TDI 2002. Frequent short distance driving 1.5 mile one way. Lost battery power in a cold morning and the Immobilizer light flashing since than. Charged the battery up and left the key with the ignition ON for more than an hour /three times/. Immo Ligh still flashing. Later took the flip key plastic apart /only one remote key/ and found broken greenish small glass pieces inside. Later discovered it was the transponder chip shell broken. I am DIY person, so I ordered an uncut key with integrated new transponder chip and need to know how to retrieve the SKC and program the transponder. Third owner of the car and this was the only key I have. Please help!
Welcome! I have never heard of the chip breaking. It's encased deep in the key. Any idea how that could have happened? Check out the immobilizer FAQ I just added some more pictures today.
I had a glass capsule break when I droped the key. Found a guy on ebay that sold the capsule and the vw emblem as a package for 25.00. I had the SKC code from when I bought the car. My understanding is you have to get the SKC from the dealer if you dont have it. Good Luck
Immo LIght flashing Took the FOB key apart and put clear plastic tape around the broken RFID chip so seal it. Fitted it back into the slot where it originally was. Gave the battery GOOD charge /12.5V holding/ with ignition ON. At this point the IMMO recognized the key and I was able to start the car. I am thinking of implementing the only /broken/ RFID chip I have somewhere inside the car and get a new key cut. What would be the best place to put the RFID chip for reliable reading?
The range is about 3 inches under the most favorable conditions. 1" is reliable when it's in the key.


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For those of you not yet familiar with Joe Beine's online guides to on-line indexes, and his related Genealogy Roots Blog, consider this your wake-up call. For everyone else, here are the Midwestern military records among a goodly number he's just enlisted:
SAR patriot graves registry
Mexican War veterans
Civil War muster rolls index
South Bend Tribune service notes (WW2)
Military personnel who died in the Vietnam War
Harold Henderson, "More Midwestern Military Indexes On Line," Midwestern Microhistory: A Genealogy Blog, posted 14 December 2012 (http://midwesternmicrohistory.blogspot.com : accessed [access date]). [Please feel free to link to the specific post if you prefer.]
Friday, December 14, 2012
More Midwestern Military Indexes On Line
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010
The San Diego Zoo got a big gift for Valentine's Day - a baby elephant.
The zoo's Wild Animal Park says the African elephant calf was born around 2 a.m. Sunday. Officials say visitors camping at the zoo were awakened by elephants trumpeting - a common behavior when a calf is born.
The calf hasn't been named and its details weren't immediately released but newborns typically stand about 3 feet tall and weight 250 to 300 pounds.
It's the park's sixth calf born into a herd that was imported from Swaziland in 2003. The herd has now grown to more than a dozen.
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Album Rating: 3.5I like Obie Trice, he sort of varies his flow unlike a lot of rappers and ultimately sounds pretty nice. But the beats on this vary too much in quality for me to give this a 5. Nevertheless, young Academy, I salute this review.
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- TM2 Henry Breault
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Submarine Force Medal of Honor Recipient
Torpedoman Second Class
Henry Breault USS O-5
"For heroism and devotion to duty while serving on board the U.S. Submarine O-5 at the time of the sinking of that vessel. On the morning of 28 October 1923, the O-5 collided with the steamship Abangarez and sank in less than a minute. When the collision occurred, Breault was in the torpedo room. Upon reaching the hatch, he saw that the boat was rapidly sinking. Instead of jumping overboard to save his own life, he returned to the torpedo room to the rescue of a shipmate who he knew was trapped in the boat, closing the torpedo room hatch on himself. Breault and Brown remained trapped in this compartment until rescued by the salvage party 31 hours later."
Undersea Warfare Magazine "Submarine Hero" article.


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Spin Art Turkeys
We've had Thanksgiving on the mind lately
I really love turkey crafts.
we made some cute turkey table toppers out of
toilet paper rolls and paper plates
They're really simple to make and they're two-sided!
Here's how we did it
We used a salad spinner for the tails
Cut paper plates to fit inside your salad spinner
add paint
Here is the spin art the girls made!
Spin art is so fun to do
so much fun in fact that the girls didn't let me do any
Look what A was up to while C was spinning
Placing a paint bottle on each paper plate
it was pretty cute
While your spin art is drying
paint some toilet paper tubes
I was looking for red ribbon
(I thought I had)
for the turkey wattle
but ended up using apple stems that we painted red
they're the perfect shape!
Cut slits in the sides of your toilet paper tubes
(one on each side)
Fold your spin art in half
(paint side out)
Fit your spin art into the slits
a turkey tail
Add some eyes
a beak
(we used orange foam)
and glue on your wattle
to each side of your toilet paper tube
We only used 6 toilet paper tubes to make 12 turkeys!
Now people on both sides of the table will have a unique turkey to look at
while gobbling up their food
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